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News __________ ______L WEdi\EsdAy, The CI ac I camas P rìnt M ay 10, 2000 Epstein Endowment reflects a love of books DIANA SCRIVNER Associate News Editor Dr. Donald Epstein, who re cently retired from Clackamas af ter decades of teaching history, has dedicated an endowment to the college to support the li brary— so it may purchase books, above the normar budget, as needed in the future. Books are very important to Epstein. “I’m in favor of students read ing; they get enough movies and television..., but you really can’t learn until you read,” he said. Epstein has been on the library committee for many years and has contributed money in the past for the Judaic history sec tion of the library. “Dr. Epstein has been a real, true scholar for the college and we wanted to remember and rec ognize him,” said Dave Dickson, Foundation head. “When we asked him what he would like to create as a legacy for the college, immediately he said books.” The endowment was Epstein’s idea. “I worked for Clackamas for 30 years and was grateful for the time spent there and thought that I would give something back,” said the teacher. Epstein and his wife have made an initial contribution to the en dowment fund and said they would match any funds that staff or students contribute to the fund by May 31, 2000. The en dowment will be named after Epstein. About 100 endowments have been established over the years for scholarships and other pto- grams that support the college. In the Gregory Forum, there are plaques and stories honoring each person for whom an endow ment has been named, and Dickson hopes Epstein will allow the Foundation to place a plaque there for him too. “We want to get a picture of him,” said Dickson, “and tell a little about why he set it up, so that 50 years from now the stu dents will know what the initial idea behind the endowment was.” Over the last year, the Foun dation, through estate and other gifts and pledges, has brought in over five million dollars for endow ments and for campus facilities, such as the Haggart Observatory and the Family Resource Center. “It (Foundation money) goes out for a variety of things,” Dickson explained. “A lot of it is for student scholarships and emergency grants; another Whole section of it is for what we call ‘funds for excellence’. Epstein’s fund is what we would call funds for excellence, because the fund goes to improve an in structional area. “I find it really gratifying: not only do we support very good causes, but the people who get the most out of the gift in many cases are the donors, because of the satisfaction they get know ing that they have made a differ ence.” To contribute to-the fund, do nors should make checks out to Clackamas Community College Foundation in the name of the Dr. Donald Epstein Endowment. The foundation, like Epstein, will match the first $3,000 dollars raised. ^h^ections '«pnnn May 10-12 Online voting @ www.clackamas.cc.or.us Thur.-Fri. at your leasure. Or visit Admissions @ Student Outreach in the Community Center. Thur. 10:30a.m.-6:30p.m. Fri. 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m. Absentee votes must be receved by Wed. 9:00p.m. Remember all voting ends Friday @ 4:00p.m. German students experience America through Clackamas Comunity College MAGGIE JIRASEK ** Staff Writer German students from Hanover and Stadthagen are visiting Clackamas from April 25-May 16, taking a closer look at Clackamas’ classrooms, teachers .and students as well as American culture. Clackamas students have been sent over to Germany for several years, but an official ex change program with ‘Berufsbildende Schule 5’, a technical school located in Hanover, was first established about two years ago. It is the only German exchange program on campus and gives American as well as German students an opportunity to get to know one another’s culture. “ It’s a great opportunity for our students to practice their German and the German stu dents get to see real American culture,” explained Dick Stones, German Instructor. This year, Clackamas is host ing two different groups of Ger man students, although one of them is participating in the of ficial exchange program. This group includes nine students, one teacher, the school princi pal and his wife. So far, they have been sight-seeing and, of course, visiting Clackamas’ classrooms. Principal Guenther Tiedt, who is visiting the U.S. for the third time, has realized some differences between Berufsbildende Schule 5 and Clackamas. “ I realized that students and teachers here have a different relationship with one another. It’s much more relaxed and re spectful. I was really impressed when I watched a handicapped student in a wheelchair play ing basketball with the others. You probably wouldn’t see something like that in Ger many,” confessed Tiedt. “ I also have to say that people here are very generous and the countryside is just beautiful,” Tiedt continued. There definitely are differ ences between Germany and the U.S., not only in culture and countryside, but also the food is slightly different. Folker Pfennig, English teacher in Hanover, has tried root beer re cently, a piece of American cul ture that does not exist in Ger- German exchange students on campus get a feel for American life. jason lingel / Clackamas Print ■TH£ Visitor many. “I had tried it one time be fore about 20 years ago, but I totally forgot what it tasted like,” Pfennig confessed. “ I was really thirsty so I thought, let’s give it a try. To me it tasted kind of funny, more like moth balls, but all the other food here is great,” Pfennig continued. The German students will be staying until May 15, and in re turn Clackamas students will visit Germany in June and get a chance to learn something about their culture- Maybe they can find a drink that tastes like deodorant. 5th Annual Environmental Week Daily Events and Activities Friday May 19th Tuesday May 23rd Friday May 26th • Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Rum • NW Steelheaders • Lost Forest Field Trip Life Sciences • Metro Composting Workshop Department Band: You Sink My Battleship! • Pacific Green Party mage Sale hosted by Phi Theta Kappa in the Community Center. 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m. Saturday May 20th • Newell Creek Watershed Volunteer Project sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa & HEEL. • Environmental Fun & Games for Kids Wednesday May 24th @ELC • HEEL Bar-B-Que ll:00am.-l:00p.m. Band: The Sugar Daddies • Life for a Life Presentation GC 127 • Native Plant Sale @ John Inskeep Envi 11:30a. m.- 12:00p.m. Saturday May 27th ronmental Learning Center. • Ron Tonkin Electric Bikes Monday May 22nd • ELC Tours • Native American Pow-Wow Randall Gym 12:00p.m.-7:00p.m. • Native American Drum Entrance Band: W.W.W.D. Jazz Ensemble 11:00am. Thursday May 25th • Ron Tonkin Electric Bikes • Hawk Haven Special Presentation Sky • ELC Tours Band: High Desert Surf light Dining Room 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. Band: Mainstream Jazz • Channel Light Band @ Community Center Courtyard 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m. For more information about Environmental week contact Ken Eshelman at 657-6958 ext. 2245. Coalition Members Associated Student Government CCC Music Department Plant Services H.E.E.L. (Helping Everyone's Environment Live) Chart™ ell's Skills Development Department Life Sciences The Print John Inskeep Environmental Learning Center CCC Duplications CCC Publications The Coyote Club
