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Bike MS Returns to L&C
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Gardens Through The Looking Glass
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Fab Lab Inspires Collaboration
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Adult Ed Bridging Basic Skills Gap
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I am a Trailblazer: Paige Jarden
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Backpack Project Brings Flood Relief
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L&C National Green Award
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Radio Reunion a Success
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Trailblazers Honor Ofc. Snyder
Letter From The President Lately, I’ve been reflecting on what it means to be a Trailblazer. Trailblazers are innovators, hard workers and team players, who demonstrate intelligence, an insatiable thirst for knowledge and development, and a passion for what they do. As you read through the pages of this issue, you’ll encounter stories of how departments and individuals across our campuses are embodying that very spirit, like men’s soccer alumnus Blake Snyder, a 2003 L&C grad. Blake Snyder was a St. Louis County Police Officer who lost his life in the line of duty on Oct. 6. According to his father, Professor Emeritus and former L&C administrator Dick Snyder, Blake was passionate about pursuing his calling to serve and protect. As he was on the soccer field more than a decade ago, Blake was dedicated to his team and to the people he served.
right. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) recently named L&C a Sustainability Education & Economic Development (SEED) Green Genome Overall Award highlighting our successes “Trailblazers are innovators, winner, as Trailblazers in the sustainability movement. hard workers and team Also this fall, our National Great players, who demonstrate Rivers Research and Education intelligence, an insatiable Center teamed up with local elementary schools to send flood thirst for knowledge and relief backpacks and letters of support development, and a passion to fifth graders south of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The project, aimed at for what they do.” creating dialogue and bridging gaps between two communities along the Mississippi River, was the first effort After his death rocked the greater St. of the newly-established Swarovski Louis community, we thought it fitting Waterschool USA Mississippi River, to honor him on his former campus. We were moved by the number of people who currently the first and only one of its kind in North America. came out for a ceremony in his memory Innovation is at the center of at the open of the last Trailblazers men’s soccer game, and who helped raise money everything we and our members do at the St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab on our N.O. for The BackStoppers, Inc., in support of Nelson campus. In this issue, we highlight his family. just one of our many member success You’ll read about Trailblazer Elizabeth stories, centering on a collaboration Ringhausen, who graduated from L&C made possible through the lab’s unique at the age of 16 to pursue a Bachelor of resources. Science in Mechanical Engineering at You, too, can be a Trailblazer. Just ask Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. us how. While at L&C, she was highly active on campus, including a stint as Student Government President. We expect great things in her future. The college is a Trailblazer in its own
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Camren Luster, an L&C architecture student, is a member of the St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab. Luster is currently creating cork slip mats for turntables, designing and building a direct drive turntable, and creating a mold for a custom gaming device at the Fab Lab.
L&C By The Numbers
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Credit hours per semester needed to graduate in two years (p. 4-5)
70%
Of the annuals in this year’s garden show originated at Ball Horticultural (p. 7)
106 Swarovski Waterschool backpacks sent to flood victims in Louisiana (p. 12)
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Machines and equipment in nine areas of the Fab Lab that can be utilized by members (p. 8-9)
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Individual and private donations made to The BackStoppers, Inc. in honor of Officer Blake Snyder (p. 15)
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Student Success Secrets
Unlocked
When it comes to student success, 15 is the magic number. It’s the number of credits a student needs to take each semester (or 30 per year) in order to graduate on time and save thousands of dollars by getting a degree sooner. It has also been shown that students who take 15 credits a semester, what typically amounts to five courses, tend to achieve higher GPAs. Lewis and Clark is now offering an extra incentive for students to aim for 15. In-district students who take 15 credit hours in a semester now pay only $118 per credit hour, versus the standard $136, amounting to $270 in savings per semester. The differential tuition incentive model is a part of the college’s “Finish It” initiative, aiming to help more students not only enroll, but successfully complete their educational goals. “Students interested in pursuing the discount should talk to an academic advisor to make sure they they are good candidates for the program,” said Enrollment Center Director Delfina Dornes. Contact (618) 468-2222 to schedule an appointment today.
