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ALSO
IN THIS ISSUE
Colorful Stories
Art
quilts by Faith Ringgold tell about African-American women…
Hat Trick
Millinery
instructor helps cancer patients look and feel better…
Choreographing a Romance
City
College presents West Side Story…
Evolution of a Biology Professor
From
science to info technology…
Web Pioneers
Faculty
who led the way in computer use for instruction
Sweet Rewards
Free
computer training for faculty, staff…
Academic Stepping Stone
Middle
College is springboard to higher education…
Chancellor's Column
We
must face challenges with determination…
Development News
Fund-raising
activities…
Factoids
Miscellaneous
tidbits of news…
Newsmakers Accomplishments
by faculty and staff…
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Newsmakers
Accomplishments
by faculty and staff
Lynn
Neault,
assistant chancellor for Student Services, was recently awarded the Leadership
Award for Administrative Excellence by the Association of California Community
College Administrators (ACCCA). The award, extablished in 1996, is presented
annually to an ACCCA member who has been a role model of volunteerism,
creativity and commitment in his/her career. ACCCA has 1,000 members in
108 colleges.
Akiko
Bourland,
who has taught Ikebana, the art of Oriental flower arranging, in Continuing
Education for more than 25 years was honored in February by the Japanese
Consulate General from the Japanese Embassy in Los Angeles for her work
in fostering excellent relations between the Japanese and American people.
Bourland holds the title of Sensei of Senseis from the Ikebana Society
of Japan, meaning she is the master of master teachers of the art form.
She is the only Grand Sensei of Ikebana living outside of Japan. According
to Randall Phillips, consulate, “Akiko is the Michelangelo of Ikebana,
so majestic and fine are her works.” She is the author of a number
of articles and a book on the subject, and has been featured in several
one-woman shows.
David Navarro,
counselor at Mesa College, appeared as a panelist on the ITV-Union-Tribune
television program “A Tough Course, The Path to College Admission,”
which was cablecast countywide this spring.
Yvonne
Bergland,
Mesa College dean of Instructional Services and Economic Development,
is the 2001 recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the San Diego
Chapter of the California Society of Professional Engineers. She was honored
for her 10 years as dean of the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Meanwhile, Bergland has been selected as a member of the Class of 2001
for the Management and Leadership in Education program at the Harvard
Institute for Higher Education in June.
Catherine
Peterson,
professor and department chairperson of nursing education at City College,
recently received her Certificate in Gerontology from SDSU’s College
of Extended Studies.
Jackie
Osborne
has moved up in district Human Resources from classification and compensation
supervisor to payroll and benefits manager. Osborne, who has an MBA in
computer information systems from National University, brings many years
of HR management experience in the banking industry, plus service as employment
and compensation manager at San Diego State University.
Mesa College professor Shirley
Junior was
part of a delegation of about 25 college educators who went to Cuba in
March as part of the President’s People To People International Ambassador
Program to share successful family and consumer science programs. Particpants
observed classroom instruction in urban and rural areas and attended a
summit at the University of Havana.
Lori
Saldana,
associate professor of business information technology at ECC, traveled
to Yale Law School in February to participate in the 7th annual conference
on public interest law. She gave a presentation about environmental law
along the US-Mexico border as part of a panel discussing human rights
and environmental protection. Non-lawyer Saldana is a volunteer with the
Sierra Club who has worked on many local environmental and pollution prevention
projects that involve Mexico. Appointed in 1999 by then-President Clinton,
she continues to serve on the binational Border Environment Cooperation
Commission, which helps border communities build safe drinking water and
wastewater treatment projects.
Julie
Huang,
a technician in Human Resources, recently earned certification as a Professional
in Human Resources from the Society for Human Resource Management. The
process includes a rigorous examination of the candidate’s comprehensive
knowledge of human resource management.
Sid
Forman,
professor of radio/TV at City College, is giving a presentation at the
Greater San Diego County Teachers of English conference at Lake Arrowhead
this month. His topic is “The Marx Brothers’ use of Political
Satire and Absurdity in the Film ‘Duck Soup.’”
Delores Crawford, Sharon Emerson, Charlene Schade
and Jeffrey
Wheat
were featured presenters at the 19th annual Southwest Dance, Movement
and Acro-Sports Workshop held in Palm Springs. All four teach a variety
of older adult physical fitness classes, including exercising to music,
tai chi, and body dynamics and the aging process.
Roberta
Alexander
and Jan
Lombardi
of City College’s English department have had the second edition
of their successful college reading textbook, A Community of Readers,
published by Addison Wesley Longman this year. The text is theme-based
and focuses on issues that are important to community college students,
such as community, work and careers, gender roles and technology. Next
year, Alexander and Lombardi’s Joining a Community of Readers, the
second text of the series, will also be coming out in its second edition.
Last
summer, Alexander was selected to attend the Community College Humanities
Association Institute, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities,
to study the Mayan World. Alexander traveled throughout Guatemala, Honduras
and the southern Mexican states of Chiapas and Yucatan for six weeks with
25 other academics from all over the United States. She uses the information
gathered and contacts made during this trip to enrich her Latin American
literature classes, which focus on the literature by and about the Mayan
peoples.
Myra
Harada
is the new manager of Curriculum and Instructional Services at the District
Office. Formerly, she was dean of Student Development and Matriculation
at Mesa and dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Chaffey College.
In January, Chris
Brown,
professor in City College’s PE and health department and baseball
coach, was named the Head Coach for the U.S.A. Youth National Baseball
Team, which will represent the country in the 2001 Youth World Games to
be held in Vera Cruz, Mexico, in August. Last year the team, which he
has assisted for two years, won the Pan-American Championship by defeating
the Cuba National Team 2-1. As head coach, Brown will work with the nation’s
best 18 youth baseball players. He reports that the 1998 team had three
firstround professional draft choices.
