NEW FACULTY  ORIENTATIONS

♦ New Faculty Orientation – Monday, Sept. 9, 12:30-5 pm or Tuesday, Sept. 10 8 am – 12:30 pm. Room D104 Registration is required.  A $100 stipend funded by the Office of Academic Affairs is available for participating faculty upon completion of the orientation evaluation.  Department Chairs, please forward this info to new faculty.  For more information visit the Faculty Commons web site.

 FACULTY COMMONS FALL 2019 WORKSHOPS

♦ Read through the Fall 2019 Brochure to view the many workshops available. Some of the workshops fill up very fast.  You may
want to register early to guarantee a seat.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Wednesday, September 11 – A&H Division Retreat | Mercer Island Community Center | 8:30 am – 4 pm | Driving directions  | AGENDA (tentative) | Breakfast and lunch provided. |  PowerPoint montage of staff/faculty summer photos will be on display as attendees arrive.  Send your vacation pictures to Jin Wang.

• • Adjunct faculty who attend the full day’s event will receive a $100 stipend.
  • The retreat is a designated Division Day, which means that full-time faculty are required to attend or complete an absence form
    (see 18.4.4 in the contract).

• • We will be collecting school supplies at the retreat, before the retreat, and afterwards in R230. Suggested donation items are: pens and pencils, Organizational system (binders, notebooks with pockets, accordion files, etc.)  scantrons, flash drives and calendar with monthly, weekly and daily sections. If you have other items to donate, they will be appreciated as well.  All items
    need to be new and unopened.

♦ Saturday, Sept 28 – Friday, Oct. 4 | 2019 JAPAN WEEK @ BELLEVUE COLLEGE | Visit the 2019 Japan Week web site for more detailed information about food & drinks, exhibitors, performers and guest speakers and much more.

THIS WEEK

♦ MONDAY, AUG. 19 – GRADES DUE BY 11 p.m.

FALL 2019  SYLLABI

♦ The Syllabus Template is available on the eLearning web site. Please direct any questions or concerns you may have to eLearning.

♦ Syllabus correction Links. Please keep in mind if you are continuing to use older syllabi saved on your computer that several links and office locations are most likely out of date.

• • Public Safety is located in D171, not K100.
  • Only One calendar is needed for Important Dates & Deadlines and Holidays.
  • A&H Student Procedures & Expectations has been revised a couple of times. Best to give the Student Information link available on the A&H site where the document is located. Additional info also located there for students to navigate through issues that may arise in one of their classes, this link will never change.
  • Help with Canvas for students.  I  still see old links on syllabi that are dead which is of no use to students.
  • PLEASE include your COURSE OUTCOMES and HOW OUTCOMES WILL BE MET. This info should be on ALL syllabi.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ WEDNESDAY, September 11 |  A&H Division Retreat | Mercer Island Community Center |  8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Driving directions |  Retreat “Tentative” Agenda.
Breakfast and lunch included. PowerPoint montage of staff/faculty summer photos will be on display as attendees arrive. Send your vacation pictures to Jin Wang.

• Adjunct faculty who attend the full day’s event will receive a $100 stipend.
• The retreat is a designated Division Day, which means that full-time faculty are required to attend or complete an absence form
  (see 18.4.4 in the contract).
• We will be collecting school supplies at the retreat, before the retreat, and afterwards in R230. Suggested donation items are:
  pens and pencils, Organizational system (binders, notebooks with pockets, accordion files, etc.), scantrons, flash drives and calendar with monthly, weekly and daily sections. If you have other items to donate, they will be appreciated as well.  All items need to be
  new and unopened.

THIS WEEK

♦ TODAY, JULY 7 & TOMORROW, JULY 8 – The BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club will be having its Summer Fundraising event. 11 am – 2 p.m., C Bldg., Café Lobby.  Onigiri (rice balls) and Japanese flea market items will be available for sale.  If you or your friends  have new or gently used Japanese items to donate, please contact JapanWeek@bellevuecollege.edu to help the club raise funds for
this year’s Japan Week in the fall.

♦ AUGUST 8-11 | THE FANTASTICKS, 7 p.m. performances | Outside in the Raging Rivers Courtyard, behind the Fountain.
Tickets and more information available through Brown Paper Tickets.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ WEDNESDAY, September 11 |  A&H Division Retreat | Mercer Island Community Center |  8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Breakfast and lunch included.  PowerPoint montage of staff/faculty summer photos will be on display as attendees arrive.  More details provided as they come available.

Breakfast and lunch included.  PowerPoint montage of staff/faculty summer photos will be on display as attendees arrive.
More details to follow.

THIS WEEK
♦ THURSDAY/FRIDAY AUG. 1^st & 2^nd   – SEAFAIR, BLUE ANGELS.  NO I-90 CLOSURES this year.  A new flight path will allow the Blue Angels
to soar over the Seattle area during the 2019 Seafair Air Show without closing I-90.  Visit the WA State Dept of Transportation web site for
more information.

