Fall 2011 - Central Virginia Community College
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Cooking Up<br />
a Tasty Future<br />
CVCC Culinary Arts program<br />
begins a new era for food service<br />
industry students<br />
Inside<br />
Carl Booth, Culinary Visionary<br />
Lynn Kirby’ s Stimulating Business<br />
Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Updates
CVCC Bookstore:<br />
T-Shirts Hooded Sweat Shirts Hats Tote Bags<br />
Barnes & Noble <strong>College</strong> Booksellers<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>, 3506 Wards Road , Lynchburg VA 24502<br />
Call: 434- 237-0749 • Fax: 434- 237-1071<br />
The Bookstore website features official<br />
CVCC apparel and gift items for students, alumni, friends and family.<br />
Just go to http://cvcc.bkstore.com<br />
Publication Information<br />
President, John S. Capps<br />
Vice President,<br />
Institutional Advancement,<br />
Donald M. Sutton, Jr.<br />
Editor, Vinca A. Dow<br />
Contributing Editor,<br />
Betty Kershaw Hudson, ’72<br />
Copy Editor, Peter Dorman<br />
Graphic Design, Donna Hobbs<br />
Photography,<br />
Jill S. Markwood, ’84<br />
Printing, Mid-Atlantic Printers<br />
CVCC Board<br />
Robert Bailey<br />
Skip Lamb, Chair<br />
Vivian Smith Brown<br />
Richard B. Carter, Sr.<br />
Beverly Jones<br />
Keith Maxey<br />
Lou Tweedy<br />
Ben Witt<br />
Cover: Carl Booth, Culinary Arts<br />
student, practices his craft.<br />
Photo by Jill Markwood.<br />
Mission of<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> is an accessible,<br />
comprehensive, public, two-year<br />
higher education institution<br />
that is dedicated to:<br />
1. Providing open, flexible, affordable<br />
quality learning opportunities<br />
for personal growth and the<br />
acquisition of skills necessary for a<br />
productive and meaningful life,<br />
2. Providing general education,<br />
transfer, applied science, certificate<br />
and diploma programs,<br />
3. Determining and addressing<br />
the training needs of business,<br />
industry, and government to<br />
benefit the service area,<br />
4. Supporting workforce and<br />
economic development through<br />
participation in regional<br />
organizations and training for new<br />
and/or expanding businesses,<br />
5. Providing support services for<br />
education, training, technology<br />
infrastructures, and workforce<br />
development.<br />
The Alumni Magazine of <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Table of Contents<br />
Feature Articles<br />
6 Cooking Up a Tasty Future<br />
Culinary Arts program is recipe for new restaurant jobs<br />
9 CVCC Culinary Arts Program<br />
Director Dominick Launi modifies instruction to help meet student goals<br />
10 Alumni Highlight: Lynn Kirby<br />
CVCC Communication Design Program graduate creates his own advertising and<br />
marketing firm in historic downtown Lynchburg<br />
4 5 6 9 10 18<br />
Departments<br />
4 From the President<br />
5 Outstanding Alumnus<br />
12 Faculty and Staff Update<br />
14 On the Hill<br />
15 Alumni Update<br />
17 The Educational Foundation<br />
18 CVCC Highlights<br />
The Alumni Magazine is published annually by <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
of Lynchburg, <strong>Virginia</strong>. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without the expressed,<br />
written permission of CVCC or the CVCC Department of Institutional Advancement.<br />
© Copyright <strong>2011</strong>. All rights reserved.<br />
Comments or suggestions are welcomed and may be forwarded to the CVCC Educational<br />
Foundation, <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>, 3506 Wards Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502<br />
or by calling 434.832.7619.<br />
CVCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, national origin, religion, age or disability in employment or in the<br />
provision of any program or activity operated by the <strong>College</strong>. The <strong>College</strong> complies with the requirements of the Americans<br />
with Disabilities Act. If you are an individual with a disability and you require/desire any assistive devices, services or other<br />
accommodations, contact the Counseling Department at (434) 832-7800 or VA RELAY 711.<br />
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CVCC Outstanding Alumnus <strong>2011</strong><br />
President’s letter<br />
Greetings Alumni and Friends,<br />
You are likely familiar with the oft-quoted wisdom of the Chinese<br />
philosopher Lao-tzu: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single<br />
step.” My journey with you will be measured not in miles but in days and<br />
months and years. Nonetheless, today marks the first step I take as I serve<br />
you as your new president.<br />
At the outset, I want you to know that I am both honored and excited to<br />
be with you. CVCC enjoys an outstanding reputation, and I consider myself<br />
blessed to be joining your community. The reason for CVCC’s success rests<br />
with all of you who claim an allegiance to the college: with the alumni, students, friends, faculty, and staff<br />
of the institution. A college is much larger than its president, so I want to make this truth clear from the<br />
beginning: I work for you. Really, as far as I am concerned, the process that led to my selection is but the first<br />
phase of a more important series of steps. The true presidential selection process begins now as I strive to<br />
earn your trust and support. My goal is to be the leader you deserve.<br />
Dr. Staat and Dr. Bambara, my predecessors, have provided CVCC with exemplary leadership, and I am<br />
humbled that I am following such greatness. Dr. Staat can claim an endless list of accomplishments that<br />
defy any type of quantitative measure. His legacy surrounds us: in the college and the community and in<br />
the academic and workforce development initiatives that invigorated his administration. We owe a debt of<br />
gratitude to Dr. Bambara as well, for she provided steady, stable, and consistent leadership as the college’s<br />
interim president—an achievement that is all the more remarkable since she served CVCC during a time of<br />
transition and change.<br />
Thanks to their vision and through your support, CVCC has continued to grow in strength and excellence<br />
during the past year. In 2010-11, the college served over 8,000 students, the largest enrollment in the history<br />
of the institution. Reflecting our determination to match our mission to the needs of our community, we<br />
launched a new Culinary Arts program in the fall, and we dedicated a new Culinary Arts building in July.<br />
(Both those initiatives are featured in this issue of CVCC.) As a further reflection of that commitment, we<br />
introduced a new Machine Tool and Quality diploma, and we graduated scores of students in high-demand<br />
curricula like science, technology, engineering, and health professions.<br />
From these examples—and these are but a few of many—you can see that CVCC is committed to meeting<br />
the needs of the residents and businesses in Region 2000. We are a partner in regional vitality, a catalyst for<br />
economic development, a leader in workforce training, and the first choice and the last chance for all those<br />
who aspire to improve their lives through the power of education. When those ingredients are combined<br />
with our world-class faculty and staff and our business, civic, political, and educational partnerships, CVCC’s<br />
potential to contribute to the economic vitality of Region 2000—and to its quality of life—is limitless.<br />
For all those reasons, I am excited to share in the remarkable work that bears our collective signature. As<br />
friends and alumni of the college, you already know what I am now in the process of learning: CVCC is this<br />
community’s college. I am proud to be the newest member of the CVCC family, honored to be part of your<br />
rich tradition of excellence, and grateful I can now refer to CVCC not as “your” college but as “our” college.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
John S. Capps<br />
President<br />
Senator Stephen D. Newman<br />
STATE SENATOR, 23RD DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA<br />
“CVCC enhanced and changed my life and graduates,<br />
it will change yours too!” Senator Steve Newman<br />
said as he welcomed the graduating Class of<br />
<strong>2011</strong>. As the <strong>College</strong>’s <strong>2011</strong> Outstanding Alumnus<br />
and Commencement speaker, he challenged<br />
the class by encouraging them to remember<br />
CVCC and the adversities they faced to earn their<br />
degrees. Most of all, he urged them to find their<br />
next big mission and to never, never quit.<br />
Senator Newman acknowledged the special honor<br />
to be chosen as their commencement speaker and<br />
added that both his<br />
wife and mother<br />
had attended CVCC.<br />
Originally from<br />
Stuart, <strong>Virginia</strong>,<br />
Senator Newman<br />
calls Lynchburg<br />
his home. Steve<br />
attended Lynchburg<br />
Christian Academy,<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
and Lynchburg<br />
<strong>College</strong>. He is<br />
employed as Vice<br />
President of Marketing and Sales and serves as a<br />
Board member of Delta Star, Inc., a manufacturer of<br />
medium power transformers and mobile substations.<br />
Currently, Senator Newman serves on several<br />
vital committees in the State Senate including<br />
Commerce and Labor, Education and Health,<br />
Transportation (ranking member), and Senate<br />
Rules Committee. He is also involved in the <strong>Central</strong><br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Planning Committee and Lynchburg<br />
Transportation Safety Commission, both nonlegislative<br />
committees. Capping off his political<br />
resume, he also serves as Chair of the Senate<br />
Republican Caucus. Governor McDonnell’s entire<br />
Education Package was authored by Senator<br />
Newman while he served on the Higher Education<br />
Reform Commission in the 2010 General Assembly.<br />
Senator Newman is responsible in part and, in<br />
some cases, entirely for many of the capital upgrades<br />
at CVCC, including construction of the Merritt<br />
Building, renovation of the CVCC Library, funding<br />
for the AREVA project, and securing approval for<br />
many of the programs and yearly budget items.<br />
Senator Newman challenged the CVCC <strong>2011</strong> graduates to remember<br />
the adversities they faced earning their degrees, and to never quit.<br />
Education has been a priority for Senator Newman<br />
since going to Richmond as a legislator. In this<br />
current year, he has backed the Charter School Bill,<br />
the Lab Schools Bill and the Virtual Schools Bill. All<br />
of these support innovative and technologically<br />
advanced programs aimed at improving the <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
education system.<br />
Senator Newman<br />
also supports the<br />
American Cancer<br />
Society and the<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Municipal<br />
League. Issues of<br />
faith and family<br />
are important to<br />
him, according to<br />
Senator Newman.<br />
Steve enjoys<br />
spending time<br />
at home with his<br />
lovely wife Kim<br />
and their two sons,<br />
Tyler and Wesley.<br />
It is with great<br />
pride and honor<br />
that we named<br />
Senator Stephen<br />
D. Newman, a<br />
person dedicated<br />
to his state and<br />
to the health, welfare and education of its people, as<br />
the <strong>2011</strong> CVCC Outstanding Alumnus.<br />
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Cooking Up a Tasty<br />
Carl Booth, culinary student, family man,<br />
bread winner AND student in CVCC’s new<br />
Culinary Arts program clearly has a lot on<br />
his plate.<br />
As a child, growing up in Thaxton,<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong>, Carl learned to cook by helping his mother<br />
and grandmother in the kitchen and by cooking<br />
for church functions. There, he mastered traditional<br />
country fare like sausage gravy, pies, roasts, and<br />
hams. Currently he lives in Big Island with his<br />
fiancé and new baby boy, Abram. His family is very<br />
supportive of his commitment to succeed in the<br />
program and his long term career goals. Naturally,<br />
he does most of the cooking at home. His favorite<br />
dish to prepare is Beef Wellington.<br />
Future<br />
Above, Culinary Arts Director Dominick Launi gives a demonstration for students on garnishing during a Garde Manger class.<br />
Student Tiffanny Neff (below) prepares Vegetable Terrine for Garde Manger class.<br />
CVCC Culinary Arts program is recipe<br />
for new Food Service Industry Students<br />
After graduating from Liberty High School in<br />
2004, Carl attended Radford University for two<br />
semesters studying<br />
athletic training. But<br />
his passion for cooking<br />
drew him back to<br />
Lynchburg where he<br />
secured two jobs in the<br />
restaurant industry. He<br />
was a bartender at Ruby<br />
Tuesdays in the evening.<br />
During the day he was<br />
a sandwich maker and<br />
caterer at Catalano’s<br />
Delicatessen.<br />
Carl recalls that after reading an article<br />
in the News and Advance regarding the<br />
groundbreaking for CVCC’s new Culinary Arts<br />
building, he knew he wanted to get involved<br />
and pursue his Associate’s Degree in Culinary<br />
Arts. With that said, he left his job at Peaks of<br />
Otter Lodge as a kitchen supervisor to take the<br />
necessary prerequisites for<br />
the program.<br />
Given that the Lynchburg<br />
area has never had a program<br />
like this, Carl thought it<br />
would be a great opportunity<br />
for him since the <strong>College</strong> had<br />
received a General Assembly<br />
appropriation of $1.4 million dollars to construct<br />
a new state-of-the art Culinary Arts building. His<br />
thought was “what I put on the table at home<br />
looks better than what we see on some of the<br />
tables in the restaurants, maybe I should get a<br />
piece of paper that says I know how to do this”.<br />
Carl is “excited about the new Culinary Arts<br />
program” and believes it will provide a “reputable,<br />
locally trained, knowledgeable pool of talent<br />
which will help create an influx of new, high quality<br />
students in the community. It’s good for CVCC, the<br />
community, and the individuals going through the<br />
program”. Carl notes “All of the instructors are really<br />
helpful because this is their passion. I didn’t realize<br />
Christine Shortridge, Deanna Grabaskas, and “Buzz” Dupont<br />
prep in the new Culinary Arts kitchen.<br />
all the different classes we would take outside of<br />
cooking. The curriculum offers a broad range of<br />
different classes from pricing and menu writing, to<br />
meat preparation. I’m excited about the move to<br />
support locally grown food and fresh ingredients.<br />
I really enjoy working with fresh products that I<br />
would not be able to get if I was cooking at home.<br />
We never make anything out<br />
of a can, as nutrition is a big<br />
part of what we do. America<br />
is slowly becoming more<br />
conscious of fresh, nutritious<br />
food and becoming health<br />
‘foodies.’ For instance, The<br />
Food Network is a perfect<br />
example of where people<br />
are heading. The program<br />
supports this upcoming<br />
trend of healthy eating<br />
and becoming a ‘greener’<br />
society.”<br />
Carl is looking forward<br />
to moving into the new Culinary Arts building this<br />
fall and hopes the students can use it to promote<br />
the Culinary Arts program to local business people.<br />
It’s the perfect venue to “explain what you cooked<br />
and show off a little”. He is also eager to begin<br />
the <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2011</strong> semester with classes offered in food<br />
purchasing, nutrition, hospitality law, recipe and<br />
menu management, Garde Manger (cold food<br />
preparation and presentation), and food and<br />
beverage cost control. Carl states, “Sanitation and<br />
safety classes are important because the cleaning<br />
chemicals cost more than the food for a restaurant<br />
and must be managed carefully. Besides cooking<br />
good food you have to maintain a clean kitchen.”<br />
Last semester, for his final exam in his fruits and<br />
vegetables class, he cooked “Forbidden Black Rice”<br />
which includes black rice with grilled pineapple<br />
on top over fresh coconut milk. He is also an active<br />
member of the new Culinary Arts Club.<br />
Tasty Future continued on page 8<br />
Students Carl<br />
Booth and Sara<br />
Jean Berger<br />
prep for lunch<br />
at Catalano’s<br />
Delicatessen<br />
(left), and<br />
Suni Kiernan<br />
and Dominick<br />
Launi prepare a<br />
strawberry short<br />
cake (below).<br />
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CVCC’s new<br />
Culinary Arts<br />
building (above);<br />
CVCC and Centra<br />
staff get together<br />
for a thank you in<br />
support of spring<br />
classes that were<br />
held at Lynchburg<br />
General Hospital<br />
(below).<br />
Tasty Future , continued from page 7<br />
According to Carl, Dominick Launi, the director<br />
of the Culinary Arts program, is an “open and really<br />
nice guy to all of his students.” He has worked<br />
really hard to get summer internships for them. Mr.<br />
Launi referred Carl and Sara Jean Berger to Marissa<br />
Catalano of Catalano’s Delicatessen. They serve hot<br />
and cold sandwiches, paninis, salads and have a<br />
great assortment of sides available by the pound.<br />
They also have a café bar and gelato. Another<br />
