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Every table had art as centerpieces. These
were created by staff and students from the
college’s Art Department and were available
for purchase.
Then it came time for everyone to make their
way towards the new Osterman Theatre and
appreciate the theater department’s new facili
ties.
The theater was completely full for the
vignette from. Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,”
directed by David Smith-English.
Original music composed and played by pianist
Michael Van Liew set the tone for the vignette,
a slightly jazzy, melodic, vaudeville tone, inter
spersed with songs by former artist in residence
Dawnie Drebin.
Following the somewhat mad romp of the vignette,
College President Joe Johnson, in full Elizabethan
regalia, took the stage to thank the people
who had made the Niemeyer Center pos
sible.
“We have artists, poets, actors, musi
cians and now we have a building to put
them in,” said Johnson. “It wouldn’t have
happened without donors. It’s been ... a
long time coming—we thought it’d never
be possible to raise all that money.”
Jack
Shields,
retired
Theater
Department chair, came up and gave a
speech, recounting all the history that it
took to bring the Niemeyer Center to the
college.
He talked about the hallway in Randall
which once acted as the main music
room, the old art building, the times he
and others tried to get a communication
arts building built, but had to lay the idea
aside year after year.
“So after hundred of plays, hundreds
of [music productions] ... thousands of
February 23, 2005
students and 30 years, we are housed!” he j
“LeRoy and I used to joke that we hadn’t lived]
enough to see the [Niemeyer Center],” and look
up towards the ceiling, he shouted, “Well, ¿ere
are LeRoy!”
“Music and theater are collaborative art for;
he said. “With the support of this fine new build
our faculty will be able to guide and teach and
students will be able [to learn and perform],]
center honors these students and so do I!”
After some more words by Johnson, Cki
Clemans, David Dickson and Karen Martini J
the CCC Foundation recognized various people,
had helped fund the construction of the Art bt
ing, DeJardin, ar4 Rook.
Announcements were made concerning the m
ing of rooms in these new facilities.
Then came the auction.
Faculty artist David Anderson described the a
tion pieces and award winning auctioneer Jillhh
Wiles presided with a rapid, sing-song deliv
combined with comments such as “You’re not go
fishing if you don’t bid again,” “Did you seef
wrist?” and “There’s no such thing as friends al
auction.”
More thanks were given to those that hads
cifically helped with the Niemeyer Center j
announcements concerning the naming of room
the new building.
Afterwards the audience was invited to retun
the Coffman Lobby for chocolate cake.
As the doors of the
Female Choir began
Month of Maying.”
The guests sat
down to enjoy cake,
conversation and more
songs from the Female
Choir, the Male Choir
and the Chamber Choir.
. This evening of art
music and appreciation <
years of hard work m;
be best summed up t
Johnson’s words:
“I want to tell you,”
he said, “it leaves me
speechless.
This
college
chang
es lives. I want
you all to leave
this room
proud.”
TOP: Guests gather
in Niemeyer hall
before the celebra
tion.
INSET: Pottery by
Nora Brodnick on
display in Alexan
der Gallery.
LEFT: “Oscillat- ‘
ing Octopi” by Rick
True.
RIGHT: Student
Travis Nordurft
entertains crowd as
a jester.
New programs offer students chance in new fields
Community College and
Chemeketa <
Community
College.
The Clackamas Print
While the program has
been approved by the state
In the past year, the college Department of Education,
has added several degrees the program has not yet been
catering to the profession accredited by the American
al fields of health sciences, Dental Association.
engineering, management and
“We are just now working
energy sciences.
on what we call the accredita
A few of the new degrees tion though the ADA,” said
include a Project Management Mitchell. She added that the
degree or certificate, a Dental accreditation process takes
Assistant certificate and a about a year, and “we can’t
degree in the development and become accredited until
implementation of Renewable we’ve started the program.”
Energy Systems.
For those already with
Director of Health Sciences degrees or working in pro
Maureen Mitchell describes fessional fields, the Project
the Dental Assistant program Management program aims to
as having “a wide range of prepare them for management
curriculum,” as compared to positions within those fields
the programs at Mt. Hood where projects are^part of the
Michaels Cooper
profession, by teaching them
how to make projects run
smoothly, anticipating risks
and putting plans in place for
when foreseen risks occur.
William Waters, Lead
Instructor
of
Project
Management, cited jobs like
event managers (weddings or
fundraisers), IT professionals
as well as product and mar
keting managers that would
benefit from this degree.
“We teach people how to
understand what the project
means to the organization,”
said Waters.
Introduction classes into
the program, for either the
degree or certificate, are
available during times that
are as “flexible as possible
for people who are working
during the day or at night,”
said Waters.
The certificate for Project
Management consists of six
project management classes
through the business depart
ment, and is meant for those
who already have a degree
in the field that they wish to
work.
The Associate of Applied
Science degree is a 90-credit,
two-year program with some
business courses in addi
tion to the project manage
ment courses to round out the
degree.
In
conjunction
with
the Oregon Institute of
Technology, there is also the
first Bachelor of Science in
Renewable Energy Systems
degree offered in the United
States. Clackamas will offer
lower-division classes, while
the major-specific classes
will take place through OIT’i
and CCC’s shared Harmon)
campus.
The degree offers student
the chance at such jobs a:
energy auditors and designet
and engineers in the energ
field. Students will study heal
and its properties and uses
electrical systems and motors
wind and water energy sys
terns, fuel-cells and man]
design courses (centered on]
different forms of renewable
energy.
For more informatioa
pertaining to these or other
certificates and degrees al
Clackamas, students can
inquire at the Counseling
and Advising office in the
Community Center or in the
CCC Catalog.