August 17, 2011
Girls Learn Construction in UP Program
For the fifth year in a row, the
University o f Portland recently
hosted a tw o-w eek program
called the Building Girls Sum
mer Camp, designed to expose
middle and high school girls to
the world of construction.
The camp for high school
girls and middle school girls is
o p e ra te d
by
O reg o n
Tradeswomen, Inc.
“We focus on exposing girls
to opportunities in the construc
tion world,” said Katie Hughes,
Youth Programming Coordina
tor for Oregon Tradeswomen,
Inc. and 2002 UP alumna. “This
camp is important for these girls
because they can learn a trade,
which they traditionally don’t
learn.”
Cam p participants learned
teamwork to construct and paint
two sheds, later donated to local
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community gardens. The in
struction also included an over
view of the construction indus
try, math lessons and field trips
to rebuilding centers and stores.
Jillian Morehouse, 15, attended
both the high school and the
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with my hands, and my high
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the Building Girls SummerCamp,
For more information about go to tradeswomen.net.
International
Scholars to Arrive
As part of a program to bring
students from Central America
and the Caribbean to the local
area. Mount Hood Community
College is seeking families that
are interested in hosting an inter
national visitor.
W hile studying environm en
tal tech n o lo g y , S tudents o f
SEDD or Scholarship for E du
cation and Econom ic D evel
opm ent live with host fam ilies
and attend classes at M HCC
for nine months.
More families are needed im
mediately to host 19 students
that will soon be arriving this
month from Dominican Repub-
lic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Mexico and Nicara
gua.
"It's a great international ex
perience that you can have right
here in our own country," says
Nikki Gillis, MHCC SEED pro
gram coordinator.
Many students return home
to work as leaders in the envi
ronmental preservationund eco
nomic development of their com
munities.
If you are interested in host
ing a student in your home, call
Gillis at 503-491-7505. Host
families receive a $280 monthly
stipend to help offset costs.
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