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12/10/2004• Issue #99News | Movers & Shakers | Campus
Calendar | Welcome & Farewell |
BCC Foundation Mini-Grant winners announced
The BCC Foundation has announced the seven recipients of the Fall 2004 Mini-Grant Awards. A total of $10,000 was awarded to support the following projects and programs:
| • | Center for Liberal Arts: BCC Reads! |
| • | Interior Design Department: Accreditation site visit by the Federation of Interior Design Education Research |
| • | Music Department: Digital Music Recording Studio |
| • | Student Programs: National Cheerleading Coaches Conference |
| • | Drama Department: Musical Theatre Training Program |
| • | Multi-Cultural Services: New Summer Learning Program |
| • | Venture Program: Alternative Assessment Implementation |
Congratulations to the Mini-Grants winners!
New MyBCC web portal launched
Check out the new MyBCC web portal for employees, which was launched yesterday. This first-of-its-kind portal will provide many new resources for faculty and staff:
| • | Course sites where faculty can post materials for their students |
| • | Automatic sign-on to Vista (single sign-on) through MyBCC course sites |
| • | Personal web space for staff to post files, links or materials to share with other portal users (including students) |
| • | A campus discussion board |
| • | Interactive sites and workspaces which allow you to set up discussion boards, content and document libraries for your office or project |
| • | Centralized document management (which will eventually replace Public Folders) |
| • | Optional features such as weather and news channels. |
The new MyBCC portal also will replace – but continue to provide all the same resources as – the current Intranet, the forms library, the faculty and staff links off the public website, and the prior version of MyBCC. A series of MyBCC training workshops and self-guided resources will be available beginning in January. The Intranet and existing portal will continue to be available until Jan. 2. The student version of the portal will be launched Jan. 3.
Proposals sought for 2005 interdisciplinary courses
Teams of instructors who wish to submit proposals to teach interdisciplinary studies (IDS) courses in academic year 2005-06 must complete and submit applications to Diane Douglas by Jan. 20. Applications (which can be downloaded from http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/liberalarts) must include a specific faculty instructional team and a theme for exploration. While it is not necessary to have taught in the IDS program previously, new IDS instructors must name a mentor IDS instructor as part of their team. To find out more about the program or for help forming an IDS team or drafting an application, please contact Diane Douglas at x2550 or ddouglas@bcc.ctc.edu.
Men's Basketball squad takes first in tournament
The BCC men’s basketball team took first place at the Pierce Community College Thanksgiving Tournament. The 2 ½ foot trophy is on display in the G100 lobby. There is still plenty of time to catch this talented group in action. Visit http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/athletics/mbasketball/schedule.stm to see the full schedule of games. The women’s basketball schedule can be viewed at http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/athletics/wbasketball/schedule.stm. Admission is free for staff and students.
BCC students redesigning Shorewood foodserve area
Instructor Dan Beerts' Interior Design III–Public Spaces Studio class has been working with officials of Shoreline District Schools to plan a new foodservice environment at Shorewood High School. A kick-off meeting was held at BCC, where the students discussed issues of concern with district facilities and foodservice managers. Students then surveyed existing conditions of the space through field visits, measured surveys and photographic documentation. Students also completed a comprehensive space programming process that involved interviewing students, faculty and staff at Shorewood; conducting surveys; performing observation studies at Shorewood and other high schools around the region; and obtaining and analyzing relevant research data on facilities of this type, with regard to building codes, signage and identity programs, environmental behavior and best practices in this field. They presented preliminary findings to school representatives on Oct. 28, and presented their final design recommendations to school representatives and school board members on Dec. 9.
Faculty seminar group learns more about Japanese culture
A group of BCC instructors, shown above, toured Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum and Panama Hotel in conjunction with their interdisciplinary seminar on teaching about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The first seminar was held on Saturday, Nov. 20, and was sponsored by the Center for Liberal Arts under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
A successful Classified Staff Development Day
Bellevue Community College Classified Staff and STTACC Region B held its professional development day, Leading the Way 2004, on Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11, at BCC. The conference was open to all STTACC Classified Staff in the state. Immediately following the morning reception, President Jean Floten gave a welcome speech followed by a special Veterans Day recognition ceremony. Todd King, of Legend Leadership, followed with an interactive keynote address titled, “Flow,” dealing with the subject of change. The conference included eight repeating workshop sessions with topics including: Making Change Work for You, Creating Respect in the Workplace, National Health and Wellness Bureau sponsored workshops, Working Together - Teambuilding, CIS Re-hosting, Collective Bargaining, and Civil Service Reform. There were over 100 conference participants with 12 attending from the following institutions: Lake Washington Technical College, Cascadia, Green River, Shoreline and Pierce Community colleges. The BCC STTACC Hosting Committee has been authorized to propose Bellevue Community College as the host site for the 2006 Annual STTACC/Association Conference in August 2006. The next BCC professional development day, planned for Friday, Feb. 4, will be a jointly-sponsored event by BCC Faculty and Classified Staff.
| • | The Arts and Humanities Ceramic Arts Sale, featuring the work of current and former students, will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, in room C-157. The sale will feature art by current and former students and invited artists. Work available this year include ornaments, functional pottery and sculptural work. Sale proceeds will buy supplies and equipment for the Ceramics Program. For further information, email Lars Husby. |
| • | See the BCC Jazz Band live and in concert at Tula’s Jazz Club in Seattle Dec. 23. The band will play from 8 to 11 p.m. Tula's is located at 2214 Second Ave., between Blanchard and Bell Streets in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. |
| • | BCC Reads! presents a lecture by Roger Daniels, the foremost expert on the World War II Japanese-American Internment, on Jan. 28 (location to be announced). The presentation will run from 10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. and is open to all classes, employees and the general public. Dr. Daniels is the Charles Phelps Taft Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati and specializes in the history of immigration with a special emphasis on the history of Asian Americans. For further information, contact Diane Douglas at ddouglas@bcc.ctc.edu or X2550. |
| Dec. 16 | Arts and Humanities Holiday Ceramic Arts sale, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., C157 |
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| Dec. 23 | BCC Jazz Band performance, 8 -11, Tula's Jazz Club, Seattle |
| Jan. 28 | WWII Japanese-American Internment lecture, 10:30 a.m. (location to be announced) |
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
Welcome to new BCC staff and faculty:
| • | Elizabeth Apple – Specialist, Career Center |
| • | Mario Molina – Program Assistant, Enrollment Services |
| • | Brian Bridwell – Tenured Teaching Faculty, Distance Education |
| • | Heather Pundt – Secretary Senior, Health Sciences, Education and Wellness Institute |
| • | Philosophy Instructor Russ Payne was interviewed at length in an Oct. 27 Bellevue Reporter article entitled, “If a community college holds a philosophy conference, did it really take place?” For copies of the article, call or email Bob Adams (X3801 or badams@bcc.ctc.edu). |
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An interview with Programming Instructor Jack Perry appears currently on the Microsoft MainFunction web site. MainFunction is an on-line community that promotes the exchange of ideas, resources, and information relevant to technical faculty. To read the interview, go to https://www.mainfunction.com/DotNetInAction/Technologies/display.aspx?ID=2729&TypeID=0. |
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