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• ADMINISTRATOR AT GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE TO REPLACE KISBEY
Carreon named new dean of vocational education office
By FELICIA BRICHOUX
Courier Staff Writer
She ’ s worked at three community
colleges and she’s married to the
president of one of them. Her chil¬
dren all went to community col¬
leges, and she believes they are the
best possible places to begin higher
education. She also believes com¬
munity colleges have a mission: to
supply America’s work force. She’s
Dr. Susan Carreon, and she’s com¬
ing to PCC.
As soon as Dr. Betty Kisbey re¬
tired as dean of economic develop¬
ment/vocational education last Au¬
gust, the college began to search
widely for a new dean. The search
ended Feb. 7 when the Board of
Trustees ratified Carreon’s appoint¬
ment. She will assume her post March
11.
Carreon comes to PCC from
Golden West College in Huntington
Beach, where she has been adminis¬
trative dean of educational support
services for six years. That post was
comparable to her new position here.
Joyce Black, PCC vice president for
instruction, said: “Dr. Carreon is
probably the most qualified person
in California today, the most knowl¬
edgeable about trends in vocational
education, legal issues and pending
legislation.”
The new dean herself says she is
excited about working with PCC’s
faculty, staff and students. She also
had another good reason for coming
here: “PCC has a reputation as one of
the outstanding community colleges
in California. I ’ m looking forward to
working with the multitude of pro¬
grams that PCC has,” she said. She
added that another plus at PCC is that
she enjoys working with diverse
groups.
Carreon will administer PCC’s
programs that equip students for ca¬
reers ranging from police officer to
commercial artist, from nurse to
building contractor, and from finan¬
cial adviser to dentist. She will also
directPCC’s arrangements with busi¬
nesses to train their employees, often
on-site in skills tailored to each com¬
pany. The dean monitors PCC ’ s voc-
ed students’ job placement after they
complete their courses. “We must
verify to the state that we don’t just
offer classes but that we prepare
students for jobs,” Black said.
Please see CARREON, Page 5
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Susan B. Carreon
Education: bachelor of science
degree in nursing, Arizona State
University; master’s degree in
nursing, UCLA; Ph.D. in educa¬
tional administration, USC
Experience: administrative dean,
educational support services at
Golden West College; director,
health sciences at Santa Monica
College; department chairperson,
nursing at Cerritos College
• PCC ALUMNA FILLS
VACANT POSITION
College
welcomes
new nurse
By ARDA HAMALIAN
Courier Staff Writer
New PCC Health Nurse, Jo
Buczko, was welcomed to campus
by other faculty and staff members,
at a reception held last Thursday.
Representatives from the library,
nursing department, and records and
admissions office, attended the re¬
ception to meet Buczko and con¬
gratulate her on receiving the posi¬
tion.
Buczko, a graduate of PCC’s
nursing program, has filled a posi¬
tion which has been vacant since
Barbara Bondurant retired one and a
half years ago. Kathleen Konrad,
PCC staff nurse, has been the acting
College Health Nurse since
Bondurant’ s retirement.
“Kathleen handled the position
very well,” said Buczko. “She helped
make this a very smooth transition
for me.”
Buczko, who grew up in Michi¬
gan and moved to California when
she was 1 9, had been interested in a
nursing career since childhood.
“My mother went to nursing
school,” she said. “Although she
never graduated, that was enough to
get me interested in a career as a
nurse.”
After graduating from PCC in
1974, Buczko went on to work at
Intensive Care Units at Huntington
Hospital and Children’s Hospital,
where she worked as head nurse.
Buczko received her baccalaure¬
ate degree from Cal State L.A. in
1979, then worked at Kaiser
Permanente until 1995, focusing on
administrative medicine. She began
Please see BUCZKO, Page 2
ERWIN GOLDBERG
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Members of an Asian dance group perform the dragon dance during last year’s celebration of the Chinese New Year.
By GILBERT RIVERA
and KATRINA P. TEN
Courier Staff Writers
And so it is told in Chinese culture, Buddha
summoned all of the animal kingdom to visit
with him. Only 12 animals answered his
request and the rat was the first to arrive.
Buddha decided to honor each animal with its
own lunar year, thus, the tradition of Chinese
New Year, guo nian, was created. Each year
embodies certain traits and flaws in people
who were bom under that year.
Superstition and age-old traditions are in¬
tegral parts of guo nian, which begins Mon¬
day and mns for eight days. It is considered
bad luck to clean or use a knife at the start of
Chinese New Year. Some believe that buying
new shoes and wearing them would chase evil
spirits away.
Many celebraters of guo nian make home
offerings on altars to Buddha consisting of
oranges that bring good luck. They light in¬
cense that sends away the evil spirits.
