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Happy Monday!
I just wanted to write a quick note: Check out Garden City USD 457’s new website.
Subscribe to the comments for this postGraduation count
I decided earlier this week to start a list, and in that list I plan to count the number of graduations that I attend in my professional life.
So far I’m up to two, but by the end of the day today my count will be four.
My college adviser, whom I met with earlier this week, is at 22 graduations.
And this morning I talked with Carol Ballantyne, Garden City Community College’s president. This year is her 10th graduation at GCCC and her 38th graduation in her professional career.
I think I have a while before I catch up to these two people. (But if I keep covering three a year and they keep attending one per year, I may catch up quicker than you might think.)
Congrats, high school seniors and community college students!
Upcoming events at GCCC
Garden City Community College Potter’s Guild Spring Art Sale
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today (Wednesday)
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building lobby
Ceramics and sculpture created by students of all skill levels
Most items $5-$50
GCCC Retirement Reception
Hosted by GCCC Board of Trustees
5:15 to 6 p.m. Today
Portico, Beth Tedrow Student Center
Honoring the service of:
• John Sanders, social science instructor
• Judy Stubblefield, mathematics instructor
• Mary Olson, outreach/adjunct instructor
Also honoring the service of Barb Larson
Reception opens with brief ceremony and precedes May meeting of the GCCC Board of Trustees
Everyone welcome
GCCC Pops Concert
7:30 p.m. today
Auditorium, Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building
• GCCC Concert Band
• GCCC Jazz Ensemble
Free admission
GCCC Choirs & Strings Concert
7:30 p.m. Thursday
Auditorium, Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building
• GCCC Concert Choir
• College Singers
• GCCC String Music Ensemble
• GCCC Beginning String Music Ensemble
Free admission
90th Annual GCCC Commencement
10 a.m. Saturday
Dennis Perryman Athletic Complex
Honoring the 2010 associate degree, certificate and GED graduates
Keynote speakers:
Kayelani Irvin
Lisa Uerling Chester
Reception immediately afterward for graduates, friends and family at the Beth Tedrow Student Center
GCCC Nursing Program
Pinning Ceremony
2 p.m. Sunday, May 22
Church of the Nazarene
Honoring 2010 graduates of the GCCC associate degree RN program
Did the president just diss the iPad?
Some tech enthusiasts are criticizing comments that President Barack Obama made during a graduation ceremony over the weekend.
According to a story on Yahoo, the president said he didn’t know how to use an iPod, an iPad, an Xbox or a Playstation.
He was quoted on the campaign trail as being reluctant to give up his Blackberry and even told the media what songs he plays on his iPod.
Does he really not know how to use an iPod?
From his speech at Hampton University:
And meanwhile, you’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank that high on the truth meter. And with iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation. So all of this is not only putting pressure on you; it’s putting new pressure on our country and on our democracy.”
What do you think?
Recommended reads.
Good morning!
To start off the week, I thought I’d share some the links of some stories that I’ve been reading.
All are from National Public Radio:
Penny Pinchers Dodge Cuts at University of Michigan