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South Seattle Community College
“Serving the campus since 1977”
June 4, 2009
Congratulations!
30 Years
35 Years!
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35 Years
Theodore Coskey
Joan Stover
30 Years
Arlene Atchison
Gayle Flakus
Angie Hayden
Carol Martin
Susan Nelson
Virginia Sullivan
Marjie Vittum-Jones
25 Years!
Service Awards
20 Years!
25 Years
Judith Bentley
De-Kong Chang
Dorrienne Chinn
Marc Franco
Dolores Mirabella
Rita Rambo
20 Years
Rosalie Bean
Phillip Bradley
Sharyn Haran
Sarah Little
Mary Jo White
Milestones were celebrated at the annual Service Awards Reception May 18. Seventy-one South staff, with a total of more
than 1,000 years of service, were recognized. Topping the list this year at 35 years of service were Theodore Coskey and
Joan Stover, pictured with Chancellor Jill Wakefield and Interim President Gary Oertli. (More photos on page 5.)
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South Staff Stuff
Welcome New Staff
Vera Weikel, 50% Administrative Assistant 3
Vera joined the Asian American Native American Pacific
Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Grant on April 29.
She graduated in Computer Science, with a Math/Physics
minor, from Bethany College, West Virginia, and has
worked as a business analyst, human resources analyst,
web tester, and most recently as part-time support staff in
Student Services.
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Staff Changes
Graduation
Beginning July 1, Karen Whitney, Administrative Assistant 4 in
the Office of Instruction, will be working three days per week at
the Georgetown campus, assisting PSEIC Director Joe Hauth.
She will continue to work on campus with Vice President of
Instruction Dr. Jean Hernandez two days per week.
The festivities take place Thursday, June 18, at 7:30 pm in
the Brockey Center. If you plan to attend Commencement,
please call Carol Knollmeyer at 768-6868 or email
cknollme@sccd.ctc.edu to reserve seating. Faculty
participating in the processional do not need to reserve
seating.
In the news
Degrees by the number:
275 Associate of Arts
16 Associate of Science
40 Associate of Business
152 Associate of Applied Science
114 Certificates
94 High School Completion & GED’s
84 AAS in Multi-Occupational Trades
16 Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management (BAS) –
our first graduating BAS class!
Links to the following articles may be found in News
& Press on South’s website.
West Seattle Edible Garden Festival featured in West
Seattle Herald and West Seattle Blog, May 23, 2009.
Culinary graduate Dana Tough profiled in Seattle Times
feature about the opening of his and partner Brian
McCracken’s newest venture, Tavern Law, a “speakeasy
bar” expected to open in late June on Capitol Hill.
Payá, a restaurant owned by Culinary graduate Barb
Hotaling and her husband, Patrick, in Dubois, Wyoming
was reviewed in The Wanderers blog.
Career shift: Local auto technician programs are
growing and overflowing, Seattle Times, May 1, 2009.
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Incoming Students
The 13th Year Promise Scholarship program offers
graduating seniors from Cleveland High School the chance
to attend their first year at South tuition-free for one year. In
this second year of the program, more than 40 graduating
Cleveland students applied for and received the scholarship,
which is funded by financial aid and/or scholarship funds
raised through the Foundation. In other incoming student
news, four West Seattle HS graduating seniors who received
West Seattle-sponsored scholarships have indicated they will
attend South next fall. They are: Trevor Lloyd/Technology;
Michael Dong/First Generation; Shaile Gehrke/Selma Rogers
award; and Ashley Hamman/Seattle Schools award.
Update Submissions & Questions: coehler@sccd.ctc.edu
Contact PIO 4-6 weeks prior to an event you want
publicized via press release and/or readerboard.
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Revised Summer Hours
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New Business Technology Degree
South has received a $70,000 planning grant from the
Seattle-King County Workforce Education Funders
Collaborative to design a county-wide, online/hybrid program.
All 11 community and technical colleges in King County, led
by South, have agreed to work together to create a seamless,
online/hybrid, transferrable Business Technology degree
option that can reach all incumbent workers and residents
across the county.
This summer South will again be on a revised weekly
operating schedule. The college will officially close at 1 pm
on Fridays from July 10 through September 4. The purpose
is to try to reduce utility costs and at the same time offer
employees more flexible summer schedules.
