Media issue - Community College of Baltimore County
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Media issue - Community College of Baltimore County
Walking on air Tim Williams enjoys triple duty at WJZ-TV SPRING 2006 • MEDIA ISSUE 1 features how does a clean-cut kid from baltimore wind up with such a dirty job? 3 marge neal travels a meandering road from ccbc to a local newspaper office. 8 COVER STORY wjz-tv’s tim williams does triple duty as meteorologist, news anchor and reporter. 12 when nestor aparicio talks, people listen. and then talk back. 20 departments 6 22 24 BENEFITS ENTREPRENEUR COMMUNITY NEWS Discounts and services for alumni Arlinda Harris helps keep Baltimore beautiful ... inside and out. CCBC moves beyond campus boundaries 10 25 COLLEGE NEWS FINALE CCBC achievements and events An image from the CCBC photo library 15 EXPRESSIONS Alumni talent takes center stage 16 CLASS NOTES Updates on your former classmates 2 Emerge mag az i ne CCBC Chancellor Dr. Sandra Kurtinitis Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement Bruce Berman Senior Director for Public Relations Mary De Luca Editor Bonnie Y. Stecker Art Director/Designer Jodi Ceglia Contributors Kimberly Bleakley, Hope Davis, Jacquelyn Lucy, Dawn Mercurio, Christopher Mihavetz, Christine Rowett, Jannette Witmyer Alumni Contributors Brendon Cavanaugh '03, Shayna Clevenger '99, Heather Marcus ‘99, Meg McKinley '83, Anne B. Mulligan ‘88, Robert Ridgley '87, Douglas R. Sentz ‘93, Mark Trojan ‘84, Brian Vinyard '00, John Young, Jr. ‘89 CCBC Alumni Offices 1.877.alumnus (258.6687) Stephanie Melvin (Catonsville) [email protected] Janice Evans '88 (Dundalk) [email protected] Beverly Stoewer (Essex) [email protected] CCBC Alumni Association 2005 Board of Directors Lewis L. Kubiet Laura Edwards ‘02 President Karen Gunter ‘73 Janet Haley ‘70 Rhonda Malkowski ‘88 Lisa Turner - SGA (C) President-elect Natalia Leimkuhler ‘76 Sabrina Mercer ‘04 Lori Christian ‘91 Roy Moreland ‘63 Secretary Sandy Myers ‘79 Paula Sexton ‘95 Danna A. Williams ‘87 Anthony Brown - SGA (D) Treasurer Jonelle Williams - SGA (E) Emerge is published for alumni by the Institutional Advancement division of The Community College of Baltimore County. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Postmaster and others, please send change of address correspondence to CCBC Alumni Office, 800 S. Rolling Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21228. The comments and opinions expressed within this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of The Community College of Baltimore County or its officers. Dear CCBC Alumni: My first few months at CCBC have been nothing short of amazing. I have been warmly welcomed by both our college and our external communities and am proud to have been chosen to lead CCBC into the next chapter of its remarkable history. CCBC draws strength from its size and its diversity, but its greatest marketing resource is you – our 40,000 alumni. You are our gift to our community and every day you represent the best and proudest work that we have done over the nearly 50 years that our college has served its region. Although the individual colleges that many of you fondly recall now comprise The Community College of Baltimore County, we invite you to rediscover us, to reconnect or stay connected with the college in some positive way. We are one college with three wonderful campuses, each still very much as you remember it. We are working hard to frame a strategic agenda that will transform the biggest community college in Maryland into the best community college in Maryland. If you find yourself on or near the campus, or perhaps if we meet out in the community, please do not hesitate to introduce yourself to me. I am always pleased to meet a CCBC alum and always proud to hear of your wonderful accomplishments. Sincerely, Sandra Kurtinitis Chancellor The Community College of Baltimore County Contributions of articles, artwork and photographs are welcome. Emerge accepts no responsibility for unsolicited items. Address editorial correspondence to: Emerge, Room K217-B, CCBC, 7200 Sollers Point Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21222 or [email protected]. Please include writer/ contributor’s name, address and daytime phone number. Submissions may be edited for clarity or space. CCBC Board of Trustees Thomas M. Lingan, Esq., Chairman Elayne Hettleman, Vice Chairman Evelyn S. Brunner Aurelia T. Burt Regina E. Carson Dorothy E. Foos Linda C. Goldberg The Hon. Barbara Kerr Howe Charles E. Kountz, Jr., Esq. Robert E. Latshaw, Jr. Richard W. McJilton Cecile V. Myrick H. Edward Parker, Jr. 1 Clark Vandergrift The Community College of Baltimore County is an equal access/equal opportunity affirmative action institution. For more information, visit the CCBC Web site: www.ccbcmd.edu. Alumni and families enjoy annual picnic Larger, single-site event set for May 13, 2006 Dear Fellow CCBC Alumni, Our inaugural edition of Emerge, published in spring 2005, received outstanding reviews from many alumni and friends in Baltimore County, as well as throughout the region and nation. We’re pleased that CCBC alumni far and wide are looking to Emerge as a way to stay in contact with the institution that played such an important part in their lives. This issue takes a look at CCBC alumni who have made their unique mark in the communications