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September 25, 2009
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Job Club
Offers Workers Support...Scaring up Volunteers for PVCC Day of
Service...2009 United Way Campaign Kicks Off...Update Contact Info to
Receive MEMS Alerts...Tickets on Sale for The Laramie
Project...Dr. Peter Whybrow Speaks
at Honors Program...PVCC Student Athlete Named First NJCAA Leader for
Life...ACCAC Recognizes Two Puma Women for Soccer... Black
Mountain Grand Opening Oct. 17...PVCC in the News...
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Job
Club Offers Support
Job seekers are invited to attend a
meeting of the Job Club at PVCC Oct. 7 in KSC 212. The Job Club meets
from 10 to 11:30 a.m. every
other Wednesday.
The club, facilitated by Counseling Faculty Kamela Craig and
Career Services Manager Norma Chandler,
is
open to students, alumni and community members to help those struggling
to find work in this challenging economy. The members discuss
job-hunting strategies such as goal setting; writing cover letters and
resumés; communication and attitude; networking and community
resources; time management; and coping skills. For more information,
contact Chandler at 602-787-7073.
Scaring
Up Volunteers for PVCC Day of Service
The
Service Learning Office is looking for volunteers to help with the
Phoenix Zoo’s new Howl-O-Ween event Oct. 30 and 31. In the spirit of
the college's philosophy of service learning, Interim President Paul
Dale encourages PVCC students, faculty and staff to participate in a
day of service each month.
The night of fright at the Phoenix Zoo includes a hunt for the
mysterious creature haunting the zoo, the Halls of Horror Monster
Arcade, wagon rides to the darkest and scariest corners of the zoo, the
legend of Kitty Calhoun, “The Butcher of Muldoon,” Pirates of the
“Scare”ibbean, DJ music and more. There are several positions and
shifts available for:
- Greeters: Welcome guests, pass out
programs and answer questions.
- Spooky Train Actors: Wear costumes
and play the part of classic Halloween characters along the train route.
- Trick or Treat Pathway Assistants:
Supervise treat stations and help to pass out candy.
- Movie Area Assistant: Supervise
outdoor movie area and assist with equipment.
- Dare to be Scared Activity Assistant:
Oversee fun and harmless interactive activities that are meant to
“gross” out guests.
- Security Assistants: Monitor
activity areas and help to answer questions.
- Floater: Help fill in where needed
and give breaks to volunteers.
Volunteers must be 18 years or older. Contact Chris Hunt, 602-787-7245
or e-mail her at chris.hunt@pvmail.maricopa.edu
to sign up.
2009 MCCCD United Way Campaign Kicks Off
The
MCCCD United Way Campaign kicks off Oct. 14 and runs through Dec. 1. Dr.
Velvie Green, President of Glendale Community College, is this
year's District campaign chairperson. MCCCD is going green this year by
using
e-forms, which will arrive in your e-mail soon. The committee is coming
up with new fundraising ideas, and this year’s goal is to improve
PVCC’s
participation in the campaign by 2 percent.
PVCC kicks off its campaign with a fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Catch 22 Grill, 32nd Street and Union Hills
Drive. Mention the PVCC campaign and Catch 22 will donate a portion of
your bill to United Way. For more information, contact Sue Isackson
at 602-787-6617.
Update
Contact Info to Receive MEMS
Alerts
Employees and students should update their contact information in www.my.maricopa.edu
to receive notifications sent through the MEMS (Maricopa Emergency
Management System) Alert system.
MEMS sends text messages, e-mails and digital messages to the device of
your choice. In addition, the Current Issues
page of emergency preparedness Web site, www.maricopa.edu/mems,
warns of variety of hazards.
Tickets on Sale for The Laramie Project
Tickets are on sale for the Center for
Performing Arts' production
of "The Laramie Project," a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the
Tectonic Theater Project. Directed by PVCC Faculty Mark Stoddard, the
play is based on hundreds of interviews with the citizens of Laramie,
Wyo., to create this portrait of a town struggling with the murder of
Matthew Shepard, a gay young man who became a national symbol of the
struggle against intolerance.
The Laramie Project contains adult language and themes, which may not
be suitable for young audiences. Tickets may be purchased at the CPA
Box Office noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and one hour prior to
curtain; online at www.paradisevalley.edu/cpa;
or call 602-787-7738.
Show Times: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9, 10, 16, 17
2 p.m. October 11 and 18
Tickets: $12 adults
$10 seniors & staff
$8 students
$5 children
Dr.
Peter Whybrow Speaks at Honors Program
The Honors Program is hosting Peter
Whybrow, M.D., on Oct. 21, speaking about
"Finding Balance with the Challenge of Affluence." Whybrow is an
international authority on depression and manic-depressive disease and
the effects of thyroid hormone on brain and human behavior. His seminar
reflects this year's Honors topic, "The Paradox of Affluence: Choices,
Challenges, & Consequences."
