Honor Our Veterans on November 10

SEATTLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Office of the President
M E M O R A N D U M

TO: SCCC Employees

FROM: President Mildred W. Ollée

DATE: November 6, 2009

SUBJECT: Honor Our Veterans on Nov. 10

At Seattle Central, we are honored to have a large veteran population. We have students, instructors and staff that have served our country, and as Veterans Day approaches, we honor them for their service.

Please join us for an informal reception on Tuesday, November 10 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Mitchell Activity Center (recreation room). Please note we are holding this event on Tuesday since Wednesday, November 11 is a non-instructional day and also the day of our CDAC retreat.

Let me take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the veterans on our campus. Your commitment to our country is an inspiration to us all.

Elluminate training available

What is Elluminate?

Elluminate is powerful and easy-to-use web conferencing software that can be used for the following purposes, among others:
* Meetings
* Virtual Office Hours
* Live Instruction
* Asynchronous Content Development
* Tutoring Programs
* Classroom Collaboration
* Student/Parent Orientation
* Remote Guest Speakers/Virtual Field Trips
* Professional Development
* Virtual Help Desk
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Elluminate sessions can be pre-loaded using Elluminate Plan. They can be recorded and saved on Elluminate’s servers, and the saved sessions can be viewed by anyone who has the links. Elluminate Publish allows users to move content off Elluminate and save on another server.

In addition, Elluminate can be integrated with ANGEL.

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REGISTER for the following sessions:

1. Getting Started with Elluminate Live! For Moderators, then
2. Next Step with Elluminate Live! For Moderators

Submitted by Queenie Baker.

Ask-WA Featured on Komo 4 News

Seattle Central's library is one of more than 60 Washington state public and private libraries that are going virual. Students and the public now can have instant answers to questions that they ask librarians via IM (instant message), email and soon text message via Ask-WA.

If you, or a student, have a tough question -- ask a librarian!

"Here's the problem: You need something from the library, but it's after hours and you just can't wait. No problem. You don't have to wait. Just go to the virtual library instead. It's open all day, every day. And there's a librarian there, ready to answer your questions. "

-Komo 4 News

http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/67816327.html

Anthony Spain Benefit Concert on Friday

Submitted on behalf of Anthony Spain, Seattle Central music instructor.

You are invited to the Children's Hospital Benefit Concert on Friday, November 6 at 8pm in Benaroya Hall. This is an event I conduct each year and this year features artists DJ Cut Chemist, Batucada Brazilain Collective, John Curley, the Northwest Symphony Orchestra and many more.

This is a great event that raises about $150,000 for Children's Hospital each year.

For tickets call 1-800-838-3006, or go to www.thesymphonyguild.org

The envelope please – announcing winners of 4th Annual Halloween Costume Contest!

And the winners are: Joseph Villanueva, "Shower in Seattle" (1st place); James Nguyen, "The Joker" (2nd); Jason Knight, "Scarecrow" (3rd); and Jeff Keever, "Scary Administrator" (4th). Congrats!

College Success Program’s new Off Broadway! announces playwright competition

New playwright competition to benefit foster care survivors at Seattle Central.

Playwrights! Submit your full-length script and have the opportunity to see your theatrical work presented in Seattle’s Erickson Theatre Off Broadway.

The contest is open to all playwrights. Off Broadway! is looking for unproduced full-length plays (at least two acts) that can be produced on a limited budget. Special consideration will be given to new writers. Scripts are not required to address foster care; however, plays with socially conscious subject matter will also receive special consideration.

The winning play will be fully produced by Friends of the College Success Program for a two-week run in May of 2010.

All scripts must be submitted to by November 15, 2009. Email submissions should be sent to: collegesuccess@sccd.ctc.edu. Conventional mail submissions should be sent to: Friends of the College Success Program, PO Box 20223, Seattle, WA 98102-1223.

For further information, please contact:
Scott Rice, 206.755.1489

Submitted by Friends of the College Success Program.

