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6/8/2006 • Issue #112News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell |
BCC and Shoreline Community College will share a three-year grant of $227,694 from the Amgen Foundation, using the funds to implement the Amgen Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Laboratory Program in the Bellevue, Shoreline and Seattle school districts.
The project will provide faculty training, equipment and curriculum assistance for as many as 10 high schools and middle schools in the three school districts, supporting a hands-on, inquiry-based molecular biology curriculum designed to introduce students to the excitement of scientific discovery.
Over the three years of the project BCC will provide training in Amgen’s biotechnology curriculum to 20 Bellevue School District high school and middle school teachers, who will then teach the content in their classrooms to approximately 1,800 students per year.
Shoreline Community College, working with the Shoreline and Seattle school districts, will provide training for up to seven biology teachers, who will then teach the curriculum to approximately 200 students per year.
The program will be headquartered at BCC and coordinated by Science Instructor Chris Shelley.
Eighteen BCC business students spent May 16-24 in Eastern Europe researching business strategies used there and comparing them to the way business is conducted in the U.S. As part of GBUS 280, Advanced Studies in International Business, taught by Andrew Johnson, the students experienced business and culture in Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow and Prague. To further their understanding of the consequences of racism and discrimination the students also visited the infamous Auschwitz death camp. “The tours that takeyou into the barracks give you a whole new understanding of hatred,” said student Laura Puckett. “We don’t want to admit that there are problems in the world we can’t solve. We look at the big picture and think, ‘What can I do? I am only one little person in a giant world.’ But there just has to be a way.” |
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| Below left: BCC students gather in front of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. Middle and right: Students contemplate the horrors of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. | ||
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Looking for a fascinating volunteer experience? Help out with the 2006 Aki Matsuri (Japanese Fall Festival) being held on BCC’s campus September 9 and 10. Planners expect 8,000 people to attend this popular event and need more than 100 volunteers. BCC faculty, staff and students have volunteered in a variety of capacities in years past, and Aki Matsuri organizers ask your help again this year. This year’s Aki Matsuri will include on-stage performing arts, martial arts demonstrations, tea ceremonies, Japanese food, more than 60 fine-art, craft and Japan-related exhibits and a Japanese-style flea market. Activities for children will include taiko (Japanese drums) workshops, kimono/yukata dress-up, calligraphy, origami, yo-yo (water balloons) fishing and “Go” games. Highlighting the festival will be two featured guest artists from Japan. Kazuyo Nakahashi, a famous doll-maker who has won numerous awards and whose works are highly valued and collected throughout Japan, will display many of her exquisite dolls. Hiroshi Matsuda (the third grand master Kida Rinshuei) will play the Tsugaru samisen. Unique aspects of his playing include tataki samisen, in which a large plectrum is used to pluck the strings percussively while simultaneously playing melodies, and improvisation around the original melody and musical structure. Aki Matsuri is produced by the Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association, of which BCC International Student Programs Associate Director Nora Lance is a long-time Board member. For further information, contact Nora at X2330 or visit the Association’s website at www.enma.org. |
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| Japanese dolls by Kazuyo Nakahashi (above, top) and music by samisen master Kazuyo Nakahashi (bottom) will be featured at the Aki Matsuri Japanese Fall Festival on campus in September. |
If you are a BCC classified staff employee and planning to take a course during summer quarter, consider applying for a Classified Staff Scholarship to help with the cost. The scholarship can be used toward tuition or books for any college credit or continuing education class at BCC or another institution. The scholarship can also be used for registration at seminars, workshops and conferences (including the STTACC conference in August). Applications will be sent out via email two weeks before Summer Quarter starts. For more information contact Peggy Day at pday@bcc.ctc.edu or X3156.
This summer, for the first time in BCC’s 40-year history, International Student Programs will offer an opportunity for BCC students to study abroad at our Japanese sister college.
BCC signed a sister-college agreement with Aso College in Fukuoka, Japan, last December, and as a result of that agreement eight Aso College students have been studying in the Intensive English program at BCC this quarter.
Now 15 BCC students can take advantage of a similar opportunity for a cultural exchange in Japan. For four weeks (Aug. 23 through Sept. 16) the students will live with host Japanese families, study the Japanese language and culture and enjoy sightseeing in the surrounding area.
Because this is a pilot program, Aso and BCC are offering a very affordable price of less than $2,350 per student (exact price depends on the number of participants) to encourage more students to participate. The price includes round-trip economy airfare, 22 nights room and board, one night hotel lodging in Fukuoka, overseas medical insurance, Japanese language lessons, seminars on Japanese culture and international relations and activities and excursions in the Fukuoka area.
Interested students should call International Student Programs at X3185 or pick up an application in B233, directly above the bookstore.
