Report for March 2016 - Lehigh Carbon Community College

Lehigh Carbon Community College President
Dr. Ann D. Bieber
Lehigh Carbon
Community College
Board of Trustees
Joseph A. Alban, Treasurer
Whitehall-Coplay
Annabelle B. Creveling
Allentown
Samuel P. DeFrank
Salisbury
LCCC Foundation
Board of Directors
Officers
Ellen Millard-Kern
Chairperson; Chief of Staff,
Senator Pat Browne’s Office
Kathy Kovatch Reaman
Vice-Chairperson and Secretary
Kovatch Corporation
Thomas D. Oleksa
Treasurer and Chair of Finance and
Investment Committee
Willard G. Dellicker
Trustee at Large
Annabelle B. Creveling
LCCC Board of Trustees
College Trustees Appointee
Paul C. Fisher, Jr.
Northwestern Lehigh
Mathias J. Green, Jr.
Northern Lehigh
Brian Kahler
VP Finance and Admin. Services,
LCCC Presidential Appointee
Matthew T. Korp
Catasauqua
Audrey L. Larvey, Chair
Palmerton
Members
Tony Boyle
Boyle Construction
Roberta M. Marcus, Vice Chair
Parkland
Robin Flores
The Literacy Center
William Miracle
Trustee at Large
Ronald Glass
LCCC Faculty (retired)
Kenneth H. Mohr, Jr.
Southern Lehigh
Christopher Jordan
Compliance Officer
ChildWay Pediatric Services
William Santore, Jr.
Panther Valley
Randall L. Smith, Secretary
Jim Thorpe
David Krause
Lehighton
Richard Kern
National Penn Bank
Bernard “Buddy” Lesavoy, Esq.
Lesavoy, Butz and Seitz, LLC
David Lobach
Embassy Bank
Ann L. Thompson
East Penn
Ron Neimeyer
Altronics, Inc.
Jerome B. Frank, Esq.
Solicitor
Kent C. Newhart
Accounting & Tax Assoc., Inc.
Dale Roth
Dale A. Roth Architects, A.I.A.
Alumni Association
Board of Directors
Christina Schoemaker
Valley Youth House
Betty Smith
Heather Mullen ’06, President
Trexler Haines, Inc.
Linda Krisko ’80, Vice President
Michele Mullikin ’00, Secretary/Treasurer Willard Snyder
Jeremiah Wilhite, Student
New Tripoli Bancorp
Megan Billowitch ’94
Kristie Fogel ’01
Susan Heller ’03, ’07
Michael Mauro ’07
Shannon Semmel-Ciamacco ’96
Pamela Fenstermacher ’10
Cheryl Fisher ‘82
Kimberly Troup ‘13
Jane Wilchak, LCCC
Lehigh Carbon Community College
4525 Education Park Drive
Schnecksville, PA 18078
www.LCCC.edu
610-799-2121
Upcoming Events
March 10-16
March 8
March 9
March 14
March 18 to 24
March 22
March 23
March 24
March 25
50th anniversary celebration art exhibit
Spring Transfer Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at LCCC Schnecksville
LCCC Tamaqua Spring Transfer Fair 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
LCCC Allentown Spring Transfer Fair
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Spring Break
FAFSA Completion Night at
LCCC Schnecksville 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
FAFSA Completion Night at
LCCC Allentown 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
FAFSA Completion Night at
LCCC Tamaqua 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
College Closed
Raising the Paw
Bingo Fundraiser
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 2, for Raising the
Paw bingo fundraiser. Enjoy vendor shopping, tricky trays,
bake sale, food, and of course bingo with incredible prizes.
All proceeds benefit the Jennifer L. Snyder Memorial
Veterinary Technician Scholarship Fund of the Lehigh Carbon
Community College Foundation. For event tickets,
sponsorship donations and information please contact Jane
Wilchak at 610-799-1929 or Tina Dowling-Hackett at
610-799-1175. You may also purchase tickets online at
www.lccc.edu/foundation.
Lehigh Carbon Community College Receives
FAA Flight School Status
The college’s aviation program has been
approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as
a Part 141 Flight School, in addition to its existing
status as a ground school.
