Napa Valley Cooking School graduation held

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October 31
2007
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Napa Valley Cooking School graduation held
Photo by Richard Bruns
Dr. Chris McCarthy offers remarks to the graduating class of the Napa Valley Cooking School last week at the Upper Valley Campus. Katrina, a
student work of Halloween art, “observes” in the background.
Family and guests treated to culinary delights
Chef Dieter Doppelfeld, CMC,
was guest speaker at the Napa Valley College Napa Valley Cooking
School graduation held Oct. 26. Gina
de Leon was class valedictorian.
Bonnie Thoreen, dean, Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus,
welcomed those attending. Dr. Chris
McCarthy, president, Napa Valley College; NV Cooking School
Executive Chef Barbara Alexander;
In this Issue
Student Corner.....................Pages 2, 3
Author Inspires Writers...Page
3
New Staff.................................Page
4
Force Options Approved...Page
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Bravo........................................Page
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Leaders’ Tour.........................Page
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Storm Volleyball.................Page
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AIDS Walk................................Page
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NVC Road to the Future...Back Page
and Chef Instructor Krista Garcia congratulated the graduates.
Following the ceremony, graduates
and guests were treated to a menu
from the undergraduates of the school.
The graduates are listed with their
externship sites: David Biber, Della
Fattoria, Petaluma; Kellan Sanderlin, Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford;
Jordan Ceresnie, Sona Restaurant,
Los Angeles; Colby Vogt, Bouchon,
Yountville; Gina de Leon, Domaine
Chandon, Yountville; Melissa Weyant,
Rosanna’s European Delights, Fairfield; Ryan Haggard, Domaine Chandon, Yountville; James Junge, Napa
Valley Cooking School, St. Helena;
Ashley Mattern, Stars Recreation
Center, Vacaville; Chad Palagi, Celadon, Napa; Denise Prentice, Elaine
Bell Catering, Napa; Wendy Rupprecht, Beringer Vineyards, St. Helena.
First class graduates
The first Napa Valley College
Criminal Justice Training Center Adult
Corrections Core Course graduation was held Oct. 18. The five-week
course prepares personnel to work in
local facilities, city and county jails.
NVC President Dr. Chris McCarthy welcomed graduates and guests.
Cadet Stanley Lewis led the Pledge of
Allegiance and Cadet Brandon Kemp
Photo by Betty Malmgren
Capt. John Nuñez, Corrections Course Coordinator, is pictured center with two
graduates.
CORRECTIONS Continued on Back
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Student
corner
By Tamera Melvin
The Life
of a
College
Student
–Part 2–
I think the greatest challenge and accomplishment I
can say I have had throughout my education at NVC
is balance. Being a full-time
student with a full-time job,
as well as an additional parttime job at times, has been
a struggle, to say the least.
Usually when I tell people
that I have a full-time job as
well as a full school schedule
and active involvement in
student government, I’m told
that I am crazy. People often
tell me that it isn’t advised
for students to work more
than 10-15 hours a week; and
although I know that’s true,
when you have moved out of
your parents’ house and have
to make sure you have enough
money for rent, school and
other bills, as well as living
expenses in general, a steady
income becomes necessary.
My first semester of college, I wasn’t very involved
on campus. About halfway
through, I started working
for the school newsletter;
and for the rest of the school
year, I met a lot of new people
and learned things about the
school that some people never
learn during their education
here. It was through writing
about student government
events that I became interested in ASB. I ended up running for ASB public relations
officer during the end of the
Spring ,06 semester, unopposed, and became 2007 PRO.
Getting involved in student government helped me
NVC News Page in ways that I probably don’t
even understand myself. The
obvious benefit of joining
student government was connections. I developed great
friendships with most of the
ASB board members, as well
as developed a relationship
with the ASB advisor, Victoria Estrella. Victoria has
definitely been somewhat of
an academic and life advisor for me as well during the
time that I have known her.
Through ASB, I learned
how to become organized,
how to manage my time efficiently. I developed better
people skills and learned a
lot about processing paperwork and how the systems at
the college work. I benefited
from the interaction I had
with other board members,
becoming enriched by their
ideas and their perspectives.
