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A College of Accomplishments 2013

This publication is dedicated to the late Dr. Pat Medeiros, who taught at SCC for 25 years and served as English Department Chair and Division Chair of English, World Languages and Journalism. Dr. Medeiros impacted the lives of many of her students as well as her colleagues.

To honor Pat’s dedication, the college and her colleagues have established the Dr. Patricia Medeiros Excellence in Learning Scholarship.

A Message from the President With pride and pleasure I present you with this inspiring book of 2013 accomplishments, each page reflecting the energy and commitment to excellence emanating from our students, faculty, staff and programs at Scottsdale Community College.

Our vision, mission and values revolve around one overriding goal: creating student success.

As we strive to give our students every advantage, we must also strive to become our best, do our best and seek out the best. These achievements are a result of that desire. As this booklet attests, our college is full of doers and achievers. We recognize the challenges ahead and respond with action aimed at getting not only the best out of ourselves, our students and our colleagues, but also serving as valuable resource to our surrounding communities.

Please take time to read, reflect on and savor the goodness found here. And thank you for being with us now and in our future.

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SCC was named the 2013 Sterling Award winner in the Big Business category by the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes a company with more than 100 employees making a significant impact on the lives of its employees and the community’s economic fabric.

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“Computers for Kids,” an ongoing partnership between SCC and the Rotary Club of Scottsdale, provided 60 students from Supai Middle School with a free personal computer to use in their home. SCC students in Computer Information Systems rebuilt and refurbished computers collected and donated by Rotary members.

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Dr. Lattie Coor, chairman and CEO of The Center for the Future of Arizona, spoke at SCC as part of the center’s “The Arizona We Want” initiative.

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SCC hosted the 2nd annual Arizona Women’s Conference, with a slate of presenters and workshops designed to bring women from all walks of life together to share their passions, ideas, struggles and successes.

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The annual “Empty Bowls” community fundraiser to fight global hunger raised more than $2,500, with the proceeds going to the Vista del Camino Social Services Center.

The event, hosted by SCC in the school cafeteria, sells modest meals prepared by SCC Culinary Arts, and ceramic bowls made by middle-school students.

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The Scottsdale Charros provided a $5,000 grant to recognize 40 NJCAA All American football players on SCC’s Walk of Honor at Two Waters Circle.

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STU D E N T S A student team won the Accenture Green Data Center Challenge during the 2013 Avnet Tech Games. Will Beauchamp, Jeremy Chiandet and Ryan Kempke each received a $1,000 scholarship from Avnet for their efforts. The games featured 90 teams made up of 250 students from Arizona universities and colleges. The SCC team successfully designed a data center with sustainable features.

Former SCC student Easton White wins a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. As an SCC student, White participated in SCC Undergraduate Research Program, which give students an opportunity to develop scientific research skills under the direction of SCC instructor Dr. John Nagy. White will begin his Ph.D. work at the University of California-Davis this September as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.

Elyse Conley, a NASA Community College Scholar, and Chase Foster, a Computer Information Systems and Business student, were each awarded $1,000 scholarships from the American Association of University Women Scottsdale Branch for their accomplishments as non-traditional students returning to school to pursue their education.

About 120 students from instructor Matt Healy’s English courses planned, coordinated and presented a World Hunger Fair in the fall and spring semesters in the Student Center. The fairs created greater awareness about global hunger issues and raised $3,700 for the non-profit Feed My Starving Children, an anti-hunger group that operates internationally.

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Noah Simpson, a trumpet player in the Music Department, received the 2014 George Benson Honorary Scholarship. The competitive scholarship is awarded to the Music Department’s top student each year.

Five SCC DECA business students were finalists in the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim. Anthony Dykstra placed 3rd overall in Accounting and Madison Cavanaugh-Mailloux and Luke Lujan placed 3rd overall in Business Ethics.

