Archived TSO Calendar (2022)

Archived TSO Calendar (2022)

January, 2022

Friday, January 14
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Thursday, January 20
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, January 21
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Book selection meeting.

Wednesday, January 26
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, January 28
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: 1968 – The Year That Rocked The World by Mark Kurlansky.

February, 2022

Friday, February 4
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Book TBD.

Thursday, February 17
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, February 18
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Wednesday, February 23
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, February 25
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Apollo 8, The Thrilling Story Of The First Mission To The Moon by Jeffrey Kluger.

March, 2022

Tuesday, March 1
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Japanese Tea Bowls – for Fashionistas, Rebels and Everyday Kind of People by Carol Frankel.

Thursday, March 3
• 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., Online Seminar: The State of Politics in Hong Kong by Professor Simon Shen.

Friday, March 4
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Book TBD.

Thursday, March 17
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, March 18
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Wednesday, March 23
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, March 25
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Uncertain Justice – The Roberts Court and the Constitution by Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz, 2014.

April, 2022

Friday, April 1
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online

Thursday, April 14
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, April 15
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. The selected books for 2022 are available here. Please note that the April & May meetings will start at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, April 29
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Gangsters of Capitalism – Smedley Butler, the Marines and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire by Jonathan M. Katz, 2022.

May, 2022

Friday, May 6
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin. Upcoming books for 2022 are available here.

Thursday, May 19
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, May 20
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Book Club Online: My Antonia by Willa Cather. The selected books for 2022 are available here. Please note that the April & May meetings will start at 2 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, May 27
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Founding Mothers – The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts. New theme: Colonial America Before the Revolutionary War.

June, 2022

Friday, June 3
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail by Ray Dalio. Upcoming books for 2022 are available here.

Wednesday, June 15
• 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Our Blue Planet, an Exhibit at SAM by Andrea Smith-Clarke.

Thursday, June 16
• 10:00 a.m to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: The Blood-Brain Barrier Interface: How Your Brain’s Blood Vessels Mediate Brain-Body Communication by Dr. Willam A. Banks.
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, June 17
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Vanishing Half by Bill Bennet. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Tuesday, June 21
• 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Nesting Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles by Sheldon Plentovich.

Wednesday, June 22
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting

Thursday, June 23
• 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Home is Where the Fire Is by Heather Wong (Bellevue Fire Department).

Friday, June 24
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: American Colonies – The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor, Parts I and II.

Monday, June 27
• 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Keeping Washington Coasts Clean by Megan Juran.

Tuesday, June 28
• 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Wait-What–Now We’re Fighting About Water Too? by Janet Neuman.

Thursday, June 30
• 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: The Sophia Way: A Place of Hope and Change for Women by Dietra Clayton.

July, 2022

Friday, July 1
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Lincoln and the Fight for Peace by John Avlon. Upcoming books for 2022 are available here.

Friday, July 15
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilson. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Thursday, July 21
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Wednesday, July 27
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, July 29
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: American Colonies – The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor, Part III.

August, 2022

Friday, August 5
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times by Michael Beschloss. Upcoming books for 2022 are available here.

Thursday, August 18
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, August 19
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Anxious People by Fredrik Bachman. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Wednesday, August 24
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, August 26
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: The Island at the Center of the World – The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Robert Shorto, 2005.

September, 2022

Friday, September 2
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times by Michael Beschloss. Upcoming books for 2022 are available here.

Thursday, September 15
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, September 16
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Wednesday, September 28
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, September 30
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Mayflower – Voyage, Community, War by Nathaniel Philbrick, 2007.

October, 2022

Friday, October 7
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop
Them by Barbara Walter. Upcoming books for 2022 are available here.

Thursday, October 20
~~• 3:30 p.m.,~~ ~~TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online~~ Meeting cancelled, next Curriculum Committee Meeting is on 11/17

Friday, October 21
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Blessings by Anna Quindlen. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Wednesday, October 26
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, October 28
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: 1774 – The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton, 2020.

November, 2022

Friday, November 4
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization by Harold James. Upcoming books for 2022 are available here.

Thursday, November 10
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online

Friday, November 11
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Wednesday, November 16
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, November 18
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Friday, November 25
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik, 2007 – Prelude, Part I + II

December, 2022

Friday, December 2
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure by Yascha Mounk. Books for 2022 are available here.

