Feature
The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, December 6,1995
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m
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Printmaker
Anne Warnock’s
works have been on
display in the
Pauling Gallery
since Nov. 7 when
she discussed her
artistic techniques
at a free public
presentation.
Featured are black
and white
monoprints and
linocuts. The show
will end tomorrow.
Gallery hours are 8
a.m. to 10 p.m.
Above: Lotus
Above: Catnip
Photos by Paul Ulmen
Bottom left:
Crazy Quilt
Bottom right:
Nana
All prints pictured are
linocut prints selling from
$280 to $550.
Nursing students all
pass State Board Exam
Angela Corrie
Contributing Writer
A 100 percent passing score
for the nursing program students
who took the State Board Exam
is good news for Arlene Jurgens,
chairperson of the Nursing and
Allied Health Department.
“We generally admit a class
of 33 to come in as first year stu
dents and then we have the op
portunity to bring LPN’s (Li
censed Practical Nurses), into the
second year of the program,”
Jurgens said.
For the academic school year
of 1994-95, 28 students involved
in the nursing program finished
their six terms by completing the
exam given by the National Li
censing Center during the sum
mer of 1995. Most students like
to know their scores; however, in
this situation, this is not possible.
“The score is done nationally
and the students receive either a
pass or no pass,” said Jurgens.
All they know is the national
average because the test is taken
by graduates across the nation
who want to be registered nurses.
“They all take the same
exam: the national average var
ies a little from year to year, but it
tends to be approximately 85 per
cent,” Jurgens said.
How do these scores compare
to last year? According to Jurgens,
the students had a 93.1 percent
passing rate, because the class
graduated 27 students and 25
passed on the first time. The two
students who did not pass the first
time, passed the exam the second
time.
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Out of the past
five years, this
is our third 100
percent pass
rate
-Arlene Jurgens
Nursing Department
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“Out of the past five years,
this is our third 100 percent pass
rate,” Jurgens informed.
Once the students pass the
exam, they receive their license
in the mail from the Oregon State
Board of Nursing.
After receiving this license,
Jurgens said most students go to
seek out employment.
“Then they can move on,”
said Jurgens. “As of September,
27 of the 28 were employed as
registered nurses. One had a knee
injury, and so she had not sought
employment, but she may be em
ployed now.”
Jurgens has been involved
with the nursing program at CCC
since she started as a chairperson
and teacher in August 1981.
She remained a chairperson
until 1984, and at that time she
stepped down so that she could
focus on teaching.
In the Fall of 1994, Jurgens
stepped up to being a chairperson
once again, while she still plans
on teaching.
Jurgens had high remarks for
the students as well as staff in
volved in the nursing program.
She believes the staff here is excel
lent, and they are very pleased with
the students.
“They come with a goal in
mind, and they’re motivated , and
all that helps to make a really good
product,” concluded Jurgens.
Leadership course to
be taught by college
president and deans
Karin Redston
Contributing Writer
Students choosing classes
for winter term might consider
the Leadership Development
course being taught by CCC
President John Keyser and
Deans Liz Goulard and Dian
Connett.
“It’s intended to be a good
solid course on various aspects
of leadership,’’said President
Keyser. “I’m real excited about
it.”
Offered under Ed 121, this
course is the start of a two term
leadership course developed by
the Phi Theta Kappa honor so
ciety. The Kellogg Foundation
provided the grant for the devel
opment of the course.
This course is part of a
larger effort on campus to in
crease the leadership abilities of
students.
Although this course has
been taught for three years, this
will be the first time for Presi
dent Keyser and Goulard and
Connett to team teach. Goulard
is the instructor of record for the
class but all three instructors
will share equally in the teach
ing. Goulard is currently fin
ishing up her doctoral program
in community college leader
ship.
“It will be fun for me to be
back in the classroom,” Goulard
said. “I think I have a lot to
share. We all have to keep
learning.”
“John, Liz, and I all have a
background in teaching,” re
marked Connett. “We all have
an interest in leadership and
leadership education.”
The focus of the course is
leadership development. The
goal is to teach students that ev
eryone can be a leader in their
own unique way.
“What we want students to
get out of it, I think first at the
personal level, is a recognition
of their own skills and abilities
of a leader,” Connett said. “Rec
ognition of their own styles and
philosophies and how that af
fects themselves as leaders.”
Class size is limited to 24
students in order to enhance the
dynamics of the course. Re
quirements for the course in
clude Writingl21 and a lot of
enthusiasm.