October 2013
Beaufort County Community College
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College Night is set at BCCC.
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Breakfast is served (lunch, too)!
After a hiatus of more than a year, a café has opened on the campus of Beaufort
County Community College.
Under the management of Ann Hill, the newly-named College Grill opened in
mid-September on the
upper level of Building 5
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and is serving breakfast
BCCC helps business
and lunch to BCCC stuin Creswell open and thrive.
dents, faculty, staff and
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members of the public.
BCCC staff help Washington
“BCCC is delighted
business expansion project.
to welcome Ann Hill
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and the College Grill
20th annual golf tournament
to our campus,” said
draws enthusiatic crowd.
President Barbara
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Tansey. “A restaurant
See the stage production
is a welcome and very
of Beauty and the Beast!
needed addition to the
Solo circumnavigator Aebi
college.”
The management and staff of the new College Grill prepares to
to speak at BCCC.
serve breakfast on a recent Friday morning. Pictured above, left to
Breakfast items
right are grill Manager Ann Hill, and employees Lynne Neals and
range
in
price
from
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Beth Sparrow.
cents to $4.99 and inBCANS welcomes
clude cinnamon buns, homemade biscuits - including the ever-popular cheese
new members, elects officers.
biscuits - assorted breakfast wraps and fruit.
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Lunch items range from $1.39 to $6.79 and
Chief Swindell ends 30-year
include
sandwiches, salads and homemade
law enforcement career.
chili
or
soup.
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Hill and the College Grill will also be available
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to
cater campus-based events.
@BCCC set for Oct. 1.
Hill came to the Washington area from Suffolk, Va.
After a career in the wine business, she
served as manager of the grill at the golf course
at Cypress Landing. In that position, she not
only served a regular menu of items at the grill,
she also catered events at Cypress Landing for
as many as 95 people.
Pictured above is a sample of the items available
“I am looking forward to developing menus
for breakfast at the College Grill.
that will appeal to a variety of tastes,” she said.
Hill also welcomes menu suggestions from the college community.
“It’s important to me that people are satisfied,” she said.
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Ashley Woolard joins
BCCC Board of Trustees.
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College Night set for Tuesday, Oct. 22 at BCCC
Beaufort County Community College’s annual College Night is set for Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. in the
Multi-purpose Room of Building 10 on the BCCC campus.
College Night is an excellent opportunity for high school students and
others in the community interested in attending BCCC to learn more
about opportunities available at the college, according to Daniel Wilson,
BCCC admissions and recruitment director.
It is also a good chance for BCCC college transfer students to meet
with representatives from four-year colleges and universities to discuss
admission requirements and programs available on their campuses, Wilson said.
“Students interested in attending BCCC or transferring from BCCC to another college or university do not want to miss
this event,” Wilson said. “As well as visiting with representatives of BCCC, attendees will be able to meet on-one with
representatives from over 40 institutions from North Carolina.”
Admission is free of charge and is open to anyone in eastern North Carolina thinking about starting or returning to college.
Representatives from several area community colleges and most public and private four-year schools across the state
are confirmed participants this year, Wilson said.
Among them are Barton College, Beaufort County Community College, Belmont Abbey College, Campbell University,
Cape Fear Community College, Catawba College, Chowan University, the College Foundation of North Carolina, East
Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Elon University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson and Wales University, Liberty University, Living Arts College, Livingstone College, Louisburg College, Meredith College, Methodist University, Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Miller-Motte College, Mount Olive College, Nashville Auto Diesel College, N.C.
A&T University, N.C. Central University, N.C. State University, N.C. Wesleyan College, William Peace University, Pfeiffer
College, Pitt Community College, Saint Augustine’s College, Salem College, Shaw University, The Arts Institutes, Wake
Forest University, Western Carolina University, Winston Salem State University and representatives from the University of
North Carolina at Asheville, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Pembroke and Wilmington, among others.
For more information, contact Wilson in the Admissions Office in Building 9 on the BCCC campus, call 252-940-6233 or
visit BCCC’s website at www.beaufortccc.edu.
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Woolard appointed to BCCC Board of Trustees
Ashley Woolard, a resident of Washington and former candidate for the U.S. Congress, has joined the Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees. He was appointed to the college board by the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners.
