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Special<br />
anniversary<br />
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<strong>Alumni</strong><br />
<strong>Connection</strong><br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
A Publication for <strong>Alumni</strong> & Friends of SC4<br />
Alumnus profile: Jim Langolf<br />
SC4 prepares entrepreneur<br />
to run successful business<br />
Even as a young man, Jim Langolf<br />
knew he wanted to own a business<br />
someday.<br />
But after graduating from Port Huron<br />
High School in 1980, he wasn’t sure of his<br />
next move. A trumpet player in the high<br />
school band, he spent much of his time<br />
playing music and considered himself just<br />
an average student.<br />
It was at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
College that he learned he could follow his<br />
passions and still succeed academically.<br />
In his first semester, he earned a 4.0 grade<br />
point average.<br />
“That semester really awakened me,”<br />
said Langolf, who lives in Port Huron<br />
Township. “It was like a light bulb went<br />
on.”<br />
He continued to succeed during the<br />
remainder of his time at SC4. He also<br />
followed his love for music into the SC4 Jazz<br />
Band.<br />
While attending SC4, he worked part time<br />
at the local jewelry store where his father,<br />
Alex, worked. That job turned out to be more<br />
than just a way to earn extra money. The<br />
skills he learned there would help him realize<br />
his goal. Years later, Langolf and his father<br />
would go into business together and open<br />
Alexander Fine Jewelers.<br />
After graduating from SC4, Langolf<br />
transferred to Anderson University in Indiana<br />
and studied history and music performance,<br />
graduating with honors.<br />
He credits SC4 with preparing him to<br />
succeed. “For me to go away to a four-year<br />
SC4 alumnus Jim Langolf, owner of Alexander Fine<br />
Jewelers, helps Rosa Berry look at a ring in his Fort<br />
Gratiot store.<br />
college right after high school would have been<br />
a disaster,” he said. “After SC4, I was much<br />
more prepared.”<br />
Langolf returned to Port Huron after college<br />
and took a job doing software support for a<br />
local company. “That taught me a lot about<br />
customer service,” he said. “I learned how<br />
to make friends with people no matter how<br />
frustrated they were.”<br />
He also took one more class at SC4. His<br />
wife, Dawn, was taking accounting and wanted<br />
company. Like his job at the jewelry store, that<br />
class would prove to be more valuable than he<br />
realized.<br />
“I literally have used what I learned in that<br />
class every day of my life for the last 20 years.”<br />
In 1993, he and his father decided it was time<br />
See ‘ENTREPRENEUR’ on Page 2<br />
Message from the<br />
alumni president<br />
In our communities the need for higher<br />
education and retraining our work force<br />
never has been more urgent and necessary.<br />
With the support of<br />
the SC4 Foundation<br />
and SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Association,<br />
our college has<br />
accomplished<br />
much to meet these<br />
demands.<br />
Over the years,<br />
Marshall J. Campbell<br />
together with the<br />
SC4 Board of<br />
Trustees, the SC4 Foundation and SC4<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Association have raised more<br />
than $5 million for scholarships and<br />
needed funds to enhance a quality learning<br />
environment. The need continues and never<br />
has been greater. Through the generosity of<br />
people and businesses in our communities<br />
and people who once benefited from the<br />
SC4 experience, we can continue to help<br />
so many more seeking to advance their<br />
education and improve their quality of life.<br />
This year, SC4 will celebrate its 90th<br />
anniversary. The tradition of quality higher<br />
education began nine decades ago as Port<br />
Huron Junior College and continues today.<br />
Imagine in those 90 years how many lives<br />
have been touched and opportunities created<br />
for so many people who walked the halls<br />
of our college. Our parents, our children,<br />
our friends and neighbors all have benefited<br />
from SC4. Today, SC4 has more than<br />
18,000 alumni association members.<br />
As we reflect on what SC4 means to each<br />
of us, it gives us cause to be proud. Join<br />
us in celebrating 90 years of history and<br />
tradition. Page 3 outlines events planned.<br />
Be a part of supporting <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> College … your college!<br />
SC4 – www.facebook.com/followSC4<br />
SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association – www.facebook.com/SC4alumni www.twitter.com/followSC4 www.youtube.com/SC4tv www.pinterest.com/SC4pins
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Message from the<br />
college president<br />
This year, SC4 is celebrating our<br />
90th anniversary. That’s nine decades<br />
of educating families in the Blue Water<br />
Area. To celebrate, we will incorporate the<br />
anniversary as part of events for alumni,<br />
students, faculty, staff and the community<br />
throughout <strong>2013</strong>. (See Page 3 for details.)<br />
We are proud of our long tradition of<br />
excellence and our<br />
recent successes.<br />
Our library has<br />
made numerous<br />
changes to become<br />
the most modern<br />
and accessible<br />
research center<br />
possible. The<br />
library’s collection<br />
is more than four<br />
Dr. Kevin A. Pollock<br />
times the size it<br />
was a year ago<br />
and includes a<br />
large number of digital resources for easeof-access<br />
to materials. The library also has<br />
implemented the most advanced research<br />
engine available. <strong>St</strong>udents can search<br />
the library, the web and hundreds of free<br />
databases in one easy search and can access<br />
millions of resources.<br />
SC4’s associate degree nursing program<br />
earned accreditation in September after a<br />
two-year process.<br />
And a new entrepreneurship class was<br />
