PRESIDENT’S NEWSBURST
APRIL 2012
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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The college’s Planning Forum was held Friday, March 23rd. Approximately 50 faculty, staff, students and administrators participated in the day-long planning workshop. As you know, this is the time when we examine what has been, what is, where we are, where we are going and what could be. Through presentations, group and individual work, the participants engaged in reviewing data about the state of the college, educational master plan, progress on our strategic plan, student achievement, and student learning outcomes. Through an integrated planning process, we reviewed our college’s vision and mission and made a minor modification. We also collaboratively prioritized the goals for the next planning cycle. These goals are listed below and should help units, departments and the college focus on priorities. It is crucial during the extremely challenging economic times that we focus our limited resources behind our college priorities. Times are tough but at Grossmont College the tough keep going!
Goals for 2013/14:
Provide an exceptional learning environment to promote student success
Respond to changing community needs
Promote institutional effectiveness
Enhance workforce preparedness
VOLUNTEERING AT COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE
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I am writing to say thanks in advance to all faculty, staff and administrators. Your support and participation for the upcoming 50th Anniversary Community Open House on April 13 and 14 will make this event unprecedented in the 50-year history of the college. Thank you again for giving of your time and
As we inch closer to the event in less than two weeks, let me express my appreciation for helping us spread the news and in encouraging your friends and neighbors to attend. This fun-filled, family-oriented festival will showcase the college’s outstanding programs, faculty, staff and students. Interactive learning exhibits, activities and performances will showcase the latest innovations in educational programs and technology hosted by the various departments and disciplines, including theatre arts, music, health professions, culinary, math and English, and Exercise Science and Wellness. We especially need every available body to help Grossmont College set a world’s record in the Main Quad at noon on Saturday, April 14.
We need your help! Community members, staff, faculty, students and family (over 18) are welcome and encouraged to volunteer for the event! Please take a minute and fill out the online volunteer form. Sign-ups and more details are available on our college’s 50th Anniversary Celebration website, www.grossmont.edu/50years. Forward it to your friends, neighbors, former GC employees, and others who might want to be involved. All volunteers will be asked to complete a waiver form. If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact Pat Murray at ext. 7316. Your support and participation will make our college proud. Honestly, I don't know how I can ever thank you enough!
CLASSIFIED STAFF APPRECIATION DAY
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Classified Staff Appreciation Day was held on April 2 (Monday of Spring Break) on the Grossmont campus. The theme was “Enriching Classified – Mind, Body & Soul,” and the keynote speaker was Pam Smith of the County of San Diego’s Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) and Aging & Independence Services. The many raffle prizes included a beautiful hard body guitar donated by Taylor Guitars, and Bradford Portraits donated a $5,000 portrait package.
GROSSMONT COLLEGE FRIENDS OF MUSIC
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The Grossmont College Friends of Music will host its second annual Friends of Music Gala fundraiser to benefit the Grossmont College Symphony and Master Chorale from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, at Griffin Center, Grossmont College’s new Student Center. Admission is $50 per person. Corporate sponsorships are available for $750 for a table of 8. The event will feature live music, dinner, and a silent auction, along with an opportunity drawing. For more information, call Lisa Oberndorfer at (619) 743-2010, or lisakay@gmail.com. To purchase tickets, please visit www.grossmontsymphony.tix.com.
BRAD DALUISO GOLF CLASSIC
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The Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges, the non-profit organization that directly supports students, faculty and staff at both colleges through scholarships and educational equipment, supplies and programs, will host the 10th annual Brad Daluiso Golf Classic, a fundraising tournament, starting at 11 a.m. (shotgun start) on Friday, May 4, 2012, at the Sycuan Golf & Tennis Resort, 3007 Dehesa Road, El Cajon. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Grossmont College Athletics Programs. Player spots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Entry donation to play is $250 per person, which includes green fees, cart, a fitting for TaylorMade clubs, tee prizes, goodie gift bag, unlimited range balls, putting contest, course games, raffle tickets, BBQ steak lunch, snacks, beverages, player awards and after-golf awards reception. Sponsorship opportunities are available and donations of merchandise and/ professional services for the silent auction and raffle are welcomed. Please share this information with your circle of contacts. Event brochures are available for distribution. Please contact Laurie Corbin at 619-644-7109 or laurie.corbin@gcccd.edu with any questions or to receive brochures to share. You may also drop by the Foundation office to pick up your supply of brochures. Our thanks again to Brad who lends his name, talents and time to making this an annual premier event. For registration information, visit www.foundation.gcccd.edu.
