12/4/2003 • Issue #89News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
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The college is planning a memorial service for BCC Director of Computing Services Isbel Trejo and her husband Herbert, who both died last week during a trip to Venezuela. "Isbel is greatly missed," said BCC President Jean Floten. "She impacted the college in so many positive ways - through her professionalism and most importantly, her close working relationships with others."
"While we cope with our feelings of loss, it's encouraging to see the college come together to support each other," Floten continued. "This is a difficult time for all of us, especially the Computing Services staff who were very close to Isbel. Please be extra considerate of them while they go through the grieving process."
The memorial service date will be set when Trejo family members return to the
area. A fund to support the family has been established and donations in the
name of Isbel Trejo may be made via the Cashier's Office. The staff in Computing
Services are working to organize a remembrance for her. "The impact she
had on both the personal and professional lives of every one of us in Computing
Services is immeasurable," said Gary Farris, IT Systems Specialist. "We
want to find a way to respond to our loss by creating a lasting tribute for
her at the college, and to recognize how she helped make BCC a great institution."
For more information, please contact Gary
Farris at 564-4077 or via campus e-mail.
Browse this week's Grapevine on the Web at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/grapevine and discover convenient new features. The online version includes improved navigation, linked e-mail addresses and better integration with the BCC college website and intranet. Future editions of the Grapevine will still be announced via BCC e-mail.
BCC staff, faculty and trustees charted the future of the college from 2004-2011 in a new strategic plan adopted by the BCC Board of Trustees on October 29. The new plan goes into effect July 1, 2004. The strategic plan focuses on nine areas of development: access, student success, teaching and learning excellence, institutional accountability, professional and organizational excellence, financial sustainability, technology leadership, pluralism and community leadership and partnership. View the plan and strategic priorities online at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/about/goals/strategicplan/default.asp.
Washington Governor Gary Locke has appointed Paul Chiles, of Bellevue, and Ruthann Kurose, of Mercer Island, to five-year terms on the Bellevue Community College Board of Trustees. Chiles replaces Dell Jackson, who is retiring from the BCC Board after seven years of service. Chiles is president of Chiles & Company, Inc., a commercial real estate services firm that he founded in 1990. Previously, he was Vice President for Investments at CB Richard Ellis in Seattle. He also taught courses in BCC's real estate program from 1977 through 1999, and was chair of the program in 1983-84. Kurose is being reappointed for a third term. A reception to honor Dell Jackson will be held Wednesday, December 10, from 1 - 1:45 p.m. in the BCC Board Room, B201.
The BCC Foundation Board is delighted to announce the fall Mini-Grant recipients:
| Jennifer Stanton, Developmental Education | ESL classroom board game |
| Mark Storey, Philosophy Department | Bring NW Philosophy Conference to BCC |
| Sue Ferguson, Early Learning Family and Childcare Center |
ELFCC brochures and materials |
| Gwyneth Jones, Geology Department | Geology lending library |
| Jennifer McCarty, Grounds Department | Disabled Access Garden |
| Ron Taplin, Multi-Cultural Services and Student Success Programs | Speaker Tim Wise for Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration |
| Lucy Macneil, Pluralism Steering Committee | Beyond Diversity workshop for BCC employees |
| Barbara Brodsky, TRiO Student Support Services | TRiO textbooks and supplies |
| Bill Mace, WorkFirst | Talk Time conversation classes |
For spring 2004 grant applications, go to http://intranet.bcc.ctc.edu/formslibrary/grants/. Applications are due January 30, 2004. For more information, please contact Lucinda Taylor, Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement, at 564-5074 or via campus e-mail.
To find out about campus closures during poor weather conditions, check the following sources: visit http://status.bcc.ctc.edu or call (425) 401-6680 or (206) 633-7061. Several local television and radio stations also list school closures. For the full list of weather emergency procedures, please contact Administrative Services at 564-2451.
The Business Division and BCC Foreign Languages offices will move to the newly renovated A Building in December. The Business Division will be located in A242 (main office) and A255. Languages will occupy a new space in A245. Please direct students and employees to these new locations. Phone numbers will remain the same.
Now students and staff members with wireless devices can connect to BCC's student network and the Internet in the C, L, B and N Buildings. A collaborative project between BCC Computing Services and Information Technology Services, the wireless network was funded by Student Programs and the Associated Student Government. Staff and faculty who wish to use the wireless network need to request access through the Help Desk's Technical Assistance Center - http://tac.bcc.ctc.edu. For more information, contact the Help Desk at 564-4357.