Shock Relief
The 16th Avenue SW paving project (just north of the campus
north entrance) previously scheduled for June, will now
instead begin in late July. The work will last approximately six
weeks and require a detour.
Diesel Certified
South’s Heavy Duty Diesel Technology program has obtained
its first National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence
(ASE) certification (valid for five years) granted by the
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation
(NATEF). This third-party certification is an extensive
process that includes program self-evaluation, NATEF review,
and on-site evaluation. NATEF examines the structure and
resources of training programs and evaluates them against
nationally accepted standards of quality. ASE certification
through NATEF evaluation ensures that certified training
programs meet or exceed industry-recognized, uniform
standards of excellence. Our program joins just four other
ASE-certified Heavy Duty Diesel programs in the state.
Congratulations to Doug Clapper and his staff! The college’s
Automotive Technology and Automotive Collision Repair
programs are also ASE-certified.
Truckin’ to Georgetown
On Wednesday, June 3, the Port of Seattle hosted the
Truckers' Resource Fair at the Georgetown Campus.
It provided a forum for attendees to meet company
representatives and learn about resources and programs
available to help truckers with insurance, health care,
financing and training. In addition, port representatives were
on hand to provide information on the Fee Free Clean Truck
Program that begins in 2011 and affects truck emission
standards for pre-1994 trucks.
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Born to Ride
South had 15 enthusiastic participants (two teams) in
National Bike to Work Month (May). Team Fibonacci was led
by Heidi Lyman, and was made up of Reggie Daigneault,
Roger Bourret, Kit Bean, Maureen Shadair, Annie Zadra,
Jason Gruenwald.
Tour de South team members, led by Stephen Coates-White,
included Mike Steffancin, Laurie Echholtz, Kim Manderbach,
Erica Wolf, Monica Lundberg, Claire Hendricksen, and Marjie
Vittum-Jones
Results as of June 1
Tour de South made 43 round trips for a total of 880.3 miles
(Laurie Echholtz led with 320 miles)
Fibonacci made 57.5 round trips for a total of 741 miles
(Roger Bourret led with 216 miles)
That’s 100.5 round trips, for a total of 1,621.3 miles!
Total pounds CO2 saved 1,621.3
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Wine Wins Again
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Seattle Chinese Garden Tours
The Seattle Chinese Garden offers free, guided tours the
second Saturday of every month. Tours begin with a slide
presentation and discussion of the significance of gardens in
Chinese culture. The tour then moves outside to the garden
site where construction is under way for Knowing the Spring
Courtyard and to Song Mei Pavilion, These public tours last
approximately 1½ hours, and no reservation is necessary.
For information, contact (206) 282-8040 or visit
www.seattlechinesegarden.org.
Northwest Wine Academy student-produced wines earned
Grand Awards of Excellence from the 2009 Seattle Wine
Awards Tasting Panel. A gold award went to the 2006
Cabernet Franc; Bronze to the 2007 Chardonnay/Oak Aged;
and Outstanding to the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon. Winning
wines will be featured at the upcoming Grand Awards Tasting
consumer sampling event on June 14, at the Rainier Club.
A complete list of award winners can be found in the June
issues of WINO Magazine and NW Wine Press.
Faculty Presentation
Dr. Yilin Sun, faculty member in the Basic & Transitional
Studies Division, will be a plenary speaker at two
international conferences in June. On June 15, she will
speak on Trends, Issues and Challenges of Non-Native
English Speaking TESOL Educators in the Global Society
at the Yakutsk TESOL Summer School in Yakutsk, Russia.
On June 25, she will address the Annual Conference of
the Russian National Association of Teachers of English in
Kazan, Russia. Her topic at that conference is Learning to
Speak the Same Language in the Global ELT Field. Dr. Sun
recently celebrated her 15th anniversary as a tenured ESL
instructor in the Seattle District; she joined the South faculty
at the beginning of this academic year.
