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Hello, and welcome to Dateline Delta.

I'm Diane Middleton, a member of the Delta College board of trustees.

Today's show is all about celebration as we open with the most anticipated event of the year, the 63rd annual commencement ceremony.

Then we'll watch an award ceremony to recognize some of Delta's best and brightest 2024 graduates.

We'll also visit the public media facilities to honor a producer's decade of achievements and participate in a Bob Ross painting workshop.

To conclude the show, we preview Camp Health and Wellness and learn about the Girls Day Out event.

Delta College's annual commencement is always a special event for everyone involved.

Faculty, staff and loved ones join the celebration as graduates walk across the stage and are recognized for their amazing accomplishments.

Let's enjoy the sights and sounds of this year's ceremony.

[Lee Ann Womack “I Hopr You Dance”] I hope you never lose your sense of wonder.

You get your fill the eat, but always keep that hunger.

May you never take one single breath for granted.

God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.

One of the best things about Delta is there isn't a blueprint for the average student here.

People could be returning students after graduating high school years ago.

They may already have families.

They could be working full time.

Regardless of where we come from or where we started our college journey.

We are all here today, right now to celebrate our perseverance as well as the resources and opportunities Delta provided us with.

If there is one parting thing I could say to Delta faculty, staff and my fellow students before moving on to the next phase of my life, it is on behalf of all of us graduating today, a massive thank you.

And finally, to all of my fellow 2024 Delta graduates.

Congratulations.

I hope you still feel small When you stand beside the ocean.

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens.

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance.

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance.

I hope you dance.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance.

Never settle for the path of least resistance.

Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking.

Loving might be a mistake, but it's worth making.

Don't let some hellbent heart leave you bitter.

You come close to selling out, reconsider.

Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance.

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance, I hope you dance.

I hope you dance, I hope you dance.

I'm so glad I chose Delta.

The veteran resource staff was wonderful and made the process of going back to school feel easy.

Their help allowed me to focus on my studies.

The bookstore staff was always helpful and the faculty were attentive to any questions.

I had the best experience and would recommend Delta College to anyone who's thinking of taking college classes.

Every course I completed, I felt more and more empowered.

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.

And never one door closes I hope one more opens.

Promise me that you give faith a fighting chance.

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

Dance, I hope you dance.

I hope you dance, I hope you dance.

I hope you dance, I hope you dance.

Congratulations to each of you.

Graduates, please move your tassel to the left.

Congratulations and best of luck to all our graduates.

Delta College honored some of its best and brightest at the annual Graduate Student Award Ceremony.

This special recognition celebrates outstanding students for scholastic and academic achievement, superior citizenship, service, and leadership.

Let's pay tribute to these remarkable individuals.

[UPBEAT MUSIC] Mark Brown, host and producer of Movie House, a podcast that airs weekly on Delta College Public Media's radio station.

Recently celebrated his ten year anniversary of movie reviews.

We visited the radio studio and captured the recording of this 250th episode.

Let's hear from Mark.

When I first came to Delta, back in 2013, I think, Ryan Wilson was my colleague.

And he had this show called Take Five on Film.

Where he would do a weekly movie review.

Ryan was my faculty mentor, and so we were pals.

And after the first year, he let me know.

And our other colleagues know that he was leaving to take another job up north.

And I was very sad.

You know, Ryan was a great guy, a good colleague, and I waited about two days for the body to get cold before I said so, can I have your show?

And, he talked to the guys here at the station, and, I wrote kind of a sample script, which I came in and recorded.

And, the powers that be decided that I would be an acceptable replacement for Ryan.

And so, yeah, it was August of 2014 where I started, taping shows on the regular.

And, back then it was it was known as Take Five on Film.

It was five minutes long.

It was at a different spot on the the broadcast clock.

And, you know, our theme music was a variation of Dave Brubeck's Take Five on Film.

And then after a few years, NPR changed the broadcast clock, shortened the window to four minutes.

It didn't really make sense to call it Take Five on Film anymore, because it wasn't five minutes long.

And so we talked about it and rebranded it as Movie House.

just because I liked that term.

That's, you know, one thing that these call old movie theaters was, you know, we're going to go do go and see a picture down at the movie house.

But also since so many films are now screened in our houses because of streaming and, you know, DVD and, you know, digital technology, it seemed appropriate.

Let's give it a listen.

This is Movie House, a weekly production of Delta College Public Radio.

I'm your host, Mark Brown.

Welcome to a very special show.

The 250th episode of Movie House.

I started writing and recording this show back when it was known as Take Five on Film.

In August of 2014, I took over from my fellow English professor Ryan Wilson, who had done it for five years.

And my first script was a tribute to the recently passed away Robin Williams.

Since then, I have reviewed new movies, featured old and obscure films that you might have missed.

