Jan. 21-Feb. 3, 2008

SCC is a tobacco-free campus.  Here is some new information regarding smoking bans from the School of Public Health of the University of California, Berkeley:

Smoking Bans Save Lives

Hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped by 8% in New York State in 2004, the year after a comprehensive smoking ban went into effect, according to a recent report in the American Journal of Public Health.  That number takes into account improved medical care and other factors.  Similarly, Ireland’s heart attack rate fell by 11% the year after the introduction of its ban on smoking in public places that started in 2004. (December 2007 Wellness Letter)

The SCC Web site has undergone a face-lift. Additional links have been added to the home page, important student tools are grouped on the right side of the screen, and other pages have been modified to reflect the results of the fall branding workshop, facts gleaned from statistics, and feedback from the SCC community. This is the beginning of many changes that will take place over the coming year. The Web site will undergo a complete redesign in 2008-09.

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.

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.

Double Reed Day, a full day of music training, will be held from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the FAB. Cost is $35. To register, contact John Walker at x8538. Registration form.

Auditions for Center Stage Theatre's production of Black Elk Speaks will be held 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.

Auditions for Center Stage Theatre's production of two one-act plays, The Room and The Dumb Waiter, will be held from 1-3 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 28 and 29, in the FAB Theater. Contact Patrick Vaughn at x8698 for more information. More.

The Social Science Society will screen the film In Debt We Trust at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in the SSB Auditorium. More.

A piano recital featuring faculty member Naoki Hakutani will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in the FAB Theater. More.

Black History Month features events in January and February. 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. The interactive exhibit maps the user's facial features to the characteristics of five different races, allowing participants to see what they would look like if they were Indian, Hispanic, Black, Asian, or Caucasian. 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.  Deadlines for enrolling in Managing Your Time is Feb. 14.  To sign up for STEP classes, contact Jessica James in Human Resources. Learn more about the STEP program.

The SCC student organization 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.

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

Employee birthdays for the current issue may be found on the Intranet.

Missed a previous issue of e-Outlook? Visit Marketing and Communications on the Web; you’ll find past e-Outlook issues there.

e-Outlook: The e-Outlook is a bi-weekly calendar of events and campus update for employees of St. Charles Community College. Contact:  Alexandra Smith, marketing specialist, at x8275. Deadline to submit items for the Feb. 4 issue is Wednesday, Jan. 30.