Woody Wood Duck: October 2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lynda’s Here

Fall Job and Resource Fair

Century Theatre presents, Comedy of Errors

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED

Century College has a new online training site accessible through myCentury! Over 53,000 video tutorials on subjects like Game Development, Digital Photography, Web Design, Blogging and Social Networking. Currently this site is only available on campus.

A limited amount of licenses was purchased for students to use, if for some reason you can't access the site, please try again later. It only means Lynda is really popular! I wish I was Lynda…

For more information login to myCentury and search the keyword “Lynda”

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Fall Job and Resource Fair

October 12^th from 9:30-1:30

Main Commons on West Campus

*Drawing for prizes!

*Resume Critiques 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Bring your resume and receive advice

Employers Attending:

ACR HOMES

MEMORIAL BLOOD CENTERS
MARY KAY
SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

WELLS FARGO

JEANE THORNE

FED-EX

KELLY SERVICES

CHIPOTLE

COMCAST

MAURICES

JOANN

HICKORY TECH

COOPERATING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

AVON

PEOPLE INCORPORATED

PRE-PAID LEGAL

MALL OF AMERICA

UPS

MN READING CORPS….and more!

Sponsored by Career Services

West 2402 #651-779-5774

Century Theatre presents, Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's best comic farce. Antipholus and Dromio land in Syracuse without knowing that their identical twins, Antipholus and Dromio already live there! The two sets of identical twins unwittingly confound their own families and an entire town over the course of one day. Wives mistake their husbands, lords mistake their servants, and a merchant accuses Antipholus of cheating him out of payment for a necklace! Confusion and frustration result in a "twenty-one pie fight salute"! Join us for outrageous comic mayhem at Century Theatre's sparkling production of Comedy of Errors!

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, October 15, 16, 22, 23 at 7:30 PM and Sundays, October 17, 24 at 2 PM. Tickets are free for Century and other college students with ID. Patrons 17 and under are also free. Seniors and Century staff are $5. All other patrons are $8. Tickets available at the door, one hour prior to show time. Plenty of seats are available!

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED

The Century College Medical Assistant Program is gearing up to celebrate Medical Assistants Recognition Week, October 18 – 22, 2010, as designated by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). Medical assistants across the country will be recognized during this special week and honored on Medical Assistants Recognition Day, October 20, 2010.

In celebration of Medical Assistants Recognition Week, the Century College Medical Assistant Program has planned the following special events and activities:

In lieu of wearing their scrubs attire to class, students will be given the option to wear jeans each day that week for a donation of a $2 (for each day they wear jeans) to be donated to the Century College Foundation “Random Acts of Kindness”. Through the Random Acts of Kindness program, the foundation helps students in crisis situations stay in college.
We will also be celebrating with our students in class with a potluck and treats, in acknowledgment of all their hard work and accomplishments.

Medical assisting is an allied health profession whose practitioners function as members of the health care delivery team and perform administrative and clinical procedures. With their unique versatility, medical assistants are proving to be the allied health professional of choice for this decade and beyond. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical assisting continues to be projected as one of the fastest growing occupations.

The AAMA is the premier organization serving the professional interests and educational needs of medical assistants. It provides numerous services that help medical assistants put their careers on a successful and rewarding track and keep them there.

Dear Candidate:

This is an exciting election year and students at our college have been eagerly registering voters on campus. We want to follow-up our voter drive with a Candidate Meet and Greet and Voting Workshop. We invite you to participate so that our students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members can meet you and learn more about where you stand on the issues.

Voting Prep Rally

Monday, October 25

6:00 PM - 8:45 PM*

Century College East Campus Lincoln Mall
3300 Century Avenue, White Bear Lake

* Schedule break down:

6:00-7:00 PM – Informal meet and greet with candidates (candidate tables provided)

7:00-7:45 PM – Mini Candidate Forum by Senate District

7:45-8:45 PM - MNVOTES Introduction to Voting Workshop Hosted by the Office of Secretary of State

We also plan to invite the surrounding community through school districts, churches, community centers, chamber of commerce, and other community organizations. We are working with our local League of Women Voters as well to get voting information out to participants. We are inviting candidates for Minnesota House and Senate from areas where most of our campus community are from which includes Senate District 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 64, 65, 66, and 67.

Please contact Michele Jersak at Michele.jersak@century.edu or 651-779-3221 for questions and to confirm your participation by Friday, October 22.

