Dutchess Community College



DCC Professional Development Report 1993 - 1994

Table of Contents Page

Introduction 2

Current Year Activities:

Professional Staff Workshop Opportunities

DCC Professional Staff Development Workshops 3

Professional Staff Retreats 3

DCC In-service Computer Training Courses 4

Tuition Reimbursement Support

DCC Tuition Reimbursement 5

SUNY Tuition Waiver 6

DCC Tuition Waiver 6

DCC Credit Courses Audited 6

DCC Credit-free Course Attendance 6

Grant Support

Improvement of Instruction Grants 7

Publishing/Royalties 8

C. B. Schmidt Award 8

DCC Foundation Mini-Grant Awards ('93-'94) 9

Individual Professional Fund Allowance 11

Encouraging Funding from External Grants 11

External Grants 12

Professional Leave Support

Conference Attendance 15

Contact Hour Release Time 16

Sabbatical Leaves

Faculty ('93-'94) 17

Administrators ('93-'94) 18

Professional Staff Recognition

Length of Service 19

Faculty Promotions and Tenure 20

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service 21

Administrative Three Year Term Appointments 21

NTE Promotions 21

Next Year Preview:

Grant Support

DCC Foundation Mini-Grant Awards ('94-'95) 22

Professional Leave Support

Sabbatical Leaves

Faculty ('94-'95) 25

Administrators ('94-'95) 26

INTRODUCTION

Dutchess Community College had 147 full-time faculty, 286 adjunct faculty and 69 administrators during the fall semester of the past academic year, 1993 - '94. Commitment to the development of all the professional staff at Dutchess Community College is a continuing goal of the institution. This Professional Development Report shows not only the diversity and quality of activities undertaken by the professional staff, but also the willingness of the College to commit time, personnel, and financial resources to support these activities.

The Office of Academic Affairs administers Tuition Reimbursement, SUNY Tuition Waivers, DCC Credit-free course attendance, conference attendance, Improvement of Instruction Grants, contact hour release time, faculty sabbaticals, faculty promotion & tenure, the C. B. Schmidt and DCC Foundation Mini-Grant Awards, and the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service.

The Office of Human Resources Management administers the DCC Tuition Waiver, the Length of Service Awards, and sabbaticals and term appointments for administrative staff.

The Office of the Registrar administers audits of DCC credit courses.

The Business Office manages external grants, coordinating with the principal authors.

In-service computer training is conducted by the Computer Center.

The Professional Staff Development Committee, in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs, coordinates a full program of staff development workshops.

Many people helped to provide information used in this report. Special thanks go to Cathy McCue for the material on external grants, Nancy Clark for the figures from the Business Office, Irene Miller and Paul Higgins, Alice Kelleher, Johnni Freer, and Chris Turner. The cover was designed by Camilo Rojas.

This is the second year DCC has published a Professional Development Report. The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to present this summary of professional development at Dutchess Community College for 1993 - '94. We hope you share in the continuing pride we feel for the fine accomplishments of our colleagues and ourselves.

Madison K. Finley, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES

DCC Professional Staff Development Workshops

Identifying At-risk Students

Assessing Educational Resources at DCC

Services Available for At-risk Students

Portfolio Assessment

Academically Under-prepared Students

Dealing with Difficult Students

Classroom Management Techniques

Multi-media Software

Word Perfect Office and E-Mail on the Internet

Daedalus Conferencing

MathCad

AIDS

Year of the Woman

Environmental Studies

Generation X Confronts the Bemires

Stalking the Fossil Mollusks

Decameron III

Health Care Programs

Professional Staff Retreats

Academic Team Workshop: Departmental Affairs Council Planning Retreat

Quality Council: Quality Training Retreat

Many academic departments also conduct retreats on a regular basis.

PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES

DCC In-Service Computer Training Courses (offered each semester)

Introduction to Personal Computers & DOS 3 hours

Introduction to Networking 3 hours

WordPerfect Office 3 hours

Introduction to WordPerfect 5.1 9 hours

WordPerfect 5.1 (Intermediate) 9 hours

WordPerfect 5.1 (Advanced) 9 hours

Wordperfect 5.1 Specifics (COLUMNS) 3 hours

Wordperfect 5.1 Specifics (GRAPHICS) 3 hours

Wordperfect 5.1 Specifics (MERGE) 3 hours

Wordperfect 5.1 Specifics (TABLES) 3 hours

Wordperfect 5.1 Seminar 3 hours

Introduction to Lotus 1-2-3 9 hours

Lotus 1-2-3 (Intermediate) 9 hours

WSLAN to Access APPAC & HIRIS 2 hours

DASH (Degree Audit Student History) 2 hours

Introduction to APPAC & Reports 2 hours

IMPRESS & UMI Periodical Abstracts 3 hours

How to Recognize & Handle Confidential Data 1 hour

Scanner operation 1 hour

The Internet 1 hour

Special training for individual departments also can be arranged. Contact the Computer Center.

TUITION REIMBURSEMENT SUPPORT

DCC TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

Thirty-eight faculty and administrators received support totalling $20,038.10.

Fall 1993 *

Gloria Ayala-St Charles

Domenica Bellacicco

Julett Butler

Lowell Butler

Dorothy Decker

Patricia DeLessio

John DeMadaler

Thomas Denton

Roy Gross

Joseph Hanafee

Henry Horwitz

Karen Ingham

Larry Johnson

Kathleen King

Carolyn Lampack

Deborah Langenau

Linda LaRou

Barbara Liesenbein

Erin Mabey

Patria Mestey-Perez

Holly Molella

Margaret Moran

Deborah Most

Victoria Passikoff

June Pierson

Geraldine Pozzi-Galluzi

Richard Reitano

George Stevens

Francis Whittle

* Fall listings include those who file for courses in the Fall but who may plan to take those courses in the Spring or Summer. All applicants are encouraged to file in the Fall for available funds. Second and third opportunities to apply for remaining funds occur prior to the Spring and the Summer.

Spring 1994

Thomas Denton

Maryann Longhi

Elisabeth Maset

Carol Stevens

Wendy Walker

Summer 1994

Bruce Cassel

Louise Cooper

Jackie Goffe-McNish

Richard Malboeuf

TUITION REIMBURSEMENT SUPPORT

SUNY Tuition Waiver

Six members of the professional staff used SUNY Tuition Waivers totalling $2,600.00:

Tim Decker

Pamela Duda

Toni Emery

Laurie Scott

Joanne Tucker

Mareve Van Voorhis

DCC Tuition Waiver

Thirty-one members of the professional staff used the DCC Tuition Waiver for themselves and/or their immediate family members to take DCC credit courses at no charge. The total amount of the College contribution to this benefit for the Fall '93 and Spring '94 semesters was $21,482.

DCC Credit Courses Audited

Three members of the professional staff audited DCC credit courses.

DCC Credit-free Course Attendance

Forty-three approvals were issued for DCC professional staff to take job-related credit-free courses, with a total tuition amount of $2,688.00.

GRANT SUPPORT:

IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION GRANTS

Twenty-nine faculty and administrators received support totalling $24,046.52.

Fall 1993

Loretto Canfield

Jacqueline Goffe-McNish

Spring 1994

Gloria Ayala-St. Charles

Philip Arnold

Lauren Cherney

Gerald Hamel

Martin Hochhauser

Karen Ingham

Susan Lafosse

James Miller

Deborah Most

Darleene Peters

George Stevens

Lois Stewart

Mareve Van Voorhis

Anthony Zito

Summer 1994

Jacquelyn Appeldorn

James Brazee

Jacqueline Goffe-McNish

Johanna Halsey

Gerald Hamel

Henry Horwitz

Karen Ingham

Susan LaFosse

Anne Landry

Linda LaRou

Tanya Marcuse

Mark McConnaughhay

Patria Mestey-Perez

Geraldine Pozzi-Galluzi

Diana Staats

Judith Tavel

Joanne Tucker

Mareve Van Voorhis

GRANT SUPPORT:

PUBLISHING/ROYALTIES

Under a new program this year administered by the Office of Academic Affairs, three DCC faculty members donated royalties from the sale of manuals they had written to the DCC Foundation. The manuals were developed using Improvement of Instruction funds and were published by an outside publishing house. Royalties will continue to be paid to the DCC Foundation until the original Improvement of Instruction grants are repaid. The three faculty members are:

Madison Finley - Academic Computing Guide

Jessica Gerson - Avoiding Plagiarism

Jody Sterling - Avoiding Plagiarism

GRANT SUPPORT:

C. B. SCHMIDT AWARD

Until his death in 1968, C. B. Schmidt served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dutchess Community College. His ten years of service to the college guided it during a period of rapid growth. He was actively concerned with the expansion of Dutchess' curriculums as well as its physical facilities. Mr. Schmidt's contributions as Chairman of the Board were recognized by the professional staff with the establishment of a development fund in his name.

The criteria for awards has been the "anticipated contribution to the development of the DCC professional staff."

Members of the 1994 C. B. Schmidt Awards Committee were David Schmidt (family member), Wesley Ostertag, Johanna Halsey, Joan Mazza, Barbara Liesenbein, and Madison Finley (Chairperson). After careful consideration, the Committee recommended the following award:

Dana VanderHeyden, Assistant Registrar, will receive an award of $700 to identify colleges with effective and innovative advising programs for full-time students, visit several campuses, and present specific recommendations for advising models that would be suitable at DCC. An objective of this project is to retain a greater proportion of our full-time students, especially in Liberal Arts.

DCC FOUNDATION MINI-GRANT AWARDS 1993 - '94

The purpose of the DCC Foundation Mini-Grant Program is to encourage innovative activities or projects by individuals or groups of the professional staff that will have a significant impact on students and college life. The maximum award for any application or single project is $3,000.00. All applications were considered in this first year of the new program, but priority was given to projects that address one of the two college objectives for this year:

Improving Relationships with Area High Schools, or

Promoting Student Success

Members of the 1993 DCC Foundation Mini-Grant Awards Committee were Martha Afzal, Susan LaFosse, Toni Doherty, Ronald Kupin, Dana VanderHeyden, and Madison Finley (Chairperson). After careful review of the twenty-three applications, the Committee recommended the following distribution of awards, totalling $15,000:

NAME: AMOUNT: PROJECT SUMMARY:

Himelstein/Cutonilli $1,200 ASSET Test in high schools

Rosenthal, Evelyn 595 Encyclopedia CD-ROM software

Walker / Mabey 1,000 Laptop computer for Admissions

Biasotti / Tavel 1,900 Algebra CD-ROM software

Wills, Robert 275 BRIC awareness poster contest

Norton, Joe 1,830 Local history database

English faculty 1,600 High school outreach

Math faculty 1,600 High school outreach

Biology faculty 1,600 High school outreach

Flynn, James 1,500 Architecture software

Smith, Tim $1,900 High school leadership training

Some projects received partial funding. A more detailed description of each funded project follows:

Howard Himelstein, Associate Dean of Student Personnel Services, and Alexander Cutonilli, Director of Admissions, administered the standardized academic battery "ASSET" test free of charge to all interested high school juniors in two area high schools. The placement report provides course placement recommendations that coincide with entering DCC students, and provides guidance for students preparing to enter DCC. The pilot project provides greater articulation with area high schools and affects between 300 - 400 students. The budget included ASSET scoring for 400 students, two training sessions for high school guidance counsellors, and two workshops to orient DCC faculty.

Evelyn Rosenthal, Assistant Librarian, received funds to purchase for the Library the New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. This multimedia software includes 21 volumes of the Academic American Encyclopedia with graphics, sound, and video sequences to increase retention and learning.

Wendy Walker, Coordinator of Adult Career and Education Counselling, and Erin Mabey, Admissions Counsellor, received partial funding toward the purchase of a laptop computer used in a combined effort between the Offices of Admissions and Counseling & Career Services. The laptop helps to increase DCC's visibility efforts at high school visits and other off-campus locations, and attract more potential students.

Mary Biasotti, Acting Assistant Director of Academic Services, received partial funding to purchase one set of ModuMath interactive laserdisk software in Elementary Algebra. Several hundred developmental math students, especially in MAT 091, are able to do independent study in the Learning Center.

