[Music] good morning huh turn it up I'm afraid put it down good morning there are plenty of seats please come in come down a few stairs and find a seat so if you need to wine or anything there's such energy and joy in this space I hate to interrupt it by having to start a meeting just stand here and conduct it but good morning in order to try to keep us on schedule and it is a very full agenda as you know you've picked up a program I am going to go ahead and start even as a few people are taking
their seats I am Margaret Latimer the vice president and provost here at the Germantown campus thank you and it is my great it is my great pleasure to greet you with sunshine and welcome you to the Pinkney innovation complex for science and technology at Montgomery College to the Germantown campus for the 2018 2019 academic year closing meeting this is always an exhausting and exhilarating time of year review sessions and final exams gradings grading banquets galas celebrations of achievement a
nd sighs of relief there's the thrill of victory as students are realizing their dreams and share that with us and the agony of defeat yes I've received some appeal letters already I've shared more than a few minutes with some of you in the last week or so in awe of what our students have accomplished listening to them present their work or accept Awards and everyone in this room today has played a role in that we are behind all of that we're the behind the curtain folks that make that happen an
d I've listened to students choked up literally as they have thanked faculty who have opened doors for them who have made those achievements and accomplishments possible by the way speaking of accomplishments and we are celebrating what we have done today make sure you take some time and go up to the atrium on the second floor and look at the crib presentations they're wonderful poster presentations of what's been done there and I saw some of you up there earlier but but take a little time and a
nd look at what's again have been accomplished by you today today this event is where we get to pause reflect and celebrate our achievements that have made that students achievements possible we get to hit the pause button on amp and stamp strategic plans a TD and embedded coaches pathways and scheduling ad astra enrollment management equity summit facilities projects large and small commencing and completing charettes program reviews cars no trucks work day which I am renaming work day and nigh
t banner nine awaiting banner ten conferences and competitions events on campus campuses almost every day of the year budget advocacy and you could all add to the list but for the next two hours we get to put that on hold and celebrate so before I turn the podium over I want to thank those of you who organized this day and our very special thanks to the facilities and ayet IT teams the former makes the campus Sparkle every day of the year and they cleared the clouds today and to our IT folks who
bring us the cloud and now it is my great pleasure to welcome to the podium and as dr. Brown said yesterday someone who needs no introduction our president dr. Darian College [Applause] well good morning everyone I don't know about you but I'd loved listening every year when we because we're always here at Germantown campus to hear what Margaret is actually going to say because there's always this wonderful balance of wit and intellect and I so I find myself laughing out loud now poor Jane Elle
n it will be known as a work day and night I love that and I think some of our colleagues in HR and certainly in the business services and IT would probably concur with that so I'm delighted to be here today and I am delighted to spend some time with you those of you who are coming in there's lots of seeds down in the front middle so feel free to make your way there as Margaret Illustrated in her comments we have had a very busy year here at Montgomery College in fact the ultimate culmination of
that is going to be on Friday we will have nearly 3,000 students who are going to be earning degrees and certificates from Montgomery College and that is absolutely amazing I think it deserves a round of applause thousands of them will be transferring across the country many of them will be going directly into work and all of them will have new credentials and new possibilities and they are indeed changing their lives and that is a credit as Margaret said earlier to all the work that you do and
have done for those students over the last several years it's the people in this room who have empowered students our financial aid counselors academic advisors international student advisors our counseling faculty and instructional faculty our groundskeepers and those people who work behind the scenes to keep our organization moving each of you has played a critical and important role in the success of our students it can be easy to lose sight of your unique impact on the on each of you on the
students daily but I want to honor each of you by paying close attention to the work that you've done this year and I've seen that happen in our Honors Convocation which I have the joy of attending this time each year well we get to see in living color all of the work that has gone into our students let me give you a sampling of that Montgomery College has been a life-changing experience for Malick's Odum she told me there star called him Alex and Maria Alexandra a biological science major from
the ivory coast who had to learn English as just to start her courses here she then served as president of the medical research Club became a learning assistant in chemistry won an internship at NIST and one it was a math and physics tutor at the maple Center for a year that's when in just a few years of learning English the College has also been transformational for Maria Veronica Roubaix from Columbia majoring in International Studies she was a renaissance scholar and vice president of Phi Th
eta Kappa at Rockville in early June she will come she will compete in the Beacon Conference in Pennsylvania and then start an internship at the Library of Congress she's already been admitted to Smith College America University and the University of Virginia Wow right another student nah Mahalo Malloy or Jake as he told me to call him in South African and he comes to Montgomery College with a focus on accounting when he took classes outside of the business curriculum he discovered a passion for
business human behavior in the intersections with biology he plans to further his studies in international business and cognitive science and then finally I must mention Wendy Mejia Aguilar who arrived from El Salvador only five years ago with her single mother and her young sister she works on campus at the Macklin Business Institute cafe as a cashier and as part of his accounting team she serves as vice president and provost she sees me she serves on the vice president and provost Student Adv
isory Council and on the enactus Board as vice president of project development outside of college she works twenty five hours a week as a Spanish tutor and as a restaurant cashier her academics leadership and service her community were so exceptional that she was awarded a Jack Kent Cooke undergraduate transfer scholarship this year and Wendy is a remarkable student if you know her she is bubbly and bright and talented and just makes you feel good being in her space but what I love about this i
s that she credits her professors her advisers her counselors who helped put her best foot forward in this very competitive process people like Lucille off Claudia Greer Joan ney Christina Devlin Hanna wiser and Steve laying or some of the names that she mentioned has been instrumental to her in the spectacular award one of the things that I love most about Montgomery College is that we attract people with new ideas and I work with some of the most creative some of the most innovative people I'v
e ever met who are innovating in ways that I know to better serve our students and the communities in which they represent but I also had the opportunity to reach outside of the college periodically to learn from others and to find inspiration and this year was no exception to that I want to mention three people who visited the college this year whose ideas and questions lingered far after my conversations with them dr. Damon Williams was our equity summit speaker and he delivered a powerful mes
