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$1 million grant to PSU
Sen. M ark O. H atfield form ally
an n o u n ced Portland S tate U niversi
ty ’s ac ce p ta n ce o f a SI m illion infor
m ation technology federal grant that
u p g rad es public access to govern
m ental, historical and educational
inform ation
PSU w ill aw ard the m oney to
P O R T A L S (P ortland A rea Library
S ystem ) for use on O ct. 1, 1996.
P O R T A L S is a consortium o f 14
area p u blic and private academ ic
in stitu tions, the M ultnom ah County
L ibrary, and the O regon H istorical
Society.
It pro vides research inform ation
and o th e r library services electro n i
cally to its m em ber institutions and
the public.
H atfield m ade the announcem ent
at a press conference at PSU ’ s Mi 1 lar
Library w here P O R T A L S is head
quartered.
“ P O R T A L S co n n ects the entire
N orthw est and un dergirds our e d u
cational system w ith state-of-the-art
technology,” H atfield said.
H atfield was instrum ental in se
curing the federal funds, w hich com e
from the U.S. D epartm ent o f E duca
tion. This is the second m ajor feder
al grant PSU and P O R T A L S have
received for inform ation technology
im provem ents in the past year.
PSU and P O R T A L S receiv ed
$1.5 m illion, again through the e f
forts o f H atfield, in a D epartm ent o f
E ducation grant in O cto b er 1995.
“ T his grant helps P O R T A L S in
crease the inform ation inventory o f
the Portland m etropolitan area. It
uses will benefit every sector o f our
com m unity,” said H ow ard M cG inn,
P O R T A L S executive director
As part o f grant, P S U ’s M illar
Library receives $227,527 to pur
chase and install online b ib lio g rap h
ic records for 350,000 U.S. g overn
m ent records.
PSU serves as a governm ent doc
um ent depository, but m any govern
m ent docum ents are not currently
accessible electronically.
T he grant will help the M illar
Library continue its latest efforts to
im prove inform ation access to both
the public and private sector.
It lakes a whole village io raise a child
P ortland Public S chools has re
cently approved an alternative ele
m entary school nam ed IK O N N IW A
- T he V illage School, created and
run by a non-profit organization.
O p eratio n EASY, Inc IK O N N IW A
m eans "W e are one” in Y oruba, the
n a tiv e la n g u ag e o f the s c h o o l's
founder. Dr. Dapo Sobom ehin. Dapo
w as raised with the reality o f the
p o p u lar A frican proverb - "It takes a
w hole village to raise a child.”
Therefore, he has dedicated his life
in Am erican to creating village sup
port around youth. For the past ten
years that has taken the form o f O per
ation EASY, Inc. which provides at-
risk youth in North/N ortheast Port
land with tutoring, counseling, and
mentoring services beginning in ele
mentary school and following through
high school. The results have been a
95% school retention rate in the first
cohort group, which graduated from
high school in June o f 96.
H ow ever it is Dr. S obom ehin’s
desire for the youth to have a strong
academ ic foundation and a continu
ing love for learning that will lead
them to becom e the young profes
sionals they are capable o f being.
T herefore he, along with his wife,
Lisa Sobom ehin, have prepared a
school for students struggling to o b
tain grade level in one or m ore aca
dem ic areas. A team of three d edicat
ed teachers will w ork w ith the 40
students to be enrolled in the first
year. Students will enter at grades 3-
5 with the goal o f obtaining grade
level or above in all academ ic areas
before returning to the Portland P ub
lic Schools.
W ith a nurturing environm ent in a
sm all teacher student ratio, w here
'earning is relevant and interactive, it
is anticipated that the children will
regain their natural curiosity and self
confidence that once m ade leam in g a
natural part o f life. That love o f learn
ing is all too often lost in the third
grade, especially in A frican A m eri
can males. The m ulticultural inte
grated curriculum will lead to an
enhanced se lf esteem in these youth
as well as a respectful appreciation
for m em bers o f all cultural groups.
T hose desiring to have m ore in-
Unclaimed
scholarships
SAT prep
form ation about the school and en
rollm ent are encouraged to call the
school a, 282-0727 during the day or
D apo S obom ehin’s hom e at 230-
2378 in the evening. Every one is
w elcom e to an inform ation and en
rollm ent meeting to be held at the
school on August 31st at 6:00 p.m.
T h e sc h o o l is b e in g h o u se d at
M aranatha Church o f G od on 4222
A c la s s d e s ig n e d to h e lp
h igh sc h o o l ju n io r s an d se n io rs
p re p a re fo r th e S c h o la s tic A s
se ssm e n t T e st w ill be o ffe re d
at M a ry lh u rst C o lle g e in O c
to b e r.