introduced this winter semester. The<br />
comprehensive class, which filled to<br />
capacity, teaches students how to take<br />
a business idea from early stages to<br />
implementation.<br />
SC4 has been awarded several grants.<br />
A Greenforce Initiative Innovation<br />
Mini Grant helped produce three videos<br />
showcasing how SC4 uses its green<br />
technology to educate students. Watch the<br />
videos at www.sc4.edu/livinglabs.<br />
We received two grants from Michigan<br />
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.<br />
The first, through MCACA and the<br />
Michigan Humanities Council, helped<br />
to support two free performances of<br />
traditional African dance and music by the<br />
Biakuye Percussion Group in February.<br />
The second, through MCACA’s<br />
Minigrant program, administered by the<br />
Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens, will<br />
help bring two award-winning authors<br />
to campus in April to celebrate the 55th<br />
edition of Patterns, the college’s literary<br />
and arts publication of student work.<br />
In athletics, the Port Huron Sports Hall of<br />
Fame opened in its new location in SC4’s<br />
North Building in January.<br />
These are just some of the highlights of<br />
what your community college is doing as<br />
we celebrate our past and continue to look<br />
to the future.<br />
Robert Carson recognized as<br />
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year<br />
During its annual meeting<br />
Thursday, Nov. 15, the SC4<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Association named Robert<br />
W. Carson of Fort Gratiot as its<br />
Distinguished Alumnus of the<br />
Year. The event was at Quay <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
Brewing Co. in Port Huron.<br />
Carson graduated from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> <strong>Community</strong> College and the<br />
University of Michigan. He went on<br />
to earn a law degree from what was<br />
then the University of Detroit Law<br />
School.<br />
Robert W. Carson<br />
He has been chair of the <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Golf Classic for the past 14 years.<br />
Also at the meeting, the<br />
association elected a new<br />
president, Marshall J. Campbell<br />
of Fort Gratiot, and re-elected<br />
Vice President Dan L. DeGrow of<br />
Burtchville Township and Treasurer<br />
Thomas L. Coleman of Fort<br />
Gratiot.<br />
Also at the meeting, the<br />
association elected a new board<br />
member, Rebekah J. Smith of <strong>St</strong>.<br />
He is a senior partner with Fort Gratiot law<br />
firm McIntosh, McColl, Carson and <strong>St</strong>rickler.<br />
He has been on the March of Dimes Board<br />
of Directors since 1975 and is past president<br />
of the Port Huron Golf Club in Fort Gratiot.<br />
He also volunteers with Autism Speaks in<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong>. He is a member and past<br />
president, as well as Scholarship Committee<br />
<strong>Clair</strong> Township. Board members re-elected<br />
were Scott J. Babin of Port Huron, Tyrone<br />
C. Burrell of Port Huron, Carson, Dr. Robert<br />
W. Coulter of Port Huron, Dr. S.L. Husain<br />
Hamzavi of Bloomfield, Nancy E. Klemmer<br />
of Burtchville Township and Thomas F. Obee<br />
of Columbus Township. Board members serve<br />
two-year terms.<br />
chair, of the SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association Board.<br />
From Page 1: Entrepreneur credits SC4<br />
to make their dream a reality.<br />
They opened Alexander Fine<br />
Jewelers in downtown Port Huron.<br />
“I always envisioned the two of<br />
us opening our own jewelry store.<br />
We went for it.”<br />
The jewelry store, which moved<br />
to a new location in Fort Gratiot<br />
three years ago, is celebrating its<br />
20th anniversary in April.<br />
“It really is a joy to help people<br />
celebrate significant moments in<br />
their lives,” he said.<br />
Jim Langolf<br />
the trumpet, and so do all three of<br />
his children.<br />
He and his wife are co-presidents<br />
of the Port Huron High School<br />
Band Boosters. Their son Jeffrey,<br />
an 11th-grader, is a drum major.<br />
They also have two daughters.<br />
Emily is in eighth grade and<br />
Kristen is studying to be a teacher<br />
at Anderson University.<br />
Langolf and his business are<br />
proud to support the SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Association and give back to the<br />
Langolf still makes time for music, which<br />
is a tradition for his family. He met his wife<br />
in high school band and he currently plays<br />
trumpet at Colonial Woods Church. His<br />
mother, father and two of his siblings played<br />
school that gave him his start. “I am proud<br />
to have an associate degree from SC4 on<br />
my resume,” he said. “SC4 gives a lot of<br />
families educational options that they wouldn’t<br />
otherwise have.”<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> where they are now<br />
These updates were submitted since October<br />
2012 by SC4 alumni. To read more about your<br />
classmates, visit www.sc4.edu/alumni.<br />
Calvin Bassil of Columbus Township<br />
is sports and leagues team leader (sports<br />
director) for YMCA of the Blue Water Area.<br />
He graduated from Western Illinois University<br />
with a bachelor’s degree in recreation park and<br />
tourism administration and a minor in business<br />
marketing.<br />
Dianna (Farenger) Gill of Marine City<br />
is pursuing her master’s degree in criminal<br />
justice at Northern Michigan University while<br />
working part time as a substitute teacher.<br />
John Ogden of Port Huron retired as<br />
director of finance for the city of Port Huron.<br />
Scott Shine of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> is executive director<br />
of the Arc of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong>. He graduated<br />
from Central Michigan University with a<br />
bachelor of science degree in sociology with<br />
a concentration in criminal justice. Prior to<br />
working at the Arc, he worked for Blue Water<br />
Center for Independent Living.
