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September 23, 2002 Newsletter from President Margie Lewis Professional Speakers Series Debuts THIS WEEK The CIU program will Farm Labor Organizing Committee and advocacy organizations like the National Ongoing feature Dr. Jesús “Chuy” Council of La Raza. » “Memories of Then and Now,” Photographs by Brian Negrete on Thursday. Negrete has received numerous awards Doan, Edouard deMerlier Gallery, Library and and honors. These include a 1998 Floating Wall (through September 28) The Hispanic Heritage Celebration gets Bannerman Fellowship, a Smithsonian » “Behind Closed Doors — A Faculty Exhibition,” art off to a rousing start on Thursday, when Dr. Institution Fellowship, a National exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery, (through September 26) Jesús “Chuy” Negrete visits campus to kick Endowment for the Arts Grant, the Stanford 23 • Monday off the Professional Speakers Series. The Humanities Award, the Rockefeller » Hispanic Heritage Celebration begins. series is being funded by a Foundation’s Artists Awards, 24 • Tuesday Center for Intercultrual Who: Dr. Jesús “Chuy” and an honorary Ph.D. from » National League of Nursing accreditation public Understanding grant. Negrete, “The the ethnic studies depart- comment meeting, TE3-214, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. He will speak in an open Chicano Woody ment of the University of » NOCCCD Board of Trustees meeting, Fullerton DEC, forum on Thursday, from 2-4 Guthrie.” California at Berkeley. 5:30 p.m. p.m. in H-131. What: Campus appearance Negrete was one of two 25 • Wednesday Negrete is one of the When: Thursday, 2-4 p.m. performers chosen to repre- »A.S. Open Fourm & Meet the Candidates, Humanities nation’s foremost interpreters Where: H-131 sent the United States at the Courtyard, 11:30 a.m. of Mexican and Mexican- International Festival of 26 • Thursday American folk music, and has Who: Yolanda Nava, author Youth in Cuba, where his » Kathryn Reid, jazz vocalist faculty recital, FA Recital been hailed by author Studs of It’s All in the performance was seen by an Hall, noon. Terkel as “The Chicano Frijoles estimated television audi- » Dr. Jesús “Chuy” Negrete, Center for Intercultural Woody Guthrie.” What: Campus appearance ence of 40 million people Understanding’s Professional Speakers Series, H-131, He founded and leads When: Thursday, October worldwide. 2-4 p.m. the Mexican Cultural 3, 2-4 p.m. In addition to Negrete, » Academic Senate meeting, WCR, 3-5 p.m. Institute in Chicago, dedicat- Where: H-131 the CIU’s Professional ed to the study of Mexican- Speakers Series will welcome American musicology, Chicano folklore and Yolanda Nava to campus on October 3. THEY SAID IT culture, educational anthropology and the Nava is the author of It’s All in the “ problems of Mexican-American communi- Frijoles and is the former host of KCET TV ’s “Always forgive your enemies; ties. live nightly news program, Life & Times ” Negrete has performed at lectures Tonight. nothing annoys them so much.” – Oscar Wilde nationally and internationally for more than Her presentation will also be in H-131, a quarter-century. His primary venues from 2-4 p.m. include universities such as Harvard, MIT, The two speakers are brought to us Brown, Stanford, the University of Chicago through a CIU grant. For more information and the University of Houston. please contact George Beloz at ext. 47264 or @Cypress is published each week. If Other venues include unions such as the [email protected]. you would like to have items included, please contact Marc Posner in the Public Information Office at ext. 47006 or Alumni Can Now Click to Reconnect with Cypress College [email protected]. Cypress College has educated a lot of students since the campus Cypress College opened in 1966. By our best esti- 9200 Valley View Street mate the count is nearly a half-mil- Cypress, CA 90630 lion people. (714) 484-7000 However, the college has never http://CypressCollege.edu made a concerted, campus-wide effort to keep in contact with our former students. The Foundation is about to change all that. Margie Lewis, President The first step is complete. Alumni can now visit the college Web site and “click to recon- (714) 484-7308 nect” with Cypress College. While the Foundation builds a contact database, alumni will receive [email protected] periodic — and more importantly — pertinent updates. Please share this news with any alumni you keep in contact with. CHARGERS Dental Hygiene Student Lands State Scholarship BRIEFLY A Dental Hygiene student was strates academic excellence in dental Margaret Wilson, a honored last Wednesday by the hygiene education. Every semester nursing instructor, will be Orange County Dental Hygiene Watkins is the class president here Roosevelt Center staff a presenter at the Sigma Society, a component of the American at Cypress, and is an excellent student assign special tables and Theta Tau International Dental Hygienists’ Association. according to her instructor Ina chairs to the classrooms Nusing Honor Society’s Nicole Watkins received the Rydalch. She recently was awarded a throughout campus. They Nursing Odyssey: 2002, Jackie Clark memorial scholarship. Foundation scholarship. can be easily identified with tags reading: to be held October 24- The statewide scholarship is awarded “She represents the professional- “P ersonal property of 25, at the Sheraton each year to a student enrolled in a ism and dedication required by dental Roosevelt Center.