College News - Week of April 24

Accommodations are being made for students who have been negatively impacted by the inclusion of the Visual Communications/Graphic Design major in the 2014-15 Catalog. The college is providing individualized support to students who have indicated their intent to earn the AAS in Visual Communication/Graphic Design, to ensure a pathway for them to earn the degree. This includes students who started this year under the mistakenly listed program. We are prepared to do whatever is necessary to enable all of these students to complete, including extending the availability of classes in the program beyond Spring 2016. College administration will continue to monitor our progress with regard to these commitments. The college will continue to offer graphic design classes.

Living Our Values: Dorthy Moran - Excellence, Engagement, Learning

IACE President Tammi Drury presents
Dorothy Moran (right) with the Outstanding Classified Award.

Dorothy Moran was selected as this year’s Independent Association of Classified Employees Outstanding Classified of the Year. An employee of the college for more than eight years, Dorothy continuously takes on added responsibility and duties in her job, and challenges herself to be the best employee she can be for our students, her division and the college. Dorothy is an active member of IACE and the college, having served on the IACE Bumping Sub-Committee and Social Committee, and on College Council and Merit teams. In addition, she has participated in the President's Leadership Retreat, LBCC Leadership, Navigating Differences, Foundations of Excellence and the Multicultural Fellowship. Dorothy is currently working on a degree through OSU, and continues to strive to do more, learn more, and achieve more. Congratulations, Dorothy!

President Hamann has been elected to serve on the American Association of Community Colleges National Board of Directors. Dr. Hamann will serve a three-year term, from July 1, 2015 through June 20, 2018.  Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., AACC is governed by 32-member board of directors elected by membership representing nearly 1,200 two-year associate degree-granting institutions in the US, as well as a growing number of international member institutions. AACC is the primary advocacy organization for community colleges at the national level, and works closely with directors of state offices to inform and affect state policy. The association collaborates with a wide range of entities within the higher education community to monitor and influence federal policy and to collaborate on issues of common interest, and is the leading proponent and the national "voice for community colleges.

Two new sections have been added to the college web site: “About LBCC” and “Building Projects.” About LBCC is a new link that will provide information on the college mission, vision, goals and people. The site provides sections including “What Matters to Us,” “Our People,” and “Our Progress.” The link is located at the top of the navigation bar, which follows each web page. The “Building Projects” site will serve as a place to keep us informed on the progress of building projects, providing updates and information on the capital bond projects. The site will include descriptions of each bond project, periodic progress updates, and links to past updates. Once construction begins, images will be included showing the progress. You can find this link at https://www.linnbenton.edu/building-projects.

New hires, separations, promotions and transfers:
http://po.linnbenton.edu/boardmeeting/4_15_15BoardPacket/HR%20Board%20Memo%204-8-15.pdf


College Values
Opportunity
Excellence
Inclusiveness
Learning
Engagement

Core Themes
Economic Vitality
Cultural Richness
Educational Attainment







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College News - Spring Inservice - April 16

Spring Inservice: Awards, Recognitions, Inspiration and Some Fun

This year, there were a few new twists for Spring Inservice. Traditionally, employee recognition and awards have been presented throughout the year. This year, it was decided to try a different approach, presenting the awards all at once in a bigger and better way. Hence, the creation of the "Employee Award Show" designed to recognize all our great employees at one time, including outstanding part-time faculty (a first for Inservice), and the creation of a new award: the "Part-time Faculty Excellence Award."

The Inservice Committee brought us more than 20 workshops to help Inspire and inform us to continue to do the great work that we do each day. Faculty and staff gave their time and knowledge in workshops including several advisor training workshops, what's new in Microsoft Office, Turnitin Assignment training, new student pathways in Math, Collaborative Classroom introduction, Google course management training, Speak to a Geek computer advice, how to reduce textbook costs, and Digital Storytelling. We even got a sneak peak at the new online Smart Catalog!

Special "Thank You" to the Inservice Committee: Mark Weiss, Richard Gibbs, M'Liss Runyon, Paul Tannahill, Vickie Staffelbach, Shelly Ellingson, Bryan Miyagishima, Justin Smith and Beth Hogeland. Thank you for all your hard work and time spent to bring us this "Inspiring" day.

