On Oct. 1, a delegation from New Zealand visited Richland College as part of the New Zealand Award for Performance Excellence’s Study Visit Program. Business Excellence New Zealand Executive Director Errol Slyfield, Central Otago District Mayor Malcolm McPherson, and Sarah Numan and Kevin Mara of the Christchurch City Council spent the afternoon learning about Richland’s Institutional Effectiveness approach from Steve Mittelstet, Kay Eggleston, Jean Conway, Jeana Remington, and Roy Bond. The Study Visit Program participants spent the week in the U.S. visiting quality-award-winning organizations and attended the Baldrige Regional Conference in Washington State. While in Dallas, the group also visited the Quality Texas Foundation and Baldrige winners Texas Nameplate and Park Place Lexus.
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This is a short clip from the 15 Minutes of Fun event hosted by the Council for Community Building (filmed by Kris Hytinnen) posted on YouTube and myspace.com/richlandcollege. The next 15 Minutes of Fun will be at 2 p.m., Tues., Oct. 16 in the Alamito/Crockett Breezeway with carnival games and refreshments.
Submitted by Kyle Barron, WLCC
I just wanted to take this time to let you all know of an option for your SECC donations that is very close to my heart, Camp Summit! I have been volunteering as a counselor there on the weekends for over two years now and not a day goes by that I am not thankful for my experiences gained through spending time at Camp Summit with its very special campers.Camp Summit is a year round camp for campers of all ages who are physical challenged, developmentally delayed, dual sensory impaired, and who have multiple disabilities. This camp means so much to so many people. A couple of weeks ago, I was paired with a 15-year-old camper named Jon who had cerebral palsy and did not communicate very well. All weekend he was also having health issues that caused him to stay up at night. Jon and I stayed up all night Saturday talking about normal things that 15-year-old guys talk about and just hanging out. When Sunday rolled around Jon had to head home and he kept asking me when he could come back. Just before he left he told me thank you and that he loved me and about how he couldn’t wait to see me in the spring.
It is an amazing feeling when you can have that kind of effect on someone’s life. Just think of what your contribution can do and how it can help many campers just like Jon.
Camp Summit is located in the charity guide on page 24. Their code is 280112 and their web site, in case you would like to know more about them, is www.campsummittx.org.
NOTE: The SECC campaign ends Oct. 31. Forms may turned into your division office or in Information Services at A104 (please call ext. 6194 if you need a form). Meet your monetary goal with 75% full & limited full-time staff participation by Wednesday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m.and receive 50% matching funds.
Phi Theta Kappa at Richland College will host Holocaust survivor Mike Jacobs at 5:40-7:30 p.m., Oct. 16 in the Fannin Performance Hall. Jacobs will give a lecture titled “Never Again: Lessons from a Holocaust Survivor.”
For more information, contact Larry Polk at LPolk@dcccd.edu or 972-238-6121.
The RLC Police department hosted a Police Explorers meeting on Oct. 1. Officer Rebecca Willis presented a power point presentation and several videos to approximately 35 students, their parents, and fellow RLC police officers.
The group, established by the Boys Scouts of America, gives RLC and RCHS students the opportunity to shadow and learn about the law enforcement field alongside working professionals. Ideally, these students will enroll in a police academy once they turn 21 and continue to pursue a career in law enforcement.
During the month of October, the Explorers are raising funds with popcorn sales, known as “Poptober.” The next Explorers’ meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on Oct. 18. Upcoming events include a competition in April 2008. For more details, contact Rebecca Willis at 972-238-6174 or RWillis@dcccd.edu.
The RLC knitting club will now be meeting from noon-1 p.m. on the second and fourth Fridays of each month in C-150.
On Sept. 22, Richland collaborated with Vietnamese-American radio station (1600 AM), RLC Vietnamese Student Association, Vietnamese Association Mutual Services, Boy and Girl Scouts, Vietnamese Professional Society (VPS) and local business sponsors to hold the Asian Lunar Festival on campus. Over 5,000 visitors attended from the local community, as well as from Gainesville, Waco, Temple, and Sherman. The Asian Lunar Festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month (it’s also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival).
Dan Dao was the driving force behind this successful community event. According to Dan, Asian culture is deeply embedded in traditional festivals. Like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West, the Lunar Festival is one of the most important traditional events in Asian culture. Asian communities have the responsibility to preserve these traditions for future generations. And, more importantly, traditions such as this help define our identity in the community.
Others who made this community building event a success include Mira and Sylvester for housekeeping assistance, Officers Irma Soto and Robert Benavides for crowd control, and Hong Trong for facility support.
For more information and to enjoy photos of this event held in RLC Amphitheater, click here.
American Society of Health Pharmacists (ASHP) Commission on Credentialing voted to approve the Richland Pharmacy Technology program for re-accredidation for another six years. The Commission is responsible for the accreditation of pharmacy residencies and pharmacy technician training programs. This includes formulating and recommending changes in standards, assessing programs adherence to compliance of the standards, and recommending accreditation status of programs. The ASHP group consists of appointed individuals that have been actively involved in accredited pharmacy residency or technician training programs or is a public member.
Last September, Facilities Services recycled 36,491 square feet of carpet, 88 computer printers, and 26,200 lbs. of mixed paper. September’s monthly total of all recycled goods was close to 108,000 lbs. For additional details, call 972-238-6170.
