Connect to Opportunities at Edmonds Community College http://www.edcc.edu In October, at the 2009 NPC Washington Ironman Championships Edmonds Community College Physical Education and Health instructor Janet Guenther took first place in the Women's Masters Over 50 and Mixed Pairs categories. She also received an Echelbarger/Sherman Exceptional Faculty Award this year from the Edmonds CC Foundation. Guenther is teaching: Sports and Fitness Lab, PE 102; Women's Body Conditioning, PE 134; Advanced Women's Body Conditioning, PE 135; Volleyball Co-Ed., PE 142; and Nutrition/Life Fitness, PE 250 at the college this winter. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=644 In recognition of their excellent service to the college, the Edmonds Community College Foundation presented: the Part-Time Faculty Award to Visual Communications instructor Steve Sosa, who also works in the college's Technology Resource Center; the Barbara Patterson Exempt Employee Award to Karen Norris, Executive Assistant, Human Resources; and Sherman Classified Employee Excellence Awards to Donna Curran, Senior Secretary, Business Division and Barbara Pardo, Program Coordinator, Organizational Development and Training(ODET), Human Resources. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=1027 Alan Howard, a senior engineer at Huntron, Inc. in Mill Creek, and Jeff Smoot, an attorney at Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson law firm in Seattle, are the recipients of Edmonds Community College's 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards, which recognize educational accomplishment and excellence in service to the community. They will be honored 6 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 3 at a champagne reception followed by an awards ceremony in the theater lobby, Mukilteo Hall. To attend the ceremony, call 425.640.1274 or email kristyl.drew@edcc.edu by Tues., Nov. 24. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=1507 Discover Project Management at Edmonds Community College. Attend an open house 6-8 p.m., Tues., Dec. 8 in Snohomish Hall 304 at the college, 20000 68th Ave. W, Lynnwood. Learn about the steps required to complete Project Management Professional (PMP®) or Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM®) certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading membership association for the profession. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=1467 Anthropology instructor Tom Murphy published an article "Anthropology 101: How to Change the World," about service-learning for Yes! Magazine, an ad-free, nonprofit publication that supports people's active engagement in building a just and sustainable world. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=1509 Office of Student Life program manager Michelle Butler published an article in the National Association of Campus Activities magazine Campus Activities Programming. Her article, "Build It, So They Will Come: A Community College Lecture Series Model" in the October 2009 issue, discusses how to build a successful and sustainable community college lecture series. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=1510 Join the Creative Retirement Institute (CRI) for lunch with Nancy Leson, The Seattle Times' lead restaurant critic, 11:30 a.m., <strong>Thursday, Dec. 10 </strong> in Triton Union Building at Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. The lunch costs $20 or $12 for CRI members. Purchase tickets by Nov. 26 at the CRI office (hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.) in the Edmonds Conference Center, 201 4th Ave. North, downtown Edmonds. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=844 The Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees will meet at <b>4:30 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 12</b> in Snohomish Hall 304. The meeting will include: the signing of a Partners for Veteran Supportive Campuses Certificate with special guest First Mike Gregoire and John Lee, the Director of the Washington Department of Veteran Affairs; the signing of a memorandum of understanding for aerospace training with Everett Community College; and consideration of a name change for Triton Union Building. http://www.edcc.edu/webinc/news.php?ID=991