field, from radio and television to print media. For each of the talented individuals profiled in these pages, we’re certain there are scores more who have found success, thanks in part, to the solid education they received at one of CCBC’s campuses. future ccbc alumni enjoyed balloon scuptures and other treats at the 2005 leap, learn & laugh! picnics. In spring 2005 CCBC alumni enjoyed a series of Leap, Learn & Laugh! picnics at each of the CCBC campuses. On three consecutive Saturdays in May, alumni gathered for picnic lunches while enjoying guitar music by John Adams and Brian Cooney. Clowns playfully mingled throughout the picnic sites making balloon animals and hats, and “Scales and Tails” from the Department of Natural Resources entertained picnic guests with animal demonstrations. Also in this edition, we’ve included a number of new alumni benefits as well as information about several alumni chapters that are forming. The purpose of these chapters is twofold: to give you the chance to network with other graduates in the same field, and to provide professional development opportunities that can help you be more successful in your career. Some alumni and future CCBC alums sported painted faces; others who took the time to sit for caricatures took home lasting souvenirs of the events. Although the atmosphere was fun-filled, all of the campus events also featured learning opportunities. I invite you to take advantage of these wonderful features as you explore all that the CCBC Alumni Association has to offer. CCBC Dundalk attendees toured the Baltimore County Police Academy role-play rooms and toured the campus’ attractive gardens. Falun Gong, an ancient practice for relaxation of mind, body and spirit was highlighted at CCBC Essex and CCBC Catonsville, and a self-defense demonstration and planetarium shows were included at Catonsville. All of the picnics included opportunities for CCBC alumni to learn how to use new voting machine technology and receive a relaxing seated massage. Throughout Emerge you’ll find a variety of chances to actively participate in forming the content of this magazine: Send in a written work or photo for “Expressions;” submit an update for “Class Notes;” volunteer to write or contribute photographic services for one of our features; suggest a subject for an article. Whatever your talent or inclination, we’re anxious to hear from you. Just send an e-mail to [email protected] or call 1-877-alumnus (258-6687). Door prizes for alumni included tickets for families to go to Six Flags Theme Park in Largo, Md. Cathy Fialkowski Majerowicz ‘92, who attended the picnic with her twin sons (William and Gregory) and mother, Jeanne Fialkowski (also of the class of ’92), was the CCBC Dundalk ticket winner. Kirk Thomas ’93 won the drawing at Essex, and Kathy Mayr ’94 was the winner at Catonsville. Your comments and suggestions about how Emerge and the CCBC Alumni Association can better serve you are always welcome. Lewis L. Kubiet President CCBC Alumni Association 800 South Rolling Road Baltimore, Maryland 21228 [email protected] Brendan Cavanaugh Best regards, Mark your calendars now to attend a bigger, single picnic event for CCBC alumni in 2006. This spring’s event will be held at CCBC Essex 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, May 13 and will include the best features from each of the three previous campus events. Alumni will again be treated to tasty food and drinks, live music and entertainment for all ages. More 2006 picnic details are coming your way soon. But if you just can’t wait, log on to our Web site at www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/ index and click on “Calendar of Events” for the latest updates. 2 by bonnie y. stecker photography courtesy of discovery channel Selling diamonds on QVC or pumping septic tanks … it’s all in a day’s work for Mike Rowe To everyone who has ever felt guilty about not having a career plan, look to Mike Rowe and hold your head high. Here’s a man who admittedly – and consciously – has lived a “go with the flow” life, and made it work remarkably to his advantage. Even without a clear-cut occupational strategy, attributes like flexibility, spontaneity and healthy doses of natural talent and charm have made it possible for Mike Rowe to find success in an impressive range of performance venues. Even those who may not recognize the name most certainly will find his face and baritone voice immediately familiar. From humble beginnings in school plays and community theater productions, CCBC Essex alumnus Mike Rowe has plied his talents on stage, in front of the camera and behind the microphone. He helped create and has been the affable host of Your New Home on Sunday morning local television for the past 15 years, and can regularly be seen chatting with Epic Pharmacy customers in the company’s long-running series of TV commercials. Mike also cultivated quite a viewer following during a three-year stint selling diamonds – among other things – on QVC, and recently entertained Bay Area audiences as host of San Francisco’s Evening Magazine. For the popular Discovery Channel, Mike hosted Egypt Week Live! in the Valley of the Golden Mummies, working with archeologists as they opened ancient tombs live on the air. Behind the microphone, Mike Rowe is just as versatile and prolific. He’s narrated more than 1,000 hours of television