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4/8/2005 • Issue #102News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell |
BCC and Eastern Washington University signed an agreement April 1 that responds directly to the state’s need for greater capacity at the junior- and senior-year levels of higher education. The two schools formally committed to the creation of Eastern Washington University @ Bellevue, a university center on the BCC campus offering upper division courses that lead to EWU bachelor’s degrees.
The agreement formalizes and expands a growing partnership between the two schools and promises the creation of additional “2+2” degrees here. In fall 2005, EWU intends to launch two new 2+2 bachelor’s degree programs at BCC – one in business administration and the other in early childhood education. Under the terms of the agreement, EWU and BCC also will pursue concurrent enrollment opportunities and work together in recruitment activities. EWU also has begun leasing office space on the BCC campus, in the house just east of the parking garage.
“With a shortage of upper division space for community college transfer students at the state’s four-year schools, we need to find creative ways to add to the baccalaureate capacity in western Washington,” Jean Floten said. “This agreement is one good way to help solve Washington’s capacity crisis in higher education: an efficient use of state resources that responds directly to the need.”
EWU already offers two degrees in BCC facilities – one a bachelor’s in computer network service, maintenance and support, and the other a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies, focused on social and behavioral sciences.
KING-TV's "Evening Magazine" program is looking for up to 15 people to take the written Washington State Driver's Exam at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, April 13, here on campus. This is part of a program they are preparing on the driving knowledge and habits of Washington citizens. The test-taking will be video-taped by KING for possible use on-air, and one or two of the test-takers will be interviewed on-camera. If you would like to participate, please contact Bob Adams by email or at X3081.
The Employee Pluralism Committee is now scheduling Pluralism Advocate training for BCC classified, faculty and administrative/exempt employees. Pluralism Advocates will participate on every college hiring committee as full voting members to ensure an environment which is fair and inclusive for all. Even if you trained to be a diversity advocate in a previous year, you are still encouraged to take this updated training. The next 2.5-hour training will be held from 1:30-4:00pm on Wednesday, April 20, with delicious food following. Please contact Akemi Matsumoto to register, or sign up through MyBCC : https://www.bcc.ctc.edu/ett/.
Thanks to a grant from the ASG and volunteers from the BCC Physical Education Department, a number of recreational opportunities are being made available to BCC students, staff and faculty. Introductory workshops in fly fishing, sea kayaking, San Juan Island bicycle touring and backpacking will be available free of charge or for a minimal fee through June of this term. For more information, call Susan Moran at X2351 or Ray Butler at X2393.
Learn how to incorporate Service Learning Workshop into your course
An Academic Service Learning workshop for regional faculty will be held Friday, May 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Academic Service Learning is a form of experiential learning in which students address community needs while achieving specific curricular objectives. It is more than traditional "volunteering" in that it combines service activities with structured reflection, which in turn enhances students' classroom and field experiences and fosters an ethic of civic responsibility and awareness. This half-day seminar and workshop will offer inspiration for faculty around the concept of community-based learning. For novice faculty, the nuts and bolts of incorporating Service Learning into their courses will be covered. For Service Learning veterans, methods to increase the effectiveness of service learning projects and student reflection activities will be explored. Award-winning guest moderator Nadinne Cruz is an internationally recognized leader and trainer in community-based learning. The $20 workshop fee includes lunch. For more information call BCC's Academic Service Learning office, at X3406, or email Mary Slowinski at mslowins@bcc.ctc.edu.
Information Technology Faculty Development Institute offered by NWCET
The 7th annual Washington State Working Connections Information Technology (IT) Faculty Development Institute, sponsored by BCC’s National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies, is scheduled for August 23-26. The one-week Institute helps community and technical college faculty deliver cutting-edge IT skills to students. This in turn keeps the entry-level IT workforce competitive. The Institute serves faculty from all of the state’s 34 community and technical colleges, providing high quality, timely and affordable training in emerging technologies; modeling of best practices in teaching and learning; networking opportunities to learn from industry representatives; and networking with other instructors. The learning tracks this year are: New Applications in Office 2003; Project Management Professional Certification; IT in the Health Care Industry; Programming Database and Web Hardening Networks; Wireless Networking and Security and Information/Data Assurance in Open Source Programming Environments. Tuition is $500. For further details visit http://www.nwcet.org/programs/workingCon/default.asp, or contact: Maureen Majury at X4229 or mmajury@bcc.ctc.edu.