Our employee awards offer true examples of "Living Our Values." Nomination letters reinforce the fact that our faculty and staff exemplify opportunity, excellence, inclusiveness, learning and engagement for our students, each other, and the communities they serve, everyday. Although it's tough to choose each year from among the awesome nominees, the winners always inspire us to continue to do great work. For your reading and viewing pleasure, here are this year's award winners:

Jack Stone

Distinguished Staff Award: Business Management faculty member Jack Stone was named as this year's Distinguished Staff. Jack began work at the college in 1996 in the Business Division. Nominated by his peers for his dedication and commitment to LBCC, students and the community, Jack was recognized for his devotion to teaching, and his inspiring mentorship, friendship and leadership to fellow faculty, staff and students. Oh, and for his sense of humor and being the ultimate prankster at work. His photo will be forever hanging in the Distinguished Staff "Hall of Fame" in the Calapooia Center. Congratulations, Jack, and happy retirement in June!

Pastega Faculty Excellence Award: The Pastega Faculty Excellence award was presented to two of our most excellent and friendly Welding faculty members, Dean Dowless and Fred Stuewe. Dean began teaching at the college part-time in 1983, and has been a full-time instructor since 1993. Fred began teaching part-time in 2004, and became full-time in 2009. Dean and Fred were recognized for their dedication to their students and their strong work ethic, which they impart to their students. They were also recognized for helping to create customized career technical education classes that develop student’s soft skills, including technical writing in welding, math and measurements for welders, and customer service classes for welders. This awesome team is also known for connecting their students to the broader community through organizing welding projects for community members who could use the help, and through bringing in industry leaders each term to talk with the students about the type of work they may be doing and to answer their questions. Thank you and congratulations!

Fred Stuewe, left, and Dean Dowless

Victoria Fridley

Pastega Classified Excellence Award: The Pastega Classified Excellence award was presented to Writing Center Coordinator Victoria Fridley. Victoria has served as the writing center coordinator since 2008. Of the many ways Victoria has positively influenced staff and students at the college, a few that stood out in all her nomination letters were her efforts in providing equal access to writing help for students, no matter where they are in life, and in engaging students in the writing process. In addition, she was lauded for her ability to make students feel at ease with their writing abilities, and for her commitment to the LBCC community through her work bringing the arts to campus. Congratulations, Victoria!

Outstanding Part-time Faculty Awards: Presented for the very first time during Inservice, the Outstanding Part-time Faculty Awards recognizes the absolutely, positively we-couldn’t-do-it-without-you part of our LBCC team. Eight part-time faculty were nominated as outstanding in their field from their area of the college. They are:

Edie Sperling, Biology Faculty, Science, Engineering & Math
Mark Cantrell, Computer Systems Faculty, Business, Applied Technology & Industry
Kelli Wallner, ABE/GED Faculty, ABE/GED
Lou Donadio, Karate faculty, Health & Human Performance
Penny Steele, Math Faculty, ABE/GED
Bond Claire Martin, English & Reading faculty, Instructional Assistant, Benton Center
Mary Mayfield, Spanish GED, ABE/GED
Tamara VanRas, Reading & Writing faculty, Developmental Studies

Penny Steele

Part-time Faculty Excellence Award: Penny Steele was named as the first Part-time Faculty Excellence Award winner. New this year, the college established the award to recognize a part-faculty member, from the group of outstanding part-time nominees, who exemplifies excellence in their field. The winner is selected by the Academic Affairs Council. Through her student evaluations, Penny was recognized as a great teacher who always explains things in understandable ways and always works to find things each student needs to work on to reach their goals. Penny's name will be engraved in a paver stone, to be placed in the Foundation Paver Patio by the Calapooia Center. Congratulations!


Employee Service Awards: 2014-2015

5-Years

10-Years

15-Years

20-Years

25-Years

30-Years (just Angie - Dave's still a newbie)

35-Years (sorry you missed it, Ron! but, you're getting
your name on a paver stone, so you'll be here forever!)

