MCC will be closed to students and the pub-lic Friday, Nov. 4 for Conversation Day, as col-lege Faculty and Staff gathers in the BallengerField House for a series of dialogues about thefuture of the college. Mott Middle College andthe University Center will be open on Nov. 4.The college will reopen Saturday, Nov. 5 forweekend classes.

Conversation Day is one of a number ofactivities planned for the 2005-06 academic yearas MCC transitions to the Academic QualityImprovement Program (AQIP). AQIP is anongoing accreditation program that will replace

the traditional 10-year, self-study process forregional accreditation with the North CentralAssociation of Colleges and Schools (NCA).The AQIP accreditation process allows employ-ees from every area of the College to be involvedin planning programs and activities that focus onlooking at the future of the college, as opposed tolooking backward over 10-year cycles. The AQIPtransition process is being coordinated by EnglishProfessor and Faculty Union President SteveRobinson. For more information about AQIP,visit www.aqip.org.

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NOVEMBER 2005CONNECTIONMCC

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NEWSLETTER

AROUND CAMPUS

MCC HOSTS

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DRUMMER CONEST

NEW SERVICE

LEARNING COURSE

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“Happiness is that state of conscious-ness which proceeds from theachievement of one's values.”

--Ayn Rand

MCC Closed for Conversation

Day, Nov. 4

The lower level of MCC's Lot G parkingramp was one of many areas flooded by a majorstorm that deluged parts of Genesee County onThursday, Sept. 22. It is a day that MCC studentNaomi Vitous will not soon forget. According tothe report filed by the MCC Public SafetyDepartment, at about 6:05 pm that day, PublicSafety Sgt. James Malcolm responded to arequest for help from Facilities Maintenance andGrounds Manager Ken Gatenby, calling from LotG where Vitous was trapped on the roof of hervehicle. Floodwaters had risen to the window lineof her car. The water, which had seeped throughthe door of Vitous' car and forced her to climbonto the roof of the car, was rising. Gatenby,speaking to Vitous from the back of a submergedpickup truck at the time, tried to reassure Vitousand keep her calm. But the water level was risingrapidly and Vitous advised Gatenby that shecould not swim. When Gatenby got out of thetruck and attempted to swim toward Vitous, hewas pulled under the water, and had to grab ontothe railing of the ramp ledge. Flint Fire andGenesee County Sheriff's Department dive teamfor rescue operations had been called much earlier but quite a bit of time had lapsed, and stillthere was no response.

MCC Public Safety Officer Andrew Snyder

had been monitoring the radio traffic in the officeand responded that he had two life jackets withhim, was himself a diver with the GeneseeCounty Sheriff Department's Dive Team, and wason his way to assist. After arriving at Lot G,Snyder scaled down the ramp wall and enteredthe water. Snyder swam over to Vitous, was ableto get the jacket on her and brought her back outto the ramp edge, where he and Gatenby pulledher from the water. Snyder, a 2005 MCCCriminal Justice graduate, previously worked as aPublic Safety Student Officer and Public SafetyOfficer with MCC. Snyder recently accepted afull-time position with the Genesee CountySheriff's Department.

"We were proud to have him involved withour Public Safety Department as a student officerwhile completing his associate's degree inCriminal Justice, then continue on as a PublicSafety Officer following graduation in May of2005," said Vice President Administration &Student Services Scott Jenkins. "Officer Snyderand Ken Gatenby performed a rescue operationthat saved the life of a student. In doing so, theyboth placed themselves in a perilous situation. Weare very proud and want to congratulate both KenGatenby and Officer Snyder for their dedicationand commitment to this college and community."

MCC Staff's Heroic Efforts

Save Student's Life

Financial Aid DirectorCarlos Cisneros wants usto mark our calendars forCollege Goal Sunday,scheduled Feb. 12, 2006from 2-4 p.m. That's whenlocal financial aid expertswill help families completetheir FAFSA for free.Students can even win oneof four $500 scholarships.The location locally will bethe UM- Flint in the

Michigan Rooms in the University Center Building at 303 E.Kearsley Street. Parents and students are asked to bring completed2005 1040 tax returns along with W-2's, 1099's and documentation ofother sources of untaxed income such as Social Security Statements,FIA statements, proof of child support, etc. Carlos will be distributingflyers to help publicize the event. Call him if you have any questions.

