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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
News Briefs
Page 2
May 2,1990
$20,000 computer lab lacks students
CCC enrollment up for 12th term
According to Mary Dykes, director of admissions and records,
Clackamas Community College's enrollment has risen for the
twelveth consecutive term. Winter term enrollement was up 5.4
percent from last year. Full-time students winter term rose 8
percent from 1989’s figures, while part-time enrollment saw a 5
percent increase. CCC also regarded a 20 percent increase in the
college transfer program and an 18 percent jump in the apprentice­
ship program frpm the previous year.
Comedy Fest slated for Friday night
The ASG-sponsored live comedy festival is the first ever of its kind
to be held at Clackamas Community College. Eight local veteran
comedians are scheduled for the two-hour program which will run
from 8-10 p.m. in the CC Mall. Tickets are $3 in advance and $4 at
the door. Refreshments will be available for purchase. The event is
also sponsored by Portland’s Comedy Tonight.
Business workshop offered
People interested in opening their own business can learn how at
the" Going into Business Workshop" May 5. The workshop will
focus on permits, licensing business plan development, hiring,
taxes, and marketing Scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Harmony
Satellite Center in Milwaukie. For more info, call the Small Busi­
ness Development Center at 656-4447.
Women with disabilities video set
Focus on Women present the free video showing of “The Impos­
sible Takes a Little Longer” spotlighting the personal and profes­
sional lives of four women with disabilities May 3 in the Small
Dining Room from noon-1 p.m. For more info, call ext. 489.
Greenfingers seek green thumbs
Organic plots are available for purchase as of May 5 as part of the
Greenfingers Community Garden Project. The cost is $ 10 per 700-
sq. ft. plot. The plots are rototilled and irrigated by the college on
a strip of land located near the Art Center. For more info, call ext.
211.
AAA Trouble-shooting contest set
Hie 1990 Plymouth-AAA Trouble Shooting Contest will be held
Friday, May 4, at CCC for the sixth year in a row. The contest will
feature cream of the cropautomotivestudents from 10 Oregon high
schools and will focus oh “Academic and hands-on mechanical
skills.” Starting at 10 a.m. on the outdoor track, a team of two
students from each school will have 90 minutes to identify and solve
theproblem. Localschools include Oregon City, Columbia (Trout­
dale, and Gresham. The winners of state will move on to compete
for the national title in Washington D.C. June 18.
Margy Lynch
News Editor
Lack of use of the English
computer-lab could result in a
cutback of hours, according to Tom
Richards, English department
chair.
. “We want people to know of
its availability,” said Dick Andrews,
writing instructor and supervisor
of the English computer lab. “It’s
a way of saving a great deal of
time, especialty in a composition
class when revising is, or should
be, required.
Andrews said that there could
be a number of reasons why stu­
dents are not using the lab. “A lot
of people have access to their own
computers,” Andrews commented,
“and a lot of people just plain
don’t know about it
There are 16 computers in
the lab. The lab is located in
McLoughlin 134. Each of the
computers cost about $1200-$1300.
That does not include the cost of
the software.
The English department pur­
chased two software products for
the lab. They have a style check
program and also the Word Per­
fect program. There are tutors on
duty most of the hours the lab is
open. The monitors will tutor and
assist the students with things they
don’t know about or things they
"We just help
people get started,
they don't need
experience..."
have problems with.
There is a $5 charge, each
term, for students to use the lab.
Students also need to bring a double
density, double-sided disk, which
can be purchased in the CCC
bookstore for about 90 cents.
Students will need to trade that
disk with a tutor at the desk for a
different type of disk.
The computer lab is on the-
bottom left hand comer of
McLoughlin. There is an entrance
from outside of the building.
The lab is presently open
Monday through Friday. The hours
vary each day. They are posted on
the outside door.
Renae Austin, a computer lab
tutor, said that many people still
don’t know about the lab. This is
the second term it has been open.
Students don’t have to know
anything about computers to use
the lab, according to Austin. If
there is a tutor on duty, that tutor
will help the students who need it.
“We just help people get
started,” Austin stated,’’they don’t
need experience, don’t even need
to have touched a computer. We
teach them what each key does,
how to use it, and what to do.”
Students can register for the
computer lab in Dick Andrews’
office, located at M253. They can
then pay for the lab at the cash­
ier’s desk.
Horticulture chosen best in state...*
CCC program wins vocational award
Ity Margy Lynch
News Editor
The ornamental horticulture
program at Clackamas Commu­
nity College has been chosen as
the outstanding post-secondary
vocational preparatory program
by the Oregon Department of
Education.
Elizabeth Howley, who has
been a horticulture instructor for
the past seven years, accepted the
award for the program at a meet­
ing for the Oregon Council of
Career Vocational Administrators.
There are 34 different courses
offered in the program. Thé dif­
ferent courses are on landscape
installation and maintenance,
greenhouse crop production,
nursery production, and commer­
cial floral design. There are day
and evening classes.
There are two different de­
grees that students may earn in
the program. There is a one-year
occupational certificate and there
is also a two-year associate de-,
gree. There are courses offered
every term of the year and stu­
dents can enroll part time into the
program.
• There are ornamental horti­
culture graduates working for
nurseries, greenhouse, botanical
gardens, landscape installation and
maintenance companies.
Some of the main employers
of CCC ornamental horticulture
graduates are General Tree Serv­
ice, Northwest Landscape Indus­
tries, Evans Farm Nursery, Berry
Botanic Garden and Arnold Ar-
J
boretum in Boston.
; “We have a 100 percent job
placement rate for all students in
. the program seeking jobs,” Howley
stated. There are currently 225
students enrolled in the program.
The ornamental horticulture
program at CCCalso offers short­
term training to some local busi­
nesses and industries. They,are
Northwest Landscape Industries,
the Oregon State Highway De­
partment, the Golf Course Super­
intendents Association and G.I.
, Joes.
Watch out for
drinking drivers.
1-800-24-DRUNK
Family Planning seminar slated
A seminar for family planning is scheduled for May?,at 12:30 p.m.
in the CC Fireside Lounge. The seminar is titled "What Guys &.
Gals need to know". Dixie Wetzel, a Health Educator from Clacka-
"May Day Fun Run" scheduled
Runners, walkers and joggers are invited to participate in the "May
Day Fun Run" today. If interested, meet in the lower level of
Randall Hall in the "no parking zone". Ute run will begin at 12 p.m.
and is 3.1 miles long. The run will lake place regardless of what the
weather is like.
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