Friends of the College
- Submitted by Heather Foss
More than 100 Foundation scholarship recipients were
recognized at annual Friends of the College Dinner, held
May 7. Each recipient had the chance to meet and thank
the donor or representative of their scholarship. South
faculty were also presented with the Foundation Excellence
in Education awards. The emcee for the evening was Paul
Safstrom, International Programs faculty member. Special
guests Chancellor Wakefield and Interim President Gary
Oertli thanked our generous donors. Cellist Wu Tianho,
accompanied by music instructor Victoria Kincaid, entertained
the audience, and South student and scholarship recipient
Carmen Emerson (pictured above right) shared her inspiring
story about overcoming personal challenges to return to
school and reach her goal of graduating from college. It was
a memorable evening! Thank you to everyone who helped
make Friends of the College Dinner a success, including the
more than 40 campus volunteers who assisted!
Foundation Thank-A-Thon
Student Hourly Reception
Annual recognition for work-study and hourly employees,
held June 3.
Kara McArthur, Betsy Berger, Heidi Lyman, Lolita
Khachaturova, Carlos Amesquita, and Marcie Mitchell
participated in the Foundation’s latest Thank-A-Thon, calling
and personally thanking donors for their support.
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Thomas Burckhard
Victor Calderon
Johnnie Calloway
Jason Cromwell
Patsy Ethridge-Neal
Jennifer Evans
Heather Foss
Koss Girre
Jason Gruenwald
Joseph Hauth
Kathleen Kent
Gwendolyn Larsen
Long Ngo
Elizabeth Pluhta
Veronica Rojas
Jesus Ruiz
Bruce Stegall
15 Years
Anna Aberle
Marianna Asaturova
Margarita Ioselovich
Linda Johnston
Carol Koepke
Swaibu Matovu
Marcia Mitchell
Kenneth Monson
Sandra Newman
Thanh Nguyen
Arnold Reed
Diane Schmidt
Sarah Skamser
Stephen Sparks
Yilin Sun
Donald James Vaughn
Ann Witt
Jian Zou
10 Years
Charles Brooks
Stephen Coates-White
George Curtis III
Saovra Ear
Kenneth Faul
Edward Fugelsang
Christopher Harris
Jeanne Horan
Lolita Khachaturova
Sandy Long
Mary Lynch
Sebastian Myrick
Pedro Reyes III
Doug Rice
Mary Taylor
Micaela Willis
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Events calendar
Friday, June 5
Sunday, June 14
10th Annual Stan Chu Writing Awards
2-3 pm, Writing Center, LIB 205
Honoring 17 English 101 students who were nominated for
outstanding efforts and achievements in essay writing; light
refreshments will be served.
Contact Kathy Whitham for information, 768-6446
South Seattle Community College Choir Spring Concert
7 pm, Olympic Hall Auditorium,
This free concert features selections inspired by the beauty of
rivers, lakes and streams.
Contact Paula Herd for information, 768-6450.
Tuesday, June 16
Saturday, June 6
All-campus budget hearing
1:30 pm, Olympic Hall Auditorium
Interim President Gary Oertli invites the campus community
to please join him at this hearing for discussion and review
of the recommended 2009-2010 budget, as well as general
information about the college.
West Seattle GardenFEST – “Eat Your Greens!”
10 am – 4 pm, Landscape Horticulture Center
Family event features demonstrations, tours, speakers and
special guest Ed Hume.
(206) 768-6790, www.southseattle.edu, email: Arboretum@
sccd.ctc.edu
Wednesday, June 17
Seattle Chinese Garden Volunteer Work Party
10 am-2 pm
Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Activities include
cleanup, landscaping, planting, pruning, and weeding.
RSVP at: info@seattlechinesegarden.org or (206) 282-8040.
District-wide Public Budget Hearing
2-3:30 pm, Olympic Hall Auditorium
Presentation of the preliminary FY2010 district-wide budget.
Career Link Commencement Ceremony
4-6 pm, Brockey Center
Join in celebrating Career Link’s 15th anniversary graduating
class.
Wednesday, June 10
Student Chorale Concert
10-10:50 am, OLY 120
Free concert features the College Choir (Music 140), plus
voice and instrumental students.
Contact Paula Herd for information, 768-6450.
Thursday, June 18
Commencement
7:30 pm, Brockey Center.
Contact Carol Knollmeyer at 768-6868 or email cknollme@
sccd.ctc.edu to reserve seating.
