Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

-- Jacques Barzun

IN THE NEWS

'Gathering' Flies High
My heartfelt thanks goes to everyone associated with our successful Nevada “Gathering of Eagles” Community College Conference.  Kudos to
event chair Theo Byrns and vice chair Helen Clougherty, with stellar help from Conference Committee members Evelyn Doody, Brenda Kennedy, Gayle Thomas, Doug Baker, Linda Campbell, Ruell Fiant, Trish LaFlamme, Robb Sherfield, Tammy Wallace and Michelle Word.

Session coordinators included: Sue Blizard, Rene Cantu, Patty Charlton, Diana Cox, Carlo DeFazio, Levia DelQuadro, Dennis Donohue, Ruell Fiant, John Keith, John Kinkella, Steve Konowalow, Tom Lansburg, Laura Latimer, Jennifer Nelson, Maria Roa, Al Soprano, Tony Televara, Gayle Thomas, Joel Tierno and Diane Waryas.

REGENTS REWARD ADVISORS & SCHOLARS
Counselor Erik Proctor, who also assists in academic advisement for CCSN's women's soccer team, was honored recently with a Board of Regents Academic Advising Award and $2,500 stipend. CCSN student Kerri Hamrick was named a Regents' Scholar and awarded a $5,000 stipend.

HONORARY DEGREES APPROVED
The Board of Regents recently approved two honorary associate degrees for awarding at CCSN's graduation Sunday, May 19. The recipients are Nevada Assemblyman Morse Arberry, Jr., and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Billy McCoy of the CCSN Foundation.

BROWN BAGGING TODAY
The next series of Brown Bag Lunch Seminars sponsored by the Classified Council and Human Resources will be held Friday, Apr. 5 at Henderson C-105 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The agenda includes an HR Overview (Tom Peacock), Reclassification Information for Classified Employees (Diana Cox), Professional Employment Information (Tina Petrillose), Classified Employment Information (Nora Rodriguez). Congratulations to Vickie Peoples, the new Classified Council rep for the Cheyenne Campus, who works in the Counseling Department.

"Why have a National Hispanic College Fair? By 2005, the Hispanic/Latino population with be the largest ethnic minority in America," said Mason, CCSN's dean of community and outreach services. "Only 35 percent of such high school graduates now enroll in colleges and universities. It is essential to increase access to higher education opportunities for Hispanic/Latino students and their families," he explained.

All Hispanic high school junior and seniors in Clark County are welcome and urged to attend. Transportation is provided at no cost, as well as a free college directory listing the academic, athletic, tuition and financial aid programs of participating schools like CCSN. To reserve attendance and bus transportation, interested students should contact Desert Pines counselor Roque Barella at 799-2196, extension 253.

The National Hispanic College Fairs, Inc., was formed in 1998 due to the tremendous demand by colleges and universities for outreach programs to attract Hispanic/Latino youth to their campuses. In spring 2001, over 350 schools participated in the movement with twice-a-year fairs.

HONORING OUTSTANDING STUDENTS
The deadline is Apr. 5 for nominations of CCSN's top students from academic year 2001-2002. Departments should forward selections to Counselor Jim Johnson, ext. 3089. Honors Night will be May 2 at 6:30 p.m. in Cheyenne's Recital Hall.

SCHOLARSHIPS DEADLINE APR. 19
Students are encouraged to apply by Friday, Apr. 19 for seven scholarships sponsored by the school's newly formed Cultural Diversity Scholarship Fund-Raiser Committee. For more information, applicants should contact: Cheryl Cornelius at 651-5647, or Dr. Joni Flowers at 651-4440.

Scholarships range from $2,500 to $1,500. Applications are available at any CCSN Financial Aid Office or online at http://finaid.ccsn.nevada.edu.