sage about inclusive excellence and the ways organizations benefit from being more strategic around these practices this is a priority that we've been working on for some time now and we're beginning to see some work in a very different level lots of work still needing to be done but tremendous amount of effort and outcomes are coming from each of you who've played a unique role in that we have former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who brought a passionate a well informed assessment of pu
blic education in this country which included abiding critique of gun control and teacher pay and then finally former county executive Ike Leggett shared a unique vision of national leadership and the role of fear and driving citizens relationships with each other fear he said is not the mark of robust Democratic leadership each of these visitors helped me to refocus so some ass of our mission in a different way dr. Williams take on equity inclusion reminded me that even as we serve a diverse st
udent body we must attend carefully to the climate and inclusion issues for our employees and certainly within our work spaces Arne Duncan's decades of work and public education to close the achievement gap taught me the many different solutions can work simultaneously to advance the needs of our students designing student support is an imperfect science scaling services up takes resources and risks but certainly progress today is what matters we can't wait for tomorrow because our students miss
out on these opportunities when we do so and that means that we have failed them he used those words repeatedly over and over again in his comments now speaking of failure the college's admissions scandal The News has had a really unexpected impact on me as disappear disappointing and discouraging as it was for the state of education in this country it reminded me of just how powerful our mission of access to higher education really is when I look at the hardscrabble stories of our students and
I hear them over and over and over again and then the privileged and wasted opportunities on these fraud stories I know that I'm in the right space at Montgomery College and I think about the fact that our mission our nation needs more places like our College open access is what our country's mission is about you can see this in the home countries of our students across each of our campuses and I can see that earlier when I think about the students that I mentioned and certainly think about the
fact that we celebrate these values at Montgomery College instead of stoking fear about difference when this scandal broke I realized that we worked so hard on equitable outcomes that we might be taking an excess a tiny bit for granted and we shouldn't because our nation relies on us to do this and certainly our County does in fact since the Truman Commission called for system of community colleges it was recognized a way of building up our nation community colleges became in my mind the new la
nd-grant institutions of our country we aren't building the infrastructure that you see that the land-grant universities were doing but we're building people we're building capacity we're building skills the primacy of that mission is something that I believe we need to hold on to firmly and certainly keep within our sights now I'll give you an example of some people who've benefited from this idea of what our mission is teachers minge she started at the college in 2013 taking one class a semest
er because that's all that she could afford she was taking ESL classes in the beginning and from there she enrolled in the child development associates program and through Workforce Development where she earned a certificate she then progress to a full full load of classes for the early childhood education associate's degree she did this online and in the evening so that it didn't interrupt with her family business of childcare she's the sole provider for her three children one of whom is gradua
ting from Wheaton high school in just a few weeks she has a GPA of 3.75 and tells me that throughout her schooling she posted her grades on the fridge on a refrigerator so that her son could see as she told him I expect nothing less of you I learned English as an adult and you had quote the privilege of learning English as a two-year-old if I can earn these grades while I work full-time then you can do so too in quote but here's how this story keeps going by the by the way her son will start at
Montgomery College this fall and she has been accepted by Washington Adventist University where she would continue to study that is why we exist this is the work that we do this story reminds me of why we must protect access and open access in fact I'm starting to believe that we must expand it because it's truly the equalizing principle of extraordinary magnitude it builds communities of opportunity and families that are free of fear now if any of you caught it there was a topic and former coun
ty executive Ike Leggett talked recently when he had with me that really struck me he says that how strong leadership is not built on fear leadership has to engage with fear yes but it has to confront it it has to dissemble it it will have to problem-solve around it but true leaders do not build their relationships on fear true leaders do not build their relationships on fear now I'm sure this resonates with some of you in the room as you think about what happens in your classrooms and in your o
ffices when you interact with students we don't motivate students with fear I might do that with my son every once in a while but certainly not with our students we give them tools to achieve we empower them we help build their confidence we teach them to reach out for help not to spurn their peers not to otherwise their fellow classmates we teach them to ask for help which means that it makes them vulnerable and that is a message that I talked a lot about when I came back about in my town hall
daring to lead by Brene brown but vulnerability also builds trust which despair fear some of the students I talked about today have walked through a lot of fear but asking for help has changed their outcomes having people like you each and every one of you in this room and those of you who are watching is that you have worked through fear as a common denominator in helping our students leadership that builds connections like those that we have in our community engagement centers is that we are b
uilding capacity in our community and that will drive student outcomes leadership that prioritizes equity and inclusion for our faculty and staff makes us all better ambassadors in our multicultural society leadership that supports passionate teaching and robust counseling bills achievement in our students we have all the elements at Montgomery College to do this work because we have all the right people in the room to do it we're always trying to improve them so that we're striving but the trut
h is our foundation is solid and it is strong and we're moving into our next strategic chapter in collaboration with the county and the changing needs of our community and that is why I'm proud to be a part of this college and so hopeful for its future I hope that you feel that this year has been a tremendous one for you and what you've been able to accomplish for yourself for our students and the communities that we serve and I hope that those of you who are away over the summer will have the o
pportunity to reflect about that those of us who will be here this summer will have a little bit different schedule hopefully to be reflective in to pause and think about the work that we do and just in case you need any inspiration for the work that we do I'd like to show you a little video to in an inch and I'll tell you a little bit about this particular woman Carol Faye walls she's an extraordinary 58 year old warrior she has overcome insurmountable odds to be a student at Montgomery College
and she was selected as one of eight 20 19 18 scholars she was born in Washington DC and she is a role model of adult learners but more importantly she credits the work that has happened in her life for what has happened here at Montgomery College I'll let her tell her own story morning I come from faith love strength mother wit and strife I come from young parents who raised six children in ghetto life I come from civil rights marches picket signs and long welfare lines at a time when black fo
lk could only drink from a colored water fountain I come from sidewalks made of concrete lilies and roses sprouting through the cracks I come from a time when a ride on a local bus meant sitting in the back I come from seeing needles on the ground having been in someone's veins I come from joking and cussing and calling kids names I come from laughter and humility even in bad situations I come from racial tension and frustration in all sorts of places I come from miracles and prayer that we shal
