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Between The Lines

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Between the Lines, a literary magazine sponsored by the English faculty of South Arkansas Community College, provides a showcase for creative writers, ages eighteen and older, who live in the college’s service area, which includes Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, and Union Counties in Arkansas as well as Union, Claiborne, and Webster Parishes in Louisiana. Submissions are also accepted from writers younger than 18 if they are full-time students at SouthArk. The college publishes the magazine each fall and welcomes submissions of original poetry, short fiction, and essays from January through early October each year. The editors seek high quality material and invite creative writers—both published and unpublished—to treat the magazine as an outlet for their best poetry and prose.

Writers’ Guidelines
Because we target a general audience, we are looking for well-written, mainstream poetry or prose manuscripts that avoid extremes in subject matter and language. We welcome personal essays that explore everyday subjects and issues, short fiction that vividly delivers a slice of life in a memorable style, and poems that evoke powerful images without sentimentalism and predictability.

Fiction and essays should be no longer than 3,000 words, and poems should not exceed 50 lines. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable; previously published works are not. We acquire First North American Serial Rights; all other rights revert to the author upon publication. The editor will respond to all submissions within two weeks after the deadline. Published authors will receive three copies of the issue in which their work appears.
Copies of the 2013 volume are available at the college bookstore at 311 South West Avenue on the first floor of the El Dorado Conference Center for $5.00 each as well as by mail for an additional $2.00 each for postage and handling. Mail order requests should be addressed to Scott Larkin.
Check should be written to South Arkansas Community College.

Submission Requirements
All submissions should be typed and double-spaced, with the author’s name, address, and telephone number on the first page. However, the author’s name should not appear on subsequent pages. The approximate number of words should also appear on the first page of short story and essay manuscripts. In a cover letter, please include a brief biographical sketch that may be used if your submission is published as well as a short list of previously published works, if applicable. Writers must be legal residents of one of the specified counties or parishes at the time of submission and publication. All manuscripts must be in digital form, either on a disk or a flash drive or as e-mail attachments. This will keep the staff from having to re-type manuscripts for the printer. If you submit your work by e-mail, type “Between the Lines” in the subject box so that your message will not be deleted as spam.
If you submit your work by regular mail, be sure to include a stamped, addressed envelope for a letter of acceptance or rejection. If you wish to have a rejected manuscript returned, the return envelope must have the required amount of postage. Manuscripts received without a stamped, addressed envelope will not be acknowledged. The deadline for the next issue is October 3, 2014.

Address submissions to

slarkin(AT)southark.edu

or to Scott Larkin, Editor

Between the Lines Literary Magazine

South Arkansas Community College

P.O. Box 7010

El Dorado, AR 71731-7010

 

Camp Lotsafun

 

Program

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SouthArk offers an all day summer day camp for children each year. The schedule and registration forms will be posted each spring no later than the end of April.

We are offering two sets of classes for children who are 6 to 8 and 9 to12 years old. Students can register for full day or half day classes, but must attend all week and may register for one or more weeks. Each class will meet Monday through Friday. Cost is $89 for a full day (all week) or $49 for a half day (all week).

Classes fill on a first come, first served basis and class sizes are limited. See attached schedule for class descriptions, dates, and times.  Your child’s class confirmation will include a schedule with room numbers. We encourage all parents and children to become familiar with the location of classes before they begin. Classes will be held at SouthArk’s Center for Workforce Development, 3698 East Main Road, El Dorado. Tours of the building are available upon request and you may call (870) 864-7192 to schedule a building tour.

Drop Off and Pick UP

Students need to attend the full week of camp and be on time. Absences may cause the students to fall behind or be unable to fully participate in class. The camp day begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. Students must not arrive earlier than 7:30 a.m. Authorized individuals 18 years or older must sign the child in and out at the office, if the child leaves and returns during camp hours. Children will not be released to anyone not on the Check-Out Authorization List. If arriving after 8:00 a.m., please check in at the office with your child before reporting to class.

FOOD FROM HOME AND CANDY MACHINE USE

Lunch is from 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Students need to bring a lunch with them if they will stay past 12:00 p.m.  Lunches need to be ready-to-eat. It is recommended that lunches and snacks brought from home be nutritious and nonperishable and packed in a soft cooler/lunch bag with an ice pack. We encourage your child to bring a snack and/or drink to be eaten during break. Please label food container with the date and child’s name. We ask that parents take home unused portions of open food at the end of the day or it will be thrown away. Parents will be notified to bring in lunch in the event a child does not have one. Microwave & Vending Machine use is not available for campers.

