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August 18, 2006 |
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Convocation inspires us to light spark with
Power of Learning
Welcome back everyone to our new year at PVCC. We had a wonderful
turnout for the All-Employee Breakfast and Convocation
August 14 featuring guest speaker Dr. Kay McClenney.
It was splendid to see so many of you with strong purpose, boundless
energy and unbridled enthusiasm as we begin this year of “Possibilities
in Paradise”!
As I mentioned at the convocation, I was struck this summer by readings
from The Art of Possibility by Boston
Philharmonic conductor and teacher Benjamin Zander, and his wife
Rosamund Stone Zander. In their book, the Zanders advocate passion and
action. Be audacious with your goals. Stand ready to participate. Be
positive and willing. This year, I ask you to light a spark of
possibility upon which others can draw, or capture someone else’s spark
and run with it.
Dr. McClenney, director of the Community College Survey of
Student Engagement, said that to engage students is to
challenge the odds. “Engagement must happen by design; it does not
happen by accident,” noted Dr. McClenney. “PVCC students are engaged
students ... and engaged students are active learners.”
First
PVCC Open House a success with more than 100 attendees
We were pleased with the turnout for our first college Open
House, held August 10 in conjunction with Maricopa
Week. Staff and faculty welcomed more than 100 guests to our
school, offering guidance, tours, refreshments, door prizes and our
special brand of PVCC warmth.
President’s
Leadership Team benefits from strategic session
The President’s Leadership Team met August
10 for a strategic workshop to discuss factors that give life to
excellent leadership and communication. Dr. Idahlynn Karre,
professional speaker and consultant, facilitated the session.
Kids
College enrollment up 37 percent
Congratulations to Continuing Education on a successful Kids
College this summer. Now in its 11th year, Kids College
enrolled 248 children ages 6 to 14 in more than 30 classes, an increase
of 37 percent from the previous summer. Programs included reading,
math, science, game design, Spanish and art. The most popular courses
for gifted youth enrolled in the Center for Advanced Academic
Programs were Computer Game Design, Math Logic and
Robotics.
Thanks to the entire campus for supporting the young people, many of
whom are likely to be PVCC’s future college students!
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Welcome faculty, staff
We welcome the following faculty and staff members who are new to our
campus since last fall:
Faculty: Debra Adair, biology/microbiology; Anita
Chilton, clinical nursing; Kelly Fitzsimmons;
philosophy/religious studies; Dr. Vaswati Ghosh,
history; Cinthya Ippoliti, librarian; Dr.
Wade Lueck, psychology; Doss Powell,
anthropology; Felicia Ramirez, communication; Paul
Sunder, fire science/EMT; and Debbie Voll,
education.
Staff: Harriet Betts, coordinator, Teacher
Development Center; Ronald Boling, network
technician, Computer Commons; Roy Corley, college
safety officer; Dr. Julia Devous, director,
Institutional Advancement; David Dixon, IKON
technician; Christina Emmons, administrative
assistant to Bob Bendotti; Dunia Fernandez, student
services specialist, ACE/SUCCEED coordinator; Scott Fisher,
building maintenance technician; Connie Heitt,
administrative secretary, Facilities Department; Lan Hoang,
administrative secretary, Science Division; Carl Kidwell,
computer maintenance technician, IRTS; Shoshanna Landis,
administrative secretary, Health & Exercise Science Division; Rosa
Mancha, IKON technician; Nancy Epps McNeill,
early childhood teacher, Children’s Center; Betsy Raymond,
information services computer technician, Computer Commons; Judith
Schoenfeld, early childhood teacher, Children’s Center; and Michael
Swann, IKON technician.
Faculty, staff
travel abroad to deepen cultural appreciation
Welcome back to faculty and staff members who traveled far and wide
this summer to deepen their cultural appreciation and education. Just a
sampling of world travelers: Michele Marion, director
of International Education, visited Southeast Asia; Terry
Adriance, Counseling & Personal Development office
coordinator, went to Guadalajara, Mexico; Art faculty
member David Bradley led a group of ceramics students
to China; joining him were College Employee Services
Manager Laurel Smith and Director of Financial Aid Joann
Caufield; Business/IT Division Chair Patti Marsh
and Sue VanBoven, Accounting/CIS faculty, ventured to
Prague, Czech Republic;
Psychology faculty member Donna Rebadow, Technology
Services Manager Loretta Mondragon and Computer
Technician Joel Miranda went to Chiapas,
Mexico; and Vice President, Learning Bob Bendotti
attended a conference in Austria.
FYE Program
highlighted in Peer Review magazine
Compliments to Dean of Learning Dr. Mary Lou Mosley
and Renee Cornell, Division of English faculty and
First-Year Experience (FYE) program coordinator, whose article entitled
“Intertwining College With Real Life: The Community College First-Year
Experience,” was published in the summer 2006 issue of Peer
Review, a publication of the Association of American
Colleges and Universities. The authors, who discussed the FYE program
piloted at PVCC in fall 2000, noted, “FYE increases student learning,
as evidenced by retention and persistence data, student survey results,
and student comments.”
Sabbatical research featured at annual anatomy conference
Biology faculty member Jane Marks completed a poster
presentation of research work for the 20th Annual
Conference of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society in
Austin, Tex. The presentation was entitled “A Survey of Human Cadaver
Labs and Equipment.” The poster was comprised of photographs and
information about community college, university and medical school
human cadaver labs visited by Jane during her 2005 sabbatical.
Best wishes to the Barney family
Continued recovery and good health to Cross-Country and Track &
Field Head Coach Dave Barney, who, earlier this
month, donated a kidney to his daughter Meghan. Both
Dave and Meghan are doing very well, and Dave already is back on
campus.
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AJS Students prepare Weed and Seed grant
Shawn Bogal,
Dianne Cerkvenik, Jana Juruz, Alyssa Karas and Heather
McLaughlin are a source of Puma pride. The Administration of
Justice students are working with Palomino Elementary
School and the city of Phoenix to prepare
data for a major U.S. Department of Justice grant, the Weed
and Seed program. Weed and Seed is a multi-agency approach to
law enforcement that aims to prevent, control and reduce violent crime,
drug abuse and gang activity in designated high-crime neighborhoods
across the country. The strategy involves a two-pronged approach: law
enforcement agencies and prosecutors cooperate in “weeding out” violent
criminals and drug abusers; and public agencies and community-based
private organizations collaborate to “seed” human services. Also
involved in the Weed and Seed program are AJS faculty member Tom
Powell; Service Learning Director Dr. Paula Vaughn;
Vice President, Learning Support Services Paul Dale;
and Psychology Research Methods adjunct Dr. Steve Lewis.
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Welcome back to a world of possibilities.
District Vice Chancellor Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick
put it well when she quoted theologian and educator Dr. Ronald E.
Osborn in her convocation remarks: “The most unsuccessful action is the
one not taken.” I encourage you to be bold this year. As Dr. Osborn
said, “Undertake something that is difficult; it will do
you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already
mastered, you will never grow.”
Wishing you a successful fall semester at
PVCC!
Dr. Mary Kay Kickels
President
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