ENTINEL North Idaho College's Student Newspaper
Vol. 67 No. 3
Thursday, October 11, 1990
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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Bagpipers are back by Pat Rogers Stntmt'I Rq,orttt
2().year tradition of the drumming and oogpipcr summer program at North daho College will not be broken. The oup will return in 1991 aner the rummer ~ion. from July 28 1hrough Aug. 9.
photo b1 Dan llydt
KomlchJ..wa--Students from NIC's sister college, lkuel, surround Keiko Nagayama In her traclltlonal kimono. (From tel1) Noshla Tega.
Keiko Watanade, lkuko Sacsato, Eml Tshudlrya, Karue Abal, Funle Nakagane, Tomoko Norlguchl and Emiko Aral.
The contro~crsy urrounding the program was resolved enrly last month and was announetd at the NIC Boord meeting. A lack of classroom space and the disruption of ~umrncr c ~ from noisy prJcticcs were among the ~ns the program was originally cnncelled. said Linda Silva, a.ssoda1c dean orin1cmal nffail"\. But rcpresenra1iv~ from the NIC administration and facuhy-Ka1hy Baird, Sieve Schenk, Lanny Stein and Jim McLeod-met with Judy Morrison. director of the bagpipe school in September and arrived with the solution that would be benelical to students as well as participants, Silva said. About 200 students panicipatc in the Scouish studies program. and they require housing as well as classroom space. TI1c group nccd.s 12 classrooms, Silva said. " II is a real coordination effort" Silva said, "especially in the heat of summer with no air conditioning.'' Silva said that it is difficult to schedule a - - - - pftosir ue
BAGPIPES p. 6.
College named recipient of large grant by Linda Stn,n, Smthid Rtpontr
he largest grant ever awarded 10 a community college by the Nationa.1 Endowment for Lhe Humanities has been awarded to North Idaho College. Last week, NIC was officially notified by NEH that the college was awarded S96,373 for the organization of a humanities dep.mment and various other acLivities to promote the humanities on campus and in the community. Project Director Judy Syhc called this "a major accomplishment for NIC,'' especially since these NEH grants are extremely comP:rilivc. NIC was one of 50 colleges nationwide and one of only IO community colleges 10 receive l'unding this year. Because these grants arc so competitive, it is important to
note here. that not only was this NIC's first grant proposal of Lhis type, but the proposal was funded on the first try. Syltc said. The beginning or this humanities grant process was several years ago when several NIC faculty members in the humanities began questioning the absence of an actual humanities division at the college and any clear definition of what that division should entail. The humanities cla= at the college arc scaitcrcd throughout SC\'Cral divisions, and no mention is made of "humanities" classes in the general education requirements.
According LO Sylte, a ray of hope appeared on the horizon for several frustrated faculty members when it was learned in 1988 that the American Association or Community and Junior Colleges, along with NEH. was initiatjng a grant peo~ for COllU'l)Unily col-
leges wishing Lo organize and advance the humanities. At this point many faculty mem~ were brought together to discuss the possibility or NIC's involvcmem with this project under the title of the Humanities Network. It was determined at this iniLial meeting by the newly formed group that the college was in serious need of a humanities program. With the approval of the administration, the proposal was written, and, Sylte said, all involved held their collective breaths. Hard work, patience and breath-holding paid off, Sylte said, as NIC was chosen as one of 24 colleges nationwide 10 panicipa1e in the AACJC/NEH program. ln Ma.rcll 1989, Sylte, along with Len Mauci of the English and history departments, and Dr. Dennis Coru1ers, then dean of academic affairs, represented the college JI the National 1-lt,unanitics Conference in Washington, D.C.
Each or the 24 colleges was able LO be paired with one of eight coUegcs in the nation that were chosen as having an outStan¡ ding humanities program-and gain knowledge and insights from what they'd done at their institutions. NIC 's "mentor" college was Kirkwood Community College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and, Syhe said, Kirkwood has been very beneficial in giving suppon and ideas to NIC's fledgling program. From that time up until the moment la.sl week of the offical announcement of the grant from NEH, much work and planning has gone on by many faculty, especially the Humanities Network Steering Comrrliuee. This comrrlince consisis of Laureen BclmonL, English; Lisa DaboU Lynes, an; Tom Flint, philosophy; Terry Jones, music; Jim
,HUMANITIES p. 19.
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