THIS WEEK
♦ Saturday, March 3 – 4^th Bellevue World Taiko Festival | 2 Concerts 2 & 7 p.m. | Bellevue Performing Arts Center at Bellevue High School.
The Pals Center in the C-bldg will be selling discounted tickets to students ($10),  only one ticket per student.

Visit Brown Paper Tickets to read more about this event and additional ticket information.

This event was also mentioned in the BC FYI Bulletin on Feb. 27
Submitted by Anne Matsumoto Stewart

GARY OLSON’S RETIREMENT FAREWELL
♦ Thursday, March 8, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. R 230 Lunchroom. Come and have a piece of homemade carrot cake and wish English instructor, Gary Olson, good luck in his new life on Whidbey Island.

25LIVE HANDS-ON TRAINING – NOW AVAILABLE

♦ 25Live Hands-on Training sessions are schedule during March. Visit the schedule page to see scheduled times.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦  March 7-10, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Antigone: Adapted from the play by Sophocles by Emily Mann |  Directed by Tammi Doyle & choreographed by Laura Peterson.  Tickets and more info available through Brown Paper Tickets.
**ASL Interpreted Performance of Antigone on Thursday, March 8.

♦ Thursday, March 8 – LOBBY TALK | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Carlson Theatre Lobby | Free Admission

Zoe Aleshire, Clifford Cawthon, Kim Pollock and Mark Storey will discuss Antigone’s decision to follow her conscience rather than the law set down by Creon, the King.

Visit the Theatre Arts web site for more information.

THIS WEEK
♦  TODAY! Feb. 21. C-bldg. Café Lobby, 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club will be having their quarterly Japan Market and Bake sale to raise funds to support the 2018 Japan Week which will be held the first week in October.  If interested in helping to plan the 2018 Japan Week, please contact: anne.stewart@bellevuecollege.edu

♦  TONIGHT! Feb. 21. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

CLASSROOM VISITS – DEANNE ESCHBACH

♦  REMINDER! Schedule classroom visits with Deanne during winter quarter 2018.  This includes any class within the A/H division.  They are approximately 10 minutes in length.  The visit is very informal and more of a question and answer format.  The discussion involves registration and advising. Visits are on any Tuesday or Wednesday.  You are encouraged to schedule your visit soon.  To schedule a visit, please contact the division front desk or Deanne Eschbach, or stop by Deanne’s office, R240E. PLEASE NOTE:  for upcoming quarters, it is recommended that scheduling be done between week three and week five of the quarter.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦  Thursday, March 8 – LOBBY TALK | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Carlson Theatre Lobby | Free Admission |  Zoe Aleshire, Clifford Cawthon, Kim Pollock and Mark Storey will discuss Antigone’s decision to follow her conscience rather than the law set down by Creon, the King.  Visit the Theatre Arts web site for more information.

♦ March 7-10, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Antigone: Adapted from the play by Sophocles by Emily Mann |  Directed by Tammi Doyle.  Tickets and more info available through Brown Paper Tickets.  ASL Interpreted Performance of Antigone on Thursday, March 8.

♦ March 16, 7:30 p.m. – Bellevue College Student Dance Showcase | Carlson Theatre | Tickets $5, available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦  March 16, 7:30 p.m. – Bellevue College Concert Choir Winter Performance:  “Just So Stories” Fairytales and Folk Songs | Aimee Hong, Conductor – St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church | Tickets $5.  Tickets and more info will be available through BPT.

THIS WEEK
♥ TODAY! A&H Valentine’s Day Potluck. 11:00 am- 2:00 p.m. in the R230 lunchroom. Please sign up at: Sign up Genius.com – submitted by Gordon Leighton

♦ FEB. 12-16. Contribute plastic bags for Earth Week plarn (plastic yarn) bedrolls. Please ask your students to each bring 5-10 plastic bags (grocery is best, and non-torn).  Bring these plastic bags to R230 this week to be collected by RISE for this large-scale service project.  These bedrolls serve as a layer of protection between the ground and sleeping bags, something much needed for people living on the streets.  It can take 500-700 plastic bags to make a single bedroll.

◊ If you’d be willing to take 10 minutes out of a class period in late-February/early-March, project coordinators can also come to your class and teach your students how to make plarn. For the larger number of bedrolls (past the test bedroll), plarn-making will be built into Earth Week.  For more information, contact Amber Nicholson.  Submitted by Sajonna Sletten

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ Interesting article from the Seattle Times Report busts myth of unemployable humanities grads, by Katherine Long, Seattle Times higher education reporter. Submitted by Maggie Harada

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Wednesday, February 21. C-bldg. Café Lobby, 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club will be having their quarterly Japan Market and Bake sale to raise funds to support the 2018 Japan Week which will be held the first week in October. If interested in helping to plan the 2018 Japan Week, please contact: anne.stewart@bellevuecollege.edu

♦ Wednesday, February 21. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

♦ Thursday, March 8 – LOBBY TALK | 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Carlson Theatre Lobby | Free Admission |  Zoe Aleshire, Clifford Cawthon, Kim Pollock and Mark Storey will discuss Antigone’s decision to follow her conscience rather than the law set down by Creon, the King.  Visit the Theatre Arts web site for more information.

♦ March 7-10, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Antigone: Adapted from the play by Sophocles by Emily Mann |  Directed by Tammi Doyle.  Tickets and more info available through Brown Paper Tickets.  ASL Interpreted Performance of Antigone on Thursday, March 8

♦ Wednesday, February 21 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

A&H POTLUCK
♦ It’s getting closer to Spring and warmer weather, so let’s meet in the R230 lunchroom on Wednesday, February 14, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. for a Valentine’s Day Potluck!  Please sign up at: Sign up Genius.com – submitted by Gordon Leighton

ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER
♦ Could any of your students benefit from the Reading, Writing, or Study Skills workshops offered by the Academic Success Center? Then check out the upcoming winter 2018 workshops on the ASC web site. – submitted by Alison MacKenzie

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Wednesday, February 21. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

♦ March 7-10, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Antigone: Adapted from the play by Sophocles by Emily Mann |  Directed by Tammi Doyle.  Tickets and more info available through Brown Paper Tickets.  ASL Interpreted Performance of Antigone on Thursday, March 8.

THIS WEEK
♦ TODAY– Feb. 1, Stephen Marc Artist Reception & Gallery Talk | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Gallery Space, D 271 | Appetizers and refreshments will be served.

♦ FRIDAY, Feb 2 & SATURDAY, Feb 3 – Bellevue College Jazz Band Festival  will be available through a live stream.  Friday – 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.  Saturday – 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

♦ Saturday, Feb. 3, BC Jazz Band Festival Gala Concert | 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Tickets and additional information available through Brown Paper Tickets

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ March 7-10, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Antigone by Sophocles | Adapted & Directed by Tammi Doyle.  Tickets and more info available through Brown Paper Tickets. ASL Interpreted Performance of Antigone on Thursday, March 8.

THIS WEEK
♦ Saturday, Jan. 27, BC Vocal Jazz Festival Gala Concert | 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Tickets and additional information available through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ Jan. 16 – Feb. 14 – Stephen-Marc Smith Exhibition, Gallery Space, D271.  Visit the Gallery Space web site for Gallery Space hours of operation and additional information.

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ Thursday, Feb. 1, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Faculty Commons.  Language and Community:  A Literary Discussion Group facilitated by Nan Ma.  Our group is now part of the official programming of the Faculty Commons.  We will be discussing a short poem by Wang Ping and an interview she gave, and Yiyun Li’s “To Speak is to Blunder, but I Venture.”  Both writers are immigrants from China who choose to write creatively in Chinese.  The Faculty Commons is offering a $50 stipend for instructors who submit an instruction-based reflection and/or lesson plan on our discussions.  – submitted by Nan Ma

FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT ABSENCES

♦ If you need to contact the office due to an absence, please do not contact only one of the staff in case they are out of the office.  E-mail the staff at: Please note that if you are e-mailing the staff to copy and paste the e-mail address into the “To”  box in your e-mail.  The link does not work.  We will put a ticket into Technology Services and see if the address can work again as a link.  So sorry about the numerous e-mails
⇒ Art&HumStaff@bellevuecollege.edu  ⇐

If you don’t receive a response from one of the staff, please follow up with a call to the main office at: 425-564-2341.  We will gladly post your classes with any instructions you would like to give to your students.
Please be mindful that your department chair may have more specific instructions for reporting absences.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Thursday, Feb. 1, Stephen Marc Artist Reception & Gallery Talk | 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Gallery Space, D 271 | Appetizers and refreshments will be served.

♦ Saturday, Feb. 3, BC Jazz Band Festival Gala Concert | 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Tickets and additional information available through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ Wednesday, Feb. 21. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

♦ March 7-10, 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Antigone by Sophocles | Adapted & Directed by Tammi Doyle.  Tickets and more info available through Brown Paper Tickets.

THIS WEEK
♦  TODAY! Wednesday, Jan. 10 – POSTPONED UNTIL Tuesday, Jan. 16 – Stephen-Marc Smith Exhibition, Gallery Space, D271. Exhibition opens to the public from 4-7p.m.  Light refreshments will be provided.  Visit the Gallery Space web site for more information.

