THIS WEEK NCC - Norwalk Community College
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THIS WEEK NCC - Norwalk Community College
THIS WEEK@NCC ________________ June 27, 2011 Vol. 18, Number Three ________________ NEXT DEADLINE for Announcements noon Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Next issue will be released July 11, 2011 ____________ SUBMISSIONS to Karen Hart khart@ncc.commnet.edu qqqqqqq Page 2 Sketchy Event photos Page 3 ECE Lecture and Career Fair Page 4 May 2011 News Clippings list _____________ Copy Editor and Writer Karen Hart khart@ncc.commnet.edu Designer and Writer Melissa Slattery mslattery@ncc.commnet.edu Proof Reader Marcia Lockwood Copy Editor and Writer Madeline Barillo This Week at NCC is published by the Public Relations Office, Division of College Advancement and is available in the NCC Public Folders and on the NCC website (click on “This Week @ NCC”) Norwalk High student Pierre Antoine, left, listens as NCC Fine Arts Professor Joe Fucigna, right, explains the basics of drawing at the Sketchy Event in SONO on Thursday, June 23. Antoine plans to attend NCC when he graduates from high school. Sketchy Event Draws SoNo Crowd The Art, Architecture and Design department at Norwalk Community College sponsored the second annual Sketchy Event Art Party and Drawathon in South Norwalk on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The event was co-sponsored by the City of Norwalk Arts Commission. Held at 136 Washington Street in SoNo, the event also celebrated the Art-in-theWindows project. Members of the Peace by Piece Quilters group were also on hand to demonstrate their quilting techniques and invited visitors to try quilting. T.R. SoNo Partners, LLC provided the storefront location. NCC graphic design student Adora Bayles began with a portrait sketch of the model. More photos on page 2 Participants of all ages were encouraged to settle in and draw from a live model. NCC Sponsors a Sketchy Event Norwalk Community College supplied the easels, drawing materials and the model for the June 23, 2011event. Above, Sketchy Event participants draw model Tracy Dinkin (center). Below, center photo, Pierre Antoine begins his sketch. In photo at left is NCC curator Susan Hardesty, who helped run the event. In photo above, Lori Lohstoeter, drawing instructor at NCC, used paint on bright red paper to create an impression of the model. Taina Nuñez, left, one of the Peace by Piece quilters, brought her grandaughter Javais, center, along with her friend Skye, right. They each tried their hand at drawing from the model. This young person’s drawing has two orientations. Washington Street passersby attracted to the event. were 22 Above, a quilting demonstration. At right, finished sketches were hung on a clothesline. ECE Students Learn About Childhood Nutrition Students taking Professor Kathy Coppola’s summer course on Health, Safety and Nutrition in Early Childhood Programs had an opportunity to discuss food additives and their effects on children’s nutrition and growth with Dr. Risa Sloves. Dr. Sloves is a member of Associates in Family Chiropractic and Natural Health Care practice in Norwalk. Dr. Sloves is currently one of only 10 Chiropractic Physicians in Connecticut with Board Certification in Maternity and Pediatric Care and she is certified in both the Webster and Bagnell Breech Turning Techniques. In addition, Dr. Sloves is one of the only physicians in Connecticut trained in Scoliosis Systems and the CLEAR Institute for the advanced, non-surgical diagnosis and management of scoliosis. The NCC Early Childhood Education (ECE) program hosted a Career Fair on June 23 for local employers to meet NCC students and graduates and discuss job opportunities. Shown, from left to right, are Annette Sterling, a 2010 graduate of the ECE Certificate program who also completed the ECE Associate Degree program in May; Ellen Sklar, a current student in the ECE program; and Diane LaRoche, a 2001 graduate who works for Child Care Learning Centers. Staff and Faculty News Madeline Barillo, NCC Director of Marketing and Public Relations, has been elected chairman of the systemwide Marketing and Communications Council. The council includes directors representing the public relations, advertising, marketing and communications functions of the 12 Connecticut community colleges. The group meets monthly for discussions of strategic messaging, legislative