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W ednesday, N o v. 9 , 2014
International students
find home at Clackamas
B a c h m a n n , w h o w e n t to T aiw an as a recru iter
for C C C in p ast years, ex p lain ed th a t th e d e p a rt
By Patty Salazar
News-Editor'
m e n t sim p ly d o esn ’t have" th e fu n d s to go o n
1 In th e bustle o f n e w a n d re tu rn in g stu d e n ts at
C lackam as C o m m u n ity C ollege, y o u 'm a y have
n o ticed a few visitors a ro u n d cam pus. T h is year
w e have 2 3 ‘ in te rn a tio n a l stu d en ts, jo in in g 'b u r
stu d e n t body. A lthough- it m ig h t n o t seem like
are co m fo rtab le se n d in g th e ir ch ild to C C C .
TOCith th e d e p a rtm e n t fu n d s r u n n in g low th a t
o f th e h ig h est n u m b e rs o f in tern atio n a l stu d e n ts
th a t C C C has h a d in a few years. -
c a n n o t be accom plished.
Since th e E S L d e p a r tm e n t c a n n o t afford to
T h e n u m b e r o f in tern atio n a l stu d e n ts a tte n d
in g O re g o n universities o h stu d e n t visas has risen
send recruiters o u t, V ergun is n o w d o in g w h at
th e y call “arm c h a ir recru itin g .” She is d o in g a
v irtu a l fair th is m o n th . V erg u n i s g o in g to be a
in tern atio n a l students..grew b y 19-9 percen t, to
a n all tim e h ig h o f 5 ,7 3 3 stu d e n ts representing
127 countries. T h e college co u ld have h a d a b ig
pay o u t from international^ stu d e n ts since th ey
pay trip le th e tu itio n o f an O reg o n resident.
O v er tim e at, C C C , th e in tern atio n a l stu d e n t
c o u n t has been relatively low. A n n e B achm ann,
E nglish as. 4 second language in stru c to r at C C C ,
m e n tio n e d th a t th e p ro g tam for intensive E nglish
has 11. in tern atio n a l stu d e n ts b u t th ere are m o re
in th e general stu d e n t body.
A n d rea V erguri, adviser for intensive E nglish at
C C C , said, “It’s great th at,w e [C C C ] have a great
re p u ta tio n th a t w e are g ettin g p eo p le to coriie b y
w o rd o f m o u th , how ever 11 people aren’t m u ch .”
SUSTAINABILITY: 14 stops, on tour
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featuring many different practices of composting, each
, T he tour starts at Bariow Hall, with a display o f & withbenefits and cost to build. Also in the area, an eoo-
how the college has been saving millions c i dollars in B roof model is displayed. T he water-effidency demon-
energy costs, thanks in part to C O C ’s Lead Energy
Coordinator Hilmo Ljucevic. “Hilm o Ljucevic i s a
really smart guy. H e used to run billion-dollar power
plants in Bosnia and [across] Europe. H e has all sotfe
d f ideas to increase our energy efficiency and move
mote and mote off the grid,” said Noel.
According to Ljucevfe, his goal has always been the
same, to increase efficiency t&ough researching new
stration gardens can be seen doser to Clairmont Hall.
“O ne thing the dean wants j » do is merge the
functional aspect with die educational aspect,” said
Kiaten.
There ate 14 steps in all. Soon, the wind turbine;
and photovoltaic solar panel on top o f Bariow will feed
to a T V screen in die Com m unity Center, which will
show; the Jive energy being generated by the turbine
discoveries and technologies, “For, me, {there} always
and solar panels in the area.
« -T h e re is more information available about each
was[the] questionabout the optimization process. If
you want {a non-technical] woid, optimization means
sustainability. It means green,” said Ljucevic.
Some other features of the sustainability tour
include a wind turbine on top ofBariow Hall, solar
thermal energy collectors on top o f the Pauling,
Randall and McLoughlin buildings, which provide
them with h ot water. In the south parking lot near
Reger Rook Hall, the campus has installed two electric
car charging stations, which are currendy free to use. '
“ T h e Environmental Learning Center, which was
built mainly f o r a recycled materials and reclaimed
stop in the Sustainability dour pamphlet released by
the campus’s Renewable Energy and Sustainability
lumber, is included on die sustainability tour. “They
are looking to update and improve that sire,” said
NoeL Last Friday N o d left the project, heading back
East to pursue othetprajàg^but the sustainability tour
will continue w iththe help ofvolunteers.
“[ \ ^ h st^ to b ility ] you cant reach a goal tf you ;
Carrie Kraten, fidiri the renewable energy and sustain
ability department
Toward the horticulture center, there are displays
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¿d in g .” She stressed th a t it is really im p o rta n t to
b u ild relation sh ip s With th e fam ilies sb th a t th e y
an extrem ely large a m o u n t o f stu d e n t? , it is-one
recently. A ccording to th e O reg o n U niversity
System in th e fall 2 0 1 0 en ro llm e n t fact . sheet,
Hiroaki Hayashi, an international student from Japan, talks with-his
advisor, Andrea Vergun, a t Clackamas Community College. Hayashi
is one d f 2 3 international students attending CCC.this year.
recru itin g trip s. “T h o se fares are q u ite exjpensive,
b u t I th in k th a t th ere is a b i g p a y o f f i f y o u keep
representativ e fo r S tu d y O reg o n , an o rg an izatio n
th a t consists o f O reg o n colleges, to recru it o n lin e.
O n e o f th e in tern atio n a l stu d e n ts a tte n d in g
C O C th is year is H iro a k i H ay ash i, 2 1 , o f Jap an .
H ayashi isn’t n ew to O reg o n ; h e fin ish ed his
sen io r year in h ig h school a t S ilv erto n H ig h
S chool in 2 0 0 8 before g o in g b ack to Ja p an to
a tte n d college. W h ile in Ja p an h e stu d ie d lin
guistics a n d w a n te d to stu d y ab ro ad o n ce again.
H ayashi spoke, to diis A m erican h o st fam ily in
S ilverton a b o u t c o m in g b ack to s tu d y T h e y rec
o m m e n d e d C C C as th e best c o m m u n ity college
in O regon..
'T h e cost fo r H ay ash i to A ttend C C C fo r a term
is close to $ 3 ,0 0 0 ; H ayashi is a tte n d in g C C C fo r
d ie rest o f the. 2 0 1 1 ^ 2 0 1 2 year.
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Resource Center arid on the signs at each strip op rife
tour itself
According to Kraten, the project has been funded «
by both federal grants and the college foundation,
which helped purchase the live energy display monitor
in the'C om m unity Center, along with making the
signs and pamphlets for the tour.
“Hopefidly, [thé tour] creates a sustainabilitydia
logue on campus. I think that’s the first step,” said
don’t change some habits,” said Ljucevic
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