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Twenty-four writing students and 14 art students were honored for their accomplishments during the annual Vortex Creative Writing and Art Awards Reception at The Chaparral Suites Resort in Scottsdale. The event is coordinated and presented by SCC’s Creative Writing Program, led by Sandra Desjardins. The top students in five categories received $100 scholarships. They were: William Kaesche, Cover Art; Nephi Thomas, Creative Non-Fiction and PEN Women Award winner; Sara Haasis, Short Story; Elizabeth Weis, Poetry; and Elizabeth Schauer, Screenplay.

Nursing student Manuela Mikesell received the Chancellor’s Medallion for Leadership for her tireless leadership efforts, including participating in the Backpack School Supply drive for needy tribal students and serving on a panel discussing student debt at ASU.

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SCC graduate Shanice “Malakai” Johnson’s film, “Black Girls Code,” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, and San Francisco Black Film Festival. The film, which focuses on a non-profit organization that gives young girls of color the tools to learn technology, also is a GE Focus Forward semifinalist. The film was co-produced by SCC faculty member Janet Robinson.

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Theatre student Katherine Chambers received Honorable Mention in the Dramaturgy category at the 2013 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VIII in Los Angeles. She attended along with 17 other SCC Theatre students.

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The SCC Odyssey of the Mind team placed 3rd in the classics category at the 2013 World Finals in East Lansing, Mich. The faced off against major universities and international teams.

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As part of Black History Month, the school’s Black Student Union and the Center for Civic and Global Engagement presented a talk by former baseball pitcher Dennis “Bose” Biddle, the youngest player to suit up in the historic Negro Leagues.

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The Latino Students Association sponsored a visit to campus by local author Stella Pope Duarte. Her inspiring book reading and discussion was held in Two Waters Circle as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Psi Gamma Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society received a special commendation to become a “5 Star Chapter” during the Arizona Regional Convention.

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PROGRAMS & DEPARTMENTS The Robotics Club, under the leadership of Math instructor Bill Johnson, took home the top prize in the collegiate division of the inaugural Arizona VEX Robotics Tournament at ASU’s Tempe campus in March.

The club topped ASU, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Phoenix College.

About 1,300 people attended the inaugural “Genocide Awareness Week” in April.

Coordinated by SCC Honors, under the leadership of Honors Advisor John Liffiton, and in partnership with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the talks, displays and exhibits related to atrocities committed in Nazi Germany, Armenia, Rwanda/Burundi, Bosnia and Darfur.

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A participatory public art project designed to put a face on the contributions of immigrants to America displayed larger than life photos of students, faculty and staff near the East Patio. It was sponsored by the SCC Inclusiveness Council and the Council’s Student Leadership team.

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Theatre Arts presented its first student production of the fall season with the light comedy “Hay Fever” by Noel Coward. It was directed by SCC adjunct faculty member Maren Mascarelli.

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The Center for Native and Urban Wildlife partnered with the Arizona SciTech Festival to present the first annual “Full STEAM Ahead” festival on the SCC campus. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

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More than 230 high school students from 16 Valley high schools participated in the 17th annual Math/Science Field Day, coordinated by the SCC’s Math/Science division. The day’s events include a science fair highlighting SCC programs and departments, student testing in math and science, and student competitions with prizes.

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Service-learning & Leadership launched “Artie Has Heart: SCC’s Serve & Learn Day,” a campus-wide opportunity for students to participate in off campus service-learning projects. The inaugural event gave students a chance to volunteer at several nonprofit organizations.

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The Center for Native and Urban Wildlife and The Wildlife Society hosted two successful plant and bake sale fundraisers. The funds were used to help pay for student membership, training and workshops at The Wildlife Society events and workshops throughout the year.

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“He Who Gets Slapped,” a collaborative theatrical project between The FIlm School@ SCC and Theatre Arts premiered at the Performing Arts Center. The adaptation was written by SCC faculty members Randy Messersmith, Chris Jensen and Bill True.

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A scene from “He Who Gets Slapped” was selected to perform at the 2014 Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival in Los Angeles. It was among 10 scenes chosen from 50 nominations.

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The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Benefits Program contributed $175,000 to the Indigenous Scholars Institute Endowment. The Institute is designed to be a premier educational and cultural center, with special focus on top notch instruction, personalized advisement, workforce training and culture-based service to SCC’s Native American students.

