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Trudi Abram, division chair of Visual & Performing Arts, chaired a panel at the annual College Art Association National Conference in February. The panel presented new ideas in pedagogical practices in community colleges, including Trudi's own paper on Writing Online Courses. Trudi offers to consult with any colleague who wants to pursue online courses.

Denise Blue, adjunct instructor of English, just published It is Out There: The Homeless Years under her pen name, Denise B. In the book, she condenses ten years of living as a street person. The book is can be ordered from the publisher, PublishAmerica, and is also available through amazon.com.

The GCC Concert Singers were invited to sing with a massed choir of 600 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles for the annual Mark Thallander Choral Festival. The director of the Concert

Singers, Dr. Peter Green, Associate Professor of Music, was asked to conduct one of the massed pieces. The GCC Concert Singers was the only choir asked to sing alone as well. They performed Haydn's "Te Deum" with the Conejo Valley Youth Symphony. Peter reports that it was a great honor singing to a full house of 4,000+ people!

Don Hodges is pleased and proud to announce the birth of his first child which took place on March 25, at 8:08 AM.
Benjamin Hugh Hodges arrived at 7 pounds 1 ounce, and he is 22 inches tall. Both child and mother are doing very well. Congratulations, Don!

Dr. Allison Kolpas, daughter of Sid Kolpas, accepted a two-year post doctoral position in Mathematics at the University of Delaware. While she will teach mathematics, her primary role will be research in mathematical biology. Jamie Kolpas, Sid's younger daughter, will be moving to New York City to pursue an MFA in dance.

Margaret Nadir's son, Garen Nadir, who graduated from GCC and then from UCLA in June 2008, has now been accepted to Loyola Law School. He wants to specialize in environmental law. He is also one of the three co-founders of the green garden at the entrance to the 134 freeway off Monterey Road in Glendale. Working with the city of Glendale, they are transforming the vacant lot into a green garden where neighbors will be able to grow fruits and vegetables.

 

For the Record
In the February Chaparral milestones, Hasmik Sarkissian reported that her daughter, Aniee Sarkissian, is receiving an M.S. from UC Riverside in March. The milestone said she completed her undergraduate studies at UC Irvine, but she actually graduated from UC Riverside.  &

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