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From the Maricopa Community College campuses
to your home, this is Maricopa Now.
Here are some of the stories you'll see.
Teens get a taste of culinary school at
Estrella Mountain Community College.
Students train for green careers at Chandler
Gilbert Community College's Sun Lake Center,
plus spinning and making music at Scottsdale
Community College, and there's so much more on
this edition of Maricopa Now.
Now, from Studio A at Scottsdale Community
College, here is your host, Lisa Acquafredda.
Welcome to our July show - thank you for joining us.
Each year college campuses offer a variety of summer
programs such as Kid's College.
Dee Ann Kinkade takes us to culinary youth camp at
Estrella Mountain Community College.
Chop the mushrooms, stir fry the vegetables, and
plate the salad.
It's day three at the summer culinary youth camp.
And each day starts with a short lecture in the
classroom by Chef Instructor, Joe Kalfus.
This is an Asian theme today so all the
ingredients, all of the flavor profiles, all of
the dishes that we do are going to have an Asian
component to them.
Then it's time to head to the kitchen and get to work.
Culinary camp is kind of a product of our society.
Food Network and what we see on TV nowadays, gets
kids more and more excited about this industry.
Whether it be baking and pastry or whether it be
the culinary arts.
Like most teenagers they may be timid at first
because they don't know what to expect.
But they soon get involved.
By the second day, third day, and then the fourth
day, it's like they're old time friends with one another.
Raven Terry will be a high school senior this fall
and she explains what attracted her to culinary camp.
I took it because I want to be a professional chef
when I grow up so I figured I can like try and
experience it to see if this is what I really want
to do.
Several high schools have culinary curricula where
students take advantage of Maricopa's dual enrollment
program such as culinary arts.
At Estrella, students can earn college credit while
still attending high school.
And then when they finish their high school career,
they can come here to Estrella Mountain and if
they had a chance to take advantage of the dual
enrollment then they would step into the program with
three or six credits under their belt.
Or they can simply start the first culinary block
class where students learn technique under the
watchful eye of Chef Kalfus.
And when I say a bias we want to get rid of the 90
degree angles that you normally see and you want
them about an inch long.
Well I took this class mainly because my mom told
me about it and it seemed like fun so I decided to
try it.
My team was in charge of making wontons and an
apricot sauce and we have to fry them which I'm
doing right now.
On Monday we made Italian food and on Tuesday we did
a barbecue style and then today we are doing an
Asian style and it's really fun.
Today I made shrimp skewers and fried rice.
Like all students, Raven gets individual guidance
with her menu item.
See how quickly that cooks?
Yes.
And now they're a not fully cooked but we're
going to turn them one more time.
Now the cooking's over the eating will begin as the
students enjoy the fruits of their labors with the
Asian recipes that they've prepared today.
After a morning of learning and cooking,
these students have worked up an appetite.
The best part of my job is I get to see smiling faces
and eat good food so it was a job well done and
the students, as always, they execute a lot higher
then they expect that they can they always exceeded
their own expectations.
And with the dual enrollment options,
students also get the best of both worlds.
Reporting for Maricopa Now, I'm Dee Ann Kinkade.
For information about Kid's College classes,
contact the community education office.
Chandler Gilbert Community College is committed to
sustainability.
The campus was recently named a finalist in the
second Nature Climate Leadership award.
The college also trains students for green
careers.
Kim Goetz takes us to a valley home where students
evaluated it's energy use.
They used what they learned to make sure that
homes are a safe and energy efficient.
We have the attic space.
These students are learning that every house
tells a story and with the proper training and
tools...
and we're going to go line by line by line.. comes
the skill to understand what each one is saying.
Whether it's insulation or proper venting if there's
issues with carbon monoxide any of these
things which an audit will tell us is something that
it takes being certified it takes going through a
class and passing and doing field tests such as
we're doing here today.
Each appliance is different and you would be
testing for carbon monoxide.
The building analyst and envelope shell class
offered through the center for work force
development, is filling a need for energy auditors.
We do health care positions we do green jobs
we do whatever we feel as though people can get a
job in with our short fast training.
In one week, students are trained and tested on how
to thoroughly check the systems of a home inside
and out to make sure they're all working
together.
What we're basically doing is just helping them you
know tightening up their house safety
energy quality you know things
that are you know make your house safe energy
efficient comfortable.
Tools like this blower door are used to
depressurize an entire home revealing unwanted
air leaks and wasted energy.
Lots of air coming out...
From the big leaks to the little squeaks - they can
all add up to throwing money down the drain.
Well what we look for is the lowest hanging fruit,
things that can happen on your house that can save
you a lot of energy bring down your bills without
going to extremes.
But the audit is about more than just savings, in
this home a simple fix to an incorrect hose to a gas
dryer, could be life saving.
