VOLUME 10 EncountErs ISSUE 1 WINTER 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE NEW Culinary Center Announced AsNoted What an exciting time to be involved with Owens me a degree, they gave me a chance to do what Community College. I’ve had the pleasure of I love.” serving as your Alumni Association President for a few months now. It is a pleasure to be in It is very evident that our faculty and staff truly such an active role and to see what is happening care about our students, and this is reflected throughout the college. It has been an inspiring not only in Chelsey’s experiences, but by the and exciting six months. Our Owens Community experiences of Owens alumni everywhere. College president, Dr. Mike Bower, is still in his Audrey Wright recently became a member of the first year at Owens. Dr. Bower portrays a true Alumni Association Board and shared her fond passion for success and is an inspiration for memories as a student at Owens, supported by not only the staff and students, but the caring and understanding faculty. community as well. It’s that student-centered focus that leads to On December 14, I had the honor developing new degree programs such as the to represent you at the 32nd Fall Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Program Commencement ceremony and and to expand the Culinary Program in order welcome over 500 graduates to best meet the needs of our students and the to our alumni family. What communities we serve. It’s that student-centered a fantastic event. One focus that is leading our Athletic Director and new graduate is Chelsey coaches to strive for excellence in supporting McMillan. Chelsey spoke at our student-athletes. And it is that same focus Commencement as the Class that leads our Alumni Association to invest in Representative. A Registered students by establishing endowed scholarship Nurse graduate, Chelsey funds whose impact will be for years to come. transferred to Owens in January 2011 from another college. Describing her I’m truly excited to serve as your Alumni experience as a student, she said, Association President, and I look forward to a “Right away at Owens, I noticed a great year! supportive environment. I felt like the faculty wanted to see you succeed. Sincerely, If it wasn’t for Owens, I wouldn’t be becoming a registered nurse. Owens did so much more than give Matt A. Feasel, President PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE Thomas Hosler ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD Emeritus Mike Bower, Ph.D. Jeannie Hylant Matt Feasel, President Michael Rickard Louise Jackson Walt Celley, Vice President BOARD OF TRUSTEES Anthony Justice Amy Hansen, Treasurer ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE H. Richard Rowe, Chair Katherine Kreuchauf Kaye Koevenig, Secretary Laura Moore, Director Diana H. (Dee) Talmage, Vice Chair Allan Libbe Laura Moore, Executive Director Stacie Feix, Secretary Ronald McMaster, Ph.D. Ronald Matter Andrea Gurcsik, Past President Edwin Nagle III Larry McDougle, Ph.D. Lorena Baird ENCOUNTERS MAGAZINE William Takacs Matthew Mishler Mark Carr Laura Moore, Editor Thomas Uhler Thomas Pounds Carolyn Chapman Stacie Feix, Contributor Philip Rudolph, Jr. Steve Cotner Sarah Metzger, Contributor FOUNDATION BOARD Jack Sculfort Tom Daniels Brad Meyer, Contributor Daniel Kimmet, Chair Arthur Smith Brad Fields Andrew Woodard, Contributor James Geers, Vice Chair Diana (Dee) Talmage Sue Litten Matthew Finkhousen, Designer Alan Sattler, Treasurer David Whikehart Janet Meacham Sarah Householder, Project Manager Ann Savage, Executive Director John Zajac Marlissa Nordhaus and Contributor James Baehren Ann Savage Seth Foley, Photographer Mike Bower, Ph.D. Emeritus Dave Seeger James Carter Randi Bellner Thomas Tiggs Michael Duffey R. Jeffrey Bixler Christi Wagner Linda Ewing Edward Reiter Mark Wasylyshyn Matt Feasel Sharon Speyer Audrey Wright Sharon Gigandet J. Michael Wilder Andrea Gurcsik OWENS OFFERS New MRI Program NEW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD LEADERSHIP In Fall 2012, the Alumni Association Board elected new officers who will each serve two- year terms. Matt Feasel of Perrysburg, Treasurer for Perrysburg Schools, will serve as the Alumni Association President. Feasel is a 1982 graduate of Owens with a degree in computer technology. Walter Celley of Perrysburg, Perrysburg Township Owens Community College is offering a new Administrator, will serve as Vice President. Celley is a 1976 Owens graduate with a degree in agri-business. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Program starting this summer. The new program will begin Amy Hansen of Curtice, Owner/Photographer of in June 2013. Owens will be the first community Imagine That Photo, will serve as Treasurer. Hansen is a 1990 Owens graduate with a degree in finance. college in the State to offer the program. Kaye Koevenig of Toledo, Senior Accountant at Students will learn how to operate The program has selective Owens, will serve as Secretary. Koevenig is a 1992 specialized MRI equipment and admissions criteria. Students will Owens graduate with a degree in accounting. record diagnostic images. The be evaluated by their grade point curriculum will include more than average, ACT scores and ACT NEW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DIRecTOR 1,200 hours of clinical experience subscores in science reasoning In Fall 2012, Audrey Wright of Toledo, Judicial supervised by a certified MRI and math. Physical requirements Office Manager for Lucas County Juvenile Court, professional. for the program include yearly was appointed to a one-year term on the Board of physical exams, keeping current on Directors. Wright is a 2003 graduate of Owens Graduates typically work in regional immunizations, tuberculosis skin Community College with a degree in African- hospitals, imaging centers, research testing, yearly drug screenings, American studies. laboratories and more and can expect CPR training and annual to earn annual salaries starting at background checks. Full biographies for each of these board members $50,000 according to the American are available at https://www.owens.edu/alumni/ Society of Radiologic Technologists For more information on the board. 2010 Wage and Salary Survey. program, call (567) 661-7370. The College projects enrollment of 10 full-time students and anticipates the program to grow to serve 22 full-time students per semester in 2014. www.owens.edu/alumni • 3 In Rock On: Photographs by Baron Wolman will be on display AMERICA’S MUSIC: A FILM HISTORY through March 28, 2013, in the Walter E. Terhune Gallery on the Toledo-area Campus. Wolman was the first staff photographer for OF OUR POPULAR MUSIC “Rolling Stone Magazine.” Baron Wolman will be present for an artist lecture Friday, March 15, 2013. Wolman has taken photos of In conjunction with the exhibit on display in the Gallery, Owens some of America’s most iconic rock legends – The Rolling Stones, Community College received the American Library Association, Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Frank Zappa and more. Now 75, National Endowment for the Humanities and Tribeca film Wolman’s oral history of his experiences with some of America’s programming grant America’s Music: A Film History of Our most well known contemporary musicians adds a personal Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway. perspective to historic performances and events. This project features documentary film screenings throughout the semester of 20th century American popular music and focuses on uniquely American musical genres: blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock ‘n’ roll, and mambo and hip hop. Each film presentation opens with live music by regional performers playing in the film’s genre. These performances are followed by a film introduction by eminent scholar, Dr. Matthew Donahue of Bowling Green State University’s prestigious Department of Popular Culture. The remaining screenings include: February 26 • 7 p.m. • Center for Fine and Performing Arts Theatre FILM High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Hand Hewn String Band March 12 • 7 p.m. • Center for Fine and Performing Arts Theatre FILM The History of Rock ’n’ Roll MUSICAL PERFORMANCE MAD 45 March 26 • 7 p.m. • Center for Fine and Performing Arts Theatre Room 111 FILMS Latin Music, USA and From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Price of the Ticket VOLLEYBALL TEAM Express Website Since joining Owens Community College in late 2011, Athletic Director Rudy Yovich has made a point not just to maintain the Owens Express tradition of athletic excellence, but to build on it. This pursuit of excellence led Yovich and his staff to design and develop a new Express athletics website - www. owensexpress.com. The website features game scores, video highlights, up-to-date season statistics, an athletic apparel store, links to Owens Express social media sites and more. The website is a collaborative effort between Owens Community College and Presto Sports of Rockville, Md. “Owens has a great story to tell and this is just another way to communicate that message. The new website featuring Moving on to the post-season, Owens “Our student-athletes real-time information has provided Community College hosted the NJCAA Division much more exposure for the Owens II National Championship tournament, during would not be able Express, with more than one million hits which the Express finished fourth among sixteen in October 2012 alone,” said Yovich. teams, their best Division II result ever. The to realize their full team’s extraordinary year was highlighted at potential, both in Among the many achievements of the the December 2012 Owens Board of Trustees Owens Express in 2012, the Women’s meeting, at which the team was recognized for competition and in Volleyball team’s exceptional fall exhibiting leadership, teamwork and excellence the classroom, if not season must be considered a highlight. during their outstanding 2012 season. The team finished with a sparkling for the support of our record of 37-11 overall, capturing its “Our student-athletes would not be able to 12th Ohio Community College Athletic realize their full potential, both in competition Board of Trustees Conference (OCCAC) regular season and in the classroom, if not for the support of and our outstanding championship in the last 13 years.