| June
2008 News |
| Giving
workers the competitive edge
- SCC
can give job applicants the
competitive edge in getting
the job they want. As
part of an initiative to train
and certify the state's workforce,
SCC now provides job applicants
the opportunity to earn a
North Carolina Career Readiness
Certificate. » full
story |
Culinary classes: Southern
cuisine to oriental flavors
- Chef Michael Fahey, executive
chef of the Cedar Creek Racquet
Club, will conduct a series
of culinary classes at SCC's
Cashiers Center starting July
14. » more
info |
| New
CIT classes at Macon Campus
- If you wanted to take Computer
Information Technology classes
but couldn’t make the
day classes, SCC’s Macon
Campus has a new option. Starting
fall semester, the program
will be offered in the evening,
via ITV, on the weekend and
online. » more
info |
| SCC
has announced the President’s
and Dean's lists for Spring
2008. To earn the
honor of President’s
List students must achieve
and maintain a 3.85 Grade
Point Average. Students with
a GPA between 3.50 and 3.84
earn the honor of the Dean's
List. » more |
| SCC's Center
for Business and Industry
will offer a Six Sigma
Green Belt Certification course
this summer at the Swain Center.
Class dates for the six-day
course are July 7-9 and Aug.
4-6. » details |
 Connecting
humans and animals in healing:
Jenny James, SCC library staff,
will be a featured presenter
at the Animals: Our Allies
in Health Conference Aug.
14-15 at the Mountain Area
Health Education Center in
Asheville. » full
story |
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Trooper David Shawn Blanton,
Jr., 24, who died
Tuesday, June 17, in the line
of duty, received in-service
law enforcement training at
Southwestern Community College.
» more |
Tanner supports education-
and student - As
part of their support of education,
Tanner Companies participated
in the Fashion Show at SCC’s
Macon Campus but it was really
one student who extended their
support. » full
story |
 Capturing
patterns and beauty
- Photography by Franklin
artist Tom Guertin is on display
through the beginning of August
at Southwestern Community
College’s Balsam Center
Art Gallery on the Jackson
Campus. » more |
 Swain
GEAR UP scholarship winner
- GEAR UP director Del Ruff
award’s this year’s
scholarship to graduating
senior Virginia Lea Fuller.
Students selected for a Swain
County GEAR UP Scholarship
are awarded funds to cover
the cost of tuition and fees
at SCC for the fall semester
immediately following graduation
from high school. »
full
story |
New Macon programs for fall
- SCC’s first year in
the new Cecil L. Groves Center
at the Macon Campus was so
successful that expansions
are already necessary. »
full
story |
Local student wins international
award - SCC dual
enrolled student Martha Hall
of Sylva won a third-place
bronze medal at the International
Sustainable World Science
Fair in Houston, Texas for
her "green" pumping/upflow
water filter. » full
story |
 PTA
pinning ceremony held
- The SCC physical therapist
assistant class of 2008 received
their pins during an evening
ceremony last month on the
Jackson Campus. » details |
SCC grad skips lunch, lands
job - Her friends
were off to lunch, urging
her to join them but Mary
Heim opted for Southwestern
Community College’s
Job Fair instead. »
read
story |
Outdoor Leadership rocks
- Started
over eight years ago, the
outdoor leadership program
has grown into one of the
country’s best kept
secrets. » full
story |
| Job
Shadow Day - Michelle
Brown, a SCC GEAR UP student
at Scotts Creek School, job
shadowed at Fairview Elementary
School during Job Shadow Day
in May. The seventh grader
got an up-close look at what
being a teacher involves.
» full
story |
| |
| May
2008 News |
| GEAR
UP Summer Academy for 5th,
6th & 7th graders - Learn
how to build bottle rockets,
tour Linville Caverns, take
field trips to the nature
center and experience classes
on solar energy, wild plants,
the environment and gardening,
painting, sculpting and looking
at the sky and stars. »
more
info |
 Sylva
student graduates high school,
college at the same time;
travels to Guatemala - Cori
Atten of Sylva received her
associate in arts degree-college
transfer from SCC at the same
time she graduated high school
from the Hub alternative school.
