Seven Continuing Education students have been performing in the North Park Playwrights Festival this month. Five are acting, one is playwriting and one is directing. Plus one student is playing a featured role in City College’s Bye Bye Birdie.

The students are taking Continuing Education Instructor Holly Ritter’s Nuts and Bolts of Theatre Acting Class as part of the Emeritus Program. The class will host special guest appearances by San Diego Theatre Professionals; former UCSD instructor Mary Corrigan, Ph.D., who is an internationally known voice-diction professional; and Angela Rasbeary, a Casting Director and Outreach Coordinator for the Nationally Acclaimed Equity Regional San Diego Rep theatre.

The Continuing Education Parent Education program hosted the San Diego Association for the Education of Young Children’s Fall Conference at West City Campus on October 17.

More than 160 participants from community colleges throughout the region attended the intergenerational conference, and had an opportunity to visit CE’s newest campus.

Attendees commented on the wonderful facility, the sustainability features and the green landscaping at West City. Toursincluded the new intergenerational center, including the parenting room; the multi-purpose room for the Emeritus Program.

CE and City faculty presented workshops on parent education and early childhood education topics. CE Dean Shimazaki led tours of the campus.

Continuing Education student Chuong Nguyen begins in ESL classes at North City Campus, transfers to Mesa College and earns an AA degree in General Education. Nguyen is now enrolled in the radiology program at Mesa and has received recongition and scholarships to support his effort. Visit this link to read his success story!

Continuing Education instructor, and Conductor of the San Diego Mandolin Orchestra, Jim Trepasso will honor student Gene Vacher on October 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Recital Hall in Balboa Park.

Vacher is getting close to reaching 100 years of age, and is still doing music!

Singers, accompanists, and the conductor for the Continuing Education NOTEables choir volunteered recently in a performance that benefited the work of the NeuroSciences Institute. This was the group’s first experience for this kind of event.

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The Nursing Assistant program received pass rate results from the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) report for student testing.

The report confirms that 80 Continuing Education students completed the written test between April and June 30, 2009. Of the students, 79 were successful in passing the exam, which resulted in an amazing 98% pass rate! This far exceeds the state average, which is 88%.

Continuing Education students actually exceeded statewide averages in all nine content areas of the written test. Congratulations to the students for their tremendous success, and to faculty, classified and administration who encouraged this effort!

Christine Calvano and Lois Rousell submitted artwork for competitions at the San Diego County Fair, and each was recognized!

Both submitted original etchings for the Printmaking Category in the Fine Arts Show at the San Diego County Fair. They created the etchings in the printmaking class at Continuing Education’s West City Campus. Christine received a First Place award, and Lois won Second Placefor her monoprint Intaglio (etching).

Christine also received First and Second Place awards for the jewelry items she submitted in the Precious Metal Clay category–also made during a Continuing Education class.

Congratulations to these students!

Continuing Education students Miyuki Passchier and Jeffrey Stewart submitted ceramic pieces for competition at the San Diego County Fair, and both students received awards!

Miyuki received First and Second Place ribbons, as well as “Best In Class” recognition, for her beautiful ceramic creations. Jeffrey Stewart (not shown) won two Second Place ribbons for the original artwork he created in the Emeritus Program Ceramics Class.