♦ Art Department Faculty Exhibition – available for viewing through February 12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Tonight! Tula’s – Jim /Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra – Wednesday, February 10.  Click here for more information.

♦ Do you have empty holiday gift basket containers taking up space in your closets or cupboards?  Need to find a place to donate them?  Look no further.  In anticipation of the End of the Year Celebration (planning ahead) please bring them in and give them to Janis Juarez.  The Arts & Humanities Division will need them for the baskets we donate for the special drawing every year.

♦ NewsTalk with Ana: A Reading Skills Workshop for English Language Learners – Every Wednesday 4:30-5:30 from 1/20/16 to 3/16/16
NewsTalk is a workshop series for ELI students where they can learn different reading skills like paraphrasing and finding the main idea.  Together, we will then practice applying these skills to our news stories.  The students can also develop their speaking skills by contributing to the discussions as they share their thoughts and reactions to each story with the group.  Ask the instructors and/or tutors for more information!  Hope to see you there!

*For a full list of Reading Workshops click here
or contact a Reading Lab instructor at: readinglab@bellevuecollege.edu

♦ Bellevue College Drama Production: The Mound Builders – March 9-12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Student Choreographers Dance Showcase – March 18, 2016.  Click here for more information.

♦ Today! This cold, wet weather necessitates a response, so we are planning a “comfort food” POTLUCK in the R 230 lunchroom, 11:00 – 2 on Wednesday, Feb. 3 .  Please bring something that will warm our hearts, chase away the winter, and welcome the spring.  Appropriately, it’s also National Carrot Cake Day.  Click here to sign up.

♦ 2016 Bellevue College Jazz Band Festival – February 5 & 6.  Click here for more information.

♦ Need to call in and cancel classes? If you need to call in to cancel classes due to illness or unexpected emergencies please do the following: 1.  Contact your department chair, either by phone or e-mail. 2. Send an e-mail to the staff at: Art&HumStaff@bellevuecollege.edu.  If you receive an e-mail response from one of the staff, you are set, no need to do anything else.  If you don’t receive a response, please call the Arts & Humanities office at 425-564-2341 to speak to someone, please do not leave a message on                                                       the main phone.

The Writing Lab has recently been awarded a 2015-2016 BC Foundation Mini-Grant.  Writing Lab staff will explore technology which will be used for an automated check-in system to review lab usage to better serve students.  Special thanks to Kayleen Doornbos, Ron Holland and David Lopez-Kopp for developing and writing the grant. (sorry about the error last week-oops!)

♦ Newstalk: A Reading Skills Workshop for English Language Learners – Every Wednesday 4:30-5:30 from 1/20/16 to 3/16/16.

♦ Summarizing Your Reading – Thursday, February 4, 1:30 – 2:20 pm.  Click here to read more.

♦ Connecting to Boring Reading – Monday, February 8, 2:30-3:20 pm.  Click here to read more.

*For a full list of Reading Workshops click here
or contact a Reading Lab instructor at: readinglab@bellevuecollege.edu

♦ Art Department Faculty Exhibition – available for viewing through February 12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Tula’s – Jim /Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra – Wednesday, February 10.  Click here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Drama Production: The Mound Builders – March 9-12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Student Choreographers Dance Showcase – March 18, 2016.  Click here for more information.

♦ Reminder! January is National Stalking Awareness Month.  Click here to read more information.

♦ Pacific Vocal Jazz Festival 2016 – Friday, January 29.  Click here for more information.

♦ A&H “Comfort food” Potluck – This cold, wet weather necessitates a response, so we are planning a “comfort food” potluck in the R 230 lunchroom 11:00 – 2 on Wednesday, Feb. 3.  Please bring something that will warm our hearts, chase away the winter, and welcome the spring.  Appropriately, it’s                                                                                  also National Carrot Cake Day.  Click                                                                                  here to sign up.

♦ The Writing Lab has recently been awarded a “2015-2016 BC Foundation Mini-Grant.”  Writing Lab staff will explore technology which will be used for an automated chick-in system to review lab usage to better serve students.  Special thanks to Kayleen Doornbos, Ron Holland and David Lopez-Kopp for developing and writing the grant.

♦ Using Vocabulary in Context – Saturday, January 30, 1:00 – 3:00 pm.  Click here to read more.

♦ Newstalk: A Reading Skills Workshop for English Language Learners – Every Wednesday 4:30-5:30 from 1/20/16 to                                                                                  3/16/16

                                                                      *For a full list of Reading Workshops click here
or contact a Reading Lab instructor at:                                                                                    readinglab@bellevuecollege.edu

♦ Art Department Faculty Exhibition – available for viewing through February 12.  Click here for more information.