Global Education Design Team is looking for speaker/film proposals

Hello fellow faculty,

The Global Education Design Team is looking for speaker/film proposals. We provide honorariums to speakers who address issues of global relevance.

Recent speakers this quarter include Lawney Reyes, Kent Wong, and coming up: Alonso Chehade (on November 9) and Andrew Jovilette (November 10).

If you'd like to propose a speaker we should bring to campus, or have ideas about global topics important to the campus community, please attend our next meeting:

GEDT
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
2-3PM
ROOM 1103

We'll provide some light snacks.

Speaker proposal forms are available from the GEDT website:
www.seattlecentral.edu/gedt/sponsorship.php

If you're unable to make the meeting but have speaker or topic ideas, please contact Tracy Lai at tralai@sccd.ctc.edu or Jeb Wyman at jwyman@sccd.ctc.edu, GEDT co-chairs for 2009-2010.

Submitted by Tracy Lai and Jeb Wyman.

Women's Programs seeks submissions for winter quarter Forum

The Forum is still accepting the following articles for the Winter Quarter Edition of the Forum:

-Artwork/Photographs
-Book/Movie/Music Reviews
-Humor/Cartoons

Submissions are due Friday, November 13. For further information or to request an online submission form, please contact: Kelly Grayson at 206.587.6949 or kgrayson@sccd.ctc.edu.

Seattle Central featured in Seattle Woman Magazine

Seattle Central is prominently featured in the November/December issue of Seattle Woman Magazine. A photo of Specialty Desserts and Breads student Jessica Schwaller graces the cover and photos by staff photographer Bob Hereford accompany the feature story, “Adapting to a changing world.”
Ron Hamberg, vice-president of instruction, and Mary Lockman, worker retraining program advisor were interviewed for the article.



Read more: http://www.seattlewomanmagazine.com/

Community Service Opportunity Nov 7

Community Service Opportunity for Students and Staff/Faculty

Help develop a natural area in the Leschi neighborhood. Saturday, Nov 7th we will have new plants to put into the ground at the Leschi Natural Area overlooking Lake Washington. We start at 9am and work till 3pm, but you can choose your hours. We provide lunch and T-shirts, gloves, tools and plants. You come in sturdy shoes, grubby clothes (possibly rain gear) We could use your help. Students can earn community service credit; others could earn a positive Karma balance, possibly change your life.

Contact Rich Appleton at Rich.Appleton1@gmail.com or 206-325-0067.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR

To colleagues at the Seattle Community Colleges –

As we hear continuing reports about the H1N1 virus, we want to again emphasize the importance of taking preventive measures to help minimize any spread of H1N1 on our campuses.

The Seattle-King County Health Public Department continues to advise us to follow these guidelines –

PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF FLU ON CAMPUS
Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Seattle-King County Public Health

Practice good hand hygiene by washing your hands with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleaners also are effective.

Practice respiratory etiquette by covering your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or shoulder, not into your hands. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth; germs are spread this way.

Know the signs and symptoms of the flu. Symptoms of flu include fever or chills and cough or sore throat. In addition, symptoms of flu can include runny nose, body aches, headache, tiredness, diarrhea, or vomiting.

Stay home if you have flu or flu-like illness, for at least 24 hours after you no longer have a fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees Celsius) or signs of a fever (have chills, feel very warm, have a flushed appearance, or are sweating). This should be determined without the use of fever-reducing medications (any medicine that contains ibuprofen or acetaminophen). Don’t go to class or work.

Talk with your health care providers about whether you should be vaccinated for seasonal flu. Also if you are at higher risk for flu complications from 2009 H1N1 flu, you should consider getting the H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available. People at higher risk for 2009 H1N1 flu complications include pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions (such as asthma, heart disease, or diabetes). More information about priority groups for vaccination is at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/acip.htm


For the most up-to-date information on flu, go to http://www.flu.gov or call 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)

Since my last message many of you have asked about informational “Stop the Flu” posters for your students, and as a result, we have distributed Seattle-King County Public Health posters in six languages to the Public Information Offices at each campus. Posters in 15 different languages can also be downloaded and printed at this poster resource page: http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/communicable/stopgerms/posters.aspx

Several of you have also asked questions through our special email address, fluquestions@sccd.ctc.edu. The questions and answers are posted in the updated FAQ document http://www.seattlecolleges.edu/DISTRICT/flu/flufaqs.aspx on the H1N1 website. Please continue to send your questions, which help all of us to be informed.

