x Special Edition May 17, 2006 Page A5 P Aspiring Teachers Program Celebrates Subscribe’ 503-288-0033 Fill Out & Send To: Students honored at PCC Cascade A c u ltu ra lly d iv e rse g ro u p o f p e o p le w h o h av e c h o se n te a c h in g as a c a re e r to b e n e fit th e ir co m m u n itie s an d so c ie ty at a w h o le w ill be h o n o re d F rid a y , M ay 19 d u rin g a “C e l­ e b ra tio n o f S tu d e n ts ” e v e n t at th e C a sc a d e C a m p u s o f P o rt­ land C o m m u n ity C o lle g e in n o rth P o rtlan d . T he Portland T each ers P ro­ gram holds the annual c e le b ra ­ tion for aspiring teaches, from college freshm en to graduate stu d en ts as w ell as program alumni. A reception will be held at 4 :3 0 p.m . in the PC C C ascade Student C enterdining room with the celebration program follow ­ ing from 5:30 p.m . to 7:30 p.m. in the c a m p u s’ new M oriarty A rts and H um anities Building. A ttending will be program participants and their fam ilies, leaders from the A frican A m eri­ can. native A m erican. Latino and A sian A m erican com m uni­ ties and representatives from education, business and govern­ m ent. T he P ortland T eachers P ro­ g ra m is a p a rtn e rsh ip effo rt am ong Portland Public Schools, PC C . Portland State U niversity Advocating for Community Colleges and the U niversity o f Portland to increase the num ber o f c u l­ tural c o m p e te n t teach ers for P ortland schools. Im plem ented in 1989 as a response to the critical shortage o f cu lturally and ethnically d i­ verse teachers, the program has g raduated KM) teachers, m ost o f w hom continue to teach in P ortland schools. Several have also becom e principals and vice principals. Ingredients for life ]Jortlanb (fth s m ie r Atm: S ubscriptions. P O Box 3137. P ortland O R 9 7 208 s u b s c r ip tio n s a re ju s t $60 per year (please include check w ith this subscription fo rm ) N ame : _________________________________ T elephone : _________ A ddress : _________ I o r e m a il su b s c r ip tio n s ® p o r tla n d o h ser v e r .c o m ------------------------------------------------------------ SAFEWAY O Clark College President leads in national post R. W ayne B ranch, president o f C lark C o lleg e in V ancouver, has been elected to the A m e ri­ can A sso ciatio n o f C o m m u n ity C o lleg es B oard o f D irectors for a th ree-y ear term follow ing a year o f service on the panel. A A C C is the p rim ary ad v o ­ c a c y o r g a n i z a t i o n f o r th e natio n 's com m unity col leges and represen ts m ore than 1,200 as­ sociate d eg ree-g ran tin g in stitu ­ tions o r 95 p ercen t o f all a ccred ­ ited tw o -y ear co m m u n ity c o l­ leges, ju n io r and technical c o l­ leges in the U nited States. B ranch said he is enthusiastic about the o p p o rtu n ity to serve the national o rg an izatio n w hile v alid a tin g his C lark C o lleg e B o a r d ’ s v is io n - a n d th e c o m m u n ity ’s aspirations - for C lark C ollege. Hal Dengerink, chancellor and senio r adm inistrative o fficer for W ash in g to n S tate U n iv ersity V ancouver, know s the ad v an ­ tages B ran ch ’s natio n al-lev el position could provide to S o u th ­ w est W ashington. “ Dr. B ra n c h ’s electio n to the A A C C board is very m uch d e ­ serv ed ,” said D engerink. “ He has estab lish ed h im self as one w ho cares about this co m m u ­ nity and w ho w orks tirelessly to im plem ent long-term system ic chan g es to im prove its e d u c a ­ tional in frastru ctu re. He has d em o n strated an unusual ability to w ork cooperatively with other institutions to address the c o m ­ plex and co m p reh en siv e needs R. Wayne Branch o f the com m unity. T his kind o f thinking serves our students and o u r com m unity w ell, and this position w ith A A C C w ill assist him in contin u ing to serve this com m unity for m any years to c o m e .” C o m m u n ity colleges are the largest and fastest grow ing sec­ tor o f h ig h er education, serving o v er 11 m illion students each year. A dvocacy by A A C C and b y p r e s id e n ts a n d b o a r d s throughout the nation has re­ sulted in the preservation o f sev­ e ra l p ro g ra m s a n d fu n d in g sources that are critical to co m ­ m unity colleges and the students they serve. “T his recognition is a reflec­ tion o f Dr. B ra n c h 's status as a n a tio n a l c o m m u n ity c o lle g e leader. His continued w ork on the A A C C board will bring na­ tional attention to Southw est W ashington in the higher ed u ­ cation arena. 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