I had a chance to be creative
and innovative in my office,
and I did something that
made a difference in people’s
lives, which is something that
almost all people appreciate.
Then when it came time for
elections for the 2007-2008
board, I decided to run for
president. I ran against Susana
Ponce, a girl that I had worked
with on the board and had
always been friendly with.
During the two or three weeks
of campaigning, I put in more
work, time and dedication
than I even knew I had in me.
I had friends who helped me,
and it was amazing to have
that support. I ended up losing
by a small margin of 54 votes.
At first I was extremely disappointed, mainly due to the fact
that I had put in so much hard
work and felt that all that time
was now wasted. Then, I realized that elections had been
a lot of fun and that it had
been an experience I wouldn’t
want to have missed out on.
Besides, everything happens
for a reason and, in the next
part, I will elaborate on that.
To be continued...
Air check
Respiratory Care
students celebrated Respiratory Care Week
by doing health
screenings in the
quad. In the photo
a student measures
exhaled air from a
volunteer “subject.” Such tests
help determine the
relative health
of an individual’s
respiratory system.
Photo by Richard Bruns
Phi Theta Kappa update
By Tamera Melvin
Letters were recently sent out in the mail to students at
NVC who are eligible to join the Beta Beta Sigma chapter
of Phi Theta Kappa. Phi Theta Kappa is the international
honor society for community college students. When
students receive their letters, after filling out a short
form and paying a small fee, they become a member for
life. Students can then decide to take a more active role
in Phi Theta Kappa, including running for the open Phi
Theta Kappa positions or simply volunteering at events.
To be eligible, one needs a 3.5 cumulative GPA and 12
transferable units completed. If you didn’t receive a letter
and think you are eligible, please contact either Professor
Gillis or Professor Bewick.
Phi Theta Kappa will be hosting the Religion Forum
for the second time on Nov. 15 in the Cafeteria. Be on the
lookout for the exact time and more information about
the event.
You are not your disability
Forum on Disability:
Disability Awareness Month
By Tamera Melvin
On Tuesday, Oct. 9, the second annual Forum on Disability was held at NVC in celebration of National Disability Awareness Month. The forum was sponsored
by the Disability Awareness Month Committee, DSPS,
Workability III, and ASB. Tom Dana, Workability III
academic counselor, hosted the event. Sheryl Fernandez
of DSPS presented some handouts. Dr. Chris McCarthy,
NVC president; Oscar DeHaro, vice president of Student
Services; and Edward Beanes, job development specialist of the Career Center were among those attending.
The forum consisted of a panel of specialists, advocates,
professors, students, and other members of the NVC
community who had a connection to the awareness of
AWARENESS ContinueD on Back Page
V
ampire fans
rejoice!
After years of
watching our
monsters being
degraded to the
roles of whiny
pretty boys,
and excessively
portrayed as
action heroes,
we finally get to see them as they should
be: savage, vicious freaks of nature! This
is what sets 30 Days of Night apart from
its peers, and it’s one of its most distinguishing features. These vampires don’t
neatly sip human blood; they slurp it up
and relish in the barbaric joy of it all.
Of course, this alone doesn’t make
a good vampire movie, which 30
Days of Night is. The film benefits
not just from the bloodsuckers involved but also from the remarkably
original story: vampires attacking
a small Alaskan town cut off from
the rest of the world and shrouded
under an entire month of night; it’s
brilliant! Aside from being one of
those stories you can’t believe no one
has used before, the plot is executed
Vampire
fans
rejoice!
Fi l m
Review
By Diego Hernández
intelligently and without a hole.
The cinematography is highly effective and works hand in hand with the
plot. If 30 Days of Night’s small Alaskan
town setting is CG (computer graphics), then it’s very hard to tell. At times
you actually feel like you’re there; you’re
cold, intimidated by the world’s callous
blue tint, and you feel utterly hopeless and alone. Some of the sequences
shown are insanely awesome, like
when one vampire attacks the roof of a
speeding car furiously, or the overhead
shot of the town’s citizens being massacred by the invading monstrosities.