Thursday, June 11 & Friday, June 12
Annual Aloha Shirt Days!
Be festive and colorful as we say “Aloha” to the academic
year and our graduating students.
Contact Bob DelaCruz for fashion tips, 768-6454!
June 29– July 24
Northwest Wine Academy Summer Wine Release
Award-winning, student-produced vintages making their debut
are sure to become favorites, and include Rosé, Barbera,
Viognier, Riesling, and a new oaked Chardonnay.
Wine & Welding Bldg., 764-7942
Claim
Featuring artists Dan Witz, Laurie McLeod, Nate Larson &
Marni Shindelman, Diana Falchuk, Heidi Bender, Nancy Popp,
Jamie McMurray, and Sutton Beres Culler
Art Gallery, http://studentlife.southseattle.edu/art.html or http://
ssccartgallery.wordpress.com/
Note: Best wishes to Art Gallery Coordinator Reneé Rhodes
as she leaves South to pursue an MFA in New Genres at the
San Francisco Art Institute.
Saturday, June 13
Sunday, June 28
Friday, June 12, 3-6 pm & Saturday, June 13, 12-4 pm
Seattle Chinese Garden Guided Tour
10 am, Chan Education Center
Free, guided tours the second Saturday of every month.
For information, contact (206) 282-8040 or visit www.
seattlechinesegarden.org.
Seattle Pride Fest
Visit South’s booth at Fisher Pavilion on the Seattle Center
grounds. Festival information at www.seattlepridefest.com.
Garden Center Open
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Thursdays, June
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Saturdays, June
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764-5323 (nursery
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Garden for Peace
The Arboretum Coenosium Rock Garden has been selected
as a Garden for Peace in the international network. The
Atlanta-based Gardens for Peace organization identifies
and links established gardens throughout the world
where contemplation and meditation by individuals and
communities will foster respect for the environment and a
climate for peace among all peoples. The selection letter
read, “Through the funds and activities of your landscape
horticulture students, college Foundation, Friends of the
Arboretum, Cohort Program, neighbors and United Way
of King County your garden and programs nurture your
community and the generations to follow.”
Congratulations to Arboretum volunteer Claire
Hendrickson, who prepared and submitted the nomination
materials. A garden dedication ceremony will be scheduled
in the future.
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CAmPus
Security Reports
May 12
A student was observed driving a car at a high rate of
speed in the parking area between Auto Collision Repair
and Cascade Court, and on the driveway exit north of
the Robert Smith Building. It was later learned that the
student had missed a meeting on the prior day with the
Vice President of Student Services, where he was to
be informed of a 10-day suspension because of being
“a problematic student” in the collision repair program.
Security located the student an informed him of the
suspension.
May 12
A former student was skateboarding in the Arboretum, and
became belligerent with a campus grounds person when
asked to stop. Security was called and determined that the
man appeared to be under the influence of a stimulant.
He continued to be belligerent, did not make sense in his
speech, refused to comply with Security requests, and
acted in a threatening manner. At one point he had to be
restrained. Eventually he was escorted off campus and
prohibited from returning.
May 18
A student reported that his tool box was missing from a
table in an Automotive Technology shop, where he left it
the previous day. It had no lock or personal identification.
Announcements were made in classes, but the box has not
been found.
May 18
A Commercial Truck Driving student asked for Security’s
help to retrieve her iPod, which she had earlier placed in
the bag of another student for safekeeping. The other
student said the bag was stolen, along with the iPod, and
now is in police possession.
May 19
Security was told that a Campus Services staff member
spoke in a physically threatening manner to another staff
member. A third staff member directed the hostile person to
leave campus and, after some hesitation, he did leave.
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
– Wylie Steuart
May 28
A student participating in a workshop was reported as
speaking in a physically threatening manner about his boss
in his off-campus job. Seattle Police were contacted about
the situation.
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The 19th annual Rainbow Fest, held May 19-21, celebrated diversity with music, food
and crafts. Highlights included a presentation by Dr. Rory Ong, associate professor
of Comparative Ethnic Studies at WSU, and Girl Power Slam Poetry with nationallyrecognized poets Tara Hardy and Karen Finneyfrock.
College Night
South’s annual College Night on May 28
was another great success.