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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1979)
New method employed on campu Gostnell feels that the major difference between this situation and one person doing the job alone, is that the two of them have twice as much to of fer. She said that Kenyon has experience and knowledge in areas she does not; the com bination of their skills and talen ts together are put to better use. Working half-time instead of full-time, she always feels fresh at her job, and uses her time better, making every minute count. Gostnell said that the College is “potentially getting more specialized tales from two people” working! this way. Both the president of I College, Dr. John Hakansel arid Dr. Kaiser have been vej supportive of the idea, Go] nell, and Kenyon. Gostna thinks this is due in part to til fact that community collel philosophy is based 0| flexibility for the student, and] should be, .and is, flexible J the staff. “Support from the to| helps,” she added. Club queen sough Barbara Kenyon, half of the College’s first job-sharing team, is keeping busy with her new duties. Photo by Cathy Gross By Ruby Smith ministration at Portland State University. A new employment method They both work half time, 20 went into effect at the College hours a week, with their this fall when Gloria Gostnell schedules arranged so that they and Barbara Kenyon began job overlap one full day. Each of them has snecific spheres of sharing. Kenyon explained the job responsibility over which they she and Gostnell are both are individually responsible, sharing is the position of ad but they keep each other in ministrative assistant to the formed as to the content and administrative dean on instruc progress of each other’s current tion, management and projects to minimize any incon operations, Dr. Ronald Kaiser.- venience of one or the other Gostnell held this position full- being absent from campus. time until September, when One way they do this is by she returned’to school to com keeping logs and inserting plete her studies for her doc memos. toral degree in higher “We share a number of per education administration at sonal goals,” Kenyon said, “fir Oregon State University. st, to provide the dean with strong administrative support Kenyon came here from the skills, secondly, to pursue ad Oregon Graduate Center, and vanced degrees in' higher held the position of education administration, and educational development of thirdly, to support one another ficer and registrar there for the in these goals.” Both she and past three years. She is also pursuing a doctorate degree in Gostnell have the “team ap proach” attitude. community college ad- Of The Print According to the two,-, the job-sharing technique is- working out very well. Both women worked together the first week with Gostnell in troducing Kenyon to job’ responsibilities and procedures. The transition has been smooth. Gostnell said she had been interested in having time for work on her doctorate for quite a while, and felt that this year would be the time to do it..She had read a lot about job sharing, and is a great advocate of this technique. She believes it is particularly important for people who want to share time between their job and families and the effectiveness of the time spent in both areas is im portant. Gostnell said, “This kind of flexibility makes a good mixture in a person’s life.” Her time is now divided between the College, working on her doctorate, and her family. This takes a bit of schedule juggling. 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For more information, con tact the Rent-a-Grandparent Office at the College ext. 416. send for Erase bad debt records Skip bills without ruining credit Receive loans within weeks of beginning this program Information on updated credit laws and legislation Your rights under the Federal Credit Acts THESE CREDIT By James Rhoades Of The Print “Counseling and nursing should be together, I don’t see it working,” was one of -the comments voiced at an open forum for nursing student con cerns on Oct. 8. The meeting was for learning about student concerns and suggestions regarding the College nursing program. Recommendations from a committee formed for this pur pose will eventually be made to John Hakanson, College president “Recommendations will come to me and I will discuss them with nursing faculty and division chairmen and see if changes are necessary,” said Ron Kaiser, dean of instruc tion. “I think this is a very healthy thing,” Kaiser added, “and we are very interested in having the best program possible.” Kaiser said students wèa “concerned that standards ba maintained at a high level” ill the nursing program. Oth! concerns voiced at the foru! were lack of information! potential students; the fact th! there were no student nurse! on the committee; the need ion better orientation program! course content and concern that prerequisites be followed! Coordination between coura seling and the nursing program seemed to be a major concern Several members of the smal sized crowd expressed then feelings on the subject. 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