MWCC's Weekly e-newsletter

Friday, June 3, 2005

MWCC HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL STUDENT
WOODWORKING DESIGN COMPETITION

Custom furniture, wood dishes and an instrument designed and constructed by teenagers were on display outside the auditorium in the Raymond M. LaFontaine Fine Arts Center this week during the second annual New England Student Woodworking Design Competition. Judges will choose the award winners at a ceremony tonight at 7.

Matt Casey, a student at Londonderry High School, designed and crafted this guitar.

Hosted by the Forest and Wood Products Institute at MWCC, the competition drew entries from students of Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fitchburg, Newmarket High School in Newmarket, N.H., Londonderry High School in Londonderry, N.H., Marlborough High School in Marlborough, Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., Marshfield High School in Marshfield, U-32 High School in Montpelier, Vt. and Southeastern Regional Vocational High School in South Easton.

Van & Company of Pawtucket, R.I., made the engraved plaque presentation. The following companies donated money, gift certificates, tools or lumber to the student award winners: Weyerhaeuser Corp. of Assonet, Heyes Forest Products Lumber of Orange, Oleksak Lumber Co. of Westfield, Nichols & Stone of Gardner, Woodmeister Corp. of Worcester, Sargent Wood Products of Gardner, Michael Humphries Woodworking Inc. of Warwick, Parlee Lumber Co. of Littleton, Rex Lumber Company of Acton, The Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers, Downes & Reader Hardwood Co. Inc. of Stoughton, Williams & Hussey Machine Co. of Wilton, N.H., LaChance Furniture of Gardner, Starrett Machine Co. of Athol, Fairfield County Millwork of Bethany, Conn., Woodcraft Supply Corp. of Parkersburg, W.Va., and Barnes & Noble Bookstore.

The judges are David Sargent, owner of Sargent Wood Products, Michael Humphries, owner of Michael Humphries Woodworking, Joseph Malanson, production foreman at Woodmeister Corp., and Cap Corduan, department head of the Industrial Technical Theater Program Set Construction and Design at Fitchburg State College.

David Bazis, an instructor at U-32 High School, will give the keynote address, “The Value of a Quality Woodworking Education to the Wood Products Industry.”

For more information about the competition, contact MWCC Wood Products Workforce Development Coordinator Ken Hanson at (978) 630-9179.

COLLEGE ACCESS AND PREPARATION PROGRAMS
AT MWCC HOLDS WRITE-ON! CELEBRATION

	Project GO and Excel students in a workshop during the annual Write-On! competition.

The College Access and Preparation Programs at MWCC held the annual Write-On! Celebration, a writing and art competition sponsored by Project GO and Project Excel, today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the college’s Gardner campus.

The annual Write-On! competition invites Project GO and Excel students to submit original short stories, poetry and artwork for judging first by staff at each middle school, then by MWCC faculty and staff. Prizes are awarded for winners, but all students receive a certificate for participating. The Write-On! Celebration honors all students who have submitted entries, and allows students to read and display their work to their peers and Project GO and Project Excel counselors. At the event, students will attend art and storytelling workshops and learn how to develop their creative talents.

Kasey LeBlanc of Gardner Middle School won first place for her short story, Alyssa Beaudoin
of Samoset School won first prize for her poem and Alex Hartley of Gardner Middle School earned top prize in the art category.

Project GO (Greater Opportunities) is a federal TRIO program funded through the U.S. Department of Education and administered by MWCC. Project Excel is a Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Program funded by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.

For more information, contact CAPP Coordinator Rebecca Sonn at (978) 630-9280.

Upcoming Campus Events:

• Phi Theta Kappa is taking orders for a graduation DVD. The DVD cost $15. The price includes shipping and handling. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Gardner Community Action Council. If interested, please contact Professor Sheila Murphy at smurphy@mwcc.mass.edu.

	CARS and the Computer Graphic Design Club raised more than $800 for the Gardner Community Action Council during the spring semester.

• Theatre at the Mount will hold auditions for the Rodgers and Hart musical “Babes in Arms” on Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. sharp in room 182 at MWCC. Director/Music Director Jeff Williams and Choreographer Nicole Couture are looking for a large cast of teens and adults (ages 16 and up). Please prepare a short vocal selection (accompanist provided), expect to be taught a short dance combination and wear appropriate clothing and footwear (tap dancers should bring tap shoes.) Cold readings from the script may also be required. The tentative rehearsal schedule is Sundays from 6 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 10 p.m., beginning June 12. Performances of “Babes in Arms” are Friday, Aug. 12, Saturday, Aug. 13, Friday, Aug. 19 and Saturday, Aug. 20 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 14 and Sunday, Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Professor Gail Steele at (978) 630-9162, or visit the Theatre at the Mount web site at http://theatre.mwcc.edu.

• As part of MWCC’s What’s Next Speaker Series, the college, the Twin Cities Latino Coalition and MWCC Entrepreneurial Resource Center will co-host a free lunchtime lecture by MIT economist Dr. C. Otto Scharmer at the Four Points by Sheraton in Leominster Friday, June 10 from noon to 2 p.m. Scharmer’s research on affecting change and innovation has been embraced by businesses and nonprofit organizations worldwide. Affiliated with MIT, the Helsinki School of Economics and Fujitsu Global Knowledge Institute in Tokyo, Scharmer has consulted with multinational firms and international institutions in the United States, Europe and Asia. He is a co-author of the book “Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future” and expands on his “presencing” theory in “Theory U: Leading from the Emerging Future.” The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce and Community Builders, a partnership between MWCC and the United Way of North Central Massachusetts, are co-sponsoring the lecture. For more information or to register, call (978) 630-9547 or send an e-mail to whatsnext@mwcc.mass.edu.

• MWCC will hosts the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life from Friday, June 10 at 6 p.m. to Saturday, June 11 at 6 p.m. The 2004 Relay raised $758,000, the highest amount of the other 156 relays in New England. The Gardner Relay has raised over $5 million dollars since its inception 11 years ago. This year’s goal is to raise $800,000. Other benchmarks reached at the 2004 Relay include having 733 survivors walk the track, a number unheard of at any of the other relays, and being ranked No. 11 nationwide in funds raised (out of 4,200 relays). For more information about the college’s team, the MWCC Pacers, contact Sue Goldstein, JoAnn Brooks and Jan LeClair.

	"Two Sisters and a Dog," a painting by Heidi D'Entremont, on display in the East Wing Gallery.

• “Between Two Worlds,” an art exhibit of recent oil paintings by Westminster artist Heidi D’Entremont, will run through Friday, July 1 in the East Wing Gallery of the Raymond M. Fontaine Fine Arts Center. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, call (978) 632-6600.

• Registrations are being excepted for MWCC’s summer programs for kids and teens, including basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, field hockey, tennis, fitness, “fun in the sun,” computers, science and math, “girl power,” and art. Multiple-day classes will take place during July and August. An extended day program at the MWCC Fitness & Wellness Center is available to full-day participants. For more details, visit http://www.mwcc.edu/LLL/kids.html. For a sports program registration packet, call (978) 630-9212. For an enrichment program registration packet, call enrollment services at (978) 630-9238.

Lea Ann Erickson
Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs
Mount Wachusett Community College
Phone: (978) 630-9322 Fax: (978) 630-9561
cell: (508) 517-5202
lerickson@mwcc.mass.edu

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