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SCC’s Junior ACE program hosted 85 elementary and middle school students from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for two weeks in the summer with a goal of planting the seeds of a college education. The Junior ACE program at SCC launched in 2007 in partnership with the SRP-MIC Education Department.

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The Graphic Design program captured six awards at the Printing Industries of Arizona/New Mexico Premier Print Awards of Excellence. SCC took six of the possible nine awards and had more than 80 student entries.

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SCC international students participating in the State Department’s Community College Initiative Program, partner with the Welcome to America Project, a local nonprofit, to present the second annual “A Taste of the World” festival, with proceeds going to refugee families identified through the Welcome to America Project.

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The College Jazz Orchestra accompanied Grammy-nominated jazz singer Karrin Allyson in a performance at the Tempe Center for Performing Arts.

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Award-winning Phoenix-based designer Lynne Beyer established the Lynne Beyer Design Excellence Scholarship at SCC with a $10,500 endowment.

The Scottsdale Conservatory Theatre Company of 2013 presented “The Sparrow,” written by Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen.

The 14th Annual Drawing Exhibition featured the work of student artists under the direction of SCC Art Professor Robert You.

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The Sculpture Department presented the 9th annual “Iron Pour KOJI IX,” with spectators treated to a visual spectacle of hot wax molds used to create iron sculpture art.

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The Dance program presented “Phantasmagoria,” a dance concert performed by three resident SCC dance companies at the Performing Arts Center.

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The Music Department performed “Little Shop of Horrors,” the musical rock comedy by writer Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken, to standing room only audiences at the school’s Performing Arts Center.

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The Theatre Arts Program presented “Real Women Have Curves,” by Josefina Lopez, in the Blackbox Theatre. It was directed by student James Vallejo.

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The Honors Program and the Arizona Council for International Visitors presented the 7th Annual China Town Hall. It featured a live webcast with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and in-person keynote address from retired U.S. Navy Captain Bradley Kaplan.

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The Instructional Strategic Technology Advisory Committee presented the inaugural TechTalks 2013, an event featuring 18-minute talks by speakers focused on the links between technology and education. TechTalks 2013 was chosen as SCC’s Innovation of the Year.

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A faculty team from the Math Program received an Excellence in Education Award from the National Institute for Staff and Institutional Development for its Open Educational Resources project. The project provided students taking Arithmetic, Intro Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, Trigonometry, and PreCalculus access to extensive online resources, saving them more than $550,000 during the 2012-2013 academic year in book costs.

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Business Evening Faculty Chair Sue Sandblom is selected for a two-year term on the national DECA Collegiate Advisory Board. She also serves as adviser to SCC’s DECA club.

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Stephanie J. Fujii was selected as the Dean of Instruction. Prior to SCC, she served as the Interim Director of the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction (MCLI).

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Dr. Donna Young was recognized as SCC’s Woman of Distinction at the Maricopa Women’s Leadership Group’s annual luncheon.

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Honoring the legacy of Dr. Patricia Medeiros, Division Chair for English/World Languages/Journalism, the SCC community created a memorial scholarship in her name. Dr. Medeiros was also nominated for and will be recognized as SCC’s recipient of the League for Innovation in the Community College Excellence Award.

The Sustainability Council coordinated the installation of five new electric charging stations in Parking Lot H for use by employees, students and visitors to the campus.

The council worked closely with Facilities to make the project a reality.

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Julie Begonia, adjunct faculty in the Equine Science program, was awarded the SCC Adjunct Faculty of the Year award.

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Nancy Neff became executive director of SCC’s Institutional Advancement and Community Engagement team. She previously served as director of Public Relations at Banner Health.

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Cat Dragon, facilities coordinator of the Performing Arts Center, shared her background and pursuit of IAVM’s Certified Facilities Executive designation, in a profile published in an edition of Facility Manager.

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Biology faculty member Russell Haughey was honored with the Doug Morrison Award for his contributions to the management and conservation of Arizona wildlife at the Joint Annual Meeting of the AZ/NM chapters of the Wildlife and Fisheries Societies in Albuquerque.

