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WCCHA
FALL 2014
Washington Community College Humanities Association
In This Issue
WCCHA & CCHA
2014 Conference
1
Hotel 1000 2
Special Events
2
Guest Speakers
WCCHA Member
Session Schedule
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4-5
News from Our
Members6
Conference
Registration 7-8
Washington Community College Humanities Association
& Community College Humanities Association (Pacific-Western Division)
in partnership present
Humanities: The Heart of the Matter
Newsletter Committee
A JOINT CONFERENCE
Helen Lovejoy
HLovejoy@pencol.edu
October 16-18, 2014
Tracy Heinlein
Tracy.Heinlein@seattlecolleges.edu
Thursday-Saturday
The Hotel 1000
Claire Fant
cfant@shoreline.edu
About WCCHA
The Washington Community Colleges
Humanities Association exists to
promote effective, inventive, and vital
Humanities instruction by Washington
state community-college instructors.
WCCHA strives to provide professional
support and personal renewal through the
context of dialogues, presentations via
its annual conference, publications, and
other exchanges that emphasize critical,
life-sustaining values that actively support
Humanities instruction throughout the
Washington Community College System.
You may verify your institutional membership at by contacting Tracy Heinlein at
tracy.heinlein@seattlecolleges.edu
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1000 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
HOST COLLEGE
North Seattle College (WA)
SPONSORING COLLEGES
Central Oregon Community College (OR)
Portland Community College (OR)
Green River Community College (WA)
2014 CONFERENCE THEME
The “Heart of the Matter” report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences calls for
humanities and social science educators to make a clearer, stronger case for the value of a broad
education in areas that develop the “long-term qualities of the mind” and human empathy. www.
humanitiescommission.org/_pdf/hss_report.pdf
In the current political and educational context that emphasizes the importance of STEM fields for global competitiveness,
the “Heart of the Matter” report calls educators students,
parents, and all stakeholders to recognize the Humanities and
Social Sciences as equally valuable and necessary for long term
global success. This conference challenges educators to engage
in a vigorous examination of how best to communicate the
broad usefulness of social, cultural, intellectual, and creative
capacities the Humanities develop.
The Community College Humanities Association (PacificWestern Division) and Washington Community College Humanities Association Program Committee requested proposals on the
2014 conference theme, Humanities: The Heart of the Matter,
that touched on the following questions.
•How can community-college teachers help students apply
their Humanities education to the “real world” and the
workplace?
•What unique opportunities do community colleges have to
contribute to the effort to communicate the value of the
Humanities on a local or national scale?
•What is the value of the arts within a culture? In what ways
are the arts essential for a culture to remain vital?
•How do the values taught in Humanities courses enrich and
facilitate global citizenship?
Presentations on other questions, issues, and projects in the
Humanities that correlate with the Conference theme were
also encouraged, including:
•Public Humanities
•Digital Humanities
CONFERENCE ACCOMMODATIONS
Hotel 1000
1000 First Ave.
Seattle WA 98104
877.318.1088
This year’s conference will be held at The
Hotel 1000, Seattle’s premier luxury hotel
destination.
The staff at Hotel 1000 have abolished the predictable, rethought
every detail, including room bathtubs that are works of art.
Find unexpected pleasures around every corner at Hotel 1000,
the premier hotel experience of the West Coast, in the heart of
downtown Seattle.
Reservations may be made by contacting Hotel 1000’s central
reservation number at 877.318.1088.
Website: http://www.hotel1000seattle.com/
Attractions within Walking Distance of the Hotel: Seattle Space
Needle, Experience Music Project, Waterfront and Ferries, Seattle
Underground Tour, International District, Seattle Great Wheel,
Seattle Aquarium, and Seattle Art Museum.
•STEM Partnerships
•NEH/CCHA Institute and Workshop Experiences
•New scholarship in the Disciplines and in the Classroo
A registration form is attached to this newsletter for your
convenience.
