MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
FEBRUARY 2010
MCC
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S
INSIDE
AROUND CAMPUS
FR. BETTENDORF
RESIGNS FROM
MCC BOARD
HAITI RELIEF
EFFORTS
UNDERWAY AT
MCC
AFRICANAMERICAN DISHES
FEATURED AT
APPLEWOOD CAFÉ
Q UOTE OF
THE M ONTH
"Education is the key to unlock the
golden door of freedom."
-- George Washington Carver
MCC Awarded Major Grant Funding
for Green Jobs Training
Mott Community College has landed a $3,662,403 stimulus grant to provide training for lowincome individuals in green construction, including retrofitting, weatherization and energy auditing.
MCC was among 38 groups nationwide selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of
Labor's "Pathways Out of Poverty" grant initiative, designed to support programs that help
disadvantaged populations find ways out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency through
employment in energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.
MCC's Workforce Development Department is partnering with several organizations and
businesses on the project, developing a green construction career pathway for participants through a
Green Construction Certificate Program. Participants will have the chance to participate in the Energy
Conservation Apprentice Readiness program and the Road Construction Apprenticeship Readiness
program. The courses will be offered here on the MCC main campus.
MCC is also part of a regional project team that will receive an allocation of $1,190,772 of about
$5.8 million in stimulus grant funds from the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic
Growth to provide training that will lead to certificates in Green Construction and Sustainable
Construction, an Associate's degree, and/or trade apprenticeship opportunities.
"The green industry represents a viable career option for individuals who are interested in
developing marketable skills that will lead to employment in the growing field of green construction,"
said Robert Matthews, Executive Dean, MCC Workforce Development. "These projects are providing
MCC with another excellent job training opportunity targeted toward improving the overall quality of
life for residents in our community."
New Agreement Allows American
Sign Language classes at MCC to
Meet Foreign Language Requirement
at UM-Flint
An articulation agreement between Mott Community College and the University of Michigan-Flint
signed on Jan. 27 now allows students to transfer credits from MCC's American Sign Language (ASL)
program that will meet the foreign language requirement at UM-Flint. Dr. Amy Fugate, Vice President
for Academic Affairs at MCC, was joined by Patricia Bergh, MCC Dean of the Humanities Division,
Stephanie Naeyaert, Coordinator, MCC's ASL/Interpreter Education Program, and several MCC faculty
and staff members at the signing ceremony held at UM-Flint's Northbank Center.
"We are so pleased to be partnering again with the University of Michigan-Flint on an agreement
that highlights the importance of supporting the education and career development of our students,"
said Dr. Fugate. "MCC already enjoys an excellent reputation in the community for our American Sign
Language and Interpreter Education Program. This partnership demonstrates another area of collaboration between the two colleges, recognizing ASL as a foreign language and providing students with an
opportunity to receive academic credit toward foreign language requirements. This agreement is a
significant step for both our colleges as we expand our mutual commitment to provide students with a
seamless transition between institutions."
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Dolores Sharpe,
Executive Director, Academic
Operations, provides a report
on four new certificate programs:
Art and Design
Foundation
This Certificate is designed
for students who plan to
transfer into art and design
fields after one year at MCC, who
are preparing for a new career or
pursuing a new interest in art or, who
are business owners in the arts fields and
wish to enhance their skills. The Certificate will be offered out of
the Fine Arts division.
Transportation Distribution & Logistics Technology
This Certificate is designed to provide the basic skills needed for
entry level positions in the transportation and logistics industries.
The content includes possible career and academic paths for more
advanced classes, and when combined with work experience, it can
help students to be selected for promotion or new jobs. The
Certificate will be offered out of the Technology division.
Welding
Students in this program will achieve national code-welding skills in
a modern workforce environment. Each course will contain
American Welding Society (AWS) qualifications testing for student
certification. Students passing the qualifications tests will earn AWS
certification in addition to the Certificate of Achievement, increasing
their employability.
Early Childhood Education: Infant & Toddler
There is an increasing need for content specific training in the early
care and education fields. State and federal requirements are dictating professionals working with children must have age specific training and coursework credits. Upon completion of this Certificate program, students will meet all licensing, state and federal requirements
for professionals caring for infants and toddlers.
Social work Technician Program Coordinator Paul Jordan lets
us know that Bettina Campbell, instructor in the Social Work
Technician Program, has recently had the article titled "Your Blessed
Health: An HIV Prevention Program Bridging Faith and Public
Health Communities," published in the journal Public Health
Reports, 2010 Supplement 1. In addition to teaching at Mott
College, she is the director of YOUR Center, a community-based
prevention program focused on HIV and AIDS prevention.
On Jan. 4, the Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra premiered Jazz
Coordinator/Music Prof. Charles Iwanusa's latest composition at
Toronto's esteemed jazz club, The Rex, entitled "What Do You
Want?" The 11-1/2 minute composition features several members of
the Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra who will also be performing at
the 5th Annual MCC Jazz Festival this month.