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www.lc.edu/finish_it • http://completecollege.org/
TRAILBLAZER
Elizabeth Ringhausen
In 2014, 16-year-old Elizabeth Ringhausen, of Jerseyville, graduated from Lewis and Clark with honors and her Associate in Science degree, before transferring to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to complete her education. “The transfer process between L&C and SIUE was very easy,” she said. “I’ve always been interested in the STEM fields. I ended up choosing mechanical engineering, because it is a diverse field with a variety of opportunities.” As an L&C student, Ringhausen was active on campus. She served as vice president of the Student Government Association (2012-2013), president of Student Government Association (2013-2014) and president of the Biology Club (2013-2014). She also founded the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Club (2013-2014). “Through club participation, I learned leadership skills that have been useful as I further my education,” she said. Ringhausen plans to graduate from SIUE with her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in December 2017. 4 - “Discover”
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Riding for a World
Free of MS Bike MS Wraps Second Year at L&C
Nearly 3,000 cyclists rode the Riverbend for a cure for multiple sclerosis during the Bike MS: Express Scripts Gateway Getaway Ride 2016, hosted by Lewis and Clark Community College, Sept. 10-11. Bike MS is the premier fundraising cycling series in the U.S. for anyone seeking a personal challenge and a world free of multiple sclerosis. This was the event’s second year at Lewis and Clark’s Godfrey campus. “This was another fantastic year for this event in our community,” said L&C President Dale Chapman, who cut the ribbon at the start/finish line with Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick on Saturday morning.
(Top) Cyclists leave the start line Saturday morning. Routes ranged from 25 miles to 100 miles. (Above) Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick and L&C President Dale Chapman cut the ribbon at the start line Saturday morning.
Mark Your Calendars The Bike MS Express Scripts Gateway Getaway Ride 2017 will take place Sept. 9-10 at Lewis and Clark Community College. Sign up today at http://bit.ly/BikeMS2017 to ride 25, 50, 75 or 100 mile routes and raise money in the fight against MS. 6 - “Discover”
Lewis and Clark’s Team Trailblazer rode in this year’s event and raised more than $8,100 in sponsorships to benefit the National MS Society. “This was my first year riding, and it was great to experience the total event this year,” said L&C Vice President of Administration Lori Artis. “I discovered some back roads I have never been on before and experienced a comradery with my fellow teammates and other Bike MS cyclists who enjoyed the experience as much as I did. Funding research toward a cure for MS is such an incredible cause. I was proud to be a part of it this year, and I am really looking forward to next year’s event.”
Garden Show Highlights L&C
‘Through the Looking Glass’ The Monticello Sculpture Gardens’ fourth annual themed summer garden show, “Gardens Through the Looking Glass,” gave visitors this summer a look at the campus of Lewis and Clark Community College through two lenses – past and present. Curated to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” books, the show connected people to plants through interpretive signs highlighting the contrast between L&C’s modern gardens and the historical Victorian gardens that would have been appropriate to the campus’ Monticello College era. Highlights included the Carpet Bed garden, planted in the shape of the Monticello College seal; the Living Wall, the college’s first ever vertical garden; and a Super Succulents garden, featuring exotic plantings that require little water and highlight L&C’s efforts in sustainability.
www.lc.edu/lookingglass More photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskBNNwmJ
Visitors embark on a campus tour with “Alice” and a “Monti Girl” during an event celebrating the garden show.
L&C’s Own Botanic Garden The Monticello Sculpture Gardens, dedicated in 2013 as a signature site of the Missouri Botanical Garden, is now officially a full botanic garden in its own right. “We are very proud of this designation,” said L&C Horticulture Manager Ethan Braasch. “Not only are our gardens beautiful to behold, but they also incorporate an educational component for our students, faculty, staff and visitors.” One long term project currently in the works includes labeling and cataloging the plants that can be found throughout the garden, which is free and open to the public.
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Your ideas.
