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Marguerite Walsh, dean of Intensive Training, represented CCBC Catonsville in hosting the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Conference. About 135 community college practitioners attended. Walsh arranged for guided campus tours as well as industry tours to Allison Transmission, KenLee Precision Corporation, Unilever Home and Personal Care (Baltimore plant) and Maryland Thermoform.

Judy Loar, director of Manufacturing, Apprenticeship and Technical Training Services, is currently serving as president of the Nu Chapter of Iota Lambda Sigma (ILS), the professional honorary society. ILS recognizes excellence in all phases of career and technology education from the fields of education, business and industry. The Nu Chapter office is located in the Maryland Center for Career and Technology Education Studies in the Baltimore Museum of Industry and is sponsored by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Gayle Fink, director of Planning, Research and Evaluation, is presenting a report she authored to the statewide presidents' group regarding the Governor Workforce Investment Board's (GWIB) project to link community college graduates to the state's employment insurance database. This data confirms that CCBC graduates and those from Maryland community colleges get a very healthy jump in earnings after graduation.

CCBC's Public Relations Leadership Team, Mary De Luca, senior director, Hope Davis, director of Media Relations, Lisa Hetrick , director of Marketing and Publications Design, and Connie Szczech, director of Printing Services, participated in a Creative Leadership seminar in Annapolis, Md. in November. Members of the PR division have committed themselves in FY2002 to the goal of inspiring creativity and “risk taking” within a fast-paced, results-oriented work environment. Division and other team meetings incorporate creativity exercises to jumpstart workplace creativity.

The CCBC Dundalk Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently completed a food and cash drive on behalf of Hope Lodge, a non-profit organization that provides free lodging, transportation service and activities for out-of-town cancer patients and their families. PTK and the campus community collected one large bag of groceries for Hope Lodge’s food bank as well as $90 in cash and $30 in supermarket gift certificates. The cash and gift certificates supported the dinner that PTK members and campus volunteers prepared for the guests in mid-November. Dave O’Neill, professor of Science, is PTK’s faculty advisor.

Adrienne Summers, director of Floral Design, will conduct a Floral Business Seminar at CCBC Dundalk in January. The seminar is geared toward prospective floral shop owners and will educate them as to what is involved in starting businesses of their own.

Carl Cuneo, Mathematics professor, advanced to the 2003 National Senior Olympic Games in Virginia Beach, Va. scheduled for May 26 through June 1, 2003. Cuneo qualified for the nationals by competing in swimming, tenpin and duckpin bowling at the Maryland State Senior Olympic Games. Cuneo formerly served as tenpin bowling coach at CCBC Essex.

Mary Greiner, administrative assistant to the dean of Humanities and Arts, completed the requirements for the Professional Standards program, bachelor’s degree level, and earned the distinction of Certified Educational Office Employee from the National Association of Educational Office Professionals.

Betty Lipford, Business and Social Science department chairman, visited area high schools as part of the 2002 Achievement Counts Speakers Bureau, a subgroup of the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education. Most recently, she spoke to students at Eastern Technical, Dundalk and Dulaney high schools. Ileane Smith, of the Counseling Center, also participates in this project.

Luana Hoke Rarey, English faculty member, was recently selected for Who’s Who In America’s Colleges. Rarey is a 14-year employee of CCBC Essex.

Robert J. Solomon, Physician Assistant professor, was selected as a member of the University of Maryland Genetic Interdisciplinary Faculty Team (GIFT) sponsored by Duke University. This project, with an initial one-year commitment, encourages teaching of genetics and conducts medical genetic interviews among mid-level health professionals. As part of the GIFT team, Solomon participated in a self-evaluation of his own genetic abilities and attended a week-long training session in Durham, N.C. For his project, he has set up a Web site on the CCBC Essex server titled “The PA, Nursing and Middle Level Practitioners Genetics Resource page.” Solomon gives a lecture on genetics during the Jan. 9-10, 2003 Association of Faculties for the Advancement of Community College Teaching meeting at Chesapeake Community College. He is also planning a conference for Physician Assistants and Nursing students Jan. 15 at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

David Thorndill, Biology professor, garnered a certificate of participation and had his idea “Come to Life, Show You Know,” published in the leadership section of the Oct. 2002 issue of Teaching for Success.

The October/November issue of Community College Journal printed an article featuring CCBC’s Virtual Academy in its “Campus Communiques” section. The article highlighted the academy as a model for distance learning and online instruction.

In November, CCBC Catonsville President Andrew C. Jones was a guest on “Court Talk,” a WCBM radio program. Jones discussed the need for Violence Prevention Education programs and the upcoming Violence Prevention Summit with talk show host Harold P. Dwin of Cohen & Dwin, P.A. Attorneys At Law.

The Dundalk Eagle featured Chancellor Irving P. McPhail and CCBC Dundalk President Gena Proulx in an article and photo promoting the sale of holiday ornaments from the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce’s Eastern Area Division. County Councilman John Olszewski (7th District) and Pat Winter, executive vice president of the Chamber’s Eastern Area Division, were also pictured.

The Oct. 30 edition of The Catonsville Times featured CCBC Catonsville’s Voter Registration Drive and Candidates’ Forum. Both were sponsored by the CCBC Catonsville Student Government Association.

Several Patuxent Publishing newspapers featured The Capitol Steps , which was presented by the CCBC Catonsville Guest Artist Committee. The Capitol Steps is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers who travel the country poking fun at the very people who once employed them.

CCBC Dundalk has been featured several times in the local press recently. During October, the Dundalk Eagle ran articles on music performances to be held on campus this fall, art gallery exhibits, the pool reopening event and a recent Job Fair. The Eagle also ran lengthy feature articles, with photos, on the campus “Road to War” forum as well as the Dundalk Community Theatre’s production of “Sugar Babies.”

Kevin Mick, associate professor of Science, Health and Human Services at CCBC Dundalk, was interviewed and photographed for a Baltimore Sun article on target shooting. The feature ran in conjunction with the newspaper’s coverage of the start of hunting season and the Washington D.C.-area sniper situation in October.

The Baltimore Sun and the Dundalk Eagle published articles and letters to the editor relating to CCBC Dundalk’s decision to withdraw from a regional soccer tournament in late October.