PICKING UP YOUR CHILD
Students attending a half-day must be picked up promptly at 12:00 p.m. Students attending a half day who wish to eat lunch with other campers must bring a lunch and be picked up no later than 12:30 p.m. The camp ends at 4:30 p.m.;  however, for the convenience of working parents, a teacher will be here from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. only to conduct activities until the child is picked up.  
LATE PICKUP

If a parent or authorized person is late in picking the child up, a late fee of $10 plus $10 for each half hour past 5:30 p.m. will be charged. If a child is consistently picked up late, the child may be dismissed from the program. Children become upset when parents are not on time. Please call the office, if you know you will be late.

Registration, Payments and Refunds

Students may be registered one of the following ways:

A.) In Person by 4:00 p.m.: You may register in our office (Center for Workforce Development, 3698 E. Main Road.) It will save time, if you have the registration form already filled out. You must pay with a check, money order, credit card, or have exact change.

B.) By Fax by 4:00 p.m. : Complete the registration form and fax it to 870-864-8495 and either deliver the payment to office (Center for Workforce Development, 3698 E. Main Road) by 4:00 p.m. or call 870-864-7192 to pay with a credit or debit card.

C.) By E-mail by 4:00 p.m. : Complete the registration form and e-mail it to ce (at) southark.edu and either deliver the payment to office (Center for Workforce Development, 3698 E. Main Road) by 4:00 p.m. or call 870-864-7192 by 4:00 p.m. to pay with a credit or debit card.

The registration form may also be found by going to www.southark.edu. Click on the Business & Community Link then click on Camp Lotsafun. A separate registration form for each student must be submitted. Deadline for registration is seven days prior to first class meeting each week.

Students registering late will be charged $100, if planning to attend a full day or $60, if planning to attend a half day.  Late registration is subject to space availability, so you must first call our office.  A minimum number of registrants are required for each week of camp to be held. You must register by the registration deadline to assure that your registration is counted towards the required class minimum. No refunds will be given for camper cancellations unless someone from the waiting list can be substituted. Parents may also make their own substitution arrangements in the event that their child is not able to attend. Refunds will be made if SouthArk cancels due to lack of registrations.

Transfers will be considered on a case by case basis. You must actually speak to an office staff member, before your transfer request will be honored; voicemail message requests will not be sufficient. There are no refunds for missed days due to changed work or vacation schedules, sick days, or other non-emergency reasons. South Arkansas Community College reserves the right to substitute classes/activities in the event of unforeseen circumstances.

 

College Night

 

The college night event offers students and their parents an opportunity to gather as much information as possible about college options. A college fair features a wide variety of college representatives who have traveled to one site in a region to meet students and their families. Our annual college night is held in October and we usually have at least 25 representatives in attendance.

High school students (especially juniors and seniors) should attend so that they can meet college representatives face to face, gain exposure to SouthArk as well as other institutions, and ask questions about financial aid. In doing so, students will be able to pick up brochures from various colleges and receive answers to individual questions from college representatives directly.

A financial aid seminar usually precedes the college fair to give students and parents useful information on how to pay for college and give information on financial aid opportunities.

 

Lecture Series

 

In 2005, Dr. Alan Rasco, former president of South Arkansas Community College, proposed organizing what has come to be called the SouthArk Lecture Series as an educational program designed to bring to the campus and community remarkable resource people. The idea is based on the theory that actually hearing and meeting an artist, novelist, scientist, historian, actor, or politician whose work one has admired or studied in class raises the learning experience to a higher plane and makes education more powerful and more memorable. The lecture series also clearly supports the college’s mission to “promote excellence in service, teaching, and learning and to provide lifelong educational opportunities.”

