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JV ews M arch 10,2004 T he C lackamas P rint • 3 New building ready to occupy in Octobêf Frank Jordan T he C lackamas P rint Construction continues' on the new Communication Arts building and the project is about at the halfway point in the process. “Things are progressing really well. This building is at budget at the present time,” said Dean of College Services Al Erdman. “The first five buildings in this project came in at or under budget, so we are still on the right track.” So far, the reviews have been very positive from the people who will be the main tenants of the building. Music, speech and theater will be the primary users and the department chairs of those areas have been involved in the planning process since the beginning. “The individual programs have been so good to work with; they have been in our weekly meetings with the architects to express their concerns with anything that has been going on,” said Erdman. “We have [focused] on the space inside and how we can make the best uses of it. How will students and staff be affected by the decisions that we make? This is the first thing On many of our minds. We need ;to create the spaces that the students and staff and the community will take full advantage of.” The construction has had just one delay in its timetable, about two week# and that will be made up during building so that the original occupancy deadline of Oct. 12 can be met. McLoughlin parking will be taken offline; that is, the lot will be closed sometime in mid-June, soon after graduation. This elo- ’ sure is to prepare the lot for reconstruction and should be reopened about Sept. 1. An addi tional 200-250 spaces should be available to students and staff when fall term 2004 begins. The total amount of • spaces available in the McLoughlin lot will be 401, a decrease of 10 spaces from its original configuration. “We have some new require ments from the city of Oregon City about our parking- and we have had tremendous cooperation from them about all of our build ing plans. They really have been great to work with,” said Erdman. “Everybody has been on the same page. The community has given us great support for what we have been doing and we think that they .will be as pleased.as We should be with the outcome,” . “Things are progressing really well... we are still on the right track.” Part-time faculty recognized as outstanding instructors A ceremony was held in recognition of part-time faculty who. were nominated among 400 of their peers last fall by administrators and department chairs as out standing instructors. Michele Draper, part-time faculty association president, coordinated the awards luncheon that marked the first of an annual event that will take place at the end of each fall term. Master of Ceremonies, President Joe Johnson, presented the awards to the honorees. In addition to those pictured at right, other faculty members recognized were: Mary Lou Adams—-horticulture; Heidi Cropsey—foreign language; Greg Davis—math; Sharon Gordon—science; Thom Gustav—^English; Joan Hardy-—education and human services; Enrique Junquera—foreign language; Dan Tuggle—manufacturing department and customized training; Jan Wight—counsel ing and advising; and Chris Whitten^—communications and theater arts. Photos and bios were not available from these instruetdrs at press time. Gordon has been teaching general biology, anatomy and physiology at CCC since 1989. She has an MS in biology from Central Washington University, was born and raised in Vancouver, Wash,, and currently resides in Gresham. cc z> Ü Q. Randy Thornton, Social Science . Thorfiton is in his fifth year at CCC. * He attended the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University in New York City. He has also worked in computers for over 10 years and is« Microsoft certified engineer. Jan Bishop, Communications and Theater Arts Bishop has been teaching at CCC for just over two years. She has an MS in speech communication from Portiand State University, graduating summa cum laude. Her hometown is Des Moines, Iowa, and she currently resides in Canby. Terri Gibson, Skills Development Gibson is working on her third year teaching at CCC. She attended universities in Arizona, Florida and Oregon and has a BA in speech pathology and a Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations. She is also an Americorps Alumnus. Need money? Apply for CCC scholarships now — From the Financial Aid Office — Scholarships are not only for top notch students, although maintaining a good GPA and being involved in various activities increases opportunities. Not being involved or having a lower GPA doesn’t exclude anyone from scholarship opportunities. CCC scholarships are awarded based on varying criteria, including, intended field of study,' personal barriers, academic merit, high school