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News-, The Clackamas Print?) Wednesday, M arch I4>r2,Q12 ewsed@clackamas.edu Students, college plan for graduation B y N ora G oodm an The Clackam as Prinr Do you really want to walk the walk? Graduating from Clackamas C om m unity College is an exciting pros pect to some, but it might carry a stigma for others. W hen a student is ready to graduate the college offers petitions for graduation. Although some students look forward to walking with their class, other stu dents may find it unneces sary to walk from a two-year college. Diana Shkurinsky. freshman at C C C who wants to rake medical classes said. “I don’t think I would participate in the ceremony, since 1 just graduated from school a year ago Just give me my certificate and let me go find a job.” O ther students such as Natasha Coy, who began tak ing her GED classes at C CC in 2010, have missed our on such a ceremony in high school. Coy didn’t graduate from high school and feels like she missed our on so much as she watched her friends go through the cer emony. “1 want to celebrate my success and accomplishments. This time I am walking up to get my certificate,” Coy said. Michelle Lucier is tak ing general courses CCC anti hopes later to rake the ten week Pharmacy Technician courses. - “It would be fun to celebrate that I got through and to grad uate with my peers.” Director o f Enrollment Management and Registrar Tara Sprehe said, “For those students who want to receive their certificate or degree, they must submit a petition for graduation form to the admis sions, registration and records office.” “O ur graduation ceremony is held in June before spring grades are due. So while there may be many students who have not yet officially received their certificate or degree when thev walk across the stage, those students that have successful ly completed their certificate and degree requirements after grades nave been submitred do graduate,” Sprehe said. Graduation petitions for spring term are due May 11. If you have acquired two certifi cates or degree awards, separate petitions are needed,; Petitions for graduation can be obtained from the enroll ment services center in Roger Rook Hall, or printed from our forms and documents page. I want to celebrate my success and accomplishments. This time Pm walking up to get my certificate,99 Natasha Coy Student T .............. . B B S taw S ! « I * ! .4 ■ 0 8 ïm T- w. _M m ■; : al grad are held every year at the end of spring term. If you have completed degree or certificate requirements dur ing preceding terms, you are eligible to join the gradua tion ceremony. “Our experience is that our graduation ceremony is a significant source of pride and joy for many gradu ates and their family, Friends and support networks. This is particularly true for our Adult High School Diploma and GED students. I person ally have known many stu dents who have transferred to a four year institution that loved our ceremony and felt it represented an important recognition of their accom plishment,” said Sprehe. «L I»; ' ' 1 ' M Just south oflnteratate 205, Highway 2 1 3 shows the signs o f road construction a n d traffic chaps. The road w ill be closed M arch 22-27. Alternate route is recommended during this time. CLOSURE: Take construction in stride during spring break Cdntinuëd from Page 1 O regon C ity ^aw arded the construction contract to Mowat Construction- based on xhe. company’s expertise with complex bridge projects, past success completing exten sive night-work projects on time and, a competitive bid price. Mowat C onstruction’s Jughandle Project team, based in Clackamas County, includes 34 employees and more than 10 specialty, subcontractor firms. Jason Kelly, resident engi neer and lead structure design er for OBEC, an engineering ; consulting firm, is the manager o f the project. He makes sure the job is done according to the design. 1 ' “Twelve crews, have ,bee,n working nights for the past shf months im constructing the foundation and the bridge to install on the four day clo sure? W e have been spending $500,000 to a million dpllars a m onth op this project. We are Oh task and ahead o f sched ule and .ready tó . install the bridge,1” said Kelly. It -is recom mended that travelers from " comm unities south o f Oregon' City bypass the city to avoid heavy traf- -fic congestion. T he city will assign an alternate route to 1-5 during the four day closure of Highway 213. Traveling to 1-5 may be the fastest way for residents o f Canby, Molalla and Mulino ’ to reach' destinations north and east o f Oregon. City. The assigned alternate 'route to I?5 will begin, on Highway 2 1 3 'in Liberal and direct motorists along Macksburg Road’ and other arterial roads to reach 1-5 at exit 282 in Wilsonville. A map o f th esig n ed route to 1-5 is available for download ing at www.jugKandleproject. com/detour.html, along with maps o f two assigned alternate routes between Highway 213 and 1-205. Susan hyata, adm inistra tive’ assistant for the college advancement department, will be working at the college dur ing the constauction. “We’ll all take the closure in stride. It’s only a few days, after all,” said Iwata. - Construction equipm ent stands ready- fo r the impending bridge replacement on Highway 2 1 3 nearW ashinton Street across fro m H om e Depot. -- . , Need your taxes done so you can file your FAJFSA forms? A TriUium Tax Service Call us at 503-688-9507 or Email us at nancy@triUiumtaxservice.com We are your mobile tax solution with affordable prices! Correction In last week’s issue Chuck Pierce was rnisidentifed on pages O n page 2, Scott Giltz was misidentified.
