THIS WEEK
♦  SHAREPOINT UPDATE. Jon Kissoondyal and Janis Juarez will be meeting with the A&H Site Collection Administrators on Thursday, April 27 at 11:00 am. We will be contacting people in our division soon after (perhaps beginning on Monday) that have sites located in the existing A&H Sharepoint site. We will be working with each site maintainer to get documents transferred over to the new site as quickly as possible. We are aware that there are sites for BaTS, Interior Design, World Languages and English.

♦ Thursday, April 27, 2017 – Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.  This year’s theme is “Count on Me!”

 YEAR END CELEBRATION   Updated information

♦ Year End Celebration – Raffle Baskets.  We are continuing to collect items for the baskets.     Please click on this link to read more about how you can help, and how the raffle baskets will benefit the Bellevue College community and Suzy Lepeintre’s charity – Camp Kesem.  Remember your names will be added for the Arts & Humanities raffle when you donate $$ or items.

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ Interactive Worlds – Online Racism and Bystander Intervention. Thursday, April 27, 1:00 to 2:00 pm, D 140. Read more about this event.

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ May 5 & 6 – Bellevue College Dance Company Spring Dance Festival. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ May 11 – Shirley Cunningham’s retirement party.  R 140 A, 3:30 – 5:30.  Read More about Shirley’s retirement.

THIS WEEK
♦ Earth Week 2017– “Rise Up – Be the Change!” Visit the Earth Week web site to view the Earth Week 2017 Schedule and the Earth Week 2017 Poster (pdf file) and other information.

♦ Thursday, April 20 – Terrance Hayes – Social Justice for Black Lives. 11:30 am & 1:30 pm, Carlson Theatre.  5:00 pm in Room N201.  Please see the event poster for more information about the event schedule and topics.

♦ April 20 – 22. Power of One Conference, hosted by Bellevue College. Please view the program for valuable information and the schedule of activities.

A&H Baskets – June 2016

YEAR END CELEBRATION

♦  Year End Celebration – Raffle Baskets.  We are now collecting items for the baskets.     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 raffle when you donate $$ or items.

 FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ Please review the Faculty Commons spring 2017 schedule to be informed of all workshops available.  A pdf file is also available for your viewing.

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ May 5 & 6 – Bellevue College Dance Company Spring Dance Festival. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ May 10 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club  – $10 cover charge 7:30 pm.

♦ May 11 – Shirley Cunningham’s retirement party. R 140 A 3:30 – 5:30.  Read More about Shirley’s retirement.

THIS WEEK
♦  TONIGHT! April 12, 2017. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club  – $10 cover charge 7:30 pm.

♦ April 13-15 – Dog Sees God Theatre Performance.  Stop Gap Theatre  $5 tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

↓   New!  FACULTY RESOURCES New!  ↓

♦ Why Authoritarians Attack the Arts – Article from New York Times submitted by Maggie Harada

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

FACULTY /STAFF INFORMATION UPDATE

♦ Please submit your updated faculty/Staff bio picture and/or info to Janis Juarez.  Send all BaTS and ELI updates to Seda Markarova.  Each department in A&H has a faculty or Administrative section located on their Web site.  Visit the A&H web site to see what your colleagues have on their faculty/Administrative Staff page.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ NEXT WEEK! Earth Week 2017 –  “Rise Up –  Be the Change!”

Visit the Earth Week web site to view the Earth Week 2017 Schedule and the Earth Week 2017 Poster (pdf file) and other information.

♦ May 5 & 6 – Bellevue College Dance Company Spring Dance Festival. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.

This week

♦ Friday, April 7, is World Health Day. This year’s theme is “depression.”  Be sure to view the slide show to obtain more valuable information about the topic.  Be sure to check the video on #5 of the slide show.

⇓   New!  FACULTY RESOURCES New!  ⇓

♦ A review by one of your A&H colleagues, English department instructor Rinku Chatterjee, appeared in a January 2017 edition of the Times Literary Supplement.

