For Our Students

• Volunteer at a language conversation table
• Purchase a wreath from the Athletics Holiday Wreath Sale (Winter)
• Donate $50 to the Chemeketa Foundation (or sign up for monthly payroll donations)
• Donate food and other supplies to the Chemeketa Food Pantry
• Have lunch with a student
• Attend Chemeketa’s Commencement Ceremony
• Browse the hanging baskets at the Horticulture Plant Sale (Spring)
• Pick up a few orphaned pots at the Ceramics Sale (Spring)
• Learn about the college’s different student support services (tutoring, study skills, counseling, etc.) and direct students in need of assistance to them
• Visit another campus or center
• Go wine tasting at Chemeketa Cellars and join the Wine Club
• Attend academic program events like the VC Portfolio Show, art show, music concert and more

For Each Other

• Make a new employee feel welcome
• Bid on an item at the Holiday Social
• Bring a snack to share with your office
• Have lunch with a colleague
• Make a purchase at the bookstore
• Read this year’s Chemeketa Reads book, “The Best We Could Do” by Thi Bui
• Attend a First Thursday
• Join colleagues at a First Friday game day in Bldg. 33, Rm. 100
• Make sure your events are getting onto the Events Calendar
• Take time to thank a colleague who went above and beyond

Events

• Invite friends and family to attend a Chemeketa event or athletic event with you
• Attend a planetarium show
• Cheer on the Storm at an athletic event
• Attend a Multicultural or International event
• Attend the McMinnville UFO Festival Parade and cheer extra loud for Chemeketa’s float
• Enjoy Woodburn’s Cinco de Mayo Festival
• Hold your next event at Chemeketa Eola
• Attend an Acclaimed Artist Series concert

In the Community

• Drive nicely when you’re in your car with your Chemeketa parking permit
• Talk to your favorite business about helping support Chemeketa’s 50th
• Patronize a Chemeketa alumni-owned business
• Take a picture with a student wearing Chemeketa gear
• Help share and pass along events Chemeketa sponsors in the community
• Pass along information about how to become a student when people ask after they find out you work here. Memorize the college’s main phone number (503.399.5000)

Share the Love

• Wear your Chemeketa gear in public
• Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat
• Share pictures or posts on social media about your work at Chemeketa and what it means to you
• Re-post, comment on or share a Chemeketa post that you like
• Contribute an artifact to the Salem Bldg. 2 retro Chemeketa displays
• Tell a small business or entrepreneur about the free advising at the Small Business Development Center

It Only Takes a Minute…

• Include the 50th logo in your email signature line
• Help beautify campus by picking up a piece of trash or pulling an unsightly weed
• Use the recycling containers around campus
• Help keep Chemeketa welcoming…hold a door open for someone or offer to help someone who looks lost

Learn Something New

• Take a campus tour through Student Recruitment
• Learn something new or brush up on a skill- take a class
• Earn your Employee Cultural Competence certificate
• Participate in or host an Employee Wellness event or workshop