The district-wide emergency preparedness committee is monitoring information about the flu and will advise us of any changes or recommendations. The most current information is always at the District H1N1 website:
http://www.seattlecolleges.edu/DISTRICT/flu/pandemic.aspx

Dr. Jill A. Wakefield
Chancellor
Seattle Community Colleges

What WE Read Last Summer

Seattle Central Community College 2009 What I Read Last Summer: A Sampler

The Library asked Seattle Central employees what they read over the summer, and here is what they shared. Call numbers are included for titles in the Seattle Central collection.

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
“Wacky and humorous tale of a San Francisco shop owner who discovers his new purpose in life as a modern-day grim reaper and father.”
-- JENNIFER SHAVIT, LIBRARIAN

You Have No Rights by Matt Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive Magazine
The End of America by Feminist writer Naomi Wolfe “These two non-fiction books are very good”
1996 by award winning African American Writer and Screenwriter Gloria Naylor
“This book is particularly interesting.”
-- SEANA SPERLING INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ACADEMIC ADVISOR

Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom by Daniel T. Willingham.
“The brain is designed not to help us think, but rather to help us avoid thinking because it taxes our resources; so how can we encourage thinking?”
--BRYCE WALB, COUNSELOR
STUDENT ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE (TRIO)

Ship of Ghosts by James D. Hornfischer
“The story of the U.S.S. HOUSTON, FDR’s Lost Cruiser. This is the story of her survivor’s unflinching account of heroism and honor in World War Two and the unsung warriors who witnessed one of the most remarkable battles of the war. A great read for all history buffs.”
-- PAUL WEISS
WOOD CONSTRUCTION CENTER

The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, M.D.
“An examination of the obesity epidemic and what to do to reverse it.”
-- CYNTHIA A. WILSON, FACULTY
SEATTLE CULINARY ACADEMY

The Worst Hard Time by Seattle author Timothy Egan [F595.E38]
“The book describes the personal accounts of those who experienced the era of the Dust Bowl of the Great Plains during the 1930's. Exceptional storytelling and a very readable historical account. (It reminded me of similar tales shared by my dad who lived through this.)”
-- KARLEEN WOLFE, FACULTY
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey “A crazed and passionate Aussie artist falls hard for a pretty, shady art trader and with his disabled brother in tow they commit a number of crimes, some statutory and some not. Very funny.”

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene “A married woman and a sullen writer have an affair, but she calls it off, to his consternation, when her prayers come true.”

This Gun For Hire by Graham Greene “Political murder, shame, kidnapping, pursuit, suspense, everything you could want.” A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh “The idle rich are destroying themselves and the precious heritage of England, but it’s fun to watch them do so.”

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh [PR6045.A97B76] “Beautiful and sad, the Flyte’s aristocratic world is collapsing on the brink of World War Two, and though Charles Ryder is in love with two of them, he cannot postpone the end.”

American Pastoral by Philip Roth [PS3568.O855A77] “You are the parent of a teenage nihilist, you are also a Jew in the exurbs and a high school football star. All of it drives you to despair, and why shouldn’t it?”

