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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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I’m really excited about
this. It’s essentially a
new career in a field in
which I have devoted
my life. ..Jack Shields
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Assistant Dean
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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.