The following year, a committee was formed and the first three lecturers were booked for the 2006-07 academic year. The first speaker was Dr. James “Red” Duke, the pioneer trauma surgeon from Houston, who gave a humorous overview of the last 50 years in medicine. This event was co-sponsored with the Medical Center of South Arkansas. The second speaker was Dr. Jonathan Adelman, a professor of international affairs at the University of Denver and Condolezza Rice’s dissertation advisor, who discussed the causes and effects of Middle Eastern terrorism. The third and last speech in the first annual lecture series came from Pamela Smith, a reporter and weekend news anchor for Channel 7 News in Little Rock. Her topic was “Remarkable Stories from a Reporter’s Notebook.”

The 2007-08 lecture series began on September 13 when Ted Kooser, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author from Nebraska and the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004-06, spoke on the topic “Out of the Ordinary: A Poetry Reading with Comments.” On November 1, the second event featured the first African-American astronaut, Dr. Guion “Guy” Bluford, Jr., whose topic was “Flying Aboard the International Space Station” and was accompanied by a multi-media presentation. The El Dorado Public Schools co-sponsored Dr. Bluford’s lecture. The third and last speaker was Maria Luisa M. Haley, the Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, who spoke on the topic of “Globalization and the Future of Arkansas” on April 24.

The 2008-09 lecture series began on September 18 when Tyrone Flowers, an attorney and youth activist from Kansas City, Missouri, gave a motivational speech on “Turning Your Obstacles into Opportunities.”   On October 16, Janine Turner, a well known actor and author of Holding Her Head High, spoke about her “Life in the Limelight,” and on February 12, Dr. David Miln Smith, an adventure athlete and author, spoke on “Quality of Life, Quantity of Years.”

The 2009-10 season began on September 17 when Charlaine Harris, a New York Times best-selling author whose Sookie Stackhouse vampire novels form the basis for the HBO True Blood series, presented, “A Southern Novelist Discusses Her Creative Process.” On November 5, Fredricka Whitfield, a CNN correspondent and news anchor, spoke on the topic “From the Newsroom.”  The season concluded on February 11 when Bill Strickland, the founder of an extraordinary jobs training center and community arts program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, spoke on the topic “The Art of Leadership and the Business of Social Change.”

The 2010-11 season began on October 28 when Ron Clark, an award-winning educator and author from Georgia, spoke to a group of public school teachers that afternoon on how to engage students in active learning and to a group of college and community people on “The Ron Clark Story” that evening. This lecture was co-sponsored by the El Dorado Public Schools. The series continued on February 3 with a lecture from Ann Cooper, a professional chef from Colorado who campaigns for healthy lunches for the nation’s children. Her speech topic was “Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children.” The fifth annual series concluded on March 3 when humorist Jeanne Robertson from North Carolina spoke to a record-breaking crowd of 715 on the topic “Humor: More than a Laughing Matter,” the first of the lectures to be held in the El Dorado Conference Center.

The 2011-12 season began on September 29 with Warren Brown, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney-turned baker and founder of the CakeLove chain of bakeries, talked about entrepreneurship and following one’s passion in life. This lecture attracted 292 people. On February 15, Tom Sullivan—a well-known actor, singer, author, athlete, composer, and producer—talked about growing up blind in a lecture named after his most recent book, “Adventures in Darkness.” An audience of 130 enjoyed his singing, piano playing, and entertaining narrative of how he has overcome a variety of obstacles. On April 12, Collins Tuohy spoke on “Behind The Blind Side: Overcoming Obstacles in the Face of Adversity,” the story of how her family adopted an indigent black teenager from the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, and provided a nurturing environment in which he could become the subject of the book and movie The Blind Side and a professional football player for the Ravens. An audience of 306 attended this event, many of whom came early to participate in Ladies Night Out, a women’s health exhibition sponsored by the Medical Center of South Arkansas, the college’s co-sponsor for the Tuohy lecture.

The 2012-13 season began on July 25 when Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour, the first female African-American combat pilot, spoke on the topic “Zero to Breakthrough: How a Breakthrough Mentality Creates Breakthrough Results.” An audience of about 190 attended this lecture. On February 7, Fabien Cousteau, grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, spoke on “The Great Ocean Adventure” to an audience of about 250. The season wrapped up on April 11 when Elizabeth Smart gave a harrowing account of her kidnapping and subsequent nine-month abduction for an audience of about 320.

The 2013-14 season began on November 21 with Jerry “The Beaver” Mathers, who spoke on the topic “The Golden Age of Television and Media Trends Today.” Approximately 260 people attended. The season ended on April 17 when Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, spoke to an audience of about 240 on the topic of “Regaining Balance.”

