PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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Welcome
to a new semester! It is an historic time for our college as we celebrate our
50th anniversary throughout the academic year. For the past five decades, we
have created a rich, dynamic educational climate that promotes the economic,
civil and cultural development of our community. We also have a track record in the past
half century for successfully overcoming challenges while helping thousands of
students thrive in their academic performance. This new semester will be no
exception. Thank you for all of your
efforts in providing an environment conducive to learning and ensuring the
highest quality education for our students. Thank you for your commitment to
our college and to our vision to change lives through education. This month of
September will be very busy with a variety of events and initiatives. Please find a round up, below, and join me in
participating and support each other as we serve our students.
WOW! WAS A SUCCESS
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My
thanks go to everyone who volunteered their time, energy and knowledge to the
recent Fall 2011 Week of Welcome (WOW!). More than 70 members of our campus
community, led by Sara Glasgow, Director Student Activities, came together to
make our college’s first WOW a tremendous success. While the numbers from the
many workshops are still coming in, it appears that we served more than 3,100
students. We would like to know what you thought, as well as hear any comments,
ideas or suggestions you may have to improve the next WOW. A survey is
available at www.surveymonkey.com/s/6TZV968.
NEW ROLES AND NEW FACES
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There
are several new Department chairs and coordinators for the Fall semester 2011.
They include:
Nursing: Deb Delaney, Director; Laurel Vanlandingham and Lisa Maloy,
Co-Assistant Directors.
Communication: Joel Castellaw (returning from sabbatical).
Dance: Dave Mullen
Media Communications: Michael Grant.
Music: Fred Benedetti, Co-chair; Derek Cannon, returning Co-Chair.
Math Study Center: Shawn Hicks.
Counseling Department: Kristi Kluka.
Political Economy Department: Brian Jennings.
We
also begin the semester with three interim deans:
Sheridan DeWolf, Interim Dean, Career & Technical
Education/Workforce Development.
Cary Willard, Interim Dean, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Exercise
Science/Wellness.
Diane Glow, Interim Dean, Counseling & Enrollment Services.
9/11 REMEMBRANCE
DAY
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To mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington,
D.C. and Flight 93, our students will plant an olive tree of remembrance on
campus. The tree planting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9
at a lawn area adjacent to building #53. The day before the tree planting,
between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, students will have the
opportunity to write their thoughts and feelings on small cards and then tie
the cards with string to the branches of the olive tree, which will be located
on that day along a walkway between classroom building #55 and the Learning
Resource Technology Center (LTRC) building. Grossmont College’s 9/11 memorial
activities are being planned by the Grossmont College Student Affairs Office
and the Associated Students of Grossmont College, Inc.
ASGC FALL 2011 GRANT CYCLE
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The
ASGC, Inc. Fall 2011 grant cycle is open. Requests for activity and event funding can
be submitted to Irene Bauza in the Student Activities Office, Building 36, Room
#349, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9. Required forms are available
in the ASGC, Inc. Office, Building 36, Room 340-E. Funding requests for
the general
grant cycle, which could include grants for classroom equipment,
must be submitted to Irene no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7. The
grant process also includes an opportunity to personally present your grant
request at an ASGC, Inc. finance meeting, which are held at 8 a.m. on
Thursdays. You can schedule a finance meeting appointment with Arianna Nevins,
ASGC, Inc. comptroller, at ext. #7768.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
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The Grossmont College Guitar Guild will present a benefit concert for
the Grossmont Guitar Guild Scholarship Fund featuring Music Dept. Co-Chair and guitar instructor Fred Benedetti at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9 in Room
#220, Building 26. The concert is open to the public. Admission is $10 per
person, and $8 for seniors and students.
A guitar duo performance by Fred Benedetti and Mesa College guitar
instructor George Svoboda will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30 in Room #220
on campus. The performance is another fundraiser for the Grossmont College
Guitar Guild. Admission is $10 per person, and $8 for seniors and students.
HYDE ART GALLERY
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In
celebration of Grossmont’s 50th anniversary, the Hyde Art Gallery is now
exhibiting a selection of serigraph prints by some of the most influential
artist such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams and Pablo Picasso.
Also highlighted are some of the outstanding works by artists who have
exhibited at the Hyde Art Gallery over the years, including works from famed
Japanese ceramicist Hamada to the modern painter Tom Holland. Gallery’s hours
are Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. and Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free. For information contact
Ben Aubert, Gallery Curator, at ext. #7299.
SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST
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The
annual Fall Scholarship Awards Breakfast will be held starting at 10 a.m. on
Saturday, Sept. 10, in the 200 Building courtyard. The event will be presented
by the Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges and the Grossmont College
Scholarship Department. These scholarships are competitive and based on a
selection process established by the Grossmont College Scholarship Advisory
Committee and any additional criteria established by the sponsor. In all, 61
students will be awarded $44,000 in scholarships. Recipients will include 27
students each receiving a $1,000 Osher scholarship, and 34 campus awards
totaling $17,000. Scholarship funds will be used to help defray the cost of
textbooks, equipment, lab fees and other items beyond registration fees.
