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Cover: Kelly Heckert, adjunct cosmetology instructor, Anita Pankalla, cosmetology coordinator, and Kathy Ronning, adjunct esthetic instructor, are seen here in the esthetics classroom.
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Student Molly Griffin (left) works on a client with advice from instructor Kelly Heckert
Education with Style t JCCC, beauty is more than skin deep – it’s theory, study,
A The cosmetology school offers acrylic nails and nail art as part of its services.
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exams and hours and hours of hands-on experience under the
tutelage of licensed instructors in a newly renovated salon.
institutional look and adopted the style and functionality of a chic salon.
JCCC’s cosmetology school offers three programs – cosmetology, nail technology and esthetics – all of which exceed Kansas State Board of Cosmetology minimum requirements. Programs have a low student-to-instructor ratio, and the cost is significantly less than a private beauty school tuition, according to Anita Pankalla, cosmetology coordinator, JCCC.
“I am honored to be part of an academic organization that provides students with the highest quality education, which includes an associate of applied science degree in cosmetology, and also provides our community with quality of services in all aspects of hair, skin and nail care with a friendly environment at a very reasonable price,” Pankalla said.
At this writing, the cosmetology program was due to show off its new salon in a public open house from 3-7 p.m. March 12 at JCCC’s West Park Center, 9780 W. 87th St. After 12 years in the same location, the school threw off its
Each of the 26 hair stations has wood-like cabinets to store electrical equipment and styling products, new client styling chairs and padded floor mats to reduce back and foot fatigue for students who do a lot of standing
while working on customers’ hair. The new wash bowls and shampoo chairs are more ergonomic for clients and students. There are six nail stations, two pedicure stations, a greatly expanded esthetics room with 11 stations and a separate waxing room. The pedicure room is revolutionized. Instead of the old hard benches, clients can now relax on a tilt-back “throne” that can vibrate if so desired during a “spa” pedicure. Sanitation, sanitation, sanitation. Pankalla points out the sanitary techniques that students learn at each station. She underscores it at the pedicure spa and nail sites. The esthetic room has moved to a bigger space and is geared to bring in high-tech equipment as the industry becomes more technically advanced and in anticipation of increased contact hours for Kansas esthetician licensure. On the lowtech end, the room features New Age music and low lights with partitions separating client’s hydraulic beds. Esthetic essentials include a steamer, mag light, and tray with an inviting supply of herbal, aromatic and other bioelements for skin care treatments at each station. On the high-tech end, three microdermabrasion machines, a photo imaging machine and an LED light therapy machine are being used to wage the fight against fine lines, age spots and other superficial skin problems. However, the microdermabrasion and LED light therapy machines will not be available to the general public until the Kansas State Board of Cosmetology approves the pending curriculum changes. The photo imaging machine captures surface cell damage and assesses improvement after facial treatments. A separate waxing room has three facial waxing stations and three private body waxing stations.
JCCC also offers an associate of applied science degree in cosmetology, which Donnelly College accepts toward a bachelor’s degree. There are three other certificate programs in the cosmetology school – nail technology (350 clock hours), esthetics (650 clock hours), advanced esthetics (100 additional clock hours) and advanced nail course (50 hours). The school offers an instructor-training program for licensed cosmetologists, estheticians and nail technicians (300 hours). JCCC uses the Pivot Point curriculum, an internationally recognized standard of quality, for all its programs. Completion of any of the cosmetology certificates prepares students to take the Kansas State Board of Cosmetology examination in their specialty. The JCCC cosmetology salon is a full-service salon. See the full list of services and hours at http://www.jccc.edu/cosmetology.
Vanessa Preston applies nail art to Jennifer York.
Lauren Mayfield performs a skin analysis on Katelin Waymare.