SUMMER FUNDRAISING

♦ AUGUST 7^th  & 8^th   – The BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club will be having its Summer Fundraising event.  11 am – 2 p.m., C Bldg., Café Lobby.  Onigiri (rice balls) and Japanese flea market items will be available for sale.  If you or your friends have new or gently used Japanese items to
donate, please contact JapanWeek@bellevuecollege.edu to help the club raise funds for this year’s Japan Week in the fall.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ AUGUST 8-11 | THE FANTASTICKS, 7 p.m. performances | Outside in the Raging Rivers Courtyard, behind the Fountain.
Tickets and more information available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11 |  A&H Division Retreat | Mercer Island Community Center |  8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Breakfast and lunch included.  More details to follow.

NEW ARTS & HUMANITIES DIVISION DEAN

♦ Ellen Nichols will begin her new role as the A&H Division Dean Monday, August 26.

DESK COPIES

♦ Instructors, please use this time before fall quarter 2019 to order desk copies for your classes. I have some of the publisher rep info at my desk.  Do not hesitate to contact me, Janis Juarez,  if I can be of help.

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ FACULTY COMMONS SUMMER 2019 PROGRAM.  Check out the Faculty Commons WEB SITE to see what their summer 2019 schedule has to offer. Several workshops still available through summer 2019.

♦ Do you have information to share that you think might benefit your division colleagues?  The A&H Weekly News Digest features “Faculty Resources” for disseminating informative articles, workshops, and other events of specific interest to faculty.  Please
send all info to:  Janis Juarez

UPCOMING EVENTS

AUGUST 8-11 | THE FANTASTICKS, 7 p.m. performances | Outside in the Raging Rivers Courtyard, behind the Fountain.
Tickets and more information available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ WEDNESDAY, September 11 |  A&H Division Retreat | Mercer Island Community Center |  8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch included.  More details to follow.

THIS WEEK

♦ THURSDAY, JULY 11 – “Building Blocks of a Clause: Subject + Verb” Workshop 11:30am-12:20pm | D204, Writing Lab in the  Academic Success Center.

WRITING LAB WORKSHOPS
♦ The Writing Lab in the Academic Success Center (D204) will be holding workshops this summer:

• “Sentence Structure and Punctuation” Thursday, July 18, 11:30am-12:20pm
• “How to Cite in MLA Style” Thursday, August 1, 11:30am-12:20pm.  For more information, please visit https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/asc/workshops/ or email us at writinglab@bellevuecollege.edu

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ FACULTY COMMONS SUMMER 2019 PROGRAM.  Check out what the Faculty Commons WEB SITE to see what their summer 2019 schedule has to offer.

♦ Do you have information to share that you think might benefit your division colleagues?  The A&H Weekly News Digest features
“Faculty Resources” for disseminating informative articles, workshops, and other events of specific interest to faculty.  Please
send all info to:  Janis Juarez

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ AUGUST 8-11 | THE FANTASTICKS, 7 p.m. performances | Outside in the Raging Rivers Courtyard, behind the Fountain.

Tickets and more information available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ WEDNESDAY, September 11 | A&H Division Retreat | Mercer Island Community Center |  9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

THIS WEEK

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

♦ Please send summer 2019 syllabi to Janis Juarez via e-mail or through the Request Center.  Send ELI and all BaTS syllabi to Seda Markarova.  Keep sending the CANVAS links to Seda and me, the links are working out great on the A&H web site. Don’t forget to mark the links “public,” see below for instructions.

Making Syllabi public.  Go into settings (located at the bottom on the left-hand menu), scroll down to “Visibility,” make sure the word “course” is in the box.  Right beneath the Visibility box
check ü “Customize,” the word “syllabus” should be showing, make sure the word “public” is displayed.

Please follow this link for Informational Technology Service (ITS, or also known as the HelpDesk).  Visit the eLearning web site for recent updated links and info about the syllabus template.  For any questions regarding the syllabus content, template, or links provided in the template, please contact eLearning

WRITING LAB WORKSHOPS

The Writing Lab in the Academic Success Center (D204) will be holding workshops this summer:

• “Building Blocks of a Clause: Subject + Verb” Thursday, July 11, 11:30am-12:20pm
• “Sentence Structure and Punctuation” Thursday, July 18, 11:30am-12:20pm
• “How to Cite in MLA Style” Thursday, August 1, 11:30am-12:20pm

For more information, please visit https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/asc/workshops/ or email
us at writinglab@bellevuecollege.edu

THIS WEEK
♦ SYLLABI – Summer faculty are working on summer 2019 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.

♦ OFFICE HOURS – Please send your summer quarter office hours, or time of availability to students, to Jin Wang.  She would like the  following:  Time of availability, how or where?  Office location and office phone number.

