THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS
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Thursday, Nov. 11 is Veterans
Day, a day when we pause and honor the more than 25 million Americans who have
served in our Armed Forces. We honor them for their love of our country and
their willingness to serve. It is because of their great sacrifice that we all
enjoy our freedom as we know it today. Their ranks include generations of
citizens who have risked their lives while serving in military conflicts,
including World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and the war on
terror. They have fought for the security of our country and the peace of the
world. They have defended our founding ideals, protected the innocent, and
liberated the oppressed from tyranny and terror. They have known the
hardships, the fears and the tragic losses
of war. Our veterans know that in the harshest hours of conflict, they serve just and honorable purposes. We have
liberties and freedoms because brave men and women answer the call to serve.
Our country is forever indebted to our veterans for their quiet courage and
exemplary service. We are especially proud here at Grossmont of our student
veterans. They are inspiring examples to our entire college community. Our
veterans have returned home from their duties to dedicate themselves to their
college studies and to further contributing to the growth and development of
our nation. Our college will be closed on Nov. 11 in honor of Veterans Day. On
that day, find a Vet and say thank you. Take time to thank our veterans. Remember to pray for all veterans. I
know you would want to join me in thanking all of them for their service past
and present. Happy Veterans Day and thanks to all of those who have served
and continue to serve in our military.
VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER’S OPEN HOUSE
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Everyone is cordially invited
to a “come-and-go” open house of the Grossmont College Veterans Resource Center
(VRC) on Tuesday, November 9th from 3 to 5 p.m.
The VRC is located in Building 21, Room 253 on the ground floor (the
former location of the Summit newspaper). Building 21 also houses the Theater Arts
Department’s Stagehouse Theatre (the exterior wall features a colorful Aztec
mural). It is nearest Parking Lot #1. There will be light refreshments,
including cookies and punch, as well as demonstrations of the technology made
available to assist veterans with learning. We look forward to seeing you
Tuesday afternoon. Earlier in the day, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, the
Grossmont Student Veteran Organization (SVO), an organization that provides
support, camaraderie and advocacy on behalf of student veterans, will host a
fund-raising barbecue to be located on a grassy area near the LTRC. The
barbecue will consist of hamburgers, veggie burgers and hot link hot dogs,
along with cold drinks. Costs are $5 for burgers and $6.50 for hot link dogs. I
encourage everyone to help support SVO and their efforts.
WELCOME TO DR. WENDY STEWART
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Please join me in welcoming
Dr. Wendy Stewart to the Grossmont College family as the new Dean of Counseling
and Enrollment Services. Dr. Stewart
received her Doctor of Education, with a specialization in Higher Education
Administration, from the University of Southern California. Dr. Stewart
also has a Masters of Science in Counseling with a specialization in Marriage
and Family Therapy from SDSU, and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature/Writing from
UCSD. She has a wealth of experience in community colleges and Universities in
California. She most recently served at Miramar College as the Transfer Center
Director, and previous to that at UCSD as an Academic Advisor from 1998-2005.
She has worked in residence counseling at SDSU and has taught a range of PDC
classes at Miramar as well as classes in Counseling and Research for National
University. Dr. Stewart has been very involved in professional and community
service and has been granted awards for her service and scholarship. She has
chaired the Young Professionals Leadership Development Summit for the Urban
League of San Diego, and served as President of the San Diego chapter of the
National Pan-Hellenic Council. With Dr. Stewart’s academic preparation, higher
education experience, and professional service, she will make a strong
contribution to the Student Services team at Grossmont College. I also want to take this opportunity to thank
the screening committee for the many long hours spent in this process. Co-Chaired by Bonnie Schmiege and John Colson
the other members of the committee are Beverly Wight; Cindi Posada; Debbie Lim;
Dee Murdock; Laith Shammas; Nancy Davis; Patrick Aure; Sandy Somo (student);
Susan Topham; Tammy Huston; and Victoria Curran. Thanks for your hard work in
identifying our new student services dean.
WOULD YOU HIRE YOU?
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The Career Center’s Adult
Reentry program will host “Would You Hire You,” a free informational meeting on
how job seekers can put themselves in the shoes of hiring managers, from 10
a.m. to noon, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, in Building 36, Room #332, on the college
campus. The Adult Reentry serves adults who are interested in returning to
school to reenter the workforce, learn a new career, earn a college diploma or
upgrade their skills for a job promotion.
