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September 12, 2005
State of the College address is planned
Dr. Weber will present the State of the College address two times on
Tuesday, Sept. 13.
The presentations will be 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. and 4 to 4:45 p.m. Both
presentations will be in the Workforce Development Center Conference Hall.
Attendance is not mandatory, but all employees are invited to attend. It is
hoped that offering the presentation twice will maximize the number of staff
and administrators able to attend. Those who plan to attend are asked to
check with their supervisors to be sure there will be adequate coverage in each
area.
Supervisors should make arrangements so that staff members interested in
attending the State of the College address can do so.
IN THIS ISSUE
Groundbreaking is today
Breaking news from the LRC
On Friday, celebrate the
Constitution
Annual college fair is
approaching
Recognition dinner planned for
November
Illinois Poet Laureate coming
KCC offers enrollment to those
who relocated due to hurricane
New professor joins nursing
faculty
Workforce Services supports
hurricane victims
Diversity
Groundbreaking is today
The groundbreaking ceremony for KCC's Arts and Sciences building is today, Sept. 12.
Event details
Time: 3 to 5 p.m.
Location: Iroquois Room and outdoors at the building site.
Extra info: Remarks will be at 3:30 p.m. After the remarks, there will be photos outside at the location
where the building will be constructed.
Who should attend: All employees are invited.
Breaking news from the LRC
The Learning Resource Center invites everyone to check out the America's Newspaper database in the
Electronic Resources area of the LRC's web page.
On Aug. 31, a new search engine went “live” for the America's Newspaper databases.
“It's a great way to find articles in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, regional Illinois newspapers
and the New York Times,” said LRC employee Barbara Loudy. “This new search engine will provide many
immediate benefits to the user.
“Patrons will immediately notice that searches are faster and the results are unlimited. For example, there
is now an option to view results according to publication date. An additional popular feature of the search
engine is smart stemming, which automatically includes the plural forms of words in searches. This increases
the patrons' odds of locating the articles they are looking for. In addition you will find better relevance
rankings, which means the database will do a great job of putting the 'best matches first.'”
The America's Newspaper database is found by going to www.kcc.edu, then choose Library from the quick links. On the
LRC's main page, choose Electronic Resources, then choose America's Newspapers: Illinois on Newsbank.
For the direct link, click here.
On Friday, celebrate the Constitution
On Friday, Sept.16 at 11:30 a.m., KCC will hold a free public celebration of the 218th anniversary of the ratification of the
U.S. Constitution.
The federal government has asked educational institutions to commemorate this moment in U.S. history.
“We are planning an event that will be educational but at the same time inspiring and entertaining,” said Cheryl Overton, the
KCC political science instructor heading up the event.
At the celebration, constitution-related historical speeches will be presented by Kankakee County Clerk Bruce Clark and KCC
faculty members Steve DePasquale and Willie Dixon. Both DePasquale and Dixon teach in the history department. Other
performers will include vocalist Robert Ellington-Snipes, pianist Cathy Burke and the “in His steps” dance troupe.
The event will conclude with the video broadcast of Gen. Tommy Franks presenting the preamble of the constitution.
In conjunction with this celebration, people will be able to register to vote at KCC from Wednesday, Sept. 14 through Friday,
Sept. 16.
For more information, contact Cheryl at (815) 932-8367 or e-mail [email protected].
Annual college fair is approaching
KCC will be hosting a transfer College Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19 in the first
floor concourse atrium area.
More than 30 public and private colleges and universities will be represented at the event,
sponsored by KCC's Transfer Center.
Illinois pubic universities expected to attend are:
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston; Governors State University, University Park; Illinois State
University, Normal; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb; University of Illinois at Springfield; University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois at Chicago; and Western Illinois University, Macomb.
Illinois private colleges and universities expected to attend are:
Augustana College, Rock Island; Bradley University, Peoria; DePaul University, Chicago; Lewis
University, Romeoville; Millikin University, Decatur; Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais; Robert
Morris College, Orland Park; Roosevelt University, Chicago; and St. Xavier University, Chicago.
Out-of-state private universities expected to attend are:
Purdue University Calumet of Hammond, Ind. and Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.
For more information about the College Fair, phone Julie Anderson-Muniz at Ext. 8114 or e-mail [email protected].
Recognition dinner planned for November
The 2005 Recognition Dinner is being planned for Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Hilton Garden Inn in
Kankakee.
Invitations will be sent for the event the first part of October.