BCC letterhead and related items now can be ordered online
You can now order BCC letterhead stationery and related items, all with the new BCC logo, online at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/ps/BCCProducts/. Available are stationery and envelopes in various sizes, a royal purple presentation folder, notepads in various sizes, address labels for oversized envelopes and table-top name cards. Contact Marketing Director Bart Becker (x2810) to get a sample packet of the available items. The online order form includes a price list, and you can click on the item to see a thumbnail image and a description. If you wish, you may also continue to use the standard paper order form (in PDF), and send it through campus mail to Material Resources, K106.
The Spring session of the BCC Weight Watchers @ Work program is being formed, and a few more folks are needed to meet the minimum enrollment of 15. The meetings will be held each Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. through June 29. The cost for 12 meetings is $143.40. You may pay by cash, check, money order or in three payments. To make payments, bring three completed checks to the first meeting, each in the amount of $47.80, with one dated for each of the first three months. For more information or to obtain an application, please contact Karen Snyder at x2396.
Payment STEPPs available for students
When advising students, remember that BCC offers a tuition and fees prepayment plan called STEPP, or Student Tuition Easy Pre-Payment Plan. For an annual $50 fee students can pay their tuition in three monthly installments. Example: for Fall quarter - 1/3 due Aug 1, 1/3 due Sept 1, and 1/3 (final amount) due Oct 1. For further information, contact Mary Canan at X4250 or mcanan@bcc.ctc.edu.
See the ‘Glories of Greece’ this summer
There are still spots open on the ‘Glories of Greece’ tour this summer, July 5 to 25, led by Vicki Artimovich. Explore the roots of western culture and civilization with an art historian and a theatre historian. This tour will visit the sacred sites of Delphi, Olympia and Meteora as well as Athens and the Greek islands. This trip is only offered every three or four years. Enjoy three weeks of sunshine, wine-dark seas, temples, theatres, wine, Greek salads and fabulous beaches. For more information, call Vicki at X2629.
Stores still has 2005-2006 campus calendars available in two sizes: 8½ x 11” and 17½ x 22½. Ordering procedures are the same as usual: one person should order enough for the whole department. You may submit a requisition, send Robert Lynn an email, or stop by the Warehouse in K106.
| • | The City of Bellevue and BCC are co-sponsoring a ‘Unify our Community’ Multi-Cultural Fair on campus April 9. This many-faceted event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is no charge for any of the fair’s scores of activities. At the heart of the celebration is a series of events to help fair-goers learn about and experience the diverse cultures of the Greater Eastside, including performances of world music and dances, a festival of cultural films, an ethnic food-tasting, an Interfaith Café discussion forum and Conversations on Race and Culture. Simultaneously, the event will feature a Kid’s Fair including puppet shows, face painting, bean toss games, fire engines and an amazing 8-foot-tall giraffe puppet. And there’s more: Shop for gifts and décor among arts and crafts created by local artisans. Watch a presentation on fitness conditioning. Visit the Holistic Medicine Center (1-5 p.m. only), get a free 10-minute foot and hand therapy session. The Fair is being produced by student leaders from BCC student government, the Campus Activities Board and numerous campus clubs. For more information, call Student Programs at X6150. |
| • | Bellevue Community College’s third annual American Indian Film Festival will be presented on campus April 13-15, featuring six films, one dance troupe and two drumming groups, the producer of two of the films and the director of a third. The three-day festival is free, although a $10 donation is suggested, with proceeds going to the BCC Native American Students Association. Among other highlights, BCC Instructor Phil Lucas, a Choctaw Native American and award-winning director of 107 films, will introduce two of his films, “Broken Chain” (starring Pierce Brosnan) and “Healing the Hurts.” BCC Visiting Fulbright Scholar Dr. Eduardo Gomes, of Brazil, will present a discussion of the film “Raoni: The Fight for the Amazon,” which will be shown immediately preceding. The Snoqualmie Drum Troupe will open the event on Wednesday with a blessing, while the Pejuta Drum Group will close the event on Friday. The Leengit Kusti Dance Troupe will perform on Wednesday evening. Forums on Tribal Gaming will be held Thursday morning. A potluck lunch follows the closing ceremony on Friday, with a $5 donation suggested. Full details on this exciting event are available on-line at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/diversitycaucus/AIFF2005/AIFF2005.htm. |
