The BCC Choir presents its annual spring musical theater review tonight, June 10, and Saturday, June 11, in Carlson Theatre.  Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Entitled “On the Road to Oz,” the evening will feature music and scenes from the “Wizard of Oz,” “The Wiz” and the new hit musical, “Wicked.”  Tickets, at $7, are available at the door or by calling Lyneen Patnoe at X3114.

BCC’s radio station, KBCS-FM is hosting an open house today, June 10, from 4-8 pm at their studios in Factoria. During this community celebration, KBCS will acknowledge Kristen Walsh for her years of service as the first KBCS Program Director. The Open House will also give you a chance to welcome Robert Jefferson to KBCS and BCC as Kristen’s replacement. Light snacks will be served. KBCS is located in Factoria. A map to the studios is available at  http://kbcs.fm/directions.asp.

Don’t forget to RSVP by Monday, June 13, for the BCC State Fair Luncheon. To be held on June 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cafeteria, the free event promises fun and good times! Bring a new or almost-new “white elephant” item in a closed brown paper bag for the white elephant swap. Reservations are required. Send an email with your reservation to Terri Halsey. 

Continuing Education Art-Zones students will show their work June 24 at the Artists in Action community event. To be held from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. in the Factoria Mall Center Court, the event will feature live student performances, demonstrations from graphic-related computer classes and an exhibit of student visual art work including ceramics, glass and painting.

Art Instructor Bob Purser has a small exhibit of his art work on display in the lobby of the Kirkland Performing Arts Center during the month of June. The lobby is open during the day from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and in the evenings when there are performances. The Performing Arts Center is located at 350 Kirkland Ave., in Kirkland.

Right-handed pitcher Bradley Clapp, of the BCC Bulldogs, has signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who drafted him in the 19th round last year. He received a $350,000 signing bonus in addition to tuition payments for three years of education at any public Washington college or university. Clapp, a first-year student from Juanita High School in Kirkland, had a 3-2 record this year with a 2.14 earned run average and 50 strikeouts over 42 innings.

Continuing Education Dean Bruce Riveland has been named President of the Washington State Board of Community and Technical College’s Continuing Education Council. The council works to further the Continuing Education goals set forth in the state charter for community colleges, requiring each college to offer “community services of an educational, cultural and recreational nature."

BCC Worker Retraining Manager Joy Prosise, along with Worker Retraining staff from Shoreline Seattle Central, Green River and Lake Washington Technical colleges, presented a jointly developed “Planning for College” workshop May 20 to Boeing union representatives.  This unique opportunity came at the request of the International Association of Machinist Union.  The presentation is designed to help incumbent workers understand how to choose a college program and how to apply and pay for college. The workshop will be presented to Boeing workers in a variety of settings and will help promote enrollment in community colleges.  The same presentation will be used at career fairs and community events when opportunities arise.

Budget Analyst II Sue Fernalld will be receiving a BCC Associate degree in Paraprofessional Accounting at commencement June 17.

BCC Developmental Education Instructors Barbara Wright, Anne Dolan and Nancy McEachran ran together in the Capital City Marathon in Olympia May 15. The Olympian newspaper reported that the trio wore matching bright-green shirts and danced at every mile-marker. They finished the race in just under three hours.

BCC students Kelsey Stapleton and Adia Bobo placed third in the Business to Business Marketing competition at the 44th annual Delta Epsilon Chi International Career Development Conference May 4-8 in Anaheim, California. Nearly 2,000 college and university students from the US, Canada and Puerto Rico competed this year.

BCC Art Instructor Linda Thomas has been selected as the 2004-05 recipient of the Award for Teaching Excellence for Arts, Writing and Humanities Programs by the University of Washington extension program. She has been teaching for UW Education Outreach program since 1997. Employed by BCC since 2002, Linda teaches Drawing I and 2-D Design.

Pat De Caro, part-time instructor in the BCC Art Department, has been awarded a three-month artist residency for fall 2005 at Ateliers Hoherweg in Dusseldorf, Germany. In late November, the international residency program will sponsor an exhibition of the work she creates during the residency.

Purchasing Manager Ed Graves has earned Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) status. CPPB candidates are required to meet specific criteria and pass a rigorous test administered by the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council.

Jibsheet Editor-in-Chief Robert Baldino has won a first place Mark of Excellence Award for best feature writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He also has won a $1,000 scholarship from the Western Washington Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Sharon Foster, of the Payroll Office, has become a great-grandmother.  Arianna Jade was born May 2 to Sharon’s granddaughter Michaela and husband Tony Nopoulos, of Osceola, Iowa.

KBCS Production and Public Affairs Director Bruce Wirth has become a father for the second time. He and his wife, Ruth, welcomed their second daughter, Elsa Ann, on April 6.

Robin Bell-Bangerter – Senior Graphic Designer, Printing Services

Robert Jefferson -- Program Director and Assistant Manager, KBCS-FM

Barbara Miller – Director of Institutional and Foundation Grants, Inst. Advancement

Stuart Pugh – Refrigeration Mechanic, Maintenance

Richard Rose – Curriculum Design Specialist, Faculty Resource Center

Kai McBride – to Program Coordinator, Disability Support Services

Song Chang – Maintenance Custodian I, Custodial Services

Shannon Horst – Construction Coordinator, Capital Projects

Jerrie Kennedy – Project Coordinator, Office of Instruction

Yola Modena – HR Assistant Senior, Human Resources

Juliana O’Donnell – Early Childhood Program Specialist, ELFCC

Julie Oltman – Early Childhood Teacher, ELFCC

Yekaterina Sudarkina – Associate Director, Financial Aid

Suk-Yi Wan-Ng – Early Childhood Teacher, ELFCC

Kristen Walsh – Program Director, KBCS

Laurel Wilson – Administrative Assistant A, Student Programs