Although the film sometimes diverts
away from the on-screen carnage, a
satisfactory amount is shown; and
when it is, it is highly impressive.
And for the first time in a while,
we actually have a vampire movie
that’s scary! These abominations
strike unexpectedly, dragging their
screaming victims to their death
Author inspires students to write
and then gave an introduction
to the author, listing his backDaniel Chacón, a professor of
ground and accomplishments.
American and Chicano FicChacón began by telling the
tion at the University of El Paso
audience
about the book he
and the author of novels like
would
read
for them: The ChiChicano Chicanery as well as
cano
Book
of
the Dead, a series
various short stories and plays,
of short stories. Chacón said that
made an appearance at NVC
Chacón
one of his stories was among 11
on Oct. 18. He first spoke with
finalists out of 1,700 entries in
students of the Puente Program,
a contest hosted by the Chicago Triand then appeared at the library. Attenbune. The author then spoke about the
dance was good, with most chairs filled
inspiration for The Chicano Book of
by both students and faculty members.
the Dead and stated that the primary
NVC President Dr. Chris McCarthy
inspiration was provided by string
mentioned, while Chacón signed books
theory, which holds that there are extra
for fans, that more time would be aldimensions. Despite being inspired by
lowed for book signings after the event.
McCarthy also gave credit to the Puente the physics theory, Chacón said that the
stories did not have to do with physics.
Program, which he said was responsible
Chacón then read one of the stofor booking Chacón. Agapito de la Garries
from The Book of the Dead, a
za, the chair of Language and Developtale
called “Calabi-Yau,” in which
mental Studies Division, thanked the aua
musical
writer slowly begins to
dience for coming. He mentioned how
Cathy Gillis, a collaborator with Puente,
Chacón ContinueD on Back Page
was instrumental in booking Chacón
By Diego Hernandez
while the audience gasps in shock.
They hiss like snakes, scream like
banshees and jump around like
homicidal acrobats. They’re not
unholy demons from Hell, but they’re
sadistic as hell and take cruel delight in slaughtering their prey.
30 Days of Night is not without its
flaws, though. The pacing is off and
drags during the middle part of the
movie. Also, Josh Hartnett puts on a
good show as Eben Oleson, the film’s
main character, but it’s difficult to swallow the idea of him playing a sheriff.
Just in time for Halloween, 30 Days
of Night remains distinct from the
competition as a film that portrays its
vampires menacingly, and excels at it.
I cannot remember having so much
fun watching vampires tear humans
apart since From Dusk Till Dawn, and
feeling so cold since The Thing. 30
Days of Night is a stimulating, exciting novelty; let’s hope that future
vampire films follow its example.
“It’s not who I am underneath,
but what I do that defines me.”
–Batman Begins, 2005
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NVC News Page Looking for a new career?
Applications for Napa Valley College’s Psychiatric Technician program will be accepted in the Admissions Office until Nov. 16 for the
Spring 2008 semester. This is a change from accepting applications
year-round. Also, incomplete applications will no longer be accepted.
An application packet filled with helpful hints is available on the wall
outside the HEOC office in the 800 building, says Prof. Cliff Zyskowski, Psychiatric Technician instructor and program director.
Students will be accepted into the program provisionally if they are
currently enrolled in their prerequisite classes, but they must pass with
a “C” or better in order to begin the program. See www.napavalley.
edu/apps/comm.asp?$1=6 for more information.
New NVC faculty, staff
P.E./Athletics
The Physical Education/
Athletics Division welcomed
Michael Ronald as the new
Equipment Attendant II. “His
experiences in the
private sector have
prepared him well
for the equipment
Ronald
room challenges.
Michael is a truly outstanding
addition to our division. He and
Sandy Ross will continue to work
to make sure that our equipment room serves the needs of
the students and the staff,” said
Kevin Luckey, dean of Physical Education and Athletics.
