Friday, November 7, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Gail Donegan brings you into the Phlebotomy lab...!
BCCC, Business Studies, Phlebotomy Program.
Some insight into a class in progress!
Monday, October 13, 2008
A tribute to our beloved colleague...JOAN WEISS
Joan had a great passion in life. Her passion was not grounded in money. She showed she could be a real success in the business world but she chose instead to teach young people how to find success in the world of business and her passion was grounded in people. One of Joan's dearest friends told me that she thought she was Joan's best friend until she saw how many best friends Joan had."
Given by Rabbi Eliott Perlstein on Yom Kippur 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
What do you do when you aren't teaching?
Monday, September 15, 2008
Nelly in Greece, BYOBB and Earl....
Friday, September 5, 2008
BYOBB is Back!
We’ve scheduled the following Fall lunchtime get-togethers on Thursday 9/18, 10/16, and 11/13 from 12:30-1:30pm in the Faculty Center. Bring your own brown bag lunch and we’ll provide dessert! We are planning on two venues….the downstairs will be used for an informal social gathering of sorts. The upstairs conference area will host a topic of discussion. The 9/18 topic will be led by Deb Sedik and titled “ Ways to Avoid/Minimize Irresponsible Student Behavior.”
The upstairs/downstairs choice is yours and we welcome suggestions for other discussion topics of your concern.
RSVP to Al Rieger riegera@bucks.edu or Kelly Gredone gredonek@bucks.edu
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
This month, Charlie SAYZ.......
When using your thumb drive ( flash memory) USB device...
http://www.connectedphotographer.com/issues/issue200707/00002025002.html
My Summer II Classes...constructed their own blogs!
http://mgmt110.blogspot.com
http://8ammgmt100.blogspot.com/
I think they enjoyed the project!
Kelly
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Faculty Learning Community Blog!
I'll keep the link permanently posted down there....
OOPS...now you have to look UP THERE!!! to the sidebar on the right for the link.

Sunday, July 6, 2008
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
My class will continue in the construction of a Small Business Management Blog...
http://mgmt110.blogspot.com/
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tracy Timby reports on a Paralegal achievement..wonderful news!
"Just wanted to let you know that I went for my paralegal scholarship interview on 5/31/08 and I was informed today that I received the full $10,000 scholarship from Peirce. I was the biggest scholarship winner. I'm so excited and wanted to share the news. You, and the Paralegal Program at Bucks were instrumental in my achievement. Thanks so much!!! Hope you're having a great summer. “
Holly C. Frey Paralegal to Joanne Rathgeber, Esquire
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Business & Learning in Second Life..something to ponder
IBM...in Second life:
Do we just "tell" our students about the business opportunities that exist in SL or use SL to support the learning. Schools are using Second life to hold classes, invite guest speakers, support learning activities etc.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Attended the New Media Consortium Conference in Princeton NJ last week!
“ Student-created video and multimedia is an increasingly popular undergraduate assignment option at Penn, replacing traditional research papers. Creative videos assignments engage students in high level critical thinking, writing, planning, scripting and group collaboration tasks.” (WIC at U of P )
By the way, these video assignments were applied to a wide variety of disciplines and classes. More specifically, some of the assignments given required the student to make a Video Mashup : http://wic.library.upenn.edu/multimedia/tutorials/mashup.html
This link can provide you with some more insights and examples of winning videos in their Video Mash-up Contest : http://wic.library.upenn.edu/mashup/mashup2007.html
Finally….and this is getting a little too loooong, if you have an interest I have some great examples of video projects assigned by instructors in a variety of disciplines that met required learning outcomes.
Thanks for listening!
Kelly
Monday, June 2, 2008
FOTF: A SL presentation...
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?docid=dffwc9nb_6dx45zjck
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Assessment as LEARNING...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ3USs16J3Y
Monday, May 26, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
GIRLS AT GRADUATION...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
..attended a Student Learning Assessment Institute .
Kelly
Earl and his Chefs!
Monday, May 19, 2008
SOME ACCOUNTING NEWS!
Reported by Judy Toland...Thanks!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Department party, Phyllis gets the baby, Happy Birthday Nelly and Good Luck in Greece!
Questions about the baby thing???? John Angeline brought a King's cake......
A king cake (sometimes rendered as kingcake or kings' cake) is a type of cake associated with the festival of Epiphany in the Christmas season in a number of countries, and in other places with Mardi Gras and Carnival.The cakes have a small trinket (often a small plastic baby, sometimes said to represent Baby Jesus) inside, and the person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket has various privileges and obligations.( wikipedia)
Friday, May 2, 2008
LBC, Business Studies, Team Up with Rotary Foundation to Host Visiting CPA from Italy
Miss Iannaccone, visiting from Avellino, Italy was interested in learning about the higher education system, American accounting standards, and the accounting vocation in the United States. Professor Wiegand graciously permitted Miss Tannaccone to “sit in” Accounting Principles and made himself available to discuss American accounting practices with her prior to class.
The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young adults. Through the program, teams of professional men and women exchange visits between paired areas in different countries. The awards involve four-week visits, during which team members share homes with Rotary families, experience the host country's institutions and ways of life, observe their own vocations as practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas with their professional counterparts. This Rotary year, our district is exchanging teams with District 2100 in Naples, Italy.
Executive Director, Lower Bucks Campus
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
A PARALEGAL UPDATE from Tracy Timby!

