Poison Spider hosts enrichment day

On Friday, Poison Spider School will host an enrichment day for fourth- through eighth-grade students, exposing them to various careers.

There will be five one-hour sessions at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be served for lunch.

College sets May meeting

The Casper College District Board of Trustees will hold its May board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Strausner Student Center, Room 217.

Prior to the board meeting the board will hold its work session and finance meeting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Strausner Student Center, Room 207.

All meeting minutes and schedules for the board are available on the Casper College Web site at www.caspercollege.edu/community.

Both meetings are open and the public is invited to attend.

Alumni select honorees

The Casper College Alumni Association selected Wayne B. Hunter as this year's Distinguished Alumnus and Jeanine Jones as this year's Commitment to Excellence honoree.

Hunter received his A.S. in wildlife management from Casper College in 1983. He then went on to earn his B.S. in biology from Central Missouri State University, his M.S. in entomology from the University of Missouri, and his Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Hawaii-Manoa.

Hunter is the lead scientist, and a research entomologist, on Pierce's disease and the glassy-winged sharpshooter, in the Subtropical Insects Research Unit, at the U.S. Horticultural Research Lab in Fort Pierce, Fla.

Jones, the school's former director of student health services, worked at the school from 1967 to 1994. Established in 1991 by the Casper College Alumni Association, the award honors "those who have given exemplary service to and have made a significant difference in the growth and development of Casper College," according to a news release.

The two will be recognized during the 2008 Alumni and Friends Banquet to be held on October 6 at the Casper Petroleum Club. Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased through Linda Nix, alumni coordinator, at 268-2218, toll free 800-442-2963 ext. 2218, or by emailing her at alumni@caspercollege.edu.

Learn to interview

A class designed to develop and enhance interviewing skills for both the interviewer and the interviewee will be offered for the summer semester at Casper College.

According to Ebba Stedillie, communication instructor at the college, students will learn communication theory as it applies to a variety of interview situations, and how to develop and prepare various types of interviews, such as the job selection interview, the information-gathering interview, and the problem-solving interview.

The course will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays starting June 10. For more information or to register call Casper College at 268-2206, or log on to www.caspercollege.edu.

OLLI session looks at icons

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Casper College is offering a short class on the origins of the sacred art form of religious iconography and its importance to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The course will be taught by Rev. John Cusulos at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Casper from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on May 28.

OLLI at Casper College is a program for adults ages 50-plus who wish to continue learning and exploring for the sheer joy of it, according to the program's director Vicki Pollock.

OLLI membership is available for as little as $15 for the summer session, and includes one free class. The cost for nonmembers is $27 per class.

To register or for more information contact Pollock at 268-2097.

CC greenhouse hosts sale

A variety of plants will be for sale during the open house for the Casper College greenhouse from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Visitors will find a large selection of both tomato and pepper plants as well as a variety of herbs.

The open house is free and open to the public and refreshments will be available.

The greenhouse is located on the west side of the Loftin Life Science Center on the Casper College campus.