Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
April 20, 2022
COCC Salmon Bake at Madras Campus
The Central Oregon Commu-
nity College First Nations Student
Union will host the 2022 Salmon
Bake in May at the COCC Ma-
dras Campus. This is part of the
Ten Year Anniversary of the cam-
pus opening.
The salmon back will be from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May
14 at the Madras Campus, free
and open to the public. For more
infor mation contact Michelle
Cary at mcary@cocc.edu
Or call her at 541-318-3782.
Michelle is the director of the
COCC Native American Pro-
gram.
The salmon bake is tradition-
ally prepared, co-presented with
the tribes by the First Nations Stu-
dent Union. There will also be a
silent auction to benefit the First
Nations Scholarship Fund, to-
gether with dancing, drumming and
vendors.
The doors to COCC’s Madras
campus opened in fall term of
2011, with construction supported
by a voter-backed bond, together
Courtesy COCC
The Salmon Bake will be at the COCC Madras Campus
with generous land donations from
the Madras-based Bean Founda-
tion.
The Prineville Campus opened
at the same time as the Madras
COCC Campus.
They have grown into essential
learning hubs in the region, pro-
viding access, enrichment and a
range of offerings and resources,
with hometown class options, com-
puter labs, meeting spaces and an
adult basic skills program.
In advance of college events,
persons needing accommodation
or transportation because of a
physical or mobility disability should
contact Caitlyn Gardner at 541-
383-7237. For accommodation
because of other disability, such as
hearing impairment, contact dis-
ability services at 541-383-7583.
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