To measure your “ecological footprint,” visit ecofoot.org.
Professional
Richland College adjunct theatre/drama faculty and husband/wife duo Matthew and Emily Gray both play lead roles in Dallas theatre productions this season. Matthew plays a lead in Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet’s electrifying, Pulitzer Prize-winning play, at the Dallas Theatre Center October 3-28. Emily held a lead role in Theatre Three’s Dallas premiere of Popcorn, the taboo-shattering comedy-thriller by Ben Elton, September 6-October 7.
Matt and Emily’s Classical Acting Company also earned three nominations for the 2007 Leon Rabin Awards, including Best Play (Death of a Salesman), Best Actress (Every Trick in the Book), and Best Actor (Death Of A Salesman). The Leon Rabin Awards honor outstanding achievements of Dallas area theatres.
Adjunct art faculty Kay Goodrum is an invited artist at the 27th International Exhibition of the San Diego Watercolor Society from Oct. 1-31 in San Diego, CA. The San Diego Watercolor Society, one of the largest and most active in the United States, is recognized for its high standards of excellence in water media art.
New Information Services employee, Jennifer D. Curtiss, will be creating one of sixteen murals for the ReCovEr project. The subjects of these murals include local musicians/heroes including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Broose Dickinson, Norah Jones, Blind Lemon, the New Bohemians, Gibby Haynes, and more. The paintings will be displayed on the exterior walls of various Elm Street businesses. Curtiss’ work will be evaluated by a panel of judges on Oct. 13. This project is sponsored in part by The Deep Ellum Association, KNON 89.3, D.E.E.P. (The Deep Ellum Enrichment Project), The Dallas Observer, Kettle Art, The Deep Ellum Foundation, and area businesses.
Renee Weldon, 1st place winner ($200.00)
Lindsey Huizenga, 2nd place winner ($125.00)
Alyx Bui, 3rd place winner ($75.00)
GreenRichland has been nominated for the 2008 Bellwether Award. This prestigious award is presented annually at the Community College Futures Assembly to recognize outstanding and innovative programs and practices that are successfully leading community colleges into the future. The winner of the award will be announced at the 2008 Assembly on Jan. 26-29 at the Hilton Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
People
Name: Nancy Soto
Title: Coordinator, CE & Workforce Development
Department: CE & Workforce Development
Name: Jone Tsou
Title: HVAC Technician
Department: Facilities Services
Name: Cherry Brown
Title: Financial Aid Student Services Specialist
Department: Financial Aid
Name: Sheterric Walker
Title: Circulation Assistant
Department: Library
Name: Jennifer Curtiss
Title: Coordinator of Graphics Services
Department: Information Services
Name: Rajina Paudyal
Title: Department Assistant II
Department: MCC
To: Kathy Chavarria, Employee Services
From: Susan Wehe, WLCC
Thanks for going the extra, extra mile to make sure an employee was paid correctly. You didn’t have to do it, but you did, but you did, but you did, and I thank you!
To: Eddie Hueston and Jerry Owens, Facilities
From: Sherry Dean, Humanities
I am writing to express heartfelt thanks for the SPECTACULAR job your staff did in the renovation of the music storage area last week. It was a BIG job that required many hands and hours. We are now ready for the new equipment to arrive and appreciate the expediency of your work that allows for a timely installation. We appreciate you all more than you know. You deserve Thunderduck applause!
Thanks again!
To: Kenneth Hart, Facilities
From: Jennifer Owen, Humanities
I wanted to thank the custodial staff for the clean up on the Performance Hall seats, it was very unpleasant working conditions with all the mold and all 488 seats that needed to be individually cleaned. Your crew did an amazing job getting the hall ready for events this week, it looks great.
Thanks.
Dear Professor O’Connor,
I was in your Biology Class 1409, in the Spring of 2006. (I was one of your older students; I had an older friend with me in your class). I am a senior at UTD now. I am in the teacher development program there and I just completed a “teaching elementary science” course. Our professor, Barbara Curry, spent the first day discussing our feelings about science. She asked us to think about science teachers we had in the past who were good and not so good. We wrote a “science autobiography” about our experiences with science instruction.
The next week, as we were turning in our papers, Prof. Curry asked us to share anything we wrote. She asked about the good and the bad. And, she mentioned a previous paper from another semester where a student wrote about you. My face lit up. I had just handed her a paper about you also.
She told me that I should definitely let you know what a difference you made in my education and life. So, I am telling you now. I know as a teacher you don’t get many letters from students telling you what a wonderful instructor you are, but I am saying you are one of the very best! I hope to be half as good as you someday. I learned so much from you, not only biology, but about “how to teach.” My friend and I discuss it all the time, that we want to be like you.
Thank you,
Sandra
Terri Nelson’s father passed away Oct. 5 at the age of 94. His funeral service will take place in his home state of South Carolina.
Gabriel Villareal (Media Technology) passed away over the weekend. He worked in AV Productions for the past several years and was always ready to take on tasks with a cheerful and caring attitude. In his part-time work here you might have seen Gabriel operating a video camera at Convocation or Graduation or delivering camera setups to classrooms. He also duplicated untold numbers of audio tapes and DVDs to support instruction. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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