THIS WEEK at Southern State Community College October 19, 2009 IN THE NEWS On Sept. 18, 2009, the Com- mission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs awarded continuing accreditation to Southern State Community College’s medical assisting associate’s degree program. The next comprehensive evalu- ation of the program, including an on-site review, is scheduled to occur no later than April 2009. Congratulations to full-time fac- ulty members: Jamie Compton, in- structor; Rhonda Davis, instructor; and Carry DeAtley, Ed.D., associ- ate professor and program director of the medical assisting program at Southern State. SSCC’s medical assisting program recently awarded continuing accreditation As part of the ongoing search for the next leader to take the helm at Southern State Commu- nity College, the board of trustees met with presidential candidates during two special board meetings held Oct. 13 and 14. Current president Sherry A. Stout, Ph.D., has announced her plan to retire effective Dec. 31, 2009. Dr. Stout has served South- ern State since its founding in 1975, most recently as the college’s fourth president. The trustees plan to invite presidential finalists, gleaned from a pool of 63 candidates, to partici- pate in more extensive on-campus interviews with a broad range of college constituents, including faculty, administration, staff and students. The next regular meeting of the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will be Tuesday, Nov. 10. Adams County Campus Toward the end of the Oct. 14 regular board meeting, trustee Ralph Shell announced that “the board of trustees will be investi- gating the possibility of placing a Southern State campus in Adams County.” Board members and other col- lege representatives toured Adams County the week of Sept. 7 to ex- plore possible sites. Furthermore, the board met in special session Sept. 9 at the college’s South Cam- pus in Fincastle. to discuss the fea- sibility of the project Trustees interview presidential candidates During a recent ceremony at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) District III confer- ence, the SSCC Office of Marketing and Public Relations received accolades for their work. The annual awards cer- emony recognizes outstanding achievement in marketing and public relations for community, junior and technical colleges. Those participating in the competition represent two-year institutions in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Southern State received the following awards: Gold Medallion for Academic Catalog; Gold Medallion for Electronic Newsletter; Silver Medallion for Annual Report; Silver Medallion for Poster (designed by Benjamin Gullett); and Silver Medallion for Special Event Promotional Campaign. Congratulations to Elizabeth Burkard, Kris Cross and Nicole Roades. Marketing & Public Relations office receives awards Board announces the ‘possibility of placing a Southern State campus in Adams County’ Dr. Carry DeAtley (right), associate profes- sor and medical assisting program director, instructs students on proper techniques. THIS WEEK at Southern State Community College March 30, 2009 IN THE NEWS Southern State Community College is featured in Campus Technologymaga- zine’s March 2009 cover story, “The Three R’s: Resourceful, Resilient and Ready.” Click here to read the article. SSCC featured in national magazine SSCC’s Student Services department has reason to celebrate: Preliminary figures for spring quarter 2009 show a 22 percent increase in enrollment over spring quarter 2008. A big wel- come to all of Southern State’s new and returning students! 22 percent hike in spring quarter enrollment? The 38th graduating class of Southern State Community College’s practical nursing program was honored during a special ceremony held Friday, March 20, in the college’s Central Campus auditorium. Twenty-three students were recognized for completion of the college’s one-year certifi- cate program. The ceremony began with the invocation pro- vided by nursing graduate Bobbi Jenkins, who quot- ed Florence Nightingale in saying, “Nursing is an art and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a prepa- ration as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead mar- ble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God’s spirit? It is one of the fine arts: I had almost said, the finest of fine arts.” Southern State’s Di- rector of Nursing Dr. Julianne Krebs and Presi- dent Dr. Sherry A. Stout offered the welcome and opening remarks, followed by introduction of the guest speaker—Carol Abt, LPN—by Brenda Tilton, practical nursing faculty assistant professor. “I am here to tell you that you can make an entire living as an LPN,” said Abt, office manager of Blanchester Medical Care and a 1983 graduate of Southern State’s practi- cal nursing program. “But how many of you plan to further your education?” All 23 graduates raised their hands and were met with applause. Read More Practical nursing program graduates 23 Southern State Community College’s 38th graduating class in the practical nursing program includes: (seat- ed, l-r) Nikki Shreffler, Linda Barr, Megan Miller, Bobbi Jenkins, Brittany Wolke, Ruth Miller, Christi Wiley, Melinda Knisley, Stephanie Heflin, Jacquetta Jones; (standing, l-r) Cathy Womelsdorf, Lisa Storer, Stepha- nie Ausman, Kierston Mercer, Jenny Beall, Tami Ludwick, Melissa Thompson, Amy Jones, Tina Colter, April Smith, Stacy Emerson, Mollie Kihn; and (not pictured) Megan McPherson. (Photo by Bev Hottle) Area Artist Exhibition features local talents Southern State Community College will host the ninth an- nual Area Artist Exhibition April 9 through May 22 at the Appala- chian Gateway Center on SSCC’s South Campus in Fincastle. Local artists are invited to submit entries for this year’s ex- hibition, which will feature origi- nal artwork in the following cat- egories: painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography, sculpture, stained glass, pottery, jewelry, fine-art craft and wood- craft. Entries can be submitted from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at the Appalachian Gateway Center. An artists’ reception will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16, with artists’ introductions and awards presentation to begin at 7 p.m. During the reception, artists and guests will have an opportu- nity to meet and discuss the works on display. Read More
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THIS WEEKat Southern State Community College
October 19, 2009
IN THE NEWS
On Sept. 18, 2009, the Com-mission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs awarded continuing accreditation to Southern State Community College’s medical assisting associate’s degree program.
