JANUARY 2012

In this issue...
Honors Academy Students Nominated for All-USA Academic Team
Congresswoman Edwards Visits Westphalia
Chairman Yeoman Inspires Future Board Members at ACCT
Honors Society Students Pledge to Complete
President Dukes, Staff, and Students Pack Food for Needy Residents
Student Veteran Shares Lessons Learned and Plans for the Future
Faculty and Staff Attend MACC Completion Summit
Verizon Center Hosts Historic Battle of the Beltway
Transforming Lives Debut in the Metro Area
PGCC Helps County Residents Shred for the Environment
PGCC OWL EXPRESS

Happy New Year!

dukesPrince George's Community College is helping students transform their lives by focusing on academics, helping the community, and pledging to complete. The college hosted the NBC4/PNC Bank Community Shred and packed food for needy Prince George's County residents. Honors students were nominated for the USA Today All-USA Academic Team and inducted into the Tau Pi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. In addition, Congresswoman Edwards visited Westphalia Training Center, the college's newest extension center. Prince George's Community College appreciates your support as we continue to highlight staff and students and encourage the college community to Envision Success.

             Charlene M. Dukes
             President
 
Accolades

Deidra Hill, director of marketing and creative services, and Yvette Snowden, interim dean of workforce development and continuing education, were nominated by President Dukes and selected by the National Council on Black American Affairs (NCBAA) to attend the Leadership Development Institute for community college adminis�trators in Detroit, MI. NCBAA is an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges that promotes the academic success of African-American students, faculty, staff, and administrators.


Faculty members from the Communication and Theatre Department attended the Maryland Communication Association's 27th Annual Conference. Clover Baker-Brown is the first vice president of MCA and will be planning the 2012 conference at Prince George's Community College.   


Cris McRae
, student veteran, and Dwayne Bourgeois, manager of veteran services, spoke to dozens of attendees at the fall board meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges. They shared their experiences in military service and how those skills have shaped their lives. 

 

News and Events
Battle of the Beltway

Community college program helps touring troupe stay fit and active

President Charlene Dukes, staff, and students pack 500 food baskets

Community event shreds documents to protect against identity theft

Largo ceremony honors construction graduates
Grants
 

Prince George's Community College was awarded a $1,200 grant from the Maryland Humanities Council for "The One Culture." The overall goal of the project is to close the perceived divide between sciences and humanities through a series of interdisciplinary lectures.

 

In response to the Maryland Higher Education Commission's Developmental Course Redesign Grant, Learning Foundations and the STEM Division submitted three concept papers to redesign developmental math courses and were invited to submit final proposals. The grant program will provide financial support to the college to implement new developmental math courses and increase completion rates.

 

Prince George's Community College and the STEM Division were invited to partner with Howard University, Gallaudet University, and the Cornell Center for Materials Research

(CCMR) on a National Science Foundation proposal entitled "Partnership for Reduced

Dimensional Materials (PRDM)." The proposed grant will allow PGCC and Howard to continue their success with the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) grant, designed to recruit and train African-Americans in materials research.

Honors Academy Students Nominated for All-USA Academic Team 

 

Prince George's Community College nominated Honors Academy students Tia Holmes and Satcha Robinson for the USA Today All-USA Academic Team national competition. The competition recognizes students who are strong academically and active on campus and in their communities. Holmes has a 4.0 grade point average and is a member of the Prince George's Community College Board of Trustees and the college's Publications Advisory Board. Last summer, she was a legislative intern in the office of Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD). Robinson has a 3.9 grade point average, serves as the secretary of the Tau Pi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, and is captain of the Prince George's Community College Women's Soccer Team. Winners of the national competition are honored in April at Phi Theta Kappa's Presidents Breakfast during the American Association of Community Colleges Convention in Orlando, Florida.

 

Congresswoman Edwards
Visits Westphalia

   

Congresswoman Donna Edwards met members of the college's senior team, leadership in Workforce Development and Con�tinuing Education, and students at the Westphalia Training Center to provide an update on President Obama's proposed jobs bill and tour the facility. During her tour, Edwards answered questions from students regarding the federal government's efforts to address jobs training and higher education fund�ing. The Westphalia Training Center enables students to quickly reach their goal of obtaining the licensure and certification credentials required for jobs in critical construction trade areas including residential, industrial and commercial construction, heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC/R), and welding. 

Chairman Yeoman Inspires
Future Board Members at ACCT 

 

Chairman Felix Yeoman attended the 42nd Annual Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Leadership Congress and served on a panel of four board chairs for the Chairs Academy and pre-conference session. The panel shared insights with aspiring board chairs including how to prepare to become a chair and what makes a good chair, as well as tips for dealing with difficult trustees. Chairman Yeoman also served on a panel with President Dukes and the presidents and trustee chairs from Howard and Frederick Community Colleges on maximizing college resources and creating partnerships that serve students and the community. Chairman Yeoman and President Dukes discussed the partnership between Prince George's Community College and Howard Community College at the Laurel College Center. Chairman Yeoman was also elected chair of the Nominating Committee for the Northeast Region of ACCT.

