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Santa Fe College Hosts "Plus Fifty" Program Fair for Career Changers

Woman Thinking About WorkWith unemployment hovering nationally around 10 percent, more and more of the workforce is looking for new directions. For those considering a career change, Santa Fe College offers its second "Plus Fifty" program fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 at the Northwest campus, in Building R, room 01.

This two-hour event is "designed to help older workers transition back into college due to downsizing," said Sheila Lucas, director of Health Sciences Counseling. The event will also help those who may not be looking for new careers, but instead wish to pursue new challenges as they near retirement age.

On hand will be advisors who can talk about more than 50 different career courses and programs, as well as admission and financial aid representatives. This one-stop shopping design will allow attendees to walk away with an excellent idea of what their options are.

The programs will come from many different disciplines including:

  • Business
  • Construction & Technical Programs
  • Digital Media Technology
  • Health Sciences
  • Information Technology

Many offerings are "Fast Track," meaning programs that can be completed in as little as four months, while others require up to a two-year commitment. First-year salaries range from $18,000 to $50,000, and more.

Nursing, which has been on occupational Top 10 lists for years, has experienced RNs earning upwards of $60,000 annually.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Sheila Lucas at 352-395-5734 or email sheila.lucas@sfcollege.edu.

CONTACT:

  • Sheila Lucas, Health Sciences Counseling, 352-395-5734
  • David Hackett, communications specialist, College Relations, for help facilitating your story, 352-256-3424 (cell) or email david.m.hackett@sfcollege.edu or call Julie Garrett, 352-870-2924 (cell)
  • Santa Fe College will be closed for spring break from Saturday, March 6 until classes resume Monday, March 15.

 

 


Dance Theatre of Santa Fe Featured in American Dance Festival Gala

"Summertime," a modern dance work by Artistic Director of Dance at Santa Fe College, Rodney Brown, has modern has been chosen out of 45 Southeastern region colleges works to be presented in the Gala performance tonight on the campus of host college Middle Tennessee State University. 12 dances will be featured tonight at this Gala; the SF College Dance Program (Dance Theatre of Santa Fe) has the distinction of being the opening number and the only two year dance program in this gala.

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Jazz Up Spring - Free Jazz Concert April 1

JazzThe 3rd Annual "Jazz Up Spring" is hosted on Thursday, April 1 in the E Building Auditorium, starting at 7 p.m. This year's concert features the Santa Fe Big Band, Jazz Combo, Rhythm and Blues, and the Santa Fe Swing Choir under the direction of Lynn Sandefur.

The groups will be performing and singing Jjazz and blues standards: "April in Paris" as performed by the Count Basie Orchestra, "Take the A-Train," "They Can Never Take that Away from Me," and "Spain" by Chick Corea are only a few of the great standards featured.

 

 

There will be a bake sale in the Auditorium lobby sponsored by the Musicians United club to raise funds for their annual spring tour.

The concert is free, but donations are accepted.

For more information, contact Steve Bingham or Alora Haynes, 395-5296.

 


Respiratory Care Open House

Respiratory CareThe Respiratory Care students will be hosting an "Open House" on Tuesday, Mar. 16 in W-49 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The general public and SF students are invited to participate in hands on procedures similar to what therapists perform in the hospital setting. Come and learn more about this exciting career opportunity.

For more information, contact Paul Stephan.


Two Comedic One-Acts to Lighten Your Heart this Spring!

Santa Fe College's Fine Arts department is rolling out two new plays for its spring production. "The Dog Lady" and "The Cuban Swimmer" will be performed back-to-back with a short intermission in between.

Both plays blend English and Spanish in a way that lends an interesting rhythm to each. The mix also breaks down the ability to pigeonhole the characters.

"It shows a community that is not one thing or another," says director Kathy Byrne, an adjunct professor in Santa Fe's theater program.

 Each play chronicles the events surrounding two women athletes. In "The Dog Lady," a Mexican-American community, based out of an east LA barrio, watches as a young woman prepares for a marathon. The 30-minute performance is primarily a comedy.

"The Cuban Swimmer," is more of a comedy/drama that tells the story of a Cuban family following one daughter as she competes in a swimming race to from a California beach to Catalina Island. The family is gathered together in a boat as the father coaches his daughter during the competition. Along the way, the parents recall their own history when they left Cuba by boat, abandoning all they had.

The works belong to a genre called "magical realism," where all the events seem normal except one mythological aspect that the cast accepts as common. The award-winning movie, "Pan's Labyrinth," uses this same mechanism.

The plays will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27, with an additional performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $5. Santa Fe students, faculty and staff, and children under 12, are free. For more information, please call thre SF Fine Arts Department at 395-5296.

CONTACT:

  • Kathy Byrne, director, 213-1909
  • David Hackett, communications specialist, College Relations, for help facilitating your story, 352-256-3424 (cell) or email david.m.hackett@sfcollege.edu or call Julie Garrett, 352-870-2924 (cell)
  • Santa Fe College will be closed for spring break from Saturday, March 6 until classes resume Monday, March 15.

 

 

 

 

 


Safe Spring Break at Santa Fe March 4

Safe BreakWhether you'll be floating down the Ichetucknee, cruising in the Caribbean or simply lying on your couch with your feet up, Santa Fe wants you to stay safe this spring break.

This year's safe spring break event, "Road Trip to a Safe Spring Break," is held in the Oak Grove from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 4.

The Santa Fe and Gainesville Police Departments will be at the event with a DUI simulator where students can walk a line and acquire important information about driving under the influence.

Student Life is providing free pizza and drinks for students who write their pledge to stay safe this spring break.

Lara Zwilling, SF counselor and event coordinator, emphasizes keeping students informed.

"We know that alcohol is certainly a big influence and it's very prevalent on college campuses and we just want students to be aware and to be safe," Zwilling says.

The Counseling Center, Student Life and the Santa Fe Police Department want you to be self aware and aware or your surroundings this break, so come out, have fun and learn more about alcohol awareness.


Two SF College Students Killed in Iraq Are Honored by "Operation Support Florida Soldiers"

A project to honor Sgt. Travis Rivero and Sgt. Jeffrey Mattison Wershow, two Santa Fe College students who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, has won overwhelming support from the SF College Senate, Student Senate, Career Service and the college family at large.

The Operation Support Florida Soldiers project will send "care packages" to the redeployed 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment which is part of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Florida Army National Guard. Wershow and Rivero were attached to this battalion, and many of the soldiers who served with them have been redeployed.

SF students, faculty and staff will donate a variety of personal care items, nonperishable foods, cold remedies, books, magazines, games, electronic discs - to name just a few. Personal letters to the soldiers are also welcome.

Operation Support Florida Soldiers runs from April until December of this year, when the deployment is expected to end. Packages will be sent each month to the members of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Headquarters companies of the 2/124th Infantry Regiment. The unit is presently in Ft. Hood, Texas and leaves for Iraq and Kuwait the middle of March.

Gen. Mike Fleming, Assistant Adjutant General of the Florida Army National Guard, will visit Santa Fe 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, to give the Student Senate his personal thanks for supporting the project.

When they were killed, Wershow was in his second semester at Santa Fe and Rivero had transferred to the University of South Florida. The Jeffrey Mattison Wershow Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a current or former member of the United States Armed Forces with an honorable discharge who plans to pursue a degree at Santa Fe College.

The project was initiated by Anne Marie Mattison, mother of Jeffrey Mattison Wershow. For more information call her at 352.381.3828 or e-mail annemarie.mattison@sfcollege.edu.

 


Exploring College for Parents

CollegeSanta Fe College invites parents to come and learn about the college application process and learn more about available services such as financial aid, counseling and academic advisement.

This informative class is held on Tuesday, Mar. 16 in R-101 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

For more information, contact Jen Thomas at jennifer.thomas@sfcollege.edu or 352-395-5453.


SF CVT Student Wins National Scholarship

Andy AndresenAbraham (Andy) Andresen, a current student in the Cardiovascular Technology Program at Santa Fe Collefe, has been awarded the 2010 Alan D. Waggoner Sonographer Student Scholarship from the American Society of Echocardiography.

This is an accomplishment worth recognition since it is awarded to only five individuals in the nation. The selection committee states in the notification letter that they were "impressed with the number of highly qualified candidates for this year's awards and is pleased to recognize Andy's outstanding academic accomplishments."

 Andy will receive a $1,000 tuition scholarship, free registration at the annual ASE Scientific Sessions in San Diego, Calif., and $500 toward travel expenses, and a free year's subscription to ASE's monthly journal, "The Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography."

All of the faculty of the CVT Program would like to congratulate Andy on this impressive award. Andy is the first Santa Fe College CVT student to receive this national scholarship.



 
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