We hope you can join us!

Students Matter! As a member of a college community, you are affected by higher education issues such as the cost of tuition, the cost of textbooks, and the availability of financial aid. MnSCu, MSCSA, and MSUSA have videos of question and answer sessions with the three major party gubernatorial candidates. You can access the video at:

http://www.mnstudentsmatter.org/2010/10/07/mn-gubernatorial-candidates-answer-questions-about-higher-education/

Quoted from MSCSA “Today, we are releasing the full videos. Each candidate answers questions for 15-20 minutes each on topics including tuition, budget priorities, jobs for graduates, online learning and more. In the weeks before the election we will be releasing issue based versions of the videos that will include each candidate’s answer to a specific question. Look forward to those being released on www.mnstudentsmatter.org, www.msusa.org, www.mscsa.org and all of our social media outlets.”

Take advantage of these video opportunities, be informed, and exercise your right to vote! Contact the Century College Student Senate office, W1490, 651-779-3317, if you are willing to help “Get Out The Vote!”

Thank you to everyone who helped register new voters. Thank you to faculty who encouraged students to register and vote, distributed forms, or allowed GOTV volunteers to visit classrooms. Thank you, both as groups and individuals, to staff, clubs, Student Senate members, and volunteers for registering new voters.

Although the pre-registration effort is complete, the Get Out The Vote campaign will continue in an effort to encourage students to vote on November 2. Please contact Student Senate if you are willing to volunteer.

Thanks again,

Student Senate

651-779-3317

ATTENTION STUDENTS: The spring 2011 schedule is now accessible on the Century web page:

https://webproc.mnscu.edu/registration/search/basic.html?campusid=304

Serenity now!

Do you find it frustrating when someone is talking on the phone while you are trying to concentrate with your homework, take a test, or study? Are you having trouble finding a clean place to focus on your school work?

Well look no further, in our Computer Centers we do not allow audible cell phone use. Also, we love to keep the place clean for you and others to be comfortable. That is why we don’t allow food and drinks within the Computer Center. So if you still haven’t found that great place to work on your D2L assignment or type up that English paper without being distracted. Please try us out in one of the Computer Centers.

For Locations and hours see our website and search the keywords “Computer Center”

Hello all –

It’s time to make your nominations for the 2011-2012 Century College common book! Please click on the link below and submit your nomination. You may nominate as many books as you’d like. The committee will use the following criteria in choosing the finalists:

Readability and potential for engaging students
Literary quality
Relevance to first-year students, current society or local community
Appeal to a wide range of students
Possibilities for additional programming, especially inclusion in first-year courses or other areas of the curriculum
Interdisciplinary
Richness of content/themes
Cost (paper)
Length (fewer than 350 pages)
Connection to one or more college initiatives or institutional mission
Accurate and respectful portrayals of diverse cultures
Potential to spark passionate discussion
Opportunities for multimedia approaches and creative assignments
Potential for author to visit campus

Not every book will meet all of these criteria. The only one that would disqualify a nomination is if the book is not available as a paperback, simply because the cost would be too high.

All students will be receiving an email with this information as well, but please let the students you work with or teach know about the nomination process. We value your input and want the whole campus involved in the nomination process. The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 29, 2010.

To get to the nomination form:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/commonbook

Thanks for your ideas!

Amanda M. Olson, Ph.D.

Instructor of Communication

Century College

3300 Century Avenue North, Office W1118

White Bear Lake, MN 55110

651-747-4058

Sourcing Locally

Making a Difference

Students and staff that frequent the Fresh Stop Café at Century College on Wednesdays can Make a Difference by selecting the Wednesday Special—it will be made fresh entirely from locally sourced products.

Lancer Hospitality’s commitment to providing quality products, good nutrition and great tasting food includes sourcing the freshest ingredients and using local suppliers. The Wednesday Special provides students and staff with the freshest ingredients as well as helps reduce our impact on the environment.

Using local food vendors reduces transportation costs, consumption of fossil fuels and emissions but also often eliminates wasteful packaging material. Lancer makes sauces and bakery items from scratch on site and buys in bulk to further provide the freshest quality product and reduce unnecessary packaging. Fresh fruits and vegetables grown locally taste better and are packed with nutrients.

