Northampton Magazine Fall 2007
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NorthamptonCommunity College Magazine Fall 2007 FroM the eDitORs WHAT BETTER WAY TO OBSERVE THE COLLEGE’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY THAN TO LET OUR EDITORS readers speak. We put the invitation out to people who have various sorts of connections to NCC, and the james l. JOHNSON replies came pouring in. You’ll find plenty of these letters on the pages that follow. paul JOLY As an NCC administrative staff member as well as a parent of a college student, this seems a good PULSE EDITOR/WRITER occasion to add my own comments. This year my son began his second year at the competitive studio heidi BRIGHT BUTLER production program in the music conservatory at Purchase College after two years at NCC. He was ac- cepted as a transfer student after a rigorous series of auditions and interviews. All the liberal arts credits CONTRIBUTING WRITERS paul ACAMPORA from his coursework here were accepted against the core course requirements at Purchase, and he readily kevin GRAY acknowledges that without his two years here at Northampton he could not have been accepted into the dr. robert j. KOPECEK program. Now he’s working with some top music producers in the New York area and this year he’s look- dr. karen CLAY-RHINES dr. richard c. RICHARDSON ing forward to a seminar where he’ll actually work in the studio with the world-famous Kronos Quartet. dr. arthur l. SCOTT As college administrators, we get to know the club officers, presidential ambassadors, student ath- mark WILL-WEBER letes, etc. who are most involved on campus. But my son’s NCC experience wasn’t as one of these CLASS NOTES COORDINATOR more connected students. He was a typical commuter student showing up for class, hitting the library nancy HUTT occasionally, grabbing pizza on the run back to his car. Even so, he moved on from here a very satisfied, well-served customer, and my wife and I couldn’t be more pleased with the way Northampton delivered on its promise to give him a solid academic initiation. ART DIRECTOR When our son enrolled at Northampton it was a refreshing change for us to begin hearing positive traci ANFUSO-YOUNG comments from him about the faculty and class work. He had attended public high school in another PRODUCTION COORDINATOR county, and comments we were used to hearing about his teachers sometimes made us wonder about their marianne ATHERTON competence and dedication; such as the math teacher who attended so many “professional conferences” CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS she seemed to miss more classes than she taught, leaving the class floundering by semester’s end. doug BENEDICT If anything, my involvement here made the positive comments about his NCC classes all the more ken EK impressive because he originally enrolled quite reluctantly after failing to follow through on some op- randy MONCEAUX tabitha PRIETO portunities in his senior year of high school that might have had him going away to college, which is what myra SATUREN he said he wanted to do. philip STEIN As his two years at NCC progressed, our son’s occasional offhand comments showing an instruc- bruce WALL tor was engaging his imagination grew into more regular animated discussions at home about what he was learning here. By his second year here, his philosophy and history professors had him reading quite voraciously and discussing newfound issues with us over dinner. PRESIDENT dr. arthur SCOTT The experience reinforces my own realization that we shouldn’t underestimate the value of the broad general studies/liberal arts coursework we offer here, nor of course, the quality of our faculty. The strong VICE PRESIDENT liberal arts academic core array we provide and the faculty who live to inspire students may not be widely INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT susan k. KUBIK associated with community colleges in the public consciousness. Be that as it may, college will always be about so much more than a means to a career. And this is one parent who’s grateful that Northampton NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY somehow offers so much more. u COLLEGE FOUNDATION BOARD CHAIRMAN john EUREYECKO PUBLISHER northampton community college foundation 3835 green pond road bethlehem, pa 18020 COVER PHOTOS TOP-NCC STOCK/BOTTOM-PHILIP STEIN/RIGHT-RANDY MONCEAUX STEIN/RIGHT-RANDY STOCK/BOTTOM-PHILIP TOP-NCC COVER PHOTOS 1967 Elvis Presley and Priscilla The Beatles release “Sgt. 400 million viewers watch The fi rst automatic cash Thurgood Marshall is sworn Beaulieu are married in Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club “Our World”, the first live, machine (voucher-based) in as the first black justice Las Vegas. Band”, one of rock’s most international, satellite is installed in the office of the U.S. Supreme Court. acclaimed albums. television production. of the Barclays Bank in Enfi eld, England. CoNTents 10 OUR PRESIDENTS The beginning, the becoming, the reason for being. 