Friends of the College

May 21, 2015 Friends of the College Celebrating the impact of a scholarship On May 13, the South Seattle College Foundation hosted the Friends of the College Celebration to acknowledge the achievements of Foundation scholarship recipients and to honor the generous donors who make their scholarships possible, as well as to announce the 2015 Outstanding Alumni Award winner, Jeff Maxfield, Executive Chef at the Space Needle and a 1997 graduate of South’s Culinary Arts program. Students were joined by family members, faculty and staff members and friends - all there to celebrate their success! The stories shared by recipients on the profound impact these scholarships had on their lives was truly powerful. Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award Winner Jeff Maxfield, Executive Chef, Space Needle South Culinary Arts Class of 1997 Page 2 New Staff!v and congrats to current staff in JOHN BoyLE LEON HASKINS new positions Labor Educator for the Washington State Labor Student Development Specialist – TRiO Student Education and Research Center – Georgetown Success Services Originally from the coal region of Pennsylvania, John moved Leon has been working as an interim in TRiO for the past six to Daytona Beach, Florida, in 2001 and started an organization months. He has introduced his skills and expertise in tutoring to register people to vote. His work there led to his election as and training to our new Tutoring and Transfer Center, along chair of the Volusia County Young Democrats and a volunteer with his passion for providing opportunities and access to organizer and lobbyist position with the Volusia Teacher’s underserved students in higher education. Since graduating Organization. He earned his Associate Degree from Daytona from the UW with a B.A. in American Ethnic Studies, he worked Beach Community College and transferred to the University of as an Education Coordinator for MESA (Math Engineering Florida where he continued his activism in numerous roles while and Science Achievement) at UW Seattle and Pacific Lutheran studying Political Science and City Planning. John has organized University in Tacoma, creating curriculum for STEM workshops for the Service Employees International Union in California and and managing Summer Math programs. His teaching experience Virginia as well as SEIU Local 6 and SEIU Healthcare 1199NW includes algebra, SAT prep and professional development in Seattle. Most recently John co-founded a social enterprise workshops for K-12 teachers. and published his first book, Rent-to-Own Your First Home: An American Dream Story. DIANE STRICK Program Specialist II – Enrollment Services BONITA CORLISS Diane brings many years of experience to her new position as the BAS Program Coordinator for Professional Technical Program Specialist II in the Enrollment Services Division. Diane Teacher Education and Sustainable Business Science holds 12 years of work experience in the Registration Office at Technology Programs – Georgetown North Seattle College and 14 years in the Registration Office at Bonita brings a wealth of experience as the new BAS Program South. In her new role, she will assume responsibilities previously Coordinator for Professional Technical Teacher Education held by Marla Coan, including quarterly reporting to the National and Sustainable Business Science Technology programs. Her Student Clearinghouse, SALT reporting, grade roster runs, grade career has always focused on adults and education whether as changes, and investigating duplicate student identification a Reference Librarian at Seattle Public Library, a retail trainer numbers. As a former student at South, Diane worked in the at Seattle Goodwill, an educator at King County Jail Health Women’s Employment Network (WEN) Office assisting students Services, Labor Management Coordinator for SEIU Training Fund, acquire interview and resume skills. program coordinator of the BTECH grant at Seattle Colleges, or an academic advisor for Professional Technical education as ELISEBETH “E.V.” VANDERWEIL part of the Institute of Business Technology at Bellevue College. Associate Dean - Georgetown Campus The essence of her career has focused on assisting adults learn EV brings her passion for education, organization, leadership, new skills that lead to better paying jobs in our ever changing and practicality together to serve the Georgetown campus and economic environment. Bonita is excited to be working with programs in innovative, hands-on ways. EV’s work has taken the BAS programs and students at Georgetown. She earned a her from public libraries to research centers, from universities to BA in History and a M. Librarianship from the UW, and a MA in Microsoft, and from Washington to West Virginia. She received her Organizational Psychology from Antioch University Seattle. doctorate in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University and has taught courses in leadership, research, and literature, as well as a We want to corporate trainer and consultant in organizational development hear a peep and assessment. She was Director of Undergraduate Leadership out of you! Programs at Mountain