DESK COPIES

♦ Please use this time before fall quarter to order your desk copies from publishers. Plenty of time left to receive them and plan your course.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦  August 9 – August 12:  The Maltese Sparrow | Stop Gap Theatre | Tickets available through  Brown Paper Tickets.

♦  Wednesday, September 12 – A&H Retreat | Bellevue Club, 11200 SE 6^th St. Bellevue, 98004 | 9:00 am – 4:30 | more info to follow

THIS WEEK
♦  SYLLABI – Please send summer 2018 syllabi to Janis Juarez via e-mail or through the Request Center.  Send ELI and all Basic and Transitional Studies syllabi to Seda Markarova. Most preferred are the CANVAS syllabi links. To mark your syllabus “public” in Canvas, please view instruction and explanation on the A&H Commons web site.

42 GARMENTS HONORING  42 TRANS LIVES LOST to MURDER

♦ REMINDER! Jono Vaughan’s show at the SAM through August 5. Don’t miss out!  View more information on the SAM web site.
Visit the KCTS9 web site to view the moving and amazing video by Aileen Imperial  and to read the story by Brangien Davis.  .

FACULTY RESOURCES
♦ Faculty Commons offers a variety of workshops summer quarter. Check out Office 365, Project-based Learning 101,  The Meaning of Mentoring – Discussion Group for Faculty& Staff, Using Sketchnotes in Your Classroom.

Find out more information by visiting the Faculty Commons web site.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ August 9 – August 12:  The Maltese Sparrow | Stop Gap Theatre | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

THIS WEEK
♦  The campus will be closed Wednesday, July 4.  Please be safe while celebrating Independence Day.

INTERIM A&H DEAN

♦ As of July 2 Tuan Dang is the Interim Dean for the
Arts & Humanities Division. His office is located
in R130 M.

THE VERY FIRST A&H Summer Arts Camp

♦ August 20-24, morning and afternoon sessions.  Summer Arts camp is designed for students entering 5^th and 6^th grade fall 2018.  Please note there is a reduced fee for college employees ($50 total).  Please pass this info along if you know of anyone that have children that might be interested attending.  Lots of fun activities.  Please visit the A&H Summer Arts Camp web site to learn more.

THIS WEEK

♦  SYLLABI – Summer faculty are working on summer 2018 syllabi (yes?).  When completed, please send to Janis Juarez via e-mail or though the Request Center.  Send ELI and all Basic and Transitional Studies syllabi to Seda Markarova.  Most preferred are the CANVAS syllabi links.  To mark your syllabus “public” in Canvas, please view instruction and explanation on the A&H Commons web site.

♦  Visit the Arts & Humanities Commons site for updated SYLLABI Link updates.

THE VERY FIRST A&H Summer Arts Camp
♦  August 20-24, morning and afternoon sessions.  Summer Arts camp is designed for students entering 5^th and 6^th grade fall 2018.  Please note there is a reduced fee for college employees ($50 total).  Please pass this info along if you know of anyone that have children that might be interested attending.  Lots of fun activities.  Please visit the A&H Summer Arts Camp web site to learn more.

BC Guitar Instructor

♦  Interesting article about new Music Instructor, Naeim Rahmani. Classical Guitarist and BC Instructor Forges Cultural Ties Between Iran and America.

PLEASE MAKE NOTE
♦ Remember!  The staff will be working half days on Fridays during summer, with the exception of July 6 (full day).  The campus will be closed Wednesday, July 4.

THIS WEEK
♦  TODAY! Wednesday, June 13, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Opening reception for the 2018 Student Exhibition | Admission: Free | Exhibition runs June 13 – September 26. Visit the Gallery Space web site for more information.

♦  Thursday, June 14, 5:30 p.m. | Room L124 | Opening reception – Senior Capstone Exhibit | see Interior Design web site for more information. Invitation flyer (pdf file)

♦ TONIGHT! Wednesday,  June 13, 7:30 p.m. |  Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | $10 cover charge

♦ Thursday, June 14, 7:00 p.m. | BC Gymnasium |Class of 2018 GED, HS21+, ESL, & I-BEST Graduation Ceremony | Invitation Letter

42 Garments Honoring 42 Trans Lives Lost to Murder – Video

♦ Jono Vaughan, Seattle artist and Bellevue College instructor undertakes a labor of love and respect. Visit the KCTS9 web site to view the moving and amazing video by Aileen Imperial  and to read the story by Brangien Davis.  The video is located in the article

THE VERY FIRST A&H Summer Arts Camp

♦  August 20-24, morning and afternoon sessions.  Summer Arts camp is designed for students entering 5^th and 6^th grade fall 2018.  Please note there is a reduced fee for college employees ($50 total).  Please pass this info along if you know of anyone that has children that might be interested attending.  Lots of fun activities.  Please visit the A&H Summer Arts Camp web site to learn more.

