CBC Forum September/October 2009

CBC Forum September/October 2009

Coastal Bend College

Volume 4, Number 1

Events planned to commemorate Red Ribbon Week

Students practice Spanish during Cuernavaca stay

SimMan helps healthcare students practice trauma

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Students can apply to CBC at ApplyTexas.org

in continuing education to include a wide variety of

Future students can now apply online at ApplyTexas.org.

classes to meet the needs of the community. There is a need for more qualified instructors. If you can teach

CBC Pleasanton First Annual Chili Cookoff

courses such a cake decorating, cooking, dancing,

Do you love to cook homemade chili? Do your friends

music, art, health-related topics, send your resume to

and family beg you to indulge them in your cooking?

Glynis Strause, Coordinator of Continuing Education,

You should sign up for the 1st Annual Chili Cookoff

3800 Charco Road, Beeville, TX 78102 or email to

to raise money for scholarships for area students. The

ghstraus@coastalbend.edu.

entry fee is $50. The cookoff will be held in conjunction with Pleasanton Market Days on Oct. 17 on the Market

Truck driving available in Alice

Days site. Please contact Lauren Denver at (830) 569-

Coastal Bend College Continuing Education

4222 Ext 1203 for details or to get an application.

Department offers truck driving classes in Alice.

Excel Driver Services has contracted with Coastal

Celebrate Dia De los Muertos in Mexico

Bend College to offer on-demand professional truck

The Instituto Mexicano de Español y Cultura, the

driving training to the Coastal Bend area. Juan Acuna

Spanish language school to which CBC Spanish

can be reached at CBC Alice Campus or (361) 884-

instructor Kay Past has taken students for the past 14

2981 Ext. 3005.

summers, is hosting a mini-conference on “Día de los Muertos.” A group from Coastal Bend College will

Free SBA workshops in Beeville

leave from San Antonio on Friday, Oct. 30 and return

The next U.S. Small Business Administration workshop

on Tuesday, Nov. 3. For more information on making

will be held Nov. 6 at noon in Beeville. The topic is

travel arrangements, contact Kay Past at (361) 354-

Government Contracting. Contact CBC Continuing

2401 or kaypast@coastalbend.edu.

Education for reservations at (361) 362-2633. For more information on SBA, contact the San Antonio district

CBC News Events

&

office at (210) 403-5914.

CBC Monster 5K Run in Beeville Coastal Bend College invites all costumed runners to a 5K event on Halloween morning to benefit CBC Athletics. Runners will check in at the Marecek Physical Fitness Center at 7:30 a.m. and start the race at 8 a.m. For more information or to register early to

Music Appreciation in Pleasanton

receive a free t-shirt, contact Bucky Hartman at (361)

Ever wondered the history of modern music or how

354-2350.

music works? Come learn about the art of music at Coastal Bend College. The class runs from Sept. 29

Dental clinic open on Beeville campus

through Nov. 19 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-9 p.m.

The Dental Hygiene clinic is open and taking

Contact Sharon Mayberry at (830) 569-4222 Ext. 1212

appointments on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

for more information or to sign up.

Cost to the general public is $10; CBC students with ID is $5, senior citizens over 65 is free, CBC faculty

CBC seeks instructors for Continuing Ed courses

and staff and active duty and retired military are free.

Coastal Bend College is expanding the course offerings

To set up appointments, call (361) 354-2555.

CBC Forum is a publication of Coastal Bend College, Office of Institutional Advancement, 3800 Charco Road, Beeville, Texas. To receive a digital copy, send an e-mail to Adrian Jackson at jackson@coastalbend.edu. Coastal Bend College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, age or disability. For more information about Coastal Bend

Coastal Bend College College, visit the website at www.coastalbend.edu or call toll free (866) 722-2838.

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Spanish Studies in Mexico

Annual Cuernavaca trip includes language, history Eleven students, teachers and friends participating in Coastal Bend College’s Intensive Spanish Program in Cuernavaca, Mexico, recently enjoyed climbing pyramids, getting to know their Mexican families, speaking lots of Spanish in and out of classes at the Instituto Mexicano de Español y Cultura, eating delicious home-cooked food, swimming in the school’s pool, enjoying the pleasant July temperatures and shopping for beautiful Mexican handcrafts.

The IMEC, in a new location in Cuernavaca with a spacious building with beautiful gardens and a large swimming pool, provides a perfect setting for studying Spanish.

