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Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 23, 196918-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 23, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on a Europe trip, the TCC Association, student government, Community Services, instruction, Student Services, planning progress, the Auditor Report; unfinished business; supplementary faculty; the Community Services Council; a data processing contract; information on an emergency faculty assignment proposal. Attachments include document entitled "Suggested Distribution of Funds Allocated to OBI Society for Scholarships and Grants"; Community Services enrollment for fall quarter; memo from Paul Jacobson regarding a request to form a Community Service Council and accompanying proposal; memo from Joe Kosai regarding enrollment numbers; memo from Dean Richard Falk providing a progress report on institutional planning; lists of part-time faculty in Community Service program, supplementary faculty; agreement between TCC and National Bank of Washington, Tacoma, Washington regarding financial services, with handwritten edits; document entitled "A Plan for Faculty Assignments Under Conditions Caused by Low Student Enrollment at TCC." -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 25, 196945-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 25, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on the TCC Association, student government, Community Services, Student Services, instruction, institutional planning, the Higher Education Civil Service Personnel Committee meeting, the State Board meeting; unfinished business regarding security contracts, insurance; adult education contracts; part-time faculty; information on the Faculty Wives' Tea. Attachments include minutes from the September 20-21 student senate meetings; full time faculty and students statistics; document entitled "Model for Long Range Planning, Tacoma Community College"; bids for security police service; memo from the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) regarding Community College Week; letter from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands regarding students from this region studying in the United States; letters from the State Attorney General regarding TCC's legal contact in the office, charges and structure for services; agreement between TCC and Tacoma Security Police for campus security services; memo from Farron Insurance Agency regarding annual insurance coverage; agreements with Peninsula School District No. 401 and Tacoma School District No. 10 regarding adult education; list of fall quarter supplementary faculty. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 28, 196936-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 28, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on the TCC Association, student government, architectural plans, instruction, Student Services, Community Services, and the State Attorney General's Office; unfinished business regarding security contracts, insurance specifications; new faculty appointments; Adult Education contracts; equipment bids; information on Board dinners, a Faculty Wives tea, return to regular hours, and the TCC Foundation. Attachments include enrollment statistics; "Resolution Re Disorders in Schools, Colleges and Universities" from the American Legion; memo on instructional activities data, including new courses, new faculty; blank security contract; rules and regulations for security police at TCC; list of new faculty; invitations to bid, tabulations, and bids on athletic supplies, typewriters, furniture, cleaning equipment, wall partitions, library card catalogs. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - May 29, 1969120-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, May 29, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence, including the Obi Society's demands; reports to the Board on legislation, the TCC Association, student government, the budget, administrative reorganization, accreditation progress, and Student Services; the Obi Society; resolutions on honors and thanks; salary discussion; results of a security practices survey; new Community Services positions; new appointments; educational specifications for new buildings; leave requests; bids; information on commencement, a planning grant, and summer school; announcements. Attachments include minutes of a May 9 study session focused on the Obi Society's 11 demands; minutes of a May 22 study session on the budget; memo from President Thornton Ford responding to recent concerns from students; a letter from the TCC Association responding to allegations of bigotry against three instructors, signed by numerous faculty; letter from TCC students and veterans requesting legal action against students disrupting campus "brought about by racial misunderstandings," signed by 54 students; list of demands from students in response to the Obi Society's demands, signed by 77 students; letter from the Director of the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) closing out the legislative session, and accompanying "Legislative Wrapup" document; recommendations from the Administrative Organization Committee regarding student involvement; document entitled "Progress Report for Accreditation Prepared by the Staff and Administration 1968-69"; letter from the accrediting organization regarding the progress report; "Leave Other Than Sick or Sabbatical Leave" policy; "Faculty Contracts 1969-70" policy; description of TCC degree programs; minutes for May 13-16 and May 20 Obi Society, faculty, and student body meetings; proposal for a "Workshop on Modification of Standard Course Content to More Accurately Reflect Black Americans"; memo from Ford to the Board regarding the Obi Society's demands; letter from the Board to the student government affirming support of the Obi Society using their funds for financial aid to students; report on survey of community college campus security practices; position descriptions for Assistant to the Dean for Community Development, Educational Program Specialist; recommendations on administrative and faculty appointments; document entitled "Educational Specifications for a Science Complex at Tacoma Community College: A Report of Educational Space Requirements by the Science Building Planning Committee"; document "Educational Specifications for a Maintenance Building at Tacoma Community College"; recommendations for faculty building specifications; invitations to bid and tabulations for photographic equipment; document "Package Proposal for Faculty Contracts and Salary Relationship 1969-70"; explanation of administrative salary calculations; policy for student-invited speakers. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - February 27, 196931-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, February 27, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence, including a state House resolution on campus violence; reports to the Board on legislation, the TCC Association, student government; unfinished business; discussion of authority for appointing Lyle Swedberg and Associates as architects for TCC capital improvement program; contract awards; sabbatical leave proposals and leave applications; information on 1970 capital budget requests. Attachments include Washington state House of Representatives Resolution No. 69-13 regarding recent violence on college campuses; letter from Pacific Lutheran University professor Jens W. Knudsen regarding TCC students' donation to the Tacoma Zoological Society for an educational display; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding capital project planning; invitations to bid and tabulations for photography equipment, tape recorders, musical instruments and related furniture; memo from music instructor Robert Dezell regarding purchase of a grant piano; a sabbatical leave policy proposal; memo from the Sabbatical Leave Evaluation Committee regarding recommendations for the following academic year. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 22, 196827-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 22, 1968. Contains revised agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on the TCC Association, student government, projected fall enrollment, progress with the Obi Society Black student organization; appointment of the Director of the Instructional Resource Center; recommendations on permanent building signs expenditure; proposal regarding night security; equipment bids; acceptance of a third phase mechanical contract; information on capital projects requests to the state office. Attachments include fall enrollment numbers; document recommending the appointment of Doreen Faure Amoroso as the Director of the Instructional Resource Center; a campus map marked with proposed security gates along perimeters, with accompanying drawing of proposed gate and sign for night closures of campus; invitation to bid and tabulations for library furniture, drawing tables and boards, paper products, portable cassette tape recorders, cookware; letter from architect Lyle Swedberg confirming the satisfactory final inspection of mechanical construction on campus, with accompanying change order form; list of capital needs for 1967-71 biennium. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - July 25, 196817-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, July 25, 1968. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board from student government, the TCC Association, Budget Committee, Administrative Organization Committee, and on the UCLA workshop; renewal of the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations Agreement; approval of the contract with McNeil Island Penitentiary for educational services for inmates. Attachments include the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations agreement between the Board and the TCC Association; contract with the United State Penitentiary at McNeil Island for educational services. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 28, 196878-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 14, 1968. Contains minutes and attachments (no agenda). Minutes includes review of correspondence relating to several approved grants; reports to the board on the Preliminary 1968-69 Budget Allocation Request, the summer school salary schedule, new faculty and supplementary faculty appointments, approval of the cooperative programs with St. Joseph's Hospital and Tacoma General Hospital for health education; discussion of a data processing committee, deferment of salary negotiations; sharing information on the committee to set up rules and regulations governing student conduct, the next Board meeting. Attachments include documents describing the cooperative associate degrees for nurses and x-ray technicians with St Joseph's Hospital Schools of Nursing and X-Ray Technology and Tacoma General Hospital School of X-Ray Technology; list of the Health Careers Advisory Committee members; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding salaries for the next academic year; an agreement with Seattle University regarding the Head Start Supplementary Training Program; the policy for student-invited speakers; tabulation and alternate proposal for landscaping bids; document entitled "Specifications for Soil Preparation and Landscape Contract at Tacoma Community College"; recommendation for certain administrators to be exempt under the Washington State Civil Service Act; document entitled "Allocation of Funds for State Support of Community Colleges During Fiscal Year 1968-69" from the State Board; TCC 1967-68 revenue, with handwritten notes on reverse; estimated general fund expenditures for fiscal year 1967-68, with definitions; an allotment expenditure report through February 1968; a letter from President Ford to the Tacoma Mayor and City Council regarding a rezoning request by the Weyerhaeuser Corporation; summer school salary schedule. -
