Greenfield Community College Events Calendar

Spring registration for current students begins (11/2/2009)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/2/2009
End Date:	11/2/2009

Astrid Sheckels Exhibit (11/2/2009)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/2/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/2/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Art Gallery

A show of recent illustration work by alumna Astrid Sheckels.

Queer Straight Alliance meeting (11/2/2009)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/2/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/2/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E127

Student Senate meeting (11/2/2009)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/2/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/2/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S104

Astrid Sheckels Exhibit (11/3/2009)

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/3/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/3/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Art Gallery

A show of recent illustration work by alumna Astrid Sheckels.

Campus tour (11/3/2009)

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/3/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/3/2009	End Time:	11:00 AM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Sloan Theater

Tours of the GCC campus for prospective students. RSVP online to reserve your spot.

College visit: American International College (11/3/2009)

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/3/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/3/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building

Astrid Sheckels Exhibit (11/4/2009)

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/4/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/4/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Art Gallery

A show of recent illustration work by alumna Astrid Sheckels.

Microsoft Office workshop (11/4/2009)

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/4/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/4/2009	End Time:	12:45 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E145

Doug Wilkins covers a topic of interest in Microsoft Word or Excel each Wednesday from about 12:00 until 12:45 at the latest. These workshops are interactive in that you are welcome to be on one of the computers working on the project as I go over the steps and concepts. You are also welcome to bring your lunch. Seating is limited each week to about 15 on a first-reply, first-served basis. RSVP to Doug.

Campus tour (11/4/2009)

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/4/2009	Start Time:	3:00 PM
End Date:	11/4/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Sloan Theater

Tours of the GCC campus for prospective students. RSVP online to reserve your spot.

Massage Therapy Program informational meeting (11/4/2009)

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/4/2009	Start Time:	6:00 PM
End Date:	11/4/2009	End Time:	8:00 PM

Downtown Center - 270 Main Street

Attendance at an Informational Meeting is highly recommended but not required for admission to Health Occupations Programs. They are a great source of information about your chosen program and profession including class schedule information, faculty expectations, clinical and field experience insights, and career options, as well as a chance to meet your future Program Director or Coordinator.

"Reading the Forested Landscape" with ecologist Tom Wessels (PVI annual meeting) (11/4/2009)

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/4/2009	Start Time:	7:00 PM
End Date:	11/4/2009	End Time:	9:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Sloan Theater

This program, based on Wessels’ book, Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England introduces us to approaches used to interpret a forest’s history while wandering through it. Using evidence— the shapes of trees, scars on their trunks, the pattern of decay in stumps, the construction of stone walls, the lay of the land—it is possible to unravel complex stories etched into our forested landscape. This process could certainly be called forest forensics, since the process is very similar to interpreting a crime scene. Wessels is an ecologist and founding director of the master’s degree program in conservation biology at Antioch New England. He is former chair of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation that fosters environmental leadership through graduate fellowships and organizational grants. He serves as an ecological consultant to the Rain Forest Alliance’s SmartWood Green Certification Program. Tom has conducted landscape level workshops throughout the US for over 30 years. His books include Reading the Forested Landscape, The Granite Landscape, Untamed Vermont, and The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future.

Astrid Sheckels Exhibit (11/5/2009)

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/5/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/5/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Art Gallery

A show of recent illustration work by alumna Astrid Sheckels.

College visit: Bay Path College (11/5/2009)

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/5/2009	Start Time:	10:00 AM
End Date:	11/5/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building

Live music: Sue Kranz & Ben Tousley (11/5/2009)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/5/2009	Start Time:	7:00 PM
End Date:	11/5/2009	End Time:	9:00 PM

Off-campus

Part of the Peace & Truth For Real & Reel film and music series, co-sponsored by GCC's Peace and Social Justice Club and Traprock Peace Center.

Grinspoon Entrepreneurship Conference (11/6/2009)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/6/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/6/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Business Club members compete in this annual conference, held at the Mass Mutual Convention Center in Springfield.

Activities Council meeting (11/6/2009)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/6/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/6/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S104

Advisor: Merryl Sackin

College visit: Elms College (11/9/2009)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/9/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/9/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Queer Straight Alliance meeting (11/9/2009)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/9/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/9/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E127

Student Senate meeting (11/9/2009)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/9/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/9/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S104

Assembly meeting (11/9/2009)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/9/2009	Start Time:	2:30 PM
End Date:	11/9/2009	End Time:	4:30 PM

College visit: MCLA (11/10/2009)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/10/2009	Start Time:	10:00 AM
End Date:	11/10/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: South hallway

Visiting Writer Series: Leslea Newman (11/10/2009)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/10/2009	Start Time:	12:30 PM
End Date:	11/10/2009	End Time:	2:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - North Wing
Room: N358

Lesléa Newman, Northampton resident and author of adult and teen fiction and poetry, leads a reading and discussion of her short fiction, "A Letter to Harvey Milk." This is a very timely reading in light of the motion picture Milk, which garnered awards last year, and in light of President Obama’s recent speech to the Human Rights Coalition.

