A Maricopa Community College
www.dist.maricopa.edu		   Wednesday, April 14th, 2004
 
Dr. Corina Gardea
President
1202 W. Thomas Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85013

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Table of Contents
  1. Nominations Being Accepted for Leadership Awards Program
  2. NCA/HLC Self-Study Ice Cream Social/Open House
  3. Navajo Language Students Win Big at Diné College
  4. High School Foreign Language Competition Held
  5. ASID Student Chapter Yard Sale
  6. PC Presents Romeo y Julieta
  7. Paralegal Career Day a  Huge Success
  8. PC Student Winners of Music Competition
  9. PC Student Named Pitcher of the Week
1. Second Annual Ursa Award nominations are now being accepted for the 2nd Annual Ursa Leadership Awards Program.  Ursa is the Latin word for bear and is reflected in the heavens by constellations of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, commonly known as the big and little dippers.  The Ursa Awards are held to recognize and celebrate our “Bear Stars,” the student leaders of Phoenix College. 

Any Phoenix College employee may nominate a student from either the Fall 2003 or Spring 2004 semester and Phoenix College will celebrate the Ursa Awards during an awards ceremony on May 6.   All nominations are due to Kelly Loucy, Student Life and Leadership no later than Wednesday, April 21 by 5 p.m.  For more information on the awards program or to nominate a student, please call 602-285-7230.

2. Learn about NCA/HLC and enjoy some ice cream.  Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the NCA/HLC Self-Study Ice Cream Social/Open House on Tuesday, April 20.  The open house is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the North/South Staff Dining room. 

Faculty, staff and students are invited and encouraged to come and get information on the self-study and talk with our Criterion Chairs about their specific areas of involvement.  You will also have the opportunity to give needed input to the process.  Prizes will also be given away.
 
3. Congratulations to Navajo instructor, Jennifer Wheeler and students from Navajo 115 and Navajo 116 classes.  They recently represented Phoenix College at the Navajo Language Arts Fair at Diné College in Northwestern Arizona and returned with the following awards:
1st Place Storytelling
1st Place Group Singing
1st Place Individual Poem-Reading
1st Place Reader’s Theatre
1st Place Choral Reading 
1st Place Original Work’s Poems
(Winners were Elloise Tsosie, Melissa Manuelito, Tashina Burns, Pamela Pete, Jim Metcalfe, Bruce Ward and Delvin Nelson).
4. Congratulations to the Foreign Language Department for a successful 15th Annual High School Foreign Language Competition.  The department hosted more than 500 students from high schools across the Valley who participated in Spanish and French poetry, prose, short stories and drama competitions.  I want to offer a special thanks to members of the Foreign Language Department for your hard work and dedication to this exciting program.

5. The American Society of Interior Designers Student Chapter Designer Yard Sale, which was postponed due to inclement weather on April 3, has been scheduled for this Saturday, April 17. For more information, please call 602-285-7289.
6. Teatro Bravo!, the valley's only bilingual theatre company will be presenting William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Pablo Neruda's Spanish translation on April 16th and 17th at 7:30 p.m. and April 18 at 2:00 p.m.  Phoenix College students Nuvia Enriquez plays the role of Julieta and Angel Hernan plays Mercucio.  The play will be held at Phoenix College's John Paul Theater and prices are $15 general admission, $12 students and senior citizens and $10 for groups.  For more information or to make reservations, please call 602-285-1800.

7. Phoenix College's Legal Assisting Program hosted the fourth annual Paralegal Career Day in conjunction with the Maricopa County Bar Association's Paralegal Division.  This event has been held for the last four years at PC and this year was the most successful to date, with over 90 students attending.  Thanks to Karen Potts, OYO faculty member; Mary Davison, Department Secretary, and; Jennifer Salisbury, Legal Studies Advisor, Facilities, Safety, Chef Scott, and Media Services for making this event such a huge success.  It is no wonder that the directors from the other ABA-Approved Paralegal Programs in Phoenix acknowledge PC as "the program to model after."

8.  Congratulations to PC student winners of the 2004 Outstanding Music Performers Competition: 

  • Suzanne Bracker, Second Place in Composition
  • Joyce Durrand, Third Place in Composition
  • Ryan Wright, Honorable Mention in Composition
9.  Phoenix College's own Raime Garcia has been named D-II pitcher of the week by the National Junior College Athletic Association.  Congratulations Raime!
     
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