| • | All are welcome at a series of punk-related films being shown this quarter by James Torrence in conjunction with American Studies 286 (aka "the punk class"). All will be shown in C-225 from 3:00-5:00pm. Dates and titles are: 4/14, "Quadrophenia;" 4/28, "Rock ‘n’ Roll High School;" 5/5, "The Clash – Westway to the World;" 5/12, "24 Hour Party People;" 5/19, "The Mayor of the Sunset Strip;" 5/26, "Young Ones;" 6/2, "Romper Stomper;" 6/9, "My Own Private Idaho." |
| • | A Choral Reading of selections from the 2004-05 BCC Reads! book selection, When the Emperor Was Divine, will be performed April 19 by students and faculty from Bellevue Community College, under the direction of Speech Instructor Lee Buxton. A discussion will follow the performance. The free event begins at 7 p.m. in the Bellevue Regional Library (1111 - 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue ). |
| • | The BCC Foundation’s 6th Annual Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue on Wednesday, April 20. BCC graduate and award-winning KCPQ-TV anchorman Bill Wixey will host this year’s event. Wells Fargo is the Premier Corporate Sponsor. Titled “Creating Opportunities,” the annual luncheon serves as both a celebration of BCC’s connection to the community and as a way to attract new contributors. Enthusiasm for BCC and its mission has grown enough in recent years that the luncheon has had to be moved from its previous home at the Bellevue Hyatt and to the larger venue of Meydenbauer Center. Anyone is welcome to attend, and a donation of $150 or more is encouraged. Reservations are required. “In this era of shrinking budgets, private donors and benefactors are more important than ever,” said Elizabeth Perera, development officer at BCC. “We’re raising dollars for programming as much as we are for scholarships. Not only do gifts help a student get into school – to provide access – but they also ensure a high-quality education.” Since its inception in 1978, the BCC Foundation has raised more than $20 million on behalf of Bellevue Community College. The Foundation provides funding for scholarships, program enhancements and mini-grants for faculty and staff projects. For more information on the BCC Foundation or to reserve your place at the luncheon call X2386. |
| • | “Positive Discipline – Parenting from the Heart” will be the topic Thursday, April 21, as the BCC Parent Education Program presents Dr. Jody McVittie, family physician and noted parent educator. Positive Discipline’s simple, respectful parenting tools lead to parenting more from the "heart" and less from the "hip." It shows how parents can discipline children with mutual respect, kindness and firmness without being either permissive or punitive. The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. in Carlson Theatre. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For more information go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/parent-ed/bcckids/lecture.htm or contact Kristen at (425) 455-0240 or edelhertz@msn.com. |
| • | The Chemistry Wizards, Tim Hoyt and Herb Bryce, will perform in Carlson Theatre on Saturday, April 23 at 7 pm. This entertaining evening, filled with odd chemical reactions that produce color, slime, smoke and even explosions, is free and open to the public. The fun evening is being sponsored jointly by the American Chemical Society of Puget Sound and the BCC Science Dept. Hoyt is a professor at the University of Puget Sound, and Bryce is a retired Seattle Central professor. For further information, contact Carole Berg in the Chemistry Department, at X6179. |
| • | All are invited to attend the TRiO Academic Awards Reception on Thursday, April 28, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in Room N-201. Everyone is welcome to attend this ceremony to recognize the academic achievements of participants in TRiO Student Support Services. The event will feature personal success stories by TRiO students and alumni. For more information, contact Mary Chambers at X2218 or via campus e-mail. |
| • | On May 4, the author of this year’s Bellevue Reads! book selection, Julie Otsuka, will read from her novel, When the Emperor Was Divine, and participate in a conversation about the work. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. in Carlson Theatre. All are welcome. If you are bringing a group, please RSVP to Sue Paluh, spaluh@bcc.ctc.edu. |
| April 7-9 | Drama: Stage Fright Fest, 8 pm, Stop Gap Theater (in Carlson Theatre) |
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| April 9 | ‘Unify our Community’ Multi-Cultural Fair, BCC Campus, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Free |
