The Child Development Center has entered their garden into AgriMissouri's 10,000 Garden Challenge School and Community Contest, in which they have a chance to win a $500 grand prize for supplies, tools, seeds and plants for their garden. Vote for the CDC garden here. You can vote once a day until Saturday, July 30.
In honor of SCC’s 25th anniversary, Papa John’s is offering 25% off your entire order when you order online and use the promo code: SCC25. Plus, 10% of your order will go back to the SCC Foundation to support scholarships and academic enhancements.
The SCC Bookstore will resume its regular fall semester hours on Monday, July 25:
- Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
- Friday: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Saturday: 8 a.m.-noon
- Closed Sundays, holidays and holiday weekends
Summer operating hours for the Plaza Bistro, Café and the Fitness Center:
- Plaza Bistro: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday
- Café: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday (Grab-N-Go only)
- Fitness Center: 7:30-11 a.m., noon-2 p.m., 3-8 p.m. Monday/Wednesday; 7:30-9 a.m., 10 a.m.-
1 p.m., 2-8 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday; 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., 8-9 a.m., 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday
The Plaza Bistro is offering "Sweet Treats" every Friday throughout the summer from
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The "Sweet Treat Corner" will feature ice cream cups, cones and sundaes.
In order to prepare for the HLC/NCA Self-Study visit this fall, every e-Outlook will include a fact, word game or puzzle to help you learn more about NCA accreditation. Fact: A team of five administrators and staff from other colleges that are members of NCA will be selected by the HLC and NCA to be the consultant evaluators who will validate SCC's self-study report in November 2011.
Tell us your story! Do you know someone, whether it's a student, faculty or staff member at SCC, who deserves to be recognized? Or maybe you have a unique story about yourself or your experiences at SCC that you'd like to share with us! Now you can, online — it's easy! Just go to www.stchas.edu/mystory and click on the blue "I (heart) SCC" icon at the top right of the page and fill out the form, either for yourself or about someone you know whose story deserves to be heard! If you have any questions, contact the office of Marketing and Communications Department.
The SCC Continuing Education Department will host Art Extravaganza, an exhibit featuring artwork from their students and instructors July 25-Aug. 6 in the FAB gallery. Gallery hours are
8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Fridays, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturdays. An artist reception with snacks and entertainment will be from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, in the FAB gallery.
Center Stage Theatre will present "The Drowsy Chaperone," a musical-within-a-musical, at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, July 26-30, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 31, in the FAB theater. All SCC employees and students are entitled to two free tickets. Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 for seniors/students. Contact Jeanine Spence at x8050 for tickets.
President John McGuire’s Farewell Tribute is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, in the College Center. Tickets are $75 and include heavy hors d'oeuvres, drinks and a Roast-and-Toast from party hosts. To purchase tickets or for more information visit www.stchas.edu/mcguirefarewell. Proceeds from ticket sales and donations will help establish an endowment fund. There will also be a campus celebration planned for early fall.
Students can now find tips on how to be successful in college on the new "College Success" Web page, created by Student Development and the ACE Center staff. Enrollment Services also created a new "Parent and Family Guide" Web page, which contains FAQs for new students and their families.
Textbooks for the fall 2011 semester will be available for purchase at the SCC Bookstore or online beginning Monday, July 25.
All 11/FA01 (COL 101) tuition and fees are due Thursday, July 28.
All 11/FA02 (COL 101) and 11/FA1 tuition and fees are due by 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1. If students fail to pay tuition and fees by the deadline they will be dropped from their classes.
11/SU3 summer late-start classes end Monday, Aug. 1.
In-person and online registration for fall 2011 classes will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 2. In-person registration will reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, and online registration will reopen Thursday, Aug. 4.
The last day to change from credit to audit or audit to credit or to drop and receive a 'W' for 11/FA01 classes is Wednesday, Aug. 3.
- For the underdogs: Scholarship open to 1.5 GPA students, Suburban Journals (July 19)
- Trail proposed across SCC campus, Suburban Journals (July 11)
Check out the latest posts from our SCC bloggers:
- Check out Ryan's Blog, SCC student, to find out what's going on in his life, including getting a new bike racing jersey, getting sunburnt on the BMX track, hiding out at SCC, his upcoming trip to Florida and his next big idea!
- "Learning About Social Media in San Francisco," Kanna Taylor, marketing specialist (July 22): Kanna shares what she learned at a recent social media conference in San Francisco.
- "Planters 'R Us," by Dan Porter, grounds supervisor (July 19): Learn all about the benefits of "planter garderning," also known as "container garderning."
- "Shazam, Gomer, It’s For Marketing Too," by Andrea Compton, assistant professor of business administrative systems (July 19): Shazam is a smart phone app that started out as a song identifier, but it can do much more than that now.
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: Kanna Taylor, marketing specialist, at x8275.
Deadline to submit items for the Aug. 8 issue is Wednesday, Aug. 3.