Spring 2010 ANGEL Training Schedule

We are pleased to announce the Spring 2010 ANGEL training schedule. The schedule will be posted on our website at the following link: http://www.watc.edu/faculty-org_development.php.

All training will be located at WATC’s Southside Education Center campus.

Please RSVP to ceubank@watc.edu and CC lwatkins@watc.edu with name(s) of the training session(s) and the date(s)/time(s) of the ANGEL training session(s) you wish to attend.

Please make sure to sign up ahead of time for ALL of the sessions you would like to attend. Training sessions with low or no enrollment will be cancelled 1 week prior to the start of the session.

Surgical Technology & How to REALLY Wash Your Hands

With H1N1 and other sicknesses out there, it's no wonder many of us are feeling conscientious these days about keeping our hands clean and avoiding areas where unwanted bacteria can be spread.

Surgical Technology's instructor, Robin Wallace, demonstrates a great method for effective hand washing. In fact, clean hands are so important, surgical technologists are required to perform this procedure before entering the surgical environment.

This Just In: Default Rate Goes Down

The financial aid office is also pleased to announce that our draft 2008 co-hort default rate is down to 11.1 percent which is down from 12.5 percent in 2007! The official 2008 rate will be available in September and we hope that it’s even lower.

This rate gives us an indication of how many of our students that received federal student loans are now in default (from a “co-hort” group of students from 2008).

Merit Badge College!

Saturday February 20, 2010

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Southside & Grove Locations

If you haven't witnessed the Merit Badge college WATC hosts at the Grove and Southside campuses, you should consider checking it out! We estimate at least 200 scouts at Grove and around 230 at Southside! There is a great deal of excitement and support during this event, and it's totally worth experiencing.

Two sessions will take place at both campuses: 8:00 - 11:30 and 12:30 - 3:30.

We still need volunteers from WATC to help the Boy Scout of America (BSA) volunteers with the various Merit Badges. If you would like to help out, please let Linda Sessions know at lsessions@watc.edu! You can volunteer for half day as well (7:30 – 11:00 or 12:30 – 4:00). Lunch will be provided for those volunteers that work all day.

Hope to see you there!

Suggestions Wanted!

The WATC Bookstore is looking for suggestions on how to improve their selection to meet the needs of their customers.

Send your suggestion(s) to Beth Bush at bbush@watc.edu.

In case you were wondering...there is a PRIZE!

The bookstore staff will reward the individual that sends the best product suggestion that will be implemented in the bookstore. The winner will receive a clothing item of his/her choice for free!!

The deadline to turn in suggestions is Friday, February 26th. The winner will be announced before spring break.

Get your thinking cap on and get those suggestions over to the bookstore today!!

Please Send Happenings to Mia Lee for Social Media

Faculty and Staff,

Mia Lee would LOVE to hear from you about what's going on in your programs and areas.

Big project coming soon with your class? Competing in SkillsUSA? Did you just get some great new equipment? Send Mia an email at mlee@watc.edu and she'll post all of our current events on our Facebook, Twitter, and other resources. Mia counts on us all to keep our events known throughout the community.

Thanks for all you do!

Federal Workstudy is Coming!

We are excited to announce that Federal Work Study (FWS) is coming to WATC in the fall of 2010! The financial aid office, HR Office, and others are gearing up for this big project and so far everything has gone smoothly. We had Banner training on the FWS process flow and set up the week of 2/8.

The Department of Education approved the requested amount of FWS funds to be awarded at our school (yippee!) and many departments have made requests for positions. We look forward to offering this to our students and think it will be very successful.

Along with the FWS program funds, we have been awarded $60,000 in the Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), which will go towards helping a large population of our students!

Dental Assistant Students to Give Gift Bags to Food 4 Kids

In August 2009, Wichita Area Technical College’s Dental Assisting Class of 2010 began with a selection of twenty women, all from different backgrounds with different college experiences.

In studying the history of dental assisting we discovered that in the very beginning, dental assistants have been called the “Ladies in Attendance”; this is the name we have chosen for our student organization. Currently we have eighteen active members. Our objective is to raise awareness about the lack of dental health care for low income children in Wichita and the surrounding cities.

In February 2010, The Ladies in Attendance plan to create 1,500 “dental gift bags” for the underserved children in Wichita’s Food4Kids Backpack Program. Through this activity, the Ladies in Attendance will be providing educational materials on dental healthcare and caries prevention. The Ladies in Attendance hope to help combat childhood caries and provide the foundation for healthy teeth and gums that can better the lives of children for years to come.

Great work ladies!

Blue Skies Bistro Opening at WATC's Southside Education Center

WATC's Southside Education Center is pleased to announce the grand opening of Blue Skies Bistro on Monday, February 15th.

Blue Skies Bistro offers a variety of breakfast items, sandwiches, pizzas, and soups.

The hours of operation will be:
Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

They are looking to hire WATC students to join the Blue Skies Bistro team. Applications can be picked up and dropped off at the bistro during normal hours of operation.

The next time you are at Southside, stop by the Blue Skies Bistro and grab a bite!!

Public Readings at the Southside Library, Feb 15 & 16

Library is always happening!

The Library@Southside will be presenting public readings of Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama, Feb 15 & 16, from 11am -12:30pm in the Commons Area in front of the Library. The presentation is part of Read Across Kansas sponsored by the State Library of Kansas and the Kansas Center for the Book. Everyone is invited to come and read or listen.

Participants can sign up on http://doodle.com/2pktwfvr2ucaaspt and can check out more information at http://www.kcfb.info/dreams/index.html.
Rita will have the books available closer to the date for perusing.

(thanks!)
Rita Sevart, MLS
Library Manager
http://www.watc.edu/students-library.php