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IN THIS ISSUE Base Security US Navy Needs Civilian Aircraft Mechanics Getting High Patriotic Images Salute To Veterans An Ear to the Past Chancellor's Column Development News Factoids Newsmakers Accomplishments by faculty and staff… |
NewsMakers Madeleine Hinkes, Mesa College anthropology professor, was recently featured on two television news programs, KNBC 7/39 and KUSI. The draw? She is one of only about 50 forensic anthropologists in the nation. As a result, she often works with the local sheriff’s and police departments. Last fall, California Community Colleges Telecommunications Infrastructure Project Statewide (TIPS) Online newsletter, featured an article by Judy Baker, dean of SDCCD Online, that profiled the district’s development and implementation of a full online degree program. The comprehensive overview of online education provided tips for faculty to develop skills necessary to teach online successfully. Claudia Russell, KSDS Jazz 88.3 music/promotions director, served as a panelist at the January 2002 International Association of Jazz Educators 29th Annual Conference in Long Beach, sponsored by National Public Radio. The panel discussed alternative methods of survival with help from public radio’s commercial counterparts. Bob Fritsch, Miramar College art and digital media professor, received the 2001 Creating the Future Award at the 2001 Annual Convention of the Community College League of California held in Riverside last November. Fritsch was honored for implementing a new digital media program that moves the art and graphic design program into the technological age, offering vocational training and preparation for transfer in the digital art field. If you’re listening to the new international CD “Instruments of Peace,” that’s Elizabeth Hamilton, Mesa College music professor, on keyboards. Musical selections feature Mesa students and graduates on instruments as diverse as the Apache flute and Arabic drums. Joan Henkelmann, retired associate dean of Mid-City Center, returned this past holiday season to give adjunct ESL instructor Betty Fellenstein her “Unsung Hero” award. Fellenstein started in the district 10 years ago as a teacher’s aide, then as a substitute teacher, and now she has her own level 2 (beginning) class. In addition, she teaches a special class, ESL for the visually impaired. For the past five years Henkelmann has acknowledged a Mid-City Center adjunct teacher “who’s put in countless extra hours and dedication to their students” with no remuneration. The surprised Fellenstein was presented her award by Henkelmann and last year’s winner, Anita Whelan. Palisa Williams Rushin is taking a break from her role as chair of the Miramar College Counseling Department to serve as the interim dean of arts and humanities at the college. She replaces Winston Butler, who has signed on as dean of the School of Arts, Humanities, Communications and Telecommunications at City College. Purchasing’s Judith Griffin is training to participate in Avon’s three-day, 60-mile walk to raise money for breast cancer detection, April 12-14. In 2001, Griffin, who lost a sister-in-law to breast cancer last November, vowed to do something “really special and active” for her 60th birthday this year. Bonnie ZoBell, Mesa College English professor, won a national book contest award for her novel Dog Girl and the Terrace Rat. Sponsored by the Writer’s Voice and the West Side Y in Manhattan, the Capricorn Novel Award included a cash prize of $2,000. Set in Del Mar, the book features a young couple who learn, after they marry, that the man is HIV positive and soon becomes infected by the AIDS virus. Part of the novel was published a few years ago as the lead feature in the San Diego Reader. Meanwhile, ZoBell is working on her second novel, Bearded Women, about a dysfunctional family that uses electrolysis as metaphor. For this work in progress, she won a first chapter award in the Green River Writing Contest. Beverley Dean, employment manager in Human Resources, is riding a winning streak. At KSDS’s fabulous, sold-out 50th anniversary celebration on Dec. 1 at the Museum of Art she won the grand prize in the members’ drawing: two $100 tickets to attend the LA Jazz Institute’s Holiday Party on Lido Island the following week. At that event, she captured another grand prize: two $300 tickets to the LA Jazz Institute’s 2002 jazz weekend over Memorial Day. Gina Bochicchio has joined Miramar college as its first full-time physical science professor. She has a strong background in the physical sciences, particularly geology, and holds a master’s degree from the Colorado School of Mines. Bochicchio taught for a number of years in a community college in Ohio. Joyce DesRochers’ article “Exploring our World: Outdoor Classes for Parents and Children” was published in Young Children, The Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The