T he P ortland O bserver • M
ay
22, 1996
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PCC Compresses Year’s Classes
This summer students at Portland
Community College will be able to
squeeze a year’s worth o f course
credit into one short summer. Doz­
ens o f classes will be offered in this
condense format at both the Sylvania
and Cascade campuses.
‘We wanted to give our students
an opportun ity to academ ically make
the most o f their summer,” said Don
McInnis, vice-president of education­
al services. "We have offered the
compressed format in the past, but on
a much smaller scale.
“Our research tells us there are a
number o f students home from col­
lege who would take advantage o f
this approach, as well s high school
graduates and others who want to
get a head start on their college ca­
reer.
McInnis said students must be pre­
pared to immerse themselves in their
selected course o f study. Some o f the
course offerings include biology, lit­
erature, chemistry, psychology, pre­
calculus, French, German, Japanese.
Accounting, sociology, literature and
statistics are also offered.
Classes that generally run 10 or 11
weeks are three to four weeks long
and earn three credits. Many are of­
fered in a series so students can com­
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plete a year’s worth o f study in one
summer.
Classes begin Monday, June 17.
Telephone registration for returning
students begins May 20. New stu­
dents can register as early as May 25.
Fax, mail and walk-in registration
starts on May 28.
The sum m er schedule, m ailed
May 15, has m ore inform ation
about classes.
Friends and family can only
sympathize.
But a Pre-Paid Legal Services
membership will give you the
legal support you need.
PUC To Help Update Oregon Schools
State Schools Superintendent
Norma Paulus asked the Public Util­
ity Commission to help bring the
information superhighway to all Or­
egon public schools. She will ad­
dress the commissioners at 9 a.m. in
the main hearing room o f the PUC
office in Salem.
Paulus asked the PUC to work
with schools, the telecommunications
industry and the G overnor’s Tele­
communications Council to help the
federal Telecommunications Act o f
1996 realize its goal o f making mod­
em communications available, ac­
cessible and affordable to evety c lass-
room in the state.
T he Federal C om m unications
Commission and state public utility
commissioners by Nov. 8 will ap­
prove rules to implement the federal
act. The FCC wants to hear from
educators and others as it writes the
rules.
"W e have a window o f opportu­
nity to design a system to bring mod­
ern technology to every classroom ,”
said Paulus. "By working together,
we can craft an Oregon response to
what must happen to get the job
Inexpensive.
Easy to use.
done.”
Paulus notes that the Oregon State
Lottery took little time to build a
statewide electronic network. "If we
can wire video poker machines in
taverns throughout this state, we cer­
tainly ought to be able to connect
schools electronically.”
The PUC office is located at 550
Capitol St. N.E. in Salem.
Effective in substantially reducing
the costs associated with:
• Family problems
• Estate questions
• Traffic violations
• Trial representation
• Small business advice
Academics Plus Work Equals No Debt
Students can pursue education and
training in high technology without
incurring college debt, thanks to the
“OPT for Co-op” program being de­
veloped by the Oregon Institute o f
Technology.
Norma Paulus, state superinten­
dent ofpublic instruction, applauded
the program for capitalizing on the
high school Certificate o f Advanced
Mastery which is designed to con­
nect high schools to advanced educa­
tion.
“ We know we must give every
student more rigorous academic study
than ever before and we know we
must get more students from all so-
cioeconomic backgrounds into high­
er education,” said Paulus.
“ However, the average cost o f a
college education is a huge barrier
for manu parents. One o f the most
stunning things about this proposal is
that high school students could con­
tinue on to advanced education and
get a bachelor’s degree with no debt,”
she said.
At a p re ss c o n fe re n c e th is
m orning to announce the “ O PT
for C o -o p ” program , P aulus was
jo in e d by K eith T hom son, Intel
C o rp .; Josep h C ox, ch an c e llo r,
O regon S tate System o f H igher
E ducation; and L aw rence J. W olf,
p re sid e n t, O reg o n In stitu te o f
T ech nology.
W olf created the program so stu­
dents could opt for cooperative work
and study leading to a Certificate o f
Advanced Mastery, associate’s de­
gree and/or bachelor’s degree in elec­
tronics or computer engineering tech­
nology.