Woolard took the oath of office at a recent meeting of the BCCC board and will serve a four-year term.
“The BCCC Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome Mr. Woolard as
one of its members,” said board Chairman Russell
Smith. “With his experience as a businessman and a
county leader, Mr. Woolard will bring valuable insight
to the board.”
A native and life-long resident of Beaufort County,
Woolard is president of Woolard Insurance Brokers,
Inc. He is a graduate of Washington High School and
of East Carolina University where he was a member of the Phi Kappa
Psi fraternity. Woolard is also a 2003 Fellow of the North Carolina
Institute of Political Leadership, a non-partisan, nonprofit research and
educational institution, formed to improve the overall quality of political
and governmental leadership at the state and local levels.
Woolard has been active in civic organizations for many years. He is
a former member of the Old Ford Ruritan Club and served as an officer
for two years and President of the club in 2004. Woolard was an officer
of the Washington Rotary Club for three years and served as President in 2007. He also served on the City of Washington
Planning Board from 2001 to 2004.
Woolard has been active in Republican Party politics, serving as Chairman of the Beaufort County Republican Party
from 2007 to 2009. In 2010, Woolard was the Republican candidate for Congress from the 1st Congressional District and
in 2012 was one of 15 presidential electors representing North Carolina.
Woolard is a leader in education, having served as a representative of the ECU Educational Foundation for 10 years.
He served as President of the Beaufort County chapter of the Pirate Club from 2005 to 2010. Woolard was named Rookie
Chapter President of the Year in 2006 out of 35 chapters, for leading the local chapter to a 16 percent increase in members and a 20 percent increase in donations. In addition to his duties as President, he organized the annual banquet and
golf tournament and oversaw all major fund-raising initiatives for the chapter.
His other awards include being named the Ruritan of the Year for the Greenville-Goldsboro District in 2002 and the
Fund-Raiser Award for the Old Ford Ruritan Club that same year. Woolard was named Rotarian of the Year for the Washington Rotary Club in 2005.
Woolard has three children – Payton, 10; Parker, 7, and Pressley, 3. He attends Old Ford Church of Christ. In his spare
time, he enjoys coaching his children’s various sports teams and ECU athletics.
BCCC alumnus joins Foundation Board
Gary Burbage, an alumnus of Beaufort County Community College and a former college employee has joined the
BCCC Foundation Board of Directors.
Burbage attended BCCC from 1976 to 1977 and was among the first students to enroll
in the College Transfer Program at the school. At the
time, the program was about one year old and had not
received degree status, Burbage said, adding “so I just
got as much credit as I could earn and transferred to
East Carolina University.”
Burbage returned to BCCC and, ultimately, served
as Director of Admissions, helping students just like himself begin their college educations in
Beaufort County. He retired in May 2012 after 30 years of service at BCCC.
Burbage owns and operates two family businesses - Turfmaster Lawn Care and Pamlico
Pecans. In addition to his appointment to the BCCC Foundation Board, Burbage serves on
the Board of Directors of Tri-County Telecom, Tri-County Telephone Foundation and the
Belhaven Chamber of Commere.
Burbage and his wife, Donna, live in Bath. Their three children - Mary Beth, Kyle and
Carter - all graduated from BCCC. He and his wife attend Harvest Church.
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BCCC helps Creswell business open and thrive
Washington County business owners Sharon and Billy Maitland had a dream - they would open an upscale restaurant
in an abandoned grocery store on Main Street in Creswell.
The restaurant would augment their funeral home in Creswell by
giving families a convenient place to gather for a meal and it would spur
other businesses to open and revitalize the Main Street area of the town.
“There were no restaurants in Creswell and I realized that a restaurant went hand-in-hand with our funeral home business,” Sharon
Maitland said. “And Main Street needed something desperately to
help it revive.”
When an appraisal on the grocery store came in lower than expected and funding for the project fell short, Sharon Maitland began
searching for grants to provide the needed capital for the renovations.
“I had ideas about what I wanted to say in the grant application,
but I needed somebody to help me put it on paper,” she said.
That’s when Lentz Stowe, director of Business and Industry
Services at Beaufort County Community College, stepped in to help Sharon Maitland greets customers at her restaurant in
Creswell. She received advice from BCCC’s Small Busiwith expertise available to the Maitlands.
ness Center before opening the business.
