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Assistive Vision Now the Foothill Photo Gallery

Foothill's adjunct photography faculty members are featured in Assistive Vision, the current exhibit in the college’s Photography & Digital Imaging Gallery (Building 6100). Now through April 11, Eugene Louie, Jenny Vosacek, Julia Bradshaw and Lesley Louden are showing a diverse body of work utilizing traditional and digital imaging, along with work created utilizing a blended workflow. Admission is free.

Foothill Authors Series for Students & Book Lovers

As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Foothill College is hosting a series of guest readings and book signings by best-selling authors. Admission to these events is free and the public is invited to attend. All books featured in the series are available for purchase at a 20-percent discount in the Foothill College Bookstore.

Developed by avowed bibliophile and new Foothill College President Judy C. Miner, the Foothill College Authors Series features a variety of writers, including Michelle Gagnon, author of The Tunnels, on April 10 at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Student Lounge; Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi and the upcoming Laughing Without an Accent, on April 24 at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Student Lounge; T. C. Boyle, author of The Tortilla Curtain, Tooth and Claw, The Inner Circle and many others, on May 14 at 3 p.m. in Appreciation Hall (Room 1501); Julia Flynn Siler, author of The House of Mondavi, on May 29 at 3 p.m.; and Kemble Scott, author of SoMa, on June 9 at 3 p.m.

The presentation by T. C. Boyle is part of Foothill's One Book, One College, One Community Initiative to encourage students, faculty, staff and community members to read the same book and participate in discussions and events related to the work. For more information, call (650) 949-7408, e-mail caseymia@foothill.edu or access http://preznet.fhda.edu/fas.html.

Foothill College Debuts Business Plan Competition

If you see yourself in a leadership role, excel in collaborative situations, have a unique business idea or want to get hands-on experience as a rainmaker in the Silicon Valley business community, Foothill wants you to compete in its debut Business Plan Competition. With scholarships up to $1,000 per category, awards will be presented to out-of-the-box competitors from retail, art, science and service industries as well as non-profit groups. Individuals and teams of up to four members are invited to participate in the contest. To participate in the contest, you must attend the information workshop either Friday, April 11, at noon in Room 3015 or Friday, April 18, at noon in Room 3015 at Foothill College. The workshop will give you the opportunity to review competition guidelines with Foothill Business Instructor Glenn Violett. Admission is free; parking is $2

Annual Student-Directed One-Act Play Festival

Students enrolled in the Foothill Theatre Conservatory Program will present I Only Have Ives for You, six one-act vignettes by David Ives, April 11-20 in the new Lohman Theatre at Foothill College. Evening performances are April 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. A matinee is set for Sunday, April 20, at 2 p.m.

The Foothill Theatre Conservatory is an intensive theatre-training program for serious students of college-age and older. "The one-act festival is annual tradition at Foothill College," says Foothill Theatre Arts Instructor Janis Bergmann. "It's the perfect vehicle for the theatre student who is learning the rigors and demands of producing for an audience. Each of the show's acts provides challenging, well-rounded roles for the student-actors as well as complete, well-structured plays for student-directors."

Tickets are $14, general; and $12, student/senior. Rush tickets for Foothill students with an OwlCard are $7 and are sold 10 minutes before the performance begins. Purchase tickets in advance by calling (650) 949-7360, order tickets online, or buy tickets at the door. Parking Lot 8 provides stair and no-stair access to the theatre. Visitors must purchase the required parking permit for $2.

Register Now for Honors Research Symposium at Stanford University

Foothill Honors Institute students and faculty are invited to attend the Honors Research Symposium at Stanford University Friday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event is designed for honors students and instructors from throughout Northern California and will include guest presentations, complimentary lunch, Stanford campus tour, and a workshop on effective techniques for applying to highly selective universities. Space is limited and advance registration is required. To register, access http://admissions.stanford.edu/hrs. For more information about the event or Foothill’s Honors Institute, call (650) 949-7638 or e-mail honors@foothill.edu.

