MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
FEBRUARY 2012
MCC Graphic Design Coordinator
Receives Fulbright Specialists Award
MCC
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S
INSIDE
AROUND CAMPUS
CLEARY UNIVERSITY
OFFERS NEW
BACHELOR DEGREE
PROGRAM AT MCC
GRIT UPCOMING
EVENTS
BLACK HISTORY
MONTH EVENT TO
FEATURE MCC
ALUMNI
HEALTH SERVICES
WINTER SCHEDULE
QUOTE OF
THE M ONTH
“You are not judged by the height
you have risen, but from the depth
you have climbed.”
– Frederick Douglass
Mara Jevera Fulmer, Professor and Program
Coordinator in Graphic Design at MCC, has been
selected for a Fulbright Specialists project in Russia at
the Yekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary Art
during May 2012, according to the U.S. Department of
State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board. Fulmer will be teaching a short course on
cultural journalism, addressing the intersection of art/
design and social and political issues.
Fulmer is one of more than 400 U.S. faculty and
professionals who will travel abroad this year through
the Fulbright Specialists Program. The Fulbright
Specialists Program, created in 2000 to complement the
traditional Fulbright Scholar Program, provides short-term academic opportunities (two to six
weeks) to prominent U.S. faculty and professionals to support curricular and faculty development
and institutional planning at post secondary, academic institutions around the world.
The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange activity, is
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 60
years of existence, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have taught, studied or conducted
research abroad and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar
activities in the United States. More than 285,000 emerging leaders in their professional fields
have received Fulbright awards, including individuals who later became heads of government,
Nobel Prize winners and leaders in education, business, journalism, the arts and other fields.
Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional
achievement. Among thousands of prominent Fulbright Scholar alumni are Milton Friedman, Nobel
Prize-winning economist; Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS); Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig Barrett, Chairman of the
Board of Intel Corporation. Distinguished Fulbright Specialist participants include Mahmoud
Ayoub, Professor of Religion at Temple University; Heidi Hartmann, President and CEO, Institute
for Women's Policy Research; Percy R. Luney, Jr. Dean and Professor, College of Law, Florida
A&M University and Emily Vargas-Barone, Founder and Executive Director of the RISE Institute.
MCC Nursing Program Announces
Accreditation Review Visit
Mott Community College's Nursing Program will be hosting a site review for continuing
accreditation of its Associate Degree in Applied Sciences – Nursing Program (ADN). The ADN
program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
The review visit for continuing accreditation is scheduled for Feb. 7-9, 2012. Members of the
public are invited to meet the visit team and share comments about the program in person at a
meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 4:00 pm in the Gorman Auditorium
d
Ca m p us
Honors Program
Coordinator Brian Ivory
received the Michigan Campus
Compact Faculty/Staff
Community Service-Learning
Award on Jan. 30 at the
Michigan Campus Compact
dinner program held at
Michigan State University.
Michigan Campus Compact is a
state-wide consortium of higher
education presidents working
together to promote service learning
programming on college campuses. Congratulations, Brian!
Music Prof. Mary Procopio performed with the Les Amis D'Haiti
Orchestra in a benefit concert on Jan. 22 in Peoria, Ill. The concert
raised funds for the Holy Trinity Music School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
that was destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
English Prof. Fairy Hayes-Scott lets us know that former MCC
Public Safety officer Jeff Wheeler, author of Where is Adam:
Understanding the Importance of Fatherhood, will have a book signing
on Thursday, March 29 at the Holiday Inn Express, located at 1150
Robert T. Longway in Flint. His publisher, MarketingNewAuthors.com
(MANA), will be hosting the activity. Light refreshments will be
available. In addition, MANA will donate a percentage of the profits to
the Foundation for Mott Community College towards a scholarship for
young men attending MCC. For more information, contact MANA at
(734) 975-0028 or info@marketingnewauthors.com.
Arou
n
Theater Instructor Dan Gerics has joined Davison blues artist Big
Bill Harwell and will be playing drums with him at various venues in
the area. Find out more at dangerics.com. Flint City Theatre will
present "An Evening Of Gratuitous Sex And Violence," featuring Dan
Gerics, March 22-24, 29-31 at the Good Beans Cafe. For more
information, visit flintcitytheatre.com.
Michael Kelly, Executive Director of Public Information and his
wife Kay will be featured in the Flint Community Players (FCP) Love
Letters, described as a "witty and endearing look at a lifelong relationship between two incredible soul mates over a span of over 50 years."