♦ 2016 Bellevue College Jazz Band Festival – February 5 & 6.  Click here for more information.

♦ Tula’s – Jim /Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra – Wednesday, February                                                                             10.  Click here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Drama Production: The Mound Builders – March 9-12.  Click                                                                            here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Student Choreographers Dance Showcase – March 18, 2016.  Click here for more information.

♦ Reminder! January is National Stalking Awareness Month.  Click here to read more information.

♦ Today!! Art Department Faculty Exhibition Reception  – January 20,  4:00 – 7:00 pm., Rm  D 271.  Refreshments will be served.   Click here for more information.

♦ You’re invited to “The Way West!”  Friday, January 22 @ Resonance Soma Towers in Bellevue and Saturday, January 23 @ Velocity Dance Center in Capitol Hill, Seattle.  Click here to read more.

♦ From Gordon Leighton – Syllabus template has been “revised.”  Please use for spring and following quarters.  New statement on Title IX is included.  The template is located in “MyBC,” After logging into “MyBC,” select Faculty Resources tab located at the top.  Template is located on the far left under “Instructional Support,” scroll down to the bottom of the list.

Free Reading Workshops in the Academic Success Center
All Reading Workshops are free and held in ASC Classroom D 204

♦ Tips for Reading a Texbook – Wednesday, January 20 (today!) 12:30-1:20 pm., Rm D204.  Click here for more info.

♦ Newstalk: A Reading Skills Workshop for English Language Learners – Every Wednesday 4:30-5:30 from 1/20/16 to 3/16/16

♦ Finding the Main Idea – Monday, January 25, 1:30-2:20, RM D204. Click here for more info.

*For a full list of Reading Workshops click here
or contact a Reading Lab instructor at: readinglab@bellevuecollege.edu

♦ Art Department Faculty Exhibition – available for viewing through February 12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Pacific Vocal Jazz Festival 2016 – January 29.  Click here for more information.

♦ 2016 Bellevue College Jazz Band Festival – February 5 & 6.  Click here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Drama Production: The Mound Builders – March 9-12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Student Choreographers Dance Showcase – March 18, 2016.  Click here for more information.

♦ Tonight! Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra at Tulla’s – Wed. January 13.  Click here for more information.

♦ A Performance of Japanese Music & Dance will be presented by Special Guests “Wariki,” a three-man group from Japan.  Friday, January 15, 2016.  Don’t miss this exciting event.  Click here to read more.

♦ January is National Stalking Awareness Month.  Click here to read more information.

♦ Click here for the PD Request Form that Maggie referred to in her 1/8/2016 e-mail.  Please remember that funds are distributed on a first come, first serve basis.  The funds are available to all faculty who have been employed by the college for at least two consecutive quarters. To read the content of Maggie’s e-mail click here.

Click here to read info about the Faculty Commons winter quarter workshops

♦ Art Department Faculty Exhibition – January 20 – February 12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Pacific Vocal Jazz Festival 2016 – January 29.  Click here for more information.

♦ 2016 Bellevue College Jazz Band Festival – February 5 & 6.  Click here for more information.

♦ Bellevue College Drama Production: The Mound Builders – March 9-12.  Click here for more information.

♦ Syllabi!!  Thank you to all the early birds that submitted your syllabi links for winter 2016.  All other faculty remember to use Gordon Leighton’s syllabi template which includes all the new updated links and information.  Please note that the template is ADA compliant which is what all syllabi should be.  Click here for a reminder of how to mark your syllabi “public” and send your syllabus link for posting.

♦ Tuesday, January 12 The Writing Lab will be holding workshops on writing personal statements 10:30-11:20 am and 1:30-2:20 pm in D204.  Click here for more information.

♦ Take the Introduction to Accessibility on line training  workshop during winter quarter 2016.  The workshop begins week three of winter quarter 2016.  Click here for more information.

♦ A Performance of Japanese Music & Dance will be presented by Special Guests “Wariki,” a three-man group from Japan.  Friday, January 15, 2016.  Don’t miss this exciting event.  Click here to read more.

♦ Pacific Vocal Jazz Festival 2016 – January 29.  Click here for more information.

♦ 2016 Bellevue College Jazz Band Festival – February 5 & 6.  Click here for more information.

