SEPTEMBER 2017 College recognizes most outstanding employees

Kilgore College honored its Most Outstanding Employees at opening day ceremonies this year. Each year, KC employees vote for peers who they think are “most outstanding” at what they do. Categories include Executive/ Management/Supervisory; Professional/Technical/Support; Administrative/Office Support; DR. BRENDA KAYS KAREN SCIBONA LAURA BOGENSHUTZ ANNA NIMZ and Faculty. President Professional Support Assistant Coordinator Head women’s Arts & Mathematical Sciences Administrative & Student Services basketball coach Executive/Management/Supervisory Administrative/Office Support Professional/Technical/Support Faculty

KC holding open forums for VP of Administrative Services KC mourns loss of instructor Dr. Rob Williams & CFO job candidates He was a favorite among students, known for his wit and sense KC is hosting open forums to give The family has requested of humor - or as one student instead of flowers to make faculty and staff the opportunity described him online, “Dr. Frank R. a donation to flood relief to learn more about three finalists (Rob) Williams was fall-out-of-your- efforts. vying for the job as the next chair-laughing funny.” The family also asks Vice President of Administrative Williams, longtime psychology for those who attend Services and Chief Financial instructor at Kilgore College, passed the celebration to share Officer. an anecdote about Rob, away Aug. 31 in Kilgore. Two more open forums are but no one should feel His wit and humor will be missed scheduled for 4:15 p.m. on obligated to do so. by his KC Family. Tuesday, Sept. 5, and Thursday, He is survived by his wife Sept. 7. Cheryl, daughter Becca and his The forums will be held on the grandchildren Tyler and Mariah. second floor of the McLaurin A celebration of life for Williams Administration Building. will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, KC faculty and staff are invited Dr. Rob Williams was a favorite among KC students. Williams passed away Aug. 31 at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. at the age of 70. File Photo/KC to attend the forums to learn more and ask questions of the candidates. Party in the Plaza, sponsored by KC Campus Ministries, was held Aug. 22 at the Lee Mall/Mike Miller Plaza. Hundreds of KC students and employees Party in the Plaza: attended the event. Photo by Jamie Maldonado/KC

Photo Above: Laura Williams speaks to faculty, staff and administration Aug. 30 during the first open forum for finalists for the position of Vice President of Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer. Staff Photo/KC President’s Perspective by Dr. Brenda Kays Welcome New Employees! GUIDED PATHWAYS... Arts & Mathematical Sciences: Christopher Brandt Christopher Brandt, math instructor. Math instructor From Theory to Practice, Phone: (903) 988-7538 Office: Engineering Science, 305 then on to Impact [email protected]

During convocation, we talked at length about Dr. Travis Jaquess, history instructor. Phone: (903) 983-8624 Guided Pathways and why it was crucial, from Dr. Brenda Kays Dr. Travis Jaquess Office: Old Main, 209 History instructor both a student as well as an institutional vantage [email protected] point, that Kilgore College adopt the Pathways model. The data, our data, Brian Johnson, history instructor. definitely underscores the urgency of ensuring that our students start out on Phone: (903) 983-8675 a structured pathway to completion. Office: Student Support, 203 [email protected] Many times though, it is not the impassioned speakers nor the black Brian Johnson History instructor and white quality of our student data that really drives home the “why” of Jonathan Kaan, music instructor. Guided Pathways. Instead, it is the voices of our students, as they recount Phone: (903) 988-7519 personalized experiences with the institution, that really drive home why a Office: Turk Fine Arts Center, 6 cultural change is imperative. [email protected] I was reminded of that fact last week during a conversation that I had with Dr. Stephanie Laszik, English instructor. Jonathan Kaan Dr. Staci Martin. Dr. Martin worked in the Office of Admissions and Registrar Phone: (903) 988-3727 Music instructor Office: Old Main, 110 during late registration last week and she told me about an encounter that [email protected] she had with a student. Six years ago, this student enrolled in courses at Kilgore College after graduating from Overton High School. Unfortunately, Dr. Zachary Marshall, director of the KC Chorale and music instructor. although goal-oriented by nature, she didn’t have a clear end goal or the Phone: (903) 983-8122 “why” of attending and finishing college. We didn’t start nor keep her on a Stephanie Laszik Office: Turk Fine Arts Center, 3 English instructor pathway to completion. [email protected] She was a bright individual whose test scores indicated that she was Dr. Meredith May, history instructor. college-ready. She took and passed four freshman courses, but felt that she Phone: (903) 988-3718 was floundering without clear direction. Hence, she dropped out after one Office: Old Main, 214 semester and later started work full-time in an entry-level position. [email protected] Zachary Marshall Turn the calendar ahead six years and she is now back for the fall 2017 Karen Morris, program leader/instructor, Music instructor semester with the goal of becoming a nurse. Unfortunately, she is no longer education & college success Phone: (903) 983-8292 able to go to school full-time as she must work to support herself. Imagine Office: Student Support Building, 204 where she could be today if she had been guided to a clear pathway from [email protected] the beginning. She could be finished with her nursing degree, gainfully David Rangel, assistant department chair employed, and earning a family-supporting wage. and math instructor. Meredith May Phone: (903) 988-7437 History instructor She is the “why” for Guided Pathways. Office: Engineering Science, 308 [email protected] Until next month, Public & Industrial Technologies: FOLLOW DR. KAYS ON TWITTER! Karen Morris @KCBrendaKays Tanton Johnson, auto tech instructor. Education Phone: (903) 983-8118 Office: Communications & Auto, 102 [email protected]