Social Sciences Dean Margaret Brainard shares news from the
Social Sciences division. History Prof. Aaron Gulyas will be presenting a paper entitled "The Disclosure President? Barack Obama's
2008 Presidential Campaign and the Exopolitics Movement" at the
2010 meeting of the Popular Culture Association-American Culture
Association in St. Louis this April.
Becky Garske, Professor-Coordinator of Early Childhood
Education has been selected to be a team member of the ECIC statewide sub-committee group to revise the State's core knowledge and
competencies for early childhood care and education professionals.
She has been chosen for the Genesee County team to pilot a kindergarten readiness project through the ECIC. She also presented a
three-hour seminar at the Department of Education Michigan
Arou
n
Collaborative Early Childhood Education Conference Jan. 27-29 in
Dearborn.
Psychology Assistant Prof. Haig Kouyoumdjian co-authored
Introduction to Psychology, Ninth Edition with Rod Plotnik.
Psychology Prof. Gail Knapp and Information Technology Prof.
Lynn Thigpen collaborated on Plotnik and Kouyoumdjian's
Introduction to Psychology, Ninth Edition, Instructor's Resource
Manual. Gail authored the publication and Lynn did the design work.
Both works will be published in March, 2010 by Wadsworth
Cengage Learning.
From English Instructor Wendy Byard: Two MCC students
recently represented the college in the state-wide LAND writing contest. Nancy Hudson was selected to represent the college for her
Student Scholars' Research Entry entitled "Coexisting Partners: A
Wealthy China and a Healthy China?" The other representative was
Cheyenee Morawski for her Creative Writing (Essay), entitled "A
Whopper of a Man." Congratulations to both students for their excellent work.
Marketing Assistant/Web Content Manager Rebecca GaleGonzalez sends a hearty thank you to MCC Public Safety staff and
everyone who presented to donate during the American Red Cross
blood drive held on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The results of the blood drive
follows:
Goal -- 31
Presenting -- 49
Productive -- 37
First Time Donors -- 6
Lori Trumbo, Executive Dean, Professional Development &
Experiential Learning and William Reich, Director, Center for
Teaching & Learning, Office of Professional Development would
like to thank the following for presenting workshops for the CTL in
the month of January:
Lisa Murawa (Business Division) "StrengthsQuest Handshake"
Public Safety Office -- Campus Emergency Training
Frank Sobie (Social Sciences Division) "Web Resources for
Personal Navigation and Travel"
Dolores Sharpe (Academic Affairs) "Making Sense of CPSC"
Linda Rutherford & Jessica Himstedt (MCC Library) "MCC
Library Reserve Desk Copyright Issues"
Angela Reeves (Counseling and Student Development) "Is Your
Textbook Giving Your Students All They Need?"
Dave Roach (Technology Division) Faculty Technical Support
Personnel
Brian Harding (Social Sciences) Blackboard
Robert Benard (Technology) "Experiential Learning Round
Table & Camtasia"
Linda Motter (ITS e-Learning) Office Suite 2007: Overview &
Blackboard
Cheryl Bassett (ITS) Computer Network Security
Steve Robinson (Planning, Research & Quality) "Using the
AQIP Quality Tools"
Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez (Public Information) Pruning
New employee: MCC welcomes Amanda Krok, Planning and
Commissioning Coordinator, Physical Plant, start date: Jan. 19.
Welcome, Amanda, to the MCC family!
Fr. Bettendorf Resigns
from MCC Board
Citing poor health, longtime MCC Trustee
James Bettendorf has resigned his post, effective as of Monday, January 25, 2010. The
vacancy will be filled by a vote of the MCC
Board of Trustees and qualified applicants are
invited to submit applications to the MCC
Office of the President by a deadline of no later
than Friday, February 4, 2010.
Father James Bettendorf was elected to his
first term in office on the Mott Community
College Board of Trustees in 1987. He was reelected for a fourth six-year term in 2005. He has served as chair, treasurer and secretary of the Board. Last year he celebrated the 50th anniversary
of his ordination as a Catholic priest. Bettendorf served as the director of
the Flint Newman Center and pastor of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church
in Flint. A longtime resident of Flint, Bettendorf was one of the planners
and originators of the Catholic Committee of Concern, and the North End
Soup Kitchen. A Doctor of Ministry, he received his Master of Arts at
Western Michigan University, his Bachelor of Sacred Theology at St.
John’s Seminary in Plymouth, and his Bachelor of Arts at Sacred Heart
Seminary in Detroit. Father Bettendorf has been active in many civic and
service organizations including the Urban League of Flint, GLS Health
Systems Agency, the local Boy Scouts, and the Genesee County Probation
Advisory Board.
Haiti Relief Efforts
Underway at MCC
A special fundraising concert to raise money for the rebuilding of a
school where MCC's visiting Haitian musicians taught is scheduled for
Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3 pm in the Mott Memorial Building Auditorium.
