CBCForum September 2011
Coastal Bend College
Volume 6, Number 2
Meet our Cougar Volleyball Team Page 8
Medical school in South Texas? Page 7
Fall 2011 cultural, sports schedules inside
Nursing grads listed
CBC students spend two weeks in Puerto Rico
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Child care slots open in Beeville
The Coastal Bend College Visual Arts Faculty art exhibit will open on Sept. 7 in the Simon Michael Art Gallery. A reception and gallery talk will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Frank Jostes Visual Arts Building. The gallery show closes Oct. 13. For more information, contact Jayne Duryea at (361) 354-2322 or duryeaj@coastalbend.edu.
Coastal Bend College Child Development Center is accepting applications for children 18 months to 5 years of age. The CDC is located on Charco Road in Beeville. For more information, call Ta-ah Treadwell at (361) 358-0421.
Join the community band in Beeville Did you play an instrument in high school? Do you want to join a band? The Beeville Community Band is recruiting for the 2011-2012 performance season.
Apply for fall graduation Students planning to graduate this fall must apply for graduation by Oct. 1. There are no graduation fees. Application and instructions are online at http://www. coastalbend.edu/. Students approved for graduation in the fall will graduate in December 2011 and are eligible to take
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College in Beeville on Oct. 6, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Lindsey Hagen at (361) 3542728 or lhagen@coastalbend.edu.
Students can apply to CBC at ApplyTexas.org Future CBC students can now apply online at www.Applytexas.org. A single application can be submitted to most public Texas colleges and universities.
Online courses offered CBC Continuing Education offers local face to face classes or online courses through Ed2Go, Gatlin, 360 Training or TicketSchool.com (in case you need insurance reduction, proof of training of a driving class for your job, or to “fix” a ticket!”) Please call (361) 362-2366 if you have questions.
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Anyone with musical experience and a love of playing can join. The band meets on Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. in the Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Building at Coastal Bend College. For more information, contact Gene Stephenson at (361) 3542305 or estephenson@coastalbend.edu.
part in commencement exercises in May.
The Bee County Adult Literacy Council is seeking volunteer tutors to commit at least one hour a week to help adults 17 years of age or older who are deficient in reading and English skills. Call Pete Martinez at (361) 354-5335 if you would like to give the gift of literacy by serving as a tutor.
Need a tour?
Continuing Ed course instructors
Reserve a private or small group tour of Coastal Bend College online at www. coastalbend.edu. For more information, contact Vanessa Adkins in the Counseling Department at (361) 354-2722.
Quilting classes in Pleasanton Quilting classes will begin Sept. 6, and will meet every Tues from 11am-3pm. Cost for the program is $148. For additional information or to sign up, please contact Sharon at (830) 569-4222 Ext. 1232, or email at Mayberry@coastalbend.edu.
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Ultimate Money Skills seminar Ultimate Money Skills teaches students how to develop smart money management skills in college that will lead to a lifetime of financial independence. An UMS presentation will be held at Coastal Bend
Coastal Bend College is expanding the course offerings in continuing education to include a wide variety of classes to meet the needs of the community. There is a need for more qualified instructors. If you can teach courses such a cake decorating, cooking, dancing, music, art, health-related topics, send your resume to Glynis Strause, Continuing Education, 3800 Charco Road, Beeville, TX 78102 or email to ghstraus@ coastalbend.edu.
