The Clackamas print., May 30, 2001, Page 4, Image 4

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Feature
Ingram named new ASG vice president
WedNEsdAy, M ay JO, 2001
TI h E ClAckAMAS P rìnt
abilities,” said Ingram. “I
helped out my mom a lot. I
would go with her to her
doctor’s appointments or go to
Yvonne Ingram, mother of the welfare office and basically
two sons, full-time student at be her ears.”
Ingram made several at­
Clackamas and recently elected
ASG Vice President for the tempts to go back to school but
2001/2002 school year, comes with her parents getting di­
from a diverse background that vorced and her mom passing
contributes to her abilities as a away in 1987, Ingram’s life did
not seem to get any easier.
leader.
“I made five attempts to go
Ingram, the child of a deaf
mother and a blind father, was back to school. Every time there
was some­
born in Memphis,
thing pre­
Tenn, and grew up
venting me
in the Portland
"Coming back to
from suc­
area. Her parents
school is an op­
ceeding,”
were a biracial
Ingram
couple and her fa­ portunity I
said. “The
ther performed as a
thought I could
longer 1
drummer in a band
never have. "
stayed out
consisting mostly
of school,
of blind members.
Yvonne Ingram
the harder
Ingram led a life
student
it was to go
that was everything
back.I just
but boring.
didn’t have
“It was always
interesting at my house. There the support I needed in order
was never a dull moment; to go back.”
After starting a family and
something was always going
giving birth to two sons,
on,” Ingram said.
Ingram dropped out of Ingram finally decided to make
school in fifth grade to help her one last attempt to go back to
parents at home. .
school and applied at the
“I had a good reason to leave Multnomah County Literacy
school which was to take care program for a tutor.
“They set me up for an inter­
of my parents. I realized that I
had a hard time going to school view with a volunteer tutor and
because of my parents’ dis­ he said he would take my case.
MAGGIE JIRASEK
Feature Editor
Correction: On May 16, the Print ran an
article about the first female automotive
student to graduate in 13 years.
Unfortunately, we misspelled her name. The
student's name is Marcella Red Thunder.
He has been with me ever since
and he tutors me in all my
classes. He is just awesome,”
said Ingram.
Ingram enjoyed going back
to school, and after receiving
her GED at Clackamas in 1999,
got involved on campus for the
first time in her life.
“Coming back is an opportu­
nity for me I thought I could
never have. I missed out on all
the high school activities like
dances and cheerleading. I
never experienced any of that,”
said Ingram. “When I came to
college, all these doors were
opening up. 1 wanted to expe­
rience it at least once so I can
say I did it.”
Soon Ingram joined Student
Government, which gave her
the opportunity to gain leader­
ship experience, learn how to
communicate with people on all
levels as well as attain lobby­
ing skills.
“Once I was in there, I got
hooked. I just love the people
and there is so much I can gain
from it,” stated Ingram. “Being
involved with the campus helps
me stay focused and be a more
dedicated student.”
Being elected the new ASG
Vice President, Ingram has set
goals for herself including sup­
porting the new President as
much as she possibly can.
I “I strongly believe in a lot of
MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Yvonne Ingram, full-time student and mother of two sons,
will be ASG's vice president next school year.
the ideas that Stefan has and I
think he has a good handle on
things,” said Ingram.. “I also
want to mediate duties between
officers and senators and
modify some of the programs
here at Clackamas, making sure
that the classes students take
are still applicable to the pro­
grams.”
After Clackamas, Ingram will
pursue a degree in deaf educa­
tion and sign language interpret­
ing at Western Oregon Univer­
sity, then go on to Lewis and
Clark College for her masters.
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