student went to Disney World in Orlando to intern.<br />
Dominick’s description of Carl is, “He has a<br />
personality of someone that is mature and truly<br />
understands the mission of the program we are<br />
offering. He was very active from the onset of the<br />
program and would be more involved except for<br />
his family commitments. Carl’s age is perfect for<br />
this program, not too young or too old. Carl truly<br />
wants to do something in the industry.” Dominick<br />
states that he “earns good grades, is disciplined,<br />
studies hard, and has an approach that accurately<br />
represents the Culinary Arts program. Carl is<br />
dynamic. I attach myself to visionaries like myself<br />
that can see ahead of something, not just living in<br />
the moment. Being a family person has grounded<br />
him in setting and accomplishing his goals.”<br />
Going forward after obtaining his Associate’s<br />
Degree in May 2012, Carl is considering pursuing<br />
a bachelor’s degree in nutrition or business. He<br />
is concerned that the long hours required of a<br />
restaurant chef will interfere with his top priority, his<br />
family.<br />
Thus, he is more interested in the distribution<br />
side of the culinary industry. For example, he would<br />
like to “help restaurants manage their costs and<br />
perform the bookkeeping for the business. Things<br />
like costing vs. pricing – breaking down the menu<br />
in order to calculate the costs to prepare the food<br />
versus how much to charge customers to maximize<br />
profits, as well as how to be creative in using<br />
leftover and excess product.”<br />
Carl’s ideal job after graduation<br />
is to be a sales representative in<br />
food service distribution. “They<br />
want to help their restaurant<br />
clients save money, keep the<br />
customer happy and help them<br />
maximize profit so they can<br />
maintain profitability.”<br />
Dominick supports this<br />
plan. When Carl was offered an<br />
opportunity to take a job next<br />
May as co-owner of a restaurant,<br />
Dominick recommended that he<br />
not take the job because of the<br />
huge time commitment required.<br />
According to Dominick, “Running a<br />
restaurant is a seven day per week<br />
job leaving little time for family<br />
and a personal life.” Dominick<br />
ran his own restaurant when his<br />
kids were young and shared that<br />
experience with Carl.<br />
Carl he would like to own a restaurant, down<br />
the road when his children are grown. He says he<br />
would call it “A Butcher, A Baker and A Bartender”<br />
offering fresh bread, fresh meat, and fresh beer.<br />
Once you know your recipe, you know how to<br />
cook it, that’s no problem, feeding people, that’s<br />
no problem. Having enough stock, cooking with<br />
fresh ingredients and not running out is the hard<br />
part. If you have a fresh spinach salad with the best<br />
ingredients, that is great. But if it has a dull name,<br />
no one will order it.”<br />
When Carl is not working or studying, he’s<br />
spending time outdoors. He can’t wait to take his<br />
son mountain biking. He is a member of the Greater<br />
Lynchburg Outdoor Cyclist Club busy doing trail<br />
maintenance and cycling at Peaksview Park. Carl<br />
also enjoys disk golf and of course, barbecuing.<br />
Culinary Arts<br />
Program Director<br />
and team modify<br />
instruction to<br />
help meet<br />
student<br />
employment goals<br />
Dominick Launi, Director of<br />
the Culinary Arts program<br />
at CVCC, is enthusiastic<br />
about being here. His own career<br />
began at a community college<br />
where small classes and faculty<br />
mentoring prepared him to<br />
continue his education at Florida<br />
International University earning a<br />
degree in Hospitality Management.<br />
“A community college program led<br />
me down a great path,” he explains.<br />
In turn, he wants to support his<br />
Culinary Arts students in achieving<br />
their career goals at the Culinary Arts<br />
program at CVCC.<br />
Dominick has been in the food<br />
service industry since 1974. He<br />
owned a restaurant and catering<br />
business in Maryland for eight years.<br />
Afterward, he worked for 22 years<br />
with Sysco Food Services as a sales<br />
representative, district manager and<br />
vice-president.<br />
Familiar with central <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
from his time with Sysco, Dominick<br />
explains that there is a need for<br />
skilled food service workers and<br />
managers in this area, not only in<br />
restaurants, but in hotels, health care<br />
facilities, hospitals, colleges, country<br />
clubs, and more. Local business<br />
leaders have expressed an interest<br />
in having a Culinary Arts program<br />
at CVCC. The college conducted a<br />
survey in 2005 that confirmed that<br />
food service is a growth industry in<br />
the community. The Culinary Arts<br />
Program and the new $1.4 million<br />
facility answers this demonstrated<br />
need for chefs and restaurant<br />
managers in the area.<br />
Dominick is excited about the<br />
Culinary Arts program and wants<br />
his students to attain a high level<br />
of skill and discipline and develop<br />
a passion for the industry. The<br />
program has 43 out of 45 students<br />
returning in the fall. He explains<br />
that graduating students will gain<br />
employment opportunities with the<br />
associate’s degree or they can pursue<br />
a bachelor’s degree in a four-year<br />
program at another institution.<br />
There are two tracks in the<br />
program: a Culinary Arts Certificate<br />
and an Associate’s Degree in Culinary<br />
Arts Management. Admission to<br />
the associate’s degree program is<br />
competitive and is based on grades,<br />
placements tests, interviews, and a<br />
demonstrated interest in a culinary<br />
arts career. The active Culinary Arts<br />
Club consists of five directors, fifteen<br />
students and several fundraisers<br />
planned for the fall.<br />
Dominick’s plan is to teach his<br />
students culinary skills if they choose<br />
to become a chef or business skills<br />
if they choose to become an owner<br />
or manager. His future plan is to<br />
incorporate a hospitality track,<br />
nutrition and dietetics classes, and an<br />
introduction to culinary arts class into<br />
the curriculum. Eventually, he would<br />
like to add extracurricular classes<br />
like specialty cooking classes for the<br />
community.<br />
Also, he would like to add<br />
prerequisites for classes so the<br />
students have a set class sequence to<br />
follow. When they cannot register for<br />
class they get out of sequence and<br />
displace a 2nd year student. There is<br />
a diverse group in the program many<br />
of them are young students just out<br />
of high school. Launi says, “Once<br />
we move into the new building<br />
we will step up the intensity for<br />
professionalism and expectations.<br />
Uniforms must be clean, just like<br />
working in the real world-”<br />
Dominick is taking the remainder<br />
of the summer and fall inviting<br />
community business people<br />
on-campus and presenting the<br />
program to them. He is hoping that<br />
“word of mouth” will give presence<br />
to the program in the Lynchburg area<br />
and beyond.<br />
Three local colleges have<br />
expressed an interest in having<br />
CVCC students as interns in their<br />
dining services, which could turn<br />
into permanent jobs. Dominick plans<br />
to place more student interns next<br />
spring and summer.<br />
This summer he placed a student<br />
with the Orlando, Florida “Food<br />
for Hunger” program. That intern<br />
worked in support of other students<br />
to feed breakfast to local people<br />
for five days and learned to order,<br />
manage, and staff people. The<br />
program wants him back for future<br />
summer projects.<br />
Dominick’s wife, Debbie, is a staff<br />
accountant in Charlottesville. He has<br />
two grown children, a son who has<br />
a master’s degree and teaches high<br />
school in Norfolk and a daughter<br />
who has a master’s degree in<br />
theology and youth ministry.<br />
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Alumni Highlight<br />
Lynn Kirby ‘97<br />
For Lynn Kirby, the best part of his<br />
job in advertising and design is<br />
the interaction with others and the<br />
network of relationships he has built<br />
over the past 32 years with clients all<br />
over the world.<br />
Lynn is president and owner of<br />
Stimulus Advertising, a successful, fullservice<br />
advertising, marketing and web<br />
design business established in 2007.<br />
Their office is located in a loft space on<br />
historic Jefferson Street, in Lynchburg,<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong>.<br />
He has come a long way from<br />