updates, and promotion and advancement of the community colleges. Be the Next Face of NCC! NCC photography Professor Joan Fitzsimmons has photographs in two shows this summer. Small Thoughts, below left, is being shown at the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport from July 16-22. Below right, the photograph Surveillance Warsaw, is being shown in an exhibition titled Concealment and Disclosure from June 21-July 23 at The Atlantic Gallery, 135 West 29th Street, Suite 601, New York, NY, 10001, Phone 212-219-3183. NCC is looking for a few good alumni stories for possible use in our “I Created Me@NCC!” advertising campaign. Let us know what you’ve been doing since attending or graduating from Norwalk Community College and how the college helped you create your future. You could be the next “face” of NCC! Please tell us your personal story in 500 words or less. We’d love to hear why you became an NCC student—and how the college helped you succeed. Please send your story to Campusnews@ncc.commnet. edu. Be sure to include an email address and/or phone number where you can be reached. In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) guidelines, the college will not reprint or share your story in any form without your written permission. Small Thoughts 33 Surveillance Warsaw, (detail) Faculty Services Summer Hours • 5/6/11 NC Learn about lighthouses. The public is invited to an open house slide presentation today on the history of lighthouses by Anne Peskin, professor emeritus from City College. She will discuss where and why they were built as well as how they helped sailors in the past and currently. This one-hour presentation is sponsored by Lifetime Learners Institute and will be held in the PepsiCo Theater, East Campus, NCC. • 5/6/11 Jewish Ledger—(Photos) Celebrating Freedom. Ben Engel, a member of the Norwalk Community College Hillel, holds up a haggadah created especially for the school’s first Multicultural Freedom Seder. Thirty students, faculty and staff members attended the April 11 event. • 5/8/11 NA NCC to hold summer program. Registration is now open for the NCC Child Development Laboratory School’s Summer program. In partnership with Stepping Stones Museum for Young Children, the CDLS will offer the program for pre-school children ages 3 to 5 from June 20 through July 29. The program is open to the public and consists of three sessions. For further information, contact Catherine Neiswonger. • 5/9/11 rep-am.com—State –funded film training offered only at Quinnipiac this year. Since it began in 2008—with classes originally offered also at Middlesex Community College in Middletown and Norwalk Community College in Norwalk—the summer program has produced 361 graduates. • Spring/Summer 2011 Fairfield County Community Foundation Smart Philanthropy—News from FCCF’s Fund for Women and Girls. Luncheon guests’ generosity raises over $400,000. Karine Henriquez, a single mother and member of the Fund’s Family Economic Security Program who has graduated from Norwalk Community College, told guests, “You changed my life.” She’s currently attending Fordham University. • 5/10/11 NH “Sherwood Island: The Park that Almost Wasn’t”, the story of the history of Connecticut’s oldest state park, will be told at 1 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the East Campus PepsiCo Theater at NCC. The presentation is sponsored by the non-profit adult education Lifetime Learners Institute at NCC. • 5/10/11 NH Community College merger is ‘punishing’. The plan would eliminate the boards that now govern the four state universities, the 12 community colleges, Charter Oak University and the Board of Governors of Higher Education and be replaced by a Board of Regents and an advisory committee. Having one board governing these entirely different parts of higher education, which compete with each other for their fair share of state funding, creates an obvious conflict which presently does not exist… All of the 12 community colleges mean as much to their communities as NCC does to ours. I fear…the merger will diminish what so many have built over the last 50 years and put in jeopardy the Community Colleges of our State. • 5/10/11 NH Community forum to examine cyberbullying. Members of the panel will include Catherine P. Miller of Norwalk Community College. The forum will be held on May 12 at the East Norwalk Library. • 5/10/11 NH Arts center honors