Dr. Reed Peoples, professor of accounting, co-authored the article Hiring Minority Faculty: Success in Texas that appears in the December 2004/January 2005 issue of “The Community College Journal.” Dr. Peoples’ article is based on research conducted for his doctorate in educational administration from Baylor University.
Kris Cue, a staff member of the Office for Students with Disabilities, was in Washington, D.C., Jan. 31-Feb. 4 to lobby for congressional support of the National Support Service Provider (SSP) Pilot Project. The main goal of this project is to establish a model for national SSP services with uniformity in training and qualifications, allowing Deaf-Blind people to know the assistance they receive will be professional in caliber. Cue is a member of the National SSP Pilot Project Committee.
Adjunct mathematics instructor Ted Rachofsky authored the first-person article A Fundamental Lost and Found featured in the January issue of the “Teaching for Success” monthly newsletter.
The Austin ISD School Board has appointed Dr. Donetta Goodall, associate vice president of academic programs to chair a 22-member Citizens Bond Oversight Committee that will monitor the $519.5 million AISD bond program approved by voters in September. Dr. Goodall served on the Citizens Bond Advisory Committee, which developed and presented the bond package to voters.
Dr. Stephen Kinslow, executive vice president of academic, student, and campus affairs, spoke at graduation ceremonies Jan. 21 for the Austin CAN! Academy, an alternative charter high school.
The Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) has approved an ACC chapter of the organization. This is the first time in TACHE’s history it allowed an institution of higher education to establish a separate institutional chapter. ACC TACHE chapter officers are: Dr. Magdalena de la Teja, president; Dr. Richard Armenta, vice president; Javier Olguin, secretary; Albert Perez, treasurer; and Nancy Vargas, membership coordinator.
Dr. Gerry Tucker, associate vice president of human resources, authored a human resources module for the Texas Leadership Alliance website at www.inhousedesign.net/TLA/index.html. The module, which provides information on employment and hiring, performance management, and legal issues, supports the alliance’s efforts to assist Texas community and technical colleges.
Three ACC staff members were nominated to serve on the Del Valle Independent School District Scholarship Committee. They are Steven Christopher, special populations coordinator, Dr. Maggie de la Teja, Riverside campus dean of student services, and Stephanie Diina Dempsey, executive director of the ACC Foundation.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board extended its thanks to Dr. Mariano Díaz-Miranda, professor of history, for his service on the Mexican-American Studies Advisory Committee and the Mexican-American Field of Study Advisory Committee.