The Kellys will perform on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2:30 pm at FCP's Tom
& Bea Nobles Rehearsal & Performance Hall, at 2462 South Ballenger
Hwy. (located directly behind the K-Mart store at Miller Road). Reservations are strongly encouraged. Tickets can be purchased through the
Whiting Ticket Center in person, by calling (810) 237-7333 or online at
www.thewhiting.com.
New employees: MCC welcomes the following new
employees, hired in December 2011 and January 2012: Psychology Instructor Lauren Brown; Senior Institutional Research Analyst Erin
Shirey; Custodians: DeJuan Carroll, Jason Fetterman, Shawn Langford, Dwayne Langston; Public Safety Officers: Jordan Barnett,
Brittany Beatty, Thomas Durant; Public Safety Police Officers:
Jerome Adams, Migel Gatica, Rogelio Villarreal; Public Safety Supervisors (Sergeants): Pam Crawford, John Fontana and Dennie Van
Alstine.
The “GRiT'y” details:
The Green Initiatives Team (GRiT) is currently accepting nominations for the "Greeny Award." This award is intended to highlight an
employee or group of employees, student, or club who have implemented green initiatives on campus. “We hope to hear about and promote the
wonderful things already happening on campus and to spur others to think creatively on how they might improve services, help educate students, or
reduce costs and add to the college's sustainability by thinking and acting green,” said Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez, GRiT member. Visit green.mcc.edu
to submit a nomination using the online form. Anyone who would like to be involved and lend their talents to green initiatives on campus are encouraged to join GRiT at their monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of the month at 2 pm in the Faculty/Staff Lounge, Curtice-Mott building, room
1129. Donations for GRiT can be made through the Foundation for Mott Community College.
Upcoming Green Events:
Earth Day Celebration: Co-hosted by MCC. The 2012 Earth Day event will be held at the UM-Flint University Center on Saturday, April 14 from
10 am to 3 pm. Act now to reserve booth space or volunteer at earthday.mcc.edu.
Bee Forum: Flint River Wild Ones partners with the Ruth Mott Foundation and Applewood Estate Staff to host a screening of the film QUEEN OF
THE SUN: What are the Bees Telling Us? on Monday, April 30 at 5:00 p.m. in the Regional Technology Center Auditorium. The 82 minute length
film features closed captioning. Light refreshments and a discussion will follow the film. The event will feature bee keeping information. Vendors and
bee keepers are welcome. Please RSVP (810) 762-0455.
edible flint supports Flint residents in growing and accessing healthy food in order to reconnect with the land and each other. The group is made up of
a collaborative of individuals, community groups, institutions and organizations that work together in a structure of work groups and consensus
building. The Garden Starters work group is hosting a planning meeting on Thur., Feb. 2 from 5:30 to 7 pm at the MSU Extension at the GCARD
Building at 605 N. Saginaw St., Suite A, to get consensus on garden services, seeds and plants that will be ordered for the Garden Starter Kits that
will be made available for sale in early May. For more information, call Deb at (810) 244-8547 or email hamiltod@anr.msu.edu. They are also
taking applications for a Garden Starter Training series that will help Flint residents gain the skills necessary to establish a garden in the City of Flint,
contact Claudia at cmach@ruthmott.org. While another work group the edible flint Co-op is helping gardeners take their produce to the Flint Farmers'
Market, spurring economic growth and the availability of local food in the City of Flint. For more details, visit edible flint on Facebook or email
coop@edibleflint.org. MCC’s Hispanic Technology & Community Center was featured in their Garden Tour last year for a very successful
community vegetable garden they established on an empty lot across from the center.
Black History Month Event
to Feature MCC Alumni,
February 8
In observance of Black History Month, a distinguished panel of
community activists and MCC alums will discuss their roles and
achievements against the backdrop of the national Civil Rights movement
of the 1960s. The panel discussion, entitled "Who's Driving the Bus," is
scheduled from 12 noon to 1:30 pm, Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the Student Life
Center of MCC's Prahl College Center. This event is free and open to the
public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please call
(810) 762-0425. Sponsored by the Foundation for Mott Community
College, panel members include Olof Karlstrom, a local attorney who
served as vice president of Flint Junior College (now Mott Community
College) from 1969 to 1975; MCC alums State Rep. Woodrow Stanley,
D-Flint, serving the 34th District; Carol Todd Robinson, parent
coordinator, Jackson Public School District, Jackson, Miss; and Charles H.
Winfrey, founder and director of the Coalition for Positive Youth
Development and Executive Director of the New McCree Theater in Flint.
The group will share their perspectives regarding the impact of the Civil
Rights struggle at Flint Junior College as well as current issues facing
African-Americans in the Flint area. Paul Rozycki, retired MCC Political
Science Professor, will serve as moderator. Students and audience
members will have an opportunity to interact with the panelists.