The college now will be able to provide not only
the ground instruction required to earn various pilot
ratings (or certificates), but also is able to provide
the flight training component.
In the past, students have taken their ground
training at LCCC and then have had to transfer to an
outside Part 141 flight school to complete the flight
Left to right in the back row: Robert Harger (FAA maintenance
training requirements for their degree. Now students
inspector), Thomas Gilbert (FAA avionics inspector), Lee Abt (FAA
have the opportunity to complete all of the training
assistant manager), Robert Ference (FAA principal operations
requirements at the college.
inspector), Mark Reiman (LCCC ground instructor). Left to right in the
front row: Eugene McCoy (FAA general manager - Allentown FSDO),
There are two different types of flight schools
Dr. Ann Bieber (LCCC president), Dr. Thomas Meyer (LCCC vice president from which people can receive flight training to
for academic services and student development), Aram Basmadjian
obtain a pilot license: Federal Aviation Regulations
(LCCC chief flight instructor).
(FAR) Part 61 and FAR Part 141, both of which
provide the student with the specific training required by the FAA. The difference is how the training is accomplished.
Part 141 was established to certify flight schools by developing and establishing standardized training methods with
respect to equipment, facilities, personnel and curricula, and are reviewed on a regular basis by the FAA to ensure
quality training. Students training at a Part 141 school such as LCCC can earn their commercial license in as little as 190
hours, as compared to 250 hours at a Part 61 school.
Each student who completes the program will earn a
commercial pilot certificate with instrument rating and a certified
flight instructor certificate along with an associate degree as a
professional pilot. With these certificates, graduates can be
employed as a flight instructor, charter pilot or corporate pilot.
They can also transfer to go on to earn a bachelor’s degree in
aviation science. For more information on LCCC’s aviation program,
located at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, contact
Aram Basmadjian, chief flight instructor, at abasmadjian@lccc.edu.
Valentines
4 Vets
LCCC Career Development
Center Hosts Student-Focused Events
LCCC Dean of Students
Receives PTK Award
AACT White
Paper
The veterans club treasurer Jeff
Mandrell suggested LCCC veterans/
students create a Freedom Tree
through a project called Valentines 4
Vets. With the help of Gloria Lowell,
heart ornaments for the tree were
placed in the mailboxes of the staff
and faculty to write messages of
thanks to our LCCC veterans.
Some of the messages were as
follows:
“Thank you for protecting the
country.”
“You are brave, strong, and
amazing.”
“There are no words to describe
how important you are.”
“Thank you for your service to our
country. Your bravery and sacrifice
are appreciated, and you are
honored by the LCCC Community.”
The Career Development Center participated in the region’s largest Career
and Internship Fair on Feb. 24 at the Holiday Inn in Fogelsville. Over 140
employers were featured at the event, where students were encouraged to
attend and network with the featured employers.
The Career Development Center also hosted a celebration of Student
Achievements and Goals at the ePortfolio Showcase and Awards on Feb. 26
in the Lisa Scheller-Wayne Woodman Community Services Center on main
campus. The ePortfolio Showcase and Awards support LCCC students on their
path to an associate degree, encourage their personal and professional
development through increased engagement in their education, and
celebrate their accomplishments by providing an opportunity for them to
showcase their achievements and goals using their ePortfolio as a tool.
LCCC’s Dean of Student Development, Peggy Heim, has
been selected to receive Phi Theta Kappa’s prestigious
Distinguished College Administrator Award.
College administrators (vice presidents, deans, etc.),
nominated by their Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter, are
selected for this international distinction based on
outstanding support they provide to PTK.
Dean Heim has been at LCCC since 2003 and is
responsible for the college’s student affairs, advising,
athletics, and career development areas, providing leadership for both
students and executive leaders at LCCC, while encouraging a college wide
support system. She has been particularly involved in encouraging students to
complete their degree, and involved faculty and staff to also commit their
support to ensure student success.