“ Cerritos Hotel, Towne California dental hygiene program hygiene and Cypress College,” who completes an essay and demon- Rydalch said. If you find them in Center in Cerritos. She your classroom, please do will take part in a panel Windows XP Being Installed to Support Banner 5 not attempt to move or discussion and present relocate them because her research findings. Academic Computing staff is in the process of updating administrative, staff, they are there for the Meg is a tenured and faculty computers to Windows XP during the month of September. Because Roosevelt Center’s stu- member of the nursing of the large number of updates being done, they are attempting to accomplish all dents who have request- faculty. Last year, she required updates in one visit to each PC. ed special accommoda- recieved her Ed.D from The upgrades are being completed to support the transition to Banner 5, tions due to mobility- USC. She teaches medical which will be online October 7. The old Banner shortcut will not work after that related problems. date. 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Program is required to His photo and a Flex Workshops Upcoming; First Starts Tuesday have an open period for short bio on his accom- community comment plishments appeared on A series of workshops offering begins next Monday. PARScore 4.0 about the program. A page 2 of the sports sec- flex credit are about to get started, with Kathy Wada takes place the fol- forum has been scheduled tion of last Wednesday’s with the first beginning on Tuesday. lowing day. from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on edition. “F.A.C.T.: Web-Based Acaemic “How to Get Started Teaching Tuesday in HS-214. Avelar, who com- Research — Tips and Tricks for Online” with Betty Disney will be Details are available on petes at 141 pounds, Instruction” will take place on held a week from Thursday. the Nursing Web site. went 4-0 with two pins in Tuesday and Wednesday. It is facilitat- Details are available in @Cypress competition the week ed by Librarian Peggy Austin. online. To reserve a space call Staff The “Hands-On Microsoft Development at ext. 47324 or e-mail prior to his selection. As part of the 9/11 PowerPoint” series with Carol Lewis [email protected]. He is a graduate of remembrance ceremony, Lakewood High. Campus Children’s Construction Corner: Lower Level Pathways Open Center students released All pedestrian paths on the lower level are balloons with cards OPENINGS now open, and the only walkway closure on the attached. The first has piazza remains on the north side of the pool. been returned via U.S. For more information on these job The only Phase I railings awaiting removal at Mail — from Stater Bros’. openings, visit the NOCCCD Web site: this time are the railings that have an attachment MEASURE X main office in Colton. that could affect the piazza itself. A structural Director, College Health Services (CC) CONSTRUCTION Subscribe to the e-version of engineer visits the campus regularly to inspect Child Care Teacher (CC) @Cypress, by sending an e- Instructional Assistant (FC) what has been uncovered to make a decision on UPDATE mail to mposner@ Administrative Secretary II (SCE/YL) its removal. CypressCollege.edu. Put Part-time faculty positions. A Phase II proposal for the removal of the rest of the railings has been sub- “@Cypress Online” in the mitted by the contractor and they are awaiting instructions for proper procedures Note: The District office has moved! subject line. Also be sure to The new phone number is (714) 808-4810. for approval. include your name and work Applications must be mailed or delivered to: The first meeting for those involved in the new Children’s Center with LPA area in the body of the e-mail NOCCCD, Human Resources Architects took place last Wednesday. These are the architects who designed the 1830 Romneya Drive, 9th floor, message. Anaheim, CA 92801 remodel for the Theater and the Theater lobby. For nearly a half-million students, Cypress College has been a springboard to their dreams. Come to Cypress College and Go Places! CYPRESS COLLEGE IS PLEASED TO PRESENT PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER:
DR. JESÚS “CHUY” NEGRETE
Folksinger Musicologist Professor of Latino Studios Mexican Cultural Institute
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL (H-131)
This speaker is brought to us through a CIU grant. For more information please contact Dr. George Beloz at (714) 484-7264 or [email protected]
Click to view Dr. Negrete’s bio Jesus “Chuy” Negrete
Jesus “Chuy” Negrete, one of the nation’s foremost interpreters of Mexican and Mexican-American folk music, has been hailed by author Studs Terkel as “The Chicano Woody Guthrie.” He has performed at lectures nationally and internationally for more than a quarter-century. His primary venues range from universities (Harvard, MIT, Brown, Stanford, the University of Chicago and the University of Houston among others), to union (including the Farm Labor Organizing Committee) to advocacy organizations (such as the National Council of La Raza and the National Hispanic on Drug Abuse).