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Students, staff to come together to honor September 11 victims CBC Director of Library Services Sarah Milnarich said she wanted something in the Beeville campus library that looked realistic to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11. She got sand from a local demolition site. Metal was donated from the welding department. Lanny Holland of Beeville loaned her a fireman’s helmet; CBC Law Enforcement Instructor Kevin Behr loaned a her policeman’s Helmut. The results of the Milnarich’s project, done with the assistance of Desiree’ Ortiz, a CBC student, is a large exhibit in the Grady C. Hogue Learning Resource Center foyer on the Beeville campus. “It wasn’t just an attack on America. It was a terrorist attack on the world,” Milnarich said. The exhibit lists the names of victims from the different sites – the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania and honors the firemen, policemen, airline crews and passengers, and citizens of the world who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Milnarich said the idea for the static display came to her around July 4 when she realized that the tenth anniversary was coming. Milnarich created a moving memorial that includes toys in acknowledgement of the children who died that day; foreign coins; and red beads that represent blood. Posters by local artists are also part of the exhibit which will remain at the library through September. Ortiz, who works in the library, remembered that she was in the seventh grade in 2001. She recalled being taken out of class and herded into a large room to watch the news. “I remember watching the towers crashing,” she said. The library exhibit had an impact on her while she was constructing it. “I’ve shed a few tears remembering everything that happened. Seeing the pictures [used in the display] makes me want to cry.” Ortiz
The 9/11 exhibit features elements donated by local law enforcement. Milnarich recalled her own memories of 9/11 when Rose Halsey, now prison programs secretary, told her that “World War III has started.” “I asked her to repeat herself,” Milnarich said, recalling how incredulous she was. Then, she went to find a television. She wound up in the SUB with Amador Ramirez, computer information technology instructor, and Frank Anzaldua, former electronics instructor, where a television was showing news coverage. What struck Milnarich, she recalled, was that there were students playing pool, oblivious to what was unfolding. “They just didn’t
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realize the scope of what was going on,” she said. Ten years later, Milnarich and others still find the attack incomprehensible. Milnarich used the exhibit to feature the work of local artists like Mary Chaudoin, a graphic artist. Chaudoin created a poster in 2002 as a class project that is part of the display. She recalled seeing a transport train with soldiers dressed in desert colors headed south from Mobile, Ala. toward the Gulf of Mexico one week before the bombings occurred. “That train was going to ‘Nowheresville.’ They knew something like that was going to happen,” Chaudoin said. The Army veteran said she noticed the train and found it odd. Two days before the terrorist attack, Chaudoin saw that an old armory The Coastal Bend College nearby had been comGrady C. Hogue Resource pletely refurbished with Center (Library) 9/11 display paint and repairs. This inshowcases the names of the creased her concern for victims and the work of local what was to come. She artists including Mary Chau- explained that though doin’s United We Stand poster she could not imagine (shown here). what was actually to take place, she wasn’t entirely shocked that something happened. Chaudoin created the poster, hanging in front of the library, featuring images that signify 9/11 to her. The five images are a policeman’s funeral, the recovery of a fireman thought to have been dead, the Statue of Liberty, and a WWI Uncle Sam Poster. The backdrop is a wallpaper pattern. The exhibit will remain throughout the month. An interactive memorial where students will be able to upload and share their memories and honor those who lost their lives will be available to students on all campuses.
9/11 Movie Marathon in Beeville The college library in Beeville has published a movie schedule for 9/11-era films that will be aired throughout the day in the lower floor theater on Monday, Sept. 12. A synop-
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Pleasanton (Sept. 8) On Sept. 8, Coastal Bend College -- Pleasanton Campus students and staff will gather in the foyer to hear guest speaker Norman Porter, CBC History Instructor, talk about the events that happened on September 11, 2001. Snacks, drinks and cake will be served. A 9/11-themed video will run. Students on all campuses will be able to share a commemorative blog. Everyone in encouraged to post to it. Those posts will be accessible for all to read. “This is an opportunity for students to post their memories and thoughts about September 11. It is also a tribute to the people who died as a result of those terrorist attacks,” said Jose Rodriguez, Coastal Bend College Student Life Coordinator. The forum created from students’ comments will become part of the college’s permanent record of the event. All events are open to the public. For more information, contact Terry Villanueva at (830) 569-4639, Ext. 1201.
College-wide (Sept. 12) Students on all campuses will be able to share a commemorative blog. Everyone in encouraged to post to it. Those posts will be accessible for all to read. “This is an opportunity for students to post their memories and thoughts about September 11. It is also a tribute to the people who died as a result of those terrorist attacks,” said Jose Rodriguez, Coastal Bend College Student Life Coordinator.
Beeville (Sept. 12) A memorial will be held in the James R. Dougherty Jr. Student Center (SUB) on Sept. 12, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. There will be a guest speaker, a video on September 11 and refreshments. The event is open to the public.
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sis of movies follows. 9 a.m.: World Trade Center (2006) PG-13 Director Oliver Stone helms this gripping docudrama set amid the rubble of Sept. 11, 2001. Working under treacherous conditions, an army of dedicated rescuers desperately hopes to find anyone who survived the World Trade Center’s tragic collapse. But their efforts pay off when they unearth Port Authority police officers John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and William J. Jimeno (Michael Pena) trapped near an elevator shaft.
