A newsletter for Chipola College Students, Employees, Alumni and Friends

Week of February 23 - March 1, 2015

THIS WEEK AT CHIPOLA23 MONDAY • SGA Meeting, Bldg. Z rm. 116; 1:30 p.m. • Tickets go on sale for Jazzmatazz, CFA Office 24 TUESDAY • Student Ambassadors, Bldg. Z rm. 201; 1:30 p.m. • Night Student Social, Cafeteria; 7 p.m. • Community Chorus, CFA Experimental Theatre; 6 p.m. • Deadline to Apply for Spring Graduation – All Degrees25 WEDNESDAY • TRiO Talent Search 11/12th Grades • Chipola Theatre Production: The Wizard of Oz, CFA; 7 p.m.26 THURSDAY • FCA Meeting, Staff Dining Room; 7 p.m. • Chipola Theatre Production: The Wizard of Oz, CFA; 7 p.m.27 FRIDAY • Baseball vs. Grand Rapids; 11 a.m. AL Southern; 2:00 p.m.28 SATURDAY • Baseball vs. Grand Rapids; 12:00 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.1 SUNDAY • ACTFundSundayBrunch,CFAExp.Theatre;Noon • ChipolaTheatreProduction:TheWizardofOz,CFA;2p.m.

Wizard of Oz tickets on sale at Chipola TheChipolaTheatreproductionofTheWizardofOzopensafive-dayrunWednesday,Feb.25.TheshowrunsFeb.25throughMarch1.Showsarenightly,WednesdaythroughSaturday,at7p.m.,andaSundaymatineeat2p.m.Tickets—$8foradultsand$6for18andunder—areavailableonlineatwww.chipola.edu.intheCenterfortheArtsBoxOffice. ChipolaTheaterdirectorCharlesSirmonselectedthecastfortheshowwhichincludes:KateBurkeasDorothy,ElynSappasAuntEm(EmilyGale),AustinSpearsasUncleHenry,JosiahBrooksasZekeandCowardlyLion,CalebBrooksasHickoryandTinMan,SethAldermanasHunkandScrarecrow,SaylorNovongloskyasProfessorChesterMarvel,GracieWallaceasGlindatheWitchoftheNorth,OdraChapmanasWickedWitchoftheWest,ColtonDayastheWizardofOz,PatrickMathisasMayorofMunchkinland,JaredStandifordasEmeraldCityGuardandRayWhiteasWinkieGeneral. TheEnsemblefeatures:BrookeAnna,LaurenCanada,VictoriaTaylor,VeronicaTaylor,MichelleFulford,KimballBass,ADajahSwilley,LibbyVarnum,AlexOzbun,ShayliTharpandCalenMasai. Child Munchkins are: AddieHussey, Catherine Lewis, MarleyGreen, Emilyann Roulhac, LandenBernier, Willa Wester, DanielleLivergood,ClaireMedley,KodibethBates, Madelin Garcia, ChandlerKing,AvaJohnsandAlyVinson. TheCenterfortheArtsBoxOfficeis open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondaythrough Thursday, 9 a.m. to noononFriday,andonehourbeforeeachshow. For ticket information, call850-718-2420.

ThecastofChipola’sTheWizardofOzperformedatarecentmeetingoftheChipolaRegionalArtsAssociation.

The Wizard of Oz- Feb 25- Mar 1$8 Adults • $6 Students • Chipola Students & Staff FREE

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Chipola sweeps Tallahassee in final home games BothChipolasquadsfinishouttheregularseasonSaturday,Feb.21,atNorthwest. ChipolasweptTallahasseeinapairofgamesonFeb.17.TheLadyIndiansclinchedashareoftheleaguetitlewitha77-42winoverTallahassee.EvelynAkhatorledChipolawith34pointsand20rebounds.RosemarieJulienhad19points. WiththewinoverTallahasseeTuesday,theLadyIndianshaveatleastashareoftheleaguetitle.AwinoverNorthwestonSaturdaywillgivetheLadyIndianstheConferencetitleoutright.AFeb.21losstoNorthwestwouldputChipolaasco-champsintheleagueandgivethemasecondplaceseedinthestatetournament. Chipolais10-1intheleagueand26-1overall.Northwest(9-2)issecond.TCC(5-7)isthird.GulfCoastis(4-7).Pensacolais0-11.ThetopthreeteamsintheconferencemakethestatetournamentMarch4-7inOcala.AplayoffbetweenGulfCoastandTallahasseeislikelytobeplayedatChipolaonTuesday,Feb.24,at6:30,todeterminethethreeseedinthestatetournament.TheLadyIndiansarefirstintheFCSAAStatePollandthirdintheNJCAANationalPoll. TheIndiansscoredabig60-57homewinoverTallahasseeonFeb.17.DejuanMarreroledwith13pointsand11rebounds.FloydPereitohad10points.Chipolascoredabig59-51winatGulfCoastonFeb.11. Inthemen’sPanhandleConferencerace,Northwest(9-2)isleaguechampion.Pensacola(6-5)andGulfCoast(6-5)aretiedforsecondintheleague.Tallahasseeis(4-8)andChipolais(3-8).PensacolaandGulfCoastwillplayFeb.21inawinner-take-allgametodeterminewhowillgotostateinthesecondseed.Northwestisthetopseedintheleagueearnaspotinthestatetournament,March4-7inOcala.

