Florendo named new advisor
By Julio Swenson
O'ogc'’ Dotty [merotd
To help moet the increasing number of students
of color who seek advising services from the
Office of Multicultural Affairs, a new half-time
academic adviser has been added to the staff
University alumnus James Florendo. an active
member of the local Native American
community, was selected after a thorough search
and interview process that included student and
faculty input
Florendo. who will concentrate on advising
students of color who am on academic warning
and probation, said he hopes to help get more
students of color through school, and to keep
more of them in school.
Marshall Sauceda, director of the Office of
Multicultural Affairs, said Florendo's long
standing relationship and involvement with the
Native American community in partic ular will
help in the effort to serve Native American
students
"lames brings a wealth of experience and
knowledge to the office, and we look forward
to his contributions." Sauceda stated.
Florendo will join two other full-time adv ixers
In the last fisc al year alone, the staff rec eives!
about 2.000 phone calls from students, and about
2,500 'walk in'' contacts — about fit) percent
of which regarded ac ademic, support activities,
Sauceda said.
Some students of c olor have preferred to seek
advising at the muiiii ulturnl affairs office because
they apprec inte the environment there, he said
The fac t that they c an lie advised by another
person of color simply enhanc es the comfort
level, and makes it easier to work with an
adviser," Sauceda said
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versity and Lane. Chereck said,
and this trading agreement not
only eases the transfer of student
transcripts between schools but
, sets a model for future agree
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We have been extremely pleased
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it used to be such chaos and con
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SPEEDE/ExPRESS linkage, is a
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SPEEDE/ExPRESS is another step
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international) standard for
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The process of installing
SPEEDE/ExPRESS, though still
in its infancy, requires the imple
mentation of a standard comput
er format program and common
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nel their electronic transmissions
through a translator mainframe
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We have been
extremely pleased
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— Herb Chereck.
University Registrar
N Y. Each day the institutions
check an electronic mailbox for
incoming messages (transcripts)
and down-load them onto com
puters at their respective regis
trar offices
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Chereck said it will be only a
short while before it can
The National Center for Edu
cation Statistics, the Council of
Chief State School Officers, the
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giate Registrars and Admissions
Officers support the develop
ment of the system and plan for
long-term provision of services
using the SPEEDE/ExPKKSS for
mat.
Chereck speculated that with
in two years most or all Oregon
schools, both college and
kindergarten through 12th
grade, will be electronically
linked and thus more readily
and easily able to transfer stu
dent information
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work is an example of another
innovative way that Oregon's
higher education institutions are
taking advantage of improving
technology to do more with less."
Chereck said
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colleges and universities to edit
i ate fewer students, higher edu
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Gov Barbara Roberts is asking
agencies to carve $50 million
from administrative costs in
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turn system's share would he
about $15 million.
That's about l percent of the
college system's budget of $008
million for 1093-95 Department
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with only $4 million in cuts
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outs not hamper hash programs
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further t ails in programs and ser
vices, including student ser
vices." Weldon Ihrig. higher
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argue they have taken more than
their share of budget cuts in
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education with little waste in
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