The Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) has selected Adult Education instructor Jean Marie Theine for the Edgar M. Easley Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year. COABE is a national organization that provides leadership, communication, professional development, and advocacy for adult education and literacy practitioners.
The Texas State University-San Marcos Alumni Association presented biology adjunct instructor Rodney Rohde with a 2004 Alumni Achievement Award on Feb. 26. Rohde also has secured a Texas State research enhancement grant and a contract with the Texas Department of State Health Services to continue a prevalence study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Travis County prison.
Management and economics adjunct instructor Kenneth Smith and speech adjunct instructor Verena Edwards are participating in the Statewide Academy for Part-Time Teachers.
Riverside building attendants Zjok McLin and David Murillo received their Building Attendant Certification on Feb. 18.
Terry Stewart Mouchayleh, director of professional development, was elected vice president of the Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA) at its convention Feb. 17-19 at the Renaissance Hotel-Austin. Much of the convention’s success was due to the participation of the following ACC faculty and staff.
TCCTA membership committee:
Dr. Mary Parker, mathematics professor; Terry Stewart Mouchayleh; Ina Midkiff, marketing professor; Jesse Jackson, speech professor; Dr. Louella Tate, Northridge Campus dean of student services; Mark Butland, speech associate professor; Mary Kohls, Computer Science Department chair; and Dr. Jeffrey Stringer, speech associate professor.
TCCTA discipline section chairs:
Mary Corredor, English as a Second Language (ESL) Department chair; Jere Hammer, associate degree nursing professor; Brian Hay, Culinary Arts Department chair; Dr. Rex Peebles, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division dean; Pat Recek, Vocational Nursing Department chair; Pam Soto, health and kinesiology associate professor; and David Tobey, visual communication design associate professor.
TCCTA presenters and panel discussion participants:
Nina Almasy, vocational nursing assistant professor; Poppy Burton, ESL adjunct instructor; Dr. Naomi Carroll, Heath Professions Institute program director; Mary Corredor; Dr. Matthew Daude Laurents, Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department chair; Sara Farr, visual communication design assistant professor; Paige Fletcher, vocational nursing associate professor; Vonnye Gardner, Learning Lab instructional associate; Dr. Irie Glajar, mathematics professor; Kitty Henderson, Ethics Resource Center director; Judy Hubble, developmental reading assistant professor; Tonya Lyles, ESL assistant professor; Antonio Martinez, EMS Attendant program lead instructor; Ann Palmer, developmental reading associate professor; Sherry Prather, Learning Lab instructor; Marti Rickel, vocational nursing associate professor; David Stellman, ESL adjunct instructor; Leta Sparks, ESL adjunct instructor; Kirk White, Health Professions Institute director; Larry Willoughby, history associate professor; and Tiffany Wright, vocational nursing associate professor.
Dr. Sharon King, recruitment and student support services director, presented the College Connection program to Leadership Austin on Feb. 16.
Dr. Mary Hensley, associate vice president of instructional support services, and Mark Kincaid, College and Career Preparation Program director, recently co-presented College Connections information to Del Mar Community College.
Dr. Luanne Preston, Early College Start director, made a presentation to the San Marcos CISD Board of Trustees Feb. 21 regarding weighted high school credit for dual-credit students.
