MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
JUNE 2014
MCC Bids Farewell to Dr. and Mrs.
Shaink June 20
MCC
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S
INSIDE
AROUND CAMPUS
MCC’S STEVE SCHMIDT
NAMED TO OLYMPIC
TEAM COACHING STAFF
8TH MOTT, MOTOWN &
MORE ANOTHER
SUCCESS
MCC EMPLOYEES
CLEAN UP
GET YOUR ZEN ON
QUOTE OF
THE M ONTH
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
The Foundation for Mott Community College invites the campus community to join us in wishing Dr.
Shaink and his wife Sally a fond farewell Friday, June
20, at two separate events. First, “Tea with Sally
Shaink” will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Applewood Café. The event is free, but donations to the
MCC Women In Education Fund or the Friends of
Mott Library are welcome.
The “Farewell to Dr. Shaink” will begin at 4 p.m.
and end at 6:30 p.m. in the Event Center. This event is
free and open to the general public. Donations to the
Presidential Fund for Student Success are welcome.
To help The Foundation plan for these events,
please R.S.V.P. by calling 810.762.0425 or go to www.mcceventsonline.com.
Lapeer Extension Center Sees
Growth and Welcomes New Staff
The Lapeer Extension Center hosted 79 Lapeer
High School students for one of three MCC New
Student Orientations Thursday, April 24. They were
treated to pizza and took the MCC Placement Test.
The high school juniors will participate in the DEEP
Dual Enrollment Project with Lapeer Community
Schools beginning in fall 2014. A total of 97 students are slated to take courses as dual enrolled students Monday through Thursday at the Lapeer
Extension Center this fall, representing an increase
of 34 students over the 2013/14 academic year. This
is the second year of the project. Counselors Mary
Ann Newbill, Mary Koopman and Erica Findora facilitated the orientations, with support from the Admissions and Placement Testing Offices staff.
The Lapeer Extension Center also welcomed
Julie Simmonds as a new staff member. She will be working at the front desk as Secretary. Julie
brings extensive secretarial and customer service experience from her years of work at Goodrich
Schools, where she was known as the “get ‘er done gal” who comes to work early and stays late to
get the job done. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of
Michigan-Flint. Julie is married with three children, Brent, Courtney, and Jenna. Her husband, Brad,
works for the State of Michigan Department of Corrections. The family resides in Davison. Julie
says she keeps active outside by running/jogging, walking and biking in the summer.
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Dr. Bill Withem, Assistant Professor of Music, has
been nominated for an Emmy
Award in the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences Michigan Chapter
36th Emmy Nominations. He
was nominated for Best Original Score for the documentary "Imported From China."
The film was directed by Geri
Alumit Zeldes and Troy Hale,
and produced by the Michigan State
University College of Communication
Arou
n
Arts and Sciences.
Glenn Martin reports the Upward Bound Summer Program
will begin on June 27 with the Annual Kick-Off at Kearsley Park.
Classes run Monday, June 30 through Aug. 8. The program is recruiting rising 8th grade students from the Beecher, Westwood
Heights and Flint school districts. Application information can be
downloaded from the UB webpage on the MCC website.
No one will be shushing Jessica Himstedt, Librarian I in Tech.
Services/Circulation in the Mott Library, when she performs scenes
from Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" with the Flint Light Opera June 9,
at the Flint Institute of Music. Also being performed that evening
will be scenes from Gilbert & Sullivan's “Pirates of Penzance” and
Puccini's “Gianni Schicchi.”
Other talented employees will take to the boards with the
Kearsley Park Players. Sue Ellen Hange, Professor of Chemistry in
the Science & Math Division, and Michael Kelly, Executive Director of Marketing and Public Information, will be in the Kearsley
Park Players' production of the Merry Wives of Windsor beginning
June 13 at the Kearsley Park Pavilion.
You can catch them in “action,” on the following dates:
Fri. June 13, 8:00 pm - Kearsley Park Opening Night Gala
Sat. June 14, 8:00 pm - Kearsley Park
Sun. June 15, 2:00 pm - Kearsley Park [the only MATINEE]
Thur. June 19, 7:00 pm - For-Mar Nature Preserve
Fri. June 20, 7:00 pm - Linden, Clover Beach
Sat. June 21, 7:00 pm - Flushing County Park
Sharon Ewles, Manager of Staffing for Human Resources, announces six new employees. Please give a big MCC welcome to:
Jeff McHale; Equipment Distribution Technician/Multimedia Specialist; ITS-Educational Media Services; start date April 25, 2014.
Andrew (Drew) Gauthier; Police Officer; Public Safety Department; start date April 27, 2014. Dawn Hibbard; Communications
Specialist; Marketing Department; start date May 12, 2014. Srilaxmi Routhu; IR Business Intelligence Systems Analyst; Institutional Research; start date June 2, 2014.
Amanda Burleson; Student Support Services Coordinator; Student
Support Services & Special Populations Department; start date
June 2, 2014. Shannon Halbedel; Student Support Services Coordinator; Student Support Services & Special Populations Department; start date June 2, 2014.