Whybrow is director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human
Behavior at the University
of California in Los Angeles. He is also the Judson Braun Distinguished
Professor and Executive Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, and CEO
of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA. For additional
information, contact the Honors Office at 602-787-7888.
Creative
Reflections/Ineffable Expressions
The artworks of retired PVCC and Phoenix College Faculty Artist Joan
M. Ritsch are on display in the Center for the Performing Arts
Sept. 30 to Oct. 29.
The exhibit features Ritsch's
abstract mixed–media assemblages and
drawings. It covers several phases of her work, including when she
suffered an
injured her right arm and hand and was forced to work with her left. In
the series “Ineffable Expressions,” she uses the right and left hands
together.
A reception is at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Lobby/Gallery. Admission is
free and open to the public. Refreshments are served. The gallery is
open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment.
Filmmaker
Visits PVCC for CPA Documentary Screening
Check out the award-winning, one-man documentary about filmmaker Gaurav
Jani's solo motorcycle journey from Mumbai to the remote Changthang
Plateau in Ladakh, bordering China. The film will be shown in the
Center for the Performing Arts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. Admission
is free.
After the screening,
meet the director who captures the landscape, the
people and moments of beauty, pain, love, hardship, self doubt and
spiritual triumphs. The film was named Best Documentary at the National
Film Festival. This screening in sponsored by PVCC's Center for
International Studies, the Division of Fine & Performing Arts and
the Center for the Performing Arts.
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Track and Field
Student-Athlete Kresta Rogers
Named NJCAA's First Female Leader for Life
PVCC student-athlete Kresta Rogers is recognized by the
National Junior College Athletic Association as its first female
Leaders for Life Student-Athlete of the Week. She is featured in the
first episode of NJCAA
360, a new online video magazine.
"Kresta is the perfect example of what we believe a student athlete
should be and we are proud that she is a Puma," says Athletic Director
Greg Silcox. "Bigger and better things are expected of her as a
sophomore and leader among her peers."
In addition to having multiple top 10 finishes in both the indoor
outdoor National Track and Field Championships last season (placing 4th
in the heptathlon and 8th in the high jump), Rogers is president of
PVCC’s Ignite program, a student tobacco prevention and education
program.
She carries a 3.06 GPA.
NJCAA recognizes two student-athletes from across the country each weed
based on their leadership, community service, academic excellence,
sportsmanship, athletic ability and achievement and other activities
within the college and community. Maricopa student-athletes really
shine in the debut of this national award, as the first male recognized
was Chandler-Gilbert soccer player, Andy Hoffman.
ACCAC
Recognizes Two Puma Women for Soccer
PVCC Women's Soccer players Alyssa Flores and Mimi Salazar are
the ACCAC Women's "Player of the Week" and "Keeper of the Week" for
their solid performances against Scottsdale Community College and
Phoenix College last week. The Pumas shut out Phoenix College 2-0 and
defeated Scottsdale’s Fighting Artichokes 5-1.
Flores, a freshman forward, took four shots on goal and scored one
against Phoenix College on Wednesday. She then scored two of seven
shots on goal and had one assist against Scottsdale. Sophomore
Goalkeeper Salazar's defensive play against PC included three saves
that resulted in the shutout.
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Black Mountain Campus Grand
Opening
Students, faculty, staff and the public
are invited to attend the Grand Opening of the new Black Mountain
Campus, located on 60th Street just south of Carefree Highway. The
Black Mountain Campus is a community partnership of PVCC, the Foothills
Community Foundation and the Desert Foothills Family YMCA.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. followed by an Open
House showcasing the college's programs, services and state-of-the-art
computers from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Black Mountain Campus provides the
northeast Valley communities of Carefree, Cave Creek, northeast Phoenix
and north Scottsdale with education options, social services and
wellness programs in one location. Stay tuned for more detailed
information about the event.
PVCC
in the News
After some relentless media relations, Phoenix Business Journal
reporter Angela Gonzalez wrote a full-page story about PVCC titled "Community
college debuts $17.4M life-sciences facility."
The print article in
the Sept. 18 issue includes photos of the building exterior and
bioscience lab. The Flinn Foundation followed up with a Web article at www.flinn.org.
An article by Arizona Republic reporter Connie Cone Sexton, "PVCC
searches for a president," appeared in the NE Phoenix Republic
Wednesday, Sept. 23, with a front-page teaser. The article recognizes
the search committee tri-chairs, division chairs and committee members
who are conducting interviews for a permanent college president.
The NE Phoenix Republic also printed an article and photo on Sept. 18
highlighting Visual Arts Faculty David Bradley's "Musiciphilia:
Sight, Shape, Sound" ceramic sculpture show reception in the Center for
Performing Arts.
PVCC's non-credit cooking classes through Continuing Education also
were featured in a Sept. 5 article by Sexton about the increased demand
for cooking classes in the economic downturn.
The article is titled "People turn to cooking classes in downturn."
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