Alesha O’Steen, instrumentation & electrical technology instructor. David Rangel Office: Applied Technology Center, 202 Math instructor Phone: (903) 983-8133 [email protected]

Danny Ryan, process tech instructor. Phone: (903) 983-8294 Office: Applied Technology Center, 118 [email protected] Tanton Johnson Auto tech instructor New employees continued on Page 3

DATA: Did you know? Alesha O’Steen I&E instructor Twenty percent of 2016 high school graduates in the KC service area enrolled at KC in the fall 2016. Photo Above: Dr. Mike Jenkins, VP of student development, addresses KC faculty and staff at Data provided by the opening-day festivities Aug. 21. This year’s “eight” theme celebrated KC’s ranking as the eighth KC Office of Research and Institutional Effectiveness best community college in the nation. Photo Jamie Maldonado/KC Danny Ryan Process tech Instructor FACULTY STAFF Welcome New Employees! reports& Continued from Page 2 Heath Cariker, KCPD police Adult Education & Literacy: Latasha Goodwyn, director, Adult Education & Literacy. Latasha Goodwyn chief, reports that this year Phone: (903) 236-2003 AEL director KCPD is offering employee Office: KC-Longview Hendrix Building, 230E parking permits that are [email protected] windshield clings. If you would Vicki Sexton, instructor, Adult Education like to stop using the hang tag & Literacy. Phone: (903) 236-2090 and change to the new style, Office: KC-Longview Hendrix Building, 223 you may do so. However, if you [email protected] Vicki Sexton prefer your hang tag, you may AEL instructor continue to use it. The new Business Office: permits are to be placed above Lametra Barnes, support specialist, purchasing & accounts the vehicle’s registration sticker. payable. Phone: (903) 983-8112 Office: McLaurin Administration Building [email protected] Good News: Lametra Barnes Accounts payable Genae’a Dean, support specialist, cashier Phone: (903) 983-8108 The KC Upsilon Delta chapter of Sigma Kappa Delta (The English Honor Office: Devall Student Center, 1st Floor Society) has been designated as an Ivy Chapter for outstanding promotion [email protected] of the society and its mission on campus in 2016-17. Faculty members Magen Edmonson, support specialist, purchasing and sponsors of the chapter in 2016-17, Jason Graves, Heather Fitch Phone: (903) 983-8106 and Gus Lafosse, have been recognized by the national organization for Office: McLaurin Administration Building [email protected] Genae’a Dean their “dedication and steadfastness in keeping the Upsilon Delta Chapter Cashier’s Office active and thriving last school year.” Sigma Kappa Delta has 131 chapters Delinda Spencer, manager, accounts receivable. nationwide and Executive Director Sheila Byrd indicates that the KC Upsilon Phone: (903) 983-8106 Office: McLaurin Administration Building Delta chapter is a “leader among us.” [email protected] Latinos en Accion thanks the KC faculty, staff and students for supporting Athletics: the organization’s Taco Sale during Late Registration. LEA sold 631 Magen Edmonson Jake White, assistant coach, men’s basketball. Purchasing tacos over the two-day span and the students in the organization truly Phone: (903) 983-8604 Office: Masters Gymnasium appreciate your support. They hope it was a tasty start to your week! It [email protected] also thanks Aramark for helping the club with supplies. Sponsor of Latinos en Accion is Manny Almanza. Chris Godfrey, assistant