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4________ WedNEsdAy, J une 6, 2001 Feature The CI ac I< amas P rint Wiseman to ’reinvent self upon retirement from CCC MAGGIE JIRASEK Feature Editor MAGGIE JIRASEK / Clackamas Print J.D. Wiseman, program manager and Instructor at the Public Safety Training Center, Is retiring after 11 years working for the Office of Public Safety. Wiseman Is looking forward to retirement as a time to meet new challenges and "find new things to do." After teaching at Clackamas for over a decade, Jim D. Wiseman, pro gram manager and instructor at the Public Safety Training Center, is say ing goodbye to students and staff. Wiseman, an Oregon City High School graduate, started working at Clackamas as Chief of Public Safety in 1990. Prior to this, Wiseman at tended Clackamas Community Col lege as well as Warner Pacific Uni versity and worked as a business consultant. While here, he has found it rewarding seeing many of his stu dents move on and succeed in life. “Teachers have a great deal of power to make wonderful things happen. I know of about 47 young men and women I helped get into criminal justice and it’s a good feel ing,” said Wiseman. Helping students get on track and receive the degree they pursue is one of his main focuses. t’s a classic Catch-22. To prepare yourself for life in the you’ll need to succeed. Gave you the chance to fully- real world, you head off to college. You work hard. experience your chosen field before it all becomes I You get good grades. And several years later you emerge in the real world - only to be rudely awakened by what little resemblance it bears to college. A place with completely different rules, different challenges, different demands. But what if there were a college that really did prepare you to tackle the real world? What if it exposed you to the things you’ll really have to deal with day to day? Taught you the essential skills “Sometimes you recognize people who have something special about them. I had a young man in one of my classes where I saw that special something in him. He had a lot of personal problems so he wanted to drop out of school. I talked to him and got him to believe in himself and stay in school,” said Wiseman. “Now he works as a police officer with the California Police Patrol. It satisfies me to see young people like him succeed.” After retiring, Wiseman plans on “reinventing” himself, taking on new projects and enjoying life as much as he can. “I’ll never really retire. You have to focus on the positive things of life and take one step at a time,” he said. “Yesterday is behind and we have to learn from it and prepare for tomorrow. I will miss my co-workers and the students, but as I move on with my life, I will meet new people and find new things to do.” chiseled in stone. That, in the simplest possible terms, is the kind of education we offer at Portland State. An education that delivers all the best the theoretical, academic world has to offer, but not without thoroughly immersing you in the practical, relevant world. To learn more, phone (503)725-9983 or visit us at www.pdx.edu. And make your debut in the world armed with street smarts as well as book smarts. supposed to prepare you for the real world , HOW COME THE REAL WORLD ISN'T MORE LIKE COLLEGE? I f college is Clackamas Federal Credit Union 270 Warner Milne Road Oregon City 503-656-0671 10040 SE Main Milwaukie 653-7788