Although the negative publicity about Mexico’s drug violence and Swine Flu epidemic reduced the number of students who studied at IMEC this summer, groups from Ft. Worth, Houston and Beeville had no problems whatsoever with either problem.

The Texas group included four Coastal Bend College students and three A. C. Jones High School students who received a semester of college credit for their two weeks of intensive Spanish study. CBC students were Karen Benson and Christal Gonzales of Beeville; Eloisa Infante of Kenedy; and Glenda García of Pleasanton; JHS dual credit students included Rachel Ellerbee, Isaiah Montéz and Jonathan Schwindt, all of Beeville. In addition

to those studying for credit, Gayle García of Jourdanton also studied Spanish conversation with the group.

Ramón De León of Jourdanton accompanied the group for several excursions.

Accompanying the students were Pleasanton Spanish teacher Gloria García and CBC In order to recruit more students for next summer, IMEC director Dalel Cortés is looking for someone with expertise in online marketing to help her link the school’s website to many more Internet sites where potential Spanish students might learn about the school. She is offering free room and board, plus free Spanish lessons, to a qualified person.

Anyone interested should contact Kay Past at (361) 354-2401 or kaypast@coastalbend.edu.

Spanish instructor Kay Past.

CBC Barnhart Cuernavaca scholars Benson, Gonzales, Infante, García, Ellerbee, Montéz and Schwindt earned partial scholarships from the Joe Barnhart Foundation for their Mexico studies.

The students attended classes from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. daily at the Cuernavaca language school, and then returned to their Mexican homes for a large, home-cooked dinner, the main meal of the day.

In the afternoons they visited places of interest in the beautiful “city of eternal springtime” which is located in the mountains about 40 miles south of Mexico City. They toured the Cathedral of Cuernavaca, one of the oldest churches in this hemisphere; the Palacio de Cortés, the home built by Hernán Cortés in the 1500’s, after he conquered the Aztec empire; Museo Robert Brady, the home

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of the American art collector who left his extensive collections for a museum in his unusual home; and Jardín Borda, now a museum and park, but previously home or weekend retreat of many famous Mexicans and of Mexico’s French emperor Maximiliam and his wife Carlota.

The group visited the Casa Hogar de Niños, an orphanage for Mexican children, where they spent an afternoon playing games, practicing soccer, reading and practicing their Spanish with the children.

The group spent two evenings in one of the VIP movie theaters in Cuernavaca’s beautiful shopping center, Galerías, probably more elegant than most shopping centers in the United States.

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On weekends the group made excursions outside Cuernavaca. They visited Tepoztlán, an Indian village near Cuernavaca with a small pyramid at the top of El Tepozteco, the mountain for which the town is named. Most of the group climbed the steep stone steps to the top of the mountain.

In Mexico City they attended a performance of the country’s world-renowned professional Ballet Folklórico; toured the Museum of Anthropology where they saw the original Aztec calendar and many other important pre-Colombian artifacts; visited the Basilica de la Virgen de Guadalupe; admired Diego Rivera’s murals in the Palacio Nacional; visited the huge Cathedral and the nearby ruins of the Aztec

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Templo Mayor.

The CBC group climbed the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan and admired the ancient city’s artifacts, dating from approximately 500 AD. They also visited Xochicalco, an important archeological site near Cuernavaca where Indian priests from several different cultural groups evidently gathered for astronomical observations to adjust their calendars, so that corn planting could be done at the best time for a good harvest.

Taxco, the city of silver mines in the mountains southwest of Cuernavaca, was one of the favorite excursions. Students used their Spanish skills to bargain for beautiful silver jewelry and took pictures

of the city’s beautiful church of Santa Prisca y San Sebastián, built in gratitude to God for his riches gained from silver by José de la Borda in the 1700’s.

The students enjoyed a farewell dinner with their Mexican “mothers” and their IMEC teachers at the school on the last Friday of classes. They performed skits for the group and received their diplomas for their studies. They said goodbye to their Mexican families when they boarded the bus bound for the airport Sunday morning to return to Texas.

All agreed that they had learned a great deal about Mexico’s history and culture, acquired a great deal more Spanish, and made many new friends. Several are already planning to return to Mexico soon.

