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M ultnom ah ESD
Academic All-Stars:
1998 Finalists Named
They range from an accomplished
com puter scientist at Gresham High
School, to a dancer extraordinary at
Jefferson High School, to a Grant
High School student fluent in three
languages. They have studied in
Europe, sung in our nation’s capital
and performed right her in the City o f
Roses.
They dispel every negative notion
society holds about today’s youth
and the ability o f public schools to
produce world class scholars. These
students demonstrate values and work
habits that firm hope for the future.
Amidst the long shadows cast by our
best achieving high school students,
they stand tallest. They a re the 1998
M ultnom ah C ounty A cadem ic All-
S tars.
On April 28, 1998, Multnomah
Education Service District and the
MESD Foundation will honor them
at the 15th Annual Academic All-
Stars Banquet at the Sheraton Port
land Airport Hotel. At the banquet,
the MESD Foundation will also dis
tribute $30,000 in scholarship funds
contributed by local individuals, busi
nesses and foundations. Grand Spon
sors include Digital Vision, Inc., Rose
E. T ucker Charitable T rust, Holzman
Foundation and Oregon Health Sci
ences University. Other major gifts
w ere received from PG E/Enron
Foundation, Weston Pontiac/Buick/
GMC, the Kapteyn family, Jackson
F o u n d a tio n , Fred M eyer. Inc.,
George Azumano, Wayne Hamersly,
and PCC Structurais.
A cadem ic A ll-Star candidates
com pete at the school level in one
o f nine categories. B eginning with
142 students, the field has narrowed
to 72 students reaching the County
finals.
The finalists have survived a
portfolio review and interview s at
the school level, and a county-w ide
review by a panel o f distinguished
judges. Sixteen public high schools
are represented.
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Portland State University Wins Regional
Advertising Contest:
“Now on to the Nationals; Let’s Bring Home the Big One”
After eight years o f participation,
Portland State University has won
the District XI National Student Ad-
vertisingCompetition(NSAC)spon-
sored by the American Advertising
Federation and this year's clie n t-
Hallmark. PSU goes on to the Na
tional Finals in Minneapolis June 17-
20 to compete against 14 other re
gional winners.
"Winning this has changed my
life,” says Mike Lakey, a member o f
PSU’s 11-person team. "W e went
into this experience determined to do
the best work we could. Winning
proved that the effort you put into
things paysoff. And, when you came
together and accomplish something
like this, it’s sweet!”
The competition, which took place
April 17 Billings, Montana, involved
nine schools from the Pacific North
west, including the University o f O r
egon, which took second place, and
theUniversityldaho,whichtook third.
The student "agencies” were to cre
ate a total marketing campaign for
Hallmark, including ads for print and
broadcast media, sales promotions
and public relations. Teams were
judged on their 40-page plans book
and their 20-minute presentation.
PSU won the highest marks in both
categories; but more important was
the rapport which surfaced between
them, as the agency, and the client
judges, says Patti Cody, K VO Adver
tising, competition coordinator for this
district. “In the judging, as in any real
life situation where an agency is try ing
to woo new business, there isa subjec
tive component. How well will you
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PSU NSAC team (left to right from the top): Jenna Gambaro (top), Bassem Kudsi (glasses), Patrick
Rossetti, Rebecca McClary, Jason Grosz. Corey Stafford, John Heady, Kim MonBarren, Sean Shepard,
Marc Goldberg, Mike Lakey, Roshan Bellavara .
New Transfer Scholarships For
Community College Scholars
G overnor Kitzhaber told 34 ex
cited community college scholars that
13 independent and seven public
universitites will provide them with
transfer scholarships to help them
complete their baccalaureate degrees
at O regon’s four year institutions.
The transfer scholarships range
from $ 1,000 to $ 1,500 per year and
will be provided to the community
college scholars who transfer to the
participating four year institutions.
“W e hope by providing the trans
fer scholarships we will encourage
these students to consider co n tin u
ing their educational jo u rn e y s at
O regon’s Independent col leges and
u n iv ersities,” says G ary A ndeen,
E xecutive d irector o f the O regon
Independent C olleges A ssociation.
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fin g e r th e blam e and try som e
d iffe re n t, n o n -tra d itio n a l so lu
tio n s to th e p ro b le m .”
A s a t w e n ty - y e a r v e te r a n
d e a th
scen e
in v e s tig a to r,
N a w o jc z jk has w itn e sse d f ir s t
h an d th e te llin g e ffe c ts o f yo u th
v io le n c e .