Corey Pittman, Lancer Food Service General Manager at Century College said, “People are more concerned with what they eat and where it comes from. Now they can chose to select an entrée that reflects their commitment to making a difference. ”

Students and staff can access the monthly specials, including Wednesday’s Locally Source Selection on the Fresh Stop Café page on Century College Web site as well as learn more about Making a Difference.

Breads & Rolls Franklin Street Bakery - Minneapolis, MN

Meat Products Rochester Meats - Rochester, MN

Potato Chips Barrel O’Fun - Perham, MN

Assorted Cheeses Cady Creek - St. Croix, MN

Alfalfa Sprouts Jack and the Green Sprouts - River Falls, WI

Bean Sprouts River Valley Sprouts - Houston, MN

Ice Cream Novelties Blue Bunny Ice Cream - Le Mars, IA

Potatoes Folsom Farms - East Grand Forks, MN

Fresh Vegetables Pahl Farms - Apple Valley, MN

Amablu Cheese Fairbault Dairy - Fairbault, MN

Assorted Pork Compart Duroc - Nicollet, MN

Fresh Vegetables Axdahl’s Farms - Stillwater, MN

EDUCATION – CLASSES – WORKSHOPS

Just wanted to let everyone know the spring 2011 schedule is now accessible on the Century web page:

https://webproc.mnscu.edu/registration/search/basic.html?campusid=304

· Global Warming: Clearing up the Confusion (Evidence versus Opinion), 4 hours over 2 nights, 10/28 7-9 pm and 11/4 7-9 pm, EC 2561, $39, register at www.century.edu/continuinged, 651-779-3341

· Do you have what it takes to become a RN? Attend a Pre Nursing Info Session and learn more about the requirements for being admitted to one of the most competitive programs in higher education!

The next session is:

October 14^th @2:00p.m.

Sign-up in the Counseling Office (or call 651-779-3285)

to reserve a seat. Space is limited!!!

My Experiences With Autism

– And Working Hard to Have A Successful Career

Dr. Temple Grandin was born with all the signs of severe autism. Many hours of speech

therapy and intensive teaching enabled Temple to learn speech. She has since obtained her

BA, MS, and in 1989 was awarded her PhD in Animal Science from the University of

Illinois. She is currently a professor at Colorado State University, author, expert on livestock

handling, and subject of an HBO film, Temple Grandin, starring Claire Danes. In 2010 Time

Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20 • Lecture 7 pm, Q&A 8 pm

East Campus Lincoln Mall

HBO Movie: Temple Grandin, Tuesday, Oct. 19

2:30-4:30 in West 1006, 4:30-7 in the East Bruening Rm

Following are upcoming workshops for the weeks of October 11^th – 20^th:

Monday, October 11^th

11:00-11:50 AM, Read It Twice and Still Don’t Get It?, E2555 – EducationPlan (note room change)

Tuesday, October 12^th

9:00-9:50 AM, Read It Twice and Still Don’t Get It?, E2555 – EducationPlan (note room change)

1:10-2:00 PM, Procrastination: Understanding and Conquering the Beast, W2270 – EducationPlan

5:00-5:50 PM, Where to Start When Searching for a Scholarship, W2270 – FinancePlan

Wednesday, October 13^th

12:05-12:55 PM, Campus Recreation: Where the Wood Ducks Play!, W2270 – PersonalPlan

Thursday, October 14^th

9:00-9:50 AM, Read It Twice and Still Don’t Get It?, W1001 – EducationPlan

12:05-12:55 PM, Acing Your Interview, W2270 – CareerPlan

1:10-2:00 PM, Texting: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, W2270 – All Plans…This workshop has been moved to Thursday, October 28^th at 1:10 PM

For more information on the GPS LifePlan, please visit the website: www.gpslifeplan.org/Century. For information on workshop descriptions, upcoming workshops and online workshops, please click here.

DEALS

You can also sign up for the leadership trip to Camp St. Croix , or purchase our newest discounted tickets to Disney Live: Mickey’s Magic show or the Trail of Terror!

Stop by the Connection (W1520) to learn more about these opportunities and the many more things we offer to you!

Hours:

Monday thru Thursday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Friday’s 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Electronics Recycling at Best Buy
All Best Buy stores in the U.S. offer an "In Store" solution for customers to bring their old/unwanted (no matter where they were purchased) consumer electronics for recycling. They charge $10 for televisions and monitors, but you immediately receive a $10 Best Buy gift card good toward future purchase. They accept just about anything electronic, including TVs, DVD players, computer monitors, audio and video cables, cell phones, and more. For more information, visit http://www.bestbuy.com/recycling.

