Monthly Archives: October 2011
Monday, Oct. 31
Fort Steilacoom, Puyallup
Pierce College is closed today. There are no classes and all offices are closed.
See you Tuesday! Happy Halloween!
Friday, Oct. 28
Fort Steilacoom
Noon – Music Friday. Hear a live performance in the library.
6 to 8:30 p.m. – Halloween Extravaganza, featuring carnival games, cotton candy, face painting, and more. Health Education Center. Free.
Puyallup
8 to 11 p.m. – Costume Craze on the Sound. Take a spooky ride on an Argosy cruise ship on the Puget Sound. Don’t forget your Halloween costume! Tickets available in C210.
Look ahead…There are no classes Monday, Oct. 31. Enjoy your long weekend!
Thursday, Oct. 27
Fort Steilacoom
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Drunk Driving Awareness Day. Events and activities are happening campus-wide. Free.
Puyallup
Noon and 3 p.m. – Pumpkin Fun. Get a jumpstart on Halloween. College Center. Free.
3 p.m. – Free Workshop: Creating a Personal Budget. Learn techniques for managing your finances. A106.
Look ahead…Friday, bring the kiddos to Pierce Fort Steilacoom from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for the free Halloween Extravaganza, featuring carnival games, cotton candy, face painting, and more.
Raiders’ Doss is West Region Offensive Player of the Week
Natimia Doss
Natimia Doss, the powerful outside hitter for the Raider volleyball team, has been selected the West Region Offensive Player of the Week for Week 7 of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges volleyball season.
Doss, known around the conference for her thunderous attacks at the net, has been one of the major offensive forces for Coach Doug Carlson and the Raider squad since the beginning of the season. Recently selected to the All-Tournament Team at the West Region Crossover Tournament, hosted by Pierce College, Doss has caused fits for opposing teams trying to slow down the Raiders attack. Carlson calls Doss “a fine captain and team leader, and is a dynamic leaper and hitter.”
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Fort Steilacoom
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Superstition Days: Wicked Wednesday. Get in the Halloween spirit. North entrance of the Cascade building. Free.
3 p.m. – Campus Tour. Join the Student Ambassadors for a guided spin around campus. Meet at the Welcome Center, Cascade.
Puyallup
3 p.m. – Raider Soccer vs. Clark College. Go Raiders! Heritage Rec Center. Free.
4:30 p.m. – Student Council Meeting. All welcome. C250, College Center.
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Multicultural Fair and Fashion Show. Enjoy some international fashion and fun hosted by our English as a Second Language students. Arts and Allied Health Theatre. Free.
Look ahead…Thursday is Drunk Driving Awareness Day at Fort Steilacoom. Events and activities will be held throughout the day.
‘Tech Nation’ host to speak at Puyallup on Nov. 16
Moira Gunn
UPDATE: Tickets for Pierce College students are now free in Room C210, College Center, Pierce Puyallup. Supplies are limited, however. Act fast!
Is technology helping us or hurting us? Who is responsible when technology hurts individuals and society? Delve deeply into technology and its greater social and cultural implications with Dr. Moira Gunn, host of National Public Radio’s Tech Nation and author ofWelcome to BioTech Nation: My Unexpected Odyssey into the Land of Small Molecules, Lean Genes, and Big Ideas, one of the Library Journal’s Best Science Books of 2007.
Tickets are available by phone at (253) 840-8416 and in person at the College Center building, Room 210. Seating is limited, so early ticket purchase is strongly recommended.
In addition to the lecture, the Pierce College Foundation is hosting a dinner event with Dr. Gunn from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. in the Arts and Allied Health Building’s Blackbox Theatre. Cost for the dinner and lecture is $30. Guests are asked to RSVP by Nov. 8. For reservations or additional information, contact Suzzanne Freeborn at (253) 864-3260.
Dr. Gunn is a former NASA scientist and engineer with a long career in software and systems development. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, from which she also received an honorary doctorate in science. Gunn currently serves on the advisory boards in mechanical engineering at both Purdue and Stanford universities.
As host of Tech Nation, an hour-long weekly interview program on NPR, Dr. Gunn has interviewed more than 3,000 people, ranging from CEOs to scientists, to fully explore the impacts of technology, science, the media, and the Internet. Her Pierce College presentation will dig deeply into these issues, discussing the consequences of increasing technology in everyday life and the responsibilities of the scientists and engineers developing new technologies.
Dr. Gunn is the first speaker in the 2011-12 Pierce Presents Artists and Speakers Series, presented by the Pierce College Puyallup Office of Student Life. For more information, visit www.piercecollegepresents.com.
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Fort Steilacoom
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Superstition Days: Thriller Sickness Tuesday. Get in the Halloween spirit. North entrance of the Cascade building. Free.
Puyallup
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Flu Shots. Shots are $2 for Pierce students and $22 for everyone else. Multipurpose Room, College Center.
Noon – Free Workshop: Overcoming Test Anxiety. Learn how to relax and cope with test stress. A106.
Look ahead…Enjoy some international fashion and fun at the Multicultural Fair and Fashion Show at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Arts and Allied Health Theatre at Pierce Puyallup. Free!
Monday, Oct. 24
Fort Steilacoom
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Superstition Days: Black Cat Monday. Get in the Halloween spirit. North entrance of the Cascade building. Free.
Puyallup
All day – Sign up for a flu shot in C210. Shots will be $2 for students, $22 for everyone else. Shots will be given between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday in the College Center.
Look ahead…Enjoy some international fashion and fun at the Multicultural Fair and Fashion Show at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Arts and Allied Health Theatre at Pierce Puyallup. Free!
Free health fair Nov. 5 offers screenings, information for all
Good health will be the focus of a free community event Saturday, Nov. 5, at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom.
The English as a Second Language program is hosting a free Health and Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the college’s Health Education Center, 9401 Farwest Dr. S.W., Lakewood. The event will feature free health screenings, including dental, blood pressure, and blood sugar tests, and more than 30 health- and fitness-related informational booths.
Visitors will also have chances to win door prizes from Starbuck’s, Black Bear Yogurt, Adriatic Grill, and the Pierce College Bookstore.
Exhibitors include the Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department, Pierce County emergency management, health, and fire departments, Korean Women’s Association, Safe Streets, YMCA Lakewood, and the Pierce College dental hygiene and health and physical education programs.
Pierce College considers community partnership and contribution to be an institutional outcome, one of the guiding principles of the college’s mission.
Friday, Oct. 21
Fort Steilacoom, Puyallup
Raider volleyball takes on Centralia College at 7 p.m. Friday in the Health Education Center gym at Pierce Fort Steilacoom. Admission is free. Go Raiders!
Have a great weekend!