CONSTITUTION WEEK
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Constitution
Week will be held on campus from Sept. 12 to 15. Activities will include an
appearance by the Sons of the American Revolution and the “Constitution Wall” where students can use their freedom of speech to
write and post notes about what the Constitution means to them, as well as
distribution of pocket U.S. Constitutions and patriotic music from Griffin
Radio in the Main Quad. Joe Braunwarth, Political Science, will
have an instructional classroom component.
CAREER CENTER
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Career and Student Employment
programs will facilitate their first workshop in the fall semester series, “Who
Are You”? “Analyze Your Career Dreams”,
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm, in
Building 36 – Room 346. Please alert your students of this opportunity! For
additional workshops and seminars scheduled fall 2011, visit www.grossmont.edu/studentempservices. For
more information, or to RSVP, please phone, (619) 644-7614. Faculty
and staff are welcome to attend also.
CREATIVE WRITING
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The Grossmont College community will be treated to a variety of
literary events during the college’s Fall 2011 Reading Series to be held on
campus throughout the semester. The Reading Series, sponsored by the Creative
Writing Program, will feature award-winning authors as well as showcase talent
from the campus and the community.
The following events are scheduled:
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Thursday, September 15: Poet James Meetze, Dayglo
winner of the Sawtooth Poetry Prize, Hyde Gallery, 7 P.M.
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Wednesday, October 12: Novelist Criss Mazza,
author of Various Men Who Knew Us As Girls, Room 26-220, 12:30 P.M.
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Wednesday, October 19: Lester Bangs Memorial
Reading featuring Justin Hudnall performing "Vinyl Man", Room 26-220,
7 P.M.
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Monday, Novemeber 14: Lidia Yuknavitch, author of
The Chronology of Water: A Memoir, Room 26-220, 7 P.M.
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Tuesday, December 6: New Voices Student Reading
featuring the original work of Grossmont College creative writing students,
Room 26-220, 7 P.M.
All events are free and open to the public. Professional Development
credit is available for faculty. For additional information, contact Sydney
Brown at (619) 644-7523 or visit the campus website at www.grossmont.edu/english/Festival/
GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR CVT
GRADUATE
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The
fifth annual Suzanne Donahue Memorial golf tournament will be held on Sunday,
Sept. 18, at the Rancho Bernardo Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Shotgun starts at 12:30 p.m. Cost to play is $150 per golfer.
This annual event celebrates the life of Suzanne Donahue, Grossmont College CVT
graduate and echocardiography technologist at Naval Medical Center San Diego,
who died of cancer at age 43 in 2007. All proceeds benefit the Suzanne Donahue
Memorial Scholarship Fund at Grossmont College. To register, visit http://suzannedonahuegolf.dojiggy.com.
For more information, contact Dr. Jeff Cavendish, jeffrey.j.cavendish@kp.org, or Dr. Dan Seidensticker, daniel.seidensticker@med.navy.mil.
DANCE DEPARTMENT
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The
Dance Department will present two dance classes in the Main Dance Studio,
Building #24, Room #271, on Friday, Sept. 23. Both classes are open to the
public. Cost is $10 per class (cash only). Registration is required. To
register, contact Kristine Johanns in the Dance Office at ext. 7766. Beginning
“Hip-Hop” dancing will be taught from 6 to 7:30 p.m. by Tracy Seiler. “House”
dancing will be taught from 7:30 to 9 p.m. by Vihn Nguyen. “House” dancing
emphasizes fast and complex foot oriented steps combined with fluid movements
in the torso, and can include skating, stomping and shuffling techniques.
BANNED BOOKS WEEK
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Sept. 26 to 30 is this year’s
Banned Books Week 2011. The annual national celebration of the freedom to read
was launched in 1982 in response to challenges over certain books in schools,
bookstores and libraries. Here at Grossmont, Joe Medina, English, will host “A
Celebration of Banned Books” from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, at Building
#34, Room #107. Students, community members and faculty will read selections
from Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer” (1934) and Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl”
(1955), as well as a discussion of Herbert Biberman’s film “Salt of the Earth”
(1954). This activity fulfills requirements for Professional Flex hours.
WORLD ARTS AND CULTURES
COMMITTEE
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The
World Arts and Cultures Committee (WACC) is soliciting applications of grant
requests for funding of on-campus arts and cultural events to occur in the Fall
2011 and Spring 2012 semesters. The events that will be funded must fit within
the Committee’s charge, which is: “The
World Arts and Cultures Committee aims to foster a climate of appreciation and
respect for the diversity of values, ideas and cultural expressions represented
by our students, staff, faculty and surrounding community. We will strive to
accomplish our mission by bringing cultural events on campus reflecting the
college’s position in today’s global society.” Grant requests for events
scheduled to occur in the Fall 2011 semester should be submitted to the Student
Affairs Office no later than Sept. 30, 2011. The WACC Committee meets on the
third Friday of every month to consider grants. Requests will be considered as
they are submitted on a “rolling basis” with earlier submissions preferred
(please allow at least three weeks for approval). Requests with missing
details, requiring extra time seeking clarification or additional information,
may not be funded. Also, requests submitted just prior to the event may not be
funded. We look forward to working with campus groups to support their events.
