Rotary Club of Galveston and Galveston College to Host Career Fair and Transfer Day on March 20
The Rotary Club of Galveston and Galveston College have partnered to present the 2019 Career Fair and Transfer Day on Wednesday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Moody Hall, Regents Hall and the Mary Moody Northen Center Atrium on the Galveston College campus.
“Navigating Toward the Future” is the theme of this year’s event, which is open to students, alumni and the general public.
The Career Fair and Transfer Day allows candidates, employers and university representatives to communicate on a personal and face-to-face basis. It also provides opportunities for students to connect with potential employers and discover career information regarding summer or permanent, full-time positions.
Career and Transfer Day participants will have opportunities to complete applications for employment or admissions. Employers also welcome candidates with resumes.
To date, the following employers, colleges and universities are scheduled participate in the fair:
- AT&T
- City of Galveston – Human Resources
- City of Galveston – Lasker Pool
- Comp-U-Dopt
- County of Galveston – Human Resources
- Gaido’s, Inc.
- Moody Gardens
- PeopleReady
- Rainforest Café
- Rosenberg Library
- San Luis Resort, Spa and Conference Center
- Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
- Lamar University
- Texas Southern University
- Texas State University
- Texas Women’s University
- University of Houston
- University of Houston-Clear Lake
- University of Houston-Victoria
- University of St. Thomas
- University of Texas Medical Branch School of Health Professions
- University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing
“This annual event is a great opportunity for Galveston College students to practice their soft skills as they enter into their respective career fields and learn about the various four year transfer institutions in the Gulf Coast area,” said Dr. LaToya Mills-Thomas with the Galveston College Career Services and Student Success Center. “In addition, every year there is always a handful of students who leave our intimate career fair with gainful employment. This is the icing on the cake.”
Employers, universities and colleges that would like to register to participate can contact Dr. Mills-Thomas at (409) 944-1221 or [email protected].
Exhibition to feature recent works of ceramics artist Jeff Forster
Galveston College will feature an exhibition of recent ceramic art by visiting artist Jeff Forster Wednesday, March 6, through April 4 in the third floor gallery of the Fine Arts building at Galveston College, 4015 Avenue Q, Galveston, Texas. The gallery is open during regular college hours.
In addition to the exhibit, the college will host a workshop with Forster from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Ceramics Studio (Fine Arts-353). There also will be a closing reception that evening from 6-8 p.m. in the gallery. The public is invited.
Currently the ceramics chair at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Forster has participated in exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His work has won awards in a number of these exhibitions, including a Juror’s Choice Award in “Ceramic Object/Conceptual Material” and the Luis Jimenez Award for first place in the “Sculpture on Campus Exhibition” at Southern Illinois University. Additionally, Forster was awarded the Helen Drutt Studio Fellowship in conjunction with his residency at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
Besides teaching and maintaining an active studio practice, Forster currently sits on the Artist in Residence Committee at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and the Artist Advisory Committee for Fresh Arts. From 2011 to 2013 he served on the board of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts as the On‐Site Conference Liaison for the 47th annual conference in Houston.
Forster received a Bachelor of Arts in art education from Saint John’s University in 1998 and a Master of Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University in 2007.
For information on the workshop and exhibition, contact Amanda Barry Jones at [email protected].
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Cosmetology program sets spring Client Days
Are you ready to freshen up your spring look?
The Galveston College Cosmetology department will open for services on Fridays in February from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All services are offered at the Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center, 7626 Broadway, Galveston.
The pricing schedule is as follows:
- manicures – $10
- shampoo and blowout – $10
- shampoo and iron work (curling iron or flat iron) – $10
- haircuts – $10
Cosmetology will host facial spa nights by appointment on Wednesdays and Thursdays after 6 p.m., beginning Feb. 27. Cost is $10.
Call (409) 944-1406 to book an appointment.
Galveston College Theatre to present ‘No-Hole Holiday’
This holiday season, the Galveston College Theatre department will present the musical-comedy, “The No Hole Holiday,” with book and lyrics by Stan Gill and music by Cindy Bright and Stan Gill.
