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2/28/2006• Issue #109News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell |
For the second time in three years, BCC’s vocal jazz ensemble "Celebration!" has won first place among two- and four-year college jazz choirs at the annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival -- one of the largest jazz festivals in the world. The ensemble also took first at the 2004 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. BCC student Zach Trandum, who sings bass in Celebration!, won first place in the Collegiate Bass Voice competition. As a result of his victory, Trandum was asked to perform at the Festival’s Thursday night concert featuring professional jazz entertainers. Trandum performed "My Funny Valentine,” accompanied by a professional rhythm section. Celebration! may be heard in performance locally on March 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Triple Door jazz club in downtown Seattle, and on June 1, at 7:30 p.m., in concert atCarlson Theatre. For information on tickets for the Triple Door performance, call (206) 838-4333. |
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For information on the concert at BCC, check future issues of The Grapevine. Celebration! is made up of 22 BCC students (18 vocalists and four instrumentalists) under the direction of Tom Almli. |
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Yvonne Tyler and Elisa Jacobs have been selected as BCC’s representatives on the 2006 All-Washington Academic Team. Recognizing the best and brightest community and technical college students in the state, the All-Washington Academic Team is a project of Phi Theta Kappa international honor society, USA Today and the American Association of Community Colleges. The team will be honored by Governor Chris Gregoire at ceremonies in Olympia March 2. |
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| A leader at BCC, Yvonne helps energize the campus through her contributions as Phi Theta Kappa vice president for leadership and Baha’i Club president. She also takes time to serve the community as a member of the board of directors and a 5th grade teacher’s assistant at Daystar East Baha’i School. On her way to becoming a neurosurgeon, Yvonne is already taking classes at the UW to complete a degree in biology. An amazing multi-tasker, Elisa deftly juggles six demanding roles at once: single parent of two children; entrepreneur with a small jewelry business; part-time Hebrew teacher at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue; volunteer math and science tutor at Bellevue’s Lake Hills Elementary School; volunteer and committee member at Starlight, Starbright Childrens Foundation; a volunteer committee-member for the Point Roberts Art Foundation; and high-achievement college student. Building on her enthusiasm for science and a desire to help others, Elisa’s ultimate goal is to become a pediatric neurologist. |
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Friday is Professional Development Day for faculty and classified staff, and some fascinating programs are planned. The program for faculty is entitled, “What Students Can Teach Us.” The day begins at 8 a.m. with breakfast in the Carlson Theatre lobby, followed at 8:30 by the keynote presentation. “Navigate, Negotiate, Create: Effective Ways of Educating Other Peoples’ Children,” in Carlson Theatre. Speaking will be Tony Richardson, a student at Rutgers University Law School, and Yolanda Walker, a student at Oberlin College. Other morning sessions will include:
| • | Navigate, Negotiate, Create breakout session | |
| • | Student Evaluations: What Can We Learn From Them and How Can They Be Used? |
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| • | Talk to Me! Conversations on Enhancing Student Involvement in Online Classes |
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| • | “This Isn’t an English Class!” -- Strategies for Writing Across the Disciplines |
Afternoon sessions will include:
| • | Students in a Courageous Conversation About Race in the Classroom |
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| • | Teaching and Learning for the Common Good: A Roundtable Discussion on Civic Engagement |
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| • | What Constitutes a Proper Scientific Theory (and What Doesn’t)? |
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| • | Student Transfer Success |
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| • | American Indian Film Festival Preview |
For more information on the faculty program, contact Kent Short at X2188 or kshort@bcc.ctc.edu.
The classified staff program, which also begins with an 8 a.m. breakfast in the Carlson Lobby, offers four seminars in pertinent topics:
| • | The Art of Listening |
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| • | Better Budgeting |
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| • | How to Retire Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise |
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| • | First- Aid and CPR Training (requires a $25 fee to cover the Red Cross Certification card, supplies and a first-aid kit that is given to all participants.) |
For more information on the staff professional development program, contact Melissa Sitzenstock at X3132 or msitzens@bcc.ctc.edu.