RECENT HONORS
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Speech and Debate
Congratulations to Grossmont’s Speech/Debate Team for their success against 42 colleges and universities at the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association’s Spring Championship Tournament. Recognition was earned by the following
· Darron DeVillez, 1st Place in Jr. Division of Program Oral Interpretation
· Gabi Johnson, 2nd Place in Novice Division of Prose Interpretation
· Ali Majed, Bronze Award in Jr. Parliamentary Debate and 6th Place Speaker Award in Jr. Parliamentary Debate.
· Vanessa Spear, Bronze Award in Jr. Parliamentary Debate
· Darron DeVillez, Bronze Award in Novice Parliamentary Debate
· Joey Zaliagiris, Bronze Award in Novice Parliamentary Debate
Honors
· Honors student Ralf Schuster received the Director’s Award for the HTCC (Honors Transfer Council of California) conference last week in Irvine. This is the top award given to honors students in California community colleges. His award was for research done in a Science 110 -- Introduction to Scientific Thought class last Fall. His will receive $1,000 and his work will be published in a professional journal. Also to be honored at the conference: Daniel McKay received an Exemplary Achievement Award; Heather Roth received for her Henrietta Lacks essay.
· Donald H. Harrison, creator and editor of San Diego Jewish World, an online newspaper, and an adjunct instructor for the class that produces the student newspaper called The Summit, has written a story about Tate Hurvitz, Assistant Professor, Department of English, and Tate’s work on the Henrietta Lacks Project. Here is a link to the article. http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/03/20/interdisciplinary-inter-campus-movement-expands-in-san-diego-grossmont-college-english-prof-hurvitz-helps-shape-trend/
CAMPUS EVENTS
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· The Hyde Art Gallery’s “Beyond the Limit,” a ceramics exhibit with works by Kelly Berning, Yoonchung Kim and Sasha Koozel Reibstein, runs through April 12. This exhibition features 42 pieces, including dancing tea pots that resemble human forms, ceramic boxes with the history of ceramics in the Korean language and ceramic internal organs.
· The Grossmont College Dance Department will present “Entrances and Exits,” a faculty-choreographed dance concert featuring performances by Grossmont College dance students demonstrating various genres of dance. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 26, 27 and 28. All performances will be held at the Kroc Theatre, and feature dance performances in salsa, tap, ballet, contemporary, modern and hip hop. Admission is $12 per person at the door. For more information, phone the Grossmont College Dance Dept. at (619) 644-7766, or visit www.grossmont.edu/dance.
· The Grossmont College Creative Writing Program and the World Arts and Cultures Committee are thrilled to present the 16th Annual Literary Arts Festival to be held April 24-May 3. The festival will feature award-winning authors as well as showcase talent from the campus and community. Highlights of this year's festival include author Sandra Cisneros, an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist and poet. Cisneros is best known for her novel House on Mango Street. She will read and sign books on Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in Griffin Gate. Additionally, Grossmont College welcomes Tim O'Brien's in Week 2 of the Festival. O'Brien, considered one of our greatest living American authors and inspirational speakers, is best known for his novel The Things They Carried. O’Brien will lecture and read from his work on Thursday, May 3 at 2 p.m. in Room 220. 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.
· The 50th annual Associated Students of Grossmont College, Inc. and Inter-Club Council Scholarship and Service Awards Ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 in Griffin Gate. A pre-reception will be held outside of the Griffin Gate at 5:30 p.m. Outstanding student leaders will be recognized for their academic, service, and student life achievements during the 2011-2012 academic years. For more information, contact Barbara Bender, ASGC, Inc. secretary, at Barbara_Bender@gcccd.edu.
· The Theatre Arts Department will present “Lost in Yonkers,” a play by Neil Simon and directed by Jeannette Thomas, at 7:30 p.m. on May 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12, and at 2 p.m. on May 5 and 12. When brothers Artie and Jay are sent to live with their Grandmother, they find out that their father’s family puts the “fun” in dysfunctional. Set in 1942, Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play is a heart-warming, honest and funny look at how we define “family.” With an uncle who is a small-time gangster, an aunt with the mentality of a child, and a formidable, steely grandmother who struggles to understand love, Artie and Jay are thrust into a crazy world that they must somehow survive. Will it be the longest ten months of their lives? Or will they all learn that “love” comes in many forms?
· For details on upcoming student club activities, visit www.grossmont.edu/student_activities/gc_clubs.asp.
· For recent print news clips collected by the Office of College & Community Relations, visit www.grossmont.edu/newsclips/