New Health
Occupations counselor
(Editor’s Note: Nicole Corcoran is among
guests on the November NVC Forum on
TV27. The show airs at 2 p.m. Sunday and
at 8 p.m. Monday.)
Nicole Corcoran has joined
the Napa Valley College faculty
in the position of grant-funded
Health Occupations Counselor/
Instructor. She will
serve student needs
in the Health Occupations Division and
perform student outreach efforts with the
Corcoran
Napa Valley Unified
School District. Betty Hopperstad, division chair of Counseling, said, “We are very fortunate
to have someone of Nicole’s
caliber join our division. Nicole
received her B.A. degree from
UC Davis in Sociology, with
NVC News Page an emphasis in Organizational
Studies, and her M.A. degree
from Sonoma State University
in Counseling, with an emphasis
in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Nicole came to us as an adjunct
counselor last year after working full-time at CSU East Bay,
as well as having worked at
Contra Costa Community College and West Valley College.”
Amy LaPan, dean of HEOC,
said, “HEOC is fortunate to have
Nicole Corcoran, a career counselor, join our team. Nicole will
be working with prospective and
current HEOC students. She will
specialize in providing career
counseling services to students
who are interested in pursuing
a Health Occupations career.
She has expertise in dealing with
prospective and new college
students who are seeking to develop a course of study that will
lead them into one of the many
health occupations careers.”
New Corrections
Program instructor
Aaron Ross joins the NVC
Criminal Justice program as
the In-Service and
Corrections Coordinator. He is an NVC
Policed Academy
graduate (Class #29)
with a bachelor’s deRoss
gree in Management
from St. Mary’s College. He
also is a 12-year police veteran
from Benicia and Vacaville and
has worked as an NVC Police
Academy adjunct instructor.
Force options approved
The Napa Valley College Board of Trustees at their
Oct. 11 meeting approved the agenda item
on use of force, thus
arming the NVC police.
“In the wake of recent
incidents of violence
on school and college
campuses, the Napa
Valley College Board of Trustees has been examining the ways that the college can best safeguard
our students, faculty, staff and visitors. A number of
improvements have resulted from this analysis, including arranging for a system that will leave a message
on all campus phones in the event of a problem and
becoming a pilot project for a service that will convey
a text message to participating students and staff.
These improvements follow the placement of blue
emergency phones throughout campus. As we move
forward with remodeling buildings, phones will be
installed in classrooms to further increase security,”
said Dr. Chris McCarthy, NVC president, in informing the campus community. “As part of this effort to
safeguard our campus, the Board of Trustees adopted
a policy change that will allow the college police to
use a variety of force options in situations of violence.
Included is the authority to carry firearms in the course
of duty. The Board recognized that our college police
are fully qualified under Police Officer Standards and
Training guidelines to do so, that they receive ongoing
training that exceeds the requirements of community
police departments, and that their ability to protect
themselves and others in situations of violence is
vital. The Board expressed the belief that a reduction
in the response time of law enforcement could make
all the difference in protecting students and staff.”
Chief Ken Arnold said in an email, “These options
will provide the college police with a complete set
of force options, which include firearms, a stun-type
device, and some type of incapacitating device. I
appreciate that this is a major change for the college community, and I wanted to share with you
what will be happening. You will not suddenly see
officers with firearms. Over the next few months we
will be updating our policies and procedures, selecting equipment and doing refresher training and
qualification on the new equipment. You should not
expect to see officers with a firearm until sometime
in December or January. Officers will probably not
have a stun device until sometime in March or an
incapacitating device until May or June. What will not
be changing is the department’s commitment to the
campus community or our enforcement philosophy.
What is changing is our ability to respond to situations
involving weapons. Thank you for your understanding;
and if you have any questions, please let me know.”
NVC graduate Cadet Eric Anderson
has completed basic training at the
United States Military Academy at
West Point. He is scheduled to graduate from West Point in 2011 and be
commissioned as a second lieutenant
in the U.S. Army. Home schooled, he
earned associate degrees in Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Science
and Mathematics, and a certificate in
Machine Tool Technology at NVC.
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Counselor Ron Rhyno was invited to
contribute an article for the Maturing of
Community Colleges: an Introspective
Look, published in summer 2007 by
the Community College Leadership
Development Institute, University of
San Diego, School of Leadership and
Education Science. His topic was “For
Mature Audiences Only; Rules of the
Game.”
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Bravo to the North Bay Philharmonic
Orchestra for its Fall Concert. Mozart’s
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major,
was the featured work as played by
Eduardo Guardarramas, internationally renowned piano virtuoso. Also
on the concert was Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 2 in D major. The
evening’s performance was conducted
by Roberto-Juan González, music
director of the North Bay Philharmonic
Orchestra.
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Congratulations to NVC students
Rosa Cachu of Calistoga and Martha
Zepeda of Angwin on passing their
citizenship test on Oct. 17. The Oath
of Allegiance ceremony will be in
two to four months. They studied
with Revalee Hemken and the other
candidates in her Basic Education
Computer Lab in Calistoga. “Their
success is an inspiration to all of us,”
Walter-Burke, dean of Research,
Planning and Development, provided
background. One focus was on the
need for Hispanic students to indicate
ethnic status on the college application. Many NVC students “decline to
state” ethnic background. It is believed
that the college qualifies for this
significant grant but that documentation is needed.
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The NVC Book Club, which meets the
third Tuesday of the month, is reading
Crushing Soft Rubies by NVC faculty
member Janet Stickmon. Copies
of the book are available in the NVC
Bookstore, at Black Oaks, Eastwind,
Aekipelago, City Lights and at www.
brokenshackle.org. For more information contact Prof. Dianna Chiabotti.
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Accenture hosted an event in Washington, DC, to announce, introduce
and celebrate the first 20 winners of
Accenture’s Junior and Community
College Scholarship award.
Maria Sanchez and Jaspreet Singh,
graduates of Napa Valley College,
were selected from more than 160
applicants for the scholarship.
At the age of 10, Maria Sanchez
migrated from Oaxaca, Mexico, to
California. Maria is the second child
The Bronchodilators
in a family of six. After three years at
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Napa Valley College, Maria will transGrant writer Linda Dowden and her
fer to the University of California, Los
assistant visited Napa Valley College
Angeles, to study psychology. Maria’s
to share information and answer ques- career goal is to attend medical school
tions about the criteria for applying for and become a physician.
a Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant
Jaspreet Singh is a first-generation
(HSI). A well-attended meeting was
college student planning to attend
held in the staff lounge with interested the University of California, Berkeley.
campus and community leaders. Dr.
Singh will major in electrical engineerChris McCarthy welcomed the group, ing and computer science.
and Oscar DeHaro, vice president
Successful candidates for the Accenof Student Services, spoke. Judie
says Hemeken, who notes that other
students are also preparing to apply
for citizenship.
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Bravo to Prof. Ann Gross. She
and her daughter
participated in the 11.7
mile Peak Hike up Mt.
Tamalpais on Oct. 12
to help raise money for
breast cancer research,
patient support and
Ann Gross lobbying.
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RT Program Coordinator Kate
Benscoter and about 10 of her
students participated again in the
annual Asthmawalk to raise money for
the American Lung Association. The
walk was in Santa Rosa. The team
was named the “Napa Valley College
Bronchodilators.”
B.A.
Information
Meetings
Sonoma State
University is offering a
B.A. degree program at
Napa Valley College. At
least five courses will be
offered each semester on
evenings and weekends for
the benefit of the working
student. Applications are
now being accepted.
Information meetings
are planned for 4:30 to
6 p.m. Nov. 5, Nov. 7
and Dec. 5 in the NVC
Transfer Center. Call
Carol Tremmel at 707664-2611 or email carol.
[email protected]
or see the website www.
sonoma.edu/exed for more
information.
ture Junior and Community College
Scholarship excelled academically and
demonstrated leadership ability as well
as commitment to community.
