January 2010 - Eastfield College

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January 2010
Convocation Week Schedule
Monday, Jan. 11 (OPENING DAY)
8-9 a.m: Continental Breakfast
(Performance Hall Lobby)
9-11 a.m: Convocation for All
Employees (PH) Presenter:
Dr. Kay McClenney, Director, Center
for Community College Student
Engagement, UT
11 a.m: College Reopens
1-2 p.m: “Involving Faculty in Student
Engagement” Dr. McClenney meets
faculty (S100)
2-3:30 p.m: Workforce Development
Open House (Classroom Technology
Training) (W103)
2:30-4 p.m: Instructional Division Mtgs.
for FT Faculty
Tuesday, Jan. 12 (ELECTIVE DAY)
9-10 a.m: SACS Overview - Don
Baynham & Elizabeth Huston (S100)
10-11:30 p.m: Workforce Development
Open House (Classroom Technology
Training) (W103)
10-11 a.m: Common Book Presentation -
Harryette Brown (G101)
10-11 a.m: Financial Planning Investing
101: Prepare Yourself for the Future -
Adam D. Prewett, CRPC® (S100)
11 a.m-12 p.m: Handling Difficult
Students - Jeff Quan (S100)
1-2 p.m: How to Assist Returning
Veterans to College - Dana Mingo & VA
Rep. (S100)
1-2 p.m: Travel Procedures - Melanie
Reynolds (S101)
2-3 p.m: Time Management - Judy
Schwartz (S100/101)
2-4 p.m: e-Campus V9 - Jane Penney/
LeCroy (L108D)
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2009-10 Eastfield College
Employee Award Winners
Miles Production
Company
Excellence in
Teaching Award
(full-time Faculty)–
Jose Flores
Excellence in
Teaching Award
(Adjunct Faculty)–
Dr. Reynaldo
Andrade
Jean Sharon Griffith
Student
Development
Leadership Award–
Delia Nedelcu
Innovation
of the Year
Award–
Online
Student
Orientation-
Vivian Davis
and
Brynndah
Hicks-Turnbo (Co-Team Leaders), Kim
Mosley, Janice Jacques, Sylvia Holmes,
David Yonley, Brenda Hardaway,
Michael Forshee, Belinda Luna, Marti
Harvey, Veronica Campbell, Jean
Conway, Sharon Cook, Larissa
Washington, Benny Nash, Elizabeth
Huston, Jack Thiehoff, Stacey Jurhree,
Michelle Phillips, Robert Sharp, Clay
Pradarits, Elaine Cho, David Danforth,
Jose Flores, Bobbi White, Dana Mingo,
JoAnn Thomas and Kathy Bayne
Administrator of
the Year–
Theresa Sternat
Professional
Support Staff
Employee of the
Year (full-time)–
Melanie Reynolds
Professional
Support Staff
Employee of the
Year (part-time)–
Carol Jeffus
Learning
Technology
Innovator of
the Year–
High-Tech
High-Touch
Wireless
Networked
Tablet PC
Classroom– Tina Mewhinney (Team
Leader), Alexander Daniel, Jose Flores,
Jim Elder, Michelle Phillips, Jack Thiehoff
Welcome new Harvesters!
Trish Rayford– Human Resources Dir.
