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Students honored at graduation ceremony
WedNEsdAy, J une 6, 2001
ÎI he CI ac I camas P rìnt
Graduation is scheduled for
'hursday, June 14 and Friday,
une 15.
Graduates of Clackamas Com
munity College and outstanding
tudents and community members
fill be honored in these two cer-
monies in Randall Hall gym.
For the past few years, the col-
ege has held two graduation cer-
monies. On Thursday, June 14,
bout 200 people will receive their
leneral Education Degree (GED)
nd Adult High School diplomas.
)n Friday, June 15, about 200
graduates will receive degrees and
ertificates in the college’s 33rd
ommencement exercises.
President John S. Keyser will
»reside over the graduation cer-
monies at Clackamas for the 16dl
ear in one of his last official acts
is president of the college. Cer-
monies begin at 7 p.m. both eve-
lings. Guests should try to arrive
bout 6:30 p.m.
This year, one former and six
urrent students will be honored
t graduation. The graduates to
>e honored were each nominated
>y an instructor or staff member
or being an outstanding student,
n inspiration to others, involved
n extracurricular or service activi-
ies at CCC, or for having over-
ome personal difficulties or chal-
enges to reach persona! and edu-
ational goals.
On this page are profiles
of those being honored
at graduation.
Matt Lindland
jndland, 31, of Oregon City will
ie honored at Thursday’s cer-
mony as a Distinguished Former
itudent. Lindland earned the sil
ver metal in wrestling in the 167.5-
iound weight claps in the 2000
¡ummer Olympics in Sydney, Aus-
ralia. His path to the Olympics be-
;an at Clackamas Community Col-
ege in the late 1980s. Lindland
amed two associate’s degrees at
CC before receiving a scholar-
hip to the University of Nebraska.
Shanna Waltman
Victoria Bailey
Waltman, 18, of Portland is be
Bailey, 19, of Milwaukie enrolled
ing honored at CCC’s GED/Adult
High School Diploma graduation
ceremony on Thursday. Waltman
came to the college three years
ago with the Young Parent Op
portunity Program after complet
ing her freshman year of high
school at Oregon City High
School. She took parenting
classes and worked toward a high
school diploma, which she earned
Winter term. She has received
awards for her parenting skills and
journal writing and is a strong role
model for other. students.
Waltman plans to earn a degree
in Family and Human Services
and become a high school coun
selor.
in CCC’s Young Parents Oppor
tunity Program more than two and
a half years ago, then a young
mother-to-be. Determined to re
ceive an education, Bailey would
catch a bus from Milwaukie, drop
her son off at a child-care facility,
and take another bus to the col
lege. After graduating last fall with
a 3.2 GPA, Victoria enrolled in the
Bridges program. She applied and
was accepted into the School of
Legal Arts in Portland. She is now
attending full time and studying
to be a court reporter.
Cassandra Earles
cationjourney at Clackamas in the Tri-
City Alternative School Program atthe
age of 15 after spending her freshman
year at Gladstone High School. She
continued on to the Campus Learning
Center, adding several college-level
classes to her growing list of credits.
She has been on her own for the past
two years and maintains a balance be
tween school and work, relying on
public transportation to reach the col
lege. Through it all, she managed a
3.42 GPA. Although she has not de
cided on amajor, her long-range plan
is to continue on with her studies and
graduate from a four-year institution.
Earles, 22, of St. Helens has com
pleted her pre-nursing studies at
Clackamas and will receive a
transfer degree. While at Clacka
mas, Earles tutored other students
in various subjects including
anatomy and physiology. On July
30, she will begin the nursing pro
gram at Oregon Health Sciences
University. Cassandra plans to be
come a family nurse practitioner.