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

SYLLABI

♦ Thank you to those who have sent in their syllabi. For those who haven’t, please send your CANVAS syllabi links to Janis Juarez after marking them public, or submit them through the Request Center, or in an e-mail to me.

*Please send all ELI and BaTS CANVAS Syllabi links to Seda Markarova.

* Make your CANVAS Syllabus Publicly Viewable – instructions from Keith Rowley

SPECIAL MENTION

♦ 2006 Interior Design Graduate, Francesco Borghesi, was recently promoted to principal at Graham Baba Architects.  Visit the Bellevue College Foundation web site to read more about his career path to success  – submitted by Dan Beert

UPCOMING EVENTS 

♦ Saturday, Jan. 27, BC Vocal Jaz Festival Gala Concert |    7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Tickets and additional information available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ Saturday, Feb. 3, BC Jazz Band Festival Gala Concert | 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Tickets and additional information available through Brown Paper Tickets.

THIS WEEK
SYLLABI/OFFICE HOURS
♦ Thank you for all the syllabi sent early!!  For all other faculty,  please send your CANVAS syllabi links to Janis Juarez after marking them public, or submit them through the Request Center, or in an e-mail to me.
∗ Please send all ELI and BaTS CANVAS syllabi links to Seda Markarova.

♦ Make your Canvas Syllabus Publicly Viewable instructions.

♦  Be sure to use (or at least scan through it) the updated syllabus template.  The template is now available on the eLearning web site.  A lot of the links have been updated.  If you are continuing to use a syllabus from five years ago, and not updating the links, you could be possibly be giving students outdated information.  For ADA purposes, remember to go easy on the bolding, underlining and italics.  Keep your fonts the same throughout the syllabus.  Please keep in mind that the template itself is not totally ADA compliant. ** Please be sure to update the attendance policy to correspond with the new language in Attendance Expectations for Hybrid & In-Person Classes.

♦  Send your office hours to Jon Kissoondyal for winter 2018.  He would like your ↓
• office location
• office phone # (if you have one)
• and the time available to students

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ Faculty Commons Workshops and Activities for Winter 2018. Pdf file | Commons web site

♦ New Faculty Orientation – Friday, January 5, 1:30-5:pm, D104 H

♦ Tuesday, January 9, 2:30-3:30 – Language and Community: A Literary Discussion Group facilitated by Nan Ma.  Our group is now part of the official programming of the Faculty Commons.  We will be reading the poems of our very own Fernando Pérez to celebrate the imminent publication of his poetry collection by University of New Mexico Press.
Ÿ • Visit the SUPERSTITION [REVIEW] to read three of Fernando’s poems.
Ÿ • Visit the ACENTOS REVIEW to read more of Fernando’s poems.

**The Faculty Commons is offering a $50 stipend for instructors who submit an instruction-based reflection and/or lesson plan based on our discussions.
submitted by Nan Ma

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Wednesday, January 10. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

♦ Wednesday, January 10. Stephen-Marc Smith Exhibition, Gallery Space, D271

THIS WEEK
♦ TONIGHT! December 13 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

♦ Dec. 15-17 – It’s a Wonderful Life: A live Radio Show.  You are invited to see Scott Bessho as Old Man Potter.  Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets or at the box office at Kenyon Hall an hour before show time.  December 8, 9, 15 & 16 at 7:30 pm and December 10 & 13 at 3:00 pm. Visit the Twelfth Night Productions web site to find out more information.

MISCELLANEOUS

♦ Winter 2018 Final Exam schedule.  The schedule isn’t posted on the BC web site as of today, I found it in the printed schedule and put it together for syllabi planning purposes.

Happy Holidays and See You Next Year!

♦    Dec. 8-10 & 15-17 – It’s a Wonderful Life: A live Radio Show.  You are invited to see Scott Bessho as Old Man Potter.  Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets or at the box office at Kenyon Hall an hour before show time. December 8, 9, 15 & 16 at 7:30 pm and December 10 & 13 at 3:00 pm. Visit the Twelfth Night Productions web site to find out more information.

SYLLABI TEMPLATE

♦ Be sure to use the updated syllabus template.  The template is now available on the eLearning web site.  A lot of the links have been updated.  If you are continuing to use a syllabus from five years ago, and not updating the links, you could be possibly be giving students outdated information.  For ADA purposes, remember to go easy on the bolding, underlining and italics.  Keep your fonts the same throughout the syllabus.  Please keep in mind that the template itself is not totally ADA compliant.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Wednesday, December 13. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge