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.”