2 the clackamas print
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tech school makes plans to expa
By Jaime Dunkle
Associate News Editor
The Oregon Institute of
Technology may be merging
Portland Metro area programs to a
single campus in Wilsonville at the
previous In Focus headquarters.
The prospective Wilsonville
campus will consolidate the four
Portland branches of OIT —Amber
Glenn, Harmony, OHSU and
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
— to one area. OIT signed a let
ter of intent in April and will find
out about state funding by January
2011. If all goes as planned, $30
million later, the new campus will
be open the fall of 2012.
Administration is not expecting
problems for students.
“By and large, in the Portland
area, our students are folks who
have already had a couple of years
at the community college,” OIT
Public Information Officer Kristina
Maupin said. “Most of our students,
who are currently taking classes
and pursuing a degree at this point
in time, really aren’t going to be
affected by a move to Wilsonville.”
No new programs will be avail
able, although preexisting programs
will expand if formally approved.
“We-would like to do a new
program for a master’s degree in
renewable energy engineering,”
Maupin said. “It’s a really popular
program, both in the Portland area
and here in Klamath Falls.”
Previous degree programs and
programs only offered in Klamath
Falls may be available at the future
OIT Wilsonville campus.
“We used to have an optic engi
neering technology program, and
we’re looking at whether we can
offer that again,” OIT Associate Vice
President for Strategic Partnerships,
Lita Colligan said. “We are also
going through the process of mak
ing approvals for our embedded
systems engineering technology
degree here in Portland; we have it
in Klamath Falls but we don’t have
it in Portland yet.”
The clinical lab science program
may also expand.
“All of the degrees we do offer
will have more space for labs, we’ll
be able to upgrade our equipment,
and we’ll have more capacity to add
students as well,” Colligan said.
Tuition may or may not increase;
it depends on how much funding
comes from the state, according to
Colligan.
Students have mixed feelings
about the possible forthcoming
OIT move to Wilsonville, accord
ing to OIT Portland Student Body
Representative Michael Pacella.
“The downside is that right now,
we are really spread out,” Pacella
said.
Some students take classes at
both main campuses.
“It’s a real pain, obviously, to
drive from Clackamas all the way
to Hillsboro,” Pacella said.
Students are worried about com
muting all the way to Wilsonville
from Portland. OIT teaches sustain
ability, so students think that it is
contradictory to promote driving,
according to Pacella.
Administration is considering
these concerns and has been syn
chronizing with public transit to
offer accessible transportation to
students.
OIT student services are suffer
ing because the campuses are so
sprawled apart.
“We can’t afford to have two
librarians, even though we have
two libraries,” Pacella said. “If you
come in and need her help on one of
die days she’s at the other campus,
you’re kind of out of luck”
The upside is to have everything
at one location for students, accord
ing to Pacella.
Clackamas Community College
has not yet devised a plan for the
OIT Harmony building, if OIT does
move to Wilsonville.
Oregon University Syst
the building. Eighty perce
space will be vacant if OITpl
Discussions about cost an
will take place before C!
makes any major initiative.
“Once we know what
doing, I’m sure CCC will I
feasibility about expandí
that building or not,” said
Tuffli the dean of CCC
and CCC Wilsonville.
The Print procures 11 prestigious publisher awards this y
By Jaime Dunkle
Associate News Editor
Twenty staff members of The
Clackamas Print headed south to
receive 11 awards issued by the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers Association.
Linn Benton Community College
in Albany hosted the ONPA Colligate
Awards on Friday, May 7. Sixteen col
leges competed with their best work, and
143 registrations were submitted toward
21 categories.
Oregon Newspaper
Foundation President Martha Wells
presented the 2010 Awards.
The Print staff accepted the follow
ing achievements:
Annemarie Schulte: Second Place
for Best Section for Arts & Culture.
Kayla Berge, Brian Steele, Mark
Sunderland: Honorable Mention for
Best Special Section for “Welcoming
the New Year.”
Steven Weldon: First Place for Best
Headline Writing for the following
headlines: “New growth threatens old
growth,” “Terrible track troubles train
ing,” “Biology class goes coastal,”
and “Lolz i rlly did get piled over 4
txting!”
Abigail Neet,
John
Hurlburt,
Matthew Ostergren, Mark Sunderland:
First Place for Best Series for the fol
lowing articles: “New growth threat
ens old growth,” “Wind technology
blows thru campus,” “Farmers com-
nect,” “Sustainability club for students
coming to campus,” “Sustainability
coordinator seeks long term aware
ness,” and “Sustainability brings new
coordinator.”
Lydia Emily Bashaw: Honorable
Mention for Best Feature Story for
the article “Homeless find refuge at
Clackamas.”
Mark Foster: First Place for Best
Sports Story for “Cougar athlete stays
positive after accident.” First Place for
Best Review for “Fire on the Mountain
wings satisfy.”
Lydia Emily Bashaw: First Place
for Best Spot News Photo for the
photo “ALCOHOL: Awareness brings
out 500.”
Jaime Dunkle: Second PI
Best Spot News Photo for “Fo
with memories.”
John Shufelt: First Place f
Sports Photo for “Chehales T
chooses PSU.”
Brad Heineke: Honorable,
for Best Photography for the
ing: “McMillan and team ge
“Midnight welding class puts]
late night education,” and "
claw back competition.”
“We were the loudest tabl
ceremony,” said John Hurlb
co-editor in chief of The Pri
came back with more awards!
year.
The Clackamas
The Clackamas Print staff proudly poses with Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association awards in hand. ONPA was held at Linn-Benton Community Col
Albany, on Friday, May 7. The Print won first place awards for sports story, headline writing, sports photo, series and spot news photo.
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Copy Editor:
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Associate Copy Editor: James Duncan, Cody Ferdinand,
Travis Hardin, Brad Heineke,
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Neil Lundin, Javierh Montero,
Design Editor:
Robby Morrison, Mark Sunder
Kelsey Schneider
Photo Editor:
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John Shufelt
Kayla Berge, John Hurlburt Meredith James
Sports Editor:
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Associate Sports Editor:
Bethany Jackson, Tyler
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Journalism Adviser:
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