Congratulations to Angela Reeves, Counselor in Counseling &
Student Development, for being named "VIP Woman of the Year
for Outstanding Excellence and Dedication to Her Profession and
the Achievement of Women" by the National Association of Professional Women at their national conference in New York in April.
Anne Crites, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator in the Occupational Therapy Assistant program, presented at the Michigan Occupational Therapy Education Consortium's "Fieldwork Educator
Day," May 9 at Western Michigan University. Anne presented a session entitled "Sharing the Road," which focused on educating fieldwork supervisors to adapt teaching styles to the learning styles of
their students. Several teaching tools were provided to the fieldwork supervisors to promote critical thinking in the clinical setting.
MCC OTA faculty members will attend additional regional workshops in the fall.
Honors Program Coordinator Dr. Brian Ivory shares news that
Honors students Jasmyn Reed and Mantrese Griffin were selected
to participate in the 2014 Community College Summer Research
Fellowship Program at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. The
five-week program enables students to engage in research in a field
of interest, connect with University faculty, and gain familiarity
with the UM campus and its resources. The program runs June 2
through Aug. 8.
Students in Media Arts and Entertainment (MAET-150) class
of the Fine Arts & Social Sciences Division created a news video of
the recent Law Enforcement Job Fair in the Ballenger Field House.
You can view the production at
https://docs.google.com/a/mcc.edu/file/d/0B1fgQ6equAZOUzd3S2
xmQnFrQ28/edit. Media Arts and Entertainment Professor Craig
McMorris said the stories were assembled by students working in
groups and incorporated into their final assignment, which was a
short newscast. He would like to have his class producing weekly
news stories for MCC's closed-circuit system.
MCC’s Steve Schmidt
Named to Olympic
Team Coaching Staff
Steve Schmidt of Mott Community College has been named as a
court coach for the 2014 USA Basketball Men’s 18-and-under (U18) National Team training camp that will take place June 10-19 at the U.S.
Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
As a court coach, Schmidt will assist the USA U18 coaching staff
during the first three days of training camp. The USA Basketball Men’s
Junior National Team Committee is responsible for selecting the coaches.
In 23 seasons (1991-92 to present) as the head men’s basketball
coach at Mott Community College, Schmidt has compiled an impressive
629-134 career record (.825 winning percentage) and has led the Bears to
four NJCAA national championships (2003, 2007, 2008 and 2012).
“It is a honor to be selected to assist with the USA Basketball Men's
U18 National Team training camp,” Schmidt said. “I'm excited about the
opportunity to work with the top players in the country as well as with
some outstanding coaches.”
The training camp will be used to select the 12-member roster for
the USA team that will play in the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, which is scheduled for June 20-24at the USOTC.
“We are proud of this recognition for the excellent coaching skills
that Steve Schmidt has brought to Mott College basketball,” said MCC
President Dick Shaink. “His winning ways and focus on academics as
well as athletics has made Coach Schmidt an example of the best aspects
in the sport. I am certain he will make a major contribution to our nation’s Olympic basketball program.”
8th Mott, Motown & More
Another Success
MCC Employees Clean Up
MCC Staff and Faculty showed their support for the Flint
River Watershed Coalition Saturday, April 26 by volunteering
for the Flint River and Community Clean Up at three sites,
Pierce Park, Kearsley Park and the Carriage Town Ministries.
Kudos to everyone who turned out to help maintain our watershed and community!
Get Your Zen On
Yoga classes for faculty and staff will resume starting Sept. 20
and Oct. 1, with a new twist – there will be day and evening classes to
better fit your schedule.
Sponsored by the MCC Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL),
in partnership with the MCC Wellness Advisory Council (WAC),
classes will run once a week for ten weeks. Both classes will meet in
the CTL (ML 3106). The evening Yoga class will meet every Tuesday
from 5:15-6:15 p.m. (Sept. 30-Dec. 2), and the daytime Yoga class
will meet every Wednesday from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (Oct. 1-Dec.
3).
The total cost for ten sessions is $60; space in each class is limited to the first 15 people who submit their payment to the CTL. To
complete registration, make checks payable to "The Yoga Loft" and
submit to Dale Weighill, Executive Dean for Professional Development & Experiential Learning, in ML 3006. Indicate which class, either Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, you plan to attend.
Missed sessions can be made up free-of-charge at The Yoga
Loft’s location on Saginaw Street in downtown Flint. Arrangements
to do make-up visits should be made directly with Yoga instructor,
Lois Sharp-Schneider.
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Wild Ones Meeting
6:00-8:00 pm
PCC 1230
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Student Employee
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9:45-11:45 a.m.
PCC 1230
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Sierra Club Meeting
6:00-9:00 p.m.
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Student Employee
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9:45-11:45 a.m.
PCC 1230
Red Cross Blood Drive
10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Lapeer Extension Ctr.
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7:30-10:00 p.m.
RTC 1301
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Medicare Basics
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
RTC 1109
Tea with Sally Shaink
11:30-1:30 p.m.
PCC 1250
Dr. Shaink’s Celebration
4:00-6:30 p.m.
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