Edmonds Community College News
Creative Retirement Institute drums up fall lunch
Posted Jul 17 - Join the Creative Retirement Institute for lunch with Simone LaDrumma, founder of Ladies Don’t Drum, and instructor of Drumming and the Holistic Expression of Rhythm" 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 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 August 27 at the Edmonds Conference Center, 201 – 4th Ave. North, downtown Edmonds. No phone reservations.
Start here. Get there! University transfer fair July 24
Posted Jul 15 - Transfer students find out more about places to continue your college education at a university transfer fair 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thursday, July 24 in Snoqualmie Hall first floor lobby. Meet representatives from the following universities: Bastyr University * Central Washington University * Seattle University * University of Washington-Bothell * Washington State University * And more!
Free, 24/7, online writing assistance
Posted Jul 15 - Edmonds Community College has joined the The Northwest eTutoring Consortium. That means students can now get free online assistance with writing assignments around the clock. For in person tutoring, visit the Learning Support Center in Mukilteo Hall 113.
Sample this class: Computer Forensics Sept. 6
Posted Jul 15 - The next no-cost sample of the Computer Forensics Fundamentals class will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 6 in Snoqualmie Hall, 212. To enroll in the class email Information Security/Digital Forensics instructor Steve Hailey: shailey@edcc.edu. Learn about this exciting field in a free class appropriate for all levels of experience at Edmonds Community College.
Women's conference seeks proposals, deadline Sept. 26
Posted Jul 15 - Edmonds Community College's 4th Annual Women's Conference will be noon-5:30 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2009. The Heart and Grace reception, honoring a local woman artist, follows 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the library, third floor, Lynnwood Hall. Workshops and discussions at the conference will focus on Wellness: Mind, Body and Spirit. The conference is currently seeking presenters on the theme. Submit proposals by Sept. 26, 2008.
Edmonds CC Community Read chooses Middle Passage
Posted Jul 15 - For its all campus and community read in 2008-09, Edmonds Community College has selected Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, recipient of the 1990 National Book Award for fiction. Johnson was the first African-American male to win this prize since Ralph Ellison received it for Invisible Man in 1953. Middle Passage is about about a newly freed slave in New Orleans 1830 who ends up leading a revolt aboard a slave clipper bound for Africa.
More student housing available in Sophie Court
Posted Jul 14 - Edmonds Community College has an additional building this fall for student housing. Sophie Court Residence Hall is just a few steps down the street from the Clearview Building. It has 50 beds in newly built condo-style apartments. There are also 60 beds for students in the Somerset Apartments.
Edmonds CC students help with Quilceda Creek restoration
Posted Jul 14 - The Adopt-A-Stream Foundation (AASF), in partnership with Edmonds Community College and the Department of Ecology (DOE), set out to restore a section of a tributary of the West Fork of Quilceda Creek. That salmon stream flows from Arlington through Marysville to the Snohomish River on the Tulalip Reservation. It has been negatively impacted by low oxygen levels and high fecal coliform levels (an indicator of harmful pathogens).
Free writing workshop: Exploring Haibun with Rebecca Brown
Posted Jul 10 - Join us for a free hands-on writing workshop, Exploring Haibun, 1-2:30 p.m., Monday, July 28 in Mukilteo Hall. Local author Rebecca Brown introduces writers to haibun, a Japanese form of writing which combines elements of prose and poetry, and fiction and nonfiction. From Basho in 17th century Japan to Kerouac in 20th century America, writers have experimented with hybrid forms, merging paragraphs of prose with lines of poetry. This workshop is appropriate for writers of all levels who enjoy writing in any genre. To register, email amanda.laughtland@edcc.edu.
College manager earns MBA in Sustainable Business
Posted Jul 9 - In June, Alison Pugh, Instructional Program Manager at Edmonds Community College, earned her MBA in Sustainable Business from Bainbridge Graduate Institute. The innovative program preserves the rigor of a traditional MBA program, while infusing sustainability—environmental and social responsibility—throughout every course. Pugh is a member of the college's Sustainability Council, a committee that recommends sustainability goals, objectives, and targets for college operations and instruction; facilitates projects to meet those goals; provides resources and promotes awareness; and advises the President's Cabinet in advancing the Sustainability Initiative.