As a high school student in
SCC’s dual enrollment
program, her college tuition
was free. Atten, who is interested
in Spanish, is now “adventuring”
in Guatemala and immersing
herself in the language. »
full
story |
| Ceramics
course in handbuilding
- SCC's Heritage Arts Institute
will offer a new ceramics
course in handbuilding this
summer. In addition to the
basics of handbuilding which
includes pinch pots, coils,
slabs, and extrusions, students
will learn to build on these
techniques in the creation
of sculptures. » more
info |
| Photography
Workshops: A variety
of photography courses designed
to fit the needs of the amateur
and professional alike is
being offered through SCC's
Heritage Arts Institute this
summer. » details |
|
MOTORCYCLES: Safety
or Economy? With
the increasing cost of fuel,
many people are looking at
different means for transportation.
Motorcycles offer a cost effective
means to lower fuel consumption
while saving money. . . »
full
story |
| Meet
23 people you can depend on
in an emergency -
SCC public safety director
Curtis Dowdle and EMS Program
Coordinator Todd Doster knew
you could depend on their
recent Emergency Medical Technology
graduates and now the state
recognizes them, too. Every
one of the 23 students passed
their state exam. . »
full
story |
 Laptop
donated by Drake
- SCC student John Martin
won a new laptop computer
donated by Drake Enterprises
of Franklin. Martin’s
name was drawn from a pool
of students attending SCC’s
career-building seminars.
. . » full
story |
| Nurses
pinned - Graduating
nurses in the Region A Nursing
Consortium were pinned during
an evening ceremony . . »
full
story |
| HVAC
program receives equipment
donation - Andrews
Auld Heating & Cooling,
along with the Charlotte district
office of Lennox International,
donated state-of-the-art high
efficiency heating and cooling
equipment . . . » full
story |
| HIT
Pinning Ceremony
- Graduates in SCC's health
information technology program
received their pins during
a ceremony on the Jackson
Campus May 5. » full
story |
| See
Spring 08 Commencement
Photos |
 Commencement
story: Graduating high school,
college at same time
- “When I tell my friends
that I am graduating from
high school and college at
the same time, they say, ‘Doesn’t
get much better than that.’”
said Stefani Ries. »
full
story |
. . » see
photos |
| EMS
students receive pins
- During a ceremony Friday
evening, May 2, 2008 on the
Jackson Campus SCC emergency
medical science students received
their pins. . » full
story |
| Respiratory
Therapy Pinning -
SCC students in the respiratory
therapy class of 2008 were
pinned during a ceremony Thursday,
May 1, . . . » more |
| April
2008 News |
| Radiography
Class of 2008 pinned
- Members of the SCC Radiography
Class of 2008 were pinned
during an evening ceremony
Tuesday, April 29, . . »
more
|
| National
Technical Honor Society Induction
Ceremony held - During
a spring induction ceremony
in Bradford Hall on the Jackson
Campus April 29, a group of
SCC students was inducted
into the NTHS. . » full
story |
At the N.C. Community College
System Academic Excellence
Awards banquet held
April 16, 2008 in Raleigh
Matt Lemmens of Franklin and
Emily Stroot of Sylva represented
Southwestern Community College.
» full
story |
PTK Induction Ceremony
held April 22 . . »
details |
 Oppermann
to attend workshop in Hawaii
- SCC Chemistry instructor
Deanne Oppermann has been
selected to participate in
a Molecular Genetics Workshop
at the University of Hawaii
at Hilo . . » full
story |
| Celebrating
National Medical Laboratory
Professionals Week - Lab Day
Event - April 24,
8:30-11:30, BC 244 - Total
Cholesterol, Triglyceride
and Glucose testing will be
offered. » more
info |
 Ducks
on the Tuck - Sunday, April
27: Fund-raiser for
Jackson County New Century
Scholars - See Sharon Grasty
and purchase your Quack Pack
today. Sharon has tickets
for the 8th annual Ducks on
the Tuck fund-raiser that
benefits our Jackson County
New Century Scholars. Tickets
are $5 each or $25 for a Quack
Pack (buy 5 tickets, get 6th
free). . » more
info |
 Proposed
new two-lane road from N.C.
107 to N.C. 116 to SCC
- “Southwestern Community
College requested this connector
road,” Stanley said.
“The Department of Transportation
saw the benefit to not only
the college but the motoring
public as well. The completion
of this connector road will
have many benefits.”.
