SEPTEMBER 2013
• A MONTHLY PUBLICATION FOR THE STUDENTS OF NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DANVERS, LYNN, & BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS • •READ THE PENNON ONLINE AT: NORTHSHORE.EDU/PENNON•
NSCC PRESIDENTIAL FINALISTS
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CONSTITUTION
WEEK CONTEST
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FROM THE SENIOR WEB EDITOR
BY CALVIN JAVIER GIL, SENIOR WEB EDITOR My name is Calvin Javier Gil, and I’m a writer for The Pennon here at North Shore Community College. I’ve been with The Pennon for two years now, and have had many great experiences here. I’ve written many different kinds of articles and met many interesting new people. Writing at the Pennon has been a very interesting and enjoyable venture, and has helped me grow as a writer and a person. I started writing with The Pennon two years ago, in the fall semester. I was initially interested in getting involved with The Arts and Entertainment Section of the paper; I enjoyed reviewing movies and video games. After talking to Nelson Baker, the staff member working there at the time, I began writing for the paper, and I really enjoyed it. Seeing my work in a printed publication made me feel great
Janice M. Forsstrom, NSCC’s Interim President
by giving me a huge sense of accomplishment. I continued with movie and video game reviews for a couple months, working with Nelson and a couple other people involved with the paper, such as Benjamin Lithgow and Anthony Harris. After being with the paper for about a year, I began to broaden my horizons, thanks to encouragement from my cocontributors. I began to do interviews and research articles, which was even more fulfilling than writing reviews. Interviewing members of the college was a great experience, and both the research and the interview articles had much more substance to them than my usual Arts and Entertainment pieces. I really grew as a writer during this time period; I took more risks, and explored different areas and styles of writing. By this time Nelson had left and Jessie Paiva, a contributor and editor CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
PAC FALL LINEUP AND NEWS
BREAKING BAD
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SEASON 5A
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WELCOME TO
NEWS
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REAL OPPORTUNITIES BY DONNA L. RICHEMOND VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENTS AND ENROLLMENT SERVICES
Welcome! On behalf of the faculty and staff at NSCC, I want to express our appreciation that you chose us. As we are thrilled to have you here this fall semester, we hope you are equally excited. For many, fall signals a number of endings. Not to me. I suppose you could call it an occupational perk, but I see fall as a grand beginning. As the start of the fall semester approaches, I find myself energized by the opportunities waiting just ahead. The NSCC campuses jump back to life with the return of students and the buzz of their own uncontained excitement. There’s certainly no shortage of exciting things happening at the college. On August 1, 2013, Janice Forsstrom became the Interim President of NSCC. She has worked for the college
Donna Richemond: Vice President for Students and Enrollment Services for 34 years in various posimonth of September, the college community will have an opportions, most recently as Vice tunity to meet the final NSCC President of Administration and Finance. Janice will lead the presidential candidates in a varicollege until the new president ety of open forums. You are starts in 2014. Throughout the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
VP JANICE M. FORSSTROM NAMED NSCC INTERIM PRESIDENT Janice M. Forsstrom, North Shore Community College’s Vice President of Administration and Finance, was named Interim President effective August 1, 2013. Forsstrom, who has worked at the college for 39 years, will lead the college from the retirement of President Wayne M. Burton on July 31 until a new President is hired and on the job. The college is currently conducting a Presidential Search and in September will welcome five finalists to campus for interviews with all segments of the college community. “I particularly encourage stu-
FALL FEST
dents, as well as faculty and staff, to attend the sessions on campus with the finalists and provide their input to the Presidential Search process.” (See the College website www.northshore.edu/presidenti al-search/ for information on the finalists and on-campus schedules). "President Burton left a legacy of building hope and opportunity for the region... I want to sustain that legacy and continue forward with a few priority activities in our 2013-16 Strategic Plan. I am looking forward to continuing to fulfill our vision of being an open, accessi-
ble, welcoming college at all our locations (Danvers, Lynn, Beverly) and to meeting the needs of North Shore residents and employers," Forsstrom noted. "I've been fortunate to be part of the tremendous growth of North Shore Community College and blessed with the many colleagues and friendships developed over time - it's a wonderful place to work. I love the people and challenges, and am truly excited for the role that will prepare for transition to a new President later this year!” Forsstrom said. She grew up in Marblehead and has lived in
Peabody for 35 years, during which time she has watched the college’s Lynn, Beverly and Danvers campus grow firsthand. The new Interim President is a long-time administrator with broad based expertise in resource planning and management including finance, strategic planning, information technology and administrative systems, and facilities planning. She started at NSCC in 1974 working in the grants office and worked in a variety of increasingly responsible positions before being named VP in 2003. As VP of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2