Construction and Renovation: Taft College is still undergoing construction and renovation. The administration building and library are now complete with only library landscaping to be finished. The math/science building is also nearing completion. After it is completed, the renovation project will then focus on the tech arts building. The construction has been hard on staff, faculty, and students, but results are now being seen.

New Co-Chair: The Liberal Arts Division has a new co-chair—Dr. Chris Chung-wee. He will be overseeing all things English. The division also has a new full-time English instructor—Jessica Grimes. She replaces an instructor who has taken on other duties.

Comp Exchange: TC English faculty has been invited to the Fall Comp Exchange, which includes Bakersfield College and California State University Bakerfield. The event will be held October 24 at CSUB. The Liberal Arts Division is sponsoring a visit by author Lu Chi Fa. He will be on campus October 22. His book, Double Luck, is autobiographical and tells of his life in China, how he came to America, and what his life has been like since. The Taft College Book Club is co-sponsoring “In the Shadow of the Raven,” a “live, interactive dramatization of the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe by Broadway and film veteran Duffy Hudson.”

SLO’s: The college is hammering out its Student Learning Outcomes, spearheaded by English instructor Geoffrey Dyer. The institution is also preparing for its six-year accreditation.

Work Reprinted

Graupman, Gary. “Re: taft updates?” Email to the director. 13 Oct 2008.