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Get your groove on at Banana Joe's. Experience the club scene on Page 11. íesday, December 5, 2001 The men's basketball team improves to a 6-0 record overall. Check out their latest victory on Page 12. Get your brain waves pumpin' and delve into the psyche of Loren Ford and his Human Relations class on Page 8. Clackamas Community. College Oregon City, Oregon Volume XXXV, Issue 8 Dance 'til you can't dance no more SALENA DE LA CRUZ / Clackamas Print Last Friday, Nov. 30, ASG sponsored a school dance to benefit the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Though attendance was limited, enthusiasms was high. Foundation board member honored in Washington, D.C. MAGGIE JIRASEK Editor-in-Chief Clackamas Foundation board member Lowell Miles was honored at a national convention in Washington D.C. last Thursday, Nov. 29, receiving the CRD (Council for Resource Development) Benefactor of the Year 2001 Award. Miles has served on the Clackamas Community College Foundation board since 1988. Joe Johnson, col lege president, describes him as a “leader in every way.” Miles served as the founda tion president and chaired numerous committees, en dowed two full manufactur ing scholarships and served as co-chair of the current $15.6 million campaign for Clackamas, which he kicked off with a $200,000 gift. He also helped developing part nerships with CCC and other vocational training organiza tions to hire unemployed workers. In addition to his work with the Foundation, Miles is a longtime member of the State Jobs Plus Council and the Workforce Development Council for Clackamas County. As owner of Miles Fiberglass & Composites, he has worked with the college to provide training to its employees, and he was among the first to hire un employed workers through the new Jobs Plus bill. “He is great believer in investing in people,” stated Johnson. By receiving numerous professional awards for his business and civic involve ment, Miles has proven to be a strong leader. Some of his awards included the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce Business Owner of the Year in 1992, the Clackamas Re view Citizen of the Year in 1993, the NCRD Region Ten Volunteer of the Year in 1994, and the SBA Oregon Small Business Person of the Year in 1995. His company re ceived the Business Educa tion Partnership Award in 1998 and the OSU Family Business of the Year Award in 1999. Taking leadership in addressing the need for both childcare and family support programs, Miles has made a significant impact at Clackamas. He donated money to the Family Re source Center and the Child Care Center, making it pos sible to build new rooms. , “Miles has always been the right leader, in the right place, at the right time for the college,” said Johnson. FILE PHOTO Lowell Miles has served on the Foundation board at Clackamas since 1988. He was named Benefactor of the Year2001 last Thursday. Erdman brings business know-how to new job FRANKJORDAN News Editor FRANK JORDAN / Clackamas Print Al Erdman is the new dean of college services. He will be responsible for all of the non-instructional areas of Clackamas. Al Erdman, the new dean of college services at Clackamas, began his new job Dec. 3, replac ing Peter Angstadt, who took a job as president of worksystems inc. in Portland. Erdman, who lives in Troutdale, comes to Clackamas from a job as the director of mar keting accounting at Stimson Lumber in Portland. Prior to that, he was the corporate controller at Sericol, Inc., in his hometown of Kansas City, Mo. “I’ve held a number of jobs over the years, everything from a buyer for a major depart ment store chain, to controller for a company in Kansas City,” Erdman said. “I helped Sericol go from 19 employees at the be ginning to where they are over 300 employees today. I feel that I had a hand in contributing to their success.” As dean of college ser vices, Erdman is responsible for all of the non-instructional areas of Clackamas. Everything from the buildings to information tech nology to human resources falls under his umbrella. Erdman is also very im pressed with the people who work at CCC. “The people here so far have just been super. You have employees that have worked here a long time, so they really enjoy working here.” Erdman, along with his other fellow administrators, are concerned but also optimistic about the future. “If the budget cuts happen that we probably antici pate, then we will have to look at all areas of operation. We may have to cut back; we may have to reorganize some areas. Unfor tunately, all of that is up in the air, until the state legislature meets, probably in the spring.” Erdman, however, is ex cited about the challenges that lie ahead. “When I was younger, I wasn’t even thinking about go ing to college. But a teacher in my high school inspired me to think about what kind of differ ence I could make in people’s lives. That teacher’s impact on my life was huge. It really got me thinking how I could really do some good. We are committed to supplying the best possible level of service that we can to the stu dents and staff at Clackamas Community College. It is way too early to decide how we will meet those challenges (with impend ing budget cuts), but we will do the very best job that we can.”