1 p.m.: United 93 (2006) R Re-creating the harrowing events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 in real time, documentary filmmaker Paul Greengrass presents the unforgettable drama of Sept. 11, 2001, as experienced by those on board and by those watching in horror on the ground. This compact yet powerful story earned Greengrass an Oscar nod and follows a disparate group of strangers that bands together for a common purpose, risking their lives so that others might live.
11 a.m.: 9/11 (2002) NR This heartfelt documentary was created by awardwinning French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet, who simply set out to make a movie about a rookie NYC fireman and ended up filming the tragic event that changed our lives forever. The program includes additional footage and interviews with the heroic firefighters, rescue workers and the Naudet brothers, providing exclusive insight to their extraordinary firsthand experience of the day’s events.
3 p.m.: Saint of 9/11 NR Father Mychal Judge, chaplain to the New York City Fire Department, is best remembered as the faithful Franciscan priest who was killed on 9/11. The beloved friar lived a fulfilling life helping the needy and wasn’t your ordinary man of the cloth: he battled alcoholism and was a privately gay man. Through interviews, archival footage and Sir Ian McKellen’s narration, Glenn Holsten documents this extraordinary man’s life until his untimely death.
Catherine Athey Eastern Star Memorial Scholarship
To be eligible to apply a student must: i i
Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA to apply
Recipient will receive $400 per semester so long as they maintain a 3.0 average for 2 years i
Fill out an application form
(available at the financial aid office) i
Be in a vocational program at CBC Beeville Campus
Deadline is September 9th, 2011 at 5 p.m.
5 p.m.: FahrenHYPE 9/11 (2004) UR Narrated by political consultant Dick Morris, this counterattack to Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 sets out to poke holes in the issues raised by Moore’s film during a heated election year. Created with the intent to debunk Moore’s approach to filmmaking, his motives and his incendiary movie, the film features interviews with authors, experts and politicians including Senator Zell Miller, former NYC mayor Ed Koch and author Ann Coulter.
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Is the University of Texas preparing for a new medical school? by Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribune Lawmakers and local leaders are hopeful a plan unanimously adopted at Thursday’s University of Texas System Board of Regents meeting means they could finally get what they’ve long been waiting for: a new medical school. One of the elements of the plan outlined by Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa is to “advance medical education and research in Austin.” Even before Thursday’s meeting ended, state Sen. Kirk Watson issued a press release reading between the lines, calling for the creation of a flagship health science center and medical school in Austin. “Within the next 30 days, I plan to offer a path — and a challenge for our community — to build on [Cigarroa’s] statement so we realize these goals that so many of us have shared for so long,” Watson said. “It’s time for Austin to come together and act, creating a flagship initiative that can fortify our future and lead the world in the fields of medical education, healthcare and bioscience.” Cigarroa’s plan also included a $30 million investment in South Texas to boost the number of graduates in science, technology, math and engineering, as well as the caliber of teachers in those fields. One-third of that funding will go toward the establishment of a 15,000-square-foot simulated teaching hospital. Money will also go toward establishing a biomedical research program and boosting residency opportunities in the area. In laying out the plan, Dr. Kenneth Shine, the UT System’s vice chancellor for health affairs, explained that the rate of doctors per capita lags in Texas generally, and is particularly low in South Texas. “This plan will respond to unmet needs in health care as well as improve opportunities for economic development in the region by enhancing
the education of the health care workforce, including physicians, and strengthening research in diabetes and obesity,” he said in a statement.
Juliet Garcia, the president of the University of TexasBrownsville, which — as part of the plan — also gets the go-ahead to establish itself as a stand-alone four-year university, said the infrastructure was deliberately being laid for a new medical school in the region. “It’s going to happen, so we’d better get ready,” she said. “The Rio Grande Valley is at the epicenter of the future of the state of Texas.” Cigarroa’s plan calls for increased collaboration among UT institutions within the Austin and South Texas regions to improve the state’s health care. He said he’d be putting an equal amount of attention on addressing the issues in both regions. “It’s a two part approach,” he said. As for whether Austin or South Texas would be getting a new UT-affiliated medical school first, Cigarroa declined to offer a prediction. This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at http://trib.it/pK5x4w.
Graduating this Fall? Apply Now!
Students planning to graduate this fall must apply for graduation by Oct. 1. There are no graduation fees. Application and instructions are online at http://www.coastalbend.edu/. Students approved for graduation in the fall will graduate in December 2011 and are eligible to take part in commencement exercises in May 2012.
