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Employment Fair '9L Draws2,000 lob Seekers

When more thon 2,000 norhweslsuburbon iob seekers converged uponBulbing M on Morch 26, heir reoc-lions to Horper's fourth onnuol Employ-ment Foir were positive ond reolistic.

"l've hod some good leods," soid onesuburbon fother of three. "The foir hosolso given me the opportunity to seewhol's ovoibble in the oreo ond whotcomponies ore reolly looking for.' Heodded fiot the foir wos o good ploceio moke contocl with o wide voriety ofcomponies in one doy, os neorly 135oreo businesses were represenled.

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A Publicqtion for Emplopes of Williom Roiney Horpv College

Volw 6, Number 3 April, l99l

Repreecnioilvcr from moro ilran 135croo Gompqnler werc on compu3 llorth26 lor llorpe/r qnnuol Employment Foir.

number of people who were looking tochonge lheir coreer direction.

Plocement Speciolist Chris Kronz, whocoordinoted the onnuol foir, soid lhiswos the mosl successful foir hus for."lt's nice to hove on evenl where wecon serve the community of lorge ondoffer ihem ossistonce," he soid, oddinglhot he wos delighted to bring togetherjob seekers wilh oreo employers ondheor the individuol success slories oftheir porticipotion.

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The Presidenl's

Messoge

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Focus On:lnlernotionol Studies

Progrom

lnsider's View ofPotty Roberts

Horper Publicotion

Wins Aword

!Preferred Future

Opinion Poll

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DeporlmeniolDevelopments

New Direct Line for

CE Registrotion

Afiendees were reolistic obout lhelikelihood of their coming out of the foirwith o lob. lMost of the exhibitorswere not prepored to inlerview forspecific openings. But l've mode iniliolcontocts ond now l'll need to toke theiniliotive ond follow up the leods,' soido resident new lo lhe oreo.

Exhibitors were equolly pleosed with theresults of lhe foir, noting ihot the coliberof 1ob seekers wos generolly professionol. "Corporote downsizing is

opporent," o personnel representotive

from one suburbon bonk noted. She

odded lhot she hod olso spoken with o

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The President'sMessnge

Trqnsition/Chonge-Whot qre the Effecrs?

As plons ore being developed for

Horper's Silver Anniversory Celebro-

lion, I hove been reflecting on the

chonges ond growlh thot hove token

ploce over the posi 25 yeors. Horper's

first president, Bob Lohti, wos o builder.

His function wos lo estoblish the bosic

foundotion, to build o strong bose ond

to estoblish the cornerstones of offord-

oble quolity educotion ond community

service lhot ore slill foremost in the

mission of the College.

He wos followed byJim McGrolh, whonurtured lhe young institution ond led

the moturotion process ofter he dust

hod seilled. Horper's reputotion os o

firsl rote community college spreod,

progroms ond services were developed

ond community support grew.

When I ioined lhe Horper fomilY, heCollege reflected the chonging needs

of the community. I begon mY lenure

by exploring the lheme "Building

Community" bosed on on exominotion

of he future of community colleges

mode by severol leoders of the notion's

community college secior. I followed

up by meeting with emPloYee grouPs

throughout thoi firsl yeor-listening to

lheir concerns ond ottempting to leorn os

much os possible obout our compus

community-the core of service to slu-

denls. lt become cleor lo me thot weneeded o 'collective vision" of our

purposes os on inslilution-some common

picture of o vilol, energyfilled, exciting

leorning environment. This, of course,

wos the beginning of he 'Preferred

Fulure" process.

There hove been mony chonges over the

post 25 yeors ond the College commu-

nity is experiencing o tronsilion period.

Whib chonge is necessory in order logrow, I olso recognize thot chonge is

often uncomfortoble ond is sometimes

viewed os hreolening. Eoch of us views

chonge from our unique perspective.

There ore increosing numbers of retire-

ments omong foculry, stoff ond odminis-

lrolors ond those numbers will grow for

the next severol yeors. More new foces

ond new ideos will surfoce ol Horper

ond the collective impoct will be on

increose in our diversity. Our chollenge

is nol only b prepore ourselves to foce

ond occept lhose chonges, but to

welcome lhem. Growth con toke ploce

only when lhere is o willingness to

occept the chonges oround ond wilhin

us.

I would osk eoch of you to exomine your

own feelings obout lhe chonges ot

Horper ond osk you not lo occePt

chonge iust for chonge's soke but to see

it os port of lhe nolurol growth process

ond on opportunity to expond your own

tolenls ond meet personol gools os well

os to be o port of the vitol educolionolleom ot Horper. Fellow educotor Sidney

Pornes describes chonge os follows:'Chonge is bewilderingly ropid in our

postindu$riol ero. We connot olwoysforesee whot knolrbdge we will need in

loter yeors lo meet life's chollenges ondproblems. We con, however, develop

oilitudes ond obilities thot will help us to .

meel future situotions creolively ond

inventively ond to foresee os much of hotfuture os possible. ln this woy, we con

plon our oclions rother fion merely reoct

lo whot hoppens. We con 'shock the

future' insteod of suffering 'future shock'."