Robert Wills, Instructor, Department of Engineering Science and Industrial Technologies, received full funding for a poster contest to increase awareness of bias issues on campus. The project has the support of the Bias Related Issues Committee (BRIC). The budget is for materials and cash awards.

Joseph Norton, Instructor, Department of History, Government and Economics, received partial funding to complete his project to develop a local history database. The database will reside in the Library and will offer a community service to local high schools, businesses, students, and anyone interested in local history. The database will serve as a bibliographic storehouse of information of the kinds and locations of archival materials held locally. The New York State Education Department now requires state and local history courses to be incorporated into the high school curriculum.

James Flynn, Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Industrial Technologies, purchased a software package that complements three-dimensional AutoCad software used in the Architectural Technology program at DCC. The software is used by approximately 50 architecture students each semester to explore the newest presentation techniques.

Timothy Smith, Director of Student Activities, received full funding to establish a Leadership Training Center on the DCC campus. The program offers state-of-the-art training to 300+ students from area high schools who are involved in student government, clubs, organizations, sports teams, or serve as class officers. Training involves setting goals and objectives, dealing with conflict, and programming.

Three academic departments, English & Humanities (O. Howard Winn), Mathematics, Physical & Computer Sciences (Johanna Halsey and Anne Landry), and Allied Health & Biological Sciences (Sharon Fowler, Arthur Pritchard and Andrew Scala), each received funding to conduct high school outreach projects. Each project involved research of a topic critical to the department, and meetings between high school faculty and DCC faculty.

GRANT SUPPORT:

INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL FUND ALLOWANCE

Each member of the professional staff is entitled to be reimbursed up to $350.00 per year toward the purchase of books, journals, subscriptions, computer hardware and computer software. Purchases are approved by the staff member's department head, and must be job-related.

As of July 25, 1994, a total of $43,196.62 had been spent from this fund this year.

The DCC Individual Professional Funds, commonly known as the "Book Allowance" fund, also may be used to defray costs to attend professional conventions, conferences, and seminars.

GRANT SUPPORT:

ENCOURAGING FUNDING FROM EXTERNAL GRANTS

Grants Task Force

A Grants Task Force was formed in Fall 1993 to create procedures to assist grant seekers. Members of the task force are:

Madison Finley

Gail Hermosilla

Susan Hochhauser

Maryanne Kinsella

Cathy McCue

Wesley Ostertag

Arthur Pritchard

SPIN

Donated to the College by the DCC Foundation, SPIN (Sponsored Program Information Network) is a computer program that allows grant seekers to search for potential funding sources. The program was placed on the college local area microcomputer network and is available by contacting the Computer Center for instructions.

The INTERNET

The College now has transparent access to electronic mail, or E-Mail, over the Internet. Available to all users of the campus local area network, our new campus connection through SUNYNET allows professional staff to communicate with colleagues throughout the SUNY system and beyond. Future Internet capabilities such as file transfer protocol will be provided when testing is complete.

GRANT SUPPORT:

EXTERNAL GRANTS

The following grants total $1,283,493 in additional outside funding to DCC. Please note that this figure is not an unduplicated figure, because many of the grants are ongoing over several years, as indicated below. Actual expenditures for each grant are available from the Business Office.

GRANT NAME PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

NSF-Math/Physical Science Exploritorium Anne Landry

Funds from the National Science Foundation will provide for the purchase of computer equipment to permit the gathering and analysis of data to facilitate continuing work on inter-disciplinary courses throughout the curriculum. ($47,018 over two and one-half years)

C-STEP Mary Mucci

The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program provides funds for supplemental tutoring for students taking courses that are preparatory in nature to maximize student success in programs that lead to professional licenses and careers in scientific, technical, and health-related fields. The CSTEP coordinator assists in solving problems that may interfere with a student's pursuit of his or her education and career. ($84,900)

VATEA Mary Mucci

Funds are provided to improve or create programs or courses of study. Currently, the funding is providing for lab assistants in the Business Education and Academic Resource Centers, a Development Education monitor, and partial funding for a Disabled Student Services Coordinator. Also provides funds to upgrade equipment for certain programs. ($94,274)

