Spotlight

The Online Campus’ Sara Clark, Michele Smolik, Fresa Jacobs andAshley Gosseen will present “Razing the Village: Rebuilding an Online Instructor Resource Center” at FUSION 2010, D2L's annual user conference, in San Diego in July (“See how The Village went from an overcrowded, noisy and hard to navigate community to an efficient, usable space where training is one click away and opportunities for collaboration with peers endless,” writes Smolik)

The Win-Win program, which seeks to get associate degrees in the hands of students who dropped out before completing their degree, has been very well received

The impending (semi-) retirement of Ben Cameron, Ed Collings and Tom Watson made the Missourian; all three say they will miss teaching and students

Sam Fleury, community and alumni relations coordinator, recently appeared on KOMU-TV
  to push the Lake’s Community Appreciation Day

Keith Glindemann, assistant director of Veteran Services and himself a vet, was featured in a recent KOMU article on military vets going back to college: "Maybe they have some difficulties readjusting, so we want to help them transition the best we can,” he’s quoted as saying

Dr. Graham Higgs, Department of Psychology and Sociology chair and professor of psychology and education, reports that the inaugural class of behavioral and social science ethicists completed their semester study as groundbreaking began - "What an awesome way to begin the new sciences programs at Columbia College! A world class science center is under construction and the ethics course that will guide scholars to the highest standards for research practice is underway."

Debra Hartman, director of the Crystal Lake campus, was featured in the Northwest Herald, McHenry County, Ill., on how the college has adapted to a changing educational marketplace

Alicia Pigg, course review specialist, Online Campus, has been selected as a “Lightning Session Presenter” at the 28th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning

David Rosman, Evening Campus faculty, published an article on society’s underappreciation of firefighters

Tina McNeil, admissions counselor, was named this year’s Rising Star by the Missouri Association of College Admission Counseling (MOACAC) at the annual MOACAC/Great Plains Association for College Admission Counseling Conference. The award is given to a MOACAC member who has been in the college admission profession less than three years and contributed to helping students by enthusiastic and professional involvement in admissions

Marvin Schulteis, adjunct instructor of business law and political science, Lake campus, will discuss the Bill of Rights in a five-part series every Thursday from 10-11 a.m. on www.krmsradio.com  or www.professormarvin.com/radio.htm

Marco Tapia, Serving the Public Servants Coordinator and a 1989 criminal justice administration graduate, was named April 2012 Volunteer of the Month by the city of Columbia, Mo. Tapia is the host of “Making a Difference” on CAT-TV, which highlights volunteering.  Prior to Columbia College, Tapia spent more than 30 years in law enforcement. See Tapia in action at http://vimeo.com/columbiatv

Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, forensic pathologist, shot down the infamous JFK single bullet theory, Sirhan Sirhan as RFK’s sole assassin, Elvis and Marilyn Monroe as accidental deaths at a Reunion Weekend presentation that coincided with forensic science’s 10th anniversary
www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2012/04/20/leading-forensic-pathologist-helps-columbia-college-forensics-program-celebrate-10-years
www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/apr/22/forensic-pathologist-revisits-high-profile-cases

Steve Wiegenstein, associate dean for Graduate Studies, read from and signed his historical novel “Slant of Light” at Subterranean Books, an independent bookstore in the Loop in St. Louis; the store, reports a publisher’s blog, was jam-packed