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Page 4...The Portland Observer. .February 19, 1992
Winter Term
Enrollment Up at PCC
Ai the close of fourth week of
winter term classes, Portland Commu­
nity College reportsacollegewide 11.02
percent enrollment increase from the
same period last year. The figure, based
on reports prepared by PCC’s Institu­
tional Research Dept., includes reports
from 13 enrollment categories.
Susan Bach, PCC director of Insti­
tutional Research, reports that the pe­
riod ending the fourth week, “give us a
pretty clear picture of our real growth-
-the pattern seems to be holding.”
End of fourth week reports are “a
good indicator of where enrollment
stands for the term because credit classes
which are dropped or added must be
completed by this period in order for
students to receive reimbursement,”
Bach explained.
The 11.02 percent increase from
the same time last winter te/rm is “very
respectable,” she added.
Cascade Campus in north Portland
is up 17.55 percent; Rock Creek Cam­
pus in Washington County closely fol­
lows with a 17.03 percent increase. The
Open Campus, which operates in over
200 locations in the community offer­
ing programs in workforce training,
literacy and life enrichment, reports a
16.84 percent increase and Sylvania
Campus in southwest Portland shows a
5.19 percent increase.
Three instructional areas-lower di­
vision coliege transfer courses, profes­
sional-technical preparation courses,
and adult education classes-all show
solid gains from winter term, 1991.
Adult basic education classes show
the most substantial g ain -a 42.39 per­
cent increase over last year. Transfer
classes are up 10.69 percent over the
previous year and professional-techni­
cal enrollment has increased 9.90 per­
cent from last year.
Portland Community College has
experienced consecutive enrollment
gains for the last 21 terms. Enrollment
increases are up 25 percent since 1986.
Enrollment increases and contin­
ued crowding were cited as primary
factors in the PCC board of director’s
Feb. 6 decision to place a S61.4 million
20-year general obligation bond mea­
sure on the May 19 primary election
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Four Portland Community College
scholars were recognized by Gov. Rob­
erts for their academic achievements
Friday, February 14, at the State Capi­
tol.
The PCC students were part of a
19-membercommunitycollegeall-state
academic team and represented the
Cascade, Sylvania, Rock Creek and
Open campuses at the first-time event.
Governor Robertscongratulated the
community college scholars, met with
each individually, and said it was time
to honor and celebrate the achieve­
ments of Oregon’s community college
students who too often are overlooked.
The meeting with the Governor in
her ceremonial office was followed by
a luncheon in their honor with the State
Board of Education and Oregon com­
munity college presidents.
The event to highlight academic
achievement at comm unity colleges was
organized by Dale Parnell, Oregon
Community College Commissioner.
“We don’t pay enough attention to
the little heroes in our country,” Parnell
said. “We need to celebrate the scholar­
ship and commitment to learning which
goes on at our community colleges.”
The four students from Portland
Community College, chosen by execu­
tive deans at each campus, are: Paul
Mai, Sylvania Campus; Melissa Fern,
Cascade Campus; Artangia Presley,
Open Campus; and Diana Wuertz, Rock
Creek Campus.
Paul Mai, a northeast Portland resi­
dent, came to this country from Viet­
nam when he was five years old. He
moved with his family from Texas to
Oregon several years ago and is a sec­
ond-year student at the Sylvania Cam­
pus in southwest Portland. Mai, 21, is
active in student government and serves
as the vice-chair of the Associated Stu­
dents of Portland Community College.
He is majoring in business and intends to
transfer to Portland State University and
earn both a bachelor’s and master’s de­
gree in Business Administration with a
focus on international business.
“The expanding market and global
economy mean the opportunities are
great for focusing on international busi­
ness,” he said. Mai has a 3.5 GPA.
Melissa Fern attends PCC’s Cas­
cade Campus in north Portland. Before
enrolling at Cascade, she spent her time
behind an 18-wheeler, crisscrossing the
country as a long-haul trucker.
“I had a lot of time to think about
what I wanted to do with the rest of my
life," she said.
Fern decided she wanted to help
people after “seeing all the damage that
has been done to people from societal
pressures, families. I wanted to see if I
could do something about it.”
The 33-ycar old psychology major,
who has maintained a 3.95 grade-point
average, plans to transfer to Portland
State University this summer and even­
tually earn a degree in clinical psychol­
ogy.
She lives in northeast Portland and
decided on the Cascade Campus at PCC
because, “It’s small and close to home.
After 17 years away from a school envi­
ronment, I felt I needed an atmosphere
like the Cascade Campus.”
Artangia Presley, a 25-ycar-old
mother of three young children, ages 5,
7, and 9, turned to PCC’s Open Campus
when she decided to make some changes
in her life. The northeast Portland resi­
dent had onlya 10th grade education and
no prior job experience.
Presley enrolled in the Open Cam­
pus, Steps to Success program in north
Portland in the fall o f 1990 and accord­
ing to Steps director Constance Carley,
“was able to unlock her potential and
discover her skills. Her classmates en­
couraged her by using her poetry in their
completion ceremony. Artangia’s self­
esteem blossomed.”
Presley quickly completed her GED,
then enrolled in the PCC Skills Center
business-clerical program at the Cas­
cade Campus and graduated in seven
months. She returned to the Steps pro­
gram and served as a graduation cer­
emony speaker, encouraging new stu­
dents.
Presley currently works as a cleri­
cal assistant in a work-experience pro­
gram in order to enhance her skills and
to acquire on-the-job work experience.
Diana Wuertz, 32, attends PCC’s
Rock Creek Campus. The mother of two
school-aged children, Wuertz is a first-
time college student and plans to be­
come a high school or community col­
lege mathematics instructor. She will
transfer to Portland State University.
The second-year student has a 4.0
GPA.
Her children, ages 9 and 12, and her
husband who is an engineer at Intel,
encouraged her to go to college. The
Rock Creek resident is a parent volun­
teer at her children’ school and also
works part-time as a math tutor in the
Rock Creek Campus alternative learn­
ing center.
The straight-A student said, “Be­
fore I entered college I didn’ t realize that
I had such high personal expectations.”
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THE BLACK UNITED
FUND OF OREGON
“The Helping Hand
that is Your Own”
The Black United Fund of Or­
egon, an independent fundraising,
philanthropic and human service or­
ganization, is now accepting pro­
posals from nonprofit organizations
throughout the State. The Black
United Fund provides grants to or­
ganizations that offer programs in
the areas of eduction, arts and cul­
ture, economic development, emer­
gency needs, health and social ser­
vices, social justice and legal ser­
vices.
Organizations wishing to apply
for a grant should call John Cowley
at 282-7973 to obtain the required
forms. All application material must
be in the Black United Fund’s office
by 5:00 p.m. on March 15,1992.
United Way Helps
Fill the Gap
Thanks to the generosity of nearly
5,800 contributors, the Gas Assistance
Program (GAP), administered by United
Way of the Columbia-Willamette, has
raised $113,517 to help people pay
their heating bills.
The program, sponsored by North­
west Natural Gas Company, grants one­
time assistance in paying heating costs.
Although donations are sent to United
W ay’s office in Portland, funds are
distributed to community action agen­
cie s in N o rth w est N atural G as
Company’s service area. This area runs
from Southwest Washington to Cottage
Grove and from the coast to The Dalles.
Since Dec. 1, United Way has pro­
vided two people to answer callers’
questions about the program. These
two individuals have assisted approxi­
mately 4,300 people in determining
which local community agency can help
them. Federal funding also is available
through the Low Income Energy Assis­
tance Program.
United Way has participated in this
program since 1987. The energy hot
line is staffed for two to three months
each winter.
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