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4/13/2004• Issue #93News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell |
BCC presents its fifth annual Earth Week – days of presentations, demonstrations and exhibits – on campus April 19-22. It is believed to be the largest Earth Week celebration in the greater Seattle area this year. Participants will hear U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee on “Government's Role in Alternative Energy,” and BCC Instructor James Torrence on “Environmentalism and Punk Rock,” among many other presentations. All events are free and open to the public, and most will take place in the C Building. For more information, visit the web at www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/rv/earthweek/ , or contact Rob Viens via email or by phone at X3158.
The second annual BCC American Indian Film Festival promises to top the excellent event that debuted last year. This year the program includes the world renowned American Indian Dance Theatre, performing on Friday, May 7. Phil Lucas' primetime Emmy-nominated film, "Dances for the New Generation," will be shown during the day as well.
On Thursday, May 6, Charlotte Black Elk, the great granddaughter of Nicholas Black Elk, who gained renown through John Neihardt's book, Black Elk Speaks, will discuss the Lakota Sioux.
The film festival also will feature showings of “Lakota Woman,” “Thunderheart,” “Incident at Oglala,” “Paha Sapa: the Struggle for the Black Hills,” and “Pow-Wow Highway.”
Notices regarding locations and times will be posted soon.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the BCC Foundation's 2004 Margin of Excellence Award. And be sure to mark your calendar for the awards ceremony and reception on May 12 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Carlson Theatre.
| • | Full-time Faculty Awards |
Debra Griggs, Business Technology Systems |
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Connie Wais, Interior Design |
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| • | Part-time Faculty Award |
Barbara Wright, ABE/GED Mathematics |
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| • | Classified Employee Awards |
Rick Mahaffey, Computing Services |
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Deanna Tiplin, Business Division |
BCC Reads! scholarship winners for 2004 are:
| • | Heili Aun, who submitted a powwow dress and essay entitled, "Interpretation of a Modern South Dakota Powwow Dress" |
| • | Autumn Heslin, who submitted a painting and essay entitled, "Lost at Wounded Knee" |
| • | Man Kei Mou, whose entry was an essay entitled, "What We Can Learn From Indians' and Frazier's Stories" |
| • | Kristin Shelby, who submitted an essay entitled, "Can a White Man Accurately Write About the Experiences of Indians?" |
| • | Trevor Whitney, whose entry was a musical composition entitled, "Wounded Knee.” |
The students’ work is available online at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/liberalarts/bccreads/students.html. These and other selected entries also will be on display from April 19 - May 10 in the Library Media Center, in conjunction with the “Enough Beauty” exhibit.
BCC's new Health Science Education & Wellness Institute is off to a super beginning. Launched in January, the Institute already has developed two new entry-level health career programs and an array of course offerings in health and wellness.
For Spring 2004, the new course and program offerings include: CPR/First Aid for the Workplace, Medical Coding (CPT Services and Procedures), Clinical Lab Assistant 1, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Bone Densitometry, Using Humor in Diagnosis and Treatment, Caring for an Aging Family Member, Listening Mothers, and Beginning Golf: In the Swing.
For Summer 2004, new classes are: What Kind of Parent Do You Want to Be, Brushing Up on Parenting for Dads, Instructional Skills for the Clinical Setting, Consumer Guide to Alternative Therapies, Clinical Laboratory Assistant 2, Introduction to Phlebotomy I, and Medical Coding (Diagnostic and IDC-9-CM Diagnosis).
Credit courses in development include Medical Terminology and Introduction To Health Care Careers.
For more information, contact the Institute's Executive Director, Maurice McKinnon, via email or by phone at X2191, or email Carol Melby, the Institute's Continuing Education Director, or give her a call at X3144.
"From Idiocy to Citizenship: Facilitating Discussions in the Classroom" will be the keynote topic at the Faculty Professional Development Day April 23. Keynote presenter Dr. Walter Parker – author and professor of curriculum and instruction at the UW – will focus on how to interest students in civic engagement. Dr. Parker's latest book, Teaching Democracy , is available in the BCC bookstore.
Other sessions during the day will focus on invisible disabilities, race relations, communication styles, active learning, plagiarism, CPR, and use of VISTA software.
Staff and administrators are welcome to attend. For more information, please visit http://intranet.bcc.ctc.edu/facprofdev/ , email Andria Villines or phone her at X4025.
