Seminole State College

CollegianSeminole, Oklahoma • Volume 36 • Number 8 • May 2008

Three Inducted into Seminole State Alumni Hall of Fame

TheSeminoleStateCollegeEducational Foundation held itsannual recognition banquet May1, which included recognition ofoutstandingcollegealumni,studentsandstaff. Three formerstudentswereinducted into the Seminole StateCollege Alumni Hall of Fame.Inductees included air traffic controller supervisor Ray AlfordofFortWorth;MikeLangley, vicepresident of Langley Managementin Shawnee; and Paige Sheffield, with Patterson Oil Company ofWewoka. G.RayAlfordgraduatedfromWewokaHighSchoolandattendedthenSeminoleJuniorCollegefrom1982 to 1984. He was a memberof the1983NJCAAchampionshiprunner-up basketball team andthe All-Conference team in 1984.Alford attended Oklahoma StateUniversity,wherehewasapartof

the1987BigEightAll-Conferenceteam.Heobtainedhisbachelor’sinmechanical engineering that sameyear. Alford began his career inaviation twenty years ago, servingas an air traffic control specialist at Houston Air Traffic Control Facility. He has also served as an FAAinstructor at the Mike MonroneyAeronautical Center in OklahomaCity. He later became an air traffic controlspecialistatFortWorthAirTraffic Control Facility and served inthatpositionuntil2004whenhewas selectedas front linemanagerofthefacility. Alford is member ofthe National Society of BlackEngineers, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and theFederalManagersAssociation. Alford has a daughter,Ashley, son-in-law Zachary, and agrandson, Zane. His parents, Mr.

andMrs.EdwardAlfordSr.,liveinWewoka. Langley graduated fromWewokaHighSchoolandreceivedhis associate degree from theCollegein1979. Langley serves as vicepresident of Langley ManagementCo., which has been in businessfor more than 30 years. LangleyManagement Co. manages finance companies in six states and realestate throughout Oklahoma.LangleyalsoservesaspresidentofCourtesyLoans,Inc. HeisactiveintheShawneecommunity. He serves on ArvestBankboardofdirectors,theYMCAboard, Shawnee Airport AdvisoryBoard and the Unity HealthFoundationboard.HeisEmmanuelEpiscopal Church’s senior wardenandpresidentoftheexecutiveboardoftheUniversityofOklahoma

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SheffieldAlford Langley

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Tip-InClub. Langleyandhiswife,Dana,havethreesons:Taylor,PhillipandDaniel. Sheffield received her associatedegreeinsciencein1985andattendedEastCentralUniversityin Ada. She has served as office manager of her family’s business,PattersonOilCompany,forthepast19years. Sheffield is involved in numerous organizations and clubs.She serves as the president of theWewokaSchoolBoard,thetreasurerfor the Wewoka CemeteriesAssociation, and is active in theBZChapterofP.E.O.International,a philanthropic organization forwomen, and the Carnation GardenClub.She is also amemberof theWewoka Lions Club, where sheserved as the first female president in1993-94. Shehasservedas theden mother for Cub Scout Troop#426 and been a Sunday Schoolteacher at First Baptist Church ofWewoka. Sheffield serves on the Wewoka Public School Board andwasappointedtotheOrganDonationEducational Awareness ProgramAdvisoryBoardin2007.Shewasa2007nomineeforWewoka“CitizenoftheYear”andherfamilyreceivedthe2006WewokaChamber“ProjectoftheYear”fortheMemorialSkate

Park built in memory of her lateson Jayce Ray Sheffield. Sheffield and her husband, Tony, have beenmarried 20 years. The couple hastwo other children, Joshua andTara. Severallong-timeemployeesoftheCollegewerealsorecognizedat thebanquet. CounselorCynthiaYerby is completing 30 years ofservice to the institution. KellyChastain, maintenance servicescoordinator; JoAnn DeArmond,secretaryfortheNursingandHealthScience Division; Carol Hartman,business trainingcoordinator; TedHurt, graphic arts technician;NinaKirk,chairoftheNursingandHealthSciencesDivision;GerhardLaule,math, science, and engineeringinstructor;JudyParks,businessandinformation systems instructor andlibrary assistant to students; andLana Reynolds, vice president forinstitutional advancement; wererecognized for reaching their 20-yearmilestones. Dr. Rebecca Kennedy, vicepresident for academic affairs, andErnie Conaster, groundskeeper,who will be retiring at the endof the spring semester, were alsorecognized.SSCBoardofRegentsChair William Harrison Jr., whoseterm will expire in June, was alsohonored for his service to the

