September 2013 Edition

MOBERLY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Greyhound EXPRESS express@houndmail. macc.edu September 2013 www.macc.edu Inside Stories: News Law enforcement p 2 Art exhibit p 2 New Hannibal campus p3 9/11 Remembrance p 3 Sure sign of Fall semester MACC students at all campuses enjoyed activities in September during the annual Fall picnic By Aja Gross Express Staff Arts & Life The fall picnic was lots of fun for everyone. Faculty and students came together to eat and have fun. This year’s picnic Fall picnics p 4 was sponsored by the Student Government and funded by the Area 27 p 5 National Guard. The National Guard has been funding the picnic for the last few years. The fall picnic started in the 1980’s. It was held in Rothwell Voice Park until 1996 before being moved to the Moberly Campus How to get an A p 6 college parking lot to be more accessible to students. In the Student profiles p 6 past, events have included break-dancers, caroling, puppets, and dunking booths. This year National Guard supplied hot dogs and hamburg- Sports ers. Dr. James Grant, dean of Student Services and Lori Perry New coaches p 7 coordinated the fall picnic. They received help from servers: Greyhound Asst coaches p 8 Lynn Walker, Debbie Gosseen, Lisa Gentner, and grill master Cheerleaders p 8 Steven Buckert. Mallary Belt, a Phi Theta Kappa member, came back this year to enjoy another fall picnic. Her favorite parts of the picnic were "the food and the army booth where people were throwing things at you." The purpose of the fall picnic is to socialize, and this Students, faculty and staff participated in games and enjoyed bar- year’s picnic was a success. The student government is look- becue and give-aways at the annual student government picnic. ing to sponsor a foam party in the future. Page 2 News Sept 2013 Learning Artists featured in the law Jorgenson art gallery By Aja Gross Express Staff By Jermaine Morgan The law enforcement pro- Express Staff gram at Moberly Area Commu- Moberly Area Community College has a lot nity College has been established of upcoming exhibits in the art gallery this year. since 1996. According to Ron The art gallery, located in the main building on Dulany, director of the program, the Moberly campus, was recently renamed the the program has 23 students and runs 19 weeks. Students Jorgenson Gallery. meet Monday through Friday from 8 to 5 p.m. The gallery director and art instructor at The law enforcement program is governed by the depart- MACC is Mr. Andrew Glenn. ment of public safety. These students learn to handle domes- The Jorgenson gallery has tic disputes, juvenile situations, traffic stops, and building a lot to offer to MACC students searches. They also learn drug identification, use of firearms, as well to outside visitors. The state law, and constitutional law. The students are learning current exhibit is “Adaptations from instructors who are actively working in law enforcement. and Transformations.” This ex- The requirements to join the program are simple. Ap- hibition has a variety of styles plicants must complete a MACC school registration and be and concepts that one can look at least 18. at and know exactly what it is. A facility on campus allows students a place to practice Other pieces are more difficult their defensive techniques when restraining offenders. This to understand, but that’s art. It is where one on one interaction between the teachers and the should sometimes make one students takes place. think. John Murphy, a student from Mexico, Mo., is in the A jury panel of other artists program. He joined on August 1 of this year in hopes of be- selected the best work and de- coming a patrol officer. cided the artists for the gallery. According to Murphy, “ I have always wanted to be an The paintings in the gallery are officer, as far back as I can remember.” designed by two artists: David Since joining the program, he has learned lots of laws Spear and Harrison Bergerson. and basic fighting skills. He recommends this program for The exhibit is scheduled anyone interested in law enforcement. for Oct. 7-31, 2013. “If you know it’s something you want to do, it’s worth it." Those interested in art and This is one of the many amazing programs at Moberly experiencing new things should Area Community College. attend the art reception for the current exhibit on Oct. 10. Andrew Glenn, Gallery director Sept 2013 Campus News Page 3 New Hannibal campus set to open in January Construction underway at the new Hannibal campus. By Anna Banton MACC to lease and make and sink. The college is also Express Staff renovations to the former purchasing new table