l overcome I come from the smell of collard greens potato salad and fried chicken overdone I come from strong roots that spread far and wide I come from wearing hand-me-downs made with my mother's pride I come from whippings and structure and listening to parents words I come from a time when children were to be seen and not to be heard I come from dreams deferred and saying my thoughts out loud I come from dancing to James Brown singing I'm black and I'm proud I come from a strong work effort p
ersistence through pain I come from falling hard getting back up and falling down again and I come from a full head of hair but now I stand here Bo I come from about with uterine cancer that once had me stole I come from failure it's not an option never give up never retreat and I come from understanding nothing will happen if you don't move your feet I come from a tapestry woven together strong I'm built to last I come in with bracing my future that was built upon my past and I come from ancest
ors whose spirits linger within me I come from those who have died so I can stand here free now I'm in pursuit of my dreams and I'm earning my degree I know I would not be here without the support of my loving MC I'm ecstatic about my future oh yeah I'm bursting at the seams my goodness I'm standing here achieving the dream I'm achieving my dream I'm committed to learning leading and giving back on this journey I'll keep building my legacy to encourage those that will follow me I'll stay true an
d loyal to Montgomery College even as I graduate my message will be keep going keep moving [Applause] that's why we do the work right that's why we do the work so the next time you sit in a meeting and wonder why we're here the next time you have someone question our mission the next time someone questions why we're constantly trying to be better and as an institution when you wonder why we do this work I want you to remember Carol Fay walls because every time I see that video it gives me gooseb
umps and shivers it makes me cry because I know for a fact that this college and his faculty and its staff have had a profound impact on her life and for every one of her we can multiply it over and over and over again so thank you for what you do for students like Carol students like Tigers students like Jake all of them who don't have a video but whose lives you profoundly impact each and every day in the work you do with them it takes a team to do that and with that we will take a moment now
to honor a team effort Awards now introduce dr. Steve Kane chief of staff and chief strategy officer to bring that to us today thank you all [Applause] well good morning it's my pleasure to celebrate employees who receive team effort awards this year so the purpose of the team effort award is to recognize the accomplishments of college community members who've achieved something special by working as a team the work must be beyond the scope of their regular duties and project team members must d
emonstrate successful collaboration we have eleven team effort awards to announce today I will share a brief description of each award while the names of awardees are displayed above awardees will receive a special certificate in the coming week this is our opportunity to say thank you to many wonderful people who were involved with impressive work this year so the first team effort award goes to the dual enrollment communication and outreach activities group these team members collaborated with
internal and external partners to host thousands of potential dual enrollment students and sessions at each campus creating opportunities for high school students to take college-level courses prepare students for post-secondary work MC and MCPS worked together to develop pathways to college and career readiness for MCPS students and to increase access to college coursework through dual enrollment programs while reducing institutional barriers for all students join me in thanking this team [App
lause] our next award goes to the culture of respect ending sexual violence on college campuses team the goal of the culture of respect program is to build the capacity of educational institutions to end sexual violence this national effort spearheaded by the organization NASPA encourages organizational change to ensure institutions create policies and programs that support survivors prevent sexual and violence and communicate that violence is unacceptable the MC title nine advisory group was ab
le to make key improvements that benefitted our students and employees experiencing sexual violence join me in recognizing this team [Applause] next is our community engagement to advance the Leggett building and project approval of team so you know the Catherine isiah leggett math and science building on the Takoma Park Silver Spring campus is an overdue and critical addition to the campus instructional space this project required a different approach than prior construction on any of the three
campuses the location of the site in a residential and historic neighborhood required extensive facilitated community conversations for two years this team has worked together to enable the college to achieve the goal of balancing the needs of students our neighbors and fiscal prudence the team demonstrated the value of community engagement at the scale funding for the building is on track and the Planning Board has approved join me in thanking this team next is our Germantown campus 40th anniv
ersary celebrations team this team known as the cult of Dunn got it done for the Germantown campus 'as fortieth anniversary team members collaborated from the first brainstorming meeting into the last chair was folded after Germantown Day in March they involved colleagues from all campuses and workforce development and continuing education as well as businesses and nonprofits to welcome community members on campus for a grand celebration the 40th anniversary was a phenomenal success join me in r
ecognizing this team [Applause] next is the mass casualty drill training event team the Health Sciences program implements an annual interdisciplinary mass casualty drill a training event that provides students simulated learning exercise this event is a valuable opportunity for our Health Sciences students to learn how to care for patients in a safe collaborative environment and involved students in the following programs diagnostic medical sonography fire emergency management health informatio
n management mental health nursing physical therapy assistant public health radiologic technology and surgical technology join me in recognizing this team this is a big one montgomery college 2025 strategic plan which margaret gave you permission to take a pause on a little bit here today this new strategic plan is the culmination of work by faculty students and staff serving on and supporting the strategic planning committee dr. Pollard charged the committee to develop a responsive realistic fo
rward-looking strategic plan that meets the current and future educational needs of the county and community the committee utilized an inclusive process with creative thinking community connections and resource planning grounded in the college's mission and values the plan which will drive our efforts through 2025 is expected to be adopted by the board of trustees at its June meeting join me in thanking this plant team I almost said thank the plan but well that will come later our next team is t
he Carnegie classification application project team this team has collaborated across divisions for a year to put forward the college's first application for the Carnegie community engagement classification the application required data collection and documentation of the institutional mission identity and community engagement commitments the process is similar to a self-assessment and quality improvement self-study if the designation is granted this classification would open doors to greater co
mmunity engagement across the college opportunities for new grants in recognition of the college's community engagement efforts join me in recognizing this team next is our scholarship luncheon team the scholarship luncheon brings hope to our students they meet and make connections with the people who are supporting their scholarships this year's luncheon was the largest ever and brought in the most fundraising ever 170 thousand dollars which was inspired by the foundation boards challenge this
