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THIS WEEK Core Values: Excellence 22 • Wednesday Integrity » Last day to drop classes with a “W” for semester- length courses Collegiality Inclusiveness 23-26 • Thursday-Sunday » Thanksgiving holiday (campus closed) November 20, 2006, Newsletter from President Margie Lewis 28 • Tuesday Americana Finds “That Lovin’ Feelin’ ” With Man of the Year Pick » Registration for Spring 2007 semester and Winter Intersession begins Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers is in November 2003, about 8 months after The Righteous Brothers were » NOCCCD Board of Trustees meeting, Anaheim inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Campus, 5:30 p.m. selected by the Foundation as the 2007 Man of In 1987 Medley teamed with Jennifer Warnes on the duet “(I’ve the Year recipient. Had) The Time of My Life,” which was included on the soundtrack 30 • Thursday from the movie Dirty Dancing. The song hit number one on » Academic Senate meeting, Staff Conference Center, Add Americana Man of the Year to the list of accom- the Billboard Hot 100 and won a 1988 Grammy Award for 3-5 p.m. plishments of Bill Medley. Medley, half of the ’60s duo The Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and an Righteous Brothers, is also a Grammy Award winner and a Academy Award for Best Original Song. 7 • Thursday member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Americana Awards Banquet will be held on » President’s Holiday Reception, Theater Lobby, 9:30- Medley, who lives in Newport Beach and was raised Saturday, February 24, 2007, at 5:30 p.m. at the Disneyland 11 a.m. in Orange County, was selected for his years of service and Hotel Grand Ballroom. Americana is the Foundation’s larg- philanthropy in the community. He is known for his sup- est fundraiser. port of Santa Ana High School, his alma mater, and for his Last year, with 720 people attending, the event netted work with the Orange County Pavilion. However, the bulk $125,000 — the most-successful effort since Americana of his time and energy are spent on the effort to combat was established in 1976. Proceeds support scholarships and THEY SAID IT lupus. endeavors such as the Foundation’s “Mini Grants,” which Medley and Bobby Hatfield began performing as The Righteous are distributed to programs across campus. “Kindness is in our power, even Brothers in 1962. Their most-popular songs include “You’ve Lost That Campus employees and a guest can attend Americana for $175 per when fondness is not.” Lovin’ Feelin’,” “(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration” and “Unchained person. Americana seating for the general public is $225. – Samuel Johnson Melody.” The pair continued to perform together until Hatfield’s death Registration for Spring 2007 and Winter Intersession Begins Next Tuesday Current students can select their classes the Cypress College Podcast. Preliminary for next semester beginning as early as next In addition, faculty are encouraged to indications are that @Cypress is published each week. If Tuesday. share the following information with students: the college is on you would like to have items included, Distribution of e-mail notifications pre- • Registration begins on November 28 track to meet the please contact Marc Posner in the Public senting students with their registration date • Registration Information for continuing year’s enrollment Information Office at ext. 47006 or and time began last week. students (dates and times) is on page 7 target. That, how- [email protected]. Students who are eligible to enroll will of the class schedule. ever, requires strong also receive an e-mail newsletter with a The Spring 2007 Class Schedule enrollment in the Margie Lewis, President reminder from the college. is available both online at http://www. upcoming Spring (714) 484-7308 Additional information will be placed on CypressCollege.edu/schedule.php and in print Semester and the [email protected] campus, advertised in the Chronicle student on campus in locations such as the Bookstore Winter Intersession. newspaper and covered in the next edition of and Admissions and Records. Cypress College • 9200 Valley View Street • Cypress, CA 90630 • (714) 484-7000 • http://CypressCollege.edu CHARGERS Institutional Effectiveness Report, Strategic Plan Status Report Available BRIEFLY Two comprehensive reports have been distributed reports, along with the 2005-2006 End of the Year A memorial vigil and by the Office of Institutional Research. The 2004-06 Report, is also available for review. The End of the Year It’s beginning to look a funeral mass were held last Strategic Plan Status Report summarizes the progress Report features highlights from the past academic year. lot like winter break. The Thursday and Friday, respec- made on action plans that were to be completed by the Copies of this report are available for your review