90th anniversary events<br />
May 10 – Commencement<br />
7:30 p.m., McMorran Place Main Arena, Port Huron<br />
An SC4 alumni from each decade will be honored.<br />
June 11 – SC4’s 90th birthday party<br />
4:30 to 6:30 p.m., College Center Atrium<br />
Closing SC4 time capsule to be opened at 125th anniversary<br />
July 18, 19, 20 – SC4 90th anniversary events<br />
in cooperation with Blue Water Fest<br />
Visit www.sc4.edu/90th<br />
to learn more and see<br />
an updated event<br />
schedule.<br />
2 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday<br />
Art on the Greenway<br />
Beer/wine tent sponsored by the SC4 Foundation benefiting<br />
the Binda Endowment for the Arts<br />
3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 18<br />
Family activities<br />
7 to 11 p.m. Thursday, July 18<br />
SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association Homecoming<br />
Beer/wine tent, adult games and activities; entertainment on<br />
the Greenway stage; special appearance by Karen Newman,<br />
voice of the Detroit Red Wings<br />
7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 19<br />
Music on the Greenway stage<br />
SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association presents Christian Howes, jazz violinist<br />
Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 20<br />
SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Community</strong> Talent Competition<br />
2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 20<br />
Jazz on the River in cooperation with Blue Water Jazz Society<br />
Karen Newman<br />
Blue Water Fest details: www.thebluewaterfest.com<br />
See more events at www.sc4.edu/90th.<br />
To commemorate SC4’s 90th anniversary,<br />
students and community members created<br />
more than 90 ceramic bowls Feb. 1 to be<br />
donated to Mid City Nutrition in Port Huron for<br />
its Empty Bowls fundraiser, which benefits the<br />
soup kitchen. At the Friday, March 22, Empty<br />
Bowls event, guests will be served a simple<br />
meal and choose a bowl.<br />
Facebook timeline<br />
As part of its celebrations, SC4 developed a detailed timeline on its Facebook<br />
page. The timeline lists events large and small throughout the college’s history.<br />
To view a chronology of the college’s history, as well as photos and memorabilia<br />
from throughout the years, visit www.facebook.com/followsc4. (On the right side<br />
of the page, click on any of the years or decades to begin viewing the milestones<br />
on the timeline.)<br />
Video messages<br />
Numerous people have recorded video messages congratulating SC4 on 90<br />
years. Visit www.sc4.edu/90th to see videos from Mike Emrick from the NHL on<br />
NBC, Karen Newman and numerous SC4 alumni and community members.<br />
SC4 presented Family Fun basketball<br />
games Feb. 16 in celebration of SC4’s 90th<br />
anniversary. A halftime show featured tricks by<br />
Yates, a state-champion disc dog.<br />
90th Anniversary VIP Membership<br />
Cost: $90<br />
Membership benefits:<br />
• VIP admission to the 90th Anniversary Homecoming event from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday,<br />
July 18. Includes dinner and open bar (beer/wine) on the Greenway.<br />
• VIP admission seating at the 90th Anniversary Homecoming concert Thursday, July 18.<br />
• Free admission to <strong>2013</strong> SC4 athletic events, Theatre Discipline productions and other<br />
select SC4 events.<br />
Visit www.sc4.edu/90th to buy your membership or call (810) 989-5760.<br />
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SC4 • SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association • SC4 Foundation<br />
SC4’s 10th annual Potters Market ran Nov. 15 through<br />
18 and featured hand and pottery wheel pieces<br />
created by students, faculty and guest potters.<br />
A player from Port Huron<br />
Central Middle School<br />
takes a shot during the<br />
SCCIAA Classic at SC4.<br />
Seventh- and eighthgrade<br />
teams from the<br />
following middle and<br />
junior high schools<br />
participated in the<br />
tournament Jan. 18 and<br />
19: Croswell-Lexington,<br />
Fort Gratiot, Marine City,<br />
Marysville, Port Huron<br />
Central, Port Huron<br />
Holland Woods and <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Clair</strong>.<br />
The Rainbow Singers perform during SC4’s 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration<br />
on Jan. 21. The event featured a musical and dramatic celebration of King’s legacy with a<br />
diverse variety of musicians, musical styles, dramatic performances and dance. The festivities<br />
were sponsored by the SC4 Global Diversity Advisory Council, Port Huron branch of the National<br />
Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Times Herald.<br />
SC4 President Dr. Kevin A. Pollock, second from right,<br />
talks Nov. 19 to representatives from IPPR International<br />
Engineering Corp. of Beijing. The delegation, organized<br />
by architectural firm SHW Group, toured the Port<br />
Huron campus to study how SC4 has incorporated<br />