It's clogged so those combustion products are
not getting out outside at all the lint is falling
into the house.
Lint is very flammable there's over 15 thousand
dryer fires a year for student John Johnson this
new knowledge is building on his career in solar energy.
The audit is the science and that's what I've been
lacking is the science behind energy efficiency I
believe every home is going to require an audit
just like your automobile requires emission testing.
And these green collar professionals are ready
for the job.
We well train people in nationally certified
programs so that they can go not only the State of
Arizona but any other state in the union.
Reporting for Maricopa Now, I'm Kim Goetz.
Maricopa County has state energy sector partnership
grant money available to business and individuals
who want to enroll in green energy courses.
There's no cost to upgrade your skills in our green world.
Call Chandler Gilbert Community College's work
force development office for more information.
Coming up on Maricopa Now, it's art in its perfect
form at Glendale Community College.
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What I look for in an instructor is someone who
has the experience but also someone whose going
to bring some creative you know piece of mind to the
classroom letting the students be able to do
their own thing and also being able to be personal
with them so we can trust them as an instructor on
what they're teaching us.
If you have an interest in art, drawing the human
figure might be a great way to start.
Andrea Zakrzewski has the story.
The human figure has been a popular subject captured
by well-known artists such as Matisse and Degas.
This tradition of capturing the figure live
is being done by the students from Glendale
Community College.
Drawing has always been a part of my life and I have
a passion for it.
I've been drawing since I was little.
Monica is taking the life drawing class as a way to
prepare her portfolio to be accepted to a school
studying animation.
How it narrows in this top plain I see more of that
top plain.
Life drawing is a three hour studio class held
twice a week.
A look at the human figure and try to understand
balance, proportion, anatomy, light and shadow,
and how light effects the human form.
Sharon Forsmo encourages her students to develop
their own style.
Now I don't try to steer them like you have to draw
this way but I use a lot of the academic tradition
because it's a good foundation.
I chose life drawing because I wanted to learn
how to draw the figure better.
Sharon Forsmo is great.
She's a great hands teacher as well.
Kevin would like to be an animator and this course
will compliment his rendering of the figure.
By sketching the life model, students learn how
to accurately portray the human figure.
When you come into a life drawing class you have the
model there you know it's a living breathing human
being it's three dimensional.
The model does a series of poses for the students to
get real life portrayals of motion.
You need to be aware of what makes an interesting pose.
I like being part of the process.
Without a model up here they're not learning.
Instructors say if you learn how to draw the
figure well you can paint commission portraits as a
career.
Portrait artists, if they're really, really
good, can command pretty good prices.
In order to command those kind of prices, you have
to build your reputation.
The students are taught how to develop a portfolio
of works and how to market themselves.
I've talked to students a lot about shows and
getting their work out there, presentation.
Glendale Community College has student art in
exhibitions on campus and their art is often
featured in campus publications.
Students also feature their work on Glendale
Community College's website.
The long tradition of painting the figure lives on.
For Maricopa Now, I'm Andrea Zakrzewski.
Congratulations to GCC art student, Monica Ecibute.
She was recently accepted to the California
Institute of Art, also known as Cal Arts.
It was ranked the number one art school in the
country last year by Newsweek Magazine.
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Hi, I'm Cookie.
Today we're going to talk a little bit about some
ways that we can help you reduce some stress.
There are a lot of great ways to reduce stress and
one of those is through meditation.
Many forms of meditation most of us think of
meditation in a seated position today we're going
to do moving meditation.
It might be more appropriate for those of
you that are a little bit more A type personality.
We're going to do an easy basic warm up with some
Tai Chi and Qigong movements.
What I want you to do is set your feet about hip
width apart bring your hands into heart center
and create your intention for this just gentle work out.
We're going to allow the head to bow we say namaste.
With an inhale eyes come open arms float down
we're going to gather the chi the inhale the arms
come up and over the top and as you pull the energy
down your going to soften the knees.
Inhale let's do two more as the arms come up and
over your head exhale as you soften last time
inhale as the arms come up and over your head
relaxing all of the facial muscles your mouth and
your jaw line.
The next one is called opening the energy gates
of the heart we floated open and expand through
the chest on your exhale we're going to imagine
that we're hugging this giant tree.
Inhale as you open and expand again.
Exhale as you contract.
We're going to do that one more time.
Inhale as you open and expand exhale as you
contract with an inhale the arms will float down
going into painting with light float the arms just
relax everything.
Fingertips will face forward.
Inhale as you float the arms up again - exhale as
you soften everything.
We're going to do this one more time inhaling exhaling
relax the arms down going into pearl in the hand I
want you to float that right arm up and open
bringing that arm back across.
Your going to take it up and over your head make a
big circle.
