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CONNECT CHRONICLE

May 26, 2011

BCC Kids College

The six CONNECT colleges and universities invite young people onto their campuses for summer programs promoting invention, exploration, and enthusiasm for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers.

Marine Biology is the focus at Massachusetts Maritime Academy and at Bridgewater's Whale of a Mystery. The environment takes the spotlight at UMass Dartmouth, Massasoit Community College, and Cape Cod Community College. BSU's ACE Aviation Camp also incorporates aerospace engineering. Students at Bristol's Kids College can enroll in a range of classes similar to those college students take, from game design to robotics to computer programming.

Massasoit Community College president Dr. Charles Wall states, "We know that we must help excite students while they are in high school, in fact even in middle school, long before they head to our college campuses if we are to engage them in lives and careers of science and math."

All programs offer need-based scholarships. More information, including dates, contact information, cost, and links to the individual programs, is available on the CONNECT website.

Resources Available from April Conference: Pathways to College Readiness & College Success

More than 300 PreK-16 educators and educational policy makers attended CONNECT's Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Readiness Conference on April 13, 2011.

Presentations on new educational policies including the Common Core, the new PARCC assessment (scheduled to replace MCAS in 2014-15), and the Vision Project are available on the CONNECT website: www.connectsemass.org. The CONNECT campuses and the Southeastern Massachusetts Readiness Center are currently planning follow-up activities to take place during the 2011-12 academic year.

Special Guest Attends Meeting

Wally the Big Green Monster dropped by a meeting of the CONNECT Admissions/Enrollment Managers, April 6, 2011, at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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Bristol Community College - 3 from June Reception at the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery

June 2, 2011, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m..

Three artists were selected from the 2010 All Media Juried Exhibition to receive the Juror's Prize -- their own exhibition in the BCC Gallery. Joan Luce Allen works in colored markers and pens to create richly-textured, colorful, narrative and other-worldly drawings on paper. Kathrine Lovell works in layers of glazes and solid paint to represent light and weather, love, shadow, and loss. Hayley Perry uses color and texture to illustrate an idea of how humans experience a sense of place. The show will run from May 26 to July 8, 2011. For more information call 508.678.2811 x2631 or visit www.Bristolcc.edu/gallery.

Cape Cod Community College - Non-traditional Career Day

June 7, 2011

220 students from sixteen middle schools and two high schools in the Cape and Islands region will participate in this free event, with a goal of encouraging gratifying career choices, understanding and overcoming gender stereotyping and other limited expectations, and promoting proficiency in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Designed for students in the 7th and 8th grades and accompanying educators and parents, Nontraditional Career Day includes workshops on "Team Building" and "Career Success" as well as career exploration classes. More information at http://www.capecod.edu/web/ntradcareers or contact Maria A. Sastre 508.362.2131 x4775; E-mail: msastre@capecod.edu.

Bridgewater State University - Project Invention Convention VII

June 8, 2011

Approximately 25 student teams from school districts throughout Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands will be presenting their unique inventions at the seventh year of this contest. BSU sponsors this competition with hopes to stimulate the interest of young students in the STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines. Students who participate not only expand their knowledge in science and math, but also learn teamwork, communication and presentation skills. Click here for more information.

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Crafting a Regional Energy Strategy

June 16, 2011, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

UMass Dartmouth hosts the quarterly meeting of the Southeastern Massachusetts Council on Sustainability, featuring a discussion of possibilities for renewable energy projects and the development of an energy strategy for the region. Speakers include Dave McGlinchey, Senior Program Leader for Energy and Environment at the Manomet Center; Mark Rogers from Cape Wind; Dan Web of Notus Clean Energy; and a panel discussion led by Steve Smith of SRPEDD. The meeting will take place at UMass Dartmouth's ATMC facility in Fall River. To register, contact Jen Gonet at 508.910.6484 or email jgonet@umassd.edu.

Massasoit Community College - High School Juried Art Show

Through June 28, 2011

Art Show

Massasoit student artwork will be exhibited in the Akillian Gallery on the Canton Campus along with award recipients from the High School Juried Show. High Schools include: Avon, Blue Hills Regional, Canton, Stoughton, Randolph, and Southeast Regional. More information is available here.

To suggest future articles or calendar notices to appear in the CONNECT Chronicle, please email Kim Williams, CONNECT Staff Assistant, at kim.williams@connectsemass.org. All events to be included must be open to participants from all CONNECT member institutions.