Sung the praises of single scream movie theaters, Drive-Ins and video stores.

Warned about the effects of streaming technology, interviewed filmmakers and festival organizers, and just generally had a pretty good time thinking, writing and talking about movies here on Delta's radio station.

Of course, I had a lengthy, nearly year long break during the Covid quarantine, but otherwise it's been nearly ten years of doing exactly this.

Although writing means snarky reviews is fun, I try to focus on the joy and pleasure of movies.

Ultimately, I believe films power to make us laugh, cry, gasp, or jump is why we watch.

It's the basic human need for storytelling.

The connection, recognition and surprise that exist in all good stories.

But that takes particular life on the big screen.

So it's appropriate that today's show is about a film packed with all the things that make movies special.

I know I'm late to the party, but I can't not do a show about Celine Songs, gorgeous, heartbreaking 2023 film Past Lives.

It was one of those critical darlings that was a small film, nominated alongside juggernauts like Oppenheimer and Barbie.

No stars to speak of a first time writer director and nothing gimmicky or notable like Robert Downey Jr.s transformation into a bitter, balding bureaucrat, or the candy colored clockwork fantasy of poor things?

No, it's just a movie about regular people leading regular lives.

Specifically, it begins with 12 year old Norah Moon, who lives in South Korea and is in love with her classmate Hey Sung What I get out of doing movie house every week is the opportunity to think and write and talk about what is one of the most powerful art forms in the world.

It's something that joins almost every culture across the globe.

It's something that everyone can relate to.

Everyone has opinions about.

It's something that compels me personally.

I love movies and I love going to them, but I really, really love talking about them.

And so having the chance to do it on a weekly basis and reach people throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region, it's it's a blast.

And it's a it's a privilege.

So if you'd like to hear past episodes of Movie House, many of them are available online as podcasts at Delta Public Media.org and wherever you get your podcasts.

But you can also join me live every Friday morning at 7:45, at 9:45, on the air on 90.1, and I hope to meet you there.

WDCQ Delta College's public TV station recently hosted a Bob Ross painting workshop.

During the event, community members visited our facilities and received an art lesson from a certified Bob Ross instructor.

To tell us more of this amazing experience.

We talked to Gwen Serbus, Development and Business Relations Coordinator.

Delta College Public Media recently welcomed to our studio.

Ted Simpson, who is a certified Bob Ross instructor.

Bob Ross was a beloved American painter and art instructor who created and hosted the Joy of painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS.

And because of his popularity, we continue to re-air past episodes today.

Bob's paintings featured nature scenery, his flair for happy little trees made his show a PBS favorite.

So what I'm going to do is I'm going to hold my brush flat.

Not this way.

Not vertical, but flat.

Lower the handle a little bit and I gently press in.

I want to collapse those bristles.

So it makes a nice horizontal line, above and I'm just overlapping that pink just a little bit.

So I just drag the brush sideways.

One pull, one pull, one pull, and then back.

Let's do it.

Use your arm, not your wrist.

I find it works a little better if you go a little faster.

Start moving that paint down.

But take a look here, It's starting to dry out.

I'm starting to get these dry bits, so I reload my brush.

I get some more paint on my brush.

I add a touch of the crimson if I want.

And I just keep pushing back and forth, lowering my brush and filling in.

Now Im not I'm not caring so much about these horizontal lines.

so if the white part.

If you got about half of it filled with this blue color, you can stop.

Most of my students have never picked up a brush, and it's my joy.

It's my pleasure to show people with no painting experience that they can do this method and get a simple, evocative painting in just one session.

I am here doing Bob Ross because I love Bob Ross.

I have since I was very, very small.

I've always loved art and painting, and my mom got me this as a birthday gift this year.

So it was really fun to be able to experience Bob Ross and do the class with everybody.

I have never done oil paint before.

So the wet on wet oil was very new to me.

And being able to blend as you went because it's a lot more forgiving.

So that was really nice.

It was really easy to pick up the techniques that we're taught tonight.

And then because of that one, my student next to me was struggling.

We kind of work together to work on our paintings.

Anyone who loves Bob Ross or painting or just trying something new would love to do this.

I love Bob Ross.

Our Bob Ross painting workshops are a fundraiser for us, and this is the seventh time we have invited Ted into our studio.

Because of the success of the television program and the interest in painting Like Bob, we have filled our studio each time he has visited.

Our next Bob Ross workshop is scheduled for Sunday, August 11th.

For those interested, you can reserve your seat online at Delta Public Media.org or give us a call at 877-472-7677.

I hope to see you there.

Camp Health and Wellness is a way to introduce high school students to various careers within the health science field.

At this three day event, teens will participate in hands on activities led by local health professionals and college and career center instructors.

We spoke with Kara Jimenez, Professor of Lifelong Wellness, to learn more about this exciting summer initiative.