Exploring The Tortilla Curtain Exhibit, Artist Reception & Open Mic Multimedia Event

Foothill College will host an artists reception and multimedia open mic event in conjunction with the Exploring The Tortilla Curtain gallery exhibit at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College. The reception is Friday, April 18, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The multimedia open mic event is Friday, April 18, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. The gallery exhibit runs April 7 through May 15. Admission for all events is free. Visitors must purchase a required parking permit for $2. Parking Lot 4 provides easy access to the KCI.

Addressing themes of race, class conflict, immigration and environment, this event will bring together visual and performing artists in traditional and new media to explore concepts developed in The Tortilla Curtain, the award-winning book by T. C. Boyle.

In January 2008, Foothill printmakers began production on The Tortilla Curtain Project, a series of collaborative mixed-media prints influenced by Boyle’s book, which addresses themes of race, class conflict, immigration, and environmental destruction set in the desolate expanses of Southern California suburbs.

Limited-edition fine art prints will be on exhibit at the KCI gallery from April 7 through May 15. An exhibition catalog will also be produced. The Foothill printmakers are a group of students, artists and cultural activists pursuing advanced study in the print arts, including screenprinting, etching and intaglio, relief, lithography, monoprinting, letterpress and digital printing. Foothill offers these courses through its popular Graphic & Interactive Design Department. Foothill faculty involved in the project include Kent Manske, Cindy Lee and Jose Arenas. Artists include Jose Arenas, Sheila Baptist, Becky Barber, Matt Brown, Daniela Barnea, John Betts, Lyn Bishop, Pati Bristow, Diane Cassidy, Sandra Delman, Myrna Ehrlich, Dorit Elisha, Ingrid Hung, Yukari Lassange, Cindy Lee, Frances Lloyd-Baynes, Mary Luke, Janet Malan, Kent Manske, Robert Perry, Gene Torchia, Tom Wacha and Nanette Wylde. For additional information, call (650) 949-7409 o r access www.foothill.edu/print_arts/tortilla_curtain_project/.

Sign-ups for the open mic portion of the event begin at 6:30 p.m. and are first come, first served. Performances are allotted five minutes, must be appropriate for a general audience and address themes developed in The Tortilla Curtain. Mac and PC platforms and plasma screens are available for multimedia content. Bilingual or Spanish presentations are also encouraged. For open mic information, call or e-mail Foothill’s Technology Training Specialist Tahiya Marome, (650) 949-7140.

A Day on the Hill—A High School Senior Conference—Is April 30

High school seniors are invited to attend Foothill’s Day on the Hill, a free one-day conference designed especially for seniors Wednesday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Foothill College. The event begins at 9 a.m. in the college’s Smithwick Theatre. Students from public, private, religious and home schools are invited to attend. Parking is free in Lot 1 only.

In addition to complimentary lunch, raffle prizes, guest speakers and information sessions, Foothill’s Day on the Hill is your opportunity to meet faculty, talk with fellow students, learn more about career programs, find out about university-transfer options and much more. You’ll also hear brief profiles about the many comprehensive, on-campus programs and services available to Foothill students, including our admissions and registration process, learning styles, career exploration, financial aid and scholarships, athletics program, Disability Resource Center, Extended Opportunity Program & Services (EOPS) orientation and many more.

You must register by April 23 to attend the conference. Conference registration is free. Click here to register for the conference. For more information, call (650) 949-7100, e-mail foothilloutreach@foothill.edu, or visit the Foothill College Outreach Office (Room 8103).

Requests for special accommodations should be submitted by April 23 to the Foothill College Disability Resource Center (DRC). Contact the DRC at (650) 949-7017, voice; 948-6025, TDD; or e-mail Foothill Disability Access & Compliance Supervisor Margo Dobbins.

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series Profiles Allen Telescope Array

As part of the ninth annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, SETI Astronomer Jill Tarter will present The Allen Telescope Array: The Newest Pitchfork for Exploring the Cosmic Haystack, an illustrated, non-technical lecture, Wednesday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in the Smithwick Theatre. Admission is free and the public is invited. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to locate parking.

