5/20/2004• Issue #94

BCC Kids Camp – Children ages 3 to 5 can enjoy music, movement, hands-on discovery and outdoor play at two-week day camp sessions, between July 6 – August 12. Camps are staffed by BCC early childhood teachers and parent education instructors. Rates range from $67 to $180 depending on the number of days per week. For more details and registration information, go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/parent-ed or call 425 564-2365.

ASBCC president and 4.0 student Angel Kelchev was selected as one of 27 students nationwide to receive the prestigious Jack Kent Cook Foundation Scholarship, which will fund up to $30,000 per year for higher education. Read about this outstanding student in The Seattle Times at http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=kelchevsnap04e&date=20040304&query=Kelchev .

Rick Mangan, American Sign Language instructor, has been invited by the Belgian Embassy to a ceremony marking 60 th anniversary of his uncle Danny Mangan's heroic act. During World War II, Danny Mangan piloted a B-17 bomber called “To Hell or Glory” safely beyond Outer, Belgium before he was killed in the crash. Rick Mangan is collecting historical documents and interviewing survivors to write a book about the event.

Art instructor Bob Purser is currently featured in two Eastside exhibits. See his work in “The Cutting Edge: new directions in fiber,” at the Eastshore Unitarian Church gallery in Bellevue (through June 30, 12700 SE 32nd ) and at Kirkland City Hall in the “Renew, Recycle and Recreate” show of recycled materials in art (through July 30). The “Renew” exhibition was curated by BCC TELOS Art instructor Donna Porter.

Thanks to a BCC Foundation Mini Grant, Sue Ferguson attended the National Head Start Association conference in Anaheim where she presented two workshops called “Clever Connections with Parents” – ways to encourage parent involvement in childcare and Head Start. The Head Start program at BCC's Early Learning Family and Childcare Center serves 24 income eligible children ages 3 to 5 years old with preschool education, health and nutrition services and family support.

ITS Systems Engineer Norman Choo launched a fundraising program for Bearcare through the Malaysian Association of Seattle. He collected 71 bears for the KLSY Mix 92.5 Radio Teddy Bear Patrol. The donated bears are provided to police officers, firefighters and paramedics to comfort frightened, injured and sick children.

Terri Halsey of Campus Operations won red ribbons for her tiered baby shower cake and 3D lion face cake in the Washington State Sugar Artists annual show, which included entries from Canada and three states.

BCC DEC students earned top spots at the international marketing competition! David Wright and Adrian Menstell took first place in the Advertising Campaign category at the international Delta Epsilon Chi (DEC) International Career Development Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. As part of a team of six students from various colleges, BCC's Nikoleta Kelcheva placed third for a marketing plan in the National Management Institute competition. Kelsey Stapleton and Nathan Peterson ranked in the top 15 for Sports and Entertainment Marketing. The DEC competition included more than 2,000 students preparing for careers primarily in marketing, management, merchandising and entrepreneurship.

TRiO students earned more than 100 certificates for their winter quarter academic achievements and greater than half of the recipients received gold certificates for earning a quarterly GPA of 3.50 or higher. Program participants achieved an amazing 93 percent retention rate and 3.0 average GPA during the last academic year!  TRiO Student Support Services honored participants at the quarterly Awards Reception on May 6. BCC Reads! scholarship winner Autumn Heslin received her award from Diane Douglas, Center for Liberal Arts Executive Director, and Ian Frazier, author of this year's BCC Reads! selection On the Rez. Many TRiO students were featured in the program, including ASG President Angel Kelchev who welcomed attendees, Heidi Nelson-VanVactor and Irving Fenner who gave student testimonials, and tenor Andrew Thureson who performed the song "You're Still You."

BCC Mathletes are number one in the region and number two nationwide! BCC students placed first in the northwest region, which includes Washington, Oregon and Idaho, for the sixth straight year. Shile Zhang placed first in the region and tenth in the nation and Vincent Wu placed second in the region and tied for thirteenth nationally. David Yu and Zhi Xu placed fourth and fifth in the region. More than 150 colleges across the country take part in the annual competition of two-year colleges, sponsored by the American Mathematical Association.

Director of Institutional Research Valerie Hodge's daughter Meriem of Inglemoor High School won the discus event at the 3A/4A King County Track and Field Championships. Read the article online in the King County Journal at http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/163631.

Surjit Dhatt - Gardener II, Campus Operations/ Grounds 

Verna Willis - Director, ELFCC

Lisa Sisson - Fiscal Technician III, Finance/ Account Receivable

Jitka Wong -  Program Manager, Continuing Education/Art-Zones

Robin Jeffers -  Title III Assessment Coordinator, Office of Instruction

BCC's “Celebration” jazz ensemble wins the Reno Jazz Festival for the second straight year reports the King County Journal on May 4. Go to http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/162892 and scroll down for the story.

General Business Management and Continuing Education instructor Louis Watanabe was quoted in a Seattle Times article about the new Manzanar Historic Site museum on April 25. Watanabe's grandfather was interned at the Manzanar prison camp during World War II. The Manzanar National Park museum is located 220 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. Read the article online at http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=manzanar25&date=20040425&query=Manzanar.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that KBCS Radio's diversity is its strength. The community radio station celebrated 31 years on the air this year. Read the April 23 Radio Beat interview with Station General Manager Steve Ramsey on the Web at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/170054_radiobeat22.html?searchpagefrom=1&searchdiff=29

Worker Retraining at BCC shows strong results despite retraining program challenges around the country writes The Washington Post on April 16. BCC student Candace Davis praises the counselors who helped become a radiologist after she was laid off from a state government job. Contact Bob Adams in Institutional Advancement at 564-3081 for a copy of the story.

Can punk rock help save the Earth? BCC instructor James Torrence says, “Some of the ideals of punk rock are consistent with the environmentalist perspective,” in a Seattle Times interview, April 15. Torrence was part of the college's fifth annual Earth Week activities in April. To read the entire article online, visit http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=earthweek15e&date=20040415&query=James+Torrence .

The New York Times describes how BCC's Fast-Track training courses help jump start careers. The April 11 article quoted Marjorie James of Volt Services Group, who has regularly recruited candidates from the program. Contact Bob Adams in Institutional Advancement at 564-3081 for a copy of the story.