Reach back behind your back float the arms
forward we're going to repeat this by putting the
pearl into the opposite hand.
That arm comes across.
Inhale exhale as it goes up and over the top release.
We're going to add both arms together inhale as
you cross the arms.
Exhale open expand up and over your head just keep
the breath soft.
When the arms come in we're going to imagine
that we're bringing the energy into the heart
pressing down.
With an inhale, let's take it into some gentle
circles of the shoulders one more time reverse that direction.
Wonderful. Let's go ahead and bring those arms back to your
hips and then soften the knees as you take it some
gentle hip circles opening up the hips the hips the
knees the ankles and now let's reverse that motion
coming back to a centered position bringing your
body nice inhale bring the chi back one more time
draw down with the abdominal wall as the
energy comes down.
We're going to circle up and over the top bringing
the hands into namastara coming up nice and tall we
bow from the hip sockets and we say namaste.
I'm Cookie, and that's your fit tip for today.
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From the kitchen of Estrella Mountain
Community College to your kitchen, here's Chef's Menu.
So today we're going to make a roasted red pepper salad.
And what I am going to start with is some red and
yellow peppers and I've tossed this in a little
bit of olive oil using some tongs.
And this is the first thing that we're going to do.
This takes a while to roast the pepper.
We're going to place it on a grill and let it roast
nice and slow.
All right, so our peppers are on the grill right now
so I am going to take some pine nuts place them onto
a sheet pan and I am going to toast these off in a
300 degree oven until I can smell some of the
aromas a nutty aroma from these pine nuts takes
about ten minutes.
The next thing we're going to do is mince some garlic
so I've got a whole fresh clove right here and I am
going to take a couple pieces off and I want to
get it out of skin.
One of the easiest ways is just to take your knife
and tap it and really pulverize it.
Once I get it nice and small I am going to come
back with a knife again and smear it.
And that gives us more of a garlic paste that's
really just going to melt into that salad versus
someone getting a big chunk of garlic.
Next is chopped parsley.
The key to chopping quickly is to hold a knife
like you see right here.
I'm not holding it back here I am holding right up
front towards the hozel.
And I am going to keep my other hand on top of the blade.
And my knife the tip here is never leaving the board
I am not doing this just rocking.
So our peppers have roasted off on the grill.
We wrap them in a bowl with some saran wrap and
that allows the pepper to steam within its own heat
and that helps release the charcoal skin away from
the flesh of the pepper.
So it's been about a half an hour and I am going to
start cleaning these.
One of the things you don't want to do is just
run this under the sink because there's a lot of
flavor from that roasting.
And I'm just going take a bowl of water with some
gloved hands and start peeling the pepper.
I'm getting the skin off but it's sticking to my
hands but I don't want that on the pepper so I'm
just going to dip my hands in water get them dry
again and keep peeling.
So I've cleaned off most of the skin and now I want
to take the core out so it's going to pop the top
right here remove that core remove the seeds and
then just open up that pepper.
And then we want to get these peppers dried up a
little bit so I'm just going to pad them off with
a clean towel.
The next thing we're going to do is cut these into
Julienne strips.
Julienne is approximately 1/8th inch strips we also
call them match sticks and I come in with a knife
once again holding it properly.
I am just going to cut nice fine strips.
Once again, the tip of my knife is staying on the
cutting board I am not doing this up and down.
I am also using the claw notice my hand is staying
away from the knife like so so I don't cut myself.
So we're going to do this with all the peppers the
red peppers as well as the yellow and I am going to
gather the rest of my ingredients for this.
So the first thing I'll do is take the minced garlic,
add it to a bowl, add some olive oil about a quarter
cup some parsley some salt and pepper.
I am just going to wisk that together.
Add the peppers.
The raisins.
Season it one last time.
So it's best to let this sit at least an hour
before you serve it.
So it's time to plate up the salad into a room
temperature bowl.
I going to place some nice crispy leaves of Boston
Bib lettuce and add some marinated peppers and then
garnish this with some feta cheese and some pine
nuts a little bit of cracked pepper and just a
drizzle of olive oil around the outside edges.
And there we are.
Chef's Menu is brought to you by the culinary
studies program at Estrella Mountain
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Whether students need help choosing a major, writing
a resume or preparing for an interview, every campus
Career Services Center can help.
Dee Ann Kinkade takes us to Mesa Community
College's federal work study job fair where
students are finding jobs right on campus.
Eager students arrive early to be first in line
as the doors open at the federal work study job fair.
Michael Williams is a junior who will soon earn
his associates in psychology.
I'm headed to apply for jobs and go to the job
fair that was on campus so I got applied for
financial aid and I'm looking for a job opportunity.
The work studies job fair is an opportunity for
students who are on financial aid and have
been awarded a work study award to come to one
location today to find a job opening and actually
some of them are going to be hired right on the spot.