The Burned-Over District by Whitney R. Cross [BR555.N7C7] “In the early part of the 19th century, western New York experienced an unprecedented revival of protestant religion; we are still feeling the repercussions.”
-- TOM LENON, FACULTY, BITCA

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina. “Informative yet funny, with practical suggestions.”
-- LAURA MANSFIELD
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World by Jack Kelly
“It's like a trashy romance for nerds!”
--DYLAN MARTIN
IT SERVICES

The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
“It was great!”
-- RACHEL SEELEY, COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST PIO

Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham
“ Marcus Buckingham is a credible and gifted author who has created a great resource for women. He shares lots of evident that the woman who are the happiest and most fulfilled are those who don’t “juggle” everything in their lives. Instead, the women who do the opposite, by having a “strong life,” draw in a few important things into them. This book helps woman figure out this life skill of drawing a select few things that are important to them and then draw strength from these. In order to find their strengths, Buckingham shares a Strong Life Test for woman to take to determine their strong life roles. There are nine strong life options that he explores in the book for women to select from. I found the Strong Life Test and strong life information a great way to positively help me focus on what is important in my life.”
-- KRISTINA HAYEK, ED.D, PHR
PROJECT MANAGER- OCPE

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
“The novel is about a librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and his artist wife whose life takes a natural sequential course.”
-- PATRICIA HOWITZ
LIBRARY STAFF

Song For Night by Chris Abani
“A poignant, lyrical novella about a child soldier in Nigeria. (How Abani waxes poetical and lyrical on this subject can only be understood by reading it.)”
-- PORTIA JEFFRIES, FACULTY
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
“A sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but most of all thought provoking memoir detailing a lesbian’s coming of age, her father’s apparent suicide, and her subsequent discovery of, and reaction to, his “hidden” life; told in graphic novel form.”
-- JEFF KEEVER
DIRECTOR OF AUXILIARY SERVICES

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson [LC2330.M67]
“One man’s mission to promote peace -- one school at a time”
The Girl From Foreign by Sadia Shepard
“A search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home.”
--BRENDA ARON, FACULTY
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau [GN281.G37]
“ A thought-provoking overview of emerging technologies (Genetics, Robotics, Information Technology, & Nanotechnology) and their impact on what it means to be ‘human.’”

The Class by Francois Begaudeau
“An autobiographical novel by a Paris middle school teacher. I read it after seeing the movie in which the main character (the teacher) is played by the author. The most realistic movie about teaching I've seen.”

Feed by M.T. Anderson [PZ7.A54395Fe]
“ A novel about the future in which the internet is a device implanted in the brain, connecting everyone to everything...corporations and advertising in particular.”

Skid Road: an Informal Portrait of Seattle by Murray Morgan [F899.S457M67]
“ An interesting book about the city's founders and early history. Reading it you learn quite a lot about the people many of our streets are named after.

The Hill With A Future: Seattle's Capitol Hill 1900-1946 by Jacqueline B. Williams.
“A detailed overview of the history of Seattle Central's neighborhood with a lot of great pictures of things that used to be where other things are now (and some that are still there).”
-- GREG BACHAR, FACULTY
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

East of Eden by John Steinbeck [PS3537.T3234E3]
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
“Both always manage to keep me enthralled and I gain a new insight each time read them.”
-- DENEVA K. FLATH
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, SEATTLE MARITIME ACADEMY

Evening Culinary Classes

Seattle Culinary Academy announces the renaissance of Evening Culinary Classes
for those who appreciate cuisine and want to have fun improving their skills.

The First and ONLY Series offered this fall:
“Channeling Julia”
Taught by Chef Sally McArthur

The 4 week series will enhance your abilities to tackle important fundamentals of French cuisine by mastering the centerpiece of each class. The series will encompass techniques that will form or enhance skills to have the freedom to have fun in any cuisine as Julia promised. All who appreciate delicious food and want to learn more about French cuisine in the tradition of Julia Child are welcome.

About Chef Sally
Trained in France in the early 80’s, Chef Sally has been the Executive Chef/Restaurateur for some of Seattle’s most successful restaurants including the Metropolitan Grill, Elliott’s Oyster House, and the entire Anthony’s Group including Chinooks and Pier 66. For five years she owned her own cooking school in France’s Loire Valley at the historically important Chateau du Rivau and in the Skagit Valley, near La Conner, where she furthered her work with local farmers, fishermen and artisans.

