Cougar Bytes for February 27, 2009
February 27, 2009
Volume II, Number 7
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- WOW! WHAT A TEAM!
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
- CCCC is now on Facebook and MySpace
- 2009 CCCC Annual Career Fair
- Staff Development Opportunities
- Pittsboro Friends of the Library Events
- Donate Formal Dresses
- Red Clay Review: literary magazine of CCCC
- Be Part of the CCCC Rotaract Club & Friends Relay For Life Team 2009!
- Heart of Carolina Jazz Concert in Fearrington Village
- Heart of Carolina Jazz Society Concert
- Guitar Master Class Offered
- PERSONNEL NOTES
- MARK YOUR CALENDAR
- CCCC-BAY
- COUGAR BITE-BACKS
WOW! WHAT A TEAM!
CCCC Spring Registration Rocks and Rolls
A big round of applause goes to all those involved in spring registration!
The numbers are in and spring enrollment hit an all-time high - 4,591 students. This figure is just 231 less than for fall 2008. Fall enrollment is traditionally higher than spring.
The previous record was set in 2007, with 4,474 enrolling in spring semester. A year ago, spring enrollment was 4,239 students.
Some of those registering had been laid off or lost their jobs - they came to us for training to get them back into the workforce. Others are just starting their college careers and count on us to get them on the right track to reach their academic goals and to make that trip financially affordable.
There were so many involved in registration in so many ways. You know who you are.
Again, congratulations!
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND CCCC
CCCC is now on Facebook and MySpace
Check out CCCC's Facebook and MySpace pages.
2009 CCCC Annual Career Fair
by Gina Del Vecchio, Career Services Coordinator
The 2009 CCCC Annual Career Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18th at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Please notify me if you wish to have a business, agency, or industry invited. You may contact me by e-mail: grdelv63@cccc.edu or call my extension: 7396.
Staff Development Opportunities
by Lydia A. Farmer, Voc Tech Distance Education Coordinator
The Distance Education department is kicking off a new season of training, and we have new and exciting trainings for everyone. Now available are brand new trainings geared at making your courses more engaging and student friendly!
Do you need staff development hours? With budget restraints affecting our travel, it is getting more and more important to take advantage of these opportunities on our own campuses. We now have over 40 hours of staff development available through online, seated, and hybrid trainings available in all three counties.
If you are nervous about embarking on these technology trainings solo, consider signing up for our seated or hybrid trainings. If this sounds intimidating as well, we now offer one-on-one trainings to anyone interested in a little extra guidance.
Please visit our new webpage dedicated to these trainings: www.cccc.edu/de/train.
On this page you will find:
- A calendar of all upcoming trainings.
- A description of all our trainings to help you decide if a particular training is right for you.
- A description of the different ways our trainings are administered (online, seated, or hybrid).
- A place to sign up for all upcoming trainings.
Pittsboro Friends of the Library Events
Library Book Club: March 3, 2009
6:45 pm at the Pittsboro Library
The Worst Hard Time - The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan. John Steinbeck graphically told the story of those who fled the Dust Bowl. Timothy Egan has written an extraordinary story of the endurance and heroism of those who stayed and survived. The Worst Hard Time is a powerful story of our nation's greatest environmental disaster and the consequences of trifling with nature. (Non-fiction).
An Evening with Chef, Businesswoman, and Cookbook Author Sara Foster.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm at The Senior Center (Council on Aging Building), Route 87 North in Pittsboro.
The Friends of the Pittsboro Memorial Library will sponsor an enjoyable visit from one of the Triangle's favorite cooks and the creator of the two popular gourmet market cafes, Foster's Market, in Durham and Chapel Hill. Learn about her southern roots, her experiences working with Martha Stewart, her move into upscale cuisine in New York and Washington as a professional chef, and now life as a successful writer of three best selling cookbooks.
Donate Formal Dresses
by Reba Brewington, CCCC Adjunct Instructor
Attention CCCC employees: As we approach that time of year to help our area female high school students with their prom dresses, I come to you with a need. If anyone has formal dresses they would like to donate (particularly the larger sized ones - we always seem to have needs for those), please consider donating them to CUOC (Christians United Outreach Center). You may take them by the center on Lee Avenue, contact me at 919.776.7541 ext. 4219 and I can pick them up from you, or someone from CUOC will come by and pick them up.
