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COURIER
VOL. 64, NO. 6
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 26, 1987
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The new superintendent-
president must’ “com¬
municate effectively
with all segments of the
college and be a creative,
foreward looking leader.
He or she must have good
communication skills for
the colligate style of gov¬
ernment.”
Susanna Miele, president
Board of Trustees
Jack Scott, president,
Oppress College,
Oppress, California.
Bonnie James, assistant
superintendent for administrative
affairs, PCC.
Lawrence Tpree, president, Gulf
Coast Communitp College,
Panama dtp, Florida.
The new superintendent-
president will be an¬
nounced at the April 2
Board of Trustees meet¬
ing and will report to
work July 1.
Courier photos by Alan Duignan,
Jeanine Graham,
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Ma, Steven Marks
and Kevin Tooley
Patricia Wirth, president,
Yuba Communitp College
District,
Marpsville, California.
Arthur DeCabooter, president,
Scottsdale Communitp College,
Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Five Finalists Give Their Qualifications
By Jennifer Landis
News Editor
The selection of the five finalist Has
been made, and the candidates have
been interviewed by the Board of
Trustees and given a tour of the cam¬
pus and receptions to introduce them to
the campus community. This was the
easy part.
Now the Board of Trustees must
decide who will become the next super¬
intendent-president of PCC.
The candidates come from a wide
variety of backgrounds, but they all
have one thing in common, their desire
to lead PCC.
What prompted these five to apply to
PCC?
Dr. Patricia L. Wirth, president,
Yuba Community College District, was
told of the opening by a colleague. She
feels it is a “wonderful opportunity."
Dr. Jack A. Scott, president, Cypress
College, feels that the “institution rep¬
resents an exciting challenge in terms
of its large size and complex struc¬
ture.’’
Dr. Lawrence W. Tyree, president,
Gulf Coast Community College, had
heard “so many good things about
PCC” that he had to apply. “PCC is one
of the older and some would say better
community colleges in the country.”
Dr. Arthur W. DeCabooter, presi¬
dent, Scottsdale (Arizona) Community
College, applied because of PCC’s “ex¬
cellent track record as a community
college.”
Dr. Bonnie R. James, assistant su¬
perintendent for administrative serv¬
ices at PCC, has served the college for
11 years and “feels that this is such an
outstanding educational institution that
any capable administrator would want
to head it.”
So what specifically qualifies these
people to lead this college?
Wirth has had experience as a super¬
intendent-president at Yuba as well as
administrative positions at Modesto Jr.
College, at Clark College and at
Yakima College, both in Washington
state.
Scott has “urban experience. I was
an administrator and a faculty member
at Pepperdine University when it was
located in southwest Los Angeles.”
Tyree wants to be “involved with the
leadership. I find pleasure in seeing an
organization arrive from point A to
point B.” He feels an effective leader
has vision.
DeCabooter sees that aside from his
educational experience he has, “a sig¬
nificant amount of related experience
at institutions like this one.”
James sees his experience as both an
instructor and his position as and ad¬
ministrator of finance to be unique. “I
have taught on every level of education
from elementery to the university
level.”
What innovative programs have you
developed at your college?
“At Yuba we have developed
articulation agreements with 13 local
high schools in addition we have a
remedial computer assisted writing
program in the English department,”
Wirth said.
According to Scott, Cypress has “in-
iciated a marketing task force. We
haveinnovative alcohol and drug abuse
programs. We also have a lab forthe
learning disabled much like PCC’s.”
Through the work of Tyree’s com¬
mitted staff, Gulf Coast has been able
to initiate a success center much like
PCC’s learning assistance center. “We
also have one of the few AM/FM
college radio stations in the country.
We also have a very successful founda¬
tion,” Tyree said.
At Scottsdale “we have an exellent
new culinary arts program. In the first
two years our students have won gold
medals in top national competion. The
computer science program has ex¬
panded into the classroom,” De¬
Cabooter said.
“The major one that comes to mind
is PCC’s Energy Conservation Pro¬
gram. This program has saved tremen¬
dous amounts of moneys for the dis¬
trict, which means that there is more
money available for instruction. I am
very proud of this project,” said
James.
The impressions the four canidates
unfimilar with the campus received
were all very similar. They found the
PCC community to be very positive,
friendly and loyal. They mentioned the
fact that there are obvious needs, but
that PCC seems to be a wonderful
environment and that its history speeks
for itself. James noted positive im¬
pressions students receive while at¬
tending classes here.
A few of the candidates mentioned
the challenge of PCC’s large student
population of approximatly 20,000.
Some of the canidates come from
campuses of about 5,000 students.
Contributing reporters, Keith Foster,
staff writer and Catherine Repnolds, edi¬
tor in chief.
NEWSLINE • • • NEWSLINE ••• NEWSLINE
‘Broken Rainbow’
Stirs Awareness
The Academy Award winning
documentary, Broken Rainbow will be
shown in a special presentation today
at noon in the PCC Forum and again at
7:30 p.m. in room C301.
The documentary reveals the plight
of several thousand Navajos who are
resisting relocation from their homes
on an Arizona reservation. The film
presents interviews with the indians,
archival footage, old photographs and
clips from westerns.
Filmmakers Victoria Mudd, an
anthropologist, and Maria Florio, a
graphic designer, have assembled a
compelling film in an effort to ex¬
emplify the troubles the Navajos have
had to endure since the arrival of the
whites. The film gives the viewer a
unique opportunity to look at the situ¬
ation through the eyes of the Navajos.
As one Navajo in the film painfully
relates, “In our traditional tongue
there is no word for relocation. To
move away means to disappear and
never be seen again."
This film is guaranteed to raise the
consciousness of the viewer to a new
level of understanding of the plight of
more than 10,000 Navajos on Arizona s
Hopi Reservation.
Tickets can be purchased at the
Student Bank or in C334, $2 for stu¬
dents, others $3, or at the door, $3
students, others $4. Also, in an effort to
help relieve some of the suffering, non-
perishable food donations will be ac¬
cepted at the door.
Cultural Exploration
of China, Noon Today
Explore the vast wonders of the
Asian continent this summer.
For three weeks this summer a
group of PCC students, faculty and
community members will have the
opportunity to travel throughout the
Peoples Republic of China. Each mem¬
ber of the group will receive three units
of Intercultural Communications (Eng¬
lish 12) credit or three units of Human¬
ities 1 credit.
The study tour will be conducted by
Karen M. Holgerson, associate
professor of English. Holgerson first
visited China on a Department of
Education grant in 1984 to study Chi¬
nese history and culture.
“This program is not only for stu¬
dents,” she said. “It is for people who
want an educational experience in
China. One of my former students has
already signed up to go.”
The tour is geared toward an indepth
understanding of China and its rela¬
tionship to the United States. Accord¬
ing to Holgerson the program offers a
unique approach and will hopefully get
under the surface of the country to help
promote an intercultural understand¬
ing.
In China, lectures will be presented
by Chinese professors from local uni¬
versities. The topics to be discussed
range from Chinese language, history,
culture and science to art, cooking and
exercise. Afternoons will be spent sight
seeing and experiencing the country
and her people through specially de¬
signed field trips.
Holgerson, in preparation for the
study program, has organized a slide
lecture on China and what the study
tour is about. The lecture will be
presented today at noon in C225 and a
second time Thursday, April 2 in C225
at noon. The slide lecture will provide
those interested in the China program
with information and an oppertunity to
increase their knowledge of this an¬
cient land. A course outline will also be
available at the lecture.
For more information call (818)
578-7203.
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