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November 13, 2007 Volume 1 Number 33 |
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Pradeep Ghimire, an instructor of Business Administration at PAC, was recognized as the “Post-Secondary Business Teacher of the Year 2007” by the Texas Business and Technology Educators Association (TBTEA), Region 20. The TBTEA is a non-profit organization that is part of the Texas Career and Technology Council (TCTC).
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| Dr. Jonathan Lee, SAC history professor, as chair of the Social Science Team for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, oversaw the development of social sciences standards as a part of a College Ready Standards draft report, created under House Bill 1 and submitted to the Coordinating Board. The report is available at http://www.thecb. state.tx.us/ college readiness/TCRS.cfm, and public comment on the draft is being solicited through December.
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Northwest Vista College faculty and staff participated in the Community College Humanities Association National Conference held in San Antonio on October 25-27. It was hosted by the Alamo Community Colleges and Richland College. NVC Humanities instructors Neil Lewis and Craig Coroneos, Humanities instructor, served on the local arrangements committee. Coroneos also presented on "Making Documentary Films: Native American Rock Art." Daniel Bryan, drama instructor, presented on "The Visual Humanities: Theater of the Oppressed."
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Karen Marcotte, professor of Humanities and History at PAC, spent a week in Orvieto, Italy, as a visiting lecturer to the Dallas County Community College District’s Study Abroad in Rome Program. In addition to providing lectures and working with 33 students, Marcotte evaluated the program to see if the Alamo Community Colleges would like to partner with DCCCD and offer this semester-long opportunity to ACCD students.
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Dr. Archie Wortham, NLC assistant professor of Speech, coordinated “Investing Now in Young Men for the Future -High School & Beyond” held on the NLC campus on October 20th. Linked to the Achieving the Dream initiative for African-American males, the program discussed investing for the future with a focus on money management and preparing for college. Co-sponsored by NLC, Judson ISD, ‘Austin Aristocrats’, and the Cherice Cochrane Foundation, the event drew students from NLC and Judson, Steele, and Central Catholic High Schools.
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Dr. Thomas Clarkin, history professor at SAC, has written a review of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, one of several reviews of presidential libraries that has been published in The Public Historian, a journal published by the National Council on Public History and the University of California Press.
Dr. Masqood Choudary, NLC political science instructor, participated in the International Studies Association (ISA) –South Conference in Savannah, Georgia on October 25-27th. As a panelist, he discussed the issues of external vulnerability, internal volatility, and foreign dependence. Choudary also chaired a panel session titled “International Security Regional Perspectives.” The goal of the ISA is to facilitate professional exchanges and the diffusion of knowledge and information about developments in the study of international relations.
Helen Kirk, professor of Mathematics at PAC, presented at the 33rd annual American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Conference in Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 1-2. The conference theme was “Building a Better Tomorrow.” Kirk made two presentations: “Venn Diagrams in the Teacher Prep Classroom” and “Learning with Chalk.”
Paulette Jordan, PAC instructor of Logistics Management, coordinated with an international student from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India, regarding his participation in the PAC Logistic Program next summer. The student is interested in establishing a cooperative relationship between his company and the Logistics Program so that his employees may also take courses during the summer.
Bob Richmond, PAC associate professor of English, is beginning his 15th year teaching Memoir Writing to Seniors. Every Monday, Richmond teaches two morning classes for the Academic Learning in Retirement (ALIR) program, a nationally recognized program that brings college courses to senior citizens. Many of his students have either self-published their memoirs or have been published by academic presses or the Palo Alto Review. |
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