Westporter at the 32nd annual Community-Sponsored Awards Exhibition at the Rowayton Arts Center. Artist Ann Chernow selected the winners from 91 entries by Rowayton Arts Center members. Chernow is NCC Professor Emerita. • 5/10/11 NH NCC schedules Pinning Ceremony. The NCC Division of Nursing and Allied Health will hold a Pinning Ceremony for nursing students, who have completed their degree program requirements on May 17 in the NCC PepsiCo Theater. The ceremony is an annual tradition in which nursing pins are presented to nursing graduation candidates prior to their graduation from NCC. • 5/11/11 NH “Sherwood Island: The Park that Almost Wasn’t”, the East Campus: Monday – Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Closed West Campus: Monday - Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Closed May 2011 News Clippings List KEY: CP/Connecticut Post • DN/Darien News • FCBJ/WCBJ/ Fairfield County Business Journal/WestchesterCounty Business Journal • FCBT/Fairfield County Business Times • FM/Fairfield Minuteman • GT/Greenwich Time • HC/Hartford Courant • LV/La Voz Hispana • NA/Norwalk Advocate • NC/Norwalk Citizen News • NCA /New Canaan Advertiser • NH/ Norwalk Hour • NN/Newport’s News • NYT/New York Times • SA/Stamford Advocate • WN/Westport News • WM/ Westport Minuteman • WV/Wilton Village • 5/3/11 JewishLedger.com—NCC Hillel Celebrates Freedom. (Photos) Ben Engel, a member of the NCC Hillel, holds up a haggadah created especially for the school’s first Multicultural Freedom Seder. Thirty students, faculty and staff members attended the April 11 event. • 5/3/11 NH History of lighthouses topic of May 6 talk. “American Lighthouses, Then and Now” will be examined in an open house slide presentation by Anne Peskin, professor emeritus from City College on Friday, May 6, in the PepsiCo Theater at NCC. This one hour presentation is open to the public and sponsored by Lifetime Learners Institute. • 5/3/11 thedailystamford.com—College Students From Stamford Worry About Terror. NCC students were a bit low-key in their reactions to the announcement that the leader of al-Qaida had been killed nearly 10 years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. One woman pumped her fist in celebration but then added she felt “a little peace, but now I’m scared.” • 5/4/11 LewsiboroLedger.com—Library hosts organic gardening workshop. Certified Master Gardener Nick Mancini, who specializes in organic vegetables, fruits and brambles, will share his expertise in this area. Mr. Mancini teaches organic gardening at NCC, as well as continuing education classes throughout Connecticut. • 5/4/11 thedailystamford.com—Stew Leonard’s Manager Displays Artistic Side in Show. As a child, Norwalk artist Pierre Ulysse liked to draw but hadn’t pursued it. Encouraged by his colleagues, Ulysse enrolled in painting classes, first in Wilton, then at NCC and then at the Silvermine Art Center. His work will be shown for the second year in a row in the Art to the Avenue show in Greenwich, which opens Thursday. • 5/5/11 thedailynorwalk.com—Norwalk College Students Are Worried About Terror. NCC students were a bit low-key in their reactions to the announcement that the leader of al-Qaida had been killed nearly 10 years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. One woman pumped her fist in celebration but then added she felt “a little peace, but now I’m scared.” • 5/5/11 NH The next Movie-of-the-Month screening at NCC will be on Thursday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the East Campus Forum Theater. “From Here to Eternity” stars Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra. 44 story of the history of Connecticut’s oldest state park, will be told at 1 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the East Campus PepsiCo Theater at NCC. The presentation is sponsored by the non-profit adult education Lifetime Learners Institute at NCC. • 5/13/11 NH “Sherwood Island: The Park that Almost Wasn’t”, the story of the history of Connecticut’s oldest state park, will be told at 1 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the East Campus PepsiCo Theater at NCC. The presentation is sponsored by the non-profit adult education Lifetime Learners Institute at NCC. • 5/13/11 NH Tuition Bill for illegal immigrants passes House. A bill that would extend in-state public college tuition rates to Connecticut students whose immigration status isn’t