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1/15/2004• Issue #90News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell | BCC
In The News | On the Web |
Join musicians from many faiths for a 7 p.m. concert, "To the Mountain Top; An Interfaith Music Celebration in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," Friday, January 16, in the Carlson Theater. The concert blends spirituals, jazz standards, Jewish and Christian liturgical music as well as Qur'anic chant in Arabic and Persian folk melody. The event is free and open to the public. The celebration is sponsored by Multi-Cultural and Student Success Programs, Student Programs, Associated Students of BCC, Campus Activities Board, TRIO Student Support Services and Disability Support Services. For more details, please contact Ron Taplin, Associate Dean for Multi-Cultural and Student Success Programs, at 564-2208.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators selected the college for its prestigious Internationalizing the Campus journal based on BCC’s campus-wide commitment to international perspectives. BCC was chosen along with Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Binghamton University in New York and St. Norbert College in Wisconsin. The college will be part of the Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and Educational Testing Service. Congratulations to the BCC staff who prepared the application: International Student Services staff, Cris Samia, Director, and Mary Burke, Credentials Evaluator as well as Bob Adams, Director of College Relations. For more information about NAFSA, visit http://www.nafsa.org/campus_nomination2/intro.html or contact Bob Adams at 564-3081 or via campus e-mail.
Faculty and staff at BCC are invited to learn more about the diversity of people and culture in Africa at a new seminar series with Stella Williams, BCC's Scholar-in-Residence. The brownbag sessions will start January 21 with the presentation, "Nigeria: A Case Study in Human Rights," from 11:30 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. in L100C. Employees are invited to drop in for a lunch hour or stay for the entire seminar. Seminar information and discussion group resources are posted online at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/liberalarts/sir/class.html. For more information and to register, please contact Rob Viens, Center for Liberal Arts Task Force Member, at 564-3158 or via campus e-mail.
An integral part of BCC's pluralism effort is to create a more welcoming environment for students and employees at the college. To help facilitate this, the Employee Pluralism Committee is sponsoring a new Beyond Diversity Workshop: Courageous Conversations, a Strategy for De-institutionalizing Racism and Improving Student Retention on Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop will be co-facilitated by BCC employees and Glenn Singleton of Pacific Educational Group (who facilitated the first Beyond Diversity workshop). BCC's administration supports the workshop and up to 65 people will be released from their regular work to attend. Planners encourage employees who represent the full diversity of the college to participate. To register, contact Susan Jamieson at 564-2440 or via campus e-mail. The workshop is funded by the BCC Pluralism Committee, Human Resources and a Foundation Mini Grant.
BCC’s unspoken hierarchy was the topic of discussion at the December 8 Employee Issues Day. The Employee Pluralism Committee facilitated a conversation about the college’s pecking order, which ended with a commitment to keep talking. The ultimate goal of the discussion was to find ways that employees can be more respectful toward one another. A few suggestions from the summary included: demonstrate respect via the cross-cultural "platinum" rule - treat others as they wish to be treated; ask before interrupting others; share power and choices, and pause to choose a response before reacting. For a full summary of the discussion, please contact Employee Pluralism Committee member Becky Turnbull via campus e-mail.
| January 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration: To the Mountain Top interfaith concert, 7 p.m., Carlson Theater |
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| January 17 | Drama Festival, competition begins at noon in the Carlson Theater; evening performance starts at 7:30 p.m. |
| January 19 | Holiday - Campus Closed |
| January 21 | Nigeria: A Case Study in Human Rights brownbag seminar with Stella Williams, 11:30 a.m.-1:20 p.m., L100C |
| January 27 | Hands on Democracy: Patriot Acts 1 and 2 lecture, 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m., Library Media Center, Building D |
| January 28 | Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Show, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, Seattle |
| January 30 | Mini-Grant applications due to BCC Foundation |
| January 31 | Vocal Jazz Festival, competition begins at 8 a.m. in the Carlson Theater; evening performance starts at 7:30 p.m. |
| February 3 | Winter Quarter Transfer Fair, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., BCC Cafeteria |
| February 6 | Jazz Band Festival - Jr. High Competition, 12-5 p.m., Carlson Theater |
| February 7 | Babies, Brains, Blocks and Books Workshop, 8:30
a.m.-4 p.m., BCC Cafeteria Jazz Band Festival - High School Competition, 12-5 p.m., Carlson Theater Jazz Band Festival Finals/BCC Jazz Band with guest trombonist Jiggs Whigham, 8 p.m., Carlson Theater |
| February 16 | Holiday - Campus Closed |
| February 20-21 | Beyond Diversity Workshop: Courageous Conversations, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
| February 26 | BCC Internship Expo, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., L Building Lobby |
For more events information, visit the college calendar at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news
Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty:
Congratulations on recent promotions or changes:
A fond farewell to departing BCC employees:
Ron Taplin, Associate Dean of Multi-Cultural and Student Success Programs, was quoted in a Seattle Times article about Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities at the college. To view the January 13 article, go to http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=mlktodo13e&date=20040113&query=Ron+Taplin
BCC runs the largest cooperative preschool program in the state reports The Seattle Times. Julie Soto, Director of Parent Education Programs at the college was interviewed in the January 10 article that describes how coop preschools take a 'village' approach to education. Read more on the Web at http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=coopmain10&date=20040110&query=Julie+Soto
The Northwest Asian Weekly reported BCC Living Treasures recipients Akemi Matsumoto, Jack Surendranath, Alan Yabui and Aslam Khan in its Names in the News column, the week of December 13-19.
President Jean Floten was quoted by The Seattle Times in a December 8 article about the preparation high school students need to be successful in college. Read the full story online at http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=collegeprep08e&date=20031208&query=Jean+Floten.
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