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 FACULTY & STAFF

The Electronic Document Systems Foundation (EDSF) presented the Visual Communication Department with an Excellence in Education Award for Innovation in Post Secondary Education. The award includes a $450 scholarship to be awarded to a Visual Communication student. EDSF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the document communications industry.

Two national professional organizations recently honored the Public Information and College Marketing Department (PICM) with a host of awards. The National Council on Marketing and Public Relations selected ACC for a Paragon Award for sustained excellence generating media coverage of the College Connection program. Most recently, PICM received a Grand Award from the Southwest Region of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for development and execution of the “All-of-Austin” Annexation Educational Awareness Campaign. ACC’s entry bested those of numerous four-year universities. This marked the second consecutive year ACC has received a CASE Grand Award. CASE also selected ACC for two special awards, recognizing PICM’s work on “ACC at a Glance” and the “Windows of Opportunity” campaign. 

History teacher Bee English adjunct assistant professor will study Roman history, Latin literature, and classic art and archaeology at the American Academy in Rome for two months this summer on a Fulbright Scholarship.

Dr. Tyra Duncan-Hall, provost of campus operations, is serving on the Austin Independent School District community advisory committee Community Partners Task Force for High School Redesign.

Rio Grande Campus Manager Marilyn Lee Taylor has been elected to the state Board of Directors for the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education. 

Terry Stewart Mouchayleh, director of professional development and evaluation programs, has been elected president of the Texas Community College Teachers Association.

Numerous ACC representatives made presentations April 20 at ACT the Southwest Regional Conference in San Antonio:

  • Mary Corredor, department chair of English for Speakers of Other Languages, and Assessment Specialist Sandra Clevinger gave a presentation on ESL assessment. Senior Assessment Clerk Donna French assisted.
  • Dr. Mary Hensley, vice president of college support and ISD relations, gave a presentation on College Connection. She was assisted by Richard Smith, associate vice president of instructional resources and technology, Luanne Preston, executive director of Early College Start and College Connection, and Jennifer Weber, online applications software administrator. 

St. Edward’s University has appointed Dr. Donetta Goodall, ACC vice president of academic transfer and general and developmental education, to serve a three-year term on the university’s School of Education Advisory Board. In addition, Dr. Goodall participated in a presentation, “Project Access: A 2+2 Pipeline for Bilingual Educator Preparation,” given at the Texas P-16 State Leadership Consortium conference held April 24-26 in Austin.

David Latimer, adjunct professor of English, was named a finalist in the third annual Kurt Vonnegut Fiction Competition. He earned honorable mention for his entry, titled “Bones.” The short story appears in the in the summer issue of North American Review literary magazine.
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 COMMUNITY

The Eastview Campus hosted the Texas Workforce Summit April 18, with more than 40 community colleges represented. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn sponsored the event, which featured U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao as keynote speaker. ACC President Stephen B. Kinslow, Ph.D., provided the morning’s opening remarks. The daylong summit was a success due to planning and execution that included:

Texas Workforce Summit held at Eastview on April 18
Government and Community Relations • Linda Young, special assistant to the president for government and community relations
• Alice Gaffney, senior administrative assistant
• Alicia Del Rio, government and community relations coordinator
• Paul Potter, VISTA volunteer
Administration • Dwayne Cox, executive director of public information and college marketing
• Mike Midgley, vice president of workforce education and business development
• Mary Hensley, vice president of college support and ISD relations
• Linda Smarzik, dean of computer studies and advanced technologies
• Sandy Gaskin, dean of continuing education
• Eileen Klein, interim executive dean of health sciences
Public Information and College Marketing
 • Veronica Obregon, communications specialist II
• Dahlia Anzaldua, senior administrative assistant
  • Juanita Mendez, Eastview campus manager
• Ed Banuelos, Justin Wolfanger, John Guyton, and
Santiago Gonzales, building attendants
• Henry Cantu and James Lietzke, maintenance technicians
Campus Police • Chief John Corbett
• Sgts. Phil Guerra and Clayton Harris
• Officers Pete Soto, John Rodriquez, Adam De Leon, Roger Olivera, Javier Gonzalez, Gubin Lopez, Conrad Williams, Cary Alexander, Benny Lopez, and Sonny Martin
Additional support • Bangbay Siboliban and Laura Tabor-Huerta, instructional technicians
• Eric Alba, microcomputer support technician
• Charles Lavender, telecommunications manager
• Bill Allen, telecommunications specialist
• Gerald Gilliland, senior CAD technician

The Culinary Arts program participated in the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival held April 6-9 in Austin. ACC prepared “Farm to Table” dishes and provided facilities and support for participating chefs. Event coordinators noted ACC volunteers were prompt, professional, confident, and helpful, and the food was so beautifully done—all the participating chefs were extremely pleased and impressed, and the event guests had nothing but good things to say about both the food and the students. ACC participants included Culinary Arts Department Chair Brian Hay, Adjunct Assistant Professor Heather James, and students Jonathan Haralson, Gabi Bantau, Jansen Bowden, Robert Pelliccia, Laura Tatom, Tammy Duhaime, Freddie Tryon, Bob Francis, Rick Reynolds, Sheila Gray, Rachel Robinson, and Anna Denton. Trustee John Hernandez served as a volunteer host for the event and passed on compliments from celebrity judges John Ash of John Ash & Company restaurant in San Francisco and Kenny Callaghan of the Blue Smoke restaurant in New York.

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