Our Lab
If you’ve got ideas, we’ve got the equipment and machinery to help you bring them to life. The 5,000-square-foot St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab is comprised of industrial grade design, fabrication, finishing and assembly tools for many different materials and processes. Our full catalog can be found at www.lc.edu/fablab/equipment. The lab opened in Fall 2015 to faculty/staff, students, businesses and community members to explore, innovate and bring their ideas to reality. As part of an international group of labs piloted by MIT that share the same values and tool sets, users of the Fab Lab can share knowledge with a global network of makers. Monthly memberships begin at $50, and annual memberships are also available. Contact Director Luke Jumper at (618) 468-4928 for more information. The St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab is located on the N.O. Nelson campus of Lewis and Clark Community College in Edwardsville, Illinois.
www.lc.edu/fablab
Fab Lab to Host National Symposium in 2017 The United States Fab Lab Network’s 6th Annual Symposium will take place March 13-15, 2017 at the St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab, located at Lewis and Clark’s N.O. Nelson Campus in Edwardsville. The public is invited to attend, and watch demonstrations, attend training sessions and mingle with creators from across the country. 8 - “Discover”
Creating Collaboration Fab Lab Brings People Together Through Innovation
David Berry and Mike Schalk didn’t know each other a year ago – but thanks to their collaborative work in the St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab, the entrepreneurs recently finished a project sure to be a hit with car lovers. “Mike and I worked to create a set of car badges with built-in multicolor LED blinkers,” Berry said. “They will go along the side of a custom 1973 Dodge Dart Demon that will be at shows before being sold at one of the more prestigious auto auctions.” Berry, 37, of Edwardsville, has an associate degree in engineering science and works as a freelance designer and adjunct CNC instructor. Schalk, 19, of Edwardsville, is in his junior year in the electrical engineering program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. “It has been a great learning experience working with David on this project for the last six months,” Schalk said. “I’ve learned a lot about machining from him and he’s learned about electrical from me, so it’s a win-win.” Schalk and Berry both joined the Fab Lab right after it opened. “Everything you need to design and build just about anything you can imagine is in the Fab Lab,” Berry said.
(Top) Dave Berry (left) talks to partner Mike Schalk about the custom LED car badge they created in the St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab (Above) See a close up view of the Vintage Demonic Car Badge. www.lc.edu - 9
Spotlight On:
Adult Education
More than 36 million adults nationwide – including 1.2 million in Illinois and 18,000 in the Lewis and Clark District alone – lack basic literacy skills that limit their ability to advance in education and at work. That’s where the college’s Adult Education department comes in, serving
550 students each year. “All of the programs in L&C’s Adult Education department revolve around meeting the educational needs of adults who lack basic skills, most having dropped out of high school, who are looking for a non-traditional way to find their path and fulfill their potential,” said Associate Dean of Adult Education Val Harris. “Each student matters to us Adult education provides and every team member goes a path from low-income jobs above and beyond in assisting and limited opportunities to middle class wages and our students to realize their full family sustainability. Full-time workers with a high school potential.” earn almost $10,000 - Vickie Hinkle diploma more per year than those L&C Director of Adult Education without a diploma. L&C is one
Adult Education Student Services Coordinator Monica Waller assists students with mathematics in a classroom at the Scott Bibb Center in Alton.
of 84 adult education providers offering programs funded through the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). “We provide students with a learning environment in which they can thrive, encourage them to reach their educational and career goals, and support them as they transition to post-secondary or to work,” said Vicki Hinkle, L&C Director of Adult Education. “Each student matters to us and every team member goes above and beyond in assisting our students to realize their full potential.”
www.lc.edu/adulted • www.iccb.org/adult_ed
Welcome
to Our House L&C Director of Enrollment and Advising Delfina Dornes takes a prospective student on a campus tour during the college’s Open House Sept. 18. You don’t have to wait until our next event to schedule a visit. Just call the Enrollment Center at (618) 468-2222. 10 - “Discover”
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TRAILBLAZER Helen Paige Jarden
Helen Paige Jarden’s story is still being written, but for the student scholar, writer and editor, Lewis and Clark turned out to be the right setting. “My parents grew up in the Alton area and thought Lewis and Clark might be a good fit for me and they were right,” she said. “It’s definitely the right college for me.” Jarden, 21, of Alton, aspires to one day pursue a doctorate in English, with a minor in creative writing or art and design, and to become an editor at a publishing company. In the meantime, she is gaining experience as editor-inchief of L&C’s student newspaper, The Bridge, and as a published writer in the college’s literary journal, the Peppermint Rooster Review. A recipient of the Lewis and Clark Talent Scholarship, she is also a member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society and the Student Government Association, and chair of the Illinois Community College Board Student Advisory Committee’s Awards and Recognition Committee. Jarden plans to transfer to a four-year school upon her graduation from L&C in 2017.
