April, 2002

American Sign Language Club has Impact in Local and Global Community
by Roman Wright

The recent KrispyKreme doughnut flurry that hit the Highline campus was the result of a fundraiser by the American Sign Language (ASL) club. Bravo to them! The club was heartily supported by everyone in Student Programs, HCC Foundation and student body president, Jewel Fitzgerald. The fundraiser brought in $1,100 that will go to an organization called “For the Children”. “For the Children” annually brings children from Belarus to live with host families in the South King County area. In Belarus, the children live in constant exposure to low dose radiation from the 1985 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Five of the children are deaf and they were the focus of the club's efforts. While here for six weeks, they will receive free medical and dental attention and will be given nutritional and vitamin therapies to strengthen their compromised immune systems.  “For the Children” and the ASL club, give a hearty “Thank You!” to the Highline campus community.  

5th Annual Spring Festival

     Highline Community College is excited to be hosting our 5th Annual Spring Festival on Friday, May 10, 2002, from 9:00am - 1:00pm.  This is an event that is put on for the benefit of area high school students as well as current Highline students, and this year promises to be our biggest and best yet! 
     Activities will include a job and career fair, college fair, several college and career- related workshops, campus tours, live entertainment, a BBQ lunch, contests, and much more.  This event gives students the opportunity to visit with representatives from both in and out-of-state four-year colleges and universities as well as over 50 employers from the area, while attending various workshops and enjoying lunchtime activities.  High school students are also given a “Festival Card” which they can fill with initials from employers and workshop presenters, which will entitle them to a BBQ lunch for only $1.00.  Last year over 600 students attended from area high schools, and we expect even more this year.  We will feature a variety of workshops for the students including choosing a career, financing education, choosing a college, and more.  The college and career fair will happen in the Pavilion, workshops will take place in various locations across campus, and the lunchtime activities will be in the grassy open area between buildings 7 and 2.

Join us for a fun filled day of exploration and renewal. Daytime events are from 12-4pm in the Union Bay room and include a silent auction, vendor fair, and inspiration.  Evening events include a fantastic dinner featuring local wine selections, speakers Harvest Moon, Ambassador of the Quinault Indian Tribe, and Nancy J. Nelson, Director of African American Education at Eastern Washington University.  Both will be performing cultural adaptations of song and storytelling to show how we have used music and our individual talents to help us succeed in the worst of circumstances. The dinner will be held in the upper level of building 8, beginning at 5:30 p.m.  Tickets are available now in the Women's Program office for $20.00, or $40.00 to include a reserved Rie Munoz poster.  There will be a short, live auction and the presentation of five Extraordinary/ Ordinary Women Awards. The proceeds from the days events will go to support the Women's Program's Emergency Scholarship fund. This program is made possible by Washington Commission for the Humanities through it’s Inquiring Mind: A forum in the humanities. WCH is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing cultural and educational programs throughout the state. This program is presented by Women’s Program’s in celebration of 30 years of providing service at Highline Community College. 

Did You Know? 

...The Center for Extended Learning and Outreach Services have teamed up to be exhibitors at the Federal Way Chamber of Commerce Trade Show EXPO 2002 held at SeaTac Mall on Saturday, April 20th.

...Keith Eldridge from KOMO News wished Highline Community College a happy 40th anniversary as he signed off on the news cast on Friday, April 5.   

...Dr. Priscilla Bell has been elected for a three year term as an Institutional Representative on the Board of Directors to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).

...Did you know that 40 years ago......  

• Jack Nicklaus made his debut as a professional golfer.  His first tee shot went in the water.

•  Soviet missile bases detected in Cuba; President Kennedy demands their removal.

•  Industrial robots introduced to perform repetitive manufacturing tasks.

•  Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. becomes first American to achieve earth orbit.

•  Telstar becomes the first communications satellite intended for regular service; relays television signals between North America and Europe.

•  Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring, bringing attention to a number of environmental crises for the first time.

• The National Guard is called out to oversee the integration of the University of Mississippi as James Meredith becomes the first Black to enroll. 

•  New York Yankees over San Francisco, 4-3 in the World Series

•  Marilyn Monroe dies, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills.

•  Phil Knight develops the first Nike running shoe.

• Johnny Carson begins a 30-year reign as host of the "Tonight Show."

•  Popular Songs: Blowin' in the Wind, Go Away Little Girl, Days of Wine and Roses, The Loco-Motion, Sherry, Monster Mash, Big Girls Don't Cry

•  Popular TV Shows: I've Got a Secret, Beverly Hillbillies, Route 66, The Flinstones, Price is Right, Ben Casey

•  Popular Movies:  Cape Fear, Days of Wine and Roses, Dr. No, Lawrence of Arabia, Lolita, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Longest Day, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Manchurian Candidate, The Miracle Worker, The Music Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane

Century 21 – Seattle World’s Fair opened.  Seattle's monorail was thought to represent the future of mass transit when it opened in 1962.  Elvis Presley films "It Happened at the World's Fair" during the Fair’s run; the film's crew monopolizes the Monorail's Red Train. High Profile Visitors:  Prince Phillip, Robert Kennedy, John Wayne, Jack Lemmon, Dr. Jonas Salk, Richard Nixon, Lassie. The Fair closed on October 21, 1962 to speeches by dignitaries and the poet Carl Sandburg.  President John F. Kennedy was to have attended, but two days earlier he had become embroiled in the Cuban Missile Crisis and cancelled.

40th Anniversary Events

5th Annual Unity Through Diversity Week 
April 22-26
Contact: Andrea Booker-Guantes

Student Art/Reception 
Thursday, May 2 - 6:00 pm
Library Gallery (4th floor)
Contact:  Lynne King 

Student Performances - drama, music, poetry 
Thursday, May 2 - 7:30 pm
Building 7
Contact: TM Sell

20th Annual Women's Celebration 
Friday, May 3
Contact: Marie Burin

Spring Arts Festival-One Acts 
May 15-18 - 8 pm
Building 4-122
Contact: Christiana Taylor

Retirees' Lunch  
Friday, May 9 -12 pm
Building 8, 2nd floor
Contact: Sandy Moser/Linda Benzel