Join fellow BCC faculty and staff in person-to-person discussions this summer to exchange ideas about issues of race in our society. Two Courageous Conversations series are being offered during July and early August: Wednesdays from 7:15 - 8:30 a.m. in C120, facilitated by Jim Bennett, and Mondays from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in C120 (B230A on Aug. 7 only), facilitated by Kim Pollock. Student Courageous Conversations will be held Wednesdays from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. in room C211, facilitated by Shanika Russell and Elman McClain.
If you urgently need to contact a BCC counselor about a student in crisis, just call X2257, the Emergency Line for Counseling. Your call will be answered by front-desk staff in the Student Services Building who will immediately find a counselor for you to speak with. If there are no counselors in the building at the time of your call, an administrator or staff member will help you. Another resource for you or your student is Community Crisis Line at (206) 461-3222, where experts can help you with a wide variety of crises.
Are you reliable in emergencies? Public Safety needs more Incident Responders to help out when emergencies hit the campus, especially for evening and weekend shifts, as well as alternates for normal daytime hours. Public Safety will provide training.
If you are interested in helping out please contact Joe Fithian at jfithian@bcc.ctc.edu or X2250 or Jesse Brown at jbrown@bcc.ctc.edu or X5710.
Inside sources report the 2006 NWBIO Conference hosted by BCC’s Life Sciences department in May was an overwhelming success. More than 120 biologists and “bio-groupies” from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia enjoyed field trips, performances, workshops and socializing during the three-day event at the Seabeck Conference Center on Hood Canal.
Highlights of the conference included a presentation on plastic pollution in the oceans by oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, the noted tracker of sea-born plastic ducks and Nike shoes. A tide-pool field trip led by BCC Biology Instructor Sue Miller was another big hit. Participants were delighted to find a wealth of specimens including mating midshipmen, seastars, chitons and sea slugs. Greg Bole from the University of British Columbia entertained the crowd with a captivating performance as Charles Darwin.
BCC faculty and staff who produced the conference included Carol Burton, Melodye Gold, Donna Sharpe, Sue Miller, Rob Viens, Chris Shelley and Carol Ryckman.
Next year’s theatre schedule begins with drama and ends with laughter
The BCC Drama Department has released an intriguing ‘06-‘07 schedule that features taught drama as well as high camp.
In November watch for two dramas: Lonely Planet, by local playwright Steven Dietz, and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, by Ed Graczyk.
Then turn to comedy in 2007 with -- yes! -- The Rocky Horror Show, the cult classic by Richard O’Brien!
The Stage Fright Drama Club continues the comedy in April with Play On, by Rick Abbot, a comedy about amateur American actors staging a badly written English comedy. This production will be directed by student Tamara Thurston.
Finish the year in May with two hilarious British one-act plays: The Real Inspector Hound, a satirical comedy by Tom Stoppard, and Black Comedy, a farce by Peter Shaffer.
For further information call Tammi Doyle at X2319.
“Unfolding the Future” will be the theme of this year’s STTACC/Association conference, which will be held at BCC August 7-8. This year the conference will focus on issues of the college workplace of the future, with discussions by noted Washington leaders and business people. Session topics will include “The Green Workforce," “Surviving Restructuring,” “Hiring for the Future,” “Innovation & Technology in the State's Economy,” “Diversity and Pluralism,” and “Washington LEARNS.”
The conference is a joint activity of the Staff Training for Technical and Community Colleges and the Association of Washington Community and Technical College Administrators, both dedicated to professional development for employees of the state’s community and technical colleges. BCC classified staff employees may apply for scholarships and innovation grants to help cover the cost of registration. Classified and exempt staff both may apply for BCC Foundation Mini-Grant awards for the same purpose.
Registration information can be found at http://sttacc.ctc.edu/Summer%20Conferences/2006/SumConf2006.htm. For further information, contact Diana Lee Hagen at X2255.
Looking for adventure with your learning? BCC instructor/archaeologist Nancy Gonlin and instructor/artist Lars Husby will lead a small group on a trip to major but seldom-visited Mayan sites in the southern Yucatan, Mexico, and western Belize next spring.
Highlights of the expedition will be visits to the ruins at Calakmul in Mexico and Caracol in Belize. Also included will be an excursion into the Calakmul Biosphere, which is the largest remaining stand of tropical rainforest in Mexico and home to an incredibly diverse array of flora and fauna.
Dates for the trip are March 21 - April 1, 2007.
