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Smoke Signals 15 AUGUST 1,2012 College Credit Course Offerings at Grand Ronde FALL Term 2012 (Sept. 24-Dec. 8) RD 090 (College Textbook Reading) - CRN 38347 Cost: $270 book(s) Course description: Prepares students to comprehend and apply in formation from college-level textbooks. Encourages active reading by teaching students how to ask and look for answers to questions about author's purposes and strategies. Includes application of active reading skills to specific academic disciplines and career fields. Prerequisite: Placement into RD090; or RD080 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor. Credits: 3 Class daytime: Tuesday and Thursday from 7-8:20 p.m. First class meets: Sept. 25 Location: CTGR Adult Education Building Classroom 126 WRITING 090 (Fundamentals of Writing) - CRN 38348 Cost: $360 book(s) Course Description: Focuses on writing essentials that build confidence in writing for a variety of academic purposes. Emphasizes skills necessary to produce thesis-driven essays. Reinforces grammar and sentence-level editing skills in the context of paragraphs and short essays. Covers criti cal reading of college-level texts. Prerequisite: Placement into WR090; or WR049 or WR080, either with grade of C or better; or consent of instruc tor. Credits: 4 Class DayTime: Tuesday and Thursday from 5-6:50 p.m. First class meets: Sept. 25 Location: CTGR Adult Education Building Classroom 126 To sign upregister for the class, go to www.chemeketa.edu - New Students: Click on the Quick Links tab, then click on Admission and complete the Chemeketa Admission Application. You will then be e mailed a user name and password for your My Chemeketa Account. Then follow the Continuing Student instructions for registering. Con tinuing Students: Go to my.chemeketa.edu and type in your user name and password. Then from the shortcuts menu, select AddDrop classes and select Fall Term. Enter the CRN provided above for the class(es) you wish to add. Remember to print out your class schedule when you are finished registering. To search for other Chemeketa classes being offered outside of Grand Ronde including online classes, go to www.chemeketa.edu - Select the Classes tab at the top of the Web page and then click on Fall Class ScheduleHighlights. ,-v. For assistance, contact the Chemeketa Yamhill Valley Campus at 503-472-9482. Eligible CTGR Tribal Members can access the Tribe's Part-Time Col lege Program to pay for the class. Contact 503-879-4591 to access this program. Chinuk Immersion Program has a Facebook page! www.facebook.compagesCTGR-Elementary-Chinuk-Immer-sion-Program39942 1 776760868 urn HbamamMam mMM iMhiii atu rioiiaiaiiwH bin ami wiidioul iJ mm Chemeketa Community College at Grand Ronde What: Walk In Advising and Registration Assistance for Fall Term 2012 classes. ' Help with degree program planning. Help with registering for classes. Help with questions regarding Chemeketa. Who: Chemeketa students (future or current) When: Noon-2 p.m, Aug. 21 Where: Adult Education Building, Classroom 124 Please RSVP to 503-879-2275 so we can get a head count on who is coming. LIBRARY HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (closed Monday - Friday: noon - 1 p.m.) Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Library Statistics for June 2012 New Cards Issued: 7 Library Visits: 657 Circulations: 829 Donations: 286 Computer use Sign-in: 223 Days of Service: 21.5 Tribal Library Summer Programs: Reading Incentive and Theme activity sessions ended July 31. Participation information and drawing winners will be posted in the Aug. 15 issue of Smoke Signals. Donations: We appreciate the following people for their contribu tions to the library collection during this reporting period: Louise Medeiros, John and Shelly Staubes, Ronee Gomez-Soderberg, Ted Guardiola, Sharon and Steve Freund, Gretchen Stryker, Elaine Lane, Wesley Robinson, Fay Smith, Kristi Mikkelsen, Bill Morton, Bill Sim mons, University of Chichester students from the United Kingdom, Sheila McDonald, Willamina Library-Melissa Hansen, Khani Schultz, Anne Scheck, Gladys Hobbs, Raymond Duran, James Nelson, Volker Mell, Connie Holmes and Karley Wilson. Donated items have been cataloged and are shelved for circulation. Thank you everyone for some great additions to the collection. New Items to the Collection Children and Young Adult: More than 100 new books have been added to these collections the past month. Many are related to the Summer Theme "Dream Big." Some titles are about stars and planets and more like: "The Planet Hunter, " "Many Faces of the Moon, " "Who is Neil Armstrong, " "How to Catch a Falling Star" as well as books about people with "big aspirations" like the "Thirteen Who Dared-Women in Space," "Sports Stars," "Olympic Stars" and "Chevrolet's Corvettes." Other theme items includes titles about nocturnal animals: "Can You Tell the Difference Between a Coyote and a Wolf," "100 Things You Should Know about Nocturnal Animals" and "Bat Scientists. " Many other titles have been added to the adult fiction and non- fic tion, Native American and DVD collections as well. New CCRLS service Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service and the Grand Ronde Tribal Library will partner in a new project to provide ac cess to CCRLS material through the Grand Ronde Tribal Library. Patrons will need to have a basic or full service library card from a member library in CCRLS. With this card they can request material from any CCRLS library to be sent for pick up at the Grand Ronde Tribal Library. When finished with, the material can be returned to Grand Ronde. The Tribal Library is not becoming a member of CCRLS, and the circulation rules of the CCRLS library will apply. The service will be available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 6 p.m. Nearby CCRLS libraries are in Willamina, Sheridan, Dallas, McMinnville and Salem. 1 -Cy1K3 W A