environmental sustainability into numerous construction<br />
projects.<br />
Beth Maes of Fort Gratiot<br />
runs in the Skipper<br />
Spooktacular 5K on Oct.<br />
27. The event, presented by<br />
the SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
and SC4 Athletic<br />
Department, raised more<br />
than $3,000 for athletic<br />
scholarships.<br />
The Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School Quiz Bowl team, from left,<br />
Raymond Willett, Laura Hindes, Arica Frisbey and Ryan Carney,<br />
discuss a question during the <strong>2013</strong> Regional High School Quiz<br />
Bowl on Feb. 2, sponsored by SC4 and the SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association.<br />
Carsonville-Port Sanilac won the C and D division. Yale High School<br />
won the A and B division.<br />
Dr. Nicholas J. DeGrazia, left, vice chair of SC4’s Board of Trustees, looks on as <strong>St</strong>eve<br />
Rushing from Ellucian, SC4’s information technology partner, demonstrates new<br />
technology during a donor appreciation event Jan. 18 for the opening of the college’s<br />
new Fifth Third Bank Campus Innovation Center.<br />
The Biakuye Percussion Group performs at one of two free performances of<br />
traditional African dance and music Feb. 21 at SC4. The first performance was<br />
part of the college’s Thursday at Noon Concert Series. The second performance<br />
was presented by SC4’s Global Diversity Advisory Council. The concerts were<br />
funded in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the<br />
Michigan Humanities Council.<br />
A total of 331 people attended the Nov. 3<br />
SC4 Foundation Red Carpet Affair, which<br />
raised $42,577 to benefit scholarships<br />
and capital projects at SC4. The theme<br />
was “Cirque du Soleil on the Red Carpet,”<br />
featuring an extravaganza of performers. Of<br />
the total raised, $5,670 went toward visual<br />
and performing arts student scholarships<br />
and $36,907 went toward expansion of the<br />
college’s Natural Science Museum. This year’s<br />
Red Carpet Affair will be Saturday, Nov. 2.<br />
Visitors check out the Port Huron Sports Hall of Fame during its grand opening<br />
Jan. 26. The event celebrated the hall of fame’s new location on SC4’s<br />
campus. The hall is on the lower level of SC4’s North Building.<br />
Judge Cynthia Lane, left, talks with SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Association Board member Rebekah Smith<br />
and association President Marshall Campbell<br />
during the association’s annual meeting Nov.<br />
15. During the meeting, attendees networked<br />
with other alumni and community members<br />
and heard summaries of alumni association<br />
events and efforts. The <strong>2013</strong> annual meeting is<br />
scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14.<br />
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Leaders, bank help campaign to grow<br />
With two of five capital projects<br />
complete and more than $636,000<br />
raised for scholarships, SC4’s<br />
two-year, $1 million fundraising<br />
campaign has surpassed its overall<br />
monetary goal and is focusing<br />
fundraising on the final three<br />
projects.<br />
As of Feb. 18, the SC4 and<br />
SC4 Foundation’s “All Aboard:<br />
Campaign for Talent, Technology<br />
and Tomorrow” had raised<br />
$1,112,519.23. The campaign<br />
launched Nov. 1, 2011.<br />
The campaign benefitted from<br />
generous donations, including<br />
donations for scholarships from<br />
alumnus and local businessman<br />
Gene Oldford and dermatologist<br />
Dr. S.L. Husain Hamzavi, and a<br />
donation from Fifth Third Bank<br />
for a Campus Innovation Center,<br />
which opened in January. The first<br />
capital project, SC4’s Greenway,<br />
was completed in fall 2012.<br />
Fundraising continues for the<br />
three remaining capital projects.<br />
Expanding SC4’s Natural<br />
Science Museum will serve as a<br />
springboard to peak the interests<br />
of students of all ages in science<br />
and future careers. Renovating<br />
Room 312 in SC4’s Main Building<br />
will reveal the room’s historic<br />
architectural details and create<br />
a state-of-the-art classroom for<br />
teaching and learning. And a<br />
campus sign project will add,<br />
improve and replace worn building<br />
signs and way-finding signs, and<br />
provide educational signs for selfdirected<br />
tours about campus green<br />
features.<br />
Fifth Third donates $50,000<br />
A ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan.<br />
18 celebrated the opening of the<br />
new Fifth Third Bank Campus<br />
Innovation Center.<br />
Located on the first floor<br />
of SC4’s Clara E. Mackenzie<br />
Building (in the area formerly<br />
known as the Memorial Room),<br />
the center provides a designated<br />
area to explore and plan<br />
implementation of innovative<br />
ideas to move the college’s<br />
mission forward. It includes<br />
technology tools for collaboration,<br />
flexible seating and tables for<br />
small or large group opportunities,<br />
