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For every Portland police officer,
January I I , 2006
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College Focuses on Holiday
King, Parks remembered at Lewis & Clark
"Community policing is developing relationships with the public
and businesses and working together in cooperation with the
police to solve problems and create positive change."
Join us and write the next chapter.
Apply by: February 10, 2006, 4:30 p.m.
Contact Officer Larry Anderson: 503-823-0473.
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our health.
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Providence Health System-
Committed to diversity
As one of Oregon's largest private employers,
Providence Health System respects and values differences
in our patients and employees. We've developed programs
to support diverse needs and have been recognized as
one of the best places to work in the state.
At Providence, we honor diversity while sharing a
common goal - making a difference in your health.
among faculty and
s ta f f ,” sa id L isa
W e b b , a s s o c ia te
dean o f students and
director of ethnic stu
dent services. “ I am
very excited about
the future o f Lewis
& C lark.”
C o re tta
S c o tt
King described the
heart o f annual King
holiday celebrations
as honoring "the life
and contributions of
A m erica’s greatest
cham pion o f racial
justice and equality,
the leader who not
A grainy photo from the Lewis & Clark College
only dream ed o f a
archives shows Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
speaking Nov. 8, 1961 on its Portland campus.
color-blind society,
but who also led a
m ovem ent
th at
achieved historic re
forms to help make
it a reality. On this
day we com m em o
rate Dr. King’sgreat
dream o f a vibrant,
m u ltiracial nation
u n ited in ju s tic e ,
peace and reconcili
ation; a nation that
has a place at the
table for children o f
a
every race and room
candlelight vigil in
-
Lisa
Webb,
associate
dean
of
students.
at the inn for every
A gnes
F la n a g a n
needy child. W e are
C h a p e l.
C o lle g e
called on this holiday, not merely to honor, but to
President Tom Hochstettler will speak about
celebrate the values o f equality, tolerance and
“Reflection,Com m itm ent, and Action: A Vision
interracial sister and brotherhood he socom pel-
for Change at 7 p.m. All events are free and
lingly expressed in his great dream for Am erica.”
open to the public.
Lewis & Clark is located at 0615 S.W. Pa
“This year reflects an im portant time in Lewis
latine Hill Rd. Parking is free on campus. For
& C lark's m ovem ent toward change in regard to
more inform ation about, call 503-768-7743.
diversity, not only in the student body, but also
Rev. M artin Luther
King Jr. visited Lewis
& Clark C ollege in
Portland on Nov. 8.
1961 and talked about
the future of integra
tion. More than four
d e c a d e s la te r, the
campus will reflect on,
d is c u s s an d c o m
m em orate the civil
rights leader's life and
legacy in observation
o f Martin Luther King
Jr. Day, M onday, Jan.
16.
The college’s com
memoration activities
will also touch on the
life of civil rights pio
neer Rosa Parks who
d ie d last O c to b e r.
Shandra L. Terry will
give a monologue per
formance titled “ Rosa
Parks” A Catalyst in
the New W orld” at 3
p.m. in Templeton Stu
dent Center, Council
Cham ber.
O ther co m m em o
ration activities also
include readings, song,
keynote remarks and
This year reflects an
important time in Lewis
& Clark 's movement
toward change in regard
to diversity, not only in
the student body, but also
among faculty and staff.
Clark College Celebrates King’s Dream
Civil rights expert to address careers
Clark College in Vancouver
will host a celebration honoring
the life and dream s o f Dr. M ar
tin Luther King Jr. on Thursday,
Jan. 12
The guest speaker will be
author and educator Freeman
A. Hrabowski III, president of
the U niversity o f M aryland,
Baltim ore C ounty, w ho will
speak on “Beating the Odds:
Preparing Minorities for Science
and Engineering C areers.”
The presentation, which is
free and open to the public, will
begin at6p.m . at Clark C ollege's
GaiserHall, located on the north Freeman 4. Hrabowski III
west corner o f the main cam o f B irm in g h a m 's S ix teen th
pus, on Fort V ancouver Way Street Baptist Church.
He h a s c o -a u th o re d tw o
between McLoughlin and Fourth
books. Beating the Odds and
Plain Boulevards.
A child-leader in the civil O verco m in g the O dds (O x
rights m ovem ent, Hrabowski ford University Press), focus
was prom inently featured in ing on parenting and high-achiev
Spike L ee's 1997 docum entary. ing African American males and
Four Little Girls, on the ra fem ales in science. He serves
cially motivated bombing in 1963 as a consultant to the National
Science Foundation, the National
Institutes o f Health, and univer
sities and school systems na
tionally.
Hrabowski graduated from
the Hampton Institute at age 19,
w ith h ig h e s t h o n o rs in
mathem atics. At the University
oflllinoisat Urbana-Champaign,
he received his M aster’s De
gree in m athem atics and, four
years later, earned his Ph.D. in
higher education administration/
statistics at the age o f 24.
The program will also feature
presentations by the Multicultural
Students United Club o f Clark
College and M inorities Recon
structing C u ltu re (M R C ) o f
W ashington State University -
Vancouver, as well as a perfor
m an ce by th e C o m m u n ity
A.M .E. Zion Church Choir.
For additional information, call
360-992-2000 or visit the Clark
C o lle g e
w e b s ite
at
w w w .clark.edu.
Clark C ollege
Celebrates the Life a n d Dreams o f
Dr. M artin Luther King, Jr.
Author and educator
Dr, Freeman A. Hrabowski III,
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Providence Portland Medical Center • Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Providence Milwaukie Hospital • Providence Newberg Hospital
Providence Seaside Hospital • Providence Medford Medical Center
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital • Providence Health Plans
Providence Medical Group • Providence Child Center
Providence Resource Line 503-574-6595 • providence.org/oregon
President of the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County, will speak on
"Beating the Odds: Preparing Minorities
for Science and Eingineering Careers"
Thursday, January 12 - 6:00 p.m .
Gaiser Flail, Clark College
1800 E. McToughlin Blvd., Vancouver, WA
This presentation is free and open to the public.
360-992-2000 www.clark.edu
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