T h e c la s s , “ S A T P re p ,” w ill
be h eld on S a tu rd a y , O ct 5,
12, 19 an d 2 6 , from 9 a m. to
n o o n . T h e $ 1 8 5 fee in c lu d e s
th e c o s t o f m a te ria ls . E n ro ll
m en t is lim ite d .
T h e S A T w ill be a d m in is
te re d th r o u g h o u t th e n a tio n
N o v .2 an d D ec. 7. R e su lts o f
th e s ta n d a r d iz e d te st are u sed
by m any c o lle g e s an d u n iv e r
sitie s fo r a d m is s io n an d s c h o l
a rsh ip p u rp o s e s .
T h e c la s s w ill be ta u g h t by
B e v e r le y B e r n e r t, r e a d in g ,
v e rb a l an d c r itic a l th in k in g
sk ills s p e c ia lis t, an d A nn H ill,
a m a th e m a tic s s p e c ia lis t. B oth
h av e d e s ig n e d an d ta u g h t SA I
p re p a ra tio n c o u r s e s fo r m any
y ea rs.
T o e n ro ll in th e c la ss o r to
o b ta in m o re in f o rm a tio n ,
p le a se c a ll 6 9 9 -6 2 6 0 .
W ith election year politics and
confusing prom ises about federal stu
dent grant approvals, direct g o v ern
m ent student loans, tax credits and
ch an g es in co lleg e financial aid
guidelines, many students are find
ing it difficult to identify and u nder
stand all o f their financial aid o p
tions.
U nfortunately, m any students are
m issing out on receiving financial
assistance that is available to them.
S tudents tak in g the traditional
path o f relying on federal, state and
institutional financial aid are becom
ing frustrated as they discover they
c a n 't afford to pay the increasing
dollars they are asked to contribute
each year.
T hese extra paym ents are strain
ing family budgets and assets as many
families try to fund schooling through
burdensom e debt.
Yet, unknow n to many people,
there are o ver 375,000 n o n -govern
ment scholarship and grant sources
available w hich do not have to be
paid back.
M ore than 80% o f these private
sc h o la rsh ip s d o n o t d e p e n d on
family need or exceptional grades
but are aw arded based on factors
such as the stu d en t’s interest, h o b
bies, academ ic focus, age, gender,
heritage or p are n t’s w ork or m ilitary
service.
Rem arkably, according to the N a
tional Com m ission on Student F i
nancial Aid, over $6 billion o f assis
tance goes uncollected each year
sim ply because stu d en ts are not
aw are o f i, and do not apply for it.
Now, through the resources o f the
N ational Academ ic Funding A dvi
sory (N A FA ), an updated p u b lica
tion for l9 9 6 -’97 is available w hich
spells out academ ic funding guide-
I ines, steps students through the maze
o f the financ ial aid process and shows
w hat’s needed to secure private as
sistance.
For inform ation on how to re
ceive academ ic funding and sch o l
arships send a No. 10 self-addressed,
double stam ped business envelope
plus $ 2.00 to co v er h an dling to
N A FA , 815 M iddle Street, Dept.
A7, Portsm outh, NH 03801.
NE 12th.
College speed record set
As the world tuned into A tlanta
earlier this month to catch a glim pse
o f history, not far away in the city o f
N ashville one student w as quietly
setting a world record o f his own.
On T uesday, Aug. 6, at 9:43 a m.
E D T , tra n s fe r stu d e n t D o n ald
G edge prepared, paid for, and sent
his adm issions application to M id
dle T en n essee S tate U niversity
(M T SU ) v iaC ollegeN E T M inutes
later. M aryC aprio, associate d irec
tor o f adm issions at M TSU , updat
ed G ed g e 's C ollegeN E T User A c
count acknow ledging receipt o f his
application.
Thanks to C ollegeN ET , this ap
plication and acknow ledgm ent took
one hour and three m inutes.
C ollegeN E T (w w w .collegenet.
com ), hosted by U niversal A lgo
rithm s Inc. (UA I), not only offers
students free access to an extensive
database o f colleges and universi
ties in the United States and abroad,
but also enables students to apply
directly to select schools. Among
the more than 50 schools accepting
o n lin e a p p l ic a tio n s th ro u g h
C ollegeN ET are C arnegie M ellon,
V irginia Tech, U niversity o f W is
consin, U niversity o f Sydney and
M ercer U niversity.