Red Clay Review: literary magazine of CCCC
The Red Clay Review invites you to submit your poetry, prose, and 2D art or photography for consideration in our 2009 issue.
Submission guidelines for the Red Clay Review:
- Applicants should be CCCC affiliates (including current students, former students, distance students, faculty, and staff) or residents of Chatham, Harnett, and Lee counties.
- Prose submissions are limited to 1,500 words and should be typed and double spaced.
- Poetry is limited to up to 3 submissions.
- Cover art submissions are limited to a single 2D black and white digital image.
- In the upper left-hand corner of the first page of each submission, please list your name, address, phone number, and approximate word count.
- Electronic submissions are preferred but not required.
- The submission deadline for our 2009 issue is March 9, 2009.
Submit poetry or prose to Joy Hewett (jhewett@cccc.edu) or David Hartman (dhartman@cccc.edu) . Submit all art work to Molly Luby (mluby@cccc.edu). For more information, contact Molly Luby at (919) 718-7270 or mluby@cccc.edu.
Be Part of the CCCC Rotaract Club & Friends Relay For Life Team 2009!
by Bianka Stumpf, Director of Distance Education
WHO: Interested Rotaract Club Members, CCCC Employees, and their Families and Friends
WHAT: Relay For Life is a local, fun-filled, overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs for the American Cancer Society.
WHEN: Begins Fri., May 15, 2009 at 6 p.m. through Sat., May 16, 2009 at 10 a.m. (or as long as you can last)!
WHERE: Lions Club Fair Grounds in Sanford (same venue as last year)
HOW (BEFORE): Team members raise money and collect donations to benefit the American Cancer Society.
HOW (DURING): Teams gather at the track and walk laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times. Raffles, snacks, and games during the event help raise additional funds.
WHY: To raise awareness and money for a worthy cause while having fun! Relay For Life represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day cancer will be eliminated.
COST: If you register before Feb. 17, 2009, only an $8 Registration Fee (which includes a t-shirt). After Feb. 17, the fee is $10. Cancer survivors pay no fee.
WANT TO TAKE PART? Please contact one of the team co-captains, Bianka Stumpf, at bstumpf@cccc.edu or Amanda Carter at abcarter@cccc.edu ASAP to become part of a wonderful team and effort.
CAN'T BE ON A TEAM, BUT STILL WANT TO HELP? If you can't be on a team, you can still support the cause. You can make monetary donations in any amount to the team by contacting a Rotaract advisor (Ty or Bianka Stumpf), Amanda Carter (Relay co-captain), or team member. Checks should be made to the American Cancer Society.
You can also purchase a luminary in honor or memory of someone. These luminaries will line the track during the event and display your loved one's name. Luminaries are $10 each or 3 for $25. Notification cards can also be sent to let people know whom you've honored or remembered. Contact Bianka or Amanda for a form.
Celebrate & Remember Bracelets to benefit the team are also for sale for a minimum donation of $1.00 in the DE Dept.
With your support we can help find a cure!
Heart of Carolina Jazz Concert in Fearrington Village
Jazz takes center stage when the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra and special guest artists perform at the Fearrington Barn, in Fearrington Village.
Central Carolina Community College's Continuing Education Department at the Chatham County Campus is sponsoring the concert, which takes place 4 p.m.- 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 22. Admission is free.
Seating for the concert is limited. Reserve tickets (limit - two per family) by calling, toll-free, 1-800-682-8353, ext. 7268.
"The northeastern portion of Chatham County is one of the fastest growing areas in the state of North Carolina," said Carl Thompson, the college's director of Continuing Education in Chatham. "Our goal is to familiarize this area with the college and inform them of what we have to offer. Hopefully, we can lay the groundwork through events like these that will result in establishing a solid educational program designed to meet the needs of this area."
The Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra, a 19-piece big band directed by Gregg Gelb, will feature guest artists Jerald Shynett, Alexander Brower, and the Heart of Carolina Jazz Sextet.
Gelb, saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and bandleader, is the director and founder of the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra and Society. He started it in 1990, while a visiting artist at Central Carolina Community College. He teaches an online "Introduction to Jazz" course for the college.
Heart of Carolina Jazz Society Concert
The Heart of Carolina Jazz Society Presents:
Alexander Brower, vocalist with The Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra Directed by Gregg Gelb
March 6, 2009 @ 8 p.m.