There is also a station for makeup application with a light that mimics the outdoors and a host of mineral cosmetics so people can treat themselves to a special occasion application. “I have always been artistic and always loved talking to people. This incorporates all my talents,” said cosmetology student Lindsey Shidler, Kansas City, Mo., who graduates in May. Kelcie Wheeler, Overland Park, chose JCCC because of its reputation. She already has an offer to be an apprentice at a local salon after graduation. “I love this work,” Wheeler said. “I can’t imagine doing anything else. I like the interaction with people.” Cosmetology certificate students receive training in hair, nails and skin care during a one-year course of 1,500 clock hours.
Students, such as Sahar Assaf shown here, practice 500 hours in the classroom before they move to the salon.
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Community Diana Ingham, associate professor, (left) and Jo Randolph, adjunct professor, both interior design, will demonstrate how you can be more environmentally friendly in your home in Greening Your Home.
Free College Day Set for April 18
keptics says there is no such thing as a free lunch. But trust us,
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Johnson County Community College is offering a Free College
Day from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, April 18, on the JCCC campus. William Brown, associate professor, automotive technology, has volunteered for Motorcycles in America, a class covering the history and evolution of two-wheel transportation in America since World War II.
In celebration of its 40th birthday, JCCC faculty and staff have volunteered to offer the public more than 100 free classes as a way to say thank you to the community. Classes are offered at 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. and last 40 minutes. The central courtyard will offer refreshments, directions and information. In case of rain, the base will be in the Commons.
Japanese for the Hobbyist or Tourist; Hebrew Introduction; The Real Hercules; Crime Prevention in a High-Tech World; Tornadoes in Kansas; Researching Your Family; Play Like Tiger; and Introduction to Kayaking. Go to www.jccc.edu/FreeCollegeDay to see a complete list of classes and register. Classes are free, but registration is required. For more information, call 913-469-2323.
Just to pique your interest, here are some of the variety of topics:
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Anyone Can Act; Arts Tours; Art History: Early Renaissance Through Modern Art; Introduction to Financial Statements; 2007 Microsoft Word; Writing Your Own Book: By Kids, For Kids; Parents and Youth Sports; The Art of Floral Design; Alzheimer's Disease; Motorcycles in America; Car Care; Business Etiquette; Dynamic Résumés; Computer Forensics; Video Editing Made Simple; YouTube and Facebook for Dummies; Cake Decorating; Introduction to Wireless Networks; Great Fashion Designers of the 20th Century; Handmade Cards; Learn to Knit; Beginning Brazilian Portuguese; Entry
Bob Epp, adjunct assistant professor, personal computer applications, will teach quick fixes to digital photos in 5 Minutes to a Better Photo.
Frederick Researches Corruption in Romania aniela Frederick, adjunct professor, busi-
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ness administration, has delivered three
papers at international business conferences since 2005. Her most recent, Corruption in Emerging Economies: The Case of Romania, was delivered at the Association for Business and Economics Research conference, University of Florence, Italy, in October 2008. Frederick, who teaches economics at JCCC, has professional and personal motivations for her research topic. A native of Romania, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1984, when Romania was a Communist country. She maintains her parents’ home in Ploiesti, which she visits every summer. “My intention, my dream, was to come to the United States and live in a democracy,” Frederick said. Before immigrating to the United States, Frederick earned an associate’s degree in business from the College for Foreign Trade, Bucharest, and a master’s degree in French and Italian from the University of Bucharest. Continuing her studies in this country, she received a master’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She began teaching as an adjunct at JCCC in 1995. With her ability to speak the native language, Frederick was able to research original documents, published proceedings of investigations and the news media regarding her paper on the corruption in Romania. Although Romania has restructured its economy during its transition period to a free market economy (1990-2006) and achieved an economic growth rate of six percent since it entered the European Union in 2007, it faces economic challenges with corruption, often tolerated by the government. During her spring 2009 Staff Professional Development Days recap of the paper, Frederick talked about the causes of corruption – low salaries/personal gain, poor law enforcement, an
imperfect judicial system, imperfect legislation and too many regulations. She discussed statistics in unemployment and explained the three steps toward privatization – shares distributed to individuals and employees (shares that were often worthless pieces of paper); mass privatization; and shares to dubious figures, both domestic and foreign. Frederick drew surprise from the JCCC audience when she revealed that the medical sector of the economy (doctors, dentists, emergency rooms) had the highest incidence of receiving bribes for favor, a higher incidence than government offices.