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Make a commitment to a Drug-Free America during Red Ribbon Week The Red Ribbon Campaign is now the oldest and

were sick of the killing and destruction caused by alcohol

largest drug prevention program in the nation reaching

and other drugs in America. The red ribbon became

millions of young people each year. It reminds people and

their symbol and the Red Ribbon Campaign became the

communities to unite and take a visible stand against

annual catalyst to show intolerance for drugs in schools,

drugs.

workplaces and communities. Camarena was a native of

Red Ribbon Week will be recognized at Coastal

Beeville.

Bend College. Students Oct. 26-29. Staff and faculty are

In 1988, the National Federation of Parents for

encouraged to wear red every day and join students

Drug Free Youth (now the National Family Partnership)

in making a commitment to say no to drugs. Activities

coordinated the first National Red Ribbon Week, an

recognizing Red Ribbon Week will take place on campus

eight-day celebration proclaimed by the Congress of the

throughout the week.

United States. The mission of the Red Ribbon Campaign

The Red Ribbon Campaign was started to honor the

is to present a unified and visible commitment towards

life of Enrique “Kiki� Camarena, a DEA agent tortured and

the creation of a drug-free America. Red Ribbon Week

killed in Mexico in 1985. As a result of his story, a coalition

activities take place around the country. For more

of American parents joined together to create the

information on the National Family Partnership, go to

National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth. They

www.nfp.org.

Oct. 26, 7:45 a.m. Kick off Red Ribbon Week with a ceremony at the flagpole.

Oct. 27

Pledge 2 B Drug Free at the Dougherty Student Center (SUB).

Oct. 28

Join Angel Care outside of the Dougherty Student Center (SUB) for a Demo Car Bash.

Oct. 29

High School students take tours of the campus and celebrate Red Ribbon Week during CBC Rocks.

Coastal Bend College

Saturday, October 31

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2009 Volleyball Schedule SEPTEMBER

1

Blinn College

Beeville

4-5

Lee College Tournament

Baytown

6

The Victoria College

Victoria

11-12

Laredo Comm. College Tourney Laredo

15

Blinn College

Brenham

18-19

North Lake College Tri Match

Irving

20

The Victoria College

25

OCTOBER

6 p.m.

2

Lee College

Baytown

6 p.m.

TBA

3

San Jacinto College

Pasadena

12 p.m.

6 p.m.

9

Western Texas College

Snyder

TBA

TBA

10

Western Texas College

Snyder

TBA

6 p.m.

12

Laredo Community College

Beeville

6 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

16

Wharton County Jr. College

Wharton

6 p.m.

Beeville

6 p.m.

17

Galveston College

Galveston

2 p.m.

Galveston College

Beeville

6 p.m.

23

San Jacinto College

Beeville

6 p.m.

26

Wharton County Jr. College

Beeville

1 p.m.

24

Lee College

Beeville

12 p.m.

28

Laredo Community College

Laredo

6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

Head Volleyball Coach: Roxanne Aguirre

OCTOBER

11

Tyler Junior College

San Jacinto

5 p.m.

2

Our Lady of the Lake Univ San Antonio

1 p.m.

12

Lon Morris College

San Jacinto

1 p.m.

4

Southwestern University Georgetown

noon

17

Cisco Junior College

Abilene

5 p.m.

9

Lon Morris College

Jacksonville

4 p.m.

18

Western Texas College

Snyder

4 p.m.

10

Tyler Junior College

Tyler

1 p.m.

16

San Jacinto College

San Jacinto

7 p.m.

17

San Jacinto College

San Jacinto

2 p.m.

25

Southwestern University Georgetown

Head Soccer Coach: Bill Cleaveland

noon

OCTOBER

JANUARY

28

2

Temple College

Beeville

2 p.m.

4

Lee College

Baytown

2 p.m.

8-9

Coastal Bend College Tourney

Beeville

TBA

7 p.m.

12

Lone Star College -- Tomball

Beeville

4 p.m.

TBA

18

Victoria College

Victoria

7 p.m.

Texas A&M Univ – Kingsville (Scrimmage) Kingsville 6:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2

Universal City All-Stars

Beeville

6-7

Lamar State College Tourney

Port Aransas

10

San Jacinto College

San Jacinto

7 p.m.

23

Lone Star College -- CyFair

Beeville

2 p.m.

14

Temple College

Beeville

2 p.m.

25

Schreiner University JV

Kerrville

7 p.m.

16

Victoria College

Beeville

7 p.m.

30

Southwest Texas Jr. College

Beeville

3 p.m.

