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Terri Blau & Bonnie Gass

Scottsdale Community College Outreach & Recruitment Office
 

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To commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1, the SPARK Club (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Straight Alliance) at Scottsdale Community College will be hosting a display of sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt November 16 – 20, 2009 from 8am – 10pm.   

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, started by the Names Project Foundation in 1987, will be on display in the Student Center (SC) at the SCC campus at 9000 E. Chaparral Rd., Scottsdale.  The public is invited to come to campus to see the Quilt and gather related information that will be displayed around the Quilt. 

For full story, click here:  AIDS Quilt Comes to SCC.

Fountain Hills High Students Partner with SCC Hospitality Professor and Students to Collect Backpacks for Ugandan Children

Hope 4 Kids International (H4KI) is a nonprofit organization that sponsors 900 orphans in Uganda, Africa, many whose parents have died of AIDS.  Scottsdale Community College’s Hospitality and Tourism professor, Janelle Hoffman, and her students, have been involved for the past 4 years.   In 2006 Hoffman and her students collected 7,000 pairs of flip-flops to provide to the orphans.  In 2007 they raised the funds to provide goats to the children. 

For full story, click here:  SCC and FHHS Help Ugandan Children. 

Muscle Memory Implications 

~Imprinted patterns become second nature and allow the dancer to move beyond basic motor skills and adapt movement into beautiful works of art~

SCC Dance is proud to present an evening of dance for Arizona audiences of all ages. Muscle Memory Implications is a dance concert hosted by Scottsdale Community College Dance Department on December 4 and 5 at 8:00pm at ASU’s Studio Theatre. 

For full story, click here:  SCC Dance Fall 2009 Concert.

Students in SCC’s Yoga Teacher Training Program Develop Strength, Flexibility – and New Career Paths

Walking into one of SCC’s yoga classes is like walking into another world -- where pressures, responsibilities, and deadlines are a figment of one’s imagination.  Shoes - and the day’s stresses - are quietly left at the door.   Yet anyone who practices asana--the physical practice of yoga, will agree that yoga is hard work.  It is physically demanding, requires concentration, and often pushes practitioners to the limits of their flexibility. 

For full story, click here:  Yoga Teacher Training Program at SCC.

Scottsdale Community College Hosts 2009 Empty Bowls Event to Benefit Scottsdale’s Vista del Camino Food Bank

Buy a bowl of pasta at Scottsdale Community College on December 2^nd and help fight hunger.  Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, the City of Scottsdale, and the Scottsdale Unified School District are joining forces for this year’s Empty Bowls event. 

For full story, click here:  2009 Empty Bowls at SCC. 

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Scottsdale Community College Celebrates the Opening of State-of-the-Art Natural Science Building

Scottsdale Community College recently celebrated  the opening of its newest state of the art facility – the new Natural Science building. 

Sixteen months in the making, the new 46,000 sq ft building will house the college's Life Science and Physical Science programs, including Astronomy, Biology, Microbiology, Marine Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Forensic Science, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Geology.

For full story, click here:  Natural Science Building Grand Opening.

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