Weekly News for CCE STUDENTS / STAFF / FACULTY
January 2008 - Week 1

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CALENDAR
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JANUARY 7-11 – Parking in student lots free all week.

JANUARY 10, Thursday – celebrate Dr. M.L. King’s vision of the Beloved Community with keynote speech by Ben Harrison, former Diversity Specialist for HP. Entertainment provided by the Jefferson Dancers from the Jefferson High School Academy of Arts and Technology in Portland. The event is free and open to the public. Majestic Theater, 115 SW 2nd St, 7:00 pm.

JANUARY 17, Thursday - TEACHFORAMERICA information session. Only 1 in 10 students from low-income communities will graduate from college-- and you have the power to change this. Memorial Union Room 211, 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be served.

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SEMINARS
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JANUARY 17, Thursday – “Flow, Sediment Transport, and Geomorphic Adjustment in Rivers” - the 4th Edwards Lecture, presented by Dr. Jim Dungan Smith of USGS (University of Colorado). Memorial Union Powell Leadership Room. Seminar begins at 4:00, followed by social and refreshments at 5:00.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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COE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - available online at and due by 1 February 2008. ALL applications MUST be submitted prior to midnight on February 1 for consideration.

WATCH THE KEARNEY RENOVATION - as it happens on our CCE web camera.

ATHLETES in the NEWS – Congratulations to All-Academic Team honorees, who include cross country team member Hayley Oveson, and football athletes Taylor Kavanaugh, Adam Speer, and Gabe Miller.

CCE in the NEWS – our Apperson Hall renovation (Gazette-Times) and forest engineering research on tsunami waves hitting wood structures at the Hinsdale Wave Research Lab (Live Science).

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ADVISING
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Welcome back!

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STUDENT CHAPTERS
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January 8, Tuesday – AGC Speaker Meeting, 6:00 pm, 106 Owen. HWH/Swinerton, Sacramento, CA, will present. Dinner and sodas will be provided.

January 9, Wednesday – AGC Speaker Meeting, 6:00 pm, 106 Owen. LCG Pence, Portland and Salem, OR, will present. Dinner and sodas will be provided.

January 10, Thursday – AGC Speaker Meeting, 6:00 pm, 106 Owen. S.D. Deacon, Portland, OR, will present. Dinner and sodas will be provided. 

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INTERVIEWS
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January 9, Wednesday - HWH/Swinerton will interview CEM and CE students for full-time and internship positions. You may sign-up for an interview appointment with Jan Strombeck in 220 Owen.

January 10, Thursday - LCG Pence will interview CEM students for full-time and internship positions. You may sign-up for an interview appointment with Jan Strombeck in 220 Owen.

January 11, Friday - S. D. Deacon will interview CEM and CE students for full-time and internship positions. You may sign-up for an interview appointment with Jan Strombeck in 220 Owen.