FaST News
FaST News - Weeks of August 23 - September 2, 2011
Welcome to Fall Semester 2011! Fast News is issued on a biweekly basis when SBCC is in session. Please send faculty and staff news to Public Information Officer Joan Galvan at jcgalvan@sbcc.edu or call ext. 2307. Time-sensitive information should be received at least three weeks in advance.
NOTEWORTHY
SBCC LEADERSHIP TRANSITION. On July 29, the SBCC District Board appointed Dr. Jack Friedlander, executive vice
president of educational programs, as acting superintendent/president following the
announcement that Dr. Andreea Serban was granted a leave of absence through June 30,
2012. On August 16, the college announced that Dean Marilynn Spaventa has been named
acting executive vice president.
College Announcements:
http://www.sbcc.edu/newsandevents/2011august12_friedlander_actingpresident.php
http://www.sbcc.edu/newsandevents/2011august16_spaventa_acting_evp.php
PICNIC RESCHEDULED. The SBCC Employee Picnic, originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, has been moved to Saturday, April 14. 2012. The event will be held at Tucker’s Grove inSanta Barbara and is open to SBCC faculty, regular employees, immediate families and the Board of Trustees. Please plan on joining your colleagues for an afternoon of fun and relaxation including a BBQ meal and activities for both adults and children. More details will follow shortly.
WEEKS OF AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 2
MEDITATION. For the seventh year, the Luria Library will offer a weekly meditation session designed
to help increase mindfulness and reduce stress. The sessions will be held on Tuesdays
from 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. in Library Director Kenley Neufeld’s office. Everyone is invited
to participate.
FARMERS’ MARKET. Thanks to the students in the Projects in Sustainability class and the Student Sustainability
Coalition, the campus community will have the convenience of purchasing local, organic
produce every Wednesday on West Campus. Be sure to bring cash and your recyclable
bag to visit the vendors who will be set up on Wednesdays in front of the Luria Library
on West campus from
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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SCHALL CAREER CENTER. The Schall Career Center helps SBCC students and potential students identify and meet their career goals. The counselors at the Center can help students choose a major, explore career options, find a job or internship, and sign-up for a work-experience course or a course in career or personal development. The following workshops and special programs are currently being offered. For more information, contact the Career Center at careers@sbcc.edu or ext. 2331. |
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Career Café Open House - Join us for a cup of coffee and get to know theCareerCenter and the new Career Café website. |
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WHERE |
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Tues. |
Sept. 6 |
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Schall Career Center– StudentServicesBuilding, 2nd fl. |
ATKINSON GALLERY
The Atkinson Gallery is located on the second floor of the Humanities Building on
East Campus. The gallery hosts six exhibtions of contemporary art each academic year
featuring a wide range of stayles and mediums and culminating in the spring with the
Annual Student Exhibition. Hours: Monday – Thursday from 10:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.; Friday
- Saturday from 10:00 a.m.– 4:00 p..
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Laura Krifka Opening - The Atkinson Gallery will open the fall exhibition schedule on Fri., August 26 with “Milk and Honey,” a showcase of paintings and sculptures by artist Laura Krifka. Ms. Krifka, who will be teaching in the SBCC Art Department this fall, will present an artist’s lecture on Wed., Sept. 14. In describing her work, Ms. Krifka writes, “My practice is a mutation of historical propaganda, religious morality and fetishes of Americana magnified to form a disturbing world that reflects the oddity of our own. I create this slippery space using multiple types of media, with an emphasis on painting and sculpture.” Ms. Krifka is an award-winning 2010 MFA graduate of UCSB. Her work has already been shown at the Zrobili Gallery in Chicago and at Beacon Arts in Inglewood (Calif.). She has an upcoming solo exhibition at CB1Gallery in Los Angeles in February 2012. |
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DATE |
TIME |
WHERE |
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Fri. |
Aug. 26 |
5:00-7:00 p.m. |
Opening Reception - Atkinson Gallery-Humanities Bldg. |
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Wed. |
Sept. 14 |
4:30 p.m. |
Artist’s Lecture – Room 111, Humanities Bldg. |
OF INTEREST
EXPRESS TO SUCCESS. SBCC began the pilot phase of the new “Express to Success Program” (ESP) for students
with an orientation and luncheon on Fri., August 19. This fall, approximately 300
students will participate in the accelerated program with newly developed specialized
curriculum, counseling, and other resources designed to help them complete their two-year
associate degree or transfer requirements in no more than two to three years. Dr. Peter MacDougall, a member of the California Community Colleges’ Board of Governors, co-chair of the
statewide Task Force on Student Success, and emeritus SBCC superintendent/president,
and Acting Superintendent/President Dr. Jack Friedlander visited orientation workshops and addressed the students at the noon luncheon at
the Campus Center. For more details, please go to: http://www.sbcc.edu/newsandevents/pressreleases/2011august19_express_success_nr.php
WEEKEND OF WELCOME. Approximately 300 new incoming freshmen and their families attended the first Weekend of Welcome orientation on August 19 – 20 hosted by SBCC’s Outreach and Orientation Department. The two-day event featured a combination of campus tours and workshops along with social mixers and outings. According to Dean Dr. Ben Partee and Coordinator Michael Medel, the feedback from parents and students was extremely positive, and plans are already under way for next year’s event.
