Jan. 7-20, 2008

Wanted: Creative writing and photography. Mid Rivers Review, SCC's literary magazine, is accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction, or B/W photography until Jan. 31. Contact Teddy Norris at x8407 for more information. Entry guidelines.

Spring semester faculty inservice will be held Tuesday-Friday, Jan. 15-18.

The SCC Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16.

The college will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Can’t remember that meeting or event? Search the online SCC Calendar. Events are categorized under various headings in a drop-down menu; just choose the one that interests you.

Early registration for Double Reed Day continues through Tuesday, Jan. 15. Cost is $25 if registration materials are received by Jan. 15; $35 after Jan. 15. Double Reed Day will be held from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the FAB. To register, contact John Walker at x8538. Registration form.

Auditions for Center Stage Theatre's production of Black Elk Speaks will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, and at 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Jan. 22-23, in the FAB Theater. Contact Hal Berry at x8261 for more information. Roles to be cast and audition information.

Make a note of upcoming Black History Month events. All events will be held in the SSB auditorium unless otherwise noted. Most activities are free and all are open to the public.

• Daryl Davis will present Klan-Destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey Into the Ku Klux Klan at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24. Davis will also give a jazz performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24. More.
  
  
• Dr. R. Bentley Anderson, of St. Louis University, will give a lecture on his book "Black, White, and Catholic: New Orleans Interracialism, 1947-1956" at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5.
  
  
• The film A Class Divided will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, and at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7.
  
  
• An SCC African-American scholarship fundraising event will be held from
  7-10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Enjoy an evening of dance and entertainment featuring the NonStop Classic Rock Band. Tickets are $15 in advance; $20 at the door. To purchase tickets, contact Flo Johnson at x8365, Peggy Sherwin at x8598, or Dr. Stephanie D. Tolson at x8512. More.
  
  
• Experience The Human Race Machine Feb. 11-15 in the SSB lobby. More.
  
  
• The film The Power of an Illusion will be shown from 1-3 p.m. and from
  7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
  
  
• Terrell Carter will present a lecture on his artwork at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18. Carter's artwork will also be displayed from 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, Feb. 18-22, in the SSB Student Lounge.
  
  
• The film The Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels will be shown from noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26.
  

Employees are reminded that the SCC Help Desk is available to assist with computers, laptops, software downloads, printers, WebCT, wireless, network connection, SCC Connection, e-mail, and Office 2007. Call the SCC Help Desk at 636-922-8555 or visit them on the Web at www.stchas.edu/help.

• A Quick Start Guide to Office 2007 is available on the SCC Intranet under Training Materials.
  
  
• Use Helpspot, the online trouble reporting system, to submit your request for IT service. To report Datatel/Colleague or phone problems, call Lisa Seidler at x8369.

Check out the 2007-08 Staff Training and Education Program (STEP) schedule. Deadline for enrolling in Communicating for Results is Thursday, Jan. 17.  To sign up for STEP classes, contact Jessica James in Human Resources. Learn more about the STEP program.

Straights and Gays for Equality (SAGE) will hold a welcome back to school meeting from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the CC 102 conference room.

Registration for spring credit classes continues through Monday, Jan. 14, in ADM 1113, with all fees due by 7 p.m. on that day. Students may register Jan. 16-18, and they must pay at the time of registration.

Start dates for spring semester credit classes: Saturday classes begin Jan. 19, and weekday classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 22.

COL 104 Online Information and Internet Research will be offered online this spring as a late-start class beginning Saturday, Feb. 9. Learn more.

Erin Lanham, reference librarian, received the Leadership Award from the St. Louis Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Special Libraries Association at its annual business meeting in November.

Chris Romer, director of purchasing, was recently elected as a board member to the Missouri Association of Public Purchasing (MAPP), a chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.

Employee birthdays
January birthdays

Missed a previous issue of e-Outlook? Visit Marketing and Communications on the Intranet; you’ll find past e-Outlook issues there, along with employee birthdays for the month.

e-Outlook contact:  Karen Decker, marketing and Web assistant, at x8475. Deadline to submit items for the Jan. 21 issue is Wednesday, Jan. 16.