Tuesday, December 6
• 10:00 a.m., Online Event: Taste of TELOS: Previews of 8 different Winter Quarter 2023 classes by the instructors: Ted Watts, Fred Silber, Cynthia Smith, David Summers, Robert Barnes, and Ray Pfortner

Thursday, December 8
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: Ceramics by Marge Levy

Friday, December 9
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Monday, December 12
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: The Guidance Groove by Carolyn Kurle

Wednesday, December 14
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: All About Owls by Connie Sidles
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online

Friday, December 16
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online

Monday, December 19
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: Bellevue Police Department by Alycia McKinney

Friday, December 23
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online

Wednesday, December 28
• 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: Sex After 60 by Dr. Barbara Cochran

Thursday, December 29
• 1:00 p.m.to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Codebreaker by Walter Isaacson. The selected books for 2022 are available here.

Friday, December 30
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., American History Book Club Online: The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik, 2007 – Part III + IV, Epilogue

TSO Council meeting Minutes

Mar 26, 2025 – 03:30 PM

Top of Form

Attending: Jerry Bunce, Bryan Leyton, Chris Steele, Laura Stanely,

Ted Watts, Phil Andrews, Chris Stoynov

Quick recap

The team discussed the TSO Student Organization’s activities and future plans. They also met with the new Director of Continuing Education, Esteban Maldonado. They discussed the use of BC Foundation funds for advertising and instructor recruitment. Lastly, the council considered disbanding and the need for someone to update the website with meeting minutes, as well as the usefulness of a storage booth on campus.

Next steps

Jerry to send a note to Esteban Maldonado asking for an update on Telos program status, course numbers, and future expectations.

Jerry to inquire with Esteban about the status of cross-advertising between Edmonds Creative Research Institute and Bellevue College Telos.

Jerry to visit Student Programs to find a computer science student to help update the TSO website.

TSO Council to make a decision about disbanding at the next meeting on May 28th.

Jerry to report back to the council on any feedback from Esteban Maldonado regarding Telos activities.

TSO Student Organization’s Activities and Plans

In the meeting, Jerry led the discussion about the TSO Student Organization’s activities and future plans. TELOS had 20 classes in the winter quarter, with 5 being canceled, and 325 registrations. However, there was a question about the organization’s impact and whether it should continue. The group also discussed the upcoming spring quarter, with 16 classes planned for spring quarter. Fewer classes and registrations expected in summer. The possibility of adding another session of the generative AI for daily life class was also discussed. But George Liu now has a full time job and is not teaching at this time.

As always thanks go to Donna for collecting and sharing the TELOS class and registration information.

Esteban’s Role and Program Updates

Jerry, Ted, and Phil discussed their meeting with Esteban Maldonado, the new Director of Continuing Education and IBIT. Esteban was described as honest, earnest, and interested in their work. Phil suggested asking Esteban for an update on the college’s pulse regarding their program in their next meeting. Ted emphasized the need for Esteban to focus on their mission and not just be a nice face. Jerry noted that Esteban took over Liz Hollerman’s responsibilities, including the IBIT program, and expressed satisfaction with Esteban’s support for their program. The team agreed to send a note to Esteban, asking about the decrease in course numbers and what they can expect in the future.

Advertising and Instructor Recruitment Discussion

The team discussed the use of funds for advertising and instructor recruitment. They considered donating remaining funds in the TSO Student account with Student Programs to the foundation for more advertising and instructor recruitment. The team also discussed the process of hiring instructors as contractors, which simplifies the hiring process. The treasurer’s report showed that no money had been spent since the last meeting, leaving around $5,000 in the TSO student account. The team also discussed the potential for cross-advertising between Edmonds Creative Research Institute and Bellevue College.

Council Considers Disbanding and Storage

The council discusses the possibility of disbanding and agrees to make a decision at their next meeting on May 28th. They consider holding a final general meeting if they decide to disband. Jerry mentions the need for someone to update the website with meeting minutes, suggesting they might recruit a student for this task. The group also discusses the storage booth they have on campus, questioning its usefulness and contents. No new business is brought up, and the meeting is adjourned.

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