SFCColloquium

Faculty and Staff continue to be involved with the SFCColloquium which is scheduled on Wednesday’s from 11:30 to 1:00 pm and funded primarily from S&A Cultural Series, Speaker’s Series and various Club accounts. This collaborative venture between the various Instructional Departments and the Associated Students Activities Board enhances the educational and multicultural experience for the entire college community.

SFCC Films Collection

The following films have been added to SFCC's collection under the auspices of a Faculty Development cultural diversity grant. Diane Lloyd (509-533-3806) provided the descriptions. Contact Pat Brummett (509-533-3803) for more information, or to view the films.

• Telling It Like It Is: Reflections on Cultural Diversity (1996 - 62 minutes)
• Bill Cosby on Prejudice (1972 - 25 minutes)
• Better Together Than A-P-A-R-T Intercultural Communication: An Overview, (1996 - 62 minutes)
• Intercultural Communications (30 minutes)
• Africans in America, WGBH-TV (1998 - 4 hrs)

SFCC Library Resources: Ethnic Artists

The SFCC librarians have added an Ethnic Artists Library Guide to the Internet Resources webpage. The philosophy is to include the hard-to-find entries within collections, and instructions on how to look up the books for the well covered artists. The artists are primarily 20th century, including traditional, folk, and modern artists. Inclusion is based on requests from faculty members who emphasize these artists in their classes. This is an ongoing project, and librarians continue to add entries for artists as they receive requests.

Historical Overview

In November 1999 SFCC sent a 5-person team to the "Critical Moments" workshop sponsored by Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education. This workshop focused on the development and teaching of case stories that would reflect critical events in the educational experience of our "special populations" of students. SFCC's team consisted of Rich Tucker (Assoc. Dean/Student Services), Adriana Bishop (Physical Science faculty), Robert Schroeder (Library faculty), Barb Williamson (Communications faculty), and a student.

In May 1997 SFCC participated in the "Multicultural Efforts Project, Round III", also sponsored by the Washington Center. A two-day retreat was held at Spokane's Bozarth Center for the six community colleges on the east side of the state. SFCC's team consisted of the following members:

• Ron Johns, SFCC President
• Rich Tucker, Associate Dean/Student Services
• Adrian Willams, Program Coordinator/Multi-Cultural Services
• Cathy Hopkins, Communications Instructor
• Mark Luna, Sociology Instructor
• Polly McMahon, Human Services Instructor

The Spokane Falls initial Cultural Pluralism Team from the 1993-94 school year consisted of the following individuals: