MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
JUNE 2007
MCC
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S
INSIDE
AROUND CAMPUS
COPC'S "ONE DAYONE BLOCK"
BEAUTIFICATION
EFFORT SET FOR
JUNE 15
GRANT
DEVELOPMENT
SHOWS GRATITUDE
TO FACULTY, STAFF
SUMMER CAMPS
FITNESS CENTER
ANNOUNCES
RESULTS OF ANNUAL
CHALLENGE
Q UOTE OF
THE M ONTH
“Life is a progress, and not a station.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lenore Croudy Finalist for Prestigious
Governor's Service Award
Lenore Croudy, Chair of the MCC Board of Trustees, is a
finalist in Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2007 Governor's Service
Awards. Croudy is one of five finalists nominated to receive the
prestigious Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement
Award. She will be among 40 finalists selected from nearly 180
individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations from across
the state who were nominated for their commitment to volunteer
service. Gov. Granholm will honor the group during an awards
ceremony entitled, "The Miracle of Volunteering" on Wednesday,
June 20, at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. The 2007 Governor's
Service Awards will be a theatre-style event with The Miracles as
the featured performers. Other local musical artists and performBoard of Trustees President,
ers will also pay tribute to the honorees. To purchase tickets to
Lenore Croudy.
attend the event or for more information about the Governor's
Service Awards, please visit www.michigan.gov/mcsc or call (517) 373-4200.
The Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award, the most prestigious of the
Governor's Service Awards, honors an individual who has taken his or her volunteer service to the
highest level -- year after year. It honors an individual, usually a senior citizen, who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to community involvement and volunteer service. Lenore Croudy has provided 39 years of service as an educator and volunteer in the Flint community. She has been involved
in numerous community endeavors -- all designed to enhance life in the Flint area. Croudy has been a
member on the Mott Community College Board of Trustees for nearly 18 years. Serving the MCC
board in a variety of offices, she has been its chairperson since 1995.
Lions Club Makes Major Donation
for Scholarships
The Flint Downtown Host Lions Club has
established scholarship funds at Mott Community
College, Baker College of Flint, Kettering
University and the University of Michigan-Flint.
The Lions Club has set up $2,000 a year scholarship funds at MCC, Baker, Kettering and UMFlint to assist visually impaired or blind students
that will be handed out over the next five years.
Officials from all four schools came together at
May 22 ceremony held at the Masonic Temple in
downtown Flint to thank the service organization
for the donation that benefits students at the four
schools. The event was carried by local TV stations, WJRT-abc12 and WEYI-TV25. The story
has also received wide coverage by The Flint
Journal.
Robert Vanderwiel, president-elect of the
Downtown Host Lions Club, spearheaded the
Lions' giving effort. The scholarship award is
available to entering or continuing students who
are visually impaired or blind. Students are
selected based upon financial need and an essay
about their educational and professional goals.
Lions Club International, formed in 1917, is
the world's largest service club organization with
1.35 million members and a presence in 93 countries. The Flint Lions Club was established in
1921. The group is dedicated to sight conservation efforts and service to the blind and visually
impaired. Their motto is "we serve."
Around Campus
Congratulations to
Chief Theresa
Stephens-Lock,
Director of Public Safety. She is among three recipients of the
YWCA of Greater Flint's prestigious Nina Mills Women of
Achievement Awards. She made history last year, becoming the first
African-American woman police chief in Genesee County.
Stevie Naeyaert, Faculty/Coordinator, ASL & Interpreter
Education Program, is on the Michigan Department of Community
Health - Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program's
Advisory Committee. They have a working committee to translate
EHDI's Parent Guide book into ASL - hoping to finish filming by the
end of the summer. No other EHDI programs in the state offers this.
Stevie just got back from The National Consortium of Interpreter
Education Centers AA to BA Partnership: National Summit for
AA/Two Year Interpreter Education Program Directors. Over 50
AA/AAS Interpreter Education Program directors were represented
there.
Office Information Systems Prof. Bettie Goodman has news to
share about her involvement in various business education activities.
She is the first African-American to serve as president of the
International Society of Business Educators in the 60-year history of
the organization. She was elected president of The International
Society for Business Education (ISBE) on April 14, 2005. She served
as secretary of ISBE 2000-2001 and as a representative to the
Pedagogical Committee of Societe Internationale Pour
L'Enseignement Commercial for six years (SIEC). ISBE is the U.S.
Chapter of this international organization. The organization's mission
is to form an interactive exchange network among individuals at the
national and international levels and to assist with the development
of the globalization process as it applies to Business Education. ISBE
meets annually.
