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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.”