Faculty Daniela Frederick talks about her paper on corruption in Romania at the January 2009 Professional Development Days.
Frederick has firsthand knowledge of dealing with the transition to privatization during her attempt to reclaim her grandparents’ home, taken in 1944 by the Communists with no compensation. The government had rented the house to four families, but Frederick was able to untangle bureaucratic red tape to regain ownership through the help of a lawyer and a SWAT team. While corruption is tolerated and not considered disreputable in Romania, Frederick sees signs of reform among a new generation of professionals, police and government officials. Meanwhile, Frederick enjoys her life in America as a teacher, writer and researcher. Her avocations are gardening and rescuing cats. “It’s a good life,” Frederick said. “I love teaching. I have learned not to be afraid to encounter failures or successes.”
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Scholar in Residence
Scholar Discusses Media in Islamic World
Oxley Discusses Media, Elections
Dr. Mohammed Ibahrine, assistant professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, will be the JCCC scholar in residence April 13-17.
JCCC scholar in residence April 6-10 at Johnson County Community College.
Ibahrine will give two free public lectures:
During her residency, Oxley will deliver two public lectures.
I U.S. Public Diplomacy Toward Islamic Countries: Realities and Challenges?, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in the M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Auditorium of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, with a reception from 6-7 p.m. in the Atrium; and
I New Media and NeoIslamism, 1-2 p.m., Thursday, April 16, Hudson Auditorium. Ibahrine, who has a doctorate in International Relations and International Communication from Hamburg University, is the author of New Media and Neo-Islamism: New Media's Impact on the Political Culture in the Islamic World. Ibahrine’s residency is sponsored by Karen Schory, professor, interactive media; Stephanie Sabato, professor, graphic design; and Carolyn Kadel, professor and program facilitator, International Education. Title VI grant money for Islamic studies will be used to help fund this residency.
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r. Zoe Oxley, a researcher in the field
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of U.S. media and voting, will be the
I Media Coverage of War: Presidential Power, News Profits and Democracy at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, in the M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Auditorium of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Overview: How have the news media in the United States covered recent wars? How does this coverage compare to what we should expect in an open, democratic society? In addressing these two questions, the presentation will focus on how presidential control of information as well as the profit-motive of news organizations result in news that falls short of the democratic ideal. Special emphasis will be placed on the current war in Iraq, but examples will also be provided from the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War (1991) and the war in Afghanistan. I Women, Gender Stereotyping and Elections in the United States at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 9, in the Craig Community Auditorium Overview: Compared to past decades, women are much more likely to serve in elective office today, largely due to the reduction of overt sex discrimination. Yet, women today are still much less likely to run for office and win than are men. Why? This presentation will focus on one of the primary explanations for women’s continued underrepresentation: gender stereotyping. Key political actors, such as voters, news reporters, and party officials, apply their stereotypical assumptions of women and men to elections, assumptions that often (but not always) work to disadvantage women. In addition, Oxley will be a guest lecturer in JCCC political science classes. Oxley, chair of the department of political science, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., has
been a professor at the college since 1998 teaching political science, political psychology and women’s studies. She has twice led a U.S. Politics Internship Program in Washington, D.C., as a well as a term abroad in York, England. As an expert in elections, women in politics, public opinion and media coverage in American politics, Oxley has many publications and is much sought-after as a conference participant. Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice, a book Oxley co-authored with Rosalee Clawson, was published in 2008. One of her works in progress is Variation in Media Coverage of Women Candidates: Gender Stereotypes and Novelty. Other publications she has co-authored include Does Running With a Woman Help? Evidence from U.S. Gubernatorial Elections; Women in Executive Office: Variation Across American States; Gender Stereotyping in State Executive Elections: Candidate Selection and Success; and Philosopher Kings or Political Actors? How the Media Portray the Supreme Court. Oxley has presented at numerous conferences including her most recent as chair and discussant, Political Identity in Action panel, annual meeting, International Society of Political Psychology, July 2007; discussant, Political Ideology panel, annual meeting, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007; and chair, Explaining the Sources of the Gender Gap on Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues panel, annual meeting, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007. Oxley holds a bachelor’s degree in government and legal studies from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and a master’s degree and doctorate in political science, Ohio State University, Columbus. JCCC’s scholar-in-residence program is designed to bring visiting scholars to students, faculty and the public. For more information about Oxley’s residency, contact Dr. Vince Miller, vmiller4@jccc.edu.
