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2/25/2005 • Issue #101News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell |
Nelson and Whititington named to All-Washington Academic Team
Students Rob Nelson and Erin Whittington have been named BCC’s representatives on the 2005 All-Washington Academic Team. The Team selection is a project of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) international honor society, recognizing the best and brightest community and technical college students in the state. The Team will be honored at ceremonies in Olympia March 24 by Governor Christine Gregoire. Displaying strong leadership skills, Rob served as Secretary of the college’s PTK chapter last year and is president this year. He was a key organizer of the 2004 Relay for Life fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society, which netted $80,000, and also worked on Project Graduation, which collected books and food for underprivileged children and their families. Rob’s long-term goal is to become a lawyer. Committed to public service, Erin Whittington spends much of her spare time as a hospital emergency room volunteer and as VP–Fellowship for PTK. Over the past year Erin has helped host both the Relay for Life fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society and a seminar on youth and the media – in addition to organizing holiday activities for senior citizens. Erin’s ultimate goal is a career in medicine.
Delta Epsilon Chi takes the prize(s)
BCC’s chapter of Delta Epsilon Chi (DEC) placed well in competition at DEC’s Washington State Career Development Conference in Everett earlier this month. All seven of BCC’s entrants placed in the top four in their respective categories and thus qualified for competition at the national level, to be held in May in California. Students Adrian Menstell and Nathan Peterson took first place in the Sports and Entertainment Marketing category. Kristina Richardson took second in the Website Development; Ronnie William Connery took second in Sales Representative; Keith Margerum took third in Entrepreneurship; and Adia Bobo and Kelsey Stapleton took Honorable Mention in Business to Business Marketing. Delta Epsilon Chi is a national organization for college students preparing for careers in marketing, management, merchandising and entrepreneurship. In all, nine Washington colleges and universities competed, represented by 105 students.
Business centers report outstanding year
The Washington Small Business Development Center and the Bellevue Entrepreneur Center have released a joint report detailing excellent results in 2004. BCC is a partner in both organizations, which are housed at North Campus and serve the local small business community.
In 2004 the centers responded over 1,100 requests for service and hosted training for 2,029 attendees. The centers provided free and confidential, in-depth, and one-to-one business services, from certified business counselors. The centers also coordinated 12 business consulting projects involving teams of faculty and students from BCC, University of Washington Bothell, and City University. Not counting training, over 5,400 hours of services were provided with little or no fee, providing a value of $691,000.
As a result of these efforts, a total of 41 clients reported 215 jobs were created or retained. The same clients reported loans and equity investments of over $6.6 million, a 46.5% increase over 2003. The reported sales revenues were almost $24.5 million, a 57% increase over 2003. The estimated economic impact of these clients on the community is estimated at more than $17 million in 2004, a 51% increase over 2003.
Become a Pluralism Advocate
The Employee Pluralism Committee is now scheduling Pluralism Advocate training for BCC classified, faculty and administrative/exempt employees. Pluralism Advocates participate on college hiring committees to ensure an environment which is fair and inclusive for all. Date and time of the training is yet to be determined. Please contact Becky Turnbull at x2275 if you are interested in this important role.
Students present projects at technology fair
Students from BCC’s Technical Support program teamed with members of the Boeing Retiree Volunteer Program (BlueBills) to present some of their class projects at the Washington State Engineering, Science and Technology Fair at Crossroads Mall February 12 and 13. The Technology fair is intended to encourage more participation in math and science among high school and middle school students. The projects that the students brought to the event included a “visible computer” (a talking, see-through, human-like computer) and "Wookie” (a fur-covered computer that responds to human touch).
| March 3 | College Issues Day (watch Official email for details) |
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March 11, 12, 16-19 |
Drama, "Six Degrees of Separation," Carlson Theatre, 2 p.m. on 3/16 and 3/19 , others 8 p.m. (Tickets $10, $7 for students and seniors, except 3/16, when all tickets are $5). |
| March 12 | Symphonic Chorale spring Masterworks Concert, Bastyr University Cathedral (14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore), 7:30 p.m., $7. |
| March 22 | Director Frank Abe presents and discusses the film, “Conscience and the Constitution,” Bellevue Regional Library (1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue), 7 p.m. |
| April 20 | BCC Foundation Annual Luncheon, Meydenbauer Center, 11:30 a.m |
| April 21 | Parent Education Lecture, "Parenting from the Heart," Carlson Theatre, 7 p.m. ($10 in advance, $12 at door) |
| May 4 | BCC Reads! presents Julie Otsuka, author of When the Emperor Was Divine, Carlson Theatre, 1:30 p.m. |
| May 5-7 | Eastside Moving Company Spring Concert, details to be announced |
For more events information, including BCC sports events, visit the college calendar at http://events.bcc.ctc.edu/eventcenter-bin/msclient.dll?SESSION=0362128400&METHOD=TOP&NID=2000219&CMD=2
| • | Two students in the nuclear medicine technology certificate program have won elite Paul Cole Scholarships from the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Katherine Clarke and Deanne Peterson won two of only 10 scholarships given nationally for students in certificate programs. Having two winners in one program is quite unusual, Program Chair Jennifer Prekeges reported. |
| • | BCC Continuing Education instructor Rachel Rutherford has been chosen to direct Alan Ayckbourn’s comic thriller, Communicating Doors, which will be presented by The Next Step Theatre Group at Seattle Center from March 3 to 12. Rachel has taught acting in Continuing Ed for several years, and in the past has worked with the Seattle Opera and Seattle Shakespeare Company. Set in London in the year 2025, the play is at turns hilarious, terrifying and astonishing. It centers around a prostitute who stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, via a unique set of hotel doors, traveling back in time. For more information, go to http://nextsteptheater.com/. |
| • | Art Department Instructor Bob Purser gave a talk Feb. 17 to Vancouver (BC) Heritage on the subject of architectural terra cotta. |
| • | Grounds Manager Jennifer Gordon and her husband, Todd, welcomed a new daughter, Tyler Anne, on Feb. 22 at 6:32 p.m. Tyler is 9 lbs. 6 oz. and 21” long. Everyone is doing great! |
| • | BCC’s Fulbright scholar-in-residence, Dr. Eduardo Gomes, was featured in an interview in the Jan. 26 edition of the Bellevue Reporter. To read the story, go to www.bcc.ctc.edu/news/coverage/Gomes.05.pdf. |
| • | Center for Liberal Arts Executive Director Diane Douglas, part-time Speech Instructor Lee Buxton and English Instructor Scott Bessho were quoted Feb. 11 in a Seattle Times article titled, “Borrowing a page from book clubs’ popularity.” The story, about the BCC Reads! program, can be read on-line at http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=bccreads&date=20050211&query=community+college. |
| • | Counseling Center and High School Programs Director Steve Wiseman was quoted in a story titled "Running Start: A dual enrollment program,” and International Student Programs Associate Director Kazumi Hada-Chan was quoted in a story titled “Admission process for foreign students,” both in the February issue of Education Edge, a publication for South Asians. For copies of the articles, please call or email Bob Adams (X3081, badams@bcc.ctc.edu). |
| • | An editorial by BCC President Jean Floten, about the importance of Adult Basic Education and English-as-a-Second Language programs, appeared in both the King County Journal (“Funding critical for adult basic education,” Jan. 23) and the Seattle Times (“Undereducated face hurdles without more state support,” Feb. 1). To read the piece, go on-line at http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/184001. |
For more news articles about BCC, go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news/coverage/. You can also check out BCC's official news releases at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news/releases/.
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