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September 27, 2013
CONTACT: Mark Anglin Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Science [email protected] (209) 575-6200 PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release MJC Agricultural Department Celebrates 61st Anniversary of Agriculture Open House (Modesto, CA)—Modesto Junior College invites the public to the 61st Annual Agriculture Open House on Thursday, October 10, in the Agriculture Department building located on Coldwell Avenue on MJC’s East Campus. MJC Agriculture students will plan, construct and present displays, which feature the many Agriculture majors offered at the college. Displays will open at 5 p.m. with dinner being served from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. MJC extends a special invitation to former agriculture instructors and students to attend this 61st celebration. In addition to the many displays, there will be a program honoring the 2013 Honorary Young Farmer Degree recipients. The program will occur from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the displays reopening after the program and remaining open until 8 p.m. “The Agriculture and Environmental Sciences’ students and staff are excited about the opportunity to showcase the myriad of educational programs the department has to offer in the way of agriculture education, career preparation, and special programs,” said Mark Anglin, Dean of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences for MJC. Anglin added, “I would like to extend a special invitation to all alumni, MJC Agriculture professors’ emeriti, the community, industry partners, and friends to attend this annual event.” Dinner tickets are available for $10 on a first-come first-serve basis. The tickets can be purchased in the Agriculture Division office on the MJC East Campus. Any questions, please call the MJC Agriculture Division office at 575-6200. Those not able to attend the dinner are invited to enjoy the program and displays free of charge. -MJC-
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September 27, 2013
CONTACT: Todd Conrado Professor of Agriculture Mechanics [email protected] (209) 575-6214 PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release MJC hosts Truck and Tractor Pull at the Ag Pavilion (Modesto, CA) – Modesto Junior College Agriculture and Environmental Science Division will host the annual MJC Truck and Tractor Pull on Saturday, October 12 in the Agriculture Center for Education Pavilion located on the MJC West Campus at 2201 Blue Gum Avenue in Modesto. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with pulling starting at 6 p.m. Tickets to this family-oriented event are for sale in advance online at http://mjc.tix.com and by calling the Auditorium Box Office at 575-6776. Tickets are $15 for designated seating, $12 for designated and bleacher seating, and $10 for the standing room only section. All proceeds benefit the MJC Pulling Pirates Truck Pull Club. For more information contact Professor Todd Conrado at [email protected] or (209) 575-6214. -MJC- The Legislation Committee will be meeting this Friday September 26th, 2013 at 11:00am in the East Campus Student Senate Office. Please find the Agenda here. All meetings of the Associated Students of Modesto Junior College are open to the public, feel free to stop by!
September 25, 2013
Contact: Tana Dennen Great Valley Museum (209) 575-6196 [email protected] PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release Modesto Junior College Great Valley Museum to hold science festival (Modesto, CA) – The Great Valley Museum and Modesto Junior College Science, Math and Engineering Division are hosting a family oriented science festival at the new Science Community Center on West Campus. The event “Wild Planet Day” will take place on Saturday, October 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission for the day is $8 per person and $6 per person for groups of 5 or more. This fun-filled fest will feature three star shows in the Planetarium, telescope viewing, and over 20 hands-on science activities including DNA extraction and CSI fingerprinting. “Dr. Al Chemist” will dazzle all ages with intriguing experiments. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite “mystery rock” for identification by the MJC Geology Club. There will be squid and owl pellet dissection, live animal presentations and a petting zoo. The event is a fundraiser for the Great Valley Museum, a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing science and natural history information to adults and children of all ages through classes, programs and exhibits. The museum serves the families of Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and surrounding counties. For more information on Wild Planet Day science festival call (209) 575-6196. -MJC- Measure E Funds Help Prepare
Modesto Junior College Students for the Future By Jenifer Aries Since 2004, the skylines of Modesto Junior College’s East and West campuses have been rapidly changing. With the passage of Measure E, an essential educational funding package, voters placed their trust in the Yosemite Community College District to implement plans for the future needs of the community with construction of several new buildings and full-scale renovation of others. Agricultural Center for Education Photographs Courtesy of David Todd While the structures have brought modernization to the college, it is what’s happening inside the buildings that will bring long-lasting benefits and growth to the community. A walk through any of the new buildings reveals fresh interiors, new furniture and state-of-the-art equipment. More than that, the visitor feels a sense of excitement — a buzz radiates through the facilities as teaching and learning are taking place. From classroom lectures in the Allied Health building to hands-on work with animals in the Agriculture Center for Education (ACE) Pavilion, the faculty and staff’s commitment to the students and community is evident. We open the doors to four of MJC’s newest facilities and invite you inside to experience the dynamic things happening in the classrooms and labs. We hope you’ll share in our excitement for the future of MJC, its students, faculty, staff and the community. Agriculture Programs One of MJC’s most important instructional areas continues to be agriculture technology. For decades, MJC has led the way in Agriculture Business, Agriculture Sales and Service, Animal Science, Crop Science, Dairy Science, Poultry Science, Soil Science, Environmental Horticultural Science, Mechanized Agriculture and Veterinarian Technician. The new ACE Pavilion gives these programs a leg up and includes an advanced laboratory facility that offers students fantastic opportunities for hands-on learning. “The diverse array of agriculture activities held in the facility has exposed more students to the industry as a whole,” said Mark Anglin, Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. “This has resulted in greater opportunity for education, more highly trained, prospective employees for the County’s workforce and future enrollment in the program.” Science Community Center Photographs Courtesy of David Todd, MJC A Focus on Science With a national focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, MJC’s new Science Community Center on the West Campus is poised to offer students greater opportunities