The allied health division has resurrected HSE 101, a 1-credit hour course, for students who are interested in our health career programs but are undecided and would like a little information about our various programs.
In the Schedule of Classes, it is listed under Health Sciences Education:
HSE 101 J001 8771 on TR 11:00-11:50AM taught on Cooper campus.
Since this is a 1 cr class that meets twice / week, it will be finished at midterm, March 8, 2015.
The course will highlight the programs in the Allied Health Division and Nursing Division, as well as some of our programs that are under Medical Information Technology. Not everyone who works in health care works with patients. If time allows, associate degree programs at other area colleges/universities will also be presented.
An emphasis will be on the 2-year technical degree that dovetails with 4-year degrees such as the Bachelor in Health Science degree.
This course is also appropriate for students who are in transitional courses: RDG 20, RDG 30, and ENC 90.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Laura Stampler: These Modern Ads Are Even More Sexist Than Their 'Mad Men' Era Counterparts
[MB: I thought this might be of interest because of the discussion we had about how women and men are represented differently in advertising and popular culture.]
Stampler, Laura. "These Modern Ads Are Even More Sexist Than Their 'Mad Men' Era Counterparts." Business Insider (April 10, 2012)
Stampler, Laura. "These Modern Ads Are Even More Sexist Than Their 'Mad Men' Era Counterparts." Business Insider (April 10, 2012)
Drake Baer: 7 Memory Skills That Will Make You Way Smarter
Baer, Drake. "7 Memory Skills That Will Make You Way Smarter." Business Insider (June 18, 2014)
Monday, October 20, 2014
College Fish Seminar and $50 BCTC College Fish Scholarship
Once again, our BCTC Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa is NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD in the number of students helped through College Fish!
Thank you for being part of our success!
Our chapter has been asked to host an online College Fish webinar to explain how we've managed to do this TWO YEARS IN A ROW!
To celebrate, we're hosting a pizza party and webinar event for ALL BCTC College students! Please share this information with your students!
We want LOTS of people on the webinar so we're offering a little incentive (besides the FREE pizza!) ALL students attending the event on Cooper OR signed in to the webinar will be entered in a drawing for a $50 BCTC College Fish Scholarship!
Even if students can't attend on Cooper, they'll be in the drawing! All they have to do is type in the comment box their name, BCTC, email address!
To attend "off-campus", all you need is an internet connection and a computer with sound. Use the link below and enter as a "guest".
link
We'll be drawing for the $50 Scholarship as soon as the webinar has ended!
See below and, again, thanks for your support!
College Fish Extravaganza and our College Fish Webinar. WEDNESDAY October 22. 7 p.m. (pizza party) and webinar (8 to 9 p.m.)!
(Parking goes off patrol at 7 p.m.) meet us in the Oswald Lobby.
Join us for College Fish goodies, pizza and fellowship! Stay for our College Fish Webinar! Chapter members will be participating in this webinar as they share tips and tricks on how to help students by hosting College Fish Workshops!
For more information, email Cindy Baker at lucinda.baker@kctcs.edu
Thank you for being part of our success!
Our chapter has been asked to host an online College Fish webinar to explain how we've managed to do this TWO YEARS IN A ROW!
To celebrate, we're hosting a pizza party and webinar event for ALL BCTC College students! Please share this information with your students!
We want LOTS of people on the webinar so we're offering a little incentive (besides the FREE pizza!) ALL students attending the event on Cooper OR signed in to the webinar will be entered in a drawing for a $50 BCTC College Fish Scholarship!
Even if students can't attend on Cooper, they'll be in the drawing! All they have to do is type in the comment box their name, BCTC, email address!
To attend "off-campus", all you need is an internet connection and a computer with sound. Use the link below and enter as a "guest".
link
We'll be drawing for the $50 Scholarship as soon as the webinar has ended!
See below and, again, thanks for your support!
College Fish Extravaganza and our College Fish Webinar. WEDNESDAY October 22. 7 p.m. (pizza party) and webinar (8 to 9 p.m.)!
(Parking goes off patrol at 7 p.m.) meet us in the Oswald Lobby.
