12/7/2000 • Issue #45 News & Views Legislators Visit BCC State legislators from the BCC service area met with President Floten and administrative, faculty, staff, trustee and student members of the campus Legislative Committee today to discuss higher education issues for the next legislative session. During a breakfast meeting, the group discussed the impact of new initiatives, the current political climate and the college’s capital and operating budget requests. President Floten and Director of Institutional Research Valerie Hodge gave an overview of BCC’s new community impact study and several BCC programs that positively impact students’ lives. Share Your BCC Memories for Founder’s Day BCC will celebrate its 35th anniversary on January 3. To recognize the event, the College Relations staff is compiling information about BCC’s history for a Founder’s Day web page. How has the college changed since you’ve been here? We want to know! Please share your memories, photos and little-known facts about the college with Kristin Graham in College Relations. You can reach her at 564-3081 or via campus e-mail. A Potential Traffic Tangle for BCC Commuters Thanks to all college faculty and staff members who attended informational meetings last week about traffic issues that may affect the college. The City of Bellevue has proposed changes to 148th Avenue SE that could severely limit access to campus. The Bellevue Transportation Commission will review the issue at a January 11 City Council meeting. In the meantime, BCC continues to encourage alternatives to single car commuting like carpooling, taking the bus or riding a bicycle to campus. The good news is more than 200 new subsidized bus passes were purchased this fall than in previous quarters. Mentor A Student If you can spare an hour or so a week, you can help a new student navigate his or her educational experience at BCC. Faculty and staff mentors are needed next quarter to provided assistance and encouragement to students. You and your student will set your own schedule and decide if you’d like to maintain contact by phone, e-mail or in-person meetings once a week. For more information, contact Director of Student Programs Toni Hartsfield at 564-6151 or via campus e-mail. Panel Promotes Service Learning During Professional Development Day on November 10, several faculty and staff members attended the “Serve, Learn and Lead” panel session by BCC faculty members, Bellevue city officials and local business people. The group reflected on the merits of providing students with opportunities to gain work experience through internships and incorporate community service learning into curricula. Students get real-world experience - and the chance to make new educational connections and give back to the community. For more information, contact Cheryl Vermilyea at 564-2431or Shairose Gulamani at 564-4083. Employee of the Month Congratulations to Lynda Jensen, the classified staff association “Employee of the Month” for November!  Lynda is a program assistant in the Student Childcare and Early Learning Center and has been at the college since 1990. “Lynda embraces the mission of service to families and commits to doing whatever it takes to make the program work,” said one of her many fans. Co-workers praised her attention to detail, willingness to help and supportive nature. Spectacular Students BCC students continue to make great strides! Here’s a look at some recent accomplishments: ? All-Academic Team -  Coleen De Leon and Sara Needleman-Carlton are BCC’s representatives to the 2001 All-Washington Academic Team, a prestigious competition that recognizes outstanding academic and service contributions of community college students. They will be honored in March by Governor Gary Locke in a ceremony in Olympia to recognize top students. Coleen is active in Phi Theta Kappa, the International Student Association and several community organizations. Sara is the president of ASBCC student government and BCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, in addition to volunteering for many community service projects. Congratulations to these outstanding students! ? BCC Athletes Recognized -- Four BCC students were selected by the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) for exceptional academic and athletic achievements during fall quarter. Each season, NWAACC asks community colleges to submit names of athletes as nominees for the All Academic Student Athlete title. The nominees must have at least a 3.5 GPA and have completed at least 36 credits. BCC had four students chosen, more than any other school. Congratulations to students Sarah Nap, Ambry Dornay, Theryn Henkel and Kentaro Matsuno. ? DEC Students Show Community Spirit - Students involved in BCC's Delta Epsilon Chi (DEC) club will make a local family’s holiday celebrations a little merrier this year. On December 20, DEC students will deliver bags of goodies to a family in need identified by the Union Gospel Mission.  