Mary Lou Sullivan, Executive Assistant, Vice PresidentAdministration & Student Services tells us that the, MCC PublicSafety Team again participated in a sporting clays shoot held on Sept.16. Proceeds went to benefit the IMA Children's Recreation Fund. VPof Administration & Student Services Scott Jenkins is an activemember of this board and MCC's participation was appreciated.

From Health Services' Sharee Tolbert: A Flu clinic will be heldWednesday, Nov. 16 from10 am-2 pm. The Flu shots are covered byMedicare Part B and Health Plus insurance. Individuals without theseinsurance plans will have to pay the $28 fee for the shots. Call HeathServices at 762-5667 for details.

Continuing Education's Program Coordinator Nancy Cookshares this news from her area. Michael R. Lohmeier, a ContinuingEducation instructor who teaches the Uniform Standards ofProfessional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) classes, has received aJudicial Appointment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal by Gov. JenniferGranholm. Michael is past president of the Detroit ChapterAmerican Society of Appraisers and also was appointed to theCEAFS National USPAP Course Development Team which develops

the National USPAP testing program.MCC's Community Education Department became a Michigan

CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) test site for clinical skills andknowledge testing which allows students from MCC and otherMichigan schools to test locally, rather than drive to other test sitessuch as Mt. Pleasant and Ann Arbor. Currently, the CE Departmentaverages 100 participants a month for testing.

Institutional Research Analyst Roberta Foust did a presentationtitled "Seven Elements of Highly Effective Web-based Education" atthe Alliance for Excellence in Online Education on Oct. 7 at WalshCollege in Novi.

Health Sciences faculty Dianna Lape, Lynn Zink and GailBurleson renewed their Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification(ACLS) at McLaren Regional Medical Center. This entailed passing awritten cardiac exam, a written telemetry exam and running a mockcardiac arrest with identification of cardiac rhythms on a monitor,treating the rhythms with medications and defibrillating the patientwhen needed. Dianna Lape and Lynn Zink teach critical care in theircurriculums and all three faculty have students in critical care areas atvarious hospitals.

Counselor Brian Ivory presented a program in October at theMichigan College Personnel Association on "Self-styled Rites ofPassage." The conference, held in October in Lansing, was a programfor student affairs professionals and departments that assist under-graduates with planning their own rites of passage off campus (e.g.,service learning, study abroad, outdoor adventure, etc.). "It's anemerging field and the topic of my dissertation," Brian said.

Biology Instructor Lynn Wandrey, a member of The NewCentury Chorale tells us that her group will be presenting its "Harvestof Song" concert on Nov. 3 at Lake Fenton High School at 4 pm.Tickets are $10 and available from Lynn, at the door or at www.new-centurychorale.org. The New Century Chorale is under the directionof Mary Nieuwenhuis, MCC's director of choral activities.

Human Resources Generalist/Recruiter Sharon Ewles lets usknow that HR has a new employee: Laura Tripp, AdministrativeAssistant to Chief HR Officer Mark Kennedy, who began workingin the HR Office on Sept. 22. Laura, welcome to the MCC family.

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MCC is the venue for a major competition showcasing the fastest grow-ing percussion phenomenon in the world: the extreme sport of speed drum-ming. MCC is sponsoring the Michigan State Championship of The World'sFastest Drummer (WFD) Battle of the Hands/Battle of the Feet on Saturday,Nov. 12 in the Mott Memorial Building auditorium. The event is free andopen to the public. Registration begins at 8:30 am with walk-on preliminar-ies scheduled to start at 10 am. Drummers in all age groups, from any localein Michigan, are eligible to compete for the championship.

Special attractions include the MCC Jazz Combo, the Fastest HandsExhibition, featuring 15-year-old drummer Matt Smith and The SteelheadsPercussion Ensemble and Steel Drum Band. In July, Matt became theyoungest person to achieve a score of 1,000 single strokes in 60 seconds atthe Ohio WFD competition. Matt is the son of Tom Smith, MCC Director ofInstrumental Music and organizer of the World's Fastest Drummer event forMCC.

MCC's WFD competition has already captured the attention of a num-ber of drumming websites and extreme sport drumming enthusiasts acrossthe nation. The event will be televised and is expected to garner widespreadattention. For information about the World's Fastest Drummer event, contactTom Smith at (810) 232-3491 or tsmith@mcc.edu.

MCC Drumming Up Excitement with World's Fastest

Drummer Contest

Dear Mott Friends, Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat upon a chair.Perhaps you sent my family beautiful flowers. If so, Isaw them there.Perhaps you spoke the kindest words that any friendcould say.Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of methat day.Whatever you did to console my heart,For your expressions of sympathy, I thank you so much.

