Clackamas Biology students study
fungus among us
nurses win
state awards
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Elisabeth Meyer
Feature Editor
Heather Dahmen
The Clackamas Print
Many nursing students and
faculty members at CCC recently
won several awards at the Oregon
Student Nurses Convention.
The Nursing program itself
received an award for member
ship increase. The program start
ed with just 12 members, and had
49 by February 2003. They now
have 52; the program could claim
another award in Phoenix, Ariz.
in late April.
The Membership Director
“Heather Digby received an
award for outstanding perform
ance in membership recruitment,
and Mary Ann Hensly also
received an award for spearhead
ing the 'Preemie Project' which
received media coverage in
December," said nursing student
Bobbie Haley-Seaborg.
Tim Gebhardt, a first-year
nursing student and CCC Student
Nurses Association's (SNA)
"webmaster extraordinaire" also
received an award for creating
the most outstanding web page
for student nurses in Oregon. His
page can be seen at www. clacka-
massna.org.
"The nursing faculty also won
the title OSNA (Oregon
Student Nurses Association)
Faculty Challenge Champions
and a whopping $500 for
much-needed lab equipment
. and supplies. The plaque hangs
proudly in the nursing office,"
says Haley-Seaborg. The team
members are Judy Anderson,
Carol Thom, Carol Dodson,
Nicole Reiley and Karyn
Schneider.
Kathy Weeks proudly claimed
the grand prize trip to the National
Student Nurses Association con
vention in Phoenix.
“All in all, CCC hit the jack
pot at the OSNA convention and
is looking to do well in Phoenix,"
said Haley-Seaborg. "CCC SNA
is making a difference."
Upcoming events include the
Migrant Camp Project NAMI
and CCC SNA Walk
for the
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Minds of America, both in May.
The SNA's president elect and
membership elect for next year
will be voted into office at the
beginning of April. There are
several fundraisers underway
including stress reducer mas
sages during finals week, Papa
Murphy's Pizza cards and a root
beer float-a-thon.
As the end of the term
approaches, students in the
Majors biology class are finish
ing up their projects with relief
and humor.
A group of four that experi
mented on bread mold was psy
ched to throw out its test subjects,
which had grown to horrifying
proportions.
"It was coming alive and try
ing to eat people," laughed group
member David Price.
I arrived, camera in hand,
just moments after the hairy
specimens had been tossed.
Anxious to share the fungili-
cious goodness of their proj
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ect, Price gleefully showed me
Caitlin Tierney, a student in the Majors biology class,
digital pictures of the speci
gets behind a microscope to look at fresh mold samples
mens.
collected by herself and her lab partners.
"Do you want to see pictures?
Of course you do. It's kind of a To insure complete control over different environments. Their
car wreck kind of thing," Price their experiment, the quartet conclusions?
"We basically found out that
said. "You can’t not look, even baked its own bread. After
inoculating the rye, white, bleach doesn't kill mold," Price
though you don't want to."
Students in the course form wheat and light rye breads they said.
"And plastic wrap is good,"
groups and design their own created with a common mold,
term-long projects within the first they put a sample of each into said Tierney.
two weeks of the class.
And just what, pray tell, moti
vated Caitlin Tierney, Mark
Miller, Christopher Oestman and
Price to research mold?
"I think we ended up using
bread because we talk about
food all the time," Tierney said.
Justin Wallner in the running for
PTK International Vice President
JUSTIN WALLNER
Tina Tate
The Clackamas Print
First and foremost, Justin
Wallner challenges himself and
others to get involved in helping
those who are less fortunate; he
believes he can best work towards
his goal by becoming Clackamas’
first International Vice President of
Phi Theta Kappa.
Wallner came to Clackamas six
months ago, and within a month
had joined the college’s honor
society. He quickly earned the
respect of his peers and was elect
ed to serve his chapter as Vice-
President of Service.
In his current position, his main
focus is on encouraging volun
teerism. Since PTK has partnered
with the American Cancer Society
this year, he oversees projects
geared toward conquering cancer
through research, awareness and
prevention of the disease.
“What first sparked my interest
in Phi Theta Kappa was its
remarkably enabling capacity for
enhancing the quality of life for
disadvantaged citizens in our
community, as well as beyond,’’
said Wallner. “A primary goal of
mine if I’m elected to this
International VP position is to
increase the impact that Phi Theta
Kappa has on society and the
amount of benefit we are able to
bring to the disadvantaged.. .and a
big part of this is going to be
through increasing membership.”
Most members do not rise in
the ranks as quickly as Wallner/
did, but lofty goals and vigorous
determination aren’t new to him.
During his senior year at Canby
High School, he accumulated 19
college credits and a 3.79 college
GPA in addition to participating on
his school’s speech and debate
team.
He volunteered in his
school’s Key Club, where he won
member of the month honors for
his efforts at raising money'for the
Red Cross relief fund following the
9/11 terrorist attacks. In addition,
Wallner attended leadership confer
ences such as Boys State and
Presidential Classroom, which
were week-long forums that
emphasized the importance of
building better community leaders.
If he is elected International
Vice President on April 5, he will
oversee the PTK chapters of 14 dif
ferent states and the three regions
of American Samoa, Guam and
Alberta, Canada. His responsibili
ties will take him around the world.
For his service, he will be awarded
with a $1000 stipend and a $2000
college scholarship at the comple
tion of his term.
“I would have lots of different
obligations,” said Wallner. “I
would be a Master of Ceremonies
at different events. Also, I would
have to go around to the different
regions and speak at regional con
ventions, and also speak at induc
tions... It’s the opportunity of a
lifetime.”
Wallner aspires to go to mili
tary school and pilot training
school or earn a bachelor’s degree
in software engineering after grad
uating from Clackamas. Further,
he would like to enhance either
achievement by working towards
a Master’s in business administra
tion and then a Doctorate in phi
losophy. Of course, dedication to
improving the welfare of people
everywhere will guide him on any
course he chooses.
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