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The Psychiatric Technician program
would like to thank Beth Hauscarriague, Robyn Tornay, Joann
Stubitsch and Sue McNerney for
all of their hard work in streamlining
the admission process for students
into the program, says Prof. Cliff
Zyskowski, Psychiatric Technician
instructor and program director. (See
related story, page 4).
Fall Job Fair successful
By Diego Hernández
Colleges are often the birthplace of
newfound and/or increased responsibility and work ethic. This is probable
not just because students tend to study
hard but also because many also hold
jobs at the same time. But sometimes
students have trouble finding jobs to
apply for, which is why the NVC Job
Fair was created in the first place. “It
provides opportunities for employment for our community members,
and it also provides employment opportunities for our students…,” said Job
Developer/Job
Fair Coordinator Edward
Beanes, when
asked about the
Job Fair. It was
held on Oct. 17.
Edward Beanes and SoMultiple
nya Wright at the Fall
businesses
Job Fair.
were present
for the event, each with representatives. These included companies
like Coca-Cola, H&R Block, Target,
Verizon and Raley’s. More community-
oriented organizations, such as Aldea
Children and Family Services, the
Boys and Girls Club, the Napa Emergency Women’s Services, and Queen
of the Valley Medical Center were also
present. Military factions were not
absent; the California Army National
Guard, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S.
Marines, the U.S. Army Reserve and
the U.S. Navy all made appearances.
The turnout of job searchers was impressive. The Job Fair
provided free food, and tamales
were sold in front of the gym.
NVC News Page Leaders
tour campus
Halloween
Events
Tamera Melvin
On Oct. 31 there will be
various events at Napa Valley
College in celebration of Halloween. MESA will be holding
their annual MESA Fair in the
quad from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There will be a pumpkin carving contest, science experiments and food sale–fun for
all.
Above,
Michael
Baldini,
president of
the Board
of Trustees, also
welcomed
LNV class
members and
accompanied
them on the
tour. Trustee Brenda
Knight is
pictured immediately behind Baldini.
ASB will be holding a Halloween costume contest in
the Cafeteria from 12:30 to
1 p.m. Just show up in your
costume and sign up! There
will be a prize for the best
student costume, staff and
faculty costume.
Photos by Betty Malmgren
Many Napa Valley College faculty and staff members are graduates of Leadership Napa Valley. Kathy Baird of the Foundation office and Brenda Knight, member of the college Board
of Trustees, are in the current class. Some class members toured campus recently. They were
welcomed by Dr. Chris McCarthy, president, above, and heard about campus construction from
Dan TerAvest, director of Campus Planning and Construction. Bob Lortz of Financial Aid was a
tour guide. Ron Owens, Public Information Officer, from the Chancellor’s Office also toured
campus.
Day of the Dead
Events
Storm volleyball leads BVC
Head Coach
Kelly VanWinden
Assistant Coach
Lauren Meanza
Assistant Coach
Josh Diaz
Day of the Dead Celebration
Celebración del Día de los
Muertos
1 – Jacqueline
Domecus
2 – Danielle
Magnuson
10 – Ashleigh
Gray
11 – Heather
O’Neill
13 – Tiffanie
Christensen
14 – Chelsea
Butts
An ideal volleyball team might be 12 players: backups for every position and
enough players to have real-game practice scrimmages. The 2007 Napa
Valley Storm has exactly seven players, a lot of talent and a lot of heart!
Undefeated so far this year in Bay Valley Conference play as of this writing,
the team members seem to have bonded uncommonly well. Players coming
from different coaching backgrounds often have different approaches to their
own playing style and different approaches as to how they receive coaching.
This team’s members seem intuitively to understand each other, communicate
well and have respect for each of their peer’s skills.
So if you see these dynamic players on campus, give ’em an “Atta girl!” and
come support one of their remaining games.