The next comprehensive evalu-ation of the program, including an on-site review, is scheduled to occur no later than April 2009.
Congratulations to full-time fac-ulty members: Jamie Compton, in-structor; Rhonda Davis, instructor; and Carry DeAtley, Ed.D., associ-ate professor and program director of the medical assisting program at Southern State.
SSCC’s medicalassisting programrecently awarded
continuingaccreditation
As part of the ongoing search for the next leader to take the helm at Southern State Commu-nity College, the board of trustees met with presidential candidates during two special board meetings held Oct. 13 and 14.
Current president Sherry A. Stout, Ph.D., has announced her plan to retire effective Dec. 31,
2009. Dr. Stout has served South-ern State since its founding in 1975, most recently as the college’s fourth president.
The trustees plan to invite presidential finalists, gleaned from a pool of 63 candidates, to partici-pate in more extensive on-campus interviews with a broad range of college constituents, including faculty, administration, staff and students.
The next regular meeting of the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will be Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Adams County CampusToward the end of the Oct.
14 regular board meeting, trustee Ralph Shell announced that “the board of trustees will be investi-gating the possibility of placing a Southern State campus in Adams County.”
Board members and other col-lege representatives toured Adams County the week of Sept. 7 to ex-plore possible sites. Furthermore, the board met in special session Sept. 9 at the college’s South Cam-pus in Fincastle. to discuss the fea-sibility of the project
Trustees interview presidential candidates
During a recent ceremony at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) District III confer-ence, the SSCC Office of Marketing and Public Relations received accolades for their work. The annual awards cer-emony recognizes outstanding achievement in marketing and public relations for community, junior and technical colleges.
Those participating in the competition represent two-year institutions in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Southern State received the following awards: Gold Medallion for Academic Catalog; Gold Medallion for Electronic Newsletter; Silver Medallion for Annual Report; Silver Medallion for Poster (designed by Benjamin Gullett); and Silver Medallion for Special Event Promotional Campaign.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Burkard, Kris Cross and Nicole Roades.
Marketing & Public Relations office receives awards
Board announces the ‘possibility of placing a Southern State campus
in Adams County’
Dr. Carry DeAtley (right), associate profes-sor and medical assisting program director, instructs students on proper techniques.
THIS WEEKat Southern State Community College
March 30, 2009
IN THE NEWS
Southern State Community College is featured in Campus Technology maga-zine’s March 2009 cover story, “The Three R’s: Resourceful, Resilient and Ready.” Click here to read the article.
SSCC featured innational magazine
SSCC’s Student Services department has reason to celebrate: Preliminary figures for spring quarter 2009 show a 22 percent increase in enrollment over spring quarter 2008. A big wel-come to all of Southern State’s new and returning students!
22 percent hikein spring quarter
enrollment?
The 38th graduating class of Southern State Community College’s practical nursing program was honored during a special ceremony held Friday, March 20, in the college’s Central Campus auditorium. Twenty-three students were recognized for completion of the college’s one-year certifi-cate program. The ceremony began with the invocation pro-vided by nursing graduate Bobbi Jenkins, who quot-ed Florence Nightingale in saying, “Nursing is an art and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a prepa-ration as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead mar-ble, compared with having
to do with the living body, the temple of God’s spirit? It is one of the fine arts: I had almost said, the finest of fine arts.” Southern State’s Di-rector of Nursing Dr. Julianne Krebs and Presi-dent Dr. Sherry A. Stout offered the welcome and
opening remarks, followed by introduction of the guest speaker—Carol Abt, LPN—by Brenda Tilton, practical nursing faculty assistant professor. “I am here to tell you that you can make an entire living as an LPN,” said Abt, office manager
of Blanchester Medical Care and a 1983 graduate of Southern State’s practi-cal nursing program. “But how many of you plan to further your education?” All 23 graduates raised their hands and were met with applause.
