FEATURE
October 9,1991
Page 5
New nursing insructor brings
diverse background to CCC
Andrea Canilao has her word processing three times a
week where she Is assisted by Connie Allen, her inter­
preter.
Pboto by No,an Kidwel1
Silent education requires
assistance from interpreter
by Nolan Kidwell
Features Editor
Andrea Canilao, a hearing
impaired student here at Clacka­
mas has a very important rela­
tionship with Connie Allen, her
interpreter.
Canilao and Allen, “get along
real fine,” with each other except,
as Canilao says about Allen, “she
signs different because she is from
Chicago.” Allen uses a slightly
different form of sign language
than most Oregonians use.
Canilao is taking three classes
this term, which is her first at
Clackamas. "My major is going to
be word prosessing," said Canilao
through Allen. Canilao is taking a
reading and writing class, a word
processing class and a math class.
“I also have a lot of lab time,” she
said.
Canilao was bom deaf, and
lives with her family in Colton.
She learned sign language when
she was five er six years old.
Sometimes Canilao finds it diffi­
cult to communicate with the
members of her family. She says
that her two sisters can both sign
pretty well, but her Mom and
brother have a little more trouble
with sign language. She says that
her brother does a lot of “letter
signing,” or spelling the words out
Allen on the other hand grew
up with deaf parents, brothers and
sisters. Allen’s first language was
sign language. Her mother who
was deaf was widowed twice and
both of Alien’s step fathers were
also deaf.
“I learned speech mostly
through aunts and uncles,” said
Allen.
The first time that she inter­
preted professionally was at age
19, for a court house. When she
moved to Oregon from Chicago,
she began signing again profes­
sionally. Allen breaks her profes­
sional signing down into three
categories: academic, political and
medical. Academic signing is what
she does for Canilao. Allen has 13
students which she interprets for,
both here and at Portland Com­
munity College. She also some
times does political signing which
would be like court room inter­
pretation. Medical signing is just
interpreting for doctors and pa­
tients. Most of the time Allen’s
work day lasts from 8 a.m. to 10
p.m. She does a lot of driving.
However she likes her work.
“It is what I do best,” said
Allen.
by Tracy Hobbs
Staff Writer
Travel may seem like a dream
to some, but to new full time
nursing instructor Eileen Turner,
it is a way of life.
Turner has a nursing license
in seven states and three coun­
tries. She has worked in clinical
specialization, teaching, admini­
stration and bedside care.
Currently she teaches at CCC
part time as the Nursing 101
instructor. “I’m very impressed
(with CCC). I taught part time
here last spring and winter.” She
also added, “I enjoy the faculty.
They seem very attentive to the
students; they’re on a first name
basis.”
Turner has lived in Hong Kong,
Tokyo and all over the United
States because her husband was
with the U.S. government.
“Haying lived in another coun­
try I understand how a foreigner
would feel without knowledge of
the language or culture,” Turner
said.
Turner, who received her
Bachelor of Science degree at
the University of Colorado and
her Masters of Scienoe at a Catho­
lic university in Washington D.G,
feels her experiences have made
her a better nurse. She feels
she’s done everything, having been
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