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I news_________________ w.d„e.to the clackamas print 3 VET Center gets new coordinator k marine comes back to Oregon in the Reserves to help Veterens at Clackamas Com munity College By Erik Andersen I Associated News Editor I Qualified: Having the qual ities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like. I When we think of one such Lord, lots of answers or people Lay pop into mind. According jo Clackamas Community College; when looking at the Candidates for the new VET tenter Coordinator, Greg ¡Myers was the one that fit the lefinition. I think Greg is the man for the job. Contributed Clackamas Community College Greg Seaver Work Study VET Center Employee ■ Myers grew up in the out- krts of Oregon in a town ■led Philomath. Myers grad ated high school in 1990 Ind joined the Marines at the loung age of 17. He served I the Persian Gulf war and Hie amphibious landing in lomalia. Myers, after serving ¡six year term in the Marines, ift honorably in 1996 as a ¡ergeant. After leaving the Marines, he used his benefits bf the military funding to go p school. He got his two- Greg Myers (Left) and Dusty McFarland work on a campus computer in the VET Center, visiting the Clackamas Community College’s website. year degree at Linn-Benton Community College. After graduation, he decid ed to join a friend in a grass roots oceanography business where Myers said he “learned a lot and had a lot of fun.” - Unfortunately the business went under, and Myers went looking for more work. He finally ended up in Santiago, Cali, where he worked full- time' and got his Bachelor of Arts in business from the University of Phoenix. - In his late 20s, Myers decided that it was time to come home. When offered a position at Oregon State as a researcher for the Antarctica Project, Myers packed up and came back to Oregon. When he finally got back, he was given word that the Antarctica Project did not get enough funding and once again he was left with no job. Myers decided to go back to the one job he knew best and enlisted- back into the Marines this time wanting to be an officer and enrolling into Candidate School where he was com missioned Aug. 10, 2001, just before the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center. After his last assignment, which ended last spring, Myers, now married and with two kids, ages five and six, made the decision to set tle back in Oregon.- Myers was offered the job as Vet Coordinator at Clackamas Community College and glad ly took it. Myers still works The job can be a bit difficult, but it’s noth ing he can ’t handle. Cody Gabriel VET Center Employee DOODLE: Clash of classroom software Continued from MOODLE, Page 1 | Another student Charles Noble aid, “Yes the school should switch b Moodle! It’s cheaper than Blackboard, and if I can use it without any problems, so can 99.9 percent of the student population!” I “I’ve been using Moodle in my feature courses for a full year now, and the student response there gas been overwhelmingly posi tive.” said Trevor Dodge, a pro lessor at Clackamas who serves on the Distance Learning committee. Additionally, our research and focus groups in the Distance Learning committee’s Moodle pilot program found this to be true in virtually every course using Moodle since winter term of2009. Benefits for students if Clackamas decides to switch to Moodle: -Potential to connect MyClackamas with Moodle and eliminate enrolling in for the U.S Marine Corp as a captain in the Reserves but spends most of his time dedi cated to the help of other veterans hear at CCC and the surrounding area. “I think Greg is the man for the job,” said Greg Seaver, one of Myers Work Study VET Center employees and fellow veteran. Seaver believes that the VET Center is doing very well and has high hopes for the future of the program. Cody Gabriel, another VET Center employee and veteran, said that sometimes the job can be a bit difficult, but it’s nothing he can’t handle. Gabriel also believes that Myers is the man for the job and has a good outlook on the program. online classes after registration. Students would be automatically enrolled in their online courses after registering. -Students require less techni cal help with Moodle, according to Fall 2009 survey showing 86 percent of students did not need assistance. , -Moodle would create more con nections with the college and allow students to connect with other stu dents with similar interests. -Resembles social networking by allowing students to message one another, build profiles and even post profile pictures. -More tools and activities to help students learn. Benefits forthe college ifMoodle were to replace Blackboard: -Significant cost savings. -In most cases, easier to develop classes. N orthwest CHRISTIAN Eugene, Oregon www.northwestchristian.edu UNIVERSITY 541-684-7201 Devetoping Ethical Leaders for a Changing World 877-463-6622