Get your Chinook Guide coupon book (formerly known as the Blue Sky Guide)! Funds raised for books sold by the Century College Climate Committee will go to a student scholarship. Contact Pam Thinesen, pamela.thinesen@century.edu, 651-779-3476. For a complete list of coupons included in the book, please visit: www.chinookbook.net
The books are sold for $20 and we keep $10 per book! Our goal is to sell at least 30 books and raise $300.

ONLY AT CENTURY’S BOOKSTORE

CENTURY SPORTS AND RECREATION

· Intramurals and Recreation

We are currently looking for students who are interested in serving on our recreation advisory committee. Representatives will be able to discuss all things concerning our intramurals and recreation department including equipment, recreational trips, and our intramural offerings. Interested students should see Matt Ruhland in room W1520 or send him an email at matt.ruhland@century.edu.

Open Volleyball is on Thursdays from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Volleyball leagues will be starting in November. Come to the Connection (W1520) to sign up or sign up online at http://century.intramurals.project.mnscu.edu/ under the registration tab.

Sign up is now available for the leadership trip to Camp St. Croix. First 20 students to sign up will get to go. Stop by the Connection (W1520) for more information and to sign up.

Stop by the Connection (W1520) and check out our outing center. Students can use the Century College ID card to check out many great items. You can check out things like roller blades, fishing poles, golf clubs and much more!

· Any Women interested in participating in Intercollegiate Fastpitch Softball this spring – there will be an informational meeting on Tuesday - OCT 26 @ 2:30 in the Gymnasium. All levels of experience are welcome! Any questions prior to the meeting can contact: ann.leahy@century.edu.

On Sunday the men’s and women’s soccer teams hosted Bismarck State (ND). The women lost 3-1, and the men lost 2-1. The soccer teams have one remaining home contest on Sunday, October 17, vs. Waldorf College (IA). Game time will be at 2 pm for the women and 4 pm for the men.

Also on Saturday and Sunday, the baseball team hosted Bismarck State in a 4 game series. Century won both games on Saturday by the scores of 5-0 and 11-0. They also won both games on Sunday by scores of 11-0 and 1-0. This wrapped up the fall playing schedule for the baseball team, as the team finished with a 13-1-1 record for the fall.

Dwight Kotila

Head Baseball Coach

Director of Athletics

Century College

3300 Century Ave

White Bear Lake, MN 55110

651-779-3325 (Office)

651-748-2615 (Fax)

Intramural Volleyball sign-ups are open now at the Connection (W1520) or online at http://century.intramurals.project.mnscu.edu/

Let us know what you think of the new format! You like it? You don’t like it?

Cindy Barnick

Assistant to Dean of Student Life

Assistant to Dean of Student Services

Phone: 651-748-2608

Fax: 651-747-4053

West Campus, Room 2350

Century College

3300 Century Avenue North

White Bear Lake, MN 55110

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Temple Grandin, Century College Speaker Series (10/20 - Lincoln Mall 7:00 p.m.)

In 2010 Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. She will talk about "My Experiences with Autism - and Working Hard to Have a Successful Career. More information about this interesting speaker is at my blog.

Just an FYI for anyone interested in Dr. Temple Grandin, if you are planning to see her on 10/20 in the Lincoln Mall, there is also a movie that has been made about her. Our library has a copy. There will be two public screenings before her speach.

Our library also has a lot of information about/on Ms Grandin:

Friday, October 15, 2010

Student Newsletter: October 11, 2010

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Sports Update - October 12, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Althetics Update

Woody's Favorite Links

Woody Wood Duck

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Temple Grandin, Century College Speaker Series (10/20 - Lincoln Mall 7:00 p.m.)

In 2010 Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. She will talk about "My Experiences with Autism - and Working Hard to Have a Successful Career. More information about this interesting speaker is at my blog.

Just an FYI for anyone interested in Dr. Temple Grandin, if you are planning to see her on 10/20 in the Lincoln Mall, there is also a movie that has been made about her. Our library has a copy. There will be two public screenings before her speach.

Our library also has a lot of information about/on Ms Grandin:

Friday, October 15, 2010

Student Newsletter: October 11, 2010

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Sports Update - October 12, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Althetics Update

Woody's Favorite Links

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