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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.