THIS WEEK
♦  TODAY! June 6, 3-5:00 p.m., Carlson Theatre – 2018 Year End & Excellence Awards Celebration. Excellence Award  Recipient from A&H:  Katherine Medbery-Oleson, Full-time Faculty.    Prizes will be given out during the ceremony.  Refreshments and Raffle drawing afterwards. Raffle tickets will be available for $1 from 2:30-3:00 in the Theatre Lobby, need not be present to win. Read more

♦ Friday, June 8, 7:30 p.m. | Carlson Theatre | BC Jazz Singers “Celebration”, directed by Thomas Almli | Free Admission

♦ Tuesday, June 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m. | The Bellevue College Jazz Singers (Celebration) will be performing Jazz Standard Solos | Carlson Theatre | Free Admission

A&H POTLUCK

♦ Tuesday, June 12, 11:00 – 2:00, R 230 lunchroom | The potluck is to thank and honor Maggie Harada for her service to the Division.  Her dedication and wisdom has given us all guidance, comfort, and strength.  We will also be honoring Ross Brown for his years of service to the college.  He is retiring at the end of this academic year.  Sign up online at Sign up Genus

CONGRATULATIONS!
♦ Congratulations to the Heathers Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship nominees, Emily Jo Bryant and Jett Goforth for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Wednesday,  June 13, 7:30 p.m. |  Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | $10 cover charge

♦ Thursday, June 14, 7:00 p.m. | BC Gymnasium |Class of 2018 GED, HS21+, ESL, & I-BEST Graduation Ceremony

Graduation Invitation Letter (pdf file)

♦ Thursday, June 14, 5:30 p.m. | Room L124 | Opening reception – Senior Capstone Exhibit | see Interior Design web site for more information. Invitation flyer (pdf file)

THIS WEEK
♦  TONIGHT through June 2, 7:30 p.m. | Heathers the Musical| tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.  “Sold Out” all performances.

♦ Thursday, May 31, 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m., D 106| Philosophy Talks presents:Willpower is a Skill| Michael Funke, PhD | Philosophy Talk Flyer

♦ Thursday, May 31, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., Theatre Lobby | Lobby Talk event to discuss issues brought up in the musical Heathers.  Justice vs. Revenge; Violence on high school campuses; the cost of fitting in and being liked.

♦ Sunday, June 3, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m., Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival |  BC Jazz Combo, directed by Jim Sisko will perform at the Bellevue Art Museum | free admission | Event Schedule

♦  Monday, June 4, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | From the Chamber Concert, curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | Tickets: $5 general, free for BC students with a student I.D.

 YEAR END CELEBRATION 
♦  Year End Celebration – Raffle Baskets. A huge “THANK YOU” to everyone that contributed.  The baskets wouldn’t happen without your involvement.  They will be around until Friday afternoon.  They will be assembled Thursday, and the final touches will be made on Friday morning.
The in-house drawing will take place Tuesday, June 5 for those that contributed.  A lot of fun items have been donated for the drawing.

♦ Raffle tickets are now available for all the baskets donated from all divisions and departments on campus.  Janis Juarez has them available at her desk
in R 230.  $1 per ticket.  The tickets will be available until June 5, at 3:00 and also available for purchase at the end of the year event outside the Carlson Theatre on June 6.  Read more about additional locations to buy tickets. Checks should be made out to: BC Foundation and note “Resource Network” in the memo line.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦  Friday, June 8, 7:30 p.m. | Carlson Theatre | BC Jazz Singers “Celebration”, directed by Thomas Almli | Free Admission

♦ Wednesday,  June 13, 7:30 p.m. |  Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | $10 cover charge

♦ Thursday, June 14, 7:00 p.m. | BC Gymnasium |Class of 2018 GED, HS21+, ESL, & I-BEST Graduation Ceremony | Invitation Letter

♦ Thursday, June 14, 5:30 p.m. | Room L124 | Opening reception – Senior Capstone Exhibit | See Interior Design web site for more information.
Invitation Flyer (pdf file)

THIS WEEK
♦ Thursday, May 24, Noon – 1:00 p.m. , R 230 Lunch room | Paula Sebastian’s Retirement Party |   Come and say goodbye and have a slice of French chocolate cake.

♦  May 24 – June 2, 7:30 p.m. | Heathers the Musical | tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.  “Sold Out” all performances

 **YEAR END CELEBRATION **
♦ WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP!  Year End Celebration – Raffle Baskets.  Donations continue to come in   We do need a few more items. One item we need is “goodies,” i.e. bag of pretzels, corn nuts, popcorn, chips and ice cream toppings.  Please click on this link to read more about how you can help, and how the raffle baskets benefit the Bellevue College community.  Remember your names will be added for the Arts & Humanities in-house raffle when you donate items.

