College News - Week of April 10

New for Spring Inservice is the “The Employee Awards Show,” where recipients of the Pastega Faculty Excellence and Pastega Classified Excellence awards, the Distinguished Staff award, part-time faculty awards and longevity awards will be announced. Awards will be announced after the lunch break, starting at 1:30 p.m. in the Russell Tripp theater. Be sure to come and show your support for your fellow co-workers at this awesome event!

Mark your calendar to attend the upcoming Honors and Distinguished Alumni Reception, held Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. in the Commons. New for this year's program will be honoring our 2015 Distinguished Alumni Julie Huckestein and Brad Gohr, along with recognizing LBCC student scholarship recipients and scholarship donors. The Oregon Lottery has given $1,000 as an event sponsor, and will announce the establishment of two $1,000 scholarships for our students, which will be available for application through the Foundation starting fall term.

Karelia Stetz-Waters

Living Our Values: Excellence & Inclusiveness
English department chair and author Karelia Stetz-Waters has been nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for her young adult novel Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before, which was published in October 2014 and has been nominated in the LGBT Children’s/Young Adult category. This is Karelia's first young adult novel. Her work also includes The Admirer, The Purveyor, Dysphoria and Something True. The Lambda Literary Awards is the pre-eminent award for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books. Karelia has been nominated alongside writers published by Simon & Schuster, Candlewick Press, and Harlequin Enterprises. Winners will be announced at a ceremony June 1 in New York City.

Emily Jaderlinich

Emily Jederlinich has joined the Community Education department as the new Coordinator for Linn County.  Emily will be responsible for developing new classes for adults in the areas of art, computer training, health, fitness, writing, recreation, woodworking, home and garden, cooking and more. Emily has been a fitness instructor with LBCC's Community Education department for several years, and owns her own business providing training and consulting in health and fitness. Previous to LBCC, Emily developed new programs as a coordinator at the Corvallis Chintimini Senior Center, and several other organizations. She has a bachelor's degree in Exercise Sports Science Pre-Occupational Therapy from Oregon State University.

Ilex Karstens, left, and Rebekah Pennington

Students Ilex Karstens and Rebekah Pennington were chosen to represent LBCC as part of the Oregon Community College Association All Oregon Academic Team. Governor Kate Brown and the OCCA will honor them, along with academic team students chosen from Oregon's 16 other community colleges, at a luncheon held at the state capitol April 30.  Both students are Albany residents and honor roll students. Ilex is a pre-dental hygiene major who serves as an executive assistant for LBCC Student Government and is an active member of Phi Theta Kappa. Rebekah is a nursing major who serves as Phi Theta Kappa LBCC chapter president, and is a member of the LBCC Student Leadership Council Judiciary Board and a CASA volunteer. The students will receive a plaque from the OCCA and a $1,000 scholarship from the university they plan to transfer to. The OCCA, in partnership with Phi Theta Kappa, yearly recognizes outstanding students from Oregon’s 17 community colleges through the All Oregon Academic Team awards. Students selected become eligible for more than $350,000 in Coca-Cola Foundation and USA Today scholarships.

College Values

Opportunity

Excellence

Inclusiveness

Learning

Engagement

Core Themes:

Economic Vitality

Cultural Richness

Educational Attainment

NEW SERIES: Living Our Values
If you have a suggestion for a story that fits this new addition to staff news, send it to either Lori Fluge-Brunker or Dale Stowell. We would be happy to include! This new addition to staff news will feature brief stories about students, programs faculty and staff, with a focus on how we are living our college values in the things we do here each day. 

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Writer/Editor: Lori Fluge-Brunker, Communications Specialist, College Advancement