coach, women’s basketball. Phone: (903) 983-8604 Office: Masters Gymnasium [email protected] News & Reminders: Delinda Spencer Accounts receivable Workforce Development/CE: Departmental business line now open at Cashier’s Office Jeremy Luther, support specialist, continuing education/ All three cashier windows are now open on a daily basis at the Cashier’s Office admissions & registrar. Phone: (903) 983-8198 to better serve the college. There is also one window now clearly marked and Office: Devall Student Center, 2nd Floor designated for departmental business only and two of the cashier windows [email protected] are now designated as student business.. The Cashier’s Office asks that all Jake White Frank Mosley, Jr., workforce development specialist, health Men’s basketball employees bringing deposits for college business to use this window. This sciences. will prevent employees from having to wait in the student business lines. Office: Engineering Science, 207 Phone: (903) 983-8645 Although the office is aware you will need to work around your schedule, [email protected] we are requesting that deposits are brought to the Cashier’s Office in the morning if possible. Also please try to refrain from bringing deposits between Christopher Terry, workforce development specialist, industrial technologies. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. when the cashiering staff is taking lunch breaks. Also, as a Phone: (903) 988-7452 Chris Godfrey friendly reminder, remember that no one other than Devall Center Business Office: Woodfin Applied Tech. Bldg. Women’s basketball Office employees are allowed inside the Cashier’s Office. All business must be [email protected] transacted at the window. East Police Academy: Update information online for Human Resources Maggie Martin, instructor, ETPA Phone: (903) 983-8256 If you haven’t already done so, please go online and update your information Office: Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Building for Human Resources. The online questionnaire only takes about five minutes [email protected] No photo available Jeremy Luther to complete. Instructions on how to update the form can be found by WDCE specialist clicking here. Financial Aid: Please don’t access O: drive computer files until Sept. 5 Angelita Rice, professional support assistant, financial aid. Phone: (903) 983-8641 Over Labor Day weekend, the IT Department will move everyone’s home Office: Devall Student Center, 2nd Floor folders (also known as the O: drive). This is being done for two reasons. First, [email protected] No photo available Frank Mosley, Jr. the storage unit holding this information is experiencing hardware failures due WDCE specialist to age. Second, the amount of storage space available on this unit is limited. The home folders will be moved to a new storage unit that has more Kilgore College Police Department: Christian Barajas, police officer, KCPD. available storage space. The movement of files will begin at 4 p.m. Sept. 1 Phone: (903) 983-8650 and continue until 1 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5. During this time, please do not Office: Devall Student Center , KCPD [email protected] access the files in your home folder. The departmental files (also known as No photo available the Z: drive) will be available and can be accessed. Chris Terry WDCE specialist SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER birthdays

