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Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Volume 40, Issue 19
New retail
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Emily Walters
The Clackamas Print
Students didn t have to travel far to see the
world last Wednesday.
The college’s language clubs put on a
show in the Gregory Forum for International
Day.
Spanish Club students performed an
original play written by Foreign Language
Department Head Irma Bjerre. A band
performed Latino music.
The French Club performed a
Tunisian belly dance, a puppet play
and dramatic reinterpretations of two
poems.
The German Club presented scenes
of travel, and the American Sign
Languages wrapped up the event
with their performances.
All Photos by
Jennesa Palmer
lillÈ
French students Beki DeWitt (left) and Kellie
Jones (right) perform a Tunisian belly dance
choreographed by fellow student Feriel Nasri.
Clackamas Print
ABOVE: French student Shelli Emerson takes
to the puppet stage as “Mere Michel” in the
studentTwritten “Le Premier Guignol” pup
pet play.
LEFT: American Sign Language student Toni
Day gets into her act.
'he Clackamas Print brings back eleven awards
egan Koler
Editor
rhe Clackamas Print took home
awards after competing in the
" Oregon Newspaper Publishers
ociation (ONPA) Collegiate
fspaper Contest.
niis year, the awards were
ounced af Western Oregon
iersity, in Monmouth. Members
he Clackamas Print, along with
other colleges and universities,
it the day attending a variety of
Ishops presented by some of
son’s finest newspaper profes
áis.
fhe Print took first place for Best
mg (Tayo Stalnaker), Best Series
Í Sorensen) and Best Editorial
it Krause and Katie Wilson),
a second place, The Print won
¿neral Excellence. Best Review
o Stalnaker), Best Sports Photo
+ rensen), Best Graphic (Adam
lanley and Andrea Simpson) and
t Cartooning (Megan Koler).
orable mention was also
owed upon The Print for Best
Most of The Print staff. In Front: Adam J. Manley. Second row from left: Emily Walters, Kayla
Berge, Linda Vogt, Laura Cameron, Andrea Simpson, Megan Koler, Kyle Steele. Third row from left:
Brandy-Marie Faulhaber, Nicholas Baker, Elizabeth Hitz, Sean Van Walchren, Sam Krause, Katie
Wilson, Leia Dickerson and Mike Guidice.
Section, Best Review (David
Stark) and Best Feature Photo
(Juno Dean).
The Print’s adviser, Linda
Vogt,was also recognized
briefly in honor of it being her,
and several others’, last ONPA
visit as an adviser. She will be
retiring ffomClackamas after
21 years of guiding the bur
geoning young journalists of
tomorrow.
Next fall, the Business
Department will have a new pro
gram available to students: retail
management.
The program encourages those
who are already involved in retail to
get a degree at Clackamas.
“I think it will provide jobs for
students in a growing industry,” said
Pat Clem, who heads the program.
“We have many people who are
going to be in the program who
have worked their way up through
the retail business and already are
making good wages.
“The potential opportunities for
advancement and pay increases are
higher for these people if they get
their degrees, and many have come
back for that and to sharpen their
skills.”
The program gives students sev
eral options. The first is the less-
than-one-year certificate, which is
really topic-specific. Students can
then get their Associate’s Degree in
retail management if they so desire.
The last option is to go on into the
3+1 stageoftheprogram. Clackamas
has an agreement with Marylhurst
University that allows students to
stay a third year at the college and
work toward a Bachelor’s Degree.
After completion of the third year,
they can transfer to Marylhurst as
a senior.
The main benefit in doing so is
cost. It costs less money to attend
Clackamas for another year than to
go directly to a university after com
pleting an Associate’s Degree.
As the retail management busi
ness is quickly growing, Clem said
that stock owners are looking for
people who have a degree to man
age their companies.
Clackamas is rising to meet
those needs.
One unique part of the pro
gram is that the college is work
ing with several companies as a
Retail Advisory Board, to find what
course work and classes are wanted
for potential future employees. This
equips the graduates of the program
with everything they need to be
successfid in the retail management
industry.
Clackamas will also be working
with businesses to find convenient,
alternative ways for employees of
the companies to take classes, for
instance, bringing the instructors
into the workplace to teach.
“We also will help retail man
agement graduates get placed in
jobs,” Clem said.
Companies can call the college.
Then, Clackamas can contact stu
dents who may be interested in the
available position.
The program will be very ben
eficial for the college.
“It already has been,” said Clem.
‘We have already added about 200
students to the business program.
Probably the largest amount are
adults.”
For more information about
this program, contact the Business
Department or Pam Clem at ext.
3152.