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Oregon City, Oregon
Wednesday, May 31,1995
AT A GLANCE
Compiled by Cori Kargel
Copy Editor
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The next performance of the
Clackamas Community College
Proposal made to improve traffic
congestion at main entrance
Suggestions for improving the college’s main entrance are being
considered and studies on the impact of such improvements are
currently being conducted. The College Service Division has
received notice from Oregon Department of Transportation that
the State Highway Traffic Division and the City of Oregon City
have approved the redesign of the main entrance. Additional
left turn lanes will be added on the west and east sides
of the intersection. ODOT is anticipating
to have the project completed
by August 15.
Willamette Falls Symphony Orchestra
will feature the winner of the Young So
loist Competition, Nicolas Crosa. Cost is
$5 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for stu
dents. The concert will begin at 2 p.m.,
June 11, in the Barclay Community
School auditorium. For more informa
tion, call 657-2434.
V The next performance of the CCC
Chamber Singers will include a work
from J.S. Bach, an American Civil War
piece for men’s choir, a French piece for
women’s choir, folk music from Estonia
and the “Berliner Messe” by Arvo Part.
Cost is $6 for adults, $3 students and free
for seniors. The concert will begin at 7:30
p.m., Sunday, in the Gregory Forum. For
more information, call ext. 2434.
■\/ In just nine weeks this summer, stu
dents can complete Spanish 101,102 and
103 - an entire year of study - and earn
12 college credits. Cost is $384 for tu
ition, plus a $24 student fee. The course
runs from June 19 to August 16. Classes
will be from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday
through Thursday. For more information,
call ext. 2333.
Vol. XXVIII No. 24
Proposed areas
for traffic
improvement
"V The Sixth Annual Canby Wine and
Art Festival is fast approaching. The fes
tival will be Saturday and Sunday. For
more information, call Janet Haskins at
266- 1622 (days) or Gordon Rasted at
263-8384 (evenings).
y Applications are now available forstu-
dent ambassador positions for the 1995-
96 school year. For more information or
an application, come to the Student Ac
tivities office or call Mindy Brown at ext
2261.
*V The annual Friends of the Library
book drive is now in progress and runs
through Saturday. Drop off good-condi
tion books at any branch library in
Multnomah County. Tattered books, dated
textbooks, romance paperbacks and
magazines cannot be accepted. Formore
information, call 248-5439.
V “Clackamas County Collects” is the
title of the new exhibit at the Clackamas
County Historical Society. The show con
sists of eight collections by county resi
dents of items such as sewing birds, black
memorabilia, depression glass and fish
ing items. The show runs through July
31. For more information, call 655-5574.
"V Help your favorite CCC student with
tuition and fees - get them a CCC gift
certificate. Certificates can be for $25
or more, on a term-by-term basis or for
the whole year. To purchase, contact the
CCC Cashiers’ Office, or use your VISA
or Mastercard to purchase by phone. For
more information, call ext. 2253.
INDEX
NEWS
Page 1 & 4
OPINIONS
Page 2, 3 & 4
FEATURES
Page 5,6 & 7
SPORTS
Page 8
New program to give insight for students
V Student ambassadors talk to prospective college students
by Brendon Neal
Staff Writer
Next year Clackamas plans to
increase enrollment with a new
student ambassador program.
“One of the thoughts is that
the best way to spread the word
about the quality of our education
and opportunities at Clackamas
Community is to use our own stu
dents to do that,” said
Mindy Brown, high
school relations coordi
nator at Clac-kamas.
The hope is to pro
vide assistance to incom
ing students, get) stu
dents in communication
with department heads
and assist the interna-
tional/culturally diverse
students.
The program development
has been influenced by a number
of colleges around the Northwest
that already have programs in
place. Brown says Chemeketa CC
has been especially helpful re
cently because the current head of
their program is quite experi
enced with what works and
doesn’t work.
The program will involve
CCC students going out into the
community and to high schools
to talk to prospective students
about the college and to help them
through the transition from high
school or the job market into col
lege.
The ambassadors will go to
high schools and talk to students
dents who aren’t the traditional
high school students.
Hie program has been tried
in the past with varied success.
However, the major problem was
trying to work around students’
schedules.
Next year in order to rectify
this they will be changing it from
a volunteer based activity to a paid
to have 3.0 GPA, an education
plan, and be professional in ap
pearance and actions. The am
bassadors will be able to learn
more about the campus them
selves, get to know new people
and make some money at the
same time.
The applications have just
gone out and the administration
hopes to get the inter
views and hiring done
before school is out for
the summer. They
hope to do some train
ing in early summer to
allow them to get to
know each other and
-Mindy Brown, high school
get started on the pro
relations coordinator
gram.
The training will
format.
deal with giving ambassadors in
By actually hiring and pay formation about the college and
ing the students they hope to en will also involve some communi
sure that the program will accom cation skills.
plish its goals.
To get an application or find
They also are requiring that out more about the program con
students take at least six credits tact Mindy Brown at ext. 2261 or
to make sure that they are serious go to the High School Relations
about college and know the col Office in CCI50. Applications
lege.
can also be found in the Student
The members will also need Activities Office in CC140.
• • ...the best way to spread the word about
the quality of our education and opportuni
ties at Clackamas Community is to use our
own students to do that.
a
about Clackamas. They also will
do tours of the campus, and try to
follow the students through the
process sending them the personal
contact that is often missing in the
transition between levels of edu
cation.
Brown plans to have the am
bassadors go to community activi
ties such as college and career
fairs to get those potential stu