Since 1977, the CSC has continually built on two main objectives: to provide service to Oregon communities and to provide students with service learning opportunities in the areas of planning, community and economic development, natural resource and hazards management, and project management. Each year our service learning model grows and expands, capturing the ever-changing local, regional, and global environments in which we live.

Business professionals involved in regional Stronger Economies Together planning over the next few months (see story, Jan. 10 front page) will likely meet Carrie Pipinich, Mid-Columbia Economic Development District's RARE planner. RARE means Resource Assistance for Rural Environments and is a program administered from the University of Oregon. Its mission is to increase the capacity of rural communities to improve their economic, social and environmental conditions with the aid of trained graduate-level people who live and work in the communities for 11 months.