Mott Community College nursing stu-dents, alumni and faculty came together recent-ly at Applewood Café for a memorable eventcommemorating the 50th anniversary of thecollege's Associate Degree in NursingProgram. In 1956, MCC (then Flint JuniorCollege) opened its doors to the first class ofAssociate Degree in Nursing (ADN) students.A total of 14 students entered in 1956 with 11graduating from that inaugural class in 1958,and since the program's inception, the numberof entering students, successful graduates andpractitioners continues to grow. To date, more than 4,000 nurses have graduated from MCC's ADNprogram, and 85 percent of nurses practicing in Genesee, Lapeer and Shiawassee counties are gradu-ates of MCC's nursing program.

The theme selected to commemorate the nursing program reaching the half-century mark was"Bridging the Past to the Future." MCC kicked off a two-year celebration marking this significant mile-stone initially on May 11, 2006, with an afternoon tea held in conjunction with the annual observanceof National Nurses Week. On June 21, 2007, an Open House showcasing the state-of-the-art HealthSciences Laboratory Complex housing patient simulators was presented, and on May 22, 2008, MCCNursing Program held the culminating event, a reception/reunion program commemorating the 50thAnniversary, recognizing the contributions of nursing students, alumni and faculty, past and present.

The program featured a nostalgic slide show of photos of nursing students and faculty from the50s to the present; a display of nursing memorabilia, including an early 1900's bedpan; old textbooks;surgical tools and an old nurse's uniform, complete with cap and shoes, graciously donated by MCCNursing alumna, Arie Carpenter, (class of 1961), who was recognized at the event. Jo Sukany Elliott,a member of that first graduating class of 1958, was present and recognized at the reception, as wellas Mary Ashley, class of 1959, who provided several photos and a 1958 class yearbook for the event.Sam Blomberg, the first male nurse to graduate from the program (class of 1959), was also recog-nized. Waunetta Remington, (class of 1958), also loaned several documents that were instrumental inhelping MCC Nursing faculty trace historical information.

Pamela Cislo, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer ofGenesys Regional Medical Center, and a 1971 graduateof the program when MCC was Genesee CommunityCollege, served as the keynote speaker for the event.Reflecting on her experiences as a nursing student atMCC, she gave a moving tribute to her nursing profes-sors and current MCC nursing faculty.

"What I remember the most are my nursinginstructors, and the lives they touch -- the hundreds ofmen and women in this most wonderful profession --who in turn impact the lives of thousands," Cislo said."The work you do will probably impact more peoplethan you'll ever know."

"I say this with pride as a Mott grad," added Cislo."Congratulations to MCC on the first 50 years, andmuch success in the next 50."

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MCC Celebrates 50th Anniversary of

Nursing Program

Sally Shaheen Joseph, MCC Board of Trustees mem-ber, (from left) joins Arie Carpenter of Flint, (MCC

nursing program’s class of 1961) and MCC Board ofTrustees member Celia Turner.

Pamela Cislo, Chief Nursing Officer ofGenesys, accepts a plaque from MCC Dean

of Health Sciences Patricia Markowicz.

Sociology Prof. Brenda Zicha, advisor of the MCC AlphaOmicron Iota Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the InternationalHonor Society of the Two-Year College, has been recognized by PhiTheta Kappa's Center for Excellence for five years of service to theMCC PTK chapter. In a letter addressed to President M. RichardShaink, Rod A. Risley, PTK Center for Excellence ExecutiveDirector, wrote: "We at Phi Theta Kappa's Center for Excellence owea tremendous debt of gratitude to our chapter advisors whose dedicat-ed service is responsible for the success of our local chapters.Advisors are truly the lifeblood of our organization, and we aredelighted to recognize them for their years of service. We are proudto honor Ms. Brenda Zicha for five years of service as an advisor ofthe Alpha Omicron Iota Chapter."

Institutional Research Coordinator Marty Goldstein lets usknow that Printing and Duplicating's Matthew Curtis and WendelBrandon received the Award of Education from Grand Blanc CitySchool. This award is given to an outstanding member or organiza-tion in the community that has had a positive educational impact onstudents at Grand Blanc City School. The Family Council at CitySchool issued the award to both Matthew and Wendel for their out-standing efforts in printing the City School Yearbook. “It is a verysmall school of choice within Grand Blanc Schools (less than 82 stu-dents)”, Marty added. The 4-H students at City School lay the year-book out using the www.snapfish.com web site and MicrosoftPowerpoint. When all of the Powerpoint pages are put together, alarge PDF file is made and given to Printing and Duplicating. Theseemployees do an outstanding job getting the book printed. The kidslove their book!"