| April 12 | Presentations: “Galapagos Islands” by Sue Paluh & “Jubilee Movement (why the IMF refuses to cancel the debt of poor countries)” by Michael Righi, 12:30 p.m., Garden Room in Cafeteria. Free. |
| April 13-15 | American Indian Film Festival, Carlson Theatre and C120. Free, with $10 donation suggested. |
| April 19 | Choral Reading, When the Emperor Was Divine, Bellevue Regional Library 7 p.m. Free. |
| 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) |
| April 23 | The Chemistry Wizards, Carlson Theatre, 7 pm. Free. |
| April 28 | ASG Barbecue (details to be announced) |
| April 28 | TRiO Academic Awards Reception, 3 p.m., N-201 |
| May 4 | BCC Reads! presents Julie Otsuka, author of When the Emperor Was Divine, Carlson Theatre, 1:30 p.m. |
| May 4 | BCC Job Fair, C120 and C130, 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| May 5-7 | Eastside Moving Company Spring Concert (details to be announced) |
| May 12-14, 19-21 | Drama: "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" (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
| • | Conference Coordinator Terri Halsey has been honored twice in recent months. First, the cake she entered in last Spring's Sugar Arts and Cake show at Factoria Mall (and for which she won a red ribbon) was featured in the November 2004 issue of Mail Box News, a magazine for cake decorators (see photo of the cake at right). More recently, a scrapbook layout she created won first place in a national scrapbook contest sponsored by QuicKutz. |
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| • | BCC’s jazz students placed well again at the annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho. The Jazz Combo won First Place in the College Division, while the Celebration! jazz choir won First Runner Up in the College Multi -Mic Division. Zach Trandum, bass, won First Place in the College Vocalist competition. Zach also had the honor of performing with Benny Green, Russell Malone and several other pros at the award ceremony concert. Six various members of Celebration! won outstanding soloist awards. |
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| • | Bill Mace, WorkFirst Outreach Coordinator, spoke at the second annual WorkFirst conference at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. Bill presented information on a low-income housing outreach project that BCC WorkFirst operates in cooperation with King County Housing Authority and Cascadia and Shoreline Colleges. Bill shared information on how to help connect low-income housing residents to college training programs and how he helps residents move toward self-sufficiency. |
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| • | Former BCC baseball standout Jason Ellison has made it to the big leagues as a member of the San Francisco Giants’ 25-man roster. Jason was an all-league player for BCC in 1998, then transferred to Lewis and Clark. |
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Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty
| • | Patrick Beardsley – Retail Clerk II, Bookstore |
| • | Sarah Flemming – Program Coordinator, International Student Programs |
| • | Joy Howland – Project Manager, National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies |
| • | Olivia Bowen – Credentials Evaluator II, Evaluations/Graduation |
| • | Patrick Keating – Full-time Faculty, Distance Education |
| • | Nikia Knight – Program Coordinator, Educational Planning Resource & Training Ctr. |
| • | Larry Lonczak – Stockroom Attendant II, Material Resources |
| • | Susan Lybbert – Office Assistant III, Administrative Services |
| • | Christine Paul – Part-Time Faculty, Interior Design |
| • | Zilpher Tenari – Secretary Senior, Health Sciences, Education and Wellness Institute |
The BCC community mourns the loss of Information Technology Systems Specialist Norman Choo, who passed away unexpectedly March 14. A BCC employee since March 2001, Norman worked primarily with other Information Technology Systems technical staff (Wayne Snow & Mike Dunne, in particular) to support BCC’s campus administrative network services. He was the “go-to-technician” for all issues pertaining to the college’s WebCT/Vistaserver, which supports BCC’s online distance learning programs.More specifically, Norman was directly responsible for the maintenance and running of all online |
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distance learning servers, troubleshooting bugs and other performance issues. He also supported Real Media servers to run parallel with online courses, and supported the Oracle server directly for Vista online applications. In addition, Norman created and maintained web servers to support students, administrators and faculty.
