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Swag Swap – Friday, December 6th

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Swag Swap Shirt

Bring a shirt, get this one!

Students are invited to get in the holiday spirit of giving and participate in a t-shirt swap on Friday, December 6 from 10-1 in the Cafeteria. Bring your gently used apparel from outside institutions and swap them for a brand new and exclusive GCC t-shirt! Only 100 shirts will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

All apparel from outside institutions will be donated to the local Salvation Army in Batavia to assist families in need this holiday season. Only GCC students’ apparel from outside institutions will be accepted to receive a GCC t-shirt, but all clothing will be accepted for donation to the Salvation Army. One t-shirt per student with a valid GCC ID.

Get in the spirit of giving, and show your GCC spirit too!

National Novel Writing Month

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National Novel Writing Month is an awesome opportunity to get your creative juices flowing! Challenge yourself to write 50,000 words in November and write a novel. There are 10 opportunities for you to meet up with others who are participating in #NaNoWriMo at the Batavia Campus, and a final reading on Thursday December 5 in the Union! Get your writing hand ready – we’ll see you there!

maryjane47's avatarMaryJane's Weblog

nanowrimo-2November is National Novel Writing Month — or NaNoWriMo for short.

The goal is to write a ‘novel’ — defined as 50,000 words — during the month of November. It won’t be a good novel, you don’t have time to edit, but having done the writing is generally a lot further than most folk get to. December and January are for editing!

Okay, to be honest, I’m not going to get 50,000 words done. Like, I have a day job and something that resembles a life. But I really, really hope to get about 25,000 words done. It’s a fun thing and having a goal like this in a group setting helps everyone.

Genesee is doing its own NaNo meet-ups. The idea is that there’s some moral support and dedicated writing time happening. We’ve set up the following events, they’re all drop-in and low-key. Come when you can, ask for help…

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Calling All Artists and Graphic Designers!

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Are you an artist or graphic designer? Your work could be featured as the new cartoon version of G-Dub!

Cougar Facelift Competition

My day with Anya

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On Wednesday October 23, 2013 Anya Ayoung Chee- Project Runway winner, the former Miss Tobago winner, and now entrepreneur/designer came to GCC and had an event filled day. She gave amazing advice to our students, faculty and visitors.

Anya arrived at GCC at about 9 a.m. Project Manager Candace Cooper and Professor Dudkowski greeted Anya and her assistant at the clock tower. Candace Cooper and I put together a great breakfast spread for her to enjoy. Anya and her assistant went over her PowerPoint presentation and speech until about 11:00 when we escorted her to the administration luncheon. In attendance were Professor Dudkowski, Professor Ehrhart, Dr. Kate Schienfen, Jennifer Newell, Dr. Rafael Alicea-Maldonado(Dr.Ram), Candace Cooper and I. At the luncheon there was a large salad bar (One of Anya’s favorite foods!) with a lot of variety, toppings, and sides. During the luncheon Anya talked about the opportunities she has had growing up, and gave Candace a lot of great advice from one designer to the other.

After the luncheon at 1:30 Anya went to the Rosalie “Roz” Steiner art gallery where she was interviewed by Buffalo and Batavia news anchors about her current events, and upcoming projects. Anya also posed for a few photos after her meet with Dr. James Sunser, Genesee Community College president. She spoke about her website (http://www.anyaayoungchee.com).  Anya sat in her dressing room while all the students and facility members took their seats. Candace went and got our celebrity key speaker. Anya’s presentation was extremely inspiring.

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Me(Ariana Sneed), Professor Ehrhart, Candace Cooper, Anya Ayoung-Chee and Professor Dudkowski (In Order) posing for pictures in our Rosalie “Roz” Steiner art gallery.

Some of the great advice she gave was (Direct quotes from Anya):

  1. “Whether you believe it or not you have this life and just this life, and in these moments, I owe it to myself to live it all the way up.”
  2. “Something we all have to do different at some point but like trusting that you can do it, That you are gifted and that you are extremely talented.”
  3. “Risk being yourself fully.”
  4. “You know it in your heart you’ll feel it, just do it.”
  5. “Old friendships build complementary business”
  6. “(Mentors) you offer them something as well, you inspire them, you allow them to see their strengths and so I think a mentor is so key.”

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I hope you all will take the inspiration Anya is planted in me, and do whatever makes you happy. “You know it in your heart you’ll feel it, just do it.” Even if you’re not in the fashion program I hope you were able to catch Anya Ayoung-Chee’s incredible speech in T102. Anya’s a beautiful person inside and out.

“(Blogging) is a deeper way into a person’s life.” -Anya Ayoung-Chee

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Anya and I in her fitting room here at GCC.

 

Hurry! Help to Find G-Dub and win!

