| December
2008 News |
| An
apple a day keeps the
doctor away
- Health
Fair story |
| Congratulations
to Nelda Reid
on her retirement .
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 Ron
Poor Scholarship awarded -
Daniel Keener of Sylva and
Jesse Taylor of Franklin have
been awarded this year’s
Ronald W. Poor scholarship
for electronics engineering
technology majors at Southwestern
Community College. . »
full
story |
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| November
2008 News |
 PTK
Induction Ceremony held
- A fall ceremony inducting
new members into the Southwestern
Community College Alpha Eta
Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa
honor society was held Tuesday
evening, Nov. 25, in the Bradford
Conference Room on the Jackson
Campus. . » full
story |
New
Safe Driving Education Program
- Have you received a minor
 traffic
citation or ticket recently?
If you have, but don’t
want your insurance rates
to go up, you may be eligible
to complete a four-hour defensive
driving course. By completing
the course drivers could save
money on their insurance,
keep points off their license
and sharpen their driving
skills. . » more
info |
 Three
Harrah’s Cherokee Employees
Receive GEDs - In
a new initiative, three Harrah’s
Cherokee Casino and Hotel
employees were recognized
for their completion of the
General Education Development
program from SCC. . . »
full
story |
| See
photos from Cultural
Heritage Day at SCC
Cherokee Center |
Forensic Surveying
- As soon as Southwestern
Community College students
dug up the first bone at the
simulated crime scene, these
students, using surveying
tools and techniques, plotted
how deep the bone was buried.
. . » full
story |
| The SCC Chorale
will present its Christmas
Concert titled A
Christmas Fantasy
on Tuesday evening, Dec. 9,
at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby
of Balsam Center on the SCC
Jackson Campus. . »
details |
| Health
Fair - Dec 4, 2008 -
Information booths, free blood
glucose checks. Refreshments
& door prizes . . »
more
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| New
spring options - 4 day week
- Change comes to
SCC this January when the
college implements a four-day
class option that officials
predict will greatly benefit
students. Starting with spring
semester on Jan. 7, many classes
will run on a Monday/Wednesday
or Tuesday/Thursday schedule,
rather than the traditional
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
or Monday through Friday schedule.
. . » full
story |
| Two
Office Administration programs
added - SCC has added
two programs of study- office
administration- legal concentration
and medical office administration.
. . » full
story |
| Culinary
Creatures @ College Conference
- During College Conference
2008 Nov. 6 on SCC’s
Jackson Campus, high school
students in Southwestern’s
College Access programs visited
different sessions to learn
about the varied programs
available. . . » more |
 On
the stick(ball) with Jerry
Wolfe - Cherokee
storyteller Jerry Wolfe, center,
demonstrated stickball equipment
used in the oldest sport in
America during a performance
Nov. 7 . . » read
more |
Veterans Day 2008
- Veterans from all branches
of the service were recognized
and honored during Veterans
Day 2008 at Southwestern Community
College Tuesday, Nov. 11.
. . » full
story |
| Cultural
Heritage Day observed
at SCC Cherokee Center - Nov
14 . . » details |
 Leatherman
Honored at SCC Trustees Dinner
- Charlie Leatherman, outgoing
chairman of the Macon County
Board of Commissioners, was
honored at the quarterly Southwestern
Community College Board of
Trustees dinner on Tuesday,
Oct. 28, at the Groves Center
on SCC’s Macon Campus.
. . » full
story |
| October
2008 News |
 Repurposing
2-liter plastic bottles -
Creative Juices competition
- SCC students turned trash
into cash in a new competition
designed to tap their imagination,
innovation and collaboration.
The Envirotech team of Michele
Coker of Sylva, Katie and
Eric Sheasby and Matthew Cross,
all of Cullowhee, repurposed
2-liter plastic bottles into
a plant nursery to win first
place in SCC's local competition.
