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29, 2002
Connett named national
board member
JENNIFER KANE
Staff Writer
Earlier this year Dian Connett,
dean of instructional services for
Clackamas, was named a national
board member for the American
Association .of Community
Colleges. The AACC is an organ
ization that represents all of the
community colleges around the
United States. She worked with
the National Council for
Instructional
Administrators
before coming elected to the
board. The NCIA has about 5000
members, and their job is to pro
vide information for the AACC.
Each board member is elected
by region. Her name was placed
on the ballots that went out in
February due to her long-term
work with the NCIA. The previ
ous member for this region was
from Montana, and so in electing
Connett, they were looking for
somebody to better represent the
Pacific Northwest.
“I do a lot of work in the
region,” Connett says. “So I’m
guessing that accreditation and
working with the NCIA helps.”
This region includes Oregon,
Washington, Alaska, Wyoming,
Idaho and Montana, and it’s part
of Connett’s job to speak for all
of them.
The major job of the AACC is
to try to see what the big issues
are that community colleges
are being faced with. Connett
attended her first meeting, this
past April. Topics of concern at
the meeting included the trans
fer process to universities, and
“I do a lot of work in
the region, so I’m guess
ing that accreditation
and working with the
NCIA helps.”
Dian Connett
Dean of
Instructional
Services
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maintaining the two-year nurs
ing program. The meetings
take place quarterly, so Connett
will be off to her next one in
June.
Dian Connett is not just an out
standing member of the commu
nity college scene. She also plays
on a woman’s recreational soccer
team, runs, and enjoys golf. She
is a member of the Workforce
Investment
Council
of
Community Colleges, and was
on the Chamber of Commerce
Board for several years.
“Different years I do different
activities,” she pondered. “So I
thought this one would be good
to take up for the next four
years.”
To reach Jennifer Kane, email
jenk403@yahoo.com or drop by
B104.
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Remembering fellow
reporter, Sandy Lupo
Sandy Lupo is a former staff member of The
Clackamas Print who passed away last week
from cancer.
“Sandy was a great asset to The Print. I worked with
her a couple of years ago when she was our Copy
Editor. She always had a kind word to say about people.
She really noticed if you were having a bad day. She will
be greatly missed."
Salena De La Cruz, Design Editor
“I always admired Sandy’s commitment to the paper.
She was always there for everybody and always willing
to help. Sandy was a wonderful person and I will always
remember her.”
Maggie Jirasek, Editor-In-Chief
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