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Play preview Page 5 oadcast urnalism plores new ws media Utility jobs focus of program Matthew Olson ;gan Koler The Clackamas Print ¡Clackamas Print Hits! Camera! Action! ickamas’ very own broadcast ilism class began work this Providing campus news in ¡form. handful of students and *'* dvisors have put together kamas News Online,” which found at www.clackamas- net. fe now have the website up. able to offer video stories iCCC throughout the globe, ext goal will be more, more, ” said Andy Mingo, the main >r for the broadcast journal ass. lonestly speaking, it’s just a r of time before actual news- i are replaced by web portals, using television and print,” ued Mingo. ngo brings Iris experience in ilism. editing, videography pb design to the class, along oumalism Instructor Linda who will be co-advising the it that together, add a pinch da Vogt, and we have a mag- penence that offers students 11s to compete with the video von see on the local news,” led Mingo. ere are no official prerequi- jr the course this term, and i next few terms they will be ig them in order to attract Students to the class. ■the future, having a web ■prerequisite would make a ■sense since that’s the climate we working in,” said Mingo, ■ngo recognized that the com- ■te.hnological knowledge of ■g eration has changed enough ■ten up on a few official pre- Hm always amazed at the skills He technological knowledge He students now carry around ■them independent of ‘offi- Haining. From MySpace to ■eband and iPods, students Heady on the cusp of techno- H1 trends in our culture,” said He class likes to find its Hthby finding a use for each Hit’s experience. H'ehave a wide variety of w represented currently in the ■ Some students are strong Hlists, others are bringing in Hckground of videography Hiring, while others have web ■ skills. Together, they are an ■news force to reckon with,” ■e class uses GL2 and ZR300 Has. and edits their footage ■final Cut Pro” on a few Hble Mac G5 computers. H. if enough students want to »'lie course and let Linda or me Habout it, we’ll see if it is pos- H>run it again in the spring,” Htte is not enough student Clackamas News Online He available lor interested stu- Hdents interested can contact ■ at andym dackamas.edu ■503-657-6958, ext. 2803. Katie Wilson Clackamas Print The ASG-sponsored Clothes Closet is designed to help students and community members in need of clothing. Despite a delayed opening, the program is growing and ASG is plan ning to expand it to meet needs further. ASG aid coming out of closet Katie Wilson ately we had people using the service.” The Closet is open to basically anyone. Its News Editor focus, is to provide clothes for people preparing for job interviews or who don’t have nice busi The ASG Clothes Closet took a term to open, ness clothes for the first week at a new job. “We try to figure out what the real needs are,” but their careful planning has already begun to said Brown. “Anyone can come- in, there’s no pay off. procedure or cost. We’re only tracking the items, “We finally made the decision keeping inventory and finding to open it and get it going,” said out what the most needed items ASG Advisor Mindy Brown. are.” ASG spent a long time doing “ It really made A few weeks ago, a woman research and figuring out the best the students came into the Closet. She only way to set up the Clothes Closet. two outfits and was excited They officially opened the Closet feel good. [One ‘ had about the Clothes Closet. for use on Feb. 1. woman] came “It really made the students “We decided to have regular feel good,” said Brown. “They hours,” said Brown. “That’s the in and found were helping someone. She latest development.” things and came in and found things and While the hours, according to was so happy. was so happy. It was really grat Brown, are not very accommo ifying.” dating right now, ASG sees it as It was really “I think it’s going well,” said the best cotirse to start small and gratifying.” Hillary Fletcher, Clothes Closet work at slowly building the Closet coordinator. “We’ve hada lot of up. In addition to the donated interest from people in need of clothes from last term’s clothes Mindy Brown clothes and from the staff inter drive, ASG gathered money and ASG Advisor ested in donating clothes. So far, did some shopping on their own I think it’s been a success.” to fill out the contributions. Clothes Closet hours are Already the Closet has been Mondays and Fridays, 2-3 put to good use and those in p.m. Contact the ASG office at 503-657-6958, charge of it have received positive feedback. “When we opened,” said Brown, “immedi ext. 5376 for more information. The upcoming Utility Workforce Certificate will be a ... thé first step in a new two-year? degree thàt will allow students to get a foot in the door of the utilities industry. ' PGE and Pacific Power will have a significant portion of their employees retiring in the near future, leaving open the possibility of thousands of potential jobs. The Utility Workforce program was designed in direct response to the human resource needs expected from the two compa nies. “We worked a lot with our industry partners in the unions,” said Robert Topping, department chair of Energy and Resource Management and Utility Training head of the burgeoning program. “They’ve helped us design the certificate.” The program begins this sum mer, and will provide students with job opportunities as meter workers, dispatchers, substation “ technicians and line workers, although “All the skills you’ll learn in this certificate you can use in other industries,” said Topping. The virgin program will utilize existing courses, most of which are located on the Wilsonville campus. “I think, it’ll open up a lot of opportuni ties,” said Topping. “[It’s] a unique way to get your foot in the door.” The program is open to all students, and provides 30 credits towards an Associate of General Studies degree. Night and weekend classes will take, eight weeks and have two parts: the training and the work experi ence. “The person who can work outdoors in adverse conditions,” would be the ideal candidate for the program, said Topping. “[We’re] targeting young people . and veterans.” . The plans for the certificate are extensive. “We had a degree in place, but it didn’t accom plish what we wanted,” said Topping. After taking a year to do research at industry facilities and creating contacts, Topping came back and started to design the program. The certificate is only the first step in the new degree. Topping hopes to have the rest of the degree ready by the time students are done with the cer tificate. The second year will focus on one of three areas; generation of energy, transmis sion to substations and distribu tions to individual locations and neighborhoods. Future plans involving the degree include working with PSU and OIT to develop bach elor degrees that coincide with Clackamas’ utilities program. If all goes well the two bach elor’s degrees will be Utility Management, attained from PSU, and Utility Technician, attained from OIT.