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and an area for visiting groups to<br />
use for discussions.<br />
At $50,000, Fifth Third is the<br />
largest corporate donor to the<br />
campaign to date.<br />
“As a corporate citizen of <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong>, Fifth Third Bank<br />
was proud to support <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> <strong>Community</strong> College with<br />
a grant for the Fifth Third Bank<br />
Campus Innovation Center,”<br />
said David F. Girodat, president<br />
and CEO of Fifth Third Bank,<br />
Eastern Michigan. “Fifth Third<br />
is known as the ‘Curious Bank,’<br />
and innovation, based on listening<br />
to our customers, is part of our<br />
DNA.”<br />
Oldford donates $500,000<br />
Oldford’s pledge of $500,000<br />
for scholarships was a surprise<br />
announcement at the SC4<br />
Foundation’s Red Carpet Affair on<br />
Nov. 3.<br />
His donation, the largest<br />
individual contribution to the<br />
campaign to date, will establish<br />
the <strong>St</strong>ephen<br />
E. and Clara<br />
B. Oldford<br />
Scholarship<br />
Endowment<br />
Fund, named<br />
in memory<br />
of his<br />
parents.<br />
The SC4<br />
Foundation<br />
will receive<br />
Gene Oldford<br />
the pledge over the next five years.<br />
Each year, beginning in <strong>2013</strong>-14,<br />
the interest from the endowment<br />
will provide scholarships to SC4<br />
students.<br />
Oldford of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> Township<br />
said he’s making the donation to<br />
help the people of the <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong>-Sanilac <strong>County</strong> area. “I<br />
can help some kids who otherwise<br />
couldn’t go to college and also<br />
provide assistance to those who<br />
can go,” he said.<br />
To be eligible for the<br />
scholarship, students must have<br />
graduated from a high school in<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> or Sanilac counties with a<br />
cumulative grade point average of<br />
2.5 or better and submit an essay.<br />
The scholarship award may vary<br />
up to a maximum of full tuition<br />
David F. Girodat, president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank, Eastern Michigan,<br />
left, and SC4 President Dr. Kevin A. Pollock cut the ribbon to the Fifth Third<br />
Bank Campus Innovation Center during a ceremony Jan. 18.<br />
To donate<br />
For more information about<br />
the SC4 Foundation’s “All<br />
Aboard: Campaign for<br />
Talent, Technology and<br />
Tomorrow” or to make a<br />
donation or pledge, visit<br />
www.sc4.edu/allaboard or<br />
contact David P. Goetze,<br />
SC4’s director of college<br />
advancement and alumni<br />
relations, at (810) 989-5761<br />
or dpgoetze@sc4.edu.<br />
and fees. Scholarships may be<br />
renewed if the student maintains a<br />
2.5 or better grade point average.<br />
Oldford has played a successful<br />
role in numerous businesses<br />
in the Thumb. They include<br />
what was then Huron Tool &<br />
Manufacturing in Sanilac <strong>County</strong>’s<br />
Worth Township; Black River<br />
Manufacturing and the former<br />
Black River Plastics, both in Port<br />
Huron; Oldford & Associates in<br />
Port Huron; and a pulley company<br />
and a painting company, both in<br />
Tuscola <strong>County</strong>’s Vassar. Read<br />
Oldford’s complete story at<br />
www.sc4.edu/oldford.<br />
Hamzavi creates scholarship<br />
The SC4 Foundation’s<br />
Hamzavi Foundation Endowment<br />
Scholarship Fund annually will<br />
award a scholarship to an SC4<br />
student.<br />
The scholarship is made possible<br />
by a $30,000 pledge by Hamzavi<br />
of Port Huron and a $15,000<br />
matching gift from the <strong>Community</strong><br />
Foundation of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
Hamzavi is a founding member<br />
of Hamzavi Dermatology in Fort<br />
Gratiot,<br />
Clinton<br />
Township<br />
and Canton.<br />
He also is a<br />
professor of<br />
dermatology<br />
at Wayne <strong>St</strong>ate<br />
University and<br />
a staff member<br />
of several<br />
hospitals,<br />
including<br />
Port Huron<br />
Dr. S.L. Husain<br />
Hamzavi<br />
Hospital and <strong>St</strong>. Joseph Mercy Port<br />
Huron.<br />
He is a member of SC4’s <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Association Board and Global<br />
Diversity Advisory Council.<br />
Beginning with the <strong>2013</strong>-14<br />
academic year, the scholarship will<br />
be awarded annually to a student<br />
pursuing a career in an allied health<br />
field at SC4, with first preference<br />
given to students in a medical<br />
assistant program. Applicants must<br />
have a minimum 3.0 grade point<br />
average. Scholarship amounts will<br />
vary.<br />
Scholarship recipients also<br />
will qualify for the opportunity<br />
to be interviewed by Hamzavi<br />
Dermatology for a potential job<br />
opportunity.
Thanking our donors<br />
Donors to All Aboard: Campaign for Talent, Technology and Tomorrow<br />