18

McLennan Community College

Waco

20-21 South Plains College Tourney

Levelland

23

McLennan Community College

Waco

28

San Jacinto College

Beeville

30

Temple College

Temple

5:30 p.m.

TBA 5:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY 5

Southwest Texas Jr. College

Uvalde

6 p.m.

2 p.m.

13

Lone Star College – CyFair

Houston

2 p.m.

6 p.m.

19

Claredon College

Temple

6 p.m.

23

Schreiner University JV

Beeville

6 p.m.

DECEMBER 3

Richland College

Dallas

7 p.m.

MARCH

4

North Lake College

Irving

7 p.m.

2

Region XIV Play-off

TBA

TBA

5

Brookhaven College

Dallas

2 p.m.

4

Region XIV Tourney

Tyler

TBA

11

Tomball College

Tomball

6 p.m.

Head Coach: Bucky Hartman

17

Lee College

Beeville

6 p.m.

Assistant Coach: Tony Martinez

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Fine Arts Division Schedule September 9 -- Gallery Opening: “Coastal Bend College Visual Arts Faculty,” Reception & Gallery Talk 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual Arts. Bldg. Closes October 8 October 21 -- Gallery Opening : “Charlotte Shannon Hilton, Watercolor,” Reception & Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual Arts Bldg. Closes - November 12.

November 18 -- Gallery Opening: “Student & Faculty Art Exhibition”, Reception & Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Student Art Sale 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m., Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual Arts Bldg., Closes December 10.

January 20 -- Gallery Opening: “Louis Garcia”,

Barnhart Workshop Schedule

Reception & Gallery Talk 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

Sponsored by the Joe Barnhart Foundation, the purpose of these

Arts Bldg. Closes February 18

Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual

workshops is to unite in the study of art and in the promotion of art activities of cultural value. For more information, contact Jayne Duryea, at (361) 354-2322 or duryeaj@coastalbend.edu.

February 24 -- Gallery Opening: “CBC Visual Arts Division High School Art Competition”, Reception & Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., Simon

Sept. 16 - 17 “Fusing Glass”

9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Artist-in-Residence: Jayne Duryea Nov. 2-5

“China Painting”

Bldg., Closes- March 11.

9 a.m.-4p.m.

Artist-in-Residence:Alzora Zaremba Nov. 4-5

“Mosaics”

Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual Arts

March 24 -- Gallery Opening: “Cone 10 Studio” 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Reception & Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

Artist in Residence: Anne Krum

Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual

Feb. 3

Arts Bldg. Closes April 21

“Relief Printmaking” 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Artist–in-Residence: Manuel J. Gonzales April 20-23

“China Painting”

9 a.m.-4 p.m.

April 28 -- Gallery Opening: “Student & Faculty Art

Artist-in-Residence: Phyllis McElhinney

Exhibition,” Reception & Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m.

March 11

to 1:30 p.m. Student Art Sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“Glassblowing”

Artist-in-Residence: Jayne y Duryea, y CBC Art Students & Guest Artists

Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual

April 7

Arts Bldg. Closes May 6

“Caricatures”

Artist-in-Residence: Lorin Bernsen April 21-22

“Wildlife Photography”

Artist-in-Residence: TBA

For more information, contact Jayne Duryea, at (361) 354-2322 or duryeaj@coastalbend.edu.

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Making it count.com Getting to know your professors can help you make the grade

BY ALEX SMITH - SINCLAIR COLLEGE

if you don’t come to class and they’re not going to call your parents

College is always an apprehensive time for students. There is

to ask questions like in high school. Typically, college professors

anxiety from leaving the comfort zone of high school, where you

expect to educate adults, and to that end, they expect you to be

have spent the last four years becoming a senior, to stepping on

organized and to turn in your work on time.

to a new campus as a freshman. Among all the other worries of

All of this can make college professors seem intimidating at

starting college

times, however, professors went to

life, like dorm

school to educate. The majority of

assignments

college instructors have no problem

and making new

helping students if they simply show

friends, comes

that they are making an effort in class.

a big academic

In contrast to high school, professors

adjustment from

ar not usually able to be as available

the high school

as most high school teachers because

experience: the

they can have multiple classes around

freedom to schedule

a college campus at various different

your classes when

times throughout the week. This is

you want and with

where the professors’ office hours come

which instructor

into play. At the start of any semester,

you want. Because

teachers generally give out the hours

you’ll have a little

that they can be reached in their office

more say about

and their phone numbers and email

who teaches the

addresses if you need any help or have

classes you take, it’s

any questions. Some teachers will even

important to remember that most college professors are unlike

go as far as handing out their website address, IM names and blog

any instructor you’ve ever had in your education experience. They

pages.

vary greatly in their teaching styles, temperament and even how much opinion they interject into their lectures.

