June 24 Grand Re-Opening of Wellness Center planned

Community Services Northwest will host an Open House at the CSNW Wellness Center, located at 317 East 39th Street, Vancouver, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 24.

There will be a ribbon cutting and short ceremony at 4 p.m. Tours of the facility will follow and light refreshments will be served. The event is open to the public.

The renovation of The Wellness Center was made possible through funding from the city of Vancouver and Clark County. The Wellness Center houses several CSNW programs including The Wellness Project, eight housing programs, homeless services, addiction recovery services and community sobriety groups. The extensive renovation of this CSNW facility will increase capacity in all of the programs housed there, and in particular it will allow The Wellness Project to serve more clients.

The Wellness Project is the only free mental health clinic in our community and it is designed to provide mental health services to Clark County residents who are uninsured, or who otherwise lack insurance for mental health services. Mental health services offered at the Wellness Project are provided by volunteers who are either licensed counselors, registered counselors, or master’s-level student counselors under the direct supervision of community mental health professionals and CSNW staff.

Columbia Bank Welcomes Erik Selden

Erik Selden

On Wednesday, Columbia Bank announced the hiring of  Erik Selden as assistant vice president and commercial lending officer at  the Vancouver office. Selden will be developing new business relationships and expanding the lending activities in the Vancouver area while assisting with financial analysis for the branch.

Prior to joining the Vancouver team, Selden served as an assistant vice president and commercial lending officer at Bank of Astoria’s Seaside and Tillamook branches.  He has  a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a minor in psychology from Portland State University.  He is currently working toward the completion of his MBA and CPA at Portland State University.   He is a member of the Young Professionals of Portland/Vancouver, Habitat for Humanity and Portland State Viking Club.  He is very excited about becoming more involved in the Vancouver community. 

Columbia State Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc., and is a Washington state-chartered full-service commercial bank headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. Columbia Bank was awarded second place in the large employer category by Seattle Business Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2009 and was designated one of  Puget Sound Business Journal’s “Washington’s Best Workplaces 2009.” More information about Columbia can be found on its website at www.columbiabank.com.

 Prairie High School trumpeter picked for summer institute

Tim McCarthy

Prairie High School senior Tim McCarthy is one of approximately 70 students from across the United States invited to attend the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute this summer. The SMI will be at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It will include private lessons taught by members of the National Symphony Orchestra, seminars, and performances. McCarthy has played trumpet since the fifth grade at Jason Lee Middle School in Vancouver and has taken private lessons from Evan Irwin, band director at Pleasant Valley Middle School in the Battle Ground district. At Prairie High, he is a student of Joe Accuardi, band director. McCarthy is a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and plans to attend St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., as a music performance and music education major.

Clark and Concordia take next step in fitness education

On Monday, June 14, Clark College and Concordia University signed an agreement allowing students in Clark’s fitness trainer program to transfer seamlessly to Concordia’s exercise and sports program. 

Students who earn their AAS degree at Clark can seamlessly transfer all of those credits toward a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science at Concordia.

"Fitness trainers make a positive difference in people’s health and quality of life," Clark College President Robert K. Knight said Tuesday when the agreement was signed. "Our students now have a wonderful opportunity to continue their education and earn a bachelor’s degree at Concordia."

Information about Clark’s Fitness Training program is available at www.clark.edu/fitnesstrainer.

For more information about Concordia University’s Exercise and Sports Science program, visit www.cu.portland.edu/hhs/undergraduate/ess.

Founded in 1933, Clark College provides two-year transfer degree studies, technical training and basic skills classes for as many as 16,000 full-time and part-time students each quarter.

Founded in 1905, Concordia University is a private, Lutheran, liberal arts university located in northeast Portland. The college serves more than 2,000 students through its College of Education, College of Health & Human Services, College of Theology, Arts, & Sciences, and School of Management.

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