entering <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> in 1978 and intended getting<br />
a General Studies degree to take over<br />
his father’s accounting business. Lynn<br />
had never taken an art course in high<br />
school, but always had an interest in art,<br />
which led him to take a class at the Elk’s<br />
Home in Bedford, where he lives.<br />
After his first year at CVCC, Lynn<br />
got a summer job with Piedmont<br />
Label working as a graphic designer,<br />
which included creating packaging<br />
prototypes, hand lettering and other<br />
facets of printing. He knew this was<br />
what he was interested in pursuing,<br />
and decided to change his degree to<br />
Commercial Art. His father asked him,<br />
“How will you ever make money at this<br />
type of work” which only made Lynn<br />
more determined to prove that he<br />
could. While attending CVCC, Lynn got<br />
married to his wife, Debbie Bobbitt.<br />
Lynn and his family live in Bedford,<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong>. His wife Debbie is a classroom<br />
aide at Moneta Elementary School.<br />
Their daughter, Catherine, attends<br />
Liberty University and is on the dean’s<br />
list and honor society. Sixteen-yearold<br />
Nicholas is a student at Staunton<br />
River High School and enjoys sports.<br />
In addition to his family, Lynn enjoys<br />
basketball and World War II history.<br />
With the financial demands of being<br />
married and the CVCC Art program at<br />
that time more focused on the broad<br />
aspects of art than advertising design,<br />
Lynn did not feel that the program<br />
would improve his job prospects. He<br />
decided to drop out of the program<br />
and continued working full-time at<br />
Piedmont Label to learn as much as he<br />
could about graphic design. Even while<br />
working full-time, he continued to stay<br />
connected to CVCC taking evening<br />
courses in business management and<br />
Shakespeare.<br />
In 1995, with fifteen years experience<br />
under his belt in graphic design and<br />
printing production with Piedmont<br />
Label, Lynn accepted an offer with<br />
First Colony Life Insurance Company<br />
in Lynchburg, <strong>Virginia</strong>. To improve his<br />
promotion opportunities, he decided to<br />
go back to school and get his degree.<br />
Lynn returned to CVCC and at the age<br />
of 40, obtained an associates degree in<br />
Communication Design. He has always<br />
Lynn Kirby, owner of Stimulus Advertising, has found satisfaction in working in a field he loves and growing his own<br />
business, located in a restored building on historic Jefferson Street in downtown Lynchburg.<br />
felt that the diploma<br />
has added value to<br />
his career. “I have<br />
never felt ashamed of<br />
having only a two-year<br />
associates degree. It is<br />
an accomplishment. I<br />
have hired employees<br />
with no degrees and<br />
have also had MBA’s<br />
working for me. Drive<br />
and experience are just<br />
as important.”<br />
Later on, General<br />
Electric purchased<br />
First Colony, and when<br />
the company name<br />
changed, he continued<br />
to serve as Marketing<br />
Communications<br />
Leader and was<br />
at one time Brand<br />
Compliance Manager<br />
for GE Financial (now<br />
Genworth) one-eighth<br />
of GE.<br />
In 2001, Lynn left<br />
GE and worked briefly<br />
for the Canadian<br />
division of Schawk,<br />
one of the world’s largest pre-press<br />
companies working in sales for webbased<br />
applications. In 2003, he started<br />
his own business, Axis Creative, a<br />
marketing communications firm in<br />
Bedford, <strong>Virginia</strong>. The company moved<br />
to Lynchburg in 2007, re-branded as<br />
Stimulus Advertising. Lynn admits that<br />
owning a small business is hard work<br />
but also rewarding. He started his<br />
business with nothing, has no business<br />
debt and he “makes a decent living by<br />
doing what I love.”<br />
Lynn’s present Stimulus Advertising<br />
Company provides marketing and<br />
brand strategy development, custom<br />
web design, print design, photography,<br />
search engine optimization, packaging<br />
design, logos and advertising media.<br />
It has grown to a core staff of five<br />
employees, including one who works<br />
remotely from Romania. They also use<br />
a mix of freelancers and contractors<br />
and currently have three interns<br />
from Liberty University. A large part<br />
of their business is web design and<br />
development, followed by advertising,<br />
print design and branding.<br />
Stimulus Advertising serves<br />
clients from retail, financial services,<br />
manufacturing, health care, destination<br />
marketing and travel, real estate, and<br />
non-profits. Some of their current<br />
clients include the new Lynchburg<br />
Legends basketball team, a Californiabased<br />
company marketing insurance<br />
through kiosks in grocery stores, and<br />
US Green Energy Corporation (USGE<br />
is a solar energy company moving<br />
to Danville and will employ 50-100<br />
workers).<br />
“We are very proud of our web<br />
designs and working with local<br />
communities. We just finished a<br />
website for the town of Brookneal,<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> and have also designed and<br />
built websites for the D-Day Memorial<br />
and The Ellington music hall.” Their<br />
clients come from <strong>Virginia</strong> and all over<br />
the world. “I love to be able to talk to<br />
clients in South Africa via Skype. I love<br />
the interaction and know we are not<br />
limited by being in <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong>.”<br />
Lynn says his key to success is<br />
“learning from each experience.<br />
Everything that I have done, I want to<br />
continue and make it better the next<br />
time around.”<br />
He is a self-taught web design/<br />
developer, never having taken formal<br />
classes. His company uses an open<br />
source content management system<br />
but “what differentiates us from our<br />
competitors is a web design process<br />
that delivers premium and dynamic<br />
websites quickly that work well for the<br />
customer’s business or organization.<br />
Our customers can update website<br />
content with very little training. “<br />
What will he be doing next<br />
According to Lynn, “ I have never<br />
feared a blank page, whether I am<br />
producing a TV commercial, designing<br />
a trade ad, copywriting or designing a<br />
website. I want to take my business to<br />
the next level, whatever that turns out<br />
to be.”<br />
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Faculty and Staff Update<br />
Awards<br />
Katherine H. Barringer,<br />
Associate Professor<br />
of Mathematics, has<br />
been chosen as the<br />
Faculty Emeritus for<br />
<strong>2011</strong> (posthumously).<br />
She started<br />
teaching at CVCC in 1967.<br />
Julie Dailey, Professor<br />
of Accounting, received<br />
the <strong>2011</strong> Outstanding<br />
Faculty Award. The award<br />
recognizes a current<br />
faculty member each year<br />
for exceptional abilities<br />
and efforts as a member of the teaching<br />
community at CVCC. (Story on page 18)<br />
Eleanor D.<br />
Hernandez, formerly<br />
an Administrative and<br />
Office Specialist III for<br />
the Human Resources<br />
office, has been<br />
awarded the CVCC<br />
Staff Emeritus for <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Jill S. Markwood,<br />
Photographer and<br />
InstructionaI Assistant<br />
in the Humanities and<br />
Social Science division,<br />
was awarded her<br />
Bachelor of Arts degree<br />
in Graphic Design from Lynchburg<br />
<strong>College</strong> in May of <strong>2011</strong>. Ms. Markwood<br />
graduated Suma Cum Laude. She<br />
also holds an AAS from CVCC.<br />
Frank M. Merryman,<br />
Warehouse Specialist III,<br />
has been named CVCC’s<br />
<strong>2011</strong> Staff Showcase<br />
Honoree and will be<br />
recognized at the VCCA<br />
Annual Conference. He<br />
joined CVCC in 1982 as part-time staff in<br />
Building and Grounds and became fulltime<br />
in 1983. He served in the National<br />
Guard and Army Reserves from 1970<br />
to 2010 and retired as a CW-4. While<br />
on active duty in 2009 in the Middle<br />
East, he was awarded the Bronze Star.<br />
Dr. Muriel Mickles,<br />
Associate Professor,<br />
Dean of Humanities and<br />
Social Sciences, was the<br />
keynote speaker at the<br />
6th Annual Women of<br />
Worth Luncheon held<br />
at the Kirkley Hotel and Conference<br />
Center on March 25, <strong>2011</strong>. The luncheon<br />
theme was Mission Possible: Living a<br />
Healthy, Balanced and Successful Life.<br />
Dr. Julie Piercy,<br />
Professor of Psychology,<br />
has been named CVCC’s<br />
<strong>2011</strong> VCCA Faculty<br />
Showcase Honoree and<br />
will be recognized at the<br />