For the past six years Dianne
Buchanan,
administrative technician for Disabled Students Programs and Services
in the District Office, has been an active volunteer with the American
Cancer Society, especially during the annual Daffodil Days spring fund-raiser.
The daffodil is the first flower of spring, a symbol of hope, renewal
and, for the American Cancer Society, the promise that one day our world
will be free of cancer. Buchanan, along with Beverley
Dean,
district employment manager, and representatives at major district sites,
this year collected more than $800 in donations for daffodils, vases and
gifts from the American Cancer Society.
Gwyn
Enright,
City College English professor, has been appointed to the board of directors
of Playwrights Project, which seeks to promote literacy, communication
skills and creativity through drama-based activities, with an emphasis
on inspiring youth and seniors.
Daniel
Campagna
becomes ECC’s new dean on June 1. He comes from Aurora University,
near Chicago, where he has been chair of the criminal justice department
and Fast Track (off campus) program. He has more than 10 years’ administrative
experience in academia, government, and the private sector. This former
mayor of Canton, Missouri, is also a published author and a playwright
who has had his work produced on stage. He has authored resource manuals,
mock trials, and board games. His doctorate is in political science and
his research interest is in conflict resolution. And, he even played professional
basketball in Europe!
The City College health and exercise science department held a fund-raiser
for the families and victims of the Santana High School tragedy on Friday,
March 9, during the morning weight training classes. In just four hours,
they raised $350 for the fund, administered by Cuyamaca Bank, that will
help defray victims’ medical and funeral costs.
Three poems written by Mesa College English professor Pianta
were published in the spring 2001 issue of Bamboo Ridge Quarterly: A Journal
of Hawai’i Literature and Arts. Other writers featured in this issue
include Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Snyder and Yale Younger Poets awardee
Cathy Song.
City College English professors Maria
P. Figueroa
and Donna
Watson
are in their second year of co-producing dos mil espacios, a creative
arts project including spoken word, film, visual art, dance and music.
Dos mil espacios has grown into a collaborative effort involving
City College, the University of San Diego, San Diego State University,
Chula Vista High School, Garfield High School and San Diego High School.
Physical education professor Judy
Stamm,
coordinator of the fitness specialist certificate program, was named commissioner
of the Orange Empire Conference in December. She is only the second woman
to become a commis-sioner in the state’s 10 conference system for
community colleges. Stamm takes office July 1 and will continue her full-time
duties at Mesa. Several of the Mesa College athletic teams compete in
the Orange Empire Conference.
Charles Kovach,
adjunct professor in English at City College, presented the paper “Writing
Clear Essay Prompts” at the California Teachers of English to Speakers
of Other Languages San Diego Regional Conference. Last year he published
three articles—“Using Geography to Teach Semicolons,” “An
Intercultural Writing Activity” and “Past Participles and Writing
about Food”—in Iowa Language News, a juried publication. In
1999, he published the teaching tip “How Students Discover Study
Places and Times in a Writing Activity,” the ninth teaching tip he’s
published in Teaching English in the Two Year College, a refereed journal
published by the National Council of Teachers of English.
Mesa College science professors Chris
Dawes, Jerry Shad, Mike Crivello, Rob Fremland
and Dwayne
Gergens,
as well as Steve
Schommer
from counseling and Saeid
Eidgahy,
dean of math and natural sciences, represented the college at the San
Diego County Education Technology Fair in February at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
They spoke to an estimated 600-700 high school students about careers
in math and science.
Tom
Moran,
Mesa College professor, was a panelist for a 90-minute teleconference
broadcast from California State University, Northridge on Feb. 20 to postsecondary
institutions around the country. “Leveling the Academic Playing Field”
focused on accommodating deaf and hard-of-hearing students in mainstream,
postsecondary classrooms. Moran was the only community college representative;
the other panel members were four-year university faculty.
Geraldine
Perri,
vice president of Instruction, recently testified at a joint state Senate
and Assembly higher education committee hearing regarding the teacher
shortage. She outlined the role community colleges could play statewide
in the recruitment and training of teachers by highlighting the Mesa College
model funded through the state Teaching and Reading Development Partnership
grant. She noted the college’s pioneering efforts, including the
partnership with California State University, San Marcos to develop an
introductory course in teacher education and the start of the Mesa College
Future Teachers of America student club.
Paula
Sassi,
North City Center English as a second language instructor, appeared on
the national television show “Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus”
to share her handwriting analysis expertise.
The World Organization of Webmasters selected North City/New Media Center
instructor Karen
McDonald
as its Member of the Year. The award is sponsored by software giant Adobe
Systems.
Karen Owen,
New Media Center director, was recognized by ED>Net as the Outstanding
Center Director from approximately 100 centers in California at its annual
conference held in San Francisco.
John
Baker,
Mesa vice president for student services, has been elected to the Linda
Vista Civic Association for a one-year term. The neighborhood group works
with police and other community officials to help improve the area in
and around Mesa College.
Cesar
Gonzalez-t,
Mesa College English professor emeritus, has been awarded the 8th Premio
Aztlan literary prize for his book, A Sense of Place: Rudolfo A. Anaya,
An Annotated BioBibliography. This book by the prolific author was published
by the University of California, Berkeley Press.
Mesa College President Constance
Carroll
has been appointed to San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy’s African-American
Advisory Board.
Rod
Porter,
an adjunct instructor for the Mesa College fitness specialist program
since 1988, writes fitness columns for three different magazines: “Ask
the Expert” for the biweekly Entertainment and Lifestyle Magazine;
“To Be Fit,” the monthly L A X Magazine; and a column for IDEA,
an international magazine for personal trainers that is published in 85
countries.
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