College. Leaders of major campus

organizations during the pastacademic year received awards ofappreciationfortheirservice.MartaOsby, social science instructor,has been president of the FacultySenate. Diana O’Connell, GEARUP coordinator, has served asthe president of the ProfessionalStaff Council. The Classified Staff Association has been led byaccounting clerk Tina Jones. ThepresidentoftheStudentGovernmentAssociationhasbeenJustinHuff. The SSC EducationalFoundation, Inc., was created in1972 “to supply aid for charitable,benevolent, educational, scientific and literary purposes,” accordingto the foundation’s articles ofincorporation. MembersoftheFoundation’sBoardofTrusteesare:ChairDorothyForth,ViceChairMarkSchell,ViceChair Harvey Robinson, SteveBagwell,ChrisClark,DaleElsener,Chief Kelly Haney, Jim Hardin,John Hargrave, Blake Hargrove,KennethHenderson,GaryKinslow,Tim Mathews, Curtis Morgan,BillParsons,KennyPryor, JeramyRich, Kay Rhoads, Paige Sheffield, Chuck Skillings, Sue Snodgrass,Bob Swearingen, Jim Thompson,BenWalkingstickandBobWeaver.

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Fourteen SSC students andone facultymemberwere inductedinto the Upsilon Alpha chapter ofthe English Honor Society SigmaKappaDeltaThursday,April17inaceremonyheldontheSSCcampus. Otheractivitiesthateveningincluded recognizing contributorstotheEnglishdepartment’sliterary

andartpublication,The Muse,andhonoring Jenny Crelia, the winnerofthe2008GeraldineBurnsAwardfor Excellence in English Studies,presentedbytheOklahomaCouncilof Teachers of English. Past SSCwinnersincludeShevlynnBenn,JillHolmes,andHollyMoore. Sigma Kappa Delta is the

NationalEnglishHonorSocietyfortwo-year colleges. Students musthavecompleted12hoursofcollegecredit, have earned at least a 3.3grade-point-average, and receivedat least a grade of “B” in Englishcomposition or literature to beeligibleformembership.

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English Honor Society Sigma Kappa Delta Inducts Fourteen Members

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SeminoleStateCollegeandRural Enterprises of Oklahoma(REI) were among 19 educationand business partnerships honoredduring an Economic DevelopmentPartnership Recognition programheldApril20. TheEconomicDevelopmentPartnership Recognition honorsoutstanding partnerships thatlead to significant contributions in furthering the education ofOklahoma’sworkforce. Through the jointeffortsofSeminoleStateCollegeandREI,a

RuralBusinessandResourcesCenterwas established on SSC’s campusin 2005. The center has providedassistancetonumerousindividuals,businesses,chambersofcommerce,economicdevelopmentgroups andcityorganizationswithinSeminole,Pottawatomie, Lincoln, Okfuskee,andHughescounties. This partnership helpedsupporteffortstoprovideanewhomefor the local Workforce Oklahomaand Oklahoma EmploymentSecurities offices in the downtown Seminolearea,aswellasrefurbish

aformergrocerystoretoserveasanincubatorforacallcenteroperationrecruitedtoSeminole. Seminole State Collegeand REI have hosted severaleconomic development seminarsthathavebeenattendedbycivicandcommunityleadersfromwithinthecollege’sservicearea. Thetwoorganizationshavealso worked together in visitingwith members of the OklahomaCongressional delegation inWashingtonD.C. to solicit supportforeconomicdevelopment in ruralsoutheastandcentralOklahoma. “The partnership betweenRuralEnterprisesofOklahomaandSeminole State College has beenextremely beneficial to communities in the College’s service area andto numerous individuals seekingto establish or grow businesses inOklahoma. We are proud of ourassociation with REI and pleasedthat our joint efforts have beenrecognized by the State Regents,”said SSC Vice President forInstitutional Advancement LanaReynolds. To learn more about thePartnership Recognition Programvisit www.okhighered.org/eco-devo.

SSC Rural Business and Resources Larry Smith, REI Executive Vice President Kenny Simpson, REI President and CEO Tom Seth Smith, SSC Vice President for Institutional Advancement Lana Reynolds and Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Dr. Jeff Hale were present Monday afternoon for a recognition ceremony of the economic development partnership between SSC and REI.