An upwardly mobile elf, frustrated Halloween goblins, industrious hole-making gnomes, schmoozy politicians and Santa populate this charming and zany modern fairy tale.
It is still a month before the holidays and preparations are gearing up. “The Holiday World”, Santa says, “is a strange and unusual place.” Axel the Elf has been promoted to Santa’s personal staff, however, instead of something glamorous like tinsel or music, he is put in charge of buying holes.
Santa sends Axel to see Mr. Pistachio, the Commissioner of Stuff, to make the deal, but sends him with a warning. There are two goblins called the Grump Sisters, who are jealous that their holiday, Halloween, lasts only a day, while Santa’s festivities are celebrated for a month.
Mr. Pistachio takes Axel to meet Rowley and Jinx, the two gnomes who run the Hole Factory, so he may see how important his new job is. Axel begins to get the idea and his attitude changes about the importance of his new job, just in time for the Grumps to attempt to sabotage the Hole Factory and ruin everyone’s holiday.
Will the Grump Sisters succeed or will Santa, Axel, Rowley, Jinx and Mr. Pistachio save the holidays?
Company members include Eva Arita, Alyssa Gudz, Jade Killebrew, Daniel Maxey, Andrea Parson, Kristopher Prodoehl, Eric Scales, Destiny Shute, Wrath Sorrell and Fallon Smith.
Show dates and times are Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 17, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain and admission is free. However, the GC Theatre department will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items for the Galveston County Food Bank. Performances are located in the Abe and Annie Seibel Wing on the Galveston College campus, 4015 Ave. Q, Galveston.
For additional information, please contact the Program Coordinator for the Performing Arts, Liz Lacy, at (409) 944-1398 or [email protected].
Galveston College to celebrate Veterans Day and 100th anniversary of lighting of the Galveston Jetty Lighthouse beacon
On Veterans Day, Nov. 12, Galveston College and Galveston Island will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the lighting of the lamp at the Galveston Jetty Lighthouse at what was at the time the busiest port on the Gulf Coast and second busiest port in the country.
On Nov. 12, 1918, one day after the Armistice of Nov. 11, 1918, and after 14 years of on-and-off construction, the lamp was lit for the first time at the Galveston (South) Jetty Lighthouse with George W. Bardwell serving as the first head keeper.
A violent storm ravaged the lighthouse on May 2, 2000, and the iron pilings, weakened by years of rust, gave way, causing the lighthouse to fall into the water.
In 2001, the Galveston Community College District Board of Regents met in a retreat and adopted the vision statement: “A Beacon of Light Guiding Lifelong Learning.”
Regent John L. Sullivan convinced the board that the college needed a symbol at the entrance of the college at 39th and Avenue Q. Regent Sullivan knew that the actual South Jetty Lighthouse cupola was rusting away in Sonny Broome’s welding yard, having been placed there after being salvaged by George P. Mitchell’s company.
In 2003, the U.S. Coast Guard granted a loan of the cupola to Galveston College, and John and Cindy Sullivan provided a donation of over $20,000 to have Sonny Broome restore it.
Architects were hired to design an area known as Beacon Square that would feature a replica of the South Jetty Lighthouse that used to stand on Galveston Island’s east end.
In November 2006, a public ceremony that included the U. S. Coast Guard color guard dedicated Beacon Square and the lighthouse replica, complete with the restored lighthouse cupola. Subsequent improvements allowed a fundraising engraved brick project to surround the lighthouse with nine oak trees available with naming rights.
The Beacon Square lighthouse now stands as a beautiful focal point at 39th Street and Avenue Q and a landmark for the Galveston College campus.
The college will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the lighting of the beacon on Veterans Day, Nov. 12, with a community celebration and glow party titled “Light Up the Night.” The event will include a veterans’ resource fair, glow party fun and children’s crafts and games, music, food and talks on the history of the lighthouse and beacon.
