MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
MAY 2005
MCC
Spring Reception
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S
INSIDE
AROUND CAMPUS
LT. GOVERNOR
CHERRY VISITS
MCC
MCC LAPEER
SEEKS ART
DESIGNS FOR
TASTE OF
HARVEST EVENT
DONUT DO IT!
Q UOTE OF
THE M ONTH
"A little knowledge that acts is worth
infinitely more than much knowledge
that is idle."
-Khalil Gibran
Several MCC employees were recognized for outstanding service and dedication to the
College at the April 21 Spring Reception. The program honored employees with 25 years of
service, retirees and the recipients of the Chester D. Smith Golden Apple awards. Employees with
25 years of service are: Darlene Boersma, Mary Butcher, Nathaniel Canada, Gerardo Gonzales,
Phyllis Holbrook, Denise Hooks, Gail Ives, Debra Killian, Marie Luck, Lindalee Massoud, Lillie
McCain, Michael McMinn, Celia Perez-Booth and David Streeter. Retirees are: Phillip Carpenter,
Mike Davis, Jerry Harvey, Jim Hines, Leonard Meizlish, Jon Newbill, Mike Reed, Celeste Resh,
Sheryl Taylor, Richard Thompson and Bettye Wilson. Winners of the 2005 Golden Apple Awards
are: Janice Ackerman, Nancy Beals, Johanna Brown, Lennetta Coney, Kim Fonger, Lionel Keener
and Dennis McKenzie.
Spike Lee Delivers Timely Message at MCC
Filmmaker Spike Lee was greeted with a
standing ovation from a capacity crowd of
more than 1,500 people gathered for the 2005
Mott Community College Ballenger "Eminent
Persons" Lecture Series on April 4. Lee's
appearance served as the official kickoff reestablishing MCC's Ballenger Lecture Series.
Lee gave the diverse audience a rousing
address that stressed the value of education
and the importance of choosing long-term
career happiness over money. Lee also discussed the lack of African-American representation and negative images in the media.
Encouraging college students in the audience
to use their college years to discover what it is
they would really enjoy doing, he advised:
"Use this time to plot where you want to go - once you decide what you want to do."
He urged young people to look for career satisfaction over money, warning them against becoming one
of the millions of people who get up and go to a job everyday that they hate. "Your time in school
should be about finding what it is that you love and not "what's going to make me the most money."
Around Campus
Marketing's Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez,
advisor of the MCC Gardening Association
thanks the following individuals for their efforts
with the April 5 and 16 campus cleanups:
Robin Foreman, Gail Ives, Lori France, Kay
Kelly, Marilee Knapp, Mary Renton, Dale
Wolfgram and Randy Cooper. The MCC
Gardening Association also extends an invitation to join them at Kearsley Park Saturday,
May 14 from 9 am - 2 pm. The first 25 volunteers receive a free T-Shirt. A light lunch will be
served. Bring rakes, shovels, paint brushes,
bags, gloves etc. if you have them. The park is
also in need of plants: daylilies, black-eyed
Susan, hosta or other ground covers. Details:
(810) 766-7155 ext. 3058.
MCC Student Life recently held an appreciation and awards luncheon. Several students
received awards for leadership and student government involvement. Paul Holdren's
Wrestling Club was awarded Club of the Year.
Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez was named advisor of
the year. Dean Delores Deen recognized the
Admissions Staff (Executive Director Marc
Payne in particular) for his outstanding efforts
in taking over the functions of Student Life.
English Professor Kathleen Rollins tells
us about a new literature class offered by the
English Dept. in the fall: Latin American
Literature. It covers a very wide area, from
Mexico and the Caribbean through Central and
South America.
Learning Center Executive Director
Michelle Heidenreich wants to recognize several peer tutors with the Tutorial Services
department who have received various awards:
Brian McCabe - Paul Karr Cup awarded at the
Honors Reception; Abdra Traore - Freshman
Mathematics Achievement Award and Debra
McBride - Biology Health Science Award from
MCC Science and Math Department.
Accounting's Karen Amore lets us know
that she is directing a presentation of Neil
Simon's Barefoot in the Park to be performed at
the Pix Theatre in Lapeer May 6, 7, 13 and 14.
Curtain is at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available by
calling the Pix box office at 664-4824.
Institutional Research Coordinator Marty
Goldstein tells us about a cool thing that she
and Graphic Design Coordinator Mara Fulmer
did. Marty is the 4H Coordinator for Grand
Blanc City Schools. She has over 39 students in
this 4H club, organized under Communication
and Expressive Arts - Digital Media/Video
Production. The kids were taught how to use
digital cameras, digital video cameras scanners
and eMac. On April 15, 20 students from
kindergarten through 5th grade were at MCC's
Mac Lab to make their own DVDs. The next
day, several of these children presented their
Grand Blanc Community DVD as part of their
4H Spring Achievement Competition where
they won Best in Show.
