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Career Fair serves
“Realty successful,” were the
words Career Development
Specialist Sué Jacobs used to
describe the student interest irr
the Career Fair held Nov. 12
and 13 in the Community
Center.
Students were given a
chance to “shop around for
careers.” Career advisors
found' .
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most students quite interested.
Questions involving salary and
job availability were quite com
mon. Advisors gave honest
answers.
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Commented’ Chemist An
drew Held, '.‘“Sometimes it
ose
wasn’t too optimistic. I had to
tell them there weren’t--.too
many jobs..
Jacobi noted that this was
the first career fair at the Col
lege. She also stressed that
suggestions for different ap
proaches to career develop
ment are greatly appreciated
and should be turned into
Trailer D-2.
In, the idea stage is the
possibility of specialized
workshops that deal with a
specific, career. For further
career questions, Jacobs can
be reached at the trailer or ext.
396.
Egg and Poultry Scholarship offered
Applications for the Egg and
Poultry - Association scholar-
ship?, can be obtained at thè
Financial Aide Center, until
Feb. 25. Two scholarships
worth $750 each are available.
Winners will be selected on
scholastic achievement, finan- CAREER MAN--Member of Lewis and Clark College’s Education Department, chats
cial need, ancTpersonal interest * with student interested in teaching
Staff photo by Duffy Coffman
in the poultry field.
Displaced homemakers acquire confidence
It’s important to know that
your job is necessary. You
can’t just go in and take a job
just to work, or just for the in
come. A person can make a
job into an extension of him or
herself.” '■
This ¡s how Jane Green, the
director of the Confidence
Clinic, explains the purpose of
her ’ organization. The clinic,
which is funded' by. the State
Department of Human
Resources and the College, is a
center that helps displaced
homemakers.
Said Green, “We work with
women who are divorced,’
widowed or whose children are
graduated and away. It’s a very
emotional situation. You find
yourself alone, with no money,
and no survival skills^” ' said
Green.
The Confidence Clinic is
neither an original nor in
novative idea. In fact, it is bas
ed on a highly ’successful
Roseburg based organization.
The Clackamas County clinic
was designed three years ago.
by an assembly of welfare
mqthers who contacted CETA
(Comprehensive Education
and Training Act), the College,
and several other federal and
state agencies. The idea was to
create a program for women
who were unable to transition
to the job market because of
lack of confidence. For two
years it ran successfully. In
1979, severe cutbacks crippled
the "original plan.
Green became the director
of the clinic in 1979, and it
changed directions. The em- -
phasis is now on “displaced
homemakers,” said Green,
“It’s not necessarily for
women ■ Some men have
never worked outside of the
•' home. Also it is mostly older
' women, but with the divorce
rate now, that’s not always
. thie.” ‘
^ ’It’s not a . mental health
counseling. We’re focused on
problem solving.” According to
Green, “Jobs are a serious pro
blem today. A great many
stress-related problems are a
' result of your job,” she said.
“ ‘‘So it’s finding something you
want to do, knowing where to
-look. After a life of homemak-
”ing, isolation can be pretty
severe.”
How did Green become the
director of the clinic?'
-'“Well, I had my ‘school of
life.’ I was a displaced
'’hotnemaker myself. I had a
bachelor’s
degree
in
■ philosophy, which helps you
’ with absolutely nothing. No
organization like this existed for
m,e.” Green is an, ad
ministrator, not an instructor.
The Confidence Clinic has two
full-time counselors, Valerie
Lawson, and Judith Nelson.
Lawson has an, associates
degree and tqp , years ex»
perience y/orKing with battered
women. Nelgon i^a Pja.:D.
“We have two workshops,”
explained, Green, “One is a
two-'week program. It em
phasizes problem solving, and
helps people to set goals for
themselves. The other takes,
three days and is a career
assessment program. It’s main
ly-vocational testing and infor
mation on the job market.”
The clinic does not usually
find jobs for, women but is
beginning to do so. Also, they
are developing a short-term
trjHhing program. Said Smith,
“It’ll be on Underwriting and
Rating Insurance. Garnet
Weyhrich will teach it. She is
retired from the insurance
business arid teaches continu
ing éducation classes.” The
College has agreed to give
credits for the class. There will
be r.the regular tuition for the
class, .but, said Green, “We
think we can get waivers for it.”
.Said Green, “Clackamas
County has a lot of excellent
resources for people making
transitions in their lives. We try
to cross-refer whenever possi
ble.’^
The Confidence Clinic is
located on Beavercreek Road,
a half-block from the College.
Those interested should con
tact-Green, at 656-2091.
“We’re successful, I think,”
explained Green, “With a small
amount of money, an
organization like this can avoid
long-térm, expensive pro
blems.”
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Bob Wynia begins
Service to College
Staff photo by Duffy Coffman
Bob L. Wynia, a
former professor of
Public Adminstration
at the University of
Oregon, has been
hired by the College
with the title of Assis
tant to the Deán of In
struction.
Wynia will be
assisting Dr. Ronald
Kaiser, Dean of In
struction, in a variety
of areas, including
statistical analysis of
computer
data
relating to space and
staff allocation at the
College. He will also
be coordinating the
annual County Skills
Contest between the
College and local high
schools, and will also
be involved in the
Credit for Prior Learn
ing program.
Dr. Kaiser pointed
out Wynia’s wealth of
experience in ad-
minstrative areas.
Besides his years at
the, University of
Oregon, he also serv
ed as head of Lane
County’s Department
of Housing and
Human Services, as
well as five years in
the State’s Depart
ment of Education.
He has a twelve
month contract with
the College.