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Wednesday, Feb.20, 2008
Message from the preside
This is the text from
an e-mail containing
information about our
front-page story sent to
campus staff by
College President
Joanne Truesdell on
Sunday, Feb. 17
Dear Campus Community:
John Shufelt Clackamas Print
Laurie Nelson, manager of Let’s Quilt, located across the
street from the college, calls an insurance agent after a car
came crashing through the store Friday, Feb. 15.
Tuition: Raise next
year will cost
students money
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Continued from TUITION, Page 1
Even with a $5 increase, the college “would be at $921,” she
concluded.
The big question is not necessarily where Clackamas will stand
with other colleges but where the money will go. Truesdell shared
that students at Clackamas put their experience at the front, the
services the colleges offers second and the expense third.
“(It’s) about accessing the services, technology, support service
programs and the experiences for their educational goals,” she
said. “The question is, what is the matey going towards? Are we
providing that quality kind of experience?”
“We would not be asking for students to bear the foil brunt of
any kind of expenditure reduction ...” she added. “This will help
us ... to invest in the kinds of things that help students to persist,
complete and achieve their goals.”
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John Shufelt Clackamas Print
Members of the board talk about the need to raise
tuition before for start of Summer Term.
CORRECTION
In issue 12, published Feb. 13, The Print misidenti
fied the bassist on the front page as Zach Dear. Ed
Bennett was the bassist. The Print regrets the error.
The college is serious in its
efforts to create a safe campus
for everyone. Our student of con
cern process worked well and
our communication with you is
continuing.
Bill Zuelke, Dick Ashbaugh
and Bill Leach are well connect
ed with the Clackamas County
Sheriff’s Office and Clackamas
County Mental Health. They are
keeping Baldwin van der Bijl,
Courtney Wilton, Jan Godfrey
and I informed and participating
in the decision making process.
It is with this information that
we have determined the cam
pus will operate as usual. I have
asked that we
create a more
visible pres
ence with our
security offi
cers and local
law enforce
ment over the
next few days,
so staff and
students can
focus
their
attention on
teaching and
learning.
Bill
Zuelke, dean
of
student
services, will
be
sending
an e-mail to
the campus
DELL
community
informing you
what’s happened, what’s next,
how the student of concern pro
cess works and where to seek
support for yourself or your stu-
dents.
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review of this situation
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Dear Campus Community,
vice president and staff from
Community Mental Health.
(Throughout the time this
process was going on, the stu
dent of concern and his writ
ings were being monitored
and new material was being
discovered and considered.)
On Thursday, Feb. 14, new
writings were received and
the sheriff was notified, and
a meeting was scheduled with
the sheriff’s office as well
as County Mental Health for
Clackamas
Community
College has had in place for
a number of years a pro
cess we call our “Student of
Concern Process.” This pro
cess is designed to assist us
in becoming aware of and
address concerns that are
raised by and for our students.
The recent episode involving
one of our students provides
an example of how this pro
cess works.
Before I describe the
process, please be aware
that right now our process
has led to the summary
suspension of a student in
accord with our student
disciplinary process, and
the student is prohibited
from being on campus or
participating in any col
lege activity. The student
disciplinary process will
proceed in this case.
Recently, a student
approached one of our fac
ulty members with some
material written by a fel
low student that he found
disturbing. The faculty
member, upon reading the
material, considered the
student who wrote it a ZUELKE
“Student of Concern.”
The faculty then noti
fied the department chair. Friday, Feb. 15. Before that
The department chair in turn meeting occurred, the sher
notified the department chair iff’s office took the action
of counseling and advis that the news has made you
ing (the department chair of all aware of.
Counseling and Advising is
We will continue to moni
the point person for all stu tor this situation, and we are
dents of concern issues.)
working closely with both the
That began a process of sheriff’s office and County
investigation and consulta Mental Health.
tion with staff, deans, the
Our Student of Concern
process is working!
it helped us protects
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appropriate intervel
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students.
- Bill Zuelke,
Dean of Student Sen
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