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:News 2 Briefs Spotlight Series shines again The Western Jazz Quartet, pictured below, will appear at Granum Theatre on Friday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. The group is a Western Michigan University resident , faculty ensemble that has received national recognition and a Five Star review in Down Beat magazine for their CD "Firebird." The musicians will be holding a free stu- dent workshop from 3:30-5:30 p:m. in CTR 107 before the concert. For more details, contact Mark Breckinridge at extension 279. Jazz Ensemble catches the beat The 21-member ACC Jazz Ensemble will be holding a free concert on Tuesday, November 4 at 8:00 p.m. in the Granum Theatre. The Ensemble will be playing big band standards, plus latin tunes and ballads, featuring many soloists and a vocalist. Come on out and support our jazz brethren. · Get involved in volunteering The Volunteer Center and ACC is sponsoring the Student/ Community Ac~ion Fair on Wednesday, October 29, from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. inside Park Arena. Many community organizations will be represented at the Fair, offering students an_d staff a wide range of volunteer opportunities. United Way and the Power of "U" The ACC United Way campaign fund drive went over the top late last week, surpassing this year's $4100 cam- paign goal. Thanks to all the staff who participated in making this year's campaign a success. Stay tuned to your phones for details regarding the raffle drawing, open to all who contributed to the campaign, scheduled for Friday, October 31, at noon in the Lumberjack Shack. Top prize is a $100 dollar gift certificate to the French Quartier. Also available will be an ACC sweatshirt from the bookstore, a set of passes to the Royal Knight Cinema, and a jar of lottery tickets. See you there ACC's single parent support group will meet every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. - noon in Van Lare Hall 103. All students are invited to attend any Wednesday. For more information, contact Bonnie Urlaub in VLH 107. Senat~ makes plans ary 14. BY MISSY PORTER STAFF WRITER This year's ACC Student Senate has a lot planned. The Senate began the year with a camping trip to Oscoda. This trip was used as a leadership seminar where they went over their consti- tution. There will also be many different speakers coming to the campus to discuss impor- tant issues such as AIDS awareness and domestic vio- lence. As yet, there have been no dates set for these events. There will be many dances throughout the year. The next is the Halloween dance on October 31 at East Campus gym. Students are encouraged to dress up. There will be prizes given for best costume and other cat-· egories. The Homecoming dance is scheduled· for Febru- The Senate holds open forum meetings for students to attend to bring up concerns they have abou~ the school or to give their ideas. Student Senate President Leonard Thomas said, "I en- courage sh,1dents to get involved with the open forum meetings so they can voice their opinions." The next meeting is October 28 at 5:00 p.m. in CTR 106. P A.LPENA.R · RINT MASTE © Resumes FAX Service Color Copies Rubber Stamps Copies Envelopes Letter Heads Announcements 2567 US-23 S. ALPENA- PH. (517) 356-6178 - FAX (517) 354-3465 I I I 'j BY ERIN BRUSKI STAFF WRITER After six years of provid- ing educational programs adapted to the specific needs of various workplaces in the conmrnnity, the Workplace Partnership Project has come to an end. The program, which was funded through the Depart- ment of Education in Washington, D.C., was first funded at ACC in 1991. The first project lasted 18 months. In 1993 the college applied for , funding again and received a second 18-month grant. Then in 1994, there was a three-year grant opportunity, the last, funding cycle available. The WPP was funded again, one of just a handful of projects to receive funding over three grant cycles. Funding ran out on October 1. The focus of the WPP was to identify what employ- ees at companies really needed to know, and to de- velop courses based' on that. These courses involved con- stantcurriculumdevelopment and were not textbook ori- ented. The idea behind the prog:r"'am was to see if commu- rr'fie <Po[emic/ Octo6er 29, 1997 National project ends after six years nity colleges could bring customized education to the workplace. A CC staff involved in the project included WPP director Don MacMaster; conununica- tions instructor Dr. Richard Lessard, math instructors Kendall Sumerix, Tom Gougeon and Charley Rose- bush; business instructor Lois Darga; language instructor Priscilla Homola; computer technician and newsletter edi- tor Frank Przykucki; and office managers Katherine Meharg and Ann Schultz. "A big enjoyment for me over the past six years has been the opportunity to work with some really conm1ited professionals," MacMaster said. "I think that the project had some risk for all of us, be- cause in many cases we were working outside our comfort zone and had to be fast and responsive learners ourselves. "We realized that the credibility of the college was at stake to a degree and that if we did a poor job, it could reflect negatively on the pro- fessionalism of everyone at ACC. We didn't want that to happen and I don't think it did. It was a great group to work with, very creative yet very professional. I miss hav- ing them around," he added. According to MacMaster, the need for insfructors to con- stantly involve the student in the development of authentic teaching materials was a key . factor in the project. One of the most success- ful projects was a sequence of two 15-hour farm accounting classes, developed and taught by former Math and Sciences chair Gary Sparks. "It was a great group to work with, very creative yet very profe~sional." - Don MacMaster everyone on the shop floor, in- cluding some of the managers, went through three levels of math--general math, trigo- nomefry, and Infroduction to CAD. They were taught on site, using laptop computers. Richard Lessard did some very sfrong applied conm1unications work in team building, most notably at Besser Company, where a new department was created and still effectively operates as a self-directed work teart1. Yet another program of- fered reading skills and comprehension to AIS home care workers across Alcona, Alpena and Montmorency counties, again using laptop computers with authorable software, Care plans .for the clients in AIS homes are of- ten written by clinicans with advanced professional de- grees, but the workers in charge of carrying out the plans often have limited edu- cational attainment levels, resulting in a wide literacy gap. A 24-hour reading com- prehension course was designed by Janet Fulton to narrow that gap. Open H; ouse '97 Today's fanners need to keep accurate and thorough records. Feed ratios, pesticide application rates, breeding records, depreciation on capi- tal equipment are just a few examples. Although this is easier to do now with new technology, many local fann- ers were not accustomed to using computers. By taking tllis course, they learned how to use a computer and Quicken software to frack a numberofvariables--variables specific to their own opera- tions. A shop math program developed by Kendall Sumerix for Baker Enterprises was also highly successful. In this three-course sequence, "I think the Workplace Partnership Project really en- hanced the college's outreach to business and industry," rviacMaster. "And I think that a vibrant community college always needs to be thinking about how it can help the lo- cal workforce not only stay current but prepare for the fu- ture. 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