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      Oct. 8-21, 2012      
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Sign up for the Employee Sponsored Program by Oct. 12 to receive a special treat. If you would like to make a pledge or donation, download the form online or email Tara Cochran.

Register to vote for the Nov. 6 election at one of two SCC locations, either at the SCC Welcome Center on the first floor of the Administration Building, or in the Library, on the first floor of the LRC.

SCC is an approved charity in the Schnucks Escrip program, which means if you show an Escrip card at checkout, Schnucks will donate a portion of your sale to the SCC Foundation. Signing up for a card is free and doesn’t cost anything to use. To receive and activate an Escrip card, email Tara Cochran. If you already have one, just remember to have Schnucks swipe it while purchasing groceries.

  
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The last SCC men's and women's soccer home games of the season will be at the following dates and times:

  • 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10 vs. Lewis & Clark Community College (women's)
  • 4 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 11 vs. St. Louis Community College (men's)

The Transform Art Exhibition will be on display until Nov. 2 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. For more information, contact Christine Holtz.

Center Stage Theatre is holding open auditions for its production of "Stepping Out," at 7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 8-9, in FAB 108. For more information about auditions or the play, call x8255 or email Lynne Snyder.

The Employee Sponsored Program (ESP) will host SCC Trivia Night at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in the SSB Auditorium. Cost is $25 per person, or $200 per table of up to eight people, and includes popcorn and beverages. Deadline to register is Wednesday, Oct. 10. For more information or to register, visit stchas.edu/trivia.

A presentation of "Campus Safety: What You Need to Know," will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday,
Oct. 18, in the Private Dining Room of the Student Center. Bob Ronkoski, SCC chief of police, will talk about how to stay safe on campus in the event of a crisis. Contact Ronkoski at x8604 for more information.

The Young People's Theatre will present "The Creepy Creeps of Pilgrim Road" at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 19-20, and at 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 20-21, in the FAB theater. Tickets are $8 and are available online at www.stchastickets.com. For more information call x8233, or visit www.stchas.edu/ypt.

SCC Student Activities will host the Scary Movie Marathon the week of Oct. 22-26 with a series of films and lectures. For the full schedule visit stchas.edu/calendar. For more information, contact Mandi Smith at x8469.

SCC Friends & Alumni’s next Leadership & Strategy Speaker Series presentation is from 7:30-
9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the St. Charles Convention Center. The presentation, “Seeing Your Organization Through the Eyes of a Customer, Creating Customer Loyalty,” by Patrick Fenton, Director of Operations-St. Louis at Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, is free and open to the public and includes a continental breakfast. Pre-registration is required online at stchas.edu/speakerseries.


  
  St. Charles Community College is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Email accessibilityservice@stchas.edu with your accommodations request. It is recommended that you contact the college 10 business days prior to the event. See Accessibility for Campus Guests.  

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The 2012-13 Staff Training and Education Program (STEP) schedule is now available online. Deadlines for enrolling: Civil Treatment for Managers, Oct. 8; BIT, Oct. 16; dotCMS Open Workshop, Oct. 22; Surviving Everyday Pressures: Handling Stree and Finding Balance, Oct. 22.

The long-range planning steering committee members are hosting and facilitating a series of "Town Hall Meetings," or open forums, to gain employee feedback, comments and suggestions to the drafted mission statement, vision statement and institutional goals. These drafts will be available on the LRP intranet site the week of Oct. 8. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Here are the upcoming town hall meetings with deadlines to register:

  • 3-3:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15; deadline to register is Oct. 10
  • 7-7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16; deadline to register is Oct. 11
  • 11-11:45 a.m. or 3-3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17; deadline to register is Oct. 12
  • 9-9:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18; deadline to register is Oct. 15
  • 3-3:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22; deadline to register is Oct. 17
  • 9-9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23; deadline to register is Oct. 18
  • 9-9:45 a.m., 3-3:45 p.m. or 7-7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24; deadline to register is Oct. 19
  • 9-9:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 25; deadline to register is Oct. 22

To sign up for STEP classes or town hall meetings, contact Jessica Trimborn in Human Resources. Learn more about the STEP Program.

  
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The following college representatives will be visiting SCC to discuss transfer requirements (all representatives will have tables set up in the Atrium of the Administration Building):

Tuition and fees for 12/FA2 classes are due Thursday, Oct. 11.

12/FA1 courses end Tuesday, Oct. 16.

12/FA2 courses begin Wednesday, Oct. 17.

SCC students are invited to attend "Chesbrough Chat," an open forum for students to ask questions, voice opinions and share ideas about SCC with the president, Dr. Chesbrough, from 6:3-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Student Center Private Dining Room.


  
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In the news:

Check out the latest posts from our SCC bloggers:

  • Meet our newest SCC blogger, Liz April, an freshman at SCC. Liz is a tomboy at heart, loves Mizzou football, and wants to transfer to Lindenwood after SCC to major in marketing. Read her first blog post, "See You Later... Not Goodbye," where she discusses the hard decision she had to make and how she dealt with it.
  • "Where Did September Go?" by Mitch Harden, adjunct professor of psychology (Oct. 4): Mitch literally breaks down how he spent the month of September into a pie chart.
  • "Tree of the Month," by Dan Porter, grounds supervisor (Oct. 2): Dan shares October's native of the month, the Autumn Purple Ash.
  • "iPhone 5 Review – A Geek's Point of View," by Andrea Compton, associate professor of business administrative systems (Sept. 29): Andrea shares her review of the new iPhone 5.
  • "The Importance of Starting Well," by Ron Chesbrough, SCC president (Sept. 24): Dr. Chesbrough shares an article by the St. Charles County Suburban Journal about more students starting at community colleges before going on to a four-year university.
  • "Life Is a Great Ride," by Ryan Oder (Sept. 24): Ryan says to take life one day at a time.
  
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