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2 & P R IN T : News Wednesday,Oct.10,2012 CASE grant helps students succeed Felicia Skriver News Editor Felicia Skriver The Clàckàmas Print The Department o f Labor awarded the Oregon Community College Consortium, led by Clackamas, an $18 million dollar grant to strengthen the state’s work force and put people back to work. Over the next three years, thè grant will be divided and distrib uted to the 17 community colleges in Oregon. The money provided, combined with President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act, cre ates additional support for hiring and re-employment services. “As our economy struggles to come back, it is vital that Oregonians have the education and training necessary to successfully compete for the next generation o f family-wage jobs,” said Oregon Senator Ron Wyden in a press release. “This statewide grant and its public and private sector part ners will help us to do just that.” The Credentials, Acceleration, and Support for Employment or CASE Grant applies to all who qualify for the Trade Adjustment Act. Those who are under or unem ployed, veterans, or spouses o f vet erans also qualify for the grant. The primary goal o f the pro gram is to bridge the gaps that keep people from attending college, and to also accelerate the process that one would obtain a certificate in a technical program. For example, a student here at Clackamas can achieve an entry level certificate in a technical program such as weld ing or computer sciences, then go straight to work in less than a year. From there, if the student decides to advance their knowl edge they can come back for their associate’s degree. The CASE grant also works on getting stu dents credit for work experience they already have but -were not college accredited; making it easier for students to advance in their specific field. “We’re working really hard to connect with students and help them with their completion,” said Kara Leonard a career coach w ork-' ing with the CASE grant. “We try to remove barriers, and give stu dents access to be successful.” According to a news release from the Oregon Employment- Department, there was a drastic spike in unemployment to 11.6 per cent in 2009, shortly after Obama took office. Since then, the percentage has lowered significantly due to pro grams like the Trade Adjustment Act, giving citizens funds if then- jobs have been outsourced over seas. Oregon still stands at an 8.9 percent unemployment average, which is a slight increase since June o f this year. The CASE grant is put in to play to help these numbers drop and help raise the rate o f Craig Anderson(lefi) from the manufacturing department helps teach high school students the basics in manufactur ing technology. This department receives the most funds from the CASE grant here on campus. employment. With the funds in place, Clackamas was not only able to hire on more career coaches to help students get started, but was also able to buy the Career Information System program that helps students not only pinpoint what field they w’ant to enter, but also what career would be best for them. The career coaches on the top floor o f the Barlow Building are trying to partner up with employ ers so that students will have direct connections with the job market they’re looking in to. More than 50 employers have already signed letters o f commit ment enthusiastically endorsing the hands on approach the program has. “It’s definitely a good thing,” said Mike Bisorca, a Computer Numeric Control - student at Clackamas. “It’s saved me a lot o f money.” Bisorca was already enrolled at CCC when he found out he qualified for the grant. The grant is in place until November o f 2014, and anybody who qualifies for the grant may; contact any o f the career coaches in Barlow to take the first steps to a technical field certificate. The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and professional , manner. Content published in • The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. ' , Email comments, concerns or tips to chiefed@clackamas.edu or call us at 503-594-6266. 19600 Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 /journalism Adviser: Melissa Jones melissaj@clackamas.edu F r e s h f a c u I t y a t EDITORS C lackam as McLoughlin Hall see a new face as well. Stephanie Schaefer is the new est addition to the retention counsel ors in the Arts and Science division working with students to meet their New faces roam the campus this educational goals. year while old ones take their leave. Dawn Terrill is the newest full This year Clackamas has hired on time addition to the department of eight new instructors to sustain the Education and Human Services. ebb and flow o f faculty. Terrill is an instructor in early educa Rick True from the art depart tion and family studies. ment took his leave from CCC this She is teaching those who want to year after 28 years of teaching on be early childhood instructors. Terrill campus. David Smith-English taught at CCC for a term back in from the theatre department also 2005 and since then has been look retired, leaving James Eikrem the ing out for when a position would new theatre director. open up. Eikrem came back to Oregon Mark House has been on cam after years o f schooling in New pus for the last decade but returns York and years o f teaching in this year with an official title. He Michigan. He was excited to come obtained his associate’s degree of back and teach at CCC and was Applied Sciences in Collision Repair delighted to find the theatre depart and refinishing here at CCC. ment had such an exciting pro “Well at first I didn’t want to gram. teach,” said House. “Dave Bradley “Haying visited all the places asked me if I wanted to come up I interviewed, Clackamas had a and assist, and at first I said no but very beautiful campus,” said Taylor he kept hounding me, and 11 years Donnelly, a new English instructor later, here I am.” here at CCC. “I felt the faculty and Mike Berlingen is also a new the students here really care, and lace to the automotive department. that makes it a great place to work.” He runs the high school program on Donnelly grew up here in campus and teaches classes such as Portland but went to New York and small engine repair and beginning majored in English She returned to mechanics. Oregon City to teach at CCC and Eric Lee is a new engineering be close to family. teacher from New York who works Andrea Vergun is new to the with all kinds o f engineering, but ESOL department in the Dye mainly focuses on mechanical engi Learning Center. She went to San neering. Francisco State to finish up school “I was excited to teach at a com and then went into marketing com munity college level,” said Lee. “I’m munications where she would looking forward to the challenge translate English documents in to o f building up the engineering pro Spanish. gram.” Lee fully intends on forging Clackamas was Vergun’s first a bigger department o f engineering. choice. She said that it had always CCC welcomes all the new faces been a great resource. and awaits the positive changes they The counselors at the will all bring. Felicia Skriver News Editor New instructor, Mark House teaches students Justin Polachek and Zach Whiteside how to ground o ff extra body filler in his collision repair class. 10/4/2012 •Between 10 am and 2:30 pm there was a non injury hit and run in the Orchard parking lot next to the Family Resource Center. • Between 3 and 4 pm, there was an auto theft at CCC. • At 2 pm there was a report of a minor theft near the transit area. •A t 4 pm there was a report of reckless burning at the comer of Molalla Ave and Douglas Loop. Clackamas Fire responded and put the flames out. 10/3/2012 10/5/2012 •A t 4 pm there was a report of reckless burning and another reckless burning was reported at 5:15 pm when a trash can burned next to the tennis courts. Clackamas Fire responded and doused both. •A t 8:30 am there was a report of offensive littering near the Rainbow storage area. 10/1/2012 10/7/2012 • At 2:45 pm a report of interfer ing with a police officer outside of Barlow. 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