• Rhonda Jefferson Single Parent Scholarship, awarding $2,500 to two recipients. Applicants must be single parents with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
  
  
• Mary Ruth Marshall Black History Scholarship, awarding $2,000 to one recipient of African-American descent with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
  
  
• Dorothy Dickerson Scholarship, awarding $2,000 to one recipient of African-American descent with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
  
  
• John Glenn Scholarship, awarding $1,500 to one recipient with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
  
  
• President's Scholarship, awarding $1,500 to one recipient with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
  
  
• Cesar Chavez Scholarship, awarding $1,500 to one Hispanic-American recipient with a 2.5 GPA or higher.
  
  
• Mary L. Thompson Nursing Scholarship, awarding $1,500 to one recipient. Applicants must be African-American single parent working women enrolled in CCSN's nursing program with six credit hours and a 3.0 GPA.

Team member applications must be turned in to the co-captains. Applications may be obtained from Human Resources at Cheyenne. Call Diane at ext. 4311 or Connie at ext. 4041 for a Fax application or to set you up to download an application online at no cost. If you choose to register online independently, there will be a surcharge of about $ 1.60.

Early Registration for the CCSN team saves you money, keeping the cost to $ 20. If you order a XXL t-shirt, there is an upcharge of $ 1. After the team deadline date, you can still sign up as an individual. Cost is $25 up until race day and $35 on race day.

For three years the CCSN team earned the honor of having the largest team in the "Higher Education Division" except for last year when UNLV nosed us out. But CCSN is back with a vengeance to bring the award home. Remember, it is not just to win over another team, but to win the fight over breast cancer!

This will be the first year the City of Las Vegas is hosting the event. The City is really going all out to provide us a positive location with shuttles from Cashman Field to "The Downtown Experience" to eliminate any parking hassles. JOIN THE TEAM!!

COLORADO RIVER WATER WARS
On Saturday, Apr. 6, the Nevada Committee for the Humanities is sponsoring the following event at Charleston D-152 in conjunction with the opening of an exhibit about the Colorado River. Dr. Chris Chairsell, the acting Nevada State College president, will lecture on "Water Wars" at 7 p.m. A reception and exhibit open at 6 p.m. This project is funded by the National Endowment fot the Humanities and the Ford Foundation.

RUSSELL'S RESTAURANT SERVES GOURMET
The doors to CCSN's famous culinary delights are open for the spring semester with student-prepared lunches and dinner at Russell's Restaurant at Cheyenne. Lunches to satisfy gourmet palates are served Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.; dinner on Tuesday only from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Meals come with a choice of soup or salad, entree, dessert, bread or rolls and beverage for $5.95; the extra exceptional Thursday luncheon of fish and shellfish is $6.95. Russell's is part of the Culinary Arts and Food & Beverage Management training/development center for students of the Resorts and Gaming Department. Next week's menus are supplied by food and beverage management instructor Joe Quagliano.

LOOKING GLASS CELEBRATES
The Looking Glass Literary Magazine will celebrate its annual publication on Friday, Apr. 19 with a luncheon and readings from noon to 3 p.m. in the Little Theater at Cheyenne with music performed by Dr. Tom Ferguson and Alexis Pappas during lunch. According to faculty editors Lynn Forkos and Tina Eliopulos, the works of more than two dozen students, staff and faculty were chosen for inclusion. Everyone is invited to help honor the following writers: student editor Pat Walls, Tara Manor, Sherry Atiemo, Yukiko Sakamoto, Cari Lewis, Samuel Plahetka, Lillian Perlman, Tina Eliopulos, Kandy Aranda, Dr. Robb Sherfield, Todd Moffett, Dr. Carlos Delgado, Isidore Bergmann, Jung June Lee, Tasha Becker, Yu Ju Wang, Dawn Gelderloss, Jackie Tuan, Tramaine Debose, Tara Harrup, Derek Chang, Mineko Takuyama, Maureen Wright, Dawn Sansome and Nicholas Kellebrew.

KNEADS & KNOTS MASSAGE CLINIC
Take a break from it all. It's time to be pampered! CCSN massage therapy students are providing massages on Wednesdays and Saturdays through May 8 at Charleston Bldg A, Room 2002. Schedule your single or multiple sessions now by calling 651-5571. One-hour Session - Wednesdays 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m. - Noon

Public: $20, Seniors: $15; Staff & Faculty*: $15; Students*: $15 [*CCSN ID required]

TAG, YOU'RE IT
In mid April, our Receiving Department will conduct a wall-to-wall physical inventory of all fixed assets at CCSN campus sites including rural locations. This process will take about three months to complete. If offices have equipment such as fax machines, palm pilots, printers, and the like that have not been tagged, staff should contact one of the following people: Cheyenne - Cordelia Freeman, ext. 4239; Henderson - Donna Merritt, ext. 3180; West Charleston - Duane Cato, ext. 5766 or Ginny Martin, ext. 2612, to tag equipment prior to the inventory. If property has been moved or disposed in your area since last June without proper documentation, please do so now through Business Services.

COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW
Chaired by Dr. Fred Jackson, the Organizational Structure Committee consists of four smaller subcommittees, each formulating a recommendation for the organizational structure of their respective areas. Input from everyone is encouraged and all are welcome to visit any subcommittee meetings. Contact subcommittee chairs for meeting schedules. Send input to subcommittee chairs or Dr Fred Jackson, Faculty Senate Past-Chair at S3B, 651-4145 or fred_jackson@ccsn.nevada.edu. The subcommittee chairs are: Dr. Robin Nelson, Academic Organizational Committee; N.J. Pettit, Student Services Organizational Committee; Dr. Mark Garner, Institutional Technology Organizational Committee, and Mitzi Ware, Finance and Administration Organizational Committee.

• The next meeting for the Finance and Administration Committee is Wednesday, Apr. 10 at 8:30 a.m. in Charleston C-278. The Student Services Committee will meet Thursday, Apr. 11 at 2:30 p.m. in Conference Room B at the Cheyenne Campus. On Friday, Apr. 12, the Academic Committee meets at 1 p.m. in Conference Room A at Cheyenne; all faculty and staff should turn in the reorganization surveys early next week to Robin Nelson or Fred Jackson for committee review.
  
  
• The Technology Committee is accepting faculty requests for funding from the Student Technology Fee. Requests received by chair Mark Garner by Wednesday, Apr. 10, will be considered for funding by the end of the academic year. Submissions should use the Technology Request Form and guidelines listed on the Technology Committee Web Site: http://www.ccsn.nevada.edu/tc/.
  
  
• Faculty and staff are invited to attend Technology focus group meetings, scheduled one at each campus, according to the following calendar: at Cheyenne 1227, Wednesday, Apr. 10 at 2 p.m.; at Charleston D-221 on Friday, Apr. 12 at 2 p. m.; at Henderson B-102, Tuesday, Apr. 16 at 6 p.m. The focus group goal is to address organizational structure in the area of technology for the college. Meeting facilitator Diane Pannell will present a brief explanation of the current technology structure at CCSN. Participants will be asked to respond to: "Do you see a need for change in our current structure? If so, where and why?" Members from Communications and Instructional Computing will remain outside of the room allowing people to freely voice their opinion on technology structure.

Savings and Investments Strategies Seminar
Join TIAA-CREF experts Wednesday, Apr. 17 and Thursday, Apr. 18 from 5-6:30 p.m. for a discussion about basic principles that will help you develop a comprehensive and effective savings and investment plan. The information in this seminar will help you:

• Identify and prioritize your personal financial goals.
• Decide which TIAA-CREF products will best help you meet those goals.
• Allocate your assets among products to make the most sense to you.

Site is the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, 1701 Village Center Circle. An RSVP is required for this event as spaces are limited. To reserve your seat at the seminar, please visit our website at http://www.tiaa-cref.org/moc or call 1-800-842-2007, ext.1060. Refreshments will be served. Complimentary parking is available.

CCSN is recruiting for the following tenure track positions that begin August 2002. All positions are contingent on funding. Application deadline is Friday, Apr. 19 at 5 p.m.

