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Tech Opens $4 Million Thomet Fieldhouse
Oregon Tech celebrated the opening of its $4 million Kip Thomet Memorial Fieldhouse on November 3 in Klamath Falls. The 8,500-square-foot indoor training facility was funded entirely through private donations, led by a $1.2 million gift from Glen and Sherry Thomet in memory of their son, Kip, who died in 2019.
RCC and Oregon Tech Partner to Meet Southern Oregon’s Manufacturing Workforce Needs
Rogue Community College and Oregon Tech are launching a new 2+2 pathway that will allow Southern Oregon students to earn an associate degree at RCC and continue into Oregon Tech’s Manufacturing Engineering Technology bachelor’s program without leaving the Rogue Valley.