Maricopa Colleges support this effort because it
puts students in touch with jobs on campus.
And one student who is currently working on
campus explains why it's so valuable.
It provides me with a financial base pay so I
don't have to go out and find another job that I
would have to rework my school schedule around.
Many students see an additional advantage to
the fair.
I want to get more experience for my job.
It's good for my future.
And this job fair makes finding a position on
campus very efficient.
To get the word out, signs are put up in financial
aid and the Career Center.
To complete the picture, social media was used.
I also used Facebook.
A lot of our students are on Facebook so I posted on
our career services Facebook page.
Currently, the work study job offerings have gotten competitive.
There are more people looking for a job than
there are openings.
Emails are sent out to eligible students advising
them to dress appropriately and prepare
a resume.
Students need to dress for success and bring their
resume with them if they're serious about
getting a job on campus.
It's not just a job on campus anymore it's a real job.
Computer, phone, and filing skills are needed
for most campus jobs.
A student assistant in my area is usually the first
contact that people have when they come to my
department so that's very important that the
customer service skills are up to par.
Not all jobs are indoors.
MCC is unique in that it has a famous rose garden
which provides an opportunity to work outdoors.
We're looking for someone that has experience
pulling weeds, fertilizing, watering,
that can lift heavy objects, that knows how to
operate heavy machinery.
Over 13 departments attended the job fair
today with work study options for students.
Additional opportunities are available year round
on the career services website.
Those students who have participated in this
program recommend it to their fellow students.
I think the best thing about the federal work
study program is gaining job experience in an
environment that is conducive to my learning
on campus.
And those departments where the students work
fully appreciate their mission.
We the employers have a duty as well and that is
to prepare the students when they leave us so that
they can go out in the work force and utilize the
skills that we too have been able to offer them.
Reporting for Maricopa Now, I'm Dee Ann Kinkade.
The next federal work study job fair is July
18th from 10:00 to 12:30 in the library.
If you can't attend or you missed it contact Career
and Re-entry Services for information about other
on-campus job opportunities.
Scottsdale Community College is the first
college in the country to offer accredited DJ classes.
Ruben Veloz tells us more about these unique classes.
They can scratch, juggle, and transform.
These are the techniques DJ students are learning.
This guy though is no amateur.
Ramsey Higgins is the instructor at Scottsdale
Community College's Turntablism class, a
program designed for students who want to learn
the ones and twos of scratching.
Some of them wanted to know the background of
this, some of them want to actually better their
career, some of them want to take up a career with this.
Julian is used to playing music in front of crowds
but he wanted to do more than just push buttons.
I was DJing up in San Diego for a couple years
but I've never touched turn tables, actual like
vinyl turn tables until I came here.
Once students are enrolled they learn techniques such
as bouncing and are even taught the history and
physics of turntablism.
Like the transformers is when your like da da da da
da da da.
Amy Hartman has been scratching on turntables
for just a short time and noticed a major difference
in her performance.
I went in here knowing absolutely nothing and I
came out like being able to do scratches, trebles,
threading, turps, flairs, all of that just in one semester.
The main thing I love about this is the
progression of each student and how they learn.
I am not here for perfection.
I don't want to see perfection right now I
want to see progression.
Many working DJs also sign up for these classes in
order to improve their skills.
Dario Varela a DJ at 95.1 Latino Vibe was one of them.
My ultimate goal in life is to go to Vegas and DJ
and have a residency out in Vegas.
I had always had a passion for DJing just because my
cousin used to do it and I always used to see it at
the clubs or whatever and see how it goes from there.
Although being a DJ may seem like fun and games,
Varela says there's a lot more than meets the eye.
There's so much work behind the actual
entertainment part of it as a DJ that a lot of
people don't see so it's a lot of work, a lot of
work, but honestly, like given the opportunity to
entertain people and really see a reaction out
of them, that's priceless.
Just hold your fader open in the middle for open
speaker, OK, now find your sound.
DJ entertainment has become such a big business
that instructors at Scottsdale are working to
introduce the first DJ certificate accredited by
a college.
DJs in Chicago are known for house music, the DJs
in New York are known for hip hop.
The DJs in Detroit are known for techno and with
the cooperation of the DJ community here in the
valley we're going to be known for DJ education.
For DJs like Varela the possibility of Arizona
being known for DJ education is exciting.
Who can say that they get to go to a club, a radio
station, entertain hundreds of people, I mean
thousands of people here another radio and get paid
for it you know.
So if someone tells you that music entrainment
isn't a career choice, just ask these guys and
they'll tell you differently.
Reporting for Maricopa Now, Ruben Veloz.
Classes are offered at Scottsdale, Mesa and South
Mountain Community College.
For more information contact DJ Rob Wegner.
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