Please visit the WACC website for more information, www.grossmont.edu/WACC.
CULINARY ARTS DINNERS
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Culinary
Arts Dept. will host on several Thursdays, from Sept. 22 to Nov. 17, a
five-course dinner to be prepared by students enrolled in Grossmont’s Quantity Foods class. The dinners will start at 5:30 p.m.,
and be held in the patio area outside bungalow #58G, in parking lot #5, near
the parking structure. Cost is $20 per person. The dinners will feature soup,
salad, entree, dessert and coffee service. Vegetarian dinners are available
with 48-hour advance notice. Space is limited and some dates may already be
fully booked. Dates are Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 20, 27, Nov. 3 and 17.
Reservations can be made by phoning Michele Martens in the CTE office at (619)
644-7550, or by e-mail at michele.martens@gcccd.edu.
ALLIED HEALTH IN THE
COMMUNITY
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Cardiovascular Technology (CVT) students will provide free screenings
for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
Sept. 20, at the Sharp Grossmont Hospital Senior Resource Center, Brier Patch
campus, 9000 Wakarusa St., La Mesa. The screenings will test the arterial blood
flow to the legs and blood pressure at the ankles and arms. Symptoms of PAD can
include aching, cramping or pain in your legs after walking or exercising. An
appointment is required for the free screening. To register, call
1-800-827-4277, or visit www.sharp.com.
School of Nursing students will be volunteers at Kids Care Fest, a
free event featuring health care screenings from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,
Sept. 24, at Briercrest Park, 9001 Wakarusa St., La Mesa. Organizers expect
more than 1,000 children under age 12, including many from low-income and
under-insured families, will receive free, potentially life-saving health care
screenings, including hearing and vision screenings, from healthcare
professionals at the event. Event sponsors include the City of La Mesa and
Grossmont Healthcare District, along with Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Rady
Children’s Hospital San Diego. For more information, visit www.KidsCareFest.org.
THEATRE ARTS: DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
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Grossmont
College Theatre Arts is celebrating 50 years of award winning community
theatre. We would like to invite everyone to attend our 2011-2012 performances.
Staff and Faculty pricing is $11 per ticket per performance. Season tickets are
available for $40 (6 plays). The season’s first play will be “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Martin Katz.
Performances are on October 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. and October 8
and 15 at 2 p.
m. The plot: A café, a dead man, and a cell phone that won’t stop
ringing. When Jean, a stranger from the next table, decides to answer it she
sets in motion a chain of events that is, by turns, baffling, mysterious,
comic, and grim. As Jean becomes involved with the dead man’s wife, mother,
mistress and brother, she begins to suspect that her life will never be the
same again. The box office phone is ext. #7234. All reservations must be paid
and /or guaranteed 24 hours prior to the performance you wish to attend. Call
Alexis Popko at ext. #7267 to make your reservations. We accept all major
credit cards.
‘FIFTY AND FANTABULOUS’
ON OCTOBER 22
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“Fifty and Fantabulous” is the theme of our 50th anniversary
fundraising celebration from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Health
and Sciences Complex. Proceeds will benefit the Foundation for Grossmont and
Cuyamaca Colleges, the recently-formed fundraising organization that supports
students and educational programs at Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges. Guests
are encouraged to dress in the attire they may have worn as a college student,
whether it’s the peace beads of the 1960s or the acid-washed jeans of the
1980s.
Heavy
hors d’oeuvres, desserts and a no-host bar will be featured. Several hundred
silent and live auction items are expected to be available to the highest
bidders. Also located in different areas of the two-story Health and Sciences
Complex will be displays of photographs, memorabilia and videos chronicling the
college’s 50-year history, as well as live entertainment showcasing Grossmont
College’s performing artists. Guests can look forward to listening to their
favorite pop tunes heard during the previous five decades. Discounted tickets
can be purchased online at www.foundation.gcccd.edu.
SPORTS REPORT
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Men’s and Women’s Water
Polo
have matches against Miramar at the Kroc Center on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Women’s Volleyball hosts Golden West
College on Sept. 7 and Saddleback College on Sept. 9. Both matches begin at 5
p.m.
Women’s Soccer hosts El Camino at 1 p.m.
on Friday, Sept 2, then travels to Chaffey on Sept. 7 and Long Beach on Sept.
9.
Kickoff for the season’s first home football game will at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17 against
cross-town rival Southwestern College. All employees are invited to watch
community college football up close. All faculty, staff and administrators can
enjoy the game with free admission (show your college I.D. at the gate). 