“Bend it Like Beckham,” a film comedy about bending the rules to reach your goals, will lead off the Classified Staff Professional Development Day April 23. Other presentations will include “Managing Multiple Commitments” by consultant and trainer Sherri Edwards, and “Generations in the Workplace” by Tom Sweeney of the state Department of Personnel. CPR/First Aid certification classes also will be offered, but require preregistration.
Faculty and administrators are welcome to attend.
Don't miss these fun and informative events. For more information, contact Steve Downing via email or by phone at X2477.
In Brief
| • | Why commute-trip-reduction? Lots of reasons. Listen to what your co-workers have to say on the new commute-trip-reduction video at http://intranet.bcc.ctc.edu/ctr/ . Also, if you are participating in the Wheel Options commute-trip reduction campaign sponsored by the Washington State Ridesharing Organization don't forget to complete your online participation form by April 16 to be eligible for prizes. You can find the form at http://wheeloptions.org/wheeloptions/turn . | |
| • | Courageous Conversations About Race are scheduled weekly at the following times: |
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| - | Tuesdays: 7:15 a.m. in C211; 1:30 p.m. in D110G and 3 p.m. in L100D | |
| - | Wednesdays: 7:15 a.m. in C120A | |
| - | Thursdays: 8 a.m. in B132 and 3 p.m. in B230A | |
| - | Fridays: 7:15 a.m. in C120B and 1:30 p.m. in D110G | |
| • | The BCC Foundation scholarship deadline approaching. Please remind students that the deadline is 4 p.m. April 23. For applications and more details, students should visit http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/scholarships/application.htm or contact Institutional Advancement at 564-2386. | |
| • | Desperately Seeking Notable BCC Alums! Know of any BCC grads who are unusually accomplished in their field of endeavor? If so, please email their name and a brief description of their accomplishments to Marketing Director Bart Becker. Here are a few already identified: |
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| - | Jim Caviezel, actor, Star of “The Passion of the Christ,” “The Thin Red Line” and other movies. | |
| - | Dr. Arthur R. Byrd, Vice President of Student Support, Planning and Research at Long Beach City College. | |
| - | Amanda Wilde, Seattle radio host on KEXP (“Variety Mix”) and KUOW (“The Swing Years and Beyond”). | |
| - | Larry Andersen, Major League Baseball pitcher 1975-94. | |
| - | Simon Siegl, Director of Pratt Arts Institute in Seattle. | |
| - | Deb Caletti, author of novels The Queen of Everything and Honey, Baby, Sweetheart . | |
| • | Lose Your Political Virginity is the theme of a student-driven voter registration campaign at BCC. Registration will be held during spring quarter at special events and every Tuesday at lunchtime at The Jibsheet cafeteria table. Please encourage your students to register and then vote. The drive is part of the Center for Liberal Arts' Hands-On Democracy initiative. | |
| April 16 | Phil Lucas' film “Allan Houser”, 10:30-Noon, C130 |
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| April 18 | KBCS Presents An Evening With John McCutcheon , 7:30 p.m., Town Hall in Seattle |
| April 19 | “Enough Beauty” exhibit begins, Gallery Space, Library Media Center |
| April 19-21 | BCC Earth Week |
| April 21 | BCC Foundation Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue |
| April 23 | Faculty Professional Development Day |
| April 23 | Staff Professional Development Day |
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| April 28 | BCC Board of Trustees Meeting, 12:30-4 p.m., Board Room, B201 |
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| May 7 | KBCS presents Amy Goodman, 7 p.m., Town Hall, Seattle |
| May 12 | Margin of Excellence Awards ceremony and reception, 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Carlson Theatre |
| May 22-23 | Relay for Life, Newport High School |
For more events information, including BCC sports events, visit the college calendar at http://events.bcc.ctc.edu/eventcenter-bin/msclient.dll?SESSION=0362128400&METHOD=TOP&NID=2000219&CMD=2
| • | Phil Lucas presents and discusses his film, “Allan Houser (Haozous): The Lifetime Work of an American Master,” Friday, April 16 , from 10:30 - Noon in room C130 off the cafeteria. An official selection of the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, this film documents the work of one of America's great sculptors and painters. Houser helped found and later headed the sculpture department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His work was exhibited and collected internationally. He was the first Native American to receive the National Medal of Arts, the nation's highest honor for artists. |
| • | Singer, songwriter and storyteller John McCutcheon will share America's colorful tales through folk music Sunday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall in Seattle. In the '60s, McCutcheon left a university classroom for the square dance barns and front porches of the South, where he learned seven instruments and developed a storyteller's ear. Now a Grammy award-winning artist, he brings the folk music of America to sold-out venues around the world. The concert is sponsored by KBCS 91.3 FM. For more information and tickets, contact KBCS at 564-2418 or go online at http://kbcs.fm . |