5-YEAR AWARDS:
Miriam Edell
Pam Gordon
Greg Hamann
Todd Ketterman
Scott Krambuhl

10-YEAR AWARDS:
Fran Beck
Lynne Cox
Deana Culbertson
Rick Durling
Lori Fluge-Brunker
Bonnie Hamby-Lassen
Keith Hashagen
John Krueger
Connie Lenderman
Robert Lewis
John McArdle
Sheri McIntyre
Sally Moore
Shay Newman
Trista Ochoa
LeAnn Schamp
Bruce Thompson
Diana Wheat
Jim Wixson

15-YEAR AWARDS:
John Alvin
Bridgid Backus
Bruce Clemetsen
Karen Green
Robin Havenick
Patty McMenamin
Janeen Phillips
Gary Price
Dana Robinson
Amy Sadowsky

20-YEAR AWARDS:
Larry Carter
Jan Legris
Bryan Schiedler
Lori Skarda
Sue Stone

25-YEAR AWARDS:
Brad Carman
Annette Easdale
Jan Fraser-Hevlin
Rick Klampe
Kevin Lacey
Liz Pearce
Joe Sherlock
Vern Smith
Mark Weiss

30-YEAR AWARD:
Angie Klampe

35-YEAR AWARD:
Ron Sharman

HONORABLE MENTIONS-OVER 25 YEARS
(no awards presented)

26 Years:
Kathy Body
Jack Giles
Dori Litzer
Roger Maurer
John Sweet

27 Years:
Linda Dompier
Anne Green
Vern Jackson
Lorrie Peterson
Teresa Woods

28 Years:
Margi Dusek
Janet Jackson

29 Years:
Paul Hawkwood
Kathy Withrow

31 Years:
Patty Petzel

32 Years:
Mary Sue Reynolds

33 Years:
Polly Hainz
Russ Rinker

37 Years:
Teresa Patterson

And - a few extras, just for fun: 

Thanks puppeteers Dan Stone and
Leslie Hammond! You can rest your arms now.

World premier of the "Employee Awards Show" was awesome!
Great idea, Dale Stowell!

Large morning crowd. Can you find yourself?

A bit about our awards: The Distinguished Staff Award was established in 1980 to recognize employees for their contribution of both time and energy to the college. Nominees must have completed 10 years of continuous employment with LBCC. The Pastega awards, established in 2000 by the Mario Pastega Foundation, honor faculty members and classified staff for their outstanding contributions to the LBCC community. Winners receive a $1,000 honorarium. The Part-time Faculty Excellence Award was presented for the first time this year, with the winner receiving a paver stone to be placed in the Foundation Paver Patio by the Calapooia Center. Winner is selected by the Academic Affairs Council.




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College News - Week of April 10

New for Spring Inservice is the “The Employee Awards Show,” where recipients of the Pastega Faculty Excellence and Pastega Classified Excellence awards, the Distinguished Staff award, part-time faculty awards and longevity awards will be announced. Awards will be announced after the lunch break, starting at 1:30 p.m. in the Russell Tripp theater. Be sure to come and show your support for your fellow co-workers at this awesome event!

Mark your calendar to attend the upcoming Honors and Distinguished Alumni Reception, held Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. in the Commons. New for this year's program will be honoring our 2015 Distinguished Alumni Julie Huckestein and Brad Gohr, along with recognizing LBCC student scholarship recipients and scholarship donors. The Oregon Lottery has given $1,000 as an event sponsor, and will announce the establishment of two $1,000 scholarships for our students, which will be available for application through the Foundation starting fall term.

Karelia Stetz-Waters

Living Our Values: Excellence & Inclusiveness
English department chair and author Karelia Stetz-Waters has been nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for her young adult novel Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before, which was published in October 2014 and has been nominated in the LGBT Children’s/Young Adult category. This is Karelia's first young adult novel. Her work also includes The Admirer, The Purveyor, Dysphoria and Something True. The Lambda Literary Awards is the pre-eminent award for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books. Karelia has been nominated alongside writers published by Simon & Schuster, Candlewick Press, and Harlequin Enterprises. Winners will be announced at a ceremony June 1 in New York City.