For further information contact Nancy at ngonlin@bcc.ctc.edu or X4189 or Lars at lhusby@bcc.ctc.edu or X2632.
| June 8 | BCC Jazz Band performance, 7:30 p.m., Tula’s, Seattle | |
June 8, 10 |
BCC Summer musical auditions |
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June 8-11 |
KBCS summer pledge drive |
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| June 15 | Commencement | |
June 16 |
Medical Informatics symposium, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., N-201 |
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| June 26 | Summer quarter begins | |
| June 26 | Summer hours begin | |
| July 28–29 | BCC summer musical, Working, Carlson Theater | |
| Aug. 10 | Summer quarter ends | |
| Sept. 1 | Last day of summer hours | |
| Sept. 12-15 | Opening week | |
| Sept. 13–14 | Beyond Diversity workshop | |
Sept. 18 |
Fall quarter begins |
| • | Four BCC employees – Senior Media Technician Larry Boykin, Bookstore Director Kristen Connely, World Languages Instructor Shuang-Chiu Wang and Assistant Dean of Student Programs Faisal Jaswal – were nominated by colleagues for the Washington State Public Service Recognition Week Extra Mile Award. Larry’s nomination cited his exemplary, professional behavior and ability to creatively and efficiently overcome various obstacles in the use of Media Services equipment. Kristen was nominated for her creativity in developing a textbook rental strategy that saves students money while still being cost-effective. Shuang was nominated for her initiative and commitment in improving the usability of the new language lab by digging into the intricacies and mysteries of the lab software then working with the vendor and tech support to solve problems. Faisal’s nomination cited the new vibrancy he has brought to Student Programs and his vision in creating a student Leadership Institute. |
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| • | After 21 years of service to BCC, Adele Becker, Director of Work Related Programs in Continuing Education, will be retiring in July. Adele, whose many awards include the National Council for Continuing Education and Training national leadership award received last fall, is the most successful Continuing Education program director in the history of the state, responsible for producing 5 percent of all continuing education revenue in Washington. Working collaboratively to advance both credit and non-credit programs, Adele has developed certification programs that attract students with bachelor’s and master's degrees seeking to learn new skills. Watch your email for retirement celebration plans. |
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| • | BCC World Languages Instructor Shuang-Chiu Wang used her Chinese language abilities in a different way recently. She sang the part of the Empress in the Beijing Opera, “Second Audience with the Empress,” at Meydenbauer Center on May 27. Beijing Opera is an art form that combines the singing, costumes, and live music one would expect in a European opera with additional acting and balletic elements. In Beijing Opera, lyrics are sung in a combination of modern standard Chinese (Mandarin) and an archaic dialect of north-central China. The Meydenbauer Center show, put on by the Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club, included three operas in all. Opera-goers were overheard saying of Shuang, “She sings the words so well; she should be a Chinese teacher!” And that she is, right here at BCC. | ||
| • | The Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce in May awarded two community honors to former BCC employee John Williams, founder of the college’s Transitions program for developmentally delayed adults (now called Venture). John received the Human & Spiritual Values Award and the Hall of Fame Award, which is the Chamber’s highest honor. The awards recognized John’s work with disabled and learning challenged students over the past 35 years, which included teaching as well as thousands of hours spent developing recreation and work opportunities and other resources for students outside of school. |
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Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty:
| • | Henry Amaya – Retention Specialist, Office of Instruction/Title III |
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| • | Jennifer Chao – Credentials Evaluator II, Evaluations/Graduation | |
| • | Mina Kirilov – Program Coordinator, International Student Programs |
Congratulations on recent promotions or changes:
| • | Carol Grant – to Program Coordinator, Disability Support Services |
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| • | GlennJackson – to Program Assistant, Enrollment Services |
A fond farewell to departing BCC employees:
| • | Janet Doherty – Program Manager, NWCET | |
| • | Valerie Hodge – Director, Institutional Research | |
| • | Mario Rey – IT Specialist 4, Computing Services | |
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Sylvia Hobbs – Instructor, Home Economics |
| Steve Ramsey, general manager of BCC's KBCS-FM radio station, and several KBCS volunteers were interviewed in a June 8 Seattle Times feature story about the station, entitled, What will they play next?" To read the article, go to http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2003046504_kbcs08.html. To listen to KBCS, go to 91.3 FM or listen on-line at http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=listenlive. | ||
| • | Karrin Klotz, part-time law instructor in BCC’s business program and an expert on intellectual property, was quoted in a June 1 New York Times article entitled “Glass Artists Face Off in Court,” about Dale Chihuly’s copyright infringement suit against two other artists. Karrin was quoted saying there is precedent for Chihuly's claim. “I think his works are distinctive enough to be protected. He is depicting things like flowers and sea forms that may be derived from nature, but the way he shapes them can be protected," Karrin said. |
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| • | BCC Fulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Ahmad Radi was interviewed in the May 12 edition of the Bellevue Reporter. To read the story, go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news/coverage/Radi5-12-06.pdf. | |
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