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February 23, 2005
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I started doing the assistant coaching,
I sort of realized that I could explain
it and I got excited about it, and
people wanted to listen to me and it
kind of just became,” said Hughes. ‘1
■ think communication is the
L to everything,” said Speech and mean it was just where I knew that I
■mnmications Student Instructor
belonged; it was where I knew what
I wanted to do for lhe rest of my life,
He Hughes. ‘If you know how
Klk you have the capability of which was to teach.”
fessing yourself, asking for things,
Since then, Hughes has been doing
■tenting yourself in ways that most
“anything and everything possible” to
Hie don’t have
move toward her
■ompetence to
goal of being a
Communications
fa ai for me to
he able to teach
instructor. After
“I like to watch
■one the skills
getting her AAOT
[students] go
at Clackamas, she
in doing that is a
■experience.”
moved on to PSU
through that
Hughes, a grad-
where she gradu
transforma
■of Clackamas,
ated with a bach
ha|returned to
elor’s degree. She
tion where they
[es »1 to gain
is now attending
start believing
^■rience and
the University of
^■ledge
by
in themselves
Portland, working
^Hing closely
toward a master’s
as speakers,
^■Speech and
degree in com
^Hmunications
because that’s
munication, and
^■uctor Frank
will graduate in
the whole goal—
^How. She is
December of this
to give them the
^Hntly teaching
year. She is also
tools so that they
of Harlow’s
die head coach of
^^■±111 classes
U of P’s speech
believe
in
■rm.
and debate team.
themselves. ”
^■Vlien Hughes
The next step
a student at
for Hughes was to
Kerrie Hughes
^Kkamas, she
get some experi
Speech and
ence by doing an
a part of the
Corrtmunications
^Hnnunications
internship at a col
Student Instructor s
^Hram and the
lege.
^■ch and debate
“I contacted.
Kelly and Frank
B love [being back to teach here], arid asked them if I could do [an
hy dream to do this,” said Hughes,
internship] here because I know
Michaele Cooper Clackamas Print
fated here [at Clackamas], and Clackamas, because I know them,
Been Frank and [Speech and and I know that my working rela
Speech and Communications Student Instructor Kerrie Hughes viiews Communications
fee Team Coach] Kelly Brennan, tionship wife them would give me
as “the key to everything,” and brings that philosophy to her Speech 111 students.
[kind of showed me what it was guidance and a more personal touch,
I wanted to do with ray life.”
For those who may shy away
“To help [students] get over that
in a sense, with the things that they
Hughes expresses that, in a way,
I was during her last year of felt that I could do to improve,” becoming a teacher is giving students anxiety or the fear of public speak from speech and communications
feh competition at Clackamas said Hughes. “If I was working with the same great experience she had.
classes,
Hughes has a bit of advice.
ing, I think, is one of my greatest
[Hughes realized what her pas- someone that I didn’t know, J may
“Everybody has the ability to
“I have a speech teacher who joys,” said Hughes. ‘I like to watch
[was.
not have gotten that one-on-one time did the same thing for me, and kind them go through that transformation communicate, you just need-to find
something that you like to talk about,
fd started doing some assistant that I really wanted. I wanted to pick of turned that light on for me and where they start believing in them
ping with Kelly and that’s when their brain; I wanted to know what showed me that if you really do work selves as speakers, because that’s the and once you find that passion and
felly got into it Coaching and their thoughts and ideas were for a at communications, that other things whole goal—to give them the tools that desire, you use that in everything
kind of fall into place,” she said. so that they believe in themselves else that you do when it comes to
ping are a lot alike,.and so when new instructor just coming in.”
communication or public speaking,”
“People respect you, they look at you I’m addicted.”
After graduating, Hughes plans she said. “You’d be amazed at how
different; the whole nine yards.”
For Hughes, to give students this to “see what’s out there,” and keep much easier it becomes because you
same experience is to see them grow her eyes open for opportunity in the start to believe in yourself and your
abilities. Never give up.”
job field.
into themselves.
flp^pjpjo^eakers,
[of German language
Katie Wilsen
i‘j-. '• «
.'¡ m <
: \
J "1 tell the students when 1 pres
et things and I invite them, and
then they cunte that's a mcet-
fci ’ said German Club Ads isor
p.!'-.il Miller.
I The < lennan dub comes to a
[pal of one ads isor. Miller, and
kc chib president. The German
Students are all nominal members
If die duh. but ¡ne nor very noth c
Bi r.
I (lie German club doesn’t let
Jbeil low membership drag them
■kiw.n. utotigh.
f I I ks sell sodas in the Foreign
Language Center. Barlow 203.
htere the students and faculty can
get their pop foi 50 cents instead
of Si 25. die sending machine
price.
| The dub
■
has two basic
goals: to practice German and to
Uarc more about the cultures of
Eeimaii-speitking countries.
I They ftiliill these goals in vari
ous ways, ’
| At noon every Tuesday in the
Kill Brtxl Community (.'enter they
■ave a weekly Stainmtisch whom
German speakers come and, welL
speak Gennan. This helps fulfill
the goal of practicing German.
The main way they learn more
about the culture of German
speaking countries and help edu
cate others is titrough the college's
International Celebration.
I he French and Spanish dubs
also participate in this celebration
with die Gennan club, selling eth
nic food and putting on all sorts of
entertainment.
In the past, before Miller
became rhe Gennan dub advi
sor. there was an accordionist
mid a lot of polka music. 1 his
year's Gennan show, however, is
composed of songs and presenta
tions by the German-American
School ■ a bilingual school in die
I’ortliuid area and power point
presentations about Grimm’s fai
rytales. 1 he fairytale presentations
have graphics representing well-
known fairytales such as Snow
White and Sleeping Beauty with
a soundtrack displaying how the
tales sound in German.
Come to tire Community
Center May 2 to the Internal loniil
Celebration and support your local
Gennan club..;
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