THE FALL 2013 MICHIGAN MCCB CONFERENCE
Host Institution:
Wayne County Community College District
Downriver Campus
21000 Northline Road
Taylor, Michigan 48180
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013
9:30AM
Registration
10:00AM
Welcome and Introduction
WCCCD Northwest Campus Dr. Letitia Uduma
 Provides the welcome address and then introduces Chancellor Curtis L. Ivery
WCCCD Chancellor Dr. Curtis L. Ivery will greet the guests to the Fall 2013 MCCB Conference
Presentation of the Colors
 The presentation of colors is a ceremony presenting or retiring a flag. The “colors” refer
to a flag. A color guard, consisting of two honor guards and two flag bearers, presents or
retires the colors. A Sergeant-at-Arms dictates the orders during the ceremony.
o Central Collegiate Academy:
 ROTC students will participate in this ceremony
 Has a dual enrollment program with Wayne County Community College
District
 Has a School Community Based Health Center which is a pilot program
sponsored by the American Public Health Association
National Anthem
10:30AM – 11:30AM
Session I
Panel discussing “Preparing Community College Students to Create a Healthier World”
Panelists include the following individuals:

Loretta Davis, MSA
o CEO and President of the Institute for Population Health Detroit
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Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN
o The University of Michigan School of Public Health Associate Dean for Practice
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Reginald Lee, FPHL
o Detroit Medical Center Senior Vice President of Physician Recruitment and
Development who has recently been promoted to CEO of Kindred Hospital

Debraha Watson, PhD
o Wayne County Community College District Senior Vice Chancellor of the Health
Sciences
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Joseph West, ScD, MSc
o Senior Epidemiologist/Program Director of Sinai Urban Health Institute in
Chicago, Illinois
o Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Adjunct Assistant
Professor in General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
11:30AM – 12:30PM
 Visit Poster Presentations of Science Students & Vendor Tables
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Lunch/Session II
 Caryn Heldt, PhD, Director of the Michigan College and University Program and
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University will
discuss research opportunities for community college students.
1:45PM – 2:45PM
Session III
 Joseph West, ScD, MSc, Senior Epidemiologist/Program Director of Sinai Urban Health
Institute in Chicago, Illinois and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor in General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics will share his
story on how he discovered his career in research and his path of life (His book is entitled
“Trod the Stony Road: A Young Man’s Journey from the Mississippi to the Charles).
3:00PM – 4:00PM
Session IV
Panel discussing “Preparing Community College Students to Excel in Baccalaureate
Science Programs”
Panelists include the following individuals:

David Njus, PhD
o Wayne State University Biology Chair

Caryn Heldt, PhD
o Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological
University
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o Director of the Michigan College and University Program
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Toby Citrin, JD
o The University of Michigan School of Public Health Management and Policy
Adjunct Professor
o Director of the Center for Public Health and Community Genomics at the
University of Michigan School of Public Health
o Co-Director, University of Michigan Life Sciences and Society Program

Jerry Caldwell, PhD
o Executive Director of the Michigan Louis Alliance for Minority Participation
o Director of the Charles Drew Science Scholars Michigan State University College
of Natural Science

Curtis Greene, PhD
o Wayne County Community College District Science Chair

Penny Bailer, MBA
o Executive Director of City Year Detroit
4:15PM – 5:15PM
Session V
Two Concurrent Science Faculty Oral Presentations
 Michael Root of Michigan State University represents McGraw Hill Publishing
 D. Carl Freeman, PhD Wayne State University Biology Professor Plant Ecology and
Evolution
5:30PM -7:00pm
Dinner
6:00PM
Session VI – Friday Evening Keynote Speaker
Valerie Brader, JD
 Senior Policy Advisor and Deputy Legal Counsel to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
with an extensive background in energy and environmental policies will speak on these
issues
A ceremony will be held honoring the contributions of the 29 Michigan Community College
biology/science chairs, MCCB, and biology faculty.
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ATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2013
07:30-8:30AM
 Registration & Continental Breakfast

MCCB Board Meeting 07:30AM – 8:00AM
8:45AM – 8:55AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Dr. Curtis Greene
8:55AM – 9:10AM
Ceremony Honoring the Founders of the Michigan Community College Biologists
 Directed by WCCCD Biology Professor Dr. Lynnda Skidmore
9:15AM
Introduction of Saturday Morning Speaker
Introduction given by WCCCD Science Chair Dr. Curtis Greene
9:15AM – 10:15AM
Session VII – Saturday Morning Speaker
Wayne State University Associate Vice President for Research and Assistant Dean of Diversity Joseph
Dunbar, PhD, will discuss his research programs and the importance of preparing community college
students for academic studies and/or careers involving research.
10:30AM
Introduction of Saturday Keynote Speaker
Professor Toby Citrin who is the Director of the Center for Public Health Community Genomics
at the University of Michigan School of Public Health will introduce Dr. Mullis as our Saturday,
October 26, 2013 keynote speaker. He oversees projects which educate high school students in
Detroit and Flint, Michigan to science involving genomics, DNA, protein synthesis, and
genetics.
10:35AM – 11:45AM
Session VIII – Saturday Keynote Speaker
Kary Mullis, PhD, 1993 Nobel Prize Winner of Chemistry for his invention of the polymerase
chain reaction (PCR) utilized in DNA, genetics, and forensic science will lecture.
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Lunch/Session IX
3 Concurrent Sessions of Oral Presentations by Michigan community college biology/science
faculty:
 Biology Professor Verne Mills of Kalamazoo Valley Community College will lecture on
“Genes and Human Brain Evolution
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Biology Professor Timothy Periard of Lansing Community College will lecture on
“Diversity of Gender and Sexuality in the Animal Kingdom
Biology Professor Heather Wesp of Montcalm Community College will present a
“Softchalk Demo” or “Nature Photography
1:00 PM – 2:00PM
Session X
2 Concurrent Sessions of Oral Presentations by Michigan community college biology/science
faculty:
 Biology Professors Dr. Lynnda Skidmore and Dr. Curtis Greene of Wayne County
Community College District will present “Building a Green Workforce: Integrating Climate

Change Science into Community College Green Career Education and Training”
Representative from eScience Labs, Inc. will give a presentation
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Session XI
Mock Disaster Exercise Skill
This demonstration exhibits how scientists and health professionals including veterinians assist
victims during disasters and emergencies (end events at NW Campus)
This demonstration involves “live table top” demonstrations present in 3 rooms
3:30PM – 4:30PM
Session XII
Tour the facilities and operations of the Wayne County Community College District Veterinary
Program which is located on the campus of Wayne State University
4:30PM
Departure
Provide box meals and small gifts to conference attendees who must depart from the conference
6:00PM
Reception for Dr. Kary Mullis
Wayne State University
McGregor Memorial Hall
Departure at the end of the Reception for Dr. Kary Mullis
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