Norman was known for providing 24/7 backup and carried a pager after office hours to respond anytime to problems of the entire network, including more than 60 administrative servers. More than once he willingly interrupted his weekend golf games, which he dearly loved, responding to pages to come in to troubleshoot the system. Norman also was known for his great love of his family, always beaming with pride as he recounted their accomplishments. Norman’s wife, Elsie Ling, was Payroll Manager at BCC for a number of years.
As one co-worker said, “The bottom line is, Norman gave generously of his time, including evenings and weekends, to support BCC technology. He was very dedicated to his job, had a really positive outlook, and was always there for us. He is dearly missed.” |
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| • | Counselor and Instructor Harlan Lee was quoted on the educational benefits of chess in a story titled, "Chess: A Smart Move for Students," in the March edition of Seattle's Child. For a copy of the story, contact Bob Adams by email or at X3081. |
| • | Worker retraining and WorkFirst Project Manager Bill Mace was interviewed in a "My First Job" item in the Job Market Section of the April 3 Seattle Times. To read the story, go to |
| • | BCC president Jean Floten was quoted in several articles related to the new EWU/BCC university center partnership (see lead story, above): “New center will offer 4-year degrees at BCC,” in the March 29 Seattle Times (read the story at: http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=degrees29e&date=20050329&query=community+college); “Eastern Washington and Bellevue CC team up for degree programs,” in an Associated Press story that appeared in the March 31 Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the April 1 King County Journal (read the story at http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/202950). |
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/.
| • | Web Services has launched a new listserv for BCC Web Managers which will be used to distribute general news, tips and announcements relating to maintaining BCC websites. Periodic reminders, clarifications and informative assistance on web topics pertaining to department website management will be sent. Members can also use the listserv to send e-mails to each other to ask questions, suggest ideas or get assistance from each other on projects. Anyone (staff, faculty or student) can become a member. To join, send a blank e-mail to: join-bccwebmanagers@list.bcc.ctc.edu, or, go to the Web Publishing Guide: http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/webpublishing. For further information, contact the folks at Web Services: Lori Tiede and Juan Ulloa. |
| • | A new Employee eTool called “Employee Tracking & Training” now allows you to browse a list of employee training workshops and classes and sign up online. This new application also keeps a history of all classes you’ve taken in the past so you have your own professional development profile. Among the workshops offered is training in using MyBCC and training for Vista, and other topics offered by the Faculty Resource Center. Training workshops for MyBCC will continue to be offered through the rest of the year. Log in to MyBCC and find Employee Training & Tracking in your eTools menu. |
| • | New Community Boards in MyBCC allow you to start a conversation with anyone. Students are actively using the student discussion board to communicate with one another. Staff and faculty can do the same. Print the self-guided handout at http://mybcc.net/training to learn how you can set up your own discussion board, or drop by https://go.mybcc.net/forums/ to browse the boards. |
| • | The release of MyBCC Course Sites will be delayed a little longer. There are still some "bugs" with the system that are resulting in a small percentage of users not having accurate class lists. The new timeline for release is mid-spring or by summer quarter. |
| • | Web Services is offering drop-in assistance in the Faculty Resource Center for any faculty member who wants to learn about other options (other than course sites) for using MyBCC to post class materials online for their students. Session times are on Thursday, April 14, from 1:30-3:30, and Friday, April 15, from 9:00-12:00. Log in to MyBCC and choose Employee Training & Tracking from your eTools menu to sign up for one of these sessions. |
| • | Check out the newly redesigned Health Sciences, Education and Wellness Institute website. It is now located at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/health |
| • | BCC Worker Retraining now has a new location online, at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/wrp |
To submit news, please contact:
Bob Adams
BCC College Relations
badams@bcc.ctc.edu
(425) 564-3081
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The Grapevine employee newsletter is produced by BCC College Relations.
Editor: Bob Adams