Stowe said it’s just part of the services that the Small Business
Center provides under the umbrella of BCCC’s Business and Industry Services.
As part of a statewide network of centers, the Small Business
Center at BCCC helps the over 1,600 small businesses in Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington counties like Main Street Eatery
survive, prosper, and contribute
to the economic well-being of the
area, according to Stowe.
Small Business Centers provide a wide variety of seminars
and workshops, one-on-one
counseling, a library of resources,
and referrals to other sources to
Billy and Sharon Maitland hope their new restaurant, Main prospective and current owners
Street Eatery, can lead the revitalization of Creswell’s
and operators of small businessMain Street.
es; plus, the services are at no cost to clients and attendees.
Using the Maitlands’ business plan for the restaurant, Stowe worked with the couple in face-to-face meetings, telephone
calls and email exchanges and helped coordinate participation by the Town of Creswell last summer to meet a four-week
deadline for grant applications from the N.C. Rural Center.
With Stowe’s help, the Maitlands met the deadline and secured a grant for $40,000 which enabled the project to move ahead.
“Make no mistake - the Maitlands worked hard to be eligible for this funding,” Stowe said. “As a result, they were
uniquely qualified to take advantage of this grant opportunity.”
The restaurant opened its doors in December, initially bringing 15 new jobs to the town and drawing customers from the
local community as well as Edenton, Herford, Plymouth and as far away as the Outer Banks, among others.
Although Sharon Maitland found that running a restaurant in a small town is not easy, she also enjoyed the work and
was glad she and her husband made the investment.
“I love it,” she said. “We’re getting a lot of positive reviews. And I loved the challenge of doing something unexpected.”
But she also discovered she had a lot to learn about developing the skills of her workers, purchasing supplies and pricing her products.
That’s when Stowe and BCCC’s Small Business Center stepped in again – this time to link the Maitlands with an expert
in restaurant management who can help make their business profitable.
“Once you’re a client, you’re always a client,” he said. “If an entrepreneur has an idea for a small business and seeks
our help, we’re with him or her for the long run.”
For more information about BCCC’s Business and Industry Services, including seminars for business owners or potential business owners, contact Stowe at 252-940-6306 or by email at lentzs@beaufortccc.edu. Information about upcoming
workshops is available on the BCCC website at www.beaufortccc.edu/coned.
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Business Expo returns to BCCC campus
After an absence of nearly a decade the annual Business Expo returns to the Beaufort County Community College
campus 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2.
The event is sponsored by BCCC’s Business and Industry Services and the Washington/Beaufort County Chamber of
Commerce. All activities will be located in Building 10.
“The Business Expo is an excellent chance for current and prospective business owners to come together and learn
about services available to them as well as make valuable contacts with other business owners,” said Lentz Stowe, director of BCCC’s Business and Industry Services. “BCCC is delighted to have this important event return to the campus after
an absence of several years from the campus.”
The Business Expo will feature three seminars that will be offered free to the public:
• Breakfast in the Cloud, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., presented by Derek Kelly, CenturyLink Public Relations manager
and Tiffany Huddleston, CenturyLink engineer;
• Resources for Small Business Owners, noon to 1 p.m., presented by Lentz Stowe, director of BCCC’s Business
and Industry Services;
• Advertising and Marketing Best Practices for Current and Prospective Business Owners, presented by Janet Ladenburger of Creative Clout Agency.
Attendees will also be able to obtain a flu shot, provided by Tayloe’s Hospital Pharmacy. Insurance coverage will be accepted for these shots. The cost of the immunization will be $25 for those without insurance coverage.
In addition to these offerings, the Business Expo will feature displays from companies and organizations that provide
services to area businesses. Among these will be a display from BCCC’s Business and Industry Services, Stowe said.
For more information about the Business Expo, contact the Washington/Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce at 252-946-9168 or Stowe by telephone at 252-940-6306 or by email at lentzs@beaufortccc.edu.
Grant provides funds for new computer lab
Machining students at Beaufort County Community College will have more time to practice their computer-assisted
design skills thanks to a new computer lab located just steps from their campus workshop.
Equipment in the lab is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. Providing this new technology to industrial
students is one of the activities targeted by the department’s $18 million Employment and Training Administration’s Trade
Adjustment Assistance Community College and
Career Training grant awarded to 10 community colleges in the state.
