Breast Cancer Tree of Remembrance

For the 12th consecutive year, the Palomar College Library, Palomar College Health Services and Phi Theta Kappa are collaborating to make the Breast Cancer Tree of Remembrance available to the staff, students, and faculty of Palomar College as well as to members of the community. This tree is a vehicle for honoring and remembering loved ones who have been afflicted with the disease. Pink ribbons are provided upon which to write the name of the loved one and then the ribbon is tied to the tree.

At the Escondido Center our Breast Cancer Tree of Remembrance is located in the Ernest J. Allen (EJA) Library. EJA Library hours are Monday –Thursday: 8 AM to 8 PM, Friday: 8 AM to Noon and Saturday: 9 AM to 1 PM.

The ribbons of honor and memory from the Tree of Remembrance are saved each year and carried in a breast cancer walk event by a member or members of the Palomar College community. Last year the ribbons from the 2006 Tree of Remembrance were carried in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Balboa Park by Team Strident headed by library manager and breast cancer survivor Katherine Gannett. This year Gannett will carry ribbons from the 2007 Tree of Remembrance. Katherine will be joined in this task by members of the Palomar College Women’s Basketball Team at the 2008 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at San Diego’s Balboa Park on October 19. The team is coached by Sheri Jennum, the basketball team’s Head Coach. Of the money raised by the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk 100% goes to cancer programs and research here in San Diego County. You can still donate after the 19th by going to the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer San Diego page.

For more information contact Katherine Gannett at the Palomar College Library (744-1150, ext. 2613) or Marlene Forney at Escondido Center’s Ernest J. Allen Library (ext. 8113).

Calling all ESL students and teachers!

Have you ever tried the LearningExpress Library database? This database includes practice tests for reading and writing skills that can help you improve your ability to communicate effectively in English. The database MasterFILE Premier provides complete issues of magazines like Consumer Reports, Popular Science, and Time that allow you to practice your reading skills while learning about the world around you. If your Instructor gives you reading assignments in USA Today, use the Newspaper Source database to read articles from 1985 to as recently as the previous week's issue.

These databases are available to all Palomar students and staff from both the Escondido and San Marcos library locations. When off-campus students can still use them by logging on with their eservices ID and password.

Am I really saving the planet? It’s your right to know!

In support of the College’s general education curriculum, the library is now offering instructional sessions that focus on the Campus Explorations theme, the Environment and Sustainable Living: Global Crises and Solutions. Course instructors are encouraged to bring their classes to the library for a discussion on the conflicting research and news reports regarding the environment and sustainable living. For example, hybrid cars are the rave, but some sources say the cost of the production is not worth the benefit of driving one. Discussion on conflicting sources of information will be followed by instruction on how to find and evaluate information about the environment and sustainable living. If we believe it’s our responsibility to save the earth, it’s also our right and responsibility to be informed about how to save it.

To schedule a session, please complete the library instruction request form or contact Katy French at kfrench@palomar.edu or ext. 3640. At the Escondido Center you can also contact Marlene Forney (mforney@palomar.edu) at ext. 8113. We can also customize the session to support specific course assignments and student learning outcomes.

We look forward to hearing from you!


Katy French
Instruction / Information Competency Librarian