COLLEGE GOAL

SUNDAYThe annual Area High School Art Show-

case will be open for viewing 1-3 p.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 12, in the Appalachian Gateway Center on Southern State Community Col-lege’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Sardinia. The gallery will open at 1 p.m. with refreshments and the awards ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

“The days may be short and the weather may be taking its toll, but there’s always some-thing to look forward to in February,” said James D. Werline, SSCC art instructor. “Please join us on Saturday to view the artistic creations of the area’s finest high school art students.”

This annual exhibition and competition is organized by the Appalachian Gateway Center Exhibits Committee in conjunction with Southern State Community College’s art department. The exhibition is sponsored by General Electric Community Arts Fund, Ap-palachian Artists Guild, Appalachian Exhibits Committee, and the Southern State Commu-nity College Foundation.

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THIS WEEKat Southern State Community College

Week of February 7, 2011EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

Southern State Community Col-lege will host the state-wide college financial aid event “College Goal Sunday” 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, on the college’s Central Cam-pus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro.

The free event, presented by the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) and endorsed by the Ohio Board of Regents, assists stu-dents and parents with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA is the federal application that is re-quired to receive federal financial aid including the Federal Pell Grant and student loans as well as the need-based state grants.

The FAFSA is the key to funding a college education and helping fami-lies to overcome financial barriers that otherwise prevent students from attending the institution they want to. Studies show that a student is 50 percent more likely to attend college when they complete the FAFSA.

Due to the great demand ex-pected for assistance in completing the FASFA, families are encour-aged to register for the free event at www.ohiocollegegoalsunday.org or by calling 1-888-833-1133. While walk-ins are welcome, registration is encouraged. Record numbers are expected to be in attendance.

OASFAA is a non-profit, pro-fessional organization for individu-als actively engaged in the admin-istration of financial aid within the state of Ohio for higher education. As an educational organization, OASFAA strives to offer resourc-es to students, families and high school advisors to promote higher education and increase awareness of financial aid opportunities.

The Learning Resources Cen-ter (LRC) on Southern State Com-munity College’s Fayette Campus in Washington Court House re-cently was named the winner of the 2011 Scholastic Library Pub-lishing National Library Week Grant.

The $3,000 grant, sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing

and administered by the Ameri-can Library Association’s (ALA) Public Awareness Committee, is awarded annually for the best pub-lic awareness campaign in support of National Library Week (April 10-16, 2011).

This year, libraries were asked to develop a proposal using the 2011 National Library Week

theme, “Create your own story @ your library.”

“I am absolutely thrilled not just for our library, but for the community of Washington Court House and Fayette County,” said Carissa Thatcher, manager of the LRC on Southern State Commu-nity College’s Fayette Campus.

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Fayette Campus LRC wins national grant

Area H.S. Art Showcase this weekend

Artwork that will be exhibited at SSCC’s annual Area High School Art Showcase Feb. 12 will include award-winning pieces by (clockwise from top left) Cierra Coun-tryman, Madeline Zerbe, Jamie Gustin and Sarah Balzer.

1-3 p.m. | Feb. 12 | SSCC South

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UPCOMINGEVENTS

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

Board of Trustees Meeting6 p.m., Feb. 9, 2011Appalachian Gateway CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

Area HS Art Showcase1-3 p.m., Feb. 12, 2011Appalachian Gateway CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

College Goal Sunday2 p.m., Feb. 13, 2011Central Campus, Hillsboro

Master Gardener Series:Pest/Disease/Animal Control

6 p.m., Feb. 17, 2011Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

OCAC Basketball TournamentFeb. 17-19, 2011The Patriot CenterCentral Campus, Hillsboro

Meet the Artists:Candee Basford & Katie Basford

6-8 p.m., Feb. 24, 2011Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

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

Brown-Bag Lecture onCanning and Freezing

6 p.m., March 17, 2011Learning Resources CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle

Cabin FeverMarch 19, 2011South Campus, Fincastle

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

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

SSCC Theatre: “The Little Prince”Aug. 5-7, 2011Edward K. Daniels AuditoriumCentral Campus, Hillsboro

SHOWCASE/Cont’d from Page 1For more information, contact

Werline at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 3669, or jwerline@sscc.edu.