The $2.2 million portion of the grant received by
BCCC includes funding for equipment to upgrade
the Industrial Technology programs to meet local industry needs. About $25,000 of that grant was used
to create the MacBook Laboratory.
It is located in a former classroom in BCCC’s
Industrial Technology Building and will enable
machining students to have more access to needed
training.
Previously, the students had to share computer
time with students in BCCC’s Drafting and Design
students, making it difficult for machining students
to practice computer skills they will need on the job,
according to Ben Morris, Business and Industrial
Pictured above, Machining Instructor Matthew Lincoln, standing, helps a stuTechnology Dean at BCCC.
dent while others work in the new computer lab funded by a grant from the U.S.
The new MacBook lab will also give Lead MaDepartment of Labor.
chinist Instructor Matthew Lincoln more options for
offering Internet-based and hybrid courses in the future.
“The new lab allows me to enhance my programs,” Lincoln said. “It enables me to give the students the technology they
need to succeed.”
The new computers have been installed with the latest Computer-Assisted Design programs, included in the grant, and
operate on Apple- and Microsoft Windows-based systems.
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20th annual golf tourney draws enthusiatic crowd
The 20th annual BCCC Foundation Golf Tournament, sponsored by PotashCorp-Aurora drew a crowd of about 88
golfters to the Washington Yacht and Country Club on Friday, Sept. 20.
The tournament is the largest single fund-raiser sponsored by the BCCC Foundation each year.
Co-sponsors of the tournament were Lee Chevrolet-Buick, First South Bank, CenturyLink. P & G Manufacturing, Inc.,
Tideland EMC, JKF Architecture, Carver Machine Works, Park Boat Co., Tri-County Telecom, Rod Cantrell, CFP/Edward
Jones, VantageSouth Bank and Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
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Pictured above, BCCC Ambassadors, left to right, Patricia Daniels, Kenyetta Burnette, Lucy Garcia, Ronnie James (standing) and Jackson Lancaster
prepare to sign-in tournament participants. Pictured at right, Mark Carawan
practices putting before the tournament while Sam Leggett, below left, arranges his golf clubs. Pictured below, right, Dorie Richter, left, and Coley
Hodges enjoy a beautiful day on the golf course.
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See the stage production of Beauty and the Beast
Join the Beaufort County Community College Foundation, Saturday, Oct. 12, for a trip to Durham to see the award-winning stage production of Beauty and the Beast and enjoy a meal at one of the state’s outstanding French restaurants.
The trip will also include a tour of the Museum of Life
and Science in Durham and dinner at Coquette Brasserie
in Raleigh.
The cost of the trip, open to all BCCC students, faculty,
staff, alumni and friends of the college, is $185 per person.
Space is limited so early registration is recommended.
The price of the trip includes transportation to and from
Durham, two meals and tickets for seats in the orchestra
section for Beauty and the Beast at the Durham Performing
Arts Center in downtown Durham.
The trip will leave the parking lot at BCCC by 8 a.m. and
arrive at the Museum of Life and Science by 10:30 a.m.
Once there, the group will tour and have lunch at the museum. The Museum of Life and Science features an array of
largely hands-on exhibits intended to illustrate concepts of natural science. It is home to the Magic Wings Butterfly House
where guests can walk through a rain forest surrounded by 1,000 tropical butterflies.
After lunch, the group will travel to DPAC in Durham for a matinee performance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,
based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature. The classical love story is filled with unforgettable characters,
lavish sets and costumes. It includes such well-known musical numbers as Be Our Guest and the beloved title song.
After the performance, participants will travel to North Hills shopping center in Raleigh for dinner at Coquette Brasserie,
a true French brasserie. The tour is scheduled to return to Beaufort County around 9 p.m.
For more information, or to register, contact Marcia Norwood, Foundation specialist, at 252-940-6218, or Judy Jennette,
Foundation director, at 252-940-6326. Information is also available on the BCCC website at www.beaufortccc.edu.
Tania Aebi, solo woman sailor to speak at BCCC
In May 1985, when Tania Aebi was only 18 years old, she cast off from the docks of South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan, and sailed 27,000 miles around the world, alone.
