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IN THIS ISSUE A Body of Knowledge Investing in the Future Math, Science Students Find Special Help Toward Gainful Employment Chancellor's Column Development News Factoids Newsmakers Accomplishments by faculty and staff… |
NewsMakers Accomplishments by faculty and staff Gretchen Bitterlin,
ESL resource instructor for the Centers for Education and Technology,
has received the coveted Sadae Iwataki Service Award for extraordinary
service given by California Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages. (Iwataki
was a Los Angeles educator instrumental in the development of CATESOL.)
Bitterlin has taught ESL in adult and community college programs for more
than 20 years, and has consulted for the California Dept. of Education.
She is a frequent conference presenter and a published author of textbooks
and CASAS assessment and training materials. Salley
Deaton,
City College department chair for the School of Business, was honored
by the California League of High Schools as one of 10 nominees for High
School Educator of the Year 2001. Deaton is the only non-high school faculty
member ever to be nominated for this prestigious award. She was singled
out for her role in the success of two programs hailed as model projects
for high school reform: Middle College for at-risk students, and the Academy
for Finance at San Diego High School, an example of program-to program
articulation. Mesa
College anthropology professor Diane
Barbolla
is leading the Semester Abroad Program this fall semester in Costa Rica. City
College adjunct instructor Shoshana
Dennis
was voted “Volunteer of the Year” at the San Diego Rescue Mission.
This attorney, mother of two and business law instructor still finds time
to volunteer at the mission and has raised about $11,000 for the rescue
women’s center. Cornelius
Ashton
and Jordan
Mirakian,
College Police officers, teamed up to write “Crime Prevention through
Environmental Design: The Linda Vista Continuing Education Center,”
published in the summer issue of Campus Law Enforcement Journal. Denise
Whisenhunt
is the district’s new coordinator of high school outreach, a program
that encourages students to consider the community colleges for their
higher education. She comes from the University of California, Merced,
where she coordinated the transfer outreach program. MaeLin
Levine,
adjunct professor of graphic design at City College and owner of Visual
Asylum, a San Diego graphic design firm, was the featured profile in the
Sept. 24, 2001, issue of the San Diego Business Journal. Kathy
McGinnis,
professor of health and exercise science and assistant athletic director
at City College, serves as the West Coast representative to the Women’s
Sport Foundation (WSF). For 10 years, McGinnis’ Community Action
Program has held an annual Sports Day celebration at City College. This
program has reached more than 3,000 girls ages 9-15 in the San Diego area.
Sports Day 2001 at City College offered clinics in basketball, dance,
soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. Mesa
College professor Mimi
Moore
was selected as the 2000-2001 Faculty Advisor of the Year by the American
Society of Interior Designers. Cee
Cee Carini
of City College’s Distance Education program delivered a motivational
speech at the July meeting of I CAN, the Individual Career Advancement
Network. I CAN helps welfare and CalWORKs recipients get ready for the
job market, either through skills training or continuing/resuming their
education. Carini spoke about her own experiences getting off welfare,
using services such as CalWORKs. Carini also told her story in the district’s
2001 report to the community, “Where Futures
Begin,” which was published in October. Otis
Williams,
a custodian at West City Center and jazz fan, is the newest voice on the
airwaves at KSDS. He completed his training at City College’s radio/TV
department and joined the on-air staff earlier this year. Williams is
on the air Friday night/Saturday morning from midnight to 3 a.m. and is
also heard on Wednesday mornings from 6 - 9 a.m. along with Jenny Vance. History
professor Mary
Lou Locke,
using the nom de plume Louisa Locke, has as joined a growing list of Mesa
College faculty who have had their books published online. Hers is Maid’s
Night Out, a murder mystery set in 1879 San Francisco, scheduled to be
published this fall by Domhan Books. When published, the book can be found
at www.domhanbooks.com, Barnes&Noble and Amazon.com. Miramar
College health and science professor Kevin
Petti was
a contributing author for Principles of Anatomy by Gerard Tortora, the
top selling anatomy textbook, which was marketed in June for the fall
semester. Petti conceived of and authored the “Changing Images”
essays that are woven into each of the 27 chapters of the text, which
combines artistic and historically significant images from medieval, Muslim
and Eastern medical texts with futuristic computer-derived anatomical
images. Cindy
Barton,
mental health counselor for City College, not only provides free mental
health services to students, but also chairs the Human Services Advisory
Committee, the Student Services Committee, and the Mental Heath Task Force
Committee. The task force wrote “The Campuswide Protocol for Assisting
the Emotionally Distressed/Disruptive Students.” Her work was recognized
through a recent PRICE Foundation grant that enabled Barton to hire a
new master’s-level social worker, Leslie Eaton. Additionally, four
new master’s-level mental heath interns came on board in September. City
College coach Chris
Brown
spent part of his summer vacation leading the USA Baseball Youth National
Team (15- and 16-year-olds) to its second straight International Baseball
Federation World Championship in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Under Brown, the Americans
swept to seven straight victories, stretching the USA team’s international
winning streak to 25 games. The
California Community College Public Relations Organization honored Mesa
College professor Colleen
O’Connor and
John
Nunes,
information officer, for best media success story: publicity for Faces
of America, which began as the college’s Family History Photography
Exhibit. In the newsletter category, campus graphic designer Sue
Nizyborski,
desktop publisher Carol
Beilstein
and Nunes won second place for their ongoing work on the college’s
newsletter, The Mesa News. Nunes was also elected second vice president
of CCPRO. Membership in the statewide organization is made up of community
college marketing, public relations, graphic design, photography and development
professionals. Sandi
Trevisan,
information officer at Miramar College, won a Gold Medallion of Excellence
award in October from District VI of the National Council for Marketing
and Public Relations (NCMPR) for the college’s strategic plan publication.
Kristin
Tow,
information officer in District Advancement, won a Silver Medallion of
Achievement for the 2000 district report to the community, “Helping
San Diego Work.” NCMPR is a national association of marketing, communications
and public relations professionals at community, junior and technical
colleges. Geraldine
Perri,
Mesa’s vice president for Instruction, was recently a panelist on
Best Practices in Program Review at the California Community College Association
of Occupational Education conference in San Francisco. 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. Miramar
College aviation professor Larry
Pink
took to the television airwaves recently with a recent stint as expert
aviation consultant on an episode of a new comedy series, “Dead Last.”
Debuting early this fall on the WB network, the one-hour series was created
and produced by Pink’s brother Steve. For
the 15th year, Dede
Bodnar,
City College’s women’s volleyball coach, coached at the elite
setter’s volleyball camp held at the University of the Pacific in
Stockton, Calif. Bodnar is also training a professional beach volleyball
team, which travels around the world competing and recently placed ninth
in the French tournament. It was just last spring when a volunteer steering team led by Miramar College President Pat Keir presented its proposal for SDCCD Online to district management. Steering team members included Bob Garber, Mary Gross and Ric Matthews from Miramar; Carl Strona, Jim Wales, Roger Gee and Shirley Orsinelli of Mesa, Pat Lim of City, Dea Brite, Jim Vincent and Karen Owen from CET, and Jessica Fender and Ken Fawson from the District Office. Following acceptance of the team’s proposal, a new dean, Judith Baker, was hired to oversee SDCCD Online, and Fender, an instructional technology specialist, moved to SDCCD Online offices at Miramar to help faculty implement online courses. Mary Kingsley, senior secretary, rounds out the staff.
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