. » full
story |
 Groves
gets state's highest honor
- Southwestern Community
College President Cecil Groves
joins the ranks of Michael
Jordan, Charles Kuralt, the
Rev. Billy Graham, Maya Angelou,
William Friday and Bob Timberlake.
Groves was presented the Order
of the Long Leaf Pine, the
highest civilian honor granted
in North Carolina. . »
full
story |
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» See Halloween
Bash photos |
| SCC
Car & Bike Show photos
- As part of SCC's
Car and Bike Show Sat, Oct.
25, Rudy Beharrysingh of Sylva,
demonstrated the hydrogen
supplement generator he installed
in his 1991 Volvo. A “green”
proponent, Beharrysingh, said
the device can increase gas
mileage from 10-40%, as well
as clean emissions. . . »
full
story & photos |
Cost-free, cram-free GED
- If you work during the day,
no problem. You can take classes
at night. Or, if you work
at night, still no problem.
You can take classes during
the day. SCC offers both day
and evening GED classes at
its locations in Jackson,
Macon and Swain County and
the Qualla Boundary. . . »
full
story |
| SCC
students on MAHEC panel
- Students discussed making
health career choices to a
crowd of high school students,
educators and parents and
community leaders. . . »
details
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| Mountain
Shapes and Colors Craft Art
Show & Sale -
Artists and craftsmen throughout
the region will display and
sell their handiwork Saturday,
Nov. 8, at Southwestern Community
College’s Swain Center.
. . » details |
Radiography students begin
clinicals - First-year
students in the radiography
program at SCC recently began
their clinical rotations at
area hospitals .
. » full
story |
| New
Century Scholars inducted
- New Century Scholars from
Jackson, Macon and Swain counties
were recently inducted during
a ceremony on SCC’s
Jackson Campus. » full
story |
 SECU
Scholarships - Edward
Lee Dills from Bryson City
and Stephanie Maney from Cherokee
were each awarded $5,000 State
Employees Credit Union scholarships
to attend SCC. » full
story |
 Honors
College - Southwestern
Community College announces
an exciting new honors program.
The honors program is designed
to enrich and expand the expectations
of the traditional college
course. » full
story |
| SCC has announced
the President’s
and Dean's lists
for Summer 2008. » see
list |
 Three
generations in one cosmetology
class - Although
Connie Gregory has been teaching
long enough to now have children
of her former students in
her cosmetology classroom
at SCC, she encountered a
surprising situation this
semester. In her class she
has a grandmother, daughter
and granddaughter all taking
cosmetology at the same time.
» full
story |
| Tree
planting honoring Doug Ward
- » see
photos |
| Halloween
Bash - Wed, Oct 29
- 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Prize
Money Contests ! » details
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| Using
generational approach at OICA
- Melissa Maney, an accomplished
Cherokee artist and potter,
expands her knowledge of the
Eastern Band’s heritage
by learning woodcarving taught
at the Oconaluftee Institute
for Cultural Arts by noted
carver Pete Long. »
full
story |
| Get
published. Submit
your poetry, short story or
visual art to be published
in SCC Milestone, a publication
showcasing local writers’
and artists’ talents.
Prizes will be awarded in
three categories: poetry,
short story and visual art,
including photography. Dec
1 deadline. » more
info |
Ride your art - Advertising
and graphic design students
in Bob Keelings's airbrush/pin
striping class at SCC learn
the fine line of pin striping
»
full
story |
| September
2008 |
| Scholarship
winners announced
. . » full
story |
| Constitution
& Citizenship Day held
- Voter registration was part
of SCC’s observance
of Constitution and Citizenship
Day . . » full
story (pictured right:
Caleb Mayfield) |
11th
Hour film - Sponsored
by Southwestern’s Green
Team, the film will be shown
two different times on Wed,
Sept 24. The purpose of the
film is not only to raise
awareness but to spark action.