One of the biggest challenges incoming freshmen face is not knowing what to expect in the classroom. Many students are coming from the typical eight-period day, where their classes last

Although they may come off as no-nonsense people, college professors are generally easy to talk to. They have personal lives, hobbies, and some are college students themselves (a few degrees farther along than you).

All this newfound responsibility is no reason to get discouraged

40 to 50 minutes. College classes could last as long as three hours,

and stressed out over the upcoming changes. Just remember the

depending on how many credit hours the course is worth and

reason for all this new responsibility works right in hand with all

how often the class meets per week. Professors may take up the

the newly found freedoms of college life. College is just one more

allotted time for class or they may get to a point halfway through

step in life toward the fast-paced real world. If you know what to

class where they feel like it’s a good time to stop and discuss other

expect and can effectively adapt to these changes, you’re just one

things or simply call it a day. The bottom line is that the professor

step ahead of the game.

controls the direction of the class.

Professors are there to teach their subject and impart wisdom

The Making It Count website, part of Monster.com, is a tool for students transitioning into high school, into college and

and expertise on that subject to you. That being said, they also get

into their careers. The site includes interactive games, tools and

paid regardless of your attendance. They’re not there to police you

e-newsletters. For more info, go to www.makingitcount.com.

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September 21 -- Auditions for Madrigal Feast Play, 6-9 p.m., B-120, Beeville Community Chorus September 27 -- Local Artists Concert, admission, 3 p.m., Beeville Concert Association September 29 -- Play auditions, 7 p.m., CBC Drama October 18 -- The Magik Theatre (Children’sTheatre) performing, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” 3 p.m., CBC Cultural & Educational Programs Committee October 24 -- Auditions for Handel’s “Messiah” solos, 10 a.m., Rm. B-120, Beeville Community Chorus & CBC Concert Choir

CBC Community Performing Arts Project Schedule

October 25 -- Ballet Folklorico Mixteco of Houston,

The Coastal Bend College

School Auditorium, admission, 7:30 p.m., Beeville

Community Performing Arts Project

admission, 3 p.m., Beeville Concert Association November 12 -- San Antonio Symphony, A. C. Jones High Concert Association

is a community-based endeavor championed by CBC, The Beeville

November 15 -- West Texas A&M University Opera

Concert Association, The Beeville

Workshop, admission, 3 p.m., Beeville Concert

Community Chorus and those who

Association

value the arts and who recognize the inherent benefits realized by

November 19-21 -- Madrigal Feast, CBC, James R.

communities committed to the

Dougherty Student Center, admission, 6 p.m.,

arts. For additional information

Beeville Community Chorus & CBC Concert

about upcoming events, contact

Choir

Dr. James Lee at (361) 354-2303 or jlee@coastalbend.edu.

November 22 -- CBC Music Department Recital, 3 p.m.

November 30 -- CBC Mariachi Ensemble (Mariachi Los Pumas), admission, 7:30 p.m.

December 3-5 -- “The Dining Room,” CBC Drama, admission, 7 p.m.

CBC Pleasanton Campus First Annual Chili Cookoff October 17 during Market Days

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December 5 -- Christmas Concert, Mission Espiritu

March 5 -- “Mood Indigo,” (vocal duo performing popular

Santo, Goliad State Park, park entrance fee, 8 p.m.,

music from the 1920’s to the present), 7:30 p.m., CBC

Beeville Community Chorus/CBC Concert Choir

Cultural & Educational Programs

December 6 -- Community Advent Service, Faith Lutheran Church, 3 p.m., Beeville Community Chorus & CBC Concert Choir

March 27 -- Annual Talent Show & Dinner, dinner at 6 p.m. in James R. Dougherty Student Union Building, admission, show in auditorium at 7:30 p.m., Beeville

December 7 -- CBC Music Department Guitar

Community Chorus

Extravaganza, 7 p.m.