Remaining Women’s Volleyball Fall 2007 Match Schedule
DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
TIME
LOCATION
Wednesday
Friday Wednesday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Saturday
Friday
Oct. 31
Nov. 2
Nov. 7
Nov. 14
Nov. 20
Nov. 24
Nov. 30
Yuba
Mendocino
Solano
Contra Costa
1st Round Playoffs
2nd Round Playoffs
State Tournament
6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
TBA
TBA
TBA
Napa
Ukiah
Fairfield
Napa
Fresno
Fresno
TBA
NVC News Page The Child and Family Center
Parent Club will have a bake
sale in the Quad from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. For more information contact the ASB Office at
(707) 253-3060.
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15 – Emily
Pahk
History, art, music, poetry,
personal testimonies and
more will be included in the
Napa Valley College Day of the
Dead observance Nov. 1. Club
S.R.B. (Students Rompiendo
Barreras/Students Breaking
Barriers) invites the community to celebrate this special
tradition in a unique way. It
will be a bilingual event and is
free and open to the public.
It will be held Thursday, Nov.
1, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in
Room 838.
Also on Nov. 1 the club will
sell tamales and champurrado (Mexican hot chocolate
drink) in the Cafeteria. CHA
and the Puente Club will have
an evening event from 6 to
9 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Club
members will be creating an
altar that will be displayed
in the college Library as of
November 2.
For more information, call
Alex Guerrero, SRB Club Advisor, at 253-3277.
NVC has good showing in local AIDS Walk
(Editor’s Note: We hope this list of walkers is complete. If you attended the walk and did not register, please send us your name so you can be recognized.)
Alma Tellez
and Ricardo
Aragon were
among members of the
Napa Valley
College Team.
This year the 16th annual AIDS Walk
Napa Valley was moved to the Veterans
Home in Yountville due to construction
downtown. While the walk was smaller
this year, the setting was beautiful.
Napa Valley College had the largest
school team in the walk thanks to efforts by the Puente Club and Phi Theta
Kappa. Team members included Flor
Martin-Del Campo, Jose Duran, Maribel Torres, Gabriela Rodriguez, Mariana Cruz, Graciela Rodriquez, Laura
Vega, Olga Alfaro, Adrian Osnaya,
Jesus Munoz, Maggi Breshears, Yousef
Photos by Betty Malmgren
Members of the NVC Team gathered for a team photo before the walk started. The team
shirts had the college logo on the front and “A place so near…can take you so far” on the
back. Team members were cheered and recognized as they crossed the finish line.
Banitaba, Amy Breshears, Shauna
Hagerman, Courtney Hagerman, Alma
Tellez and Ricardo Aragon, Cathy Gillis
and her toddlers Arlo and Leyna, and
Puente Club
students
turned out in
force for the
college team
in the annual
AIDS Walk and
had fun.
State PIO guest on NVC Forum
Napa Valley College Forum
is shown monthly on
local Channel 27. The
November show, recently
taped, features Ron Owens,
Public Information Officer
for the Chancellor’s
Office, pictured at right
with host Dr. Chris
McCarthy. Other guests
were Dr. Amy LaPan, dean,
Health Occupations; Ted
Peterson, coordinator,
EMT program; Nicole
Corcoran, counselor,
and Stephen Hallet, ASB
senator of Administration
of Justice. The show is produced by Community Relations.
Right, Greg
Wong, senator of Fine &
Performing
Arts congratulates
Victoria
Estrella.
Betty Malmgren, who organizes the
team every year. It was the 17th year the
college has supported efforts to raise
awareness and funds for this cause.
The first AIDS Walk held in Napa was
organized by Malmgren on campus in
1991 when students, faculty and staff
walked around the track the year before
the local community walk started.
The NVC team this year was also the
most diverse in the ages of members.
For more information on AIDS
and other health issues, contact Student Health Services.
Victoria’s
Shower
Victoria Estrella, coordinator of Student Life, was
honored with a surprise shower prior to her recent
wedding.
NVC News Page AWARNESS from Page 2
Napa
Valley
College
Road
to the
Future
Photo by Betty Malmgren
Tom Dana, WorkAbility III counselor at Napa Valley College, speaks during the recent Disabilities Forum.
disability. The panel members
were Windy Martinez, April
Dawson, Chris Simons, Catherine Brown, Matthew Shultz,
Jacob Begnal, Beau Glover,
Loretta Perry and Stephanie
Burns. It was held in the Cafeteria. The turnout was substantial
but not impressive.