Prof. Goodman attended the National Business Education
Convention in New York City from April 2-8. As the current ISBE
president, an affiliate of NBEA, she participated in all NBEA
executive Board meetings and presided at ISBE Board meetings and
General Membership meeting. During the convention, ISBE celebrated its 60th Anniversary with a lavish banquet, which included several
guests from Poland, Austria, Bermuda and Bahamas. President
Goodman presented a special scholarship to a senior student from the
University of Wisconsin. In addition, Goodman awarded the 2007
Service Award to an outstanding ISBE member. A special benquet
inviting menbers to attend the 79th International SIEC/ISBE
Conference in Vienna, Austria July 29 to August 3, 2007 by the
Austrian president was a big success. The majority of ISBE members
at the banquet are planning to attend. President Goodman plans to
attend this conference. On May 9, Prof. Goodman traveled to
Lansing to serve on a Review Committee to award grants for the
BPA-Michigan Career and Technical Student Organization. Proposals
were submitted by Ferris State University, Eastern Michigan
University and Meridian Human Service. Prof. Goodman is being
asked to serve on several state-wide committees as a result of her
past presidency of the Michigan Business Education Association.
Music Prof. Mari Yancho's son, Gabriel has been appointed to
an internship in the Governor's office this summer. He found out
about it while in Political Science Prof. Paul Rozycki's Honors Poli
Sci class this winter, applied, and was accepted. He'll be interning
there from June-August.
Here's news from Corporate Services Executive Director Chuck
Thiel. Corporate Services has launched a new, concentrated Welding
Technician Certificate Program, authorized through the American
Welding Society as a participating organization in the schools
excelling through National Skills Education training and testing program. This AWS certificate program is a twelve-week , 400-hour
comprehensive program. The program includes safety, drawing and
symbol interpretation, cutting processes, and weld inspection. Upon
successful completion, students receive an MCC and American
Welding Society certification certificate, which is recorded in the
AWS National Registry. The program was kicked off on May 7, with
eight participants looking to secure well-paying jobs as a certified
welding technician.
Counseling & Student Development Dean Jim Leonard brings
news from his division. Academic Advisors Marianne Blair, Mara
Fulmer, Brian Ivory, Dawn Anderson and David Schaaf traveled
to Ann Arbor for the 2007 Annual MIchigan ACademic ADvising
Association (MIACADA) Conference hosted by the University of
Michigan. Over 160 advisors from state and community colleges
attended, as well as representatives from two Canadian colleges.
State conferences allow advisors to connect with colleagues from all
over Michigan to collaborate and form collegial relationships. The
theme of the conference was "Putting the Pieces Together: Sharing
Ideas and Best Practices." Advisors interacted with their peers and
participated in a variety of topical presentations that focused on areas
affecting
student success and retention, ranging from the community
college/university transfer process to identifying and aiding students
on academic probation. The MCC advisors returned to campus with
new strategies and ideas to assist our students.
Accounting Support Specialist Karen Amore lets us know that
she will be completing requirements for her Bachelor of Arts Degree
in History at UM-Flint in August.
Theatre Instructor Dan Gerics' company, Flint City Theatre,
will present Closer by Patrick Marber, June 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 at
the Good Bean Café. Tickets: $7. For details call (810) 237-4663.
Dan is in a production of Like Mother, Like Hell by Rikki Schwartz
at Clarkston Village Players, June 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9. For more information, visit www.clarkstonvillageplayers.com or call (248) 625-8811.
Curriculum Office Secretary Laurie LaCross-Wright gives us
an update on her blues act, Rusty Wright Blues. The band has some
nice concert and festival dates lined up for the summer and fall season, including the Detroit International Jazz & Blues Festival.
Details regarding all shows can be found at
www.rustywrightblues.com. A schedule follows:
8:30-9:30 PM Friday, June 1 - Jackson Blues Festival
4 - 5:15 PM Friday, June 8 - Detroit Festival of the Arts
WDET stage, Wayne State University
7:30 PM Friday, June 8 - Flint Art Fair: pre-art fair concert
11 AM Saturday, June 9 (just Rusty & Laurie) Flint Art Fair
8-midnight Friday, June 29 Holy Family Summer Festival
(Buick Open party)11824 S. Saginaw, Grand Blanc
6-7 PM Saturday, June 23 - Hot Blues & BBQ Festival, Oxford
The Rusty Wright Band is a seven-piece blues rock band fronted
by Laurie and her husband, Rusty Wright of Flint. Last November
the Detroit Blues Society named RWB Detroit's best unsigned blues
band and the band represented the Detroit Blues Society in the 23rd
Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. The Flint
Journal gave the band a web log on mlive.com so band members
could chronicle their IBC adventures and post-competition progress.
