Through a collaboration with Southern State Community Col-lege’s theatre department and the college’s American Sign Lan-guage (ASL) program, students will provide interpretation for one performance of ‘Pygmalion’ on Central Campus in Hillsboro.

Second-year ASL students Jessica Chamblin, Sally Miller and Adena Partin, along with pro-gram graduate Ayla Stirnaman, have volunteered to provide sign language interpretation for the 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, per-formance of the play.

“Even at the risk of sounding sappy, I’m excited to show off all that I’ve learned from our amazing teacher, Kathey Carroll, and our wonderful adviser through this project, Becca Wise,” said Chamb-lin. “I guess everyone will see how we managed on Saturday!”

Partin agreed: “This has been a wonderful experience. I can’t wait until Saturday so we show

off our hard work.”The sign language students

have been balancing the de-mands of homework and jobs, while practicing alongside the cast throughout the rehearsal schedule.

“This has been a great expe-rience for all of us. It’s been very hard, especially with all of our other

school work,” said Stirnaman. “But on Saturday all our hard work will be shown, and it will be rewarding.”

“This has been a great experi-ence,” said Miller. “It’s definitely been a challenge. True business!”

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.sscctheatre.com.

THIS WEEKat Southern State Community College

Week of February 28, 2011EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

Southern State Community College will celebrate National Women’s History Month with its annual Women’s Tea planned for 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Appalachian Gateway Center on the college’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Sardinia..

National Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to share the significant role of women in American history and contem-porary society, and to recognize women who have been instrumen-tal in their respective communities.

Guest speaker for this year’s event will be SSCC instructor Mi-chele Kegley who will speak on “Characteristics of Successful Ap-palachian Women.”

The 2011 Women’s Tea will honor June Reighley of Win-chester for exemplifying this year’s theme, “Our History is Our Strength.”

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The Southern State Singers will present “A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That” spring concert 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13, in Room 107 of Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Ho-bart Drive, Hillsboro. The event is free and open to the public.

The program will include a wide variety of mu-sic, from Handel’s “Zadok the Priest” to “Wondrous Love” and “Barbara Allen.”

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Southern State Singers to present spring concert

ASL students signing for ‘Pygmalion’ 7:30 p.m. | March 5 | SSCC Central

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The 2011 SSCC Women’s Tea will honor June Reighly for exemplifying this year’s theme, “Our History is Our Strength.”

SSCC students Adena Partin and Jessica Chamblin (l-r) rehearse as American Sign Lan-guage (ASL) interpreters for the college’s March 5th theatrical production of “Pygmalion.”

2 p.m. | March 9 | SSCC South

On Feb. 7, members of Southern State Singers honored longtime accompanist Cheryl Porter with a surprise party. Porter has an-nounced that she will need to retire her role with the choral group.

3 p.m. | March 13 | SSCC Central

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Comments or submissions?Contact Director of Public RelationsKris Cross at kcross@sscc.eduor call 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2676.

SSCC Theatre: “Pygmalion”March 4-6, 2011Edward K. Daniels AuditoriumCentral Campus, Hillsboro

Meet-and-Greet eventfor Student Government

March 7, 2011 9-11am: SOUTH 12n-2pm: CENTRAL 3-5pm: FAYETTE 6-8pm: NORTH

Career Services offeringfree resume workshops

March 8: Fayette CampusMarch 9: North CampusMarch 10: Central Campus*Sessions at 9am, 2pm, 4pm

Annual Women’s Tea2pm, March 9, 2011Appalachian Gateway CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

SSCC Singers Spring Concert3pm, March 13, 2011Central Campus, Hillsboro

Brown-Bag Lecture onCanning and Freezing

6pm, March 17, 2011Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

Cabin Fever Arts FestivalMarch 19, 2011South Campus, Fincastle

National Library WeekApril 10-16, 2011All SSCC Campus Locations

National Theatre of the Deafworkshops and performance

April 30, 2011Edward K. Daniels AuditoriumCentral Campus, Hillsboro

SPRING FLING!May 9: North CampusMay 10: Central CampusMay 11: South CampusMay 12: Fayette Campus