Camp Health and Wellness is designed for ninth through 12th graders who are interested in careers in health sciences fields.

When students come to campus, they will explore different careers in the health sciences career pathway.

They will be going to sessions like veterinarian, vet tech, physician, physician assistant, nursing nurse practitioner, sonography, just to name a few.

This event allows students to talk to area health professionals and college faculty and staff about specifics of different jobs in the health sciences field.

They get to explore hands on learning during each breakout session.

And they get to talk to those instructors.

Another benefit of camp health and wellness is we are able to have area 9th through 12th graders, attend campus and explore our beautiful facilities.

The cost of Camp Health and Wellness is $30 per participant.

In order to register, all we need to do is scan the QR code The dates of Camp Health and Wellness is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, June 18th through the 20th from 9:30am till 1:30 p.m.

Registration for Camp Health & Wellness is available until Thursday, June 13th.

So sign up as soon as possible.

The Girls Day Out is a daylong event that provides middle school girls an opportunity to participate in hands on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM activities.

The goal is to peak their interest in exploring career fields that are traditional male dominated.

To tell us more about the days activities, we talked to Diane Lobsiger-Braden, a skilled trades professor.

Girls Day Out is a nationally recognized event, and it's meant to get middle school girls together to get them interested in the STEM fields and to hopefully eventually pursue a career in STEM.

Well, we invite middle school girls from six through eighth grade to learn about the STEM activities.

Girls Day Out is very important event.

It's definitely needed in our communities so that we can have a diverse workforce and girls can be able to go into the STEM related fields.

What happens is girls might be interested in STEM in their younger years, and then statistically, when they get into high school, we lose the girls for some reason.

So this event is meant to keep the girls interested in STEM and get them so excited about different areas that they would want to continue on through high school, into college, and then pursue a career in the field.

Well we have 550 girls come in from ten different schools throughout the community.

And some of them started coming in at 8:00 in the morning.

So we had some sessions that started right away at eight.

And then at nine, we met in the gym for our opening ceremonies.

For our opening ceremonies, we had Jennifer Larimer as our speaker, and Jennifer is a chemical engineer from Dow.

And she is also very involved in the Society of Women Engineers.

And Jennifer explained to the girls how chemical reactions are a lot like people as a very interesting speech that she gave.

And then, we had resourceful recycling donate 13 computers for us, and we were able to give, out a computer for one girl at each school.

So that was pretty exciting.

And then after that was over, we threw a 150 t-shirts to the girls, so they had a lot of fun with that.

And then after opening ceremonies, our sessions continued throughout the day until about 2:00, they wrapped up and we had sessions both here at the Delta College main campus and at our Saginaw Center location.

We had 31 different sessions throughout the day, and now obviously the girls couldn't go to all of them, but where we rotated the girls through as many as we could get them through in the time that they were allocated.

There were sessions everywhere, from welding to building circuits to 3D printing necklaces, to different science related things such as, extracting DNA from strawberries and psychology Club put on an interesting presentation and the math department got involved.

And then we even had things, to help the girls improve their self-esteem and so forth, like recognizing their self-worth and activities like that.

So we had a wide range of activities for the girls, and they had a lot of fun.

We're already hearing back from some of the schools that the girls are asking if they can come again next year, so they they really enjoyed doing it.

This, by the way, was our fifth year of putting on Girls Day Out.

But the event as a whole is put on by Delta College.

And there's numerous faculty members and staff, that are participating in the event in one way or the other.

And we also have a lot of people from the community that come in to help with the event.

And the girls had a great time and we really enjoy putting this on.

And so I know some of the girls have already commented that they can't wait to come back next year.

We can't wait to see you again next year because we really enjoy putting this on.

It's a very good event for the girls to come to.

Not only do they get introduced to STEM but they get introduced to Delta's campus and everything that we have to offer here, and it's just a fun day for everyone involved.

I'd like to thank Diane and all those involved in coordinating those outstanding events.

Now let's see what's on the Dateline Delta calendar of events.

The Delta College Planetarium is hosting a series of shows during the month of June.

For more information about these shows and events happening at the planetarium, visit their website at delta.edu/planetarium.

Delta College Downtown Saginaw Center is hosting Transfer Tuesdays every Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.. Visit our university partners in the main lobby for transfer information and swag.

For further information on these events or other campus activities, contact the Office of Marketing and Public Information at (989)686-9490, or visit our website at delta.edu.

Well, that wraps up our show and our season.

Please rejoin us this fall when we again highlight what's happening here at Delta College, one of America's leading community colleges.

We now return to the Pioneer Gym to watch more of the commencement ceremony for Dateline Delta.

I'm Diane Middleton.

Thanks for watching.

Local production seen on Delta College Public Media are made possible with support from viewers like you.

Thank you.