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This Week @ NCC
February 7, 2012
Vol. 20, Number 3
Next issue: Feb. 13
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Free Financial Coaching for Students
The Family Economic Security Program (FE$P) is once again offering free financial
coaching to NCC students during the Spring 2012 semester.
All sessions are walk-in consultations held in Room W112 on the West Campus.
Students will be seen on a first-come first -serve basis.
Coaches will be available on the following dates and times:
Thursday, March 1, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The financial coaches will work with students on topics such as: tracking spending to
create a budget, managing income and expenses, debt reduction, understanding and
improving your credit report and score, financial resources that are available to the
student and planning on purchasing a home.
FE$P is an innovative partnership of Norwalk Community College, the
Fairfield County Community Foundation’s Fund for Women and Girls and the
Norwalk Community College Foundation. This group works in collaboration with
The Women’s Business Development Center to help student parents achieve their
academic, personal, career and financial goals. These additional services are provided
through a grant from the Bank of America.
Financial coaching is being provided by the WBDC, Inc. and career coaching is being
provided by the Career Co-op.
For additional information about these services and other FESP initiatives,
please contact: Kristina Testa-Buzzee, director of the Family Economic Security
program at (203) 857-7220, or visit the FE$P office in Room W112. on the
West Campus.

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Art Gallery West
Mujeres En Tiempos Apocalypticos 2010-2012,
(Women in Apocalyptic Times 2010-2012)
An Art Exhibit titled (Women in Apocalyptic Times 2010-2012)
is now on view in the West Campus Community Gallery through March 27, 2012.
This show is curated by Yolanda Petrocelli and Susan Hardesty.
The exhibition features works by the following artists:
Paulina Alvarez, Amerika Arzate, Rosa Borras, Ireri Castro Chispillatronik,
Carolina de la Pena, Elisa Garza, Lucero Gonzalez, Yolanda Petrocelli, Elizabeth Ross,
Gloria Ruenitz, Claudia Saggiante and Indira Urrutia.
Gallery Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Professional Development Day Offered in Hartford
Friday, March 30, 2012
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Capital Community College
Hartford, CT
Faculty and staff are invited to a professional development day
that will take place at Capital Community College in Hartford.
Lyn Pasquerella
The keynote speaker will be Lyn Pasquerella, Ph.D.,
President of Mount Holyoke College, who will discuss “Overcoming Moral Distress in Higher
Education - Leading Through Turbulent Times.”
This event is sponsored by the NCC Schwab Institute for Academic Leadership and
the Connecticut Center for Teaching. For additional information please contact Lisa Dresdner
Extension 7291 or email : ldresdner@ncc.commnet.edu.
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Movie of the Month Film Series
Thursday, February 9, 6:30 p.m.
East Campus Forum Theater
The first film for this Spring Semester is The Apartment, one of the
finest Hollywood films ever made, a 1960’s insightful comedy/drama.
The Apartment features a starring cast of Jack Lemmon, Shirley
MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, and a supporting cast that includes Ray Walston,
Edie Adams and others.
Annual Club Fair
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 -11 a.m. to 1p.m.
East Campus atrium
The Student Activities Office and Student Government are once again jointly
sponsoring an annual Club Fair to familiarize NCC students with the social opportunities available
to them on campus. The event will include a free Build-a-Bear session and
free sugar cookies will be served. Cookies and Teddy Bears—Who could ask for more
All clubs on campus have been invited to participate. Meet other club members and find out
about ways to have fun, get involved, and meet new friends. For more information, contact
Adrienne Conley, acting director of Student Activities, at Ext. 7249 or email
aconley@ncc.commnet.edu.
Ex Libris Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, February 14, 1:30-3p.m.
Room 104, Open to the public.
The Ex Libris book discussion group will continue its
discussion of Jaroslav Hasek’s novel The Good Soldier
at the February 14 meeting.
The Ex Libris group meets every other Tuesday.
Newcomers are always welcome!
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best
friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
~Attributed to Groucho Marx