MASTER CHORALE PERFORMS MUSICA SACRA
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The Music Department will
present “Musica Sacra,” performances by the 48-member Grossmont College Master
Chorale, on Friday, Nov. 12, at All Saints Episcopal Church, 625 Pennsylvania
Ave., San Diego, and on Friday, Nov. 19, at St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, 8086 Broadway, in Lemon
Grove. Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, although a
free-willing offering will be held. The Master Chorale, under the direction of
Randall Tweed, musical director, will perform four selections of liturgical
music for organ and chorus, including “Te Deum” by John Rutter, “Missa Brevis”
by Zoltan Kodaly, “Rejoice in the Lamb” by Benjamin Britten and “Nunc Dimittis”
by Alexandre Gretchaninoff. Accompanying the Master Chorale will be organist
Robert MacLeod, pianist Katherine Petrosyan and Mariachi Chula Vista, a
15-member Mariachi ensemble.
ROCK THE PAGE WRITE-A-THON
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The Creative Writing Program
will host “Rock the Page,” an all-day creative write-a-thon fund-raiser from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13, on the college campus. “Rock the Page”
features participants spending the day writing in four genres, including
fiction, poetry, drama and creative non-fiction. Cost to participate is a
minimum donation of $50, which will include continental breakfast, lunch and an
“I Rocked the Page” t-shirt. A raffle also will be held for a MacBook computer.
Proceeds from the event will help pay speakers fees for the English
Department’s Literary Arts Festival, to be held in April 2011. Check-in for
“Rock the Page” begins at 8 a.m. in Room #575. For more information, visit www.grosssmont.edu/english, or call Sydney Brown at
ext.7523, or Stephanie Mood at ext.7495.
WOODWIN QUINTET PERFORMS CHAMBER MUSIC
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The Music Department will
present the Woodwind Quintet’s performance of “An Evening of Chamber Music”
starting at 7:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Cuyamaca College Arts Center auditorium, 900 Rancho
San Diego Parkway, in El Cajon. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students.
The Woodwind Quintet, under the direction of Randall Tweed, musical director,
will perform four selections, including “Wind Quintet in B Major” by Franz
Danzi, “Wind Quintet Opus 79” by August Klughardt, “Suite Opus 157b” by Darius
Milhaud and “Common Ground” by Gernot Wolfgang.
HYDE ART GALLERY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
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The Grossmont College Hyde
Art Gallery is proud to present “Still Photographers” New and Vintage Works in
a Reunion of the 1972 Grossmont College Summer Photo Workshop. This will be a reunion exhibition of
photographers from Charles Fridenmaker’s 1972 summer workshop at Grossmont
College. Fourteen artists are represented with a selection of 112 photographs,
including vintage works from 1972, as well as a selection of their most recent
pictures. Included are works from the estate of Mr. Fridenmaker, who died
suddenly in his early thirties, shortly after leading the summer workshop.
Exhibiting artists are Kim Blackford, Tim Burke, Terry Chostner, Donna
Cosentino, Hern Crane, Gordon Darby, Bill Fields, Tom Gregory, Marc Lieberman,
Kay Levie, Alfred Pagano, Susan Richardson, Michael Turner, and Charles
Fridenmaker (posthumously). The exhibition will also include a “History Wall”
including casual photographs from 1972 depicting instructor and students at
work and at leisure. The exhibition was conceived by Bill Fields and Alfred
Pagano as a tribute to their departed mentor Charles Fridenmaker. It was
curated by David Wing, who was appointed to succeed Mr. Fridenmaker and teach
in the Grossmont College Photography program until his retirement in 2003.
Anticipating the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of Grossmont
College next year, the Hyde Gallery is looking back 38 years over the evolving
careers of these artists as it presents this exhibition. An opening event in honor of the artists will be on Tuesday, November
16th, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Gallery hours are: Monday and
Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The
Gallery is located in the 200 Building Main Quad.
CULINARY STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN ARIZONA
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Joe Orate, Culinary Arts
Dept. Coordinator, and six Grossmont Culinary Arts students will participate in the Robert Bland Culinary Salon 2010 culinary arts
competition, Nov. 11 to 14 in Mesa, Ariz. The competition is sponsored by the
American Culinary Federation Chef’s Association of Arizona. In past year, our
culinary students have attended and participated in numerous culinary
competitions across the state, nation and the world, including the Culinary
Olympics in Germany. Those who participate in the competition will develop and
refine their culinary skills in a competitive setting. Good luck to all.
