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The Clackamas Print Wednesday, April 10,1996 News Davis given task of filling Shield’s shoes ing bodies. The application pro Damon Fouts cess took a year-and-one-half. News Co-Editor CCC English Instructor Kay Her appointment received notice Davis will replace retiring Jack by the Oregonian newspaper and Shields this fall as associate dean Oregon City’s Enterprise Courier. for the Arts, Humanities and So “I was ecstatic,” said Davis. “They called me at school. My cial Sciences Division. Davis brings a variety of husband spent hours getting the skills and experiences to the po computer to print sideways^ so he sition, including 23 years of could print ‘congratulations’ to wrap around teaching at CCC, family a PhD she ac-> .----------------------------------------- the quired in 1995, a ■ * room at our house. I still Fulbright Fel- jjjggeSt gOaj jS lowship, stmts as have it.” coordinator, di- 9&I thfOUQh thlS Davis did much her- fel rector and de term, because I’m lowship teach partment chair still teaching. My ing at the Uni of the English as versity of a second lan classes and my Panama during guage depart students come the height of ment and fund- first. raising efforts the country’s ~ Kay Davis political insta that have English Instructor bility concern- brought one mil ing military lion dollars in • rule and grants to the col Manuel lege. She began teaching in 1972, Noriega’s ascension to power. and landed a position at CCC in When it became too dangerous to 1973 as a Developmental Educa remain, She drove from Panama tion instructor, teaching English City to San Jose, Costa Rica and as a second language (ESL). taught for six months in there. There were only two or three such She returned to the U.S. for six programs in the U.S. at the time. months, then she resumed her In 1975 she was teaching teaching in South America. Adult Basic Education/GED, but “I woke up to gunfire two returned to teaching ESL when blocks away,” she recalled of her the flood of Asian refugees began time in Panama. “And I got entering the U.S after the Vietnam caught in a riot outside the uni war. Davis returned to teaching versity while student demonstra Developmental Education when tors were rioting.” She said she the number of Asians entering the arrived at the college, only to find it locked to keep the riot from country declined. Davis was one of just 1000 spilling into the university. “There were about three or instructors worldwide who earned Fulbright Fellowships in 1987, four thousand students demon and only a handful of the strating. Then Noriega sent the Fulbright professors were from Dobermen in. Everybody was two-year colleges. Her applica scrambling; it just erupted. Ev tion was 24 pages long, and was erybody said, ‘You’ll know them screened by three different screen (the Dobermen) when you see Photo by Paul Ulmen English Instructor Kay Davis will become Associate Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Science this fall, taking on the responsibilities of Jack Shields. Davis has been teaching at Clackamas since 1972. them, you’ll know them when you see them.’ Well I knew them all right. They were dressed entirely in black with black riot helmets, their faces covered with black plastic shields. There was a patch on their arms— a white patch with a black doberman on it, with red blood dripping from its teeth.” Davis was in her car among the rioting mass. She was able to maneuver to the exit'that led'otlt of the college building and en tered the exit, escaping the pan demonium outside. That was the closest she came to danger while in Panama. Davis met a diplomat with the U.S. Information Service there. Through that meeting she has been given the opportunity to Phi Theta Kappa travels to D.C. Laney Fouse Copy Editor Billed as a “Monumental Occasion,” the 78th International Convention of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) will host thousands of ad visors, alumni, ad ministrators and honor students April 18-20, 1996 at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington D.C. Joining co-ad- visor Dave Arter will be Chapter President Rose mary Jane, Vice- President Sherrie Conover, fellowship committee chairperson, Meriwether Mersereau, enhanced member, Greg Wendling and Secretary, Laney Fouse. Included among this year’s featured guest speakers will be ABC news anchor and host of “Prime Time Live!”, Sam Donaldson, Washington Post & Newsweek Columnist, George Will and actor/author/producer, Steve Allen. The Keynote Address will be delivered by PTK’s International President Kris Kersey. Rev. Sam House will address the merits of alumni membership. Introducing this year’s ser vice project is Jeanne White. White, who lost her son Ryan to AIDS, is the creator of the Ryan White Foundation. She will in troduce PTK’s 1996-98 Interna tional Service Program, “CUE” - - Compassion, Understanding and Education. By joining forces PTK and the Ryan White Foundation hope to eombat AIDS and the misconceptions surrounding it. Entertainment will include the Capital Steps whose trade mark of political satire in song focuses on presidents, Congress men and other leaders. After light years of remem brance it has grown to a size that could cover 17 football fields. A 32 panel section of the AIDS Me morial Quilt will be on display throughout the Con vention. Besides the speak ers and entertain ment during the four general sessions, participants will have the opportunity to enjoy the sights of our nation’s capital. A puzzle-solving game is planned for Saturday afternoon and uses the monu ments of Washington as clues. The winner will receive two round-trip airfares to anywhere in the continental U.S., as well as, a scholarship to the 28th Honors Institute. Convention attendees will have the opportunity to greet the speakers at a scheduled book sign ing, and meet PTK members from the U.S., Canada and abroad. Watch for convention follow up and pictures in an upcoming issue of the Print. conduct English training semi nars in such countries as Thai land, Hungary, Georgia of the former Soviet Union, Slavokia and Mexico. So far, her travels on behalf of education have not met with any more insurrections. When Davis isn’t grading papers in her spare time, one place she can be found is the race track, rallying her husband to vic tory irt hts; GT2 custom-built Toyota Celica. She’s also a mem ber of the crew. “I’m a pit lizard. I do most of the timing and scoring,” she said. Scoring involves keeping the driver appraised of his stand ings in the race. Whether the Davis’ racing is a hobby or a pro fession depends on their position in a race when the checkered flag waves. “We don ’ t get paid unless we win,” she said. Her husband is usually in the top three at the end of a given race, and he’s been na tional champion eight times and was the subject of a recent feature story in the Oregonian newspa per. This quick-witted, quick-to smile, PhD-carrying pit lizard was born in Pendleton, Ore., and moved to Roseburg when she was nine or 10. She worked in the Oregon State Senate between 1967 and 1969 as a receptionist and a page. Soon she was a sec retary in the Senate President’s office. Davis attended Portland State University and Lewis and Clark College and received her PhD in Education from Oregon State University (OSU). Her dis sertation was on ESL. She also has a first minor in English and a second minor in reading from OSU. Currently, Davis teaches classes in Advanced ESL, Ameri can Literature and Writing 123. As an associate dean, Davis’ responsibilities include support ing the development of instruc tors’ curricula, representing her division and the college on com mittees and in council, effectively advocating the Arts throughout the college and the region, select ing and supervising the division staff, as well as fostering relations with the region’s other educa tional; institutions. But that’s not until Septem ber. For now, Davis is still a teacher, and that remains her fo cus. “My biggest goal is to get through this term, because I’m still teaching,” she said. “My classes and my students come first.” CLACKAMAS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION YOU ARE ELIGIBLE!!!!!! Eligible to join the most convenient financial institution in Clackamas County. We are as close as your phone and as convenient as your nearest ATM. 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