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Guide dogs receive training on Concordia University’s Campus
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will remain with Packard, and with
Concordia until he reaches 14 months
when he moves on to the next phase
o f his training at the guide dogs for
Blind campus in Boring, Oregon.
G uide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. offers
blin d people en h an ced m o b ility
through the unique skil Is o f dogs that
are developed, cared for, and trained
by a professional staff and nurtured
by d e d ic a te d y o u th an d a d u lt
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Each year, C oncordia U niversity’s
freshm an class brings to cam pus new
goals, challenges and perspectives.
T his past y ea r’s class brought all
these things and more. They also
brought with it dogs - two to be exact.
Freshman Ashley Packard and Mieke
Buesseler are both volunteer “ puppy
raisers” forG uide Dogs for Blind, Inc.
and requested that they be allow ed
to train their dogs on campus.
M ike B uessler was the first to apply
for this special consideration. She
and her brother had been sharing the
reasonability o f raising a guide dog at
h o m e . W h e n s h e e n r o lle d at
C oncordia she w anted her dog to I i ve
in the residence halls with her part-
tim e, B u esseler app ealed to the
campus LifeCommitteeand made sure
h6r fellow residence hall residents
w ere com fortable w ith the situation.
“ H aving a dog live in the residence
h alls w as a new ex p erien ce for
Corcordia,”
R em arks G lenn S m ith, D ean o f
Students. “T he training has w orked
out rem arkably well though and has
taught us how to adapt for future
s tu d e n ts w h o h a v e d o g s as
com panions. As the first trainer to
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bring a dog on to campus, Buesseler
had to educate cam pus on how to
react. “Education is an on-going
process everywhere, not ju st on our
cam pus. People have to learn that
theses dogs are different then p et’s,
they are in training.” A shley Packard
agrees. “M ost students are excited to
see the dogs when we com e to class.
O ver the m onths they have learned to
ask perm ission before petting them.
It is tough because I am sure they
m iss their own dogs at hom e.”
Packard is no strangerto raising guide
dogs. Her 8-week old golden retriever,
Rollo, is her sixth trainee since she
b e g a n v o lu n te e r in g fo r th e
organization in middle school. She
m o v ed to P o rtlan d to atten d
Concordia and to work for G uide
Dogs for the Blind, Inc. “ Being
able to bring Rollo on Cam pus to
class allow s m e to broaden his
socialization training,” remarks
Packard who lives in an apartment
off-cam pus. “ It is important the
guide dogs be exposed to as many
real-life setting as possible so they
a re c o m fo r ta b le w h en th e y
graduate from the program.” Rol 1 o
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Juneteenth is a reason for black celebration
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A s “ J u n e te e n th ,” th e o ld e s t
celebration o f the end o f slavery in
A m erica, is observed nationally on
June 19, m em bers o f the A frican-
A merican leadership network Project
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ask
A f r ic a n - A m e r ic a n s
everyw here to take tim e to celebrate
the progress they have m ade and
independence they have achieved.
New statistics com piled by Project 21
show trem endous gains m ade by the
b la c k c o m m u n ity th a t m e rit
recognition.
Juneteenth m arks the day - June 19,
1865 - that Union soldiers brought
w ord o f the end o f the Civil W ar and
em ancipation o f slavery to T exas. As
the new ly-freed A frican-A m ericans
encountered uncertainty aw ay from
the plantations, they view ed this
a n n iv e r s a r y as a s ta b iliz in g ,
m otivating presence in their lives.
R e c o g n itio n and c e le b ra tio n o f
Juneteenth has been on the rise since
the civil rights era. In 1980, T exas
m ade Juneteenth an official state
holiday. Legislators in M aryland are
also considering m aking the day a
state hoi iday. T oday, the celebration
o f Ju n e te e n th e o e s b ev o n d the
commemoration o f African-American
freedom to an em phasis on black
education and achievem ent. And,
w ith resp ect to such endeavors,
to d a y ’s
A fr ic a n - A m e r ic a n
com m unity has m uch to celebrate.
In B lack A m erica 2000: Indicators
o f A frican-A m erican P rogress, a
report soon to be published by Project
21, statistical evidence shows that
A fr ic a n - A m e r ic a n s h av e m a d e
substantial gains in recent decades.
Black high school graduation rates
have risen to the point w here they are
now statistically equal to those o f
w hites. In addition, since 1960, the
percentage o f the A frican-A m erican
population that has com pleted college
has m ore than quadrupled.
T his increased A frican-A m erican
educational attainm ent has provided
the foundation for higher salaries and
higher em ploym ent rates for black
A m ericans. Betw een just 1985 and
1997, for example, the median A trican-
A m erican salary rose by over 44
percent. T heeconom ic independence
this progress has given the African-
A m erican com m unity provides the
m eans to continue to work tow ards
absolute racial equality.
A lthough absolute racial equality
does not yet exist in the United Staes,
celebrations like Juneteenth show
h o w fa r h a r d - w o r k in g b la c k
A m ericans have com e during the last
several decades. It also shows how
such goals are attainable through
c o n tin u e d d e te r m in a tio n an d
f re e d o m . “ J u n e te e n th is th e
continuation o f A m erica’s liberation
m ovem ent which started with the first
shot o f the Revolutionary W ar and
ended with Juneteenth,"said Project
21 m e m b e r M o rn in g S u n d a y
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