(continuedfrompage2)SSC instructors Kelli McBrideand Rayshell Palmer serve as co-sponsorsofSigmaKappaDelta. Students inducted included:Jessica L.Allen (Shawnee);AaronBuchanan (Tecumseh); AngelaBurns (Shawnee); Jenny Crelia

(Seminole); Holly Fipps (Paden);G. Keith Gunter (Okemah);Darletta Hinds (Maud); VirginiaK. Little (Seminole); DavidNeumann (Harrah); RayShellPalmer (Seminole);SarahK.Price(Seminole); April Lynne Putman(Norman); Jennifer Putman

SSC and Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma Partnership Honored

(Norman);LindaQualls(Shawnee);andAmandaShirey(Shawnee). The evening also includedfaculty readingsof selections fromThe Muse. TheeventwashostedbytheSSCLanguageArtsandHumanitiesDivision.

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SSC Social Scienceinstructor Marta Osby and studentSarah Rooney were among thenearly 4,000 Phi Theta Kappa(PTK) InternationalHonorSocietymembers,advisorsandconstituentsatthe90thInternationalConventionheldinPhiladelphia. Osby,co-sponsoroftheSSCchapter of PTK and Rooney spentApril3-5gatheringinformationandfellowshipping with fellow PTKstudentsandsupportersfromacrosstheworld.PTKis theinternationalhonorsocietyoftwo-yearcolleges.Thegroup’sinternationalconferenceisthelargestgatheringofcommunitycollegehonorstudents.

This year’s conference,themed“ImagineaWorld,”featuredkeynote presentations by CNNcorrespondentChristianeAmanpour,former State Department official JamesRubinandpoliticalcolumnistGeorgeWill.Rooney said shewasmostimpressedbythepresentationbyAmyTan,writerofThe Joy Luck Club. Attendeesalsoheardreportson the impact of their communityserviceinitiativesacrossthecounty,elected international officers and awarded service and academicawards.Rooneywasnominatedas“Distinguished Chapter Member”for both regional and international

awards. “This was my first time attending a Phi ThetaKappa conference - regional orinternational.Itisveryencouragingtoseesomanypeoplefromacrossthe county and hear the impactthat our programs have across theworld.IamthankfulforthesupportthatwehaveatSSCandallthathasbeendonetomakePhiThetaKappanotonly agreathonor society,buta true community service group,’”saidRooney. Rooney, a sophomore fromShawnee, is the mother of threeyoungchildren.Sheisthedaughterof Michael and Celia Rooney ofPhiladelphia,Pa.Shehasservedasstudent government representativefor theAlphaThetaNuChapterofthe Phi Theta Kappa InternationalHonor Society and has beenrecognized as a Neil MolleurScholarandaGeorgeNighScholar.Rooneywasalsonamedtothe2008All-OklahomaAcademic Team forthestate’scommunitycollegesandtechnicalbranches. After graduating fromSSC in May with her associate’sin behavioral science, she plans totransfertoWestChesterUniversityin West Chester, Pa. and pursuea bachelor’s in the same major.Rooney plans to work in domesticviolencerehabilitation.

Rooney (left) and Osby pose in front of a replica of the Liberty Bell. The two attended the 90th International Convention of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society in Philadelphia.

Osby, Rooney Attend Phi Theta Kappa’s International Convention

Come support our graduating students!Commencement will held on

May 9 at 10 a.m. in the Raymond Harbor Field House.

Seminole State College’sBoard of Regents member MarciDonaho was selected to serve ona panel for the 2008 AmericanAssociationofCommunityCollegesConvention(AACC),heldApril5-8inPhiladelphia. Donahorepresentedregentsof small colleges at a spotlightsession at the AACC convention.The session entitled, “TheMinority CEO: A Conversationabout Diversity, Leadership andNavigating the Pipeline,” outlinedmethods to challenge the statusquo in developing a pipeline foryoung people to gain leadershipexperiences. Thesessionwasanextensionofaconversationfromtheprevious

year’sconferenceregardingdiversitywithincommunitycolleges. Donahoservedonthepanelwith Arthur Tyler, president ofthe Houston Community CollegeSystem; Randy Okamura, boardpresident of San Jose/EvergreenCommunity College District;Cindy Miles, president of MiamiDade College - Hialeah; LyndaStanley,chairof the ACCTBoardof Directors and board chair ofBrunswick Community College;JamesRenick,seniorvicepresidentof the American Council onEducation;andNarcisaPolonio,vicepresident for Education, ResearchandBoardLeadershipServices. “Regent Donaho did anoutstanding job. We were honored