Join us for College Fish goodies, pizza and fellowship! Stay for our College Fish Webinar! Chapter members will be participating in this webinar as they share tips and tricks on how to help students by hosting College Fish Workshops!
For more information, email Cindy Baker at lucinda.baker@kctcs.edu
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Classroom Discussion: Ebola
The last two classes we have had discussions about the ongoing ebola outbreak. I have been keeping an eye out for a good summary of recent events to help our understanding.
Ashkenas, Jeremy, et al. "Ebola Facts: When Did Ebola Arrive and Spread at a Dallas Hospital?" The New York Times (July 31, 2014)
PS - also notice the citation format for academic settings :D
Ashkenas, Jeremy, et al. "Ebola Facts: When Did Ebola Arrive and Spread at a Dallas Hospital?" The New York Times (July 31, 2014)
PS - also notice the citation format for academic settings :D
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
BCTC Blue +
In our last class some of you were asking about the BCTC Blue + program that allows you to take "some" classes at the University of Kentucky at BCTC prices. There seemed to be a bit of confusion about exactly what this program allows you to do, so I researched it and can explain it now. Lets discuss in class if you are interested:
Blue +
Blue +
BCTC’s Arts in Focus committee: Fall 2014 Art Exhibition
We want YOUR artwork for inclusion in the fall student, faculty and staff exhibit!!
How to enter:
Submissions: Send a digital photos of your artwork (2D, 3D) as an email attachment to billd.snyder@kctcs.edu
-Include the words “Fall Exhibit” in the subject line
-Include a brief “About the Artist” paragraph in the email (25-100 words)
For example: Megan Smith is a student at BCTC. She enjoys painting watercolors of Kentucky wildlife. She is a graduate of Dunbar H.S. and now lives in Lawrenceburg with her miniature pinscher, Jaws.
-You may enter more than one creative work at a time for consideration.
Final deadline for submission is October 30, 2014
Selections from entries will be made by the BCTC Arts in Focus Exhibits subcommittee. Entries that are chosen will appear in an exhibit to be held up to the Thanksgiving holiday at the Newtown Campus Learning Commons and then may be moved to Talon Winery until finals week. Opening dates and times are TBD. All pieces should be display ready, with 2D works framed and ready to hang. For more information, contact Sheila Simpson at sheila.simpson@kctcs.edu or Bill Snyder at billd.snyder@kctcs.edu.billd.snyder@kctcs.edu
BCTC 2014-2015 Arts in Focus Exhibits Subcommittee
How to enter:
Submissions: Send a digital photos of your artwork (2D, 3D) as an email attachment to billd.snyder@kctcs.edu
-Include the words “Fall Exhibit” in the subject line
-Include a brief “About the Artist” paragraph in the email (25-100 words)
For example: Megan Smith is a student at BCTC. She enjoys painting watercolors of Kentucky wildlife. She is a graduate of Dunbar H.S. and now lives in Lawrenceburg with her miniature pinscher, Jaws.
-You may enter more than one creative work at a time for consideration.
Final deadline for submission is October 30, 2014
Selections from entries will be made by the BCTC Arts in Focus Exhibits subcommittee. Entries that are chosen will appear in an exhibit to be held up to the Thanksgiving holiday at the Newtown Campus Learning Commons and then may be moved to Talon Winery until finals week. Opening dates and times are TBD. All pieces should be display ready, with 2D works framed and ready to hang. For more information, contact Sheila Simpson at sheila.simpson@kctcs.edu or Bill Snyder at billd.snyder@kctcs.edu.billd.snyder@kctcs.edu
BCTC 2014-2015 Arts in Focus Exhibits Subcommittee
Thursday, October 09, 2014
Extra Credit Opportunity - Kill the Messenger
The film Kill the Messenger is opening at the Kemtucky Theater downtown and it is a good example of the hidden histories we were discussing at the beginning of the semester. If you go see it and write a 300+ word response about the film (send it to my email) I will give you extra credit.
