TI he Q ac I< amas P rìnt
van der Bijl named as new associate dean
overseeing. Additionally, he will
also oversee the implementation of
new curriculum and the budgets for
those departments.
Van der Bijl became the depart
ment chair of computer science in
1986 after computer science split
away from the math department and
became its own department.
“When I started here in ’78, the
math department included computer
science, which wasn’t much then,”
van der Bijl said. “As more and
more computer courses were offered
and more and more sections became
apparent, it just got too big, so math
and computer science split from
each other. Because I was, at that
time, the only full-time member, I
became the department chair.”
Since van der Bijl started at
Clackamas, he has taught a variety
of computer science courses,' includ
ing FORTRAN programming, as
sembly language, computer literacy
and computer architecture.
Van der Bijl obtained a Bachelor’s in
math from the University of California
Santa Cruz in 1972 and obtained his
Master’s of Math in 1976.
Baldin van der Bijl, formerly the department chair for computer
Van der Bijl said that he did not have
science, was named an associate dean for math, science and
any management or business training
allied health at the April 8 Board of Education meeting.
other than two accounting courses he
took in the early 1980s at Clackamas.
Van
der
Bijl
will
be
in
charge
of
the
BRAD ZIMMERMAN
“I think a lot of it [managerial
hiring and evaluation of faculty in math,
Co-Editor-in-Chief
science, allied health, computer science tasks] is just finding out what the
After 20 years at Clackamas, and engineering. He will also be in various terms are and how they
Baldwin van der Bijl was named the charge of facilities planning and work,” van der Bijl commented.
associate dean of instruction for “mentoring” of new faculty for the de “Planning is a big part, too. Plan
ning is a lot, in an abstract way, like
math, science and allied health on partments he oversees.
There are 39 faculty members in programming. You have to think
April 8 at the Board of Education
the departments van der Bijl will be ahead and plan out the big scope and
meeting.
then get to the details.”
Van der Bijl says that as the new
associate dean of instruction he is
going to be making quite a few big
decisions in the near future. Spe
cifically, Clackamas is getting ready
to hire three new math faculty and
two new computer science faculty.
In addition to hiring new facufty, van
der Bijl says that Clackamas is consid
ering implementing new curriculum,
including an environmental sciences se
quence, as an alternative to the biology
sequence, and possibly starting some
Microsoft Certified Engineer training
classes. Currently, Portland Commu
nity College is offering an MSCE “brush
up” 88-hour class to get technicians
ready to take the MSCE tests. PCC’s
class is being offered for nearly $3,000.
Van der Bijl said Clackamas might
also look at offering some Novell certi
fication classes but that any new classes
Clackamas decided to offer would de
pend on whether staff is available to
teach the classes.
In the more distant future, van der
Bijl also said that the math department
might consider acquiring a new build
ing and that several people would be
retiring towards the end of the year.
As for van der Bijl’s future at
Clackamas? He isn’t sure but he did
comment that “I don’t want to be
president.
- “I see the teacher’s role as being
one to help students learn,” he con
tinued. “As an administrator,! see
my role as helping teachers help the
students learn. We always need to
keep that in sight. That’s kind of
been my motto.”
I see my
role as
helping
teachers
help the
students
learn.
That's kind
of been my
motto.
Beavis
Title Here
PSTC: well on its way to becoming an education tool
Continued from Page 1
lead level in our blood is not going up,” said
Chandler.
To shoot at the range you must be 18 or older,
or 12 and over if accompanied by an adult. There
will be a membership fee; no prices-have yet
been determined.
The dedication focused on Brouillette’s vision
for the PSTC. The center is a realization of his
dream for students to have a facility which will
serve not only as an asset to Clackamas County,
but also to people from around the nation.
“We will be able to have students come in and
take various types of courses,” said Rick Stone,
director of the training center. “Clackamas
County as a community college has a good repu
tation for having a very good public safety train
ing program and we’ll be a part of that down
here.”
According to Judy Hammerstad, chair of
county commission, “It is an entrepreneurial
adventure here for Clackamas Community Col
lege, being able to open this up for education
for the public, and we certainly do hope that
people take advantage of it in safety training.”
The community will be given the opportunity
to enhance their knowledge about firearms with
use of the PSTC.
“The value that it’s going to have to the pub
lic and law enforcement is the fact that it will
train citizens to use weapons,” said Sheriff Ris
Bradshaw.
“In this county there are well over 10,000
people that are authorized to carry concealed
hand guns. We hope that we can get almost all
of them down here and a lot of the other folks
here that are carrying guns.”
The PSTC is well on its way to becoming a valu
able tool for education. The carefully designed
center has soundproofed viewing rooms, confer
ence rooms, firearms available for rent, safety eye
and ear wear, moving targets, video screens to
shoot at, and a latex screen which “heals” itself.
The elaborate facility has gone through years of
planning to become a promising tool, whether its
use is for recreation or education.
International Week: Estonian Choir to sing Thursday
Continued from Page 1
Thursday will focus on Japanese and Na
tive American cultures. The Richmond
Grade School has been invited from
the Japanese Emersion Program to per
form.
In addition, the Native American Club,
Coyote Circle, has arranged to welcome
Tom McCormack, a storyteller. While tell
ing his stories he incorporates the flute,
rattle, drum and clapper stick to enhance
the mood.
Katherine Quartz is also a flute player
and she will be playing for the opening and
closing ceremonies on Thursday. Quartz is
a Walker River Paiute and former Clacka
mas student.
Music director Lonnie Cline and his Es
tonian choir will sing Estonian tunes
as well as some other international mu
sic.
Japanese students will be serving
Teriyaki and Bento while Coyote Circle
will be serving Fry Bread.
Each day the festivities will begin be
tween 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. and run until
approximately 2 p.m.
International Week has been celebrated
at Clackamas for over 15 years. Students
should plan to attend some or all of the
many events offered to help Clackamas
learn about and experience international
cultures.
South Albany contestants David Nofziger and Chris Perkins hard
at work troubleshooting during the Ford/AAA Auto Skills Contest.
Vale H.S. wins troubleshoot
JEREMY STALLWOOD
Staff Writer
Kevin Roner and Brian Belnap, two se
niors from Vale High School, won last
Friday’s Ford/ AAA Auto Skills Contest
held at the college.
The contest, or “troubleshoot,” ended
by 11:30 a.m. and results were in by 12:20
p.m. It was no surprise to anyone that
Vale won.
‘ Vale has won the troubleshoot for about
the last 10 years,” said Ray Conklin, auto
mechanic instructor.
When asked why Vale always surpasses
the other contestants, Conklin informed
that the Vale auto mechanic instructor,
Mede Saunders, is a very “dedicated in
structor who focuses on the contest”
Saunders starts training students for the
troubleshoot contest when they are fresh
men.
“The focus is accuracy over speed,”
Conklin said.
A written exam qualifies the contestants
for the hands-on competition. What has
consistently taken Vale to the top is their
exceptional written exam score.
Another reason for Vale’s success, ac
cording to Conklin, is the environment that
the students come from. Vale is located in
eastern Oregon and students there, most
out in the country, have grown up tinker
ing with and repairing farm machinery.
“There are no dumb farmers,” said
Conklin. Out on a farm, “when some
thing breaks, you don’t call a me
chanic, you fix it yourself.” That, ac
cording to Conklin, is a factor which
attributes to Vale’s success.
In June, the national competition
will take place in Washington,
DC. Vale holds the 1997 champion
ship.
Wednesday, May 6, 1998