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WINTER 2019 – plus – Washington’s education senator Future of this world | Energizing ambitions 2 | contents contents | 3 I don’t know that I ever served with or know of anybody that has more integrity than Al (Bauer). – U.S. Rep. Dennis Heck FEATURE 12 FEATURE 20 Contents FEATURE Washington’s [Winter 2019] Volume 20, Issue 3 education senator 14 Cattle rancher, lawmaker, teacher, education advocate Copyright 2019 and donor upped access for students across Washington. Clark College Foundation Future of this Energizing Printed by Journal Graphics Portland, Ore. career ambitions world Local philanthropists help Clark students avoid Evans Kaame gives a stirring account of his journey debt and stay in college. Clark Partners from a homeless youth on the streets of a Kenyan city Clark College Foundation 1933 Fort Vancouver Way to a Clark College student. Vancouver, WA 98663-3598 360.992.2301 jjj Read more at CLARK PARTNERS PRODUCTION CLARK COLLEGE FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE STAFF 4 PHOTO JOURNAL clarkcollegefoundation.org Lisa Gibert, chief executive officer Clark Partners is published three Editor in chief Rhonda Morin Photography Natalie Behring 6 TIDBITS Jenny Shadley Joel B. Munson, chief advancement officer times a year (spring, summer and Join us on Facebook at Contributing writers Lily Raff McCaulou winter). We welcome your Wei Zhuang Daniel Rogers ’01, chief financial officer facebook.com/ClarkCollegeAlumni Joel B. Munson comments. 13 CAMPAIGN UPDATES Hal Abrams, vice president of development Claire Sykes Join us on Twitter [email protected] 25 CLASS NOTES Copy editors Karen Hagen ’94 @alumniclark For a full staff list, visit clarkcollegefoundation.org 360.992.2301 Vivian Cheadle Manning 27 IN MEMORIAM Erica Schwenneker COVER: 5,000 Voices is an initiative aimed at securing 5,000 donors to give to Promising Pathways: The Join us on Instagram Campaign for Clark College, and to share why they give to Clark College students. alumniclark Graphic design Wei Zhuang 4 | photo journal photo journal | 5 “Twinkles and Crinkles” by Katie Bradley Learning for a lifetime Clark’s Mature Learning program has been an integral part of our community since it was introduced by Professor Alfred Apsler, 46 years ago. Today, Clark offers a variety of courses for those aged 55 and older, from “The Sanderlings” the story of the Nez Perce to by Sharon Schwane painting with watercolors to iPhone basics. Mature Learning is part of our Promising Pathways fundraising campaign. Help ensure our lifelong learners continue to have access to these enriching courses. “Nineteen Pears” by Carolyn Gunderson A local artist practices her watercolor technique. campus news | 7 Clark’s alumni relations New alumni director joins foundation d Boston, of Atlanta, Ga., is Clark College Foundation’s new alumni director. top 7 in U.S. Boston is coming to the Northwest from Fort Valley State University E where he served in a similar role. Prior to heading the alumni program lark College Foundation’s Alumni relations program in The Peach State, he served as the senior director of the office of career and Cwas recognized in October as one of the seven best alumni services at Fort Valley State University. He comes with a great deal of in the country for community colleges for the last five knowledge on the foundation and college side of operations. Boston also brings the years. This is a new nationwide initiative by the Council vast corporate knowledge and background to Clark. For 25 years, he served issue for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The as a regional leader for Mars Incorporated, focusing on team training and metrics consider fundraising, boards, alumni awards development. He will officially begin at the foundation on January 13, 2020. programs; and quality and types of communications like the foundation’s magazine, electronic newsletter, podcasts; affinity programs like the athletics hall Ed Boston will take the alumni director reins in January. of fame and graduation, as well as student-alumni Hidden House circa 1933 interactions such as career services involvement and mentoring. The foundation hit it out of the park for alumni fundraising—16% of the total amount raised over the past five years came from alumni. Compare that to the national average of about 4%. tidBits f seeing students succeed is the proverbial yeast Ithat makes teachers’ spirits rise, then the faculty in Clark College’s Professional Baking and Pastry Arts program must be the emotional equivalent Mature Learning’s Reilly of the world’s fluffiest, puffiest brioche. In the Sweet past year, the program has placed its students in internships in locations as far-flung as Disneyland Kelly bids adieu and Montana’s Glacier National Park. Even better, success those graduates have gone on to land jobs in some of the most prestigious bakeries and racy Reilly Kelly, program manager for Clark’s Economic and Community restaurants in the region, including St. Honoré T Development department, bid adieu in September. It was the end of a 40-year Boulangerie, Papa Haydn, Fleur de Lis, Grand run at Clark starting as a Nursing student in the 1980s. By 1992, Kelly was teaching for Central Bakery—and in Vancouver, the pint-size Health, Human Sexuality and Women’s Studies. She managed Mature Learning for café and bakery called Treat. 