December 2, 1996
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Students visit OSU campus
By Marion Mercicr
On November 7, 1996 ten local Tribal High School students attended
the annual Native American Student Visitation Day at Oregon State
University. The students were Joe Mercier, Brandy Leno, Ben
Bishop, Jason Greenlaw, Sol George, Rachel Towner, Tara Leno,
Dustin Billings, Erica Mercier and Brian Krehbiel. We all enjoyed
lunch provided by the OSU Native American club members and then
vvc were given a tour of the campus facilities and programs. I really
appreciated the behavior the students displayed throughout the days
activities. They represented our Tribe very well.
Some of the comments expressed by the students were:
Joe: "I learned a lot about the way they help Native Americans in
college. 1 would like to go visit more colleges."
Brian: "It was interesting to learn about EOP and how it helps all
minorities and how they talk well and are well educated."
Other comments: "I liked all the people being courteous and kind.
They made me feel welcome."
And of course many of the favorable comments were about hav
ing free food!
The college visitations provide the students insight to what it could be like to go to
college and also the time gives us the opportunity to reinforce the idea that attending col
lege is a real choice that they have and to let them know that funding and support programs
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are available to all of them. I would like to personally commend this particular group
students also because the visitation day was scheduled on a day that school wasn't
session, so they gave up a vacation day to attend.
Winter term 1997
course offering
With the start of Winter Term 1997, the Tribal Educa
tion Division in partnership with Chemckcta Community
College, will be offering the following classes on site:
English Composition, Writing 122-123.
Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m.
Sociology 205.
Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m.
Mathematics, Math 052-095.
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m.
G.E.D.A.B.E. Instruction and Lab.
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m.
Psychology, Psy 202.
Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m.
Speech Small Group Dynamics, Sp 113.
Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m.
Additional week day classes are tentatively scheduled for:
Fundamentals of Accounting, Acct 053.
Medical Terminology, Med 052.
Evening classes will be held in the Grand Ronde Educa
tion Center classrooms beginning January 6, 1 997. On the
first day of classes you can complete the Chemckcta Com
munity College registration forms. To sign up for classes
call the Education Division at 879-2275.
Financial Aid Workshop
We will be holding our annual Education Program Fi
nancial Aid Application Workshop on FRIDAY, DECEM
BER 13 in Grand Ronde at the Tribal Community Center
from 9 a.m. until Noon. We would really encourage all
local high school seniors who plan to attend college or pro
priety school next fall to attend and get their financial aid
application completed at this time.
Also, if you are a returning student or if you are will be
entering college for the first time after being in the
workforce, this will be a good time to receive expert infor
mation on filling out the form. We will hold another work
shop in Mid-January at the Chemckcta campus in Salem.
If you plan to attend, please call the Education office
Hollie at 879-2275 or Marion at 879-2284.
Hotel Operations
and Guest Services
H Custodial Technician Training
In preparation for construction and opening of the Spirit
Mountain Hotel in the summer of 1997, the Tribal Edu
cation and Training Division, in collaboration with Spirit
Mountain Human Resources and Chemeketa Community
College - Training and Economic Development Center,
have scheduled this class to start during Winter Term,
January 8, 1997. This program will be repeated during
Spring Term 1997.
Program covers approximately 10 weeks and will of
fer 3 credit hours. Class is limited to 30 participants.
Course content will cover:
Trends in management and ownership.
Hotel organization and staffing.
Overview of front office operations and pest
cycle.
Room reservations, sales, forecasting, and
group reservations.
Safety and Security.
Front office accounting, check out, and night
audit.
Planning, budgeting, financial statements,
and payroll.
Yield management.
Recruiting, interviewing, training and
scheduling.
To be presented in the Guest Services portion:
Co-Management, and professional
development.
Team building, customer relations, and
employee relations.
Salesmanship, effective communication, and
goal setting.
WHERE: Chemeketa Community College
Salem Campus, Building 7, Room 105
WHEN: Januarys 1997 to March 12, 1997
Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
COSTS: J102 per participant; materials included.
COURSE TITLE: HTM 110, Hotel Operations and
Guest Services
ENROLLMENT DEADLINE: DECEMBER 20, 1996
The Custodial Training Program is non-credited and
will cover approximately 60 hours. Participants receive
a certificate of completion recognized by the National
Cleaning Management Institute. The Tribal Education
and Training Division along with Chemeketa Commu
nity College will collaboratively offer this first Level I
Custodial Technician class. Class is limited to 30 par
ticipants. Course content will cover:
Introduction to custodial industry.
On the job attitudes, work ethics,
organization, and team work.
Chemical usage and safety.
OSHA Regulations.
General cleaning chemicals, glass cleaners,
wood polishers, solvents, and metal polishers.
General chemicals, acids, abrasives, and
drain openers.
Detergent process.
Disinfectants, universal precautions,
bloodborne pathogens, rcstrooms and showers.
Carpets and carpet construction, upholstery,
vacuuming, spotting, shampooing, extracting
special chemicals and enzymes.
Indoor air quality, vacuum emissions, and
equipment care.
Hard wood floor care, daily care, buffing,
scrubbing, stripping, sealing reflnishing, sand
and screening.
WHERE: Chemeketa Community College
Salem Campus, Bldg. 7, Room 108
WHEN: December 5, 1996 to February 20, 1997
COSTS: $190 per participant; materials included
COURSE TITLE: Custodial Technician Level I
For enrollment information,
please call HoHie Larsen at
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879-2275 or 1-800-422-0232.
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