•GUEST SPEAKERS
SPECIAL EVENTS
Thursday, 10/16
Champagne reception with Christophe Chagnard
Friday, 10/17
Luncheon with Marvin Bell and evening open Poetry Reading
Saturday, 10/18
Luncheon with Rosanna Sharpe, Executive Director, Seattle’s
African American History Museum
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Plenary Session Speakers
Christophe Chagnard
Music Director of Lake Union Civic Orchestra
Music Director of Northwest Sinfonietta
Touché, eclectic music sextet
French composer, conductor, and guitarist Christophe Chagnard is
highly sought-after as an educator and lecturer as well as a musician.
His pre-concert lectures are popular with children and adults
alike. As both a conductor and a composer, Chagnard has worked
throughout the United States and Europe. In June he announced he
would be stepping down as the principal conductor of the Northwest
Sinfonietta, which he co-founded 25 years ago; he remains the music
director of the Lake Union Civic Orchestra. He founded Touché, a
jazz sextet, in 2012.
Marvin Bell
Professor Emeritus (Flannery O’Connor Professor of Letters) at the
Iowa Writer’s Workshop
Author of 20 books of poetry and contributor to numerous anthologies and literary magazines, Marvin Bell has led a distinguished
career in writing. Bell earned a BA at Alfred University, an MA
at the University of Chicago, and an MFA at the University of
Iowa Writer’s Workshop, where he also taught for 40 years. Bell
served two terms as Iowa’s first poet laureate beginning in 2000.
For several years, he ran a workshop for high school teachers with
America SCORES, a non-profit organization working with urban
youth.
Rosanna Sharpe
Executive Director, Seattle’s Northwest African American Museum
Rosanna Sharpe is a native of the Pacific Northwest and has twentythree years of museum experience with a focus on administration,
exhibition development and artistic publications. She holds a BFA in
arts administration from Long Island University, Southampton, NY
and an MFA in museum studies from Syracuse University, NY. Her
post graduate degree focused on museum administration and African
American studies. Rosanna has previously worked at institutions
in Pennsylvania and throughout Washington. She is the executive
director of the Northwest African American Museum (Seattle, WA).
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WCCHA Member Sessions
While at the WCCHA-CCHA joint conference, be sure to check out these presentations from faculty at
WCCHA’s member institutions. Along with these exciting sessions, be sure to attend the open-mic poetry reading
and humanities happy hour, featuring light fare and a no-host bar from 4:45 – 6:45 pm, Friday evening. The event
will be hosted by Michael Darcher of Pierce College.
Thursday, October 16
Pre-Conference Workshop
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Finding Time to Write: The Key to Being Happier and
Feeling More Successful
Reflecting and Meditating on Philosophy
David Shapiro, Cascadia Community College
Mindfulness, Empiricism, and the “Threat” of
Spiritual Traditions
Ian Sherman, Olympic College
Facilitator: Amy Norton, Pierce College
Creative Collaborations
Friday, October 17
Concurrent Sessions
9 am – 10:30 am
Great Ideas for Teaching Humanities
Kelsey Denton, Green River Community College
Megan Reiser, Green River Community College
Charlotte Fellers, Green River Community College
Marisela Feites-Lear, Green River Community College
Finding Joy in the Serious: Eco The Whale Sends a
Message
Marie Weichman, Olympic College
Susan Digby, Olympic College
Matt Teorey, Peninsula College
Janet Lucas, Peninsula College
Helen Lovejoy, Peninsula College
An Opportunity for Global Heart-Centered Values
Alice L. Martin, Green River Community College
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Getting to the Heart of the Matter in Art, Philosophy
and History
Julianne Kirgis, North Seattle College
Olga Vishnyakova, North Seattle College
Kelda J. Martensen, North Seattle College
Maureen Murphy Nutting, North Seattle College
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Integrative STEAM Assignments: At the Heart of the
Cascadia Classroom
Catherine Crain, Cascadia Community College
Robyn Ferret, Cascadia Community College
Jessica Ketcham Weber, Cascadia Community College
Jade Footprints: A Path through the Heart of the Tao
Heidi Bauer, Lower Columbia College
Nicole DiGerlando, Lower Columbia College
Locating the Heart: Reading Frost with Immigrants
and Refugees
Gatsby CC: Don Draper, Jay Gatsby, and the
Materialist Trap
Marcie Sims, Green River Community College
Jaeney Hoene, Green River Community College
BANG! POW! Superheroes, Pop Culture,
and Critical Analysis
James Pyle, Green River Community College
