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L Nèws
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005
Web design
moves
forward
Andy Zerhung
The Clackamas Print
New opportunities to help
get jobs in the growing field of
web design are being offered at
Clackamas.
■' “We are now in the statewide
approval process. Information
about the programs will be in
next year’s catalog, and students
can actually start taking class
es in the programs now,” said
Linda Anderson, computer sci
ence instructor.
Jobs available to students
after getting these certificates
range from: web designer, pro
ducer, graphic designer to web
master, programmer or system
specialist.
• The Design Certificate
requires only 47 credit hours
to obtain. Classes to finish the
certificate include: a few general
education classes in the areas of
communications and computa
tion, a human relations course
and some computer classes.
The Design and Development
Specialist program requires 93
credit hours. This certificate will
incorporate the fields of comput
er science and business. Students
will also learn valuable art and
English skills. At 12 credit hours
a term a student cpuld get a
Web Design and Development
Specialist Certificate in two
years, with summers off.
“We would like to prepare
our students more effectively for
careers and have the program
name more accurately reflect
the student skills- acquired,”
explained Dean, Baldwin van
der Bijl.
No new classes are needed
to offer the one year Design
Certificate. To accommodate the
need for new classes for the two-
year Design and Development
degree, a deal has been made with
other departments. However, the
new art and business courses are
also required for current pro
grams, so the program hasn’t
caused a need for anything that
wasn’t already being developed.
Clackamas Prii
College after Clackama:
Joe Elliot
Contributing Writer
Clackamas has found a new
way to make the transition from
a community college to a four-
year college a lot easier on stu
dents: by giving them the oppor
tunity to go on pampus tours.
On Tuesday Nov. 8 Jennifer
Lininger and Miguel Cardenas of
the Clackamas
Advising Department took
13 students to Portland State
University, where they were,
shown around campus by
University staff members.
“I believe that the tours help,
students get a realistic experi
ence of* the four-year college
life,” said Lininger.
Photo contributed by Miguel Carl
Students also got a chance to
A student pauses on the skybridge at PSU. Clackamas students are given many opportuni
meet with different departments
from Portland State, which to explore potential schools to transfer to after finishing their community college work.
Lininger thought was a great
opportunity for the students.
Portland State Advisers on the Clackaj
“Hopefully it helps them have a smother all 13 students said the trip assisted in their Community College campus to answer!
decision
about
whether
to
attend
Portland
transition to the four-year school by already
questions that students have. If you!
knowing people in admissions, financial aid State. Several students said they had a great
and advising, and where different offices are experience, and would recommend a friend interested in getting any information
to participate in one of the transfer tours.
the next campus tour, contact the Advis
on campus,” said Lininger.
On Feb. 2 and Feb. 15 there will be Department on the Clackamas campus. I
In a written survey taken after the tour
Oregon Transfer Module makes transition easìé
Katie Wilson
News Editor
A new way to transfer cred
its will begin at Clackamas
Community College in the sum
mer of 2006.
The Oregon Transfer Module
represents one academic year, or,
in other terms, the first year of a
bachelor’s degree: 45 credit hours.
It fulfills a set of general education
requirements and these courses can
be easily transferred to any college
or university in Oregon.
‘It’s not a degree,” said Nora
Brodnicki, an art instructor and
part of the faculty taskforce that
introduced the OTM to Clackamas.
“It’s a piece of a degree - a frag
ment.” '
The OTM differs from the
Associate of Arts .Oregon transfer
in that it is not a degree and stu-
dents do not have to have a focus -dents. They have many choices
of study.
about courses; however, they have
It was created jointly by Oregon to modify these choices by what
colleges and uni
colleges and
versities outside
universities.
of Clackamas will
Part of its pur
s.
a
accept.
pose is to help
students struc
“It’s hard to
ture their first
know what classes
a
of a
year of college
will be valuable to
so they will
- a
take,” Zeulke said.
get the classes
Often
com
”
they
need,
munity colleges
won’t
waste
work as a transi
any credits, and
tion ground where,
are assured a
students can earn
Nora Brodnicki
smooth trans
some credits and
Art Instructor
fer
between
move on without
schools.
completing any
According
sort of certificate
to Bill Zeulke,
or degree.
the college’s
“We have a lot
chair of advising and counseling, of students who are four-year col
starting coursework at Clackamas lege bound,” said Zeulke, “and
can often be daunting for new stu- they’re not that interested in earn-
“It’ not
degree. It’s
piece
degree
fragment.
ing a two-year degree here. I
pick up enough credits ...
they leave with just a string
courses.”
These courses may or may
transfer directly to other colled
“Now [because of the
students will end up with one J
umented complete year of J
here,” said Zeulke. This doom
tation will transfer anywhere
Oregon and could lead to a two
four-year degree.
The target group for the Ou
primarily students who are not
what their focus of study will j
“We’ll see how it works
students,” said Zeulke. “It’s an
pull sort of thing. The OTM 3
be too much. It doesn’t fit ev
one, but it does a lot for pa
looking for a few credits and
automatic transfer, or who an
certain about what they wan
do.”
Honor society gives social boo
Katie Weinberg
Copy Editor
[newÂ
¡schedule!
Wed., Nov. 23
7 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Open for regular bust
Mon., Nov. 28
7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Last day of the term is
Fri., Dec. 16 and we ll be
back on Tues., Jan. 3
Phi Theta Kappa can help
students get involved on
campus and obtain valuable
scholarships for college.
According to the PTK mis
sion statement, the honor
society for two-year colleges
is- recognized at Clackamas
and across the globe.
Requirements to join the
Society include a 3.5 GPA,
completion of 12 transferable
credits, enrollment of at least
one credit hour and, after
being accepted, maintaining
a 3.25 GPA.
Students that join the
Society are eligible for many
PTK-specific scholarships at
four-year colleges.
The following are univer
sities in Oregon that offer
these scholarships: Concordia
University, Corban College,
Lewis and Clark College,
Linfield College, Pacific
University, University of
Portland
and
Willamette
University.
A complete list of nation
wide universities can be
found at http://ptk.org/schol/
schollisting.htm.
“A while ago, a PTK stu
dent applied and got accept
ed to a school in Hawaii.
Before the school year start
ed, she asked the admissions
office if they had any Phi
Theta Kappa scholarships,”
explained Phi Theta Kappa
Student President Jennifer
Richards. “They did, and it
hadn’t been filled out yet.
She filled it out and got a
full-ride scholarship.”
PTK members are active
in many events throughout
the year. During this year’s
“Soctoberfest,”
members
were successful in collecting
609 pairs of socks for local
homeless youth.
Currently, they are plan
ning tq raise money to
replace the computer mice in
the Clackamas library with
optical mice.
Closer to the end of the
calendar year, PTK memo
focus on the gift of giving
“We partner with I
American Cancer Soci
and adopt a family with |
cer and donate clothes!
toys for Christmas,” 1
■Richards.
When summer approafl
members can volunteej
“Project Graduation: Fee
Body, Feed a Mind.” fl
year they gathered 990 poj
of food for the Oregon F
Bank.
Interested students I
meet the requirements!
welcome, to turn in an an
cation at any time.
Applications are loci
in the ASG office, ini
Community Center.
Questions can also]
answered by Mindy Brol
department chair of Stui
Leadership at 503-657-6]
ext. 2250.
Richards and the rest
the CCC Phi Theta Kappal
enthusiastic about recruit
new members: “Cornel
with us; come find us!” I