 

Honors Society Students
Pledge to Complete

 

Nearly 100 students will be inducted into Prince George's Community College's Tau Pi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society. As the college continues to encourage every student to receive an associate degree or certificate, inductees will take the Community College Completion Corps Pledge promoting college completion. Honors Society students are required to hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher and have completed 15 general education credits and two service projects during the academic year. Several members participated in Walk Now for Autism Speaks and volunteered for Christmas in April, completing home improvement projects for Prince George's County residents. The Prince George's Community College Honors Program promotes the intellectual growth and enrichment of academically outstanding students, and Phi Theta Kappa is leading the charge to promote the importance and value of obtaining a community college degree or certificate.

President Dukes, Staff, and Students Pack Food for Needy Residents

 

President Dukes, staff, and dozens of students assembled 500 food baskets at Bunker Hill Fire/EMS Station in Brentwood, MD. Prince George's Community College collaborated with the Prince George's County Public Safety Assistance Program to assist in providing food for thousands of needy residents in Prince George's County during the holiday season. After learning about the project, President Dukes solicited volunteers campus-wide including employees, members of the college's Hillman Entrepreneurs Program, Pathways Student Leadership Program, and the softball team and provided transportation for students joining the service initiative. The Prince George's County Public Safety Assistance Program benefits needy families in Prince George's County and will provide holiday food baskets to nearly 3,000 families this year. To view additional photos of students and employees packing food for the needy, click here

 

Student Veteran Shares Lessons Learned and Plans for the Future

 

Cris McRae, an Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and enlisted service member of the Maryland National Guard, is determined to launch a post-military career in government.  Through research, planning, and teamwork he has survived many military missions and before deciding to pursue a college education, McCrae did his homework.  His final decision to attend Prince George's Community College was based on its ranking as a "military friendly" college by GI Jobs magazine and the school's many options for transfer to four-year institutions. McRae knows reaching his goal won't be easy in today's competitive job market, but he is not discouraged. He knows lessons from the battlefield can be applied to success at Prince George's Community College and in his future career.  

Faculty and Staff Attend
MACC Completion Summit

 

The 2nd Annual MACC Completion Summit was held on Friday, December 9 at the Community College of Baltimore County. More than 400 faculty and staff members from the state's 16 community colleges were in attendance. Speakers shared the completion initiatives being introduced at community college's across the state and the role each area and department on campus plays in completion, as well as an update on state and federal completion goals. More than a dozen staff members from academic affairs, student services, and workforce development and continuing education represented Prince George's Community College at the summit. The Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research presented the history of the Diverse Male Student Initiative (DMSI), its structure, student experiences, and outcomes based on assessment data.

Verizon Center Hosts
Historic Battle of the Beltway


For the first time in history, the Prince George's Community College Owls and Montgomery College Rockville Knights met in the Battle of the Beltway Basketball Tournament at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Fans of both teams cheered as the men claimed victory over the Knights and the Lady Owls fell to the Lady Knights. Following the Battle of the Beltway, the Washington Wizards played the Philadelphia 76ers. The event was well attended and fans enjoyed all three match ups

Transforming Lives Debuts
in the Metro Area 

 

The new brand campaign, Trans�forming Lives, positions Prince George's Community College as a leader in higher educational opportunities in the region. In addition to promoting the college as a whole, the new brand campaign highlights specific academic and workforce development and con�tinuing education programs. You can find the college's new brand campaign in several major venues:

  • Radio: WHUR 96.3, WTOP 103.5, Radio One (WMMJ102.3, WKYS 93.9, Praise104.1), Metro Traffic, CBS Radio (WPGC 95.5, 94.7 Fresh, El Zol 99.1)
  • Newspapers/Magazines: Gazette newspapers, Washington Post Express, Washington Post Magazine, Washington City Paper, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Community College Week
  • Mass Transit/Outdoor: Metro buses, Metro rail stations, billboards (Route 301 at Route 5 facing southbound)
  • Television/Cable: NBC4, Comcast Spotlight (Animal Planet, BET, Nick at Night, OWN,TBS, WETV, ESPN, FOOD Network, Lifetime, MTV, TNT, TV1, VH1), Telemundo
  • Movie Theaters: Regal Bowie, Magic Johnson, Regal Gallery Place/Verizon Center, Loews Center Park 8, Hyattsville 14
  • Internet: Texting campaign via mass transit, Gazette.net, WJLA 7/News Channel 8, Prince George's Community College social media

PGCC Helps County Residents
Shred for the Environment

 

In an effort to protect the environment and guard against identity theft, the NBC4/PNC Bank Community Shred allowed residents to dispose of personal documents free, courtesy of Shred-it. More than 3,500 members of the community attended the event on Prince George's Community College's Largo campus. Residents where allowed to have up to five boxes destroyed. Shred-it specializes in providing tailored document destruction services and ensuring confidential information is kept secure at all times.

Produced by the Office of Marketing and Creative Services
Prince George's Community College
301 Largo Road, Largo, MD 20774
www.pgcc.edu

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