Mott Community College welcomes Clark R. Harris,who started April 15 as the new Dean of the TechnologyDivision. Dr. Harris and his family are moving fromManhattan, Kansas.

Dr. Harris holds a Ph.D. from the University ofMissouri-Columbia in Practical Arts and Vocational-Technical Education, as well as a Master of Science and aBachelor of Science from Kansas State University. Hisprofessional education experiences include work as anassistant professor with the Department of SecondaryEducation at Kansas State University, where he taught,advised, researched and provided service in agriculturaleducation and instructional technology. He has also servedas executive director of the Multistate Academic andVocational Curriculum Consortium in Stillwater, Oklahomaand as Director of the Tech Prep program at State FairCommunity College in Sedalia, Missouri.

Dr. Harris has taught 20 different undergraduate and graduate courses at Kansas State Universityand at State Fair Community College, with high levels of integration of technology, student engage-ment and innovative teaching and learning strategies. He has taught several online and online-hybridcourses, including a graduate class entitled “Planning for Change in Classroom Technology.”

Other professional activities include over 75 significant national, regional or state conferencepresentations, the development of several work-related Web sites, including theworldofagriculture.org, several published articles, including “Designing Flexible Instruction" inPrincipal Leadership, “Harnessing the Power of the Internet” and “Advising on the Web” in TheAgricultural Education Magazine, and he has written several curriculum products that are sold andused nationally. Dr. Harris has held several professional leadership positions, such as chair of theMissouri Tech Prep Directors Association, and he has served as the president of the Association ofInstructional Materials, a division of the Association of Career and Technical Education.

"I am excited to be here and have enjoyed meeting many wonderful people at MCC. I amimpressed with the Technology Division faculty and staff and look forward to working with them tocontinue to improve the already strong programs. I hope that I can bring new skills and perspectivesto the division, said Dr. Harris

MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE

JUNE 2008CONNECTIONMCC

FACULTY & STAFF

NEWSLETTER

AROUND CAMPUS

CHERYL BASSETT

ASSUMES

PRESIDENCY OF

STATE’SEDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY GROUP

UPWARD BOUND

RECRUITING

STUDENTS

WHAT’S NEW

AT MCC

EMPLOYEE OF

THE MONTH

REMEMBERING

JOYCE TOET

WHAT’S

INSIDE

QUOTE OF

THE MONTH"All life is an experiment."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

MCC Hires New Dean of

Technology Division

Clark Harris, New Dean of Technology

at MCC

A locally celebrated storyteller and downtown Flint marketing guru will be the special guestsfor the June 13 installment of the Mott Community College Lifelong Learning for Seniors Program,"Flint History." Alfreda Harris, a storyteller who has collected 600 stories about life in Flint'sbygone days for the Sloan Museum exhibit "A View from the Front Porch," and Lynn Smith, coordi-nator of various marketing initiatives designed to promote key events, projects and developmentactivities in Flint's downtown area, will be featured at the MCC Lifelong Learning for SeniorsProgram scheduled for 9:30 am Friday, June 13, 2008 at MCC's new Event Center, located adjacentto the Mott Library. Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased by calling (810) 762-0390.This event is open to the public.

Flint History Featured Topic at

Lifelong Learning Program, June 13

Heather S. Sisto received an award for ten years of service asMCC's Honors Program Coordinator. The award was presented atthe May 19th Board of Trustees Meeting by Vice-President ofAcademic Affairs Amy Fugate. Heather and two honors studentsthen gave a presentation about the Honors Program for the Boardmembers.Dr. Brian Ivory, MCC Counselor, was an invited speaker at theFaCIT Conference on Teaching, Learning and Civic Engagement,May 18-20 in Mt. Pleasant and and presented the following work-shop: "Active Learning Strategies that Acclimate Students to YourClassroom Culture."

Administrative Assistant Melanie Kolacheck in Counselingand Student Development (CASD) lets us know that CASD admin-istrative assistant Marie Luck is now Marie Luck-Allard!Congratulations to the new bride, who was married on May 2.

CASD Staff Assistant Lori Wcisel lets us know that herdaughter, Michelle, an MCC alumni, recently graduated with hon-ors from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science inZoology, Animal Behavior & Neurobiology with a minor in MarineBiology. Michelle has accepted a summer position with theUniversity of Florida, supervising undergraduate interns in the SeaTurtle Program monitoring the beaches of St. Joseph Peninsula.She has also been accepted into the South African Marine PredatorLab's post-graduate internship program and in February will travelto Mossel Bay to join their research project on great white sharks.

Fine Arts Prof. John Dempsey has paintings in the SaginawArt Museum's Fifth Annual Michigan Invitational exhibition,"They Practice What They Teach: A Selection of Recent Paintingsfrom Michigan College and University Faculty" to be held June 29through Sept. 8, 2008. The Museum will host an opening receptionfor this exhibition on Sunday, June 29, from 1 pm to 5 pm.