Negrete has received numerous awards and honors. These include a 1998 Bannerman Fellowship, a Smithsonian Institution Fellowship, a National Endowment for the arts Grant, the Stanford Humanities Award, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Artists Awards, and an honorary Ph.D. from the ethnic studies department of the University of California at Berkeley. Negrete was one of two performers chosen to represent the United States at the International Festival of Youth in Cuba, where his performance was seen by an estimated television audience of 40 million people worldwide.
He has been profiled in film and video productions including “America, I Remember You” by Los Angeles filmmaker Daniel Jacob and “Chuy Negrete: The Repertoire of a Folksinger” by Richard Olivares of KTEX, El Paso, Texas.
Negrete founded and leads the Mexican Cultural Institute, dedicated to the study of Mexican-American musicology, Chicano folklore and culture, educational anthropology and the problems of Mexican-American communities.
Negrete was a Tinker Scholar at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where he completed coursework toward a Ph.D. in educational anthropology. He earned a master’s degree from Chicago State University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago, both in bilingual education. He has taught at levels ranging from preschool to adult remedial education to graduate school.
The son of migrant farm workers who later settled in South Chicago steel milieu, Negrete was born in Mexico and reared in Texas and Chicago. He lives in Chicago with wife, Rita, and two sons, Joaquin and Lucas. It’s All in the Frijoles
CYPRESS COLLEGE PRESENTS PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER YOLANDA NAVA
Author of It’s All in the Frijoles and former host of KCET/TV’s live nightly news program, “Life & Times Tonight”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2002 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL (H-131)
It’s All in the Frijoles 100 Famous Latinos Share Real-Life Stories, Time-Tested Dichos, Favorite Folktales, and Inspiring Words of Wisdom
This speaker is brought to us through a CIU grant. For more information please contact Dr. George Beloz at (714) 484-7264 or [email protected]
Click to view Yolanda Nava’s bio YOLANDA NAVA – BIO
Yolanda Nava, author of It’s All in the Frijoles and the former host of KCET/TV’s live nightly news program “Life & Times Tonight”, is an Emmy Award – winning television journalist, newspaper columnist, and consultant and community leader. It’s All in the Frijoles was the recipient of the 2001 Best Self-help Book Award by the Latino Literary Hall of Fame at Book Expo America in Chicago. In 2002, the author was selected as one of five key Latino leaders in California to be featured in a Cal Teach Hispanic Month campaign to encourage people to enter the teaching profession.
During the course of her career Nava has appeared in Los Angeles, and Sacramento as capital correspondent, news reporter, anchor, and host for CBS and NBC network affiliates. She was also a host of the nationally syndicated television news magazine “Latin Tempo” which aired on NBC stations across the country.
Nava has been a pioneer on a number of fronts. She was a founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, and the founder of Centro de Ninos, a multi-cultural child development center for working-poor families. She served on the groundbreaking Women’s Traffic Officer project of the California Highway Patrol that opened the doors for women to serve as officers for this important law enforcement agency.
The first Mexican American woman to host a television show on a network affiliate in Los Angeles, Nava was also the first woman to host a nationally syndicated television program. She was owner/founder of KCMY/TV, Channel 29 in Sacramento, the first television station in the country to be owned and operated by Mexican American women.
In 1995 while serving as Director of Development & Special Projects for the highly acclaimed Eastside Family Literacy and Child Development Center, she began writing a weekly column for Eastern Group Publications. Her seminal column about her mother’s deathbed wisdom inspired her book It’s All in the Frijoles 100 Famous Latinos Share Real-Life Stories, Time-Tested Dichos, Favorite Folktales, and Inspiring Words of Wisdom (Fireside/Simon & Schuster, ISBN # 0-684-84900-3).
Nava has served on numerous boards including the Metropolitan Water District, representing the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Music Center Theater Group, Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center, Bella Lewitsky Dance Company, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Area Boy Scout Council, and the YWCA. She currently serves on the Board of Advisors for The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity in Boston and Reading is Fundamental, based in Washington D.C.
The author has two delightful and creative adult children—Joaquín, a graduate of Stanford University and NYU’s Master of Arts program in Theater & Drama, and Danielle, a junior in the Music Industry Program at USC. An avid gardener and hiker, the author currently resides in Boston where she has discovered a new passion—Flamenco dancing. CHARGERS
Freshman wrestler Steve Avelar has been chosen at The Orange County Register’s Community College Male Athlete of the Week. His photo and a short bio on his accom- plishments appeared on page 2 of the sports sec- tion of last Wednesday’s edition. Avelar, who com- petes at 141 pounds, went 4-0 with two pins in competition the week prior to his selection. He is a graduate of Lakewood High. Windows XP Being Installed to Support Banner 5 Academic Computing staff is in the process of updating administrative, staff, and faculty computers to Windows XP during the month of September. Because of the large number of updates being done, they are attempting to accomplish all required updates in one visit to each PC. The upgrades are being completed to support the transition to Banner 5, which will be online October 7. The old Banner shortcut will not work after that date. Banner 5 will introduce the ability to access the database via the Web. • The updates will include the following software: • Windows XP (Replaces Windows 98) • Office XP (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) (Replaces Office 2000) • Publisher 2002 (Replaces Publisher 2000) • McAfee Antivirus 4.5.1 (Replaces McAfee Antivirus 5.1.3) • Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 (Replaces Acrobat Reader 4) • Updates for support of Banner 5 • Groupwise Mail Client (New e-mail system) To help expedite the upgrade process, Academic Computing is requesting that users save all data files into the “My Documents” folder on your computer.