COYOTES SWEEP TREASURE VALLEY TO RECAPTURE SWAC LEAD
CCSN recaptured first place in the Scenic West Athletic Conference over the weekend sweeping two doubleheaders from the Treasure Valley Community College Chukars in Ontario, Oregon. CCSN is now 29-7 for the season and 16-4 in SWAC.

In winning game one 1-0 last Friday, the Coyotes scored in the top of the seventh. With two outs, Josh Brady blasted a shot off the wall in left field for a triple, which was then followed by an RBI single to left by Cooper Fouts. Southpaw Jake Vose (5-1) earned the complete-game shutout win. The Coyotes won the nightcap 3-1 behind the solid pitching of Derek Rodriguez (4-2).

Saturday's doubleheader again went the Coyotes' way, as they rolled to 8-3 and 11-1 victories over the Chukars (10-24, 7-17 SWAC). John Caruso went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored to lead CCSN in the first game. The Coyotes posted 9 runs in the first two innings of a game that was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Starting pitcher Chris Hansen (2-1) struck out the first six batters he faced, finishing up with seven Ks. Zeke Parraz went 2-for-2 with 2 RBIs and two runs scored, while Jesse Craig hit 2-for-3 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored.

CCSN hits the road once again this week to Rexburg, Idaho, to face Ricks College. Doubleheaders are scheduled for Friday, Apr. 5 at 1 p.m. and Saturday, Apr. 6 at noon. Both times are Mountain Standard Time.

The Coyotes' next home series will be Apr. 12 and 13 against Colorado Northwestern Community College, with doubleheaders set for 4 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. All home games are played at Lied Field, located on the Henderson Campus. As always, CCSN faculty and students are admitted free with proper identification. Parking behind the C building in the desert area next to the ballpark is only permitted to those who were issued a parking permit from the CCSN Athletic Department. Those without a parking permit are asked to park in the lot at the front (east side) of the school.

Access scores, standings, schedule, and statistics by accessing the Coyotes' official web site at http://www.ccsn.nevada.edu/sports/baseball. Team statistics are compiled by Dan Cabrera, sports information director and official scorer.

SEVEN QUICK TIPS FOR STAYING YOUNG
By Donald B. Ardell, Ph.D. Ardell is the author of 15 wellness books, including "14 Days to Wellness" (New World Library, 1999). He is also publisher of the Ardell Wellness Report and the director of the Wellness Center at SeekWellness.com.

1. Get ridiculously fit. Select an activity that requires serious training and set a goal that will take at least three months to achieve. One such goal that would work for nearly everyone over 40 is to complete a short-distance triathlon, such as one of the 10 or so sponsored by AARP. The focus should be on having a good time and finishing the event safely and in good spirits. This is guaranteed to make you feel dramatically younger.
   
   
2. Work on your sense of humor. Decide that you will double the amount of "light" moments you experience every day. This will entail going out of your way to pursue humor in ways that you otherwise would not have attempted. Be imaginative, be bold and be a little outrageous in your quest.
   
   
3. Reconnect with someone from high school or college. Just pick someone with whom the quest for a reunion by phone, letter or in person will prove a bit exciting. That way, even if the actual reconnection is nothing special, getting there will have been fun. As Robert Louis Stevenson noted, "To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."
   
   
4. Go back to college, even if you never went! Pick a course area that interests you and don't be shy about asking tough questions that get to the heart of the matter. Even though you may be feeling youthful, you don't have forever to get to the bottom of things!
   
   
5. Dump your older friends for a few days and hang out with some younger folks. This can do wonders for your spirits and expectations. This is especially important if your friends are given to endless discussions about joint pain and how great things used to be.
   
   
6. "Old Time is a liar! We're twenty to-night!" Ask yourself what Oliver Wendall Holmes might have been doing when he wrote these words. Next, brainstorm a list of three things you could do tonight that would give you a similar feeling. Finally, pick something from your list that is not illegal, dangerous or likely to frighten the horses -- then do it!
   
   
7. One more thing: As often as possible, look on the bright side of life. Be well.