With only two years of limited sailing experience, she pulled away from a New York City dock, bound for Bermuda in
her small boat. Cold and scared with tears streaming down her face, she waved good-bye to family and friends. She had
never sailed a boat alone in her life until then.
For the next two and a half years, with only a cat for company, Aebi,
pronounced Abby, crossed the Caribbean, the South Pacific and Indian
Oceans, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and the North Atlantic, stopping in 23 countries along the way.
Aebi will share her experiences with BCCC alumni, students, faculty and
staff in an appearance at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 22 in the Multi-Purpose
Room of Building 10 on the BCCC campus.
Her visit is sponsored by the Beaufort County Community College Foundation and the Student Government Association with support from PotashCorp-Aurora, Tayloe’s Hospital Pharmacy and Rod Cantrell, CFP.
She sailed through storms and calms, gathering stories, friendships,
inspirational examples, and maturity along the way. She also learned a
lot about setting a larger-than-life goal and being committed to following it
through despite mechanical breakdowns, the death of her mother, loneliness, doubt, and fear.
Aebi sailed around the world without GPS, which was not yet available.
Instead, she had a sextant for celestial navigation and a radio direction
finder. And her boat, a $40,000 sloop Varuna, was plagued by factory deTania Aebi, who sailed around the world alone at
fects that could easily have been corrected before departure.
the age of 18, will speak to BCCC students, faculty,
She met her husband, Olivier Berner, in Vanuatu, an island nation in the
staff and alumni on Friday, Nov. 22. She wrote a book
about her journey, Maiden Voyage.
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BCANS welcomes new members elects officers
The Beaufort County Community College Association of Nursing Students elected officers for 2013-2014 and began
planning activities for the coming year at a luncheon welcoming new nursing students held recently on the BCCC.
James Menke, an associate degree nursing student from Washington will serve as president of the
organization. He will be joined in leading the club
by Allie Gibbs of Engelhard, vice president; Kati
Howdy of Washington, secretary; Kayla Ausbon of
Washington, treasurer; Patricia Massey of Washington and Hillary Keizer of Terra Ceia, program
coordinators, and Megan Barr of Chocowinity and
Meg Poston of Washington, newsletter editors.
About 60 Associate Degree and Practical
Nursing students, faculty and staff attended the
luncheon where participants received information
about the organization.
“Being an active member of BCANS helps nursing students build a sense of professionalism,” said
Sherry Glover, Associate Degree Nursing instructor
and BCANS advisor. “It gives students a sense of
belonging and the opportunity to make a difference in Pictured above, front row, left to right, are Associate Degree Nursing Instructor
the community while they are in nursing school and
Sherry Glover, BCANS advisor; Allie Gibbs, vice president; James Menke, presibe a part of an organization that represents Beaufort dent; Kati Howdy, secretary, and Kayla Ausbon, treasurer; back row, left to right,
Patricia Massey and Hillary Keizer, program coordinators, and Megan Barr and
County Community College in a most positive way.” Meg Poston, newsletter editors.
BCANS is a local chapter of the National Student Nurses’ Association and was first organized
in 1993. The mission of the NSNA is to organize, represent and mentor students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses, as well as those enrolled in baccalaureate completion programs; to convey the standards and ethics of the
nursing profession; to promote development of the skills that students will need as responsible and accountable members
of the nursing profession; to advocate for high quality health care; to advocate for and contribute to advances in nursing
education, and to develop nursing students who are prepared to lead the profession in the future.
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South Pacific Ocean, when he was also sailing solo. The
two boats sailed in tandem and he was in New York when
she returned home from her journey. They were married,
have two sons and have since divorced. It was also in Vanuatu that she acquired Tarzoon the kitten, who was with her
for over half the trip.
In November 1987, at 21, Aebi returned to New York
City, becoming, at the time, the first American woman
and the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe.
She spent the year after her return reliving the trip
in words, writing her bestselling book, Maiden Voyage,
the personal account of a modern day odyssey and the
dramatic childhood leading up to it. Maiden Voyage has
been translated into seven languages, and portions of it
have been anthologized in many collections.
Aebi now lives in rural Vermont, has earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and raised two boys who
are now in college. She also leads learn-to-sail 10-day
flotillas in different countries around the world, writes
a column for a popular sailing magazine, and in 2005,
published a second book, I’ve Been Around.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Aiming for Success at BCCC!