Lesléa Newman is the author of 57 books for adults and children including the novel The Reluctant Daughter, the short story collection Girls Will Be Girls, the poetry collection Nobody's Mother, and the children's classic, Heather Has Two Mommies. Her short story "A Letter to Harvey Milk" won second place in the Raymond Carver Short Story Competition and has been adapted for the stage and film.

Ms. Newman's literary awards include creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. She is the current Poet Laureate of Northampton, MA.

College Store CLOSED (11/11/2009)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/11/2009
End Date:	11/11/2009

Veterans' Day - no day classes, evening classes meet as scheduled (11/11/2009)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/11/2009
End Date:	11/11/2009

Last day to drop/withdraw with a grade of "W" (11/13/2009)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/13/2009
End Date:	11/13/2009

DCPC meeting (11/13/2009)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/13/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/13/2009	End Time:	2:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E125

Successful Job Search: Everything You Need to Know (11/14/2009)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/14/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/14/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E137

Learn all about resume writing, cover letters, job search strategies, interviewing and salary negotiation in one day! This event is facilitated by Mary Hayward, Director of Career Services at the School for International Training. This workshop will be videotaped and participants will be asked to sign releases. It is first come, first served. The first 25 students to rsvp to raperj@gcc.mass.edu will be accomodated.

13th Annual Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show & Sale (11/14/2009)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/14/2009	Start Time:	9:30 AM
End Date:	11/14/2009	End Time:	4:00 PM

Off-campus

Ever popular with kids as well as adults, the show will feature speakers, demonstrations, mineral and fossil displays and crafts booths with jewelry, art, gemstones, minerals and fossils. Free local videos, portable planetarium shows. Admission still only $2.00 for adults. "It's like having a Natural History Museum Shop come to Greenfield for the day!" Natural treasures from around the world! Don't miss this!

College visit: UMass-Lowell (11/16/2009)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/16/2009	Start Time:	10:00 AM
End Date:	11/16/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: South hallway

All College meeting (11/16/2009)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/16/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/16/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Core
Room: Stinchfield Lecture Hall

Business Club meeting: Jeff Rutherford on "Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses" (11/16/2009)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/16/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/16/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: Hammond Business Studio

Independent public relations and media consultant Jeff Rutherford speaks on "Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses"

Queer Straight Alliance meeting (11/16/2009)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/16/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/16/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E127

Student Senate meeting (11/16/2009)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/16/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/16/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S104

Standing committee meetings (11/16/2009)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/16/2009	Start Time:	2:30 PM
End Date:	11/16/2009	End Time:	4:30 PM

Campus tour (11/17/2009)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/17/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/17/2009	End Time:	11:00 AM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Sloan Theater

Tours of the GCC campus for prospective students. RSVP online to reserve your spot.

Transfer trip to UMass-Amherst (11/18/2009)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/18/2009	Start Time:	9:15 AM
End Date:	11/18/2009	End Time:	3:30 PM

Considering transfer to U Mass Amherst? Join your GCC peers and staff for a visit! Leave campus at 9:15am, return approximately 3:15pm. Meet in FRONT OF EAST BUILDING.

9:15-10:00am - Travel
10:10am-11:25am - Observe Marketing class
11:45am-12:45pm - Lunch with GCC alum, Marina Agapov
1:30-2:30pm - Campus Tour

Lecture: "Advertising and The Perfect Storm: Global Warming, Peak Oil, and Consumer Debt" (11/18/2009)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/18/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/18/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Core
Room: Stinchfield Lecture Hall

8th Annual Henry Steel Commager Lecture, presented by Sut Jhally, Professor of Communication, University of Massachusetts/Amherst and the Founder and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation. Free and open to the public.

Microsoft Office workshop (11/18/2009)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/18/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/18/2009	End Time:	12:45 PM

Campus tour (11/18/2009)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/18/2009	Start Time:	3:00 PM
End Date:	11/18/2009	End Time:	5:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: Sloan Theater

Tours of the GCC campus for prospective students. RSVP online to reserve your spot.