Thot's whot our future process is oll

obout-<ecognizing thot chonge isinevitoble ond developing positive

oilitudes lo meet chonging needs heod

on. Thonk you for being pod of the

Process.

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INSIDER'S VIEW

ofPatty Roberts

Potty Roberts

Poily Roberts' enlhusiosm for Horper hos

mode her the perfecl choice for the newlycreoted post of Medio Relotions Speciol-ist. "My ;ob is to spreod lhe good wordobout Horper-lefiing lhe community knowthe good things we're doing, " she soys.

She encouroges the Horper foculty ondstoff to coli ond let her know whol'sgoing on in their oreos-not only in lermsof course offerings, bul olso lo keep herposted on closs proiecls ond other humon

interest stories. "There ore o lhousondslories oul here ond I need help from

everyone in order to know whot's goingonl" she soys.

Before ioining Horper's editoriol sioff in1986, Roberts tought English ond

iournolism in District 2l I . She hos olsoworked os o public offoirs direclor forNSACI ond os o speciolist in Horper's

odult educotionol development deport-

ment. She is eoger to begin work onHorper's Silver Anniversory celebrolion

scheduled for lhe foll of .l992

ondencouroges everyone to get involved. To

conloct her, coll exlension 2279 or slopby A31 3. (Her moil code is MED REL.)

Born: Rocky River, Ohio

Educolion: B.A.-English, ClevelondSbte Universily

Fomily: Husbond, Steve, ond sons

Sleve, 22, ond Scotl, I 9

lnlerests: Reoding, golf ond wolking

lf fime qnd money were not oproblem: lwould live in o beochhouse on the Moine coost ond writenovels.

Best qdvice my porenls govenre! Hove foith in God ondyourself .

Fqvorile food: Anything chocelob

Fovorite movie Shirley Volentine

Fqvorite books: Gold Coosl,-byNelson De Mille, ond You Con'tAfford the Luxury of o NegotiveThought, byJohn Roger ond Peter

McWillioms.

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I om working ot leorning to:moinloin bolonce.

Sorc Speicher ond Mork Steffen, PUB, ploce o ploque honoring The ScholarshipSourcebook in the Building A Showcose. The publicctlon won *re rhird plocePorogon Aword for Besf Brochure/Flyer I presented by the Nqtionql Council forMorketing ond Public Relotions. The proiect wcs initiofed by AdmissioneOulreoch Associofe Bev Hoffmcn with nsslslonce from Rochelle Corso. Steffenprovided the decign work with edlioriql help from Speicher, ond Mollylindqulei provided the typeretfing. The publicotion wos printad in Horper'sPrint Shop under lhe direcfon of Peter GorL

FOCUS ON

InternationalStudies Program

lmogine hoving the opportunity to hek

the foothills of the Alps, lour the English

countryside or lroce the history of the

Chichimeco lndions in Mexico. Portici-

ponts in Horper's lnternotionol Studies

Progroms con do oll this-ond more-during their semesler obrood inConterbury, Englond, Solzburg, Austrio

or Quereloro, Mexico.

Borboro Schmehz, AE/LS,hos sent both of her sons on

the exchonge ond soys tholthe experience opened up owhole new oworeness forlhe boys. 'My son Mofihew

l22l hos developed more ofon interest in culturol

octivilies-ploys ond con-certs, for exomple-since his

stoy in Englond.' Son

Christopher, .l9,

orrived in

Solzburg shortly ofter the

Eosl Germon wollcomedown ond wos offeded bythe Europeon politicol

climole during his stoy.

"Since his semester in

Solzburg he reods ondunderstonds more oboutinternolionol polilics," she

soys. "ln focl, he hos

decided to go into inlerno-

lionol business ond would like to live in

Europe."

Studenl Development Associole Professor

Jonet Friend-Westney, who coordinoles

the progrom with English Professor

Morlin Ryon, ogrees with Schmeltz.

'The progrom olfers o phenomenol

opportunily for personol growth,' she

soys. "h chonges lhe porliciponls' lives;

they'll never look ot the world in the

some woy ogoin."

The progrom hos been operoiionol since1987. Al lhot time Horper ioined oconsortium of 36 colleges which, withlllinols Slote University, sent o group ofstudenls lo London. The progrom hos

now grown to three destinotions, ondolhers ore being considered.

lnlrernqtlonql Srgdier Progrom coordinotorr Mortin Ryon ondJnnel Friend-Weslney, c6nier, look over progrqm destinqlionrwilh cecrelory Ginnie Bischhoffer.