 ♦  Check out the Fulbright Scholar Program.  The Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is accepting applications from American academics and professionals until August 2, 2017.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Monday, April 10, 2017 – Tracing the “Inner-Path” of Legendary Leaders. 11:30 to 12:30 in D 106. Dr. Sayumi Iray and the Diversity Division at Bellevue College is sponsoring and hosting Italy’s Ambassador of Peace, and educator, Sujith Ravindran. His work in human development, leadership, and peace studies will provide a wonderful opportunity for all to grow in self, community, and build a stronger sense of unity across our various diversities. Come enjoy in building international unity and engagement on our vibrant and inclusive campus.

♦  April 12, 2017 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club  – $10 cover charge 7:30 pm.

♦ April 13-15 – Dog Sees God Theatre Performance.  Stop Gap Theatre  $5 tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

THIS WEEK

♦ Spring 2017 OFFICE HOURS.  Please send your office hours to  Jon Kissoondyal.  He is asking for: time available to students, office location, office phone #.  We need this info up at the front desk for students, staff and faculty inquiries.

⇓   New!  FACULTY RESOURCES New!  ⇓

♦ Please review the Faculty Commons spring 2017 schedule to be informed of all workshops available.  A pdf file is also available for your viewing.

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

SYLLABI INFORMATION

♦ Please send spring 2017 syllabi to Janis Juarez via e-mail or through the Request Center.  Send ELI and all BaTS syllabi to Seda Markarova.  Kudos to Stephanie Hurst (CMST), she was the first person to send me spring syllabi.   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.

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

♦ More syllabi info.  Be sure to use this link: http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/student-information/  to direct students to “Student Information” which has both the Arts & Humanities Procedures & Expectations and the A&H Commitment to Student Growth and Development documents.  Additional information is on the page which is helpful to students if they have issues with any of their A&H classes.

♦ PLEASE NOTE! Information Technology Services (ITS) or also known as the “Help Desk,” has UPDATED their web site.  All links to the old site are NO LONGER working.  Please be mindful while updating your spring syllabi that the ITS links will need to be updated.

• This link will take you to the ITS Service Desk.   Ÿ
• This is a link to the Student Computer Labs & Printing Kiosks.  Ÿ
• This is the ITS “Home” page.
• Be sure to include your Course Outcomes in your syllabus.
• Please note that  Public Safety moved to D 171 (as of spring 2016).

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THIS WEEK
♦ TODAY! WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2017 – YOU ARE INVITED to the  Interior Design Winter 2017 Senior Capstone Exhibit – “Opening Night” Reception 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Room L124.

♦ Still time left to visit the Art Gallery Space to view Art Instructor Dale Lindman’s Art Exhibition.  Gallery Space hours: Tues./Thur. 12-2:30 and Fri. 11-2:30. More info available on the Gallery Space web site.  Dale’s exhibition will be on display through  March 29, 2017.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

♦ Congratulations to Elaine Nutter, winner of this year’s Margin of Excellence Award for exempt staff!  Elaine is the Transition to College Navigator in Basic and Transitional Studies (BaTS).  Her work focuses on advising BaTS students as they transition to college-credit courses.  She is also one of the founders of the STAR Center.  The STAR Center is a drop-in advising center for students as they plan their next steps to college or a career.  Elaine is a valued member of the BaTS team! Congratulations Elaine!!

⇓    New!  FACULTY RESOURCES New!  ⇓

♦  Crosscurrents is now accepting poems, short prose, and art from Washington Community Colleges’ instructors, working or retired, for the 2017 edition. Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2017.  Please visit the A&H commons site for more detailed information.

◊◊ Do you have information to share that you think might benefit your division colleagues?  The weekly A&H Digest is now featuring a new section “Faculty Resources,” for disseminating informative articles, workshops, and other events of specific interest to faculty.  Please send all info to:  Janis Juarez.

THIS WEEK
♦ TODAY! March 15, 2017,  A&H Division Potluck. A&H Lunchroom 11:00 – 12:00.  More info about the potluck on the sign-up sheet for your food item.  Please feel free to bring a donation for the Student Food Cabinet.