Three full-time AmeriCorps positions available
Posted Jul 8 - Edmonds Community College has three full-time AmeriCorps volunteer positions open to work as Retention Project Student Engagement Specialists during the 2008-09 school year, Sept. 1-July 15. One position will be working in TRiO Student Support Services, another in the Career Action Center, and the third supporting the LEAF school and Veterans Conservation Corps. Review of applications begins July 11, but the positions will be open until filled. The volunteers will receive a living stipend of $11,400 (distributed over 10.5 months) and an education award of $4,725 at the end of service.
Global community college, international opportunities
Posted Jul 8 - Edmonds Community College's global perspective results in cultural exchange, a new residence hall, sharing expertise abroad, and record numbers of international students Edmonds Community College had a record number of 788 international students on its campus in 2007-08 and expects a similar number of students in 2008-09. The college seeks more host families to help students experience life with an American family as part of their education. For more information about becoming a host family, call 425.640.1080 or go to http://housing.edcc.edu.
Go free with Community Transit and your EdPass, win an iPod
Posted Jul 3 - Skip that spendy stop at the gas pump. Edmonds Community College students ride free on Community Transit bus routes. Use your EdPass, get the bus sticker, and get to campus or anywhere else you are headed on Community Transit buses for free. You can also enter a drawing to win a 4 GB iPod nano. Staff and faculty at the college get three months for the price of one when they purchase a quarterly bus sticker for $45.
Earn a new restoration horticulture degree
Posted Jul 3 - Edmonds Community College offers a unique, new two-year degree in Restoration Horticulture that will train students to help restore damaged land, habitat, and ecosystems in a range of rural, suburban, and urban environments.
Homestay families wanted!
Posted Jul 2 - The college is in great need of families who are able to house international students arriving to study hospitality and tourism, business, and the humanities. These students seek the experience of living in an American home as part of their education. If your home is within a 5-minute walk to a bus stop and less than 45 minutes travel to the college and you are able to provide a student with free Internet access and a fully furnished bedroom, please volunteer! Families take part in a three-hour orientation and receive a stipend to help cover hosting costs.
Edmonds CC students to revive historic conservation effort
Posted Jul 2 - Students enrolled in Edmonds Community College’s Learn-and-Serve Environmental Anthropology Field (LEAF) school this summer will help rebuild Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) trails in Moran State Park on Orcas Island.
There's a taekwondo champ among us
Posted Jul 2 - Danielle Pelham, an Edmonds Community College student studying business, will compete at the 10th annual World University Taekwondo Championships July 16-20 in Serbia. Competing in the martial art since 1997, she has won the Collegiate Nationals gold medal three times and was the 2004 National Collegiate Taekwondo Association Female Athlete of the Year. Read the article in the Kenmore Reporter.
Edmonds CC chefs prepare desserts for premier wine event
Posted Jul 2 - This summer, Culinary Arts instructors Charles Drabkin and Traci Edlin are among 40 featured guest chefs invited to prepare cuisine for the International Pinot Noir Celebration, www.inpc.org, July 25-27. With the help of eight students, they will showcase the college’s dessert-making expertise.
For your dining pleasure, College News recommends Ponti's Seafood Grill
Posted Jul 2 - Dining in Seattle? Why not earn some bragging rights by heading to Ponti's Seafood Grill where you know the chef. Giles van der Bogert is an Edmonds Community College Culinary Arts alum. Be sure to order the Theo Chocolate Cake for dessert. Another alum, Autumn Martin, is head chocolatier at Theo Chocolate. The chocolate factory tour is a great place to take out of town guests as well as a treat for the locals — you can show them the results of an Edmonds Community College education.
Journalism student, Triton Review editor, earns scholarship
Posted Jul 2 - In June, Peter Sessum was one of five students in the state to receive a $1,000 scholarship from the Northwest Journalists of Color. He was also paired with a professional mentor, KING TV news anchor Lori Matsukawa. Before coming to Edmonds Community College, Sessum visited 29 nations during his service in the U.S. Army and then worked for a year in Afghanistan on counter-narcotics operations. His career goal is to report on what people in other countries think about U.S. military involvement. He will be editor-in-chief of The Triton Review for 2008-09.
