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NEWS 2 • The Clackamas Print • May 28, 2003 Scholarship recipients honored Frank Jordan The Clackamas Print The annual Clackamas scholarship reception was held May 20 in the Randall Hall gym and honored over 200 students with scholarships for the 2003-04 academic year. CCC Foundation Development Secretary Janet Meister, who organ ized the event, said that the evening’s festivities are mainly to give the donors a chance to meet the scholar ship recipients. “Our donors are a very passionate group of people,” said Meister. “Overall endowment donations are down due to the struggling economy, but we just go to the longtime donors to help make up the difference in funding. Any and all of the help that they give is greatly appreciated.” The recipient of the Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship, Susan Peznecker, said that she was thrilled to be a scholarship winner and praised the staff and students at Clackamas for the educational experience that she received here. “I wasn’t quite sure where this experience was goiryyo le^d.mg, but I c¥< you that the^ducatiorvjhat I reoeiveg not trade for anything,” said Peznecker. / Shilo Burke, the winner of th/ Colton High School Opportunity Scholarship, made a moving address to the crowd of over 700 about the hard times that she and her family faced in her life, and the opportunity that college has presented for her. “I would really like to thank all of those who believed in me and have given me the chance to make a differ ence in the world,” Burke said. “Education is so important to me and my family, and although times have been hard, we have persevered and I am on the verge of making dreams come true.” •There were several new scholar ships given out this year, including the Ruth Rippey Memorial Scholarship, designed to help students who are fac ing obstacles while trying to finish their education. The recipient is Shannon Cooley of Wilsonville. Rippey, who died in October 2000, was a longtime staff member at CCC. Terence Shumaker, CCC drafting All reports are taken from CCC’s public safe ty incident logs. Summaries are edited for clarity, not content. TAMARA BARRY Contributed M+chael Lantz of Molalla (right) sits with Mimi and Jack Chitty during the 2003 Scholarship Reception May 20. Lantz received an honors scholarship sponsored by the Chittys. Mimi Chitty is retiring this year from the CCC Board of Education after 1 5 years. department chair, contributed an endowed scholarship for the first time to a Life and Career Options program student at Clackamas. That student is Desiree Short-Maryea of West Linn. The Jim Ritacco Memorial Scholarship will help Clackamas soft- ball players- with their educations. This year’s-; recipient is Kim Kraxberger of Canby. The/-Patty "Fowler Endowed Scholarship was set up to help gradu ates of Molalla High School continue their educations at Clackamas. The recipient of "this year’s award is Stephanie Koler of Canby. Almost $300,000 was provided by the foundation this academic year for scholarships. All of the monies come from either endowments set up by the CCC Foundation or from direct con tributions from donors. AS-OT degree approved Frank Jordan The Clackamas Print ISAIAH CREEL Clackamas Print Marlies Berney (left) and Becca Blevins make calls during the CCC Foundation phone-a-thon May 19 in the Gregory Forum. The event raised about $7,000 for the Student Opportunity Fund. Phone-a-thon raises funds to aid students Isaiah Creel The Clackamas Print The CCC Foundation, in con junction with the Associated Student Government, raised approximately $7,000 for the Student Opportunity Fund (SOF) through a phone-a-thon campaign during the last two weeks. Statewide budget cuts have left students to foot the bill for the $8 per credit hour tuition increase. This seemingly small increase translates to $96 when you multi ply it by the number of credits a full-time student takes (12). According to a Foundation pub lication, “The SOF is being created to help students respond to recent tuition increases and other urgent needs. It will be used for need based scholarships and emergency, childcare and/or textbook grants.” Every tuition increase leaves more and more students desperate for funds. The financial aid office offers some solace, but with increased enrollment some stu dents fall by the wayside. Fear not brave student, your salvation comes in the form of the various student clubs that bombard you with posters around campus. ASG offered $20 to every club for each member that volunteered to help them in a fundraising phone- a-thon to bolster the SOF. Sixteen groups, from Campus Crusade for Christ to your very own The Clackamas Print, were involved in raising money through telephoning. Ninety-one donors, many of whom were either donat ing for the first time or had donat ed previously but hadn’t donated recently, contributed to the SOF. “The great thing about [the phone-a-thon],” said Karen Martini, director of development and college advancement, “is' not that we raised the money, but that we got our message out.” The money raised during this effort, in addition to other funds raised by the CCC Foundation, will help cover the increase in tuition, and will be distributed through the Financial Aid/ Scholarship office. The Oregon State Board of Education recently approved the creation of an Associate of Science- Oregon Transfer/Business degree for community college students beginning fall term 2003; The board created the Associate of Arts-Oregon Transfer degree in the late 1980s, which implemented a set of standards 'to facilitate a sim pler transfer from community col lege into a four-year program. The transfer degree includes a set of general requirements in writing, math and oral communication, as well as another set of requirements in arts and letters, social sciences, science/math/computer science and general elective courses. Community colleges usually tai lor an individual’s coursework for a transfer degree toward the institu tion that the student wishes to trans fer to. The new Associate of Science-Oregon Transfer/Business degree was created with this in mind. Many of the business pro grams in Oregon four-year universi ties have specific requirements for entrance. The schools involved came up with a list of requirements that would satisfy their degree pro grams. All of Oregon’s community colleges teach the courses required by these four-year programs; which courses to take to satisfy the entrance requirements to that partic ular business school is left up to the student. “The ASOT-Business degree would meet all of the general requirements that the four-year state schools require for acceptance into those universities,” said Baldwin van der Bijl, associate dean for allied health/math/science at Clackamas. “Having the degree, however, does not automatically guarantee acceptance into the busi ness school of the student’s choice. It just means that they would have junior standing at that particular university.” Business was the first discipline considered for the new ASOT degree, but other disciplines are being considered, such as nursing, life science and computer science. “Computer science would seem to be the next degree offered, as most community colleges teach the course work required for a transfer degree,” van der Bijl said. “It may be a few years. I just think the state wants to see how this new offering works out with the university sys tem before expanding it.” 5-20-03 Talked with a white adult male carrying a Japanese sword in a case. He said he had just arrived on Tri-Met and was leaving campus to go straight home. 5-20-03 Received report that a stu dent got paint in his eyes and face. Medical is enroute. 5-20-03 Talked with staff about three white male juveniles playing in the observatory and try ing to catch the ducks in the pond. Was unable to locate the juveniles. 5-20-03 Was patrolling near bus turn when I saw a white male juvenile walking away- from the visitor parking lot.' He saw me and ran away toward the Pauling Center. I walked toward Pauling, saw him again, but he ran away again. 5-21-03 Talked with a group of about 20 juveniles playing Frisbee. Told them that the campus was closed. Calling all actors The theatre depart ment will hold open auditions for the 2003 fall term main stage pro duction "Uncle Vanya" on June 2 at 3 p.m. in the McLoughlin Theatre. Actors will need to have a monologue pre pared and be ready to perform a cold reading. ASG puts on carnival for students Clackamas students enjoy the wilds of Jurassic Survivor in the courtyard during the May 4 4 carnival sponsored by the Associated Student Government. The event was blessed with decent weather and many students were out lounging in the spring sun.