Lennetta Coney, executive director of college and community
advancement and Foundation for Mott Community College president,
stated the panel is designed to help raise awareness of issues effecting
African Americans both yesterday and today. She expects the discussion
will "inspire today's students to be an instrument for continued growth and
change."
"We want to inspire our students to get involved, to help solve the
issues facing our community," Coney stated. "These individual experts
have personally helped pave the way and pioneered some of Flint's most
memorable moments in history. We need to remember and to be inspired
to continue pioneering the future for our children."
Cleary University Offers
New BBA Degree Program
at MCC University Center
Starting this month, Cleary University will begin offering an Applied Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (BBA) with majors
in Applied Business Management; Applied Entrepreneurship; Applied
Health Care Management and Applied Sustainability Management. The
Applied Bachelor's degree is for non-Business majors and provides the
student with an opportunity to learn the "business side" of each of these
areas. The Applied BBA program provides a unique opportunity for students to pursue a broad range of careers. For example, a student who has
completed an Associate's degree in cosmetology at MCC may want to
open their own salon. The Applied Entrepreneurship track will give the
student the management skills needed to achieve that goal. Classes are
offered in a blended format – both in the classroom and online. For more
information, contact Cleary's Admissions Department at 800-686-1883,
visit www.cleary.edu, stop by the Cleary office in the Mott Memorial
Building in room 1012 or call (810) 232-8004 or (810) 232-8600. Cleary
University is among the partnering institutions comprising MCC's University Center, providing students with an excellent opportunity to pursue bachelor and master's degrees right here on the MCC main campus.
Health Services Center
Announces Winter Schedule
Health Services Center Announces Winter Schedule
Nurse practitioners are available to perform physical examinations in
the Health Services Center by appointment. Physicals are $25. TB
Tests, Tetanus, Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccinations are available
from 8 am to 4:30 pm most days by appointment. TB Tests are $10,
Tetanus and MMR vaccinations are $50. Visitors to the Health
Services Center can pay for physicals and vaccinations at the cashier's
office and bring the receipt to the Health Services Center, which is
located in CM-1146 of the Curtice- Complex. For more information,
call Lt. Michael Becker, MCC Public Safety Health Services
Coordinator at (810) 762-0541.
Healthcare counseling with the nurse practitioners will also be
available by appointment and there is no charge for this service.
Anyone needing to see a nurse practitioner is asked to call in advance
to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome if no one else is
scheduled. Russell Bush, MD, MPH is the Medical Director on staff.
Nurse Practitioners are MCC Nursing faculty members Pat Ward and
Lynn Zink. They will be working in the Center on the following days:
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Monday, Feb. 13, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Monday, Feb. 20, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Monday Feb. 27, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, March 7, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Additional times may be added to the schedule at a later date
Black History at MCC
Edwyna G. Anderson was the
first African American elected to
serve on the Mott Community
College Board of Trustees in 1975.
She was also:
• the first AfricanAmerican
reporter for The Flint Journal
• the first AfricanAmerican
woman to work as a practicing
lawyer in Flint
• the first African American to
serve as assistant prosecuting
attorney of Flint.
A note to MCC retirees
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website newsstand.mcc.edu. If you'd like to help us save printing and
postage costs by going paperless, please email Rebecca.Gale@mcc.edu
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FEBRUARY 2012
Monday
Tuesday
6
13
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Wednesday Thursday
7
1
2
8
9
Sierra Club Board
Meeting & Program
6:00-9:00 pm
PCC 1230
14
15
21
22
Student Employees
Orientation
1:45-3:15 p.m.
PCC 1230
Friday
Saturday
3
10
Student Employees
Orientation
9:45-11:15 a.m.
PCC 1230
16
17
23
24
CCNA Membership
Meeting
6:30-9:30 p.m.
RTC 1005
4
Board of Trustees Meeting
7:30 p.m. • RTC 1301
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Student Employees
Orientation
9:45-11:15 a.m.
PCC 1230
5
Presentation by Dr. Jean
Feldman ( Greater Flint
Assoc. of Young Children
7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
MMB 1130
AAU Volleyball
Tournament
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Ballenger
11
18
AAU Volleyball
Tournament
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Ballenger
12
AAU Volleyball
Tournament
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Ballenger
19
AAU Volleyball
Tournament
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Ballenger
26
25
AAU Volleyball
Tournament
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Ballenger
27
Sunday
AAU Volleyball
Tournament
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Ballenger
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For more calendar items visit www.events.mcc.edu