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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.
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German students experience America through Clackamas Comunity College
MAGGIE JIRASEK
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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.
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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.
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CCC Music Department
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