THIS WEEK

Week of March 5, 2012EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

Southern State Community College

Basford selected as guest speaker for Women’s Tea

Southern State Community College will celebrate National Women’s History Month with its an-nual Women’s Tea planned for 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in the Appa-lachian Gateway Center on the col-lege’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Fincastle.

National Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to share the significant role of women in American history and contemporary society, and to rec-ognize women who have been instrumental in their respective communities.

Guest speaker for this year’s event will be SSCC instructor Candee Basford who will speak on this year’s theme: Women’s Ed-ucation, Women’s Empowerment. Mary Ayres, retired LRC Manager for South Campus, has been se-lected as this year’s honoree.

Entertainment will be pro-vided by Jordan and Katy Werring on cello and piano, with luncheon by Hope Springs Institute near Peebles. Guests will be invited to view a display of women’s favor-ite--most empowering--shoes.

This annual event is free and open to the public; however, res-ervations are required. Please RSVP to Carissa Thatcher, LRC Manager for SSCC South Cam-pus, at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 3681, or cthatcher@sscc.edu.

Spring concert by Southern State Singers

The Southern State Singers will present a spring concert 3 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in Room 107 of Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. The event is free and open to the public.

“The music for this performance is from 1612 up through 2011 with scenic stops along the way, such as in those early years to listen to the story of a Silver Swan,” said director John Glaze. “A later stop brings us to the land of Madame Butterfly where we hear the lovely chorus sung without

words. Another stop allows us to visit Gabriel Faure’s beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine. A stop in 1940 allows us a listen to Randall Thompson’s “Alleluia.”

The program will include a “multi-century gallop through music,” including Thomas Morley’s “Sing We and Chant It,” Orlando Gibbons’ “The Silver Swan,” Or-lando di Lasso’s “Matona, Lovely Maiden,” Randall Thompson’s “Al-leluia,” Sally K. Albrecht’s “Let the Earth Resound,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Pie Jesu” (from Requiem), Gabriel Faure’s “Cantique de Jean Racine,” Giacomo Puccini’s “Hum-

ming Chorus,” Howard Helvey’s “White Branches,” David and Jean Perry’s “Follow Your Dream,” Joseph Martin’s “The Epitaph,” Elton John’s “Can You Feel The Love Tonight,” and Jerry Bock’s choral showcase from “Fiddler on the Roof.”

The Southern State Singers is a choral group comprised of students of Southern State Community College as well as members of the community. The group is directed by John Glaze; Melanie MacDowell performs as accompanist and Jennie Harner performs as flautist. For more information, please contact Glaze at jglaze@hcf.com.

3pm | March 11 | SSCC Central

Let your students know--Calling all Fiction, Drama

and Poetry Writers!

The 2012 SSCC Writing Contest will be accepting fic-tion, drama, and poetry submis-sions from March 3 to April 28. Winners will be notified via email during finals week of Spring quarter. Students can submit up to three poems, one short story and one one-act play. First-place prize is $100 and second-place prize is $50 for each category. Send submis-sions to Jeff Wallace at jwal-lace@sscc.edu. In the subject line, please let us know if you are submitting poetry, fiction or drama. All entries must be sent as attachments; no copy/paste submissions will be read. No manuscripts will be returned.

3pm | March 11 | SSCC Central

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J.R. ROUSH | Central Campus Director

This message is primarily intended for those who work at central campus, however it is im-portant to make everyone aware of a practice exercise approaching in the near future. Please feel free to be present on campus if you would like to orient yourself to the proceedings.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 9:00 a.m., a lockdown exercise is scheduled for central cam-pus in conjunction with Chief Nick Thompson of The Hillsboro Police Department. The ex-ercise is scheduled during spring break to inten-tionally minimize disruption of classes while we conduct an assessment of the procedure with administration prior to conducting a full-scale lock-down drill of the entire campus.

The objective of the exercise is to help make individuals aware of what a lockdown entails, and to help identify issues, processes and areas that need to be refined in a lockdown scenario.

Please keep in mind that the first fire drill ever conducted was probably quite chaotic. There are some assumptions that adjustments will need to be made and suggestions are wel-come. What does a lockdown mean?

A lockdown means that there is an imminent danger that warrants that the campus be imme-diately locked down.

What should I do during a lockdown?When an individual hears a lockdown mes-

sage “lock down the building” over the inter-com system they should immediately remember: Out of Sight, Out of Mind • If located in an area where possible, in-

dividuals should lock the door, turn off the lights, stay put, and stay quiet until the “lockdown over” message is given over the

phone system. If an individual is not in a location that can be locked, they should hide, take cover and remain quiet.

• Individuals should silence their cell phones so that a ringing cell phone does not give away their location.

• It is imperative that if you are in a locked location do NOT open the door until a message stating that the lock down is over is given over the phone system.

Where can I find additional information?Please visit the Cross-Campus Safety Com-

mittee’s SharePoint web-site where you will min-utes from safety committee meetings, a prelimi-nary emergency response plan, and other useful resources. For more information, visit the Share-Point site and log in at: http://198.30.110.226/cmmtte/safety/default.aspx.

*Please notify my of any groups or individu-als who may not have received this email.

Central Campus to hold lockdown exercise March 21

Southern State Community Col-lege’s continuing education offer-ings will include “Introduction to Vegetarian Cooking” from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, on the college’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Fincastle.

The course will be offered by Cynthia Brown, executive direc-tor of Hope Springs Institute near Peebles. Brown was a reporter and page editor for several small weekly newspapers and also has worked as a chef. She has spent the last six years working as an outdoor market manager, addressing issues of sus-tainability and helping reform agri-cultural practices and laws to assist farmers in growing better, safer food and realizing better financial returns for their efforts. In addition to teach-ing English for Chatfield College, she is a potter, poet and singer/song-writer. Her workshop will cover the following topics:

•Examining Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables: local, regional, national

and international•Cooking for Optimal Nutrition

& Flavor: slow roasting roots, brais-ing, steaming, wilting and sauteing

•Time-Saving Advance Prepara-tions: pre-cutting, pre-cooking and marinating

Cost for the two-hour course is

$29 and the course code is ENRC 605 ZS1. To learn more about reg-istering for this or any other con-tinuing education course, please visit www.sscc.edu/visitors/ccs/enterprise-center/workshops.html. For more information, please con-tact Russ Brewer at 937-695-9002.

Vegetarian Cooking offered March 20CABIN FEVER

ARTS FEST

The annual Cabin Fever Arts Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday, March 17, in the Appalachian Gateway Center on Southern State Community College’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Fin-castle. Guild members and guest artisans will be set up throughout the building, offering a wide variety of handmade items for sale. Live mu-sic and good food will be available in the Stu-dent Center and a Quilt Show will be displayed in the Learning Resources Center (Library). Several artisans will be actively demonstrating their crafts. For more info, please visit www.appartguild.com.