Concert at the Temple Theatre in Sanford, NC
Concert Tickets are $15 Adults and $10 students/children (general admission)
Call the Temple Theatre Box Office 919-774-4155 between 2pm - 6pm.
Go to www.carolinajazz.com for more information
Guitar Master Class Offered
The Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra is presenting a special artist, guitar great Stanley Jordan, in a concert and free master class on April 3rd and 4th. Contact Gregg Gelb, gg@windstream.net for more information.
PERSONNEL NOTES
Cougar Profile
Lydia Farmer
Vocational Technical Distance Education Coordinator, Lee Campus
Lydia Farmer is another success story for CCCC. She completed her Associate degree from CCCC and then went on to NC State to complete her Bachelors degree in Public and Interpersonal Communication. Lydia has now returned to CCCC as the Vocational Technical Distance Education Coordinator.
A Sanford resident, born and raised in Deep River, Lydia enjoys working for CCCC because the commute is much shorter than to Phoenix University in Raleigh, where Lydia previously worked. Also, Lydia enjoys seeing familiar and new faces.
"Everyone I have met since being here has been really sincere and helpful," said Lydia.
In Lydia's free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Sean, and their German shepherd, Bella. Also, she enjoys helping out with her church community and loves going to auctions on the weekends with her mom. In addition to continuing her education, Lydia and her sister are currently enrolled in a sewing class at CCCC.
"I also enjoy researching family genealogy, gardening, singing, and anything that allows me to be creative," says Lydia.
News From the CCCC Family
Jan Rider (Director/Business Services) is recuperating at home following recent surgery. You may remember Jan with a card at 3218 Royal Pines Drive, Sanford, NC 27330.
"We would like to express our gratitude and thanks for the beautiful flowers, cards and well wishes that were sent by the college family during the recent birth of our second son. We truly appreciate being remembered during this special time in our lives by such caring co-workers. With love, -Christa, Tommy, Ayden and Carter Mashburn"
Birthdays
| 2/28 | Deborah Arnold |
| 2/29 | William Jones |
| 2/29 | David Malenick |
| 3/01 | Edward Mercer |
| 3/01 | Brenda Keller |
| 3/02 | Sue Boyd |
| 3/03 | Mariel Conlon |
| 3/03 | Uriah Hallman |
| 3/03 | Ronnie Measamer |
| 3/03 | Cristian Wood |
| 3/05 | Michael Morrison |
| 3/07 | Sandra Cain |
| 3/07 | Renee Nance |
| 3/08 | Paul Porterfield |
| 3/08 | Angela Glover |
| 3/09 | Begona Buxens |
| 3/14 | Douglas Smith |
| 3/15 | Jamie Tyson |
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Dates to Remember
Mar. 2 - Administrative Staff Meeting
Mar. 8 - Daylight Savings Time begins
Mar. 10-13 - Midterm Spring Break
Mar. 26 - CCCC AEOP Meeting
Apr. 10-13 - Easter Holiday
CCCC-BAY
Things For Sale, For Adoption or for Free
For Sale: Maytag Washer (top load) and Dryer (front load) set. Excellent condition! $300.00 or best offer. Contact Teresa Cameron at (919) 718-7235 or (919) 753-3886.
Pittsboro Friends of the Library's Spring Book Sale: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 26 - 28, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day at the Pittsboro Kiwanis Building, 309 Credle Street. Thousands of books will be available. Most hard cover books are $3. Paperbacks range from 50 cents to $2. Some books are specially priced, including children's books and collectibles. Come Thursday for the best selection and on Friday for half-priced books. On Saturday get a large grocery bag full for just $3. Proceeds will go toward the new Chatham Community Library.
Worth Thinking About: Have you considered adopting a pet from an animal rescue? A good rescue provides you with a pet that has been vaccinated, treated for any medical problems and "fixed". The rescue or foster home can tell you all about the pet's nature, general likes and dislikes, habits and also any challenges. Check out www.petfinder.com to find a pet in your area. Not ready to adopt? Consider fostering! Contact your local rescue about foster opportunities. - Judy Herndon, CCCC, Pittsboro Campus.
COUGAR BITE-BACKS
Compliments, Complaints, Comments
Have something you would like to get off your chest? Send your letters and your news to marketing@cccc.edu. The editors reserve the right to select what will be printed and to edit material to fit the space available.