tohaveherrepresentSeminoleStateCollege with such an illustriousgroup,” said SSC President JimUtterback. MarciDonahowasappointedtotheSeminoleStateCollegeBoardofRegentsbyOklahomaGovernorBradHenryin2005. Donaho has served as theExecutive Director of the JasmineMoran Children’s Museum inSeminole for the past 11 years.She is a director for the FrontierCountryMarketingAssociationandPresidentoftheOklahomaMuseumAssociation.Thispastfall,shewasselected as “Tourism Professionalof the Year” by the OklahomaTravelIndustryAssociationandtheOklahomaTourismandRecreationDepartment. She is a member and pastpresidentoftheSeminoleChamberof Commerce and was namedSeminole’s“CitizenoftheYear”for2002. Donahohasbeennominatedtheretimesas“WomanoftheYear”as recognized by the OklahomaJournalRecordnewspaper. A long-time public schooleducator,DonahoholdsaBachelorofArts degree fromArizona StateUniversity and has a master’s inLiberal Studies/AdministrativeLeadership from the University ofOklahoma.

Regent Donaho Presents at Community Colleges National Conference

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Seminole State College’sPoliceDepartmenthasbeenselectedtoreceivesomenewequipmentandspecialtrainingtohelpbetterequipagencies to fight crime. ThankstotheOklahomaLawEnforcement Exchange program(OKLEX),startedbytheOklahomaStateBureauofInvestigation(OSBI),approximately 260 agencies havebeenequippedwithanewpersonalcomputerandaccessories,andwillhaveaccesstoanewportalthatwillmake researching information andcommunications to other agencieseasier.` The OKLEX programstarted four years ago with anequipmentneedssurvey.AbouttwoyearsagoOSBIwasabletoprovidethose agencies with computers. Inadditiontothecomputers,agencieswerealsogivendigitalcamerasandphotographprintingstations.

Thenextstepwastoprovideagencies with access to a specialportal that connects various lawenforcement agencies in the stateto an index.This index is updatedperiodically to permit local lawenforcement agencies to searchfor people of interest or sites ofinterest from one specific location on the Internet—rather than goingto multiple Internet sites. Trainingfor use of the portal began in lateJanuary. The program has access tothefollowingstateagencies:1. Alcohol and Beverage LawEnforcement - licensing data onalcoholsales.2.DepartmentofCorrections-sexoffenderandcrimealertdata3. Department of Public Safety -impoundandcollisioninformation4.OklahomaBureauofInvestigation- criminal history, concealed

weaponsinformation,Stateincidentbased reporting system, vehicleregistration and other relatedinformation. Theprogram’sgoalistohavealllawenforcementtocommunicatewithoneanotherandstateagencieswithouthavingtomakeabunchofphonecallsandtobeabletoaccessinformation shared from otheragencies. SSC Campus PoliceDepartmentCoordinatorDanFactorattended the first training seminar heldontheuseoftheOKLEXportal.Factorexplainedthattheportalwillbehelpfultocampuspolice. “This new system is inaddition to the Oklahoma LawEnforcement TelecommunicationsSystem, (OLETS), which iscurrently used by all local LawEnforcement. The agencies withOKLEX will not have to use theOLETS terminal every time theyneed to do a background on asuspect.EXAMPLE:IftheyneedtodoanOSBIbackgroundonaperson,they will be able to go directly toOSBIthemselveswithouthavingtoinvolveanotheragencyandwithoutinvolving the OLETS Operator.Theportalprovidesaccesstoothersitesandmakesitsimpletoconnectwith other agencies. It really is atime saver and makes checkingsomeone’s background simple.‘We are very fortunate to be oneof the entities selected to receivethis equipment and training,” saidFactor. Any Oklahoma Sheriff’soffice or police department can havetheiremployeestrainedtouseOKLEX. It does not require youragencytohavereceivedanOKLEXPCtoparticipate.Eachindividual

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Several local emergency response officials recently toured the Seminole State College campus with SSC Police Chief Dan Factor (right, front) to discuss cooperative efforts among agencies in addressing potential crisis situations. Pictured with Chief Factor in SSC’s new Seminole Nation Residential Learning Center are: (center, left to right) Seminole Police Chief Ed Smith, Reserve Officer D.J. Peton, School Resource Officer Terry McGinnis, Patrolman Michael Burnett, Emergency Management Director Ernie Willis and Residence Hall Supervisor Joy Blanton.

