Cougar Bytes for November 19, 2010
November 19, 2010
Volume III, Number 12
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- WOW! WHAT A TEAM!
- WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
- Chinese Ethnic Troupe Dance Performance
- Lee County Schools/CCCC Family Health and Benefits Fair
- Holiday Luncheon Schedule
- Cougar Bytes Recognized by NCMPR
- CCCC Shows the United Way
- Community College Survey of Student Engagement Provides Important Information to CCCC
- CCCC'S Expanding Wi-Fi Highlighted in EDTECH Magazine
- NCAEOP Silent Auction Benefits Scholarship Fund
- NC Writer, Suzy Barile, at Chatham Community Library on December 16th
- Now Is A Perfect Time For Third Friday in Siler City
- Cougar Pet News
- PERSONNEL NOTES
- CCCC-BAY
WOW! WHAT A TEAM!
New Siler City Center Opens
Education, government, and community leaders and members gathered Monday, Nov. 15, for the ribbon cutting/open house for the college's new Siler City Center in the Central Carolina Business Campus industrial park, in Siler City. Cutting the ribbon are (front, from left) Chatham Commissioner and CCCC Trustee Carl Thompson, CCCC Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Garrison, Siler City Mayor Charles Johnson, Chatham Board of Commissioners Chair Sally Kost, CCCC President Bud Marchant (wielding the scissors), CCCC Chatham Basic Skills Coordinator Sara Lambert, and CCCC Chatham Provost Karen Allen; and (back, from left) N.C. Sen. Bob Atwater, Chatham Commissioner Tom Vanderbeck, building architect Taylor Hobbs, Chatham Commissioner George Lucier, N.C. Speaker of the House Joe Hackney and Chatham Commissioner Mike Cross. The two-story, 23,800 square-foot Center will provide basic skills, adult education, workforce training, curriculum, and enrichment classes.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
Chinese Ethnic Troupe Dance Performance
Exciting and colorful Chinese folk dances, music, and martial arts lit up the stage at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center during the performance of the Ethnic Arts Troupe of Jishou University on Sunday afternoon, November 7th. An enthusiastic audience of more than 800 filled the Civic Center for the event.
The college was able to bring the Ethnic Arts Troupe to the Sanford area through its partnership with North Carolina State University's Confucius Institute. N.C. State is the first university in the United States to develop a partnership with a community college for a Confucius Classroom. Shuya Che, a visiting professor from Nanjing University, is the instructor for the program, which teaches Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture. Watch the performance online!
Lee County Schools/CCCC Family Health and Benefits Fair
The joint CCCC-Lee County Schools Health and Benefits Fair drew a crowd at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center Tuesday, Nov. 2. CCCC students provided services such as barbering and blood pressure checks. Vendors were on hand to talk to the visitors about what they offered, such as health services, insurance, and health products. Many of those who came also took advantage of the opportunity to get their annual flu shot.
CCCC students provided services such as barbering at the joint CCCC-Lee County Schools Health and Benefits Fair at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center Tuesday, Nov. 2. Charles Hopkins (seated), of Sanford, was among those who took advantage of the barbering services. Student Tony Surles (right) gives him a haircut as student Myrlan Cotton observes. Vendors were on hand to talk to the visitors about health services, insurance, and products. Many of those who came to the fair also took advantage of the opportunity to get their annual flu shot.
Holiday Luncheon Schedule
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Cougar Bytes Recognized by NCMPR
The CCCC Marketing & Public Affairs Department has been awarded the Silver Medallion for Cougar Bytes by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations. Competing were community and technical colleges located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, The Bahamas, and Bermuda.
CCCC Shows the United Way
CCCC had a very successful United Way Campaign, thanks to each and every one of you. Total contributions were $8,568.47. As always, you meet or exceed your goals in everything you do! Thank you for continuing to lead the community in our efforts for United Way.
Community College Survey of Student Engagement Provides Important Information to CCCC
For the first time in the spring of 2009, Central Carolina Community College administered the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) and the Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE). The CCSSE provides information about effective educational practices in community colleges. CCSSE's survey instrument, the Community College Student Report (CCSR), captures student engagement - the amount of time and energy that students invest in meaningful educational practices - as a measure of institutional quality. CCSSE reports on five national benchmarks for effective educational practice in community and technical colleges. The benchmarks address these areas:
- Active and Collaborative Learning
- Student Effort
- Academic Challenge
- Student-Faculty Interaction
- Support for Learners
Results of the first CCSSE and CCFSSE administrations were shared with the college at the Professional Development day held on October 27, 2009 and through CougarBytes (September 4, 2009 - Volume II, Number 25). The CCSSE revealed that CCCC is above the national mean in four areas: Student Effort, Academic Challenge, Student-Faculty Interaction, and Support for Learners. We are below the national mean in Active & Collaborative Learning. CCCC is above the North Carolina mean in the same four areas, the exception being Active & Collaborative Learning.