♦ Raffle tickets $1 per ticket are now available.  Janis Juarez has them available at her desk  in R 230.    The tickets will be available until June 5, at 3:00 and also available for purchase at the end of the year event outside the Carlson Theatre on June 6.  Read more about additional locations to buy tickets. Checks should be made out to: BC Foundation and note “Resource Network” in the memo line.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦  Thursday, May 31, 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m., D 106 | Philosophy Talks presents: Willpower is a Skill | Michael Funke, PhD | Philosophy Talk Flyer

♦ Thursday, May 31, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., Theatre Lobby | Lobby Talk event to discuss issues brought up in the musical Heathers.  Justice vs. Revenge; Violence on high school campuses; the cost of fitting in and being liked.

♦  Sunday, June 3, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m., Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival |  BC Jazz Combo, directed by Jim Sisko will perform at the Bellevue Art Museum | free admission | Event Schedule

♦ Monday, June 4, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | From the Chamber Concert, curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | Tickets: $5 general, free for BC students with a student I.D.

♦  Friday, June 8, 7:30 p.m. | Carlson Theatre | BC Jazz Singers “Celebration”, directed by Thomas Almli | Free Admission

THIS WEEK
♦ TODAY! May 16, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., C Building Lobby | The BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club members will be selling donated Japanese items to raise funds for this year’s Japan Week.  Event Flyer

♦ TUESDAY, May 22, 12:30 – 1:30 in D 106 | Philosophy Talks presents: The Irreducibility of Free Will.  Our own Philosophy instructor, Tim Linnemann, will address the anxiety and despair that often accompanies the notion that we are trapped in a causally deterministic web of events, lacking any meaningful kind of free will.  Philosophy Talk Flyer.

ENGLISH FACULTY RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
♦ Tuesday, May 22, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m., Faculty Commons (D 104H) | In these presentations (Scholarship, Pedagogy, & Social Justice), English faculty Brian Bergen-aurand, Lindsay Haney, Nan Ma, and Jun Xu will discuss their scholarly work and reflect on the interconnections between research, teaching and issues of social justice.

• • Brian Bergen-aurand: “crip Comedians, Sit Down Humor, and the New Disability Sensibility”
  • Lindsay Haney: “Historical Duty’ and the Limits of Allyship: Immigration, Live Aid, and Irishness”
  • Nan Ma: “The Politics of Anger and the Model Minority Myth: Chang-rae Lee’s A Gesture Life”
  • Jun Xu: “Understanding Classroom Culture in Science through Genres”

CROSSCURRENTS

 ♦ Crosscurrents, the arts and literary journal of the Washington Community College Humanities Association, is now accepting poems, prose, and art from WA community college instructors, working or retired, for the 2018 edition.  The deadline for submissions is May 25, 2018.  For more information go to wccha.org   |   Guidelines Flyer (pdf file)

 !! YEAR END CELEBRATION  !!

♦ WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP! Year End Celebration – Raffle Baskets.  Donations continue to be at a slow trickle   We do need more items (lots!). One item we need is “goodies,” i.e. bag of pretzels, corn nuts, popcorn, chips and salsa.  Please click on this link to read more about how you can help, and how the raffle baskets benefit the Bellevue College community.  Remember your names will be added for the Arts & Humanities in-house raffle when you donate items.

♦  Raffle tickets are now available. Janis Juarez has them available at her desk  in R 230.  $1 per ticket.  The tickets will be available until June 5, at 3:00 and also available for purchase at the end of the year event outside the Carlson Theatre on June 6.  Read more about additional locations to buy tickets. Checks should be made out to: BC Foundation and note “Resource Network” in the memo line.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦  Thursday, May 24, Noon – 1:00 p.m. , R 230 Lunch room | Paula Sebastian’s Retirement Party |   Come and say goodbye and have a slice of French chocolate cake.

♦ May 24 – June 2, 7:30 p.m. | Heathers the Musical | tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.  “Sold Out” all performances

♦ Thursday, May 31, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., Theatre Lobby | Lobby Talk event to discuss issues brought up in the musical Heathers.  Justice vs. Revenge; Violence on high school campuses; the cost of fitting in and being liked.

♦ Sunday, June 3, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m., Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival | BC Jazz Combo, directed by Jim Sisko will perform at the Bellevue Art Museum | free admission | Event Schedule

♦ Monday, June 4, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | From the Chamber Concert, curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | Tickets: $5 general, free for BC students with a student I.D.