and first sign is the save-the- tively, for Lisa Gigliotti, who end of the 2005-2006 academic year. distribution from the Public Information Office. date announcement of the died earlier this month from The 2005-06 Institutional Effectiveness Report Earlier this month, @Cypress reported that two President’s Holiday Reception. injuries and burns sustained in provides information about the college from various other important planning documents had recently It will take place on Thursday, a car accident. perspectives and levels. been distributed on campus. Both the Educational December 7, from 9:30-11 Members of the cam- In addition to wide distribution on campus in Master Plan and the Strategic Plan with Updated a.m., in the Theater Lobby. pus community raised $950 print, each report is also available in electronic format Action Plans for 2006-2008 are now available. The annual event is held to to help the adjunct Spanish on the J-Drive. The Institutional Effectiveness Report The Educational Master Plan was distributed to thank campus employees for instructor’s family with her is in the “Research” directory while the Strategic Plan all Leadership Team members and division offices have service to the college’s stu- medical costs. That money Status Report is in the “Planning” directory. 4-5 copies available. It is also on the J-Drive. dents. has been provided to her Both reports were reviewed by the Board of Additional copies of the Educational Master Plan husband, Lorenzo, by the Trustees during their November 14 meeting. and the Strategic Plan with Updated Action Plans are Foundation. A multimedia presentation used to review the two available from Nancy Byrnes’ office. In another sign that the Lorenzo e-mailed to end (of the year, anyway) is share that photos of Lisa, who A report near: just two editions of @ worked here for 11 years, on Cypress Cypress remain before the have been added to the Web College’s semester comes to a close. site set up by the family. Construction Your trusty newsletter will NOCCCD Trustees also Projects take this Friday off to recover adjourned their November 14 from all the turkey and stuff- The Health Center has undergone an elective procedure for a face lift of sorts. The entrance to the center, meeting in her honor. ing. Publication resumes on located on the first floor of Gym 2, has been relocated from under the piazza to the building’s exterior, facing Friday, December 1 and the Parking Lot 4. An awning will be added to complete the work — which should make the center much easier to final edition will arrive on find. Journalism students December 8. The two new elevators for Tech Ed 1 and the Business buildings could be up and running for the start of earned seven awards at the spring semester. Inspections of the lifts are scheduled for the early part of January in hopes that they will the Journalism Association both be operational when classes begin on January 16. of Community College’s The NOCCCD Board of In order for that to happen, work on Phase II of the piazza will at minimum need to be partially complet- Southern Region Conference Trustees approved the Wage ed. To that end, a test pour of concrete is scheduled to take place during the first week of December. If all goes earlier this month, according Comparability Study agree- well, the remaining concrete will be poured during the winter break. to their adviser, Robert R. ment reached earlier by nego- All of the underground work, which centered around utilities and communications infrastructure, on the Mercer. CyChron.Com, the tiating representatives of the Student Center project has been completed. Crews are now doing site preparation, which involves moving and Chronicle’s 24/7 online news District and Classified School re-compacting the dirt on the site. The process should be completed in the next week. Fabrication of the cais- site, won General Excellence. Employees Association (CSEA) sons will take place in December. The caissons are drilled into the ground to provide foundational support for It has won the award every #167 and ratified by the CSEA the building. Their purpose is the same as driven piles — however, the drilling process is significantly more year since 1998. Students who membership. The agreement quiet than the pile-driving exercise. This work is more expensive, but considered to be worth the additional cost received individual awards specifies the parameters to be considering the location in the center of campus. are: Jason Rosete, cartoon- used in assessing the compara- There is hope that the path between the Cypress College Complex and the pond will be re-opened in time ist Jasmine, Sarah Shahayar, bility of the District’s classified for the start of the spring semester. Some construction-access issues still must be resolved. If that happens, con- Jennifer Morris, Armando employee compensation with crete can be poured along the path.