Winter - Jefferson Community College

JCC Foundation Director AppointedChristine M. Rizzo, Dexter, joined JCC as theCollege’s development officer in January. Asexecutive director of the JCC Foundation, Ms.Rizzo is responsible for the development andimplementation of strategic advancementobjectives for the College including cultivatingfinancial support, planned giving, grantcoordination, alumni programming andspecial event planning.Ms. Rizzo brings to Jefferson more than thirteenyears of fundraising, grant-writing, management and supervisoryexperience in the non-profit sector. Most recently, Ms. Rizzoserved as the area director for American Friends Service Committee(AFSC) in Syracuse where she was responsible for raising programfunds through grant applications, mail campaigns and personalappeals. She facilitated partnerships between the AFSC and theMohawk community, acted as liaison and cultivated relationshipsbetween the Quaker community and regional AFSC administrators.Ms. Rizzo holds a bachelor of science degree in education fromCornell University. She also earned both a master of divinity degreeand master of arts degree in theology from Aquinas Institute ofTheology in Missouri.WHS Superintendent New TrusteeTerry N. Fralick, Watertown, was appointedby the Jefferson County Board of Legislatorson Nov. 10 to the Jefferson CommunityCollege Board of Trustees. Fralick is currentlysuperintendent of schools for the WatertownCity School District (WCSD), a position he hasheld since 2004.Fralick has twenty years of administrativeexperience in North Country K-12 school systems,including the South Jefferson, GeneralBrown, and Alexandria Central School districts. In the community,he has recently served on the Cornell Cooperative Extension of JeffersonCounty board of directors, JCC Foundation board of directorsand New York State Zoo at Thompson Park board of directors.Fralick holds a bachelor of arts in geology from Hartwick College, amaster of science in geology from Purdue University and a certificateof advanced study in instructional administration from SUNYOswego.His appointment fills the trustee position held by Suzanne C. Tingleywho retired from the Board of Trustees in June 2010. Fralick’s term iseffective through June 30, 2013.Biology Instructor Presents at Kathmandu Central ZooMark Irwin D.V.M., assistant professor of biology and director ofJCC’s animal management program, traveled to Nepal recently uponinvitation to give four lectures and facilitate several work groupsduring the weeklong 10th Annual Conference of the South AsianZoo Association for Regional Cooperation. Participants includedzoo leaders from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and –for the first time – Afghanistan’s Kabul Zoo.The conference was hosted by Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservationand the country’s Central Zoo in Kathmandu. “The primaryconference venue was Chitwan National Park base camp,” said Dr.Irwin. “Chitwan means ‘Heart of the Jungle’.” Irwin was fortunate tobe able to experience the park during free hours. Activities includeda canoe trip down a river with 10-foot mugger crocodiles, a sunriseelephant-back tour of the park and – Irwin’s personal highlight - seeinga wild, one-horned rhinoceros.As an added bonus, Irwin was invited to Kathmandu’s Central Zooby the zoo’s veterinarian, with whom Irwin had studied several yearsago. Irwin gave a presentation to the Kathmandu zookeepers aboutzookeeping duties in North America and included many photos ofstudent keepers in JCC’s animal management program at the NewYork State Zoo at Thompson Park and Syracuse’s Rosamond GiffordZoo. “I needed a translator as none of the zookeepers could speakEnglish, but they seemed to enjoy the presentation,” said Irwin.“They especially enjoyed the pictures of our native species and all ofthe snow.”What’s Cooking at JCC?The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Club at JCC recently publishedMeals for Medics, a cookbook full of recipes contributedby EMS Club members and their families, JCC faculty, staff andstudents. “Anyone who will take the time in the kitchen for us during24 and 48 hour shifts is most greatly appreciated,” said Dana Stenhouse,EMS club president. “Some of the recipes are favorites thathave been made for us while we were on duty, and others are whatwe wish would be made for us!” Proceeds will be used to fund travelto EMS competitions (see page 13). To learn more, please contactJeannine Gomiela, paramedic program coordinator, 315-786-2244.In celebration of the childcare center’s 20th anniversary, JeffersonCampus Care has produced recipe book designed for family cooking.Recipes were contributed by Campus Care teachers, childrenand their families. Proceeds are used to offset the cost of newtables, chairs and area rugs recently purchased for the classrooms.For more information, contact Roxy Silsby, 315-786-2357.Jefferson Insider Winter 2011 • 9