THIS WEEK NCC - Norwalk Community College

NCC to Begin Work on Climate Action PlanMarch 1, at 2:30 in Room E213NCC will begin work on drafting a Climate ActionPlan (CAP) when the Committee for Active and ResponsibleEnvironmental Sustainability (NCC CARES) meetson March 1, 2011. The CAP will be a blueprint for bothlowering NCC’s greenhouse gas emissions and integratingconcepts of sustainability into the curriculum. All faculty,staff, and students are encouraged to attend the meetingand take part in drafting this important document.On April 22, 2009, “Earth Day” President DavidLevinson signed the American College and UniversityPresidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). The commitmentcalls on all signatories to submit a CAP that willdetail when and how the college plans to achieve the goalof “climate neutrality,” which is defined as the emitting ofno net greenhouse gases. It is challenging and bold pledge,but one that is commensurate with the environmentalthreats the world is now facing.For more information, contact CARES Chair LoisAime (lamie@ncc.commnet.edu) or Robert Emigh(remigh@ncc.commnet.edu), who heads the ACUPCCImplementation Subcommittee.Upcoming Movies of the MonthAll free screenings are on Tuesday or Thursday at6:30 p.m. in the East Campus Forum Theater!• Tuesday, March 1, The 400 Blows (1959) Directed byFrancois Truffaut. Hosted by Tom Connor• Tuesday, March 8, The Quiet Man (1952), directed byJohn Ford, with John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara and BarryFitzgerald. Hosted by Gary Carlson.For more information please contact Professor GaryCarlson at gcarlson@ncc.commnet.edu.7th Annual NCCLive! EventFriday, March 4 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Over 200 high school students will descend uponNCC for the seventh annual NCCLive! event on March 4.Inspired by NCC faculty who conduct introductory workshopsbased on curriculum, potential students self-selectand attend workshops that interest them. The experienceenables students to gain a personalized view of what collegecan offer them. For faculty, NCCLive! provides targeted accessand a low-pressure introduction to students who mayeventually populate their academic programs.In the weeks leading up to NCCLive!, high school guidancecounselors review the 13-workshop list with juniorsand seniors. Each selects three workshops of interest. Whenthe students arrive at NCCLive!, each receives an individualschedule and attends their workshops over three “periods.”Participatory classes in allied health careers, exercise science,criminal justice, marketing, early childhood education, andothers, are the focus of the day.According to Dr. Pamela Edington, NCC AcademicDean, “Having students enter college ready for college-levelacademics is a priority for colleges nationwide. Every partnershipwe develop with our area high schools reinforces thatmessage. We hope that events like NCCLive! motivate youngpeople to prepare for their futures. Our faculty members arededicated to student success and students see their commitmentwhen they attend the workshops. NCCLive! helpsstudents assess their readiness for college and encourages themto prepare for challenging and rewarding careers.”Workshops offered this year include NCC’s newestprogram in Building Efficiency and Sustainable Technology(BEST), also known as “green” technologies, and anintroduction to the Physical Therapy Assistant program, anin-demand allied-health curriculum. Other workshops covermedia technology, marketing, culinary arts, service learning,photography, graphic design, criminal justice, early childhoodeducation, exercise science, architecture, interior design,construction, and nursing and allied health careers.For more information, contact Carol Ball at cball@ncc.commnet.edu.Creating Economic Stability throughEducation10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5NCC will be hosting a free program to encourageadults, with an emphasis on heads of household, to exploreeducational opportunities as a way to enhance their economicstability.Participants will learn about educational opportunities,community resources, NCC’s resources and support servicesand the various aspects of returning to college to obtain adegree.Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Pleasecall (203) 857-7237 to register - reference CRN 2838 whencalling. To register in person, come to the Records Office onthe East Campus in room E 102, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday –Thursday and 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Friday.More news on page 43

age their strength and talent to acquire real economic power.All are invited to attend and admission is free. The screeningwill be followed by a question and answer period with thefilmmakers and BPeace volunteers.For more information, please call Dr. Bernice Marie-Daly, Director of the Fairfield County Women’s Center at(203) 857-6943.Staff and Faculty NewsCivil War EditorialDo you know what a sesquicentennial is? It’s the150th anniversary of an event, or a period of timespanning 150 years.Civil War buffs are currently commemorating thesesquicentennial of the “Secession Winter” of 1860-1861.NCC Associate History Professor Steven Berizzi is ascholar of the Civil War and an expert on the life and timesof Abraham Lincoln. He recently wrote an editorial forThe Hour newspapers on this important period ofAmerican history and invited the community to learnmore about the Civil War Sesquicentennial at NorwalkCommunity College.Excerpts from the editorial, which ran in The Hournewspapers on February 14, 2011, is reproduced here:To the Editor:The media reports that well-informed members of thepublic are commemorating the 150th anniversary, the sesquicentennial,of the ‘Secession Winter’ of 1860-1861. This led tothe beginning of the Civil War on April 12, 1861, when theartillery of the Confederate States of America opened fire on asmall Union garrison defending Fort Sumter in the harbor ofCharleston, South Carolina.The Civil War was the greatest crisis and the definingevent in United States history. Between 1861 until 1865, over620,000 Americans, many of them young men roughly the ageof my students, died from war-related wounds, injuries anddisease. During and shortly after the war, about four millionslaves in 15 states became free. ...I emphasize the importance of these events and the terriblewar that followed in three 100-level courses---UnitedStates History I and II and American Government—and ina 200-level Civil War trilogy that includes Special Topics inHistory: The American Civil War; the Lincoln Years HonorsProgram seminar; and a section of our Great Books course,which asks, through selections from the era’s political literatureand other texts: What was the American Civil War?The community can engage the Civil War Sesquicentennialat Norwalk Community College in a variety of ways.Every year, hundreds of students from Norwalk and nearbytowns and cities enroll in my classes and those taught by otherL’Elisir d’AmoreEuro Club Sponsors Trip to the OperaSaturday, March 26, 2011 Lincoln Center, NYCJoin the Euro Club when they travel to New York Cityto see “L’Elisir d’Amore” (The Elixir of Love). The cost is$40 and the bus and opera ticket are included. The bus willleave from the West Campus promptly at 9 a.m.To reserve your seat, please contact Professor EstelleDattolo at (203) 857-7356 or e-mail her at edattolo@ncc.commnet.edu or e-mail Christian Mendoza at Mendoza.christioan1@gmail.com.members of our history faculty. Senior citizens are permitted toenroll in these classes as auditors on a space-available basis fora small fee.We regularly hold co-curricular events that are free andopen to the public. ... In early October 2012, our annualHistory Symposium will focus on the Emancipation Proclamation,the first official step toward the abolition of slavery in theUnited States. And, later in the fall of 2012, the college’s EverettI.L. Baker Library will be the site of a traveling exhibitiontitled “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” that issponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.It is an exciting time to be a Civil War enthusiast. Membersof the community who share that enthusiasm or simplywant to learn more about the historic events from 1861 until1865 are invited to join us at NCC.”Steven S. Berizzi5