EnterpriseLAUNCH. The Scheinfeld Center is offering a new program EnterpriseLAUNCH this fall to help SBCC students start businesses with a social benefit. The non-credit program is open to all students, regardless of their majors. Beginning Fri., Sept. 9, entrepreneur Dr. Jon Anton will meet three hours each week with the class to help them develop and launch their entrepreneurial businesses. These enterprises also will be eligible to participate in the Scheinfeld Center's 2012 New Venture Challenge. For more info and to register for the September 9 orientation, please go to: http://scheinfeld.sbcc.edu/sife.html . For more information, contact: melissa.moreno@sbcc.edu
RALPHS DONATIONS. If you shop at Ralphs grocery stores, you can help with additional funding to SBCC student programs. Just be sure your Ralphs card is registered online with the company. From September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012, Ralph’s “Community Contribution Program” will make contributions to nonprofit and educational organizations in our community including the Foundation for SBCC. For more information on how to register, go to www.ralphs.com, click on Services and then Community Contributions. If you have already registered, go to www.ralphs.com, click Sign In and then My Account to update your information.
KUDOS
(Faculty)
FACULTY RECOGNITION. The Faculty Recognition Committee hosted the Annual Faculty Awards Recognition at
Laura Welby’s home on Fri., August 19. The 2011-2012 Faculty Award nominees and recipients
were:
- Kathy O’Connor – 2012 Faculty Lecturer
- Kathy Molloy –Stanback-Stroud Diversity award recipient and Hayward Award nominee
- Student-Athletic Academic Achievement Zone – The Exemplary Program Award nominee
- Ignacio Ponce – Rice Diversity and Equity Award recipient (faculty)
- SBCC Veterans’ SupportCenter, coordinator Magdalena Torres – Rice Diversity and Equity Award recipient (program)
2011- 2012 Faculty Excellence Award recipients
- Blake Barron
- Cindy Bower
- Dr. Dixie Budke
- Dr. Paula Congleton
- Steve Conti
- Pam Guenther
Professor of Marine Technology Don Barthelmess has joined the board of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. Don also serves on the board of directors of the Association of Commercial Diving Educators
and the Technical Diving Advisory Board for the National Association of Underwater
Instructors
Associate Professor of English Dr. Chella Courington and fellow poet Kristen McHenry will have a collection of their works titled Paper Covers Rock & Triplicity: Poems in Threes published on September 30 by Indigo Ink Press. This flip edition combines the work
of both poets in one volume. Chella’s Paper Covers Rock is a collection of poems, primarily narrative, which explores coming-of-age as a
perpetual transition—birth, death, love, loss, sex, illness and transcendence.
Physical Education Instructor Bonnie Lewis was among the cast of the play The Exonerated which ran in July and August at the Center Stage Theatre in Santa Barbara.
English Skills Instructor Claudia McGarry recently had her second book My Aries Secrets published. The new title is the second in Claudia’s astrology thriller series which she began with My Scorpio Soul. For a list of local booksigning locations, including Mon., Oct. 31 at noon at SBCC, please go to: www.claudiahoagmcgarry.com
IN PASSING
Instructional Computer Lab Coordinator Steven “Silvy” Silverberg, 58, passed away unexpectedly on Thurs, July 7 in Santa Barbara. A graduate of SBCC’s
Computer Network Electronics & Engineering (CNEE) program, Silvy joined the college
in May 2001 as a Laboratory Teaching Assistant (LTA) in the Business Division and
was reclassified to an ICLC in July 2005. In his honor, his family hosted a memorial
celebration of Silvy’s life on Thurs., July 14 on West Campus.