The Speaker Selection Process

During the year, members of the SouthArk Lecture Series Committee—made up of faculty, staff, and administrators—accept suggestions for speakers from faculty, staff, students, community members, and agents. Early in the calendar year, they meet to review the list and to recommend five to seven names, usually rank ordered, to the president for the coming academic year. Among other considerations, the committee uses the following criteria to help them select the speakers: educational value, level of expertise, variety of topic, ethnic diversity, potential audience appeal, effect on the college’s reputation, and affordability. Each speaker must also be a good role model for SouthArk students. Once the committee has made its recommendations, the president selects two or three names from the list or substitutes his or her own preferences. When the president has presented this short list of names to the committee chair, the chair begins contacting agents and booking the speakers. If the fees and other expenses of these speakers exceed the budget, the committee chair may work with the president to enlist co-sponsors for specific speakers, organize fund-raising events in order to stay within the budget, and/or substitute more affordable speakers.   When the final speakers are selected and the contracts are negotiated and signed, the speaking dates are announced and the new lecture series promoted in the college’s service area.

 

Noon Symposium

 

Noon Symposium occurs monthly in Room 121 of the SouthArk Center for Workforce Development, 3698 E. Main.  Noon Symposia are free and open to the public.  Program begins at Noon

Bring your lunch and enjoy this special presentation. Drinks & desserts furnished by SouthArk.  Call 870.864.7192 or e-mail ce(AT)southark.edu for more information.

 

Senior Day

 

Senior day is an opportunity for you to come to SouthArk and experience college life.  We will discuss with you how to get enrolled in the college, how to get the money that you need to attend college and explain everything you want to know about college.  You will get to meet people from the area who are attending SouthArk in the fall, meet new friends and actually attend a class in which you have some interest. This is the opportunity that you have been waiting for so don’t let it pass you by!

 

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G.L.A.M.S.

 

Area eighth-grade girls have an opportunity to take part in the GLAMS: Girls Learning About Math and Science conference each spring at South Arkansas Community College.

GLAMS’ hands-on workshops and breakout sessions in science, technology, engineering and math fields are designed provide participants with fun ways to learn practical information. The conference will be free to qualifying students, who also will receive a light breakfast, snacks and lunch, as well as T-shirts and other take-home items.

The intent of the program is to “introduce female students to successful area women working in math, science and technology-related fields; and to provide these girls with real-life examples of achievement in such careers,” according to project co-chair Alice Mahony, who is a member of the Arkansas Department of Education Board.

While women make up 46 percent of America’s workforce, only 22 percent of scientists and engineers are female, Mahony said. The hope is that GLAMS will inspire eighth graders to carefully consider future courses and careers before high school as they become more familiar with science- and math-based professions.

Nearly 200 eighth-grade girls from eight different schools attended the GLAMS conference last year at SouthArk, which had more than 20 session speakers ranging from a veterinarian to a product researcher to an environmental engineer.

Written feedback received from the participants indicated that the project’s aim did indeed find its mark. Among many other favorable reviews, students wrote:

  • “What I liked the most was that I got to meet different people and work together like best friends.”
  • “All the breakout sessions were amazing and very informative.”
  • “Gives us a chance to show how we can succeed.”
  • “Awesome, would love to come again.”

GLAMS is a joint venture of the El Dorado Education Foundation and SouthArk, with financial and volunteer support from area businesses, organizations and individuals.

For more information contact Dr. Stephanie Tully-Dartez at (870) 864-8413 or stully-dartez(AT)southark.edu.

  

 

Senior Day

 

Senior day is an opportunity for you to come to SouthArk and experience college life.

We will discuss with you how to get enrolled in the college, how to get the money that you need to attend college and explain everything you want to know about college.

You will get to meet people from the area who are attending SouthArk in the fall, meet new friends and actually attend a class in which you have some interest. This is the opportunity that you have been waiting for so don’t let it pass you by!

 

Choral Concerts

 

South Arkansas Community College’s Choral Society presents beautiful choral works under the direction of SouthArk music instructor Victoria Harden. SouthArk students, faculty, staff and community members make up the SouthArk Choral Society.  Ms. Harden has been on staff at SouthArk since 1991 and has directed major oratorios, judged contests, conducted master classes and performed as a soloist with the South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. In New York, Harden performed at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in the professional choir.  As an organist, she has performed recitals throughout the country.  She hold two master’s degrees from the University of Memphis and has completed post graduate work at Columbia Teachers College in New York.

