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Article: LCC plans to offer Native language.(Higher Education)(A gift made to the college will help fund the initial course in a new program)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2005
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Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard
This fall, Lane Community College could become the first community college in the state to offer a Native American language course, thanks to years of work by faculty and students and help from one impatient donor.
The new course will be the first beneficiary of a $1 million anonymous gift made to the college last year. Interest income from the donation will be used to invite a Native American scholar to spend a year at LCC laying the foundation for the new language program, which will be offered alongside the college's French and Spanish classes.
The gift allows Lane to establish an endowed chair, something ...