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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