. . » full
story |
 Students
honored for outstanding academic
performance - Sylva Mayor
Brenda Oliver, guest speaker
at SCC’s Academic Awards
ceremony Mon, Apr 14, began
her address by congratulating
SCC on being ranked the number
four community college in
the nation. . . . »
more |
Motheread/Fatheread
- Participants gathered April
9 at SCC’s Jackson Campus
for the semester finale of
the Student Support Service's
Motheread/Fatheread program.
. . » full
story |
Deputy takes a hit
- Jackson County Sheriff's
Deputy Norman Smith takes
a pie in the face during SCC's
Spring Fling Thurs,
April 10, on the Jackson Campus.
. . » full
story & photos |
| @ your
libary - Join the
circle of knowledge @ your
library: celebrate National
Library Week at the
SCC Library, April 14-19.
. . » full
story |
| Tramper
out loud - Cherokee
High School senior Sara Tramper
performed at SCC. Tramper,
who was the runner up in North
Carolina’s Poetry Out
Loud Competition, met informally
with students, faculty and
staff following her performance.
. . » full
story |
| Career
Day held Thurs, April
3 for area high school students
. . »
details
|
Go,
Scholar Bowl Team
- SCC's Upward Bound team
placed second in the Scholar
Bowl State Competition held
recently on the campus of
North Carolina Central University.
. . »
full
story |
| The SCC Wellness
Committee is sponsoring a
presentation on Organic
Foods and Genetically Modified
Organisms (GMOs)
- on Thurs, Apr 17 from 12
noon to 2 p.m. in the Conference
Room, Bradford Hall, Jackson
Campus. . . »
more
|
| Spring
Fling 08 - Thurs,
April 10 . . »
details
|
| March
2008 News |
Ellison donates print
- Artist Elizabeth Ellison
donated her original Bucket
of Flowers watercolor painting
to the Southwestern Community
College Foundation. Tickets
to be eligible for the drawing
are $5 . . »
more
|
 Ralls
at SCC - Scott Ralls,
incoming president of the
N.C. Community College System,
met with Southwestern Community
College president Cecil Groves,
Friday, March 28, on a visit
to the number four community
college in the nation. »
full
story |
| SCC
helps with 5-star rating -
CVP recommended for state's
five-star rating: Cashiers
now has two top tier preschools:
Frank Ralston, CVP's director
and lead teacher for the four-year-old
class, immediately went to
work to improve CVP's education
component in his quest to
obtain a Five Star license
rating for the preschool.
He enrolled in early
childhood education courses
at both Southwestern Community
College in Sylva and
Blue Ridge Community College
in Brevard. »
read
full story from Cashiers Crossroads
Chronicle |
| Getting
What You Want - The
Small Business Center at Southwestern
Community College will present
The Triangle of Success:
Getting the opportunities
you want on Friday,
April 4, 2008. »
details
|
 Want
to learn about the civil
engineering technology and
surveying technology
programs at Southwestern Community
College and see their modern
lab and latest equipment?
An open house for the programs
will be held Monday,
April 7, from 2-4 p.m. in
the Summit Building on the
Jackson Campus. »
details
|
| Interested
in a Career in the Health
Professions: Then
you can't afford to miss this
important event. Participants
will gain the competitive
edge necessary to improve
their chances for admission
into the Health Sciences program
of choice. April 8
- 4:00 p.m. »
details
|
| SCC
Car & Bike Show
to be held April 5 from 10:00
a.m. - 3:00 p.m. on the Jackson
Campus. »
more
info |
 Job
Fair held March 13
- “Try this one for
size,” said Sgt. Luke
Bigelow, left, of the Asheville
Police Department as he fits
Southwestern Community College
student Brittany Ensley, center,
of Cherokee with a police
cap. Ensley stopped by the
police department’s
booth Thursday, March 13,
during the college’s
Job Fair . . »
full
story and photos |
| Proposed
enterprise center would foster
economic growth -
By Colin McCandless, Reporter
(Franklin Press) Macon County
commissioners approved the
concept of a business development
center in Franklin during
their March 10 meeting. The
proposal represents a collaborative
effort among Southwestern
Community College, Advantage
West and Duke Energy. »
read
story in Franklin Press |
 New
degree - new machine - new
accreditation - SCC’s
medical sonography program
was just awarded national
accreditation, the program
was expanded to include an
associate’s degree and
they received a new 3D ultrasound
machine. “So it’s
new accreditation, new degree
and new machine all at once,”
said Klavohn. .
