MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CONNECTION
JANUARY 2005
MCC
FACULTY
& STAFF
NEWSLETTER
WHAT’S
INSIDE
AROUND CAMPUS
ART FACULTY TO
SHOWCASE STUDENT
DRAWINGS
GLOBAL ISSUES FILM
FESTIVAL
PUBLIC SAFETY
ASSEMBLES FOOD
BASKETS
DR. SHAINK THANKS
MCC TRANSITIONS
SCHOOL OF
COSMETOLOGY
CAREERS FOR TOY
CAMPAIGN
Q UOTE OF
THE M ONTH
“The future belongs to those who
believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
--Eleanor Roosevelt
Hispanic Outlook Magazine Salutes
Mott Community College
For the third year in a row, Mott Community
College has made The Hispanic Outlook in Higher
Education Magazine's "Publisher's Picks," an
annual list of colleges and universities recognized
for "succeeding in their efforts to welcome and
enable Hispanic students."
MCC was recognized as a college with "a
solid record of recruiting, enabling, and graduating
Hispanic students," wrote Hispanic Outlook
Publisher Jose Lopez-Isa in the latest issue of the
magazine.
Added Lopez-Isa, "Hispanic students are not
all the same, thus there is no one "best" college or
university for Hispanic students …. What is most
important is the breadth and depth of your commitment to the success of your students - including
those who are Hispanic."
The Hispanic Outlook is in its 15th year covering minority issues in higher education. Visit
their website at www.HispanicOutlook.com.
Carolina Castro-Lozano, MCC student
Student Life Continues to Flourish
Traffic in the Student Life
Center continues to set records,
said Carol Brown, Student Life
Center Coordinator & Outreach
Retention Coordinator. A total
of 2,084 students frequented the
Center in November 2004, compared to a tally of 421 students
in November 2003.
Faculty and staff are asked
to extend continued support to
students participating in MCC
Student Government and the
recognized 21 student clubs and
organizations as they sponsor
various activities throughout the
year.
Around Campus
Institutional Development/MCC
Foundation Executive Director Lennetta
Coney wants us to mark our calendars for the
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Dinner
scheduled 6 pm, Jan. 13 at Sarvis Center,
1231 Kearlsey St. Tickets are $30 per person.
The Honorable Donald Riegle, Jr., former
U.S. senator, will be the guest speaker.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the
Foundation at 762-0425.
Congratulations are in order for the
Technology Division's Marcia Teer. She
has earned a B.S. degree in Business
Communication from Rochester College.
What an achievement!
Marilee Knapp, Professor and
Coordinator International Business, will serve
as moderator for the Flint Area Public Affairs
Debates free, public forum entitled "How
should government respond to outsourcing?,"
Jan. 17, 7-9 pm, International Institute, 515
Stevens St., Flint. Congressman Dale E.
Kildee will be among the panel members at
the program.
Cheryl Bassett, Dean of Educational
Systems & the Information Technology
Division, tells us that English Professor Bill
Reich was the recipient of the Outstanding
Distance Educator Award held Dec. 7. Bill
started teaching an ENGL-105 Technical
Writing telecourse in Winter 2000 and now
teaches English courses online. He has also
been the peer host for many of the Online
Workshops offered through Educational
Systems. "Bill is very dedicated to his discipline and the students here at Mott, making
him a very deserving recipient of this award.
Congratulations, Bill!"
Here's great news from Grant
Development Director Judith Cawhorn and
Grant Writer Cecile Barnhill: MCC has been
awarded a two-year $168,000 grant from the
U.S. Department of Justice's "Grants to
Reduce Violence Against Women on
Campus" Program. The grant is a collaborative project with the University of MichiganFlint (as the lead applicant) and YWCA of
Greater Flint. The goals of the project are to
create a coordinated response in violence prevention efforts for women on campus, and to
create a safe and empowering network of
services for victims. MCC also received a
three-year grant in the amount of $398,936
from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development to establish the Flint
North Central Community Outreach
Partnership Center (COPC). MCC is one of
only two community colleges to receive funding from the COPC Program in the 2004
funding year. The Flint North Central COPC
will engage faculty, students and the community in addressing issues around housing, job
training, crime prevention, and neighborhood
revitalization.