Dutchess Model/Cooperative Arthur Pritchard

Demonstration Program

The program goal is to offer a year-long high school science course for historically under-represented and under-served students which provides a proactive nourishing education experience leading to increased interest, involvement and productivity in science learning, high school graduation and their increased access to licensed professions and occupations that can be entered through two-year college program. ($25,000)

Z.B.G.A. (Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Arthur Pritchard

Aquariums) 3-years

Funds are provided by the National Heritage Trust for support of Norrie Point Environmental Site in the Mills/Norrie State Park to make full use of the unique natural systems and cultural richness of the park. DCC conducts a wide variety of education programs, activities, conferences and experiences offered in credit and credit-free opportunities to fulfill these goals. ($23,926/year over three years)

EXTERNAL GRANTS continued

Dutchess/Putnam County D.S.S. Training Laura Caputo

Provides funds for Department of Social Services staff members to improve their job-related skills and competencies; to improve opportunity for them to earn college credit toward an associate degree or a certificate which could lead to career advancement; and to enhance their intellectual and personal development which could lead to modification of attitudes and have a positive impact on their job performances. ($206,800 total: $112,000 from Dutchess Co. and $94,800 from Putnam Co.)

SUNY Research Foundation - Child Care Carl Denti

Curriculum Development

The Research Foundation along with NYSDSS supports a 30 hour credit-bearing education program designed (1) to enrich child care worker's skill, knowledge and level of competency; (2) to enhance their capability and performance; (3) to improve the quality of care provided; and (4) ultimately, to help professionalize the child care work force. ($93,000)

NSF-A Three Semester Integrated Calculus/ Wesley Ostertag/Anthony Zito

Physics Sequence

National Science Foundation. The investigators hope to make inroads on a long-standing pair of problems in introductory science education: applications meant to motivate the calculus student are often developed poorly and/or out of context by the calculus instructor, and mathematical tools needed in the physics course are often used by the physics instructor before they have been adequately developed in the calculus course. ($95,010 over three years)

Summer Youth Employment Program Susan Hochhauser

The S.Y.E.P. will educate 150 at-risk youth for 6-1/2 weeks during the summer. The objective of this program is to build the students' self-esteem by giving them positive educational experiences on the Dutchess campus. ($85,000)

NSF- Basics for Technicians Judith Tavel

National Science Foundation. This is an integrated course of Study Encompassing Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. A comprehensive project will develop an integrated curriculum which could become a certificate program in basics for industrial technicians. Modern manufacturing will be used as the integrating theme. ($115,000 over two years)

New York State Department Andrew Sillin

of Economic Development

This is an economic skills development program for Bemires Manufacturing Company. ($1,637)

EXTERNAL GRANTS continued

P.A.C.E. (Public Assistance Comprehensive Connie Fowle

Employment and Training Program)

The PACE program enables public assistance recipients with children to access postsecondary training which will lead to the completion of a college degree or certificate, employment, and economic self-sufficiency. To aid these students, PACE provides personal counseling, tutoring, academic advisement and other support services. ($320,000)

G. E. D. Preparation Program Susan Hochhauser

This program assists educationally or economically disadvantaged students to obtain their G. E. D. degree. The program features building of self-esteem and remediation in math and reading. ($35,000)

Gifted and Talented Youth Arthur Pritchard

This program obtains funding of $18,000 from B.O.C.E.S. and $25,000 from New York State. ($43,000)

E. O. P. Counselling Program Howard Himelstein

Educational Opportunity Program counselling and tutoring is funded. ($10,000)

Mentoring Institutional Equity Wendy Walker

The grant provides support to establish and develop an equity action program to benefit both DCC and the community by increasing retention of and support for non-traditional students. While Orange County Community College is the principle recipient of this grant, DCC is a subcontractor. ($3,928)

PROFESSIONAL LEAVE SUPPORT:

CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE

Members of the professional staff filed applications to attend 525 off-campus activities in 1993 - '94, including conferences, workshops, and other professional meetings, as follows:

1993

September 32

October 69

November 98

December 20

1994

January 26

February 31

March 47

April 88

May 48

June 47

July 9

August 10

As of July 25, 1994, $61,774.14 had been spent on these activities this year, not including any amounts spent from the Improvement of Instruction account.