State University and Program Manager for American Indian Studies at Eastern Washington University. She also holds a M.A. in Language and Literature and a B.A. in English, both from EWU – and an A.A. from Spokane Falls Community College where she determined that she wanted to spend the rest of her life in college. If there’s something you would like to see in the next Update please contact Ty at: [email protected] Page 3 New Staff!v and congrats to current staff in HONGLI ZHao JOHN EKLOF new positions Office Assistant III – Center for International Education Coordinator for the Cultural Center Hongli has a Bachelor of Accounting from Renda University in John has been working in the position for three years on a Beijing and will soon graduate from South’s BIT program. Prior part-time basis. He brings a strong background of passion and to joining the CIE, she worked as a lab assistant in Computer knowledge in social justice and multiculturalism. He holds a Services. She is looking forward to using her experience as an Bachelor Degree in American Ethnic Studies from the University immigrant to the USA to help our Chinese students especially, of Washington. While at the UW he worked as Peer Facilitator, acculturate to South Seattle College and life in the USA. assisting faculty with classroom discussion and lead class in community organizing events. He has worked as a Lead at ANALEA BraUBUrgER the Wing Luke Museum where he provides attendees with Assessment and Continuous Improvement information about Asian American History, culture and art from Coordinator (half-time position)/ - Office of Planning the Pacific Northwest and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. He has been a public speaker for the last six years using and Research Spoken Word to reach high school and college students. Analea is currently a priority hire faculty member at South teaching Psychology. In her role as a Teaching and Learning KEavy GILBERT Center Associate (TLC-A) on campus, she led workshops on teaching engagement strategies, alternative assessment, rubric Program Coordinator - Center for International creation, and more. She was also overseeing Canvas training Education and currently is our Quality Matters lead for the campus. Keavy has been working at South part-time in the Center for Analea brings with her a background in assessment from her International Education since December 2013, and is now joining Ph.D. program in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the full-time staff as an International Admissions Coordinator. The Pennsylvania State University. She’s also been involved Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Keavy spent a year in curriculum design and assessment for Teach for America, living in the Republic of Ireland as an international student The New Teacher Project, the Louisiana Virtual School, and the while completing her B.A. from Boston College and went on to Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts (LSMSA). Analea complete her interdisciplinary M.A. in Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) who served almost three years in Honduras working on improving water systems In her current role, she processes international student and sanitation in Central America. She’s recently initiated a applications and serves as a Designated School Official within process for ensuring we keep our valuable institutional memory the immigration system, SEVIS. Keavy demonstrates exceptional here at South. We welcome Analea’s hard work and diversified communication skills, has a strong attention to detail, and talents into this position. provides outstanding customer service to prospective students, parents, and agent partners. Keavy loves being a representative NGOC CHUNG of the college for our international students and partners, and Program Coordinator - Financial Aid Services is looking forward to continuing to help students achieve their Ngoc moved to Seattle in 2004, from Vietnam. A South alum, dreams at South. she began in the ELL program and graduated with an Associate in Business in 2010. She transferred to Central Washington University to earn her Bachelor of Arts in Accounting in 2012. Ngoc has worked at South for a total of eight years; while attending South Ngoc worked as a work study student in the financial aid office and continued on as an hourly employee while attending CWU, and most recently she has worked as a Program Coordinator in Enrollment Services. In addition to her career, for the past four years Ngoc has been a tax volunteer with United Way and received recognition from the IRS. Ngoc is In the news passionate about learning new things and plans to continue her educational endeavors to pursue a Master’s degree. Links to news articles may be found in News & Press on South’s website. Click Here! Page 4 New Staff!v and congrats to current staff in AaroN JAMrosKI YUKI TaMUra-VANIER new positions Secretary Senior – Technical Education Program Coordinator, AANAPISI/Title III - Aaron brings extensive knowledge of South from multiple Student Services valuable perspectives and experiences.

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