P age A 7 Edile lien i v r n ’ □ r .r i r ..* ii n j\ » », * ' ' v «_ $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 w 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. 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