collaboration of advancement and community engagement student affairs academic affairs and administrative and fiscal service services members to put on this amazing event provides one of the best experiences in interactions for scholarship recipients and donors the fundraising value was a hundred and seventy thousand dollars but the smiles of attendees were priceless join me in thanking this team [Applause] next is our MC website academic program pages team the college's academic programs and co
urses are arguably the most important website content the communications IT and academics teams research best practices and then worked with academic stakeholders to present MCS programs and courses in a way that offers information about program outcomes possible careers faculty and advising context contacts program advising guys suggested course sequences transfer opportunities and more programs and courses are organized in twelve categories that can be expanded to allow easy exploration the ne
w pages are in mobile-friendly templates that include pictures videos and links to related programs and courses including non-credit courses join me in thanking this team next is our fuel for success food campaign mobile market steam the partnership between Montgomery College and the National Capital Food Bank resulted in the mobile markets the mobile markets have allowed us to address food insecurity for students and employees at the college and community members to date 43 markets have been he
ld with 3500 people served 65% of them students through these mobile markets 225,000 pounds of food has been distributed join me in thanking this team [Applause] the next team is our trusty information date 2019 team trusty information day provides an opportunity for members of the Board of Trustees to experience campus life firsthand and broaden their understanding of the student experience in college operations board members from Montgomery College Foundation and the pic MC foundation also att
end this year's program focused on workforce development efforts both in credit and non-credit formats at MC the team that organized the day included tours faculty presentations student demonstrations and meetings with members from businesses and nonprofits join me in thanking this team [Applause] so that concludes our team effort Awards this year if you happen to be involved with the team or lead a team that does something along these lines there is a an application for this award I think is po
sted on the HR website and if you or if you have any questions about finding it please don't hesitate to contact my office as well so let's give a huge round of applause to the many faculty and staff recognize today for their wonderful efforts all these things you do makes it make such a huge difference in the life of Montgomery College so it's now my pleasure to introduce College Council Chair Kathy Giovannetti [Applause] Thank You dr. King good morning I'm honored to be here in from the colleg
e today to share some of the highlights of governance from the year that is coming to a close and announced the incoming governance leadership for the upcoming academic year here is a short review of the governance activity this year governance served an important role in the MC 2025 strategic development planning process all councils provided representation to ensure an inclusive constituent perspective and this important work Council members took the opportunity in providing feedback on the ma
ny many policy and procedures that went out for publicly review this year I'm hoping that many or most of you did the same the College Council participated in a retreat where the new governance website was shared and feedback was requested this site will go live by the start of the new fiscal year and provides an enhanced informational site for government governance information and actions it is updated with a fresh and user-friendly appeal go in and check it out and stay informed there was deve
lopment of a formal recommendation tracking and reporting system to provide updates on the implementation progress of approved recommendations good ideas require continued care and communication to be done well the support of the shared director of governance team was invaluable and maintaining the work of governance throughout the year I want to thank the vet rid guard and Brad Papillon for their dedication and time spent supporting the twelve councils and the College Council this is no easy ta
sk constituent concerns presented to councils were plentiful and included topics such as safety and security gender-neutral restrooms emergency closing schedules parking fees EAP funding wellness activity reimbursements this is just a few this year the College Council passed 14 recommendations common themes arose in this work such as communication equity inclusiveness access to information did I mention communication wdce counsel moved for adoption of best practices for inclusion and programs an
d activities for non-credit students staff counsel moved for clear communication protocols of compensation changes faculty council moved for inclusion of faculty from the prior year sabbatical leave committee to participate in the current year sabbatical workshop student council moved for enhanced accessibility to information on learning centers via inclusion on every syllabus and blackboard sites these are just a few of the concepts progress was made on prior year recommendations as well FMLA w
ebsite with a user-friendly infographic dedicated email and epic use is live go in and check it out flexible work arrangement policy previously telecommunication is currently out for public comment please do so application fee waiver for non-credit students registering for credit courses implemented and processed review continues good ideas require continued care and communication to be done well these are just a few examples I encourage each of you to continue your support of governance to cont
inually improve and advance the relevancy strength and value of MC in serving our students as the outgoing chair of the College Council I want to thank all the council chairs for their support and all council members for taking part in the work of governance on the screen you will see the names of the many dedicated council members for this year many many there's 12 many many people dedicating time and effort now let's take a look at the incoming council membership and officers the incoming chai
r of the College Council is Tracy Smith Bryant she is a full-time faculty member she joined MC in 2001 and has served on numerous committees Tracy has served on governance as vice chair and most recently chair of Takoma Park Council Hurst perspective is always positive and her dedication to students in MC evident and the many roles she has taken such as department coordinator club advisor or member of a student portfolio panel to name just a few vice-chair this name this incoming year will be Sh
ekinah Adams Gormley Shekinah has worked for MC for 12 years she is the chair of the staff Council and her current position is financial aid specialist thank you for stepping up to serve Shekinah incoming secretary for college counsel Christine Tracy she has worked for MC for 10 years she is currently the chair of the Rockville Council and holds the position of library manager Thank You Christine congratulations to all council members on taking on these important roles I can assure you that your
year will be a very busy one you will learn a lot and your input will be valued on the screen you see the names of the incoming council membership thank you thank you and close I use your voice enjoy the view from the seat on the council and always keep a focus on students in your vision thank you for your time and now I'll introduce our in term SVP of administrative and fiscal services dinoshona good morning it is indeed my pleasure to present the Montgomery College nice thought Excellence Awa
rd recipients the nice odd excellence award recognizes outstanding performance by individuals for their colleges and I'd like to ask when I call your name to please stand up and be recognized song bond Katherine BA Victoria bald asano Anthony Baron Dino Gloria pinellia Raquel Vinay Carolyn bushy Joanne Carl I know she's here a leaf bottle Susanna gilliardi Richard Godfrey Brittany green Amy boomer Deborah grub David Hawkins William Henley Mary Kay Hinkle Terry Hurst Catherine come come Ian sued