♦ English instructor, Elisabeth Kraus, was recently honored to contribute a chapter to a book entitled “Teacher, Mother, Scholar: Reenvisioning Motherhood in the Academy.” The book was published in October, and was featured December 2015 in “Inside Higher Ed.”  The article mentions Elisabeth by name, and references that she teaches for Bellevue College. Click here to read the article

♦ Winter 2016 office hours.
Please send your office hours to our new Program Assistant, Jon Kissoondyal .  He is asking for –  time available to students, office location,
office phone #.  Next time you are in the division office, please stop and say “hi “and introduce yourself to Jon if you haven’t done so.

♦ Syllabi!!  Thank you to all the early birds that submitted your syllabi links for winter 2016.  All other faculty remember to use Gordon Leighton’s syllabi template which includes all the new updated links and information.  Please note that the template is ADA compliant which is what all syllabi should be.  Click here for a reminder of howto mark your syllabi “public” and send your syllabus link for posting.

♦ Take the Introduction to Accessibility on line training  workshop during winter quarter 2016.  The workshop begins week three of winter quarter 2016.  Click here for more information.

♦ A Performance of Japanese Music & Dance will be presented by Special Guests “Wariki,” a three-man group from Japan.  Friday, January 15, 2016.  Don’t miss this exciting event.  Click here to read more.

♦ Soup Tureens – Soups On! Art exhibit – Viewing available through tomorrow December 16,  Admission Free.  Click here to read more.

♦ Syllabi!!  Thank you to all the early birds that submitted your syllabi links for winter 2016.  All other faculty, remember to use Gordon Leighton’s syllabi template which includes all the new updated links and information.
Please note that the template is ADA compliant which is what all syllabi should be. Click here for a reminder of how to mark your syllabi “public” and send your syllabus link for posting.

Reminders

♦ Winter 2016 book orders. All book orders should have been sent to the bookstore.  If you haven’t sent your book order to Cindi Sayer, do so ASAP.  Click here to check to see if the correct books are listed for your classes.  Click here to order your textbooks.

♦ Winter 2016 office hours. Please send your office hours to Jon Kissoondyal.  Jon is our new Program Assistant in Arts & Humanities.  Next time you are in the division office, please stop and say “hi “and introduce yourself if you haven’t done so.

♦ A Performance of Japanese Music & Dance will be presented by Special Guests “Wariki,” a three-man group from Japan.  Friday, January 15, 2016.  Don’t miss this exciting event.  Click here to read more.

♦ Soup Tureens – Soups On! Art exhibit – Viewing available through December 16, Admission Free.  Click here to read more.

♦ Tonight! Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra at Tula’s – Wed. December 9.  Click here for more information.

♦ Jim Sisko’s Jazz Bands performing at Boxley’s Jazz Club in North Bend – Thurs. Dec. 10,  Jazz Combos at 6:00 pm, Big Band at 7:00 & 8:30.  Click here for more information.

♦ From the Chamber, curated by Dr. Brian Cobb – Thur., Dec. 10 at 7:30, Carlson Theatre | $5 admission

♦ Congratulations to Bellevue College Theatre Arts students Charlie Schuster & Jennifer Loschen.  Charlie’s 10-Minute play, “Under the Bed” has been chosen as a semi-finalist to be showcased at the KCACTF Region VII Conference taking place in Denver in February of 2016.  Jennifer’s one Act event, “The Flock,” has also been chosen to be showcased at the same conference.  “Congratulations!” to Elena Hartwell, our Playwriting Instructor!!

♦ A Performance of Japanese Music & Dance will be performed by Special Guests “Wariki,” a three-man group from Japan.  Friday, January 15, 2016.  Don’t miss this exciting event.  Click here to read more.

This Week

♦ Pottery Sale – December 3,  in the Cafeteria, C 120, 10:00 am  – 6:00 pm.  Click here to read more.

♦ “Tis the Gift” Choral Arts Concert – Friday, December 4, Carlson Theatre, 7:30 pm.  Tickets available at the door. Click here to read more.

♦ DIRECTIONS a Festival of Ten Minute Plays by Students – Dec. 5 & 6.  Stop Gap Theatre, Admission $5.  Click here to read more.

Next Week Events

♦ Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Orchestra at Tula’s – Wed. December 9.  Click here for more information.

♦ Jim Sisko’s Jazz Bands performing at Boxley’s Jazz Club in North Bend – Thurs. Dec. 10,  Jazz Combos at 6:00 pm, Big Band at 7:00 & 8:30.  Click here for more information.

♦ From the Chamber, curated by Dr. Brian Cobb – Thur., Dec. 10 at 7:30, Carlson Theatre | $5 admission

♦ A Performance of Japanese Music & Dance will be performed by Special Guests “Wariki,” a three-man group from Japan.  Friday, January 15, 2016.  Don’t miss this exciting event.  Click here to read more.