Luria Library

On display now in the library is a wealth of books on marine diving, as well as actual equipment used in SBCC Marine Diving Technologies program. Come see images of diving technologies over the years, including photographs of SBCC students in the program thirty years ago.

Santa Barbara City College's Marine Diving Technologies Program is recognized worldwide for its vocational excellence. It is the only community college degree program in the nation which is accredited by the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE), the International Diving Schools Association (IDSA) and the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI).

This week's display has particular timeliness because Don Barthelmess, Professor of Marine Technology has been selected by his peers to present the SBCC 29th Annual Faculty Lecture on Wednesday, April 9, at 2:30 pm at the Garvin Theatre. Delivering the lecture is considered the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member each year.

Let’s Celebrate! April is National Poetry Month. So, mark your calendars for Monday, April 21 at noon. Bring along a poem to share, published or personal, one that considers the various bridges, real or metaphorical, that we cross over throughout life.

The event will be in the Luria Library Cafe and there will be a prize drawing for those who read a poem.

O little Icarus,
you chewed on a cloud, you bit the sun
and came tumbling down, head first,
not into the sea, but hard
on the hard packed gravel.
You fell on your eye. You fell on your chin.
What a shiner! What a faint you had
and then crawled home,
a knocked-out humpty dumpty
in my arms. . . .
(Sexton)

What does mathematics have to do with voting? You can learn more during Math Awareness Month which the library is supporting in conjunction with the SBCC Mathematics Department. The 2008 theme for this national event is What Makes Your Vote Matter?: Let Mathematics and Statistics show you to "illustrates the power and elegance of the mathematical sciences in addressing a problem of fundamental societal importance." The mathematical societies and associations sponsoring this month are hoping to prompt students and faculty to ask themselves: