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r Nastari picks ‘82-83 ASG executive cabinet Next year’s Associated Ltudent Body executive Lbinet has been selected, •resident-elect Paul Nastari an- Lounced at last week’s ASG neeting that his cabinet will lonsist of Steve Vohs as ac idities director, Emma Nelson B is assistant to the president and fraci Johnston as ad ministrative assistant. Nelson, a Surgical Nursing major, feels that creating unity > her main objective in the job. I want to help improve com munication between the tudents and the senate, and letween the senate and abinet,” she said. Next year vill be Nelson’s second year at he College. Neither Vohs nor Johnson vere available for comment. In other ASG business, he elections of Nastari and Jay Schaller, Vice-President-elect, ..ere approved by the voting lody. Jerri Hale resigned from the senate at Thursday’s neeting. Hale did not attend he meeting, but a written ’signation was read by Presi- \bout Life. dent Sam Crosby. Hale cited disillusionment and student apathy as the reasons he no longer wants to be a member of the Senate. The resignation was approved. The College’s Senior Job Center approached the ASG requesting help with a Walk-a- thon, which is slated to be held on Thursday, May 22. Representatives from the Job Center asked the ASG for help distributing pledge cards. Anyone wishing to participate in the Walk-a-thon is welcome. The following topics were also discussed by the student government: * -Graduation is set for June 11, at 7:30 p.m. The speakers have not been selected yet. Any graduating student who wishes to give a speech should contact the ASG. —A letter was left in the ASG suggestion box by an irate student, Judy West, suggesting that it is the duty of the student government, as well as the stu dent body, to keep the College clean (see letter, Page 2). The CAST a vote during last Thursday’s ASG meeting. voting body agreed with., the Business Manager Steve Vohs debated the issue; no agree suggested that the ASG ment was reached. gist of the complaint, and plans -Jeff Sylvia, a student at were suggested to help keep members help keep Beaver the College, requested support creek Road devoid of litter. for his art exhibition (see story, the Community Center clean. In a related move, The student government Page 6). . By Laura Henkes diverse experiences lead Wynia to college Bob Wynia, assistant to :he dean of instruction, has lefinitely followed his interests i his carrer development, and is a result has had some uni- |ue experiences. In his current position, Wynia handles the space plan ning aspects of the College, which includes the assignments of offices and classrooms. A larger portion of his «ne, though, involves coor- Bilnating the telecourses at the ■ College. He is chairman of thé State Telecommunications ■Consortium, a group of ■Oregon Community Colleges, Iwhich purchases telecourses Ifrom producers and negotiates Boosts that are shared by in- terested colleges in the consor tium group. Additionally, Wynia pro vides support services to the faculty, which includes everything, from working on committees to looking into the purchase of an electronics pro gram. lege, and he and the ad ministration have a great deal that I can learn from them.” Comparatively speaking, though, Wynia’s past educa tional and career ac complishments, experiences, and interests overshadow his current position. Wynia said, “I eventually ended up here because I like community colleges and this came up and it was perfect for me. My position gives me a chance to learn about com munity colleges from some of the best people around, specifically Dr. Kaiser, the guy I work for here. And I think I have some strengths to con tribute to the community col- Because “it seemed like it was interesting at the time,”; Wynia pursued a bachelor’s degree in speech and hearing. This degree was followed up with the unlikely combination of a master’s in public ad ministration, a master’s in special education, and work in the Ph.D. program at the University of Oregon in com munity college administration. at the UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND GET A JUMP ON YOUR DEGREE — 15 subject areas — seminars & workshops — courses in business, engineering, communications, literature, fine arts, mathematics, nursing, philosophy, physics, political science, peace studies, psychology, environmental science, sociology, theology, ™ H o I & O H n K listration Wednesday, May 5, 1982 z C X (/) ING Registrar University of Portland 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Portland, OR 97203 (503) 283-7321 T CQ 5’ CD ering Call now for more information r~ ■ l> i 1 Prior to becoming a pro fessor of public administration at UO, Wynia was Education Director for the Valley Migrant League and ended up becom ing Executive Director; The position involved working with farm workers, teaching them English, providing job training, employment skills, etc. Years before, during a summer while attending OCE, Wynia and a friend had become interested with migrant workers and rode a bus with them from Beaverton all the way to Mexico to study their experiences and problems. Although Wynia taught at UO for several years from 1969 on, he expanded his horizons with two leaves of absence. For six months, Wynia taught at the University of California at Berkley, “in the middle of the People’s Park riots that were going on there at the time. “I have had some unique kinds of opportunities that have popped up,” Wynia said. For one year during 1969 and 1970, he was on the White House staff and wrote speeches for President Nixon, “until the President was exposed—and I quit,” he add ed. Wynia also further remark ed that he was not even a Republican. After his return to UO from Washington DC, Wynia was recruited by Dr. Dale Parnell, who was then State Superintendent of Schools to become a Public Instruction department director within the education department. The position involved a variety of administrative tasks, including department publications and federal programs. When Parnell resigned, Wynia returned to Lane Coun ty, where he took over a new county department-Health & Human Services. When Wynia started, the department con sisted of four staff members and himself. “Five-years later,” he commented, “it was by far the largest department in the County and had a budget of $13 million a year, of which 97 percent was federal grants, and a staff of about 500 people.” It was considered to be the most comprehensive human services program of any county in the United States. The program has since been reduced and subdivided into several depart ments. In the two and a half years that followed, Wynia moved to Douglas County, where he ran a 1000-acre sheep and cattle ranch. During that period of time, he also managed to build a 50-uriit mobile home park. Wynia contemplated during that time whether he wanted to return to the “working world.” The lure of a position at a com munity college—a position he had long been interested in provided the answer. When asked what he liked best about his current job, Wynia replied, “The people I am working with...People who know what they are doing.” Considering his past ac complishments, it would be very difficult to predict Wynia’s future, and he is the first to ad mit that. At this time he has no particular goal. “I am just ab sorbing,” he mused. Wynia summed up his feelings: “I have no big plans about being a president of a community college. I just want to be comfortable in what I am doing.” Wynia is married to Marilyn, the College Assistant Athletic Director. page 3