Sergio Buentello– Facilities
Robert Wyatt– Science & PE
Dania Escatel–Admissions
Thelma Perkins– Police
Renae Washington– Dual Credit
Albert Martinez– PGC Facilities
Stephanie Hudgens– IT

Wednesday, Jan. 13 (CORE DAY)
9-10 a.m: EFC History (Mandatory for
09-10 New Hires) - Jerry Henson
(S100)
10-11 a.m: FERPA - Glynis Miller
(S100)
11 am-12 p.m: ADA-Intercultural
Competence - Bobbi White (S100)
12-1 p.m: EOP - Michael Horak
(S100/101)
1-2 p.m: RAIN - Michael Horak (S100)
Thursday, Jan. 14 (TECHNOLOGY
DAY)
9-11 a.m: e-Campus V9 - Jane
Penney/LECROY (L108D)
10-11 a.m: Windows 7 - David Kirk
(G102)
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Networked Tablet
Classrooms - Tina Mewhinney (S212)
1-2 p.m: FAST Team Accessibility
Awareness for online classes - Karen
Reed (G131)
2-3 p.m: FAST Team Fast Team
Services - Cheryl Wells (G131)
4:45–5:45 p.m: New Adjunct
Orientation (G101)
6-7 p.m: Box Supper, Pit (All Faculty)
7-7:30 p.m: All Faculty Meeting -
Michael Gutierrez (VP Teaching &
Learning) Performance Hall
7:30–8:30 p.m: Division Discipline
Meetings (Rooms identified at all
faculty meeting)
Friday, Jan. 15 (FUN DAY)
9:30-10:30 a.m: Yoga - Trina Hall
(S100)
10:30 a.m.- 2 p.m:
*Field Trip to the old Dallas County Jail
*Lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse
*A brief stop at Union Station
Trip by Don Baynham (Reservation
Only)
10-11:30 a.m. Learning Loft Open
House - Sunni Miegel (G227)
10 a.m-12 p.m: Visiting Scholar
Interviewing Workshop - Katawna
Caldwell & Courtney Carter (S100)
1-3 p.m: Movie “The Great Debaters”
(S100)
Saturday, Jan. 16
9-10 a.m: New Adjunct Orientation
(G101)
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Adjunct Faculty
Professional Development: Strategies
for Student Success - Courtney Carter
& Tina Mewhinney Room: (G101)
Congratulations to our Holiday Door
Decorating Contest winners!
1st Place: National Science
Foundation Office and Lab
2nd Place: Media and
Production Services
3rd Place: Social Science
and Human Services Division
Congratulations to Oscar Passley, music
faculty (A, L & L Division), Eastfield’s
“Focus on Excellence” Award recipient
from the District Visions of Excellence
(VOE) program. VOE is a professional
development opportunity for all new
faculty and includes visiting scholars
District-wide. Passley was acknowledged
for his valuable contributions to the
college which included his recruitment
activities and coordinating the college’s
jazz ensemble. Eastfield’s Media
Department created a wonderful video
illustrating Oscar “in action” in the classroom
and other performances. The video
also included testimony from a current
student in the jazz band and one of his
mentors, Harrell Lucky.
Yolanda Roncal, English for Speakers of
Other Languages Advisor at Eastfield,
has been named to the Texas A&M
University- Commerce Hispanic- Serving
Institution Advisory Board. The advisory
board will serve in developing an action
plan to help the college reach their
strategic goal to become a Hispanic
Serving Institution in the next three years.
Shirley Kazcka, Associate Dean of
Organization and Staff Development at
Eastfield, has received certification with
the North American Council for Staff,
Program and Organizational
Development. Her certificate was
presented at the Annual International
Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota on
Nov. 6. This year-long certificate program
includes intensive face-to-face training
and development opportunities; individual
goal-setting, planning, and reflection;
and the opportunity to work with an
experienced mentor on the development
of five core competencies required of
professionals working in the staff,
program, and organizational development
field. In order to become certified,
participants will document competencies
in these five areas: analyze the
institutional, departmental, and/ or
individual development needs; design a
program or training event to meet an
identified need; develop the program or
training event to provide learner success;
implement the program or training event
and evaluate the level of success of the
program or training event.
Eastfield’s Gateway to College students
were invited to dine at Aboca’s restaurant
in Richardson by owner Artur Pira. Capt.
Michael Horak of the Eastfield Police
Department told Pira about the GTC
students. Pira is so proud that these
students are taking the next step to a
better future that he invited them to have
pizza and soft drinks on the house three
times. At the Nov. dinner, Capt. Horak
and GTC Director Luis Cowley presented
Pira a certificate of appreciation and
other Eastfield mementoes to honor his
contribution. The certificate is proudly
displayed at the restaurant. Pira’s
contribution to GTC was recognized by
Dallas Morning News Special Contributor
Chris Coats in his Nov. 22 “Giving
Thanks” article. The GTC program is
for at-risk students from Garland and
Mesquite school districts.
Eastfield hosted the Advanced
Techniques in Joint Child Abuse
Investigations training seminar Nov. 30 –
Dec. 1. There were 34 in attendance;
seven were police officers and the rest
were Child Protective Services workers
who specialize in Child Abuse Investigation.
The training was conducted by the
Shaken Baby Alliance under contract to
CPS. Seminar topics covered Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome, Medical,
Investigative, Photography, Scene
Investigations, Timeline Development,
Interview & Interrogation, and Legal
Aspects. The training was coordinated by
David MacDonald, Eastfield Professor of
Criminal Justice.

