C hronicle The A Weekly Look at the Cottey College Campus C hronicle volume XXIX, number 30, April 24, 2015 Thursday, April 30 11:00 a.m. Missouri Recital Hall All-Campus Employee Meeting Celebration Honoring President Judy Rogers Friday, April 24 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts Auditorium 4:00-4:30 p.m. Presentation Reception Following Presentation Friday, April 24 8:00 p.m. Missouri Recital Hall Spring Choir Concert Monday, April 27 7:00 p.m. Missouri Recital Hall The Music Department invites everyone to join them, as selected student musicians perform solos and small ensemble pieces. Please support these students as they showcase their hard work and ability! Student Recital This spring concert, titled Women’s Voices, will feature Cottey’s Chamber Singers, and will be under the direction of Theresa Forrester Spencer. The music will represent a wide variety of styles and eras featuring songs from Henry Purcell to Mozart to Libby Larsen.
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ChronicleThe
A Weekly Look at the Cottey College CampusChronicle volume XXIX, number 30, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 3011:00 a.m.
Missouri Recital Hall
All-Campus Employee Meeting
Celebration Honoring President Judy Rogers
Friday, April 244:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts
Auditorium
4:00-4:30 p.m. Presentation
Reception Following Presentation
Friday, April 248:00 p.m.Missouri Recital Hall
Spring Choir Concert
Monday, April 277:00 p.m.Missouri Recital Hall
The Music Department invites everyone to join them, as selected student musicians perform solos and small ensemble pieces. Please support these students as they showcase their hard work and ability!
Student Recital
This spring concert, titled Women’s Voices, will feature Cottey’s Chamber Singers, and will be under the direction of Theresa Forrester Spencer. The music will represent a wide variety of styles and eras featuring songs from Henry Purcell to Mozart to Libby Larsen.
GLOBALIZED SOUL
Stories from the Tipping Point to a New World
Film Screening and Conversation with Executive Producer Cynthia Lukas
Tuesday April 28th at 8:00 PM Missouri Recital Hall
The Quest for Social Justice
Wednesday April 29th at 8:00 PM Missouri Recital Hall
An acclaimed interfaith documentary filmed on five continents
featuring commentary by spiritual leaders, such as the Dalai Lama, Sister Joan Chittister, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Roshi Joan Halifax and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari
With global music by Enya, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass
Featured Film for the UN International Day of Peace Broadcast
"Globalized Soul is a sensitively made film on peace. It leaves you with
a positive feeling that peace is possible if we know how to build it." Arun Gandhi, President, Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute,
and Co-Founder, The Season For Nonviolence
WWW.GLOBALIZEDSOUL.ORG
Special Film ShowingsCottey, in conjunction with the Office of Spiritual Life and Campus Diversity, as well as a number of faculty, staff, and students, is thrilled to welcome acclaimed filmmaker and executive producer Cynthia Lukas to campus, as she shares her passion for filmmaking and documentaries that educate, inspire, and motivate. In addition to meeting with many students and staff, here are some of the main events open to the wider public and campus community:
Film Screening: “GLOBALIZED SOUL”Tuesday, April 28 @ 8:00 p.m.
Missouri Recital Hall
Globalized Soul is an acclaimed interfaith documentary filmed on five continents featuring commentary by spiritual leaders, such as the Dalai Lama, Sister Joan Chittister, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Roshi Joan Halifax, and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari. It was a featured film for the UN International Day of Peace Broadcast.
Open Session/Q&A: Cynthia LukasWednesday, April 29 @ 3-4 p.m.
RBAC 144
Join Cynthia in an informal setting to ask questions about producing films and running a non-profit educational media organization.
Film Screening: “GHANDI’S GIFTS”Wednesday, April 29 @ 8:00 p.m.
Missouri Recital Hall
Gandhi’s Gifts, currently in production, is a documentary about the final, most courageous years in the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Join Cynthia as she shows excerpts from this documentary, and ask questions about the process of making documentaries and her knowledge of Gandhi’s life.