MCC's Livingston M-TEC Coordinator
Janell Westveer reports that representatives
from 43 companies set up stations at the MTEC facility for the Livingston Regional Job
Fair held Tuesday, Apr. 6. The Fair was featured
in The Detroit News story on Apr. 7.
Dr. Brian Ivory of Counseling and
Student Development presented twice at the
2005 Annual Convention for the American
College Personnel Association in Nashville,
Tenn. One presentation was a full-day workshop on Experiential Activities for Diversity
Training, and the second was on Community
Building in the Multicultural Classroom.
From Fine Arts Dean Jessie Sirna: In
April, Music Professor Chuck Iwanusa adjudicated two of the Michigan School Band and
Orchestra Association's Annual State Jazz
Festival sites where over 30 Michigan High
School jazz ensembles performed. On April 4,
Chuck participated in the American Society of
Composers, Authors & Publishers' (ASCAP)
Annual Membership Meeting in NYC as a
member of the jazz advisory panel. On April 25,
he participated in ASCAP's JazzCap, a premier
showcase for emerging young jazz composers
from across the nation. Chuck was one of the
judges that selected the young artists.
Art instructors Thom Bohnert, Brian
Liljeblad and Doug Warner had works in the
exhibition "Floor to Ceiling-20th Anniversary
Sculpture Show" at Buckham Gallery in downtown Flint in April. Sculpture instructor Cathy
Smith served as curator for the show. The 47th
Annual Student Art Show will be May 6-June 3
in the VADC Fine Arts Gallery and adjoining
galleries, Mon-Fri from 9 am-4:30 pm. The
opening reception is on May 6, 6-9 pm, recognizing the Art Achievement Award winners with
cash stipends provided by the Doris Mumby
Scholarship Fund.
The month of April proved to be a busy
time for the various performance groups in the
Music Area. The Jazz Combo directed by Tom
Smith; the Jazz Band directed by Chuck
Iwanusa; the Choir and Chamber Singers
directed by Mary Nieuwenhuis and the Guitar
Ensemble directed by Mari Yancho have participated in five on-campus events, three concerts, four recitals and Graduation. "Thanks to
all the students and their directors for committing their time and effort to these events," Jessie
said.
Northern Tier Center Coordinator Desiree
Londrigan extends a hearty congratulations to
Samer Sahoury, a Clio High School dual
enrolled student at the Northern Tier Center
who won the National Chess Championship;
part-time Sociology instructor Don Ricker, the
proud father of twin girls (Alexis and Jaydon)
born Monday, April 18. Babies and mom are
home and doing well; and to Lee Pelton, retired
MCC Counselor on his April 16 marriage!
CE Coordinator Nancy Cook has a lot of
good news to share from Community
Education: The 2005 Motorcycle classes are
FULL. A total of 432 participants have been
registered in the Motorcycle Safety program
that starts in May and ends in Sept.
MCC Community Education has been
awarded the distinction of a testing center for
Certified Nursing Assistants from the State of
Michigan. In April, representatives met with
Regional Health and CE Coordinator Sharon
Nichols and CE Executive Dean Mike Bower
to critique the layout of the Community
Education rooms, and the equipment specifications for a testing facility. Upon passing their
rigorous inspections, MCC Community
Education was officially named a State testing
site.
MCC President M. Richard Shaink,
Mike Bower, Information Systems/Outlook
Instructor Connie Lockrey and Disability
Network's John Burt presented at the 85th conference of the American Association of
Community Colleges (AACC) in Boston. The
presentation topic was "Promoting Assistive
Technology in the Community College."
Connie demonstrated the software package
"Dragon Naturally Speaking" along with the
PowerPoint presentation showing the steps that
were taken to "bridge" assistive technology here
at MCC.
User Support Team Lead of Management
Information Systems Michelle Robinson had a
baby girl on March 30. Her name is Lily
Tristan Robinson. She weighed 8lbs, 3ozs and
was 20 1/2 inches long.
Chemistry Professor Sue Ellen Segal provides us with a report on the Region V Science
Olympiad tournament. On March 19, MCC
hosted 21 middle and high school teams from
Genesee, Livingston, Lapeer and Shiawassee
counties for this annual event. This was the 20th
anniversary of Region V which was started here
at MCC. The students competed in 46 different
science events, including events in chemistry,
physics, biology, engineering, astronomy, geology, map reading, computer use and weather.
The event was organized by Co-Directors
Science and Math Dean Johanna Brown and
Sue Ellen Segal and William Welch from the
Genesee Intermediate School District. Many
thanks to the science and mathematics faculty
from MCC, UM-Flint, Kettering and Baker
who ran the events, the MCC students who volunteered their time to keep everything running
smoothly and VP Bill Angus and the MCC
Board of Trustees for their generous support.
Curriculum Research Specialist Mike
Ennis made a presentation at the "Day of
Dialogue V" conference in Greenville on
April 15. The conference was sponsored by
the Michigan Association of Community
College Educator Programs. Mike was also
an invited speaker on articulation agreements
at the Michigan Liberal Arts Deans Meeting
on April 29.
Lt. Governor Cherry Visits
Mott Community College
Lt. Governor John D. Cherry was on campus to discuss the final
report of the Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth at a
public meeting held April 19 in the Prahl College Center Ballroom.
Representatives from the Flint Community Schools Board of Education,
Congress of Flint School Administrators, United Teachers of Flint,
Inc./MEA/NEA and UAW Local 59, as well as MCC trustees, administrators, faculty/staff were in attendance. Cherry highlighted key recommendations outlined in the report, including: universal higher education; a new
high school assessment to replace MEAP; a culture of entrepreneurship
through community college and university entrepreneurial degree and certificate programs; a statewide "Transfer Wizard" website to improve the
transfer process; an increase in post baccalaureate professionals, encouraging dual degrees and expanding dual enrollment.
Cherry noted that MCC programs were already ahead of the curve in
comparison to other institutions, particularly with dual enrollment. "Right
here at MCC is the best example: Mott Middle College. You're not only
succeeding at K-12 challenges, but inspiring students to pursue postsecondary education."
Donut Do It!
Fans of the popular television crime drama CSI were right at
home with a five-week contest at the MCC Fitness Center. Players
teamed up with another "investigator" to determine what "crime" was
committed and who did it. Each week, new clues were found in the
Fitness Center to be examined by team members after completing their
regular workouts. During the final week, participants filed "official"
CSI reports and winners were eligible for special prizes. Winners were
announced at a Fitness Center celebration on April 21. Highlighting
the day was the announcement of the suspect, Shawn "Sugar Daddy"
Brown, MCC assistant baseball coach, who allegedly has been operating an illegal doughnut lab over the Fitness Center. Fitness Center staff
said Brown could be sentenced to numerous workouts in the Fitness
Center. Faculty and staff are welcome to join the Fitness Center and
take part in our special events while getting a great workout. Call
(810) 762-0026 for more information.
Shawn Brown, assistant baseball coach, a.k.a. “Sugar Daddy”
is booked on charges of operating an illegal doughnut lab.
MCC-Lapeer Seeks Art
Designs for Taste of
Harvest Event
MCC Lapeer Community Education is again partnering with MSU
Extension-Lapeer to sponsor the Taste of Harvest Festival on Aug. 27.
Festival organizers are seeking amateur/non-professional artists to design
artwork for Taste of Harvest Festival 2005 T-shirts. Anyone interested in
participating is encouraged to contact MCC-Lapeer at (810) 667-6546 for
applications. All entries must be received by June 1. Original artwork created by artists (15 years or older) will be considered for the winning
design that will be placed on T-shirts commemorating the Festival. A maximum of two entries per artist may be submitted. The winning artist will
receive a prize of $50. All entries must comply with the submission rules.
For the rules and more information, call the MCC Lapeer Community
Education office at (810) 667-6546.
MCC retiree Martha Van Bolt, 89, a loyal patron of the MCC
Fitness Center, also participated in the "CSI" contest. "A fitness program is very important - if you're going to aim for old age - and it
comes along. I've been exercising all my life," she said. Van Bolt
administered this advice on how to stay fit as one ages. "The only way
you can do that is to be active physically. You can't sit at home on the
Davenport and just think about it."
MAY 2005
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1
3
2
4
5
Companion Dog Training
7-9 p.m.
Genesee Room
9
10
11
12
16
17
18
19
Audubon Society
Meeting
6-9 p.m.
Genesee Room
Board of Trustees
Meeting
7:30-10 p.m.
Prahl Ballroom
5/23/05
23
30
Memorial Day
Campus Closed
Crim Training
7:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
Ballenger Field House
24
Crim Training
7:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
Ballenger Field House
31
25
26
6
Student Art Show
6-9 p.m.
MCC Visual Art &
Design Center
Runs through 6/3/05
13
Film Festival
7 p.m.-11:30 p.m.
RTC Auditorium
Fridays at Applewood
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Applewood Café
20
27
7
8
14
15
Mental Health
Run/Walk
7 a.m.-Noon
RTC Auditorium
Healing Hands
5k Run/Walk
7 a.m.-1 p.m.
RTC Auditorium
21
Film Festival
8 a.m.-10 p.m.
RTC Auditorium
28
22
Film Festival
8 a.m.-10 p.m.
RTC Auditorium
29
College & Cultural Ctr.
Neighborhood Assoc.
6:30-9:30 p.m.
RTC 1005 • 5/24/05
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