EDITH PEARSON WANTS TO DOUBLE BCC ENDOWMENT B

ISSUE 8, 2002 VOLUME 15

Opening doors to a brighter future

North Campus Provost Carolane Williams has been on a fact-findingmission since arriving at BCC Aug. 12, and she’s impressed withwhat she’s found so far.

“It’s been wonderful – getting to know the campus, community andcollege,” says Williams. “People have been helpful. They are committedto the mission.”

The mission, according to Williams, is providing a high-quality, afford-able and accessible education to some 50,000 students who attend BCCannually. She applauds the college for training more than 80 percent of thecounty’s allied health workforce and 100 percent of its law enforcementofficers. “I want to continue to be a major player in workforce developmentand raising the quality of life in our community,” says Williams.

One of her goals is to involve North Campus personnel – faculty, staff andstudents – in planning North’s future as well as exploring new ways toserve the community. She brings a wealth of academic and administrativeexperience to BCC. Williams is the former academic affairs vice president atAiken Technical College in South Carolina and served as director of theEglin Center at Okaloosa-Walton Community College in northwest Florida.

She has a doctorate in educational administration with an emphasis incommunity college leadership from University of Texas in Austin.

Williams replaces Larry McFarlane, who retired in July.

BCC Foundation Executive Director and Vice President forDevelopment Edith Pearson wants to double the college’s endow-ment over the next three years—from $50 million to $100 million.

“The fact that I’m new to a job and community…I’m seeing it with fresheyes. I hope I can bring that freshness to the fund-raising challenge,” saysPearson, who replaces Judy Bowen who retired in July.

Though new to south Florida, Pearson is no stranger to fund raising.As former chapter manager for the American Red Cross of Greater NewYork, she was in charge of local fund raising, marketing, volunteer recruit-ment and community and media relations for ten Red Cross chapters andservice centers. Before joining the Red Cross, she was a senior fund-raisingconsultant with Raybin Associates in Greenwich, Conn., and developmentdirector for the YMCA of Greater New York. Pearson has also held admin-istrative positions with the Police Athletic League and United NationsInternational School in New York.

Pearson says her first months at BCC have been “fabulous. People areexcited about what they do. There’s a wonderful joy in the air,” she says.

She’s enjoying south Florida, but there’s one thing she could do without.“The traffic,” she quips. “In New York, I walked to work.”

Pearson holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from University ofHawaii in Honolulu.

EDITH PEARSON WANTS TO DOUBLE BCC ENDOWMENT

CAROLANE WILLIAMS IMPRESSED WITH BCC

Being prepared for the upcoming Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ (SACS)visit is the result of two years of hard work. The heart of that work is reflected in the

Compliance Audit and Strategic Reports, which have been completed and published.Faculty, administrators, career employees and students from across the college

served on the committees that wrote these documents. Recognizing the extraordinarywork that went into their production, the Steering Committee coordinating theSelf-Study wanted to ensure the published documents reflected the professionalismthat permeated the project.

Professor Leo Stitsky of the Visualand Performing Arts Department on Central Campus involved his students in acompetition to design the format for the published reports. This involved every-thing from selecting the font to designing the cover and divider pages, choosingpaper stock, and deciding how the documents would be bound. ChandaNystedt’s design was selected, and she was involved in putting the draftdocuments into final form in the publishing software.

Bill Buckler, director of college printing, copied the reports and worked withthe binding company to assure delivery of the Compliance Audit and StrategicStudy reports to the Visiting Committee. The Arrangements Committee, chairedby Student Affairs Vice President Robert Cabello, is fine-tuning last minutedetails before Nov. 12.

This has been a team effort from beginning to end, and the college owes a debtof gratitude to all those who have devoted countless hours of their time so thatour college can gain reaffirmation of accreditation.

PREPARING FORSACS’ VISIT IS ATEAM EFFORTBY DR. PEGGY GREEN, SACS

SELF-STUDY DIRECTOR

Student Chanda Nystedt (left) pictured with artprofessor Leo Stitsky. Nystedt designed format for pub-lished SACS’ reports.

BCC PREPARES FOR SACS’ VISIT NOV. 12 BY BCC COLLEGE RELATIONS

SACS

Members of a Southern Associationof Colleges and Schools’(SACS) peer review team will

knock on BCC’s doors on Nov. 12 asthe college enters the final phase ofreaffirming its accreditation with theprestigious, national organization.