9-03 Krystal Bridwell Calendar 9-03 Nancy Lamouroux 9-03 Michelle Sullivan 1, Campuses close at 2:45 p.m. 9-04 Holly Davis International Welcome Party, Lone Star, TX, 3:30 p.m. 9-05 Ricky Moser 4, Labor Day Holiday (Campuses closed) 9-06 Beverly Davis 9-07 Roland Blasini 5, Parker University Recruiter, DSC Hallway, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m. 9-07 Jimmy Rieves Open Forum-KC CFO Candidate, McLaurin Bldg, 4:15 p.m 9-09 Richard Crutcher 6, Upward Bound Summer Orientation, Devall Ballroom, 6:30 p.m. 9-09 Estonia Graves 7, KC Kickoff, Lee Mall/Mike Miller Plaza, 11:30 a.m. 9-09 Coy Lothrop 9-10 Charles Vanderbilt USAF Recruiter, DSC Hallway, Noon 9-12 Melissa Dobbs KC CFO Candidate Open Forum, McLaurin Bldg., 4:15 p.m. 9-15 Joel Laws KC Fire Academy No. 101 Graduation, Woodruff Bldg., 6:30 p.m. 9-15 Matthew Simpson 9, ACT Testing, Old Main Building, 8 a.m. 9-16 Chong Raif 9-18 Chris Brandt KC Softball Round Robin, Kilgore, TX, TBA 9-18 Richard Dugger Football vs. Arkansas Baptist College. Kilgore, TX, 7 p.m. 9-18 Starla Lumpkin 11, PTK Meeting, CA 104, 5 p.m. 9-19 Tony Means ETBU Recruiter, DSC Hallway, 10 a.m. 9-19 Diane Perkins 9-20 Jackie Hobbs 13, Softball vs. Hill College, Kilgore, TX, 1 & 3 p.m. 9-21 Melonie Bonner 14, Ranger Day, Lee Mall/Mike Miller Plaza, 11:15 a.m. 9-21 Mariane Hastie 16, Football at , Cisco, TX, 7 p.m. 9-23 Grace Kennedy 9-24 Falecia Halton 19, Community Concert: ABBA FAB, Dodson Auditorium, 7 p.m. 9-24 Meredith May 20, Softball at Weatherford College, Weatherford, TX, 1 & 3 p.m. 9-24 Sammy Wagner 23, KC Travel Softball Round Robin, Kilgore, TX, TBA 9-24 Glenn Wells Football vs. , Kilgore, TX, 7 p.m. 9-25 Ebony Allison-Dennis 9-26 Reggie Brazzle 25, PTK Meeting, CA 104, 5 p.m. 9-26 Kevin Kelley 27, Softball vs. Cisco College, Kilgore, TX, 1 & 3 p.m. 9-27 Chris Craddock 28, KCPD Speaker hosted by Residential Life, DSC Ballroom, Noon 9-29 Clifford King 30, Softball at LeTourneau Univ., Longview, TX, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. Football at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, Miami, OK, 6 p.m. Student organizes supply drive for hurricane victims Nick Gaviria, KC’s student He will president of Latinos en deliver the Accion, had several family items to the members who sustained Sheldon extreme damage to their ISD area of Employees encouraged to join TCCTA property during Hurricane Northeast All KC faculty are encouraged to join the Texas Community College Harvey. Houston Sept. Gaviria Teachers Association. Dues are $45 with $15 back from KC (If you Gaviria organized a supply 2. want the liability insurance, it’s an additional $55). Comprised of drive to help folks in the He is also coordinating educators from every teaching discipline, as well as counselors, Houston area by collecting efforts with a sheriff’s deputy librarians and administrators, TCCTA members come from all needed supplies for victims who is a personal friend and public and independent two-year colleges in Texas. TCCTA is the of Hurricane Harvey from KC is assigned to that precinct. largest organization of postsecondary educators in Texas. It helps faculty, staff and students. Thank you, Nick! lobby the Texas Legislature on your behalf. To join, contact Nina Verheyden for more information. Or join online at www.tccta.org. It’s not too late for employees to join KCEOPA Open to all KC employees, the Educational Office Personnel Association (KCEOPA) promotes professional development while providing members with a spirit of unity, a fun social environment and a sense of accomplishment. The association’s goals are to: (1) Raise funds for annual KC scholarships, (2) Deliver the highest quality of service to KC and the community and (3) Increase efficiency, grow professionally and communicate effectively. If you are not interested in becoming a member, you have the option to make a one-time scholarship donation. Annual dues are $10. Photo Above: Student Nick Gaviria speaks Sept. 1 with Bob Hallmark of KLTV news about the Hurricane For more info, e-mail Emily Hammett at ehammett@kilgore. Harvey supply drive he organized. Gaviria, a Marine veteran, said the Marines taught him not to run from a edu. crisis, but to run toward it to offer assistance. Jamie Maldonado/KC