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Bailey Cernosek Kingsville, Texas
Brittanie Best McAllen, Texas
Marissa Lopez Carrollton, Texas
Kayla Longoria Edinburg, Texas
Shanise Wilson Abilene, Texas
Tiffini Horton Alice, Texas
Rachel Rivas El Paso, Texas
Bianca Cortez San Antonio, Texas
Regan Gonzalez Bishop, Texas
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2011-2012 Women’s Volleyball Schedule
Kristin Clee-Charlton Head Volleyball Coach
DATE OPPONENT Aug. 20 TAMU-Kingsville (Scrimmage) Aug. 26-28 Tyler Junior College Tournament
PLACE Kingsville Tyler
TIME TBA TBA
Sept. 2 Sept. 8 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 23 Sept. 30
Victoria College Victoria College Laredo Community College Laredo Community College Tourney Wharton County Junior College San Jacinto College
Beeville Victoria Laredo Laredo Wharton Beeville
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 22 Oct. 22 Oct. 22 Oct. 27
Lee College San Jacinto College Hill College Laredo Junior College Wharton County Junior College University of Texas at San Antonio Trinity University University of the Incarnate Word Lee College
Beeville Pasadena Pasadena Beeville Beeville San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio Baytown
Noon 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA TBA TBA 6 p.m.
Nov. 4-5
Region XIV District M Tournament
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Mandi Walker Assistant Volleyball Coach Head Coach: Kristin Clee-Charlton Asst. Volleyball Coach: Mandi Walker Athletic Coordinator: Estevan Vasquez President: Dean of Student Services: Mascot: CBC Sports Website: College Website:
Larry Lollar Assistant Volleyball Coach
Dr. Thomas Baynum Velma Elizalde Cougars www.coastalbend.edu/sports/ www.coastalbend.edu
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Alice Campus Michelle Brandt Desiree McCown Arcilia Garcia Jessica Parchman Jennifer Gonzalez Amy Nichole Perez Jamie Hinojosa Marta Lisa Saenz Priscilla Jasso Abril Lopez Rafaela Sanchez Jessica Macias
Beeville Campus Kristen Gorzell Juana Cantrell Lori Gutierrez Bobbie Chavarria Ali Rene Martinez Terri Cole Myranda McCabe Tracy Davis Guillerma Ramirez
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Yesenia Galvan Ashley Waskow Juanita Garcia Kimberly Wolf Brennan Gordon
Tracy Schmidt Rebecca Hinojosa Amanda Solis Myra Ledesma Jessica Soto
Kingsville Campus
Pleasanton Campus
Veronica Adams Yvette Lopez Amy Alcorta Shantai McCoy Angela Benton Rebecca Montalvo Patricia Charles Stephanie Prezas Amanda Cruz Johnny Robertson Jennifer Espinoza Anna Rodriguez Olivia Garcia Sandra Rosas Ann Guerra Deborah Sanchez Shameka Guerrero
Destiny Grimes Aaron Albert James Howard Theresa Marie Allen Hannah Leah Jansky Victoria Lynn Arnott Tonie Jaramillo Leslie Brown Elise N Lindsay Jessica Burton Paul Lopez Valerie Coronado Kristin Michele Parr Cindy Cullom Modesta Peralta Jodi Denson Rebecca Powe
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Training prospects abundant for South Texas oil and gas industry A symposium of petroleum industry professionals was held recently at Coastal Bend College in Beeville. Attendees were made aware of facilities and funds available for employee training. Frank Askew, Operations Training Coordinator for Pioneer Natural
Resources, Inc. said he’d recently completed the tenth session of new employee training at Coastal Bend College. Pioneer partnered with CBC a year ago for training that they could not facilitate on their own. “We are able to use resources at the college – the cafeteria, computer labs and classrooms – that have made the process [of training employees] seamless,” Askew said. Employees gain continuing education units, transcripts of their training, ID cards and access to CBC facilities, and certificates. They come to CBC for four days where they spend 10-12 hours each day in the training center. The session includes a 30-hour OSHA certificate; an 8-hour HAZWOPER certificate for spill responders; classroom instruc-
tion on safety; preparation for forklift operator’s licensing; and a medical questionnaire required for those who will have to wear respirators for work. More than 300 Pioneer Natural Resources employees from across the state and Louisiana have gone through the training, according to Askew. Michelle Thiebault of Texas Workforce Commission, who works with the college on funding customized training plans for area businesses, said each company comes with specifications like site requirements, special hours, unique machines and processes, yet workforce funds are available to cover training and trainers. “Whatever your needs to train new or existing employees are,” said Thiebault, “the workforce commission will work with the college to get paid for you.” The state agency has funds set aside for training. Each employee is eligible to access about $1,400 and businesses can access as much as $500,000 for training through the college. The recent growth in the oil and gas industry has predicated the increased need for training. “What we can broker with our partners is safety, leadership and training in the petroleum industry,” CBC President Dr. Thomas Baynum said. It is the function of community colleges to encourage new and existing business development that will sustain economic growth. CBC’s central location in the Eagle Ford Shale Zone makes it an attractive training site for area businesses.