For the third consecutive year, BCC has been awarded a grant from the prestigious Council for the International Exchange of Scholars of the U.S. Fulbright Program to host an international scholar-in-residence. Joining BCC for spring quarter will be Dr. Ahmed Radi, of Marrakech, Morocco. The campus community is invited to help welcome Dr. Radi at a reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on March 2 in room C120 (RSVP requested; call Eric Lackey at X2329). Dr. Radi, a Professor of English at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, has written three books: Re-Reading Joyce (2002), Aesthetics and Politics in Virginia Woolf's ‘To the Lighthouse’ (2002) and Ephemeral Fragments |
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(1998), a volume of poetry. (To read his complete Curriculum Vitae, please go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/liberalarts/Radi_CV.pdf.) At BCC, Dr. Radi will present guest lectures across campus and in the community on diverse topics related to Islamic and Moroccan society and culture. He will also aid faculty in enhancing BCC's curriculum on Islam. |
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Nominate the best for the BCC Foundation 2006 Margin of Excellence Awards
Now is your opportunity to nominate exceptional faculty and staff for the BCC Foundation’s 2006 Margin of Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding employees who demonstrate a commitment to excellence through their contributions to the campus and the community. Two full-time faculty, one part-time faculty and two classified staff will be honored, each receiving $1,000.
Nominations may be submitted by students, faculty, administrators, staff and trustees. Nomination forms must be received in the BCC Foundation office (A102) by noon on March 29 and are available in the Foundation folder in the Forms Library on MyBCC (https://go.mybcc.net/sites/adminservices/FormsLibrary/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2fsites%2fadminservices%2fFormsLibrary%2fFoundation)
For futher information, please contact Lucinda Taylor at X5074 or ltaylor@bcc.ctc.edu.
And please mark your calendars: This year's Margin of Excellence celebration will be held at 3:00 on May 24, in Carlson Theatre.
Help celebrate BCC’s 40th anniversary by sending a message to the BCC community of the future. In celebration of the college’s anniversary, Jean Floten will seal a time capsule during her year-end presentation in June, to be opened in 2016 on the college’s 50th anniversary. And you are invited to be part of the legacy by contributing your thoughts to the time capsule’s treasures. Send the employees of 2016 your predictions for the future, or your best BCC anecdotes and memories. Simply click on https://go.mybcc.net/personal/bcc_srv1_badams/Lists/SEND A MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE/AllItems.aspx, then type in your message. Or, you can navigate to the site by going to MyBCC, then selecting community forums. Join the fun, and be a part of our gift to the future!
This is what it’s all about
Marcia Williams, an instructor in Business Technology Systems, Database Administration, Programming and Technical Support, recently received this warm reminder of the value of the work we do at BCC:
“I often think about BCC’s technical education program and what an incredible difference it made in my life. I’ve recommended to Microsoft management many times to take advantage of BCC’s programs and what I assume is still an active internship program. You were a powerful force in preparing me for my career and I’ll never forget you or the amazing BCC program you put together. I’m pretty certain there are few careers I would have qualified for that would have given me such a rewarding work experience and the opportunity to truly retire at the age of 42. Thank you again for making a major difference in this old student’s life.” -- Shawn Stonebraker
BCC’s 7th annual Earth Week is coming April 17-21, courtesy of the Science Student Association. But they need your help. Please consider:
| • | Bringing a class to a lecture (your suggestions on topics and scheduling are welcome). |
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| • | Suggesting speakers and exhibitors. |
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| • | Giving a lecture. |
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| • | Involving your club. |
To offer input and for more information, please contact Rob Viens at X3158 or rviens@bcc.ctc.edu.
For the first time ever, the BCC Drama Department is producing a summer musical, Working, from the book by Studs Terkel with songs by Stephen Schwarz, James Taylor, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and Susan Birkenhead. BCC Instructor Tammis Doyle will direct the production.
The summer musical offers a fantastic opportunity for community members of all ages to be in a stage production. High school students ages 16 and over can earn college credit. For audition information contact Tammis at X2319 or tdoyle@bcc.ctc.edu.
“Dad and Me” and “Preschool with Grandma and Grandpa”
“Dad and Me” and “Preschool with Grandma and Grandpa” will be among the new BCC Parent Education classes offered on Saturdays next year as a way to give busy moms and dads an opportunity to enhance their parenting skills and strengthen their parent-child relationships.
“Dad and Me,” a 10-week class beginning in October, will engage each father-child pair in cooperative learning activities such as building cities from blocks, discovering how things work, playing ball outside and enjoying stories, music and movement activities.
“Preschool with Grandma & Grandpa,” a 10-session course beginning next January, is designed as a low-key opportunity for grandparents and grandchildren to grow closer together.
“Parents Only,” an eight-week series of lectures and group discussions beginning in April 2007 for parents of children ages 2-5, will explore a wide variety of parenting issues.
For more information or to register for courses, call X2365.
More than 450 BCC transfer students learned more about their educational options when the Educational Planning Resource & Transfer Center brought representatives of all three University of Washington campuses to BCC Jan. 25 for UW Majors Day. Presenting the variety of majors at the UW, the reps held eight information sessions and set up 15 information tables.
Students reported that they “appreciated the real contact with the university and the first-hand information” and that they realized the UW has “actual people who are trying to help the student successfully transfer.”
