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Wednesday, Jan. 18,1995 AT A GLANCE Community college Compiled by Cori Kargel Copy Editor y Writers’ Club meetings are the first and third Friday of every month. Bring your lunch to B112 and share your work with other writers. For more informa- tion, call Diane Averill at ext. 2370. "V The ELC will be hosting a 10-week course on Loom Beading and Learn ing to Make a Loom. The class began Jan. 6. For more information, or to reg ister, call ext. 2351. “V Chrysalis, a women’s writing group, is looking for interested writers. The group is open to female students and staff of any experience level. Meetings are from noon to 1 pm., Wednesdays, in Pl 02. For more information, call Kate Gray at ext. 2371. "V Slots are still open for the European Trip for Women. Tour coordinators are faculty members Ellen Wolfson, Carol Evans and Linda Vogt. For more infor mation or to register, call Wolfson at ext. 2550 or Evans at ext. 2444. y Make sure to check out the classes offered by CCC at North Clackamas Aquatic Park: Beginning Swimming, Aquatic Exercise, Aquatic Fitness and Lifeguard Training. For more informa tion, call ext. 2291. a / GALAB meetings are every Friday, from noon to 1 p.m., in B238. For more information, call Kate Gray at exL 2371. “V The Polar Bear 5000 Meter Run and 2-Mile Fun Walk/Run will be on the pavement of the campus roads. The run will begin at 11:30 a.m., Jan. 22, with check-in and registration in the lower level of Randall Hall. For more infor mation, call the Community Recreation Dept. ■>/ Country Line Dancing for Women will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Jan. 23 and 30, in the Gregory Forum. All experience levels are welcome. Register at door, $3 fee. y Learn about the wonders of the Northwest winter skies at theELC’s as tronomy class. Participants will use various instruments and survey a num ber of stellar phenomena. The class will be from 7 to 10 p.m., every Monday from Jan. 23 to Feb. 6, at the Haggart Memo rial Observatory. Cost is $45. For more information, or to register, call ext.2351. ")/ Disney is searching nationwide for collegiate singers and musicians to participate in the Disney Entertainment Work Experience Program during the 1995 summer season. Performers will receive salary, housing, daily career workshops with top performing artists and college credit. Deadline is Feb. 12. For more information, call (407)345- 5701 or (714)490-7327. INDEX NEWS enrollment declines by Anjanette Booth Kitzhaber’s new budget, because News Editor of this statewide “equalization” CCC students can be expect effort. ing a tuition increase starting in For the past several months, the 1995-96 school year, due to an Increasing Full-Time Equiva the 6 percent drop in full-time lent Task Force has been review equivalent enrollment this year. ing ideas that would make CCC This drop in enrollment has more attractive to students. Liz lead to an approximate loss in tu Goulard, Dian Connet and Gary ition revenue of $300,000. Ac Dirrim co-chair this committee. cording to a memo put out by the One recommendation of the President’s Council, CCC is not increasing FIE Task Force is to the only community college ex enhance the Feb. 23 Skills Con periencing this downtrend. Some test. The college will be hosting 1.3 out of the 16 community col 1600 potential future students leges in Oregon are also showing from surrounding high schools. a decrease in enrollment. In the fall of 1994, the number of This may be due to the rap local high school graduates com idly improving Oregon economy. ing to the college dropped by 9 In the past, there has been a di percent. rect relationship between a rise in So, what does all this mean the economy and a downturn in for Clackamas. It means that enrollment. within the next three years, the Due to the loss in tuition rev college needs to improve its bot enue across Oregon, a state-initi tom line by $350,000-$400,000 a ated effort is being made to nar year. row the differences in funding A memo, put out by the Of among the 16 community col fice of Community Relations, says leges. that the Budget Committee Clackamas, being better projects a balanced budget funded in the past than most of 1995-96, but predicts negative the colleges, will most likely have figures in 1996-97 and 1997-98. 75 percent of its revenues (a com This may cause a $2 per credit bined total of state and property increase in tuition for 1995-96. The task force is also asking tax fund) frozen for a four-year period. CCC will not benefit as for recommendations on how to much as some community col improve the bottom line. leges with Governor John Pages 3 & 4 SPORTS Pages 5,6,7 & 8 Photo by Corky Kirkpatrick Reese retires, begins endowment by Christi Snavely Opinion Editor When I’m asked to explain why I enjoy Clackamas Commu nity College, my answer is often linked to the influence the fac ulty has on the college. When in structors and staff are eager to make the environment stimulat ing, the rest seems to fall into place. I have been given the great opportunity of writing about a man who has influenced many in just that way. Lyle Reese retired this last November from his 25-year ca reer at CCC. Over those years, he served in different capacities Continued on page 2 Ferris, Shields named associate deans by Jocelyn Gauthier Feature Editor Jack Shields and Glenn Ferris, both long-time faculty members, have recently been named associate deans by the col lege. Shields, of Arch Cape, is the new associate dean of instruc tional services for arts, humani ties and social science. He has a bachelor of science degree in speech/theater and a Master of Science degree in teaching from Portland State University. He began teaching speech and theater here in 1972, and served as Department Chair of Communications/Theater Arts from 1978-1994. From Aug. 1993-Nov.l994, he was the coor dinating department chair of arts, humanities and social science. “The most important thing we do on this campus is teach, and I’m here to be of service to that function,” Shields said. He’s been teaching for 27 years and said that, “although the joys have been many, the downside made me 4 4 The most important thing we do on this campus is teach, and I’m here to be of service to that function. ..jaCk shields Assistant Dean Pages 1 & 2 FEATURES Lyle Reese “I believe my job is to be of service and support to the six de partments that are in this division, in the areas of budgeting, sched uling, personnel and general well being,” Shields said of his new position. grumpy at times. This opportu nity came at a very good time for me. “I’m really excited about this. It’s essentially a new career in a field in which I have devoted my life. I’m pleased it was possible to make this shift. My last career lasted 27 years, so I kind of doubt that this will, although I have no plans for shuffling off!” he said. Shields is a professional ac ta* with 121 plays, 21 musicals, seven television performances and one film, “Reunion,” to his credit. He was formerly a profes sional theatre director, as well as a department chair and theatre director at Clackamas High School from 1966-1972. Shields represents CCC among the Community College Humanities Administrators, Clackamas County Arts Action Alliance, Clackamas County Cur riculum Integration Committee and the Portland Area Colleges Course Development Consortium. Ferris, of Newberg, is the new associate dean of instruc tional services for industrial, health, physical education, athlet ics and community recreation. He has a bachelor of science degree in political science and a master of education degree in edu cation and psychology from Or- 4 4------------------- I’m really excited about this. It’s essentially a new career in a field in which I have devoted my life. ..Jack Shields x Assistant Dean ___________ 99 egon State University. He began working at CCC in 1978 as an instructor of cooperative work experience, parts merchandising and English as a second language. From 1983-94, he served as a de partment chair/instructor in the Industrial Division. From 1992 until the present, he also served as the coordinat ing department chair for the In dustrial Division and related ar eas. Before joining the CCC staff, Ferris was a business manager in private enterprise, an instructor at Portland Community College, a high school principal; a basket ball coach and an instructor of social science and math.