♦ FRIDAY, March 17, 2017 – Bellevue College Student Dance Showcase, 7:30 pm, Carlson Theatre, Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ SATURDAY, March 18, 2017 – 1:00 pm  A walk through of Dale Lindman’s  exhibition “A Survery: Three Decades” in the Gallery Space by Curator, Francine Seders.

♦  March 18, 2017 – BC Concert Choir, directed by Aimee Hong “At the Movies.” 7:30 – 9:30 pm.  Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church.  Tickets ($5) available through Brown Paper Tickets.  Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

♦ Congratulations to Catherine Berkenfield, Mari Brunson, Craig Hurd-McKenney, Fernando Pérez and J. Engel Szwaja-Franken for the recent tenure they each were awarded.  A reception for the newly tenured candidates will be on April 26, at 5 p.m. the location will be determined.

↓   New!  FACULTY RESOURCES New!   ↓

♦  “The Distracted Classroom.”  Great article that offers advice for instructors who feel like they’re constantly competing with phones and laptops for students’ attention.  Submitted by Maggie Harada.

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦  MONDAY, March 20, 2017 – The Music Dept. Presents: From the Chamber, a Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music. Curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | 7:30 pm | Carlson Theatre. Admission: $5 through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2017 – Interior Design Winter 2017 Senior Capstone Exhibit – “Opening Night” Reception 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Room L124

THIS WEEK

♦ March 8-11, 2017 –  Carrie the Musical, Carlson Theatre, 7:30 pm | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦  TONIGHT! March 8, 2017 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club  – $10 cover charge 7:30 pm.

♦  FRIDAY, March 10, 2017, “Samurai Undressed” – 2:30-3:30 pm in Room B 204. Sponsored by the Japanese Culture Club. Guest speaker from the Consulate-General of Japan will be presenting a lecture demonstration on Japanese samurai. Read more about this event in this week’s BC FYI announcement. Submitted by Anne Stewart

A&H MARGIN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER

♦  CONGRATULATIONS! to Bruce Wolcott, winner of this year’s Margin of Excellence Award for adjunct faculty. Bruce teaches for CMST and the DMA program in iBIT. He also is in the eLearning Center in the Library assisting faculty with online instruction.  He is very creative and has interests in new media, writing for the web, visual storytelling, animation, and virtual reality.  He is awesome! Congratulations Bruce!!

 
A&H DIVISION POTLUCK

♦ March 15, 2017, A&H Lunchroom 11:00 – 12:00. More info about the potluck on the sign-up sheet for your food item. Please feel free to bring a donation for the Student Food Cabinet.

⇓   New!  FACULTY RESOURCES New! ⇓

♦ PLEASE NOTE! Information Technology Services (ITS). or also known as the “Help Desk,“ has UPDATED their web site. All links to the old site are NO LONGER working.  Please be mindful while updating your spring syllabi that the ITS links will need to be updated.

♦ This link will take you to the ITS Service Desk.
♦ This is a link to the Student Computer Labs & Printing Kiosks.
♦ This is the “Home” page.

•  Be sure to include your Course Outcomes in your syllabus.
• Please note that  Public Safety has moved to D 171.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ March 17, 2017 – Bellevue College Student Dance Showcase, Carlson Theatre, Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ March 18, 2017 – BC Concert Choir, directed by Aimee Hong “At the Movies.” 7:30 – 9:30 pm.  Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church.  Tickets ($5) available through Brown Paper Tickets.  Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

♦ March 18, 2017 – 1:00 pm A walk through of Dale Lindman’s exhibition “A Survery: Three Decades” in the Gallery Space by Curator, Francine Seders.

♦ March 20, 2017 – The Music Dept. Presents: From the Chamber, a Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music. Curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | 7:30 pm | Carlson Theatre. Admission: $5 through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ March 22, 2017 – Interior Design Winter 2017 Senior Capstone Exhibit – Opening Night Reception 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Room L124.