documented passed the state House Thursday evening. Under the new bill, a person would qualify for instate tuition if he or she resides in Connecticut, completed at least four years of high school, or the equivalent, and graduated, and is currently a student or is registered to enter UConn, a Connecticut State University, a community-technical college, or Charter Oak State College. • 5/13/11 NC Experts discuss ‘green-collar’ jobs at NCC program. Members of the public and NCC students got a crash course in “green-collar” jobs recently at NCC during the college’s Sustainable Building Jobs Symposium. BEST Program Director Eric Gribin said the symposium was designed to reflect the work and interests of students who participate in the program. • 5/13/11 NC (Cover Story) Celebrating 25 years of growth. Project aids Nicaraguan city rebuilding after revolution. Children in Nagarote, Nicaragua, attend a preschool that is aligned with NCC’s Early Childhood Education program. • 5/13/11 Wilton Bulletin.com—Senior Citizen News: Lifetime Learners Open House at Norwalk Community College on Friday May 13. • 5/13/11 NYTimes.com—Danielle Waring, Paulo Bernardo were married on Friday evening at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Cancer Walk at Wilton High School in Wilton, CT. Bernardo received an associate’s degree in general studies from Norwalk Community College. He is an office manager for Dr. Francis Walsh and Dr. James Brunetti of Greenwich, CT. • 5/15/11 Norwalk celebrates 25 years of partnership, growth with Nagarote. Norwalk resident Tish Gibbs lends a helping hand as a member of the Norwalk/Nagarote Sister City Project. Gibbs stated that 82 young people are currently enrolled in a Nagarote scholarship program that provides tutoring and parental support, along with uniforms, shoes and book bags. She said 30 youngsters now attend a preschool that is aligned with the Norwalk Community College Early Childhood Education Program, and a community garden and fouracre farm currently serve as teaching models for sustainable organic farming practices for local farmers. • 5/16/11 CommunityCollegeTimes.com--Students shine at graduation ceremonies. At NCC, many graduates getting to this point meant overcoming tremendous obstacles, which makes graduation all the sweeter. Vennette Perez, a mother of two who lost her home during the recession, was chosen class speaker. “This is an opportunity that I never even dreamed would happen to me,” Perez said. • 5/16/11 CommunityCollegeTimes.com—Let the Spring Commencements Begin. Several community colleges are welcoming their governor to give the commencement address. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon spoke at St. Charles Community College on May 14. The 600 graduates from Norwalk Community College in Connecticut will hear Gov. Dannel Malloy speak at their May 19 ceremony. • 5/17/11 Norwalk.Patch.com—NCC commencement exercises will be held this Thursday, May 19, 2011. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will address the graduates. The Board of Trustees Merit Award for NCC will be presented during the commencement to Arthur H. White, a humanitarian and founder of Jobs for the Future. Chiquita Stephenson will be presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award also during the NCC commencement. • 5/17/11 Courant.com—Give These Kids A Break On Tuition. Diego Aguilar is paying slightly more affordable out-of-state tuition at NCC. The state Senate should pass the Connecticut version of the federal Dream Act to stop wasting the talents of Diego and other bright young undocumented students. The House last week passed the bill letting students who have attended Connecticut schools for four years to pay considerable cheaper in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. The bill would require the students to seek legal status. • 5/17/11 NC NCC pins hope on nurses of the future. 