GRIFFIN RADIO AT CHARGERS BLOOD DRIVE
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For the 13th consecutive
year, students Grossmont College’s Griffin Radio will attend and man an exhibit
booth at the San Diego Blood Bank’s Chargers Blood Drive XXXII, which will
take place at the Town & Country Convention Center in Mission Valley on
Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Chargers Blood Drive is one of the
community’s longest running and most successful life-saving events of the year.
Donors will be awarded a voucher that may be redeemed at the Chargers Blood
Drive for a T-shirt, as well as a VIP wristband for the autograph line. Donors
will also have the opportunity to purchase an entry to win a 2011 Honda CRV or
Honda Insight Hybrid, donated by the Honda Dealers of San Diego County, which
will be given away at the Chargers Drive on the 30th. Participants who do not
plan to donate blood, but would still like to meet the Chargers and enjoy the
festivities at the Town and Country will be charged a $5 entry fee ($1 for
children). Blood donors will be refunded the admission price after they donate.
Donors will be treated to a variety of food, entertainment and other goodies at
the blood drive. There is also free parking for donors. For more information,
visit www.sandiegobloodbank.org
NATIVE CULTURES OF WESTERN ALASKA
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Zoe Close recently had the
splendid pleasure of participating in an National Endowment for the Humanities
Institute trip to study the indigenous peoples of the Native Cultures of
Western Alaska. Some of the people, such as the Kwakwaka’Wakw, who have lived
in a mist forest environment, while others, such as the Yup-ik, who have
developed a complex culture in a subarctic environment. Zoe was one of 24
college/university faculty chosen from the U.S. The group was interdisciplinary
and focused on different academic projects. Scholars who served as consultants
were both native and non-native. Zoe’s work included: (1) conflicts between
moral values and aesthetic values in native art; and (2) distinctions between
religious and aesthetic experiences in native belief systems and ceremonies.
She also studied contemporary ethical and political issues for these cultures,
such as repatriation of art objects. She said most challenging aspect of
research was the secret/closed nature of ceremonial practices. The group
traveled to remote places, such as Haida Ghaii and Alert Bay in Canada, and
communicated with native peoples about art, language, social structures,
religious beliefs and political problems. Zoe also said the experience of
eating, dancing and laughing with native peoples was uplifting and powerful.
HOW OKLAHOMA GOT ITS SHAPE
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Mark Goodman, Geography,
reports he recently delivered a presentation in Blackwell, Okla. to the annual
meeting of the Friends of the 1893 Land Run. The title for his presentation:
“How Oklahoma Got Its Shape.” In addition, he assisted in the English-to-Thai
translation of correspondence from the Güssing Renewable Energy Company of
Güssing, Austria, to the Thai Army and Air Chief Marshal Kamthon
Sindhavanada, Privy Councillor to His
Majesty Rama IX, King of Thailand. Mark is on sabbatical this semester.
SPEECH/DEBATE TEAM
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Joel Castellaw, Professor and
Department Chair of the Communication Department, reports that Roxanne Tuscany
escorted the Grossmont Speech/Debate Team at the recent Pasadena City College
Tournament, held on Oct. 23 and 24. Among the award recipients: Ali Aldhalimi
with a Bronze Novice Parliamentary Debate Award and 6th Place Speaker Award in
Novice Parliamentary Debate; and, Russ Lindquist with a Bronze Novice
Parliamentary Debate Award, 5th Place Speaker Award in Novice Parliamentary Debate and
Finalist in Novice Impromptu Speaking. Other competitors on the trip included
Courtney Gerlach, Jesse Gault, Jonathan Parker, Jonathan Smith, Maria Torres
and Diana Trinidad, who was a first-time competitor.
CAREER EXPO
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The Career Center presented
Career Week, Oct. 11 to 14, which included the 32nd annual Career Expo, a job
fair featuring more than 50 exhibitors, on Oct. 13. The topics for the Career
Week workshops included resume and cover letter writing and dress for success,
as well as “How To Be A Star Performer,” “The Competitive Edge” and “What
Employers Want.” Another workshop, “Lower The Red Flags,” was designed for
paroles, counselors, Career Center directors, faculty, employers and students.
RoadTrip Nation was featured at the job fair. RoadTrip Nation is currently
recognized statewide as a major Career Development resource for students.
Lauren Ho and colleagues made a special effort (re-arranging schedules) to
participate in our job fair. While RoadTrip Nation has a long list of four-year
colleges and universities they have visited, they only recently have begun
visiting community colleges and high schools. Grossmont College was among the
first community colleges in Southern California on their visitation list. Also
at the Career Expo, the ASL Program was showcased and their “Deaf Community”
was fun for students and a tremendous success.
