Congratulations to the 30 SCCC faculty, staff and administrators who participated in the 2009 Bike to Work Month, Group Health Commute Challenge. This annual event takes place every May and this year our representation from SCCC grew from 21 to 30 members. As stated by the event coordinator at Cascade Bicycle Club:
"The 2009 Group Health Commute Challenge has come to a close and together -- as over 10,000 riders from 1,600 teams and 700 employers -- we have logged more than 1.1 million miles and 76,000 trips. Congratulations, all!
More than the impressive mile tally, we have shown again that bicycling is a smart, convenient, reliable and viable mode of transportation. And our growing numbers show that we care about staying healthy; protecting our air, water and climate; and building a livable and active community."
For a few interesting (and inspiring) SCCC team statistics, our 3 "Central Cranky Commuter" teams together logged 332.5 round trip commutes for a total of 3889 miles. This placed our college in 51st place out of 555 employers with group teams. (For those with a competitive interest, this topped teams from SSCC, Bellevue CC, Seattle U, Shoreline CC, Cascadia CC, SPU and Seattle Public Schools, just to name a few.) Our CCC team 1 had the highest miles, ranking them 121 out of 1032 group teams registered.
A few more stats: Mardy Gerrard in facilities logged the highest miles on our teams with 8.5 round trips and 416 total miles in May (Mardy rides from SCCC to his home in Port Orchard over the Tacoma Narrows)! Karen Strickland rode 19 round trips chalking up 347 miles! CCC team 3 had many shorter distance commuters and ended up with the greatest number of round trip commutes at 127.
Join us when we count our miles again in May 2010, to give our college 4 teams for the first time! If you have any questions you can contact one of the 3 current team captains: Jeff West, Ed Harrington or me.
David Moise
Captain, Central Cranky Commuters I
http://www.cbcef.org/btw/cc.html
Friday, June 5, 2009
Budget Forum Wednesday, June 10
Dr. Ollee will hold a campus-wide budget forum on Wednesday, June 10th starting at 2:30 p.m. in room BE 4106. Dr. Ollee will discuss the current state of Seattle Central’s budget.
All are encouraged to attend. If you are not able to attend, a synopsis of her presentation will be posted here on the blog on June 11.
All are encouraged to attend. If you are not able to attend, a synopsis of her presentation will be posted here on the blog on June 11.
Karen Michaelsen is the new District Faculty Development Coordinator
To the College Community –
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Michaelsen as the new District Faculty Development Coordinator for the 2009-2010 academic year, starting this September. Karen is a full-time faculty librarian in the Instructional Resource Services at Seattle Central. She comes to us with extensive experience in higher education that includes leadership in curriculum development and faculty training. She recently chaired the Instructional Assessment Taskforce for Seattle Central and has worked with library colleagues across the district on information literacy workshops and retreats.
As we congratulate Karen, I also want to thank Patti Conley, who served as the Faculty Development coordinator for the past two years. Her accomplishments include creating and managing the Faculty Development web site, planning and organizing the successful 2008 Summer Institute, and organizing and facilitating many workshops. Patti and Karen are working together to plan the Summer Institute for 2009.
Please join me in congratulating Karen Michaelsen and thanking Patti Conley!
Carin Weiss
Vice Chancellor
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Michaelsen as the new District Faculty Development Coordinator for the 2009-2010 academic year, starting this September. Karen is a full-time faculty librarian in the Instructional Resource Services at Seattle Central. She comes to us with extensive experience in higher education that includes leadership in curriculum development and faculty training. She recently chaired the Instructional Assessment Taskforce for Seattle Central and has worked with library colleagues across the district on information literacy workshops and retreats.
As we congratulate Karen, I also want to thank Patti Conley, who served as the Faculty Development coordinator for the past two years. Her accomplishments include creating and managing the Faculty Development web site, planning and organizing the successful 2008 Summer Institute, and organizing and facilitating many workshops. Patti and Karen are working together to plan the Summer Institute for 2009.
Please join me in congratulating Karen Michaelsen and thanking Patti Conley!
Carin Weiss
Vice Chancellor
Seattle Central in the news
Kate Riley / Times staff columnist
Time for undocumented students' DREAM to be realized
"This is not about a free ride," said one 22-year-old student, a University of Washington junior majoring in two social sciences and minoring in education. "It's about getting the opportunity to compete and do something better with your life." His family moved to Seattle from Mexico City when he was 13. He excelled in school, was admitted to the UW and, under a 6-year-old state law, was better able to afford tuition because he could pay in-state rate. The UW has admitted 553 such students.
Tuesday evening, the co-founder of the Alianza Student Coalition was plotting strategy with more than a dozen other scholars, many in his same boat, at Seattle Central Community College. They are mobilizing to lobby Congress to push their futures into the light.
Read the entire editorial at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009301890_kate05dream.html
Time for undocumented students' DREAM to be realized
"This is not about a free ride," said one 22-year-old student, a University of Washington junior majoring in two social sciences and minoring in education. "It's about getting the opportunity to compete and do something better with your life." His family moved to Seattle from Mexico City when he was 13. He excelled in school, was admitted to the UW and, under a 6-year-old state law, was better able to afford tuition because he could pay in-state rate. The UW has admitted 553 such students.
Tuesday evening, the co-founder of the Alianza Student Coalition was plotting strategy with more than a dozen other scholars, many in his same boat, at Seattle Central Community College. They are mobilizing to lobby Congress to push their futures into the light.
Read the entire editorial at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009301890_kate05dream.html
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