Watch the Trailer
Kentucky Theater
Democracy Now report on the Film
Watch the Trailer
Kentucky Theater
Democracy Now report on the Film
Wednesday, October 08, 2014
BCTC KY Legislative Student Internship Program
[If you are interested, let me know and I will email you the forms]
Open to all BCTC students! No specific major required.
Are you interested in gaining experience and college credit while working with a Kentucky Legislator during the 2015 Regular Legislative session?
If so, consider applying for the BCTC KY Legislative Student Internship Program. All application material must be completed and submitted by October 15 – Deadline extended. Internship expectations and an application are attached. Candidates will be asked to interview with members of the Bluegrass Outreach and Advocacy Team.
Every attempt will be made to pair students with legislators in their home district or a specific Legislator if requested.
Selected students will earn college credits during Spring 2015 and will be responsible for all costs associated with traveling to and from Frankfort and the assigned legislator’s district office. If interested, please consider this time and travel commitment when scheduling Spring coursework. While not mandatory, past interns have found it helpful to take classes two days a week (suggested Monday/Wednesday) leaving the other two days open for the internship.
If this sounds like something you’d like to do, complete and submit the application and all required application materials by October 15 – Deadline extended. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sarah Thomas is a previous student participant -- check out her experience
Open to all BCTC students! No specific major required.
Are you interested in gaining experience and college credit while working with a Kentucky Legislator during the 2015 Regular Legislative session?
If so, consider applying for the BCTC KY Legislative Student Internship Program. All application material must be completed and submitted by October 15 – Deadline extended. Internship expectations and an application are attached. Candidates will be asked to interview with members of the Bluegrass Outreach and Advocacy Team.
Every attempt will be made to pair students with legislators in their home district or a specific Legislator if requested.
Selected students will earn college credits during Spring 2015 and will be responsible for all costs associated with traveling to and from Frankfort and the assigned legislator’s district office. If interested, please consider this time and travel commitment when scheduling Spring coursework. While not mandatory, past interns have found it helpful to take classes two days a week (suggested Monday/Wednesday) leaving the other two days open for the internship.
If this sounds like something you’d like to do, complete and submit the application and all required application materials by October 15 – Deadline extended. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sarah Thomas is a previous student participant -- check out her experience
Transfer Advising Available on Newtown Campus
A Transfer Advisor from the Transfer Center will be available every Tuesday in suite 103G to advise students interested in transferring to any 4 year school! Students may schedule an appointment or walk in!
Monday, September 29, 2014
October 2nd Class -- Phi Theta Kappa and Room Change
I have arranged for Phi Theta Kappa to lead a class on how to use both Starfish (for advising) and College Fish (scholarships, transferring, etc) and to introduce their honor's society.
It will be held on Thursday October 2nd and the room will be changed to Room 205 (a computer room).
It will be held on Thursday October 2nd and the room will be changed to Room 205 (a computer room).
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Upcoming Dates and Essay Requirements
We will have optional workshops for your essays on September 23rd and 25th. I will not be taking official attendance on those days.
On September 30th, your essay is due. At least 900 words, at least 3 academic sources, with sources cited in the essay and in the works cited at the end. You must correct spelling and writing mistakes in your essay before turning it in for credit. Make sure you read the links below:
Argument Essay
Identifying academic sources
How to Cite Sources in an Essay
This fully completed assignment is worth 5 credits.
On September 30th, your essay is due. At least 900 words, at least 3 academic sources, with sources cited in the essay and in the works cited at the end. You must correct spelling and writing mistakes in your essay before turning it in for credit. Make sure you read the links below:
Argument Essay
Identifying academic sources
How to Cite Sources in an Essay
This fully completed assignment is worth 5 credits.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Proposal Assignment
A minimum of 300 words (you can write more) on a proposed topic for a research, argument essay. Must include discussion of what the topic is, why it is important, different viewpoints about it, and at least 3 academic sources discussed in the proposal (why are they good sources for your essay) and cited at the end of the proposal.
How to write an essay proposal"
Argument Essay
Identifying academic sources
This completed, printed assignment is worth 2 credits and is due the next class September 18.