VCCA Annual Conference.<br />
Catherine M. Rice,<br />
Administrative and<br />
Office Specialist III<br />
for the Foundation<br />
Office, was awarded<br />
her Master of Business<br />
Administration degree<br />
from Lynchburg <strong>College</strong> in May of<br />
<strong>2011</strong>. Ms. Rice also holds an AAS from<br />
DCC and a BS from Averett University.<br />
Linda Rodriguez,<br />
Coordinator for the<br />
CVCC Altavista Center,<br />
was named Woman of<br />
the Year by the Altavista<br />
Chapter of the ABWA.<br />
William M. Sandidge,<br />
former Dean of Business<br />
and Allied Health,<br />
Associate Professor,<br />
has been chosen as the<br />
Faculty Emeritus for <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
He joined the college in<br />
1992 after retiring from the U.S. Army,<br />
where he attained the rank of Colonel.<br />
Connie W. Sublett,<br />
Human Resource Analyst<br />
I for the Human Resource<br />
office, was awarded her<br />
Associates in Applied<br />
Science degree from<br />
CVCC in May of <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Appointments<br />
Mary K. Canfield is<br />
now Administrative and<br />
Program Specialist III,<br />
in the Business<br />
and Allied Health<br />
Division, Emergency<br />
Medical Services<br />
office. She received the CVCC<br />
Outstanding Staff Award for <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Waddie Crouch,<br />
Instructor of Emergency<br />
Medical Services,<br />
joined the Business<br />
and Allied Health<br />
Division-EMS office in<br />
<strong>2011</strong>. Mr. Crouch earned<br />
an AAS from CVCC.<br />
Lynn Dillard, Assistant<br />
Professor of Machine<br />
Technology, joined<br />
the Science, Math and<br />
Engineering division<br />
faculty in 2010. Mr.<br />
Dillard earned his BA<br />
from Averett University and an MS from<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Tech. He formerly was coowner<br />
of LND Industries in Hurt, VA .<br />
Dr. Kirk Gomes,<br />
Assistant Professor of<br />
Engineering, joined<br />
the Science, Math and<br />
Engineering division in<br />
2010. Dr. Gomes has a<br />
BS from the University<br />
of Mumbai, a MS from the University<br />
of Toledo, and a received his PhD from<br />
the University of Toledo in 2010.<br />
Dr. Xavier Retnam,<br />
Professor Mathematics,<br />
joined the Science, Math<br />
and Engineering division<br />
in 2010. Dr. Retnam<br />
has a BS from Madurai<br />
Kamaraj University, a MS<br />
from Indian Statistical Institute and a<br />
PhD from the University of Tennessee.<br />
Pamela Reynolds,<br />
Trainer Instructor I,<br />
joined the Business and<br />
Allied Health division in<br />
<strong>2011</strong>. She has earned<br />
an AAS; AA&S (2) and a<br />
Certificate and Career<br />
Studies Certificate from CVCC.<br />
Margaret “Peggy”<br />
Samuels, Administrative<br />
& Office Specialist III,<br />
joined the Accounting<br />
office in <strong>2011</strong>. Mrs.<br />
Samuels has a AAS<br />
in Accounting from<br />
Coastal Carolina <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
and a BS from the University of<br />
North Carolina-Wilmington.<br />
Retirees (left to right) Linda Moore, Dr. Terry L. Riddle, Jo Ann Wright, Nan Dupuy,<br />
and George A. Beasley were honored at a luncheon in May.<br />
Retirement<br />
George A. Beasley, PE, Professor of<br />
Engineering Technology, received his<br />
MS from <strong>Virginia</strong> Polytechnic Institute<br />
and State University and joined the<br />
CVCC faculty in 1971. He coached<br />
volleyball, assisted with intramural<br />
sports, and bought, planted and<br />
maintained hundreds of flower bulbs<br />
for student-frequented areas of the<br />
campus all of which demonstrated<br />
his commitment to students, love<br />
for CVCC and appreciation of both<br />
for all his colleagues, both faculty<br />
and staff, past and present.<br />
Nan Dupuy, Assistant Professor of<br />
Mathematics received her MS from<br />
the Naval Post Graduate School and<br />
joined the faculty in 2003 after a 20-year<br />
Navy career. She joined the full-time<br />
faculty in 2003 and served as Math<br />
Program Head for the academic years<br />
2004-2007. She organized and hosted<br />
two regional VMATYC conferences in<br />
2007 and 2008 and three central region<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Mathematical Association<br />
of Two Year <strong>College</strong>s (VMATYC).<br />
Linda Moore joined the CVCC staff<br />
in 1977 and became a full-time<br />
employee later that year. In 1979 she<br />
was promoted to Clerk-Typist B in the<br />
Building and Grounds department.<br />
She later worked for Nick DeMartino<br />
and over the years was promoted<br />
many times within her position as<br />
assistant to the Building and Grounds<br />
supervisor. Her last position, before<br />
taking terminal medical leave was<br />
Administrative and Office Specialist III.<br />
Dr. Terry L. Riddle, Professor of<br />
Business Administration and Economics,<br />
earned his Ed.D. in Higher Education<br />
Administration with a minor in<br />
Economics from <strong>Virginia</strong> Polytechnic<br />
Institute and State University. He taught<br />
at WCC and JSRCC prior to joining the<br />
CVCC faculty in 1978. In addition to<br />
his full-time position in education,<br />
Dr. Riddle published more than ten<br />
articles related to economics and<br />
business education and co-authored an<br />
introductory textbook in economics.<br />
He served as vice president and<br />
member of the Board of Directors of<br />
the <strong>Virginia</strong> Association of Economics.<br />
Jo Ann Wright, Trainer and Instructor<br />
I, earned her AAS degree from Ferrum<br />
<strong>College</strong>. During her 36 years the<br />
learning lab evolved from typewriters<br />
and calculators to computers with<br />
software programs enhancing all<br />
curriculums in the Business and Allied<br />
Health Division. Her experience of<br />
working with students had been<br />
enjoyable and rewarding.I<br />
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On the Hill<br />
Alumni Update<br />
Alumni & Friends<br />
Association<br />
by Betty Kershaw Hudson ‘72<br />
HudsonB@cvcc.vccs.edu<br />
The best way to honor and remember<br />
Don Tosi, President of the CVCC Alumni<br />
Association, is for the goup to continue<br />
to grow and be a vibrant community<br />
who come together for work and for<br />
play, who see need and take action,<br />
and who maintain their<br />
connection with CVCC<br />
and each other.<br />
Our first course of<br />
action must be to elect<br />
new officers for the CVCC<br />
Alumni Association —<br />
President, Vice-President, Secretary and<br />
Treasurer— each with a two-year term.<br />
We currently have some nominations<br />
for these offices. If you have a nominee<br />
or wish to nominate yourself, please<br />
let me know by 9/1/11. Email me at the<br />
address above, or call (434)832-7763.<br />
Plans are being made for motorcycle<br />
runs for a scholarship called “Miles for<br />
the Minds.” The rides will be a ramp<br />
up to a celebration of the 25th year of<br />
the Motorcycle Safety program here at<br />
the <strong>College</strong>. Look on the CVCC Alumni<br />
Association Facebook page and on the<br />
CVCC website. We also have the new<br />
Nature Trail in the wooded property<br />
behind CVCC, and volunteers will be<br />
needed to finish it and keep it up!<br />
Please fill out your Alumni Update<br />
information on the CVCC website if<br />
you haven’t already, and send me your<br />
email address if you would like to be<br />
kept in the loop.<br />
CVCC License Plate<br />
CVCC has applied to the DMV for its<br />
very own license plate. After the first<br />
1,000 plates sell, the CVCC Alumni<br />
Association Scholarship Fund receives<br />
$15 for every plate sold thereafter. You<br />
will be able to do vanity plates as well.<br />
Take a look at the sample plate below<br />
with the school colors of blue and<br />
gold, designed by Donna Hobbs, CVCC<br />
Assistant Professor of Communication<br />
Design. Go to the <strong>Virginia</strong> DMV website<br />
www.dmv.state.va.us often and click<br />
on special license plates in the right<br />
hand column. Soon you will see the<br />
CVCC license plate. Whether you are a<br />
current student, an alumnus, or a friend,<br />
consider supporting your college and<br />
showing your Cougar pride. License<br />
plate holders are available in the CVCC<br />
Bookstore, including ones with the new<br />
CVCC Cougar on them. It’s going to be<br />
great to let people know that you are<br />
part of the CVCC family. Now go drive<br />
that CVCC license plate!<br />
The CVCC Cougars Club Pledge Card<br />
Please cut out and mail to:<br />
Betty Hudson, CVCC Alumni Relations, 3506 Wards Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502<br />
