Monthly Highlights
April 2004 Highlights
LISA OXENFORD, administrative specialist in Health, PE and Athletics, was named Outstanding Classified Employee of the Month for April. She started out in the Business Administration department in 1996 and moved to H,PE&A in 1999.
JIM GARCIA, diversity coordinator at Lane since October 2000, received the Human Rights Leadership Award from the Springfield Alliance for Equality and Respect at its April 1 Cesar Chavez celebration in Springfield. Garcia was commended for his efforts to establish a diversity plan in the Springfield school district, as well as a lifetime of achievement in diversity, volunteerism, teaching, and leadership.
KAT PUDWILL, student service associate in the Counseling Department, died April 2 at age 60 from a stroke. A scholarship fund in her memory was set up through the Lane Community College Foundation.
JOHN BUTLER AND VALERIE SIMMONS were among 36 students from Oregon community colleges honored for academic excellence by Gov. Ted Kulongoski in a ceremony on April 6. Butler is an elementary education major who writes his own software for use in the classroom. Simmons is a first-generation college student working on a transfer degree with a major in ethnic studies. Both hold a 4.0 grade point average.
THE ACCREDITATION COORDINATING TEAM posted the first draft of the self-study for review at http://www.lanecc.edu/selfstudy/index.htm on April 6. A second draft will be available in early June.
THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY program was recertified by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), it was announced April 8. The program meets strict industry standards and underwent a rigorous evaluation in automatic transmission and transaxle, brakes, electrical electronic systems, engine performance, engine repair, manual drive train and axles, suspension and steering, and heating and air conditioning.
KLCC 89.7 FM's spring radiothon was held April 2-8 and garnered $251,205 in pledges. A total of 3,340 listeners pledged. Two-thirds of KLCC's budget comes from listeners and local businesses.
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MOMENT, Lane's academic journal, was named the Innovation of the Year on April 9. The League for Innovation in the Community College names an award winner at member colleges annually. The Moment is a peer-reviewed, refereed journal, published once a year.
A COLLEGE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM was approved by 7-0 vote at the Lane Community College Board of Education on April 14. The occasion followed months of work and years of governance discussion at the college.
THE ANNUAL CAREER FAIR was held April 14. The fair gave students and other job-seekers the chance to meet with representatives from about 50 employers to learn about career and job opportunities.
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL CAREERS EXPLORATION DAY brought 200 high school students to main campus on April 14 for hands-on opportunities to explore a variety of occupations. A Perkins grant funded the occasion.
LANE PRESIDENT MARY SPILDE was appointed to the State Workforce Investment Board by Governor Ted Kulongoski, effective April 15. Spilde served on the State Workforce Quality Council for six years, appointed by two consecutive governors.
TWO SCULPTORS FROM THE INAMI WOODCARVER'S GUILD of Japan lectured at Lane on April 15. They worked with students in instructor Lee Imonen's site-specific sculpture class on a project to be installed in Moskus Courtyard on main campus.
ALLAN G. JOHNSON, author of "Privilege, Power and Difference," was the keynote speaker at spring in-service on April 23. He also spent a day meeting with students. His book was a selected reading of the collegewide Reading Together project.
MCKENZIE-WILLAMETTE AND SACRED HEART medical centers were named co-recipients of the Business of the Year Award on April 27 by Lane's Cooperative Education Program. Lane coordinates more than 2,000 student internships each year at over 800 different sites. The medical centers have provided thousands of students with quality work experiences in health occupations, electronics, administrative office support, and computers.
CAROL LYNN MORSE passed away April 28 from colon cancer. She taught and counseled at Lane since July 1978, including coordinating the Center for Family Counseling program (Saturday Circus) and counseling for various academic programs through the Counseling Department since October 1992. A memorial service was set for Sunday, May 23, at 1 p.m. in the Center for Meeting and Learning, Building 19. Donations were being accepted by the Lane Community College Foundation and Musgrove Family Mortuary.
Excerpted from Lane Weekly and news sources by Joan Aschim, public information officer, Marketing and Public Relations, (541) 463-5591, April 2004.