attended, county of residence and transfer ring to a four-year college or university. Yes, it takes work, but think about it this way: If it takes 10 hours to complete one scholarship application and the scholar ship is worth $1,000, it’s like a job that pays $100 an hour! CCCOffers more than 70 individual scholarships and has more than $200,000 available to students. The application process is open to anyone who plans to enroll at CCC for the 2004-05 academic year, has a high school diploma or equivalent and a cumulative 2.0 GPA or higher. CCC also offers scholarships for students who are transferring from CCC to a 4- year college or university. A completed application packet includes: the application, unofficial transcript, two letters of recommenda tion and a personal statement. Applicants are automatically consid ered for all CCC scholarships for which they are eligible. The deadline is 5 pan., March 22. For more information, contact Chippi Bello at ext 2373. Mallatt has beep at CCC for seven years. She has a BS in art and English from theTJniversity of Wisconsin and an MA in counseling psychology from Lewis and Clark. Her hometown is Madison, Wis- Janet Martin, Music Martin has been teaching piano at CCC for 22 years. In addition to classical training, she is an accom plished singer and songwriter and has performed throughout the Northwest. Her hometown is Molalla—third generation. a Steve Wallin, English Steve Wallin has been teaching at CCC for 14 years. He has a BA in sociology from Washington State University and an M A in creative writing and English from Brown University. His hometown is Seattle. Pat Wiggins, ESL, Sharon Gordon, Science Q LU Margaret Mallatt, Social Science. Wiggins has been teaching at CCC for 10 years. She attended Columbia University, Mo., University of Missouri and Portland State University. She currently resides in Boring. Denise Conklin, Math Denise Conklin has been teaching at CCC for 15 years. She grew up in Lansing, Mich., and has a BA from Michigan State University. Conklin currently makes her home in Beavercreek. Helen Wand, Medical Assistant Instructor Wand has been at CCC since 1989. In addition to her numerous medical degrees, she is program chair for the Troutdale Historical Society and a member and holder of various offices for the Oregon Society of Clinical Laboratory Sciences. HATE: Meyers gives recommendation today (Continued from page 1) violence. “When you write something like ‘God hates fags,’ that person is angry,” said Sprehe. “If they aren’t getting that release from writing, then what’s the next step for that person?” In order to keep worse hate crimes from happening; some thing has to be done. - “We don’t want a Matthew Shepard happening on this cam pus,” said Amanda Ellertson, an instructor at Portland Community College who- came to Clackamas on Monday to lead a workshop about hate on campus. Shepard was a University of Wyoming stu dent who was brutally murdered in an act of hate in 1998- Ellertson addressed aspects of hate, including the differences between a hate crime and a bias incident and the need to fight against these acts of hate. Students and faculty in attendance at the workshop received pamphlets, “stop hate” pins and access to will announce his, recommended action on this issue. Meyers will videos on hate. Although they have stemmed review sta.te law and Oregon hateful comments, the posters are Constitution in order to develop doing what they were meant to do his suggestion. for the Rainbow Club. Although gay marriage may be “I think we’re having the first the cause of some of the hate steps of [doing something about toward gay students on campus, if],by having conversation with the Hollatz-Wisely expresses how posters,” said Sprehe, who would beneficial the marriages coming. like to see more forums for con to Oregon have been. versation happen between gay and “There hasn’t been an issue that’s been about equal rights for straight people on campus, The hundreds of gay mar a long timé, so I think students riages' occurring in Oregon feel like ‘wow.’ You know, history recently have stirred up much' is. happening and it’s kind of the Controversy on the topic of gay next wave of civil rights,” she and lesbians being wed. said. The Rainbow Club is always Multnomah County Judge Dale Koch has denied recent attempts seeking new members. “Gay, bi, by the Defense of Marriage trans or straight, we aré always Coalition to block county officials looking for more members,” said from continuing to issue marriage Sprehe.' “I’d like to have more people see that we’re all just peo licenses to same-sex couples. Gay marriage licenses will con ple. We’re just students, we’re just tinue to be issued unless otherwise faculty, we’re just people, and decided today when Oregon we’re not any different because of Attorney General Hardy Meyers the people that we love.”