Associate Degree Nursing Program informational meeting (11/18/2009)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/18/2009	Start Time:	4:00 PM
End Date:	11/18/2009	End Time:	6:00 PM

Downtown Center - 270 Main Street
Room: 219

Attendance at an Informational Meeting is highly recommended but not required for admission to Health Occupations Programs. They are a great source of information about your chosen program and profession including class schedule information, faculty expectations, clinical and field experience insights, and career options, as well as a chance to meet your future Program Director or Coordinator.

Choose a Calling, Not a Career: Careers in Real Estate (11/19/2009)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/19/2009	Start Time:	12:30 PM
End Date:	11/19/2009	End Time:	1:30 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - North Wing
Room: N225

GCC Alum Rob Cohn has owned a real estate business for 36 years. He is President of Cohn and Company and built his business through acquisitions. He is also very involved in the Greenfield community including work with GCC, Greenfield Savings Bank, Baystate Health Foundation, the Community Foundation of Western, Massachusetts and the Bement School. He will be discussing his experience with building his own business and real estate career options.

Film: "War Made Easy" (11/19/2009)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/19/2009	Start Time:	7:00 PM
End Date:	11/19/2009	End Time:	9:00 PM

Off-campus

A new documentary featuring Norman Solomon and narrated by Sean Penn that chronicles how propaganda has been used to sell wars to the American people. A brief discussion will follow the film.

Part of the Peace & Truth For Real & Reel film and music series, co-sponsored by GCC's Peace and Social Justice Club and Traprock Peace Center.

Marketing student presentation to the Greenfield Chamber of Commerce (11/20/2009)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/20/2009	Start Time:	7:30 AM
End Date:	11/20/2009	End Time:	8:30 AM

Off-campus

Spring 2009 marketing students present to the Greenfield Chamber of Commerce with Kathy Vranos, Assistant Professor of Business/Marketing. "Assessing the Match Between Small Business Marketing Behaviors and Consumer Shopping Behaviors in Franklin County: A Research Study"

Activities Council meeting (11/20/2009)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/20/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/20/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S104

Advisor: Merryl Sackin

Making a Difference in Your Community (11/23/2009)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/23/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/23/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - North Wing
Room: N332

In advance of our volunteer fair which is happening December 2nd, Kay Johnson of Big Brothers/Big Sisters will be on campus to talk about what it means to be a volunteer in the community, what you can expect, ethical considerations and she will talk about great opportunities that exist to make a difference in Franklin County. Please join us!

Queer Straight Alliance meeting (11/23/2009)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/23/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/23/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E127

Student Senate meeting (11/23/2009)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/23/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/23/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S104

College Council (11/23/2009)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/23/2009	Start Time:	2:30 PM
End Date:	11/23/2009	End Time:	4:30 PM

No evening classes (11/25/2009)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/25/2009
End Date:	11/25/2009

Student open hour with President Pura (11/25/2009)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/25/2009	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	11/25/2009	End Time:	10:00 AM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S318A (President's Conference Room)

President Pura invites students to an open hour of conversation with him in the President's Conference Room.

Microsoft Office workshop (11/25/2009)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/25/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/25/2009	End Time:	12:45 PM

College Store CLOSED (11/26/2009)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/26/2009
End Date:	11/26/2009

Thanksgiving Recess - no day or evening classes (11/26/2009)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/26/2009
End Date:	11/26/2009

College Store CLOSED (11/27/2009)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/27/2009
End Date:	11/27/2009

Thanksgiving Recess - no day or evening classes (11/27/2009)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/27/2009
End Date:	11/27/2009

Creating a Safer Campus: Promoting Student Learning (11/30/2009)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/30/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/30/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - North Wing
Room: N332

Substance abuse and its second hand effects is one of the leading causes of academic difficulty on four year campuses. While less research has been done regarding community college students, we know that national research suggests one in four of us grew up in an alcoholic home, one in ten of us are addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs and countless others are significantly impacted by a partner, friend or family member's drinking and/or drug use. All students who would like to talk about the issue of substance abuse and its impact on learning at GCC are welcome to join us for a conversation with Susan McCarthy, Director of the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Project at Mount Holyoke College. Whether you are living in a home where substance abuse is an issue, in recovery, actively using, concerned about someone else's use or simply interested in sharing your ideas, ALL are welcome.

Queer Straight Alliance meeting (11/30/2009)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/30/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/30/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - East Building
Room: E127

Student Senate meeting (11/30/2009)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/30/2009	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	11/30/2009	End Time:	1:00 PM

Main Campus - Main Building - South Wing
Room: S104

Organizational meetings (Grouping/Division) (11/30/2009)

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/30/2009	Start Time:	2:30 PM
End Date:	11/30/2009	End Time:	4:30 PM