Dana first had each panel
member introduce themselves
and talk about why they were at
the forum. Then Dana followed
to bring up controversial issues
or questions related to disabilities, and the different panel
members would tell what they
thought about it. There were
also questions from the audience. Dr. McCarthy revealed
that 20-25% of NVC students
have a documented disability.
One of the topics that came to
discussion was the implementation of equipping all classrooms
at NVC with close-captioning
decoders, since many are not
provided with it. Another topic
was the level of responsibility
a professor has in identifying
students with disabilities and
recommending them to the appropriate resources. A prevalent theme of the forum was
“increase awareness, decrease
ignorance” as panel members
discussed stereotypes and discrimination in regards to persons with disabilities, as well
as appropriate language to be
used. A common phrase used
in the discussion was, “You are
not your disability.” The message of the forum was empowerment and achieving one’s
goals.
CORRECTIONS from Page 1
presented
a welcome
from the
class. Under
Sheriff Tom
Ferrara presented the
Graduate
Dennis
Oath of the DeGuzman proudly
Corrections displays his Corrections diploma.
Code of
Ethics. Ret. Capt. John Nuñez,
CDCR (California Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation) who serves as Corrections
Course coordinator, presented
awards and diplomas.
The graduates include Alberto Robles, Orlando T. Aquino
Jr., AnneMarie Azevedo, Cort-
ney Bond, Cheryl R. Brady,
Armando M. Carreon, Dennis
DeGuzman, Joshua K. Esquibel, Jeffrey E. Fantuzzi, Myron
D. Frazier, Ian F. Fradella, Terry
L. Erkeneff, Larry J. Hicks II,
Frank M. Howell, Brandon
Kemp, Wyatt S. Lang, Stanley
C. Lewis Jr., Frederick B. Lusk,
Marques F. Salvador, Endy
Somboune, Ashley P. Stewart
and Necia M. Valenzuela.
Another class will start in
January. Contact the Criminal
Justice Training Center at 707253-3255 or see www.nvccjtc.
org for more information. Greg
Miraglia is dean of the Criminal Justice Training Center.
Photo by Betty Malmgren
Above, workers pave the new James Diemer Drive, which
opened last week. According to Campus Planning and Construction, this week work will start to remove old Diemer
Drive and expand Parking Lots B and C. Improvements in
Lots B and C will be phased out with parking expansion beginning immediately to ensure that the maximum number
of spaces will be available for the Spring 2008 semester.
The second phase of the project will go to bid this spring
and include a new bus stop and portions of the landscaping. Thanks to the Bond Measure N approved in 2002, the
following projects are also scheduled to go to bid Spring
2008: Library & Learning Resource Center, Performing Arts
Center, Auxiliary Gym (previously known as the Fieldhouse), and the Ceramics building. For more information,
watch for Construction Bulletins issued by Campus Planning and Construction. The college Board of Trustees will
meet Nov. 5 to discuss going out for another construction
bond.
Chacón from Page 3
lose his mind as he questions whether his lover is real
or not. Afterwards, questions were asked regarding
the meaning of the ending of the story; Chacón answered that the ending was open to interpretation.
Chacón subsequently gave the audience a choice to
decide what they wanted to hear next. The patrons chose
“Page 55,” in which a man reads a book that he hates, but
keeps on reading because he believes that the book involves how long he will live. After reading, Chacón was
asked how he came up with the plot for “Page 55.” He
answered that he thought of the idea while in Poland,
while he read a “boring” book that argued that Albert
Einstein’s theories were superior to Stephen Hawking’s.
When asked who his influences were, Chacón listed
Franz Kafka, Flannery O’Connor and Toni Morrison as
authors who had inspired him. Chacón also gave advice
to striving authors, saying that if you could master the
form of the story, then you could control every detail.
After the library event, Chacon met with the
NVC faculty before leaving the college.
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