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PCC
VOL. 60, NO. 12
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MAY 10, 1985
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Job Fair to Aid Employment Hunters
by Dan Stuart
Editor-in-Chief
The City of Pasadena initiates a
program next Saturday, May 18, to
help students who have trouble find¬
ing jobs. The Job and Opportunities
Fair will teach employment hunters
successful job seeking methods.
Fair coordinator Toni Stuart said
the event will “expose a number of
Pasadena’s youth to may different
opportunities open to them for entry
level jobs and training programs.
Everybody knows these are hard
times. Sometimes first-time job
seekers give up before they really get
started. Job hunting in any economic
climate for people of all ages can be
difficult, emotionally draining and
often discouraging. We’ve tried to
bring together the best that Pasadena
has to offer to help give instruction
on how to go about job seeking in the
most effective way.”
plication forms to how to handle
yourself in a job interview,” Stuart
said. A variety of exhibits ranging
from a Safeway Grocery Training
“Sometimes first-time job seekers give up before they really get started.
The fair will teach everything from beginning points on how to find job
openings to how to fill out application forms and handle yourself in a
job interview.”
— Toni Stuart, Job Fair Coordinator
The Job and Opportunities Fair
is sponsored by the Recreation and
Community Centers Division of the
City of Pasadena in cooperation with
several social service organizations
incuding the PCC Occupational
Education Department.
“The fair will teach everything
from beginning points on how to find
job openings to how to fill out ap¬
m
Program to steam fitter apprentice
workshops will be featured. Each
exhibit deals with entry level posi¬
tions.
The strength of the job fair is in
the talents of all the people involved,”
said Stuart. The scheduled keynote
speakers are civic leaders Michael
Houlemard, Executive Director of the
Century Freeway Housing Program
and John Carlos, a 1968 Olympic
silver medalist in the 200 meters. The
hour-long workshops include “Im¬
pressive Interviews,” to be led by
Lillian Lacy, Administrative Anaylst of
Pasadena’s Career Services Division;
“Landing Your First Job” and “All
the Things Your Mama Never Told
You About Getting A Job,” to be
conducted by Shirley McConnell and
Carol Marshall of California’s Em¬
ployment Development Department;
“Creative Employment: How to
Create Employment for Yourself,” to
be led by Outreach Coordinator for
Cal Tech, Teri Short; “The Union
Connection: The Road to a High
Paying Skilled Job,” to be conducted
by Paul Blinko of the Joint Council of
Teamsters 42; “The Job Search from
Application to Paycheck,” which will
be conducted by Rozelle Woods of
the Pasadena Inception Committee
and “Everyone Can Be a Winner,”
which will be jointly led by Carolyn
Jones, Youth Coordinator for the
City of Pasadena Recreation Division
and Susanna Van de Graaf,
Outreach Coordinator for Watterson
College.
“Partcipants will receive a packet
of valuble tools for job seeking. It
includes several items including sam¬
ple resumes and thank you letters,”
Stuart said. “We hope to make this
an annual event,” she added.
The Job Fair is free. Those who
wish to attend should arrive at the
Robinson Park Gym at 1081 N. Fair
Oaks by 9 a.m. and plan to stay until
3 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be
available for sale.
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FESTIVE MOOD — International Club members Grade Hernandez
(left) and Ruben Mena performed a Mexican hat dance last week in the
Quad in honor of Cinco de Mayo. —Courier photo by John Vaugari
Booths, Activities Scheduled for Quad
Fourth Annua! Deaf A wareness Day
RECOGNITION— Engineering student Derek Castellano (center) is
rewarded for outstanding achievement by Richard E. Hauck (right),
engineering and technology instructor, and David J.D. Harper.
— Courier photo by Gregory Miller
by Joseph №1. Scudder
Special Correspondent
The last week of May is Deaf Aware¬
ness Week and the PCC Hearing Im¬
paired Program is creating it’s fourth
annual Deaf Awareness Day (DAD). DAD
will offer information designed to educate
New Clearinghouse Concept
by Sister Mary Scully
Staff Writer
Mary McGuire, learning assistant
center supervisor, is developing an¬
other new service to aid students.
“Our expectation is that, through this
Learning Resources Student Assist¬
ant Clearinghouse, we will be able to
generate more effective use of the
student assistants and enlarge upon
their present use,” McGuire said.
Learning Resources under direc¬
tion of Robert Miller, dean for instruc¬
tion learning resources, includes the
following areas: Instructional Re¬
sources Center, Instructional Tele¬
vision ITV, Eletronics TV mainti-
naance, Libary, staging services,
KPCC Radio Station and the Learn¬
ing Assistance Center. Student assist¬
ants are hired to augment the staff in
a number of these areas in order to
provide instructional support serv¬
ices.
At the present time, most students
assistants have been hired, trained
and assigned to work in single areas
of the Learning Resources. They
have been shown how to operate
different kinds of audiovisual (AV)
equipment and to assist students and
faculty within one particular section
of the campus. The clearinghouse
concept encompasses a wider scope
and will provide broader training for
the student assistants.
After they have learned how to use
equipment in the area in which they
have begun to work, they have been
assigned to assist faculty and students
in other sections of the campus.
To be considered for employment,
a student must be enrolled in 12 units
during Spring and/or Fall semesters.