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Members of Men of Success, the minority male mentoring club at Beaufort County Community College have organized
for the 2013-2014 Academic Year under the guidance of
Admissions Director Daniel Wilson.
The goal of the club is to increase the success of
minority males in the community college by addressing peer pressure and low self-esteem and motivating students to graduate from BCCC and/or transfer
to a university.
Each student member of Men of Success is assigned
a volunteer mentor and is expected to meet specific
goals throughout the year.
The group, which meets the first, second and third
Tuesday of each month is planning activities that include visits to local high schools, discussion forums and
a ceremony in February marking black history month.
Pictured, at left, Wilson and members of Men of Success pose for a group portrait on the BCCC campus.
BCCC Staff Association awards “good apples”
The Beaufort County Community College Staff Association
recently voted to continue the tradition of recognizing members of the college staff for their hard work and dedication.
Each month, a staff member is presented with an award,
the Golden Apple Award, by the winner of the award for the
previous month.
Coordinator of Computer Support Services Brenda Rogers,
the August recipient of the award, presented the Golden Apple
Award to BCCC receptionist Linda Lewis.
The recipient of the award is presented with a papier mache
golden apple, which they pass along to the next month’s recipient, and a plaque, which they can keep and display.
Lewis’ plaque, written by Rogers, reads, “Ms. Linda is the
smiling face you see upon entering BCCC, and the pleasant
voice that gets calls where they need to go. We couldn’t have
a better ambassador for those entering our campus.”
Faculty Senate luncheon welcomes new faculty
Members of the Beaufort County Community College
Faculty Senate welcomed new faculty at a luncheon held
on the college campus in September.
The group also invited BCCC President Barbara Tansey
and Vice President of Academics Crystal Ange to join them
for lunch.
Faculty Senate President Jeanne Martin said she hopes
all of the new college faculty will join and become active in
the Faculty Senate.
Pictured, at left, Martin, standing, introduces new English
Instructor Laurie Evans to the group.
The BCCC Faculty Senate strives to be a positive voice
for issues at the college that may affect faculty. The organization hopes to facilitate communication among college
faculty, staff and administration.
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Swindell retires after 30 years in law enforcement
Growing up on the grounds of the Lake Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuge as the son of a federal game warden, Hal Swindell always envisioned a career as a researcher in the field of fish and wildlife management. Instead, he was led down a
career path in law enforcement.
On Oct. 1, Swindell, 55, will retire after a 30 year career ensuring the safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors at East
Carolina University and Beaufort County Community College.
“Beaufort County Community College appreciates the service
that Hal Swindell has provided our students, faculty, staff and
visitors over the years in ensuring that our campus is a safe and
welcoming place to learn, work and visit,” said BCCC President
Barbara Tansey. “He is a true public servant.”
With scientific research in mind, Swindell earned an associate’s degree from Wayne Community College and a bachelor’s
degree from N.C. Wesleyan College in fish and wildlife management and worked as an intern for a year at Lake Mattamuskeet.
But after he discovered that his job opportunities in North
Carolina were limited, he moved to Greenville and accepted a
position as a security guard at Pitt County Memorial Hospital,
now Vidant Medical Center.
Swindell subsequently accepted a position with the ECU Campus Police Department, attended police training and
worked his way up through the department, ultimately attaining the post of assistant director. He was in charge of the ECU
School of Medicine campus beside the hospital for most of his ECU career.
Although he enjoyed his work at ECU, Swindell joined the BCCC staff in 1994 as the first campus police chief and was
charged with the task of creating the first police department on the college campus.
His first office was a desk, chair, telephone and filing cabinet in one corner of the administration building.
But within a month, the department was up and running with Swindell, its only full-time employee, joined by one
part-time officer.
“The first month I was here, it really scared me,” he said. “But after two or three months, I knew it was the best decision
I’ve ever made in my life.”
At the time, only a few community college campuses in North Carolina had their own police departments, most preferring to hire security guards or use law enforcement officers provided by other agencies.
Today Swindell oversees a department that includes four other officers, including one reserve officer.
“The department has grown over the years,” Swindell said. “And we continue to improve the agency with new training,
new equipment and new personnel.”