Name:<br />
Address:<br />
Email:<br />
Year(s) attended/graduated:<br />
In honor/memory of:<br />
I pledge to support and sustain<br />
the CVCC Alumni Scholarship Fund and<br />
I will do so by donating $20 per year<br />
for the next three years. My first gift will<br />
arrive on .<br />
Signature:<br />
Cougars Club Update<br />
Below are the names of the latest<br />
contributors to become part of the<br />
“CVCC Cougar Club,” an organization<br />
dedicated to continuing the growth<br />
of and development of funding for<br />
the CVCC Alumni Scholarship and the<br />
CVCC Alumni Association. The Alumni<br />
Scholarship is available to qualified<br />
students whose parent is an Alumnus of<br />
CVCC. We appreciate the support and<br />
confidence shown by our Alumni and<br />
ask you to consider a gift of your own. If<br />
we help by giving now, there will be an<br />
education in store in the future for our<br />
children and, perhaps, for theirs.<br />
Donors:<br />
William N. Arrington ’80<br />
in memory of Mr. & Mrs. F.F. Wilson<br />
Linda & Barry Bosiger ‘84<br />
Ailene B. & Edward L. Booker ‘79<br />
Lillian J. Braxton ’81, ’84<br />
in memory of Louis “Poo” Braxton, III<br />
Judy Wilson Bryant ’76<br />
in memory of Louise & Hugh Wilson<br />
Donald K. Burns ‘78<br />
Judy B. Burks ’77<br />
in memory of Lewis Wortham Bibb, III<br />
Carolyn B. Carter ‘76<br />
Lee B. Christian ‘78<br />
Linda T. Durham ‘71<br />
Richard G. Durham ‘81<br />
Kathryn Beasley Fiorita ‘86<br />
in honor of George A. Beasley, her dad<br />
Professor of Engineering Technology<br />
Lillian Elizabeth “Beth” Ford ‘75<br />
Dale F. Provencher ‘96<br />
in memory of Katherine H. Barringer<br />
Associate Professor of Mathematics<br />
Rene H. Provencher ’89<br />
in memory of Jim Lampman<br />
Associate Professor of Government<br />
Cerise Trout Smith ’91<br />
in memory of W. Earl Banton<br />
Jesse A. Staton ’71<br />
Julia G. Waddell ’79<br />
in memory of her father, Thomas R. Glass<br />
1970’s<br />
Raymond J. Pages ’78 graduated<br />
with an AAS degree in Electronic<br />
Technology. He was awarded a BS<br />
degree in Electrical Engineering from<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Tech in 1985. Upon graduation,<br />
Ray joined NASA’s Goddard Space<br />
Flight Center as Senior Electrical<br />
Engineer. In 1989, he received<br />
an MS in Systems Engineering/<br />
Project Management from George<br />
Washington University. Currently,<br />
Ray serves as the Head of Goddard’s<br />
Mission Readiness Department. He<br />
is the proud father of four children.<br />
1980’s<br />
Derbin Hamler ’82 studied<br />
Engineering Technology at CVCC,<br />
went to work for the Federal Aviation<br />
Administration in Air Traffic Control<br />
systems development, was Director<br />
of IT for the Atlantic City Housing<br />
Authority in 2005, and has now<br />
returned to work in aviation research<br />
at the W.J. Hughes Technical Center.<br />
Arthur L. Turcotte, III, ’82 earned<br />
his AAS in Business Management.<br />
He currently resides in Indiana<br />
and serves as the Senior Vice<br />
President of Commercial Banking<br />
at Eclipse Bank in Louisville, KY.<br />
Van E. Tanner ’84 earned an AAS<br />
in Medical Laboratory Technology. He<br />
is a Physician Assistant at Regional<br />
Cancer Care in Durham, NC. In<br />
1992 he earned a BS in Business<br />
Administration/Management from<br />
Limestone <strong>College</strong>. In 2000 he earned<br />
a Master in Health Science/Physician<br />
Assistant from Duke University.<br />
Vickie Bowers Neumann ’87 of<br />
Hagerstown, MD, went on to graduate<br />
from Randolph-Macon Women’s<br />
<strong>College</strong> in 1989 and completed her MBA<br />
from Aspen University in 2010. She is<br />
employed by State Farm Insurance.<br />
Jim Hudson ’89 received his AAS<br />
degree in Engineering Technology.<br />
He is employed with Wiley/Wilson.<br />
He says, “I have been with the same<br />
company ever since starting an<br />
apprenticeship program through<br />
CVCC in 1987. I am currently a project<br />
designer in the mechanical department<br />
assisting engineers in the development<br />
of construction documents for<br />
the HVAC part of commercial,<br />
industrial and academic facilities.”<br />
1990’s<br />
Tamara Witt Parker ’94 earned<br />
her degree from CVCC in Business<br />
Administration. She has been employed<br />
with the City of Lynchburg for 12 years.<br />
Judy Roach Karniewicz ’97 CVCC<br />
Outstanding Alumnus in 2007, reports<br />
that she and husband<br />
Ted are adding to<br />
their family again.<br />
They are the proud<br />
parents of Maddie, age<br />
4 and Lawson, age 17<br />
months, with a new<br />
baby due in February,<br />
2012. Judy’s Florida<br />
law firm is extremely<br />
busy and she says<br />
this is a good thing.<br />
Balancing family, work<br />
and summer visitors<br />
has kept her active and<br />
she is working harder<br />
every day but loving it.<br />
Maura Bozeman<br />
’99 who was featured<br />
in the Spring 2007<br />
CVCC Alumni<br />
Magazine, has earned<br />
an AAS in Science at CVCC, a BS from<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Tech, and an MS from Yale<br />
University. Maura is currently a doctoral<br />
student at Yale School of Forestry and<br />
Environmental Studies. Her thesis is<br />
on the “Influence of Dissolved Organic<br />
Matter and Inorganic Nutrient Loading<br />
on the Net Flux of Biogenic Carbon.”<br />
2000’s<br />
Carol Reneé Franklin Scott ’01<br />
received her AAS degree in Business<br />
Administration. She was married<br />
to Brian Scott of Florida in October<br />
2009. She has been the Director<br />
of Accounting at the Society of St.<br />
Andrew since October 2010. She<br />
and Brian are planning to start a<br />
family towards the end of <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Sandra Breeden Martin (1986-<br />
2004), received her BS in Criminal<br />
Justice from Liberty University this<br />
past January, at 50 years young.<br />
Stacey Creasy Angel ’07 received<br />
her AAS in Management. She is<br />
employed by B&W. She graduated<br />
Magna Cum Laude from Franklin<br />
University in 2007 with a BS in<br />
Human Resource<br />
Management and<br />
earned her MBA<br />
from Franklin<br />
in 2010 with a<br />
concentration in<br />
Human Resource<br />
Leadership.<br />
Melissa A.<br />
Bienkowski<br />
’08 received her<br />
AAS degree in<br />
Communication<br />
Design. After<br />
graduation, she<br />
spent three years<br />
at The News &<br />
Advance as a<br />
graphic designer<br />
in the Advertising<br />
department, where<br />
she won several<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Press Association advertising<br />
awards for her designs. Recently,<br />
she was hired as a graphic designer/<br />
promotions coordinator for Sodexo for<br />
Libery University’s Dining Services.<br />
Misty Smith with son Jaxon, husband Drew<br />
and daughter Keeley.<br />
Misty R. Smith ’08 graduated with<br />
an AAS degree in Communication<br />
Design. She lives in Beaufort, SC where<br />
Alumni Update continued on page 15<br />
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The Educational Foundation Report<br />
by Don Sutton, Executive Director<br />
Alumni Update, continued from page 15<br />
husband Drew is stationed at MCRD<br />
Parris Island. In addition to running<br />
her own freelance business, Photos by<br />
Misty Smith, the Smiths have been busy<br />
building their family. Daughter Keeley<br />
was born in March 2009 and son Jaxon<br />
arrived in May <strong>2011</strong>. With 2 dogs and 2<br />
cats, the Smiths have a happy houseful!<br />
Jennifer Michelle (Krantz)<br />
Tramontano ’08 earned her AAS<br />
degree in Communication Design.<br />
On August 21, 2009, she married<br />
her husband Henry, a native of New<br />
York, and was blessed with a beloved<br />
stepson, Joseph. Last May, daughter<br />
Ella Mae arrived at UVa. hospital.<br />
After a scary start, she finally came<br />
home from the hospital at three<br />
months, and has grown and thrived<br />
ever since. Jennifer is a happy stayat-home<br />
mom, living in Hurt, VA.<br />
Jennifer Tramontano<br />
with daughter Ella, son<br />
Joseph and husband<br />
Henry (above). At right,<br />
Ella at one year.<br />
Brittani Lynn Gowen ’09 received<br />
her AAS degree in Communication<br />
Design. Right after graduation, she<br />
won the Lynchburg Get Downtown!<br />
competition and created the logo used<br />
for the event. Brittani went on to work<br />
at The Realty Group as the Marketing<br />
Director, where she designed, created,<br />
sold ads for and produced The Realty<br />
Group Magazine bi-montly, as well<br />
as handling photography and virtual<br />
tours for the company. This past spring,<br />
Brittani moved<br />
