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Wednesday. Oct. 12, 2005
Volume 39, Issue 1
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liege offers new financial aid for part-time students
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fckamas offers a variety of
[al aid options for part-time
L Clackamas considers
Lie” students to be those
L taking six to 11 credit
[worth of courses per term.
Lal financial aid is the
Lon available for patt-
ludents. For example there
is the Supplemental Education
Opportunity Grant, which is
provided by the Department of
Education. If a student is eligible
for Pell grants, he or she is often
eligible for other forms of federal
financial aid, even if taking less
than six credit hours’ worth of
classes.
In addition to federal aid, there
are also several scholarship pro­
grams here at Clackamas that are
open to part-time students as well
as full-time students.
Other options offered here at
Clackamas include “talent waiv­
ers” and internships. Both are
available through the individual
departments that offer them.
Talent waivers are funds that
are offered for specific work
within the departments. They
are awarded on a term-by-term
basis. Although they are renew­
able, they may not be available
for all terms.
Internships are similar to talent
waivers. They involve special
work within a specific department.
Although most have already been
awarded for this term, they may
become available in future terms.
Another option is. the College
Work Study program. The pur­
pose of this program is to award
students money for work they do
within a certain field.
It is not too late to file for
federal financial aid. The first
ollege theater group
»aches out to community
Mamas Repertory
tore unites
Kamas alumni,
wsional actors, in
let for all to enjoy
Randall
remodeled,
athletes
given new
space
Frank Jordan
The Clackamas Print
ie Wilson
Editor
■an effort to “serve the
■unity.” members of the
■_ theater department
professional theater
■miner: the Clackamas
■tory Theatre.
de up of 12 actors —
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ment graduates and
isional actors — the
amus Repertory Theatre
d plans to reach out
: community in various
is summer, members of
RT organized a series
ildren’s acting camps
are already planning
'ear’s camps. They also.
1 with their first play
i Osterman Theatre in
liemeyer Center. They
ered with Ken Ludwig’s
lOver Buffalo.”
rrently they are prepar-
i adaptation by David
mn of Charles Dickens’
iristmas Carol” for the
mas season, which .will
ected by Karlyn Love.
e CRT. besides employ-
irofessional actors and
ent directors, also works
ning for students, giving
the opportunity to intern
jet experience working
irofessional level.
hrough the years I
been really fortunate
ve a number of very
led and very serious
nts come through the
i theater] program,” said
amas Theatre. Director
1 Smith-English about
figins of the Clackamas
[tory Theatre:
hose students have gone
I complete their educa-
and theri; in many
have returned to the
and I have thought from
:o time, ‘Wouldn’t it be
to start a professional
er and use people who
gone through the pro­
as the foundation for
theater?’ -They’re that
step toward applying is to fill out
the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid, which can be found
online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov,
or at the Financial Aid office in
Roger Rook hall.
To apply for talent waivers or
internships, students should con­
tact the department chair of the
department they wish to apply for.
For more information on any of
these programs, call the Financial
Aid office at ext. 2745.
Contributed Photo
Clackamas Repertory Theatre members Amanda Jensen (former Clackamas artist-in-resi­
dence) and Jeff Miller (former drama instructor for Portland Public Schools) in the midst
of a scene from their summer production, “Moon Over Buffalo” by Ken Ludwig.
good.”
“I thought ‘Let’s give them
an opportunity and a place
to work and use as kind of
a home base where they can.
continue to develop,’” he
added. “Then also we can
serve the community and
the college and our program
in a very positive, very real
way.”
The Repertory Theatre is
separate from the college in
terms of its funding, but is
coordinated through the col­
lege and makes use of the
new theater facilities in the
Niemeyer Center.
“The idea of having this
professional theater operating
in the southeast metropolitan
area and all the community
that we serve was a great
idea,” said Smith-English.
“We did our premier perfor­
mance .... and a lot of people
came who had never been
to the campus before. Pretty
exciting.”
v. '
Fof more information about
the Clackamas Repertory
Theatre or their upcoming
production, contact Cynthia
Smith-English at ext. 2761,
or at cynthras@clackamas.
edu.
With the remodel of Randall Hall
now complete, Clackamas athletes,
students, staff and the general public
will notice some drastic new changes
in the college’s primary athletic facil­
ity.
‘We are immensely pleased
with the upgrade to our facilities
in Randall Hall,” said Clackamas
Athletic Director Jim Jackson. “All
of the coaches are very happy with the
results and we hope that the athletes
and student body will be as well.”
Among the most noticeable
changes is the weight room, which
tripled in size. More weight-training
equipment has been ordered and is on
the way, along with new free weight
platforms. But the biggest change in
the weight room will be the feet that
the space is more wheelchair-acces­
sible than it was before, and with
fee addition of some new equipment
disabled students will have access to
more equipment specifically designed
for them to use.'
“In fee past, fee weight room was
a major deterrent for fee disabled, but
now every inch of fee room is wheel­
chair-accessible and we are so pleased
wife feat feet,” said Jackson. “We
have added some new equipment,
including an upper-body ergometer
and a lightweight pulley system feat
fee disabled and fee able-bodied can
use. And more equipment is on fee
way.” '
The Randall remodel also opened
up fee top floor of fee building for use
by dance classes and more classroom
space for athletic and health classes.
The music department moved from
Randall to fee Niemeyer Center last
spring, which opened up fee space for
fee athletic department
“This was fee end piece of fee
(construction) bond and we have got­
ten a real good deal out of it We
have had times in fee past where we
planned things, but those plans never
got off fee ground. This time, those
plans became a reality and we are
very pleased,” said Jackson.
■ The other athletic facilities at fee
college are in very good shape at fee
present time. The athletic depart­
ment is looking for a way to improve
fee sound system in fee gymnasium
and fee track is badly in need of an
upgrade. The track was last resur­
faced about 15 years ago and fee
tremendous college and community
use of fee track is starting to take its
toll. Plans are in fee works for both of
these short-term projects, but money
has to be found to pay for it