SSC Police Department Receives New Crime Fighting Equipment

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(continuedonpage7)that passes the test for OKLEX isissuedauserIDandpassword.SSCSecurityEfforts Tragic events across thenationhavealllearninginstitutionsfocusing on campus safety. InadditiontotheservicesprovidedbyOKLEX,SSChastakenstepstohelpmake the campus more secure. A

fewweeksago,theCollegeinstalledanewsirenwarningsystemtohelpnotifythecampusintheeventofanemergency.Additionally,FactorsaidthattheSSCPoliceDepartmenthasbeenworkingcloselywithlocallawenforcement agencies and helpingthemtobefamiliarwithallfacilitiesatSSC,intheeventthattheywouldneed to come to the campus as

backupsupport. A few weeks ago, severalarea police officers did a campus walk-thoughwithFactor.“We have a great relationshipwith our surrounding enforcementagencies. We know that it isimportantthattheyareawareofthelayoutofourcampusandhavesomepointsofcontacthere, should theyneedtohelpusout,”saidFactor.

It’s Softball and Baseball Tournament Time !

The Trojan women will play May 2-4 in the Region II Softball Tournament held at the Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

The Trojan men will play in the Region II Baseball Tournament May 8-11

in Bartlesville.If you are unable to attend the games, keep up

with the Trojans with the SSC 9600 (405-382-9600) sports line.

Scores will be updated throughout each game.

The Seminole State COLLEGIAN is published during the fall and spring semesters by the Seminole State College Office of Media Relations, under the direction ofYashandaAnderson Scruggs.The staff reserves the right to edit submitted material for spelling and style. Considerationisgiventoallsubmittedmaterial,butsubmissiondoesnotensurepublication.Noanonymousmaterialwillbeconsidered.AllviewsexpressedarethoseoftheauthorandnotnecessarilythoseofSeminoleStateCollege.TheCOLLEGIANisdistributedontheSSCcampusandmailedtoover200friendsofthecollege. SeminoleStateCollege,incompliancewithTitleVIoftheCivilRightsActof1964,ExecutiveOrder11246asamended,TitleIXoftheEducationalAmendmentsof1972,andotherFederallawsandregulations,doesnotdiscriminateonthebasisofrace,color,nationalorigin,gender,age,religion,handicap,orstatusasaveteraninanyofitspolicies,practicesorprocedures.Thisincludes,butisnotlimitedto,admissions,employment, financial aid and educational services. Thispublication,printedbytheSSCPrintShop,isissuedbySeminoleStateCollegeasauthorizedbythePresidentofthecollege.Atacostof$280;1,000copieshavebeenpreparedanddistributed.Questions,concerns,canbedirectedtoYashandaScruggsat(405)382-9525.

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SPRING 2008 SEMESTER TEST SCHEDULE

MAY 5, 6, 7, 8

MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008

RegularClassMeets TestSchedule Day8:00a.m. MWF 8:00a.m.–9:30a.m. Monday10:00a.m. MWF 9:45a.m.–11:15a.m. Monday12:00noon MWF 11:30a.m.–1:00p.m. Monday

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008

RegularClassMeets TestSchedule Day8:00a.m. TTH 8:00a.m.–9:30a.m. Tuesday10:50a.m. TTH 9:45a.m.–11:15a.m. Tuesday1:40p.m. TTH 1:15p.m.–2:45p.m. Tuesday

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008

RegularClassMeets TestSchedule Day9:00a.m. MWF 8:00a.m.–9:30a.m. Wednesday11:00a.m. MWF 9:45a.m.–11:15a.m. Wednesday1:00p.m. MWF 11:30a.m.–1:00p.m. Wednesday2:00p.m. MWF 1:15p.m.–2:45p.m. Wednesday3:00p.m. MWF 3:00p.m.–4:30p.m. Wednesday

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008

RegularClassMeets TestSchedule Day7:30a.m.or7:45a.m.TTH8:00a.m.–9:30a.m.Thursday9:25a.m. TTH 9:45a.m.–11:15a.m. Thursday12:15p.m. TTH 12:00noon–1:30p.m. Thursday3:05p.m. TTH 1:45p.m.–3:15p.m. Thursday

EVENING CLASS TEST SCHEDULE

All semester tests in evening classes will be given during the regular class meeting time.Classes,whichmeetonMondayandWednesday,aretobegivensemestertestsduringtheregularclassperiodonWednesday,May7,2008.Classes,whichmeetonTuesdayandThursday,aretobegivensemestertestsduringtheregularclassperiodonThursday,May8,2008.ClassesthatmeetonenightperweekwillbetestedduringtheirregularclassmeetingtimeduringtheweekofMay5throughMay8,2008.

NOTICE: Finals must be taken according to this schedule. All classes must meet during finals week. Ifan early final is necessary, written permission from the Vice President for Academic Affairs is required.