Her annual work in France has included working with many of the great master chefs including Michel Peignaud, Christian Gaborit, and Michel Guerard. She represented Washington State female chefs at the James Beard House in New York. Along the way, darling Julia, became part of her coterie and she shares her devotion to the techniques of la cuisine francaise. Educated at the University of California with degrees in history and secondary education, Sally is a passionate teacher with a commitment to hospitality, and the concept of learning as fun.
Series Description

Four classes are offered in the series as listed below. Classes are limited to 16 students, and are offered individually or as a series. Each class is a combination of game plan, stories, principles and hands-on participation. There is an advantage (more than price) to participating in sequence.

Class Details
In addition to the master subjects, we will prepare starters, side dishes, and/or desserts which will further increase your mastery of technique. Classes will begin with a short description of what we will accomplish, why, and how you will get there. Next is hands-on action guided by Chef Sally and her sous chefs to the delicious outcomes which we will enjoy along with an appropriate wine tasting. Fear not, if your French or culinary knowledge is minimal, Chef Sally and her team will guide you to grand new culinary heights as long as you have a willing attitude.

Dates:
November 5, 2009 Boeuf Bourguignon November 26, 2009 No Class/Thanksgiving Holiday
November 12, 2009 Le Grande Bouillabaisse de Marseille December 3, 2009 Cassoulet
November 19, 2009 Coq au Vin

All classes will be held at the Seattle Culinary Academy, located at Seattle Central Community College on Thursday evenings from 6-9 pm, in our demo kitchen, room 2119. Parking is available on the street, various parking lots on Harvard, or the school parking lot on Harvard & Pine for $7 for the evening.

The school address is 1701 Broadway. The best entrance to use is the North entrance across from Bonney Watson. As you walk in the North door, a large Seattle Culinary Academy sign is hanging off to your right (close to the elevators).

Walk up the ramp and continue down the hall, following the Mise en Place evening class signs.
Please bring your knives, apron and be on time; class begins promptly at 6pm.
Class size is limited to 16 students.

Prices:
Each individual class is $50 or $45/each if you sign up for the entire series. If you are unable to attend a class, please notify Chef Sally at chefsally@earthlink.net and send a substitute in your place.

Please make checks payable to Seattle Culinary Academy; or, if you prefer, you can pay by any
major credit card by contacting Joy Gulmon-Huri @ jgulmo@sccd.ctc.edu.
Unfortunately there will be no refunds.

WEDNESDAY NOON LECTURE SERIES

Speaker: Deborah Barnes
When: Wednesday, October 28
12:00-1:50pm
Where: BE1110

Body/Spirit and Sustainable Fashion: How One Industry is Re-inventing Itself.

When fashion becomes dysfunctional, then fashion must evolve!

This former owner of Zootsuit Custom Apparel is now working on an eco-politico fiber, multi-media, multiple medium and collaborative art installation project. Ms. Barnes asserts, “the exploitative nature of the current model is but a remnant of the past and it is time to move beyond the madness.”

Please join us for a lively discussion about going green in the fashion industry.

Women’s Programs & WorkFirst Services
801 E. Pine
Seattle, WA 98122
206.587.3854
womensprograms@sccd.ctc.edu

Forty-two fifth-graders become art directors for a day at Creative Academy

Thursday, October 29
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Creative Academy, 5th floor

Ever wonder what happens when you let a bunch of fifth-graders art direct a project involving PEZ candy dispensers?

Come find out and see the next generation of creative professionals at work.

In one day, fifth grade students from Stevens Elementary School will have the opportunity to experience hands-on some of the things people in the creative arts do as careers.

The forty-two fifth graders will be collaborating on a design, photography and printing project with eighty-two second-year students from Seattle Central’s Creative Academy.

Working in teams throughout the Academy’s labs and studios, the students will research, brainstorm, thumbnail, photograph, preflight and print the project to completion. What will the result be? Come find out.