. » full
story |
 Library
Lends Laptops - Laptops
have recently been added for
student and community use.
The eight new laptop computers
have wireless connection to
the SCC network and Internet
and are equipped with Microsoft
Office software. Students
and the public can use the
laptop computers anywhere
within the library building.
. .
» full
story |
 Hook,
online and sinker
- Linda
Dyke, Southwestern Community
College director of concurrent
enrollment, along with her
“executive assistant”
and son, 5-year-old James
Samuel, deliver textbooks
to Annette Loftis at Smoky
Mountain Bait and Tackle.
As a community supporter of
education, the Cold Springs
convenience store serves as
the drop off and pick up point
for college textbooks used
by Nantahala high school students
dual enrolled in SCC online
college courses. . . »
full
story |
 Hire
Me - “Working
as an individual leader and
as part of a team are my strengths,”
Southwestern Community College
outdoor leadership major Matt
Cooke of Sylva, left,
tells Barb Putman,
SCC dean of arts and sciences
during a mock interview on
the Jackson Campus . . »
full
story |
| |
| February
2008 News |
SCC's Spelling Bee held Feb
28 - Words turned
into money for Southwestern
Community College students
who were the top three winners
in the college’s old-
fashioned Spelling Bee. »
full
story |
| Career
Fair to be held March 13 at
SCC - More than 60
businesses from Asheville
West have already signed up
to participate in Southwestern
Community College’s
Career and Job Fair on Thursday,
March 13. The event will be
held in the Balsam Center
of the Jackson Campus from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. » full
story |
Come
Sing With Us! Southwestern
Community College Chorale
- Do you like to sing? Have
you wanted to be in a chorus
or show choir? Come join the
new SCC Chorale! Help us establish
and build an outstanding and
energetic music program. The
Chorale will begin rehearsal
right after spring break.
Rehearsal times and days to
be determined. Membership
is open to all students, faculty
and staff. A student/faculty
accompanist(s) is also needed.
» more
info |
 Mike
Burnette's new book
- Along with his 7-year-old
daughter Hannah, SCC criminal
justice and latent evidence
department chairman Mike Burnette
examines his new book Emotional
Intelligence and the Police,
which was just released by
a German publishing company.
» full
story |
 Comparing
Forks: Career Seminar on Dining
Etiquette - Southwestern
Community College students
Whitley Moon, left, of Bryson
City and Will Tompkins of
Sylva compare which fork to
use at a dining etiquette
luncheon Tuesday, Feb. 19,
at SCC. » full
story |
 A
Tribute to Lewis Grizzard:
SCC Foundation Annual Spring
Event - A critically-acclaimed
one-man show recreating the
late Lewis Grizzard onstage
will be the featured entertainment
at 6 p.m. April 11
at SCC’s Jackson Campus.
“Lewis Grizzard: In
His Own Words” stars
actor Bill Oberst, Jr., who
has been called “a dead
ringer” for the author
and humorist who died in 1994.
» more
|
| Building
High Performance Teams
- Learn the benefits of using
proven team building techniques
in the Friday, March 7 presentation
from SCC’s Small Business
Center. Building High Performance
Teams will be presented from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Bradford
Hall 100 on Southwestern’s
Jackson Campus. The cost is
$30, which includes all course
materials and lunch, and pre-registration
is required by Friday, Feb.
29. » details |
 100%
EMT Pass Rate - SCC
public safety director Curtis
Dowdle and EMS Program Coordinator
Todd Doster knew you could
depend on their recent Emergency
Medical Technology graduates
and now the state recognizes
them, too. Every one of the
23 students passed their state
exam. “That’s
a 100 per cent pass rate-
kind of unheard of for everybody
in the class to pass –
and on their first attempt,”
said a proud Dowdle, director
of public safety training
at SCC’s Franklin complex.
» full
story |
| Tricks
of the Trade - A Workshop
for Adjunct Faculty
- This March
12, 2008 event
features a workshop given
by Thom Brooks, Debra Klavhon,
and Barbara Putman. Topics
will include the mission of
the community college, teaching
adults, assessment tools,
and active learning strategies.
