Renewable energy students Kyle Budeau, Pat Dukes and John Hinkson work on a solar wind trainer in Abe Fouhy’s Renewable Energy Systems II class on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fouhy will also be one of several instructors involved with the Homebuilt Wind Turbine summer workshop.
Build-A-Turbine comes to camp
By Brittany Anderson
The Clackamas Print
Are you a “go green” supporter? If so, good for you, and
if not, here’s your chance. During summer term, Clackamas
Community College offered a Homebuilt Wind Turbine class
that taught individuals to make wind turbines out of common
materials. The class is meant to inform and educate, not to make
those who take the class employable.
“This class is a form of higher education. It is not to prepare
you for the workforce, but it is good to know,” said Scott Giltz,
dean of technology health occupations and workforce division.
The manufacturing department has come up with this and
many other classes that touch on the subject of renewable
energy. The CCC campus displays several examples of such
advances. The Barlow building has a small wind turbine and a
solar panel that with their combined power light a breezeway
near Barlow.
The class didn’t generate enough interest last year. “The
class was not marketed quite enough,” said Giltz. Not enough
students were informed about the class for it to have been a total
success. The faculty believes in this class and would love to see
it succeed. Last summer’s enrollment was just not sufficient.
“We want to try again with this class but we just aren’t sure
when that will be,” Giltz said.
When asked, some students said they would take the class
if it was brought back “Sounds like a cool class,” Andrew
Riggs said. “I’m only on this campus part-time but I’m very
interested.”
Student Margaret Blake said she doesn’t want to
class but finds it intriguing nonetheless. “I wouldn’t
class, but the concept holds an interest for me,” she said.
Nick Blake can’t take the class, but he finds it inter
was actually hoping to take the class during summer q
he said.
“Yes, I would take it; I support these type of classes
student Paul Paresa said.
Professors Abe Fouhy, Scott Giltz, Jim Stager, Mike
and Craig Anderson are a few of the leaders on this proj
of which have been working tirelessly to find a new
introducing the Homebuilt Wind Turbine class to the
of CCC. Getting students involved is key to its succ
class is offered this summer term for two credits under
MFG-199.
Summer weather brings summer classes
By Mandie Gavitt
Associate Arts & Culture Editor
With spring term more than halfway
done, it seems a great number of stu
dents are looking forward to summer.
Tank tops are slowly coming out of hid
ing and flip flops are dominating cam
pus footwear once again. Conversations
about the Coast, the river and road trips
have begun. It seems every day some
one is online posting the countdown to
summer: those glorious three months
that students and teachers worship all
over the nation.
However, for some students, summer
is not a time for relaxation and vaca
tion. Many students continue to attend
classes throughout the summer rather
than taking the term off. According
to Steye Beining, instructional design
er and Distance Learning Department
chair, half of the students at Clackamas
Community College continue classes
through the summer.
Beining said that students can expect
the same classes with minor differences.
The main difference students will find
between summer term and other terms
is that many classes meet for a shorter
amount of time: four to eight weeks
instead of the regular 10 -weeks that
most students are accustomed to.
Students don’t have to fear miss
ing out on any information, though.
“(It is) all the work of a 10-week class
condensed into a four- or eight-week
course,” said Beining.
In the summer, CCC offers about
half the courses that it normally does
because there is less demand for cours
es as attendance is lower, though stu
dents can expect most of the commonly
offered classes to be available. Distance
Learning and Computer Science
Coordinator Ann Tuttle-Boisselle said
that the decision on which classes will
be offered is made by the different
departments based on want and need.
Another factor in the courses offered is
the fact that there are fewer instructors
available during the summer as many.
take the summer off.
While students continue summer
classes for a variety of reasons, Beining
said it can be advantageous. “It can be a
good time to get extra credits in if you
need (them),” he said.
Chippi Bello, enrollment servic
es operation manager, said that even
though many students believe that sum
mer term works differently, students can
expect summer financial aid to work the
same way as any other term.
“Summer term is the same as every
other term,” said Bello. Students do not
receive less financial aid if they attend
summer as well the three other terms.
Students can also expect registration,
online classes and the school in general
to work the same way it does throughout
the rest of the year.
The schedule for summer is now
available, ajjd there is a list of online
classes offered this summer posted on the
Distance Learning website. Registration
for summer officially opened on May
10, and classes will begin on June 20.
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