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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
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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
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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.
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with the unlikely combination
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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.
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