Curiosity got the better of one student in the CCBC Dundalk Child Care Center and she couldn’t resist touching the nose of a visiting clown (Kim Pursley). Pat Shafer, director of the CCBC Dundalk Child Care Center, worked with Pursley to develop a program to help discourage tobacco use as part of CCBC’s Healthy Habits program, funded through a grant from the Baltimore County Health Department.

Students and faculty members shared their experiences in coordinating a summer camp for Mayan children in Big Falls, Belize as part of the Belize Service Project 2003. Project volunteers (left to right) Stephanie Briggs, Rachele Lawton, Kathleen Gandy, Petra Cleary, Ashley Calkins and Scott Gandy shared stories and a summer camp song about their experiences during an International Tea in September. Kenda Watson, also a Belize Service Project volunteer, was not available for the photo.

CCBC nursing student Jill Gorleski-Craig (left) prepares to administer a flu shot to Karen Olson, professor and program director, Arts and Sciences. CCBC Nursing program faculty and students traveled to all three campuses in October, making flu vaccines available to college faculty, staff and students.

Job Expo 2003 brought more than 60 metropolitan area employers, representing local and national business firms, hospitals and health care facilities, high-tech industries, financial institutions, local, state and federal government agencies and non-profit organizations, to the Dundalk campus in October. More than 900 eager job seekers attended the event sponsored by CCBC Dundalk, Maryland Job Services, Baltimore County Office of Employment and Training and Eastern Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce.

Steve Tanner, dean of Liberal Arts (left) and Paul Glasco, associate professor of Art, admire Embrace, a painting by Sumita Kim. Along with Kim, artists Deborah St. Ours and Sydney Hopkins exhibited their work at the CCBC Catonsville Gallery in October. Each artist’s paintings demonstrated a unique way of representing reality. For instance, Deborah St. Ours used elements of water and rock landscape and incorporated them in a dreamy, surrealistic atmosphere; Sydney Hopkins used colorful organic forms and Kim’s human figures were in abstract form.

In the CCBC Dundalk Health/Life Fitness Complex, the gym has a newly refurbished floor. This is the first CCBC campus gym to have a floor sporting the college logo and colors.

Callers to CCBC Catonsville and CCBC Essex now hear more than just music when put on “hold.” Both campuses are now employing a Muzak messaging system that features announcements about upcoming events and other important campus and college information. CCBC Dundalk has been utilizing the music and messaging system since June 2001. CCBC phone technician Mike Duffy (left) and Muzak representative Bob Smith take a look at the control box recently installed at the Catonsville campus.

Everyone into the pool! Participants prepare for the “Dive for Life” competition to benefit breast cancer research during an Oct. 19 fundraiser held at CCBC Dundalk.

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, “20 Black Women,” a student club under the auspices of the African-American Student Association at CCBC Catonsville, hosted Hadassah of Baltimore. Hadassah is a volunteer organization committed to promoting and facilitating health education, research and worldwide humanitarian relief. Dr. Margaret Fountain (third from right), breast cancer survivor, local physician and lecturer, and breast cancer survivor Donna Smith (fifth from right) addressed students and staff about breast cancer and early detection. Beverly Lindsey, director, Educational Talent Search (second from right) is the faculty advisor for the student organization.

The National Association for Foreign Student Affairs recently awarded a grant to the office of International Education and Multicultural Affairs at CCBC Catonsville to help increase intercultural awareness among members of the campus community. Jean Waagbo, coordinator of International Student Life, and (from left) Steve Arum, director of International Education, Alicia B. Harvey-Smith, dean of the Division of Learning and Student Development, and Mary Landry, director of Library and Media Services, hold a check representing funds that will be used to purchase books on Islamic cultures.