Students in the exhibition are rep-resenting area school districts East-ern Brown High School, Blanchester High School, Lynchburg-Clay High School, Hillsboro High School, Man-chester High School, North Adams High School, and Greenfield Mc-Clain High School.

The juror’s panel included James D. Werline and Tammy Wells, who awarded Best of Show honors to Cierra

Countryman of Eastern Brown H.S. for “BP 170/100,” Reserve Best of Show honors to Jamie Gustin of Hill-sboro H.S. for “Pond,” and Honorable Mention Best of Show awards to Sarah Balzer of McClain H.S. for “Sarah” and to Madeline Zerbe of Manchester H.S. for “Self Portrait.” The jurors also determined awards in the following cat-egories: Ceramics/Pottery, Computer-Generated Art, Drawing (Graphite/Charcol), Drawing (Scratchboard/Ink), Drawing (Colored Pencil), Draw-ing (Pastel/Other), Fiber Art (Fine Art Crafting/Assemblage), Fiber Art (Fine

Art Crafting/Book Making), Fiber Art (Fine Art Crafting/Mask Making), Fiber Art (Fine Art Crafting/Stitchery), Fiber Art (Fine Art Crafting/Weaving), Mixed Media, Painting (Oil/Acrylic), Painting (Watercolor), Photography, Printmak-ing, Sculpture (Clay), Sculpture (Wire), Sculpture (Mobile), Sculpture (3-D Mixed Media), Best of School, Reserve Best of School and Honorable Mention Best of School. The Appalachian Arti-sans Guild Award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

GRANT/Cont’d from Page 1“By partnering with the public li-

brary and the other school libraries, we hope to be able to bring some hope, inspiration and smiles to people who haven’t had an overabundance of any of those things for the past year or longer.”

In the summer of 2009, the community of Washington C.H. and Fayette County saw three major employers leave the area, resulting in an 11.2-percent unemployment rate. The Southern State LRC will use the “Creating your own story @ your li-brary” theme as a platform for pro-moting library services that help the residents of Fayette County start a new chapter in their lives.

Activities planned for National Library Week will focus on the whole community as it copes with difficult economic times. A key part of this will be hosting a job fair for adults and teens that will showcase local businesses in need of employ-ees, as well as a presentation on on-line job seeking, a resume writing class and an interview skills work-shop. In addition, a gallery night for people of all ages will focus on how area residents have transformed their hobbies and personal interests into rewarding careers.

“My hope is that community comes to support all the programs that we have lined up for National Library Week because that week isn’t just about celebrating libraries, it’s about celebrating the community that supports the libraries. And Fayette

County is overdue for a celebration!”During National Library Week,

the library will work with public and school libraries in the county to promote programs and the unique resources each library has to of-fer the community. The library will continue to work with its National Library Week partners throughout the year with activities such as book, food and clothing drives, reading programs and awareness campaigns, in the hope of creating a unified message about the role libraries play in serving the community.

“We applaud the Southern State Community College library for working to remind its community

that libraries are places where peo-ple can succeed in trying economic times,” said Sue Kowalski, chair of the National Library Week Subcom-mittee. “By working with the public and school libraries, the library re-emphasizes the value that all types of libraries play in continuing edu-cation and life long learning.”

Throughout the spring, the li-brary will work with local media and social networking sites to promote its National Library Week initiative to area residents and job seekers.

For more information about the upcoming events, contact Thatcher at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 5681, or cthatcher@sscc.edu.

Southern State Community College library staff Gigi Frogale and Carissa Thatcher (l-r) have big plans for the April 10-16 National Library Week celebration on SSCC’s Fayette Campus in Wash-ington C.H. They recently were notified that the Fayette Campus library was the sole winner of the Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant and the funds will be used to support the weeklong activities.