SELECTED NEWS COVERAGE
July 13- 31, 2011
Continuing Education offers Fall term student scholarships: Edhat, July 13; Santa
Barbara Independent, July 21; and Santa Maria Times, July 25
EOPS Summer Bridge Programs assist at-risk students: Edhat, July 19; Noozhawk, July
20; and KMPR, Univision Television, July 21
California State Controller John Chiang visits SBCC: KEYT-TV, Channel 3, July 20;
Noozhawk, July 21; and Edhat and Santa Barbara Independent, July 22.
Dr. Andreea Serban discusses SBCC Summer Session: KEYT-TV, Channel 3, July 22
Ryan Bryan talks about SBCC Athletics in the coming year: Santa Barbara News Press,
July 23
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August 1 – 23, 2011
Continuing Education hosts four Spring 2011 Vocational Certificate of Completion programs:
Edhat, August 3
First Weekend of Welcome for new incoming students: Edhat, August 11
Express to Success Program orientation and luncheon: Edhat, August 18 and August 22;
Noozhawk, Aug. 19 and 23
Classes Resume at SBCC with opening of Fall Semester: Santa Barbara News Press, August
23
SBCC Human Presence Learning Environment named to Campus Technology Innovators Awards
2011, Campus Technology Magazine, August 2011
DEAN DUTY
WEEK 1: AUG. 22-AUG. 27
MONDAY, 22
Michelle Bone* (Hersh, Hollems, McLellan, Pazich, Scharper and Spaventa)
TUESDAY, 23
Bone (All Deans listed above)
WEDNESDAY, 24
Susan Gentry* (All Deans listed above)
THURSDAY, 25
Gentry (All Deans listed above)
SATURDAY, 27
(Spaventa)
WEEK 2: AUG. 29-SEPT. 3
MONDAY, 29
Bone (Hollems)
TUESDAY, 30
Bone (McLellan)
WEDNESDAY, 31
Gentry (Sullivan)
THURSDAY, 1
Gentry (Pazich)
SATURDAY, 3
(Spaventa)
COLLEGE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS*
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DATE/TIME |
MEETING |
LOCATION |
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Wed. |
Aug. 24 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
Academic Senate meeting (Steering) |
BC 214 |
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Thurs. |
Aug. 25 4:00 p.m. |
SBCC District Board of Trustees’ Regular Board meeting |
A211 |
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Tues. |
Aug. 30 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
College Planning Council |
A218 |
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Wed. |
Aug. 31 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
Academic Senate meeting |
BC 214 |
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Fri. |
Sept. 2 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
Instructors' Association’s Board meeting |
BC 214 |
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Tues. |
Sept. 6 2:00 p.m. |
Classified Consultation Group |
CC 223 |
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Tues. |
Sept. 6 4:00 p.m. |
SBCC District Board of Trustees’ Fiscal Subcommittee meeting |
A218 |
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Thurs. |
Sept. 8 4:00 p.m. |
SBCC District Board of Trustees’ Study Session |
A218 |
*The dates/times/locations of the above meetings are correct at the time FaST News is issued. Please check SBCC Website for most current updates.
FALL SEMESTER - 2011 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
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DATE |
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Mon. |
Aug. 22 |
Fall Semester Begins |
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Fri. |
Sept. 2 (In-Person) |
Last Day to Submit Approved Add Requests Last Day to Drop without “W” Last Day to Drop with Eligibility for Refund of Enrollment and Tuition Prerequisite Challenge Late Review Deadline |
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Sat. |
Sept. 3* - *Online services only. Last day for in person service is Sept. 2. |
Last Day to Submit Approved Add Requests Last Day to Drop without “W” Last Day to Drop with Eligibility for Refund of Enrollment and Tuition Prerequisite Challenge Late Review Deadline |
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Mon. |
Sept. 5 |
Labor Day,Holiday |
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Tues. |
Sept. 6 |
Priority Degree/Certificate Filing Period Begins |
SPORTS EVENTS
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DATE |
SPORT |
OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
TIME |
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Sat. |
Sept. 10 |
Football |
AntelopeValleyvs. SBCC |
SBCC |
6:00 p.m. |