Fleet Admiral – $500,000 and above<br />
Gene Oldford<br />
Admiral – $100,000 to $499,999<br />
Vice Admiral - $50,000 to $99,999<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Foundation<br />
of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Fifth Third Bank<br />
Captain – $10,000 to $49,999<br />
David & Denise M. Brooks<br />
DTE Energy Foundation<br />
Dr. Ralph M. & Patricia Gillhooley<br />
Dr. S.L. Husain Hamzavi<br />
Hugh McMorran<br />
Donna M. Niester<br />
Betty Tomion<br />
Commander – $5,000 to $9,999<br />
Julie Armstrong<br />
Barss Residential Care<br />
James F. & Janet Bonadio<br />
Mary J. Brooks<br />
Marshall J. Campbell<br />
Ellucian<br />
David & Laurie Goetze<br />
Carol & Robert W. Gunn Jr.<br />
Grace & John W. Hill<br />
James Jones<br />
Kirk A. & Sheryl Kramer<br />
Ken Lord<br />
Joseph M. Mericka<br />
Dr. Kevin A. Pollock<br />
Drs. B. Ramesh & Sushma Reddy<br />
Cynthia Rourke<br />
Markus Schulz<br />
Michael D. Smith<br />
Talmer Bank & Trust<br />
Martin E. & Melanie Weiss<br />
Wells Fargo Educational<br />
Matching Gift Program<br />
Lieutenant Commander<br />
– $1,000 to $4,999<br />
John D. Adair<br />
James Berry<br />
Richard Brozowski<br />
June Chene<br />
Citizens First Foundation Inc.<br />
Sheila Corp<br />
Dr. Robert W. Coulter<br />
Linda Davis<br />
Thomas & Susan DeFauw<br />
Dr. Nicholas J. DeGrazia<br />
Carol DesJardins<br />
Bonnie DiNardo<br />
Thomas Donovan<br />
Timothy & Suzanne Dowd<br />
Douglas Duncan<br />
Katrin Eismann & John McIntosh<br />
Thomas A. Hamilton<br />
Mary L. Hawtin<br />
Kimberly Heering<br />
Susanne Jakubiak<br />
Kelli Kearns<br />
Judge Daniel J. Kelly<br />
Kate Kenney<br />
Norman Knowlton<br />
Larry & Wendy L. Krabach<br />
Pete Lacey<br />
Terrance Langan<br />
Dr. Patricia Y. Leonard<br />
Jane Lewandoski<br />
Rebecca Lubbers<br />
Doreen MacDonald<br />
Dianna Maxwell<br />
Denise M. McNeil<br />
Gigi Mericka-Bartley<br />
Frank W. Poma<br />
Michael Reckker<br />
Brenda Rinke<br />
Sarah Rutallie<br />
Julie Ryan-McCollam<br />
John H. Sass<br />
Linda Sausser<br />
SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
Edward H. Schultz<br />
Arthur & Susan Smith<br />
Larry & Kathleen M. Smith<br />
Debbie <strong>St</strong>a Cruz<br />
Shawn M. <strong>St</strong>arkey<br />
Lisbeth Tollander<br />
Karl S. & Denise Tomion<br />
Doreen Vernier<br />
Dale Vos<br />
Dave Witt<br />
Up to $999<br />
Douglas R. Alexander<br />
Mary Anderson<br />
Marie Armbruster<br />
Sharon Armstrong<br />
Todd & Mona Armstrong<br />
<strong>St</strong>anley & Patricia Arnett<br />
Larry & Yvonne Babin<br />
Sylvia Bargiel<br />
Carrie Bearss<br />
Norman Beauchamp<br />
Beem Construction LLC<br />
Dr. Rose B. Bellanca<br />
Eugene Blynn<br />
Paulette Bohm<br />
John Borris<br />
Dr. Eddie & Amanda Brown<br />
Janet Brown<br />
Mary Kay & Thomas Brunner<br />
Janet Bryant<br />
William & Shellie Butler<br />
Dr. Kevin Carolan<br />
Ann Carrier<br />
Robert W. & Pamela Carson<br />
John & Susan Carter<br />
Josephine Cassar<br />
James Cezkaj<br />
Rosemary Cleaver<br />
Thomas L. & Nanci Coleman<br />
Michael Conway<br />
Dennis & Jolanta Crimmins<br />
Karen Crorey<br />
John & Sara Cummings<br />
Lawrence & Karen<br />
Czapiewski<br />
Robert Damon<br />
Barbara Dear<br />
Susanna Defever<br />
Dan L. DeGrow<br />
Dr. Gus J. & Lillian Demas<br />
Earl & Marvel Denomme<br />
Donald Diehl<br />
Barbara Donovan<br />
Robert & Ann Durand<br />
E & A Credit Union<br />
Theodore & Kathleen<br />
Ekelund<br />
Richard & Sally Engelgau<br />
Terry Ernest<br />
Michael Farquhar<br />
Thomas & Janice Farrar<br />
Catherine Fielitz<br />
Jessica Flann<br />
Gary & Sharon Forgue<br />
Colleen Forsgren<br />
<strong>St</strong>even Fosgard<br />
Eric Fouladbash<br />
James Frank<br />
Dr. Janice Fritz<br />
Gannett Foundation<br />
Dr. Rodolfo Garcia Z<br />
Marguerite Gavin<br />
Nichole Gilewski<br />
Ross Green<br />
Garth Gurnsey<br />
Bob & Margaret Hale<br />
Kathy Hami<br />
N. Fred & Marcia Haynes<br />
Marsha Heath<br />
David Heidenreich<br />
Dr. <strong>St</strong>even Heithoff<br />
Terry & Charlotte Henline<br />
Marcia A. Hogan<br />
Katherine Holth<br />
The Irish American Club<br />
of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Karen Jezewski<br />
Roland & Gail Johnson<br />
Robert Jones<br />
Donna Karsen<br />
Michael Kelley<br />
Lester Killion<br />
Bobby King<br />
Gary & Nancy E. Klemmer<br />
Gayle Klinkman<br />
Marion Knuth<br />
Gerilyn Kustowski<br />
Carol Lambert<br />
James Larsen<br />
Dale G. Lashbrook<br />
Timothy & Pamela LaVere<br />
Lynn Law<br />
LuAnn Leahy<br />
Gary & Susan LeRoy<br />
Chrystal Lilly<br />
Patricia Lindgren<br />
Dorothy Long Hill<br />
Marquette General Hospital<br />
Allen Matthews<br />
James & Nancy Maywar<br />
Marvin & Joyce McCallum<br />
Kathleen McGill<br />
Robert & Anne McPherson<br />
Charles & Susan Meeker<br />
Robert E. Moak<br />
Catherine & Edward<br />
Moore Jr.<br />
Mark Mulder<br />
Douglas Murphy<br />
Nicolle Murphy<br />
Doug & Christine M.<br />
Newberry<br />