hug when he Krishnan Valerie Lance Elizabeth Leonard Sandra Livia Cyrus McVoy Michele Moran Angie Moy Russell Peterson ashraddha Rahman Suzanne Riedl Gretchen Rimkus Kathleen Robbins Linda Robinson Heather Citrone Tony Shah Troy I'm sorry Troy Tracy Smith Brian's Anthony Solano Virginia streamer anestine theophil Lafon Varghese Thomas Cheryl Tobler William Tolliver Lisa Vaughan Alice Weng hanno Weezer come ye and Jacqueline's Apollo I know Jackie's here so just one last round of applause for all
of a nice odd Excellence Award recipients and please join me in welcoming mr. David Sears the senior vice president for advancement and community engagement so my first order of business is to introduce you to our newest addition to the development team she's an amazing leader and we look forward to a lot of good things to come from her we root her away from Penn State which is pretty big deal for us and so please join me in welcoming our new vice president for development and alumni relations
and executive director of the Montgomery College Foundation Joyce Mathews thank you very much for so many reasons highlighted already this morning I'm just so incredibly proud and inspired to to be part of this community so thank you for the warm welcome I have the pleasure today to honor some people who are getting Innovation Awards for us so let me get started here so the first the first group of three individuals are getting the Innovation Award for the digital storytelling this is a program
to expand and support the community of practice and digital storytelling so for the following individuals please please come up and get your certificate Jaime Gillen Sarah Dulce and Matthew Decker [Music] [Applause] the next group is much larger this is a group that is going to be in the innovation program of let's build a house I guess it takes a community to build a house so we have a lot of people here to recognize that this is a program with Applied Technology students and others who are act
ually going to collaborate to design build and sell a tiny house on wheels so the following individuals please join join us up here Ali fought Oh George Payne Edie Roberts Chantal Delmar Sharia - lot Mario Parkin and Patricia Young [Applause] [Applause] the next grant is going to to Monica Malini for the professional identity formation through stem service-learning Monica would you join us [Applause] finally we have a group of three or two rather coming up for the the moco connects student near-
peer and career networking with Cindy Cooper Barnes and Tammy Perry please join us [Applause] I'm gonna turn it back over to Dave so the Innovation Awards they're an amazing opportunity for you all to pilot programs testings we were able through the foundation and provide over forty four thousand dollars worth of support this year and continue to apply for those my next order of business is to introduce our staff outstanding service awards for supervisors this is the one of the best ways to reco
gnize the best and brightest in your units and divisions and with that let me introduce our outstanding service award recipients first one is karen Askins [Applause] you'll see that some of these are nice odd winners as well outstanding service award recipients do you get the nice odd award as well and I'll mention a few things about each person as they come up just short things so Karin worked tirelessly to produce a microbiology lab prep book that included pictures as well as words for the wri
tten setup of each lab next we have Sam bong so song wrote the code for the sick and safe leave and what that translated into it saved the college hundreds of hours of manual labor trying to input calculations our next recipient is Anthony Bourdain oh the comments on the on the nomination for Anthony said that he goes above and beyond the call of duty he's consistently the first employee to volunteer to work after hours and during winter emergencies he's one of our electricians [Applause] to hav
e a couple people here that have worked on the work day and night project and this is one of the people that has done according to the nomination a Herculean effort of the combination of workday and banner and syncing those with dual entries and that's our human resources associate Suzanna Gilardi [Applause] [Applause] our next next recipient comes from the grants and sponsored programs office she has raised more than three million dollars in public grants for this institution ami gumar [Applaus
e] our next recipient has implemented a new coding system for incoming new students that's administrative aide Tanya Harris [Applause] our next recipient comes from art IT office one of his most notable accomplishments has been the creation and implementation of the college-wide automated desktop imaging process that is not easy David Hawkins [Applause] so another individual who's done a tremendous job with the work day and night project is Mary Kay Hinkle okay [Applause] our next recipient come
s from my division she single-handedly ran our golf outing this year because we were all focused on the Leggett event that raised 1.7 million dollars she ended up raising over a hundred and thirty thousand dollars just from running the our golf tournament this year Katy come-come in [Applause] [Applause] another human resources associate done a tremendous job on the workday and banner project is sander Olivia [Applause] our next awardee the nomination says she's exceeds expectations as a problem
solver she's an outstanding employee and does tasks expeditiously and efficiently Angie Moy [Applause] an analyst programmer out saying service award recipient who's done a tremendous job on workday Suzanne Reidel our next recipient instructional lab coordinator Kathleen Robbins so I think we pause on the next one somebody that kept us safe in a difficult time this past fall he confronted a suspicious individual with a handgun and made sure that all of the employees down at Takoma Park were saf
e that is officer Salvador Rosales [Applause] I think we should stop there another instructional lab coordinator who's always stepped out without hesitation to help the colleagues at Germantown when the chemistry department was short-staffed she stepped in she made sure that operations were smooth and the chemistry labs that is Mary Sheriff [Applause] another instructional lab coordinator particularly on the biology side of things is Christian slaughter [Applause] [Applause] so our last one I re
ally like this one because it's very student-centered he actively engaged in promoting student success by designing opportunities for students to serve as interns at the IT Service Desk on his own created these these opportunities for our students and that is Varghese Thomas so again supervisors I encourage you to nominate your staff for these awards there are wonderful ways to recognize your employees and with that let me turn it back over to dr. Rai senior vice president for academic affairs a
nd dr. Monica Brown senior vice president for student affairs [Applause] good morning we are honored to recognize the recipients of outstanding faculty Awards and we'll begin with the excellence in service to the institution or to the Community Awards these awards identify outstanding faculty who have a proven track record of service to the discipline College or to the community our first award for excellence in service please welcome professor Emily Rosado professor Lagado has been a full-time
professor with Montgomery College since 2007 teaching in English and ELab programs as well as being hosts faculty for the achieving the promise Academy and serving on the board of directors for every mind and several other committees a former student noted while I was suffering from PTSD and nearly gave up her kindness and gentle proach helped me heal and all the while continue to reach my goal congratulations [Applause] next I would like to invite professor Melissa Spragg to join us [Music] pro
fessors frog has been a full-time professor with Montgomery College since 2006 teaching multiple courses within the nursing curriculum she is the clinical coordinator for nursing 226 and has served as the evaluation committee chair the faculty advisor for the nurse residency advisory board at Holy Cross Hospital and nursing Co Program Coordinator one of her former students stated during my time in her class she not only provided us with the with the pediatric nursing care knowledge but also comp
assion kindness and listening skills that I will carry with me throughout my career as a nurse congratulations professor Spratt [Applause] [Music] excellence in scholarly or professional accomplishments for full-time faculty this award identifies outstanding faculty who have written books or scholarly articles or who are distinguished leaders in their profession or discipline and who as a result of this is scholarly and professional activity have contributed significantly to their discipline and
