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Portland Observer, September 22, 1962 Page 11 Intel eyeing graduates PCC trains fo r com puter industry Out-of-state students enrolled et the University of Portland were assigned foster parents' to eld their transition to college life. (Photo: Richard Brown! Students receive "foster families" I T W A S " S tu d e n t Assignment D ay” at the University o f P ort land on Sunday. N o , the students were not receiving assignments to study out o f books, they were re ceiving fam ilies to call their own while they are far away from their real homes. Families and students met at a hearty luncheon in the Ter race Room in the campus Commons. Vernon C h atm an , a certain fix ture on the PU campus, handed out the assignments to three young women, M a ry S trayhand, Angela Berry and Alisa Spears. Nine mem bers o f the campus basketball team who also received foster fam ilies were: Greg H o lt, B rian Beard, Dwayne C o rb e tt, W arren Graves, Fred H arris, Dennis B lack, Kevin W illiam s, Brian Jenkins and A n thony Davis. This was the 10th year that the " F a m ily Away From H o m e " p ro ject families have been paired and singled out for recognition for their participation in the program. Chat man, assisted by Judge H .J . Belton Hamilton, handed out 15 plaques to such families in appreciation. Spe cial awards went to M r. and M rs. Wilson W alker, M r. and Mrs. Jerry Fuller, M r. & M rs. Kenneth A dair and M r. and Mrs. Joseph Bowman. H erb C aw th o rn e, principal speaker after luncheon, spoke mov ingly o f the deep spiritual side and value o f the extended black family. D r. Harold W'esby, vice president for Administration at P U , was also a speaker during the afternoon pro gram. Latins seek economic independence The U.S. participation with Great B ritain in the M alv in a s war has brought about a growing attempt in Latin America to submerge national differences in favor o f continental solidarity. Among the topics o f dis cussion is a reorganization o f the Organization o f American States to remove the U n ited States and changes in the In te r-A m e ric a n Treaty o f Reciprocal Assistance. The United States not only sup ported G reat B ritain in the war against its ally, Argentina, but pro vided intelligence, supplies, bases, and info rm atio n on weaknesses o f equipm ent it had earlier supplied Argentina. The Latin American nations are remembering the words o f Simon Bolivar, who, nearly 200 years ago, advocated a political, economic and social union o f the Latin American and the C arib bean nations to de velop their own freedom, democra cy, sovereignty and independence from the United States and the Eu ropean c o lo n ial powers. B o livar warned that " T h e U n ited States seems destined to plague our people w ith misery in the name o f free dom .” Venezuelan Ambassador Hilarion C ard o za , head o f the Perm anent Council of the Organization of A m erican States, has urged the nations o f Latin America to work out a stra tegy to achieve "genuine indepen- Banjamln Clark was the win ner of a 19 Inch color televiaion at the ennuel meeting of the Chrietien Brotherhood Associa- tlon held et First AME Zion Church. City Commissioner Charles Jordan wee the feetured •peaker. dence with a single voice and mean ingful solidarity on basic issues." " T h e M alvinas issue has caused an upheaval which obliges us to question and review the whole inter- A m erican s ys te m ," he said. He asked the Latin American nations to stop being "id eo lo g ical, political, economic or military colonies.” The ministerial meeting o f the 8th Council o f the Latin American Eco nomic System (S E L A ) ended its meetings in Caracas, Venezuela, on August 28th with adoption o f some o f the most im p o rtan t decisions since its establishment in 1975. Venezuelan President Luis H e r rera Campins called for the estab lishment of a system o f consultation and coordination for Latin A m eri can on the p o litic a l level. O A S would then serve only as a forum for dialogue between Latin America and the U.S. He warned that the La tin A m erican nations must im p le ment collective economic defense in the face o f illegal and arbitrary pres sure and take steps to decrease vul nerability to foreign pressure espe cially in the key economic sectors such as food and cap ital goods. " W e cannot accept an unequal or unjust relationship which puts us in a subordinated role in our time, in which it seems colonialism strives to repeat the past. For the first tim e the C ouncil dealt with economic and military in terference in the internal affairs o f Latin American nations. Resolutions adopted by S E L A are: 1) To a ffirm every nation’s right to opt for its own economic, social and political system in a climate o f peace and lib erty, free o f foreign pressure, aggression and threats. 