Monthly Highlights
October 2004 Highlights
DR. DALE PARNELL was named President Emeritus of Lane Community College by unanimous vote of Lane’s Board of Education on October 13. Parnell was recognized for his distinguished service as Lane's founding president, and a lifetime of influential leadership in the community college movement nationwide.
LANE OBSERVED ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY on October 19 with a special community open house in the Center for Meeting and Learning on main campus. President Mary Spilde addressed the 150 or so guests and welcomed guest speaker Dale Parnell, Lane’s founding president. Other founders present included first assistant to the president Bert Dotson, and charter board members Lyle Swetland, Dean Webb, and Cliff Matson. Several other former board members, staff and alumni celebrated, along with elected officials and other dignitaries. More information about the 40th anniversary, including historic photographs and oral histories, can be viewed on the Lane Archives web site at http://www.lanecc.edu/archives/Historylegacy.html.
THE MID-WILLAMETTE COLLEGE FAIR was held October 24 on main campus. Representatives from 100 colleges and universities provided information to prospective students. More than 1,000 people attended.
THE READING TOGETHER PROJECT at Lane, now in its second year, inspired a similar project this fall at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin. MATC heard a presentation by Lane coordinator Ellen Cantor at the 2004 Innovations conference and worked with Cantor to develop their own project. She says MATC sees the project as way of building a sense of community in a large college that is geographically spread out.
VOTER REGISTRATION reached historic milestones at Lane and in Oregon. Secretary of State Bill Bradbury visited main campus on October 11 to register Oregon's two-millionth voter, hosted by the Student Vote Coalition at Lane. The coalition itself registered a record 2,584 voters at Lane in the first 12 days of the term. The coalition includes ASLCC, Oregon Student Association, and OSPIRG.
THE NEW WEST ENTRANCE GARDEN opened in early October, replacing the old fountain which had long-term leakage problems. The garden features a brick labyrinth, gravel maze pathway, colorful fall plantings, and a small fountain in memory of Carol Lynn Morse, a long-time counselor at Lane who died earlier this year. Donations to the project were made by community businesses including Delta Sand and Gravel, Rexius Forest Products, Willamette Graystone, John Deere Landscapes, and Oregon Copper Bowl.
LANE’S HEALTH CLINIC was among many sites across the nation put on a wait list for flu vaccine this year. The clinic expected to be notified in early November whether it would receive any vaccine this year.
NANCY HART was appointed to the Association on Higher Education and Disability Board of Directors. AHEAD is an international, multicultural organization committed to the full participation in higher education of persons with disabilities. Hart will fill a vacancy for the remaining two years of a three-year term. Hart has directed Disability Services at Lane since 1999.
Excerpted from Lane Weekly and news sources by Joan Aschim, public information officer, Marketing and Public Relations, (541) 463-5591, October 2004.