due to a broken seal on the capsule, many of the pieces did survive. including a newspaper from 1790, as well as other artifacts that you can find pictured on pages 12-13 of this publication. This reconnection to our past has us all thinking about the historic figures who made meaningful contributions to higher education in our region, such as Captain Benjamin Godfrey, Monticello Principals Harriet Haskell and Phelena Fobes, Architect For more than 40 years, Lewis and Theodore Link, Artist Frederick Clark has remained focused on Lincoln Stoddard and preserving the historic facilities, Philanthropist William H. Reid. What enhancing the grounds, and all these historic figures shared was celebrating the culture which we a vision for what our region could inherited in the transition from become through higher education. Monticello College in 1970. Today, we continue to celebrate the This past summer, we embarked achievements of these great historic on an effort to restore the extensive figures and their boundless stained glass art collection on aspirations and expectations for our campus, most notably the region, which we carry on by masterpiece you see pictured on the preserving Monticello College cover of this publication, the “Praise facilities and adapting them for the Angel” window. For more than 120 noble missions and aspirations of years, this window has been admired Lewis and Clark. as a crown jewel of the main Restoring the priceless Monticello complex. College stained glass collection has You might recall reading in reestablished our sense of place and earlier versions of this publication our shared history, which will make how the artist of this piece – us much more knowledgeable in Frederick Lincoln Stoddard – was communicating, to the 220,000 finally discovered through our people throughout the seven counties research efforts this summer. While we serve, the meaning and artistic we were completing the research on quality of the legacy stained glass that Mr. Stoddard, we also coincidentally we have now taken steps to assure will discovered evidence of a cornerstone be here in another 100 years for those that was put in place by Monticello who follow. College in 1889 while the main I invite you to take a moment to complex was being rebuilt following either reconnect, or connect, with the devastating fire in 1888. Lewis and Clark, and discover how We were so pleased to not only we strive to continue the traditions of locate the cornerstone this fall, but those great figures who set out before also to unveil the contents of this us to empower the people of this 123-year-old time capsule at the region through high quality stained glass reinstallation educational experiences. ceremony in October. Although some of the contents were destroyed
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Pages 6-7 “Dale Threlkeld: Birth to Light”
Page 8-9 NGRREC
Page 10 Waterfest & RiverWatch
Page 11 Fall Fest & Open House
Page 12-13 Stained Glass Rededication
Page 14 Athletics
Page 15 Global Skills College Completion Project
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Paintings displayed in the “Dale Threlkeld: Birth to Light� exhibit this fall (Pages 6-7)
170 Size, in acres, of the island Attorney John Simmons donated to NGRREC this fall (Page 9)
24 Tires recovered by volunteers during a Sangamon River cleanup in August (Page 10)
Number of full time faculty members added in Fall 2012 (Page 5)
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Years Lewis and Clark has participated in the Emerson Excellence in Education Award program (Page 5)
A More Personalized Web Experience is Coming Soon This spring, Lewis and Clark will introduce the My L&C web portal, bringing Blackboard, BlazerNet and L&C email all under one convenient login for a personalized lc.edu experience for students, faculty and staff. Instead of having to log into separate sites to access online classes, grades and important announcements, everything L&C will not only be available to students, faculty and staff within the portal, but the information will also be tailored to each individual’s needs. A “My Week” calendar function shows an individual’s schedule of classes and/or meetings. Important announcements, along with
news and campus events, are updated and accessible on a rolling basis. Other additions include a searchable campus directory and an improved, searchable class schedule database. The portal is available to a limited on-campus audience this fall for testing, while a full launch is planned for January 2013. After the spring semester launch, the portal will be accessible by any Lewis and Clark student, faculty (full time and adjunct) and staff member from any computer with an internet connection.
To learn more, click “My L&C Portal” on the homepage at www.lc.edu.
Interested in making a music video with a professional look and feel? Students can now take music production courses (both credit and noncredit) throughout the academic year with L&C. The Music Department introduced the offering through a grant-funded weeklong Music Production Clinic, dubbed MPC 2012, this past summer. Participants learned about music production/recording, editing and radio broadcast production using Avid Pro Tools software, and about video production, filming, lighting and editing using Vegas Pro software. Pictured is student Josh Baker, videotaping Grace Street drummer Jacob McAtee during MPC 2012. Photo submitted by RedBarnRoad Photography
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For more information, contact the L&C Music Department at (618) 468-4731.