As part of their civic consciousness project, students solicited donations from Eastside businesses and raised funds to purchase clothes, food, toys and presents for the family. DEC is a national organization dedicated to providing leadership, management, marketing and merchandising training to students. Movers & Shakers ? Congratulations to speech instructor Lee Buxton, who was recently named in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.”  College students may nominate one teacher who made a significant impact during their academic experience. He joins only 2.5% of American teachers named to this list. Lee has been teaching at BCC since 1984 and received the Margin of Excellence award in 1994. ? When something looks fishy, call upon Laurel LaFever. A few weeks ago Laurel and a team of divers dove into action to remove a stray gill net from the West Seattle shore.  After removing the 100 foot net, the group spent two hours cutting free the marine life trapped in the net. This was Laurel’s fourth gill net recovery operation. The Seattle Aquarium had plans to remove the net, but Laurel’s group was one step ahead. Welcome & Farewell Welcome to our new BCC faculty and staff: Vickye Luke-Yabuki, Office Assistant III, Office of Instruction Francisca Dominguez, Early Childhood Aide II, Student Childcare Center Joy Prosise, Worker Retraining Project Manager, Worker Retraining Molly Weaver, Program Coordinator, International Student Services Patrick Colin Beardsley, Retail Clerk II, Bookstore Jeremy Strong, Computer Maintenance Tech. I, Academic Computing Patricia Lawrence, Program Coordinator, Cont. Ed. Matthew Groshong, Assistant Director of Assessment/GED Testing, Assessment Sharlene Neal,  Worker Retaining Project Manager, Worker Retraining Yolanda Matos, Program Assistant, International Programs Michele Noble, Program Assistant, Admissions/Registration Jill Peterson, Computer Support Tech. III, Tech. Services Congratulations on recent promotions or changes: Laurie Stephan, Curriculum Program Coordinator, NWCET William Laatsch, Gardener II, Campus Operations Heather Sipple, Curriculum Associate, NWCET Chris Samia, Interim Director of International Student Services Diem O'Rourke, Temporary Program Manager, International Student Services Kazumi Hada-Chan, Temporary Program Manager, International Student Services A fond farewell to departing BCC employees: Illeny Maaza, Graphics Designer/Illustrator, Printing Services Kirsten Wells, Cashier II, Finance Campus Calendar December 8, CEABCC Holiday Luncheon, 11 a.m., Cafeteria December 25-26, Holiday - Campus Closed January 1, New Year’s Day Holiday - Campus Closed January 3, Winter Quarter Begins | Founder’s Day - BCC Celebrates 35 Years! January 9, New Student Orientation, Room C120-A, 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. January 10, New Student Orientation, Room C120-A, 4:30 p.m. January 11, New Student Orientation, Room C120-A, 1:30 & 2:30 p.m. January 11, MLK Jr. Event “Transformational Experiences,” 11:30 a.m., Carlson Theatre January 15, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Campus Closed Up-to-date campus events may be found on the BCC Intranet at: http://intranet.bcc.ctc.edu (click on Events Calendar). College Relations Corner In the News BCC’s website received high marks in a review from the Eastside Business Journal on November 24. The article gives an overview of the site as well as online features like registration, tuition payment and distance education. You can read the article at: http://www.bizjournals.com/eastside/stories/2000/11/27/smallb4.html A November Seattle Times article about accent modification was also published by the Boston Globe on November 24. Instructor Monica Monk was interviewed for the story. Dean of Continuing Education Sharon Carpenter was interviewed for a November 15 Eastside Journal article about local company @campus.com.  BCC was the first client to test the @campus registration and scheduling system. You can read the article online at http://www.eastsidejournal.com/sited/retr_story.pl/34343. A BCC workshop focused on uncovering sources of personal happiness was mentioned in the article “The Road to Joy” in the November 18 edition of the Eastside Journal. The Eastside Journal also covered news of BCC’s recent scholarship recipients on November 12. The new CyberCareers website, http://ww.cybercareers.org was mentioned in the Eastside Journal on November 20. The website was launched by the NWCET and other partners last month to provide more information about information technology careers to students and educators. On the Web Campus Directory Available in PDF Do you need to access the campus telephone directory at home? Or maybe you need to print just one or two pages?  Now you can download the most updated BCC directory in a print-friendly PDF format from the front page of the BCC Intranet. Just go to http://intranet.bcc.ctc.edu and click away! BCC Reaches Out To Recruit IT Faculty Visit any one of BCC's IT program websites and you’ll see the "Put Your IT Skills to Work @ BCC" icon. This new site focuses on the "teaching experience" and presents the advantages and fulfillment of working at BCC in the IT programs. The website is adapted from a print brochure that was developed earlier in the quarter and will be distributed at conferences. For more details, visit http://high-tech.bcc.ctc.edu. H A P P Y    H O L I D A Y S!