Welding Coordinator Earns
Teaching Honors
Welding Technology Coordinator Travis Jumper is L&C’s 2016 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award recipient. Jumper, of Bethalto, joined L&C in April 2012. He developed the curriculum for the college’s Welding Technology program and held the first set of welding classes by mid-fall semester that same year. Until recently, Jumper was also the sole instructor in welding—mentoring and teaching more than 200 students through the years. “Being able to work with students to help them be successful in the welding program is the best part of my job,” Jumper said. “It feels great when I get to talk with students who have come through the program and are now working in the field and are able to build a better life for themselves and their families.” Jumper received the Howard E. Adkins Memorial Instructor of the Year Award for the St. Louis section of the American Welding Society (AWS) in 2015. He is an AWS certified welding educator and an AWS certified welder inspector.
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Backpack Buddies
Area Youth Send Support to Louisiana Flooding Victims Area youth who know about the hardships of flooding made connections with their peers in Louisiana and sent flood relief downriver in the form of 106 backpacks this fall. The initiative aimed to empower Illinois fifth graders to provide support for fellow students downriver, and create a dialogue between the two based on mutual experiences and understanding. It was launched in partnership with the newlyestablished Swarovski Waterschool USA Mississippi River, headquartered at L&C’s NGRRECSM. Participants from Lincoln Middle School in East St. Louis, North Elementary School in Alton, Illini Middle School in Jerseyville, and Lovejoy Middle School in Brooklyn wrote personalized letters of support to be delivered inside the backpacks, along with items like soap, books, pencils and reusable sport bottles. Each item correlated with one of the Swarovski Waterschool’s three pillars – access to safe water, water education and sanitation, hygiene and health. “The Swarovski Waterschool backpacks are full of important items that students south of Baton Rouge can put to immediate use, while the handwritten letters provide a personal connection,” L&C President Dale Chapman said. The newest Swarovski Waterschool is the first in the United States and joins five other programs along great rivers of the world, including the Danube (Austria), Ganges (India), Yangtze (China), Nile (Uganda) and Amazon (Brazil). The Swarovski Waterschool program educates children, typically ages 8-16, and communities about the ecological, economic, social and cultural issues that affect water use on a local and global level, and provides clean drinking water and sanitation in schools and communities. 12 - “Discover”
(Top) Displaced students in Louisiana look through their backpacks and read letters from their Metro East pen pals. (Above) Fifth graders at North Elementary School in Alton prepare backpacks to send to their peers in Louisiana.
www.swarovskiwaterschool.com • www.ngrrec.org/education
L&C Earns National Green Genome
Sustainability Award
Lewis and Clark has been selected as the American Association of Community College’s (AACC) Sustainability Education & Economic Development (SEED) Green Genome Overall Award winner. L&C is one of nine community colleges from across the nation awarded prizes for exemplary efforts to promote sustainability education, practices, programs and training. Two awardees were selected in each of four categories: Governance, Program Design and Delivery, Strategic Partnerships, and Community Engagement. In addition, Lewis and Clark was chosen as the overall winner and will receive a $10,000 cash prize. “Winning the overall achievement Green Genome Award is an honor and a validation of the college’s approach to campus sustainability,” L&C Sustainability Director Nate Keener said. “This wouldn’t be possible without the hard work and support from leadership, our faculty and staff, and of course, our students.”
www.lc.edu/green
NGRREC Wraps 2016 Summer Internship
(Top)Thirty-one interns representing 22 schools and 10 states across the country visited the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center’s Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station May 24-27 to begin the 2016 summer internship program. (Above) Aneesh Venkata, an NGRRECSM and Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities intern, examines salamander tadpoles at Washington University’s Tyson Research Center in Missouri.
Controlled burns are used to limit the spread of invasive species on the college’s Godfrey campus.
