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The Clackamas Print?)
Wednesday, M arch I4>r2,Q12
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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
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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.
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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
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Correction
In last week’s issue Chuck Pierce was rnisidentifed on pages
O n page 2, Scott Giltz was misidentified.