Campus Landmarks

"Cascade Leaf" by Robert Gehrke - Located in front of the Barber Library, this installation depicts a spearhead containing cutouts of many different bird species. It was installed in 1999 and was created from a combination of weathered steel, bronze, copper and glass.

"Sundial" - Presented by the Faculty Forum for the dedication of the Boyle Education Center in 1990, and in honor of President Frederick H. Boyle. It is located near the front entrance of Boyle.

"Landscape Elements" by Betty Feves - This installation is composed of ceramics and located on the east side of Pence Hall. It was donated by the Bend Foundation in 1983.

 "Angkor Wat II" by Lee Kelly -This installation is located between Modoc and Ochoco. It is composed of brushed steel and installed on an unknown date. "Angkor Wat II" was donated by John James for his daughter. It is dedicated to "The Spirit and Light of Tali."

"COCC Topiary" - This topiary spells out "COCC" in juniper shrubs, and was created by and is maintained by the COCC landscape crew. It overlooks the Mazama Athletic Track and Field on the northwest side of the track.

"Full Circle" by Julie Speidel -This installation of paint and steel is located in front of the Coats Campus Center. "Full Circle" was installed in 2009.

"Campus Carillon"- The musical clock tower is attached to the Barber Library and was donated "in memory of Dr. Pickney".

"She Who Watches" By Lillian Pitt- This installation is based on the She Who Watches design and is composed of bronze, stainless steel, and concrete. It was installed in 2006 and is located on the southwest side of Modoc.

Untitled by Lillian Pitt and COCC students - This installation of a volcanic rock covered in petroglyphs was created and installed in 2006. It is located on the southeast side of Metolius.

"Alcove" by Michael Boonstra - Located on the west side of Pinckney, this installation is based on the Greek concept of agora, a place to gather and think. Alcove was constructed in 2005 and is composed of a tiled concrete semi circle containing three rock benches.

Light by Anne Gardner - Glass, concrete, steel. 20'h x 20"w x 20"d. 2012. Commissioned by Central Oregon Community College; Bend, OR

Time fills days; its color and light flow continuously from morning to night and back again to morning. How we choose to spend that time transforms those days into our life.

Light is installed in an exterior plaza outside the Health Careers building at Central Oregon Community College in Bend, OR. This simple and timeless shape is covered in a reflective glass skin, with colors that represent a day - yellow at the top (sunrise) moving toward gray blues in the center (evening to night) and back to yellows at the bottom (sunset). The sculpture reflects the light from the sun, changing as the day progresses.

The sculpture, titled "The Cutting Board" is located just outside the main entrance to the Jungers Culinary Institute at COCC. 

Made of stainless steel, the piece by Bruce West weighs in at 2,500 pounds and stands nearly eight feet tall and depicts a pear and piece of cheese with a knife on a cutting board.

"Integral Framework" by Lee Imonen - This installation of wood and steel is located along the staircase in the Middleton Science Center. "Integral Framework" was installed in 2013.

The central structure supports a series of frames which contain castings of imagery relating to the subjects being taught within the building itself. The frames serve as enlarged slide mounts, with the castings being imagery taken out of its laboratory or environmental context and enlarged, allowing the audience to get up close and personal with each subject from a new vantage point. Designed in part as a response to the interconnected volumes and the cantilivered forms within the building itself, Integral Framework is intended to heighten the sense of visual continuity within the building by elaborating on the sense of flow or movement.

View more photos on Lee Imonen's website

Located in the COCC Health Careers Center, "Cleaning House" is a stylized, but medically accurate, representation of part of the human immune system identifying and destroying foreign objects. The COCC Health Careers Center trains nurses, dental techs, massage therapists and other practitioners whose goal is to help keep us healthy. This suspended sculpture is a model of healthy blood cells flowing through capillaries at 35,000X magnification while three white blood cell macrophages attack bacteria cleaning house and keeping us healthy. An accompanying wall panel was developed with scientific advisors to help explain basic immunology and the wonder of how our blood functions on a microscopic level. View more photos and learn more about the project at KinematicsLab.com

11' x 8' x 7", mixed media on panel.

Along the Deschutes is located the Dining Hall in Coats Campus Center on the COCC Bend campus.

The multiple panels depict the aerial landscape surrounding the Deschutes River. Patterns include forests, rivers, agricultural fields, and roadways. The wall relief also relates to existing topographic imagery embedded in the floor and fits with the college's desire to encourage an appreciation of their local resources. Learn more at www.josephbellacera.com

"Weeping Norway Spruce" - This topiary is located in front of the main Boyle Education Center entrance. It was presented by the Classified Staff on an unknown date.

"In Memory of Stacie Burns" - This memorial is composed of a placard and an atlas cedar, and is located on the northeast side Ochoco Hall. It was installed in 2002.

"Joyce Vandevert Brown" - This memorial is composed of a birch grove and a placard. It was installed in 2002 and reads, "Beautiful Trees for a Beautiful Lady." It is located on the east side of Modoc.

"Rhododendron Garden" dedicated to Iris Buckle at an unknown date and located between the Boyle Education Center and the Ponderosa Annex.

Placard commenmorating the building of Boyle Education Center, dated October 1989.

Board of Directors
J. Calvin Brantley
Bob Eberhard
James T. Lussier
Max Merrill
Kay Oddie
James R. Ramsey
Kate Van Voorhees

President
Dr. Frederick H. Boyle

Board Attorney
Robert L. Bryant

Architects
Huston, Barber, Barrett, Turner, P.C.

Placard commenmorating the building of Barber Library.

Board of Directors
Bill Bellamy
David Bishop
James C. Carnahan
Anthony J. Dorsch
John Larkin
James T. Lussier
Max Merrill
Don Mitchell
Gail S. Mitchell
Donald V. Reeder
Kate Van Voorhees

President
Robert L. Barber

Board Attorney
Robert L. Bryant

Contractor
Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company

Architect
W.E. GROUP Architects

Funded by: The Citizens of Central Oregon
Bond Passage: November 1994
Building Commission: August 1996
Building Opening: March 1998

Plaque commemorating tthe building of Cascade Hall.

Inrecognition of the unwavering commitment to higher education as demonstrated by friends, supporters and board of the state of Oregon and the central oregon community, Cascade Hall is jointly dedicated by Central Oregon Community College and Oregon Stateu University as the home of the state's first branch campus.

COCC President
Robert L. Barber

OSU President
Paul G. Risser

OUS Chancellor
Joseph Cox

Contractor
Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company

Architect
W.E. GROUP Architects

Construction Project Manager:
Barbara Davey

Plaque commemorating the building of Coats Campus Center.

Opened August 2009

Board of Directors
Anthony James Dorsch
Dr. Ronald E. Foerster
Dr. Joyce Lynn Garrett
Connie Lee
Charley Miller
John J. Overbay
Donald V. Reeder

COCC President
Dr. James E. Middleton

Architect
opsis architecture LLP

General Contractor
Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company

Protect Team
James R. Jones
Alicia Moore
Gene R. Zinkgraf

The Barber Library is named in honor of Robert L. Barber, president of COCC from 1990-2004.

Building opened: April 1998
Naming dedication: November 2007