1998-99 Annual Report
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PLANNING IN PROGRESS 1998-99 ANNUAL REPORT CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE TABLE OF CONTENTS Presidents’ Message............................................2 The Year in Review ............................................3 Programs .............................................................4 Faculty/Staff......................................................10 Students .............................................................14 Alumni ...............................................................16 The Calhoun Foundation................................17 Foundation Projects .........................................18 Foundation Board of Directors.......................24 The Financial Picture.......................................26 Foundation Donor List.....................................28 How to Contribute............................................36 Calhoun Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate’s Degrees and Certificates Calhoun is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges and the Alabama College System 1 PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE The year 1998 is certain to be reports for the College and the remembered as one of the most Foundation. Inside the following exciting in the history of Calhoun pages, we will recapture many of Community College. the highlights of the past year. During the past year, and This look back at 1998 not only with the support and assistance of serves as a reminder of the many many community and corporate accomplishments realized by the partners, Calhoun has positioned college, but more importantly, itself as one of the premier two- helps to provide a foundation for year colleges in the southeast. us as we enter the new millenni- From our corporate partnerships um. with such industry leaders as The This is truly the most exciting Boeing Company and NASA, to time ever in the history of Cal- our outstanding educational and houn Community College. By training programs, to our impres- working together, we can ensure sive faculty and exceptional stu- that the education and training dent leaders, Calhoun has needs of our community are ade- continued to build on its reputa- quately met well into the next cen- tion for excellence in teaching and tury. service. When we consider the many Thank you for your support. partnerships in which the college is involved, one of the most sig- nificant is that with our Founda- tion. Since it’s inception almost 25 years ago, the Calhoun Foun- dation has provided over $4 mil- Richard G. Carpenter, President lion in support of academic Calhoun Community College programs, faculty enhancement, student scholarships, campus beautification and endorsement for the College. To further demonstrate the Dan David, President true nature of this partnership, this Calhoun Foundation year we have combined the annual 2 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Many outstanding programs, group was named the “Most Out- activities and events helped to standing Chapter” in the nation shape 1998 and to make it one of among two-year colleges. And, the most memorable years ever in the college’s partnership with The Calhoun’s history. Boeing Company was the subject A myriad of significant of news articles all across the events brought local, state, and country. national attention to the college Many of the programs and during 1998. For an unprecedent- personalities from the past year ed fifth time, a Calhoun Commu- are featured in the following pages nity College student was of this look back at 1998. recognized as one of the top two- year college students in the entire nation. The college’s record-set- ting women’s softball team earned Calhoun’s first national softball title when it won the National Junior College Athletic Associa- tion’s Slow-pitch Softball champi- onship. Calhoun dental assisting student Karla Faulkner was hon- ored as first place winner in VICA’s National Skill Olympics. The college’s BACCHUS (Boost Alcohol Consciousness for the Health of University Students) 3 PROGRAMS Development of Technology Park on Schedule During the past year, progress The Advanced Manufactur- The Aerospace and Advanced has definitely been on the fast ing Center makes up Phase III of Technology Park initiative is one track for the College’s Aerospace the Technology Park project. of the most innovative and impor- and Advanced Technology Park. While plans for the Aerospace tant projects to be undertaken by Originally, the College’s concept Training Center are proceeding, an educational institution. This for integrating aerospace and the College’s Foundation is cur- $40 million project represents a advanced manufacturing programs rently securing private funding for true partnership among education, consisted of one elaborate build- the construction of the second business and the private sector and ing. However, as excitement for a phase. To date, over $1,000,000 will help to solidify Calhoun’s multi-center complex grew, the from various sources has been place as a world-class leader in College and its many community committed to the building of the economic development. and corporate partners saw the Advanced Manufacturing Center. need for more of a “park-like” concept. Technology Park, to be built in three phases and comprising Advanced Manufacturing three distinct but interrelated cen- Training Center 2002 ters, will focus on the emerging technologies and services which local employers have indicated will be required as we enter the 3 next millennium. The Park’s three centers will include the Boeing Aerospace Training Center, the Advanced Manufacturing Center, and the Center for Visualization Technology. Phase II of Technology Park 1 2 will consist of a Center for Visual- Aerospace Training Center for Visualization ization Technology. In support of Center Technology this portion of the project, the Col- 2000 2001 lege has received a research and planning grant from the National Aerospace and Advanced Science Foundation. Current plans are for the College to pursue Technology Park additional federal funding for the completion of this phase of Tech- nology Park. 4 Calhoun/Boeing Partnership Reaps Big Rewards for College Calhoun’s highly publicized instruction. The program also will partnership with The Boeing provide enhancement training for Company has proven to be a “shot individuals seeking skill advance- in the arm” for the local economy ment in current aerospace-related and a state-of-the-art aerospace positions. training facility for Calhoun. The “This project is truly a part- Aerospace Training Center, Phase nership between Calhoun and The I of the College’s Technology Park Boeing Company,” said Dr. Car- project, began as part of the State penter. “It literally redefines Cal- of Alabama’s incentive package to houn and positions us as a major bring the Boeing plant to this area. player in economic development Left to right: Jake Volkert, Boeing Huntsville; Dr. Gary Green, Funding for the building is for the area,” he added. Calhoun; Scott Strode, Boeing Delta IV plant, Decatur; Dr. coming from a $28 million com- Calhoun’s relationship with Mary Yarbrough, Calhoun; Mike Bunney, Boeing Delta IV mitment made by the state, which Boeing began in early 1997 when plant, Decatur. Boeing representatives present $6,000 to Calhoun for education grants through the Tech Prep Con- includes $6 million for the actual the Morgan County Economic sortium. building, $10 million for training Development Association asked operations, and $12 million for the College to provide information equipment. Construction of the on possible training opportunities Aerospace Training Center will which could be offered to a then begin the summer of 1999, with unnamed industry considering a the groundbreaking scheduled for move to the area. That “unnamed” early July 1999. The Center will company was eventually revealed train Boeing workers in aerospace to be Boeing. engineering technology, air frame systems, logistics and operations planning and quality assurance technology. In addition to serving as the Ren Jones of PH&J Architects reveals building’s architectural renderings during news conference last spring. site for the Boeing training, the facility will house several technol- ogy programs to be offered by the College. Specifics for the curricu- lum for a two-year degree in Aero- space Technology are currently being approved. According to College officials, the Aerospace Technology degree program will prepare graduates for employment in aerospace and related industries through classroom and laboratory Aerospace Training Center 5 PROGRAMS Semester Conversion AmeriCorps Grant Running Smoothly Awarded to College Perhaps one of the most sig- Last fall, U. S. Congressman nificant changes the College has Bud Cramer announced during a ever experienced was its conver- news conference at the College sion last fall to the semester sys- that Calhoun had been selected to tem. While many colleges and receive a three-year, $725,000 universities across the country grant from the Corporation for have been on the semester system National Service to initiate an for years, two-year colleges in the AmeriCorps program. The Col- state of Alabama were among the lege was recently notified of the last educational institutions to con- approval of the second year of vert. (Shelton State Community funding for this program, which Congressman Bud Cramer announces AmeriCorps grant College in Tuscaloosa converted involves a partnership among Cal- award. to semesters several