CBC Dean of Instructional Services Dr. Bruce Exstrom explained workforce degrees and certificates relevant to the visitors. Recent changes to the program are in response to the demands of the industry. Many of the oil and gas program courses are held in the evenings or online. Many current students are employees in the industry seeking advancement. Recent graduates have been hired by Dan A Hughes Co., R.W. Dirks Petroleum Engineer, Inc., Welder Exploration and Production, Inc., Valero Three Rivers Refinery and San Isidro Development Co. CBC offers an Associate of Applied Science Degree and a Level 1 Certificate in Oil and Gas Technology. The National Spill Control School at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi partnered with CBC to offer classroom and on-the-water training on spill prevention, planning and response. “Working with CBC addresses a need for us,” said National Spill School Director Tony Wood. “Because of our ability to use the college’s facilities, the cost is significantly lower.” NSCS uses classroom space for their 40-hour HAZWOPER for oil spill response course; CBC manages enrollment. The partnership has made it possible for them to offer classes in the northern counties of the Coastal Bend and to localize workshops in Alice, Beeville, Kingsville and Pleasanton to minimize the travel time for employees and trainers. The next scheduled classes will take place Sept. 19-23 in Beeville and
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Coastal Bend College Peter S. Marecek Physical Fitness Center 3800 Charco Road Beeville
Oct. 10-14 in Pleasanton. Gary Doty of Total Safety told the group, “We can knock out a whole day’s work in 10 minutes because we train 20 employees in CBC’s computer labs, instead of on the two computers we have on site.” His company has tripled its workforce in less than six months and currently has 25,000 employees stretching from Carrizo Springs to Cuero. CBC provided the company the facilities to accommodate their required safety and handson training. “I was very impressed with the information received today and did not realize CBC offered so much for local businesses, especially the oil and gas industry,” said Robbin Stasny, Field Office Manager for Welder Exploration & Production, Inc. in Beeville. For more information about workforce and customized training, contact Nora Cartwright at (361) 3622633 or noracart@coastalbend.edu or Glynis Holm Strause at (361) 354-2447 or ghstraus@coastalbend.edu.
Meet with university recruiters to discuss and obtain information about the University Transfer Process. Recruiters from the following institutions have been invited: Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi Texas A&M University -- Kingsville University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at San Antonio University of Texas Pan American Texas A&M University -- San Antonio University of Houston -- Victoria Texas State University
Sponsored by Coastal Bend College Counseling Department. RSVP by contacting Eddie Rojas at (361) 354-2731 or edrojas@coastalbend.edu or come by the R.W. Dirks (V) Building in the LAC .
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Multi-year scholarship available to Beeville Campus students
Chelsea Guzman, a Bishop High School graduate, recently signed to play softball for Coastal Bend College. CBC competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 14 in women’s softball, women’s volleyball, men’s soccer and men’s basketball. (Photo courtesy of Kingsville Record)
Fall 2011 Automotive Shop Fees CBC Current Students (with ID) ................$20 CBC Employees (with ID) ...........................$20 CBC Board Members ..................................FREE All Others....................................................$40 Oil Changes ................................................$10 Tire Rotation/Balance (4) ..........................$10 Flat Tire Fixes (cars and pickup trucks) ....$5 (CBC students and employees only) A/C Freon ....................................................75¢ per ounce
By Appointment Only Must Purchase Own Parts Automotive Instructor Will Arrange Parts Order at the Parts Store
The Catherine Athey Eastern Star Memorial Scholarship will be given to a Coastal Bend College student over multiple semesters. The $400 per semester scholarship will be awarded to the recipient for up to two years. To be eligible to apply, applicants must: be currently enrolled on the Beeville Campus; have a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average and be able to retain that average for two years; and be currently enrolled in a workforce program. The application deadline is Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. Scholarship applications must be turned in to the Financial Aid Office, located in the R.W. Dirks Building (V). For more information, call the Financial Aid Office at (361) 354-2432 or mcruz@coastalbend.edu.