Cossacks, Cannibals, Clowns, Criminals: Montage and
Community
Heidi Rich, Clark College
Jared Leising, Cascadia Community College
AI in Film: Portrayal of a Society in Flux
Ned Faulhaber, Clark College
(continued on page 5)
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Saturday, October 18
Concurrent Sessions
8:40 am – 10:00 am
10:10 am – 11:20 am
Integrating Literature into the Composition Classroom
A Collaboration of Empathy: Where Theater and
Human Relations Interact
Steve Close, Big Bend Community College
The Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
and Service Learning
Becky Anderson, Pierce Community College
Elysia Mbuja, Pierce Community College
Heather Frankland, Pierce Community College
Transforming the Survey: A Learning Community
Approach to Literature and History
Michael Lee, Columbia Basin College
David Arnold, Columbia Basin College
The Humanities on Campus: Changing the
Conversation
Andrew Cohen, Portland Community College (OR)
Jaeney Hoene, Green River Community College
Sue Mach, Clackamas Community College (OR)
Annemarie Hamlin, Central Oregon Community College
(OR)
Denise Calvetti Michaels, Cascadia Community College
Ann Teplick, Seattle Writers in the Schools
Student Educators for Social Justice in a Global World
Sarah Zale, Cascadia Community College
11:30 am – 12:40 pm
The Word Made Flesh: Why the Heart Matters
in Ulysses
Nichole McCarthy-Roush, University of Washington-Tacoma
Hank Galmish, Green River Community College
Erin Gilbert, Green River Community College
Jamie Fitzgerald, Green River Community College
Concord Resonating
Beth Stevens, Pierce College (WA)
Call for Board Members
If you’re looking for a way to serve the humanities in Washington State, consider
joining the Board of Directors for WCCHA!
Our association was founded in 1981 and has been lead for the past 30+ years
by a dedicated, friendly, and motivated board that promotes effective, inventive,
and vital Humanities instruction in our state. WCCHA Board members organize
the annual conference, help to publish Crosscurrents and our monthly newsletter,
maintain the association’s website, and encourage Humanities instruction in our
community colleges.
If you’re interested in joining, please contact Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu.
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News from our Members
On October 21st and 23rd, local leaders
will speak at a symposium about the
challenges and impacts of modern-day
slavery in Washington State. Hosted by
Everett Community College, two panels
will be held—featuring policymakers,
advocates, and other leaders—to raise
visibility of the global and local implications of slavery and explain how Washington residents, elected officials, and
students can help combat this problem.
Image: Made In a Free World tumblr Post
Some people may think that slavery ended
after the Civil War. In reality, there are 27
million slaves in the world today—more
than during any other era in human
history. Some of them live abroad and
produce goods that Washington residents
regularly enjoy, and some of them are
living here—right in our own backyard.
Today’s slavery in the United States takes
many forms. Young women are trafficked
into prostitution. Migrant laborers are
threatened with violence and made to
work without compensation. Immigrants
are cut off from their friends and families
and forced to work as nannies or caregivers. At this moment, people are being
held against their will and forced to work
without compensation in Washington.
While slavery abroad may seem like a
distant problem, it is linked to consumer
brands that people here in Washington
enjoy. Chocolate, coffee, personal
electronics, clothing, and tobacco are just
of a few of the products with significant
ties to modern-day slavery in countries
throughout the world.
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These panels will help students link
their academic work with real-world
social problems and help them integrate
solutions to slavery into their post-college
careers (in business, law enforcement,
teaching, and nursing, among others)
and into their daily lives, through the
purchases and decisions they make.
The symposium is being sponsored by
Everett Community College’s Humanities Alliance, with a grant from the
college’s Global Education Initiative. It
will include two moderated panels, on
October 21st, from 9 to 10 AM., and
October 23rd, from 11 AM to 12 PM.
The first panel will be held in Everett
Community College’s Jackson Conference Center. The second will be held in
Baker Hall.
The event is open to media and
community members, as well as EvCC
students, faculty, and staff. For more
information, please contact Steven
Tobias at stobias@everettcc.edu.