and The long awaited per- AT&T data center so that the chairs for this area. In addition manent campus for MACC college could continue to offer to the table and chairs in the Remembering in Hannibal is set to open for classes to the growing number student commons area, there By Kendra Gladbach spring classes in January. of students until the new build- will be tables and chairs placed Express Staff In 2000, Robert Clayton, ing is complete. at the front of the building One of the saddest days a member of the Chamber That time has finally along the windows and an in American history was of Commerce, approached come. The new Hannibal cam- outdoor patio area for those September 11, 2001 when the college about opening a pus location will be equipped who are waiting for their rides an attack was launched on American soil. It is a day that campus in Hannibal. Clayton with a science lab. This will or would like another place all Americans have etched in and MACC worked together allow science courses that re- to study. Additional comput- quire a lab to be offered during ers will be purchased for the their memory. to open a campus at the former the daytime, which will be a resource area and E-books Many small towns, cit- St. Elizabeth Hospital, which great change for the college will be available through the ies, universities, and col- was owned by Hannibal Re- and its students. For the past college’s website. leges plan activities and other gional Hospital at the time. 13 years, MACC has only been For those who like to events to commemorate that When Hannibal Regional able to offer science classes exercise, the Hannibal Re- historical day. Hospital sold the building, with a lab during the evening gional Hospital is expanding Moberly Area Com- MACC Hannibal was forced because it had to utilize the their walking trail to reach the munity College, along with to close its location there Hannibal and Palmyra High MACC campus. Bring your the city of Moberly, honored because the owner could no School labs. running shoes; you won’t have those who died on that day by longer afford the building. There will also be 10 to leave campus to get a bit of putting out American flags and statues. Large flags draped each “Thank goodness for the classrooms, student com- exercise in your day. end of the college and flags were at half-staff. Flags also lined Hannibal Public School sys- mons area, resource area, and As the number of students the streets of downtown Moberly in front of every business. tem,” said Wendy Johnson, adequate parking, which had grows, the new space will be According to Eric Ross, director of Plant Operations for the director of the Hannibal always been a problem in the able to accommodate those at- MACC, the college began to put the flags out to commemorate campus, “for allowing us to past. The classroom space will tending classes at MACC. The the tragic event 3 years ago. Other commemorations have utilize the vocational build- allow more classes to be of- opening of the new Hannibal included speakers who talk about this event and various ing over that summer while fered at the Hannibal campus. MACC campus is an event campus activities. looking for another temporary The student commons area the faculty, staff, students, and Madeline Thoroughman, MACC student, said, “When I location.” will have a refrigerator, mi- the city of Hannibal have been showed up on campus and saw all of the flags out, it was very Later, AT&T allowed crowave, vending machines, anticipating for 13 years. emotional to think about everything that happened on 9/11.” Page 4 Arts & Life Sept 2013 Scenes of Fall By Anna Banton Express Staff-Hannibal Dance music got the party started for the annual Fall Fling at the Hanni- bal campus sponsored by MACC. The theme: Football. What a perfect theme for this time of year! The Missouri National Guard made a beautiful flyer to advertise the event. Drawings for prizes included MACC t-shirts, sweatshirts, a football, and fall mums. Andrew Feketik and Cassidy Beard cast Pizza, cookies, and Pepsi prod- their ballots for student representatives. ucts were served to please all the students’ tummies. College representatives gave out free items such as water bottles, totes, as well as information about their college programs. “My favorite part of the Fall Fling this year was having pizza instead of hotdogs that were served at the Jacqueline Locke, Melissa Mauzey, George Osebreh, Danielle Magee, Rachel Spring Fling, and all of the free stuff, Falkner of course,” said Kalyn Surls. Most Groups of students gathered to enjoy the picnic: law en- students agreed.

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