Friend-Westney ond Ryon stress thot the

progrom hos been set up so thol

students eorn lronsferoble credits. The

coordinotors olso work closely withHorper's Office of Development tosecure scholorship ossistonce for

porticiponts. "Most of the studenls whohove poriicipoted hove loken out loons,"

Friend-Westney soys. "They reolize lholthis is on opportunity of o lifelime." 'Ryon

odds, "They work very hord toget the money to gol"

The progrom olso providesdevelopment opportunilies forHorper's foculty. Alreody six

Horper foculty members hove

po rtici poted-leoch i n g courses

in biology, economics, ort,

history, English, moth ondcomputer science.

The consorlium hos olsorecenlly set up on exchongewith Thoilond. Thoi students

study in lllinois - some will becoming to Horper next semes-

ler ond lllinois CommuniiyCopllege foculty hovel to, ondprovide lechnicol ossislonce

for, Thoi institutions.

To porticipole in lhe exchonge,Horper students must hove completedl5 semester hours with o minimum

grode poinl overoge of 2.75.IheMexicon exchonge olso requires oneyeor of high school Sponish ond onesemesler of college Sponish (with ogrode of B or higher) ond o plocement

lest. For more informotion, collMoriinRyon ol exlension 2284 or JonelFriend-Westney ol exlension 2522.

"The London experience wos o greol

storting point for us,o Ryon soys, oddingthol the progrom hos now evolved from

on oll-Americon situolion-Americo n

teochers ond clossmotes-to o more

culturolly diverse experience. Students

now live with hosl fomilies, ottend

closses wifi students from tholcountry,ond leorn from inslructors who ore from

the hosl counlry.

The Insider polledemploy ees across ca?npus

to check their reactions toH arp er's Prefene d Future,

Here's what they had tosay...

Tom ChoiceI om exclted by rhe opportunltlercreoted by fh" Preferred Fulure procesrqnd believc we wlll rec lwo moiorchongec cs o result First, beccuse ilreslotemenls provide o compus-widefocus which encomposses qll oreos ondoll levels of the College, I believe wewill see now porlnerrhipr crecleddcross compus. Thir rhored vicionprovides on opporlunity for collcboro-tion omong individuols, offtces,progrqms qnd enlire divirions whomoy nof previously hove workedtogether lo occomplish shored obiec-tives.

Second, wirh rhe obvlouc renewedemphosir upon quolity, I believe wewill see o chonge in the woy we lookqt whot we do. We ore experiencingincreosing pressure from lfiose wesorve lo develop m6ons io meosure lhequolity of our efforts ond to be heldoccountable for esioblishing ondmcintoining high rtond<rrds. Foremostwill be the chollenge of estoblishingmeoningful criferiq for evoluotlngprogroms qnd services ond reviewingcurronf evqluqtion proclices to defer-mine where chonges cre necessory.

Don Sediklhe moior chonger I rec occurrlng otHorper College or o reruh of thcPreferred Futurc pnoc.r ore revcrol.Firrl, wc hovc obiolned lnformofion ioimprovc tlrcwayr wr fulflll our cduco-tionol mlrlon qr q .omp..henrivccommunlly collcgc. Secondly, wc hsvcreertsbllrhcd viiql communicofion linkrwith o dgniftcont crorr recfion ofrfudent, communlty cnd budncr gnoup.lfiot nro lmporotlvr io ilrr futuro cffcc-fivencrr of llcrpor Collcgc. And, flnally,wc hcvc l,okcn tlro opportunlty forcrltlcol relf-cvoluotlon lro mokc tun oureducofionol plonnlng rtrotcAier wlllollow ur io rcach our prlmory cduca-fionol goolr cnd obiectivcr.

Chorlene ChrisrinThe Preferred Futurc mirion qsrur.r methct Horper ir golng l,o remqin onexciting ond chollenging plcce io work.During thc porf len yoqrs os lhe bureor,I hqve enjoyed belng involved ln rherieody ond consiqnf chonges tlrot hqvetoken ploce. fhc Businesr Officc shouldbe involved ln moior chonger sinceliterolly every student who inkec o classof Horper hos to deol with this office otsome poini or on rome level. With lheexpeciolions of fufure enrollmenfs, lfieBusiness Office will hqve to be ex-ponded in termr of spoce ond sloff aswell os slute of the ort equipmenf lohondle ilre increqsed work lood. I qm

personolly looking forword to beingport of lhe fer rm thot implemenis lfiesetypes of ch'-nges.

