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The Dean's
Corner
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Welcome to the Spring 2005
Edition of Stone Soup. This issue offers
some new information about happenings in Continuing Education.
Hopefully, you will find it interesting reading. (continued)
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title.
| New Faces in Continuing
Education
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There is
a new face in the Continuing Education Division
this semester, and we thank you for the many warm welcomes and
hospitality that have been extended to her as she settles into the
College family: (continued)
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title.
| Summer On-Line Courses
Expand
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Students' growing interest
in distance learning has prompted Schenectady County Community College to
increase our course offerings on the SUNY Learning
Network (SLN). The support training for new online instructors
and the creative approach to the development of new courses promise an
exciting summer for learning. The Continuing Education
Division is pleased to report that
SCCC will offer 22 sections of on-line courses this Summer term.
(continued)
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Integral to the mission of
every community college is workforce development. In truth, as
commuter institutions, almost everything we do is workforce development. All
of our degree programs prepare our students for work, either immediately or
else after earning an advanced degree. Many of our non-credit courses
prepare individuals to earn supplemental income. And, our contractual
courses prepare employees for changes within their jobs, or for promotional
opportunities within their companies. (continued)
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title.
| Teachable
Moments...
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Are public speaking
techniques useful in the classroom?
Part One of this article will
attempt to persuade the reader that the answer is a resounding "yes," and Part Two (appearing in the next issue of
Stone Soup) will offer specific techniques instructors can use to
strengthen their own and their students' effectiveness with oral
presentations. Focusing on the latter for now, let's consider the question:
Why not just lecture; why get students talking in class?
(continued)
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title.
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CRWTC Members Participate In"Capitaland
2005: Going Global" TV
Special
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Several Capital Region World Trade Center (CRWTC) members
participated in a town meeting-style discussion covering Trade,
Communities and Lifestyle as part of a TV Special produced by WMHT Ch. 17 and WNYT Ch. 13 in partnership
with the Times
Union. (continued)
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title.
| University in the High
School
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It was a time of
appreciation, sharing, and growing together!
University in the High School (UHS) teachers
from around the region came together at SCCC in late January for an
appreciation luncheon and professional development seminar. It was
the first time UHS teachers had been invited to a seminar on the campus.
(continued)
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title.
| Non-Credit Summer Courses at
SCCC
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Schenectady County Community
College (SCCC) offers its students and the community the opportunity for
professional development or personal enhancement through the Division of Continuing
Education's Non-Credit schedule. Students
are offered a variety of non-credit courses in areas such as Computer
Technology, Children's Courses, Music, Recreation, English as a Second
Language, and General Interest. (continued)
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| Bridge: Changing Times, Changing
Programs
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A service of Schenectady County Community College, the Bridge
Program is an occupational-based program that provides
comprehensive services to address the needs of low-income families in
Schenectady County. For the past 6 years, the Bridge Program has been
providing students and community members with valuable services including
one-on-one career and employment counseling, general education
development and extensive case management services.
(continued)
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| Introducing: Non-Credit's Jewelry Instructor, Mary
Wheeler
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When Mary Wheeler first began teaching Beginning and
Advanced Bead Stringing, our jewelry courses, at SCCC in the
Spring of 2004, her first class consisted of 4 students. A year
later, the course is consistently filled to capacity. Students have even
asked to be placed on wait lists in order to participate in the course. What
makes this course so popular? (continued)
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title.
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