PROFESSIONAL LEAVE SUPPORT:

RELEASE TIME

Twenty-three faculty received ninety-six contact hours of release time.

Activities included supervision of:

Math Lab

Writing Center

Writing Center at DCC South

Norrie Point

Teacher Prep Program

Honors Program

Intramural/Community Athletics

Weight Room

Nursing Preceptorship

Student Publications

Direct Care Program

Academic Resource Center

Art Gallery

Other activities included:

Athletic Director

HED Coordinator

Hazardous Waste Coordinator

PSO Chairperson

D.U.E. President

Coordination of the Beacon Project

National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant-related work

Coordinator of the NSF Exploratorium Lab

PROFESSIONAL LEAVE SUPPORT:

FACULTY SABBATICAL LEAVES 1993 - '94

According to the 1991-1994 negotiated agreement, up to 5% of the faculty may be awarded sabbatical leaves each year. The following faculty sabbatical leaves were approved by the DCC Board of Trustees for 1993 - '94:

Duane Smith PROJECT: Accept appointment as Yale Research Fellow. Do post-doctoral research in liberation theology in the fields of race, feminism, family, and religion at Yale. Write three more chapters of his textbook on the sociology of religion. Dr. Smith is the first community college faculty member ever appointed as a Yale Research Fellow. (Full year)

Judith Tavel PROJECT: Develop an integrated curriculum in math, physics, chemistry, and English for technicians, to support modern manufacturing needs. Supported by a National Science Foundation Grant. Dr. Tavel will prepare prototype teaching materials and begin field testing in Fall 1993. Consultants will be used. The integrated curriculum will be ready for class testing during 1994-1995. (Full year)

Judith Kohl PROJECT: Refine the DCC Honors Program. Establish Phi Theta Kappa chapter; develop a procedures calendar and necessary printed materials; visit admissions officers in selected four-year colleges to promote transfer of DCC students. (Fall)

James Flynn PROJECT: Learn new computer programs taught in Architecture, especially AutoCad 12; modify instructional techniques to three-dimensional design. Current techniques are two-dimensional. Change to three dimensions requires a complete modification of architecture courses. (Spring)

Gervas Blakely PROJECT: Establish "DCC in Mexico" for Summer 1994. Organize an academic program, with an educational cultural experience, including several weeks of study at the Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico. Support growing interest in Spanish program. (Spring)

Thomas Denton PROJECT: Expand resources and services of the DCC Writing Center and the writing program. Investigate ways to serve ESL students better. Visit other colleges to research broadened use of computers. Do extensive reading to enhance service as consultant to other faculty. (Spring)

Elisabeth Deran Dr. Deran was approved for a sabbatical leave for Spring but declined to take the leave when she was appointed Department Head of History, Government & Economics.

PROFESSIONAL LEAVE SUPPORT:

ADMINISTRATIVE SABBATICAL LEAVES 1993 - '94

According to the 1991-1994 negotiated agreement, up to 5% of the non-teaching educators may be awarded sabbatical leaves each year. The following administrative sabbatical leaves were approved by the Board of Trustees for 1993 - '94:

Evelyn Rosenthal PROJECT: Strengthen DCC's bibliographic instruction program by collaborating with faculty and visiting other community colleges to observe their bibliographic instruction programs. (Full year)

Carol Stevens PROJECT: Complete coursework and research for a doctorate in Educational Psychology at New York University. (Fall)

PROFESSIONAL STAFF RECOGNITION

LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARDS - 1994

10 Years

Sharon Fowler

Anne Landry

Frank LaRose

Wesley Ostertag

15 Years

Paul G. Higgins

Marilyn C. Holsipple

Darleene Peters

Carol Ann Roper

Evelyn Rosenthal

20 Years

Philip F. Arnold

Howard C. Himelstein

Judith Kohl

Ronald Kupin

Eleanor K. Marr

Gilbert J. Seligman

25 Years

Gervas Blakely

Matthew P. Fitzgerald

Sally D. Klein

Gary C. Pfeifer

Geraldine Pozzi-Galluzi

Mario F. Triola

30 Years

Ernest Gleckman

William E. Holland

Henry E. Horwitz

Frances L. Monahan

June S. Pierson

PROFESSIONAL STAFF RECOGNITION

FACULTY PROMOTIONS AND TENURE

The Board of Trustees approved the following personnel actions, effective September 1, 1994:

Assistant Professor and Tenure

MaryLou Della Guardia

Associate Professor

Bruce Cassel

Kathleen King

Anne Landry

Full Professor

Philip Arnold

Judith Kohl

Steven Press

PROFESSIONAL STAFF RECOGNITION

CHANCELLOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

1993 Lois Stewart, Assistant Dean of Community Services

1994 Gary Pfeifer, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

PROFESSIONAL STAFF RECOGNITION

ADMINISTRATIVE THREE-YEAR TERM APPOINTMENTS

The Board of Trustees approved the following personnel actions, effective September 1, 1994:

New appointments:

Gloria Ayala-St. Charles

Tim Decker

Russell Pirog

William Benedetto

Renewal of appointments:

Mary Biasotti

Alexander A. Cutonilli

Howard Himelstein

Susan Moore

PROFESSIONAL STAFF RECOGNITION

NON-TEACHING EDUCATOR PROMOTIONS

The Board of Trustees approved the following personnel actions, effective September 1, 1994:

Connie Bard Fowle

Mareve Van Voorhis

NEXT YEAR PREVIEW:

DCC FOUNDATION MINI-GRANT AWARDS 1994 - '95

All applications were considered. Priority was given to projects that address one of the two college objectives for next year:

Improving Relationships with Area High Schools, or

Promoting Cultural Diversity

Members of the 1994 DCC Foundation Mini-Grant Awards Committee were Constance Eames, Gil Nyhof, Art Pritchard, Madison Finley, and Toni Doherty (Chairperson). After careful review of the thirty applications, the Committee recommended the following distribution of awards, totalling $20,014:

NAME: AMOUNT: PROJECT SUMMARY:

Malboeuf/English $1,570 High school outreach - English.

Halsey/Reda $1,800 High school outreach - Math.

Cutonilli/Himelstein $2,940 Continue ASSET in high schools.

Biasotti $1,449 Continue ModuMath remedial math.

Zito/Amman $2,000 High school outreach - Physics.

Reitano $2,025 Model U.N. high school program.

Williams/Writing $ 939 Workshop: Critical Thinking/Multicultural.

Rand $1,175 High school outreach - architecture.

LaFosse/Rojas $1,971 Produce Math minorities videotape.

Gardenier/Nursing $1,044 High school outreach - Nursing.

Rojas $2,000 Community outreach - Channel 42 show.

Marcuse $1,100 Community outreach - art & photography.

Some projects received partial funding. A more detailed description of each funded project follows:

Richard Malboeuf / DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND HUMANITIES

$1,570.00 This project will allow for meetings between members of the DCC Department of English and Humanities and members of the departments of English in district high schools in Dutchess and Putnam Counties. A large retreat is planned for the Norrie Point facility. This grant continues funding for last year's successful project.

Johanna Halsey / Ellena Reda

$1,800.00 (partial funding; requested $2,985) This project will allow for outreach to area high school mathematics teachers. Workshops are planned that will present the uses of technology in math education, including computer software and graphing calculators, and result in the collaborative creation of applications involving technology.

Alexander Cutonilli / Howard Himelstein

$2,940.00 This project continues and expands on the successful project last year to test high school juniors using the Asset tests and provide feedback to area high school students and guidance staff. The new schools will be Arlington, John Jay and Beacon.

DCC FOUNDATION MINI-GRANT AWARDS 1994 - '95 continued

Mary Biasotti

$1,449.00 This project will allow for purchase of three additional ModuMath Algebra laserdisks. This remedial software benefits students entering MAT 091 and MAT 100. This grant continues funding for last year's successful project.

Anthony Zito / George Amann (adjunct)

$2,000.00 (partial funding; requested $3,000) This project offers an outreach to high school teachers of Physics. Local physics teachers will become familiar with modern technology in laboratory situations, using materials in "real time physics" developed by Priscilla Laws of Dickinson University and adapted for use by Physics Teacher Resource Agents.