Here is your chance to help select a thought-provoking work for BCC Reads! The book should be meaningful and relevant to current society, and should portray all ethnic groups accurately and respectfully. Ideally, the book will also apply to all of BCC's academic divisions: arts and humanities, science, social science and business. One selection is under consideration, Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. The next BCC Reads! Selection Committee meeting will be held December 4 at 4 p.m. in Room L100D. For more information, contact Nicole Longpré at 564-3071 or via campus e-mail.
There is still time for students to register for the three-credit "Thinking Strategies" course for winter quarter. Created to respond to campus concerns about poor quality critical thinking skills, the course helps students evaluate arguments, tap their own creativity, conduct research and articulate their ideas through writing, and speaking as well as visual and digital media. For more information, and to refer students, please contact Instructor Jeanne Strieck at 564-2315 or via campus e-mail. Students who wish to register for the HD196 course need to use item number 6044.
Craving gondolas and gorgonzola or hankering for café in Copan? Join knowledgeable BCC faculty members as they share the flavors, art and adventures of Italy and Honduras during tours next spring and summer. During spring break, Art Instructor Lars Husby will lead a cultural and ecological tour to Honduras, Central America's best kept secret. Highlights include the Maya ruins at Copan; the cloud forests of Celaque National Park; Pico Bonito National Park and the Bay Islands where Columbus first landed (to name a few). Please contact Lars via campus e-mail for more details. From July 5-25, Art Instructor Vicki Artimovich will lead her "Three Graces Tour of Italy." The art and culture tour explores Venice, Florence and Rome with a stop in London. The mornings are filled with fine art and the afternoons and evenings are free to explore and taste Italian cuisine, wine and culture. Attend Vicki's slide-lecture presentation on Saturday, January 17 in room B104, from 1 to 3 p.m. or contact her via campus e-mail for more information.
| December 6 | Holiday Choir Concert, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theater |
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| December 8 | College Issues Day - No Day Classes |
| December 10 | Board of Trustees Meeting, 12:30-4 p.m., Board Room, B201 Spring Quarter graduation applications due |
| December 11 | Fall Quarter Ends |
| December 12 | CEABCC Holiday Luncheon, BCC Cafeteria |
| December 14 | Jingle Bell Run, 8:50 a.m., Westlake Center, Seattle |
| December 15 | Holiday Pottery Sale, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Room C157 |
| December 24-25 | Holiday - Campus Closed |
| December 26 | Campus Closed |
| January 5 | Winter Quarter Begins |
| January 12 | Hands On Democracy: The Russian Elections of 2003-04 and US-Russian Relations, 10:30-11:20 a.m., Library Media Center |
| January 17 | Slide Lecture Presentation, "Three Graces Tour of Italy," 1-3 p.m., Room B104 |
| January 19 | Holiday - Campus Closed |
| January 28 | Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Show, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, Seattle |
| January 30 | Mini-Grant applications due to BCC Foundation |
For more events information, visit the college calendar at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news
Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty:
A fond farewell to departing BCC employees:
What to our wondering eyes…two little "elves" have appeared in the ELFCC family! Toddler Teacher Michell Moore welcomed her daughter Elora and baby Matthew recently joined mom Francisca Dominguez, a Lead Head Start Teacher at the Early Learning Family and Childcare Center.
After more than two decades at the college, Food Services Director Bob Southard
is retiring. Come wish Bob well at his retirement party, Thursday, December
11 at 2:30 p.m. in the Garden Room, C130.
BCC student and working mom, Trisha Allerdice was featured in a November 30 article in the King County Journal. An intern at the college's Early Learning, Family and Childcare Center, Allerdice is studying computer fundamentals and learning to balance work, school and parenting. Read the full story online at http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/150194.
For more articles about BCC in the news, go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news/coverage/
The BCC Events Calendar is the primary way the general public finds out about
what's happening on campus. Events are not automatically posted if you send
an All-BCC FYI, they also need to be submitted to the BCC Events Calendar. It's
also important to get the word out early--so please post information as soon
as campus space and the event dates and details are confirmed! Please take the
next available opportunity to verify that your upcoming BCC event is posted:
http://events.bcc.ctc.edu/eventcenter-bin/msclient.dll?SESSION=0364131226&METHOD=TOP&NID=2000219&CMD=1
(Look for the new, big red button on the calendar labeled, "Post Your Event"
to submit details!)
For employee-only events, there is a special "employee view" in the Events Calendar. You can access this view when you log in to MyBCC or the Intranet menu, or through the new Faculty & Staff menu - click on "Employee Events Calendar" at: http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/employees.
To submit news, please contact:
Andrea Bowers
Grapevine Editor, BCC College Relations
abowers@bcc.ctc.edu
(425) 564-2810
Deadlines are usually the third week of the month – watch All-BCC FYI
for actual dates
Please keep submissions brief, verify spelling and include your contact information.
Thank you!
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