Derek Sheffield, English instructor,
(Wenatchee Valley College), whose
book of poems, Through the Second Skin
(2013), is a finalist for the Washington
State Book Award, will host a writing
workshop on October 11th from 9:30
– 12:30 at the Douglas County Administration Center. This will be a “walk and
write” on the banks of the Columbia
River, ending with a sack lunch and an
hour of optional readouts and guided
commentary. This is a hands-on and
feet-on event for fiction, poetry, and
non-fiction writers. Please see more at
http://writeontheriver.org/category/
upcoming-events#sthash.V5R1umaJ.dpuf
Sheffield will also be giving a poetry
reading in Bellingham on October 25th
with the writers Jennifer Bullis, Suzanne
Paola, and Kate Trueblood. This reading
is a fundraiser for kahini.org.
Catherine Roth, a philosophy instructor at Spokane Community College
and Spokane Falls Community College
participated in “The first translation into
English of the Suda lexicon, a massive
10th century Byzantine encyclopedia that
is complete and available online, after a
16-year, volunteer-driven scholarly effort
with key contributors from the University
of Kentucky.”
There are more than 31,000 entries in
the Suda, some very short, some quite
long (up to several pages). According to
the current statistics, I translated 7517
of them, and “vetted” (edited, corrected)
18,531 of them. Vetting is still continuing
(it’s open-ended). I started working on
the project in 2000, about a year after the
translation got under way. About a year
later I was co-opted as a Managing Editor,
joining the original group of founding
editors. I had the privilege of translating
the final entry last August.
Translating and editing obviously requires
a knowledge of ancient and medieval
Greek, and an ability to express ideas
clearly and concisely in English. Some of
the translators have been undergraduates and self-taught scholars, not very far
along in their Greek studies, so vetting
has sometimes had a pedagogical aspect.
As a Managing Editor, I have also been
involved in decisions to accept new
applicants as translators or editors.
In the spring of 2008, I enjoyed a Tytus
Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati,
where I was able to take advantage of
the Blegen Classics Library and free time
to advance the Suda project. After all,
adjunct instructors don’t get sabbaticals, so
this opportunity was really helpful.
See: http://www.as.uky.edu/suda-linedatabase-complete.
2014 CCHA/WCCHA PACIFIC-WESTERN CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
Please print or type - one form per person
All presenters, moderators, and participants must register for the conference and begin or renew CCHA membership.
Registration includes two banquet luncheons, two continental breakfasts, and two receptions. See the conference program
for details regarding the special events.
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Early Registration (postmarked by September 15, 2014):
Current WCCHA/CCHA Member*
New or Renewing Member**
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$210.00 ________
$250.00 ________
$195.00 ________
On-site Registration:
Current WCCHA/CCHA Member*
New or Renewing Member**
New or Renewing Part-time Faculty Member**
$220.00 ________
$260.00 ________
$215.00 ________
Special Events:
Seattle City Sightseeing ½ Day Bus Tour (10/16, 15 min guests)
$80.00 _________
Docent-guided tour of Northwest African American Museum (10/18) $10.00 ________
Seattle’s Underground Walking Tour (10/18, 35 max part.)
$14.00 ________
* Current CCHA members are those whose membership expires 12/31/14
* Current WCCHA member colleges posted on www.wccha.org
** Includes $40 CCHA membership dues or $15 part-time faculty membership dues
Guest Tickets for plenary sessions can be purchased at the conference for $40.00 each.
Check if you prefer vegetarian meals [ ]
TOTAL ENCLOSED
$________
PAYMENT INFORMATION ON SECOND PAGE
Mail your completed registration form and a check (made payable to the Community College Humanities
Association) or credit card information to the CCHA Pacific-Western Division office (address listed below).
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Cancellations with a fee of $35.00 will be accepted until October 1, 2014.
Mailing Address:
Attn: 2014 CCHA/WCCHA Seattle Conference
Western-Pacific Division Regional Conference
c/o Cherie Maas-Anderson, Operations Manager
Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280
Phone: 503-977-4266
If you have questions about registration, please contact Cherie Maas-Anderson at
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