curriculum was created almost 10 years ago by DesRochers and other parent education teachers in the noncredit program. Offered primarily at North City Center, parents and their children newborn to age 5 explore local parks, museums and recreational areas. Aspects of parenting are explored in the context of using natural resources as learning opportunities. Constance Carroll, president of Mesa College, has been named to the Super Bowl Community Council. In September, Carroll delivered the opening remarks at the National Institute for Leadership Development in Phoenix. Don Estes, City College professor of history and political science, served as a consultant to the Smithsonian Institution on two projects in 2001. The first project, “Forwarding Address Required” at the National Postal Museum, shows how the US Postal Service handled the mail for the 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry held in WWII government camps and detention centers. Estes assisted with the text cards and historical photographs, some of which came from his own collection. The exhibit features letters written by local Japanese-American youth to Clara Breed, the Children’s Librarian at the San Diego Public Library during that time. The exhibit opened in May 2001 and will run at least 18 months. For the second project, Estes worked on text and photos for the November 2001 issue of the “Smithsonian in the Classroom” magazine. Designed for and distributed to teachers of grades 3 to 8, the “Letters From the Japanese-American Internment” issue included text, historic photographs and suggested teacher lesson plans. In addition, Estes and fellow City College historian Susan Hasegawa contributed to a study of Los Angeles, Chicago, San Jose and San Diego that collected interviews and essays exploring the struggle of Japanese-Americans to rebuild their lives following World War II exclusion and incarceration. Curt Lang, City College librarian, was on hand to accept a four-volume set of oral history interviews and essays titled “Regenerations Oral History Project: Rebuilding Japanese American Families, Communities, and Civil Rights in the Resettlement Era,” at the Oct. 20, 2001, annual meeting of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego. Miramar College music professor Channing Booth is one of 50 community college faculty nationwide who has moved to the semi-finals for the prestigious David R. Pierce Faculty Technology Award for his work in creating a comprehensive digital music program. Bon chance to Marie-Louise Harms, City College French professor, in her newly elected position as president of the San Diego section of UFE, Union des Francais de l’Etranger. UFE is an important association for the French living abroad. Speaking of traveling, Harms visited Kathmandu in June 2001, where she experienced the Nepalese lifestyle through a network of local friends and colleagues of her son’s girlfriend, Lori, a volunteer worker in a Nepalese elementary school. Miramar College health professor Kevin Petti, a featured contributor in several popular anatomy textbooks, was recently featured as a speaker for the Annual National Biological Association of Teachers Conference held in Montreal, Canada, last fall. Petti led the conference general session, “Man’s Changing Image: The Historical Influence of Culture on Anatomy” which drew more than 400 attendees. Hope Shaw, City College radio/TV professor, is the incoming president of BINACOM (the Binational Association of Schools of Communication of the Californias). Along with City College, BIANCOM has seven other member institutions: Autonomous Universidad de Baja California, Mexicali; Autonomous Universidad de Baja California, Tijuana; Universidad Iberoamericana Noroeste, Tijuana; Southwestern College; San Diego State University; University of California, San Diego; and the University of San Diego. BINACOM sponsors an annual International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba. Nancy Seamster, long-time business information technology instructor and instructional leader at Centre City and West City centers, was acknowledged for coordinating with the Navy to provide certificate-level instruction for “Help Desk Technical Support Specialist.” The course is offered at West City Center. Associate Dean Don Long of ECC and Kirsten Lollis, assistant professor of mathematics, were featured in segments on the annual United Negro College Fund (UNCF/Lou Rawls) telethon. Long’s undergraduate education was from Morehouse College and Lollis from Spelman, both UNCF colleges. Led
by Coach Manny
Bautista,
the Mesa College men’s cross country team won its second straight
state championship. This year, the team accomplished this without their
top runner who was unable to run because of an injury. Meanwhile, the
women’s cross country team coached by Jim
Cerveny
placed fourth in the state.
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