Issue No. 2
April 9, 2008
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Major News of the Year
(Click on headlines for full stories)
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Through April 30
"Aftermath: Hurricane Katrina" (art exhibit-free)
April 15
“Are you LinkedIn?" (free career workshop)
April 15
"The Rainmaker"(dramatic reading-free)
April 16
BCC Jazz Band performs at Tula’s Restaurant & Nightclub in Seattle
April 17
"Birth Order & Sibling Rivalry"(lecture)
April 17
"The Asian Invasion: Reflections of a Korean Adopted American” (lecture - free)
April 21-25
Earth Week at BCC
April 22
"Networking & the Hidden Job Market: Tapping Into Unadvertised Jobs"(free workshop)
April 23
Timothy Egan, author of The Worst Hard Times (lecture and book-signing - free)
April 24
"Careers in IT: The Real Story" (free career seminar)
April 24
“Cover Letter Review” (free career workshop)
April 30
BCC Foundation 9th Annual Luncheon.
May 5
BCC’s Celebration! vocal jazz choir performs at The Triple Door in Seattle
May 8-10
Dance concert by BCC’s Eastside Moving Company
May 15
“Do More Than Survive, Make a Difference through Your Work” (free workshop)
May 16-17, 21-24
“A Little Night Music” (musical)
May 22
“Careers with a Future" (free workshop)
May 28
“Salary Negotiation" (free workshop)
May 30
Vocal Jazz concert by BCC’s Celebration!
June 5-6
Spring Symphonic Choral Concert
June 7
"How I Learned to Drive" (drama) |
NSF funds genomics research at BCC
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BCC science students are going beyond soaking up knowledge to actually creating it in ongoing, original genomics research under a $478,000 National Science Foundation grant.
Results will be deposited in the global genomic data library for further use by other researchers.
The organism assigned to BCC for analysis may eventually be used to protect wheat and barley from root disease. (more) |
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BCC Instructor Dr. Gita Bangera describes the high-impact learning made possible by a new DNA sequencer (center), to State Attorney General Rob
McKenna, a member of the BCC Foundation Board. The sequencer was purchased through a major gift to the Foundation. |
US Labor Dept. awards BCC $1.8 million
BCC has received a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Labor to address severe shortages of health-care workers locally and statewide. (more)
$1 million in new grants push
BCC’s NSF total over $10 million
Two National Science Foundation grants totaling $1 million have been awarded to BCC for projects to enhance and recruit students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The new grants push BCC's total 12-year support from NSF past $10 million. (more)
BCC students tied for 1st, 4th nationally
after first round of math competition
Two BCC students are tied for first and fourth places nationally, and the BCC team as a whole is tied for second, after the first round of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges’ annual Student Math League competition. (more)
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