CCSSE benchmarks focus on institutional practices and student behaviors that promote student engagement and that correlate highly with student learning and persistence. The CCSSE survey instrument can help us focus on educational best practices and identify areas in which we can improve. CCSSE and CCFSSE data can benefit planning and review across the college by providing important information, and the special focus questions can help us in Writing Works assessment.
Also, CCCC faculty participated in the CCFSSE - the faculty version of the CCSSE. Participation in the CCFSSE gives us the ability to compare faculty and student perceptions and responses on the survey questions. The national response rate on the CCFSSE for the two years prior to 2009 averaged 33%. The response rate for CCCC faculty was 63.5%.
With the spring 2010 administration, CCSSE will begin providing a new executive "Key Findings" booklet. These tailored booklets will provide college-specific data in an easy-to-read and easy-to-share format. The booklets will make the CCSSE and CCFSSE data much more easily accessible to all areas of the college.
CCCC is benefitting from the CCSSE and USA Today initiative that provides information about our college at the USA Today Web site: www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-11-16-CCSSE_N.htm
CCCC'S Expanding Wi-Fi Highlighted in EDTECH Magazine
Tommy Holder, CCCC's Director of IT, is quoted in the Wednesday, November 10, 2010 issue of EDTECH Magazine as saying, "Our WLAN deployment was demand driven." He goes on to note that both faculty and students expect mobile access to support their academic research and communications capability. You can read the whole article at http://www.edtechmag.com/higher/november-2010/e-newsletter-november-issue.html
NCAEOP Silent Auction Benefits Scholarship Fund
Please put a notation on your calendar that Wednesday, December 1, 2010 will be a good day to do your Christmas shopping. Crafts, baked goods, and unique one-of-a-kind items will be featured at the CCCCEOP annual Silent Auction held in the Science Building Conference Room on the Sanford campus from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. All proceeds go to the CCCC student scholarship fund. Refreshments will be served to participants in the auction.
This year, EOP is asking that participants in the Silent Auction bring canned goods, which will be sent on to the Christian United Outreach Conference (CUOC) to help families in need in the community.
If you wish to donate an auction item, please bring it to the Science Building Conference Room on Monday, November 29 or Tuesday, November 30. You may contact Martha Youngblood at (919) 718-7227 for further information.
NC Writer, Suzy Barile, at Chatham Community Library on December 16th
Please join the Friends of the Chatham Community Library on December 16 at 7:30 p.m. for NC writer Suzy Barile, author of Undaunted Heart: the True Story of a Southern Belle and a Yankee General. Following the end of the Civil War, Union troops occupied Chapel Hill. After years of hardship, now Sherman's troops were patrolling its streets. A young Union general visits the home of UNC president and former governor David Swain to inform him of the occupation. When Swain's daughter Ella meets the young general, the lives of people on opposite sides of war are forever altered. Barile, a great-great-granddaughter of the couple, tells a fascinating true story of their scandalous courtship and marriage.
Friends of the Library programs are held in the Holmes Family Meeting Room of the Chatham Community Library, 197 Hwy. 87 North, on the Pittsboro campus of Central Carolina Community College. Access convenient parking from the roundabout on 87N, facing the library. All programs are free and open to the public.
Now Is A Perfect Time For Third Friday in Siler City
Enjoy a crisp evening and join friends in downtown Siler City for the Third Friday Art Walk on November 19th, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Good music and refreshments will keep you warm while you view many works by local artists and craftsmen.
CCCC's Sculpture program student gallery will be open with a wonderful variety of student work. The gallery is at 138 N. Chatham Avenue. All Art Incubator galleries and shops will be open.
Cougar Pet News
We are featuring two animals this month who are currently residing in the CCCC Veterinary Technology facility on the Sanford campus and who need loving and responsible homes. All animals will be spayed/neutered and up-to-date on their shots when adopted.
Fishbait Jake is a debonair orange male cat who has dedicated his life to research. It's time for Jake to retire now and he'd like to spend his retirement years in a loving home environment. Jake would be happiest in a home with older children and would make a wonderful companion for someone who lives alone.
