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COM Invites Applications for Open Board Seat Applications for the open seat on the Governing Board will be accepted through December 15, 2007. Longtime College of Marin Board of Trustees member Greg Brockbank is leaving his position on the College of Marin Board to take his newly elected seat on the San Rafael City Council. Interested individuals who are living within the boundaries of the College of Marin District and who are registered voters are welcome to apply for the one existing vacancy. All applications will become public records upon receipt by the District. Candidates will be interviewed in open session by the current Governing Board members at a meeting scheduled for that purpose on January 8, 2008. Persons wanting to submit questions for the existing Board members to consider during interviewing should do so by December 15, 2007. Applications for the position may be obtained by emailing Executive Assistant to the Superintendent/President Betty Schlaepfer or call her at (415) 485-9502. Flex Update All scheduled Flex workshops, locations, and updates will be posted on the online Faculty and Staff calendar (click on “Faculty and Staff” under the “Calendar of Events” section at the COM homepage). Mandatory Flex Day: Friday, January 18 10:00-12:00 p.m. - Spring College (Flex) Convocation. Location: TBA 1:30-3:30 p.m. - Department Meetings. Check Department Chair for location. Independent Flex Days: Wednesday, January 16 and Thursday, January 17 Faculty have the option to hold Flex activities and meetings or do individual activities on Independent Flex Days. A limited number of college-wide Flex workshops may be scheduled. If you would like to present a workshop, please email Kathleen Kirkpatrick. Get Online with Web-based Teaching! 1:00-3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 17, BC 101 Presented by COM faculty Cheryl Goldman and Kathleen Smyth This hands-on workshop will teach you how to begin to integrate innovative web-based learning into your teaching curriculum. Blackboard/WebCT gives you the tools necessary to post your syllabus and homework assignments, create a class calendar, and develop a discussion board for your students. This workshop is designed for faculty who are new to online learning and/or Blackboard/WebCT. Email Kathleen Smyth by Monday, January 14, to register. Reminder! Fall Flex Verification Forms from all full-time and part-time faculty are due in Human Resources by Friday, December 15. Forms can be downloaded from the Office of Organizational Development Website (link under “People at Marin” on the College homepage). Board Policy/Administrative Procedure Revision Project Update The Board Policy/Administrative Procedure Task Force will be presenting recommended revisions for the Chapter One “Gold Book” Board Policies to College Council on Thursday, December 6. The Academic Senate will also present a recommendation to revise the Board Policy and Administrative Procedure 4230 Grading Symbols that includes the plus/minus grading option. More information regarding this project can be found on the Office of Organizational Development and Planning Web pages (click on “People at Marin” on the College homepage). Kudos A very special kudos and thanks to Child Care Center Staff Instructor Nora Bowen. She applied the Heimlich maneuver to a choking child. Nora’s immediate response and actions probably saved the child’s life. College of Marin celebrated its first International Festival on November 29. The event was coordinated by Dr. Arnulfo Cedillo, Director of Student Services, and Professor Radica O. Portello, Chair of Modern Languages. Over sixty students attended the event, including students from IVC’s Intensive English Program and the Modern Languages Department. Food, music, poetry, and culture from various countries were the main theme of the event. Songs from Haiti, Sweden and Italy; poetry from Chile; and food from the Czech Republic, Japan and the Middle East highlighted the gathering. JoAnn Coffino, a former COM student, was recently featured in a Marin IJ article that followed her transition from baker to artist. After retiring from 21 years in the bakery business, JoAnn enrolled in art classes at College of Marin, including ceramics, painting, sculpture and printmaking. She recently had her first gallery show of prints, “Works on Paper,” at Mill Valley City Hall. Enrollment Deadline for Pretax Program Section 125 This is a reminder that the deadline to enroll in the Section 125 Flexible Benefit Plan for 2008 is December 14, 2007. Salary Redirection forms must be returned to the Payroll Office by that date. Participation in the unreimbursed medical and/or child/dependent care portions of the program require that you reenroll each year. Salary Redirection forms are available in the Human Resources and Payroll Departments. Changes at Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS) According to MIS data and current enrollments, EOPS is on its way to a seventh straight year of increased enrollment, with 2% growth just since fall 2006. The more interesting numbers are in the population and ethnic composition changes over the past ten years. Ten years ago our students were, on average, about five years older than they are now. Also at that time, the EOPS program was 65% Caucasian and 35% minorities; today it is the opposite. Police Training at IVC The College of Marin is providing space for "Active Shooter" training for all Marin County Law Enforcement Officers. Approximately 250 officers (about 25 at a time) will be training to respond to an "active shooter" situation. By using the College, they will be more familiar with our surroundings in the event they ever need to respond to assist us. Students and staff can expect to see uniformed officers in the area of Building 6 at the IVC Campus. Officers will be walking through scenarios and patterns as part of the training. You may hear loud yelling and noises if you are near the building, but most noise should be contained inside. There will be many signs posted in the area of the training to advise people that this is only a training exercise. The College Police would like to thank everyone for their help and understanding during the scheduling of this event, and during the actual training exercises. The classes will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following dates:
Club Mud Holiday Sale Club Mud, the College of Marin Ceramics Student Organization, will hold its annual Holiday Sale on Sunday, December 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building. The sale will feature ceramics pieces created by students and will include handcrafted pottery and artworks for unique holiday gifts. The sale is open to COM students, faculty, staff, and the public. Proceeds help support Ceramics Department equipment purchases and events.