March 4 will be your last chance to cheer on the BCC Bulldogs men’s and women’s basketball squads at home this year. Come to the Gym at 5:30 to see the women vie with Olympic Community College. That game will be followed at 7:30 by the men’s contest vs. Olympic. Admission is free for faculty, staff and students.
How can Washington improve the initiative process? Find out March 8
The Center for Liberal Arts’ Hands-On Democracy series continues March 8 with a presentation entitled, “Improving the Initiative Process: Making Direct Democracy More Deliberative,” by UW Associate Professor of Communications John Gastil. The presentation begins at 12:30 p.m. in room C-130.
Dr. Gastil teaches courses in small-group decision-making, political deliberation and public scholarship. He has authored two books addressing public deliberation and the electoral process.
The BCC Drama Department will present the classic 1930s comedy, The Philadelphia Story, written by Philip Barry and directed by Instructor Robert Leigh, from March 10-18 in Carlson Theatre. Author Tom Dirks has called the story “... an intelligent, sophisticated, classic romantic comedy (part screwball) of love and marriage, human growth and class distinctions." Showtimes are March 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 ($7 for students
But that’s not all the theatre on tap for the rest of this year. On April 6-8, the Drama Department will present the student-directed comedy, Coming Apart, written by Fred Carmichael and directed by Teresa Jacobs, in the Stop Gap Theatre. And on May 12-20, also in the Stop Gap Theatre, the department will present The Heidi Chronicles, by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Instructor Bonnie Wallace Hoffman.
This summer BCC will reenter the world of summer stock theatre with a production of the musical, Working, from the book by Studs Terkel and with songs by Stephen Schwarz, James Taylor, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and Susan Birkenhead (click here to see story above).
Eastern Washington University here on the BCC campus (EWU@BCC) invites everyone to hear Warren Gross, guest lecturer in EWU’s International Business Management class, at 5:30 p.m. on March 9, in room L218. Gross, who is managing director and president of the Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington, will discuss the challenges facing small and medium-size businesses in responding to export opportunities, including payment risk, structuring proper payment terms and securing financing.
Eastern Washington University, in cooperation with BCC’s Continuing Education computer program, presents a luncheon discussion of wireless network security issues at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 7, at the Bellevue Doubletree Hotel (300 112 th Ave. SE, Bellevue).
The event, titled “Wireless Security. How can you or your organization protect itself?’ will feature cybersecurity expert John Shovic, PhD, an EWU professor of cybersecurity and cofounder of several Northwest technology businesses. Shovic will provide a non-technical overview of wireless security and how businesses as well as individuals can protect themselves.
Registration is $45 per person, and reservations should be made by Monday, April 3, by calling (888) 398-2586 or going online at www.ewu.edu/easternedge. Parking will be free.
BCC parent ed presentation to show how you can
Can you encourage early literacy by singing with your child? Tom Hunter believes so, and will discuss his approach at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, in a lecture at Bellevue Community College’s Carlson Theatre.
A fun, dynamic speaker, Hunter will discuss the powerful impact music has on developing brains. Parents will gain practical tips on using songs to enhance early literacy and nurture creativity.
Hunter, who conducts seminars for the Bureau of Education and Research and is co-founder of the Northwest Teachers Conferece, has been singing and writing songs for children and families since the 1970s. HarperCollins Publishers developed one of his songs into a picture book, and many other artists, including Willie Nelson, have recorded his songs.
Tickets for the program are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. To purchase advance tickets or for more information, go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/parent-ed/bcckids/lecture.htm.
Hunter’s lecture is sponsored by BCC's Parent Education Program Parent Advisory Committee.
It'll be a ‘Wonderful World” at International Night April 29
BCC’s 24th annual International Night will be held on Saturday, April 29, from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Cafeteria. Following the theme, “It’s a Wonderful World,” the evening will feature international food and entertainment and the always-fabulous “Parade of Nations” fashion show.
Tickets will go on sale in March. Watch your e-mail for more information, or call Nora Lance at X2330.
The event is sponsored by the International Student Programs office and the International Student Association.
