Alumni Connection Winter 2013 + - St. Clair County Community ...

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Message from the
college president
This year, SC4 is celebrating our
90th anniversary. That’s nine decades
of educating families in the Blue Water
Area. To celebrate, we will incorporate the
anniversary as part of events for alumni,
students, faculty, staff and the community
throughout 2013. (See Page 3 for details.)
We are proud of our long tradition of
excellence and our
recent successes.
Our library has
made numerous
changes to become
the most modern
and accessible
research center
possible. The
library’s collection
is more than four
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times the size it
was a year ago
and includes a
large number of digital resources for easeof-access
to materials. The library also has
implemented the most advanced research
engine available. Students can search
the library, the web and hundreds of free
databases in one easy search and can access
millions of resources.
SC4’s associate degree nursing program
earned accreditation in September after a
two-year process.
And a new entrepreneurship class was
introduced this winter semester. The
comprehensive class, which filled to
capacity, teaches students how to take
a business idea from early stages to
implementation.
SC4 has been awarded several grants.
A Greenforce Initiative Innovation
Mini Grant helped produce three videos
showcasing how SC4 uses its green
technology to educate students. Watch the
videos at www.sc4.edu/livinglabs.
We received two grants from Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
The first, through MCACA and the
Michigan Humanities Council, helped
to support two free performances of
traditional African dance and music by the
Biakuye Percussion Group in February.
The second, through MCACA’s
Minigrant program, administered by the
Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens, will
help bring two award-winning authors
to campus in April to celebrate the 55th
edition of Patterns, the college’s literary
and arts publication of student work.
In athletics, the Port Huron Sports Hall of
Fame opened in its new location in SC4’s
North Building in January.
These are just some of the highlights of
what your community college is doing as
we celebrate our past and continue to look
to the future.
Robert Carson recognized as
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year
During its annual meeting
Thursday, Nov. 15, the SC4
Alumni Association named Robert
W. Carson of Fort Gratiot as its
Distinguished Alumnus of the
Year. The event was at Quay Street
Brewing Co. in Port Huron.
Carson graduated from St. Clair
County Community College and the
University of Michigan. He went on
to earn a law degree from what was
then the University of Detroit Law
School.
Robert W. Carson
He has been chair of the Alumni
Golf Classic for the past 14 years.
Also at the meeting, the
association elected a new
president, Marshall J. Campbell
of Fort Gratiot, and re-elected
Vice President Dan L. DeGrow of
Burtchville Township and Treasurer
Thomas L. Coleman of Fort
Gratiot.
Also at the meeting, the
association elected a new board
member, Rebekah J. Smith of St.
He is a senior partner with Fort Gratiot law
firm McIntosh, McColl, Carson and Strickler.
He has been on the March of Dimes Board
of Directors since 1975 and is past president
of the Port Huron Golf Club in Fort Gratiot.
He also volunteers with Autism Speaks in
St. Clair County. He is a member and past
president, as well as Scholarship Committee
Clair Township. Board members re-elected
were Scott J. Babin of Port Huron, Tyrone
C. Burrell of Port Huron, Carson, Dr. Robert
W. Coulter of Port Huron, Dr. S.L. Husain
Hamzavi of Bloomfield, Nancy E. Klemmer
of Burtchville Township and Thomas F. Obee
of Columbus Township. Board members serve
two-year terms.
chair, of the SC4 Alumni Association Board.
From Page 1: Entrepreneur credits SC4
to make their dream a reality.
They opened Alexander Fine
Jewelers in downtown Port Huron.
“I always envisioned the two of
us opening our own jewelry store.
We went for it.”
The jewelry store, which moved
to a new location in Fort Gratiot
three years ago, is celebrating its
20th anniversary in April.
“It really is a joy to help people
celebrate significant moments in
their lives,” he said.
Jim Langolf
the trumpet, and so do all three of
his children.
He and his wife are co-presidents
of the Port Huron High School
Band Boosters. Their son Jeffrey,
an 11th-grader, is a drum major.
They also have two daughters.
Emily is in eighth grade and
Kristen is studying to be a teacher
at Anderson University.
Langolf and his business are
proud to support the SC4 Alumni
Association and give back to the
Langolf still makes time for music, which
is a tradition for his family. He met his wife
in high school band and he currently plays
trumpet at Colonial Woods Church. His
mother, father and two of his siblings played
school that gave him his start. “I am proud
to have an associate degree from SC4 on
my resume,” he said. “SC4 gives a lot of
families educational options that they wouldn’t
otherwise have.”
Alumni where they are now
These updates were submitted since October
2012 by SC4 alumni. To read more about your
classmates, visit www.sc4.edu/alumni.
Calvin Bassil of Columbus Township
is sports and leagues team leader (sports
director) for YMCA of the Blue Water Area.
He graduated from Western Illinois University
with a bachelor’s degree in recreation park and
tourism administration and a minor in business
marketing.
Dianna (Farenger) Gill of Marine City
is pursuing her master’s degree in criminal
justice at Northern Michigan University while
working part time as a substitute teacher.
John Ogden of Port Huron retired as
director of finance for the city of Port Huron.
Scott Shine of St. Clair is executive director
of the Arc of St. Clair County. He graduated
from Central Michigan University with a
bachelor of science degree in sociology with
a concentration in criminal justice. Prior to
working at the Arc, he worked for Blue Water
Center for Independent Living.