COM Athletics Results: Men’s Basketball, Butte Classic Butte 74 Marin 59 Marin 78 Shasta 71 (Peter Best scored 34 points for the Mariners) Women’s Basketball: Hartnell 79 Marin 70 Courtney Palapaz’s 3-point basket at the buzzer sent the game into overtime; however, the fast-improving Mariners fell short of victory. Upcoming Home Games: Men’s Basketball vs. Butte, Tuesday, December 11, 6 p.m. Athletic Kudos In men’s basketball, Weldon Miller was named one of the State Players of the Week for the week of November 21, and Peter Best has been nominated for the title this week. Congratulations to these two hard working athletes! Congratulations to the following athletes who received all-conference recognition:
Hold the Date! Please hold Thursday, December 13, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an all-campus holiday party at Willie’s, 799 College Avenue. No host bar. Brown Bag Theatre One of the Drama Department's busiest programs is the Directors’ Workshop, otherwise known as Brown Bag Theatre. On December 13, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., the department will present a free, student-directed performing arts event in the Fine Arts Building, Rooms 134-136 at KTD. For more information, call Robin Jackson at (415) 485-9555 (x7555). Performing Arts Department Schedule Music For additional information on any of the following Music Department productions, call
COM Jazz Ensemble Exciting works from the big band repertoire will be performed by the nineteen-piece jazz ensemble with Douglas Delaney as director. A wide selection of styles will be presented, including music by Pat Metheny, Bob Mintzer, Benny Golson, and Tom Jobim. The concert is scheduled for Monday, December 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. Admission is free. COM Community Chorus The one hundred-voice Community Chorus, directed by Boyd Jarrell, will present an all-Mozart concert featuring sacred choral works from his late Salzburg period. The chorus will be joined by a full orchestra and renowned guest soloists Christa Pfeiffer, Lisa Houston, Jos Milton, and Hugh Davies. The program begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 8, in the Fine Arts Theatre. Donations of $15 general and $10 for students, staff, seniors, and alumni are requested. Call the Box Office at (415) 485-9385 (x7385) for tickets. COM Symphonic Band Douglas Delaney will direct the Symphonic Band in this concert which includes Five Miniatures by Joaquin Turina, The Alcotts by Charles Ives, and Scenes from “The Louvre” by Norman Dello Joio. The program opens with Crown Imperial by William Walton, a march written for the coronation of George VI in 1937. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, December 9, at 4 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. Admission is free. College Chorus and Chamber Singers The winter choral fest has it all, from Renaissance to jazz. The College Chorus, directed by Boyd Jarrell with accompanist Jeffrey Paul, will perform Banchieri's delightful Counterpoint of the Animals and holiday music from around the world. From the holidays to the hilarious, this concert will be a great way to spend an evening on Tuesday, December 11, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Lefort Recital Hall (FA72). Admission is free. COM Symphony Orchestra The fall concerts, presented by the symphony orchestra and directed by Tara Flandreau, will feature favorites from the American repertoire by George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Charles Ives. A highlight of the concert is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, featuring pianist Paul Smith. Performances are scheduled at the following two venues:
All proceeds benefit the COM orchestra and the music programs at St. Hilary’s Church.
Romantic Rarities II Paul Smith, with piano duo Szervanszky/Cavaye and guest violist George Thomson, will perform Hector Berlioz' Harold in Italy in Chabrier's arrangement for one piano/four hands and viola, and Camille Saint Saens' two piano transcription of the Piano Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt. In addition to performing, Paul Smith will also be directing this production. Performances are scheduled at the following venues:
Contemporary Opera Marin Contemporary Opera Marin presents Homegrown 2 - more operas by Marin County composers, Broken Jukebox by COM faculty member Tara Flandreau, and two works by Tiburon composer Ron McFarland, Tamsen Donner and his micro opera, The Audition of Molly Bloom. Paul Smith is director of the production. The performances will be in the Fine Arts Building on Friday, January 18, and Saturdays, January 17 and 26, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, January 27, at 2 p.m. Admission is $10 general and $5 for students, staff, seniors, and alumni. Theatre A benefit for the COM Drama Scholarship Fund, Improv – Holiday Foibles, produced by Carla Zilbersmith, will be presented on December 6, 7, and 8 at 8 p.m. and December 9 at 2 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Admission will be a $10 donation at the door with open seating. Dance Fall Works and Works in Progress will be presented on Friday, December 7, at 12 noon in the COM Dance Studio, Kentfield Campus. Admission is free. The Fall Musical Theatre Cabaret, a benefit show for the Dance Program, will be performed on Friday, December 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the COM Dance Studio, Kentfield Campus. Admission will be a $5 donation at the door.
Performing Arts Department A Performing Arts Department combined production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be offered on February 29, March 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15 at 8 p.m. and March 9 and 16 at 2 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. This production will be directed by James Dunn, with musical direction by Tara Flandreau and choreography by Sandra Tanner. It is set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn and will be performed by the COM Orchestra. Tickets are $18 for general and $15 for students, seniors, COM staff, and alumni. For reserved seating, please call the box office at (415) 485-9385. Happy Holidays! Frances L.White, Ph.D. Superintendent/President
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