brought distinction to their field or discipline or to Montgomery College our first awardee is Professor Katie Molly [Music] [Applause] professor Lee has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2012 teaching or 10 different English courses among others and having received nine scholarly fellowships such as communities writers at Valley California callaloo fellowships most Sounion faculty fellowship and the cave canon writing fellowship a former student stated whereas I was
used to predetermined questions and answers professor Lee valued a class where students ask questions of one another but most importantly of themselves congratulations professor Lee [Applause] now I would like to ask dr. Michael Harding to come forward dr. Hardin has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2013 teaching philosophy and political science courses including honors seminars professor Harding's scholarly publications are extensive including in the encyclopedia o
f religion and politics in America and 30 short book reviews a former student noted I think my fellow students were inspired by his high level of his scholastic achievement and were motivated to emulate him he raised the bar for all of us congratulations professor Hardy our next two awards recognize excellence in a scholarship or professional development for part-time faculty please welcome dr. Andrew Krieger to the stage dr. Krieger Krieger has teaching experience in different colleges and univ
ersities across Maryland in addition to the roles outside the classroom including has authoring several publications at Montgomery College dr. Krieger has taught introduction to sociology social foundations of education perspectives in American education political ideologies and American government courses according to a former student he really opened my eyes to to taking an interest in politics you could tell that he really had a passion for what he was talking about congratulations dr. Kriege
r [Applause] now I would like to invite dr. Lucinda Grinnell to join us as a faculty member in the Women's and Gender Studies Program and English department dr. Grinnell brings her extensive knowledge of Latin American history to her classes she also is a powerful advocate for radical inclusion and the college's LGBTQ students a student summed it up this way I will always remember professor Grinnell due to her constant interaction with the students and the passion she put into every one of her l
essons congratulations dr. green [Applause] the next awardees are acknowledged for excellence in teaching or excellence in counseling or academic advising for full-time faculty this award identifies outstanding faculty who have a proven track record as exceptional teachers or counselors or advisors with a positive inspiring and long-lasting effect on students and their learning who demonstrate a belief in the potential of his students to learn to fulfill their potential and to excel and who have
provided extraordinary or unique contributions to excellence in teaching this award serves to promote teaching or counseling excellence and to demonstrate the excellence that characterizes the entire Montgomery College faculty please welcome professor Alicia sanderman professor sanderman has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2008 teaching a multitude of courses in English language for the academic purpose communication and linguistics & Communication Studies discipli
nes her former students stated she created time to interact with every students in class in her office and to help improve in a specific area they might have failing which were very helpful for me and other students congratulations professor sanderman [Applause] next I would like to invite professor Charmaine White's Western to join us professor Western has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2007 teaching English and serving on numerous college committees her former st
udents wrote even if a different student asks the same question eight times she finds a diverse ways of explain the answer I passed English 101 a with an a because she took the time during and after class to discuss my work congratulations professor [Applause] and now it is my pleasure to invite dr. David kite to join us dr. kite has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2014 teaching computer science courses and serving as the director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Pr
ogram at MC it is the only 2-year College participant in the United States dr. kite serves as the faculty mentor for the robotics and programming competition team at the NASA swar swarm athon his former student wrote if I had to take another programming course again I would scramble my entire schedule to have the privilege of taking it with dr. kite congratulations dr. kite I'd like to invite professor Jerry Gresham to the stage [Applause] professor Gresham has been a full-time faculty member wi
th Montgomery College since 2013 as counselor and advisor who has taught a variety of career development and academic success courses a former student noted I can never thank Jerry enough for the love and support she has shown me and my family I have seen her give this much love and attention to all students she has ever come into contact with all students congratulations but that's a blessing now I asked professor Martha bond to join us here [Applause] professor bond has been a full-time facult
y member at Montgomery College since 2004 teaching graphic design and illustration in the media our arts and technologies department she is many exhibitions to her credit as well as a publication for insights magazine a former student stated during lab sessions she would sit with each student individually generous with her time poring over their work on the computer screen or in their sketch pad sensually teasing out the very best from her students she saw as all outstanding student teachers do
the gold that was there waiting to be unearthed congratulations professor [Applause] let's please welcome dr. Mayes ins our up to the stage here he comes now doctor Zurich has been a full-time faculty member at Montgomery College since 2011 teaching more than ten ten different mathematics courses and serving on numerous committees he has also received the project next that's new experiences in Teaching Fellowship Award from the mathematical Association of America according to a former student th
e class I took was at night but regardless of the time dr. Zurich was willing to stay late after class to answer many of our questions congratulations it is now my pleasure to invite dr. Richard pyres to join us [Applause] dr. Parrs has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2006 teaching chemistry courses he has created a series of interactive three-dimensional molecule visualization videos that allows students to manipulate molecules using a computer software program riv
eting and has been the co-author of two patents a former student noted even when students answered questions wrong he never let them feel discouraged but directed them in the right path he perfectly balances offering support an independent learner learning congratulations [Applause] now please let's welcome professor Rebecca Rebecca against Wyler to join us professor against Wyler has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2011 teaching in the English department and as the
coordinator for the pace program and paced conference she is also published twice in the Chronicle of Higher Education in regards to her teaching philosophy she she wrote that an education is not about a grade a diploma or even a job a true education transforms a person entirely congratulations [Applause] now please welcome Professor Susan bloom into the stage professor bloomin has been a full-time faculty member with Montgomery College since 2009 teaching courses and the business and managemen
t discipline professor bloomin served as an elite faculty associate and was awarded the honor of the first top trainer facilitator by the National Highway Institute as well as having extensive experience as a training management consultant within the government and private sectors a former student stated that her ability to connect with her students and her talent in teaching difficult material is what distinguishes her from all other professors congratulations professor [Applause] our next awar