21 years, and Continuing Education and its cooking school for 10 years. “Doing the work of creating a quality experience for our community has always been my goal. It Clark “Those are some of the top bakeries in the Pacific Since the institute opened in 2018, students have been has been easy to decide on high quality versus mediocrity. I shudder to think of the Northwest,” said department chair Alison Dolder, learning in a production bakery. Dolder recounted a times that I may have let someone down. There was always a new day, a new term to herself a Clark alumna. “It says a lot about our visit from the owner of St. Honoré, Dominique Geulin, make things better, and to assess and become magnificent—what a fantastic career students, a lot about what they’ve learned and who was awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France for I have had,” she said. graduates that we’re on the right track with how we’re his artisanal baking. “We basically had this pastry god educating them.” walking into our facility,” she said. “And he said, ‘Wow, you have all the equipment here you’ll have to work One not-so-secret ingredient to the program’s with in the professional world.’” success is the Tod and Maxine McClaskey Culinary Institute’s professional-grade teaching facilities. campus news | 9 Penguin Chats podcast wins PATEL IS A NEW FOUNDATION Spotlight Award BOARD MEMBER lark College Foundation won a prestigious C Spotlight Award for a podcast from the Penguin lkesh Patel, a Clark alumnus and Vancouver resident, joined Clark Public Relations Society of America’s Oregon ACollege Foundation’s Board of Directors. Patel ’90 is the chairman, CEO, chapter in November. The award recognizes Chats founder and spiritual leader of Evergreen Hospitality. Evergreen Hospitality premier communication campaigns and Podcast is a development group that builds branded hotels like Hilton, Marriott, tactics in Oregon and Southwest Washington, IHG and Hyatt. Prior to founding Evergreen Hospitality, Patel served as and is a benchmark for best practices in Penguin Chats the 2012-2013 chairman of Asian American Hotel Owners Association, an communications around the country. association of hotel owners with over 16,000 members owning more than Penguin Chats is in its second season. Topics 20,000 hotels with $128 billion in property. He has also served as a board covered this season include a conversation with Sen. Al Bauer, member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Council of Inns Washington’s education senator; defining moments from the & Suites, and the Washington Lodging Association. Patel has extensive 2019 scholarship reception; teaching and cooking styles of two experience in the hotel industry. His leadership has earned him recognition Clark chefs; and local educators exploring equity, inclusion and and awards from a wide variety of associations. curriculums of humor in early childhood education. Left to right, Clark College Foundation’s Rhonda Morin, APR LISTEN Clarkcollegefoundation.org/penguin-chats or Google Play, receives a Spotlight Award from Brad Hilliard, APR. iTunes, SoundCloud, TuneIn or Spotify. tidBits Bank of America supports New athletic director named student-veterans aura LeMasters is Clark’s new athletic director. LeMasters joined LClark College as assistant athletic director in 2016 and most recently served as interim athletic director since June 2019. She has ank of America Charitable Foundation grant counts toward a fundraising priority to a master’s degree in Kinesiology with a focus in Sport Management B recently provided Clark College Foundation raise $2 million for Clark’s Veterans Resource from California State University - Long Beach and a bachelor’s in Sport with a generous $20,000 grant in support of Center. Promising Pathways: The Campaign for Management with an emphasis in Communication from Washington Clark College’s student-veterans. Clark College is a $35 million campaign aimed State University. LeMasters brings a wealth of experience in student at transforming the lives of students, providing “Creating a safe and supportive environment success, college athletics, marketing, operations and recreation opportunities and sharing the legacies of Clark’s for veterans at Clark College is critical for their from her prior roles at Occidental College, Central partners and donors. success. It is an honor for Bank of America to Wyoming College, and Lewis & Clark College. “Laura is give back to those who have given so much “From textbooks to emergency housing support a strong student advocate and has played an for their country,” said David Reiter, senior vice and even dental services through Clark’s Dental important role in ensuring our compliance president, Bank of America.