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The Dividend: ACC Celebration of Excellence 2010 Ceremony Held
The Dividend: ACC Celebration of Excellence 2010 Ceremony Held
The Dividend
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Dates to Note ACC Celebration of Excellence
July 16: ACC Graduation @
Walter William H.S.
2010 Ceremony Held
August 16: Classes Begin
September 6: ACC Closed ACC alumni, faculty, staff, and students were honored by the College on May 27 at the 2010 Celebration
Labor Day of Excellence Awards, hosted by the ACC Board of Trustees and the ACC Foundation Board of Direc-
tors. The annual event, held at Alamance Country Club, honors those who have achieved distinction
through hard work and dedication.
2010 Distinguished Alumna
Sharon Thompson earned an Associate in Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice Technology from
ACC in 1978, later adding a Bachelor of Science from Shaw University and a Master’s of Education
from N.C. State University. Thompson spent 11 years in law enforcement with the Town of Chapel Hill
and City of Durham. Over the years, she increased her responsibilities
and challenges: Director of the BLET (Basic Law Enforcement Train-
ing) program at Durham Technical Community College; Assistant Di-
rector, Community Policing with the Governor’s Crime Commission;
Deputy Director of Public Safety at N.C. State University; and Training
& Evaluation Coordinator with the N.C. Partnership for Children. From
1999 – 2006, she worked for the NC Community College System Office
as a consultant and program auditor, where she wrote statewide policies
and developed numerous education and training programs at the local,
regional, and state level. Today, Thompson serves as Vice President for
Academic Services at Brunswick Community College. There, she has
initiated new academic programs in Biotechnology, Accounting, Survey-
ing Technology and Lateral Entry Teacher Education. Thompson also
volunteers with Relay for Life, the local
food bank and her church.
Sharon Thompson
Department Reunion
Horticulture Technology held its first reunion March 14 that brought about 80 alumni and current students together to see how the
program has grown over the years. Festivities included a luncheon, awards, the re-dedication of the Hupman Gardens and an open
house in the horticulture area of campus.
Dr. Mohamad Haj-Mohamadi Hayvenyer Bigelow (above), Office Ad- Monica Isbell (above), Coordinator
(above right), Department Head for ministration Technology instructor, as Ad- of Special Needs and Counseling
Industrial Systems Technology, as junct Faculty Member of the Year. Services, as the Staff Member of the
the College’s Excellence in Teaching Year.
award winner
Dead-
Randy Diller (far right), GED in- line
structor, as Continuing Education
Instructor of the Year. June 1
Student Academic Excellence Award Recipients were: Ana Salas (above right), a
Deadline for students 2010 graduate-elect in university transfer, who plans to attend UNC Chapel Hill
completing requirements this fall and study to become an orthodontist; and Melissa Dean, a 2010 graduate-
elect in ACC’s Associate Degree Nursing program.
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Volume 2, Issue 2
Insider Information….
Information about the ACC Family
Successful Completion of
Congratulations Joe and Barbara Fryar on their 50th wedding
WIRED Nursing Grant anniversary.
Recently the ACC Associate Degree Nursing Program Congratulations to Marlene Jones White and Renata Crisp Pat-
successfully completed its two year Piedmont Triad terson, Day Care staff, on recent marriages.
Partnership WIRED Grant. The interventions funded
Congratulations to Nancy Bateman, Alan Burgess and Doris
by the grant improved student preparedness for enter-
Schomberg on their retirements.
ing the clinical arena. Due to the grant ’s results, a new
20 hour per week simulation/lab coordinator position Condolences to the Jim Parks family on the death of his wife,
has been Laura.
ap- Congratulations to Heather (former ACC institutional re-
proved. searcher) and Duke Hutchings who are expecting their first
A cul- child.
tural
Carole Lipkin and Sandi Moulton spent a week in San Luis Po-
diversity
tosi, Mexico, as English "tutores" for university students at the
class has
Institutito Tecnologico. Their visit is a cultural and educational
been exchange program sponsored by Burlington-Alamance Sister
ap- Cities. Ten faculty members from the university will be here for
proved two weeks in July, and another trip to Mexico is planned for the
for addition to the NCCCS master course list. Two fall. If you would like to host our visitors and/or to be a tutor,
publications, a monograph and a longer thesis covering
details of this study, were produced. The monograph
has been sent to all 58 community colleges in North and implement alternative approaches in pre-clinical nursing
Carolina and the complete and detailed report is avail- student preparation.
able upon request. The interventions focused on three main areas:
Piedmont Triad Partnership representatives were * Direct interventions early on for low-performing students
pleased with the positive outcomes of this project. The (mentoring, tutoring and open lab availability)
research and work will be of help to other nursing pro- * Pre-clinical simulation (using high fidelity mannequins)
grams in North Carolina and nationally. *Cultural diversity training
In December 2008, ACC received $137,855 to fund a The importance to minority and disadvantaged students of the
program to improve retention of disadvantaged, for- interventions was apparent. Of the students receiving the inter-
eign-born and minority nursing students. The primary ventions, all but one graduated or continued in the program.
objective of the WIRED grant was to research, develop
Graham, NC
Post Office Box 8000
Alamance Community College Foundation, Inc.