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jVÈWS J anuary 28, 2004 T he C lackamas P rint • 3 DeJardin opens to Health Sciences Shannon Armstead T he C lackamas P rint Classes in the newly opened Dejardin Hall, formally, called Pauling Annex, commenced this winter term and have already made a great impression on Maureen Mitchell, director of health sci ences. “The building is amazing,” said Mitchell. DeJardin Hall was built for and -designed by the health sciences fac ulty and also houses a few other classes, including microbiology. The new building is brimming with innovative technologies and conveniences. i “ft has] more space and state of the art equipment; it's bright and open. Students love it,” said Mitchell. The department purchased 32 wireless laptop computers that stu dents can use for studying as well as in the classroom. Teachers enjoy the convenience of having their offices in the same building with the classrooms. Teachers and students alike appreciate having all the health sciences classes in one building. The health sciences department has been designated two large class CORY PRICE C lackamas P rint Jennifer Johnson and Jennifer Glennon, both nursing students, use the first floor study area of DeJardin Hall. rooms that will accommodate 48 students and a smaller room that accommodates 24. The depart ment was able to order new, state- of-the-art equipment for all of the programs. All the classrooms are classified as “smart classrooms” because of the computerized over heads they contain. “With the smart classrooms, teachers can use audio-visual and videos and no longer need to use transparencies,” said Program Director Greg Sabin. DeJardin Hall also houses a room that simulates an office in an ambulatory care setting, as well as a skills lab, that all of the programs use. The impressive skills lab simu lates a hospital. It includes dum mies on hospital beds with which students can practice clinical skills such as Catheter insertion and resur rection techniques. DeJardin Hall was made possi ble in large part by the contribu tions of the Dejardin family. Carol DeJardin served op the foundation board of the college . and the Dejardin family contributes a sub stantial amount of money to the college each year. “The [health sciences] depart ment is truly grateful to the Dejardin family for their contribu tions,” said Mitchell. “The building is bright and user-friendly. Both faculty and students have taken a great deal of pride and ownership in the new building.” Literary Arts Center : Provides students, English department with convenience, comfort in Rook Hall Campus gardening event plants seeds for the future , , students can identify with the kind of place that I don’t ^English department, ” think the college has had Co E ditor -I n -C hief - ’ • Orlando said. “Whenever before, for intimate gather For the first time in the there isn’t a scheduled eveiit, ings,” said Mount. “Up until history of the college, the. it’s open for students to come now, they could have gone to English department is united in and’ use the materials that the theater and felt swallowed in one building, along with a are in there.” r up by the big space, or new forum for students and The Literary Arts Center Gregory Forum, which is not faculty called the Literary Arts will also host dub meetings, all that nice—functional, but Center. faculty meetings, poetry read- not nice. But [the Literary The English department .ings, Author’s Nights and a Arts Center] is intimate and occupies the second floor of plethora of other spedal kind of special. I'm thrilled the newly constructed Roger events. The room seats 35, about it.” Rook Hall. The Literary Arts and additional chairs can Kate Grey, English Center, equipped with sky always be added for larger instructor, looks forward to lights to let in natural light, is gatherings. the effect the center will have also centrally located on the English Instructor David on literary enthusiasts. second floor. Mount has worked on.collab- “We now have the ability With over-sized, sofa-style orations of music and litera to have a focal point for the chairs, this is a relaxed area for ture in the past and feels the literary community on and off students to congregate, study new Literary Arts Center will campus,” said Gray. “It’s a or just plain unwind. There is be perfect for other joint really versatile space that will also a variety of resource efforts, in addition to some serve the ever-changing needs books and periodicals avail music only activities. of the department.” able to borrow, as well as “I would love to have Book donations for the books for more leisurely read some small music perform Literary Arts Center are glad ing. The latter can be taken ances in there to take advan ly accepted. Contact Emily home and either brought back tage of the acoustics. It’s the Orlando at ext 2372. when finished or replaced with a dona tion from home “I think it’s won derful—we finally have a space we can call our own,” said English Instructor Alan Widerburg. “Students can get comfortable and chat and read; there are lots of books available. I think it’s a really beautiful space” Department Chair Emily Orlando is most excited about bringing more unity to her department. “For students who were majoring in English or the human ities, there really was no place for them to go. So for the first time ever, the English department has a desig In the Literary Arts Center, students Amy Comolly and nated space that the Jayde Cook enjoy the quiet in “comfy chairs.” Cyndee Mady CORY PRICE C lackamas P rint With large windows on every floor, and new equipment for each classroom, the new Dejardin Hall welcomes students. CYNDEE MADY C lackamas P rint Horticulture students Nicole Allen, Debbie Smith, Lesli Walker, Tamera Davis and Doug Lichtenwalter test their plant identification skills. Jessica LeClaire T he C lackamas P rint Gardeners, horticultur ists and the novice prepared for the arrival of spring at the Gardeners’ Galore event held Friday, Jan. 16 in the Gregory Forum. “We were thinking home gardeners would be hungry for new knowledge because they have been unable to get out and do much gardening this time of year,” said Renee Harber, event coordi nator and faculty member. For $7, participants were surrounded by more than 30 gardening booths equipped with representatives from each organization to answer enthusiasts’ questions. Many local organizations participated in the event, including Portland Classical Chinese Garden, Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, Berry Botanic Garden, Pordand Rose Society and Oregon Tilth Inc. “My purpose for attending this event was to get more information, become more familiar with the organiza tions involved in the CWE program, and view the semi nars,” said horticulture stu dent Nicole Allen. In it’s first year, thé event has been a success. “I think [Gardeners’ Galore] will benefit the horti culture students because they are introduced to different types of plants and gardens,” said Harber “They can also talk to the participating groups about career work experience for their require ment, allowing them to make contacts and provide them with learning opportunities.” In addition to various displays to peruse, there were plants for sale, includ ing hard-to-find plants, a series of seminars and refreshments. The seminars included four speakers. The first, Andy Parker of Oregon Tilth, spoke about organic vegetable gardening. One key point he mentioned was about building the quality of soil; AWOMB (air, water, organic matter, minerals, biological). “Raising a plant is like raising a child,” said Parker. Allison Clark of Soil Foodweb Inc. gave the sec ond talk about compost tea. She touched on what com post tea is made of, how to make it in a brewer, what questions to ask when buy ing it, and the benefits of its use in the garden. The third presentation was about clumping bam boo, given by the President of the American Bamboo Society, Ian Connor. He discussed misconceptions, benefits and different types of bamboo. Rick Baer, former presi dent of the Pordand Rose Society, wrapped up the seminars with his discussion on rose pruning techniques. “The price of the event was worth every penny,” said Allen. “Everyone in the campus Horticulture Club thought the whole experience was awesome.” The horticulture depart ment was extremely pleased with the success of Gardener’s Galore, and has every intention of making it an annual event.