Approximately 15 committee mem-bers, community college professionalsfrom other states, will meet with BCCfaculty and staff to take a detailed lookat many areas – from educational pro-grams and student affairs to facultyissues and institutional effectiveness –as they relate to SACS’ set of rigorousrequirements and high standards. Theywill be at the college through Nov. 15.

BCC officials feel confident that thecollege’s reaffirmation process willbe successful.

“We took seriously the self-evaluationprocess of our institution and haveestablished that we are overwhelminglyin compliance with almost all of theSACS criteria. In the areas where wehave concerns, those issues are alreadybeing addressed,” said Dr. Ted Wright,director of research and planning atBCC Downtown Center and complianceaudit coordinator.

“We feel confident that the collegewill be reaffirmed, and that’s important

because our accreditation is the singlemost important reflection of our qualityas an institution of higher education.”

The on-site visit is the culmination ofa two-year process in which BCCfaculty and staff went through anarduous application process includinga comprehensive self-study comprisedof a compliance audit and an institu-tional strategic study. The self-studywas directed by Dr. Peggy Green,biology professor at North Campus.

The compliance audit compares BCCpractices against SACS standards toensure the college has the resources,programs and services in place toaccomplish its educational mission. Thestrategic study determines the pressingissues facing the college throughface-to-face forums with faculty, staff,students and other stakeholders.

At BCC, the overriding issue wasenhancing student achievement byimproving student support services,faculty development and diversity.Faculty-driven committees studiedeach issue and developed strategies toaccomplish goals in each area. Thisinformation has been compiled in a136-page Strategic Report. The Report’slast chapter – the Strategic PlanningInitiative – will serve as the foundation

for a comprehensive strategic planfor the college.

These documents will be reviewed bythe SACS peer review team during theiron-site visit. They will examine dataand conduct interviews in order to eval-uate the quality and accuracy of theself-study and ascertain whether theinstitution is in compliance with thecriteria. The committee will then offerwritten advice to the institution, developa consensus on its findings, and completea draft report. Finally, the committeewill present an oral summary in an exitreport on the last day of the visit.

The departure of the committeefrom campus does not mark the end ofthe reaffirmation process. The visitingcommittee report and BCC’s responseto the findings are reviewed by SACS.It then recommends action and makesa decision whether to reaffirm theaccreditation.

SACS reaffirmation is critical toBCC’s credibility as a quality highereducation institution in the eyes of thegeneral public and the communityat large. SACS reaffirms accreditationfor more than 12,000 public andprivate educational institutions in 11states in the Southeastern U.S. and inLatin America.

BCC COMMEMORATES SEPT. 11 WITH CEREMONIES

BCC commemorated the firstanniversary of the Sept. 11 terror-

ist attacks on America with flag andcandlelight ceremonies, speakerscelebrating our nation’s cultural andreligious diversity, prayers andmoments of silence.

On North Campus, Student Lifesponsored a blood drive, patrioticslide show and displayed a canvasairbrushed with images of the NewYork skyline and the Pentagon.Activities on Central Campus includ-ed forums, a poetry reading, blooddrive and candle ceremony. SouthCampus observed the anniversarywith a flag ceremony and speakersfrom local emergency services andvolunteer agencies. Pines Centerobserved with a moment of silence at8:46 a.m. – when the first airplanestruck the World Trade Center Sept.11, 2001. Downtown Center’s memo-rial service included speakers fromthe Catholic, Jewish and Muslimcommunities.

Those left behind need comfort.This anniversary can provide healingand comfort for loved ones.

— Father Jerry Singleton, who spoke atDowntown Center memorial service

NORTH CAMPUSCanvas with images ofNew York skyline andPentagon.

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Thirteen-month old VanessaJenkins attends ceremonywith her father David, a BCCstudent.

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BCC employees Gino Galli(Career Services), left, and KarenRoeder (Information Systems)attend Downtown Center’smemorial service.

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SOUTH CAMPUSGuest speakers stand infront of American flag.

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CENTRALCAMPUSFlag ceremonyto commem-orate day.

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Gail Banner (Purchasing-DTC)joins crowd in singing nationalanthem.

