Chuck Passentino
Welcomed Replacements of 2 Administrators
and 12 Faculty for Spring, 2007
Nominated by several faculty members and administrators, Chuck Passentino has been selected as the recipient of the
President’s Leadership Award for 2006-2007. Chuck, who is an instructor in English as a Second Language, serves as faculty co-chair
and co-editor of the 2007 Accreditation Self Study. He is also known for his motivational leadership in the planning and implementation
of the student learning outcome initiative on campus, and has served for years as a member of the Academic Program Review Committee. Chuck
will be honored with this award at the Annual College Recognition Ceremony on May 17 in the Student Center.
Jenny Windrem’s audio entry was awarded third
place in the Broadcast Education Association’s
national competition through the BEA’s
Two-Year/Small College division. The
competition includes two year community colleges
as well as smaller 4-year institutions. Ms.
Windrem’s entry was the only award achieved by a
community college student. Her
award marks the 10th nationally
recognized BEA award for audio productions in
the past eight years for Grossmont College
students majoring in the Media Communications
audio and radio programs.
 Grossmont
College awards scholarships twice yearly, early
in each semester when students are especially in
need of receiving the prized cash awards.
Thanks to the coordination by Jackee Thomas of
the Grossmont College Scholarship Office in the
Financial Aid Department, and to the support and
assistance of the Grossmont College Foundation,
29 students received a total of $13,300 at the
semi-annual awards breakfast February 10. This
amount includes the second $1,500 scholarship
award from the Foundation this year. Thanks to
all those who contribute to the Foundation on
behalf of both general and individual
scholarship funds, and those who contribute
through our Faculty/Staff Giving Program.
We appreciate the coordinating
efforts of John al-Amin and the Information
Systems staff to post the Grossmont College
Educational Master Plan framework document
online as the first step in the planning process
for the next year. In the coming weeks,
departments and program coordinators will review
and update their accomplishments for the current
year and input appropriate information to the
07-08 format. Another key component is our
Leadership Planning Retreat scheduled March 29.
It is in this setting that we review area needs
and establish our first draft of collegewide
priorities.
Sallie Mae Selects
GEARUP Site For "PAYING FOR COLLEGE" Tour
Grossmont
College Assistant Dean Wendy Craig reports that
El Cajon Valley High School, one site of the
Grossmont College-GUHSD GEAR UP collaborative,
was the location of two Sallie Mae “Paying for
College” workshops for parents February 8. The
Sallie Mae Fund group is making a nation-wide
bus tour. Wendy also reports that the event was
covered by KUSI-TV as well as the San Diego
Union-Tribune.
Career Center Presents "TOP 10 PICKS FOR 2007"
Also on February
8, the Grossmont College Career Center presented
a workshop focusing on a labor market forecast
and the “Top 10 Career Picks for 2007” which
include: “Animal Defense Lawyer; Art Therapist;
Computer Forensic Expert; Forensic Accountant;
Genetic Counselor; Hispanic Marketing
Specialist; Medical Illustrator; Nurse
Paralegal; Radiation Therapist; and Disaster
Recovery Project Manager.” Thanks to Nancy
Davis and the Career Center staff for helping to
keep the college community updated about these
evolving and ‘hot’ new career fields.
Grossmont College Kinship/Foster Workshops Referenced In Recent SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE STORY
For many years, the Grossmont
College Kinship and Foster Care Program has been
providing support and information for
grandparents and others who find themselves
raising relatives’ children. The needs of care
providers in these circumstances, as well as the
support role our Grossmont College program
provides, were featured in a weekend article in
the San Diego Union-Tribune. The
program, which last year provided more than
4,800 hours of training and education throughout
the county, recently received an additional
$40,000 grant from the County of San Diego to
provide a new series of “Kinship Summits” this
semester. Congratulations to Nory Behana and
the program staff for perseverance and
leadership in this important service to our
community.
Jeffery
Lehman Co-Authors TETRAHEDRON Paper
 Jeffrey Lehman,
associate professor of chemistry, is co-author
of a paper, “Correlation of calculated halonium
ion structures with product distributions from
fluorine substituted terminal alkenes,”
published in the December 2006 issue of
Tetrahedron. The publication is an
international journal for the publication of
original research papers and critical reviews in
organic chemistry.
Collaboration
of the World Arts and Cultures Committee, the
ASGC, and the Black Student Union produces a
full calendar of events to help celebrate Black
History Month. Activities included:
·
African Dancers, February 13, in conjunction
with ASGC Clubs’ Fair in Main Quad;
·
Tuskegee Airmen lecture February 15, featuring
speaker Thurman Pritle;
·
Afro-Cuban Ensemble with Gene Perry, February
20, Main Quad
Our
spring sports are just getting underway and the
best early news is our Women’s Fast-pitch squad
is 6-0. Men’s Volleyball is off to a good start
at 7-4, while baseball is starting slowly at
4-6. Women’s Tennis started their season with a
win and Men’s Tennis is at 1-1. Men’s Swimming
and Diving are 1-0 and the women have yet to
compete in their first dual meet.
· February 22: 120 Ninth Grade GEAR UP students
visited campus to explore
careers in Allied
Health Programs and Administration of Justice.
·
February 23: Second General College
Accreditation Forum, Griffin
·
February 24: 19th Annual Grossmont
College Pow-Wow,
·
February 25: Invitation to the Dance, with
guest artists Jean Isaacs, Women of the
Grossmont College Master Chorale, Grossmont
College Symphony Orchestra, Grossmont College
Afro-Cuban Ensemble and advanced dancers from
Grossmont College and Christian Community
Theatre Dance Programs.
·
March
1 – World Arts and Cultures Committee presented
Lion Dance in celebration of the Chinese New
Year.
·
March 16 - Dr. Pam Cox Otto of Interact
Communications will present a series of three
workshops based on the results of the Grossmont
College Media Preferences Survey. Griffin Gate
Download the pdf file for more information on
this event.
9 – 10:30
a.m. The Multigenerational Classroom
12 – 1:30 p.m. The Multigenerational
College – Bring your lunch, coffee, water
and cookies provided
2 p.m. –
3:30 p.m. Target Marketing for Programs
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