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Darrell Copp, chair of the Department of Communication and Performance Arts, was honored with the 2013 Diversity Champion award during 19th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Dinner Celebration. Communities Celebrating Diversity presents the awards to those who exemplify Dr. King’s philosophies and enrich the community by empowering others.

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Art instructor Jeanne Wudell was chosen the new SCC College Representative for the Adjunct Faculty Association and began serving a one-year term.

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Dr. Jeremy Muller, adjunct faculty member, received a 2014 Artist Research & Development Grant awarded by the Arizona Commission on the Arts.

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Six Administrative Services division employees were named Startichokes for their exemplary service and contributions to college’s goals and objectives. They are Dulce Meneses, Dee Shipley, Ereka Trede, Barbara Bentz, Yoel Lopez Rato, and Susan Kendall.

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The Film School’s new LEED Silver certified building, opened in 2012, received an award from the Arizona chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council at the group’s Heavy Medals Awards Banquet. SCC Sustainability Coordinator Thomas Williams accepted the award on behalf of the school.

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Three adjunct faculty members received an Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award for 2013. They are: Linda Brown, Business Department; Terry Gustafson, Business; and Nadine Langenhorst, Dance.

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Craig Schumacher, adjunct faculty member who teaches studio recording classes, was nominated for a 2014 Grammy Award for his work on the latest album of singer Neko Case.

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Reading faculty developed innovative course designs to accelerate students through the developmental reading process without compromising academic standards. The result was improved student completion rates.

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The Equine Science program, led by Dr. Pat Evans, presented several educational lectures for horse owners on topics such as the basics of foaling and first-aid for horses. The program’s Community Advisory Council raised nearly $6,000 for student scholarships and aid.

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Theatre Arts Technical Coordinator and adjunct faculty member Alex Keen received the SPRAT Level 1 Certificate: Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians.

The certification evaluates an applicant’s knowledge and skill base in the theatrical rigging discipline. He is one of only 10 Arizonans and 600 worldwide to earn the certificate.

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Librarian Serene Rock presented at the Arizona State Library Association Conference on “eLectrify, eNgage, and eXcite with eCollaboration.”

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Librarian Sheila Afnan-Manns presented on “Student Success Using Open Source Textbooks and Curriculum Materials” at the American Association of Community Colleges conference.

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The Nursing Department moved into a new building that doubled its previous physical size. The renovated HES building provides state-of-the-art facilities for nursing students, including simulation rooms and large lecture halls.

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Head Football Coach Doug Madoski was named WSFL Coach of the Year for his team’s outstanding season.

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Fourteen SCC football players signed with Division 1 NCAA football programs on National Signing Day, the most among all MCCCD schools.

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Head Volleyball Coach Regina Mannix earned her 500th career victory as a coach, becoming the 7th winningest coach among active Division II volleyball coaches.

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The men’s golf team was named Academic National Champions for NJCAA Division I by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

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The women’s volleyball team earned the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association for the 2012-2013 season. The award signifies academic excellence.

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For the second consecutive year, the Artichoke baseball team participated in the NJCAA World Series in Enid, Okla. The Artichokes made it to the second round before losing to Madison College.

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SCC’s football team won its first Valley of the Sun Bowl with a convincing victory over Dodge City Community College in December. The ‘Chokes went 10-1 for the season and won both the conference regular season and the tournament title during a breakthrough season.

Two baseball players, Stephen Tarpley and Sebastian Kessay, were drafted by Major League clubs. Tarpley was drafted in the third round by the Baltimore Orioles and Kessay went in the 21st round to the Houston Astros.

A 40-year reunion of SCC’s first football team included the return of former Head Coach Larry Philpot and 24 members of the original team during Homecoming Weekend.

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Three new members were inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Sandy Martin, an All-American blocker from the 1995-1997 volleyball teams, former SCC head baseball coach Larry Smith and basketball and track and field standout Karen Weitz, joined 8 other Athletic Hall of Fame members.

Scottsdale Community College hired Vernon Mummert, a longtime higher education athletics administrator, as its new Athletic Director.

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