“Make it Legal (We’re not Talking About Marijuana) 515 Ways to Achieve Equality for Same-Sex Couples” will be presented by Project 515 on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 12-2 p.m. This presentation will include a brief history of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender movement nationally, and locally. Discussion will also take place regarding the importance of creating equality for all in marriage, raising children, and other inequities many same sex couples face in Minnesota and nationwide.
The next Diversity-sponsored event will be “We Work the Same Jobs, Same Hours, and We Receive Different Pay?” on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 1-3 p.m. This will be presented by Minnesota Constitutional Amendment Equality (MN-CAFÉ
While America has seen great progress in the efforts towards women equality, the country has yet to resolve the issue of equal pay on the dollar.
Four new nursing faculty started teaching at ARCC this fall. Kathleen Johnson and Leda Holder will be replacing Char Foss and Sandy Robins (they retired) on the CR campus, and Jennifer Tucker and Mary Baumgartner will be joining the Cambridge Campus. Kathleen is a women’s care nurse practitioner with her Masters in Nursing from Drexel University. Leda, has worked for the nursing department on a part-time basis. Leda received her masters in nursing from Metro State University and is a family nurse practitioner. ennifer Tucker will be working with the third semester students completing, maternal/newborn, pediatrics and mental health. Jennifer received her Master of Arts, nurse educator from St. Catherine’s University. Mary Baumgartner, has 12 plus years of acute care nursing experience and recently completed her master’s in nursing from Walden University.
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Foundation has received an $800,000 grant to encourage former students to re-enroll and complete their two- or four-year degrees as part of a new program to raise college completion rates in Minnesota.
The music department on the Cambridge Campus is planning an open house on Tuesday, Oct. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in E244. EVERYONE is invited! The Choir and the Guitar Ensemble will be performing; information on classes and activities will be available; the brand new piano lab will be available to try out; and munchies and door prizes will be available to everyone!
Mai Shoua Khang is the new TRIO Upward Bound Advisor. She will handle student case loads at North Branch and Cambridge-Isanti High Schools. Leah Lenneman continues to manage student case loads at Princeton and Cambridge-Isanti High Schools.
Mai Shoua has a B.A. in psychology and a M.S. in school counseling from UW – Stout. She recently completed counseling internships at Wellstone International High School in Minneapolis and Ramsey Junior High School in St. Paul. Prior to that she worked in Multicultural Student Services at UW-Stout.