Shadow is an adult male beagle. He is handsome and playful with all of the charm his breed is known for. He's ready to devote his life to making you happy.
Visit the Cougar Pets website at cougarpets.webs.com/index.html for more information and pictures. Call (919) 718-7465 or email jloftis@cccc.edu if you want to adopt.
PERSONNEL NOTES
Cougar Profile
Linda Scuiletti
Coordinator of Institutional Effectiveness and Research
Linda Scuiletti is an expert at doing research. When she considered applying for a job that seemed to be custom made for her background and experience, she subjected the institution to close scrutiny. It worked out well. The interviewers at CCCC found Linda to be very well qualified for the newly created position they were seeking to fill. Linda found the college to be exactly the kind of place she wanted to work. "I was impressed by how student focused this institution is," she told us.
Linda's title, Coordinator of Institutional Effectiveness and Research, is formidable and doesn't accurately convey that she is here to help. Because a broad spectrum of agencies and institutions scrutinize the college, part of Linda's job is compliance but she perceives herself as a facilitator. The question Linda is asking people is "How can I help you achieve your goals and meet your challenges?" Her expertise in planning and research are the tools she brings to the table to do this.
Linda comes to CCCC from a stint as Chair of the School of Technology at Southwestern Michigan College. She holds a master's degree in adult and community college education from NC State and a bachelor's degree in mechanics and industrial engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Linda and her husband, Frank, live in Cary. Their four children are out of the nest. Frank works as Coordinator of Academic Programs for SACS in Raleigh. Linda has completed all course work for her doctorate in adult and community college education. Her dissertation will focus on the connection between childhood maltreatment and subsequent criminal behavior. As transplanted northerners and enthusiastic bikers, Linda and Frank are spending their leisure time discovering the many paved greenways in the Cary area.
News From the CCCC Family
Harold Wade Smith, father-in-law of Cindy Smith (Medical Programs Coordinator/Chatham Campus) passed away on Friday, October 21, 2010. Funeral arrangements were through Wilkinson Funeral Home, Concord, NC. You may express your condolences to Cindy and family at 534 Henderson Tanyard Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312.
Dorothy Simpson, mother-in-law of Mitch Million (Basic Skills Instructor/Siler City Campus) passed away on Monday, October 25. Funeral services were held on Thursday, October 28, 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC. You may express your condolences to the family at P.O. Drawer 549, Pittsboro, NC 27312.
Birthdays
| 11/22 | Jamie Roughton |
| 11/22 | James Stumpf |
| 11/23 | Nancy Blackman |
| 11/26 | Bianka Stumpf |
| 11/27 | Glenda Ray |
| 11/27 | Jackie Hearn |
| 12/06 | Jim Felton |
| 12/06 | Steve Lympany |
| 12/09 | Wayne Graham |
| 12/09 | Derrick Wright |
| 12/10 | Russell Ingram |
| 12/10 | Len Royals |
| 12/13 | Cathy Phillips |
| 12/14 | Ginger Harris-Pike |
| 12/16 | David Carter |
| 12/18 | Polly Bouldin |
| 12/18 | Tamara Joyner |
| 12/19 | Peter Eckley |
| 12/20 | Michelle Powell |
| 12/21 | Ben Johnson |
| 12/23 | Anne Davis-Johnson |
| 12/24 | Joy Hewett |
| 12/28 | Diane Dellinger |
| 12/28 | Charlotte Harrington |
| 12/29 | Reginald Dowe |
| 12/29 | Mike Spivey |
| 12/29 | Dawn Tucker |
| 12/30 | Fred Fritz |
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Dates to Remember
Nov. 19 - Third Friday Walk, Siler City, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Nov. 20 - CCCC Robotics Competition, Sanford Campus, 8:30 a.m.
Nov. 24 - 26 - Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec. 17 - Third Friday Walk, Siler City, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Dec. 22 - Christmas Holiday begins
CCCC-BAY
Things For Sale, For Adoption or for Free
Kittens for Adoption: Two adorable calico sisters, 10 weeks old, for adoption by responsible people. Litter trained, eating independently. Call Irene Smith, (919) 718-7518 or (919) 777-9668.
Wanted: Gently used baby furniture. Family in need of items for a baby girl including the crib, changing table, stroller, infant car seat, bouncing seat, bassinet, playpen, and highchair. If you have any of these items "for sale", please contact Rosalind M. Cross at (919) 935-4069 or email rcross@cccc.edu.