Please RSVP by March
5. » details |
Spelling Bee Coming to SCC
- Feb 28
The event will be held on
Thurs, Feb 28 in the Balsam
Center Lobby. The Bee will
start shortly after 11:00
a.m. and last until we have
a winner. The Bee is open
to all currently enrolled
SCC students. Free food and
significant prizes! »
details
|
 One
Step at a Time -
When asked how he could take
six months out of his life
to hike across America, Dan
Rogers replied, "I don't
consider it as taking six
months out of my life but
adding six months to my life."
Rogers, author of "America
One Step at a Time,"
shared his journey during
a visual presentation Tuesday,
Feb. 5, at SCC. » full
story |
Locks of Love - Taylor
Medlin, 8-year-old daughter
of Robert and Melissa Medlin
of Tuckasegee, had her hair
cut for the very first time
on Monday, Feb. 4, at Southwestern
Community College's cosmetology
department. » read
more |
 Millennials
Rising: The Next Generation
- Millennial students, including
the much-touted high school
Class of 2000, respond differently
in the classroom than Baby
Boomers or Generation Xers.
» full
story |
| |
| January
2008 News |
 Job
Shadow Day - Feb 5
- Southwestern Community College
will join a nationwide kickoff
and hold a Job Shadow
Day on Tuesday,
Feb. 5. This event
follows Groundhog Day Feb.
2 when Punxsutawney Phil,
the weather-forecasting groundhog,
crawls out to look for his
shadow. The job-shadowing
event gives individuals an
up-close look at the work
world as they go through a
typical day on the job with
their mentor. » more
info |
| A 3,400
mile hike in search of America
- An event for February 5,
2008, sponsored by the Student
Life Committee, will feature
Daniel Rogers speaking about
his 3,400 mile hike in search
of America. » details |
 Verizon
answers call for mini-grant
support - Stan Pace,
vice president of public affairs,
policy and communications
for Verizon, presented Southwestern
Community College a $2,000
grant to support the college's
Fund for the Improvement of
Teaching and Learning minigrant
program. » full
story |
| SBC
ServSafe course deadline Feb.
8 - This National
Restaurant Associate-approved
course will cover all aspects
of safe food handling in a
food service environment.
» details |
| Winter
grad list - The 68
graduates in Southwestern
Community College’s
winter commencement ceremony
Dec. 14, 2007 were the first
class to have graduated from
Southwestern since it was
rated fourth in the nation
in a listing of America’s
best community colleges, according
to Washington Monthly. The
68 graduates include 35 in
career technologies, 20 in
arts and sciences and 13 in
health sciences. » see
list |
Delivering the Driver
- “I think this driver
will work really good,”
said Gary Peek, who won the
Nike Sasquatch driver at Southwestern
Community College Foundation
golf tournament at Highlands
Cove Resort. Peek won the
driver- and a GMAC service
package from Allison’s
Chevrolet Jeep dealership
in Sylva- by making a hole
in one during the tournament.
» full
story |
 Old
And New Come Together at Cherokee
Center - Online access
to learning sources across
the world just arrived on
the Cherokee Reservation next
to the old dairy farm silo
built back in the 1880s. “It’s
kind of like the new and the
old coming together,”
said Vita Nations, newly-named
coordinator of extension education
at Southwestern Community
College’s Cherokee Center,
where instructional television
was just installed. »
full
story |
| FASFA
Day at SCC - Feb 9 -
College financial aid officers
will be available at 56 locations
across North Carolina, including
Southwestern Community College’s
Jackson and Macon Campuses,
on Saturday, Feb. 9, from
9 a.m. until noon to help
high school seniors and families
complete and submit their
Free Application for Federal
Student Aid forms. The FAFSA
is required to be considered
for all federal and most state
financial aid, including scholarships
and grants, for college, according
to Suzy Gregory, SCC’s
financial aid officer. »
details |
 Sparks
Fly in SCC's Welding Program
- It may not be fireworks
but Jackie Banks starts the
new year off with sparks flying.
As classes began Monday, Jan.
7, this Southwestern Community
College welding instructor
said, “There’s
always going to be a need
for welders. Things are always
breaking and you’ve
got to fix them.” »
read
story |
 Ron
Poor Scholarship awarded
- Tim Barnett of Franklin
and John Arnst of Cashiers
have been awarded this year’s
Ronald W. Poor scholarship
for Electronics Engineering
Technology majors at SCC.
» full
story |