Festival Connecting Kids With Water
(Top) Fifth-grade boys collect firewood while girls in their class collect water in jugs from a pond during the 14th Annual Water Festival. This exercise, facilitated by the Mustard Seed Peace Project, helped illustrate the struggle Guatemalans face when obtaining clean water. (Above) Each class participating in the Water Festival was asked to collect shoes to donate to the Shoeman Water Project (SWP), which focuses on providing clean water to communities in developing countries. Sarah Brokering’s fifth-grade class, from C.A. Henning Elementary School in Troy, collected the most shoes - 322 pairs in all. That averages out to approximately 12 pairs of shoes per student in the class. A total of 1,336 pairs of shoes were collected during the shoe drive. www.lc.edu - 13
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WLCA Alumni Gather for Station’s 20-Year Reunion
(Left) Kevin Devine and Dennis Scheeter pose with Radio Broadcasting Program Coordinator Mike Lemons, center, during the WLCA reunion. Devine is currently a member of a comedy troupe, and Scheeter works in the radio industry in the Chicago market. (Right) Radio Broadcasting alumnus Chris Belden was one of the more than 20 alumni who returned to the 89.9-FM airwaves as guest DJs during the week leading up to the reunion. Approximately 100 alumni and guests returned to Lewis and Clark July 23 for WLCA 89.9-FM’s 20-year reunion. Grads traveled from as far as Cincinnati, Ohio; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Phoenix, Arizona, to return to the airwaves, catch up with old friends and make new ones. During the week leading up to the event, more than 20 alumni returned to the 89.9-FM airwaves as guest DJs. “It was great to see students that I had not seen in years,”
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said Radio Broadcasting Program Coordinator Mike Lemons. “Seeing the mini-reunions taking place within each graduating class was cool, but having students from 20+ years getting to know each other was even better. Students from more recent years finally got to meet those that I had praised and used as examples while teaching them. Several times I heard the phrase, ‘so you’re the famous so-and-so Mike always talked about.’”
www.lc.edu/WLCA_Radio • www.wlcafm.com
TRAILBLAZER Joey Bradfisch
Trailblazer Joey Bradfisch hit the airwaves right after graduating from L&C’s Radio Broadcasting program in 2006. Bradfisch, 30, now works as an audio producer for the nationally-syndicated Johnjay and Rich Show and lives in Gilbert, Arizona. “The overall sound of the Johnjay and Rich show is my responsibility,” Bradfisch said. “That includes the imaging, voice overs, editing segments, etc. Our show is syndicated by Premiere Networks, and some of what I do is taping the live show in Phoenix and sending condensed versions to other markets.” Even though Bradfisch is very active behind the scenes, he still gets some air time. “Since we are a pop culture, lifestyle show, whenever there is an opportunity, I’ll participate in segments that pertain to something in my life,” Bradfisch said. “In addition to that, I do 14 - “Discover”
a weekly podcast of the behind-the-scenes perspective of the Johnjay and Rich Show that is featured on iHeartRadio.” As an L&C student, Bradfisch co-hosted WLCA’s annual 89 Hours of Christmas and interned for the Steve & DC Show in St. Louis. “Once my internship was up, they handed me the keys to the ship and said ‘This is yours if you want it,’” Bradfisch said.
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L&C paid homage to alumnus Blake Snyder during the final men’s soccer home game of the season, Saturday, Oct. 15, and raised donations for The BackStoppers, Inc. in his honor. Snyder, a 2003 graduate, former Trailblazers soccer player, and son of former administrator and Professor Emeritus Dick Snyder, was a member of the St. Louis County Police Department who was killed in the line of duty near Affton, Missouri, Thursday, Oct. 6. The memorial event included a brief ceremony and special presentation to Snyder’s family, including his father and his brother, fellow alum Adam Snyder, followed by a late start against Parkland College. During the game, volunteers took donations in support of Snyder’s wife, Elizabeth, and their 2-year-old son, Malachi. Those who donated $10 or more received a “Snyder 11” T-shirt. Proceeds from the fundraising drive totaled $7,566, which was donated to The BackStoppers in Officer Snyder’s name. Major donors included the L&C Faculty Association, the Student Government Association and the L&C Occupational Therapy Assistant program.
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L&C Soccer Head Coach Tim Rooney led the Trailblazers to a 9-0 victory over Lincoln Oct. 23, marking his 400th win with the women’s team since the program began in 1993. The opening-round Region 24 playoff game propelled the 14th ranked-team into the next round of the tournament.
http://backstoppers.org/
Coach Kinney Joins
Trailblazers
Head Volleyball Coach Johnna Kinney (center) talks to her team during a time out. Kinney joined the college this fall as the new head volleyball and women’s tennis coach. www.lc.edu - 15
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