to Charlottesville<br />
after being hired<br />
as a graphic<br />
designer at The<br />
Daily Progress.<br />
Veronica<br />
L. Torres ’09<br />
earned her<br />
AAS degree in<br />
Communication<br />
Design. A native<br />
of Argentina,<br />
Veronica<br />
relocated to<br />
Charlottesville,<br />
where she works<br />
in Ad Design<br />
for FORWARD/ADELANTE, <strong>Virginia</strong>’s<br />
first bilingual business journal. Her<br />
photography has also been featured<br />
on several covers of the publication.<br />
She wants her fellow alumni and<br />
current students to know that you<br />
can get work in your field, even<br />
in a difficulty economy, if you<br />
work hard, and don’t give up!<br />
A cover of Forward/Adelante<br />
magazine, featuring photography<br />
by Veronica L. Torres.<br />
2010’s<br />
Kathleen A. Fort ’10 received<br />
an AAS degree in Communication<br />
Design. She also received a BA in<br />
Studio Art from Randolph <strong>College</strong> in<br />
2010. Through her freelance company,<br />
Sassy Horse Design, Kathleen has<br />
created logos, print and web designs<br />
for several businesses in <strong>Central</strong> and<br />
Southwest <strong>Virginia</strong>. She was hired<br />
this summer as a graphic designer at<br />
Payne Publishers, Inc. Kathleen<br />
lives in Manassas Park, VA.<br />
James Evan Puckett ’10<br />
earned his AAS degree in<br />
Communication Design. In<br />
addition to his own freelance<br />
business, Puckett Photography<br />
& Design, Evan served as the<br />
Marketing Director for A & N<br />
Hops, LLC, creating marketing<br />
collateral for Ned’s Beer & Wine,<br />
Rivermont Pizza, and Fainting<br />
Goat Catering Company. In<br />
April, Evan joined Fabrico,<br />
where he designs bags, shirts<br />
and other textiles for the<br />
corporate environment. He<br />
also is involved in advertising<br />
campaigns, product photography<br />
and the company catalog.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
Donald Wayne Tosi ’72 earned<br />
an AAS in Business from CVCC. He<br />
was president of the CVCC Alumni<br />
Association and served as the chief<br />
alumnus for many years before passing<br />
away on May 29, <strong>2011</strong>. He was selected<br />
as the CVCC Outstanding Alumnus<br />
of the year in 2003. Mr. Tosi was a<br />
past president of the Cancer Society<br />
and an active committee member of<br />
Lynchburg’s Relay for Life. He was a<br />
member of Peakland United Methodist<br />
Church and a salesman for Southern<br />
Maintenance and Supply Company.<br />
I<br />
first met Don Tosi ’72 during my<br />
interview to join the CVCC staff. Over<br />
the next 14 years I learned a great<br />
deal about the man, who put his school<br />
close to the top of his priorities. During<br />
the ensuing years we raised money<br />
together for the Alumni Association’s<br />
scholarship program for deserving<br />
children of the <strong>College</strong>’s alumni.<br />
One of these events was an annual<br />
auction held in<br />
the student center<br />
where we would<br />
auction many<br />
items donated<br />
to the Alumni<br />
Association. The<br />
high point of the<br />
auction was items<br />
donated by Lane<br />
Furniture Company of Altavista.<br />
These were the years when Jimmy<br />
Martin ’67 was the plant manager.<br />
Many a Lane cedar chest was taken<br />
home by a successful bidder.<br />
When Lane closed its doors, the<br />
Alumni Association was challenged<br />
to find a new source of funds. What<br />
sprung forth was the CVCC Alumni<br />
Open at Ivy Hill Golf Club. Don was<br />
the chief auctioneer, presenter and<br />
got a free round of golf to boot.<br />
During the <strong>College</strong>’s annual<br />
commencement week, the Alumni<br />
Association hosted a picnic for that<br />
year’s graduating class. Alumni<br />
volunteers sought donations of<br />
bread, coleslaw, ice cream and soft<br />
drinks from local venders to feed<br />
the masses of that year’s class. The<br />
newly elected Outstanding Alumnus<br />
would speak to the class and Don<br />
would add his thoughts urging the<br />
graduates to go forth and flourish.<br />
His message was that at one point<br />
he had stood in their shoes.<br />
At commencement May 15, 2003,<br />
Don was recognized as CVCC’s<br />
Outstanding Alumnus, an award he<br />
certainly deserved. In this capacity<br />
he was the commencement speaker.<br />
Now Don was not a natural born public<br />
speaker, but through the grace of<br />
Johnny Merritt and the tutoring of his<br />
wife Deborah, he held forth like a pro.<br />
This past commencement was Don’s<br />
last and we at CVCC miss him. His<br />
devotion to his <strong>College</strong> was remarkable<br />
and an example to all CVCC alumni.<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Michael Moorshead, President<br />
Michael V. Bradford, Vice President,<br />
Wells Fargo<br />
John S. Capps, Secretary (ex officio),<br />
President, CVCC<br />
John K. Poole, Treasurer (ex officio),<br />
Vice President of Finance, CVCC<br />
Doyle B. Allen, Hurt & Proffitt, Inc.<br />
J. Fredrick Armstrong, Wiley|Wilson<br />
Robert L. Bashore<br />
Jane A. Blickenstaff,<br />
Blickenstaff & Co. Realtors<br />
Clyde T. Clark, Sr.<br />
Lorenza E. Davis, Sr.,<br />
Lynchburg Public Warehouse<br />
John D. Doyle, Jr., The Pettyjohn Company<br />
Gregory A. Graham, Southern Air, Inc.<br />
Larry E. Jackson, Appalachian Power<br />
Wayne C. Johnson, C.B. Fleet<br />
William E. Leach, Teva Phamaceuticals<br />
John A. Mastroianni<br />
Steve McElroy, Harris Corporation<br />
Ryan A. McEntire, CPA,<br />
Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P.<br />
Zoe S. Miles, GP Big Island LLC<br />
Winfred D. Nash,<br />
Mitchell W. Reaves, N.B. Handy<br />
J. Todd Scruggs, The Bank of the James<br />
David T. Scott, Greif Riverville, L.L.C.<br />
Michael Syrek, SunTrust<br />
E. W. Tibbs, Centra Health, Inc.<br />
Denise Woernle, AREVA NP, Inc.<br />
Richard B. Worthington, II<br />
Donald M. Sutton, Jr., Executive Director,<br />
(ex officio)<br />
Directors Emeriti:<br />
Clifton L. Barbieri †<br />
James V. Shircliff †<br />
Ronald V. Dolan †<br />
† Deceased<br />
Contact Information<br />
Donald M. Sutton, Jr.<br />
CVCCEF, Inc.<br />
3506 Wards Road<br />
Lynchburg VA 24502<br />
PH. 434.832.7620<br />
FAX 434.832.7761<br />
suttond@cvcc.vccs.edu<br />
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from the 2010-<strong>2011</strong> school year<br />
Julie Dailey Receives<br />
Outstanding Faculty Award<br />
Those attending the <strong>2011</strong> Spring<br />
Commencement of <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> saw a truly<br />
innovative professor receive the<br />
Outstanding Faculty Award - Julie<br />
Dailey, Professor of Accounting.<br />
Having earned two Masters of Science<br />
degrees, one from the <strong>College</strong> of William<br />
and Mary, the other from Old Dominion<br />
Dr. Mickles Featured<br />
at 6th Annual Women<br />
of Worth Luncheon<br />
Dr. Muriel Mickles, Associate<br />
Professor and Dean of<br />
Humanities and Social Science<br />
at CVCC was one of four<br />
dynamic female leaders who<br />
participated on the “Mission<br />
Possible” panel at the 6th<br />
Annual Women of Worth (WOW)<br />
luncheon sponsored by the<br />
Lynchburg Regional Chamber<br />
and Centra Foundation. The<br />
WOW luncheon is held each year<br />
to recognize professional women from<br />
all across the region, honor the nominees<br />
of the prestigious ATHENA Award and<br />
announce the recipient of the Award.<br />
The theme for this year’s Women of<br />
Worth luncheon was Mission Possible:<br />
Living a healthy, balanced and successful<br />
life! Dr. Mickles and the other panel<br />
participants, Sarah Burnett (president<br />
University, Julie<br />
joined the CVCC<br />
faculty in 1991.<br />
From the outset<br />
Julie has put her<br />
skills to work for<br />
the college by<br />
keeping up with<br />
new technology,<br />
much of which<br />
has been<br />
incorporated into<br />
both traditional<br />
and web-based<br />
classes.<br />
Reviewing<br />
the software<br />
associated<br />
with this technology is in many ways<br />
like reading a foreign language. Jing,<br />
Wimba, Camtasia, Audacity, Screencast,<br />
and Instant Messaging—these are just<br />
a few of the software packages that<br />
Julie has used to increase interactivity<br />
in newly developed web courses. Along<br />
with these programs, she embraces<br />
technology by providing a blog for her<br />
students that keeps them abreast of<br />
of MontVue Capital Management),<br />
Sampada Desai (licensed professional<br />
counselor and yoga instructor), and the<br />
Honorable Dale Harris (retired judge<br />
from <strong>Virginia</strong>’s 24th District Juvenile and<br />
Domestic Court), Christine Kennedy,<br />