April 1 -- “Judith Calhoun,” organist, 3 p.m., CBC December 8 -- Christmas Concert, admission,7:30 p.m.,

Cultural & Educational Programs Committee

Beeville Community Chorus & CBC Concert Choir

April 24 -- Spring Concert, Mission Espiritu Santo, Goliad State Park, park entrance fee, 7:30 p.m.

December 8/9 -- CBC Music Department applied private

Beeville Community Chorus & CBC Concert Choir

lesson juries. Schedule to be announced.

December 10 -- Beeville Community Band & CBC Music Department Concert Band Concert, 7:30 p.m.

December 19 -- Performance of the Christmas portion

April 25 -- CBC Music Department Recital, 3 p.m.

April 29, 30 -- “Oklahoma,” Community Performing Arts Project Spring Musical, admission, 7:30 p.m.

of Handel’s “Messiah,” admission, 7 p.m., Beeville Community Chorus & CBC Concert Choi

May 1, 2 -- “Oklahoma,” Community Performing Arts Project Spring Musical, admission, 7:30 p.m.

January 17 -- Csaba Kiraly, Hungarian pianist, admission, 3 p.m., Beeville Concert Association

May 3 -- CBC Mariachi Ensemble (Mariachi Los Puma), admission, 7:30 p.m.

January 26 -- CBC Community Performing Arts Project auditions for Spring Musical 5-7 p.m.

January 28 -- CBC Community Performing Arts Project auditions for Spring Musical 5-7 p.m.

February 6 -- “The Gimbles,” (Texas-style symphony of

May 4 -- Spring Concert, admission, 7:30 p.m., Beeville Community Chorus & CBC Concert Choir May 6 -- Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m., Beeville Community Band & CBC Concert Band

swing and country music), 7:30 p.m., CBC Cultural & Educational Programs February 28 -- San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble, admission, 3 p.m., Beeville Concert Association

May 9 -- CBC Music Department Recital, 3 p.m.

May 10 -- CBC Music Department Guitar Extravaganza, 7 p.m.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Observe by wearing PINK on October 12

INFORMATION SESSIONS: Room 162 on the Alice Campus October 13, 2009 at 3PM February 23, 2010 at 3PM Room U107 on the Beeville Campus October 20, 2009 at 3PM March 5, 2010 at 3PM Multipurpose Room on the Kingsville Campus November 3, 2009 at 3PM Coastal Bend College will hold information sessions

March 2, 2010 at 3PM

about our Radiologic Technology Program on October 20, 2009 and March 5, 2010 at 3 p.m. in the Dan A.

Room 130 on the Pleasanton Campus

Hughes Technology Building in Beeville.

October 27, 2009 at 3PM March 9, 2010 at 3PM

Find out about how a career in radiologic technology fits into your future. It is strongly recommended that

CONTACT INFORMATION:

all individuals interested in the program attend one

Tim Skaife, Radiologic Technology

of these information sessions.

(361) 354-2573

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CONTINUING ED

Leadership program critical to rural communities Whether they are in social groups, government, business, educational institutions or faithbased organizations, leaders are a key factor in the success of Texas communities.

Leaders make things happen.

They take the initiative. They get people involved. They are accountable for their actions.

Leaders help groups create vision and see large and small projects to fruition. Leaders are vital to the future of Texas communities.

Because leaders are so valuable to communities, the Texas Rural Leadership Program was created with the goal of developing and supporting community leaders in an effort to promote community revitalization and economic development. TRLP provides Texans with the tools and skills necessary to be successful leaders.

One of the main products that TRLP distributes is the Critical Thinking in Leadership curriculum, supported by a grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Perkins Grant Program.

Coast al Bend College Continuing Ed offers Leadership Bee/Live Oak/Refugio County and Leadership Atascosa County this fall. Classes are one Friday each month until June.

Many leadership development programs focus on meet and greet situations where participants spend much of their time getting acquainted with local agencies, governments or other

organizations. While these are helpful, they have little long-term impact on creating or managing change within communities.

CTL, on the other hand, gives participants the tools and skills needed to provide leadership within the communities in which they live and work. The overall goal of

Leadership Atascosa County Leadership Bee County Leadership Live Oak County Leadership Refugio County For more information, contact Continuing Education at (361) 362-COED the program is to develop leaders that will successfully identify and address critical issues that bring about improved conditions in their communities.

CTL is a valuable tool for educators, businesses and communities to develop current and prospective leaders by strengthening their critical thinking and effective problem solving skills.