L&C Welcomes Nine New Full-time Faculty Members Lewis and Clark Community College welcomed nine new full-time faculty members this fall. Some new, some former adjunct faculty, these educators bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in a variety of fields, from nursing to welding, to the college. “We expected so much so early from our new faculty, many of whom are the only full-time faculty members teaching in their disciplines. They have moved into program leadership and classroom and laboratory instruction roles with such confidence and enthusiasm,” said Linda Chapman, Vice President for Academic Affairs. “We are struck by their new ideas and methods and the energy that they bring to teaching.” Of the nine, five not only became full time faculty, but also joined their programs as new coordinators. They include Darla Long, EMT-Paramedicine; Doyle McClellan, Computer Network Security and Administration; James (Scott) Moss,Restoration Ecology/Storm Water Management; Douglas Schneiderheinze, Business, and Travis Jumper, Welding. Travis’ brother Luke Jumper joined L&C as a full time faculty member and coordinator of Architectural Technology in Fall 2011. Other new full time faculty members added this fall include Jennifer Cline, Sociology; Deadre Holmes, Psychology; DeAnna Massie, Developmental Reading, and Stephannie Meuth, Nursing.
Faculty Spotlight OTA Associate Professor Debbie Witsken is L&C’s 2012 Emerson Excellence in Education Award winner.
(Front row, L to R) Psychology Assistant Professor Deadre Holmes, Ph.D., Dean of Health Sciences Donna Meyer, Dean of Liberal Arts and Business Jill Lane; (second row, L to R) EMT-Paramedicine Instructor and Coordinator Darla Long, Reading Instructor DeAnna Massie, Lewis and Clark President Dale Chapman; (third row, L to R) Nursing Associate Professor Stephannie Meuth, Sociology Instructor Jennifer Cline, Business Professor and Coordinator Doug Schneiderheinze, Welding Instructor and Coordinator Travis Jumper; (back row, L to R) Dean of Math, Science and Technology Sue Czerwinski, Computer Network Assistant Professor and Coordinator Doyle McClellan
Debbie Witsken, Associate Professor in L&C’s Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) program, is the college’s 2012 Emerson Excellence in Education Award winner. “This is the proudest moment of my teaching career,” Witsken said. “It reinforces my passion for teaching.” Witsken began her career at L&C as a lab instructor in the fall of 2007. The following spring, a full-time position opened up in the OTA program, and she has been working her “dream job” ever since. “This is the This fall, she began her fifth year as a proudest full-time L&C employee. “Lewis and Clark is a dynamic place moment of my to work where the faculty and students teaching career.” are challenged to be the best they can be,” Witsken said. “It is evident that faculty and students are part of a culture that promotes innovation, service and life-long learning. I can honestly say I love being a part of the Lewis and Clark family. It is a great feeling to work with a supportive group of faculty who are equally engaged in the teaching and learning processes.” www.lc.edu - 5
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7-foot diptych “Birth to Light,” pictured above, took more than three months and 15 quarts of paint to complete. Jim Price, Professor of Art, History and Culture at Lewis and Clark, said the exhibit was a huge success. Threlkeld was born in April 1944 in the small town of Shelbina, Mo., and grew up in Northeast Missouri and Southwest Illinois. For the past 40 years, he has exhibited his artwork extensively throughout the Midwest and East Coast, and has become a nationally-recognized artist.
Student Art Show 2013 All are invited to visit the Ninth Annual Lewis and Clark Community College Student Art Exhibition, presented by the Art and Computer Graphics/Web Design departments, on view April 19May 10 in Hatheway Cultural Center Art Gallery. Students enrolled in Art Department and Computer Graphics/ Web Design Department classes who made the art during the 2012-13 academic year will be showcased. Award winners from last year’s Student Art Exhibition
‘Dale Threlkeld: Birth to Light’
The inaugural exhibit of the Hatheway Cultural Center Art Gallery opened Aug. 25 and ran through Oct. 4, featuring the brilliantly-colored abstract paintings of American artist Dale Threlkeld. The exhibit, “Dale Threlkeld: Birth to Light,” featured a collection of works, large and small, that call to mind telescopic observations from the Hubble Space Telescope of nebulas, spiral galaxies or supernovas, or aerial views from space looking down at the estuaries of the earth’s great rivers. The seminal painting in the exhibit, the 22-by-
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NGRREC Introduces PISCES A Realtime Water Sampling Device