Business Professor Bettie L. Goodman
attended the MBEA 66th Annual Convention
in Lansing Oct. 21-23. She presented a workshop on ISBE-"What's In It For You?" where
she discussed the opportunities ISBE provides, how it can expand one's horizons in
learning more about business education in a
broader perspective. In addition, she shared
her experiences from previous ISBE trips
abroad (most recently Krakow, Poland) and
invited everyone to attend the future conference which will be held in Boston, Mass.
Prof. Goodman was elected President of
MBEA and took office Jan. 1. At this meeting, the Constitution was amended to increase
the office of the President from one year to
two years.
Admissions and Recruitment Director
Marc Payne provides us a report about a successful interdepartmental team effort. The
Admissions Office has been working in partnership with the Institutional Research Office,
making a number of important improvements
to the way student data is collected and
recorded. Institutional Research Director Gail
Ives: "Everyone on campus is increasingly
aware of the need for accurate data to provide
information about MCC and its students.
Marc noted that "The data quality of our
applications has been the best I've ever seen
and I attribute this to Regina Broomfield,
main campus Admissions Staff as well as
staff at extension sites, and new technology
that's contributing additional quality control
measures. As a result, we are able to report
accurate, and in most cases, larger numbers,
which automatically equates to a more positive impression of MCC." Added Gail,
"Congratulations to all of our staff who work
hard each day to ensure that MCC has the
information needed to make good decisions
which support student learning and student
success!"
A hearty welcome goes to our new
Public Safety Officers, Jon D. Josling,
Altrica Crowder and Gregory Gibson, who
started work in December. Welcome to the
MCC family!
Child Development Professor Dan
Hodgins is hard at work making preparations
for our annual early childhood conference,
scheduled Feb. 19. Additional information
will be forthcoming.
From Continuing Education’s Nancy
Cook: The Community Education
Department's Computer Assistive Technology
Certificate Program graduated its first group
of students Dec. 22. The CATC program is
open to people with disabilities and their
caregivers. The CATC consists of 60 hours of
""hands-on"" training that includes courses in
on-screen keyboards, customized keyboards
and mice, screen readers, and alternative
pointing devices. These assistive technology
devices are installed in the new Community
Education AT computer lab located in the
RTC. Added Nancy: “Our instructor, Connie
Lockrey, even went the extra mile for one
student and had his certificate printed in
Braille so he was able to read what the certificate said.” The next group of classes begins
in February. Congratulations CATC graduates, and Connie. We are proud of all of you.”
Art Faculty to Showcase Student Drawings
An exhibition of drawings by students of
MCC's Beginning Drawing classes will open
Monday, Jan. 10 at the MCC Fine Arts
Gallery in the Visual Arts & Design Center.
The drawings for this exhibit were selected by the MCC art faculty from work completed during Fall semester 2004 and represent the broad range of directions and techniques taught in the first semester of drawing.
The exhibit will run through Tuesday,
Jan. 25. The public is invited. Fine Arts
Gallery hours are 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday
through Friday. For information, call the Art
office at (810) 762-0443.
Global Issues Film Festival
For the second year, Mott Community College and Kettering
University will co-host the Global Issues Film Festival. Ten independent
films covering a broad range of issues will be featured in the festival.
Topics include beauty as politics, outsourcing of jobs, Palestinian/Israeli
relations and the culture of consumerism. All films are free and open to
the public. The festival will again span two weekends. On Feb. 3, 4, and
5, films will be shown in McKinnon Theatre in the Academic Building at
Kettering, on the northwest corner of Chevrolet and Third avenues in
Flint. On Feb. 11 and 12, films will be shown in the Regional Technology
Center at MCC. Please encourage your students and department members
to attend.