Additional information is aviliable
from Mrs. McGuire in the Learning
Assistant Center D300.
Students and faculty will be more
effectively served by the student as¬
sistants though this new idea of the
Clearinghouse concept.
the campus and community about the
deaf world.
DAD will be celebrated Tuesday, May
14. Demonstrations and other activities
will take place in the Quad from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m.
Sixteen educational booths are sched¬
uled for the presentation and each will
display informational pamphlets and
educational devices used by deaf people
to communicate with the hearing world.
The National Center on Deafness at
California State University Northridge,
the Greater Los Angeles Council on
Deafness, 1985 World Games for the
Deaf, Planned Parenthood and the Pasa¬
dena Fire Department will all participate.
The fire department will give a demon¬
stration of emergency techniques that are
of great use for deaf people.
The PCC Health Services Department
will be conducting free hearing tests from
9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in C127.
At noon, PCC students and staff will
join together to sing and interpret
through sign language their renditions of
“We Are The World” and Lionel Ritchie’s
“All Night Long.”
Free sign language mini-lessons will be
taught by Muffy Brightwell, a retired PCC
sign language instructor.
Beth Ann Bull, one of the organizers of
the talent show, said, “The deaf world and
it’s people are often considered to be
‘different’. But it doesn’t have to be that
way. I love being a part of two worlds-the
deaf and the hearing. I hope that DAD
shows people how these two worlds can
interact and how each member of one
world can contribute to those in the
other.”
A solo performance featuring music,
theater and dance will be given by Susan
Freundlich, a nationally famous American
Sign Language (ASL) artist and will be
held on May 14 at 7 p.m. in the Sexson
Auditorium. Advance tickets are $5 for
students and seniors, $6 general ad¬
mission, and when purchased at the door
are $7. Additional information is available
at (818) 578-7061.
Automotive Department Receives Car
Campus Briefs
All certificated and classi¬
fied staff are invited to a retirement
tea for the 1984-85 classified retirees
today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Board Room in the C Building. For
more information contact Helen
Mathias, classified retirement com¬
mittee chairman, at 578-7294.
Walter Shatford and Jamie Escalante
Opposites Attract, an “adult
fairy tale,” will be presented in the
Little Theatre C130 on May 10, 11,
16, 17, and 18 at 8 p.m. and May 11
and 18 at 3 p.m. also. The show was
written by Bruce Kane and directed
aby Duke Stroud. Tickets are $4. For
reservations and information call
578-7485.
Beyond War: A New Way of
Thinking part 2 will be Thursday,
May 16 in C-301.
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Inscape ’85 is on sale now in the
bookstore.
Jamie Escalante, nationally
recognized for the remarkable suc¬
cess of his Hispanic High School
students on the advanced placement
calculus test, was honored once
again by his alma mater, Pasadena
City College.
Walter Shatford, president of the
PCC Board of Trustees, presented
Escalante with a Presidential Award
for his outstanding contribution and
dedication to the teaching profession.
by Diane Brandes
Feature
A new 1985 Chrysler La Barron has
been donated to the automotive depart¬
ment for student instruction.
During the annual automotive advisory
meeting in January, Dave Bayliss, Pasa¬
dena Chrysler’s service manager, and
Robert Hardy, field service representative,
offered the new car to meet students
needs. The car was diverted for a training
aid and was donated by Chrysler Corpo¬
ration.
“This is the first front wheel transaxle
automobile given to the department and
it is completely different from the other
makers. This will benefit the students a
great deal so they will be able to train with
the new equipment,” said Bayliss.
The advisory board is made up of
professionals in the field whose main
concern is discussing the current trends
and training techniques which will help
the students. “The board tries to improve
the program every year with new tools,
and these new cars that are donated to us
provide hands on experience,” said
Michael J. Hoffman, assistant professor,
automotive technology. “They help tre¬
mendously.”
The La Barron, donated to the depart¬
ment three weeks ago, is equipped with
front wheel drive, rackinpinion steering
and a state of the art computer.
“It handles well, it’s light weight and the
horsepower is higher. It is the latest
design of cars for the present and future,”
said Hoffman. “There has been a great
change in technology within the last five
years. With this new model, we will be
able to show and explain to students
current trends and how to repair modem
automobiles.”
Students will be able to perform many
techniques on the car including brake
overhauls, drive line overhauls and front
end overhauls. This will give students the
opportunity to learn from different vehi¬
cles. “Students should be exposed to as
many different makes of autos as possi¬
ble. This helps them to build up their
confidence, skill level and job per¬
formance,” said Hoffman.
In the past few years the department
has received four new cars. “This is the
only way we can teach our students about
new cars and new techniques,” said Ed
Cucchiarella, instructor. The new cars
donated to the department are for in¬
structional purposes only and cannot be
driven on public streets. They are used to
teach how systems are constructed and
repaired.
“It is important that we give our stu¬
dents the best training possible so they
will be well prepared for a job when they
leave the program,” said Hoffman.
“In the state of California there are
more diffemet types of automobiles than
there are in the entire world,” said
Hoffman. “Students will have to be aware
of these different makes and be prepared
to service them. With these new cars we
can move with these changes. As technol¬
ogy changes, we have to change with it,
and we’re in that change now.”
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