d recognizes excellence in teaching or excellence and counseling for part-time faculty this award identifies outstanding part-time faculty who have a proven track record as exceptional teachers with a positive inspiring and law and lasting effects on students and their learning who demonstrate a belief in the potential of students to learn to fulfill their potential and to excel who have provided and who have provided extraordinary or unique contributions to excellence in teaching and/or counsel
ing this award serves to promote teaching and counseling excellence and to demonstrate the excellence that characterizes the entire Montgomery College part-time faculty please welcome professor Lorena dela Rosa to the stage professor de la Rosa's dedication to college's mission of empowering our students to change their lives is evident in the range of psychology courses that she teaches she has been commended by the education and social science department at Takoma Park with a teaching excellen
ce recognition she has also mentioned and tutored students through the achieving the promise Academy and Department based initiatives such as I am cite her commitment to improving social justice and equity for our students it outstanding noted by dr. Eric Benjamin congratulations professor dela Rosa I would like to invite professor Matthew Colburn to join us professor Colburn has been part-time faculty member at Montgomery College since 2014 he also currently teaches at the University of Distric
t of Columbia Community College his area of expertise is college writing and critical reading several of mr. Calvin's students have mentioned that he spends time with them and taught important organizational skills the students like mr. Coleman's teaching method and found the online videos very helpful congratulation but let's try please welcome professor Sally mcclain to the stage [Applause] professor mcclain has served the students at Montgomery College as a part-time faculty member for over 1
9 years yeah she currently teaches in the Germantown English department professor mcclain teaching philosophy is having her students fill a sense of community by ensuring they feel that their ideas matter she does this by not only allowing the students to choose their research topics but also providing time for students teaching to various learning styles creating friendships and connections and feedback to students one of her students noted that Professor MacLaine's the biggest asset is her sin
cere and compassionate care for her students congratulations professor McConnell [Applause] please welcome Professor Susan Wollman to the stage professor woman does more than teach chemistry a student noted that when she felt lost in her chemistry class professor Wollman reached out to her rather than let the student quit she insisted that the student meet her before class and at the science learning center for additional help I never knew said the student that I would be so lucky as to cross pa
ths with such a wonderful human being the student went on to say she has been super supportive of me in and outside the classroom I could not be more thankful to her she is truly an inspiration congratulations professor now let's have a round of applause for all our awardees [Applause] together you exemplify the excellence Montgomery College has to offer congratulations to you all and now it is our pleasure to share the sabbatical awardees for the next academic year please stand at your seat whe
n your name is called Susan bloomin demographic research and study for microaggressions and nonviolent communication henry caballo just write in we are writing text for academic writing one Derrell angle completion of doctorate in health sciences Laurie Killman expression and characterization of the nisab ritika nine is the scholarly study of integrating stem and humanities best practices and impact on his student learning jill Kronstadt beyond the argument reader faculty resources for integrati
ng global content and diversity into the English 102 standard textbook Melissa Leslie integrating Media Lab and digital storytelling Christine improving minority student success in science engineering and math using two brief interventions the Dino market design elements and principle in animated videos Esther Swartz Mackenzie speaking out families of LGBTQIA advance the dialogue what a friend challenges and choices navigating the maze of academic underperformance socio-economic disparities and
mental health issues in higher education maria sprin a world away migration and history in montgomery county congratulations to all please welcome a sharon bland chief equity and inclusion officer to the stage good morning everyone I'm pleased to talk about the excellence and equity Awards you know this is a new award to the College the purpose of the excellence and equity award is to recognize and celebrate students faculty and staff who have demonstrated exemplary accomplishments in advancing
equity inclusion and diversity when gummer eCollege is indeed fortunate to have a wealth of dedicated and extraordinary employees and students deserving of this recognition I just have to put it aside wasn't that a powerful video of Carol Faye walls she was on our one of our student excellence and equity Awards winner and you could see why these individuals serve as leaders through their contributions in making Montgomery College and or our local community more inclusive by creating an environme
nt where all individuals are valued and respected in addition to the student categories the employee categories are as follows one full-time faculty one part-time faculty to staff and one in the category of other the additional ward of other in the spirit of being inclusive was decided to include or to be to make this award for department chairs this year and then next year it will be for department chairs and administrators this prestigious inaugural award will be given annually to employees an
d students who embody the characteristics of equity and inclusion in their performance and service and who is well deserving of this special recognition as quoted by Ramon dela Cruz the awards committee chair this year the excellence in equity award passed the baton symbolizes equity inclusion is a long game requiring multi-generational action this symbolizes the work is never done and the race is always being run and that we are all connected to the work of those before us so those recipients p
lease carry the baton through life with you as you continue to serve as ambassadors for equity and inclusion Ramon would you please join me to the stage to present these awards I'd like to first introduce miss vanassa al-husseini she's a staff word remember the the awardee for this year one of - she's associate director of community service and runs the global Nexus program a collaborative initiative that facilitates integrative innovative and collegiate by college-wide engagement she also advis
es on international and multicultural issues and concerns and initiated and organized the first annual celebration of Arab American Heritage Month at Montgomery College JC with Dyess is our second awardee for the staff award as a senior program director in W D & C II miss Mathias advocates for equity in access to academic resources and promotes opportunities for student engagement she was awarded a Maryland State Department of Education grant to bring robotics education to more than 400 elementa
ry school students JC was also awarded by the American Association for women in community colleges as one of 40 rising stars who were making a difference in for the college in which they work [Applause] miss Tara chato he was a part-time professor of anthropology archeology and women's studies teaches students anthropological anthropological fieldwork exhibits studies and teaches research and writing and material cultural analysis a handful she has worked on preservation issues and public laws t
hat guide both women's rights and historic preservation she's also worked to win a National Endowment for the Humanities Award to train K through 12 teachers on how to teach their lessons using archaeological data [Applause] thank you dr. ester Schwartz McKenzie a full-time faculty member of English Composition literature and women's studies her sabbatical film project helped to increase awareness of special needs of student veterans she has researched in public work focusing on recovering quote
unquote lost women's voices especially those who use popular media to speak out against injustice dr. Schwartz Mackenzie has also enabled more than twelve hundred and fifty MC students to speak and meet and speak Holocaust survivors through an educational research program that she designed and implemented our last awardee dr. dr. Milton Nash dr. nasch is the chair of the department of mathematics statistics and data science and he has served as a long-term faculty advisor to the takoma park/sil