Read More
Practical nursing program graduates 23
Southern State Community College’s 38th graduating class in the practical nursing program includes: (seat-ed, l-r) Nikki Shreffler, Linda Barr, Megan Miller, Bobbi Jenkins, Brittany Wolke, Ruth Miller, Christi Wiley, Melinda Knisley, Stephanie Heflin, Jacquetta Jones; (standing, l-r) Cathy Womelsdorf, Lisa Storer, Stepha-nie Ausman, Kierston Mercer, Jenny Beall, Tami Ludwick, Melissa Thompson, Amy Jones, Tina Colter, April Smith, Stacy Emerson, Mollie Kihn; and (not pictured) Megan McPherson. (Photo by Bev Hottle)
Area Artist Exhibition features local talents Southern State Community College will host the ninth an-nual Area Artist Exhibition April 9 through May 22 at the Appala-chian Gateway Center on SSCC’s South Campus in Fincastle. Local artists are invited to submit entries for this year’s ex-hibition, which will feature origi-nal artwork in the following cat-egories: painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography, sculpture, stained glass, pottery, jewelry, fine-art craft and wood-
craft. Entries can be submitted from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at the Appalachian Gateway Center. An artists’ reception will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, April 16, with artists’ introductions and awards presentation to begin at 7 p.m. During the reception, artists and guests will have an opportu-nity to meet and discuss the works on display.
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Susan Banyas will perform “No Strangers Here Today,” which was a coded message in the diary of her great-great-grandmother, a Highland County Quaker farmwoman
whose family was a link in the Underground Railroad.
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.SSCC Central Campus Auditorium
Free to the public
In Honor of Black History MonthSSCC presents
“No Strangers Here Today”
UPCOMING EVENTS
Robert Coomer Exhibit(Nature Photography)
8 a.m.-8 p.m. M-Th8 a.m. -4 p.m. Friday
Sept. 21 through Dec. 4Learning Resource Center
South Campus, Fincastle
Bela Horvath Exhibit9 a.m.-9:40 p.m. Mondays12 noon-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri.Oct. 12 through Nov. 25
Appalachian Gateway CenterSouth Campus, Fincastle
Open House event will be6-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22
Blood Drivew/Hoxworth Blood Center
9 a.m.-3 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 4
Central Campus, HillsboroCoordinated by the college’s
medical assisting department
Performance byMusician Steve Free
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5Learning Resource Center
South Campus, Fincastle
“The Elephant Man”7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 143:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15
Edward K. Daniels AuditoriumCentral Campus, Hillsboro
Comments or submissions?Contact Director of Public Relations
Kris Cross at [email protected] call 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2676.
To read SSCC newsarticles, click here.
To read archivednewsletters, click here.
IN THE NEWS
Southern State welcomes the fol-lowing new employees to the college:
KYLE BAKER, IT Assistant,Central Campus (part-time)
MATT BROWN, IT Assistant, North Campus (part-time)
MOLLY CLEVENGER,Interpreter/Student Services
Specialist (full-time)
LUANN EDWARDS,English Instructor (full-time)
DAVID ENGLERT, IT Assistant, South Campus (part-time)
DR. DAVID GARIPPA,Biology Instructor (full-time)
ANGEL LEMKE,English Instructor (full-time)
DANIELLE LUMAN, Highland County One Stop (part-time)
JACQUELINE MALBLANC,Marketing and Public Relations
Assistant (part-time)
KATY MARKEY, Webmaster (full-time)
JO MINZLER, HighlandCounty One Stop (part-time)
ANGEL MOOTISPAW, LRCManager, North Campus (full-time)
SHAUN POWELL, IT Assistant, Fayette Campus (part-time)
AMER SHAW,Math Instructor (full-time)
PAM STUCKEY, BookstoreManager, Fayette Campus (part-time)
Welcome tonew employees
Leadership Clinton and Life Impact Productions are pleased to announce Jon Gordon, best-selling author and motivational speaker, will be coming to Wilmington.
Gordon will present a program 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in the Hugh G. Heiland Theatre at Wilmington College to share Posi-tive Ways to Thrive During Waves of Change from his new book, “The Shark and the Goldfish.”
An educational discount of $15 has been extended to Southern State Community College students, instructors, employees and alumni. General admission is $25 per person.
For ticket information, please all 937-382-7120 or 937-728-6557. Seating is limited.
In Wilmington, ticket pur-chases can be made through the Leadership Clinton office, Books ‘N More, and the General Denver Hotel.
Visit www.JonGordonNov2.com for event information and to learn more about Gordon.
For more information, please call Terri Limbert, Southern State Community College North Cam-pus Director, at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 4510.
Educational discount offered forupcoming event in Wilmington
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