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www.ClackamasPrint.com
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
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Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
Volume "XXXiy, Issue
19
Speech talks the talk at
nationals, places fourth
DAISY BAIN
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Speech and De
bate team placed 4th overall and
brought home four individual
awards last week from the national
speech tournament in Jacksonville,
Fla., making a total of 32 individual
awards and four team national
awards won in the last six years.
Kerrie Baker-Hughes and Jenifer
Gile took second in Parliamentary
Debate bringing home silver med
als. They are one of three teams
hat went undefeated with six
vins.
David Lee won an individual
aronze medal in Extemporaneous
Speaking and Baker-Hughes won
i bronze medal in Program Oral In-
erpretation (POI).
Competing in Jacksonville were
15 schools and involved 455 com-
aetitors.
“There were a lot of people from
Efferent states,” said team mem
ber Chris Henry. “We made friend
hips with different people.”
Mt. Hood Community College
vill be hosting the State Touma-
nent this weekend on Friday and
PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMANTHA GRIFFIN
Speech team members brought home four individual awards and placed fourth at the national tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. last
week. From left to right: Chris Henry, Paul Southwick, Laura Pimentel, Melissa Jones, Jenifer Gile, Kerrie Baker-Hughes, David Lee,
Ammorita Patterson and Samantha Griffin.
Saturday; seven schools will be
competing.
“Clark College is challenging, but
I think we will do well,” said Coach
Kelly Brennan.
An end of the year tournament
will be held here at Clackamas May
4-5, the winner being the best in
the Northwest region.
Members of the speech team said
that they appreciate the financial
support of the college making it
possible for them to travel to na
tionals.
“We thank them for their sup
port and money,” said Brennan.
Johnson brings experience, leadership
DIANA SCRIVNER
Editor-in-chief
TAMARA BARRY / Community Relations
Jr. Joe Johnson will start as college president on July 1. He
currently is the chancellor of the San Mateo Community College
district. He was also president of Clark College in Vancouver,
Wash, for 15 years.
Dr. Earl ‘Joe’ P. Johnson of San
Mateo, Calif, will be the new col
lege president beginning July 1.
Johnson was chosen out of 20
applicants and is currently the
chancellor of the San Mateo
Community College District
where he oversees three campus
presidents. Before working at
San Mateo, he served as presi
dent of Clark College in
Vancouver, Wash, for 15 years.
"Joe was a big mover at Clark
College," said Lynda Graf, presi
dent of the classified staff, and
screening committee member.
"Suddenly Clark became viable
and alive; they were receiving en
dowments that went into the mil
lions for college needs."
"We felt Joe Johnson had an
outstanding record at Clark Col
lege - - he basically transformed
the college," said Mimi Chitty,
Clackamas Board Member. "We
felt he had outstanding leader
ship skills, he's highly intelligent,
he likes to be out in the commu
nity. He'll be a team leader."
According to Johnson, a num
ber of things drew him toward
our institution including an at
tractive campus, the strong com
munity support, the recent pass
ing of the bond measure and the
opportunity to work with a large
foundation.
"Clackamas is an institution
that has been very well run," said
Johnson. "It has a stable board;
it is a very exciting place to be."
Along with his new role as
president, Johnson is excited to
be back in the Northwest for other
reasons as well.
“I like to ski, fish and read,”
said Johnson. “My youngest son
snowboards so we go to Mt.
Hood a lot.” He also coached his
three sons' soccer teams.
Johnson and his wife Ann
have four children: Mark, 24, of
San Francisco; Eric, 22, of Port
land; Erin, 17; and Alex 12.
The reason Johnson goes by
the name Joe is a unique story.
“I was bom in the desert and
there was no hospital around,”
explained Johnson. “Earl was
the person who witnessed my
birth. My mother named me Joe
but when I got my birth certifi
cate when I was 5 it said my name
was EarL I guess the doctor
heard the name Earl and assumed
that was to be my name. I tried
switching and going by the name
of Earl in graduate school, but
people heard that I had gone by
Joe so that’s what they called
me.”
Johnson earned his doctorate
at The University of California at
Berkeley. He earned his master’s
degree in labor and industrial re
lations at Michigan State Univer
sity and his bachelor’s at Univer
sity of the Pacific.
Johnson looks forward to his
new role as president and said
he has spent most of his career
in community colleges because
he believes in them.
“I really enjoy working with
students and seeing them suc
ceed,” said Johnson. “I like it
when years later students come
back with their families and tell
me how community college
helped them succeed.”