Swindell said it was a hard decision to leave a job he loves, but he is looking forward to taking time for himself and going on vacation without having to be on call.
“A police chief is a very structured job. You’re never really off,” he said. “I want some time for me.”
Using technology for substitute teacher training
The Division of Continuing Education used ooVoo technology for the
first time in September to offer substitute teacher training simultaneously on the BCCC campus and to students in Washington County.
Pictured at far right, Instructor
Jane Rouse presents the material to students at BCCC and in
Plymouth via the Internet.
Pictured near right, Lillie
Spruill, Daleliscia Gallop and
Mable Hall attend class in Plymouth and maintain video contact
with the class in Washington.
Eight students attended at
BCCC and three in Plymouh.
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Introducing...One Day @
A campus-wide photo project on Oct. 1
You’re invited to participate in our new photo project!
On October 1, take a pix of anything you find interesting at BCCC.
It can be a class activity, a group of friends enjoying lunch, one of our buildings,
a fellow student– whatever you think makes an interesting photo.
Then send your pix along with your name and a short caption describing who or what is in the
photo to Betty Gray, public relations coordinator, by email to bettyg@beaufortccc.edu
or log into Facebook and post your photo to the BCCC Facebook page.
Photos will be compiled and posted to Facebook, Pinterest and other social media sites,
as well as on the BCCC website, campus video boards and other places.
The more people who participate, the better!
You can opt out if you choose, but this will be fun, so please join in if you can!
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Campus Connections
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BCCC hosts renowned forensic psychologist
Nationally-known forensic psychologist Maurice Godwin had an important message for the crowd of about 100 people
who heard him speak on the Beaufort County Community College campus on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
Godwin said he owes his success to his education, which
started at Vance-Granville Community College in Warren County
in 1985 with an associate’s degree in criminal justice technology.
He became a police officer with the Oxford Police Department
and subsequently earned bachelor’s and masters degree and,
ultimately, became the only American to earn a doctorate in
criminal investigative psychology.
Godwin’s presentation included information
on the myths about serial killers and how he has
accurately predicted where they live, strike and
leave their victims in some high profile cases.
Godwin laid out statistics about serial killers: the
state with the most serial killers is Washington, followed by California, Texas, Florida and then the American Midwest states. At any
given time, there are 50 active serial killers operating in the United States, who kill between 300 and 400 people per year.
Using a computer software program that he developed, Godwin successfully predicted where the D.C. sniper would
likely attack.
- Vail Stewart Rumley, Washington Daily News, contributed to this report.
Upcoming Events
October 1-5—Fallfest.
October 1— @BCCC, day-long photography project for students, staff, faculty and visitors to the BCCC
campus.
October 1— BCCC Board of Trustees, committees meet beginning at 5 p.m., dinner, 6:30 p.m., meeting, 7
p.m. Board Room, Building 10.
October 2 — Business Expo, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Building 10.
October 7 — Medical Laboratory Technology Program Information Session, 5:30 p.m.,
Room 1204/06, Building 12.
October 8 — Faculty Senate meeting, noon, Room 928, Building 9.
October 8 — Breast Cancer Awareness Day, 8 a.m. until, Student Lounge, Building 9.
October 10-11 — Student/Faculty Vacation.
October 12 — BCCC Foundation trip to see Beauty and the Beast in Durham. For more
information, contact Judy Jennette, Foundation director, at 940-6326.
October 15 — Flu Shot Clinic, Multi-Purpose Room, Building 10. For more information, contact Human
Resources at 940-6404.
October 15 — BCCC Staff Association, meeting, 2 p.m., Emergent Technology Lab, BCCC Library.
October 17 — American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit. To make an appointment, contact Theresa Edwards at 940-6217. Student Government Association.
October 21 — Associate Degree and Practical Nursing programs Information Session, noon, Building
12 Room 1204/1206.
Ocrober 21 — BCANS meets. For more information, contact Sherry Glover at 940-6265.
October 22 — Student Government Association meeting, noon, Student Lounge, Building 9.
October 22 — Using Mediasite for Lecture Capture and Interactive Technology to Enhance Your Online
Course, noon, Emergent Technology Lab, BCCC Library. For more information, contact Saundra
Pinkham at saundrap@beaufortccc.edu.
October 31 — Celebrate Halloween with the Student Government Association, time and place TBA.
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