ver spring math club and actively promotes women and underserved minorities participation in mathematical sciences dr. Nash has also co-authored an innovation grant for academic inclusion networks which was designed to provide embedded support to students who and were in gateway stem courses thank you very much at this time I'd like to welcome dr. Pollard back to the stage to prevent to present the staff part-time faculty and full-time faculty member of the Year awards [Applause] it's my honor t
o present these awards which recognize extraordinary talent commitment and collaboration to our valued faculty and staff they carry with them a significant cash prize and we are very excited to recognize the following individuals the staff member of the year war goes to miss Millie de Andres [Applause] she's being recognized for her extraordinary work as a program manager for early childhood education and workforce development and continuing education this program delivers in both English and Sp
anish a college employee for 14 years this Andres passion for students spans non-credit and credit offerings she serves as a vital bridge for one to another aiding the college and creating seamless pathways for students she's guided students who begin the studies on one path and once they gain confidence step onto another miss Andres work is not limited to students and program administration she has been an energetic advocate for the College in Annapolis and she has served as a co advisor for th
e development of the early childhood education Club which now has more than 140 active student members and has aided her wdce colleagues in adopting open educational resources beyond Montgomery College was Andres has worked on early childhood events in the county and state level including the very popular regional summit hosted at the college and I recall that they were all turning people away because it was so full to be in that space her service on the child care workforce industry Advisory Co
mmittee brings are in close contact with 20 organizations outside of the college and through her diligence and expertise she has secured one hundred and twelve thousand dollar grant that provided small business training to family childcare providers in Montgomery County benefitting not only our students in Montgomery College but their young charges as well thank you to the work of dr. on ms/ms Andres the college's early childhood program has becoming a model for other colleges her selfless spiri
t and passion for service make her an exceptional staff member congratulations [Applause] Oh clearly I need some exceptional people to help me learn how to afford the things there so let me fast for the next one then the part-time faculty member of the Year award goes to English professor Albert Cappy Keon whose extraordinary commitment his extraordinary commitment to students is lauded by colleagues and students alike professor Cappy Keon is a prolific award-winning writer himself who serves as
a mentor for countless aspiring writers and a role model for his colleagues he is described as a high-impact instructor who brings passion creativity and intellectual rigor to his courses his interaction with students are notably humble and compassionate possessed of an apparently tireless work ethic colleagues report he is the last person to leave at the end of the day and the first person on campus in the morning this was a habit that earned him the 2019 Teaching Excellence Award from the Tak
oma Park Silver Spring campus and one of his colleagues were quote and my 40 years in education I have never worked with anyone who was held in such high regard by his students faculty and staff professor Kapp Eakins focus on his students a singular said another he is brilliant yet caring Albert makes the students hearts and voices soar he is more than a classroom instructor but a catalyst who helps them to believe in their potential and realize that they have something valuable to say [Applause
] professor Cappy kyun shares his gifts generously with trio students as a tutor and with assistant lead living residents whom he leads in literature discussion groups working across disciplines with the history department he is one of the organizers of the confluence translation conference in Takoma Park and works energetically with interns on the Potomac review congratulations and finally our full-time faculty member of the Year award goes to Professor Tyra peon or [Applause] I think you got t
he best fan club right here a professor in counseling and academic advising she is credited by many for her tireless student first approach in her 14 years at Montgomery College professor Pierre Nora has been an expert in curricular matters and educational planning as a leader and as an innovator her work has improved the experiences of students and faculty alike the original pioneer of the first-year Experience Program at the college she helped to develop its targeted framework philosophy and v
ision and through her dedication the first-year experience has evolved into a highly acclaimed program easily recognized on all of our campuses professor pianore is also credited with teaching countless first-year seminars for incoming students helping them to orient thoroughly to the resources of the college and prepare themselves for the high expectations they will encounter her lessons and personal responsibility and self motivation have inspired countless students to self-discovery and achie
vement through her role as an academic and developmental counselor she has guided thousands of students through personal journeys that involve insights on attitudes and behaviors that strengthen their progress here she has three exuberant letters of support from students one of whom says quote professor pianore exudes kindness respect and patience to every student with whom she interacts professor P&R also created a signature for sheer experience the student ambassador program on the Germantown
campus to help students develop leadership skills and to serve their peers who are in need of direction her work is the coordinator of the Summer Bridge Program has resulted in bridge students with higher GPAs and higher retention rates than those who did not attend it is clear that professor pianore has created a legacy of student impact and I don't think that's something that any other faculty member would want to have said that they did not do congratulations to Tyler [Applause] [Applause] co
ngratulations to all of our of the Year award ease and is my pleasure to turn the mic back over to our way we started today Margaret Latimer my first official act is as lost-and-found if you've left glasses up here there here we are actually a little bit ahead of schedule and I noticed incredible enthusiasm almost aw in dr. Brown's voice when she was talking about Ric pyres and chemistry so I thought maybe for the next 30 minutes dr. pyres you would grace us with bonds structure molecular struct
ure all in favor I tried room I hope you have found the program informative and enjoyable I want to add my congratulations to all of the Award winners who are here please remain in your seats for just a couple of announcements first and probably most important thank you Raquel Stacy the behind-the-scenes people and the mctv folks who always just work magic for those of you who will be attending the AAUP meeting please remain in this auditorium the SEIU meeting is located in HT 122 and the AFSCME
meeting is located in HT 123 for those of you who are new those are the two small auditorium seating rooms right across the atrium be sure to look at the discipline meeting schedules as start times vary depending on your discipline I hope that's all been communicated lunches on your own this year and the cafeteria is open from 12:00 to 2:00 for those of you who want to stay on campus lastly if you haven't already enrolled in the duo two-factor authentication the 2fa there is a table right outsi
de the door for your convenience I noticed that they are offering chocolate I will offer what I used to offer to my children hugs and kisses for those of you who come through can I get like go to jail for that now anyway there there really there is a deadline you will have to do this so take advantage today and get a piece of chocolate the deadline for staff to enroll is June 30th and this concludes our program thank you for attending enjoy the rest of the day and see you one Friday
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