September ~ 2008
Greetings!
I’d like to welcome you to the first edition of The SCC Insider, the monthly e-newsletter for all SCC employees. Each month I will include a handful of stories that I think you’ll really enjoy reading. Since our email inboxes tend to get full very quickly, I will do my best to keep this newsletter short... but interesting. If you have news to share about a student, colleague or event, or if you have a story idea for a feature-length article, please drop me an email.
Perhaps you recognize the places and people in our masthead. That's because we’ve designed the newsletter's masthead with you in mind! In our current version, our colleagues Robert You and Nick Bacon are pictured doing what we do best – helping students succeed, along with students from the SLF program who have been active participants in our terrific student leadership programs. Each quarter we will change some of the photos to reflect the variety of people and programs that are making a difference in the lives of our students. You could be next!... (and if you're wondering if the photography student with the camera is taking your picture right now, well... I'll never tell).
Thank you for reading The SCC Insider. Enjoy your day!
Denise Kronsteiner
Director, Marketing & Public Relations
A Message from our President - Dr. Jan Gehler
It’s already September and our feet are moving fast as we carry out this year’s theme -- building from a great foundation to a bright future!
From all corners of the campus we’re having conversations about what we’re doing to promote student success, both while students are with us and long after they’re gone. This month we will launch a number of new efforts of strategic importance. With your help we will align academic and student services for a more seamless and successful student experience. By integrating strategic enrollment management, marketing, and development, we’ll enhance recruitment and retention of students from our community, our state, and nation -- and even across the globe, and build support for the resources it takes to remain a strong and top quality institution.
In addition to this new electronic newsletter, we are moving on several other communications activities. On September 11 we will hold the inaugural meeting of the college Leadership Team, a 25 member group of employees currently in leadership positions across all employee groups who will meet monthly for the opportunity to share information and discuss issues. Additionally, I have met with our Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community leaders about some of the best ways to strengthen understanding of our respective needs and thus our partnerships – related to facilities, instructional programs, student services and more.
It’s been a great start for a great year. Thank you to those of you who helped build the great foundation that is SCC, and to all of you for your energy and expertise in helping shape what I know is a bright future.
SCC’s Film School Alumni Make Waves in Film/Television Industry
Alumni from Scottsdale Community College’s Motion Picture/Television program continue to accomplish great things in the film and television industry. Crediting the program and their instructors with providing the skills and hands-on experiences they use daily in their jobs, each has taken their talent and ambitions into a variety of creative directions. Their journeys follow...
The Making of a Film Festival
"In order to pull off what I did, I had to have great confidence, connection building, and production skills - all of which I gained at SCC's Film School," explains James Schoepflin, a graduate of Scottsdale Community College's famed Motion Picture/Television program.
Schoepflin credits SCC’s film program with helping him make a very ambitious leap in his career. In 2007, Schoepflin started the Orlando Hispanic Film Festival, an annual independent film showcase that has exploded with growth and popularity. Supported by a growing number of community leaders, elected officials, and members of the media, Schoepflin, pictured here, concluded the 2nd annual festival on October 12. “I learned nearly everything that I do now from SCC.”
SCC’s Sports Performance Coordinator -- Ethan Banning -- Named Arizona State Director for the National Strength and Conditioning Association
Scottsdale Community College’s Sports Performance Coordinator, Ethan Banning, was recently named the Arizona State Director for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) at the National Conference held in Las Vegas. He stepped into his new role on July 7, 2008.
As State Director, Banning will raise awareness of the importance of having highly qualified and certified professionals working with young athletes. According to Banning, qualified practitioners will help decrease injuries, promote athletic development, and safely enhance physical preparedness.
Banning holds the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certificate (CSCS) in the highest regard, and requires all sports performance coaches at SCC to hold the certificate or be working toward one. “It’s the most respected certificate in strength and conditioning—it’s the gold standard,” said Banning.
MCTV Garners Emmy Nomination!
Congratulations to Rene Blatte and the entire MCTV team! MCTV has received its first ever Rocky Mountain Emmy Award nomination for the video production Stay Tuned, It’s Your Future, a 10-minute recruiting program produced by MCCCD and the Arizona Academic Program Articulation Steering Committee (APASC).
The Emmy awards ceremony will be held Saturday, October 4th at the Renaissance Westgate. MCTV will compete against TV stations, production companies and advertising agencies from Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. The Emmy awards, given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, recognize and rewards excellence in the television broadcast community. MCTV is the only community college television station to be nominated in this year’s competition.
MCTV was nominated in the Category of Teen (13 and up)—News Single Story/News Feature or Program Feature/Segment—for excellence in coverage of issues designed to be of specific interest and value to target audience 13 to 19 years of age.
Stay Tuned, It’s Your Future features eight high school teenagers as they discover the real magic of television when the ultimate life coach appears on the TV set extolling the virtues of attending a community college and then transferring to a four-year university. This entertaining, big screen romp enlightens the teens to the steps needed to completing their Arizona General Education Curriculum courses at one of many Arizona community colleges as they pursue their Bachelor’s degree and fulfill their life’s dreams. Stay Tuned, It’s Your Future is being distributed to all Arizona high schools and airs on MCTV, channel 115.
Congratulations MCTV!
SCC's Drawing Exhibition-- "Not Just Another Drawing Show!"
It's time for some fine art! Come take in the sights of unique charcoal drawings created by SCC artists under the direction of SCC Art professor Robert You. Drawings will portray a variety of subjects, featuring imaginative interpretations of organic and geometric forms. The exhibition will feature the work of advanced artists of all ages who have come to SCC for an opportunity to exchange ideas and have critical discussiosn in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Scottsdale Community College Theatre Arts Graduate – Pasha Yamotahari – Awarded Internship at Famed Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted its 40th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) in Washington, D.C. in April where students from eight regional Kennedy Center festivals across the country were selected to perform, take master classes, and compete for scholarships and awards.
SCC Theatre Arts graduate, Pasha Yamotahari, having won the National Critics Award at the regional festival in February, was one of eight to advance to the national festival in D.C. where he and other winners in the theatre criticism category spent a week writing theatre reviews and studying with professional critics, including NPR's theatre and film critic, Bob Mondello. For full story, click here: SCC Theatre Arts Grad Awarded Internship at O'Neill Center.
NEW: For those who remember the story of Yamotahari's achievements, including the invitation from American Theater Web to be the local voice in theatre criticism by writing and posting theatre reviews online, Yamotahari just learned that www.americantheaterweb.info and www.theatertimes.org will also post his reviews on their national sites. To read his latest theatre review, visit his blog at: Pasha's Theatre Review blog.
The SCC Insider is a monthly publication for SCC employees from the Department of Marketing & Public Relations
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