For more information on Cynthia Lukas and her non-profit Heaven on Earth productions, visit:
http://www.heavenearth.net/cynthia_lukas.html
GLOBALIZED SOUL
Stories from the Tipping Point to a New World
Film Screening and Conversation with Executive Producer Cynthia Lukas
Tuesday April 28th at 8:00 PM Missouri Recital Hall
The Quest for Social Justice
Wednesday April 29th at 8:00 PM Missouri Recital Hall
An acclaimed interfaith documentary filmed on five continents
featuring commentary by spiritual leaders, such as the Dalai Lama, Sister Joan Chittister, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Roshi Joan Halifax and Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari
With global music by Enya, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass
Featured Film for the UN International Day of Peace Broadcast
"Globalized Soul is a sensitively made film on peace. It leaves you with
a positive feeling that peace is possible if we know how to build it." Arun Gandhi, President, Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute,
and Co-Founder, The Season For Nonviolence
WWW.GLOBALIZEDSOUL.ORG
May Birthdays19 Jeanna Brauer - Counseling 19 Robin Mallinson - Institute22 Angela Firkus - Faculty29 Sandra McGatha - Counseling 31 Beth Douglas - Housekeeping
2 Laura Chaney - Faculty 2 Stephanie McGhee - Kolderie Center 9 Connie Allen - Physical Plant 9 Carla Farmer - Marketing/IA
Softball Results
April 20 @ Coffeyville C.C.
LOSS: 0-13, 0-10
April 22 @ Allen County C.C.
LOSS: 1-11, 0-14 Let’s Go, Comets!
Coming Up:
Saturday, April 25 vs. Mineral Area C.C.
2/4 p.m. - Vanek Field
Monday, April 27 vs. Ecclesia College
2/4 p.m. - Vanek Field
Tuesday, April 28 vs. East Central C.C.
2/4 p.m. - Vanek Field
May 1-3: Region XVI Tournament (Date Change!)
@ St. Louis Community CollegeTimes: TBA
Saying GoodbyeIt is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing on Monday morning of Prof. Susan L. Callahan, associate professor of mathematics. Prof. Callahan joined the Cottey faculty in 1980 and served the College for 35 years as a distinguished faculty member and colleague. Susan was born and raised in Kansas City, and she received her B.S. and M.S. from Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla).
Prof. Callahan was a dedicated and accomplished educator. She received the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2002, and was designated an Honorary Alumna by the Cottey College Alumnae Association during Founder’s Day in 2015. Her high-quality instruction earned her Cottey’s Master Educator Award in 1996. Susan’s colleagues appreciated the diligence and careful consideration she brought to her professional work. She was recently elected by the faculty as the 2015-2017 Blanche Hinman Dow Honored Speaker. She served as chair of the faculty and the Rank and Tenure Committee, chair of the Math and Science Division, and coordinator of the math department. Susan was an active member of the Cottey community, most notably through playing and performing in the Cottey wind ensemble for over 30 years.
The Cottey community and all friends of Prof. Callahan will be invited to attend a memorial service on the Cottey campus. Details about the service will be released when they are available. Contributions in Susan’s memory can be made to the Susan L. Callahan Mathematics Scholarship at Cottey College.
CondolencesIt is with sympathy that we notify the campus community of the passing of Traci Borders’ mother-in-law, Margaret E. Borders. Ms. Borders passed away on Saturday, April 11. Visitation was held on Friday, April 17, with a service following at the Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Please join us in offering Traci and her family our condolences.
It is also with sympathy that we notify the campus community of the passing of Dr. Carmen Bourbon’s mother, Felicia Robles, Thursday morning at her home in Puerto Rico. Service arrangements have not been released yet. Please join us in offering Carmen and her family our condolences.
Faculty NewsDr. Kathryn Pivak, associate professor of English, presented part of her sabbatical research, a paper entitled “Imagining the Front: Mary Roberts Rinehart and the First World War,” at the annual conference of the College English Association, which was held in Indianapolis from March 26-28, 2015. She also attended presentations on composition, Shakespeare, and Victorian literature.
Spiritual Life & DiversityThe Cottey drum circle went to perform at Bristol Manor on Friday, April 17. The group had an opportunity to share their drumming skills with the seniors. They first entertained the residents while having dinner and later involved them in drumming during the social time. This was a very powerful experience for our students. The group receives various invitations from our local community including our local churches.
The Office of Spiritual Life and Campus Diversity has also been busy preparing for the arrival of filmmaker Cynthia Lukas, and her film screenings coming up this week (see page two). In addition, in an effort to continue educating our community about diversity and inclusion, they’ve posted educational materials regarding Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month in the Library display cabinet. The interfaith group also had an awareness program in Raney Dining Room on Tuesday, April 21, to support Child Abuse Prevention Month as well as educate the community about diversity and inclusion.
Seven students in Dr. Kanji Watanabe’s class, “Poverty and Inequality” visited Rich Hill, Missouri, in order to meet with Mr. Randy Bell and his daughter, Kate, on Tuesday, April 21. He explained the history of the town and took the group to the main part of it. The group discussed the film Rich Hill and tried to understand poverty and inequality there, acknowledging positive and negative realities they could see in the town.