Eleven women from Singapore, including
two child care licensing officers and nine
staff from a non-profit foundation which
operates child care centers across
Singapore toured the Eastfield Center
for Child and Family Studies on Dec. 2.
The women, who were in Dallas to
attend a conference, spent two hours
touring the facility. Dr. Karen Holder,
Director of the Eastfield Children’s
Laboratory School, described the school’s
operation, staffing, staff qualifications
and curriculum and provided copies of
forms used in center operations. Nancy
Beaver, Eastfield Program Administrator
for Child Development/ Teacher Prep.,
explained the Child Development
Department Instructional Program’s
philosophy, degrees and certificates
offered, student learning outcomes and
instructional methods. The visitors were
very interested in how the government
regulated both the lab school and the
college instruction provided. Tiffany Lim
Eastfield Talent
Search Dept.
hosted a
breakfast on
Dec. 4 for
Dallas ISD
Administrators and Counselors of their
target schools (Samuell, Spruce, and
Skyline High Schools as well as their
feeder schools - Florence, Hood, and
Comstock Middle Schools). Talent
Search Director Dr. Tricia Thomas
invited approximately 24 school
Student notes...
The Office of Student Life sponsored a
special celebration for Veterans Day on
Nov. 11 for approximately 75 staff and
students. Eastfield student Shadane
Easington sang the National Anthem as
the colors were presented by the Marine
Recruiting Substation in Mesquite.
Student Government Commissioner
Edwin Romero and Communciations
Club member April Wells lead the
audience in reciting the Pledge of
Allegiance. Robert Miklos, District 101
Rep. of the Texas Legislature, was the
featured guest speaker. Eastfield staff
and faculty veterans Mike Washington,
Ron Rollinson, Alma Villalpando, Patrick
Patterson, John Kanios, and James
Howell shared with the audience what
serving their country meant to them,
their families, and how it shaped their
lives. The program ended with a slide
Seok Hoon and Adeline Tay represented
the Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports, while Molly Wee,
Manager of the Child Care Division, led
the group from the PAP Community
Foundation, operated by the ruling
governing party of Singapore.
David Willburn, Eastfield Art Professor,
participated in “Thread Baring: A
Portrayal of Masculinity One Stitch at a
Time” exhibition at the Un. of Wisconsin
in Milwaukee. The exhibit ran from Nov.
19 - Dec. 18. This group exhibition
looked at masculinity as represented by
male artists working in forms and mediums
often considered to be the domain of
women. Using materials like thread,
yarn and felt in practices like weaving,
knitting and embroidery, these visually
compelling 2- and 3-D works aim to
challenge preconceptions about the
subject and forms of men’s art.
administrators and counselors. Out of
respect for busy schedules, the program
was kept short; Pleasant Grove
Campus Director Javier Olguin greeted
the guests on behalf of everyone at the
PG Campus. Brand new to Eastfield,
Dina Sosa-Hegarty, Dean of Outreach
and School
Development,
also extended
words of
welcome. Dr.
Thomas shared
show presentation of student and staff
veterans who submitted their photos
and names of family and friends who
served in the military.
On Nov. 10, the Mesquite Lunchtime
Rotary Club met on the Eastfield
Campus and launched the Eastfield
chapter of Rotaract, a Rotary affiliated
service organization for college students
aged 18-30. Dr. Jean Conway,
President of Eastfield, welcomed the
organization to the campus. Brian
Keelan, Mesquite Rotary’s president
presented the club charter to student
Franklin Hernandez, Rotaract president,
after inducting the 27 officers and
charter members of the club. Keelan
also announced $1,500 in scholarships
for Eastfield Rotaract members.
Eastfield’s Psi Eta Chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa Honor Society inducted 60
Eastfield Workforce Development/
Continuing Education Department
held a Certificate Ceremony on Dec. 10
for students completing their training.
The Certificate completions included
GED, Medical Administrative Assistant,
Medical Billing and Coding, Human
Resources Management, Air Conditioning
& Heating, Office Specialist, Accounting
Technician, Small Business Management,
Training & Development, Customer
Service Management, EMT, Community
Pharmacy Technician and Legal Assistant
Certificate. Over 350 family and friends
were in attendance as the 92 students
were honored.