to advance in these fields, as well. “Our goal is for the Science Community Center to be the go-to destination for science education in our area,” said Brian Sanders, Dean of Science, Mathematics and Engineering. A 107-seat planetarium, an observatory with a 28-inch telescope and an innovative six-foot-diameter Science-on-a-Sphere display provide cutting-edge technology for students to study geology, climate change and outer space. Chemistry and microbiology labs provide hands-on learning experiences for students, working with the same state-of-the-art equipment and processes they will encounter at larger universities or in the workplace. The Science Community Center will also be the new home of the Great Valley Museum. Its displays and live animal room will provide life science and natural history students with an impressive new learning laboratory. Biology classes will visit the museum to examine models of riparian and grassland ecosystems, migratory birds, native fish, tule elk and other local animals. The community will also be welcomed into the Great Valley Museum with open arms. “We want schoolchildren to come fall in love with science and return to us as college freshmen for the first steps in their journey to becoming scientists,” Sanders said. The new Great Valley Museum will continue its nearly forty-year mission of science outreach and literacy throughout Stanislaus County. In the next phase of Measure E programs, the previous science building on the East Campus will be remodeled to house computer and social science programs. Allied Health Building Photographs Courtesy of David Todd, MJC The Future of Health Care Education With the completion of the West Campus Allied Health building, MJC nursing and health students are even more prepared to enter the workforce as they learn in a brand-new, simulated hospital environment. “The College’s allied health programs keep pace with the rapid development of technology and industry processes,” said Patrick Bettencourt, Dean of Allied Health, Family/Consumer Science. “Our partnerships with industry employers benefit our students with the latest in healthcare research, technology and patient care processes. In return, we are educating the County’s healthcare workforce.” National and statewide employment databases show the fastest growing occupations are in the allied health industry. MJC enjoys a reputation for educating many of the county’s registered nurses and healthcare industry employees. The College also boasts one of the few state nursing programs that provides a mannequin that can be elevated allowing students to easily see an instructor demonstrate hands-on assessments, such as the correct placement of a stethoscope for assessing heart sounds. The new high-tech mannequins simulate the human body providing life-like scenarios that prepare students for clinical practice. The building also has a new 24-bed skills lab that provides students time and space to practice their skills on mannequins or each other to prepare for skills assessment. Performing and Media Arts Center Photographs Courtesy of David Todd, MJC Advancing the Arts At MJC, the critical balance to allied health, agriculture and science are the fine and performing arts. Two well-known celebrities found their passion in the arts while attending school here; both George Lucas and Jeremy Renner have credited MJC with helping them discover their life’s direction. The MJC Auditorium is the hub of the Performing and Media Arts Center, and the Center provides a state-of-the-art home for students who study digital and performing arts with facilities on par with some of the largest universities in the country. Classroom and workspaces include the 794-seat auditorium, a 74-seat Little Theatre, a dance studio, audio recording and television studios and costume and scenery production studios. Students are able to perform at their highest level in professional facilities designed to showcase each of their individual talents. The facilities were engineered to allow for the utmost quality in acoustic performance and were designed to model the facilities students will encounter in today’s workplace. “The College’s vision was to provide the finest educational performing arts facility in the County and we believe we’ve accomplished this,” said Mike Sundquist, Dean of Arts, Humanities and Communication. “The Arts at MJC have long been a hub of the community and this new facility takes the faculty, staff, student and community member experience to a much higher level.” According to MJC President Jill Stearns, all of these projects are focused on one thing: providing essential support to students and the community. “The renovation and construction projects funded by Measure E provide facilities that support today’s instructional technology, are expandable to incorporate the technology of tomorrow and greatly enhance our energy efficiency. MJC has served the greater Modesto region since 1921 and I’m very pleased with the state-of-the-art instructional spaces that will serve the community for the next fifty years.” The CEP presents the film Bully, Thursday, Sept. 26th at 7pm in Forum 110
This documentary follows the lives of five students who face bullying on daily basis, and the film suggests that the cruelty suffered by these kids is part of a wide-spread problem that includes and affects us all, whether we’ve been victims, perpetrators, or silent bystanders. Following the film will be guest speakers Ruben Sanchez (Mental Health Clinician, M.A.) and Jenny Solis, Assistant Principal at Gregori High School. Solis will also be joined by colleagues from Gregori High familiar with the topic of bullying. Click here for a link to a trailer of the film. The Student Senate will be meeting this Friday September 27th, 2013 at 1:00pm in the West Campus MSR TV Room. Please find the Agenda here. All meetings of the Associated Students of Modesto Junior College are open to the public, feel free to stop by!
September 20, 2013
Contact: Noah Hughes Professor of Earth Science (209) 575-6800 [email protected] Free Telescope Nights offered at Modesto Junior College (Modesto, CA) – The Modesto Junior College Astronomy Club invites the community to view the stars at the Telescope Nights held the first Friday of each month at the new Science Community Center on MJC’s West Campus, 2201 Blue Gum Avenue. Telescope Night admission, viewing and campus parking are free. Telescope Nights provide community members with opportunities to learn about space by providing access to astronomical resources in the Science Community Center, including multiple 12-inch telescopes, a 28-inch telescope/camera, a scale-model of the solar system, and a planetarium. (Availability of resources at each Telescope Night is dependent on event staffing, weather, and occasionally mechanical issues.) The dates and times for upcoming Telescope Nights are: October 4, 2013 8-10 p.m. November 1, 2013 7-9 p.m. December 6, 2013 7-9 p.m. February 7, 2014 7-9 p.m. March 7, 2014 7-9 p.m. April 4, 2014 8-10 p.m. Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase with proceeds benefitting the student-based Astronomy Club. For more information on the Telescope Nights contact Professor Noah Hughes at [email protected] or (209) 575-6800. Information on the Astronomy Club is also available at https://www.facebook.com/MJCAstronomyClub. -MJC- |
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