Class Field Trip
Student VolunteeringOn Saturday, April 18, ten Cottey students volunteered their efforts participating in activities with the residents at Moore-Few Care Center and Medicalodge. Activities ranged from playing games such as Rack-O, Skip Bo, Dog-O-Poly, and Matching, as well as conversing with the residents. Once again, the residents at both facilities expressed their gratitude, and how much they appreciate seeing new faces, as well as how much they enjoy it when Cottey students came to visit. Students Chaymaa Bakhalek and Abbey Johnson planned and coordinated the volunteer events. Renee Hampton and Reverend Erica Sigauke served as staff members for the events. Student volunteers included Chaymaa Bakhalek, Abbey Johnson, Maria Ceballos, Ty’Cember Jones, Kalina Jurkowski, Angela Shauerte, Lori Perez, Namgay Zam, Emily Cortes, and Alison Sowka.
Human ResourcesStaff Service Awards
The annual administrative and hourly staff service awards presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, at 1:30 p.m. in Raney Dining Room. Afternoon snacks will be provided.
Summer Hours
With supervisor approval personnel in administrative offices will again have the option of a flexible work schedule in June and July. This schedule will begin on Monday, June 1, and end Friday, July 31, 2015. Because the Fourth of July holiday will be observed on Friday, July 3, flextime will not be observed the week of June 29 – July 3.
College offices responsible for visitors and prospective students will remain open and staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., five days each week. The Main Hall reception area also will be staffed five days a week. Administrators are responsible for scheduling of personnel for their respective areas. The following options are available to staff members:
• Work the regular 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an hour for lunch Monday thru Friday; or
• Work 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with thirty minutes for lunch four days per week and not work Friday or Monday.
Wellness ProgramVOLLEYBALL!
Volleyball continues for one last day - Wednesday, April 29, at 5:15 p.m. in Hinkhouse. This will be your last opportunity this school year to show everyone on campus how well you play volleyball. Hope to see you there!
Commencement 2015Commencement Speaker
The honored speaker for this year’s spring Commencement is Susan Bulkeley Butler. Susan is the author of Women Count: A Guide to Changing the World and Become the CEO of You, Inc., an executive coach, consultant to businesses and universities, and a speaker.
Faculty/Staff Participation
Commencement line up for the faculty/administrative staff processional will begin at 9:40 a.m. on Sunday, May 17, on the west side of Reeves Hall. Faculty and administrative staff who need to be excused from Commencement must notify the senior administrator (Council member) responsible for their area. Council members need to notify Prof. Polon of any excused absences by Friday, May 1.
COMING SOON
Friday, May 18:00 p.m.Hinkhouse Gymnasium
Informal Dance Concert
Join us for fun and informal evening of dance, featuring performances by students in all of the Cottey dance classes.
The Cottey College Department of Theatre presents...
Live! It’s Fairy Tale News!
Saturday, May 23:00 p.m.
Center for the Arts, Auditorium
Live! It’s Fairy Tale News! is the title of this
production by the children’s theatre class under
the direction of Dr. Rusalyn Andrews. Live! It’s Fairy
Tale News! will feature a number of “fractured” fairy
tales, humorously spinning stories with some
traditional characters. It’s a good time for
young theatre goers as well as
the young at heart. Admission
is free to all.
Saturday, May 25:45 p.m.
B.I.L. Hill & Lodge
Picnic w/ Neil Hilborn
Join us for this end-of-the-year picnic, featuring slam poet Neil Hilborn. Hilborn is a College National Poetry Slam champion and a 2011 graduate with honors from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was a member of the Minneapolis National Poetry Slam teams in 2011 and 2013, which placed fifth and sixth respectively out of 80 teams. In 2013, his poem “OCD” went viral, being featured on Huffington Post, NPR, and other news outlets. It has garnered almost eight million views, making it the most-viewed slam poem on YouTube. Rain location: Raney Dining Room
Sunday, May 33:00 p.m.Center for the Arts, Auditorium
Instrumental Music Concert
Join us as the Cottey College Jazz Ensemble and the Cottey College Wind Ensemble perform under the direction of William A. Martin.
April 30 ● THURSDAY
April 29 ● WEDNESDAY
May 1 ● FRIDAY
April 25 ● SATURDAY
April 27 ● MONDAY
April 26 ● SUNDAY
April 28 ● TUESDAY
April 27-May 1, 2015Soups: *Golden Broccoli Cheese (V); Boston Clam Chowder
Entrees: *Pot Roast French Dip (GFA); Chicken Cordon Bleu; Sesame Noodles w/ Broccoli (VV); *Bean Burritos (V & VV, GFA); *Baked French Fries; Garden Blend Rice