Special meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 14, 196878-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 14, 1968. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; landscape bids; recommended exemptions under the Washington State Civil Service Act; data for next meeting; the budget study session. Attachments include a recommendation for certain administrators to be exempt under the Washington State Civil Service Act; memo from Trustee Charles Edmunds regarding notes taken during the Annual Convention of the American Association of Junior Colleges; a thank you from Associated Students representatives regarding the student speaker policy; letter from President Thornton Ford to the Capitol District, Washington State Federation of Gardens accepting its offer of assistance to establish an arboretum; letter from Ford forwarding enrollment information to demonstrate anticipated issues with the planned state funds allotment; tabulation and invitations to bid for gym bleachers, ice machines, vacuums; list of new faculty hired for the 1968-1969 academic year; list of supplementary faculty for spring quarter; the proposed summer session calendar; announcements of those appointed to the new Director of Student Services and Evening Program Supervisor positions; report by Paul Jacobson entitled, "A Progress Report Regarding the Data Processing Needs of the College"; agenda for the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) March 7 meeting and minutes for the January 4 meeting, with attachments; memo from Dean Richard Falk regarding student discipline; letter of approval for federal expenditures relating to the Work-Study Program and related letter from Senator Warren Magnuson; letter from the State Commission regarding a successful grant and related scoring information; document entitled "Preliminary 1968-69 Budget Request with Supporting Data and Narrative." -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 7, 1968Three-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 7, 1968. Contains revised agenda and minutes (no attachments). Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on the meeting of the American Association of Junior Colleges, TCC Association; an insurance presentation of statement of values; unfinished business; an agreement with Seattle University regarding a training program; equipment bids; approval of new full-time faculty and spring part-time faculty; a request from American Plywood Association regarding rezoning; approval of summer calendar; administrative appointments; information on data processing, the arboretum subcommittee, scheduling a budget study session and next meeting. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - February 1, 196849-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, February 1, 1968. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on the upcoming presentation to the State Board, degree requirements, TCC Association; unfinished business regarding the student-invited speakers policy, recommendation for college legal counsel request; a contract with Tacoma School District No. 10; approval of winter quarter part-time faculty; selection of a trustee representative for the Washington Association of Community College Trustees; landscaping proposal discussion and a proposal from the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, Capitol District; administrative position specifications; information on the campus dedication. Attachments include letter regarding revenue bond financing from Foster & Marshall Inc., Investment Bankers and Brokers; letter regarding community college legislation to TCC and the Tacoma School District No. 10 from the Governor's Advisory Committee on Allocation of Community College Assets; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding the upcoming State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) meeting; memo from Ford to Vern Leidle regarding the Washington Association of Community Colleges' recommended allocation of state funds and accompanying TCC enrollment charts; a memo establishing procedures for requesting services from the Attorney General's Office; memo from Dean Richard Falk regarding the student-invited speaker policy; a contract between Tacoma School District No. 10 and TCC regarding adult education; list of winter quarter supplementary faculty; letter from the Capitol District, Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs regarding development of a campus arboretum; memo from Ford with descriptions of and information on new positions Director of Student Services and Evening Program Supervisor; minutes for the SBCCE December 5, 1967 meeting, with additional attachments. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - January 4, 196835-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, January 4, 1968. Contains revised agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports insurance, the preliminary capital request for the biennium, general fund budget review, recommendations on a student policy regarding "freedom of inquiry and expression", accreditation, and the TCC Association; unfinished business regarding a trustees on the Commencement Committee; leave requests; equipment bids; approval of part-time faculty for winter quarter; approval of course fees; discussion of press representatives at executive sessions; sharing of State Board minutes, the upcoming American Association of Junior Colleges meeting, and information on the plaque for the Fine Arts building. Attachments include document "Preliminary Capital Needs Listing for the 1969-71 Biennium"; State of Washington Budget Status Report for TCC; memo from Dean Richard Falk to President Thornton Ford regarding students' freedom of inquiry and expression; memo requesting a leave of absence; tabulation of listening booth bids and memo with consultant recommendation; invitations to bid for a closed circuit video tape recorder, library furniture and equipment; tabulations for library furniture bids; list of winter quarter supplementary faculty; fee recommendations for community service courses; agenda for the State Board for Community College Education January 4, 1968 meeting. -
