Sports: Athletic Youths Blazing the Trail in Sports

Young athletes are raising questions to sports officials regarding accommodations in a push for inclusion into a wide variety of athletic programs in schools. This challenges coaches to think outside the box and find ways to make a sport inclusive in new and innovative ways. In other instances, legal cases ensue. The New York Times covers this story in their article entitled: Forging Path to Starting Line for Younger Disabled Athletes.

RCC Bookstore Update: Livescribe Notebooks

Got a Livescribe Smartpen? If so and you're running low on the special notebook paper that goes with it, RCC campus bookstores have you covered. Notebooks are available for purchase for $7.70.

Education: Online Accessibility

The education environment has changed as technology has danced onto the scene traditional classrooms now utilize the online world to promote a multi-media format of learning for students. However, in this drive to utilize new and available technologies, some students and staff have been left behind due to accessibility issues. David Raths article entitled Access Denied, featured in the November edition of Campus Technology gives an overview of the issues being experienced in the classroom and possible design solutions.

Save the Date: RCC Oregon Transfer Days

If the market to transfer? If so, check out RCC's Oregon Transfer Days being held on both RWC and RVC locations. Here's your chance to meet with admissions counselors from other colleges and universities around the state. 

Riverside Campus

Wednesday, January 16 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the lobby of the G Building.

Redwood Campus

Thursday, January 17 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Student Center

For more information:

Call: 541-245-7589

E-mail: Darren Van Lehn at dvanlehn@roguecc.edu

Web: http://www.roguecc.edu/transfer/

Education: Digital Badges

Campus Technology's December Issue ran an article on digital badges. While not replacing the degree a student receives for completing a college program, digital badges may be a valuable means for students to showcase certain credentials they acquire over the course of program completion. As the learning environment changes where students may take longer to complete programs due to financial or life constraints, digital badges may be a way to mark skill sets acquired that potential employers can view if students need to pause and work between their degree programs.

For more information, read: Show me Your Badge, by Audrey Watters

USA.gov - Help for Difficult Financial Times

If you're looking for resources regarding financial challenges that you or your family may be experiencing, be sure to check USA.gov's site entitled: Help for Difficult Financial Times

The site offers links in the following:

• Unemployment, Jobs, and Training
• Family Support
• Housing
• Health Care and Insurance
• Debt and Credit

E-book: Six Easy Pieces

If you're looking for a book that introduces you to physics in a witty way, Six Easy Pieces, by Richard  P. Feynman  may be the book for you. In 1961-1963, at the California Institute of Technology,  Feynman  made a series of lectures, Six Easy Pieces, embodies these lectures in an enjoyable and approachable way.

For more information:

On iBooks: Six Easy Pieces, by Richard P. Feynman

On Google eBook: Six Easy Pieces by Richard  P. Feynman

On Amazon: Six Easy Pieces, by Richard  P. Feynman

Looking for other books or textbooks for mobile devices, search iBooks, Google eBook, and Amazon for other titles. Search by author, title, or ISBN numbers.

Enjoy!