TRiO Upward Bound G.O.S.T. open to students in George West, Odem, Sinton and Taft Upward Bound G.O.S.T. will be testing new applicants in the ninth and tenth grades from George West, Odem, Sinton and Taft Independent School Districts on Oct. 8 and 15 from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Coastal Bend College in Beeville. Interested applicants should contact their high school counselors or call the UBGOST office at (361) 354-2746.
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5 For A Fast Start: Good tips for achieving great grades 1. Adopt an 8-to-5 Mentality There is no simpler or more powerful college success tip. Get up and be “at work” by 8:00 a.m. – don’t stop studying until dinner, regardless of your class schedule. You were in high school eight hours per day, Monday through Friday. That same effort in college will produce 20+ study hours every week and produce better results for you than any other single thing you can do. If you plan to work during the day, schedule study hours at the beginning of the week and follow the schedule religiously.
her favorite new CD and the repeated question, “What are we going to do tonight?” will have a severely negative effect on your efforts. Student unions are typically losers as well, as they are crowded, noisy and full of people who want to tell you how many days they have gone sleepless preparing for a test. Even
2. Get Organized In high school, teachers talk to each other and spread tests and major assignments over the semester. In college it will be you, not your teachers, who will manage your schedule. Start by copying key dates from each of your syllabi (schedules given to you by each professor) in chronological order into a planner. The only way to avoid getting crushed when you have two exams and two major papers due in a given week is to know they’re coming several weeks in advance. Budget your workload accordingly.
if you venture to the library, all sections of the library are not created equal. Some are better for getting a date, some are better for finding people to borrow notes from, and some are better for high intensity, highly productive studying. If you’re going to put in the time, make the most of it.
3. Seek Out the Study Spot It should be quiet and isolated. A dorm room is a clear loser for this objective. Your roommate, his or
4. Sit In The “Worst” Seat In Every Class That’s right; sit front and center. If you sit up front, you’ll be forced
to pay attention, no matter how boring you may find the lecture. If you have a question, you’ll also be more likely to ask it from the third row than from the back row. Finally, if you sit in the front, the professor will get to know your face and your name. This is a good thing for a number of reasons. If you are “on the bubble” between two grades and want to plead your case for the higher grade, or if you need to negotiate on a test score (which can work), you’ll be much more effective if the professor knows who you are. The professor could also be a big help later on in the internship or job search if he or she knows you and thinks you’re a “star”. 5. Write Down Your Goals Something about putting your objectives to paper helps make them happen. Make a list of all the goals you would like to accomplish in college. Break the goals into academics, extracurriculars and work experience. If you make the commitment to write down those goals, and look at them occasionally throughout the year, twelve months from now you’ll be amazed at how effective you were at reaching the objectives you were willing to commit to paper. (Source: www.makingitcount.com)
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Coastal Bend College students experience Puerto Rico during summer academic program Hiking through the large Yunque forest, bathing in the impressive La Mina waterfall, kayaking at night in the bioluminescent bay, touring through the Old San Juan (a replica of 17th century colonial Spain), visiting the Bacardi rum factory in San Juan, and bartering for goods in a farmer’s market in Rio Piedras were the highlights of this year’s Coastal Bend College Summer Program in Puerto Rico, reports CBC Spanish Instructor Dr. Emmanuel Alvarado, who led and supervised the group along with Kelly Rea, CBC Sociology instructor. The group included 16 Coastal Bend College students from the South Texas area, predominantly from Beeville, Alice and Kingsville. Students traveled to Puerto Rico for two weeks in July and took Spanish and/ or Sociology college courses during their stay. The CBC group attended classes daily at the Institute for Second Language Acquisition (ISLA) and participated in cultural excursions during the afternoons. Each stayed with local Puerto Rican host families, arranged by ISLA, where they enjoyed home-cooked meals and opportunities to practice and improve Spanish language skills. The group spent afternoons and evenings visiting places of interest on the “Island of Enchantment” as
Puerto Rico is normally referred to in Spanish. They toured the Puerto Rican Museum of History, Anthropology and Art where they encountered pre-Hispanic artifacts used by indigenous tribes prior to the arrival