Koy TurnerAr tlro norflrwert ruburbr grow, I fullycxp.cl lho Preferrcd Future proc.i3 lokeep poco wlth roclety'r chonglngncedr. By rluylng ln iouch wlth theconc.lnr of ltr populofion, HorperCollcgr wlll continue no provlde whoffhe publlc wqnlr. We hcrvc io belnnovclrorr of new ldecl The pnoc.s5rhould rlrlvo io lmplement progrurnrilrol arr nocersory/ for prorent ondfufuro frcndr. To act on thcrc lrendr lrio molniqln our ricndard ln thocornmunhlr.

Fronk SolqnoA molor chonge reeulting from lhePreferred Fufure proces thot ccrn beexpecied ic reloled io the PreferredFufu re slutement'Creota qn environ-ment for inlrernqtionql/multiculturoleducnfionol experiencer which pro-mote thought, cppreciotion ond respecffor individuol righB ond oworeness ofrhe globol lnierdependence of ollhumon groupr.o

The recent census doto cleorly indicoiefhot the Horper communily hcrs grownin lrerms of culturol diversity. Themoke-up of sfudents, foculty, sfaff ondadministrotors ot Horper is expected lochonge so lhot it reflects the culturoldiversity of the very communify weserve. lasg lhqn this can only beinferprefed os our devoluqtion ofdiversity ond would nol be very"visionory" of us.

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D epartmental D eaelopmentsTTT.XTT? I

The Horper Chlld Leorning Center hos been selected os one of nine exemploryprogroms by lhe lllinots stole Boord of Educotion. More thon 90 progroms wereconsidered for this honor. ln odditton, Horper chrld Developmenr focully memberJone Thomos is serving os lhe presidenl of the Notionol coolition for compusChild Core, lnc., on orgonizotion thol promotes the existence of quolity compuschild core progroms ond serves os on qdvocote for lhe needs of chrldren ondfomilles...Mqrlene Hunt-Brosch's colored compurer drowing wos selected fordisploy in Horper's l5th Annuol Notionol Print ond Drowing Exhibitton. Morlene islhe supervisor of the Grophic Design deportment...Enghsh Professor Betty Hutlpresented o tolk on 'The Keys to Success" lo the Business ond Professionol women'sClub of Chicogo.

Adiunct nursing foculty member Jsnice Gries-Griffin hos hod her orticle"Prepregnoncy Plonning pubhshed in ChicogoPorenl mogozine. She nolionwide chosento represent the Notionol ond NeonotolNurses in o sixdoy l0-l5...History ondPoliticol Science StoleUniversityproduced of Chonge, which

be distributed through the Television Office of Songomon Stote ond the lllinotsStote Boord of Educotion

Julie Hunler, Rehob Cenler,stoff of Nodhwestpresenled o seminor on

Community Hospitol nition ond o coshoword from Merck, Shorp Amy Houenslein, Admissions Out-reoch coordinotor, will serve os o ponel member during lhe lllinois Associolion ofCollege Admissions Counselors Conference April 24-26. She will speok onHorper's on€ompus recruitmenl octivilies, specificolly citing lhe "How Did I Get o Zom Molh Closs' progrom...FinonciolAid Associole Robert Lqws served os omoderotor during the lllinois Associolion of Student FinonciolAid Administrotors

conference on April 9 in Chompoign-Urbono. His subiect wos "Pockoging Guide-lines ond Philosophies' on the woys colleges con oword finonciol oid bsludents...AudiovisuolMedio Spectolist John Sturz hos been osked to serye otwoyeor lerm on fie Suburbon Audiovisuol Advisory Committee of the NorthSuburbon Librory System.

We send o heorty welcome to Horper's newest $off membersl Liso Collos hos

been hired os o port-lime Admissions Outreoch clerk, Glendo Mill will serve osHorper's Gronls ond Speciol Events speciohst ond Mory Lee Azowi hos been

hired os on ESL regislrotion ond ossessment speciolisl.

We send our condolences lo Therese Cummings, ossociole professor ofmohemolics, ond to Leon Hussission, AV Technicion, on the deolhs of their mothers

Registering for Horper's conlinuingeducolion courses will be eveneosier beginning April l5l A newregistrotion line, 7OB / 397-3377,will be operolionol ond collersmoy dlol directly to register for ollconli nuing educotion offeri ngs.

When regislering, be sure b hovethe course number ond section ondyour sociol security number

ovoiloble.

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Preferred FufureOpinion Poll

(conlinued from poge 5)

Judy Longmore

I work ln c depcrtment (lAC) ilrot lsdevotod tolslly lo lhose progrcms ondservlces tftot the Preferred Future Solksobout when il refers io rtudent succ6ss.I cnn foresee on increose in octivity ondon exponsion of services from lheLeorning Assislqnce Center to bellermoet h,vo of ihe Preferred Future gools:providing comprehensive educotionqlprogroms ond serwices to ensure lhesuccess of studenls ond providing moresupporf for q serwice-oriented opproochto sfudenfs. I personolly see myself--vary busyl