^îorilanb (Obstruer Page 4 January 26. 2011 Mt. Hood CC Leadership Search College board lauds outgoing president T he Mt. H ood C o m m u n ity C o l­ lege b o ard re c e n tly a n n o u n ce d th at Jo h n . J. “ S k i” S y g ie lsk i has a c c e p te d a p o sitio n as p re sid en t o f H arrisb u rg A rea C o m m u n ity C o lle g e in P en n sy lv an ia. S y g ielsk i has serv ed as M H C C p re sid en t sin ce Ju ly 2008 and w ill c o n tin u e in th at p o sitio n until the e n d o f the sch o o l y e ar on Ju n e 30. C o lleg e o fficials said d u rin g his th re e y e a rs at M H C C , S y g ie ls k i’s has b een the d riv in g fo rce b eh in d sig n ific a n t a d v a n c e m e n ts fo r the sc h o o l. “T he b o ard is g ratefu l to Dr. Ski for his ste a d fa st c o m m itm e n t to serv in g stu d e n ts,” said B rian J. F reem an, M H C C b o ard chair. “ W e g av e h im th e d ire c tio n to im p ro v e the c o lle g e ’s p e rfo rm a n c e in th ree k ey a re a s: c o m m u n ity e n g a g e ­ m ent, M H C C e n ro llm e n t from o u r d is tric t’s h ig h sc h o o ls an d p ri­ v ate su p p o rt o f the M H C C F o u n ­ d atio n . H e has c le a rly a c h ie v e d all th e se o b je c tiv e s an d m an y m o re, in c lu d in g a 2 0 2 0 C a m p u s M a ste r P lan , in n o v a tiv e a c a d e m ic p ro ­ g ra m s an d g ro w th in d is ta n c e le a rn in g .” John ‘S ki” Sygielski T h e b o a rd is d e v e lo p in g p la n s fo r a p re s id e n tia l sea rc h as w ell as p la n s fo r an in te rim p re sid e n t. C o lleg e L ib rary at M a y w o o d P ark • f Ä c . I . J#*« T&i,}' "... M t. H ood C om m unity C ollege now serves the Parkrose area w ith a new 5 00 square foot library at the M ayw ood Park Cam pus, 10100N.E. Prescott St. T he library is stocked w ith books and o th er m aterials in E nglish, as well as Spanish, giving M H C C stu­ dents and others an im portant re­ source close to hom e, or w here they attend classes. T here are also a num ber o f sm all laptop com puters available fo r tw o- hour check-out. T he hours o f o p ­ eration are M ondays - T hursdays, 8 a.m . - 8 p.m .: Fridays, 8 a.m . - 5 p.m .; Saturdays, 9 a .m .- 1 p.m .: and Sundays, noon - 4 p.m . T he library is closed holidays. The M ayw ood Park cam pus o f­ fers classes in w riting, m ath, p sy ­ chology, English as a second lan­ guage, English as a non-native lan ­ guage, general educational d ip lo ­ m as, adult basic skills, w orkforce developm ent and non-credit c o m ­ m unity education. T he cam pus offers college place­ m ent testing, G E D testing and stu ­ dent advising services. A C o m m u ­ nity Skills C en ter offers self-paced co m p u ter and office skills classes designed to upgrade stu d en ts’ jo b skills. F o r m o re in f o r m a tio n , c a ll M ayw ood Park at 503-491-6100. Financial Aid Help Saturday You don’t have to save the world. Just turn the bathroom lights off. If we all make simple changes, we can make a big impact. Turning off lights when you leave a room is a good start. You can also install energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs, lower your thermostat, replace energy-craving appliances with ENERGY STAR ' appliances and much more. You’ll save energy, money and you'll be doing your part. You'll find plenty of energy-saving answers at pacificpower.net Portland C om m unity College will once again give students assistance w ith subm itting their free ap p lica­ tion for financial aid for college. PC C is hosting its annual F in an ­ cial A id Day on Saturday, Jan. 29 from 9 a.m . to noon at the R ock Creek, C ascade, Sylvania and South­ east Portland cam puses. S ta ff and student volunteers will be on hand to help students in co m ­ pleting the FA FSA form s and su b ­ m itting the application online. S tudents should bring th eir p ar­ ents after they dow nload the FA FSA form by filling it out as com pletely as possible, and the appropriate p re ­ a p p lic a tio n w o rk sh e e t fo u n d at fafsa.ed .g o v. Students and parents should bring their Social Security num bers, birth dates, financial aid PIN, inform ation on incom e earned for 2010, a 2010 W -2, last pay stub from 2010 or 2009, tax return and current value o f assets. PCC recently hired a V eterans A ffairs Specialist to help serve stu­ dents returning from com bat access educational benefits. T he specialist helps veterans and th eir spouses and dependents use their benefits to support their college expenses. ©20» t Pacific Power PACIFIC P O W E R Let’s turn the answers on. Advertise with diversità / ill 11 * P( irtland Observer Call 503-288-0033 ads@portlandob• server.com