Project management certificate internationally recognized
Posted Jul 1 - Edmonds Community College's Project Management Certificate is now recognized by the international professional Project Management Institute. Start this summer with the online class: Principles of Management MGMT 214). Or, start this fall with Project Management (MGMT 270) 9:30-10:20 a.m., Mon.-Thurs., Microsoft Project (MGMT 165) online, or Principles of Management (MGMT 214) a hybrid class, online and in class, 8:30-9:20 a.m., Mon.-Thurs. These classes are offered by the college's Business Management department.
Commencement 2008: See the photos, read the addresses
Posted Jun 25 - Edmonds Community College held its 41st annual commencement ceremony Friday, June 20 at Edmonds Stadium, 7600 212 St. SW, Edmonds. Governor Chris Gregoire spoke at the ceremony. See more photos at http://edmondscc.ning.com
Gov. Gregoire congratulates, encourages graduates
Posted Jun 25 - Gov. Gregoire was the keynote speaker at Edmonds Community College's commencement ceremony June 20. Read the news release from the Governor's Office about the event.
Kids and teens invited to activities this summer at Edmonds CC
Posted Jun 20 - Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W. Lynnwood, offers summer athletic, theater and technology camps for youth. Science workshops for teachers, too. Find out more at: www.edcc.edu/summerlearning.
Register all summer for fall classes, many online!
Posted Jun 20 - Check out our classes! See what’s new. Fall classes start Sept. 22. • Take a global look at natural resources, the environment, and society in our new online geography class: Sustainable Development, GEOG 150. • Watch key scenes and read and discuss six of the master’s plays in Shakespeare, ENGL 265. The class meets 12:30-1:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday. • Start a new 15-credit dental front office certificate with an online class, Dental Office Management, BSTEC 233. Prepare to enter or advance your career in a dental front office.
Learning to be the dad he'd always wanted
Posted Jun 13 - To become a better father after his release from prison, Roberto "Tony" Rodriguez sought help from Divine Alternatives for Dads Services (DADS). He will be honored for his commitment to fatherhood at a banquet Saturday June 14. Rodriguez earned his GED from Edmonds Community College while incarcerated and plans to enroll this fall in the Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Counseling career training program through the Social and Human Services Department. Read the story about Rodriguez and DADS in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
ArtsNow Summer/Early Fall art gallery exhibits
Posted Jun 11 - Edmonds Community College’s ArtsNow has exhibits through the summer 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., weekdays at the ArtsNow Gallery at the Edmonds Conference Center, 201 Fourth Ave N., Edmonds. It also holds artist receptions during the City of Edmonds’ Third Thursday Art Walks 5-8 p.m. and offers a variety of non-credit summer classes in art, entrepreneurship in the arts, and personal enrichment. Call 425.640.1243. Email artsnow@edcc.edu or go to www.edcc.edu/artsnow.
Infielder selected in 2008 Major League Baseball draft
Posted Jun 9 - The 2008 Major League Baseball draft tapped six local players including Edmonds Community College infielder Paul Gran (seventh round, Florida Marlins). The Edmonds Community College baseball team beat Lower Columbia College twice on Monday, May 26 to win the 2008 Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) baseball championship.
Edmonds CC soccer alum named coach of the year
Posted Jun 9 - The Kitsap Sun has named Edmonds Community College alumnus Craig Smith as its coach of the year for leading the Kingston's first-year boys team to the Class 2A state quarterfinals.
Edmonds CC alumna tells of aftermath of China quake
Posted Jun 9 - On May 12, Amy Cao and her 2-year-old daughter survived the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that shook southwestern China by sheltering at Shishi Middle School, where 19 years earlier she started on the road to an education in the United States. Cao earned a diploma from Snohomish High School, graduated from Edmonds Community College and then Evergreen State College. Now a U.S. citizen, she shared her experience during the earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people with The Herald.