of Christopher Columbus and modern art depicting various facets of Puerto Rican history. CBC students interviewed local students at the University of Puerto Rico to compare student life there with their own experience in higher
education in South Texas. As part of a course assignment, the CBC group also conducted ethnographic interviews at the Plaza de las Americas, the largest commercial center in the Caribbean, asking local shoppers about their working, civic and family lives in Puerto Rico. Ecotourism was one of the highlights of the summer trip. Students hiked through El Yunque National Rainforest where they learned about local vegetation, flora and the coqui, a frog unique to Puerto Rico, whose sounds can be heard all over the island at night. The students ended their hike from the Yunque hills at La Mina Falls where they bathed in the still pools filled with chilled mountain water stemming from the 35-foot waterfall. The CBC group kayaked on the Biobay in the Fajardo province where a microorganism that inhabits the bay water emits a blue florescent light as it is activated with movement. During the evening, the students took in the beauty of the fluorescent light of the bay as they rowed the kayaks or as they moved the water with their hands. “It was magical” said CBC student
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Coastal Bend College Spanish and sociology students spent two weeks in Puerto Rico studying culture, language and ethnography. Those who took the trip are, top row from left, Jennifer Roberts, Vera Wang, Homero Garza, CBC Spanish Instructor Dr. Emmanuel Alvarado, and Roberto Lopez; and in the middle row from left, Suzane Nunez, Samantha Salinas, CBC Sociology Instructor Kelly Rea, and Dariela Ramirez; and in the bottom row from left, Macy Richter, Paola Serna, Bianca Rocha, Verita Gronuum, Linda Salazar, Missy Moreno Raymon Avelar and Ana Alyse Olivares. Raymon Avelar who proposed marriage to his girlfriend Ana-Alyse Olivares, also a CBC student, as they kayaked through the bay. During one of the last evenings in Puerto Rico, the group went to Latin Roots, a local salsa club in San Juan, where students were given a crash
course on salsa dancing and observed the acclaimed salsa competition organized by the club every Thursday. Coastal Bend College students said goodbye to their Puerto Rican families and boarded the bus for the airport Sunday morning to return
to Texas. All agreed that they had learned a great deal about Puerto Rico’s history and culture, acquired more Spanish and made many new friends. Alvarado and Rea at Coastal Bend College have already begun preparations for next summer’s program in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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CBC Men’s Basketball Schedule DATE
OPPONENT
PLACE
TIME
Mullens/Mitchell Jamboree
Dallas
TBA
October Oct. 8 November Nov. 5
Fort Sam Houston
Beeville
2 p.m.
Nov. 9
San Jacinto College
Houston
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 11
Southwest Texas Junior College-Uvalde
Beeville
TBA
Nov. 17
San Jacinto College
Beeville
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 19
Western Texas College
Beeville
2 p.m.
Nov. 21
Lee College
Beeville
7 p.m.
Nov. 25-26
Joe Huey Thanksgiving Classic (Richland College) Dallas
Dec. 1
Odessa College
Dec. 2
South Plains College
Levelland
TBA
Dec. 3
New Mexico Military Institute
Levelland
TBA
Dec. 10
Northwest Vista College
Beeville
2 p.m.
Dec. 14
Northwest Vista College
Beeville
7 p.m.
TBA
Jan. 6
Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Beeville
7 p.m.
Jan. 7
Lee College
Baytown
7 p.m.
Jan. 12
Western Texas College
Snyder
6 p.m.
Jan. 14
Lone Star College-Tomball
Beeville
3 p.m.
Jan. 19
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio 7 p.m.
Jan. 21
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio 2 p.m.
Jan. 28
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio 2 p.m.
January
Sept. 3 -- Fiesta Bee County Diez y Seis Pageant, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 -- Concert of local artists, presented by the Beeville Concert Association, admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 3 p.m. Oct. 9 -- The Flying Balalaiken Brothers, presented by the Beeville Concert Association, admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 3 p.m. Oct. 15 – United States Air Force Southwest Winds, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7 p.m. Oct. 21 -- Tom McDermott, a native Texan telling stories with music, presented by the CBC Cultural Arts Committee, partially funded by the Texas Commission on the Arts, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 -- Mariachi Campanas de America, presented by the Beeville Concert Association, admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 3 p.m. Nov. 12 -- Fiesta Bee County, Fiesta Ballet Folklorico Recital, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7 p.m. Nov. 17 -- Beeville Community Band/CBC Concert Band, Fall Concert, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 -- Beeville Community Chorus and local church choir members present the “Messiah,” free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 -- CBC Music Department Recital, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 3 p.m. Dec. 1 -- CBC Drama Department presents a Children’s Show, admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 6 p.m.
