59 Years, Two People, One College

Chef Scott Anselm

Retirees Scott Anslem and Cindy Hogan will leave the college this month with a combined total of 59 years of service.

Scott has spent the past 27 years as the college's head chef and culinary arts instructor. He is retiring to the wilds of Alaska, where he will join his wife who is already there working for the state.

Scott's only plans so far are to really retire, something that seems a bit unusual here. He is looking forward to fishing, flying his plane, and cooking for his wife, which should be easy enough (wonder if he'll have portion control issues).

College Foundation friends Wayne and Joann Chambers recently established the Scott Anselm Culinary Arts Scholarship Endowment Fund to honor Scott for his years of dedication to students and the Culinary Arts Program. 

Cindy Hogan

With 32 years at the college, Cindy Hogan has been the fix-it queen for so many years in Media Services, it’s going to be hard to think of "who we gonna' call?"

Cindy has spent most of those years in Media Services troubleshooting classroom media equipment issues, bringing in new technologies, and videographing lectures, classes, and events.

Cindy also has earned two associate degrees and several certificates from LBCC, with more than 300 credits under her belt. She started taking classes at the college when she was 18.

Looking to retirement, Cindy hopes to take a trip to Germany in a few years, one of the “to do” things on her bucket list. Also on her list is riding in a hot air balloon. In the meantime, she plans to continue her and her husband’s hobby of restoring old cars, of which she has several in various stages of completion. She also looks forward to spending more time with her grandchildren and family.

Good luck to Scott and Cindy in their retirement. The college culinary world and college media users will miss you!

Interact Communications: What is Interact and How Will it Help the College Web Redesign and Rebranding Initiative?

Mark Mastej from Interact leads a focus group with, left to right,
Jeff Davis, Mary Browning, Joel White, Cyrel Gable, & Lin Olson.

Interact Communications provides communication services that are specifically designed with two-year colleges in mind.

LBCC hired Interact to help redesign the college website and college brand around our audience needs, including unique navigation, graphics and content. The goal is to help the college to get our message out to the community, and shape our overall image. (read more about Interact: www.interactcom.com/)

This week, Interact Communications is conducting the last round of focus groups to help with the work of rebranding, including college messaging, taglines, slogans and generally how we communicate with our students and community members.

The four groups include: local high school students; current students; a combined group of faculty, staff and management; and a combined group of business leaders, community members, foundation friends and college alumni.

Interact first visited LBCC in August to conduct focus groups involving more than 120 individuals including recent high school graduates, current LBCC students, college employees, LBCC alumni, and local businesses.

A second phone and online survey was conducted in September to measure public awareness and opinion of the college, including our current image. This data will be used to help the college select messaging that leads to greater understanding of the college.

Feedback from the focus groups will be used by Interact to set recommendations for a navigational structure for the new college home page, as well as a general list of college descriptors, taglines, slogans and general web communications.

The new website is scheduled to be launched after the end of the 2012-2013 school year. As the project develops, it will be shared with the college community for further feedback prior to launch.

If you would like to learn more about Interact and the college web and branding redesign project, contact Dale Stowell in College Advancement, 541-917-4

Ag Instructor Rick Klampe and Daughter Take Firsts in National Show

Ashley Klampe, left, and dad Rick Klampe with their
Reserve Champion Ram at the Expo in Kentucky.

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Animal science instructor Rick Klampe and his 13-year-old daughter Ashley recently participated in the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky, the largest and most prestigious livestock show in the United States.

The pair exhibited three head of Registered Polled Dorset sheep, one ram (male) and two ewe’s (female), as part of the National Dorset Show.

Their ram took first class in Winter Ram, and Jr. Champion Ram (age division), and Reserve Grand Champion of the Show. This same ram also took Supreme Champion at the Oregon State Fair.

The two ewe’s placed high as well, with one placing first in class for Early Fall Ewe Lamb, and a second placing first in class for Winter Ewe Lamb (she is twin to the ram), Jr. Champion ewe and Reserve Grand Champion ewe of the Show. The Early Fall ewe was also Champion ewe at the Oregon and California State Fairs.

The sire of these three sheep was chosen as National Sire of the year, the first time a sire to only three heads of sheep had ever won that status. Nice Job, Rick and Ashley!