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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.
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C O M M U N IT Y
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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