2 The Clackamas Print
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Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011
Payroll goes green
Timesheets for
student employees
and palt-time
classified staff are all
going online
By Cristi Powers
The Clackamas Print
From “The Flinstones” to
“The Jefsons,” dinosaurs to
robots; computerized time
cards are here.
At this date and time
Clackamas Community College
student employees and part-
time classifieds still use hand
written time-sheets. Starting
Feb. 20 for some, this will be a
thing of the past. '
If you were fortunate enough
to receive the “FYI” newsletter
sent out on Jan. 9 from the
Human Resource Department,
then you are already aware of
the newly implemented online
time card system. For now,
thetime cards for all student
employees and part time clas
sified employees are going
online.
“The Human Resource
department is excited to bring
this system to the employees,”
said Tiffanie Clifford, human
resources manager. “We feel
it will be well accepted, and
what’s best is they can resource
it from anywhere.”
Starting Feb. 20, after a short
one hour mandatory training
session, the more than 300 stu
dent employees and part-time
classified employees will enter
all work hours into a new time
sheet that can be found online
on the CCC portal. The train
ing will be offered Feb. 15-17
in room S-143. After Feb. 20,
no paper time sheets will be
accepted.
u
We feel it will be
well accepted, and
what’s best is they
can resource it
from anywhere, ”
Tiffanie Clifford
Human Resources
Manager
“Every month I have to fill
out my sheet then go find my
supervisor and get a signature,
then walk it over to payroll to
turn it in,” said Kim Hikade,
a part-time employee of work
source .development services?
“It will be nice to do all that and
not have to leave my seat.”
All hours will be posted
directly by the employee, signed
off by the supervisor and sub
mitted to payroll without ever
using one piece of paper. This
will ultimately result in a more
accurate time saving and error-
free pay period. Although this
doesn’t seem to be large con
cern to employees, Hikade
said, “I have never had an
error on my check yet.”
“I think it’s great,” part-
time employee Bryan Gibler
said. “I think it will be less
cumbersome in the long run.”
The only concern expressed
by student workers was the
lack of clarity regarding the
training and the test time card
addressed in the e-mail on
Jan. 9.
Aware of potential appre
hensiveness with a new sys
tem, Clifford felt that as long
as everyone involved attends
the training, things should go
smoothly.
“We will keep our fingers
crossed that students hear
about the new system and take
the time to come to the train
ing,” said Clifford. “It may
take a little time to iron out
any kinks but we will work
though it.”
If you have any questions
about these electronic pay
sheets as CCC moves into the
next phase of modem tech
nology, check with human
resources to see if you will
be sitting in front of a com
puter or grabbing a pencil
to report your hard worked
hours.
FAFSA help available for students
By Mandie Gavitt
Associate News Editor
completely filled out.
According to financial aid
specialist Tawnya Stauffer, stu
dents should bring their social
security number, income infor
mation for 2010, W2, last pay
stub and any documents they
have about their assets with
them to the event.
The event included a pre
sentation about scholarships and
grants led by the school’s schol
arship and financial aid coordi
nator, Darcie Iven.
“It’s mostly geared to first-
time students who have never
filled out FAFSA,” said Iven.
However, anyone who needs
help with their FAFSA may
attend.
FAFSA has made many
changes to the financial aid pro
cess for this year. The changes
that have been made to the pro
cess won’t cause problems for
those who have filled out FAFSA
before, according to Iven.
“They will be pleasantly sur
prised,” she said. “They have
For some, filling out a
FAFSA form can be a daunting
task. As scary as it can be, it is
still mandatory to get financial
aid. If you are one of those
students who are terrified of the
overwhelming document have
no fear, there is hope. College
Goal Oregon was started for just
such people.
College Goal Oregon is an
event that colleges put on all
over the state to make sure their
students and future students can
complete their FAFSA and get
the money they need to attend
school. Clackamas Community
College held its event on
Saturday, Jan. 22. During the
event specialists walked students
through the entire FAFSA pro
cess line by line, and if students
brought everything necessary
with them, when they leave they
should have had their FAFSA
made it much shorter and easier
for everyone.”
Daryll Perry, a first-time col
lege student, drove down from
Tacoma, Wash, to attend the
CCC event
“I needed help and I found
this event helpful because hav
ing someone who understands
walk you through it is very
nice,” said Perry. “I need help
financially to be able to attend
college. Without it I couldn’t
go to college at all, so having
an event like this really matters
to me.”
Perry plans on majoring in
photography and hopes to get a
master’s degree.
If you missed CCC’s event
but would still like to receive
help with your financial aid,
Portland Community College
will be hosting the same event
on Saturday, Jan. 29 from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. For more information
you can check out College Goal
Oregon’s website, collegegoal-
oregon.org.
Correction
In the Jan. 19, 2011 issue of The Clackamas Print, Angie Hughes was incorrectly named
as Angie Davis in the photo caption on page 1.
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CCC student still missi
By Brian Baldwin
News Editor
January 18 was the last time
anyone saw Milwaukie-resident
Alexandra Jade Xua. The 20-year-
old Clackamas Community College
student was last reported to be at her
parent’s home for dinner the night of
the 18th. After filing a missing per
sons report, the Clackamas County
Sheriffs Office launched an investi
gation to determine her whereabouts.
Xua was “anxiously” waiting for a
trip to Las Vegas to celebrate her
upcoming 21st birthday.
According to Detective Jim
Strovink, public information officer
for the Clackamas County Sheriffs
Office, they are no longer actively
pursuing the case. Xua had purchased
a ticket of her own volition and left
without telling anyone. They believe
that there was no foul play or coercion
involved but her destination and cur
rent location are still unknown. The
sheriffs office is continuing to list her
as a missing person so if she comes
into contact with other law enfa
they will report her location or hi
call home.
While the case is no longer I a
the family is still seeking any _ tipi I
location. Xua is described as an
female, 5’06” tall; 135 lbs; shoit^
and straight hair; has a gap be™
top front teeth; wears purple tram
scription glasses and has a tattoo
of her calves.
I
Anyone with tips in this case il
to call the CCSO confidential tipi
503-723-4949 or send a text me»
274637 with the keyword CCSCl
first word in the message.
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