Mott Library Services Director Denise Hooks has news fromher area. Several months ago, Reference and Archives LibrarianDiana Hiles provided information from the College Archives toEmily Zilber, Graham Collections Fellow at Cranbrook ArtMuseum. Cranbrook is doing a book and exhibit on RichardDeVore, a former instructor in the Department of Ceramics at FlintJunior College, from 1957 to 1966. "Ms. Zilber’s reaction uponreceiving the materials indicated that Diana’s work was outstand-ing." Denise added. "She said, 'I received the DeVore CD yester-day, and have just had the chance to look at it this morning - whata treasure trove of information! Thank you again for your time andeffort on the project.' " Richard DeVore: Retrospective and "LastWorks" runs from June 14 to Sept. 14, 2008 at the Cranbrook ArtMuseum, 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills.

Prof. Bettie L. Goodman of the Business Division, attendedthe 2008 National Business Education Association AnnualConvention in San Antonio, Texas from March 19-22, 2008. Thisconvention, composed of business educators throughout the U.S.and several foreign countries, including Poland, Canada, Irelandand the Faroe Islands, had approximately 1,900 in attendance. Theconvention theme was “Educating for Success in Business andLife,” and Prof. Goodman attended more than 15 sessions.Keynote speakers included John Kasich, host of the Heartland onthe FOX News Channel; William C. Bosher, DistinguishedProfessor of Public Policy and Education and the ExecutiveDirector of the Commonwealth Policy Institute, and LaDonnaGatlin, a motivational speaker who grew up on stage singing withher brothers -- the legendary Gatlin Brothers. Some of the mostinteresting sessions and those that Prof. Goodman found useful forclassroom instructions were: “Creative Teaching Strategies: WhatWe Have for You and What You Can Give to Others;” “Microsoft

Office 2007: Tips and Tricks;” “Online Course Delivery;”“International Experiential Learning;” and “Motivating Students:What You Can Do Monday.” Prof. Goodman was presented withthe Past President Plaque in appreciation for her leadership andservice to the International Society for Business Education from2006 – 2008. She was the first African American to serve in thiscapacity for this organization.

Mike Glynn, Livingston Center site director, completed theLeadership Livingston program hosted by Cleary University,Howell. Mike and 13 other community leaders participated in thenine-month program that began last September. Each monthly ses-sion addressed a specific community issue, including the nature ofleadership, leadership in action, education; health and human serv-ices; the justice system; local and state government and the chal-lenges to the future of Livingston County. Mike led four othermembers of the group in a Community Service Project as part ofan inmate literacy initiative. The group recorded inmates of theLivingston County Jail reading a book they had written titled,“Sweet Dreams.” Two copies of the book, crayons to color theillustrations, a portable CD player and an audio CD were thendelivered to the inmates' children. After the child colored the illus-trations, one of the books was returned to the jailed parent. Theproject was designed to help bridge the gap created between a par-ent and child when the parent is incarcerated for an extended peri-od of time. For more information about the program, please call oremail Janet Filip at (734) 929-9107 or jfilip@cleary.edu. You canalso visit the website at www.leadershiplivingston.org.

Ellen's Closet is closed for inventory during spring and sum-mer semesters, but is still accepting donations. It will reopen in thefall. Ellen's Closet provides free professional attire to MCC stu-dents. For information, call the Business Division at 762-0429.

A hearty MCC welcome goes to the following new employees:Public Safety Officers Calvitta Collins and Derek Wilkes, whoboth started work on April 25. Welcome, Calvitta and Derek, to theMCC Family!

MCC’s Kearsley Park Project is again presenting its annual“Shakespeare in the Park” for the 5th year at the park pavilion.This year’s production - “Taming of the Shrew” – includes MCC’sMichael Kelly in the cast. Performances on Thursday, Friday andSaturdays (June 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21) are at 8 pm and Sundays(June 15 and 21) are at 2 pm. Thursday performances are free.Friday, June 13 is the special Gala Benefit with champagne, straw-berries and cream (tickets $25) while tickets for other performanc-es are $10. Tickets are available at door.

Around Campus

Did you misplace your last copy of The Connection? Did yourecall an interesting article in a past copy of the Library Notes?Wasn’t there a recent health notification email you wanted to sharewith a friend and now you can’t find it?

The MCC website can help you find all of these. Just follow theNews & Events link from the home page www.mcc.edu. From hereyou can follow the Newsstand link and access all of the regularlyissued MCC publications, both current and archived issues. You canalso check The Flint Journal headlines, see what CNN is reporting andcheck out several other news outlets.

The first link under the Noteworthy section of News & Eventstakes you to the Health Services page. MCC Health Services hasanswers you need regarding the latest health-related news and alerts.Press releases and fact sheets provided by the Genesee County HealthDepartment are also posted here. Get the facts about MRSA, BreastCancer, Cervical Cancer, and more. Be sure to bookmark News &Events and stay up-to-date with MCC programs and activities.

