MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
JUNE 2015
MCC
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
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CELEBRATION
QUOTE OF
THE M ONTH
“To be wronged is nothing unless
you continue to remember it.”
-Confucius
The Health Science Department is
excited to announce a new class this
fall
HEAL 101 Nutrition Basics For The Consumer
The Health and Science department offers many classes (PEAC) that pertain to fitness and activity in regards to improving one’s health. Although some of these classes briefly touch on nutrition, we determined there
is a need on campus for this type of class.
Nutrition Basics for the Consumer is designed to give students practical and basic knowledge of nutrition
principles and how to become an informed nutrition consumer. Students will understand how nutrition choices
can positively and/or negatively affect health. Students will learn about: nutrition basics, food labels, ingredient
lists, dining out, shopping on a budget and developing a nutrition plan.
The class instructor will be Dawn Burtnett, RDN, ACE-AHFS. As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist she
will provide the students with a great experience in the classroom that can extend to applying to daily living and
improving health.
The first class HEAL101-01 will be offered this fall on Monday and Wednesday from 12 noon to 1:55 pm
in CM2107.
*This course does not meet the requirement for the nursing program at Mott Community College.
Streamline your communications with
the new portal notification system
As part of an ongoing commitment to
customer service for students and staff the
ITS staff in collaboration with Marketing
and Communications designed the Portal
Announcements to further promote and
streamline communication across campus.
Messages added to the Portal Application
can also be sent as email notifications from
within the Portal Announcements application. Simply login to MCC4me from the
Faculty/Staff page, choose the Portal Announcement App, choose a template/style
for the announcement, upload any related
photo(s) or You Tube video, and link to your
webpage or another URL for further details.
There is also an option to preview your
message before it is sent. There is a check
box to use to send the announcement as an email.
The message can be directed to a select audience, from faculty or students only, to all employees or all
campus. The system will generate an email using the information from your announcement. Then the appropriate area will approve the announcement for viewing and sending. For assistance in creating your portal message/email or using the application please contact the office of Marketing and Communications at
762-0455.
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Ca m p us
John Dempsey reports that he
has a piece included in the 68th
Annual Michigan Watercolor Exhibition. The exhibition runs
from May 17 to July 16, at the
Janice Cranach Gallery, Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 West Maple
Road, West Bloomfield, MI.
Gallery Hours are MondayWednesday, 10 am to 5 pm; Thursday 10 am – 7 pm; Sunday Noon-4
pm. No admission charge, open to the
public.
Sue Ellen Hange, chemistry faculty member has great news to share
about her son William Segal who is a former MCC student. William is
graduating from the University of Chicago Law School on June 13, 2015.
William and family will be moving to the DC area at the end of the summer to take a position with a DC law firm. Sue Ellen is keeping busy in
her free time as a member of the Kearsley Park Players (part of Genesee
County Park's Theater in the Parks program). She will be acting in this
year's Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night (opening June
12) as well as in the Children's Theater production of Jack and the Bean
Stalk.
Aubrey Folts reports that Dr. Madonna Carpenter-Jackson successfully completed the oral defense of her dissertation on May 20, 2015.
Her research was titled “Nontraditional Career Technical Education Students: Does involvement in student organizations encourage retention?”
Dr. Carpenter-Jackson reports that “Overwhelmingly, nontraditional students (over age 25) reported finding and engaging with other students
who had similar interest or life circumstances made persistence a greater
likelihood. A secondary finding was undergraduates were more likely to
join a student organization if suggested to them by a professor or staff
member at the college.” Congratulations Dr. Carpenter-Jackson.
Jennifer Doerr, ASL instructor reports that she will be representing
the Michigan Interpreter Training Programs in a workgroup created by the
MDCR-DODDBHH (Michigan Division of Civil Rights-Division on
Deafness, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing). The group will provide
input to the division as they work on policies and procedures for endorsements to certification for the state.
Arou
n
Mara Fulmer would like folks to sign up for the
CTL blog (ctlmott.wordpress.com) to get insights
on issues we face at the community college, and
in helping stusents to succeed. You can also learn
about CTL, find conferences available for faculty
and staff and utilize the other online resources.
Check out the Connection Online!
June will be the last time we print and mail the MCC Connection as we
move completely to the online version. This will allow us to reduce costs and
allow us to extend our news deadline. Please visit newsstand.mcc.edu to
view the newsletter online. If you would like to receive a reminder email
that the Connection is available online please email Rebecca.Gale@mcc.edu
Graduation Snapshots
Installation Celebration
An historic moment captured the attention of over 300 guests at
Dr. Walker-Griffea’s Installation party following Commencement May 2.
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Calendar Connection
Stay up to date on events and meetings around campus by visiting the Events Calendar at
http://www.mcc.edu/calendar/calendar.php Or, visit the Faculty or Staff portal pages and check
out the Announcements pane for campus-related news.
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