Here's a true " advance notice:" The 2006 summer conference sponsored jointly by Staff Training for Technical and Community Colleges (STTACC) and The Association of Washington Community and Technical College Administrators is coming August 7-8. With the theme, “Unfolding the Future,” the conference will explore the college and workplace of the future.
| March 2 | Fulbright Visiting Scholar reception, 6 p.m., C120 | |
| March 3 | Professional Development Day | |
| March 4 | BCC Basketball vs. Olympic CC. WOMEN, 5:30 p.m. Men, 7:30 p.m. BCC Gym. Free for students and BCC employees. | |
| March 8 | Hands-On Democracy lecture: “Improving the Initiative Process: Making Direct Democracy More Deliberative,” C-130, 12:30 p.m | |
| March 9 | EWU lecture on Exporting, 5:30 p.m., L218 | |
| March 10-18 | Theatre production: “The Philadelphia Story,” Stop Gap Theatre, 8 p.m. $10 ($7 for students |
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| March 20 | Celebration! performance at The Triple Door jazz club in downtown Seattle, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call call (206) 838-4333. | |
| March 23 | Last day of Winter Quarter | |
| March 31 | KBCS Slack Key Guitar concert, Town Hall Seattle, 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices at http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=events | |
| April 3 | First day of Spring Quarter | |
| April 6-8 | Student-directed comedy, “ Coming Apart,” Stop Gap Theatre. | |
| April 7 | "Wireless Security” luncheon presentation, Bellevue Doubletree Hotel, 11:30 a.m., $45. | |
| April 12–14 | American Indian Film Festival, BCC Campus | |
| April 17-21 | Earth Week, BCC Campus | |
| April 18 | Lecture, “ Sing With Your Child: Encourage Early Literacy,” Carlson Theatre, 7 p.m. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. | |
| April 26 | BCC Foundation Luncheon, Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, 12 noon | |
| April 29 | International Night, Cafeteria, 6 p.m. | |
| April 29 | KBCS John McCutcheon folk singing concert, Town Hall Seattle, 7:30 p.m., Ticket prices at http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=events | |
| May 12-20 | Theatre production: The Heidi Chronicles, Stop Gap Theatre | |
| May 24 | Margin of Excellence Awards ceremony, 3 p.m., Carlson Theatre. |
| • | Corey Hansen, director of Bellevue Community College’s Small Business Development Center, has been honored twice by the Washington Small Business Development Network. The honors recognize Hansen’s success in helping east King County small businesses grow and contribute to the local economy in 2005. The Network named Hansen to its 100 Jobs Club for helping small businesses save or create 195 jobs, and to the $1 Million Dollar Club for helping small businesses acquire more than $4.5 million in financing last year. Corey also has begun writing a monthy column for the Eastside Business Monthly. Called "Small Business Success," the column will debut next month. |
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| • | BCC graduate Heidi Nelson has received the UW Office of Minority Affairs’ High Scholar Award for Winter Quarter of 2006. The award is given twice yearly to honor students in the Educational Opportunity Program who have made great strides in their academic achievement. |
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Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty:
| • | Roselle Hay – Manager, Accounting/Finance |
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| • | Lisa Owens – Early Childhood Specialist 2, Early Learning, Family and Child Care Center |
Congratulations on recent promotions or changes:
| • | Sulgi (Sarah) Lee – to Program Coordinator, Health Sciences, Education and Wellness Institute | |
| • | David Olsby – to IT Specialist IV, Computing Services | |
| • | Hung Vu – to Scientific Instructional Technician I, Science Division |
A fond farewell to departing BCC employees:
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Antonio Alvarez – Custodian 2, Custodial Services |
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Pedro Borja – Refrigeration Mechanic Lead, Maintenance | |
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Kimberly Burns – Program Assistant, Enrollment Services | |
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Mark Plunkett – Instructor, Environmental Science |
| • | BCC Jazz Band Director Hal Sherman was the subject of a Feb. 2 Seattle Times feature story titled, “The Dean of high-school jazz.” To read the story, go to http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=halsherman02&date=20060202&query=hal+sherman |
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| • | BCC Parent Education Instructor Bridgett Blackburn was quoted in a Feb. 4 Seattle Times article titled, “ Developmental milestones: Growing up by the numbers.” To read the article, go tohttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002782702_whatage04.html. |
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| • | Don Bloom, Director of Facilities Planning and Construction,” was quoted in a Feb. 8 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce article entitled, “The perfect screen for a campus garage.” For a copy of the article, contact Bob Adams at X3081 or badams@bcc.ctc.edu. |
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| • | BCC Drama Instructor Tammis Doyle was quoted in a Feb. 17 Seattle Times story titled, “ A new act for BCC musical.” To read the article, go to http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2002808719&slug=bccplay16e&date=20060217 |
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| • | Nuclear Medicine Program Chair Jennifer Prekeges is quoted on the subject of BCC’s baccalaureate degree proposal in this week’s issue of the Puget Sound Business Journal. The story, entitled “Employers, students asking community colleges to crank up the training,” also includes a large photo of Jennifer. To read the article, go to http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2006/02/27/focus1.html. |
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The Grapevine employee newsletter is produced by BCC College Relations, a part of the Institutional Advancement Department. Editor: Bob Adams
