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ews IC restructures college maximize spending Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Walk for charity The National Al liance on Mental Illness is putting on another walk to raise funds for the organization; it is the only fundraiser they put on during the year By Neil Lundin The Clackamas Print Contributed resident Joanne Truesdell (right) speaks with |le Feltz (left) and Jan Godfrey (center) in the Forum on Jan. 30, 2009. Brian Baldwin e Clackamas Print back to the year 2000: las Community College !es an administrative re and reorganization to ive the needs of its stu- ince then, the college has two recessions and enroll- i grown by 10,000 students also added a renewable program, according to a om CCC President Joanne I. Now come back to today, )10; we’re due for another »liege administration that bay directly deal with on a is is divided into three sec- rancement, college servic- jstruction and student ser- Ivancement is Clackamas’s ration area that supports re college’s mission and land houses offices such I affairs. College services ptemal activities such as ion and technology Ser bian resources and college pice. Finally instruction lent services is primarily (the faculty and the divi- departments students are pith. restructure was necessary of the complexity of how 1 is changing so rapidly in ig mechanism, technology )ly embedded processes, uit to move a college for- li models that were devoi rs ago,” said Bill Briare, its, humanities, and social interview with Truesdell :t Paulson, they clarified goal of this restructure is ye money through budget ather that “the focus of the ional restructure at this »maximize our ability to le and seek better funds,” bat it is “not meant as a tving tool in this budget.” ge services will continue ain their current structure ■to-day responsibilities but “focus next year on imple- the second round of state money,” according to a 19 memo from Courtney Vice President of College Also mentioned in the the need to recruit new lie entire institution since fey of HR is retiring, and pof IT and Laura Zentner ss Services have accepted telsewherS in Oregon. ated in an e-mail to all iff from Vice President 'Lundy of Instruction and pvices, the most “notable feature of the new structure” is the reduction of eight divisions to five. There will be two broad-based divisions and three instructional divisions: Regional Educational Services, Curriculum, Planning and Research, the Arts and Sciences Division, the Academic Foundations and Connections Division and the Technology, Health Occupations and Workforce Division. Taking over as dean of the new Curriculum, Planning and Research division, Steffen Moller, current dean of math, business and sci ences, plans to continue the respon sibility of reporting to the state agencies in regards of approvals of curriculum. “I will be working with the con nections we have with high schools to work with ... advance college credit,” Moller said. “How do we make the connection with high schools for those that want an early start here for instance, and ... con nections between us and four-year institutions?” To make these changes happen and to find additional funding for the college to be more flexible, Advancement has put together a draft for a Grants Development Office that will be tasked with con stantly finding opportunities for additional funding from commu nity, state, or even federal sources. The staff selected will also pro vide assistance in drafting the proj ect proposals for these grants. No faculty have been nominated for potential staff yet, as the proposal must be heard in front of the CCC budget committee in May and then again in front of the CCC board in June. So why now are we reorganizing Clackamas? It is the best time of year since the budget for the 2009- 2010 fiscal year is ending on June 30.-According to Truesdell it also seems to be because of possible reduction in public funding from the state. It is forecasted that we may be facing the lowest amount of state funding in ten years. So far, no reduction enforcement notices, or layoffs, have been issued. “I wouldn’t do a restructure simply because of budget, and I would never do a restructure sim ply because I woke up one morning and decided that would be a good thing to do,” said Truesdell. Both she and Paulson are posi tive that this restructure will be able to provide the same level of service die college has to offer and focus on the areas that their staff and student feedback have brought attention to. To visit the memos and staff emails listed visit www.clackamas. cc.or.us/fyi/ and proceed to budget information. the clackamas print Are you finding your self having some free time on the weekends and feel the need to get out and do something? Or even feeling the need to go for a nice long stroll to clear your head? If so, there is a fund raiser walk for you to con sider participating in. The National Alliance on Mental Illness will be doing another benefit walk on Sunday, May 23. This year Clackamas Community College’s club, NAMI on Campus, has a team for the walk. NAMI seeks to help any one who has a mental dis order whether it is severe or not. Many do not seek help to cope with their mental illness and instead choose to try and cope with it themselves when there is a huge support structure out there to help them. The support even goes as far as providing housing sup port for those with mental illness who cannot house themselves. The walk itself is a 5K walk (3.1 miles) at the Eastbank Esplanade in Portland starting at 1 p.m. Michelle Veenker, a Clackamas County board member for NAMI, said that last year Clackamas County faised $9,000 towards NAMI and previous years up to $30,000. The walk also had 1,800 participants here in Portland last year. The NAMI on Campus team currently has four partici pants that have signed up to walk. Karen Edwards, a student at CCC, did the walk last year and said it was fun and everyone was enjoying the atmosphere of doing a fundraiser during a beauti ful day. But sunny or not the walk will take place. The walk is very impor tant for NAMI because it is the main and usually only fundraiser for the organiza tion during the year. The walk also helps raise aware ness for severe mental ill ness which has rates as high as one in 16 Americans and affects one in four fami lies. “The goals of the NAMI Walks program are: to fight the stigma that surrounds mental illness, to build awareness of the fact that the mental health system in this country needs to be improved, and to raise funds for NAMI so that they can continue their mission,” said Kathy Fredrickson, president of the club NAMI on Campus, in a letter to everyone at Clackamas. Fredrickson encourages everyone to come, with or without money. “You bring in as much money as you can,” said Fredrickson. To register for the walk, you can show up to the NAMI on Campus club meeting on May 7 at the Fireside Lounge at noon or pick up one of the pamphlets in the community center and follow the instructions listed on there. For more information about NAMI you can call the Clackamas County NAMI office at 503-723-4989 or for information about NAMI on Campus you can contact Kathy Fredrickson at 503- 708-3088.