S S SFSU-PC Open House

Saturday, Feb 28Deadline 2/20 call 718-2431

Chipola FEC wins at state Chipola’s Future Educators Club (FEC) picked up threeawardsat theFutureFloridaEducatorsofAmerica (FFEA)AnnualStateConference.The students attendedworkshopsand competed with other post-secondary schools in state-widecompetitions.CassieWillisplacedfirstinEssay.JordanSkipperwon secondplace inSpeech.KendallBraxton andJaclynMorrisfinishedthirdinPublicServiceAnnouncement.Pictured from left, are: Jaclyn Morris of Chipley, KendallBraxton of Alford, Cassie Willis of Marianna and JordanSkipperofAshford,AL.

The Chipola Fire Academy will offer a Live Fire TrainingInstructorRefresherCourse(RN3842)Thursday,March19,from8a.m.to4:30p.m.The8-hourclassisopentoStateCertifiedLiveFireTrainingInstructors. PhilipMeadowsLFTI2MasterInstructorwillteachthecourse.Costis$25.Thecoursewillcoverincidentsthathaveoccurred,program updates, legislative issues, practical applications, casehistoriesandnewtechnologies.CompletionoftheprogramwillberequiredforrenewaloftheLiveFireTrainingInstructorcertification.Forinformation,contactMartinFowlerat850-718-2483.

Business & Technologyhosts STEMFeb. 20 & Feb. 27

CHIPOLA this WEEK— Week of February 23 - March 1, 2015

Chipola Brain Bowl wins regional, advances to state TheChipolaBrainBowlBlueteamwonthePanhandle Regional finishing 7-0. ChipolaGoldplacedthirdwitha4-3record. ChipolaBlue(A)andChipolaGold(B)bothadvancetotheFCSAAStateTournamenttobeheldatPascoHernandoStateCollegeonMarch12-14.Chipolawillbevyingforits8thstraightstatechampionship. The top two teams from each of the fourregions(Panhandle,EastCentral,WestCentral,andSouth)automaticallyadvance to thestatetournament. Two wildcard bids are grantedbased on overall stats.ChipolaBlue receivedthe automatic bid andChipolaGold receivedoneofthetwowildcardbids. ChipolaBlueteammembersare:JimmyBrown,VallenDriggers,WillGloverandBrentPatten.ChipolaGoldteammembersare:BenWhiddon,AshleyDelameter,ChancePender,KatrinaMilliserandOliviaSaunders. FourChipolaplayersfinishedinthetop10inindividualscoring:JimmyBrown(3rd),BenWhiddon(5th),VallenDriggers(7th)andBrentPatten(10th). BrainBowlcoachesareStanYoung,AssistantProfessorofMathematics,andvolunteerassistantcoachDr.RobertDunkle.

Recently JorgeGarcia,withMariannaToyota, spoke to theHonor Students at Chipola College on his work toward asuccessfulcareer.ThesestudentswerethemostinquisitiveastohisplightfromCubawithnofamilyasafifteenyearold:EmaleighMunn,CalenMasai,ChancePender,SamWells,andJimmyBrown

Corrections class now forming TheChipolaCriminalJusticeTrainingCenterwillofferadaytimeCorrectionsclassbeginningMarch5.ClasseswillmeetweekdaysMondaythroughThursday,from7:30a.m.to4:30p.m.CompletionofthisprogrampreparescandidatestotaketheStateBoardExaminationandbecomecertifiedbytheCriminalJustice Standards andTraining Commission upon becomingemployedwithaCorrectionalagency. Priortoadmission,allcandidatesmustearnapassingscoreontheCriminalJusticeBasicAbilitiesTest(CJBAT)offeredatthePublicServiceBuildingeveryTuesdayat12:30p.m.Costofthetestis$45.ApplicationdeadlineisMarch3. Applicantsmusthaveastandardhighschooldiplomaoritsequivalentandmustundergoamedicalphysicalexamination,backgroundcheckanddrugscreening. For information, contact Jamie McAllister, CorrectionsCoordinator,at718-2212.

TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES & PRACTICEChipola College / Building Z / Jackson Hall

March 14, 2015Please check-in at 8:15am in the Bldg Z lobby.

