Board of
Trustees "Kudos" Report
November 4, 2002
 Faculty/Programs
The ACC History Department offered its
yearly "Bob Lain Historical Symposium" on October 12th at Northridge. The theme
of the symposium was "U.S. Diplomacy: The Quest for Peace in Troubled Times" and
featured the following presentations from H.W. Brands, Glasscock Chair of History at TAMU, Theodore Roosevelt and the Shape of the Modern World, Robert Divine, Professor
Emeritus at UT, The Wilsonian Tradition in 20th Century American Foreign Policy,
Allan Purcell, Professor of History at ACC, America's Small Wars Between the World
Wars, David Lauderback, Professor of History at ACC, Making the World Safe for
Democracy: The Evolution of Counterinsurgency Policy During the Cold War, and Suzanne
Summers, Professor of History at ACC, 9/11: The Human Impact.
Julie Todaro, Dean of Library Services, and
Leslie Navarro, Assistant Professor, Library Services were invited to visit the White
House by First Lady Laura Bush to join members of the Texas Book Festival steering
committee to discuss the upcoming festival. Held in Austin on November 16-17, the festival
will feature authors Anne Rice, Rick Bragg, Sandra Cisneros, and Richard Peck. Money
raised will support the Texas Library Association grant program.
The National Accrediting Agency for Clinical
Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) recently awarded continuing accreditation for the next seven
years to the Medical Laboratory Technician - Associate Degree program after their site
visit in April 2002. NAACLS also awarded accreditation to the Phlebotomy program based on
the continuing approval process which included the submission of a Self-Study Report in
March 2002.
The ACC Teaching Awards Committee announced
their nominees for the Minnie Stevens Piper Award. They are Andrew Saldana, Professor of
Visual Communications Design, and Clint Davis, Professor of Anthropology. The Piper
Foundation awards 15 $5,000 awards each year to professors at Texas colleges and
universities in recognition of superior teaching.
On October 28, representatives from the
Texas Tech University Hill Country MITC (Multi-Institution Teaching Center) in
Fredericksburg visited with staff from Instructional Resources and Technology and Early
College Start at Highland Business Center to discuss possible programs to be offered by
ACC and TTU at the Fredericksburg MITC. On October 29 ACC staff traveled to Fredericksburg
to tour the ACC/TTU teaching center and discuss areas of collaboration in distance
learning resources and on-site and electronic support services.
Staff
Tom Applegate, president-elect of the
national Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), and Executive Dean for
Cypress Creek and Pinnacle campuses, presented to business people involved in career and
technical education advisory committees at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center near
Dayton, Ohio. He met with students, faculty, staff, and administration to discuss ways
career and technical education can be improved in the US. Tom was also quoted in an
article entitled, Career and Technology Students Doing As Well As Others, in the San
Antonio Express. As president-elect, Tom also attended the ACTE Executive Committee
meeting in Wilmington, NC.
Liz Coccia, Interim Associate Vice President
for Retention and Student Services, presented at a conference on October 18 in Round Rock
for the Alcohol and Drug Ministry of the Diocese of Austin for training of clergy.
Dr. Richard Fonté participated in a work
group to discuss Perkins Re-Authorization. He was named to the committee by the Assistant
Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education of the U.S. Department of Education, Carol
D'Amico. The committee discussed issues of transition from high school to community
college, tech-prep, and the community college's role in adult basic education.
ACC
On October 21, Austin Community College
received eight "Medallion Awards" at the District IV National Council for
Marketing and Public Relations Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Medallion Awards
recognize outstanding marketing and public relations work at community colleges in the
South-Central region of the country, including Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Colorado, and Wyoming. The eight winning entries are as follows:
Gold
TV Ad, Single: "Oh Brother" (Ed
Osborn)
College Promotional Video: "Advanced
Technology Shakes Things Up!" (Bonnie Spanogle)
Feature Article: "His Hands Are
Gold" (Heather Iarusso)
Media Success Story: "Dreams Taking
Flight" (Toni Gardner, Heather Iarusso)
Silver
Newsletter: "Partners in
Progress" (Ed Osborn, Toni Gardner, Patty Scogin, Juan Palacio, Marvilyn Reyes,
Heather Iarusso)
Bronze
Brochure/Flyer II: Early College
Start" (Patty Scogin, Marvilyn Reyes, Juan Palacio)
Color Photograph: "Seminconductor
Mfg." (Marvilyn Reyes, George Brainard)
Media Success Story: "St. David's and
SETON Fill Prescription to Help Alleviate Nursing Shortage" (Toni Gardner, Heather
Iarusso)
The Cypress Creek Campus once again hosted a
safe Halloween party for Cedar Park and surrounding areas. The party attended by 600 was
planned and implemented under the leadership of Naomi White, Campus Manager. Other very
active participants were the administrative staffs from the academic and student services
areas, members of Phi Theta Kappa, and Simon's Café. The Hill Country News
covered the event with a photographer.
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