18 2.4.6.8. WHO DO WE APPRECIATE? Alumni, staff, faculty and students tell us exactly what they think! 26 GENERATIONS Like her parents before her, sophomore Ellen Stocker found Northampton a good fit. 02 PULSE: Campus News and Scuttlebutt 02 A College On A Mission 03 Off To A Fast Start 04 Get On Board 05 Flashback To Summer 06 Thanks A Million 08 Teaching Goes High-Tech 09 Happenings 28 ALUMNI NOTES 29 Alumni Today 30 Donor Profile: Steve Hovey 32 Alumni Profile: Steve Dolak 34 Donor Profile: Kiwanis Club of Palmer Township 40 In Memoriam 1968 1 Rowan & Martin’s The Boeing 747 makes Martin Luther King, Jr. is The soap opera “One Life to Republican challenger “Laugh-In” debuts its maiden flight. assassinated at the Lorraine Live” premieres on ABC. Richard M. Nixon defeats Vice on NBC. Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. President Hubert Humphrey. PuLSe Campus NEWS and Scuttlebutt Looking Ahead OuR MiSsiON WHY ARE WE HERE? And Where Are We Headed? vision, values and diversity described as “involvement statements. They are printed in and collaboration with in full on the back cover of the college, local and global the magazine. communities.” The most substantive The diversity statement changes can be found in the reflects the principles that vision statement. Believing have guided a college that that the goals set forth has become home to the most years earlier had already diverse student body in the been achieved and are now region. It recommits NCC “operational,” the task force not only to recruiting and decided to focus on “what retaining a diverse student NCC wants to be in ten or body, faculty and staff and more years,” Kern explains. to promoting a campus NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY in students, the 2007 version The new vision is bold, aimed climate where respect for and College begins its 41st year strives for simplicity. at making Northampton one appreciation of differences with a new mission statement “We wanted our new of the leading community are priorities, but also to crafted over a nine-month mission to be edgy, hard- colleges in the nation. making sure that services, period with input from hitting, ‘grab you,’ and easily The values statement organizational structures, students, faculty, staff, alumni remembered,” says Carolyn continues to emphasize and college policies address and trustees. It was formally Kern, the dean of allied health attributes that have been diverse needs. adopted by the Board of and sciences who co-chaired important at NCC since the To see how much or how Trustees in June. the Mission, Vision, Values start: quality, innovation, little NCC’s mission, vision, The previous mission and Diversity Task Force accountability and integrity. and values have changed over statement weighed in at a hefty with Associate Professor New to the list as the College the years, read the reflections 126 words. The new one is of Business Law/Paralegal matures are sustainability, of the College’s founding a lean 31. Instead of spelling Studies John Thomas. defined as “continuity president, Dr. Richard C. out all the skills and attributes The task force also at every organizational Richardson, Jr., starting on the College seeks to instill updated the College’s level,” and engagement, page 10. u LEFT-PHOTO BY RANDY MONCEAUX/RIGHT-PHOTO BY BRUCE WALL WALL BRUCE BY MONCEAUX/RIGHT-PHOTO RANDY BY LEFT-PHOTO 2 1969 Sirhan Sirhan admits that he Hee Haw debuts on CBS. Project Apollo: The Eagle Members of a cult led by Monty Python’s Flying killed presidential candidate lands on the lunar surface. Charles Manson murder Circus airs its first episode Robert F. Kennedy. The world watches in awe as actress, Sharon Tate and on the BBC. Neil Armstrong takes his his four others in Los Angeles. toric first steps on the Moon. A Glorious Beginning BriEFs OFF TO A FAST START The 2007-2008 academic year is underway; NCC is making history as well as celebrating it, with … ■ Record enrollment (9,500 +) ■ A moment in the spotlight separate divisions. tical nursing program con- ■ 35 new full-time faculty and for the NCC softball team dur- ■ Radiography majors Lytrese tinuing accreditation through staff (including an American ing “Salute to the Champions” Pratt and Ann Strekel had an 2015, commending the Col- record-holder in the hammer night at Citizens Bank Park article published in “RT Im- lege for committing to the throw, a published author, and ■ The adoption of new mission, age,” a journal read by radiog- highest standards in nursing the former captain of fire-res- vision and values statements raphers all over the country. education. cue at McMurdo Station in (see back cover) The report was based on ■ Cisco Systems, known Antarctica) research they did on the risks worldwide as a leader in com- ■ Planning for a brand new but wait,there’s of cosmic radiation on airline munications technology, rec- campus in Monroe County MORE! passengers and fl ight crews.