Lunch will be provided.8:30am Reading10:15am Math

12:00pm WritingCost: $30 per session or $75 for all three.

Attack

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*Pre-registration due February 20th *Forms can be printed from JCSB.org

Questions?smithm@chipola.edu or

(850) 718-2428

Chipola’s literature/language winners Some 137 students from 11 area high schools competedin writing, reading, speech, oral interpretation, literature,humanities,grammar,andspanishcontestsatChipolaCollegeonFeb.13. The occasion was the Twenty-fifth Annual ThrossellLiterature/Language Festival hosted by Chipola’s LettersDepartment. Thepurposeof the festival is to recognizeandencourageacademicexcellence. Prizeswere awarded tofirst, secondandthirdplaces,aswellastwohonorablementions,ineachcategory.Thewinnerof the President’s Reading Contestreceivedaspecialmedallionaswellasacashaward. Contest winners from participatingschoolsarelistedbelow. President’sReadingAward—JoyelleSaunofCottondaleHighSchool. Writing:first—J.P.LeonardofBlountstownHighSchool;second—KelseyStewartofBethlehemHighSchool;third—AndrewGoffofLibertyCountyHighSchool;honorablementions—CassidySmithofVernonHighSchoolandBethanyJonesofHolmesCountyHighSchool. Speech:first—AlyssaMcCardleofAlthaPublicSchool;second—SarahBoullárdofVernonHighSchool;third—CaileeHeinemanofMariannaHighSchool;honorablementions—McKaylahSeeofCottondaleHighSchoolandColbyHargroveofCottondaleHighSchool. Oral Interpretation: first—Ashley Wesley of Graceville High School; second—Olivia BlackofLibertyCountyHighSchool; third—MaxwellWilliamsofMariannaHighSchool;honorablementions—LoganSmithofGracevilleHighSchoolandA’dajahSwileyofMariannaHighSchool. Literature:first—HunterDavisofCottondaleHighSchool;second—GreyBasfordofSneadsHighSchool;third—TurnerMcCroanofCottondaleHighSchool;honorablementions—DavidHortonofGracevilleHighSchoolandHarleyWhitmanofHolmesCountyHighSchool. Humanities:first—KyleSilsbyofBlountstownHighSchool;second—AlexTharpeofCottondaleHighSchool;third—BethanyJonesofHolmesCountyHighSchool;honorablementions—WalkerStrawnofBlountstownHighSchoolandKatieEverettofMariannaHighSchool. Grammar: first—Brianna McCaffrey of Sneads High School; second—Katy Gramling ofCottondaleHighSchool;third—ColeHamiltonofSneadsHighSchool;honorablementions—AleisaGriffinofAlthaPublicSchoolandBradPearsonofAlthaPublicSchool. Spanish Language Contest: first—RosioMartinez of Chipley High School; second—CristinaRamirezofGracevilleHighSchool;third—;honorablementions—ElizabethMartinezofChipleyHighSchoolandCristinaMiguelofMariannaHighSchool.

THIS WEEK

UPCOMING EVENTS

“Chipola This Week” is a weekly publication of the Chipola Public Relations Office. Deadline for the next issue is 8 a.m., on Wednesdays of the current week. Articles will be printed as space permits. E-mail information to Meri Mock at chipolathisweek@chipola.edu.

BIRTHDAYS27 Feb Carol Saunders28-Feb Sarah Gambill1 Mar Darwin Gilmore1 Mar Linda Morales

MARCH2 Deadline for Summer 2015 Schedule Changes 2 App Deadline for March Audition for Music/Theatre Scholarships 3 Last Class Day for Spring B Early Reg. Spring Term C3 Community Chorus, CFA Experimental Theatre at 6p.m.4 Grades Due Term B – 8 a.m. 4 Classes Begin - Spring Term C4 Late Reg., Drop/Add & Empl. Fee Waiver Reg. for Spring Term C; 8 a.m.-3 p.m.4-8 Southeastern Theatre Conference; Chattanooga, TN6 Ignite the Night 5k Run7 Music Through Performance Hymn Festival, Bldg. H; 9 a.m.10 Community Chorus, CFA Experimental Theatre; 6 p.m.11 TRiO Talent Search 7th Grade Jazzamatazz 12 Deadline to Apply for LPN to RN & Paramedic to RN for Summer

People Of Strength Meeting Set At Chipola The Chipola College Black Student Union will offer a seminar entitled, “People of Strength, Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 10:30 a.m., in Jackson Hall, Z 116, in the Literature/Language Building. Joseph Ward, Sexual Violence Prevention Director for the Leon County Health Department is the guest speaker. The theme of the meeting is self-respect and respecting others in order to protect, promote and improve health. The Florida Department of Health and the Jackson County Health Department are also sponsors of the meeting. For information, contact Dr. Willie Spires at 850-718-2232.