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î,K^Jortlanh ffîbscrucr May 20. 2009 Page A5 C areer &< E ducation Z CGidMUl jjtz college Transfer courses, career and technical programs, workforce services and basic skills education. Oregon City 19600 Molalla Ave. • 503-657-6958 NORTH CLACKAMAS CCC at Harmony Community Campus 7738 S.E. Harmony Road • 503-594-0620 Abe Fouhy (left) and Javierh Montero-Mondaca pursue their future careers at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. Wilsonville Students get Jump Start on College Students w ho are interested in maximizing their summer earn ing college credit can get a head s ta rt w ith S u m m e rT ra c k at Clackamas Community College. It’s possible to com plete a full term o f college sum m er term at the O regon C ity-based campus. C lackam as has m ade som e su m m er sc h ed u lin g ch an g es th a t w ill e n a b le stu d e n ts to w ork tow ard their educational goals w hile saving tim e and m oney. C la sse s are o ffe re d M onday through Thursday in four, eight and 11 - week formats. C lasses are scheduled in two blocks that don't overlap. “SummetTrack will allow stu dents to finish tw o com plete college courses in four weeks. These are classes like w riting, social science and speech, that are part o f a transfer degree,” said Bill Zuelke, dean o f Stu dent Services at CCC. S u m m e rT ra c k is a g o o d ch o ice fo r stu d en ts w o rking tow ard a transfer degree or an affordable w ay for those en rolled at four-year schools to earn college credits w hile home for the summ er. Students can finish three term s o f five-credit 29353 Town Center Loop E. • 503-594-0940 A natom y and P h y sio lo g y or Biology, for example T o fin d o u t m o re a b o u t Sum m erTrack at CCC, contact the co lleg e’s C ounseling and A dvising D epartm ent at 503- 657-6958, extension 2213. s"s C lA C K A M A f C O M M U N IT Y \/ i t Small business contractor Edmund Tawiah sets up a traffic count recording device for the Oregon Department of Transportation. Tawiah said that with the economy the way it is, ‘We're lucky to be able to do business with ODOT. ’ Diversity Opens Doors at ODOT W hen you drive by a co n struction site, you see a host of workers: surveyors, dem olition crew s, and ja c k h a m m e r and crane operators. However, just as in a stage production, there are m a n y v ita l b e h in d -th e - scenes jobs that go into the fi nal production. On the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Small Contract ing P rogram —-a program d e signed to provide opportunities for small businesses, including disadvantaged, minority-owned, w om an-ow ned and em erging small businesses?Oregon com panies have put their specialized know ledge to good use doing everything from traffic counts to landscaping design and pave- ment testing N ow more than ever, O D O T is m aking the necessary invest m ents in infrastructure that will pay dividends for future gen erations o f m otorists and trav elers. However, it isn 't the only investm ent O D O T is making. The Small Contracting Pro gram represents an investm ent in the people and com panies o f O regon, giving disadvantaged, m in o r ity -o w n e d , w o m an - owned and emerging small busi nesses o pportunities to grow and prosper. A Request for Q ualifications to participate in the program is posted on the Oregon Procure ment Information Network web site at orpin.oregon.gov. CO LLEG E ready? T V goes digital by June 12. Contact the Urban League of Portland if you need assistance Urban League of Portland Explore Careers at Business Fair On Thursday, May 28, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the O regon C o nvention C enter, the H is panic M etropolitan C ham ber and other com m unity based o r g a n iz a tio n s w ill p rese n t the state’s largest em ploym ent and small business fair. T his free event is open to the public and will feature em ploy ment, contracting and other in form ational booths from orga nizations throughout the state. Business owners can learn more about co n tract o pportunities, and w orkers can learn about em ploym ent and training op- portunities. E vent sponsors are the O r egon Economic and Community D evelopm ent D epartm ent, the O regon D epartm ent o f T rans portation, the Portland D evel o p m e n t C o m m is s io n an d W orksystem s, Inc. T h re e w o rk sh o p s, “ S m all B u s in e ss R e s o u r c e s ," “ Jo b H unting in a D ow n M ark et,” and “ E ducational O p p o rtu n i tie s in P u b lic /P r iv a te C o l le g es, T rad e S ch o o ls, e tc .,” w ill be co n d u cted befo re the fa ir b eg in s from II a m. to noon. 10 N. Russell, Portland, OR 97227 (503) 280-2600 Training w orkshops M on-Fri 8am -5pm