Shafer Sees Food as Root of Sustainability
JCCC Scholar
tu Shafer, professor, sociology, knows a lot about sustainable
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agriculture. He researches it, teaches it and has followed its
principles as a market farmer for more than 30 years. Shafer is the fourth and last scholar for the 2008-2009 JCCC College Scholars program. As a Scholar he will give two public lectures: I Sustenance: Food and the Roots of Sustainability, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Hudson Auditorium of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. I What Does Sustenance Mean to JCCC?, 11 a.m. Thursday, April 23, Craig Community Auditorium, on the second floor of the General Education Building. In the evening presentation, Shafer will discuss how the human species will deal with serious questions about sustainability in the 21st century. “This is a question not only of whether and how much we eat, but what we eat and how we produce it,” Shafer said. “How we address those questions affects not only our personal health and well-being, but the health and well-being of the planet.” In his daytime lecture, Shafer will bring sustainability efforts to the home front – raising our collective conscience about the possibilities of offering more locally grown food in dining services, linking culinary students with local food producers and recycling food wastes. In the 2008-2009 academic year, Shafer started teaching two new classes related to his areas of research and experience. In fall 2008, he initiated Commercial Crop Production, a three-hour credit class designed to teach prospective, beginning and experienced market farmers to be more productive and ecological. The horticulture class is required as part of the sustainable agriculture entrepreneurship certificate. In spring 2009, Shafer for the first time is teaching Sociology of Food, a three-hour credit class course that deals with how people’s relationships center around food. A sociology class, the course addresses issues of culture – identity, power and ecology – through the focus of food.
Shafer has a bachelor’s degree in English and environmental studies from Western Michigan University, a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Kansas and an ABD (all but dissertation) in sociology from the University of California, San Diego.
Stu Shafer has maintained two careers during most of his adult life – certified organic farmer and JCCC professor.
Hands-on experience includes more than 30 years in cooperative groceries, homesteading and the organic farming movement, as well as 10 years of experience in the communitysupported agriculture movement. During most of his adult life, he has maintained two careers – one as a certified organic farmer of fruits and vegetables and one as a JCCC professor. As social movements around food and sustainability have emerged, Shafer proves the ideal scholar to talk about their convergence in two scholarly presentations.
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Celebrate JCCC Turning 40 “You say it’s your birthday ... We’re gonna have good time.” The Beatles sang about a good time, and JCCC is going to continue the refrain. In honor of JCCC’s 40th birthday, Dollars for Scholars, the annual benefit for student assistance and programming, will have a birthday theme when it takes place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the Ritz Charles, 9000 W. 137th St. The evening will feature live and silent auctions, buffet dinner, beverages, raffle, games of chance and entertainment. Tickets are $25 a person, $15 for students with a JCCC ID or $240 for a reserved table of eight. Included in the auction are hundreds of items, ranging from certificates to restaurants and services, vacation getaways and sports memorabilia. The co-chairs are Tom and Mary Martha Carrico, members of the Foundation Board of Directors who have volunteered for the auction for several years. The 2008 auction raised more than $50,000 with the help of 250 volunteers made up of alumni, students, faculty, staff and community friends. Nancy Hager (left), student records assistant, and Michele Haverkamp, honors office administrative assistant, sold a raffle ticket to Rina Burke, former JCCC student, at last year’s auction.
To volunteer, make reservations for the auction or donate an item, contact Kristin McDaniel, auction coordinator, JCCC Foundation, 913-469-3835, kmcdanl@jccc.edu.
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