PISCES (Pontoon for In-situ Characterization of Environmental Systems) is a lightweight pontoon platform that supports water quality and meteorological sampling. The device will be deployed as part of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center’s long term river monitoring research program, GREON (Great Rivers Ecological Observation Network). The device will be the first water sampling platform to be used in a larger network of water quality platforms on the Mississippi River and large rivers around the world. Learn more at www.ngrrec.org. Pictured at top, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Major General John W. Peabody, Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division and President of the Mississippi River Commission, toured the Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station on Sept. 27, 2012. Peabody (left) discussed the field station’s innovative research projects with NGRREC scientists. During the tour, John Chick, NGRREC Director of Aquatic Ecology (center), and L&C President Dale Chapman showed him the real-time water sampling device called PISCES. Above, NGRREC scientists prepare to launch PISCES into the Mississippi River for the first time on Oct. 9, 2012. Photos by S. Paige Allen, Lewis and Clark Community College photographer 8- “Discover”
Local Attorney Donates Island for Research Local Attorney and Philanthropist John Simmons donated a 170-acre island, appraised at $250,000, to the Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation to be utilized by the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) this past August. The forested island, located in Calhoun County in the Upper Mississippi River, provides an ideal setting for both research and conservation, said Dr. Lyle Guyon, NGRREC Terrestrial Ecologist. “By gifting this land to the Foundation for NGRREC’s use, John Simmons is conserving and allowing Attorney John Simmons, left, is pictured at the Confluence Field Station with NGRREC to sustainably manage the L&C Foundation Board members Byron Farrell and Sharon Roberts. island’s natural floodplain forest and wetland communities, which will ensure that they continue to provide benefits to the diversity, as well as the long-term impacts of those efforts numerous wildlife, waterfowl and migratory bird species on wildlife communities.” dependent on riverine habitats,” Guyon said. “In addition Guyon said the land will also provide an educational to initiating a long-term ecological monitoring project to location where Lewis and Clark and the University of study the vegetation and wildlife which inhabit this part of Illinois (both partners of NGRREC) will be able to train the river, the donation of this island to the Foundation will the next generation of ecologists. also allow NGRREC researchers to actively explore the Learn more at www.ngrrec.org. effectiveness of specific methods to restore habitat
NGRREC, L&C Create River Program for High School Students Thanks to the newly developed Mississippi River XChange (MRX) program, local students are making upstream connections along the Mississippi River. Students from Alton High School and Edison High School (Minneapolis, Minn.) are participating in the multi-state program, which aims to link high school students within the Mississippi River Basin to the river in very tangible ways by providing a learning platform for them to discover the river’s differences and similarities together. The MRX program, currently in its pilot year, is partially funded through an environmental education grant awarded by Illinois American Water. It was developed by staff at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) and Lewis and Clark Community College, with input and review from other organizations. “We are excited about this innovative program,” said Natalie Marioni, Environmental Educator with L&C and NGRREC. “Participating students are encouraged to
Environmental Educator Natalie Marioni holds a meeting with MRX students online via Skype. view the river as a whole, and not just study the portion that runs through their backyards. Our hope is to influence young adults to engage in environmental stewardship and to be empowered members of society, helping make our communities more sustainable for generations to come.” Learn more about MRX at www.ngrrec.org. www.lc.edu - 9
Water Festival Makes a Splash at L&C Approximately 530 fifth graders from 10 local schools gathered at Lewis and Clark Community College for the 10th Annual Water Festival in September. Sixteen exhibits were set up to give students hands-on learning experiences ranging from fishing to geocaching. Andrew Raymond, a 10-year old student at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Wood River, especially enjoyed the activities at the festival. “It’s fun,” Raymond said. “You get to go canoeing and fishing. We also learned how to use a GPS during our scavenger hunt.” “We want kids to connect to the importance of water issues, such as conservation, pollution and the presence of invasive species,” said Natalie Marioni, Environmental Educator for L&C and the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. “Through these fun, interactive experiences, we are teaching children that water can be fun, provide substance and is important for all life.”
Meadowbrook Intermediate students investigate macroinvertebrates during Water Fest 2012.
Search keywords “Water Fest” at www.lc.edu to learn more.
