Employment techniques, careers examined
during third Take Charge Day Nov. 3
By Shelley Davis
Of The Print
On Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Clackamas Community College will be
hosting its third Take Charge Day for
community members and College
students. ;
Take Charge is a day-long event that
has been successful in the past. This
year, the United States National Bank
and the College are co-sponsoring the
project.
Between 550 and 600 participants are
expected at this year’s Take Charge
Day. Last year was very successful with
a turnout of approximately 600, Lee
Fawcett, assistant dean of student ser­
vices said.
The staff for this year’s event will be
approximately 50 College staff
members and between 80 and 100 com­
munity members, Marv Thornley,
career development placement officer,
said. Also, Employment Business
Training Services (ETBS) will be in­
volved in the staff.
“The whole process started with the
Career Day that included high schools
and College students. Then, it lead to
Take Charge involving College
students and community members.”
Thornley said.
In explaining Take Charge, Fawcett
said “trying to provide help for com­
munity members to deal with tough
economic times is the main objective.”
He added, “It’s a tremendous oppor­
tunity for current students as well as
the community. ”
Following registration (3 a.m. to
9:30 a.m.) general sessions will be held.
At noon, a free lunch will be served in
the cafeteria to all guests. Sessions will
begin again immediately following
lunch.
A special feature for the day will be a
workshop titled “Future Trends In The
Oregon Job Market,” which will be
presented by Tom Lynch of the State
of Oregon Labor Information Pro­
gram.
Other sessions will involve a Job
Search,
including
displaced
homemakers and self-assessment by
counseling; career trends, with an em­
phasis on occupations going into the
year 2,000 and computer awareness.
Other workshops include Self
Employment which focuses on getting
started and financing your own
business; and Living on Less, including
Eat Well for Less and Dress for Suc­
cess for Less.
Career Market will also be featured
at Take Charge, participants can meet
representatives from more than 40
career fields and discover career oppor­
tunities at the Career Market.
The Business Center Staff of
Clackamas County will also be
available to assist with advice on how
to start and run one’s own business.
The Clackamas County Information
and Referral Network is a service
designed to help Take Charge par­
ticipants locate job resources in their
local communities. Representatives
will be available at the Information
and Referral table for the convenience
of participants.
The College’s counseling department
and the Career Development and
Placement Center will be open to assist
participants in skill testing, career
guidance, and information on College
programs.
To register for Take Charge Day,
participants need to call 657-8400, ext.
501 to reserve a space. There is no
charge, but enrollment is limited to the
first 600. Registration is taken At the
door.
Instructor authors text used
by drafting department
By Shelley Davis
Of The Print
Clackamas Community
College’s Drafting Depart­
ment will soon be using
textbooks written by Drafting
Technology Instructor David
Madsen.
Madsen is currently taking a
leave of absence for fall term
so he can work on his
textbooks to meet his
deadline. “When I took my
leave, the reason was to write
my books,” he said. “It’s
working out real well; I’m
right on schedule,” he added.
The first text is to be on the
market in the fall of 1985 and
the second in the fall of 1986.
The hardbound texts are ap­
proximately 1,000 pages thick
and include tests, problems
and assignments for the
students.
The text to be marketed in
the fall of ’85 is 90 percent
completed. “Some of my col­
leagues are doing a few of the
specialties,” Madsen said. The
text to be released in 1986 is 70
percent Madsen’s work. The
rest of the book is specialty
work.
Madsen published his first
book, a workbook, through a
local publishing company, but
it didn’t do too well. Since
then, he has had a successful
workbook in 1976 and another
one with College Instructor
and
co-author
Terry
Shumaker, published in 1982.
“This
publisher
is
worldwide,” Madsen said.
“I got into writing in­
dividual packets for the State
Department of Education in
drafting,” he added when ask­
ed how he got started in
writing. He went from writing
packets to workbooks and
now texts.
The College has one of the
more excellent drafting pro­
grams in the Northwest,”
Madsen said. “Employers will
call for drafters and constantly
say that our program is
great!” he added.
Dave Madsen
Photo by Joel Miller
Costa Rica provides Latin link for College library
By Amy LaBare
Of The Print
The National Association of
the Partners of the Alliance,
Inc. is in the process of in­
stituting a community educa­
tion library at Clackamas
Community College.
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Americas, is an organization
which culturally-links citizens
of the United States with
citizens of Latin American
countries. 43 of the 50 United
States each have a link to a
Latin American country. The
purpose of these links is to
educate citizens on the com­
munity level about technical
and cultural projects occurring
in each country. Oregon’s
partner country is Costa Rica.
Chariota Holley, Spanish
instructor at the College, is a
member of the Partners of the
Americas and was appointed
last year to head the Com­
munity Education Film
Library Project.
This project will include
films, videos, music and other
forms of visual education
materials available. These
films will include information
of concern to local com­
munities such as education,
land management and enter­
tainment. Holley said
anything can be found in the
library to help citizens know
more about the partner coun­
try.
The library will be located in
the College’s library, and
materials will be available to
check out the same way
regular library materials are
handled.
This summer Holley travel­
ed to Costa Rica to deliver
films for their library and to
set a foundation for com­
munication with the program
director there. Holley also
viewed many films and chose
some to be copied and sent for
use in the College’s exchange
library. Video cassettes and a
document providing quick in­
formation on Costa Rica will
be sent to the College’s library
as well.
Holley stressed the greatest
help anyone can offer to the
program at this point is to
simply “use the resources
available.” However, if
anyone has information that
would be useful in the ex­
change library they should
contact Holley at ext. 392.
Clackamas Community College