Occupational Therapy Assisting (OTR) Coordinator WendyEarly shares news from her program. Jennifer Sopka, OTR part-time faculty member, recently had two books published: Play toLearn, Learn to Play: Multi-sensory Approach to Enhance the

Memorization of Capital Letter Formation and Play to Learn, Learnto Play: 40 Activities to Enhance Sensory/Fine motor Development inYoung Children. These books are intended for use by therapists, edu-cators, caregivers and parents who are working with children withspecial needs.

Fine Arts Dean Jessie Sirna provides an update on activities inthe Fine Arts Division. The Art Area offered a two week/four-daySummer Kids Camp during the month of June as an outreach projectfor children participating in the North End Soup Kitchen summercamp. This grew out of a class project of Graphic Design ProfessorMara Fulmer last summer. With the theme of “US History &Landmarks” this year, she was assisted by Ceramics Professor ThomBohnert and Graphic Design instructor Jim Shurter along with stu-dent assistants. Each day, approximately 30 campers engaged inhands-on traditional art activities, digital art activities and new ceram-ic component. The North End Soup Kitchen Camp provided trans-portation, lunch and supervision for the children during this project.

The current printmaking exhibition, "Printmakers WithoutBoundaries" at Buckham Gallery in downtown Flint creates an out-standing showcase for the Printmaking Program here at MCC. Worksby retired professor and chair Sam Morello, instructor MaryBirkmeier and eight advanced students are featured in the exibition.The show runs through July 3.

Jazz Professor Chuck Iwanusa recently performed with studentsat the "Keep Genesee County Beautiful" dinner and at the Flint GolfClub as part of the Buick Open festivities. Choral music Prof. MaryNieuwenhuis performed with the Carolyn Mawby Chorale in May ona program entitled "Made in America," which also included a solopart. Instrumental music director Mary Procopio is preparing to goto Haiti in July as part of her annual volunteer teaching experiencethere. Part-time music instructor Bruce Nieuwenhuis is the conduc-tor of the Genesee Valley Concert Band, which has performancesscheduled throughout July in and around the Flint area, inFrankenmuth and Mackinaw City.

Special Populations Coordinator Madonna Carpenter tells usthat students in the Special Populations (SP) program completed theirfirst community service event. On June 7, they helped with the SheilaReese Cancer Benefit which took place at Washington Elementary.The program was a success; more than $4,000 was raised to aidSheila and her family. The SP program would like to thank all of thefaculty, staff and students who donated either time or money for thisvery worthy cause.

Flint City Theatre will present Touch of the God Kissed byMegan Donahue. Theatre Instructor Dan Gerics is directing this pro-duction. Shows are scheduled Aug 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 8 pm at theGood Beans Cafe. Tickets are $7. For more information check in atwww.flintcitytheatre.com.

Around Campus

The MCC Science and Math Division is hosting a seminar designedto prevent laboratory mishaps by offering instructors an opportunity tolearn all about science lab safety. The Laboratory Safety Institute's 24-hour Lab Safety Short Course is scheduled to take place August 26 toAugust 29, 2008 at MCC. Participants will have an opportunity to learnabout the fundamentals of lab safety, how to avoid hazards, accidentsand injuries, and how to develop and improve their own lab safety pro-grams in compliance with the OSHA Lab Standard.

LSI was founded in 1978 by Dr. James A. Kaufman to provide safe-ty training for secondary school science teachers. Today, LSI has grownto become a National Center for Health, Safety and EnvironmentalAffairs, actively promoting safety in science education by offering a

variety of programs and services to assist educators, scientists and safetystaff in industry and academia at all levels. Dr. Kaufman, regarded as thenation's foremost authority on safety instruction in academia, is theauthor of Laboratory Safety Guidelines, which has become the world'smost widely distributed lab safety publication.