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FCWC Sponsors Women’s Shelter Project
February 6 through March 8
The Fairfield County Women’s Center invites you to be an angel, and
join them in helping out those in need in our area. The center will collect
items such as toiletries, lightly used clothes and blankets for
Life Haven, Inc. Women’s Shelter, and the Bridgeport Rescue Shelter.
All items can be brought to Room West 116. For more information please
contact Bernice Marie Daly at (203) 857-6943.
NCC Archaeology Club to Screen
Documentary Film:
“Secrets of the Bog People”
Thursday, February 9 - 8 p.m.
Gen Re Forum
At its first meeting of 2012, the NCC Archaeology
Club will present a screening of the documentary
film, “Secrets of the Bog People.” The film
details the discovery, excavation and analysis of a
truly remarkable archaeological site in south Florida,
the Windover Bog site.
The public is invited and there is no admission
charge. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m.
The Windover Bog site is located near Cape
Canaveral and was discovered in 1982 when construction
worker Steve Van der Jagy
unearthed an ancient skull.
A team of archaeologists working under the
directorship of Dr. Glen Doran of Florida State
University devoted several years to the excavation
of the site, which was found to be an Archaic
period cemetery dating to more than 7,000 years
ago. Containing more than 150 human remains
interred over a period of 1,300 years, the site’s
remarkable preservation contributed to a number
of major archaeological discoveries, including
bone and shell artifacts, textiles and even preserved
brain tissue allowing for the DNA study of
Windover Bog Site
the site’s ancient people.
The findings at Windover challenged many of the
ideas regarding life during the Archaic period in
Florida. Far from living a highly nomadic way of
life at a bare subsistence level, the Windover people
led a settled way of life well-adapted to their
environment.
The study of their remains, and those of their
accompanying artifacts, offer much information
about their culture, social organization, economy,
technology and religion.
For additional information, contact Professor
Ernie Wiegand at ewiegand@ncc.commnet.edu .
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Faculty and Staff News
Lauren Perlstein and Peter Daupern Named
NISOD Excellence Award Winners
NCC’s winners of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)
2012 Excellence Award are Lauren Perlstein, professor and coordinator of the Medical Assistant
program and Medical Office Management Health Office Information program; and
Peter Daupern, mathematics professor.
The annual Excellence Award program recognizes more than 1,300 outstanding educators
from around the world. Perlstein and Daupern will be honored on May 30, 2012 at
NISOD’s annual international conference in Austin, Texas.
Since its inception in 1978, NISOD has emphasized the importance of teaching and leadership
excellence in institutions of higher education. NISOD works to serve, engage, and inspire
teachers and leaders through its conferences, publications, web services, partnerships
and programs.
NISOD is the outreach vehicle and service arm to the Community College Leadership Program
(CCLP). The CCLP, at The University of Texas at Austin, is a doctoral-level program
training community college presidents, vice presidents, and deans for 60 years.
More than 700 community colleges around the world are NISOD members, including almost
every large community college district, the majority of urban and technical
colleges in the United States and Canada, and more than 200 small, rural colleges around the
world.
The first NISOD Excellence Award was given in 1989. It has been presented every year
since then. The Excellence Awards tradition “allows NISOD the distinct privilege of honoring
so many of the world's best in higher education,” according to the organization’s website.
Selection criteria are left to the discretion of each member institution. Only faculty, staff, and
administrators at NISOD-member institutions are eligible.

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NCC Faculty Certified to Run Instructional Skills Workshops
Forrest Helvie, NCC instructor of Developmental Studies, and Lisa Dresdner, Ph.D.,
director for the NCC Center for Teaching and Learning and professor of English,
have both completed an intensive five-day training program to be certified to run
Instructional Skills Workshops.
Dresdner completed her training over the summer, and Helvie completed his over the winter
break.
Instructional Skills Workshops have their roots in British Columbia, where, nearly four decades
ago, teachers were charged by the BC Ministry of Advanced Education to develop a program to
train the influx of new teachers required for the extraordinary growth in community colleges.
Focusing on learner-centered instruction, experiential learning, and the use of thoughtful growth
-producing feedback, the resulting Instructional Skills Workshop is now conducted widely
across Canada and the U.S.
The workshop facilitators act as peers and participants themselves, and they emphasize
instructional design, classroom assessment, and learning theory and social styles with their
various applications. Given the important role reflection plays in these workshops, most
participants agree that this faculty development opportunity is one of the most valuable
they've had.
Professors Helvie and Dresdner plan to conduct an ISW at NCC later this year for those who
might be interested.
Berizzi to Present
Learning from Lincoln Paper
Professor Steve Berizzi’ s will present a
short interpretive paper with the working
title of "Learning from Lincoln" at the
Eastern Community College Social
Science Association's annual conference
on March 30, 2012 in Herndon, Virginia.
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Bookstore Textbook Overstock
The Bookstore will be returning its
overstock of textbooks beginning the
week of February 6.
Faculty should advise their students that if they
have not yet purchased the required texts for
class they must do so now.
If there is a special circumstance for which you
would like the Bookstore to retain a text, please
e-mail Kevin Gibson at:
kgibson@ncc.commnet.edu.
ING Representative to be on Campus
Marilyn Timbers with ING Financial Advisers, LLC will be available on campus to meet
with new and current employees to review the following plans:
Alternate Retirement Plan
State of Connecticut 403(b)
Roth 403(b)
457 (Deferred Compensation)
Website: http://www6.ingretirementplans.com/SponsorExtranet/CTHome/
Dates:
Place:
February 16
Room E309
March 1 March 12, and March 22
Room E309
April 5, April 9, and April 19
Room E309
May 3 and May 31
Room E309
Appointment Times are scheduled between the hours of
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
To schedule a meeting, email marilyn.timbers@ingfp.com or phone (203) 539-6233 and she
will provide the time and location for you to meet.