PLEASE MAKE NOTE

♦ REMEMBER!  The staff will be working half days on Fridays during summer, with the exception of July 5 (full day).  The campus will be
closed Thursday, July 4.

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ FACULTY COMMONS SUMMER 2019 PROGRAM. Check out what the Faculty Commons WEB SITE to see what their summer 2019 schedule has to offer.

♦ Do you have information to share that you think might benefit your division colleagues? The A&H Weekly News Digest features
“Faculty Resources” for disseminating informative articles, workshops, and other events of specific interest to faculty.  Please send all info to:  Janis Juarez.

THIS WEEK

♦ TONIGHT! JUNE 19 | JAZZ COMBOS CONCERT, Jim Sisko Director | Carlson Theatre, 7:30 p.m. | Featuring the Bellevue College Instrumental Jazz Combos

♦ THURSDAY, JUNE 20 | SENIOR CAPSTONE RECEPTION | L124, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | A chance to see our 2019 Spring graduates and their Capstone design project.  Always great fun and great food!  Don’t miss this event! INDES Facebook page.

♦ FRIDAY, JUNE 21 | FAREWELL TO TUAN DANG | 1 – 2 p.m. Breakroom in R 230 Those on campus before graduation should stop by the lunchroom for a late lunch of sandwiches, chips, and drinks and to say goodbye to Tuan.

♦ TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 5 to 7 p.m.  HUGO EVENT – Seattle7Writers’ writers-in-residence will read from their works in the Salon.  The bar will be open – come celebrate with us!  This is the program’s final year.  The 2018-19 residents are Matthew Bennett, Cara Diaconoff, Apple Plotnick Janotta, and Sarah Steinberg.  Each will read briefly from writing they created during their time in residence.  S7W cofounder Jennie Shortridge will emcee.  Visit the Hugo House web site to read the full announcement.

A&H SUMMER OFFICE HOURS

♦ JUNE 24 – JUNE 28 | Monday –Thursday office hours: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.  & Friday 8 a.m. – Noon
  JULY 1 – JULY 5 | Monday – Friday office hours: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Office closed Thursday, July 4.
  JULY 8 – AUGUST 30 | Monday –Thursday office hours: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. & Friday 8 a.m. – Noon

THIS WEEK

♦ TODAY!  JUNE 12 | ʤə́ kʼʷ Zine Indigenous Artist Showcase at Bellevue College Free and Open to the Public Closing Reception,  4:00-9:00 PM The works at Bellevue College Gallery Space primarily represent indigenous artists featured in ʤə́ kʼʷ: An Indigenous Art Zine published in-conjunction with yәhaw̓ and Bellevue College’s Office of Equity and Pluralism, Academic and Student Affairs, and the RISE Learning Institute.  Visit the yәhaw̓ event website to read more information.  I’m grateful for all of your support and hope to see you all there. Very Best, Natalie

♦ TONIGHT! JUNE 12 | BC JAZZ BAND at Tula’s Jazz Club in Seattle | 7:30 p.m, Reservations are required, $10 Cover Charge | Visit Tula’s web site for more information.  Jim Sisko, Director

♦ THURSDAY, JUNE 13 | 1:30-3:30 p.m., Garden Room, C130 A&B – GORDON LEIGHTON’S RETIREMENT PARTY.    Please contact Ron Holland if you have any questions or would like to donate $$ towards the refreshments and/or gift basket.

♦ FRIDAY, JUNE 14 | VOCAL JAZZ NIGHT, Tom Almli, Director | 7:30 p.m., Carlson Theatre | Tickets available through Brown Paper
Tickets.

♦ MONDAY, JUNE 17, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., D 106 | WENDY PICKERING’S RETIREMENT POTLUCK PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA! Food! Music! Stories! Fun!

♦ MONDAY, JUNE 17 |  COMBINED EVENT – FROM the CHAMBER, Brian Cobb, Curator  & the Spring Music, Spring Choral & Vocal Showcase Concert, Tom Almli & Aimee Hong, Directors | Carlson Theatre,  7:30 p,m. Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets

HUGO EVENT

♦ TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 5 to 7 p.m.  Seattle7Writers’ writers-in-residence will read from their works in the Salon.  The bar will be  open – come celebrate with us!  This is the program’s final year.  The 2018-19 residents are Matthew Bennett, Cara Diaconoff, Apple Plotnick Janotta, and Sarah Steinberg.  Each will read briefly from writing they created during their time in residence.   S7W cofounder Jennie Shortridge will emcee.  Visit the Hugo House web site to read the full announcement.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 | JAZZ COMBOS CONCERT, Jim Sisko Director | Carlson Theatre, 7:30 p.m. | Featuring the Bellevue
College Instrumental Jazz Combos

♦ THURSDAY, JUNE 20 | SENIOR CAPSTONE RECEPTION | L124, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | A chance to see our 2019 Spring graduates and their Capstone design project.  Always great fun and great food!  Don’t miss this event!  See INDES Facebook page.