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10/26/2004• Issue #97News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell |
An uncommon guest lecturer Madame Marie Curie made an appearance as a guest lecturer in Carole Berg's Chemistry class Oct. 8. |
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Some things to know
It became apparent during the recent college issues day that a significant number of people are unfamiliar with some important college policies and documents. With the upcoming visit in Fall 2005 from the accreditation reviewers, it's important to know where these documents can be located and take the time to become familiar with them. This includes the mission, goals and core values of the college (http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/about/goals/0411.asp), our strategic plan (http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/about/goals/strategicplan/execsummary0407.doc), and our policies and procedures manual (http://intranet/policies/default.asp). These are all readily available on-line, just by clicking on the appropriate link above. Please be very familiar with these documents, as your thoughts on them might be sought by visiting accreditation reviewers next fall. If you have questions, please contact Accreditation Liaison Officer and Executive Dean Ron Leatherbarrow at X2442 or at rleather@bcc.ctc.edu
Virtually everything you need: The MyBCC Portal
Launch of the new MyBCC portal is scheduled for late November 2004! New features available through the souped-up portal include personal server space to store files, centralized document management, individual course sites for every BCC class that allow faculty to distribute online materials to students, and innovative data-mining tools for college administrators. The portal also will provide one-stop-shopping for students accessing all their important academic, financial and support services. Watch for it!
BCC has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to establish a state-wide Center for Information Technology Excellence. A one-stop shop' for Information Technology (IT) education, the Center will serve as a statewide resource for Washington's 34 community and technical colleges. It will provide industry and educators with proven methodologies for IT training, labor market information, customized curriculum and best practices that will assist the community college system in meeting the current and future needs of local and regional industry partners.
| | Watch for information on how to support students, faculty and staff through the BCC Annual Fund! Each year, staff and faculty at BCC affirm their commitment to accessible learning, student success and employee excellence through the Annual Fund. The Staff & Faculty campaign raises vital resources for scholarships and educational programs and helps to meet the challenging educational needs of our diverse community. A big thanks to those of you who have already contributed to this important campaign this year! The Foundation is grateful for the extraordinary support and commitment of BCC's staff and faculty! To make a donation or for further information, contact Development Officer Elizabeth Perera at X2945 or eperera@bcc.ctc.edu. |
| | Help for Nepalese children. The BCC Rotaract Club has announced its major goal this year is to raise $2,500 to benefit disabled children at the Newlife Disabled Center, orphaned Nepalese children at the Nandu Maya self-sustaining orphan home and the School for the Deaf in Kathmandu. If the political situation in Nepal is stable enough, a group of BCC students will travel to the home and school to deliver the aid. On Saturday, Oct. 16, Rotaract held its first fundraiser to support the cause a car wash that netted $374. Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women. It was established in May of 2002 and is now the largest club on campus with more than 40 active members. If you would like to make a donation, contact Nikoleta Kelcheva at nkelcheva@hotmail.com . |
| | Think Snow! The Hyak Lodge will serve as base-camp for selected BCC Friday night Nordic Ski outings in January and February. Special prices on equipment will be available for BCC faculty and staff on Friday nights. The BCC Wellness Center also is offering an introductory snowshoe workshop for faculty, staff and students on the evening of Dec. 3 at Gold Creek on Snoqualmie Pass. Come on up and find out how easy it is to walk on 10 feet of snow! For more information about Wellness Center activities call Karen Snyder at X2396 or Susie Moran at X2351. |
| | 1,500 students can't be wrong! More than 1,500 students have already registered for Connect to the Future, a major career conference at BCC Nov. 2. Presented jointly by BCC, The Boeing Company and Northeast Tech Prep Consortium, the conference will focus on science, technology, engineering, math and business careers. Keynote speaker will be Rick Stephens, senior vice president of The Boeing Company and president of their Shared Services Group. Panelists will include an impressive list of executives and high-tech practitioners the sort of individuals to whom students rarely have access. For more information, visit http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/business/conference/. |