31 recipients were presented a symbolic pin at NCC’s Nursing Program pinning ceremony on May 17, 2011. The nursing class of 2011 includes graduates with two associate’s, 16 bachelor’s and six master’s degrees. • 5/18/11 NA (Cover Story & Photo) New Nurses. NCC pins hope on nurses of the future. Slava Manevich, 39, was the lone man among 31 recipients to be presented a symbolic pin at NCC’s Nursing Program pinning ceremony Tuesday night. He graduated with a degree in finance from Sacred Heart University but realized right away it was not for him. He wanted to do something to help people. Manevich said, “Nurses see a lot more patients than doctors do; they get to do the healing process.” • 5/18/11 NH I Created Me @ NCC ad with Duvian Montoya, artist and conservator. Register now for summer and fall classes. • 5/19/11 NH 50 years Ago on May 16—Norwalk Community College announces it’s ready to accept applications for admittance to its first semester in September, according to Superintendent Harry A. Becker. The cost of tuition will be $30 per semester hour or $450 for a full year of 30 credits. • 5/19/11 CBS New York.com—Neena Perez, 38, Graduates from Norwalk Community College After Hardships. Neena Perez was abused as a child and became a teenage mother who barely made it through high school. She never dreamed she would one day graduate from college and be propelled into the world of restaurant and food service management. Perez says her life did a 180 the minute she walked through the doors of NCC. • 5/20/11 topics.treehugger.com—Neena Perez, 38, Graduates From Norwalk Community College After Hardships. Neena Perez was abused as a child and became a teenage mother who barely made it through high school. She never dreamed she would one day graduate from college and be propelled into the world of restaurant and food service management. Perez says her life did a 180 the minute she walked through the doors of NCC. • 5/20/11 NA (Cover Story) NCC graduates celebrated as ‘agents of change’. For so long, Norwalk resident Venette Perez, who walked Thursday evening in NCC’s 2011 commencement exercises with nearly 700 classmates, waited for life to get better. Her story, like so many of the NCC students, is a tale of triumph over adversity. • 5/20/11 NH (Cover Story) Pomp it up. NCC graduates 700. For most of her life, Neena Perez could not imagine a future bright enough to hold a college degree. Yet on Thursday afternoon, at 38 years old, Perez accepted her diploma from NCC—one of 700 graduates for whom graduation marked a hard-won victory and redemption through learning. The ceremony took place on the East Campus, attended by local dignitaries and Gov . Dannel P. Malloy. • 5/20/11 NC NCC pins hope on nurses of the future. Slava Manevich, 39, was the lone man among 31 recipients to be presented a symbolic pin at NCC’s Nursing Program pinning ceremony Tuesday night. He graduated with a degree in finance from Sacred Heart University but realized right away it was not for him. He wanted to do something to help people. Manevich said, “Nurses see a lot more patients than doctors do; they get to do the healing process.” • 5/20/11 Norwalk Patch.com-- Malloy to NCC Grads: Pay it 55 registration now open. In partnership with Stepping Stones Museum for Young Children, the CDLS will offer a summer program for preschool children ages 3-5 from June 20 through July 29, 2011. For more information, contact Catherine Neiswonger at (203) 857-7143. • 5/30/11 uuworld.org-- Peace Corps sparks life of social justice. President of UU-UNO bridges life in Nigeria and U.S. Catherine Onyemelukwe’s ties to Nigeria remain strong. She is president of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO). She also teaches a course on Nigeria at Norwalk Community College. • 5/31/11 CtPost.com-- NCC brings classroom to retirement community. Meadow Ridge began hosting classes taught by NCC faculty earlier this year, offering spaces for 60 learners to tackle two non-credit classes on the Meadow Ridge property. According to Madeline Barillo, spokeswoman for NCC, the partnership is the first of its kind in Connecticut. • 5/31/11 Community College Jobs Now.com--NCC brings classroom to retirement community. Meadow Ridge began hosting classes taught by NCC faculty earlier this year, offering spaces for 60 learners to tackle two non-credit classes on the Meadow Ridge property. According to Madeline Barillo, spokeswoman for NCC, the partnership is the first of its kind in Connecticut. • 5/31/11 NewsDay.com-- NCC brings classroom to retirement community. Meadow Ridge began hosting classes taught by NCC faculty earlier this year, offering spaces for 60 learners to tackle two non-credit classes on the Meadow Ridge property. According to Madeline Barillo, spokeswoman for NCC, the partnership is the first of its kind in Connecticut. • 5/31/11 SA (Cover Story) Classroom comes to retirees. Meadow Ridge began hosting