THE PRINT
Vol. XXII No. 1
Wednesday, October 5,1988
Clackamas Community College
Rawson honored at
special ceremony
by Christopher L. Curran
Editor
In a special ceremony held
Sept. 22, Clackamas Community
College officially remembered
one of its own.
The college was honoring
Production Designer Ralph
Rawson, Who died Feb. 5 of this
year of pneumonia. He was 30.
The ceremony was to an
nounce that an underground
sprinkler system would be dedi
cated in the gardens near Clair
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Digest
fund, but due to financial diffi
culties, the sprinkler system was
chosen, because of Rawson’s
appreciation for the gardens in
the Horticulture area.
“The irrigation system will
be designed this winter,” said
Elizabeth Howley, a horticulture
instructor. “It will be installed
during winter and spring.” Cur
rently there is no planned cere
mony for when the sprinkler
system is finished.
At the Sept.?22 ceremony,
"The feeling (at the ceremony) was
good...Peaceful. He is definitely missed."
Zoodirectorto
speak at CCC
This year
Clackamas is expecting to experience an eight
percent increase In enrollment over last year.
- Kevin Forney
mont Hall in memory of Rawson,
who worked at the college^for
over six years.
“A sprinkler system seemed
like a fitting thing,” said Kevin
Forney, who worked with Rawson
in the publications department.
“He realty liked flowers and plants.
Forney added that
Rawson
would buy several plants and
flowers for his yard, which he
maintained constantly.
Originally there was talk
about setting up a scholarship
several people, including College
President John Keyser and Foun
dation Treasurer Gary Nelson
spoke to the people who gath
ered. A plaque was presented,
which will stand to honor Rawson.
“The feeling (at the cere
mony) was good...peacefui,”said
Forney. “He is definitely missed.”
“He did a lot of nice work for
the college,” Forney said, “He
left a legacy that will be around a
long time.”
Oregon City, Oregon
Enrollment increase
predicted at 8%
by Briane Dotson
Staff Writer
Clackamas Community Col
lege is experiencing a predicted
increase in enrollment of over
eight percent, and that percent
age is expected to go even higher.
Turn out is better than what
was originally anticipated said
True expression
Mary Dykes, director of admis
sions and records. The reason
for this high turn out appears to
be thedemand forwell educated
people in today’s job market.
The classes which are most
popular this year are foreign
language classes which can be
transferred to other colleges for
credit. There is also a wide range
of people who are attending CCC
Not only people fresh out of high
school, but older students who
want to better themselves for thé
changing times in today’s soci
ety.
At Clackamas this year there
is an Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
of996. This is higher than it has
been in the past. An FTE is
equal to forty-five credit hours.
Even though there has been
an increase in tuition, it has caused
little effect on enrollment In fact,
most people have not even no
ticed that there has been an in
crease in tuition.
Changes in the way that
students sign up for classes has
helped by setting up an appoint
ment, and seeing a counselor for
their own personal needs. This
helps so that students are not
lost in the shuffle of registration,
which has happened in the past.
“I project registration will
be up eight percent when this
year is over,” said Mary Dykes.
“However, there will be no ac
tual count until later this week.”
Photo by Juli« Chruch
The Art Show In Pauling Center will end one week from today on Oct. 12. The show
Includes works by John Leland and Rick True (the artist of the above sculpture),
both of whom are instructors at Clackamas.
Y. Sherry Sheng, Director
of the Washington Park Zoo
will be at Clackamas Wed
nesday, Oct. 12 from 7:30 to 9
a.m. in the Community Cen
ter’s Skylight Room.
Sheng will be speaking
about the challenges she has
faced as a woman in a tradi
tionally male field. She is one
of just two women in the
country who head a major zoo
College hires
former student
Leslie Wisnieski turns
from student to staff at Clacka
mas as she becomes the new
Documentation/Information
Specialist She’ll be working
with Chuck Adams at that post
Last year Wisnieski was a
student at the college and was
active in student government
Test scores on
the increase
The National Education
Association announced the
scores of minority students
on the SAT and ACT tests
are on the rise. The NEAsay
the test results give positive
signals that schools are doing
a better job.
There still
remains,
however, a large gap between
minority and majority test
scores, which the NEA would
like to see closed.
Molalla to use
Randall gym
Basketball fans at Clacka
mas will be getting a double
dose of action this year. In
addition to the college teams
Molalla High School will play
its home games this season at
the college.
Molalla, who will play
about 10 games in Randall
gym, is using Clackamas as an
alternative sight due to the
fire which destroyed its gym
during last school year.
Inside:
• Student services
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- Women's volleyball
page 4