| | Don't miss the BCC Faculty/Staff Costume & Pumpkin Carving contests! Come to the Garden Room (C130) between 3 and 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, for Halloween treats and to vote for your favorite costume and carved pumpkin. To enter the carving contest, pick up a free pumpkin in the Institutional Advancement Office (A102). There are still plenty left! You can enter your masterpiece as an individual or as a department. Just drop off your entry to Institutional Advancement by noon on Oct. 29. For the costume contest, come by the Human Resources Office (A101) before 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 to have your picture taken (in costume). Voting will take place via email and in the Garden Room between 3:00 and 3:30, with winners announced and prizes awarded at 3:45. |
| | Come to '12 Minutes Max' talent night. Stage Fright Drama Club presents an evening of BCC home-grown performers on Friday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. in the Stop Gap Theater (E Building). Called 12 Minutes Max, the evening is a revue of acts by BCC student, faculty and staff members. Early entrants foretell an evening of modern dance, hip-hop, guitar and vocals, a two-minute Hamlet, and stand-up comedy. Admission is free. |
| | Do the BCC October Run. For you running and jogging enthusiasts (fast or slow!), BCC's 6th annual 5K (3.1mile) run will be held at Lake Sammamish State Park on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 11 a.m. All BCC students and staff are welcome. If you don't want to run, come and cheer the finishers. The Entry Fee is $5 per individual or $20 per team of five. The course is said to be generally flat, with grass and dirt trails and some short sections of pavement. Spikes or flats are acceptable. To enter, email Stella Orechia at sorechia@bcc.ctc.edu or register at the athletic office in the Gym (G100). If Questions, call Coach Orechia at X2353. Unofficial results will be distributed after the race. Official results will be posted on www.bcc.ctc.edu/athletics/crosscountry |
| | Come to the Classified Staff Professional Development Day. All classified staff, trustees and administrators are cordially invited to BCC's Classified Staff Professional Development Day, Leading the Way 2004, on Thursday, Nov. 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day begins in Carlson Theatre with a continental breakfast, followed by presentations and seminars on Making Change Work for You, CIS Re-hosting, Creating a Respectful Workplace, Sit Right for your Type (ergonomic emphasis), Stay Fit While you Sit, Civil Service Reform, Collective Bargaining, Health and Stress, and Teamwork Building activities. Registration for BCC Classified Staff is free, all others, $25. For further information, contact Diana Hagen, X2255, or dhagen@bcc.ctc.edu . Please register before November 5. |
| | Film screening brought to you by BCC Reads! Come to a screening of Come See the Paradise on Friday, Nov. 12, 4 p.m., in Room R203. The drama depicts a cross-cultural marriage during World War II in which the husband is drafted into the army and the wife and daughter are forced into an internment camp for being Japanese. This drama includes many scenes depicting the period and its racism, the camps and the feelings of the Japanese Americans incarcerated in them. This event is free and open to the whole BCC community and the public. For more information, contact Scott Bessho at sbessho@bcc.ctc.edu or X2425. |
| | Donor & Scholar Celebration! The Bellevue Community College Foundation will host a special appreciation event for 2003-04 donors and scholarship recipients on Thursday, Nov. 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the R Building Lobby (R-207). Watch your mailbox for more information, or contact Development Officer Elizabeth Perera at X2945 or eperera@bcc.ctc.edu. |
| | A film by Phil Lucas. The Center for Liberal Arts presents an award winning film by BCC Media Communicationa and Technology Instructor Phil Lucas Film, Thursday, Nov. 18, at 11:30 a.m., in Rooms C120A&B. Entitled Vís-a-Vís: Native Tongues, the documentary looks at two performance artists: one an Aboriginal Australian woman named Ningali Lawford, the other a Native American named James Luna, a Luseño Indian from the La Jolla Indian Reservation near San Diego. The artists compare perspectives on life and society using dialogue via satellite, scenes of their performances, and video diaries to inform the conversation. Phil won a CINE Golden Eagle award for this episode in the Vis-à-vis PublicBroadcasting System international documentary series. |
| | Holiday Ceramics Sale. The Arts and Humanities Ceramic Arts sale featuring the work of current and former students will be held on Thursday, Dec. 16, in C-157. The proceeds go to buy supplies and equipment for the BCC Ceramics Program. Watch your email for more information. |
| Oct. 29 | Pumpkin Carving and Costume contests, C130, 3 p.m. |
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| Oct. 29 | Drama Club's "12 Minutes Max" variety performance night," 8 p.m., Stop-Gap Theatre |
| Oct. 30 | BCC October Run, Lake Sammamish State Park, 11 a.m. |
| Oct. 30 | Cross Country: BCC Invitational & Alum 5K, 9 a.m., Sammamish State Park |
| Nov. 2 | Connect to the Future career conference |