Patrick Daugherty
Daugherty, 45, of Canby is
graduat
ing in the
Manufac-
t u rin g
Technol
ogy pro
gram. He
is an out
standing
student
who works for the Manufac
turing Technology Department
as a lab assistant. Daugherty
also volunteers his time work
ing with homeless children and
with the Bridges program. This
year, he also served as vice
president of service for the Phi
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Heather Reed
Reed, 18ofPortland, began her edu
Alex Bello
Bello, 42, of Canby first came to
Clackamas in the fallof 1.999 after
retiring from a career in the U.S. Ma
rine Corps. At CCC, he enrolled in
project management in the Building
Construction program. He built a
new home using universal design
features to meet die needs of his 11-
year old daughter, who was critically
injured in a car accident when she
was a baby. His home was featured
in an article in the Oregonian’s Home
& Gardens section in March. After
earning an associate’s degree in
Building Construction at Clackamas,
he will continue at Mary lhurst Uni
versity studying business manage
ment
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Editor's note: The Clackamas Print invited the honored grads to
contribute their Clackamas success story in their own words. The
two responses we received are below.
Graduate found friendship,
guidance at Clackamas
I began attending CCC in Octo
ber ’98.1 previously completed my
freshman year at GHS with a 2.3
GPA. I absolutely hated it there, so I
finished up and came to Tri-City
Alternative Program here at the col
lege. I began doing much better
work, establishing goals, and
learned to have more self discipline
with the help and understanding of
the awesome TCAP staff. I moved
on to the Adult High School Di
ploma Completion Program at Dye
Learning Center, which has been like
my home base since I started there.
Mary Jane-Craven was my
teacher and friend through all of my
classes and all the problems I went
through. She was a tremendous
help and a really great, compassion
ate friend who was always there for
me. I took courses on campus some
ofthe time, and others at the Dye. I
enjoyed tree-climbing, drawing,
botany, and environmental science
courses the most.
After graduation, I’d. like to fur
ther my education by possibly ob-
Heather Reed plans to pursue
a career in environmental
sciences
taming an Associate degree to start
out, and then maybe pursue ah en
vironmental career of some kind. I
need to research and decide where
to start right now. My final goal is to
have a career that makes me happy
and gives help to something that re
ally needs it, such as our environ
ment and it’s life forms. I’ve really
enjoyed CCC and I’ll always remem
ber all of the wonderful people,
courses, and campus here.
Heather Reed
CCC assists long-time
Marine in transition
After twenty-two years of service
in the Marine Corps, I made the
choice to make a career move.
While in the Marines, my duties
came first and I did not give it much
thought about furthering my edu
cation during those years. Two
years after leaving the Marines, I
started making preparations for my
transition into the civilian sector.
During this preparation phase, I
realized that my leadership and
people skills would only help me so
far in the job market. Ineededtoget
a degree. With help from VA coun
selors and a transition assistance
specialist, I formed a plan that would
allow me to further my education and
incoiporate a vision that my family
and I had been mapping out for
awhile.
This vision was twofold: to build
a home that would allow our handi
capped daughter Natasha to be in
dependent as much as possible in a
barrier free environment, and to set
up my own consulting business to
help families with accessibilities is
sues in a home environment.
As I set my goals in motion, I
amounts of information on acces
sible design and knew what did and
didn’t woik in a home environment.
However, I did not have the knowl
edge to be my own construction
project manager.
While searching for information
on project management courses, I
came across this subject through
Sue Metcalfe during the new stu
dent orientation day. Later, Bob Top
ping gave me a more in-depth un
derstanding ofthe program. Hiked
what this course had to offer for
Bello will move on to Marylhurst
University to obtain his Business
Management degree.
building construction project man
agement.
For the past two years, under
continual guidance from the Build
ing Construction Technology fac
ulty, I have already attained my first
goal and have the home we have
long dreamed of for our daughter.
Together, with this auspicious oc
casion of earning a degree -the first
in my fam ily - lam moving forward.
I will continue to build on the
strong base of the AAS degree I
have earned at Clackamas Commu
nity College. My plan is to com
plete three semesters of transferable
general education requirements here
at CCC and then transfer to
Marylhurst University into the Busi
ness Management degree program.
With the education I have received
at CCC and Marylhurst, I will pur
sue my dream of being a consult
ant/ project manager and apply my
knowledge in Universal Design prin
ciples for people of all abilities and
disabilities.
Alex M. Bello