Those full-time employees who mark their fifth, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th service anniversary at
KCC in 2005 will be honored. They are:
30 years - John Haley, Alice Harms and Bruce Philips.
25 years - Pam Adams, Dennis Clark, Lou Mansfield, Shirley Griffith, Bob Laird, Carol Webber and
Les Weedon.
20 years - Elena Acevedo, Barb Arseneau, Susan LaMore, Dot Bendix, Margaret Cooper, Linda
Moore, Don Frye, Sheila Jepsen, Mae Watson and Pam Yates.
15 years - Linda Brummel, Jill Christy, Edda Prats, Ken Crite, Debbie Emling, Lee Schrock, Bob
LeMaire, Kevin O'Neill and James Wanner.
10 years - Cyndy Clapp, Delithia Love, Regina Walter, Sue Memenga and Julia Walsh.
Five years -John Babich, Paul Carlson, Jean Janssen, Kelly Lewis, Kim Mau, Donna Smith, Penelope Stickney, Helen
Streicher, Nancy Shelley, Delphine Gordon, Carol Hubert, Gary Sien, Kim Harpin, Linda Scanlon and Allen Weaver.
Illinois Poet Laureate coming
Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein will participate in a poetry reading and discussion on Thursday,
Sept. 29 at KCC.
The free event will be from 1 to 2:15 p.m. in the auditorium. The public is invited. Stein was named
Illinois Poet Laureate in December 2003. He is one of only four poet laureates in the state's history.
The previous Illinois Poet Laureates are Gwendolyn Brooks, Carl Sandburg and Howard Austin.
Stein is the author of six poetry collections, three scholarly books, numerous poems and essays.
American Ghost Roses (April 2005) is his newest collection of poetry. He also has published Chance
Ransom (2000) and Bruised Paradise (1996) through the University of Illinois Press Poetry Series.
Prestigious journals and anthologies such as American Poetry Review, Boulevard, Colorado Review,
The Kenyon Review, Poetry, Southern Review, and TriQuarterly also have published his works. Stein's
awards include three Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards, the Frederick Bock Prize, the 1998 Indiana
Review Poetry Prize and the Devins Award for Poetry.
Stein serves as professor and creative writing program director at Bradley University in Peoria.
For more information about the poetry reading on Sept. 29, contact Pat Posing at Ext. 8112 or
e-mail [email protected].
KCC offers enrollment to those who relocated due to hurricane
College students who have relocated to this area due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina are being
offered an open invitation to enroll at KCC.
“KCC will assist those who have had their education interrupted by this devastating hurricane,” said
Jerry Weber. “We sympathize with the plight of students whose colleges or universities closed due to
the storm disaster. Whenever possible, we will ensure that students relocating to this area are able to
continue their studies.”
College advisers will enroll students and then assist them in securing federal financial aid and other
resources while they attend classes. Although the fall semester has begun, the displaced students
from the Gulf region can still enroll if they were taking equivalent classes. Students also can choose to enroll in KCC's late
starting classes, consisting of more than 40 courses which begin later this month and early October, or they can prepare to
enroll for the Spring 2006 semester.
Students who would like more information about this enrollment option can phone the Student Services Department at 8028500.
New professor joins nursing faculty
Tammy Ryan is a new assistant professor in the Nursing department.
Prior to KCC, Tammy worked as a nurse in the telemetry area at Riverside Medical Center. At KCC,
she will be directing students in nursing clinicals.
Tammy is a graduate of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind. with a bachelor's degree in nursing.
She also has a master's degree from Purdue University Calumet in nursing with a nurse practitioner
focus.
Tammy's office is in Room V108 and her phone number is ext. 8814.
Workforce Services supports hurricane victims
KCC's Workforce Services staff sponsored a luncheon at the Kankakee Illinois Employment and training Center on Sept. 7
to aid with the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims.
Staff prepared lunch and accepted donations from KCC and Illinois Department of Employment Security staff. As a result,
$100 has been collected and it will be brought to the Salvation Army.
Diversity
This week's diversity article will focus on holidays celebrated in September around the world.
2
Democracy Day of Tibet (1960)
5
Navajo Nation Fair (Arizona)
11 Ethopian New Year
13 Green Bean Ceremony (Oklahoma)
15 Old People's Day (Japan)
16 Oktoberfest, through Oct. 1 (Munich)
21 Freedom Day (Malta, 1964)
23 Lewis and Clark Day (United States)
25 Army Day (Mozambique)
28 Confucius' Birthday
30 Ancestors' Day (Cambodia)
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