Marianne Blair

MCC is offering its first Service Learning course in the Winter 2006semester: Social Science 195. This is a two-hour course that may beattached to any existing course, with the permission of the instructor ofthe "core" course.

Service Learning shares many things in common with volunteering,internships or community service, but it is more than simply having stu-dents volunteer for a community activity or project. Service Learning is aconcept that provides students with relevant and meaningful service to thecommunity, enhanced academic learning and significant civic learning. Itcan make a difference in a community, improve academic learning inclasses and prepare students for meaningful participation in society. Thepotential for successful outcomes with service learning at MCC has beengreatly enhanced with recent developments. The new ServiceLearning/Leadership Center in the Faculty Lounge (CM2130) houses"best practices" material by MCC faculty as well as a Service LearningLibrary to assist any faculty member in starting a service learning compo-nent to a course or improving an existing class.

The college also received a grant for a Community OutreachPartnership Center (COPC) which offers students and faculty a chance tobecome involved in efforts with the North Flint community. COPCs arefederally-funded partnership programs focused on revitalizing communi-ties through service learning and outreach initiatives. MCC is one of 80higher education institutions and one of only two community colleges inthe nation operating a COPC. In addition, service learning will becomean integral part of MCC's new Leadership Development Certificate pro-gram.

The Service Learning class will meet on Monday evenings, onceevery two weeks for students to discuss their experiences and the princi-ples of service learning.

Instructors may choose to give their students the option of includinga service learning component to the class(es) they teach.

"Service Learning is a way to involve students in community service,allowing them an opportunity to enhance their experience in the course aswell as have an impact on the community," said COPC co-directorProfessor Paul Rozycki. "We will work with you to find an appropriateservice learning activity that will enhance your course and your students'experience in class."

Please contact Paul Rozycki at 762-0514, prozycki@mcc.edu orCOPC Co-Director Psychology Professor Lillie McCain at 232-3065,lmcain@mcc.edu for more information.

New Service Learning

Course at MCCAuction Nets Nearly $5,000

Lori France Honored

New Plaque Unveiled

at RTC

At the annual Alliance for Excellence in Online Education confer-ence, former College in the Workplace Coordinator Lori France washonored for her years of service to that organization. Lori served onmany committees related to distance learning education in her years atthe college and her presence will truly be missed. Also in attendance atthe conference were Rodney Barber, Jennifer Fillion, Phyllis Watts,Laura Tobias, Roberta Foust (presenter), Carol Dulin and Cheryl Bassett.The conference was held on the Novi campus of Walsh College.

On Oct. 24, the Foundation forMCC hosted a commemorativereception at the RegionalTechnology Center in honor of thelate Clarence "Mike" Haines,Chairman Emeritus - MCCDepartment of Technology andFormer Ballenger Chair - Trades &Industry. The memorializing plaquerecognizes his major contributionsand exemplary vision in developingtechnology curricula at MCC.

The Friends of Mott Library would like to thank all who attendedour ARTOPIA Art Auction on October 13, and the Friday stand up saleon October 14. It was another exciting event sponsored by the Friendsto benefit Mott Library. The sale saw 93 pieces of original art findingnew homes, resulting in nearly $5,000 for the Friends to use in makingimprovements to the Mott Library. What a win-win situation!

As president of the Friends of Mott Library, I’d like to thank allthe board members who helped put together this event, especially ourChairperson, Lisa Poma. But I also need to thank everyone whohelped in any way – by attending, participating, purchasing tickets,providing sponsorships for the event, purchasing art, and especiallythose of you who are so eagerly looking forward to next year’s sale.

It was a great event, and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Joyce Toet, President, Friends of Mott Library

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Sierra Club Meeting5:30-9:30 p.m. Genesee Room

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Companion Dog Training7-9 p.m.

Genesee Room

L.E.R.N Club12-1 p.m.

Genesee Room

Fridays at Applewood9:30-11:30 a.m. Applewood Café

L.E.R.N Club12-1 p.m.

Genesee Room

U.S. Air Force Recruiting10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Curtice Mott Fish Bowl

Genesee AudubonSociety Meeting5:30-10 p.m.

Genesee Room

Flint River WatershedCoalition Meeting

8:30-11a.m. Genesee Room

Paul Wellstone MemorialAward Dinner Honoring

Michael Moore5 p.m. • Prahl Center

Board of TrusteesMeeting • 7:30-10 p.m.

Prahl Ballroom