For more information on upcoming concerts, contact Ms. Harden in at 870.864.7176 or vharden(AT)southark.edu.

Winter Concert, 2011

Winter Concert, 2010 – Madrigal Feaste

Spring Concert, 2010 – Pirates of Penzance

Winter Concert, 2009 – Readings and Carols

Spring Concert, 2009 – Elijah

 

Evening With The Stars

 

“Evening With The Stars” honors “Friends of the College” and recognizes the accomplishments of “Distinguished Alumni”.  Please join us in honoring these distinguished members of our community at each year’s event. 

“An Evening With The Stars” – 2012

Saturday, April 28, 2012
6:30 p.m.
El Dorado Conference Center
El Dorado, Arkansas

6:30 p.m. – Cocktails and Dinner – Music by Greg Oden and Friends

7:30 p.m. – Presentation of Honorees

8:00 p.m. – Live Auction

8:30 p.m. – Dance – Music by Keith Owens “Party Machine”

For more info, contact Cynthia Reyna at 870.864.7130 or creyna(AT)southark.edu.

2012 Honorees
 Honorees for 2012 are:  Jane and D.R. James, “Friend of the College”, Patty Cardin and Sheriff Mike McGough, “Distinguished Alumni”.

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Patty Cardin

Sheriff Mike McGough

Friend of the College

 Distinguished Alumna

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College Goal Sunday

 

What is College Goal Sunday?
College Goal Sunday is a free program to help you and/or your family/friends fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is your financial aid application for college.

On Sunday March 10, beginning at 2:00 p.m., financial aid volunteers will be available HERE at South Arkansas Community College to help you with your financial aid application, with completing the online process and to make sure you get the help you need to apply for financial aid for ANY college. 

If interested, volunteers will assist you in applying for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship and other state aid through the ADHE website &/or for SouthArk Scholarships through the Scholarships at SouthArk online application. If you will attend College Goal Sunday, you will get free help with your financial aid application, and walk away from the event knowing you tackled one of the most difficult steps in getting ready for college. We hope you will make plans to attend this important program to help you get ready to go to college.

Why attend?
If you are even thinking about education beyond high school, you will most likely need financial help. College Goal Sunday is the perfect place to get the help you will need to complete your financial aid application.

Why Should I care?
Going to college is your chance to get ahead and get going. All sorts of opportunities will open for you when you decide to continue your education.

What Should I bring?
• The PIN you receive by going to www.pin.ed.gov at least one week before College Goal Sunday. A PIN is needed for both the student and at least one parent. 
• Your latest tax information (2012 Tax Returns) for both you and your parents. If you don’t have your 2012 tax forms yet…come to College Goal Sunday anyway. 
• 2012 W-2 Forms 
• Social Security Numbers
• Proof of Social Security Benefits received in 2012 
• Amounts of untaxed income received in 2012 
• Amounts of child support received or child support paid in 2012 
• Knowledge of your checking and savings account balances 
• Knowledge of the worth of other family assets (other than your home)

What does it cost?
Nothing—It’s FREE!

South Arkansas Community College, Ben Whitfield Classroom Building.
300 South West Avenue
El Dorado, Arkansas 71731
Veronda Tatum
870-862-8131
vtatum(AT)southark.edu.

 

Madrigal Feaste

 

Every other year in December, the SouthArk music department transforms the South Arkansas Arts Center into a medieval dining hall for the Madrigal Feaste to raise money for choral scholarships. This festival of eating, drinking, singing, and acting features a masque drama presented in full costume.

The merriment begins with the herald trumpet’s announcing the incoming guests, strolling musicians, and a lively jester. Faculty and staff of SouthArk dressed as serving wenches, nuns and monks serve the courses of the meal. The SouthArk singers assume their princely roles and sit at the royal table surrounding the new king and queen chosen for the Feaste. 

Thespians from the local community enact some amusing adventures, members of the audience are sentenced to the pillory and the SouthArk singers present a short concert of madrigals. For more information, email Victoria Harden at vharden(AT)southark.edu.

 

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