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The Observer/THURSDAY, MARCH 7,1996
Redford man is grand marshal for St Pat's parade
Shamrock* will be sprouting on
Michigan A venus aa UM 38th AN
aual Si. Patrick'* Parade — Detrok'a
largeet ethnic event of lha
year — tup* off al 2 p.m.. Sunday
Praaiding ovar lhi» years pa
rade will ba Grand Marshal
Jam** 1. Buller of Radford Toaraahip.
The parade bagin* at Michigan
Avanue and Third Street in
S'craft looks
for ways to
serve older
students
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The fees of the community col
lege student is chanfinf — il"»
s*ing.
"That's the message the School
craft College Board of Trustees
hesrd Issl week from Conway Jeffrrss.
vice president of instruction
at the collef*
Along with that changing Student
comes issues such ss more
night courses snd the need lo add
security on campus, faculty mem
ber* who need to understand how
- lo work with older students rather
then just IB-year-olds snd sn in
creaped emphasis on child care,
-he said.
Many" colleges sre feeing drop
ping enrollments, Jeffress ssid. A
reason for that is the decline in
the number of people in the traditional
college age group, be said.
Schools are fading to reposition
themselves, he said
•One of the major shifts you
here is from credit to noncredit
courses." he said. Students in
Continuing education or non-cradtt
courses sre the fastest growing
(•gment at Schoolcraft with nearly
28.000 students. Jeffress said.
Credit students sre still basically
of typtcal college age. while
continuing education students
rwrngt from small children in the
talented and gifted program to
r citi
Continuing education services
scS now sn "sbsolute major play
tf," he said. Schoolcraft's propom
ia the third largest in Michigan.
smaller only than Lansing
a^ Macomb community college*
T^ere are no nearby competitors,
not even Oakland Community
CM legs, be said.
Tbr number of students at
classes on weekend* or
through teiecourees is also inwith
8 percent of stu
i«U in those programs
Also, many of the college's
:ODraee begin in the evening now
B«t even though nearly all of the
courses are
Lollaf still
Boat of its resources toward
•'he daytime. Jeffress said.
"But customer wise we're lookng
more and more evening with
idrh passing term." be said.
Another change in the face of
ilia college student, ia the creation
. of the buaineee and
of the collage.
kg aaid
The college of business devet
>pment ia primarily funded
hrough grants, and la
2 in more than 81
fl. It be^n almost 16 ;
4J000
dkion u>
• large port of the tuition
;*ds child care,
toting.
can ba a fairly
et 10 er 10-30
downtown Detroit, proceeding
westward on Michigan Avanue U>
14th St.
Sponsored by th. United Irish
Societiea of Dattnii, the theme of
thia yoer'a parade la "A Nation
Once Again." symbolising the
bopa that peace talks will reault
in lha re unification of Ireland.
The UIS i» a federation of 21
Irish Amerkan duba and groups
in the metropolitan area. It spon-
•ore snd organises the parade
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member organisation.
Expected lo attract more than
100,000 paople. local communities
will ba represented by bands,
clowns and floats and marchere.
Familiea will march in a spacial
unit entitled "the Calling of the
Clans."
Unanimously elected as 1996
grand marshal waa Jim Butler, a
delegate from the Knights of
Mcrcury Tracer
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Equity, an Irish fraternal society.
"Butler waa choeen out of recognition
for his tireless dedication
to Detroit's Irish community,"
aaid parade chairman Joe Paraky.
A symbolic "Painting of the
Shamrocks" on Michigan Avenue
will highlight pre pared* festivi
ties at 11:45 am. Friday, March
8. The event — to be followed by
a complimentary boiled dinner —
will take place in front of the
Gaelic League/Irish-American
Per Month
Club, 2068 Michigan Avenue
Wabaah.
Kicking off Sunday's parade
festivities will be the 1906 Corktown
Raoee in front of Tigsr Stadium.
Sponsored by ike Motor
City Stridors, the raca benefits
the St. Patrick's senior <strong>center</strong> in
Cass Corridor which aervee hundreds
of elderly and homeless ovary
day of the year.
On Up are a quarter-mile run/
walk at 12:30 p.m.; a oae-and-a-
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