RiverWatch Cleanup In August 2012, 35 volunteers took to the Sangamon River and trails to clean up garbage and clear invasive bush honeysuckle from Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve in Mahomet, Ill. The joint effort was coordinated by the Illinois RiverWatch Network and the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy (USRC) with support from the Illinois EPA’s SCALE Grant Program and Republic Services. Armed with gloves, shovels, grabbers, clippers and the will to make the world a better place, the group divided into two teams – Land Lovers and River Rats – and took to cleaning. In five hours, they removed an estimated two tons (dry weight) of garbage from the river, including 24 tires, a water heater, a dishwasher, two clothes washers, several 55-gallon drums (including an herbicide container), three bicycles, a cash register, a kiddie pool, and innumerable bags of everyday household litter like food wrappers and soda bottles. Learn more about RiverWatch at http://ngrrec.org/riverwatch, and about the USRC at http://sangamonriver.org/. More photos from the outing are on Flickr. Top photo: (L to R) Chuck Berschinski, USRC; Nate Keener, NGRREC; Joe Nierenberger, USRC, and Scott Hayes, USRC Bottom photo: (L to R) Rob Law, volunteer; Nate Keener, NGRREC; Mike Boero, USRC, and Joyce Mast, volunteer Photos courtesy of Bruce Colravy, Upper Sangamon River Conservancy (USRC)
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‘Praise Angel,’ Stained Glass Rededicated Time Capsule From Monticello Class of 1889 Unveiled
The Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation’s 1838 and President’s Circle societies hosted a ceremony to celebrate the reinstallation of the extensive stained and art glass collection, which was restored this summer and fall by Jacksonville Art Glass. There are more than 75 stained and art glass features on campus, which were removed and restored to their original luster this summer. The majority of the art glass was added to the historic main complex when it was rebuilt in 1889-1890, following a devastating fire that destroyed the original Monticello in 1888. During the ceremony, the contents of a 123-year-old cornerstone were unveiled. The time capsule was put in place by the 1889 graduating class of Monticello. Although some of the contents were unrecognizeable due to damage caused by a broken seal on the container, many of the contents, including numerous newspapers and clippings, a business card by the architect Theodore Link, a gold coin and numerous other momentos were preserved.
Above, Monticello Foundation Executive Director Linda Nevlin speaks at the stained glass rededication event in Reid Memorial Library.
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Clockwise from top left, staff members of Jacksonville Art Glass are pictured with owner John Krol, center, and L&C President Dale Chapman, right. At top right, Monticello Foundation Executive Director Linda Nevlin uses her key to unlock the time capsule. Above, Nevlin and Maintenance worker Lloyd Maulden recover the capsule from the Caldwell Cornerstone. Pictured above some artifacts from the capsule at left are Greg Cash and Liz Burns, who work in Reid Library, posing for a photo with Nevlin and Cheryl Snirring, right, a curator with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill.
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L&C Receives Three Grants Totaling More Than $1.5 Million
Project Putting Focus on Student Success L&C faculty members Stephen Blount and Stephanie Fernandes have been selected as two of 23 participants in the Global Skills College Completion (GSCC) 2.0, a research and development project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This year’s project launched Aug. 6 when Blount and Fernandes met with the members of GSCC’s second cohort, their coaches and the project staff at an intensive four-day retreat at the New Community College in New York City. Each of the instructors was asked to look closely at what they are doing in the classroom and to figure out how they can do it better. “More than anything, Global Skills has “The in-depth encouraged me to reflect more on whether my learning objectives are aligned with what is awareness and actually going on in the classroom,” said Blount, discussions of who teaches English at L&C. “To one degree or these activities another, there’s a conceptual gap between what will hopefully we as teachers think we’re teaching, what our lead to a more students are actually learning, and what we’re purpose-driven actually doing in the classroom. Global Skills is teaching me to be more aware of these instruction.” differences.” Each week, Blount and Fernandes post a detailed description of their classroom events online and tag portions of them with themes. Then, two GSCC 2.0 colleagues provide feedback using appreciative inquiry to help Blount and Fernandes reflect deeper on their teaching practices. “The weekly lesson posting has allowed me to reflect deeper on my teaching techniques and closely examine the daily classroom activities,” said Fernandes, who teaches math. “The in-depth awareness and discussions of these activities will hopefully lead to a more purpose-driven instruction. It has been intriguing to see my personal teaching patterns, and I look forward to analyzing the data and using the analysis to improve the classroom experience for my students.”
Lewis and Clark recently received not one, but two, prestigious grants from the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education Program in support of its annual Trebuchet competition and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) service technology – each totaling nearly $200,000. The Trebuchet grant will help spread the event to more schools, including those outside of the district, and allow the college to strengthen and build collaborative relationships with engineering schools and industries in the region and track enrollment histories of engineering students. The HEV grant will help the Automotive Technology department reach out to students and their peers to provide them with training critical for servicing the HEV population safely, efficiently and effectively. In August, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that L&C was the recipient of a $1.1 million YouthBuild Grant – one of only five awarded in the state. YouthBuild helps out-of-school youths (ages 16-24) receive pre-apprentice certificate training and GEDs, while training for careers in health, construction, welding or technology fields. The program will impact the lives of more than 64 local young people over the next two years through hands on training and support. www.lc.edu - 15
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