(moderator, LRCC), shared inspirational<br />
stories and provided valuable advice<br />
designed to motivate others to lead life<br />
with purpose, passion and persistence.<br />
the latest news and issues in her field.<br />
It also keeps them informed about the<br />
current and potential job market.<br />
Instrumental in the development of<br />
courses for her division’s Accounting<br />
Degree Program, Julie obtained<br />
designation as a Certified Instructional<br />
Designer, and she was selected to<br />
comment on her discipline for the AICPA<br />
Top Technology Initiative for <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
In addition to her time spent<br />
instructing, Julie conducted a complete<br />
program review for the Accounting<br />
Program at CVCC. She has also served<br />
the <strong>College</strong> by being on a vast array<br />
of committees and has served the<br />
community in numerous ways, the<br />
most unique of which is to help<br />
students with their tax returns!<br />
Julie Dailey is a professional who<br />
communicates well with faculty,<br />
staff, and students, and she has<br />
enormous enthusiasm, great integrity,<br />
and the highest level of ability. It<br />
is no wonder why Julie Dailey was<br />
chosen by her students and her<br />
peers as the <strong>2011</strong> CVCC Outstanding<br />
Faculty. Congratulations, Julie!<br />
The four seasoned<br />
panelists candidly<br />
discussed their individual<br />
life’s journey and shared<br />
factors that contributed<br />
to their personal and<br />
professional success.<br />
The audience came<br />
away with “how to”<br />
information and strategies<br />
on topics such as:<br />
• Overcoming challenges<br />
• Successfully juggling<br />
work, family &<br />
civic priorities<br />
• “Getting unstuck”<br />
• Developing habits that lead to spiritual,<br />
emotional and physical health<br />
Dr. Mickles was very honored to<br />
be chosen to participate on the<br />
WOW panel and truly enjoyed<br />
the opportunity to network with<br />
over 200 professional women!<br />
Team Wins<br />
Recognition<br />
A loosely-knit team<br />
of creative spirits<br />
at CVCC, which is<br />
largely responsible for<br />
producing the CVCC<br />
Alumni Magazine, was<br />
recognized this past fall<br />
for their excellence. The<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> Government<br />
Communicators<br />
Association chose<br />
to award their<br />
“Excellence in<br />
Communications 2010 Award,” a first<br />
place in their newsletter category.<br />
Editor Kathy Cudlin (CVCC ’95), a<br />
Duke University graduate in English;<br />
Graphic Designer, Donna Hobbs,<br />
University of <strong>Virginia</strong> (MFA); and<br />
photographer Jill Markwood (CVCC<br />
’84) and Lynchburg <strong>College</strong> <strong>2011</strong> swept<br />
the Commonwealth’s institutions.<br />
Don Sutton, Vice President of<br />
Institutional Advancement,<br />
said of the recognition, “We<br />
have entered past CVCC<br />
CVCC Study Abroad<br />
in Italy<br />
In May, seventeen students,<br />
faculty, and alumni from<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> departed on a sixteenday<br />
trip to study the history, art, and<br />
culture of Italy from Roman times through<br />
the Renaissance. Led by history professor<br />
David McGee, the group visited Rome,<br />
Assisi, Padua, Venice, Verona, Florence, Pisa,<br />
and Sienna.<br />
The highlights in Rome included seeing<br />
the Roman Forum (the seat of the most<br />
(left to right) Jill Markwood, Kathy Cudlin, and Donna Hobbs<br />
Alumni Magazines in their publication<br />
competition, but could never find<br />
a category that fit a community<br />
college alumni publication. As an<br />
odd duck, our magazine could not<br />
find a roost. Mrs. Cudlin threw up<br />
her hands last year and entered the<br />
state competition as a newsletter.”<br />
When the team learned that the CVCC<br />
Alumni Magazine had found its niche,<br />
they were vindicated for several years of<br />
hard work,<br />
outside of<br />
the pride<br />
taken in<br />
developing<br />
each year’s<br />
publication.<br />
powerful<br />
government<br />
in Europe for<br />
almost 1,000<br />
years), the<br />
Vatican and<br />
the Sistine<br />
Chapel, the<br />
ruins of the<br />
ancient port<br />
city of Ostia<br />
Antica, and<br />
the Appian Way with its early Christian<br />
catacombs. At Assisi the group visited the<br />
Basilica of St. Francis with its magnificent<br />
frescoes and the tomb of Francis. While<br />
in picturesque Venice, the participants<br />
saw St. Mark’s square along with the<br />
Basilica of St. Mark and the Doge’s Palace,<br />
the Rialto Bridge area with its famous<br />
CVCC Students Visit NYC<br />
Each year, during spring break, Student<br />
Activities Coordinator Linda Adams<br />
leads a group of CVCC students on an<br />
exciting learning adventure in New<br />
York City. This year the group stayed<br />
at the Edison Hotel near Times Square<br />
and visited the city’s major highlights<br />
from Rockefeller Center to St. Patrick’s<br />
Cathedral, Ground Zero to Wall Street,<br />
<strong>Central</strong> Park to the Brooklyn Bridge,<br />
Liberty and Ellis Island to Grand <strong>Central</strong><br />
Station. One of the evenings the group<br />
took a Dinner Cruise tour of the New<br />
York harbor with its inspiring view of the<br />
Statue of Liberty, beautifully illuminated<br />
at night. For more information for the<br />
upcoming Spring Break NYC trip contact<br />
Linda Adams at adamsl@cvcc.vccs.edu.<br />
markets, and several of the outer islands<br />
in the city’s lagoon. Florence provided<br />
the members of the group a chance to<br />
step into the world of Renaissance art as<br />
they visited the famed Uffizi gallery and a<br />
number of cathedrals filled with the works<br />
of Donatello, Michelangelo, Titian, and<br />
numerous other painters and sculptors. A<br />
number of the participants travelled to<br />
Pisa where they climbed to the top of the<br />
Leaning Tower and discovered just how<br />
much it really leans. In addition to all the<br />
artistic and historical sites, the members<br />
of the group also found time to enjoy the<br />
culture of modern Italy with its fine cuisine<br />
and memorable people. On June 5th,<br />
the group returned to the United States,<br />
exhausted but filled with the wonders of a<br />
fascinating world that stretched from Rome<br />
to modern times.<br />
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Past Outstanding<br />
Alumni:<br />
1993 Joyce M. Coleman ’82<br />
1994 James M. Martin ’70<br />
1995 James Peyton Moore, Jr. ’80<br />
1996 Fred B. Heptinstall, Jr. ’71<br />
1997 Susan M. Stimart ’69<br />
1998 Garry L. Friend ’71<br />
1999 Teressa M. Hood ’70<br />
2000 David Michael Bryant ’75<br />
2001 Robert Smith, III ’87<br />
2002 Arthur Dale Moore ’82<br />
2003 Don W. Tosi, ’72<br />
2004 Emily A. Mayhew ’79<br />
2005 Jason Dole Campbell ’95<br />
2006 Michele Rae Stone ’94<br />
2007 Judy Roach Karniewicz ‘97<br />
2008 Brian K. Walsh ‘95<br />
2009 Muriel B. Mickles ‘75<br />
2010 Amy Griffin Ray<br />
<strong>2011</strong> Stephen D. Newman<br />
The CVCC Alumni and Friends Association is<br />
in search of<br />
the 2012<br />
Outstanding<br />
Alumnus<br />
In each of the last 18 years, the CVCC Alumni and Friends Association<br />
has recognized a former student of <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
as an outstanding alumnus. Those selected in the past have distinguished<br />
themselves through outstanding achievement in professional, academic,<br />
or personal life, or in service to the <strong>College</strong>, as judged by the Alumni Board.<br />
The Association is seeking your help in finding a CVCC alumnus who meets<br />
the criteria for this special award. The candidate selected will be honored<br />
at the May, 2012, commencement ceremonies and, by tradition, deliver the<br />
commencement address. His or her name will be permanently displayed<br />
alongside past recipients and he or she will, henceforth, be an official ambassador<br />
of <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Eligibility Requirements<br />
The nominee must meet one of the following conditions:<br />
1) Completed a degree, diploma, or certificate or;<br />
2) Completed at least 15 semester hours of course work numbered 100 or above, or<br />
3) Have been a curricular student and completed 25 percent of the requirements.<br />
How to Nominate<br />
Contact Betty Kershaw Hudson, Coordinator of Alumni Relations via:<br />
1) Telephone at (434) 832-7763<br />
2) E-mail at hudsonb@cvcc.vccs.edu<br />
3) Mail to 3506 Wards Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502<br />
4) Or submit the easy-to-use electronic form found in the alumni section at<br />
www.cvcc.vccs.edu