February Feb. 3
Southwest Texas Junior College-Uvalde
Uvalde
7 p.m.
Feb. 6
Victoria College
Victoria
7 p.m.
Feb. 15
Temple College
Temple
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 18
Lone Star College-Tomball
Tomball
3 p.m.
Feb. a27
Victoria College
Beeville
7 p.m.
Dec. 2 -- CBC Drama Department presents a Children’s Show to area elementary schools, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, performances at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Dec. 2 -- CBC Drama Department presents a Children’s Show, admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 6 p.m. Dec. 3 -- CBC Drama Department presents a Children’s Show, admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 1 p.m.
March Mar. 5
Performing Arts Calendar
TBA
December Odessa
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Region 14 Play-In Series Head Coach: Asst Coach: Athletic Coordinator: President: Dean of Student Services: Mascot: CBC Sports Website: College Website:
TBA
TBA
Larry Mendez Colt Walker Estevan Vasquez
Dec. 3 -- Beeville Community Chorus, Fall Concert, Mission at Goliad State Park, 8 p.m. Dec. 4 -- Beeville Community Chorus, Community Advent Service, Faith Lutheran Church, Beeville, 3 p.m.
Dr. Thomas Baynum Velma Elizalde Cougars www.coastalbend.edu/sports/ www.coastalbend.edu
Dec. 5 -- CBC Continuing Education and Music Department presents Guitar Extravaganza, free admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7 p.m. Dec. 6 -- Beeville Community Chorus, Fall Concert, admission, Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
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Visual arts gallery, workshop schedule Coastal Bend College’s Simon Michael Art Gallery, located in the Frank Jostes Visual Arts Building on the main campus in Beeville, will exhibit the work of a variety of artists and media. The 2011-2012 gallery schedule follows. Sept. 7 -- Gallery Opening: “Coastal Bend College Visual Arts Faculty,” Reception and Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual Arts Building. Closes Oct. 13 Oct. 19 -- Gallery Opening: “CBC Art Alumni Invitational,” Reception and Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual Arts Building. Closes Nov. 17. Nov. 30 -- Gallery Opening: “Student & Faculty Art Exhibition,” Reception and Gallery Talk, 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Simon Michael Art Gallery, Frank Jostes Visual Arts Building. Closes Dec. 7 Nov. 30 -- Student Art Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Frank Jostes Visual Arts Building.
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CBC Men’s Soccer Schedule DATE
OPPONENT
PLACE
TIME
Sept. 2
University of Dallas (Reserves)
Dallas
3 p.m.
Sept. 3
University of Dallas (Reserves)
Dallas
12 p.m.
Sept. 9
Northeast Texas Community College
Beeville
TBA
Sept. 10
Lon Morris College
Beeville
2 p.m.
Sept. 13
Our Lady of the Lake University (Reserves) San Antonio
5 p.m.
Sept. 18
West Texas College
Snyder
2 p.m.
Sept. 20
Hill College
Hillsboro
4 p.m.
Sept. 23
Northeast Texas Community College
Mt. Pleasant
TBA
Sept. 24
Tyler Junior College
Tyler
1 p.m.
Oct. 1
San Jacinto College
Beeville
1 p.m.
Oct. 15
Tyler Junior College
Beeville
1 p.m.
Oct. 16
San Jacinto College
Houston
1 p.m.
Oct. 21
Lon Morris College
Jacksonville
3 p.m.
Oct. 28-29
TBA
TBA
TBA
September
October
Barnhart Workshop Series, 2011-2012 Head Coach: Sept. 15 - 16, 2011, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. “Fusing Glass,” Artist-in-Residence: Jayne Duryea Oct. 25-28, 2011, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. “China Painting: Roses,” Artist in Residence: Brenda Morgan Moore
Athletic Coordinator: President: Dean of Student Services: Mascot: CBC Sports Website: College Website:
Bill Cleavelin Estevan Vasquez Dr. Thomas Baynum Velma Elizalde Cougars www.coastalbend.edu/sports/ www.coastalbend.edu