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Wednesday, Feb. 13,2013 P R I N T : News 45* 3 RETIREMENT: Clackamas teacher moving on Howley’s teaching, but staff as well. Loretta Mills has been the Horticulture Department sec retary for 10 years. She has worked with Howley for the entirety of her career at CCC. “It’s been a hoot. She’s a fun, energetic, fantastic person to work with. One thing that struck me about Elizabeth and I ’ve learned and appreciated over the years is that she is totally passionate about what she does and about who she’s helping. It’s always been very impressive to me about how passionate she is and caring she is towards the students and the department and the college as a whole and w e’ll miss her. She’s been a pleasure to work with,” said Mills. In her retirement she plans on gardening, working with the Family Food Educators and tutoring and volunteering for the Founders Clinic, a local medical clinic. “But I know I ’m prob ably going to wait a couple of months before I commit to what I commit to because I know once I commit, I’m in,” said Howley. Different areas o f the greenhouse are home to young plants at various stages o f growth. Horticulture students in Howley’s Propagation ofEdible Plants class learn how to grow and care fo r thes e plants in the greenhouse next to Clairmont. Continued from Page 1 form ing the functions o f my j ob spending six hours a day sitting down in front of my PC, so that part o f the job, the office time Department has held an event called Pizza and Plants. For the past 30 years, alumni and cur rent students check out what is going on in the department. “I’ve watched my students get hired on the grounds depart ment at Lewis & Clark, get their dream job and retire. Every year I get to see and listen to students. It’s been wonderful seeing their bellies swell, or guys get a wedding ring and the next thing you know they’re bringing someone w ith them and'then they bring kids,” said Howley. It’s not only been students that have benefited from Photo from “Transforming Lives” Times have changed with teaching and academics since Howley first started at CCC in 1983. Not all o f it has been positive, though and you can tell once again that modernity is one o f the things that has got ten in the way of Howley’s pure unfiltered love for teaching. “When I began here we had typewriters, we had secretaries that answered every call. I can find m yself now easily in per o f the job has really changed. I came to this job wanting to work w ith the dissemination o f knowledge, working with students. Man, the office work kills me. I hate it. I really do, I resent it,” said Howley. The time spent in the class room for most teachers is the most that they will ever see their students. It can be bit tersweet as a teacher, know ing that they are essentially training these students for their future. Yet a vast majority of the time they are clueless as to what happens to them once they leave the classroom. That is why every year the Horticulture During Howley’s career, the Oregon Association o f Nurserymen recognized Elizabeth with its highest award, Distinguished Educator. Asteroid passes c lo s e to Earth Interested in a career in education or counseling? • Coun According to aNASA press release, on Friday I ebruary 15, 2013 scientists are getting a unique opportunity to study the small near-Earth Asteroid ■ 2012 DA 14 I'he stmill .lsICr- ! «id, approximately 1^0 -feet across, Will b e ’passing" so close to I arth it will be closer than the moon a mere 2.83,900 miles away In fact, at its closest.. 2012 DA 14 will be closer than geo synchronous satellites. Il will whiz past the Earth at 7.8 km s (17,400 mph) DA14 will be its closest at 19:24 ( 1MI (11 24 am PS I ) Despite how nearby this asteroid will be to Earth’ it poses no threat to us or die moon 1 he object won’t be close enough to sec with the naked eye. If you happen to be standing in Australia, Eastern Europe, or Asia at the time, you should be able to It's not too early to plan the next steps in your career. Event is open to grads, undergrads, community college students, and advisors. For more information, contact 503-725-4619, or email gseinfo@pdx.edu. Thursday, March 7, 2013 Noon— 2pm Room 238, Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97207 J j k ofE dS «™ 00' H !T OS get a look with a good pair of binoculars On the North American continent we w on’t be so lucky By the time we are in a position to see DA 14, it will have gone farther from Earth and will be much harder to Astronomers will he taking advantage o f their chance to take up-close images of the asteroid using the Goldstone Antenna, an array of highly sensitive radio telescopes, to take detailed radar images of the surface of the asteroid. DA 14 won’t be coming this close to earth for at least another three decades. lames Dunean