Tammy Oliver, Eastfield Science Faculty,
recently completed her Ph.D. at Texas
Christian University in Science Ed. Oliver
previously received her B.S. in 1989
from Texas Woman's University and her
M.S. in 1993 also from T.W.U.
information
about
current
services
offered to
the area
schools
and gave
appreciation for their support. Attendees
were given folders of material on Talent
Search to take back to their respective
schools.
new members in a formal ceremony
Nov. 15. Michael Gutierrez, Eastfield
Interim Vice President of Teaching and
Learning, welcomed the guests and Judy
Schwartz, Student Life Program
Specialist, gave the keynote address.
The students presented Theresa Sternat,
LAC Director, with a dozen roses to
honor her contribution to Phi Theta
Kappa as she steps down as chapter
advisor after serving the chapter in that
capacity for the past 15 years.
Distinguished guests at the ceremony
included Rick Garcia, Dean of College
Readiness and Mathematics Division;
Jeff Quan, Eastfield Counselor; Rachel
Wolf, Dean of Arts, Language and
Literature Division; Anastasia Lankford,
Instructional Associate and Adjunct
English Professor; and Donnine
Ballance, Director of Student Life and
Health Center.

Calendar at a glance...
8
Harvesters Basketball vs. St. Louis-Meramec JC,
7 p.m., Gym
9
9 a.m.-12 p.m: New Student & Family Orientation
(Performance Hall & G Building)
Harvesters Basketball vs. Lone Star College, 1 p.m.,
Gym
11
Convocation Week- Faculty Reports
16
Saturday Registration, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., C119
18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. No classes
19
Spring Classes Begin
Gallery 219 presents Ben Espey: “Courts,” opening
Eastfield Library Exhibit
Photograph of Rosa Parks
with Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. (ca. 1955.)
changed the face of America.
February 1 - 28, 2010
“Honoring African Americans”
In honor of African American History
Month, we offer a combination of
several exhibits owned by Eastfield
College Library encompassing both
historical and contemporary famous
Black personalities as well as the major
events in the Civil Rights movement.
These exhibits pay homage to the
dedication and determination of African
American men and women who
Small but powerful and rarely exhibited, “African American
Artists” is composed of eight posters with titles such as
Approaching Storm, Design Made of Airlie Gardens, The
Eclipse, The Janitor Who Paints,
School’s Out, Going to Church,
Brothers, and The Library.
“Afro-American Texan” features
various time periods and the
influence of African American in
Texans. Estaban in Texas, The
Story of Kiamata Long, The
Republic of Texas Years, After the
Civil War, and Illiteracy Was
Widespread are but a few of the
posters in this exhibit. Not often
displayed, this exhibit is very
informative.
Frederick Douglass (ca. 1879)
Photograph by George K. Warren
today through February 12, F219C
Information tables, 7 a.m.-12 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.-
7:30 p.m., C Building and Admissions Lobby
20
Information tables, 7 a.m.-12 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.-7:30
p.m., C Building and Admissions Lobby
Recital Series: Guest TBA, 12:45 p.m., F117
23
Harvesters Basketball vs. Richland, 2 p.m., Gym
27
Harvesters Basketball vs. Brookhaven, 7 p.m., Gym
Recital Series: Guest TBA, 12:45 p.m., F117
30
Harvesters Baseball vs. Paris Junior College,
12 p.m., Baseball Field
“Black Innovators” highlights the
achievements of such famous
people as Charlie Parker, Madam
C.J. Walker, Elijah McCoy, George
Washington Carver, Mary McLeod
Bithune and several others.
“Historic Black Personalities”
includes fourteen posters of historically
famous African American people
such as Frederick Douglass,
Harriet Tubman, and George
Washington Carver.
“Contemporary Black Personalities”
is composed of fourteen posters of
Ella Fitzgerald (ca. 1940).
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
well-known entertainers, athletes, politicians, and leaders
such as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Doug Wilder, and
Colin L. Powell.
Astronauts, musicians, sports figures, politicians, and
educators comprise the next exhibit entitled “20th Century
Black Personalities.” Coretta Scott King, Ella Fitzgerald, Alex
Haley, Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall,
Desmond Tutu, Hank Aaron, and Guion S. Bluford Jr. are
some major figures highlighted in this exhibit.