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DOWNTOWN CTRFather Jerry Singleton(left) of Fort Lauderdale’sSt. Anthony CatholicChurch sits next to BCCsocial sciences professorRoger Rolison. Bothspoke at DowntownCenter’s service.

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Is country living healthierthan city life? How can youprotect your family fromenvironmental risks? Doesprayer have a place in ourmodern medical practices?These are just a few of thequestions experts will dis-cuss during satellite semi-nars Nov. 12 and 19 onCentral Campus, Building17, Room 146, 7-9 p.m.

The seminars, sponsoredby BCC’s Center forHealth Science Educationand Phi Theta KappaMu Mu chapter, are free.The Nov. 12 seminar istitled The EnvironmentalDimensions of Health andthe Nov. 19 topic is TheMind/Body Connection.Participants can phone inquestions during the livebroadcasts. Light refresh-ments will be served.Read more about the semi-nars and speakers at:www.ptk.org/nchcss/.

TWO HEALTH SATELLITE SEMINARS

SET FOR NOV. 12 & 19

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STEVE OBENAUF, SHARONRIFKIN and ROBERT BUFORDare instructional technology’s newfaculty associates. Obenauf ishandling the Faculty TechnologyMentor Project, and Rifkin willprovide support and leadership forfaculty who are developing andteaching online courses. Buford is

the contact for BCC’s hand-held technology or PDA initiatives.For more information, contact them at [email protected],[email protected] or [email protected].

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Reading professorGARY KAY (South)had two poemsrecently publishedin the literary jour-nal PennsylvaniaReads. Titles are“Dyslexia” and “OnDeconstruction.”

History professorBLAINE T. BROWNE(North) has signed asecond contract withPrentice Hall to co-author a two-volumeb i b l i o g r a p h i c a lreader to accompanywestern civilizationtextbooks. PrenticeHall recently pub-lished UncertainOrder: The Worldin the TwentiethCentury, a textbookwritten by Browneand a CaliforniaState Universityprofessor.

Check out the Fall2002 issues of poetryjournals ComstockReview and theArtisan. Englishprofessor BARBRAN I G H T I N G A L E(South) has threepoems publishedtitled “Where toStart,” “Off the Wall”and “Possums inthe Plumbing.”

Speech professorD E B O R A HHEFFERIN (North)is a new memberof the editorialreview board ofC o m m u n i c a t i o nEducation, one ofthe flagship journalsof the NationalC o m m u n i c a t i o nAssociation. She’llserve through 2005.

B E V E R L YWALKER is thenew resource devel-opment specialistfor BCC’s grantsoffice. Walker, whoworks on North

Campus, is a former administrativespecialist in continuing educationon South Campus. She joined thecollege in 1995.

South Campus’ newStudent Affairs Dean

Deborah Sloan will usetechnology to help auto-mate some of the moreroutine processes heroffice performs. “Thatwill enable us to move ina new direction, to workwith students in newways, to serve themholistically,” says Sloan,who became dean in July.

To Sloan, serving stu-dents means more thansimply signing them upfor classes. She and herstaff of 45 provide coun-seling, advising andexposure to the entire

educational process.“I really love it,” shesays. “It’s very chal-lenging, and I have agreat staff.”

Sloan has worked forBCC for nearly 30 years.She started as a work-study student in NorthCampus’ registrationoffice and became SouthCampus’ first full-timeacademic advisor in1977. Other positionsheld include NorthCampus’ interim studentaffairs dean and South’scoordinator of counsel-ing and advisement.

Sloan holds an associ-ate’s degree from BCC,a master’s in counseloreducation and a doctor-ate in community collegeteaching from FloridaInternational University.

DEBORAH SLOAN LOVES NEW JOB

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Chris Gabettas. SPECIAL THANKS to BCC’sPrinting & Graphic Arts, andthe College Relations Dept.

SUE CHISEFSKYmoves from CentralCampus researchassociate to re-search associate forthe entire college.She joined the

college in 1987.

PENNY DEAL has been promotedfrom bookstore specialist on CentralCampus to bookstore manager.She’s been with BCC since 1995.

English professor PATRICK ELLINGHAM(South) has been appointed to a two-year termon the City of Hollywood’s education committee.