She will be honored at the PTK 98th Annual Convention, held on April 7
through 9, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National
Harbor, MD. Nearly 4,000 students, chapter advisors and college presidents will
be present. Phi Theta Kappa is the only national honor society serving two-year
colleges. For more information on this honor society, visit www.ptk.org.
Two LCCC programs are featured
in the Association for Community
College Trustees white paper
entitled: Seizing the Moment:
Community Colleges Collaborating
with K-12 to Improve Student
Success.
The college is featured in the
chapter Action Area 3: Redesigned
Freshman-Year Experiences to Meet
Student Needs, profiling the
English Accelerated Learning
Program (coordinated by
Carrie Myers) and the Mathematical
Literacy Program (coordinated by
Julie Labbiento).
To view the white paper, go to
https://www.insidehighered.com/
sites/default/server_files/files/
HEfHS%20CommunityCollege%20
Paper%20Final.pdf
Freshman Basketball Player Earns
Third Team All Region
Freshman women’s basketball player Celina Fital
(Lehighton High School) earned another award after her
stellar season.
The forward has been named Third Team All Region as
voted on by the 14 coaches of region 19. Just last week
she was named to the All EPAC First Team. Fital led the
Cougars by averaging 15 points, 7.2 rebounds and two
steals per game.
National Hispanic College Fair
Held at LCCC
Book Signing
LCCC adjunct professor of
philosophy Tara Zrinski had a book
signing in February at the Moravian
Book Shop in Bethlehem.
Her book, All Ducks Are Birds, a
philosophical primer for children, was
inspired and written from a question
asked by her oldest son, “Are all birds
ducks?”
The book can be purchased at
http://shop.moravianbookshop.com.
The college has partnered with Career Council Inc. to host a national
college fair focused on assisting Hispanic and Latino students with college
education choices. The event was held on Thursday, March 3, at LCCC main
campus.
National Hispanic College Fairs Inc.® was founded in 1998 to assist the
rapidly growing Hispanic/Latino population in obtaining access to a college
education. Today, CC/NHCF serves 125,000 students and 1,800 colleges and
universities in over 50 locations across the United States every year.
The college fairs bring admissions representatives from a broad range of
colleges/universities and vocational training
institutions to high school juniors and seniors,
providing them a unique opportunity to become
aware of their many options and to compare the
offerings of participating institutions. Students are
provided with current available scholarship and
grant information. Partnership with the Hispanic
Scholarship Fund helps minority students gain the
widest access to the resources available to them.
LCCC Athlete Hopes to Help Others
LCCC soccer player Henri Daniel spoke at the Lehigh
Valley My Brother’s Keeper meeting in Allentown, in
February.
Daniel spoke to the group of community leaders and
stakeholders about his experience growing up as a young
man of Haitian descent and the challenges young men of
color face trying to obtain their college degree. Daniel
stated that he would like to remain active in this initiative
with hopes of helping young men be successful.
College Transfer Fairs to be
Held at LCCC
Representatives from various colleges and universities will be on hand to
answer questions about transferring from LCCC to a four-year school. Spring
transfer fairs for students, alumni and the public are scheduled for Tuesday,
March 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at main campus in the Scheller-Woodman
Community Services Center (CSC); Wednesday, March 9, from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. at LCCC Tamaqua at the Morgan Center; and Monday, March 14, from
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at LCCC Allentown at the Donley Center.
LCCC also offers a college visitation program where students interested
in transferring can meet with college representatives on a drop in basis or
by appointment. A complete list of colleges and universities can be found at
www.lccc.edu/transferfair. Sponsored by the Advising and Transfer Center
and LCCC’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the transfer fairs are free and open to
the public. For more information, call 610-799-1137 or transfer@lccc.edu.
Phi Theta Kappa
Induction
The annual Phi Theta Kappa
Induction Ceremony for new
members will be held on Sunday,
March 6, at the Schnecksville campus
in the Lisa Scheller-Wayne Woodman
Community Services Center, Rooms
203-205.
The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m.
and is open to the entire college
community.
There will be a reception for all
new members, their guests, and
faculty and staff immediately
following the ceremony. Please join
us as we recognize and celebrate the
accomplishments of our students.