By d e v e lo p in g th e tru s t o f
m an y g a n g m e m b e rs th ro u g h
c o m m u n ic a tio n and p e r s e v e r
ance, he h as beco m e one o f the
n n o a f i tio
n n n ’ e ’s l a le u a d d in
in o g m a ith
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ritie s
on
gang c u ltu re and p sy c h o lo g y .
N a w o jc z y k ’s w ork w ith gangs
and ju v e n ile v io le n c e has been
featu red on H BO in the A m erica
U n d e rc o v e r se rie s. G an g W ar:
B a n g in ’ in L ittle R ock.
He d isc u sse d th e h isto ry and
id e n tific a tio n o f gan g se ts, gang
re c ru itin g p ra c tic e s, had sig n s,
g ra ffiti in te rp re ta tio n and som e
n o n -tra d itio n a l so lu tio n s to v io
lence.
A lso h ig h lig h te d d u rin g the
s e m in a r w as th e “ S a v e O u r
Y o u th ” p ro g ra m , fe a tu rin g a
p a n e l o f lo c a l e x p e r ts w ho
p re se n t the lo cal gan g and ju v e
n ile v io le n c e c lim a te .
R e p re se n ta tiv e s from the fo l
lo w in g a g e n c ie s w e re on he
panel: P o rtla n d P o lic e B ureau
G an g E n fo rc e m e n t T eam , P o rt
la n d P u b lic S c h o o ls P o lic e ,
H ouse o f U m o ja, th e C ity o f
G re sh a m P o lic e D e p a rtm e n t,
Y outh G angs O u tre a c h and the
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty J u v e n ile
C o m m u n ity ju s tic e G an g Re
s o u rc e in te rv e n tio n T eam
(G R IT ).
Happy Birthday
& Jessica Huff
Your Family Loves You
Very Much!
sible, says Cody. Students must ana
lyze a problem and solve it. They do
research; they must be creative. They
select media and they target audi
ences
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Spring
Career
Fest!
C om m unity c o lle g e stu d e n ts
typically fair very w ell after tra n s
ferring to four year institutions.
A ccording to research from the O r
egon U niversity System , com m u
nity college transfer students have
the same grade point average and
gradutate at the sam e rate as stu
dents w ho started at the public uni
versities.
Star Speaker On Juvenile Violence At PCC
W e g o t an a ll-a c c e ss p a ss to
tie y o u th v io le n c e u n d e rw o rld
tro u g h th e ey es o f a m an w ho
as seen its d e v a sta tin g e ffe c ts
irsth an d .
S te v e N a w o jc z y k , a h ig h ly
isib le fig u re in the ju v e n ile vio-
ence p re v e n tio n a re n a , w as be
he k e y n o te sp e a k e r in Ju v e n ile
Ziolence: S y m p to m s an d so lu -
ions at P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity
C o lle g e ’s C e n tr a l P o r tla n d
V o rk fo rc e T ra in in g C e n te r on
kpril 24 from 9 a.m . to 3 p.m .
N a w o jc z y k ’s e y e - o p e n in g
»resentation is de sig n e d to m ake
to m m u n ities aw are o f th e dy-
lam ics o f th e g an g c u ltu re and
n o tiv a te them to b eco m e p ro ac-
ive ra th e r than re a c tiv e in d e
veloping and im p le m e n tin g p ro
grams to m an ag e ju v e n ile vio-
e n c e in th e ir a re a . H e states,
‘V io le n c e a n d g a n g c u ltu r e
:ross all so cial an d ec o n o m ic
b o u n d a rie s.” He a lso c la im s,
‘S in ce th e 1 9 5 0 ’s, each g en era-
ion o f A m erican s has been m ore
ziolen t th an th e la s t.” H is so lu -
ion is in te rv e n tio n and p re v e n -
ion. “ A d u lts m ust q u it try in g to
considered particularly effective and
suitable for Hallmark.
The student competition was cre
ated to mirror the real-life process o f a
marketing campaign as closely as pos-
work together?” says Cody PSU also
won, she says, because the judges felt
they best answered the assignment, and
because the team’s presentation was
casual and very personable, a style
Wednesday, May 6,1998
Cascade Campus
11a.m. - 6p.m.
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Community College Career and
Job Information Fair and visit
with over 100 employers.
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Mall area.
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Doubletree Hotels, Liberty Northwest Companies, Tektronix, U nited
Parcel Service (UPS), Fred Meyer, Kaiser Permanente, Legacy Health
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