| Nov. 3 | Women's Volleyball vs. Shoreline, 7 p.m., BCC Gym |
| Nov. 4 | Soccer vs. Olympic Coll., Women: 1 p.m., Men: 3 p.m., BCC Soccer Field |
| Nov. 4-6 | Community College Humanities Association Western Regional Conference, Monaco Hotel, Seattle |
| Nov. 6 | Men's Soccer vs. Peninsula Coll., 2 p.m., BCC Soccer Field |
| Nov. 8 | Women's Volleyball vs. Skagit, 7 p.m., BCC Gym |
| Nov. 11 | Leading the Way 2004, Classified Staff Professional Development Day, 8 a.m. 5 p.m. |
| Nov. 12 | Film: Come See the Paradise, 4 p.m., Room R203. Free. |
| Nov. 12-13, 17-20 | Drama Fall Studio: "Private Eyes," 8 p.m. (2 p.m. on Nov. 17 only), Stop-Gap Theatre |
| Nov. 18 | Film: "Vis a Vis," by Phil Lucas, 11:30 a.m., in Rooms C120A&B. Free. |
| Nov. 18 | Scholarship Donor and Recipient Celebration, 5:30-7:30, R Building Lobby |
| Dec. 1 | Jazz Band Fall Invitational Concert, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre |
| Dec. 2- 5 | Drama Club, 10-Minute Plays Festival, 8 p.m. (2 p.m. on Dec. 3 only), Carlson Theatre |
| Dec. 3 | Vocal Jazz Fall Invitational Concert, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre |
| Dec.10 | Symphonic Fall Choral Concert, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre |
| Dec. 16 | Arts and Humanities Holiday Ceramic Arts sale, C-157 |
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
| | Connie Cohen, WorkFirst ESL Project Manager, and Beth Bailey, WorkFirst Associate Director, were presenters at the National Council for WorkForce Education in Baltimore, Maryland on Oct. 18. The pair about providing layers of support for ESL/Customer Service Training Programs that increase retention and employment opportunities for low-income and TANF students. A representative from CLASP, The Center for Law and Social Policy, attended their session and was impressed with the services BCC's WorkFirst Program provides to low-income families. |
| | Gov. Gary Locke has reappointed Lee Kraft of Mercer Island to the BCC Board of Trustees, for a term ending Sept.30, 2009. Lee has served on the Board since 1999. |
| | American Studies Instructor and Program Chair Jeff Cofer has been selected to become a member of Intiman Theatre's Core Audience for the next five years. The Core Audience is a community group which will meet to discuss the Theatre's American cycle plays, a series of masterpiece plays that will run over five years. Jeff plans to use the productions in his classroom instruction. |
Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty:
| | Alma Aceves Food Service Worker, Food Services |
| | Ulrike Johnson - Administrative Manager, KBC |
| | Susan Lybbert Office Assistant III, Budget |
| | Kai McBride Program Assistant, DSS |
| | Wan-Chen Shih Early Childhood Teacher, ELFCC |
| | Clifford Solomon Curriculum Development Specialist, Workforce Development |
| | Jessica Vernaza Food Service Worker, Food Service |
| | Stephen Downing Promotion to IT Application Specialist II, Student Service Center |
| | Joanne Lauterjung Manager, Graphics |
| | Kathleen Morgan Administrative Assistant to Executive Director, NWCET |
| | Molly Stanford Graphics Designer/Illustrator, Graphics |
| | Desmond Tuason FTF, Nursing |
| | Lisa Wozniak Program Coordinator, CE/Fast Track |
| | Neng Xiong Food Service Worker, Food Services |
| | Counseling Center and High School Programs Director Steve Wiseman appeared as a guest on Seattle Live, a talk show on KONG-TV in early October, speaking about the depression screening sponsored by the Counseling Center on Oct. 7. |
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President Jean Floten's speech to the Society for Information Management was covered in an article entitled, "Large companies in state shift to outsourcing, survey says," in the Oct. 21 Seattle Times. Workforce Development Program Manager Joy Howland, representing the Regional Advanced Technology Education Consortium, or RATEC, also is quoted. To read the article, visit http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=outsource21&date=20041021&query=society+for+information+management |
| | Small-business consultant Louis Watanabe, from the Bellevue Entrepreneur Center affiliated with Continuing Education, was quoted in the Oct. 8 edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal . The article, "Local medical invention hits drugstore shelves," can be found on-line at http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2004/10/11/story8.html . |
| | Media Maintenance Manager Roger Ewald was quoted in an article entitled, "Digital Signage Delivers on Campus, in the October issue of University Business magazine. The article, which describes BCC's use of plasma screens in communication with students, can be read on-line at http://www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?p=634. |
| | Art Instructor Bob Purser is quoted in an Oct. 15 Seattle Times articles entitled, "Grand buildings with intriguing pasts." The article, which covers the architectural tour Bob presents annually downtown, can be read online at http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=fun15&date=20041015&query=bob+purser. |
For more news articles about BCC, go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/news/coverage/
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