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Happy Holidays! Caleidoscope faculty, staff & student newsletter December 2003 Number 477 ABC visits CCCCD: ‘Media Matters with Peter Jennings’ features local students ABC News anchor Peter Jennings visited the the visit by Jennings blended perfectly with the Spring Creek Campus in November to college’s “service learning” program. “Service is moderate a dialog between CCCCD students a core value of our college, and we have many and a panel of local journalists. initiatives in place to demonstrate the value of This special town hall meeting, titled “Media becoming civically engaged. Watching the news Matters with Peter Jennings,” was brought to or reading the newspaper is a basic component our campus courtesy of the national network of being informed about the events that affect in New York and its local affiliate, WFAA our lives. Through this town hall, our students Channel 8 in Dallas. The program was saw evidence that their opinions do matter.” broadcast locally on Nov. 23. “This was a tremendous opportunity for our The CCCCD discussion, where students students. They were very excited to have the posed questions to journalists, explored the chance to interact with journalists of this relationship between college students and the caliber. We are very thankful to ABC officials media. The panel of journalists included for placing a priority on higher education,”said WFAA anchor Gloria Campos, WFAA senior CCCCD Board of Trustees chairman Jennings “warms-up” the audience of students prior to the taping. reporter Gary Reaves, WBAP radio talk show Sam Roach. host Mark Davis, Tom Huang, editor of the “Hosting Mr. Jennings is a great honor for In all, there were 14 questions from students There were also questions about aggressive Texas Living section of The Dallas Morning our college,” said college trustee Cindy Bauge. during the 44 minutes of taping. Questions ran investigative reporting techniques, political News, and Morning News reporter Coleen “It gives the board a great deal of pride to see the gamut from presidential illnesses and the participation, the so-called biased press, McCain Nelson. the spotlight shine on our wonderful student media's reluctance to cover them, to a simple alternative news sources, international According to CCCCD president Cary Israel, body and award-winning college.” definition of media literacy. Continued on page 4 Center for Civic Engagement and Scholarship launched The Center for Civic Engagement and Scholarship held its Q. What got you interested in dedicating your professional inaugural event in November with a visit by Dr. Edward life to this subject? Zlotkowski, professor of English at Bentley College and a senior A. A conviction, based on classroom experience, that for the faculty fellow at Campus Compact. majority of students, chalk and talk are not enough to produce Campus Compact is a national organization dedicated to deep learning. promoting service learning, learning communities and the Q. What interesting things have you discovered from your entire spectrum of student-community partnerships. Dr. research? Zlotkowski spoke on “Revitalizing the Spirit of Democracy A. Students are being challenged not simply to learn for through Civic Engagement,” before moderating afternoon themselves but to learn in a way that cascades that knowledge breakout sessions with administrators and faculty. down—and the kind of ripple effect that has on students in their The purpose of the new Center for Civic Engagement and sense of their responsibility to other learners, and the fact that Scholarship is to bring together faculty, students and they can themselves be knowledge producers and not just community partners involved in academic initiatives that focus knowledge consumers. on scholarship, leadership and volunteerism. The Center aims Dr. Zlotkowski (left) poses with Regina Hughes, director I was very moved by an example at Raritan Valley to increase the collaboration, and the flow of information, of the new CCES, and Cary A. Israel, CCCCD president. Community College. One of the faculty there that I spoke to between Texas Campus Compact, the statewide voice in such teaches developmental reading, and her colleagues said to her, initiatives, and CCCCD’s own civically minded programs, such to become community leaders. The center will be a “How could you ever do service learning in a class where as Service Learning, Learning Communities, the Honors clearinghouse for information and a community resource. students can’t read well to begin with?” And she said, for some Institute, the Student Leadership Academy, Emerging Scholars, One goal of the Center is to promote visiting speakers and of the students, whatever abilities they have, to be able to pass on