Ways are shown how each of
us can help create change-
and hope- for our planet.
. » details
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| Gaining
upperhand in fingerprinting
- Students in Mike Burnette’s
friction ridge analysis class
at SCC just gained the upper
hand in learning how to acquire
digital fingerprints. . .
» full
story |
| Need
a massage? Students
in Ken Wheeler’s massage
therapy class at SCC will
practice their skills on the
general public Tuesdays from
12:30 to 4:30 p.m. and Thursdays
from 12:30 to 9 p.m. on the
Jackson Campus. To schedule
an appointment, call Wheeler
at 339-4216. . .
» more
info |
Sonic GEARs UP -
Sonic gears up to support
SCC’s GEAR UP program
by providing $21,500 worth
of incentive cards. The cards
will be distributed as rewards
to GEAR UP students in Macon,
Jackson and Swain counties,
and the Qualla Boundary .
. » full
story |
| College
Fair - Mon, Oct 6
- Between 60 and 75 admissions
representatives from colleges
and universities will be on
hand to answer questions about
their respective schools.
|
 Holt
Library Dedication held,
Fri, Sept 5. Southwestern’s
library was named for Paul
Holt, one of the college’s
founding fathers and long-time
board of trustee. . . »
story
& photos |
| Welcome
Back Event held September
4, 2008 . . . » see
photos |
| Constitution
& Citizenship Day
- Sept 17, 2008 - "The
life and presidency of Theodore
Roosevelt" presentation
by Duane Wesolick . . . »
more
info |
| SCC
graduates new law enforcement
class . . »
full
story |
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| August
2008 News |
| Record
enrollment for SCC
- For the first time that
college officials can remember,
the enrollment percentage
increase at Southwestern Community
College jumped into the double
digits. . » full
story |
New
competition wants college
students to get their creative
juices flowing -
Regional college students
can turn a piece of trash
into cash in a new competition
designed to tap their imagination,
innovation and collaboration.
. » full
story |
| 2008
Fall Foursome Golf Tournament
set for Oct 1 at Highlands
Cove - . » more
info |
| Join
SCC's Chorale - If
you like to sing and ever
wanted to be in a chorus or
show choir, now is your chance.
The Southwestern Community
College Chorale is accepting
new members. . . » more
info |
| Wowing
them at CSI West
- Inputting data from their
lab experiments at Southwestern
Community College’s
CSI: West Summer Science Day
Camp, from left, Molly Nardello,
a Smoky Mountain High School
student, and Hannah Collins
and Emily Odiear, both SMHS
graduates, note that 99 percent
of everyone’s DNA is
the same; only one percent
makes an individual unique.
. . » full
story |
SCC
library named for Paul Holt
- Southwestern Community
College Library
will be named for one of the
founding fathers who helped
establish the college and
secure funding for its first
building. Paul Holt will be
honored during an 11 a.m.
dedication ceremony Friday,
Sept. 5, at the campus library.
This is the first time a building
on the Jackson Campus has
been named for an individual.
. . » full
story |
Service
Awards - Following
a welcome back to campus Tuesday,
Aug. 12, by SCC President
Cecil Groves, the following
personnel were recognized
for their years of state service.
. . » see
photos |
SCC Faculty & Staff Bowling
Tournament photos
- 1st Place for the
3rd year . . Lord of the Pins:
Bob Keeling, Kurt Berger,
Randy McCall, and Scott Baker |
 SCC
Practical Nurses pinned
- The SCC Practical Nurse
Class of 2008 received their
pins during a 5:30 p.m. ceremony
Wednesday, July 30 . . »
full
story |
Hybrid
- that’s all the buzz
at SCC as fall
registration happens Friday,
Aug. 15. In a hybrid course
students come to campus
at designated times but
a majority of the class
work is completed online.