Digital technologies are making possible huge improvements in our search systems. The Allen Telescope Array, being constructed in Northern California as a partnership between the SETI Institute and University of California Berkeley Radio Astronomy Lab, will be the most powerful tool for finding SETI signals ever built. It’s an innovative radio telescope assembled from a large number of small dishes, using consumer off-the-shelf technologies whenever possible to minimize costs. In the next decade, this new 'pitchfork' will enable exploration of up to 10,000 times more of the cosmic haystack than was searched in the previous decade.

Dr. Tarter is director of the Center for SETI Research, and the leader of the main project looking for radio signals from alien civilizations (she was the model for the character Jodi Foster played in the film, Contact.) She will update us on the latest tools and plans in the SETI quest. She holds the Bernard Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute and is one of the best-known astronomers in the world. Although she is best known for her SETI work, she also coined the term "brown dwarf" for an object that just misses being a star. In 2004, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The free lecture series is sponsored by the Foothill College Astronomy Program, NASA Ames Research Center, SETI Institute and Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Past lectures from the series are available online in MP3-format at www.astrosociety.org/education/podcast/index.html.

Visitors must purchase a campus parking permit for $2. Parking lots 1, 7 and 8 provide stair and no-stair access to the theatre. For more information, access www.foothill.edu/ast or call (650) 949-7888.

Free On-Campus Psychological Services & Personal Counseling

Currently enrolled Foothill students have access to free, confidential and professional psychological services and personal counseling. Professional counselors are available to assist students with a range of concerns, including academic pressure, stress, anxiety, cultural adjustment, substance use and abuse, isolation and loneliness, sexuality, depression, thoughts of suicide, death or loss, conflict or separation with family, relationship violence and other topics. Schedule an appointment by calling (650) 949-7910 or visit the office, which is located in Campus Center Room 2120. The office is open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the academic year. Learn more about Foothill’s psychological services and personal counseling.

Deadline to Petition for Spring Quarter Graduation

If you intend to graduate at the conclusion of Spring Quarter and want your name included in the printed commencement program, you must meet with a Foothill counselor and submit the required petition form by May 1. To schedule a petition consultation with a Foothill counselor, call (650) 949-7423.

Foothill College Plant Sale

The Foothill College Environmental Horticulture & Design Program will hold its springtime inventory sale Saturday and Sunday, May 3—4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the college's new horticulture facilities adjacent to Lot 8 at Foothill College. Admission is free; parking is $2. Items for sale are first come, first served, and include bamboo, succulents, cacti, grasses, tropicals, orchids, ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, perennials and more. Prices range from $1.50 to $35. Payment must be cash or check. Credit cars are not accepted. Shoppers should bring bags or boxes to transport purchases. Sale proceeds are tax-deductible and benefit Foothill's Environmental Horticulture & Design Program. For more information, call (650) 949-7427.

One Book, One College, One Community

Participate in Foothill’s One Book, One College, One Community initiative. The project’s goal is to encourage students, faculty, staff and community members to read the same book and participate in discussions and events related to the work. Here’s how you can participate:

Get the book. You can either check out The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle from the Foothill College Library Reserve Desk or purchase your own copy. The Foothill Bookstore sells the book at a 20-percent discount;
Read the book. Between now and May, read The Tortilla Curtain;
Discuss the book. Attend a presentation by author T.C. Boyle Wednesday, May 14, at 3 p.m. in Room 1501.

For more information, call or e-mail Librarian Mary Thomas, (650) 949-7522.

Foothill Students Featured at Modernbook Gallery

Works by Foothill photography students Cathy Cakebread, Oliver Klink, Patricia McClung and Vivian Tsung are featured in the 18@Modern Show, an exhibition that represents the reason photography is becoming an increasingly influential art form in the 21st century hosted by the Modernbook Gallery in Palo Alto. The show runs through April 3. Learn more at modernbook.com.

Faculty & Students Featured in PhotoCentral Exhibit

Photography Lab Manager Rick Knepp and Fine Arts & Communication Division Interim Dean Kate Jordahl are among the artists in the 25th Anniversary Spring Show at PhotoCentral, an eclectic group show that also features works by Foothill photography students Curtis Finger, Oliver Klink, Gustav Larsson, Magi Raeder, Mieko Tamura, Hiroshi Tamura, Art Tyree and Barbara Zaslow. The exhibit runs through April 12 at the Hayward gallery.