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WEdiNEsdAy, J anuar 25, 2002
Clackamas students Hazen, Hepting
selected for USA All-Academic Team
ELISABETH MEYER
Staff Writer
Karissa Hazen
Cynthia Hepting
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF JAL DUNCAN PHOTOGRAPHY
Two Clackamas students have
been chosen for the 2002 All-USA
Academic Team by the college’s
selection board. Karissa Hazen
and Cynthia Hepting are now wait
ing to hear if they survive the na
tional selection process.
The two women are already eli
gible for various honors, including
a $1,000 Clackamas scholarship
each and automatic membership to
Oregon’s All-State Academic team,
and a reception by the governor
later this spring.
Whoever is chosen to be on a
national team will go to a conven
tion in Washington, D.C. this
spring. There, they would further
be divided into first, second and
third teams.
The members of the first team
each get a $2,500 scholarship and
will be covered in USA Today.
Notification won’t come till
sometime in February, though, and
until then, Hazen says, “We’ll just
wait to hear if we got selected.”
Hazen, 18, was homeschooled
until three years ago, when she
entered the college’s homeschool-
to-college program. She has been
involved in the French Club and is
now a member of Phi Theta Kappa
and is a student ambassador. She
will graduate this spring.
Hepting is in the accelerated de
gree program, where she has kept
a 3.95 GPA. She is involved with
her church, is a mentor and a PTK
member. She enrolled in college af
ter raising a family; she is 43.
Applicants must be students at
a community college, have com
pleted 12 semester hours, be eli
gible to graduate the year they are
selected, and have a cumulative
GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Academic advisers identify po
tential applicants based on their
scholastic excellence and extracur
ricular activity.
All eligible students are in
formed of the opportunity by their
academic advisors.
Twelve Clackamas students participating
in Intel work-study program in 2001-02
MAGGIE JIRASEK .
Editor-in-Chief
Clackamas recruits students for
work-study positions at Intel twice
a year and gives microelectronics
students the. opportunity to
complement their education.
“What a great opportunity for
our students, to achieve a work
study position at Intel in these lean
est of times,” said Scott Glitz, chair
man of the manufacturing depart
ment. “The experience they will re
ceive is invaluable. We are pleased
to participate in Intel’s work-study
program.”
This year, twelve microelectronic
students have been awarded long
term work-study positions at Intel,
which can lead to a job as a techni
cian in the semiconductor indus
try in microelectronics, manufactur
ing, engineering, or equipment and
maintenance.
All Clackamas students enrolled
in the Microelectronics System
Technology program with at least
15 credit hours completed in their
degree; a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or
greater; the unrestricted right to
work in the United States; and the
ability to work a minimum of 20
hours a week, are eligible for the
work-study program.
Applicants will be interviewed
for communication/behavioral
skills and basic mechanical/tech-
nical skills. If accepted in the pro
gram, students will be required to
carry a full-time credit load at
Clackamas and graduate within
three years of becoming an Intel
A&I (work-study) employee.
A&I employees receive approxi
mately $10 per hour in base com
pensation, plus overtime, 100%
tuition reimbursement and a com
petitive benefits package including
profit-sharing and medical/dental
insurance.
Students interested in the work
study program can next apply in
the spring term. Formore informa
tion, contact Sanda Nedelcu, pro
gram director, at ext. 2335.
Budget: Cuts in many areas, but college looks to stay competitive
Continued from page 1
that state budget committees
will make some final recommen
dations to Governor John
Kitzhaber in the next few days.
Once the governor has received
those budget recommenda
tions, he will call the legisla
ture into special session to
hammer out a final budget for
the next biennium.
Johnson believes that the
legislature will only meet for
a few days in special session,
and perhaps for only one day.
In the meantime, Johnson
and the administration are
asking all departments at
Clackamas to look where
money can be cut. The asso
ciate deans in instruction, stu
dent services and college ser
vices will be asked to find
$10,000 in savings across their
respective divisions. Some
other savings will be found by
discontinuing college general
fund support of the Oregon
Advanced Technology Center
in Wilsonville, as that center
will become more self-support
ing. The Public Safety Train
ing Center in Clackamas
"The budget will
be patch work in
design, but we
must maintain
our focus to pro
vide the best ser
vices that we
can... "
Earl R
Johnson
College
President
should be self-supporting by
the end of the year. That cen
ter has been running in the red
for several years, and the col
lege recently paid off all of its
deficits.
The Customized Training
Department will have its re
sponsibilities shifted and its
general fund budget reduced
by $100,000. The Small Busi
ness Development Department
will have its budget reduced by
$100,000. The Community Edu
cation Department will be
moved to the Harmony Road
Campus to help develop that
site as a full-service branch
campus. $100,000 in savings
from that department will result
from the retirement of staff.
Attrition savings will hit ap
proximately $100,000. The cur
rent hiring freeze will continue
and the college will consider
refilling positions on a case-
by-case basis. Campus Ser
vices’ budget will be reduced
by $40,000 and the Office of
College Advancement/Public
Information will raise $50,000 in
new revenue to be used to help
fund tuition waivers beginning
in 2003-04.
“The budget will be patch
work in design,” said President
Johnson, “but we must main
tain our focus to provide the
best services that we can to
stay competitive in the market
place. To tell you the truth, we
are in better shape than some
of our competition, but we
must cut back while maintain
ing our operational integrity.”
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