» full
story |
| Simpson
Reappointed to SCC's Board
of Trustees - Robert
L. (Bob) Simpson of Franklin
was recently reappointed by
the Macon County Board of
Commissioners to serve a four-year
term on the Southwestern Community
College Board of Trustees.
» full
story |
 Nurses
pinned - During the
Region A Nursing Consortium
pinning ceremony Aug. 1 on
the Jackson Campus, graduating
nurses from SCC joined those
from Haywood CC and Tri-County
CC in receiving their pins.
» full
story |
| Lt.
Ellith McFalls Scholarship
awarded - Curtis
Dowdle, SCC director of public
safety training, and Sonja
Haynes, SCC foundation director,
present Patricia McMahan,
an SCC criminal justice major
from Franklin, with the Lt.
Ellith McFalls Basic Law Enforcement
Training Scholarship. »
full
story |
| Trustees
Burrell and Holt sworn in
- At the SCC Board of Trustees
meeting July 29, Jackson County
Clerk of Court Ann Melton,
swore in Conrad Burrell, left,
and Paul Holt, center, both
reappointed to serve a four-year
term on the board. »
full
story |
| SCC
Helps Job-seekers Build Résumé’s
with Adobe Certifications
- Job-seekers
looking for a way to prove
their computer skills have
a new option. The SCC Testing
Center will provide members
of the WNC community with
a chance to certify their
knowledge using the popular
web development programs Photoshop,
Dreamweaver, and Flash. »
full
story |
| SCC's
Fall Tax Course -
SCC will offer a basic income
tax course this fall at the
Macon Annex. The course will
teach students to prepare
their own returns and to seek
employment opportunities with
tax and accounting firms offering
income tax preparation services.
» details |
| SCC will host
Real Estate Career
Nights at both the
Jackson and Macon Campuses
Aug 11 & 12. » more
info |
| Summer
Commencement held
Thursday, July 31, 2008. »
grad
stories and photos |
| July
2008 News |
| Transfer
process made easier
- Community college graduates
will soon have an easier path
to many private colleges and
universities. Community College
System President Scott Ralls
and Independent Colleges and
Universities President Hope
Williams signed an articulation
agreement July 15 to help
students successfully transfer
to 24 specific private colleges
and universities in the state.
» full
story |
| Professional
Development Day 08 -
Tues, Aug 12 - Welcome Back
and State of the College Address
by Dr. Groves »
agenda
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| Slide
rules! - Cheyenne
Mathis splashes into algebra
class during SCC’s Upward
Bound summer program. Upward
Bound helps students transition
to college and provides them
support throughout the school
year. . » full
story |
| SCC
ranked exceptional!
- Exceptional. That’s
the score Southwestern Community
College earned by meeting
all performance measures established
by the North Carolina Community
College System. Southwestern
was one of only seven of the
state’s 58 community
colleges who met the challenge
of new, improved and much
tougher thresholds to achieve
Exceptional Designation. .
. » full
story |
| CNA's
average 91% - Certified
Nursing Assistants completed
their CNA I clinicals and
program June 27. CNAs work
under the direction of a licensed
person, performing basic nursing
techniques on patients who
are ill or have chronic health
problems. . . » full
story |
| Adam
Guffey - first to complete
business administration degree
online. While a lot
of people are taking online
courses now to save on gas
money, Guffey, a Haywood Builders
employee, started the program
two years ago for personal
enrichment. . . read
more |
| Holt
Reappointed to SCC's Board
of Trustees - Sylva
attorney Paul Holt was recently
reappointed to serve a four-year
term on the Southwestern Community
College Board of Trustees.
. » full
story |
| Thank
goodness for friends
like Mary Heim, Jordan Stevens
said. Heim,
who landed a job at the Franklin
Press as a result of Southwestern
Community College’s
Job Fair, recommended Stevens
for a similar position when
the newspaper had another
opening. Both Jackson County
May graduates of SCC’s
advertising and graphic arts
program are now working as
newspaper graphic artists.
» full
story |