Lee & Patricia Nolan<br />
Dr. Carol Nowakowski<br />
Nancy Nyitray<br />
Thomas Obee<br />
Dr. Suzanne M. & Michael<br />
O’Brien<br />
John & Dale Ann Ogden<br />
David E. Oppliger<br />
Marci Orrell<br />
Gail Pankratz<br />
Nancy Pecorilli<br />
Gisele Pettee<br />
Virginia Pillsbury<br />
Alison Posinski<br />
Douglas & Barbara Price<br />
Carrie Prigel<br />
David Quaine<br />
Greg & Pauline Repp<br />
James A. Relken<br />
Ralph & Patricia Roberts<br />
George & Rosalyn Roegner<br />
Ellen Ross<br />
Thomas & Justine Rowley<br />
Kathryn Ruby<br />
Paul Schmitt<br />
John & Kathleen Schuck<br />
Judy Schunck<br />
Bonnie Schwartzkopf<br />
Chris Sebastian<br />
Rev. Thomas J. Seppo<br />
M. Louise Shier<br />
Anita Shrestha<br />
SHW Group<br />
Ronald Simons<br />
Celeste Skalnek<br />
Jeffrey Smith<br />
Rebekah J. Smith<br />
Haddock C. & Sherrlene<br />
Snyder<br />
SONS Outreach<br />
Sydney B. Spofford<br />
<strong>St</strong>ate Farm Companies<br />
Foundation<br />
Muriel Sullivan<br />
Carol Szymanski<br />
Robert E. Tansky<br />
Heidi Thornley<br />
James & Nancy Thornley<br />
Christine Tigges<br />
Patricia Till<br />
Cynthia Wade<br />
Timothy M. & Lynn Ward<br />
Laurie Weber<br />
Earl Wendt<br />
Matthew & Penny Werden<br />
Jo Westphal<br />
Jeffrey & Elizabeth Wiley<br />
Dr. Daniel Wilhelm<br />
Debra Wurmlinger<br />
Gerald & Retta Zieg<br />
College donors<br />
Note: List includes donations<br />
received from Sept. 18,<br />
2012, to Feb. 18, <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Laurie Agosta<br />
Lance & Angela Aures<br />
Rich C. Baker<br />
Theresa Balboa<br />
Nancy Bartle<br />
Donald & Julia Bearse<br />
Linn Bendik<br />
Best Buy Co. Inc.<br />
Matthew & Renae Blaine<br />
Mark Boback<br />
Dale & Pamela Booms<br />
Joel & Lucretia Bowerman<br />
Gregory & Rhonda Bringard<br />
Dr. Rebekah Brown<br />
James & Barbara Butler<br />
Dorsey & Linda Carson<br />
Joyce Chabot<br />
Lisa Cook<br />
Kathryn Cooper<br />
Creeker Crafts LLC<br />
Tim Crossan<br />
Jane Danjin<br />
Barbara Dear<br />
Susanna Defever<br />
Theresa Dershinski<br />
Dordon Mechanical Inc.<br />
Leta Duda<br />
Paul Duda<br />
Kurt & Deborah Dunckel<br />
Mike Emrick<br />
Michael & Tracy Fearson<br />
Jerry Ferrington<br />
Debbie Furay<br />
Kenneth & Ellen Gillotte<br />
William Goetz<br />
Robert Griffith<br />
Kristen Guibord<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen & Julie Gunderson<br />
Kim Hall<br />
Beverley Hardman<br />
John & Barbara Harrison<br />
Donald & Athena Helinski<br />
Frank & Roberta Helsom<br />
John Henry<br />
Grace Hill<br />
Mary Hoard<br />
Jeff & Diane Hoffman<br />
Suzanne Holdwick<br />
Katherine Holth<br />
Mary Ann Hopkins<br />
Ronald Houle<br />
Tim & Shirley Houle<br />
Ralph & Julie Kandt<br />
Judge James Kelly<br />
Robert & Marilyn Kovach<br />
Kathy Krivak<br />
Jeff LaDuke<br />
Richard & Beverly LeGault<br />
Robert LeGault<br />
Carmen Leone<br />
John Lewy<br />
Jim & Chrystal Lilly<br />
Maureen Losh<br />
Barbara Lymas<br />
Gloria Maksymiuk<br />
Linda Mallorey<br />
Marysville Public Schools<br />
Terri Mathers<br />
Bo Mayin<br />
Dana Mayin<br />
William McMillian<br />
Matthew Morabito<br />
Virginia Nalezyty<br />
Nora Neruda-Condland<br />
North Macomb Mini <strong>St</strong>orage<br />
Nancy Nyitray<br />
Dr. Suzanne M. O’Brien<br />
Joseph & Nancy Olivieri<br />
Orthopedic Associates<br />
of Port Huron PC<br />
William Parrish<br />
Mary Lee Pisha<br />
Port Huron Music Teachers’<br />
Association<br />
Reina Probert<br />
Edsel Rintala<br />
Jeanne Robinson<br />
Kevin & Amy Roehl<br />
Cynthia Rourke<br />
Ron & Lynn Salisbury<br />
Caroline Scully<br />
David Segar<br />
Karen Shafer<br />
Raymond Shafer<br />
Shear Madness<br />
Shoreline Concrete Sawing<br />
& Drilling LLC<br />
Ted & Elizabeth Simons<br />
Ernest & Carol Sirrine<br />
Joseph & Celeste Skalnek<br />
Henry Skalnek<br />
Haddock C. & Sherrlene<br />
Snyder<br />
James Sobczak<br />
Dennis Sox<br />
Shawn M. <strong>St</strong>arkey<br />
Gary & Rebecca <strong>St</strong>auffer<br />
Vicki <strong>St</strong>olzman<br />
Melissa Sweet<br />
Richard & Bonnie Sweet<br />
Jessica Szymoniak<br />
Charlotte Talaski<br />
Ernest & Patricia Tesluck<br />
Doug Thorne<br />
Lisbeth Tollander<br />
Betty Tomion<br />
Harold Tramski<br />
Michael Vanlerberghe<br />
Angela Vecore<br />
Jeffry Vecore<br />
Claramae Vivian<br />
Laura Vogel<br />
Gayle Walker<br />
Angie Waters<br />
Jo Ann Westphal<br />
Michael Wheeler<br />
Diane Wilhelm<br />
Susan Wilhelm<br />
Phillip Yerty<br />
SC4 Foundation<br />
donors<br />
Note: List includes<br />
donations received from<br />
Sept. 18, 2012, to Feb. 18,<br />
<strong>2013</strong>.<br />
Adduce Consulting<br />
Frederick Adolph<br />
Alexander Fine Jewelers<br />
Sherry Artman<br />
AXA Foundation<br />
Dr. Ronaldo Balboa<br />
Betty BeDoue<br />
Debbie Belcher<br />
Deborah Biskner<br />
William & Donna Blay<br />
James & Janet Bonadio<br />
David & Denise M. Brooks<br />
<strong>St</strong>uart Brown<br />
David Buck<br />
Harold & Mary J Burns<br />
