MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
DECEMBER 2006
MCC
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S
INSIDE
AROUND CAMPUS
MCC DENTAL
CLASS REUNION
HOLIDAY FOOD
DRIVE
DENTAL ASSISTING
CLASS VISITS
DOYLE RYDER
RIBBON CUTTING
FOR NORTHERN
TIER CENTER
LOCATION SET FOR
JANUARY 8
Q UOTE OF
THE M ONTH
“A chief event of life is the day in
which we have encountered a mind
that startled us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hispanic Outlook's Publisher Cites
MCC for Successful Outreach to
Hispanic Students
For the fifth year in a row, Mott Community College has received the thumbs-up from The
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. MCC made the magazine's "2006 Publisher's Picks" -- an
annual list of colleges and universities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico recognized for an ongoing
commitment to recruiting, educating and graduating Hispanic students.
This year's list represents the "latest and best thinking about which colleges and universities
offer Hispanic students a solid chance of academic success," stated Hispanic Outlook publisher Jose
Lopez-Isa in the Nov. 20, 2006 issue. "Expanding opportunities for Hispanics in higher education
has always been our passion and our focus."
The Hispanic Outlook is in its 17th year covering minority issues in higher education. Visit
their website at www.HispanicOutlook.com.
MCC Hosts First Wrestling Tournament
Wrestlers from top-notch programs from across the Midwest were
in Flint on Saturday Nov. 18 to join
Mott Community College's Wrestling
Bears as the club hosted its first invitational, the Mott Bears Open at Flint
Central Academy.
The tournament included a
cross-section of teams from the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division I,
Division II and Division III; National
Junior Collegiate Athletic Association
(NJCAA); and National Collegiate
Wrestling Association (NCWA).
"This is the first time in the history of wrestling in Flint that there
has been a college tournament," said
Paul Holdren, Coach of MCC's
Wrestling Bears. "This was also the
first wrestling tournament hosted by
an NCWA team that blended all divisions of college wrestlers."
The MCC Wrestling Bears are entering their fourth season. After three successive seasons of finishing in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) Top 20, the Bears are setting even
higher goals this season with hopes for a Top 5 finish. For more information about MCC's Wrestling
Bears, call (810) 241-9233, visit www.wrestlingbears.mcc.edu or email pholdren@edtech.mcc.edu.
Please mark your calendars for the Annual Martin Luther King Dinner featuring Dr. Mary Sue
Coleman, President, University of Michigan, 6 pm Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007, Sarvis Center. Cost: $30.
For information, call the Foundation for Mott Community College at 762-0425.
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The Foundation for MCC’s
Mary Yarbrough, ESMT, CMT,
RM, HHP just received notification from the American
Association of Drugless
Practitioners Certification and
Accreditation Board that she has
been granted full board certification as a Holistic Health
Practitioner.
Community Outreach &
Engagement Coordinator Carlos
Cisneros lets us know that Foundation for MCC President Lennetta
Coney received an Arts Culture Award from Catholic Charities'
Spanish Speaking Information Center at their annual Dinner/Dance
that was held Oct. 28 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. She has
been very supportive of Hispanic causes over the years.
Honors Program Coordinator Heather Sisto shares this news:
Counselor Brian Ivory was co-facilitator (along with Ryan Fewins
from Michigan Campus Compact) for the Michigan Honors
Association Conference held Oct 7-8. The annual conference was
held in Roscommon at the MacMullan Conference Center and attended by 70 honors students and advisors from two and four-year honors
programs across the state. The theme of the conference was "Take the
Leadership Challenge." The conference chair was Heather Sisto,
who also serves as MHA Vice-President. Eight honors students also
attended the conference. English Profs. Larry Juchartz and Christy
Rishoi served as judges at the annual LAND Student Scholars
Conference on Sept.22. Dr. Juchartz and Kim Owens (Humanities)
also served as mentors for Honors Program student Matt Bowker
who presented a paper on "Wikipedia and the Nature of Truth." Sisto
also served as mentor for Honors Program students Teresa Krawczyk
with her paper "Affluenza's Extreme Kids: How They Pay the Price"
and Joshua Searles for his presentation on "Big Brother's Extreme
Make-over." Heather also accompanied Joshua Searles to
Philadelphia to present his paper at the National Collegiate Honors
Conference in November. Sisto asks faculty to encourage students to
submit researched essays for the LAND conference (via her office)
for submission for next year's conference. There are 17 categories
including Arts, Sciences, Business, Multi-cultural, and Psychology.
Three students from community colleges across Michigan are selected
in each category with a $100 prize for the final winner. She will
accept papers anytime during the academic year. Email Heather for
more information.
Music Prof. Mary Procopio had an article published in the Fall
issue of the Flutist Quarterly (the publication for the National Flute
Association). The title of the article is "Crossing Borders: Solo and
Chamber Music for Flute by Haitian Composers." The article focuses
on music by Haitian composers Werner Jaegerhuber (1900-1953) and
Julio Racine (b. 1945). Mary teaches and performs in Haiti each
summer and conducts research there on traditional and classical
Haitian music. She has also presented papers and given lecture
recitals on her research at the national conferences of the Society for
Ethnomusicology (2004), the College Music Society (2005) and at the
International Colloquium for KOSANBA (scholarly association for
the study of Haitian Vodou) (2006).
Marketing Management Prof. Paul Londrigan would like to
thank the bookstore and its management team for helping his students
with their education this semester. "My students have been allowed to
use their display windows to do their projects since my window is not
really to use," Paul said.
The Mott Community College Gardening Association is hosting
an Art Poster sale 8 am to 9 pm, Monday, Dec.11 through Friday Dec.
15 in the Curtice Mott Building. The collection will consist of
Arou
n
Masterpiece Art, TV, movie, motivational and general photography
posters. Posters are sold unframed and range in price from $10 up,
depending on size and artist representation. Proceeds from the sale
help support environmental and beautification efforts at MCC and in
the community by the MCC Gardening Association. For details, call
762-5003 or visit www.gardening.mcc.edu.
From Wendy Early, Coordinator/Prof. Occupational Therapy
Assistant Program comes this news: The occupational therapy assistant students attended the Michigan Occupational Therapy
Association Annual Conference in October at Macomb Community
College. "When not participating in educational seminars, the students
helped at the conference by assisting vendors at their tables," Wendy
stated. "The students felt this was a very worthwhile experience."
Counselor Brian Ivory lets us know that he presented a workshop at the Annual Convention for the Association for Experiential
Education in St. Paul, Minnesota in November. The topic was
"Envision the Future: A Curriculum-based Rites of Passage Course."
Student & Administrative Services Resource Administrator Mary
Lou Sullivan is pleased to announce that Chief Theresa StephensLock was presented with a Certificate of Successful Achievement
from the Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University on the recommendation of the faculty of the School of Police Staff and
Command for her participation in a ten-month intensive Police Staff
and Command Training program. The certificate was presented at a
graduation ceremony held in Mt. Pleasant on Nov. 9. "Chief Lock was
one of 21 graduates from this program. Balancing work, school and
family was a high priority for Chief Lock during the last ten months
and we are extremely proud of her," Mary Lou said.
Carlos Cisneros was presented with an Appreciation Award from
the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center on Nov. 2 for his contribution to
servicing young adults ages 16-24.
Continuing Education's Program Coordinator Sharon Nichols,
Secretary Bethany Williams, Clerk/Cashier Sylvia Alford and
Administrative Support Vernelle Salaam participated in the 4th
Annual Working Together Olympics, the event kicking off the 2006
United Way of Genesee County Campaign. According to the United
Way, their participation helped to make the event a huge success.
MCC Announces Dental
Class Reunion
A class reunion for the graduates of MCC's Dental Assisting
and Dental Hygiene Program is set for April, 2007. This is the first
reunion held for MCC's dental programs since 1984. The event is
scheduled for 6 pm Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Genesys
Conference and Banquet Center in Grand Blanc. Tickets are $55
and must be purchased in advance. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 762-0425.
More than 1,700 students have graduated from MCC's dental
assisting and dental hygiene programs since their inception in the
1960s. All proceeds from this event will help establish the Dr.
Donald Hiscock Memorial Scholarship Fund to assist future dental
students at Mott Community College.
MCC offers a Certificate of Achievement and an Associate in
Applied Science Degree in Dental Assisting as well as an Associate
in Applied Science Degree in Dental Hygiene. These programs are
accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on
Dental Accreditation, a specialized accrediting body recognized by
the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation and by the U.S.
Department of Education.
Dental Assisting Class
Visits Doyle Ryder
Presidents from Baker, Kettering, MCC and UM-Flint made remarks at the
Nov. 29 press conference held at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, launching the agency’s annual food drive. Baker President Julianne Princinsky is
joined at the podium by UM-Flint Chancellor Juan Mestas, Kettering
University President Stan Liberty and MCC President Richard Shaink.
MCC's Nutrition and Preventive Dentistry Class, (Dental
Assisting 115) accompanied their instructor, local dentist Denise A.
Polk, D.D.S. to Doyle-Ryder to present a "mini-dental health fair" on
Nov. 17 to the first and second grade students at the school.
Dr. Polk makes annual school visits a special project for her dental assisting students, visiting a Flint area school each year since 1988.
The visits are part of an effort designed to help the dental assisting students learn how to promote the value of good dental health. The school
visits also give her dental assisting students an excellent opportunity to
practice effective communication skills, she said.
"Students need this exercise in communicating and educating the
benefits of good oral health care, but they also have a wonderful time
with this project," Dr. Polk said.
Holiday Food Drive
Mott Community College has joined Baker College, Kettering
University and the University of Michigan-Flint in launching a Holiday
Food Drive with donations to benefit the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
The food bank kicked off its annual holiday fundraising campaign on
Wednesday, Nov. 29, with a press conference at its headquarters, 2310
Lapeer Road in Flint. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan needs our help,
now more than ever. Consider these statistics:
• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 32.5 percent of people in
Flint live in poverty (Flint became the poorest city in Michigan in
2005).
• The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan reports that 75 percent of
people using the food bank have incomes below the poverty level.
• 40 percent of homes in which the food bank is used have at least
one working adult
• 33 percent of food bank users must choose between buying food
or paying utilities
We need to be mindful of the fact that hunger and poverty in America
is on the rise, and has hit home. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan really needs our help to accommodate the increasing need in our community.
MCC, Baker, Kettering and UM-Flint are also engaging in a friendly
competition to see which institution can donate the most money and items
for the food bank. The school raising the most money and items will
receive a traveling trophy that will be handed off to next year's winner.
The Holiday Food Drive will continue through December 15. In
addition to cash donations, suggested food drive items include: non-perishable foods such as canned goods, baking mixes, pastas, sauces, cereals,
and spices; personal care products such as shampoo, soap, deodorant, and
toilet paper. MCC drop-off points for donations are: Prahl College Center
Public Safety Mini-Station; Lobby of the Public Safety Department;
Science & Math Office, 1001 Gorman; Continuing Education Office and
the Regional Technology Center Lobby. Please feel free to call Public
Safety at 762-0222 to ask for boxes that can be located in your area for
dropping off donations.
Let’s make this Holiday Food Drive a huge success. Please don’t hesitate to call Public Safety at 762-0222 if you have questions.
Dr. Polk poses with Dental Assisting student Ashley Lawson at the
Mini Dental Health Fair held at Doyle Ryder Education Center.
Ribbon Cutting for New
Northern Tier Center
Location Set for Jan. 8
The excitement is building (no pun intended!) as Mott Community
College prepares to open the doors of the new location for the
Northern Tier Center! The building is scheduled to be completed
before the holiday break and will be ready for students for the Winter
2007 semester. The new site is located at 4082 W. Vienna Road, Clio,
Michigan in the Vienna Square Plaza between Jennings Road and I-75.
The College spent between $1.5 million-$2 million in bond proceeds and other available funds to renovate about 18,000 square feet of
the building. The new site features seven spacious and technological
equipped classrooms, a large administrative office area, a large Faculty
Office, a Counseling Office, a Campus Security Office, plenty of convenient parking, and much more!
"The new facility will provide a more collegiate environment—
one that is more conducive to successful student learning, said Desiree
Londrigan, NTC Site Coordinator. "In addition, the facility will also
allow MCC to offer a wider variety of classes for students living in
Northern Genesee County." For more information about the Northern
Tier Center, call (810) 232-8044.
Everyone is invited to the NTC Rededication/Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony, Monday, Jan. 8, 2007; 5:30-7:30 pm and will have an
opportunity to tour the new facility, enjoy the refreshments, exhibits
and entertainments.
DECEMBER 2006
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
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5
11
12
Audubon Society Meeting
5:30-10 p.m.
Genesee Room
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19
Board of Trustees
Meeting • 7:30-10 p.m.
Prahl Ballroom
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13
Mid-Michigan
Horn Club
7:30-9 p.m.
MMB Auditorium
Men’s basketball
Game 7:30 p.m.
Ballenger
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7
14
Friday
Saturday
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2
8
9
15
16
Volleyball Tourney
7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Ballenger
Sunday
3
10
Free Jazz Concert
MMB Auditorium
Concert at 3 p.m.
17
Holiday Concert
MMB Auditorium
Concert at 3 p.m.
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22
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24
28
29
30
31
Women’s basketball
5:30 p.m.-Ballenger
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27
Winter Break
Campus Closed
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