SSCC Theatre: “Trifles”June 1, 2011Edward K. Daniels AuditoriumCentral Campus, Hillsboro

1st Team 1st TeamTirrell Cumberland OCU Danielle Fleming OCUTravis Donald UC-C Hanna Porter CSCCJeremy Bennington SSCC Cayla Stutz UC-CTyler Jimison SSCC Kaity Wyeth OCUNick Baynes UC-C Lavonne McElroy VALOR2nd Team 2nd TeamJeremy Hays OCU Asia Glenn VALORClifton Dale CSCC Kayla Howard UC-CTimothy Baker OCU Caitlin Davis SSCCJordan Hester VALOR Shannon Lorenze UC-CPaul Griffin TEMPLE Kelly Brown VALORHonorable Mention Honorable MentionRobert McClure VALOR Breanna Knauff SSCCMichael Farrell OCU Chelsea Black OCUArlin Tolliver Jr. CSCC Angela Thorne OCUClint Boring SSCC Marisa Stutz UC-CTyler Knabb UC-C Portia Cochrum UC-C Player of the Year Player of the YearTirrell Cumberland OCU Cayla Stutz UC-CFreshman of the Year Freshman of the YearTyler Knabb UC-C Kaity Wyeth OCUCoach of the Year Coach of the YearJohn Hurley UC-C Mike Matthews UC-CGreg Himes SSCC

The Ohio Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournament was held Feb. 17-19, 2011, at Southern State Com-munity College.

The 2010-11 OCAC championships went to the Cougar Men of UC Clermont and the women of Ohio Christian University for the second year in a row. The Cougars defeated the Trailblazer men in the finals to capture their first OCAC tournament championship. In a very competitive final the Cougars won 81-78.

In the women’s final, the Trailblazers re-peated as OCAC champions defeating the women of UC Clermont, 92-82. In a balance attack the Trailblazers had six players in double figures and was lead by Angola Thorne’s 17 points.

TEA/Cont’d from Page 1“This year, Southern State Com-

munity College is honoring a woman of great worth,” said Mary Ayres, event coordinator. “She is a remark-able woman and also happens to be a

student at the college.’”Entertainment will be provided

by violinist Carrie Chalker, with lun-cheon provided by Marilyn Rhoades. Guests will be invited to view a dis-play of photographs depicting wom-

en’s occupations.This annual event is free and

open to the public; however, reserva-tions are required. Please RSVP by March 3 to Ayres at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 3681, or mayres@sscc.edu.

SINGERS/Cont’d from Page 1It also will feature a medley of

“Day-O,” “Island in the Sun,” “Ja-maica Farewell” and “Try to Re-member,” as well as a medley of Stephen Foster songs. Guests will

further enjoy the folk song “The Turtle Dove,” “Fields of Gold” and, from The Lord of the Rings: Fel-lowship of the Ring, “May It Be.”

The Southern State Singers is a choral group comprised of students

of Southern State Community Col-lege as well as members of the com-munity. The group is directed by John Glaze; Mindy Lee performs as accom-panist. For more information, please contact Glaze at jglaze@hcf.com.

Let your students know that Tom Payton, Career Services Coordinator, routinely offers free resume work-shops on each campus. Stay tuned to www.sscc.edu/Students/Career_Svcs for upcoming workshop dates. Upcoming events include:

• Tuesday, March 8 – Fayette Campus• Wednesday, March 9 – North Campus• Thursday, March 10 – Central CampusSeminars will begin 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. each day

and will review tips on how to: create a great cover let-ter; how to get past resume search engines; make a great

first impression with a potential employer; sell your skills, knowledge and experience; customize for position post-ings; create an easily understandable flow; and proofread.

Workshop participants will be invited to sign up for an April 20 field trip to Columbus to visit the “6 On Your Side” Jobs Boot Camp. Transportation will be provided on the trip which will also include a meal at the Spaghetti Warehouse, an auto tour of The Ohio State University campus, and a side trip to Graeter’s Ice Cream.

For more information, contact Payton at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2713, or tpayton@sscc.edu.

Career services offering resume workshops