Richard Reitano

$2,025.00 This project will fund a second Norrie Point Model United Nations for Dutchess County High School Students. This project is a follow-up to the highly successful one-day Model UN sponsored by Dutchess B.O.C.E.S.

Leigh Williams / WRITING CENTER

$939.00 This project will fund a fifth annual Norrie Point workshop open to members of the professional staff. The theme for January 1995 will be "Critical Thinking and Multi-Culturalism in the Community Colleges" presented by Frederic Torzs of the Critical Thinking Program at Massachusetts Bay Community College. This project is a continuation of a series of workshops previously funded directly by the DCC Foundation.

Aaron Rand

$1,175.00 This project will improve relationships with area high schools through a series of open house presentations and discussions with area high school teachers of art and architectural drafting. The project also will fund a competition for high school art and drafting students interested in architecture.

Susan LaFosse / Camilo Rojas

$1,971.60 This project will allow for the production of a video tape that will familiarize minorities with the innovation DCC faculty are using in the teaching of mathematics. Typical instruction now includes collaborative learning, study groups, portfolios, and the use of writing to understand mathematical concepts. The tape will be used to recruit minority students, especially women, from area high schools.

DCC FOUNDATION MINI-GRANT AWARDS 1994 - '95 continued

Edna Gardenier / DEPARTMENT OF NURSING

$1,044.80 This project will allow DCC Nursing faculty to meet with area high school and junior high school counselors to share information about current nursing practice and how students can prepare for success in the field. Preparation in mathematics and science will be stressed, and a tour of the college nursing laboratory and computer facilities will be arranged.

Camilo Rojas

$2,000.00 (partial funding; requested $2,962) This project will be visible to the entire community over the weekly TV program, "Learning in Progress" on Channel 42. The award will allow for the expansion of the pool of individuals involved in the process of developing new educational proposals. DCC students are involved in the total process, and funding will promote cultural diversity by allowing participants from outside the college.

Tanya Marcuse

$1,100.00 (partial funding; requested $1,785) This is a two-part project. The first part allows for visits with art classes in area high schools to showcase, using a slideshow, artwork and photographs of DCC students, and the opportunities and facilities at DCC. The second part is designed to increase cultural diversity within the DCC Visual Arts Program and strengthen ties to community organizations by a series of photography workshops with the Poughkeepsie YMCA's Black Youth Achievers Organization.

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FACULTY SABBATICAL LEAVES 1994 - '95

The following faculty sabbatical leaves were approved by the Board of Trustees for 1994 - '95:

Dorothy Decker PROJECT: Include cultural diversity in children's literature by researching and writing outline and one chapter of proposed book on Early Childhood literature. Study how children's literature can be more readable, sensitive to diversity, and use the Whole Language approach to reading and writing. Project involves classroom visits and library research as well as writing. (Spring)

Nancy Greska PROJECT: Primary goal: develop up-to-date animated videotape materials for teaching Speech. Secondary goal: produce a videotape of interpersonal situations using discriminitive listening. Project includes visits to other colleges. (Spring)

Peter Klose PROJECT: Do course work at the Center for Creative Imaging and at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and independent study in the new technology of digital photography. Develop new photography course. (Spring)

Holly Molella PROJECT: Complete last academic course and final project for Master's degree in School Health Education at Russell Sage College of Graduate Studies. (Fall)

George Stevens PROJECT: Complete Ph.D. at City University of New York. Dissertation, "The Archdiocese of New York and the Great Depression in New York City, 1929 - 1941." The timing of the sabbatical coincides with the availability of the dissertation advisor. (Full year beginning January 1995)

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ADMINISTRATIVE SABBATICAL LEAVES 1994 - '95

The following administrative sabbatical leave was approved by the Board of Trustees for

1994 - '95:

Susan Mead PROJECT: Develop a comprehensive debt-management program for DCC students. The project will involve research and visitations, and will develop a program for loan counseling leading to the reduction of our default rate. (Spring)

Office of Academic Affairs

Dutchess Community College

Poughkeepsie, New York

(914) 471-4500 ext. 2000

D. David Conklin, President

Mary Louise Van Winkle, Dean of Academic Affairs

Madison K. Finley, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

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