How to write an essay proposal"
Argument Essay
Identifying academic sources
This completed, printed assignment is worth 2 credits and is due the next class September 18.
Monday, September 15, 2014
The Increasing Importance of Soft Skills
Something you might consider is that your education is not just the acquisition of concrete knowledge/facts/training, but it is also expected to instill certain "soft skills" that comprise a professional demeanor and these are key to getting and keeping most professional jobs. This can be seen in recent reports about the increasing importance of "soft skills" in grade evaluations at the college level, which are a result of employer demand. My Humanities colleague Becky Womack recently shared a few examples of this trend in the nation and in the KCTCS system:
Fain, Paul. "Grading Personal Responsibility." Inside Higher Education (December 13, 2012)
Dudik, Sarah. "BCTC's Advanced Manufacturing Technician program welcomes largest incoming class." Bluegrass Community and Technical College (August 5, 2014)
Madisonville Community College students will be graded on something new in 2014
By Jess Raatz, 14 News
Madisonville Community College professors will begin grading students on their personal effectiveness skills.
These are skills needed in the workplace, including promptness, appropriate technology usage, and communication skills.
College officials say employers have been telling them some recent graduates were having issues with workplace etiquette.
Professors say the new initiative has been a year in the making.
"We are going with the idea that everybody at this college is a teacher because they're a role model for our students. So every interaction that our students have with our staff on campus serves as a guide towards professionalism," says Professor Felecia Johnson.
Professors say 10 percent of a student's grade will now be based on these workplace skills. (Source KCTCS News: August 18, 2014)
Fain, Paul. "Grading Personal Responsibility." Inside Higher Education (December 13, 2012)
Dudik, Sarah. "BCTC's Advanced Manufacturing Technician program welcomes largest incoming class." Bluegrass Community and Technical College (August 5, 2014)
Madisonville Community College students will be graded on something new in 2014
By Jess Raatz, 14 News
Madisonville Community College professors will begin grading students on their personal effectiveness skills.
These are skills needed in the workplace, including promptness, appropriate technology usage, and communication skills.
College officials say employers have been telling them some recent graduates were having issues with workplace etiquette.
Professors say the new initiative has been a year in the making.
"We are going with the idea that everybody at this college is a teacher because they're a role model for our students. So every interaction that our students have with our staff on campus serves as a guide towards professionalism," says Professor Felecia Johnson.
Professors say 10 percent of a student's grade will now be based on these workplace skills. (Source KCTCS News: August 18, 2014)
Bibliography/Works Cited Assignment
8 citations in perfect MLA or APA format -- the subject you are researching is "Propaganda"
1 Documentary
2 Books
2 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles
1 essay from a website
The assignment must be free of mistakes to receive full credit - due 9/16, typed, in class.
1 Documentary
2 Books
2 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles
1 essay from a website
The assignment must be free of mistakes to receive full credit - due 9/16, typed, in class.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Transfer Advising Available at Newtown
A Transfer Advisor from the Transfer Center will be available every Tuesday in suite 103G to advise students interested in transferring to any 4 year school! Students may schedule an apptointment or walk in!
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Douglas Rushkoff: "They Say"
Read this from the beginning to the end and write a response in which you explain Rushkoff's argument (how he is trying to persuade you) and how he does this through his writing style (rhetoric).
Here is the essay: They Say
Minimum 300 words and cite it at the end of your response like this:
Rushkoff, Douglas. "Introduction: They Say." Excerpt from Coercion: Why We Listen to What They Say NY: Penguin Putnam, 1999: https://www.bookbrowse.com/excerpts/index.cfm?fuseaction=printable&book_number=227
If you are interested in learning more about a particular author (like when you are using their ideas in a paper or project), you might want to seek them out online:
Basic google search of the author
Rushkoff on Twitter
Rushkoff on Facebook
Here is the essay: They Say
Minimum 300 words and cite it at the end of your response like this:
Rushkoff, Douglas. "Introduction: They Say." Excerpt from Coercion: Why We Listen to What They Say NY: Penguin Putnam, 1999: https://www.bookbrowse.com/excerpts/index.cfm?fuseaction=printable&book_number=227
If you are interested in learning more about a particular author (like when you are using their ideas in a paper or project), you might want to seek them out online:
Basic google search of the author
Rushkoff on Twitter
Rushkoff on Facebook
Monday, September 08, 2014
College Fish Webinar, Tuesday September 9 (3-4PM)
College Fish Webinar TUESDAY September 9, 3 to 4 p.m.