MCC is host to five music students from Haiti who are on campus
studying music theory and performance. The Holy Trinity School
where they worked collapsed in the earthquakes that leveled the capitol
city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding area, killing and injuring
thousands, as well as leaving survivors without food, shelter and water.
MCC has set up a long-term, coordinated relief effort to help the
visiting students and their families, as well as the people of Haiti to
rebuild, through the Foundation for Mott Community College. For
more information or to donate, contact Lisa Poma or Michael Simon,
Co-Chairs of Haiti Relief Efforts at MCC, in the President's Office at
762-0453 or visit The Foundation for MCC page on the MCC website.
Congratulations Wanda
Congratulations are in order for
Wanda Dowdall, recently retired MCC
Lapeer Site Director, on being named
annual Citizen of the Year by the
Lapeer Area Chamber of Commerce,
an annual honor recognizing individuals who go above and beyond to help
grow and support Lapeer.
MCC's Transitions School of
Cosmetology Careers threw a birthday party for one of its favorite,
most loyal clients, 95-year-old
Pauline Dobis of Burton. A retired
cosmetologist, she doesn't miss a
week coming to the MCC campus
to have her hair styled, or for a
manicure and even a pedicure now
and then. "I like the friendliness
here," she said. "They really do
good work; everybody is so pleasant, and the price is right." Dobis,
who was also presented with a gold
card that now allows her to receive
all services at the Transitions salon
for free, has been patronizing the
MCC cosmetology school since its
opening in 1969, according to
Transitions Cosmetology
Coordinator Carol Nielsen. "She's
our longest and most faithful
client," Nielsen said.
African-American Dishes
Featured at Applewood Café
African-American cuisine will return on Thursdays in February at
Applewood Café. The weekly offerings, complete with musical
accompaniment, are in celebration of Black History Month and
sponsored by the Foundation for Mott Community College. Cost is
$20 per person and includes fresh-brewed coffee or tea. The luncheons
will be held from 11:30 am – 1 pm in the Applewood Café of the
Prahl College Center. RSVP by calling 232-7845, as seating is limited.
The lunch menu for each Thursday follows:
Feb. 4 - African Peanut Soup, Spicy Carrot Salad (Houria), East
African Braised Chicken served with plain-low fat yogurt and Injera
(Ethiopian flat bread), okra and tomatoes, Emancipation Proclamation
Cake. Lunch will feature musical entertainment.
Feb. 11 - Vegetarian West African Soup, Saffron Chicken and rice
with dates, roasted kale with preserved lemons, potato rolls with
honey butter, Sadie's Peach Cobbler with peaches and cream ice
cream. Lunch will feature Jazz Vocalist Gwen Hemphill.
Feb. 18 - Tropical fruit salad, South African Beef Curry with steamed
rice, banana slices, mango chutney, toasted coconut and cucumber
yogurt sauce, North African spiced vegetable Tagine, potato rolls with
honey butter, lemon pound cake with lemon ice cream and black currant sauce. Lunch will feature MCC's visiting Haitian Musicians.
Feb. 25 - African Peanut and Squash Soup, African Chicken in spicy
red sauce (An Ethiopian-inspired chicken dish using Barbere, an
Ethiopian spice blend), Pigeon Peas and Rice (a small oval pea,
popular throughout the West Indies), greens with garlic and lemon,
mini corn muffins with honey butter, sweet potato pie. Lunch will
feature the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Praise Team. For more information, please call (810) 762-0425.
FEBRUARY 2010
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday Thursday
2
New Passages Meeting
9:30 a.m.-3:00 pm
RTC 1301
GSA Club Meeting
2-3:30 p.m.
Genesee Room
9
8
Flint River Wld Ones
Meeting
5:00-9:00 p.m.
Genesee Room
15
ASL Club
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
CM Fishbowl
Bruin Club Meeting
12-1 p.m.
Genesee Room
16
23
GSA Club Meeting
2-3:30 p.m.
Genesee Room
10
WIE Workshop
12:30 -1:30 p.m.
PCC 1120
Air Force recruiting
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
CM Fishbowl
22
3
17
4
Black History Month
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Applewood Café
11
Black History Month
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Applewood Café
18
Black History Month
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Applewood Café
24
Secretary of State
Manager Training
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Curtice Mott 2121
25
Black History Month
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Applewood Café
MCC Jazz Festival
MMB Auditorium
7:30-10 p.m.
Friday
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
7
13
14
19
20
21
26
27
Secretary of State
Manager Training
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Curtice Mott 2121
12
Fridays at Applewood
8:00 am-Noon
RTC 1005
Math Competition
8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Genesee Room
5th Annual MCC Jazz
Festival
MMB Auditorium
7:30-10 p.m.
28
Band/Choir/Chamber
Singers Concert
MMB Auditorium
3-10 p.m.
For more calendar items visit www.events.mcc.edu
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