Lollipop recruitment works
By Cyndi Bacon
Of The Print
A new tactic has been in
corporated in recruiting students
from three local high schools to
the College by Norm Berney,
college counselor.
Berney, assigned to Molalla,
Canby and Estacada high school
relations, has devised "something
that might work to get their
attention": lollipops.
"At Molalla I put up a sign
saying 'Clackamas Community
College information' and a table
with college brochure informa
tion and a bowl of lollipops,"
Berney said. "They'd walk over
and get a lollipop and we'd Start
talking."
"It's a typical sales gimmick,
but it kind of breaks the ice,"
he said.
"It creates an open
atmosphere for students and says
that we are available and at
their service."
In the high schools, Berney
answers questions concerning vo
cational technical classes, transfer
courses,;financial aid, acaderriics
and "just about anything else
they come up with."
Financial difficulty and not
identifying with the College are
major problems as to why some
people are missing out on Clacka
mas, Berney said.
"Sometimes we come from an
academic style," Berney said.
"I'm trying to sell the school on
that you don't necessarily have
to have your mind made up when
you get here. You can do some
experimenting here."
"It's really frustrating when
you get out of high school,'1
he said.
"This program is to
try to help these people."
"I'm trying to help the guy
that gets out of high school, buys
a car and two years later has two
kids and is driving by the College
and says 'why didn't I go to
school?" he said.
Berney is out to sell the Col
lege to the community no matter
what their interests are.
"They should try us," he said.
"We have probably 100 excellent
programs to try when they get
out (of high school)." <
"It's a general sales attitude,
but I think we're selling a good
product," Berney said. "It's easy
for me to sell the College because
I believe in it. I'm not saying
that it's better than other styles
of recruiting, though."
"What we're trying to do is
familiarize the high school stu
dent with what we offer at the
College," said Art Hames, dir
ector of counseling. "We could
sit here and wait for them or try
to go out and talk to them."
The counselors will work
closely with the enrollment man
ager, Gary Haroldson, io "let
each other know what they are
doing so there is no overlap,"
according to Hames.
Berney said his lollipop tactic
has worked well at Molalla High
School.
"Sometimes I have eight or
nine students sitting around the
table," he said. "There's always
someone talking to you."
Berney's reception at Estacada
High School was successful, also.
"I feel pretty good about it,"
Berney said. "I haven't tried it
at Canby yet, but I'm going to."
Photo by BrianB
Counselor Norm Berney contemplates lollipops that help him I
"break the ice" with high school sturdents so he can tell then«
the benefits of Clackamas.
Handicapped speech tourney to bring recognition!
A handicap speech tourna
ment, recognizing handicapped
high school students as well as
promoting the College's name
will occur May 27 at the College,
said
Frank Harlow, College
speech instructor.
Harlow said that most handi
capped individual's abilities have
been neglected or limited be
cause of society's image of them.
"The tournament will give
the individual a chance to ex
press themselves and gain a great
deal of self-confidence within
themselves," Harlow said.
Handicapped students from
high schools located in the Wash
ington, Multnomah, and Clacka
mas counties (Tri-counties) are
all invited to attend the tourna
ment.
"We are having a difficult
time obtaining students for this
tournament. We have contacted
high schools, community colleges
and private residences for en
trants," Harlow said.
"We presently have nine en
trants at this time out of a total
of approximately 150,"
said
Barbara St. Mary, tournament
chairperson.
As far as they know, Harlow
said that the idea of speech
tournament designed specifically
for handicapped individuals is ar
national first and should pro
mote the College's reputation as
an multi-faceted academic in
stitution.
"The College is in total com
pliance with a non-discrimina-
tory federal code which lists
what projects must be done to
the College in order for it to
meet the handicapped individ
ual's needs," St. Mary said.
The College's speech classes
are sponsoring the tournament,
Harlow said.
"The students, along with
myself, felt that the tourna
ment would be both beneficial to
the handicapped individual as
well as for the College," he said.
"The student population should
be a representative of the total
community," St. Mary said.
Harlow said that
Barbara
(St. Mary) wrote the grant for
the funds necessary to establish
the tournament.
"It was a first time effort for
me in writing a grant but I had
help from Gerry Bellavita who
is the grant writer of the Col
lege," St. Mary said.
The Rosie Tucker Foundation
and the
Herbert Templeton
Foundation are the chief finan
ciers of the tournament, Harlow
said.
The entrants will speak on the
topic of "Freedom from Handi
caps" which is of the persuasive
speaking category, Harlow said.
"Three categories,
vision,
hearing and orthopedic impaired
is how the tournament is divided
and the first place winner in each
category receives a full years
tuition to either PCC, Mt. Hood
or Clackamas,"
Harlow said.
Second place finishers will re
ceive a one-quarter tuition and
third place finishers will receive
a "big" trophy, he said.
The speaking will be done in
classrooms all over the campus.
"We emphasize that the tourna
ment, since it is just beginning,
will be an educational playday
for the students. If the tourna
ment is a success, we will em
ploy a more structured format
later on but as of now, we want
to make the students feel com
fortable and just enjoy them
selves," Harlow said.
Harlow said that the tourna
ment should be good moral in
spiration for the students and
should generate some awareness
as to the importance of sponsor
ing a tournament such as this.
Clay Shepard, mayor of Bend
and speech instructor of Central
Oregon Community College, is
also a handicapped individual
and will be the keynote spea
during the tournament. I
"Clay's presence shoulii
spire the students enterinati
tournament. He is able to wall
with the aid oftwocaneslS
Mary said.
"I hope that we can obi
some more entrants befoiltll
Friday's deadline. If an«
knows of someone who wou|
be interested in enterinlfl
tournament, contact Barbara
myself at 656-2631, ext. 208.1
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Over 20 representatives from
student newspapers at 10 of
Oregon's 13 community colleges
are expected to participate in a
journalism Workshop at the Col
lege May 20 and 21.
The workshop was organized
with the primary idea of discus
sing the formation of a statewide
association of community college
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Thacker, editor of The Print.
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and journalism students on Sun
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to one another."
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posed newspaper organization
would not be a part of CCOSAC,
however, it is possible that they
will use their meetings as a
vehicle for getting together.
"It would be a convenient
way to arrange time and place
for meetings as well as transpor
tation since the newspaper peop
le could go with their student
government representatives."
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