2) To express its solidarity w ith those against whom coercive eco nomic measures have been or are be ing applied, in violation o f norms and practices o f in tern ation al law and detrimental to their sovereignty and economic security. 3) To condemn the imposition o f and demand the liftin g o f the eco nomic embargo and blockade, the freezing o f funds, the suspension o f credits and other coercive, illegal and a rb itra ry economic measures put into effect against a number of developing countries to undermine and impede the full exercise o f na tional sovereignty that each one has opted for through the sovereign de cision o f their resective peoples and governments. 4) To defend the Latin American principles in all in tern atio n al fo r ums and to develop a firm action that will result in the international com m unity’s refusal to accept the im position o f coercive economic measures in view o f their illegal and arbitrary character. " T h e technical curricu lum at Portland Community College is ab solutely excellent— especially soft ware," says Patricia Baker o f Intel Corporation’s Hillsboro Plant. " I ’d venture to say it’s one o f the best in the country." As employee relations specialist for systems operations at Intel, Bak er was recently promoted from site training supervisor for In tel’s coop erative education program, a large recruiting and train in g program form ulated by In tel and Po rtlan d Community College. " P C C was the most accessible fa cility for our area and the Sylvania Campus has all the support we need ed in terms o f peripheral subjects and fa c ilitie s ," says B aker. P C C was approached by Intel in 1978. In June, 1979, the first 22 P C C stu dents entered the cooperative p ro gram. Electronic Engineering Techno logy (E E T ) and Computer Software Technology (CST) are the two asso ciate degree programs most allied with In te l’s technician needs. The EE T program is aimed at the manu facturing sector o f the electronics industry. Its curricu lum includes strong emphasis in digital and m i crocom puter technology, m ajo r course sequences in linear and com munications systems and supporting laboratories that give students hands-on experience in te use o f in dustry-standard test instrum ents, logic analyzers, microcomputer sys tems and m icrocomputer develop ment systems. The C ST program is a jo in t pro gram between the electronics and date processing departments. Tech nicians learn a combination o f soft ware development skills and hard ware skills needed to write control and applications software for m i croprocessor based products. Since the co-op program began, 110 students have p artic ip a te d . Fifty-tw o graduates are now w ork ing at Intel with another 45 current ly enrolled in the cooperative pro Northeast Portland resident Bruce Cuyler, a recent graduate of Portlend Community College's two year Electronic Engineering Technology program, works in teet engineering at Intel. Cuyler par ticipated In PCC's cooperative education program with Intel for two years and Is now employed full time at Intel. gram. PC C electronics engineering tech nology instructor David Hata served as liaison between the college and In te l in m akin g the program . “ W e’ve had a very positive relation ship with In te l,” says Hata. Students are recruited both from within and outside Intel. Those not previously employed by the firm are interviewed after successfully com pleting the first three terms o f either the E E T or CST program. Internal co-op students, those al ready employed by Intel, must com plete intermediate algebra and either basic electric circuits or resistive cir cuits, depending on th e ir area o f study. In either case, the co-op student works 20 hours per week fo r Intel on a paid basis and enrolls in 12 aca dem ic credits o f coursew ork at PC C . Classes are blocked so the stu- ent attends school h a lf days and works half days. A n additional six credits per term are awarded for the student’ s work experience and stu dents receive full company benefits. In te l’s tuition reimbursement pro gram pays the student’s school ex penses. OABA meets The Oregon Assembly for Black A ffairs will hold its quarterly mem bership meeting on Saturday, Sep tember 25, 1982, from 10 a.m . to 1 p .m ., at the House o f P rayer F or A ll Nations, 731 N o rth M ason, in Portland. For more in fo rm a tio n cell 297- 2241 or 645-7594. Joel Martin had a dream. It's Anheuser-Busch's dream, too. 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