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G-Dub the Cougar went missing, and you can crack the case and win two tickets to the (sold out) Forum Players’ performance of Clue the Musical on 11/8!

Here’s the rules: www.bit.ly/MissingCougar

And here’s a clue:
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G-Dub the Cougar is MISSING!

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At the scene of G-Dub’s last known whereabouts, Campus Safety officers retrieved a scrap of paper with the website www.bit.ly/MissingCougar typed on it. The website introduces a game open to all students, faculty, staff and members of the community to solve the case. By attending campus events and online locations, participants receive clues to help determine who kidnapped G-Dub, how he/she did it and where G-Dub is currently being held.

Four GCC faculty and staff members have been named as suspects in the case: Director of Student Activities Cliff Scutella, Athletics Assistant Ron Spoitta, Director of Admissions Tanya Lane-Martin and First Year Experience Professor Dr. Tom Priester.

According to Campus Safety officers, all four have the means to execute the kidnapping. The website makes note of the possible weapons used in the kidnapping, such as the College Village golf cart, as well as the following four locations G-Dub could be held by the kidnapper; the Roz Steiner Art Gallery, Campus Bookstore, Fitness Center or the Alfred C. O’Connell Library.

According to the website, correctly solving the case enters participants in a raffle to win one of three prizes:

• First Prize – Two tickets to The Forum Players’ (SOLD OUT!) Clue the Musical – $40 value, Friday November 8th, 2013 at 7 p.m.

• Second Prize – Clue the board game and Clue the movie.

• Third Prize – A GCC gear basket, donated by G-Dub the Cougar.

The first prize tickets include a dine-in mystery theatre experience based on Clue, the popular board game. Comic antics, witty lyrics and a beguiling score carry the investigation as the audience, seated at tables on stage, help solve the mystery.

The GCC Forum Players joins Genesee County Mental Health Association for their performance of Clue the Musical presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. on November 8 and 9 at 7 p.m., as well as a matinee on November 10 at 2 p.m. All seats are $20, presale tickets only at the Genesee Community College Box Office, 1 College Road, Batavia NY, 14020 or by phone at (585) 343 – 0055 x6814.

Here’s a clue:

Library

gccstudentnews.wordpress.com: From WGCC:

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Time Management Workshop!

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Hello, everyone!

Please share with students of the upcoming Time Management Workshop scheduled for Tuesday, 09/24/2013.
Pre-Registration is required.
Munchies are available if you show-up on time!

TIMEMANAGEMENT WORKSHOP Sponsored by the Career Services Center
When: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Where: Batavia Campus, T119 A
Time: 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Speaker: John McGowan; Career Services Coordinator

Trouble with managing your time??

To Sign-Up:-Stop by Career Services Office at Batavia Main Campus: B201
OR
Call 345-6888
OR
-Register on-line: http://www.genesee.edu/offices/career/workshop-registration

Brought to you by the courtesy of:

John M. McGowan
Career Center Coordinator
Career Services
Genesee Community College
Room B201
Batavia, NY 14020
585-343-0055 Ext: 6383
jmmcgowan@genesee.edu

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GCC Foundation: Wolcott J. Humphrey Symposium Invitation!

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Please Join Us!!

What: Wolcott J. Humphrey III Symposium on Leadership and Community Life

When: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Where: Genesee Community College, One College Road, Batavia, NY 14020 / Stuart Steiner Theatre

Who: Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.

What It’s About: Jerry Greenfield along with his partner Ben Cohen, parlayed their humorous attitudes and a socially responsible business model into the ice cream empire,

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc (). Jerry will share insights into how Ben & Jerry’s went from a store front venture in a converted Burlington, Vermont gas station in 1978 to an ice cream brand known around the globe for high quality and funky flavors like Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey and Half Baked. Ben & Jerry’s has become the first wholly-owned subsidiary to earn B Corp Certification. B Corps use the power of business to solve social…

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Hawaii Meeting!

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Aloha!

As part of Genesee’s Study America initiative we are having an informational meeting and “meet the teachers” session on Tuesday 17th September at 12:30 pm in room B205 for the Hawaii study aboard trip. All Welcome!

We have 2 Hawaii trips planned (attached) from December 29th 2013 to January 10th 2014.

The first initiative is 7 credits, consisting of 3 courses- Digital Photography, Social Problems and Hiking/Walking. This is a “learning community” teaching model.

The second initiative is a 3 credit Hotel Operations course specifically for our Tourism/Hospitality Management students and one that is being taught on site at the beautiful Kauai Marriot Resort on Kalapaki Beach on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Consideration of this post is brought to you by:

James R. Goodwin
Director of Global Initiatives
SUNY Genesee
College Road
Batavia, 14020
New York
Phone: (585) 343…

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