Little red paper envelopes filled with money
are given by older family members to the
younger members symbolizing prosperity and
good fortune in the new year.
Also, during guo nian festivities, the lion
dance is common place. Asian communities,
restaurants and businesses hire dancers to visit
them. The dance is said to bring good luck and
fortune.
At the beginning of the dance, firecrackers
are used to scare away any evil spirits. The lion
symbolizes power and success and when it
dances, good luck and prosperity follow.
This year’s guo nian is the year of the rat.
Chinese scholars say that the year augurs well
for tradesmen and artisans and will be of great
affinity to those born in the following years:
Please see NEW YEAR, Page 5
THE RAT
Years:
1924, 1936,
1948, 1960,
1972, 1984,
1996
Personality profile:
charming, intelligent and
resourceful. This sign is
known as a “wealth animal”
Traits: sharp and witty,
socially suave, enterprising
by nature, a self-starter
Flaws: possibly a social
climber, stingy
• DEAN OF STUDENT SERVICES
RECOGNIZED FOR HER WORK
Humanitarian
award given
to Dean Moore
By KEN WOO
Courier Staff Writer
After more than 20 years of com¬
munity service, Ernestine Moore,
dean of student services, finally re¬
ceived the recognition due to her.
Last week she was presented with
the Roy Campanella Humanitarian
Award for outstanding achievements
as an educator and humanitarian by
the Alkebu-lan Cultural Center in Pasadena.
“I felt very honored to get the award. It means a lot
to me,” said Moore. Actually these awards are nothing
new for Moore whose previous honors have included the
YWCA’s Second Century Award, Woman of the Year
from PCC and the Sojomer Truth Award from the First
AME Zion Church.
This is the second year the Campanella award has
been given out. Skip Robinson, director of athletics at
PCC and co-founder of the award, says that it was started
to honor local people who have made a difference in the
community. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roy Campanella’ s
name was chosen because of his unwavering support of
his community, especially after his accident which left
him paralyzed. Robinson says that Moore was nomi¬
nated for the award for her devoted involvement in civic
organizations.
Moore has been a resident of Pasadena for almost a
quarter of a century and has participated in numerous
community events. “We each have a responsibility to
give back to our community,” said Moore. Among some
of her involvements include president of the Urban
Revitalization Development Corporation, vice presi¬
dent of the board of directors at the Pasadena/Foothill
YWCA, and member of the board of directors of Women
at Work. “I am driven by my feeling that somewhere we
all have to find a way to live together,” said Moore.
Moore believes that all individuals in the community,
regardless of race, religion, or socio-economic status
must be treated with respect and dignity. They should
also work together to create a healthy and productive
quality of life for all its citizens. “Regardless of adver-
Please see AWARD, Page 5
Ernestine Moore
• NEW FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE SCHEDULING AND ACADEMIC NEEDS
New business microcomputer lab coming to PCC
By ARDA HAMALIAN
Courier Staff Writer
The PCC Business Education
Microcomputer Center, which will
be equipped with 60 microcomputer
work stations including monitors and
printers, is expected to be available
to students next fall.
Occupying three rooms in the R
building, the center will be used as a
computer lab, a classroom, or a group
of seminar rooms.
It will be open, at a minimum,
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through
Friday and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
A certified instructor will be
present in the center at all times to
allow maximum flexibility of course
offerings.
The center will accommodate tra¬
ditional registration as well as allow¬
ing students to register at any time
during the semester.
“Two words describe our vision
of the microcomputer center: quality
and access,” said Don Paxton, divi¬
sion deanofbusiness education. “The
intent of our division is to make a
positive impact on the lives of our
students by helping them obtain gain¬
ful employment. We believe the cen¬
ter will serve the varied needs of
continuing students, returning adults,
students with young children and
students who work.”
The new facility will serve stu¬
dents enrolled in microcomputer
courses such as beginning and ad¬
vanced micro-keyboarding and
document processing, and introduc¬
tion to word processing on micro¬
computers. Many of the word pro¬
cessing courses are scheduled to be
offered on an individual self-paced
basis for students who cannot con¬
form to a fixed schedule.
The microcomputer center will
also serve as a career center for
business students. It willbe equipped
with a state-of-the-art computer with
CD ROM. In addition, database
search capabilities will be available
for students to aid them in business
skill identification and inventory,
job and career searches, resume writ¬
ing and other business related topics.
The lab will support the use of
computer based instruction for the
entire business education curricu¬
lum.
COLLECTING PINTS
JAMES FUENTES
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Registered nurse Valerie Poliak ministers to blood donor Wanida
Ruangsiriluk. See story on page 3.
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