The C e rtific a te o f A dvanced
M astery, cre a te d by the O regon
E ducational A ct for the 21 st C en ­
tury, re q u ire s stu dents to meet
g rad e 12 stan d ard s in E nglish,
m a th e m a tic s, sc ie n c e , h isto ry ,
c iv ic s, g eo g ra p h y , e c o n o m ic s,
the arts and a second language
and to a p p ly th e ir a c a d e m ic
know ledge and sk ills by p a rtic i­
pating in in tern sh ip s, c o o p e ra ­
tive w ork-study program s, on-
cam pus business activities or o th ­
er c a re e r-re la te d learning e x p e ­
riences.
“The C ertificate o f Advanced
Mastery fits right into our program,”
said Dr. Wolf. “Students are going to
make maximum use o f their junior
and senior years in high school. They
are not going to be academic drifters.
The Certificate o f Advanced Mas-
teiy provides relevant, directed learn­
ing and prepares students for the next
step o f their education.”
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Berkeley Comes To Portland This Summer!
T h is sum m er, B erk eley N a ­
tio n w id e w ill o ffe r five co urses
in P o rtlan d for b u sin e ss and te c h ­
no lo g y p ro fe ssio n a ls. B erkeley
N a tio n w id e is a d iv isio n o f the
c o n tin u in g e d u c a tio n branch o f
the U niv ersity o f C a lifo rn ia at
B erkeley.
The seminars are small, intensive
courses, geared to meet participants’
current informational needs and are
taught by instructors acknowledged
for their professional expertise and
teaching excellence.
The sem in ars in P o rtland will
include: the Job o f the C o n tro lle r
(M ay 2 1 -2 3 ), P ricin g for Profit
(Ju n e 3 -4 0 ), S o ftw are T estin g
and Q u ality A ssurance (June 3-
5), A utom ated S oftw are T esting
(Ju n e 6-7), and Process M apping
(Ju ly 9-10).
All five courses will be held at the
Benson Hotel, 309 S.W. Broadway,
Portland. Enrollment is limited. A
discount is available for participants
who register more than thirty days in
advance. Team discounts are also
available
The seminars are non-credit cours-
EVERYONE’S WINS WITH READ!
M ultnom ah C ounty L ib rary ’s
Summer Reading program and young
adult Summer Reading Team has
something for young people - good
books, special programs and a chance
to win a very special prize: a family
getaway for four to the Oregon Coast
that includes three nights accommo­
dations, tickets to the Oregon Coast
Aquarium (see Keiko!) and $200 in
spending money!
Beginning June I, Multnomah
County Library invites kids o f all
ages to join the Summer Reading
program or the Young Adult Sum-
When it comes
to housing,
mer ReadingTeam. For each level o f
reading completed, participants can
enter the grand prize drawing for the
family getaway. Other prizes in the
drawing includes tickets to Portland
Pride soccer games, ice skating, bowl­
ing and sw im m ing passes, Fred
Meyer gift certificates, t-shirts, caps
and other fun surprises.
The library will also present more
than 200 special programs this sum­
mer, including the puppet show "The
Great Race,” mini-soccer clinics,
nautical flags and origami craft ac­
tivities, a mystery in the library, scav-
enger hunts and a talk on how a
comic is produced by Dark Horse
Comics. A complete list o f summer
programs is available at any ofthc 15
Multnomah County libraries. Events
information is also available from
DYNA, the library computer or at
the library’s World Wide Web site
(http://w w w .m ultnom ah.lib.or. us./
lib/). Weekly events are listed on the
Events Phoneline at 248-5151.
Summer Reading begins June I
and ends August I . Go to any Mult­
nomah County Library for more in­
formation or to sign up.
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T a k e a R id e in to th e F u tu re
T o keep Portland on track into the
21st century, Oregon Lottery dollars and
federal funds are building the Westside
Light Rail . . . keeping
Portland cleaner and more
livable by reducing com­
muter traffic.
Slated for completion in Spring 1998,
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the Westside Light Rail expan­
sion created an estimated 2,500
jobs and w ill run from down­
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to this project enabled
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