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New Intercultural
Club Founded
Hie Wilkes Community College Intercultural
Club was founded on September 11,2007. New
elected officers are, President: Yessenia Alvarez,
Vice President: Enrique Rubio-Reyes, Secretary:
Matt Jennings, Treasurer: Theresa Vaughn,
Office-at-Large: Josh McGrady. Committee
Chairs are. Cultural Celebration: Matt Jennings,
Educational Outreach: Karliss Binkley. Dr. Karen
Staten, Global Education Director, will be the
advisor for the club. The meetings will be held on
the second Wednesday of each month at Noon in
the Global Education Offices Hayes Hall Room
415.
Day of the Dead Holiday Celebrated
The club would like to invite the college wide
community to an Open House for the new Global
Education offices. This event will be held on
Thursday, November 1,2007.
To promote intercultural awareness, the open
house is scheduled on the Spanish holiday. Day
of the Dead. This holiday is celebrated in several
places in the world and the emphasis of the
holiday is to honor the lives of the deceased and
celebrate the continuation of life.
Join us for traditional Day of the Dead with food,
drink, holiday decorations, fun facts, and history.
For more information contact: Dr. Karen Staten
(® karen.staten@wilkescc.edu or Yessie Alvarez (3>
yesseniamalvarez(|)wilkescc.mailcruiser.com
Human Services Club Cares About Community
By: Julie A. Garland
The WCC Human Services club is an
organization with a purpose that focuses on
personal values, motivation, orientation towards
human service work, interpersonal relationships,
and communication skills. It also seeks to
provide mentors for human service students.
Membership requirements are enrollment in the
Human Services Technology program, interest in
development of self, community, and motivation
to set a professional example in the human care
field. However, anyone wishing to help with
club fund-raisers and activities are welcome as
honorary members.
Upcoming events that the club will be involved in
include. These Hands Don’t Hurt, Fall Festival
at WCC, October 25*, and Trunk or Treats,
Halloween night.
The Human Services Club is very concerned
with the well-being of the community. Many
fund-raisers are held in order to help agencies and
individuals that need assistance. Some examples
are: Selling raffle tickets to help nursing home
residents, sponsoring Christmas in Wilkes, and
other referrals concerning those in need in the
community. Hie club funds are used to help with
the needs of the community, and MerleFest is the
biggest fund-raiser for the club.
Rainbow Center: Culinary Club Fund Raiser
By: Rainbow L. Cowan
Next month, the WCC Culinary Club holds
their 4* annual Bake Sale Fund Raiser for
Wilkesboro’s Rainbow Center (The Rainbow
House). Last year, the WCC Culinary Club
collected over $4000 with this years goal is
$4500.
November 5-16 we will be collecting orders for
these wonderful, delectable, sweet sensations that
will be a dual contribution - you will be helping
the needy children in our community and your
friends and family will love the bake goods you
share with them!
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Please join with us in this campaign to order
our scrumptious goodies, made by our WCC
Culinary / Baking and Pastry Arts students,
to sow the sweet seeds of HOPE this holiday
season! Watch campus cruiser for order forms or
see Chef Kimrey Jordan.
The Rainbow Center opened in 1988 with a
dream nearly 20 years later the dream is alive and
well! The Rainbow Center has been a source
of hope and help to hundreds of children and
families in the greater Wilkes County area.
Cougar Cry
Accounting Club
Wilkes Community College Accounting Club
met for the first time this year on August 27,
2007. The following members were eletted as
officers:
Naisha Dalton - Club President, Chetna (Kajal)
Goyani - Vice President, Lynne Ham - Secretary
Danielle Sherrill - Treasurer, Melissa McGuire
- Public Relations, Loren Johnson - Club
Historian, Vicki Taylor and Kerry Wilson
- Event Coordinators, Sheila Sheppard - Official
Photographer, Marcus Gonzalez - SGA
Representative.
If anyone is interested in joining the WCC
Accounting Club, please contact any officer or the
advisors, Cindy Killian or Janet Dengler.
Fall into BSU this
semester!
The WCC Baptist Student Union invites you
to attend their meetings on Tuesdays at 12:15
in room 1110 of Alumni Hall. The purpose of
the BSU is to promote a spiritual and Christian
atmosphere on campus. Membership is open to
all currently enrolled students. Activities include
weekly Bible studies, community outreach,
mission projects, contemporary Christian
concerts, as well as club parties and other fun
events. Start the year right, come join in on the
fiin and fellowship of BSU!
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