Study session of the Board of Trustees - December 4, 1967Three-page packet for the study session of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, December 4, 1967, and additional note presumably from the time of binding the minutes. Handwritten note states, "There apparently was no December 1967 meeting," referring to only the study session documents being present. Summary of the study session addresses the recommendations of the Evaluation Committee of the Northwest Association for Secondary and Higher Schools. One attachment of a memo from Richard Falk to President Thornton Ford regarding students' freedom of inquiry and expression. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - November 30, 196748-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, November 30, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on campus security, insurance progress, construction, the accreditation visitation, a general fund budget review; unfinished business; staff health insurance benefits recommendation; sabbaticals and teaching contracts; contractor estimates for the temporary work-shop building; equipment bids; dates for campus dedication ceremonies; sharing of State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) bulletins and resolutions. Attachments include an American National Red Cross Certificate of Recognition for TCC student Dan Ruffo for lifesaving, and related memo from Dale Wirsing regarding presentation of the certificate; SBCCE December 5 meeting agenda; letter and chart from Farron Insurance Agency regarding insurance coverage; general fund expenditure report; invitations to bid and tabulations for office and library furniture, listening booths, food service cookware, cash registers; SBCCE report on "Preliminary Community College Enrollment Data, Fall Quarter 1967-68"; SBCCE bulletin requesting college district board meeting minutes; SBCCE October 5 meeting minutes, with attachments of resolutions and policies. -
Special meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 26, 1967Two-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 26, 1967. Contains agenda and minutes. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; unfinished business regarding the insurance broker recommendations; and the proposed dedication of campus. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 19, 1967Sixteen-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 19, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on TCC Association (TCCA) recommendations on benefits and experience credits, campus security; unfinished business; equipment bids for food services; associate music faculty appointments for fall quarter; the upcoming state wide meeting of trustees and accreditation visitation; information on building progress. Attachments include a list of Pierce County Insurance Association member-agents for potential coverage for TCC; document "TCCA Recommendation Regarding TA Experience for Salary Schedule Placement"; list of recommended associate music faculty appointments for fall quarter; letter and agenda from the State of Washington Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education regarding the Community College Seminar for trustees; tabulations for food services bids; invitations to bid for food services dishware and furniture; revised proposed 1967-1968 calendar. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 28, 1967Six-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 28, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on the accreditation visitation, enrollment, food services, liability insurance issue, TCC Association and health benefits, status on temporary building; unfinished business; equipment bids; revised college calendar; proposed letter to the Tacoma School District #10 Board Chair; part-time faculty appointments for fall quarter. Attachments include two memos from Bud Schafer to President Ford regarding part-time faculty for fall quarter. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 14, 1967Three-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 14, 1967. Contains agenda and minutes (no attachments). Revised agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on "A View of the Academic Year Ahead"; unfinished business; equipment bids; recommended part-time faculty appointments for fall quarter; president's report on TCC Association and the Seaman-Anderson Project Management System. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 24, 196748-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 24, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on landscaping; recommendations on food services, salary and extra pay schedules, portable building for art and drama departments' shop facilities; faculty appointments; ratification of change orders; "petition for approval of college for attendance of non-immigrant students"; equipment bids. Attachments include memos to President Thornton Ford from the TCC Association regarding the salary schedule, with list of definitions of Washington community colleges teaching experience, salary schedule provisions; Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies; minutes for the August 10 State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) meeting, with their own attachments (primarily resolutions); memo to Acting Director Norman C. Richardson from President Ford regarding response to SBCCE request for "present status of contemplated plans for capital outlay needs during the 1967-69 biennium"; a project report on landscape planning by President Ford; tabulation and explanation for furniture, scientific supplies bids; revised proposed 1967-1968 calendar; invitation to bid for art tables; memo from Paul Jacobson to President Ford regarding faculty requests for additional experience credit. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - July 27, 1967Three-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, July 27, 1967. Contains agenda and minutes (no attachments). Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on TCC Foundation, Friends of the TCC Library, contract proposals, fall enrollment projections, proposed capital funds application, landscaping, new appointments, TCC Association; acceptance of the "Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations" agreement and the Board Bylaws; recommendations relating to compensation for department chairs and the athletic director. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - July 13, 196755-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, July 13, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Revised agenda (toward end of packet at page 48) includes roll call; approval of the June 30 meeting minutes; president's report, including various correspondence received, faculty recommendations on compensation, the faculty negotiations agreement, appointment of an Athletic Director, and progress reports; ratification of actions by Tacoma Public School District No. 10 on behalf of TCC; recommendation for classified employee hiring procedure; discussion of bylaws; resolution regarding surplus property section. Attachments include a memo from President Ford to the Board regarding extra pay for extra work; the Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies; an extra pay schedule for various roles; State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) Bulletin No. 3-67 regarding "Present Status of Contemplated Plans for Capital Outlay Needs During the 1967-69 Biennium" and responding memo from President Ford; minutes of the July 6, 1967 SBCCE meeting, with additional attachments; TCC Foundation Agreement of Association and member roster; report from Records Officer Joe Kosai on enrollment projections for fall quarter 1967; memo to faculty from the TCC Association Negotiation Committee regarding the salary schedule; the agreement "Cooperative Board Certificated Personnel Relations"; the Board of Trustees Bylaws; minutes of the June 22, 1967 SBCCE meeting, with additional attachments; items pertaining to TCC from the April 13, April 27, May 25, and June 22 Tacoma School District No. 10 Board of Directors' meetings. -
Special meeting of the Board of Trustees - June 30, 1967Nine-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, June 30, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call, approval of the June 22 meeting minutes, discussion of the proposed negotiations agreement entitled "Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations," and discuss of bylaws for the Board. Attachments include the Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies; document "Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations" and additional note providing the legal basis for this agreement. -
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - June 22, 196726-page packet for the meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, June 22, 1967. Contains minutes and attachments. Note: This packet was previously bundled with the packet for the special meeting of June 30, 1967. Minutes discuss establishment of Board policy; planning a study session for the Board Certificated Personnel Relations agreement; review of professional compensation, faculty leave, and conditions of employment policies; approval of administrative appointments; approval of various salary policies and schedules; approval of the preliminary 1967-1968 budget and calendar; use of Robert's Rules in meetings; approval of change orders for buildings under construction; authorization of the President for banking deposits; formation and appointment of members to a Civil Service Committee. Attachments include the 1967-1968 proposed salary schedule and part-time instructor salary schedule; the Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies, with handwritten notes; document exploring the legal basis for the Board to delegate responsibilities; document discussing decision-making around salaries; the proposed 1967-1968 college calendar; change orders from architect Lyle Swedberg to the Board regarding campus construction; document entitled "Some Thoughts on the Nature of the Community College Trustee" by TCC President Thornton Ford. -
First meeting of the Board of Trustees - May 31, 196716-page packet for the first meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, May 31, 1967. Contains agenda, attachments, and amended minutes. Agenda includes introduction, review and discussion of Section 10 of the Community College Act of 1967 regarding drawing of lots for determination of initial terms and the organization of the Board, distribution of background material, and the official organization meeting. Attachments include a May 31, 1967 memo from TCC President Thornton Ford to the Board of Trustees regarding consideration for implementation of Community College Act of 1967, with handwritten notes on several pages; document entitled "Some Thoughts on the Nature of the Community College Trustee" by Ford; estimated general fund receipts and expenditures for fiscal year 1967-1968. -
The Collegiate Challenge - June 6, 1980Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 23 and is twelve pages. This issue contains stories on state representative Shirley J. Winsley being selected to speak at commencement; summer quarter for veterans; police harassment at rock concerts (a reprint from an earlier issue) and a responding article; lack of policy on children in classrooms; a TV program series, "Closing the Learning Gap," on the Direct Instruction teaching method; director, producer, and now Bellevue Community College "artist in residence" instructor in film Stanley Kramer; summer field trip and study abroad programs; the Labor Film Festival. Also includes a photo of the student senate and their year-end six-foot sandwich; letters to the editor regarding parking tickets, praising the year's activities from the Black Students Union, commending reporter Marvin Jenkins, praising editor Scott Peterson, discussing inflation and interest rates; letter from the editor thanking numerous members of the TCC community; final examination schedule; a tongue-in-cheek list of writing recommendations from the Chicago Sun-Times; a photo of the truck stuck under the campus bridge; ads; a list of 1980 graduates and their degrees; a student activities survey; a photo of the Faculty Art Exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum; photo essay of Challenge staff; photo of country band The Shoppe at the spring festival; comics; list of student awards recipients. Announcements include Challenge staff openings; availability of the revised Student Rights and Responsibilities Code; an American Red Cross Tacoma-Pierce County chapter meeting; availability of issues of literary arts magazine Trillium. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil, Laura Reed; reporters Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, Laura Reed, Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marcy McPherson, Mara Morgen, Tony Hampton; artist Marcy McPherson.