CASMNS, Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Beta and the Student related activities around campus, like the visit by Dr. Zlotkowski. that knowledge has flipped over their entire mental image of Government Association. It is hoped that in-class discussions, assignments and follow-up themselves, in who they are and what they can do. Instead of Creation of the Center will help CCCCD fulfill one of its activities will be closely tied to such visits. seeing themselves as intrinsically needy as students, now all of long-term strategic goals, which is to “provide educational In this spirit , Caleidoscope conducted a short interview with the sudden they see themselves as people who can facilitate experiences that enable students to excel academically and to be Dr. Zlotkowski, asking him about his many years of research other people’s reading.... civically engaged.” Most importantly, it offers students a chance into civic engagement and service learning. Continued on page 2 2 CALEIDOSCOPE December Birthdays STAFF NEWS Dr. Paul May, associate professor of Carolyn Olsen, presented “Radical speech, has written a chapter in a book titled associate director Revision: Improving Vivian Gamblian 01 New Directions for Community Colleges: The of technical Advising and Mick Jobert 01 Role of the Community College in Teacher education, Retention in the Douglas Dunlap 02 Kansas Board of Janet Galantay 04 Education, about our Alternative Teacher Midst of a Budget Regents (right), Diana Hickman-Platt 04 Certification program. He presented a copy Crunch” at the presented Dr. Stephanie Wilson 04 to the board for the library and another copy National Academic Janet Jaworski Cynthia Duffer 05 for storage within the district. Advising Association Thomas Hudgins 05 the highest Dan Lipscomb 05 The National Council on Marketing and award given by conference last Linda Qualia 05 Public Relations (NCMPR) awarded the the National Association for Tech-Prep month. Mary Jane Gibbons 08 public relations department six medallions Leadership (NATPL) for promoting its program to CCCCD’s 2003 State Employee Lisa Delafield 09 students, parents and the community. Marisela Cadena-Smith 10 at the regional NCMPR conference in Charitable Campaign drive announced a Jennifer Parry 10 October. The public relations department said, “They did a great job of providing preliminary total of $24,263.50 in Patrick Schaefer 10 won three golds, two silvers and a bronze information and of incorporating contributions. Many SECC charities will Rodney Boyd 11 award in the categories of general news benefit from this generosity. Deanna Brown 11 technology into their message and story, promotional campaign, catalogs, Holly McCauley 11 maximizing its use.” The award was Donald Weasenforth, professor in Rebecca Crowell 13 brochures, and logos. CCCCD competed presented at the NATPL convention in English as a Second Language, presented Amy Gayhart 14 against some of the largest community Nashville, Tennessee. Roberta Jackson, “Contextualizing Grammar Instruction in Andrew Thomas 15 colleges in the southwest. ESL Curricula” at the 2003 annual Ceilidh Charleson-Jennings 16 assistant director, and Dr. Janet Jaworski, Teresa Danner 16 Matthew Ware Coulter, professor of executive director, attended the conference conference of College Academic Support Paul Lancaster 16 history, presented his research on “The and presented “Maximizing Your Website,” Programs. He discussed the importance of Mary Jordan 17 Roots of Palestine-Israel Issue” to the explaining how they increased website usage contextualizing syntactic structures in order Amy Lenhart 17 National Social Science Association at its for students to understand the discourse Sharon Burnett 18 in just a few months. While there, Dr. Nicholas Geller 19 October conference in San Francisco. Jaworski agreed to serve on the legislative level of the structures and thereby be given a Eva Jones 19 Coulter focused on developments in U.S. committee for NATPL. better opportunity to use the structures in Kristen Rose 19 policy toward Palestine during the Franklin extended discourse. He used original Dr. Jackie Hsu, instructional designer of Kathleen Mixson 20 D. Roosevelt presidency. He co-presented instructional materials to demonstrate Samuel Tullock 20 Teaching Learning Center, along with a senior with Professor Carol Jackson Adams of various ways to contextualize grammar Shirley Harmon 21 lecturer at University of Canterbury, New Ottawa University. Adams, formerly a instruction. Larry Maughan 21 Zealand, and an associate professor at Toni Jenkins 22 history professor at CCCCD, discussed U.S. Dana Wilson, associate professor in Warner Richeson 22 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, policy during the Truman presidency. English as a Second Language, published a Pyeper Wilkins 22 co-wrote