THIS WEEK
♦ TODAY! – Philosophy Talks: Philosophy Exposes Nudist Humor – Wednesday, March 1, 12:30-1:20 pm, LMC Event Center, Room D 106, Speaker: Mark Storey. Free to students, staff and surrounding BC community.  For more information, please visit the A&H Commons web site.

♦ Visit the Art Gallery Space to view Art Instructor Dale Lindman’s Art Exhibition.  Gallery Space hours: Tues./Thur. 12-2:30 and Fri. 11-2:30. More info available on the Gallery Space web site.  Dale’s exhibition will be on display through  March 29, 2017.

⇓    New!  FACULTY RESOURCES New!  ⇓

♦  Article submitted by Maggie Harada – We have your Back: How Educators Can Support Undocumented Students.

♦ Bellevue College will be hosting the annual LGBTQ Leadership Conference, Power of One, April 20-22, 2017.  The President has sponsored (5) spots in the professional track of the conference for out or allied BC employees.  Interested faculty/staff should contact Craig Hurd-McKenney.

♦ Faculty Commons offers a variety of interactive workshops for winter 2017.  Visit the web site to find out about workshop registration, funding & stipend processes.

REMINDERS

♦ ELI’s ELCC is back again this quarter and we’d love to welcome student volunteers from around the division to help our international students.  We meet every Thursday, 4:30-5:30 in R 110 B and we’re looking for fluent English speakers to join us throughout the quarter to have a fun time chatting and laughing in English. Visit the ELCC Facebook page.  For more info, contact:  ELI Instructor, Taylor Dalrymple.  Faculty please pass this along to your students.

♦ Reminder!!  NewsTalk EVERY Wednesday from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, January 11 – March 15, in D204, the Academic Success Center.

**Visit the Workshop Calendar to read more about Reading Lab/Writing Lab Workshops and their descriptions offered throughout winter quarter, or contact a Reading Lab instructor for Reading Lab Workshops.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ March 8, 2017. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club  – $10 cover charge 7:30 pm.

♦ March 8-11, 2017 –  Carrie the Musical, Carlson Theatre, 7:30 pm | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

THIS WEEK

♦ Visit the Art Gallery Space to view Art Instructor Dale Lindman’s Art Exhibition.  Gallery Space hours: Tues./Thur. 12-2:30 and Fri. 11-2:30. More info available on the Gallery Space web site.  Dale’s exhibition will be on display from February 22 – March 29, 2017.

PHILOSOPHY TALKS

♦ Philosophy Exposes Nudist Humor – Wednesday, March 1, 12:30-1:20 pm, LMC Event Center, Room D 106, Speaker: Mark Storey. Free to students, staff and surrounding BC community.  For more information, please visit the A&H Commons web site.

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ Thursday, February 23, 2017, C 120, 12:30 pm.  The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness, by Michelle Alexander.  Book discussion moderated by Charlene Freyberg and David Spataro.  Consider taking your classes to this event and/or giving your students extra credit for attend.  To read more info about this event, please visit the A&H WordPress Commons site.  Submitted by Nan Ma.

♦  All Day Conference Options. Please make note that there are options to adjunct instructors for all day conferences. B 200 D, R 230 C, R 240 E (Wed-Fri) and area outside of R 240 E.  Please visit the A&H WordPress Commons site for more in-depth info about these areas.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ March 8, 2017– Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club  – $10 cover charge 7:30 pm.

♦ March 8-11, 2017 –  Carrie the Musical, Carlson Theatre, 7:30 pm | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ March 17, 2017 – Bellevue College Student Dance Showcase, Carlson Theatre, Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ March 18, 2017 – BC Concert Choir, directed by Aimee Hong “At the Movies.” 7:30 – 9:30 pm.  Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church.  Tickets ($5) available through Brown Paper Tickets.  Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

♦ March 20, 2017 – The Music Dept. Presents: From the Chamber, a Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music. Curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | 7:30 pm | Carlson Theatre. Admission: $5 through Brown Paper Tickets.