BOARD OF TRUSTEES "KUDOS"
REPORT: April 1, 2002
 Faculty/Programs
Dorothy Barnett, Assistant
Professor, Creative Writing, has been elected President of the two-year caucus of the
Associated Writing Programs. At the annual conference ACC’s program was highlighted,
and it will be one of the models for setting the “Hallmarks” for two-year
college creative writing programs.
David Potter, Adjunct
Instructor, Physics, had a note published in the January 2002 issues of The Physics
Teacher: The Speed of Sound in an Iron Rod (Apparatus column).
The Culinary Arts program
was visited this past week by an evaluation team from the American Culinary Federation,
who were impressed with ACC’s faculty and students. This accreditation project is
headed by Reuel Smith, Associate Professor.
Irie Glajar, Professor of
Mathematics, presented at the 25th international conference of the Society of Educators
and Scholars.
Barbara Hefner, Associate
Professor of Surgical Technology, recently completed her 10th two-day medical mission to
El Salvador for Austin Smiles, a non-profit organization that provides reconstructive
surgery.
William Bastas, Associate
Professor of Welding, demonstrated blacksmithing skills at the Ozark Mountain School of
Blacksmithing, and also demonstrated power hammer techniques at the National Ornamental
Iron Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
Staff
Tom Applegate presented a
training session on Decision-Making Skills as part of ACC’s staff development series.
Students
Alysian Thomas, Westwood
High School junior, was selected to attend the National Young Leaders Conference in
Washington. Alysian is an Early College Start student.
Charles Meeks is third in
the individual rankings (of over 5000 students) participating in Round 2 of the national
math competition. ACC is in first place in the southwest region, with four of the top 11
students from ACC.
Other
BOT
Trustee Beverly Silas was
among eleven women inducted into the Connie Yerwood Conner African American Women’s
Hall of Fame by the Austin chapter of the National Women of Achievement.
PIN Water
Damage/Clean Up
Our thanks to PIN staff
Jeanette Brownlee, JoAnn Nunez, Lee Vallejo, Bynum Thomas, Judy Van Cleve, and Tom
Applegate who responded to the problems created by a broken water pipe at PIN in early
March, and to the ACC Facilities and Operations staff who worked long hours on Sunday as
well as during the week to get classes operational as quickly as possible.
Marketing and Public
Information
ACC's Marketing and Public Information office has received several awards:
CASE District IV award in
Category 11 (TV Spots - Series) for Judo. The award will be made on April 8 in Oklahoma
City;
CASE award in Category 37
(News Writing) for ACC and APD Join Forces to Overcome Language Barriers and ACC Equips
Non-profits with Survival Skills
Three Paragon awards from
the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations for:
· Recruitment Campaign:
Classes Fill Fast. Register Early.
· TV Ad Series
· Promotional Item (Start Here. Get There. mouse pad)
Ed Osborn, Marketing and
Public Information Executive, gave a presentation on how ACC is aligning its public
awareness and enrollment marketing messages at the annual conference of the National
Council on Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) on March 18 in Orlando, Florida.
MARKETING AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS SUMMARY OF MEDIA COVERAGE
During the months of
February and March, stories about Austin Community College’s programs, students,
faculty and staff have appeared on every television station and every major newspaper in
the Austin area. There were 141 media stories about ACC, which translates into
approximately $100,00 in ad equivalency rates.
Several ACC students,
including two enrolled in the Early College Start Program, were featured in the media:
Alysian Thomas in the Austin American-Statesman and the Villager for her selection to
participate in a national leadership conference; Deborah Wills in two KTBC-7 spots,
including a live package, about weightlifting at ACC and competing nationally; a KEYE-42
profile on Joseph Wour, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan; and a KXAN-36 interview with Purple
Heart Scholarship recipient, Donna Banks, and ACC Foundation Executive Director, Stephanie
Diina-Dempsey.
Newspaper and broadcast
coverage also featured stories about a civil rights panel discussion and a gospel music
extravaganza at the Eastview Campus; the ACC nursing program receiving grants; ACC adjunct
teachers offering to work for free; the comptroller’s decision to audit the College;
ACC’s budget issues; and an increase in enrollment in workforce courses.
Other highlights include a
front-page metro story in the Statesman about ACC cutting fewer spring classes; two
Statesman editorials by Alberta Philips that supported the need for a tax increase and a
fee for students taking summer courses; a profile on Della May Moore ran on the front page
of the metro section; an op-ed piece by Dr. Fonté in the Statesman discussed the
College’s growing pains as did a letter to the editor published in the Austin
Chronicle. Dr. Kinslow’s letter to the editor in the Statesman discussed expanding
ACC’s tax base.
Nationally, stories about
ACC have appeared on the front page of the bi-weekly publication Community College Times.
The stories all included color art and were about diverse subjects: ACC’s Visual
Communication Design students counter-terrorism posters being displayed at the United
Nations; the unveiling of the mural at the Eastview Campus; and a profile on expert
stonesetter Stanley Young who teaches in ACC’s jewelry-making program.
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