Kentfield Campus
President's Monday Briefing - April 14, 2008 |
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Measure C Bond Program New Construction and Modernization Update Community Forums will be held on the following dates: Tuesday, April 22, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Indian Valley Campus, Ohlone 106 Thursday, April 24, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Kentfield Campus, Fusselman Hall, Room 110
Retiree Reception Save the date! On behalf of College of Marin, the Human Resources Department invites you to a reception honoring the following college employees who will be retiring this year: English and Humanities Professor Janet Mackintosh, Ph.D.; Instructional Specialist Vaughan Ariano; ESL Professor Robin Lavin; Academic Affairs Curriculum and Articulation Specialist Jodi Fitzgerald; Behavioral Science Professor Marc Russell; and Business and Information Systems Professor Larry Steiner. The event will take place Wednesday, May 14, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross. Please join us to celebrate and thank these individuals for enriching the college with their service and dedication. Refreshments will be served. Please contact James Kuromiya at x7331 for more information. Congratulations Yulian and Best wishes! Director of Fiscal Services Yulian Ligioso has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Administrative Services at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California. The appointment, made by Evergreen’s President, David Coon, was approved by their Board of Trustees Tuesday, April 8. Congratulations, Yulian. Thank you for your years of service and best of luck in your future endeavors! Music and Laughter for a Good Cause Enjoy an evening of music and laughter while raising money for Drama instructor Carla Zilber-Smith, who was recently diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Presented by Yoshi’s Jack London Square and Michael Zilber, this benefit will include performances by musical satirist, Roy Zimmerman, internationally renowned bassist Kai Eckhardt, the Michael Zilber-Billy Collins Project with Andy Kirshner, Kaila Flexer, The Jazzschool Composers Collective, and a special performance by Carla herself, performing music from her new CD, Extraordinary Renditions. The evening will be hosted by nationally acclaimed comedian David Allen Moss. Come support a friend and artist in need at Yoshi’s Jack London Square, Oakland on Tuesday, May 6, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 general/$15 students and seniors. For reservations and information please call (510) 238-9200 or visit YOSHIS. CSEA Equity Study Update Ewing and Associates has nearly completed drafts of revised job descriptions. The drafts are anticipated to be distributed to employees later this week. Participants in the study will have approximately a week and a half to comment on the drafts. The Advisory Committee (comprised of both CSEA and District representatives) will meet with Bill Ewing this Wednesday, April 16th. The committee will then determine comparable districts, updated timelines, and job evaluation methodology. This project is scheduled for completion mid-May 2008. If you have any questions about the process, please contact Connie Lehua in the Human Resource Office or CSEA President Karen Van Kriedt. Kudos College of Marin’s 12th Annual Latino College Awareness Day was a great success. Approximately 350 Latino high school students participated. Keynote speaker Dr. Francisco Rodriguez, President of Cosumnes River Community College, addressed the concerns of Latino students who are interested in pursuing college education and encouraged them to reach high. DJ Nica (Luis Calero), a former College of Marin student who is graduating from SF State University, also spoke at the event sharing his inspiration for others to succeed. The event was a great success thanks to faculty, media services, support staff, police officers, and the maintenance department. June Yokell and Mauricio and Cari Torres Benavides deserve particular acknowledgement for their hard work organizing this event. A special thanks to Dr. Arnulfo Cedillo for inviting Dr. Rodriguez. Food was provided by New Mecca Café. Three cheers for Reprographics! Annie Ricciuti, Jesse Harbison, Mike Klein, and Albert So deserve our thanks for their role in preparing program review documents for the WASC team visit. Printing the copies is labor intensive and requires a great deal of quality control and hands on maintenance of the machines. Kudos to ASCOM President Inna Shapiro and the ASCOM Board members including Cassandra Salisbury, Adrian Cheong, Helen Kennedy, Jessica Sutter, Mr. Todd McCleary, and Barbara Jackson from the Disabled Student’s Rights Club for their efforts in making WASC team members feel welcome on Tuesday, April 1. ASCOM funded the free breakfast and BBQ. Working together, they provided food and information making it a successful student involvement day. Music Real Vocal String Quartet The quartet, including COM faculty member Jessica Ivry, will play a brilliant and beautiful synthesis of world and roots music with jazz, classical, and pop sensibilities. Founded by an original member of the Turtle Island String Quartet, the group’s music is a stirring mix of genre-hopping originals and arrangements. Combining melodies and rhythms from Brazil, Ireland, Kenya, Mali, and the wide landscape of American musical traditions into the rich, blended voice of a virtuosic string quartet, RVSQ adds trademark vocal harmonies sung straight from the soul. Saturday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. Lefort Recital Hall (FA72) Suggested donation $10 general/$5 students, staff, seniors, and alumni COM Jazz Ensemble Douglas Delaney, Director The Jazz Ensemble joins in celebrating Jazz History Month with a program highlighting the sounds of the big bands. Beginning with Dixieland and continuing on to contemporary sounds, the band pays tribute to the great music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and others. Fabulous vocalist Beverly Freeman joins the band with a tribute to Billie Holiday. Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre, Kentfield campus Free admission Piano Repertoire Concert Jean Alexis Smith, Director The Piano Repertoire and Interpretation Class presents a full spectrum of solo piano works spanning the 18th to the 21st centuries. Different program each day. Wednesday, April 30 & Thursday, May 1, noon Fine Arts Theatre, Kentfield campus Free admission Chamber Ensemble Concert Tara Flandreau & Jessica Ivry, Directors Students will perform diverse repertoire including trios by Haydn, Beethoven, Corelli, a mixed instrument quartet by Mozart, Brahms piano quartet, and the "American" string quartet by Antonin Dvorak. Different program each evening. Friday & Saturday, May 2 & 3, 7:30 p.m. Lefort Recital Hall (FA72) Free Admission COM Community Chorus Boyd Jarrell, Director The two towering masters of the Baroque era will be featured. Bach’s Singet dem Herrn, scored for double chorus and orchestra, is a work of exceptional scope and difficulty. The Te Deum is Handel’s intense and varied musical celebration of the victory of King George II at Dettingen. Also featured will be Handel’s royal favorite Zadok the Priest. The one hundred voice chorus will be joined by full orchestra and guest soloists Erina Newkirk, Katherine McKee, Colby Roberts, and Jeffrey Fields. Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m. & Sunday, May 11, 3 p.m. Fine Arts Theater, Kentfield campus Suggested donation $15 genera/$10 students, staff, seniors, and alumni Call (415) 485-9687 for information and reservations COM Symphonic Band Douglas Delaney, Director The Symphonic Band will perform a transcription by Mark Rogers of Smetana’s “The Moldau." Also on the program are works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Milhaud. Several lighter works will round out the concert program including music by George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre, Kentfield campus Free admission College Chorus and Chamber Singers Boyd Jarrell, Director Jeffrey Paul, Accompanist "Relativity:" Music about relationships is featured in the spring concert. Family, friendship, love, and harmony provide the themes for amorous madrigals of Monteverdi to modern ballads and a few humorous twists. This will be an evening of melodies about how we relate. Come and enjoy! Thursday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. Lefort Recital Hall (FA72) Free Admission COM Symphony Orchestra Tara Flandreau, Director The orchestra performs the overture and incidental music from Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream and London Symphony No. 104 by Haydn. In addition, the program features winners of the 2008 COM Concerto competition. Soprano Helen Konowitz sings "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka by Dvorak, and flautist Dawna Stebbins performs a new work for piccolo and strings by David Loeb. Saturday, May 17, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theater, Kentfield campus Donation requested Contemporary Opera Marin Paul Smith, Director Contemporary Opera Marin presents four summer performances of fully staged, one act contemporary operas sung in English. June 21-28 (TBA) Admission $10 general / $15 students, staff, seniors and alumni Call (415) 485-9460 for updated information For additional information, contact the Music Department at (415) 485-9460. College of Marin Department of Music, providing outstanding music education to all. Art Exhibits Berkeley City College presents the group art show, Variable Orientation, a collection of multi-media works. Pieces blend traditional media such as photography and painting with the technological edge that digital software brings to the artwork. The show will be on display in the Emeritus Center, Room 146, Student Services building during the month of April. An opening reception will be held Wednesday, April 16, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. College of Marin Fine Arts Instructor, Katrina Wagner, has two ongoing exhibits. “Portraits” is a one woman show being held at the Marin Theatre Company at 397 Miller Avenue in Mill Valley. It will be open through April 19 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Katrina will also be part of a group fiber art show taking place at the Olive Hyde Gallery at 123 Washington (at Mission Blvd.) in Fremont. The “40th Annual Textile Exhibit” will be open through April 19 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. COM Athletics Results: Men's Baseball: April 1: Marin 17 Los Medanos 1 April 3: Napa 10 Marin 9 April 5: Marin 5 Napa 4 April 8: Marin 11 Solano 5 April 10: Solano 8 Marin 6 Athletics Home Schedule: Men’s Baseball vs. Laney College Saturday, April 19, 1 p.m. Athletics Away Schedule: Men’s Baseball vs. Contra Costa College Tuesday, April 15, 2:30 p.m. Men’s Baseball vs. Laney College Thursday, April 17, 2:30 p.m. Swim & Dive Tri Conference Diving Friday, April 18, 12 p.m. Track & Field Woody Wilson Invitational Saturday, April 19, 9 a.m.
Have a great week! Frances L. White, Ph.D. Superintendent/President
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