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Holley joins exchange program
By Amy LaBare
Of The Print.
Cariota Holley, Spanish in
structor at Clackamas Com
munity College, is traveling to
Costa Rica this summer to
teach at the Instituto
Americano de Lenguaje y
Cultura in San Jose. At the
private institute Holley will
teach English and possibly
humanities, history or
literature.
Holley was offered the
chance to teach in Costa Rica
through a man she met work
ing with the Partners of the
Americas, an exchange pro
gram which is involved with
setting up sister states and
countries between the United
States and Central America.
Holley has worked to set up a
program for exchange
students from the U.S. and
Costa Rica. It was suggested
to her that teachers also ex
change, and she will be the ex
change teacher this summer.
Holley is also working with
the Partners to set up an ex
change library between Costa
Rica and Oregon. This library
will be in the College’s library
and will contain information
on community education,
health and agriculture.
Holley is “really excited”
about teaching in Costa Rica.
She said she has no family
there, but she does have
“friends that are like family”
that she will visit.
“7 need to go
back to relearn
what I am all
about. ”
While in Costa Rica Holley
will also be working on the ex
change library for the Part
ners. She said she would be go
ing to Costa Rica this summer
to work on that project even if
she wasn’t going to teach. So
her trip will serve a double
purpose for her and others in
volved.
Holley’s husband, James,
will also be in Costa Rica this
summer working with the
Partners educating people
through health seminars.
Holley said she will be able to
see her husband at times this
summer, which said makes her
happy. She explained that if
they were both there with the
Partners, they would not be
able to see each other because
they would be traveling in dif
ferent places.
Two years ago Holley
taught in Spain for the sum
mer as a Spanish instructor
through a cross-cultural
studies program. She said she
was asked to go back to Spain
this summer, but told them she
would have to “take a rain
check.”
Holley said that traveling to
other countries is fun, but
stressed that going to a Latin
American country was more
than fun. “It gives me an in
jection of what I am. I’ve been
away from my own country
for so long, I need to go back
to relearn what I am all about.
I never lose my identity, but it
is easy to lose my culture. I
come back with enthusiasm
and ready to teach.”
Spanish instructor, Cariota Holley will spend the summer
teaching in Costa Rica. She will participate in a newly facilitated
teacher exchange between countries.
Photo by Joel Miller
Costa Rican library exchange held up
By Amy LaBare
Of The Print
The National Association of
the Partners of the Alliance,
Inc. is currently seeking final
approval to begin stocking the
Costa Rica exchange library at
Clackamas Community Col
lege.
College Spanish Instructor
Cariota Holley is a member of
the association, also known as
Partners of the Americas, and
is the head of the library ex
change program at the Col
lege.
The program began last
summer when Holley traveled
to Costa Rica to collect films
and books for the library and
This summer Holley is
traveling to Costa Rica again
to teach at the Instituto
Americano de Lenguaje y
Cultura in San Jose. While
there she will continue to work
on the library in hopes that ap
proval will come soon.
The exchange 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.
Holley stressed the greatest
help anyone can offer to the
program is to use the available
resources and to contact her if
they have any information or
contributions at extension 392.
to work with the head of the
exchange program there.
While in Costa Rica, Holley
did gather some documents
and view some films, but the
physical form of the library re
mains unsettled. Holley said
the reason for the delay is “red
tape.” The final draft of the
plan is in the process of being
approved by the state office of
the Partners, Holley said.
Then it must go on to the na
tional office in Washington,
D.C. to gain approval.
Holley is disappointed and
frustrated with the delay but is
confident the plan will be ap
proved.
Special interests fill final week -----
The ancient Japanese art of
“Raku” pottery firing will be
demonstrated by Clackamas
Community College art
students Wednesday, June 5
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Community Center.
Benefit auction sponsored by Friends of Clackamas Community
The fast-firing technique is
College last Friday in the Community Center, featured such
used to create the delicate cups
silent bid items as a 14-foot Glastron fiberglass boat.
used in their tea ceremonies. A
Photo by Joel Miller
kiln heated to 1,800 degrees
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Fahrenheit will be used for the
demonstration.
Extra pots will be available
for people who would like to
glaze and fire some pottery
work. Student works will also
be on sale.
For more information, call
657-8400, ext. 386.
A country, folk, and
bluegrass music concert per
formed by Clackamas Com
munity College students will
be performed in the Com
munity Center Mall June 8
from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets will
be $1 for adults, 50 cents for
students and seniors free with
a gold card. Refreshments will
be provided. For more infor
mation, call 657-8400, ext.
434.
Clackamas Community College