S c h o o ls b e n e f it fro m th e
CollegeN ET application service by
receiving applications electronical
ly, which eliminates errors and saves
tim e and money associated with
data re-entry.
“ U nder norm al circum stances, it
may take a week or longer to send
out an acknow ledgem ent," com
m ented Caprio. “ I can see how this
will m ake it easier on everybody."
W ith over I m illion hits per
month, C ollegeN ET also improves
recruitm ent traffic because it is a
com m on point o f entry for hun
dreds o f thousands o f kids looking
for a school to attend.
T
he
same
energy
that
B R I N G S S O M ANY T H IN G S TO L IF E
C A N A L S O TAK E A L IF E AWAY.’
The PCC Professional
Music Program
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Offers a real-world, no-nonsense approach to
careers in music.
Dawn/sba Warren and Jessica Scoggin (left to right) prepare for
the first call McCall "A day at the Beach" with two Woodlawn
School volunteers in their last program's season. First McCall has
donated tutoring, mentorship and a trip to the beach for up-close
study on Oregon marine life to first graders at Woodlawn School
for the past four years.
Linfield
available in Portland
Schedules for fall sem ester cours
es are now available from the Linfield
Portland cam pus, located in N orth
west Portland
The Linfield program is designed
to m eet the educational needs o f
adults who wish to com plete their
bachelor’s degrees or receive m ore
education w hile continuing to work
on a full-or part-tim e basis. D egrees
available in Portland are accounting,
managem ent, business inform ation
systems, international business, so
cial and behavioral sciences and arts
and hum anities. In addition, students
may com plete certificates in account
ing, human resource m anagem ent,
m arketingand com puter inform ation
systems. C ertificates are geared for
those students who wish to develop
skills that can be learned in college
level courses but who either already
have bachelor’sd egree or may not be
interested in pursuing a degree at this
time.
Registration forfall sem ester class
es has started and will continue
through Sept. 17. For registration
♦ Im provisation
♦ Expanded Midi I .ah
♦ P erform ance
Music Theory
Arranging
Recording
Fall classes start Sept. 23
More information,
Call 978-5317
Cascade Campus
Portland
Community
College
705 N. K illingsw orth
The past and future of science and technology
and general program inform ation,
contact Janet G ifford or Pat Kestner,
the local advisors, at 413-7056 or
413-7166 respectively. O ffice hours
are 10 a m. to 5:30 p.m. M onday
through Friday. C ourses are taught at
L infield’s Portland cam pus, located
at 2 2 15 N W N orthrup and 2255 NW
N orthrup.
L infield’s program offers evening
and w eekend classes, college credit
for prior learning based on w ork/life
experience, financial aid, and local
a c a d e m ic a d v is in g . O n o f th e
strengths o f the program , according
to Rich Emery, director o f the D ivi
sion o f C ontin u in g E ducation at
Linfield, is the availability ofG ifford
and K estner to talk to local residents
about their personal degree goals
and to offer suggestions on how stu
dents can design a schedule that best
m eets his or her needs.
Linfield College, through its Divi
sion o f Continuing Education, offers
similar programs in Albany, Astoria,
Bend, Coos Bay, Eugene, McM innvill,
Salem and Longview, Wash.
ith this in
mind, you
can prevent
electrical accidents
this summer by
following these
important safety
tips:
❖ Don't let
children climb,
build treehouses
or play in trees
near power lines.
In Nano: The Emerging Science of Nanotechnology
(Little. Brown), noted science writer Ed Regis
takes us inside an imminent scientific revolu
tion, nanotechnology. Profiling the visionary
scientists and engineers who may soon make
molecule-sized machines a reality, Regis
explores nano’s implications, from medicine and
manufacturing to computing and warfare. In
The Pinball Effect (Little, Brown), James Burke
takes readers on a fascinating
tour through history's most
dramatic innovations-and
shows “how sometimes the
simplest act will have cosmic
repercussions a hundred years
later.” For example, he shows
how the solution to early
colonists’ malaria ultimately led
to the development of better car
tires, and how clingwrap had its
origins in fake-lacquer furniture.
This is a journey through
knowledge with all the twists
and turns of a detective story.
❖ Don't let
children fly kites
near power lines,
or in rainy weather (never use any string
containing metal or foil).
❖ leach children to stay out of electrical substations
and other areas marked "Danger: High Voltage."
Exercise caution and use common sense around
electricity, and teach your children to do the same.
When it comes to kids and power lines, safety is no
accident.
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