3/15/2001 • The Ides of March Issue (#51) News & Views Top Students Will Be Honored in Olympia Students Coleen DeLeon and Sara Needleman-Carlton, BCC’s representatives to the All-Washington Academic Team, will be honored by Governor Gary Locke in a ceremony in Olympia next week. The All Academic Team is a prestigious annual competition that recognizes the outstanding academic and service contributions of community college students. Coleen DeLeon emigrated from the Philippines and hopes to return there one day as a heart surgeon. She is the vice president of the campus Phi Theta Kappa honor society and International Student Association, and is an active volunteer at the UW Medical Center and Issaquah Senior Center. Sara Needleman-Carlton is the BCC student government president, the campus student recycling coordinator and president of Phi Theta Kappa’s Greater Northwest Region. She is considering a career in non-profit management or grassroots activism and performs volunteer work for the Eastside Baby Corner, the Boeing holiday gift drive and America Reads program. Congratulations to these outstanding students! Discover a Window to the World Experience food and entertainment from around the world during the 18th annual "Window to the World" International Night Dinner from 6 p.m. - midnight on Saturday, May 5 in the BCC cafeteria. Sample dishes such as egg rolls, tandoori chicken, beef keema kabob, vegetable tika masala, baklava, phad thai and Swedish meatballs while you watch an international fashion show and dance the night away. Tickets cost $10 and will be available on April 2 at the Student Information Desk (C106) in the Student Union Building. This popular event, sponsored by the International Student Services and the International Student Association, sells out every year so buy your tickets early! For more information, contact Nora Lance at 564-2330. Spring Events from Art-Zones Continuing Education’s Art-Zones program offers two free events for aspiring writers and photographers in March. Microsoft researcher Bill Hill presents an insightful, realistic look at the potential of “eBooks,” an electronic method of book publication, from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. on March 28 in room N201. eBooks are valuable tools for new writers - or even seasoned authors like Stephen King - to reach an audience instantly by publishing their work for a low cost on the Internet. Photography enthusiasts will enjoy a presentation of digital photography by instructor Ted Grudowski and black-and-white student photos from 7:30 - 9 p.m. on March 30 in room T203 at the Factoria campus. Tour the new photography lab and enjoy refreshments. Student artwork will be displayed in the T building this spring and will be changed every quarter. For more details, contact Jitka Wong at 564-2954 or via campus e-mail. Athletics Round-Up BCC spring sports are gearing up as winter sports wind down. The men's basketball team finished the season at 13-15, their best record in six years. They finished one game short of the play-offs, but have four players returning for next year's team. The women’s basketball team finished 5-20 (and 4-12 in the league) this year. Second-year player Kailey Kirkpatrick was named to the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges all-region second team. Baseball, softball and women's tennis kick off in March, and all three teams should be very competitive this year. The men’s baseball tournament starts today through Sunday at BCC. For more details, contact coach Mark Yoshino at 564-2356. For a complete schedule of upcoming events, click on “Athletics Calendar” on the front page of the BCC website. Strike Up An International Conversation International Programs is again offering its popular ”International Conversation Partners Program” for spring quarter. The program matches international students studying intensive English at BCC with English or near-native fluency English speakers for cross-cultural conversation. The time commitment is one hour per week, and partners meet at scheduled group activities or according to their personal schedules. The Conversation Partners Program is open to all BCC staff, faculty and students. Please submit your application by April 13. For more information, please call Kara McKinzie at 564-3074 or via campus e-mail. Movers & Shakers Congratulations to faculty and staff on these recent accomplishments: ?       Joan Baker, chair of BCC’s Diagnostic Ultrasound program, is leading a delegation of sonographers to Australia over spring break. The group will travel to Sydney and Melbourne to visit medical facilities and discuss ultrasound training and practice with their Australian counterparts. Joan was profiled in the February 26 issue of Radiology Today, a bi-weekly magazine for professionals in the field of radiologic technology. ?       Linda Bennett, English and developmental education instructor, attended TESOL 2000, an international conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, in St. Louis a few weeks ago. She was part of a colloquium representing community colleges from across the nation titled "Generation 1.5 at the Community College."  