| • | An exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture by two Native American artists will be presented in an exhibit entitled, “Enough Beauty,” at BCC's Gallery Space from April 19-May 28 . The works by Gail Tremblay of Olympia and John Feodorov of Seattle incorporate traditional Indian forms and myths within personal narratives that have strong political perspectives. The exhibit was organized by Center for Liberal Arts Executive Director Diane Douglas as one of the culminating events in this year's BCC Reads! program, which focused on Ian Frazier's book On the Rez . A complementary exhibit will feature student entries in this year's BCC Reads! scholarship contest. Gallery Space is located in the Library Media Center (Building D). |
| • | The fifth annual BCC Foundation Luncheon is set for April 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue. The luncheon is BCC's largest fundraising event of the year and raises vital funds in support of student scholarships and educational programs. For more details, email Elizabeth Perera or contact the Foundation office at X2386. |
| • | “City Without a Home,” an intimate documentary of the lives of homeless men and women in Seattle, will be presented Tuesday, April 27 , from 10:30-noon in N-201. A discussion with filmmaker Dee McDonald of Honest Eye Productions will follow. Presenting sponsors are BCC Social Science Division and the Center for Liberal Arts. |
| • | Ian Frazier , author of this year's BCC Reads! book selection On the Rez, will be on campus for a guest residency May 5 and 6 . This residency will coincide with American Indian Film Festival. A full schedule will follow via email. |
| • | KBCS 91.3 FM presents America's leading activist broadcaster, Amy Goodman, on Friday, May 7, in a special benefit concert for the BCC radio station. Goodman, the award-winning host of the nationally syndicated daily radio newsmagazine, "Democracy Now!" appears at 7:00 pm at Town Hall, 8th & Seneca in downtown Seattle. Goodman will be joined by a world-renowned “Mystery Jazz Guitarist” to be announced on April 26. Additional musical entertainment will be provided by Urban Scribes and Forgotten Sol. Tickets are $25 and available at Elliott Bay Books in Pioneer Square, Silver Platters in Northgate, Southcenter and Bellevue, and online at www.kbcs.fm. " Democracy Now!" airs twice daily Monday-Friday at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. on 91.3 FM KBCS. For more information contact Steve Ramsey, KBCS General Manager via email or at X2418. |
| • | Walk, run and have fun during the Relay for Life to fight cancer, Saturday, May 22 and Sunday May 23 at Newport High School. Join BCC Phi Theta Kappa students and the Associated Student Government to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Each BCC team will include 10-15 members and a team captain to share the distance. For more information, contact Pam Johnson, Communications Officer for Phi Theta Kappa, at 564-3192 or via campus e-mail at ptk@student.bcc.ctc.edu . |
| • | Forty-five college early childhood program directors from across the country toured BCC's Early Learning, Family and Childcare Center March 4 to see “how it's done” here. All were attendees at the National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers annual meeting in Seattle. The directors first heard an introductory presentation by Sheri Flies, corporate attorney for Costco Wholesale Corporation, which partnered with BCC in conceiving and building the ELFCC. Staff reports the visitors were impressed and intrigued with the unusual facility and the programs that developed from the public/private collaboration with Costco. |
| • | The first day of spring brought wedding bells for Paula Boyum , VP of Workforce Development, and Bill Erdly, Associate Professor at UW-Bothell. The wedding took place at beautiful Salish Lodge overlooking Snoqualmie Falls. Paula and Bill honeymooned in Sedona, Ariz., and then in Las Vegas before returning to the real world. |
| • | Joan Baker has co-authored an article entitled, “Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonographers,” which was published in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 's March/April edition. Joan is the clinical coordinator of BCC's Diagnostic Ultrasound program. |
| • | Agnes Figueroa-Martinez has been selected as BCC's nominee for The Association Scholarship, which is administered by the Association of Washington Community College Administrators. The scholarship encourages community or technical college staff and administrators to obtain additional education. The program's selection committee will make their decision on scholarship recipients in late Spring Quarter. |
| • | BCC student Chris Franz received the Distinguished Chapter Officer Award at the 2004 Phi Theta Kappa International Convention in Minneapolis earlier this month. Chris is President of BCC's Alpha Epsilon Rho Chapter of PTK. |