Here's an awesome opportunity to learn how to use College Fish, the FREE online program to help students successfully complete community college and transfer to a university AND find scholarship opportunities!
This is a LIVE online webinar (it's on the computer)! Students may register through the link below and then enter the webinar (just as a guest...no complicated things to submit)!
Students may participate in the webinar on their own computer at home OR join us on campus in the AT Building in Room 203. If you choose the on campus option, email the Instructor and we'll save you a seat (lucinda.baker@kctcs.edu)! Receive two points for this extra credit "good-for-you" opportunity! To receive the extra credit, mention your name and that you attend BCTC in Lexington Kentucky (on the webinar, you'll have the chance to introduce yourself by typing comments and questions).
Register FREE below!
College Fish Webinar
Here's an awesome opportunity to learn how to use College Fish, the FREE online program to help students successfully complete community college and transfer to a university AND find scholarship opportunities!
This is a LIVE online webinar (it's on the computer)! Students may register through the link below and then enter the webinar (just as a guest...no complicated things to submit)!
Students may participate in the webinar on their own computer at home OR join us on campus in the AT Building in Room 203. If you choose the on campus option, email the Instructor and we'll save you a seat (lucinda.baker@kctcs.edu)! Receive two points for this extra credit "good-for-you" opportunity! To receive the extra credit, mention your name and that you attend BCTC in Lexington Kentucky (on the webinar, you'll have the chance to introduce yourself by typing comments and questions).
Register FREE below!
College Fish Webinar
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Open Source with Chris Lydon on "The End of Work"
[As we research possible majors and jobs/careers, we should take some time to reflect on the rapid technological changes we face as a society and how these changes could affect our working lives. This is a podcast (audio) -- pay attention to how as each new speaker is introduced they question what has been discussed before in the episode and challenge us to see the issue in new ways.]
Derber, Charles, et al. "The End of Work." Open Source (July 31, 2014)
Derber, Charles, et al. "The End of Work." Open Source (July 31, 2014)
Ray Kurzweil, best-selling author, futurist, inventor, Director of Engineering at Google, and author of The Age of Spiritual Machines and The Singularity is Near,
Andrew McAfee, director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy at MIT, author of The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies.
Charles Derber, B.C. sociologist and author of The Surplus American.
Sarah Jaffe, journalist and host of Dissent‘s labor podcast, “Belabored.”
The jobless economy: a fully automated, engineered, robotic system that doesn’t need YOU, or me either. Anything we can do, machines can do better – surgery, warfare, farming, finance. What’s to do: shall we smash the machines, or go to the beach, or finally learn to play the piano?
First, some numbers.
There’s a trend in the economy that came up big in our show on Thomas Piketty’s inequality tome. Between 2000 and 2014, the median U.S. income has actually dropped: from $55,986 to $51,017. Over the same period corporate profits have more than doubled. The workforce participation rate in May of this year was 62.8%, the lowest since 1978. The level of investment in equipment and software bounced back to 95% of its historical peak just two years after the same recession that trashed all the jobs that have been so slow to come back.
One of the questions of that inequality story — big gains at the top, stagnation (or worse) at the middle and bottom — is how much is owed to the technology part of the capital, and really the automation of jobs formerly held by human beings. We know that the number of American ‘routine jobs’ dropped by 11 percent between 2001 and 2011. And a new study by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne at Oxford University suggest that 47% of U.S. jobs might be vulnerable to loss by automation, with telemarketers, sewers, watch repairers, umpires, models, and cooks likeliest to go.
We start the conversation there, at what McAfee and Brynjolfsson call the “Great Decoupling,” the possibility that machines are beginning to destroy more jobs than they can create (in the short term, at least).
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