Additionally, several of the paralegal students have been working as interns for local attorneys and the Bucks County District Attorney’s office. About 20% of the Municipal and Administrative Law class took advantage of a Service Learning component offered in lieu of a final exam. Students were required to work in a Municipal or Administrative Law setting for 16 hours and prepare a powerpoint presentation to deliver to the class. Topics included Filing an EEOC claim, Forensic Evidence, Immigration applications, Applying for Workers Compensation Benefits, Zoning issues and assisting Veterans.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
We'd be LOST without them!
Congratulations to Kathy, Joan and Mary on Administrative Professional Day. We truly appreciate all their kind and extra efforts throughout the year! We'd be lost without them....: (
CONGRATS ON A PLAQUE AND A PLACEMENT!
Honored with a PLAQUE and a PLACEMENT! John and Earl were honored with plaque from Pearson for participating in the review of a book and doing some recipe testing. The book is titled ON BAKING 2e by Sarah R. Labensky, Priscilla Martel and Eddy Van danne AND Marty Goldman announces an awesome PLACEMENT ... another successful Hospitality and Tourism Management student! She will be graduating in May and has been hired by Apple Tours as a travel agent. She is currently participating in training and will be sent to Costa Rica...free of charge!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
BYOBB!

CONGRATULATIONS EARL!
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American Culinary Federation (ACF) is the largest professional chefs' organization in North America...
Established in 1929, ACF is the result of three chefs' associations in New York--Chef de Cuisine Association of America, Societe Culinair Philanthropique and Vatel Club--and their combined visions.
ACF is comprised of more than 230 chapters and 20,000 members across the United States, and is known as "The Authority on Cooking in America."
The mission of ACF is to make a positive difference for culinarians through education, apprenticeship and certification, while creating a fraternal bond of respect and integrity among culinarians everywhere.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Flat Stanley hanging out with Earl......

Gourmet Getaway Fund!
HAD SOME CHICAGO DEEP DISH PIZZA....
Thanks for listening!
Kelly
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Phi Theta Kappa Convention and Charles Beem
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
We Meeted and Greeted
1. Penn State Abington will offer Accounting Bachelor degree starting Fall 2008
2. Temple University offering PhD in Toursim and Hospitality Management in Fall 2008 and they are also building a new business school.
3. Philadelphia University offers accelerated programs at their Trevose locations, accepts up to 72 BCCC credits, and offers scholarships for transfer students with GPA of 3.0 or higher.
4. Central PA College will open a Lehigh Valley location and offer a totally online accounting degree.
5. Edinboro University out in Western PA caters to transfer students with disabilities - they even have a wheelchair basketball team!
6. Delaware Valley College is getting a new president coming from Columbia University. Look for many changes in their programs to come.
7. Again, LaSalle University is offering a cohort format in a day program at their Newtown campus for business administration students...also for criminal justice.
8. Gwynedd-Mercy College offers significant scholarship opportunities for transfer students.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Thanks Kelly!
FYI - I attended a really great seminar presented by the BCCC Foundation on March 12. Noted author, Lisa Ford spoke on exceptional customer service!! This was one of the best speakers that I heard in a long time. I know others were there from the department as well - add your thoughts on the seminar.
jw
Monday, March 24, 2008
Great Idea
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Lunch and Learn on Thursday 3/27
WELCOME
For some real practical stuff....visit our college website presence at http://www.bucks.edu/academic/biz/