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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1979)
Off campus school center big possibility to Mike Koller hfhe Print Jj| report there are now 800 to 82nd Ave. “With the com 1,000 students per quarter pletion of 1-205,” Ellis said,.“It coming from North Clackamas would be.just as easy for North exploration of establishing off- high schools and there are no Clackamas students to go north campus centers in the northern to PCC as it will for them to part of the county, especially facilities now available to offer come south to CCC.” day classes in that areaT for daytime classes. j. “In the-long run, somewhere' Ellis expressed concern to Ellis went on to report that, in Milwaukie would be a the board because Portland “due to the slowly changing desirable location for a center,” Community College has situation insofar as decreasing established a full program cen number of school age children Hakanson said. According to Bob Ellis’.board. ter in south-east Portland on are concerned, there is a associate dean of community education, reported on the staff The possibility of an > off- ampus school center for the lllege is more than just a Blight, according to. Dr. John lakanson, College preside nt. I We are exploring the I ossibilities,” Hakanson said. I At the Nov.; 14 Board of I Education meeting, Bob Ellis, remote possibility that some North Clackams school building might- become available, but not for a.lorig time.”,. Dr. Hakanson stressed that nothing has been decided. “We don’t know how many off-campus Centers we’ll need and there has been no discussions on the specifics yet,” Hakanson-explained. Wednesday, December 5, 1979 Monroe resigns after 10 years Leonard Monroe, dean of student services, has resigned after 10 years of service to the. College. ^Monroe started his care.gr was young and had ap proximately 600 full-time students,” mused the retiring dean. After more than 31 years in education, Monroe feels “it^s time to move on to new en deavors.” Although his “plans are in definite, right now,” he believes he’d like to go into some part of the business world. . J^nrirno oqrrtori a. R A school and served as principal of a high school before coming to the College. “Clackamas Community College is a fine institution and the future holds nothing but promises of good things to come,” says Monroe," “but I leave optimistic about my future, also.” lost popular men among cnuaren. rnuiu uy College campus jobs link students with studies As a permanent fixture in the planning of the College, “Jobs On Cam- pus” has evolved into a total program, combining ■ETA and work/study itudents. With 230 student em ployees here, you can bet that a larger number.of jobs ire closely linked to the itudents’ own academic in terests. “Without jobs on cam- ius , I wouldn’t be where I now holds. “It’s the best thing that’s happened to me!’* Houser explained. “I’ve gotten a lot of insight into my personal feelings and in reaching my own goals.” As assistant coordinator, Houser is involved with varied the directing the Men’s seminars Resource Center provides the College. He also han dles advertising and scheduling. One of the great rewards for Houser, he states, Is “being mistaken for a staff mem ber by both students and staff. I’m on cloud nine,” he said, “I’m able to see and experience first hand all the benefits of the program as they evolve. It’s a great feeling.” un now.” The testimony tomes from Jim Houser, a itudent here. Houser showed an interest in forking for the Men’s iesource Center last November. Since then, louser has gone from Not all the students in tosistant to assistant coor- Unator, the position he volved in work study are fortunate enough to gain tuition money in such a high-gear job as Houser’s, but according to placement officer Marvin Thornley, no matter what the job, “It never comes before the student’s studies. Whatever has to be done to work around the student’s schedule can be accom plished. The student can only work as much as 20 hours a week. The benefits are somewhat self evident Students don’t have to drive a long distance to get to work, and the pay is prettty good, too. Most of our wages range from $3.25 to $3.50 per hour,” he said. my subject matter better, too. You know, sometimes, after a while, the infor mation kind of gets foggy up there in the gray matter. Being challenged with the problem again helps keep it fresh,” he said. Tutoring isn’t always this glamorous. “Sometimes it’s frustrating.' They(the students) look at you like you are supposed to know all the answers.” The rever se is sometimes true. ’The students surprise you sometimes, like when they come up with a solution that you didn’t think of; really, it’s when the hard problems come up that make it so challenging,” he said. as a bank teller, “where I worked with data sheets all day,” to a work study job for the Child Development Center where, “I work with three- to five-year-old humans. Johns attests, “the challenges are dif ferent. Before, I thought that all children needed was some building blocks to keep them entertained. Now, however, I have realized that they need constant attention, some more than others. You have to be totally honest with them, too. They are much more sophisticated than I thought.” The time goes much: faster for Johns. “They really occupy your time,” he said, “but it’s great.” At times, the benefits are personal, too. For Eric Eichelberger, who tutors math students at the “Not all the jobs are Michael Johns, a music ideal,” said Thornley, “but College’s Study Skills Cen ter, "It rounds out my math major at the College, made they are all jobs that need background. I understand a transition from working to be done.* CLACKAMAS COLLEGE ARCHIVES