Generation 1.5 represents American high school graduates who sustained interruptions to literacy in native language at a critical time. They often have unrealistic expectations about college-level work and their academic ability. Discussion will continue at a future conference in Salt Lake City. ?       “Anime Revealed” instructors Scott Bessho and Terry Weston are finding great success with their popular new interdisciplinary studies course. The class, and resulting student anime club, sponsored a film festival last week and nearly 250 people attended the event. The anime club was asked to show more films at the Eastside Japanese Festival this fall, and Scott and Terry have been invited to host a symposium as part of a local anime convention. ?       Jeff Cofer, American Studies program chair and Phi Theta Kappa advisor, was nominated to represent BCC in the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award competition sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Publishing. Each year, Houghton Mifflin recognizes post-secondary educators who work to improve the educational experience of first-year college or university students. ?       Jamie Dye in Information Resources and Liz Buse in Student Programs will spend much of the weekend attending the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) annual conference in Seattle. Speakers will address the conference’s theme of “Perspectives from the Leading Edge” in civil rights, social justice, partnerships and technology. NASPA provides professional development, leadership and policy development to college and university student affairs administrators throughout the country. Campus Calendar March 16                i-BCC Informational Meeting, 12:30 p.m., Room N201 March 21                Winter Quarter Ends March 22                All-Washington Team Ceremony, noon, Olympia March 22-30     Spring Break - No Classes March 23                CEABCC Classified Staff Association Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.,                                               Cafeteria March 28                eBooks Lecture, 6:30 p.m., room N201 March 30                Art-Zones Photo Lab Open House/Photo Exhibit, 7:30 p.m.,                                                Room T203 (Factoria Center) April 2         Spring Quarter Begins April 25                BCC Foundation Scholarship Luncheon April 27                Professional Development Day - No Class May 2           Board of Trustees Meeting, 12:30 p.m., Room B201 May 5           International Night Dinner, 6pm, BCC Cafeteria May 23          Margin of Excellence Awards, 3 p.m., Carlson Theatre May 28          Memorial Day Holiday - No Class 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   On the Web See these helpful new resources for students, faculty and staff: 2001-2002 Course Catalog online http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/catalog New Easy Order Page for College Publications http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/bccweb/howtoenroll/requestinfonew.stm A new easy way to order college publications is now available in the Enrollment section of the website by clicking on “How to Enroll.” Students can request a class schedule, program brochure or viewbook from this page. Graduation Applications Now Online http://wts.bcc.ctc.edu/evaluations/index.stm Students may now apply for graduation through a Web-based form on the college website. This new option is currently highlighted off of the BCC home page through tomorrow (the deadline for applying). New HR Website Features Helpful Tool for Employees Now you will be able to access your payroll history via the campus Intranet.  Human Resources launches a new website today that features resources, links and a new tool that allows employees to log-on and access salary history and benefits information. You will receive an employee personal identification number (PIN) in campus mail within the next few days to access this new service. Faculty may use the same PIN and password they already use for Instructor's Briefcase. Log on to the campus Intranet at: http://intranet.bcc.ctc.edu/ to view these new resources! New Foundation Home Page http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/foundation/ The BCC Foundation arrives on the Web with a new home page!  Information about current projects and campaigns, student success stories and suggestions for donating to the college are highlighted in this page. The BCC Foundation site includes comprehensive information on the Early Learning, Family and Childcare Center campaign with a feature website, located at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/foundation/earlylearning. Steering the Way For a Better BCC Web The first Web Steering meeting convened last week with over 40 people in attendance. The team will be focused on designing a new set of Web standards for the college that address ADA compliance, style, content accuracy and page consistency. If you weren't able to attend last week, but are interested in participating, please contact BCC Web Specialist Lori Tiede via campus e-mail.