A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin County Community College District. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Oct. 10 All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be emailed to mrobinson@ccccd.edu or sent on disk. Please submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Sydney Portilla-Diggs, campus correspondent; Stephanie Hall, student correspondent; Tatiana Shehadeh, special contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout
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Leadership groups -- SLA, ACE -- kick off new year
 The third time is a charm. Of course, in the case of the Academy of Collegiate Excellence (ACE), the first and second times were pretty good, too. ACE announced its third class for 2006-07.
The fellows are: Carie Andrews Dippel, Student Success coordinator; Francis Choy, instructional designer; Jodi Collins, Special Admissions coordinator-advisor; Christine De La Torre, Management and Marketing professor; Veronica Deaver, Dentral Hygiene professor; Regina Hughes, Center for Scholarly & Civic Engagement director; Bryan Humphreys, solutions provider; Wayne Jones, Engineering and Emerging Technologies associate dean; Teri Karlseng, reference librarian; Raja Khoury, Mathematics department chair and professor; Angela Putman, Speech professor; Marilyn Rice, Developmental Reading professor; Donna White Biology professor; Debra Wilkison, Financial Aid/Veteran Affairs director; Byrd Williams, Photography Department chair and professor; and Doug Willis, associate dean of students.
The nine-month ACE program was established in order to identify and cultivate leaders within Collin. Through the program, the faculty and staff are prepared for future leadership opportunities by learning how to develop performance and strategic goals, understand the aspects of board and president relations, learn multi-tasking, budget and cost center management, legal issues in higher education and much more.
ACE participants must have a master’s degree, three years working in higher education and be a full-time Collin faculty or staff member.
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The Student Leadership Academy unveiled its 2006 class during its annual Celebration Luncheon Sept. 1.
This year’s class is:
Melinda Archacki-Sutter
Ketile Assamoa
Matthew Ates
Robin Doré
Ashley Edwards
Chadi El-Khoury
Kathleen Farmer
LaRa Foster
Diana Gonzales
Jennifer Hart
April Hughes
Jordan Jaussi
Kathryn Martin
Samuel McClendon
Nasim Najafi
Maureen Nduta
Ziara Osborne
Sidney Owallah
Frank Pallone
Muneerah Ramesh
Cori Rodriguez
Neilufar Samadi
Patricia Skibbe
Christian Stana
Peter Uong
Richard Walton |
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| (Front row) Sidney O. Owallah, Peter M. Uong, Cori B. Rodriguez and Christian David Stana; (second row) Erin Coomer, Patricia O. Skibbe, Ziara Osborne, Diana Patricia Gonzales, Neilufar Samadi, Maureen Elizabeth Nduta, Kathryn S. Martin, Victoria Pope, Robin F. Doré and Elizabeth Oh; (third row) Muneerah S. Ramesh, April J. Hughes, Chadi El-Khoury, LaRa C. Foster and Sarah Oh; (fourth row) and Nasim Najafi, Melinda A. Archacki-Sutter, Samuel S. McClendon; (fifth row) Kathleen M. Farmer, Matthew D. Ates and Frank C. Pallone; (sixth row) Richard J. Walton and Jordan Dallas Jaussi. |
The SLA’s annual scholarship honorees, a designation placed on individuals who display leadership qualities in the community, were Ronelle Ianace, president of ESPRE Partners, Texas State Representative Brian McCall and Bobby Ray, Group President for Hovnanian Enterprises. Three scholarships named for the honorees were awarded to Archacki-Sutter, Ates and Gonzales.
The academy is designed to encourage students in leadership, integrity, professional development, scholarship and service. The curriculum includes lectures, guest speakers, student facilitation and team projects. Course topics deal with different aspects of leadership, such as conflict resolution, time-management skills, goal-setting and team-building. Admission to the academy is highly competitive. To apply, students must have completed at least six college credit hours while maintaining a 3.0 GPA.
Each applicant submits a current academic transcript; three letters of recommendation; a listing of community service, campus organization or volunteer activities in which they participated; a listing of honors, awards or personal accomplishments and an essay describing why they were interested in participating in the academy.
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