What’s New @mcc.edu

Please mark your calendars for the following events. Call theFoundation for MCC at 762-0425 for more information.

Women in Education TeaHosted by Citizens Bank, 11:30am to 1:30pm Thursday, June 19,MCC Event Center

Heritage Society ReceptionHonoring Planned Giving Donors, (by Invitation Only)5:30 to 7:30pm Thursday, June 19, Fandangles

Foundation for MCC Events

Employee of the Month

The Mott Community College TRIO Upward Bound Program iscurrently recruiting students for participation in its 2008-09 academicprogram. Applications for MCC's Upward Bound will be accepted untilJune 23, 2008. To obtain an application, call (810) 762-5117 or down-load at http://www.mcc.edu/pdf/upward/upward_app.pdf.

If you know students who will enter the 9th grade in the fall,attending any one of the following schools: Flint Central Academy,Flint Northern Academy, Flint Southwestern Academy, FlintNorthwestern Academy, Flint Holmes Gender-Based Academy, FlintWhittier Classical Academy, Beecher Middle/High School or HamadyHigh School, please encourage them to apply. To be eligible for participation in the Upward Bound program, candidates must have atleast a 2.0 GPA, meet specific income guidelines and/or have parent(s)who do not hold a bachelor's degree.

A broad range of free services and activities to students, includinginstruction and tutoring in several academic areas, ACT preparation,college visits and field trips, are offered by Upward Bound. Additionalservices include academic counseling, exposure to a variety of academ-ic programs and cultural events, mentoring and information provided onpostsecondary educational opportunities. For more information, call theMCC Upward Bound Office at (810) 762-5117.

Upward Bound

Recruiting Students

A surprised Nancy Beals accepts a plaque from Tim Broomfield.

Cheryl Bassett Assumes

Presidency of State's

Educational

Technology

Group

On May 15, 2008, CherylBassett became the President ofEducational TechnologyOrganization of Michigan (ETOM),a consortium of distance learning,information technology and audio-visual professionals throughout thestate. The group functions to lever-age state-wide purchasing power forcourseware and educational soft-ware and to offer professionaldevelopment and networking oppor-tunities with other community colleges and universities during theFall and Spring of each academic year. Cheryl has been an ETOMBoard member since 2006 and the Presidency is a one-year term. AsExecutive Dean of Educational Systems at MCC, she oversees theareas of Academic Computing, Distance Learning and MediaServices. She is also serving in the role of Interim ExecutiveDirector of Management Information Systems, which includes theareas of Application Systems, Help Desk and Network Services.

Nancy Beals, custodian and senior group leader with thePhysical Plant Department, has been chosen the OutstandingEmployee of the Month for April 2008. Nancy was described as a"self-motivated individual who seeks out ways to further improve thework that she does on a daily basis. She encourages others to dotheir very best and to take pride in their work and assists in helpingothers improve the quality of their services, which has made a posi-tive impact on the entire group." Congratulations, Nancy!

Celebrating Joyce Toet

The Toet family (center) accepts a plaque from MCC Board Chair, Lenore Croudy and SLBC Site Coordinator

Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez. A tree planting ceremony celebrating the life of Dr. Joyce Toet’s 27 years of service at MCC was held

May 29 at the Southern Lakes Branch Center.

JUNE 2008Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 18 19 20 21 22

Steel Head ConcertMMB AuditoriumConcert at 7 p.m.

Genesee Valley ConcertBand Rehearsal

MMB AuditoriumConcert at 6:30 p.m.

Lifelong Learning for Seniors

9:30 am - Noon Mott Library

Preparing for yourFinancial Future

11 am - 2:30 pmMott Library 1010

17

23

30

24 25 26 27 28 29

1401 East Court StreetFlint, Michigan 48503-2089

PRESORTEDSTANDARD

US POSTAGE PAIDFlint, MI

Permit NO 51

Summer Youth Job Fair

7 am-6 p.m.RTC 1003

Board of Trustees Meeting7 pm • ML 302

Sierra Club Meeting5:30-9:30 pm

Genesee Room

Flint River WatershedCoalition

8-10:30 amGenesee Room

Law EnforcementTraining

7 am-4:30 pmRTC 1301

Delta Gems Meeting12:30-1:30 pm

CM 1314

Delta Gems Meeting12:30-1:30 pm

CM 1314

VOICES4-8:30 pmCM 1301

Ruth Mott Foundation6:00-9:00 pm

PCC 109

Mr. R’s A+ DrivingSchool

3:30-5:30 pmNTC 106

Genesee Regional Chamber ofCommerce Meeting

7-10 amRTC 1301

Michigan Home BasedChild CAre Council

2-4 pmRTC 1109