Visit www.mlive.com/flintjournal/wrightstuff. The group's 13-song
CD has received rave reviews from blues critics and radio show
hosts from as far away as Austria, New Zealand and Wales. The CD
is also receiving airplay in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Poland and
the United Kingdom.
COPC's "One Day-One
Block" Beautification
Effort Set For June 15
MCC's Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) is again this
year sponsoring its One Day-One Block Cleanup/Beautification project in
Flint's Dewey Park area. The event is scheduled Friday, June 15 from 8 a.m.
until approximately 2 p.m. Lunch will be served at noon. Activities will
include cleaning up Dewey Park, located behind the Broome Center, 4119 N.
Saginaw St.; sprucing up the surrounding neighborhood and planting native
plants in the area. The crew will also paint a few houses and residents will
have an opportunity to dispose of household trash. Please consider getting
involved in this effort: COPC could use your help and support.
COPC is a HUD-funded program that involves Mott Community College
faculty, staff, students and the Flint community. MCC is one of only two community colleges in the nation boasting a federally-funded COPC: partnerships
focused on revitalizing communities through service learning and outreach initiatives. MCC's Community Outreach Partnership Center targets the area
including Flint's North Central neighborhoods, seeking to strengthen relationships between the college and the community organizations serving as COPC
partners. For more information about One Day-One Block or the COPC program, contact COPC co-directors and MCC Professors Lillie McCain at 2323065 or Paul Rozycki at 762-0514.
Grant Development Shows
Gratitude to Faculty, Staff
Knowing that success in securing grant funding for MCC's mission and
strategic goals comes about because of the willingness of faculty and staff to
be engaged in the grant development process, Office of Grant Development
Executive Director Judith Cawhorn and Grant Development Specialist
Cecile Barnhill acknowledged that effort at a luncheon in Applewood Café
on May 8. Several of those in attendance were given awards for special
contributions.
Tom Crampton, Executive Dean, Regional Technology Initiatives,
received the "Innovation Award" for his efforts in bringing significant earmarked grant funding to MCC through the efforts of the RTC's Workforce
Development Institution for Simulation Technology. The "Outstanding
Service Award" was given to Chief Financial Officer Kelli Sproule for the
many hours she spent on very short deadlines providing extensive budget
details for grant initiatives over the past few years. Workforce Development
Director Robert Matthews, Tom Crampton, Technology Division Dean Mike
Benner, Technology Division Coordinator Dennis Hughes, Mike Bower,
Continuing Education, Corporate Services, & Livingston Regional MTEC
Executive Dean and Chuck Thiel, Executive Director, Corporate Services,
received the "Collaboration Award" for the BCON Project, a collaborative
effort spanning several grant funded initiatives that's creating a career pathway and strong programming in the Building and Construction Technology
program. In recognition of her efforts with the 3P Club, formed with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice "Reducing Violent Crimes Against
Women on Campus" grant, student Shawn Elswick was given the "Student
Engagement Award." For their willingness to respond to grant planning
efforts with information, ideas and time in meetings, English Prof. Bill
Reich, Coordinator, Professional Development/Tech Prep Programs Sherry
Bradish and Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez, Interim Site Director, Southern Lakes
Branch Campus, were given a "Special Recognition."
This was the first event of this kind for the Office of Grant
Development," said Cawhorn. "Cecile and I appreciate the fact that we don't
do this work alone. If it wasn't for all of those individuals at MCC who have
answered the call over the years to pursue grant opportunities then we would
not be able to succeed. It just seemed like a good time to thank them."
Summer Camps
A wide variety of summer camp experiences for youth will be
offered at MCC again this year. They include:
Virtual Simulation Camp at the RTC provides students with
hands-on experience using state-of-the-art simulation software. This
camp is for students in grade six through high school. Camp sessions
are Intro and Advanced. Intro for first time enrollees is June 18-22.
Advanced, for last year's participants or for those who have completed
Intro is scheduled June 25-29. Cost is $100 per person, per level with
lunch provided. The deadline to enroll is Friday, June 8. Enrollment is
limited. Call 762-0278 for details or to enroll students. The Camp
meets Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm and campers will
receive breaks as well as lunch each day. For information or to enroll,
call 762-0278.
Jim Lee Fine Arts Camp is a two-week intensive experience in
music and the visual arts for students in grades 7-12 scheduled July 920. Sessions in art include: Painting; 2 & 3 Dimensional Design;
Ceramics and Digital. Music sessions include Concert Band, Jazz
Band, Guitar, Strings, Steel Band and Contemporary Dance. Art supplies will be provided for Art campers. Students in Band or Jazz must
have at least one year of training on their instrument, and will be
responsible for their instruments. The Camp will close with a musical
performance and an art exhibit on the last day so family and friends
can enjoy the success of the campers. For fee information or to
register, call 762-0943.
Summer Basketball Camp features three four-day sessions at
Ballenger Field House with Men's Basketball Coach Steve Schmidt as
Camp Director. Coaches will include current and former MCC players
and staff. Camp highlights: Free Camp T-shirt; lunch provided; daily
contests; emphasis on variety of basketball skills. The camp is open to
boys, age 7 to 15. Session 1 is June 25-June 28, Session 2 is July 23July 26 and Session 3 is July 30-Aug. 2. Cost is $70 per session with a
two-session discount at $125 with a T-shirt. Two children from the
same family at one session each pay $60 for each child. Fees can be
paid in advance or on the first day of camp. For information or to register, call 762-0417.
Fitness Center Announces
Results of Annual Challenge
Ahoy Mateys! 28 brave souls recently sailed a five-week fitness
voyage on the high seas of Ballenger Field House as the MCC
Fitness Center hosted the "Pirates of the Caribbean" fitness challenge.
The Sea Scorpion, the Chicken Hawk, the Orchid, and the
Winsome Wenches were only a few of the adventure-bound ships
entered in the contest. Fitness Center pirates participated in two
workouts and a swashbuckling challenge each week. Those meeting
the challenge walked the plank, fired broadsides, searched for pearls
and became skilled with the sword. Successful crew members were
awarded gold doubloons which were used to purchase pieces of the
secret treasure map. Maps were then used to solve the Pirates
Puzzle.
Prizes were awarded at the "Pirates Feast" held in the Fitness
Center, May 2. The ruler of the high seas was The Orchid crewed by
Counseling & Student Development Office Assistant Monica
Cummings and Advising Administrative Assistant Kojuana Wiggins.
Close behind in a dead heat was the Bounty Hunter with MIS
Network Specialist Scott Burton and MIS Application Programmer
Dan Lamb and the Black Pearl with Building & Construction
Technology Programs Assistant Tammy Henski and Marketing’s
Michael Tews. Third place went to Jim and Nina Smith, the
Cruiserrrrrrs.
JUNE 2007
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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4
5
Mott Middle College
Art Show 8 am-5 p.m.
MMB 1047
Mott Middle College
Art Show 8 am-5 p.m.
MMB 1047
11
12
6
18
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
25
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
Wired Training
7 am-4:30 p.m.
RTC 2133
19
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
26
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
No Excuses Summer
No Excuses Summer
Basketball Camp
Basketball Camp
9 a.m.-3 p.m.-Ballenger 9 a.m.-3 p.m.-Ballenger
8
13
20
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
27
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
14
Community Based
Grant Development
8 am-5 p.m.
RTC 1005
21
Mott Middle College
Info Night 7-8 p.m.
MMB 1130
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
28
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
No Excuses Summer
No Excuses Summer
Basketball Camp
Basketball Camp
9 a.m.-3 p.m.-Ballenger 9 a.m.-3 p.m.-Ballenger
2
3
Humane Society Dog
Walk 12-4 p.m.
Prahl Center West Lawn
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Mott Middle College
Mott Middle College
Art Show 8 am-5 p.m. Mott Middle College Info Art Show 8 am-5 p.m.
MMB 1047
MMB 1047
Night 7-8 p.m.
MMB 1130
Mott Middle
College Art Show
Mott Middle College Info 8 am-5 p.m. MMB 1047 Mid Michigan Horn Club
7-9:30 p.m.
Night 7-8 p.m.
Mott Middle College Fine
MMB 1017
MMB 1130
Arts Festival 7-8 p.m.
MMB 1130
Board of Trustees
Meeting • 7:30-10 p.m.
Mott Library
7
Mott Middle College
Art Show 8 am-5 p.m.
MMB 1047
Bicycle Training
8 am-5 p.m.
RTC 1309
Sunday
Flint River Watershed
Coalition Meeting
8:30-10:30a.m.
CM 1316
ACT Testing
7 am-12 p.m.
CM 1211
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
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30
Simulation Camp
9 a.m.-4 p.m. RTC
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