Emily Jaderlinich

Emily Jederlinich has joined the Community Education department as the new Coordinator for Linn County.  Emily will be responsible for developing new classes for adults in the areas of art, computer training, health, fitness, writing, recreation, woodworking, home and garden, cooking and more. Emily has been a fitness instructor with LBCC's Community Education department for several years, and owns her own business providing training and consulting in health and fitness. Previous to LBCC, Emily developed new programs as a coordinator at the Corvallis Chintimini Senior Center, and several other organizations. She has a bachelor's degree in Exercise Sports Science Pre-Occupational Therapy from Oregon State University.

Ilex Karstens, left, and Rebekah Pennington

Students Ilex Karstens and Rebekah Pennington were chosen to represent LBCC as part of the Oregon Community College Association All Oregon Academic Team. Governor Kate Brown and the OCCA will honor them, along with academic team students chosen from Oregon's 16 other community colleges, at a luncheon held at the state capitol April 30.  Both students are Albany residents and honor roll students. Ilex is a pre-dental hygiene major who serves as an executive assistant for LBCC Student Government and is an active member of Phi Theta Kappa. Rebekah is a nursing major who serves as Phi Theta Kappa LBCC chapter president, and is a member of the LBCC Student Leadership Council Judiciary Board and a CASA volunteer. The students will receive a plaque from the OCCA and a $1,000 scholarship from the university they plan to transfer to. The OCCA, in partnership with Phi Theta Kappa, yearly recognizes outstanding students from Oregon’s 17 community colleges through the All Oregon Academic Team awards. Students selected become eligible for more than $350,000 in Coca-Cola Foundation and USA Today scholarships.

College Values

Opportunity

Excellence

Inclusiveness

Learning

Engagement

Core Themes:

Economic Vitality

Cultural Richness

Educational Attainment

NEW SERIES: Living Our Values
If you have a suggestion for a story that fits this new addition to staff news, send it to either Lori Fluge-Brunker or Dale Stowell. We would be happy to include! This new addition to staff news will feature brief stories about students, programs faculty and staff, with a focus on how we are living our college values in the things we do here each day. 

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Writer/Editor: Lori Fluge-Brunker, Communications Specialist, College Advancement   

College News - Week of April 3

Debbie Herrold

Women's basketball returns to LBCC with the hiring of Debbie Herrold as head women’s basketball coach. As many of you know, Debbie has been a part-time faculty teaching health and physical education at the college for the past 28 years. She also has served as head women's basketball coach once before, from 1987 to 1993, and as assistant coach for the basketball and cross-country track teams. In 1991, her basketball team placed fifth in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community College tournament, and in 1999, Coach Herrold was inducted into the NWAACC Hall of Fame. A reception welcoming Debbie will be held Friday, April 10 at 3 p.m. in the LBCC Activities Center gym. LBCC announced plans to re-establish its women’s basketball program last spring, with an emphasis on the “student” in student athlete. Player recruitment will begin in the coming months, with team play starting in the 2015-16 intercollegiate basketball season.

Campus Safety is encouraging employees with iPhone or Android smart phones to download the LBCC Public Safety app. The app will help you connect quickly to the college safety officer on duty, to emergency action plans, and other emergency and Public Safety resources. Knowing what to do in an emergency can help you in directing students and guests on campus in the event of evacuation. The app is available through Google Play Store or Apple App Store by searching for LBCC Public Safety, or by going to the LBCC landing page at http://LBCCPublicSafety.mobapp.at - and scan the QR code to go directly to the app for download.

Could your students use free money for college? Free scholarships workshops will be held Wednesday, April 8, and again Thursday, April 9, from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Calapooia Center, Cascade View A&B meeting rooms. Spring term is the college’s biggest scholarship award cycle, and many of our scholarships go unawarded. This free workshop will help your students learn how to get the most out of their scholarship application, and how to get letters of reference, look up scholarships on the LBCC scholarship database and other helpful tips. You can help your students by searching the scholarship database by the term that the applications are being accepted and encourage your students to apply. You can also search by keywords and majors. Many scholarships are not GPA exclusive, and not all require FASFA. Check out the scholarship page at www.linnbenton.edu/scholarships.


College Values
Opportunity
Excellence
Inclusiveness
Learning
Engagement

College Core Themes:
Economic Vitality
Cultural Richness
Educational Attainment




Insider published by: LBCC College Advancement Marketing Office
Writer/Editor: Lori Fluge-Brunker, Communications Specialist, College Advancement