As participants progress through the curriculum’s three courses, they will develop personal leadership skills using a combination of readings, activities, exercises and case studies that stimulate critical thinking and analysis.

Qualified instructors and facilitators lead sessions where participants discuss topics dealing with corporate and community leadership. These include styles, ethics, critical thinking, communication, motivational

techniques, facilitation, conflict management, networking, team building, data-driven decision making and strategic planning.

Graduates of the program become resources within their communities and possess skills necessary to be effective leaders.

Following completion of the program, participants should be able to translate their knowledge of economic trends, local needs and resources into new strategies to stimulate economy; mobilize people and resources to improve the community’s future; and work together across political boundaries. Graduates will also have the benefit of the support of a CTL alumni network.

Leaders are necessary in all areas of life. CTL is designed for a diversity of leaders throughout the community. Examples of people and organizations that will benefit from attending the course include business owners, government officials, church groups, community volunteers, continuing education coordinators, economic developers, educators and administrators, nonprofit organizations, workforce development personnel, youth and others.

If you would like more information about Leadership and upcoming the leadership development program, please contact Glynis Holm Strause, Continuing Education, Coastal Bend College at ghstraus@ coastalbend.edu.

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SimMan advances critical care in South Texas

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There’s a new man in town … sort of. Laerdal’s to living patients. But don’t be fooled – SimMan, SimMan is fraught with medical problems, yet his in the midst of trauma, seems very real. appearance in Bee County is a lifesaver.

SimMan is an advanced simulated manikin

He can speak and breathe. He has a pulse. His vital signs are tracked. A number of procedures

that provides realistic and challenging medical like inserting an IV can be performed on him. He scenarios that test the skills of those who work in

comes with a pressure cuff and patient monitor

the healthcare industry. He offers opportunities similar to what students might find in a hospital. for people in health-related fields to practice and

Instructors have the ability to use existing programs

hone their skills in a safe, non-life threatening or develop their own emergency scenarios so that environment.

students can practice targeted skill sets.

“Students learn by doing, so simulators serve

SimMan resides at Coastal Bend College but will

a critical function in the classroom,” said Betty be shared by all CBC campuses, local hospitals, Sims, CBC Director

emergency responders and care facilities. SimMan

of Nursing. SimMan’s can be used by professionals for retraining or restricted airways,

certification. There are advanced and specialized

cardiac arrests, aches, pains, and other traumatic scenarios available for nurses, EMS technicians, maladies force CBC nursing students to recall what they learn in the classroom and apply it in

healthcare instructors and hospital workers.

Brian Lee of Laerdal said the U.S. Army uses

emergency situations without the threat of harm SimMan for medical training exercises. He said

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Brian Lee of Laerdal demonstrates what local healthcare personnel can expect to learn from SimMan, a simulated manikin. Laerdal has been making simulated manikins since the introduction of Rescusci Anne in 1960.

you can bet that they put the simulators to the test a handful of rolling sim labs around the country by taking them out into the field to run combat currently using Laerdal simulations systems. scenarios. Lee recently introduced SimMan to Access to a mobile lab reduces the need for a Beeville group.

Angel Care co-owner Gabriel Aleman attended the demonstration. He was excited

hospitals and care centers to either create their own sim labs or send their employees out of town for training, both costly prospects.

about the opportunity to train his employees with the new equipment. “This is where we are headed. We all work in different silos but need to be able to communicate with each other using the same language,” Aleman said. “If this is a

“Students learn by doing, so simulators

serve a critical function in the classroom.”

Betty Sims Director of Nursing

tool that we can use to bridge the gap between EMS technicians and nurses, I’ll do what I can to help this happen.”

The new simulator joins a full lab of diverse simulators that teach CBC students about

Aleman, Sims and others are working to build pediatric, obstetric, geriatric and other modes of a mobile classroom that can be used for site medical care. “SimMan will have a very positive visits. The goal is to transport SimMan around affect in our area, making better nurses and the region so that healthcare personnel can have

technicians. This equipment fills a vital need in

easy access to him, according to Sims. There are the community,” Sims explained. “Sims work.”

A Healthy Smile Lasts A Lifetime.

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Receive free dental care this month for all patients. Call now to make an appointment: Monday appointment times: Wednesday appointment times:

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8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Call (361) 354-2555 for an appointment For more on CBC’s Dental Hygienists program go to www.coastalbend.edu

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