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Student respected by peers, college, countij
Electronics student honored for outstanding academic exceller|
amazed at his high math level,”
said Nedelcu.
The prerequisite for entering
His fellow students refer to the electronics program is to place
electronics ■ student Corneliu in Math 65, but Boghean easily
Boghean, winner 'of an All- tested into Math 261. Being natu­
American Collegiate Schedar rally gifted, however, is not the
award, as a “brain child.”
only thing that has gotten
Boghean, 30,
Boghean this far.
is just finishing
“¡Going
to
up bis second year
Clackamas| was a
“I nominated
at
Clackamas,
good experience,”
[Boghean]
where he’ll be
said Boghean. “I
because of his
graduating this
was very busy.”
June. The honor
Aside
from
exceptional GPA
role student has
achieving a high
... this guy is
studied electron­
GPA, Boghean has
ics and micro-
put a lot of himself
just very smart. ”
electronics,
into the electronics
excelling in the
program,.
Sanda Nedelcu
department and
“1 have many
Electronics Program
at his studies in
other
good stu­
Director and Instructor
general.
dents, but he had
The
United
the ability to
States Achievement Academy teach,” said Nedelcu, who
recognizes students every year explained that Boghean comes to
for their outstanding academic the electronics lab every day.
excellence.
“I have been a tutoi;,” said
The nomination for the award Boghean. “It has been interesting
was given by Electronics Program and fulfilling to help other stu­
Director and Instructor Sanda dents to better understand the
Nedelcu, who has known Boghean material.”
since he began at Clackamas.
Boghean’s giving nature is
“Corncliu is an exceptional stu­ partly responsible for the success
dent. l'rom the beginning, I was of the program.
Karlin Johnson
T he C lackamas P rint
“He is not paid for doing this,
but he likes to help people,”' said
Nedelcu. “The students actually
requested him. They would say, ‘If
Cofneliu isn’t here, we won’t take
the class!”’
Nedelcu suggested her student
for the All-American Collegiate
Scholar award for many reasons.
“|I nominated him] because of
his exceptional GPA,” she said.
“This guy is just very smart and
helped the other students and the
program so much ... when anyone
asks for help, he immediately
helps us.”
After receiving a letter saying he
had won the award, Boghean said
modesdy that he felt “honored.”
“I was not surprised actually ...
with his luck!” said Nedelcu. “I
mean, this is a guy who won a lot­
tery ticket in Romania.”
Nedelcu shared how Boghean
had bought a lottery ticket while
living in Romania and won, which
is why he was able to move to the
United States.
All jokes about “luck” aside;
Nedelcu knows that fortune
alone is not what brought her
student his award.
“He docs not have anyone
close to his grades and his per­
formance,” she concluded.
ANGELA GERHART Cut
Corneliu Boghean (CENTER), tutored micro-elel
students Trish Ellingson (LEFT) and Tim Bailey (Rlj
After
graduation
from
Clackamas, at which he will be one
of four students to be specially
honored, Boghean plans to go to
work in electronics.
“I hope to get a technician
job at Intel,” said Boghean. “I
had an interview and was told 1
was successful, so I’m waiting
] to hear back from tiu-
Boghcan also plans]
O1T where he will studf
ics further. His positive]
fident mindset may be
ble for Boghean’s succcS
here at Clackamas.
|
“I always1, wanted r
best,” he said.
Custodial Team Leader takes pride in campus appearan
Cyndee Mady
Co E ditor - in -C hief
Many students may not know
his name or even his face, but
one can certainly recognize the
results of Custodial Team
Leader John Wilberg’s work
maintaining the aesthetics and
cleanliness of the college.
“I like things clean and nice—
that’s part of tbc reason why I like
this position; it gives you the ability
to clean things and look back at it
and sec what you did,” Wilbcrg
said. “Our campus is really beau­
tiful and if you look at some of
the other campuses ... some of
them arc not real well kept. We
get a lot of compliments.”
With the addition of five
(soon to be six) buildings on
campus, Wilbcrg and his crew of
20 bave had to compensate for
the extra work, but have main­
tained a positive attitude.
' “A lot7 of us arc very happy to
have our jobs here, because we real­
ize how hard it is out there in the
‘real’ world,” he said.
Clackamas has a very small cus­
todial crew and is currently two
workers short of the norm, which
creates an even greater disadvantage.
“To clean the same amount of
square footage, we do it with half
of what [other colleges! have. We
clean approximately 65,000 square
feet a day, per person, which is way
over the maximum,” said Wilbcrg.
Along with their regular duties,
which include keeping the grounds
and parking lots clean; emptying all
ash and trash receptacles, including
16 dumpsters; maintaining the
cleanliness of restrooms; relocating
staff and faculty as necessary; and
keeping the food areas ■ clean,
Wilbcrg said they work closely with
the maintenance department.
“We need to know |all| facets of
this campus instead of just know­
ing the custodial parts of it,”
Wilbcrg said. “We may need to
know where to turn the water
mains off, where the electrical shut­
offs arc; we need to know the intri­
cate tunnel systems and whât to do
if some problems come up down
there. We also need to respond to
fire alarms and evacuate the build­
ings—we’re all a team.”
After 14 years on the job,
Wilbcrg still strives to make à dif­
ference on campus and attributes
much of that effort to teamwork.
“We have à lot of supportive
people who are not afraid to get
their hands dirty and help out,” he
said. “It’s a team effort and that’s
what we need in a college like this.
When you work for the community
college, we’re working fa
munity in the college.”
Outside of work, Wil
gardening, boating, &
camping.
“Vacationing is on
favorite things; I love til
coast and the mountain:
“We don’t even pick an at
get in the RV and g< >. I
fanatic; I like to go AT
one of the extremists ¡\>
three-wheeler—there at
of those around anymon
Wilberg married Julie
panion of nine years, twi.
and has helped raise
daughters, now 20, 21 an
in age. They also have tit
children. When the o
met, Julie worked as he:
the Cougar Cafe.
The Wilbcrgs plan tit
year’s vacation campin«
1 .ake in the higher (lascn
or 40 others, taking up a
tion of the campsite.
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John Wilberg prepares to relocate C-Tech Youth Services
from Barlow Hall to their new home in Roger Rook Hall.
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