All events are free and open to the public. A complete schedule follows:
Schedule of Events
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Veterans Community Resource Fair, Mary Moody Northen Center Atrium
2 p.m. – 100th Anniversary of the Lighting of the Beacon and Veterans Day Celebration, Abe and Annie Seibel Wing Lawn
- Veterans Day Wreath Ceremony hosted by Student Veterans Association
- History of Galveston Jetty Lighthouse featuring Kevin Kinney, Archivist, Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg Library
- A Beacon of Light Guiding Lifelong Learning: Galveston College Beacon Square featuring Joe Huff, Director of Public Affairs (Retired), Galveston College
- A display featuring historical information on the Galveston Jetty Lighthouse, Seibel Wing Lobby
3-5 p.m. – Kids’ Zone – Abe and Annie Seibel Wing Lawn
- Games
- Bounce Houses
- Glow-in-the-Dark Crafts with the Artis Crafting Club and Spark Poetry and Writing Club
5-7 p.m. – Light Up the Night Glow Party – Abe and Annie Seibel Wing Lawn
- Music by DJ Roland Martinez
- Refreshments
- Glow Fun
In the event of inclement weather, outdoor events will be moved into the Hermes Fitness Center Gym.
For more information, contact Carol Langston in the Galveston College Public Affairs office at [email protected].
11th Annual Fall Festival is grand success
More than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and members of the community attended the 11th Annual Fall Festival hosted by the Galveston College Student Government Association and the Office of Student Activities Oct. 24 in the Sarah Hermes Fitness Center and Mary Moody Northen Center Atrium at Galveston College.
Under the direction of Cynthia Parra, coordinator of Student Activities, the event featured games, student organization booths, food, fun and information on community resources.
The Food Bank of Galveston County distributed more than 350 bags of food at the event.
Above, students enjoy fun and games at the event. Below, Nikki Montoya, financial aid and veterans affairs assistant, helps out at the Student Veterans Association booth.
For more photo highlights of the 2018 Fall Festival, click here.
Galveston College participates in Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Galveston College students, faculty and staff take part in the Oct. 13 Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Stewart Beach in Galveston.
The event raised $172,903.81 to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Bay Area/Galveston County.
The Galveston College team, under the leadership of team chair Priselda Perez, was recognized as a 2018 Champion Team.
Georgetown University professor to speak on ‘A World on the Move’
Galveston College will present “A World on the Move,” a lecture featuring Georgetown University professor Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Abe and Annie Seibel Foundation Wing at Galveston College, 4015 Avenue Q, Galveston, Texas.
Dr. Ferris is a research professor with the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She is also a non-resident senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution.
Her presentation will feature a global overview of migration and refugees and is part of college’s 2018-19 lecture series, “Our World and Beyond: The Integration of Modern Technology and the Humanities.”
“It is very exciting to have Dr. Ferris to give a lecture at Galveston College about her extensive experience and first-hand knowledge about UN missions around the world,” said Dr. Laimutis Bytautas, chair of the Faculty Professional Development Committee at Galveston College. “This is a unique opportunity for people in our community to learn about humanitarian issues that are of high importance in the world today.”
From January to September 2016, Dr. Ferris served as senior adviser to the UN General Assembly’s Summit for Refugees and Migrants in New York. From 2006 to 2015, she was a senior fellow and co-director of the Brookings-London School of Economics Project on Internal Displacement where she worked to support understanding and protection of internally displaced persons.
Prior to joining Brookings, she spent 20 years working in the field of humanitarian assistance, most recently in Geneva, Switzerland, at the World Council of Churches. She has also served as the director of the Church World Service’s Immigration and Refugee Program, as research director for the Life & Peace Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, and as a Fulbright professor at the Universidad Autónoma de México.
Dr. Ferris’ teaching experience has included positions at Lafayette College, Miami University and Pembroke State University. She has written extensively on refugee, migration and humanitarian issues, including “The Politics of Protection: The Limits of Humanitarian Action” (Brookings Institution Press, 2011) and most recently, “Consequences of Chaos: Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect,” with Kemal Kirsici (Brookings Institution Press, 2016).
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Florida.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Whitecaps Wednesdays fan days set
As part of Whitecaps Wednesday, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to wear Galveston College orange and royal blue in support of the Whitecaps baseball and softball teams every Wednesday during the fall and spring semesters.
Each Wednesday in September, a different Whitecaps Wednesday promotion will be announced.
For more information, email Cynthia Parra at [email protected], call (409) 944-1234 or visit Student Center 110.