The tentative schedule includes:
• Feb. 3, 2005, 6 p.m. Farmingville (2003, USA, 78 minutes)
• Feb. 4, 2005, 7 p.m. Deadline (2004, USA, 90 minutes)
• Feb. 4, 2005, 8:45 p.m. Lolita: Slave to Entertainment
(2003, USA, 60 minutes)
• Feb. 5, 2005, 1 p.m. Dying to Leave: Slaves of the Free Market
(2003, Australia, 69 minutes)
Faculty and staff pay tribute to retiring MCC registrar, Bettye
Wilson.
• Feb. 5, 2005, 3 p.m. Dying to Leave Part 2
• Feb. 5, 2005, 8 p.m. Molly and Mobarak
(2003, Afghanistan/Australia, 85 minutes)
• Feb. 11, 2005, 7 p.m. Surplus: Terrorized Into Becoming
Consumers (2003, Sweden, 52 minutes)
• Feb. 11, 2005, 8 p.m. Diverted to Delhi
(2002, Australia, 55 minutes)
• Feb. 12, 2005, 1p.m. Beauty Will Save the World
(2003, New Zealand, 62 minutes)
• Feb. 12, 2005, 3 p.m. Thirst (2004, USA, 62 minutes)
• Feb. 12, 2005, 7 p.m. Another Road Home
(2004, Israel/Palestine, 77 minutes)
For information, visit:
http://www.kettering.edu/news/storyDetail.asp?storynum=5
In Memoriam
Public Safety assembles food baskets for the needy.
By Frank Friedman, MCC Professor Emeritus
I would like to express my condolences to the families of Tom Malin
and Dr. Roger Van Bolt. Tom passed away in late November. His dear
wife misses her soul mate. Tom, an excellent counselor, was very outgoing and enthusiastic. He, like other counselors, encouraged students to
take my French classes. He is greatly missed!
It seems like it was only yesterday when I saw Roger and his dear
wife, Martha. Roger, former head of MCC's Social Science Department
and an outstanding historian, was with Martha at the dedication of the
RTC and at MCC retirees' holiday dinner party last year. What a kind,
humble gentleman - he could have been on any university or college
faculty. Roger was liked by everyone. I especially liked to hear about his
military accomplishments. Roger passed away Dec. 4. We miss you
Roger.
May the Lord give renewed strength to Roger’s and Tom's families.
Foundation for MCC
giving made easy!
Online giving at www.mcc.edu - Alumni & the Foundation.
Dr. Shiank thanks MCC’s Cosmetology school for the Christmas
toy campaign.
JANUARY 2005
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
Men’s basketball
MCC vs. Sinclair
3 p.m.-Ballenger
4
3
5
6
7
Companion Dog Training
7-9 p.m.
Genesee Room
10
Audubon Society
Meeting
6-9 p.m.
Genesee Room
11
American Assoc. of Univ.
Women 7-9 p.m.
Genesee Room
17
18
12
13
19
20
24
21
Fridays at Applewood
9:30 - Noon
Applewood Café
MLK Holiday
Campus Closed
Board of Trustees
Meeting
7:30-10 p.m.
Prahl Ballroom
14
Sierra Club Meeting
5:30-9:30 p.m.
Genesee Room
31
25
26
27
Foundation Full
Board Meeting
11:30-2 p.m. Genesee
Room
28
Men’s basketball
MCC vs. Wayne
3 p.m.-Ballenger
8
Women’s basketball
MCC vs. Wayne
1 p.m.-Ballenger
Men’s basketball
MCC vs. Alpena
3 p.m.-Ballenger
15
Women’s basketball
MCC vs. Alpena
1 p.m.-Ballenger
Men’s basketball
MCC vs. HFCC
3 p.m.-Ballenger
22
9
16
23
Women’s basketball
MCC vs. HFCC
1 p.m.-Ballenger
29
Men’s basketball
MCC vs. Macomb
3 p.m.-Ballenger
30
Women’s basketball
MCC vs. Macomb
1 p.m.-Ballenger
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