A Maricopa Community College
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Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Dr. Corina Gardea
President
1202 W. Thomas Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85013

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Table of Contents
  1. Legal Assisting Students Awarded Scholarships 
  2. Kudos to Financial Aid Staff 
  3. Nominate a Deserving Teacher 
  4. Who's Who Among America's Teachers
  5. Celebrate Native American Month in November
  6. Join the Women's Leadership Group 
  7. Phoenix College Dances to Make a Difference 
  8. PC Birthday Corner

1. The Maricopa County Bar Association's Paralegal Division held its annual conference on November 8, 2004. They awarded four, $1,000 scholarships to students at the ABA-Approved Paralegal programs in Phoenix. Three of PC's Legal Assisting students were among the four recipients. Congratulations!
  • Kristina Morrison 
  • Shandra Musgaves 
  • Rebecca Dikeman
2. Kudos to the staff in financial aid for the fabulous job they performed in the processing of 2003-2004 financial aid applications. The state auditors completed their annual 2003-2004 financial aid audit successfully in a record 15 minutes. 

3.  Nominate a deserving Phoenix College instructor to receive the Distinguished Teaching Award. This special award allows recipients to attend an all expense paid trip to a professional conference or seminar. Also, they are awarded a $250 scholarship given in their name to a deserving student of their choice and are honored with a plaque.

Eligibility requirements for the Distinguished Teaching Award are:

  • Must be a residential (full-time) faculty 
  • Must have taught at Phoenix College for at least three years 
  • Has demonstrated a sustained contribution to the student and the college
If you have a nominee in mind, write a short essay (approximately 250-words) explaining what you believe distinguishes this teacher from others on campus. Be sure to provide specific examples that illustrate this person's teaching excellence. Also, include your name, your signature, your relationship to nominee (e.g., student, colleague, alumnus of PC, or any member of the community), and the date.

For additional information, please call (602.285.7345). Nominations are due on January 28, 2005 and can be sent to LTD in the Fannin Library, Room 23.

4. The following PC faculty will be featured in the 8th Edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers®. The publication, which celebrates the achievements of America’s best instructors will be available this September. Congratulations!
  • Deborah Ermoian (Mathematics) 
  • Morgan W. Lee (Athletic Specialist) 
  • Elizabeth O'Brien (Communication) 
  • Sylvia A. Phillips (Applied Arts & Human Sciences) 
  • Pamela Wiggins Reed (Art) 
  • Amalia Villegas (Counseling) 
  • Michael Wilson (Liberal Arts) 
  • Bill Roe ( Psychology)

5.  Phoenix College is celebrating Native American Indian Heritage Awareness Month with several activities this week. In 1915, Native American Indian Heritage Awareness Month became a national event when a proclamation was formally approved by the National Congress of American Indians. In 1990, former President George Bush approved a joint resolution announcing November as National American Indian Heritage Month.

Celebrate and learn more about the Native American culture this week with the following activities sponsored by the Phoenix College Native American Student Association (NASA) and Student Life and Leadership. 

Thursday, Nov. 18
Video Presentations
Encanto Room
10 a.m. - Roads Across the Plains
11 a.m. - Attack on Culture

Hopi Dance Performance
Sophomore Square
12 p.m. 

Friday, Nov. 19
Hualapai Culture Presentation by Miss Indian Arizona 2004-2005
Student Life and Leadership Lobby - Hannelly Center 
10 a.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 23
Performance by Eric Manuelito, Navajo flute player and storyteller
Bears' Den Patio
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.

For more information on the activities for Native American Indian Heritage Awareness month, please contact Jennifer Wheeler at 602-285-7865.

<>6. The Phoenix College Women's Leadership Group (WLG) is currently recruiting new members.  Join one of the District’s greatest networks. For an annual fee of only $5, this membership is truly a bargain. Membership in the Women's Leadership Group is open to all Maricopa employees. For more information or to join, please contact Tresa Miller 57792 or Christy Skeen 57842.  For additional information, visit the District web site at:  http://www.maricopa.edu/wlg/about.htm for a full history of WLG.  

7. PC dance students participating in the Fall dance recital will be dancing to "make a difference."  The proceeds from the Dance to Make a Difference recital will be donated to a valley organization, HomeBase Youth Service. Please help support this worthy cause by attending a fabulous performance.  Please visit http://hbys.org for more information.

When: Saturday, Novmeber 20, 2004 -  6:30 p.m.
Where: Phoenix College- South Gym
Who: HomeBase Youth Services is an Arizona- based nonprofit agency founded in 1991 to address the growing needs of homeless and runaway youth in Arizona between the ages of 18 and 21. 


8.          HAPPY BIRTHDAY
 
Name Date
Julian Vasquez 11/13
Kenneth Johnsson 11/13
Kendra Charts 11/14
Deborah Kappes 11/15
Elena Hernandez 11/15
Michael Newman 11/15
Dennis Shaw 11/16
Carolyn Hardwick 11/17
Kelli Stanoff 11/18
Margaret Macias 11/1



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