classes taught by NCC faculty earlier this year, offering spaces for 60 learners to tackle two non-credit classes on the Meadow Ridge property. According to Madeline Barillo, spokeswoman for NCC, the partnership is the first of its kind in Connecticut. • 5/31/11 Danbury News-Times—NCC classroom comes to retirees. Residents at Meadow Ridge, a continuing care facility in Redding, are attending classes taught by NCC faculty. “It’s been absolutely fantastic,” said Lea Mintz, a member of the NCC Foundation Board of Directors and a resident of Meadow Ridge, who conceptualized the partnership. Forward. More than 700 students celebrated graduation from Norwalk Community College as the Class of 2011. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy urged the graduates to seek educational opportunities the rest of their lives and use the knowledge they gain to give back to the community. • 5/20/11 WV I Created Me @ NCC ad with Duvian Montoya, artist and conservator. Create Your Future @ NCC. Register Now for Summer and Fall Classes. • 5/21/11 Norwalk Citizen Online.com-- Photo of Jana Green with Early Childhood Education Program Director Kathy Coppola. NCC graduates celebrated as ‘agents of change’. For so long, Norwalk resident Venette Perez, who walked Thursday evening in NCC’s 2011 commencement exercises with nearly 700 classmates, waited for life to get better. Her story, like so many of the NCC students, is a tale of triumph over adversity. • 5/23/11 Arts & Leisure: Miniature prints show opens June 2 in Norwalk. Mr. Pikui (Third Prize Winner) is a graduating senior this year at NCC. He printed his winning image in an NCC printmaking class held off-campus at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking with instructors Anthony Kirk, Artistic Director/Master Printer, and Christopher Shore, Associate Printer. • 5/24/11 Westport-News.com-- NCC graduates celebrated as ‘agents of change’. Photo: Jana Green celebrates her Early Childhood Education Associate Degree with Program Director Kathy Coppola during the 2011 commencement ceremony at Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, Conn., May 19, 2011. • 5/24/11 Milford Patch.com—Foran High School Senior Andrew Toon is looking forward to the upgrade at his school. Toon is looking forward to a career as a restauranteur and will be attending Norwalk Community College and then Johnson and Wales University. • 5/25/11 NH I Created Me @ NCC ad with Duvian Montoya, artist and conservator. Register now for summer and fall classes. • 5/25/11 NA Youth expo slated at NCC Thursday. Norwalk Promise, a collaborative partnership dedicated to supporting after-school organizations and programs, will present a youth expo from 3 to 6 p.m. at the East Campus Atrium. Transportation will be provided to and from middle and high schools. • 5/27/11 NC NCC graduates celebrated as ‘agents of change,’ powerful impact. Chiquita Stephenson, an NCC grad and director of development and public relations for Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, received the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award. To graduates, Stephenson said, “You will make a powerful impact when you get out there.” • 5/27/11 NC I Created Me @ NCC ad with Linda Rivera, Ph.D. candidate. Create Your Future @ NCC. Register Now for Summer and Fall Classes. • 5/27/11 thehour.com—New Dean of Students at Norwalk Community College. Robert Hemsley Baer, a 25-year veteran of higher education with experience that spans from New York to Baltimore, has been appointed the new dean of students at NCC. “I am looking forward to being an advocate for NCC students and to work with a team of professionals to assist our students to reach their academic goals,” he said in a press release. • 5/27/11 NC School’s Out soon, but summer will bring academic opportunities. This summer, NCC is offering two academic enhancement programs for high school students: ConnCAP for students entering ninth grade, and CT Scholars for 2011 high school graduates who plan to enroll at NCC in fall 2011. • 5/29/11 Shoreline Plus.com-- CDLS Summer Programs registration now open. In partnership with Stepping Stones Museum for Young Children, the CDLS will offer a summer program for pre-school children ages 3-5 from June 20 through July 29, 2011. For more information, contact Catherine Neiswonger at (203) 857-7143. • 5/29/11 Stamford Plus.com--- CDLS Summer Programs 66