| • | Heather Hughes , a Distance Education student from Idaho, has won the National College Survival Essay Contest and will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by publisher Houghton Mifflin. Heather, who enrolled in the HD120 Learning Strategies for Student Success online class last fall, is the first BCC student to receive this honor. Her essay, entitled “How Do You Define Success?” will soon be added to those of past winners online at: http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/resources/students/contests/scholarship.html . |
| • | Jennifer Prekeges , instructor in Nuclear Medicine Technology, presented her published paper, “Radiation Hormesis, or, Can All That Radiation Be Good For Us?” to the Greater New York Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine-Technologist Section in March. The article was published in the March 2003 edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology . |
| • | Dave Samson , volunteer host of "Night Shift" on BCC radio station KBCS 91.3 FM, has been nominated by the Washington Blues Society for the Best of Blues Award for Best DJ of 2003. “Night Shift” airs on Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. |
| • | Business instructor Louis Watanabe will present "A Taste of Success," food for thought on success and entrepreneurship, at the 14th Annual Students of Color Conference on May 7 at the Double Tree Hotel-SeaTac. The event is sponsored by the Washington State Multicultural Services Directors Council. |
Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty:
| • | Bart Becker – Director of Marketing and Community Relations, Institutional Advancement |
| • | Margo Georgian – Veterans Advisor, Financial Aid |
| • | Elaine Paterson – Early Childhood Teacher, Student Child Care |
| • | Joyce Carroll – Interim Director, Tech Prep Consortium |
| • | Glenn Jackson – Food Service Manager A, Student Child Care |
| • | Andrew Jayasundera – Program Manager A, CE/Business & Prof. Training Institute |
| • | Raymond Kubista – Program Manager, CE/ Real Estate |
| • | Jodie Robinson – Program Manager, CE/ Computer Programs |
| • | Shirley Baenen – Director, CE/ Real Estate |
| • | Mark Brown – IT Systems Specialist, Computing Services/ Desktop Support |
| • | Erin Kennedy – Information Specialist II, Grants |
| • | Susan Quattrociocchi – Director, Tech Prep Consortium |
| • | Olga Tarassova – Fiscal Technician III, Payroll |
| • | Rosie Zanto – Gardener II, Campus Operations/ Grounds |
| • | Margaret Miller – Snack Bar Lead, Food Services, died March 24. |
| • | Terry Weston – Tenured Teaching Faculty, Arts & Humanities, died March 30. |
| • | Honda of Bellevue is sponsoring a weekly, half-page “advertorial” (paid editorial content) for BCC in the King County Journal . Every Friday, the Journal will feature a “Spotlight on BCC,” written primarily by BCC students. Through the spring, the “Spotlight” will highlight BCC sports and is being written by student David Smithburg . During the summer a variety of campus-wide topics will be featured. For copies, please contact Bob Adams by email or at X3081. |
| • | Sharon Romppanen , a BCC parent-education instructor, was quoted March 27 in the Seattle Times article , “Other people's darlings: What to do when visiting kids break the rules on your turf”. To read the article, go to: http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=otherkids27&date=20040327&query=bellevue+community+college |
| • | BCC students Laurianne Beacham , Peter Choulaphan and Susan Roberts were shown drawing caricatures in a March 16 King County Journal photo captioned, “BCC students also learn to relax.” For copies, contact Bob Adams via email or by phone at X3081. |
For more articles about BCC in the news, go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news/coverage/
If you manage a BCC website and are not yet using the new BCC logo on your site, please add it as soon as possible. The college logo is an important (and required) element on all BCC websites and helps represent your page as an official source of college information. It also helps provide visual continuity for your site visitors.
Another way to get a more official look for your site and make it more user-friendly without extensive redesign is to add a BCC web identity bar, which provides a standard click-back to the BCC home page for your visitors. Resources for web design may be found at: http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/webpublishing/
Learn about BCC's Alcohol and Drug Counseling Program at this new site: http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/aldac/
| Q: | What state-wide celebrity works among us? |
| A: | Fianna Dickson, the reigning Miss Washington. Fianna is teaching Speech 101 for BCC this quarter and has been with us since the beginning of Winter Quarter. Fianna is a community college product herself, having attended Spokane Falls Community College prior to earning a bachelor's degree in public relations from Gonzaga University in 2001 and a master's degree in communications from Eastern Washington University in 2003. Welcome, Fianna! |
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Bob Adams
BCC College Relations
badams@bcc.ctc.edu
(425) 564-3081
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