Christopher’s Flowers<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Foundation<br />
of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Aaron Currie<br />
Sue Daum<br />
Dr. Nicholas J. DeGrazia<br />
& Sandra White<br />
Dan L. DeGrow<br />
Dr. Walid & Rasha<br />
Demashkieh<br />
Suzanne Doherty<br />
Earl Smith Distributing Co.<br />
Fifth Third Bank<br />
Scott & Jessica Flann<br />
Fletcher Fealko Shoudy<br />
& Francis PC<br />
Adrian Fordes<br />
James & Patricia Frank<br />
Joseph Gibbons<br />
Dr. Ralph M. & Patricia<br />
Gillhooley<br />
David & Laurie Goetze<br />
Mark & Jackie Hanton<br />
Mary L. Hawtin<br />
Marcia & N. Fred Haynes<br />
Matt Helms<br />
Grace Hill<br />
Dr. Sadiq & Nigar Hussain<br />
Independent Floor Covering<br />
Dr. Jill Jamison & David<br />
Sheldon<br />
Donald Jensen<br />
Don & Karen Jezewski<br />
Ron & Cheryl Kaski<br />
Kelli & Mark Kearns<br />
Judge Daniel J. & Mary<br />
Kelly<br />
Darlene Kinney<br />
Shelly Klei<br />
Wendy L. & Larry Krabach<br />
Kirk & Sheryl Kramer<br />
Pete & Debra Lacey<br />
Judge Cynthia A. Lane<br />
James Larsen<br />
Gary & Susan LeRoy<br />
John Liston<br />
Ken & Karen Lord<br />
Timothy & Cathy Lozen<br />
Dianna Maxwell<br />
Judith McLean<br />
Rock & Denise M. McNeil<br />
Robert & Anne McPherson<br />
Dr. Scott Meyer<br />
Michigan Industrial<br />
Controls Inc.<br />
Frederick & Lezlynne<br />
Moore<br />
Mortimer Lumber<br />
William Mosher<br />
Mosher’s Jewelers Inc.<br />
Carmen Murphy<br />
National Association for the<br />
Advancement of Colored<br />
People<br />
Nebraska Bookstore Co. -<br />
SC4 Bookstore<br />
Christine M. & Douglas<br />
Newberry<br />
Robert Nickerson<br />
Donna M. Niester<br />
Northwestern Mutual Life<br />
Foundation<br />
David E. & Kristine Oppliger<br />
Dr. Sandy & Carolyn Parrott<br />
Judge Cynthia Platzer<br />
Gretchen Ploeger<br />
Douglas & Barbara Price<br />
James A. & Marian Relken<br />
Sarah & Michael Rutallie<br />
Nancy Scheible<br />
Edward H. & Marvis Schultz<br />
Michelle Shepley<br />
Joseph & Celeste Skalnek<br />
Larry & Kathleen M. Smith<br />
Haddock C. & Sherrlene<br />
Snyder<br />
Bonnie Spanke<br />
Shawn M. <strong>St</strong>arkey<br />
<strong>St</strong>ewart Beauvais and<br />
Whipple PC<br />
Talmer Bank & Trust<br />
Robert E. Tansky<br />
David & Katherine<br />
Thompson<br />
John Tomasehko<br />
Betty Tomion<br />
Karl S. & Denise Tomion<br />
Troy Dry Cleaning<br />
Doug & Doreen Vernier<br />
Dennis Wend<br />
Judge Michael West<br />
Wolverine Food Market<br />
7
<strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Connection</strong> <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Community</strong> College<br />
BOARD OF TRUSTEES<br />
John D. Adair, chair<br />
Dr. Nicholas J. DeGrazia, vice chair<br />
Denise M. Brooks<br />
John H. Ogden<br />
David E. Oppliger<br />
James A. Relken<br />
Robert E. Tansky<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Dr. Kevin A. Pollock<br />
SC4 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD<br />
Marshall J. Campbell, president<br />
Dan L. DeGrow, vice president<br />
David P. Goetze, secretary<br />
Thomas L. Coleman, treasurer<br />
Scott J. Babin<br />
Tyrone C. Burrell<br />
Robert W. Carson<br />
Dr. Robert W. Coulter<br />
Dr. S.L. Husain Hamzavi<br />
Judge Daniel J. Kelly<br />
Nancy E. Klemmer<br />
Dale G. Lashbrook<br />
Thomas F. Obee<br />
Dr. Kevin A. Pollock<br />
Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Seppo<br />
Rebekah J. Smith<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Connection</strong> is a publication of<br />
the SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association and SC4’s<br />
Office of College Advancement and <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Relations. For details, call Shawn <strong>St</strong>arkey<br />
at (810) 989-5767.<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> College<br />
323 Erie <strong>St</strong>., P.O. Box 5015<br />
Port Huron, MI 48061-5015<br />
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We’d love to hear about new<br />
appointments, degrees earned, job<br />
promotions and other events in your life.<br />
You also can complete this form, and<br />
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Mail to:<br />
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and <strong>Alumni</strong> Relations<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Clair</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> College<br />
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Count me in.<br />
GOLF<br />
CLASSIC<br />
Port Huron Golf Club<br />
Friday, June 14, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Register at www.sc4.edu/golfclassic<br />
or (810) 989-5760.<br />
ALUMNI BUS TRIP TO TIGERS GAME<br />
Saturday, April 27 – SC4 <strong>Alumni</strong> Association bus trip to see<br />
Detroit Tigers vs. Atlanta Braves at Comerica Park (1 p.m.<br />
game)<br />
Cost: $45 per person, includes tickets, travel, snacks and<br />
prizes. Call (810) 989-5760 to reserve tickets.