The registration fee is $695 for one person. A $625 early bird regis-tration fee is available now. Discounted fees for more than one partici-pant are also available: two to four: $620; five to nine: $550 and ten ormore: $475. Registration fee for MCC employees is $475. For moreinformation or to register, call Ana Adams at LSI at (800) 647-1977,email LSIAdams@aol.com or visit the website at www.labsafety.org.

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Employee of the Month

Sharon Ewles accepts a certificate of appreciationfrom Mark Kennedy and Dr. Shaink.

MCC Trustee Sally Shaheen Joseph(left) is congratulated by MCC Boardof Trustees Chair Lenore Croudy andMCC President Dr. Richard Shaink.

MCC Trustee SallyShaheen Joseph -- whosestory was featured in TheFlint Journal -- was amongthe proud graduates whowalked across the stage toaccept their degrees at thecollege's commencementceremony.

Joseph was amongnearly 400 graduating stu-dents from MCC whoshowed up at Flint's PeraniArena to accept theirdegrees in person at the col-lege's 2008 commencement ceremony. A total of 1,379 students wereeligible to graduate this year, and Joseph was one of them. As it turnsout, she had three Associate degrees coming to her that she neverknew she had earned.

The former Flint Township supervisor, an attorney who holdsdegrees from Cooley Law School and the University of Michigan-Flint, attended MCC from 1969 to 1972, concentrating on worktoward credits to transfer to a four-year institution. A recent conversa-tion with MCC administrators about students who don't pursuedegrees, led to a review of her records. It was then discovered that shehad earned enough credits to qualify for three Associate's degrees: onein general studies, one in humanities and another in science.

Elected to her first term of office on the Mott CommunityCollege Board of Trustees in 2007, Joseph brings over 25 years ofexperience in politics to MCC, serving as a Township Trustee,Supervisor, City Administrator, Personnel Director, Risk Manager andPurchasing Agent. She currently serves as an advisory board memberof the Flint Area Salvation Army; board member of PlannedParenthood of East Central Michigan, Planned Parenthood ofMichigan; Arab-American Institute, Executive Board and Arab-American Institute National Policy Council.

A former president of The Michigan Public Risk ManagementAssociation, Joseph has also served as board member of GeneseeCounty YWCA, Easter Seals, Michigan Women's Foundation, FlintArea Convention and Visitor's Bureau and the Fair Winds Council ofGirl Scouts of America. She is the recipient of Mott CommunityCollege's Carroll Clark Civic Service Award. She has also receivedRotary International's Paul Harris Award by the Genesee ValleyRotary and the Salvation Army's Hands of Mercy Award. She waschosen as the American-Arab Heritage Council's "Woman of the Year"in 2000 and was appointed to the Michigan Women's Commission inAugust 2003.

Sharon Ewles, Human Resources Staffing Manager, was selectedas the MCC Outstanding Employee of the Month for May. Describedas always upbeat and positive, epitomizing "the essence of the can-doattribute,” Sharon is constantly searching for and researching newsites to help the organization find applicants, especially diversityapplicants. In addition, Sharon's professionalism and expertise hasearned her a spot in the leadership of the new Higher EducationRecruiting Consortium. Sharon received a $50 Visa card, a certifi-cate and a balloon bouquet. Congratulations, Sharon!

MCC faculty/staffand students anx-iously await thenew restaurantscheduled to opensometime in Fall2008. Specialtiesinclude: soups,sandwiches and asalad bar.

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Steve Robinson, English Professor and AQIP Coordinator, hasfound a way to combat skyrocketing gas prices: intermodal commut-ing. He has been taking the bus or his bicycle to work. "What I do iscalled hybrid bus/bike commuting; also called "intermodal" commut-ing," he said. According to MapMyRide, he figured his daily car com-mute is 12.33 miles, for a round-trip total of 24.66. According towww.fueleconomy.gov, the fuel to drive 25 miles is 1.25 gal, or $5.09based on today's fuel cost of $4.07/gal. He takes a more direct routeon his bike. "My bike commute is 8.63 miles," Steve added. "Mostdays I will ride the bus/bike to work and ride all the way home." Thewebsite www.mapmyride.com helps users find a safe and direct routeto/from work or to/from an MTA bus stop. The MTA bus routes andschedule are at www.mtaflint.org.The bus costs $1.25."As far as I amconcerned, that #9 bus is going past my house toward the collegeevery morning whether I am on it or not," Steve said. "I might as wellbe on it."

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