***IMPORTANT STEP****** To help expidite the upgrade process, we are requesting that you save all of your data files into the "My Documents" folder on your computer. The most common locations of data files is:
Office Documents - C:\My Documents (This data can stay in this folder) WordPerfect 6.1 - C:\Office\WPWIN\WPDOCS (Copy this data to C:\My Documents) ************************
Due to the short time frame for Banner support, we are concentrating on computers that are used to access the Banner system (not Webstar). Generally, this is Administrative and Division Office Staff. lf you have faculty memebers that use Banner (not Webstar), please have their names available to the upgrade team when they are in your area. This way all Banner users will have Banner access after October 7th.
Thank You,
Paul Hamblin Microcomputer Specialist, Cypress College
BRIEFLY
As part of the 9/11 remembrance ceremony, Campus Children’s Center students released balloons with cards attached. The first has been returned via U.S. Mail — from Stater Bros’. main office in Colton. Educational Excellence Students and staff are proud of the many top-quality academic and vocational programs at Cypress College. Our students say Cypress College is a good place to build skills and connect with others. Many feel their confidence grow. Graduates say that after completing a program at Cypress College, they feel well prepared for their next step, whether that’s a career or the university. A Great Environment Students often comment about the warm, personal and friendly experience at Cypress College. They say they feel safe at the college and enjoy the atmosphere. Students like that teachers remember their first names and say “hi” on campus. They also enjoy the casual environment, beautiful grounds and ample parking. And they rave about the relaxing duck pond. Personal Attention Cypress College classes are always taught by highly qualified faculty members. Students think their teachers are excellent and willing to go the extra mile for them. Faculty members like Cypress College because they love to teach. The result is personal attention and one-on-one interaction between students and their instructors. Many students say they came to Cypress College for that reason alone. Value and Quality Ask a Cypress College student if they’re getting a good deal and you’re likely to hear this response: “My friends are paying a fortune for the same education.” It’s not only the exceptionally low cost of just $11 per unit, either. Students say they know they’re getting a top-quality education and transfer credits, too. A Fun Experience You can’t quite call Cypress College a party school. At least not in an official publication. But students say they find lots of opportunity for involvement. The campus has a vibrant arts community and several top-notch athletic programs. Not to mention all the attractions — like Downtown Disney and Knott’s Berry Farm — that are just a stone’s-throw from the campus. Students who come to Cypress College go places. For nearly a half-million people — including actors, athletes, doctors, executives, mechanics, nurses and teachers — Cypress College has been a springboard to their dreams. For some, Cypress College is the ticket into their university of choice and for others it provides essential training for a rewarding career. Just one Cypress College class is often all it takes to provide cutting-edge skills that lead to a promotion or a new job. Cypress College, founded in 1966, provides a quality higher education to more than 16,000 students of diverse backgrounds each semester. More than 25% of Cypress College’s students are Latinos, 18% are Asian, 7% are Filipino, 5% are African American, 38% are Caucasian, and 7% are from other ethnicities or are unidentified. The college serves the Orange County cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Garden Grove, La Palma, Los Alamitos and Stanton, although residents of any city are welcome.
Cypress College is committed to promoting student success and contributing to intercultural understanding, in a student-centered learning environment. Offering 58 university-transfer majors, 107 career-certificate programs, and degrees in 46 areas of study, Cypress College has traditional semesters beginning in January and August, while short-term courses start throughout the year. A Cypress College education costs just $11 per unit, California’s lowest tuition. Financial aid and scholarships also are available to qualifying students.
Cypress College, in sunny Southern California, is in the shadow of major tourist attractions such as Disney’s theme parks and Downtown Disney (about six miles), Knott’s Berry Farm (less than five miles), and The Block entertainment complex (about 10 miles). The campus is 12 miles from the beach and provides quick access to Long Beach and Los Angeles. Located at 9200 Valley View Street in Cypress, the college is easily accessible from several Southern California freeways, including the 5, 91, 605, 22 and 405.
The 110-acre Cypress College campus features a lake, park-like study areas and beautiful weather year-round.