the Clackamas Print
December 4, 2002
CCC Fall term 2002 Retirees
four Clackamas staff members look back with
fond memories on careers at the college.
Cathy LeDoux has been an employee of Clacxamas
Community College for a little over 11 years. She has
served as the division secretary to the Math, Science, and
Allied Health Division from 1991 to 1994, and the Extended
Learning Services Division from 1994 to 2002.
“My time here at Clackamas.... has been rewarding and
fulfilling. I feel I have made lifelong friends, especially
with my beloved division secretaries,” said LeDoux.
“Working with Rene’ Zingarelli and the staff of Extended
Learning is an experience I will treasure forever. I will miss
them all.”
LeDoux looks forward to “painting, cooking, and travel
ing the world with my best friend, my husband B.J.” She
also plans to attend classes at CCC from time to time, “just
Extended Learning Services for the fun of it.”
■ Cathy LeDoux
Division Secretary
■ Michael Watkins has worked at Clackamas for 29 years. He
had officially retired on Sept. 1, 2002. Watkins was the depart
ment chair for the Skills Development department for seven
years and worked in that department for a total of 19 years.
Prior to that he worked as an instructor in the Developmental
Disabilities department for 10 years. He participated in the
development of the Vocational Options program, training at-
risk high school students in job search and retention skills
offered through the Skills Development department.
■ “This was perhaps my most enjoyable assignment,” said
Watkins. “My favorite memories are of student and staff
ratreats to the coast where we worked on program assignments,
y planning, curriculum, etc. And I had the opportunity to. build
professional and personal relationships.”
■ Watkins will continue to work part-time as an instructor,
“so I hope I’m not going to miss much due to retirement,” he
said.
Michael Watkins
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Skills Development
Department Chair
Gretchen Miles
Business Office
Manager
Gretchen Miles has worked at Clackamas
for 13 years as the Business Office Manager.
This means she supervised the grant
accounting, payroll, accounts payable, foun
dation accounting and general ledger func
tions of the college. She was also part of the
team that implemented the Datatel database
system.
“My favorite memory is those times once
a year when Roxie, George and I would
come in at 5 a.m. to run the processes in
Datatel that close our financial books for the
previous fiscal year... ha ha,” said Miles. “I
will really miss seeing the good friends I
have made here at CCC on a daily basis.”
Eileen TUmer has been at Clackamas for 11
years. Her job duties included teaching theory
(medical-surgical nursing), teaching campus skills
lab, and clinical instruction in the hospital setting
each term. She also managed the skills lab for
about six years, scheduling and hiring student help,
ordering all supplies, and maintaining orders.
Some of her favorite memories: “Fun times we
had as a faculty surprising our students with crazy
skits, plays, etc, when they thought they were com
ing to a very serious class or mandatory meeting. It
has been a fabulous faculty to work with,” said
Turner.
Turner will be doing a double clinical group for
winter term at Providence Milwaukie Hospital.
She also can’t wait to have more time for her
granddaughter, Avery and grandson, Adam.
Eileen Turner
Health Sciences
Instructor