programming, including Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi, Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV, as well as American Chopper, American Hot Rod and Southern Steel (all on the Discovery Channel). Last year Mike celebrated the debut of his own Discovery Channel series, Dirty Jobs. The program airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m., and takes an up-close (sometimes too close) look at all of the jobs people do so the rest of us don’t have to. The path from an eastern Baltimore County suburb to the tombs of ancient Egypt was not laid out according to any plan. In fact, little that Mike Rowe does is scripted … literally and figuratively. Emerge: How would you describe your childhood in Baltimore? D`b\Ifn\1 Unique. I grew up with a lot of room to wander and roam. My folks had some property that backed up against several hundred acres of dense woods that was owned by the state. It felt like the middle of nowhere. In reality, it wasn’t far from [then] Essex Community College, and maybe a mile from the city line. (continued on page 4) 3 (continued from page 3) E: Do you come from a theatrical family? DI1 My dad has appeared in over 100 plays in community theatre throughout Maryland, and still performs with the Senior Star Showcase at CCBC Essex. My mom plays the piano, and sings in the church choir. Both taught public school. E: What was your first professional gig? DI1 A commercial voiceover for Mattress Discounters in 1980. My music teacher at Overlea High School – Fred King, “King of the Barbershoppers” – turned me on to voiceover work. I had a rather low voice, and Fred told me I could use it to make a little money on the side. “No one will know how old you are,” he said. He was right. We sent out a tape and I got the job. E: Ever named “most likely” to do something? DI1 According to my high school yearbook, I was voted most likeable. Of course, that was 25 years ago. And I may have voted for myself. E: What led you from Overlea High School to CCBC? DI1 To be honest, it was very cheap and very convenient – appealing qualities for a guy with no discernable career path. I am baffled by anyone who knows what they really want to do after graduating high school. I know a lot of people who enrolled in four-year universities way too early, majored in the wrong thing, and spent years trying to “be” whoever it was they had planned on turning into. For me, Essex was a good place to catch my breath and figure it out. It helped me narrow things down. E: Is there any particular CCBC instructor or experience that had a long-lasting impact on your life? DI1 The theatre department was memorable. Scott Black and J.R. Liston were teachers that left an impression. Scott created a fascinating microcosm of the theater world, and accurately showed what that world would be like if you pursued it as a vocation. E: What types of jobs did you have during and after college? E: How did you make the leap from local performer to instant celebrity on QVC? DI1 In college I sold magazines over the phone. Forgive me, but I was really pretty good at it. After graduating from Towson, I sold service contracts on personal computers for a few years. Those jobs were important because I learned that it was possible to make decent money doing something that I didn’t particularly enjoy. That worried me. DI1 I was in a production of Tosca at the Lyric, and enjoying a beer with a friend of mine during intermission. (It’s fun to drink and sing Puccini.) We were across the street in the Mt. Royal Tavern, and the TV was turned to QVC. My friend found it disturbing that people would buy fake diamonds from complete strangers in the middle of the night. I pointed out that we were wearing togas and carrying swords in broad daylight, and that some people might find that disturbing. Anyway, the bartender chimed in and said QVC was holding auditions later that week in the Inner Harbor. I crashed the audition and got hired on the spot. E: When did you realize that you could actually make a living in front of the camera and behind a microphone? DI1 When Blossom went into syndication. E: You’ll have to explain that one. DI1 What I mean is that the field is wide open and the possibilities are endless. I never had a confidence problem – always had a lot of positive feedback, quite a few voiceover jobs, parts in plays, etc. I managed to get an audition with the Baltimore Opera Company, figuring it was a way to get my AGMA [American Guild of Musical Artists] card; then I could get my SAG [Screen Actors Guild] and AFTRA [American Federation of Television and Radio Artists] cards. That was pretty much the only time I had any semblance of a career plan. E: So there was no conscious drive to become host of your own TV show? DI1 All I knew for certain after college was that I didn’t want to sit behind a desk, and I didn’t want to commute in rush hour. The notion of a career was just too big, so I settled for short-term jobs. Most of those jobs turned out to be TV related. And I guess after 20 years and several hundred TV-related jobs, it might look as though I had a career plan. I didn’t. E: Have you ever worked a typical day job? DI1 No thanks. The computer thing was technically full-time, but my attendance record would suggest otherwise. Today, I often work 70 hours a week, but I never work 9-to-5. right: mike takes the stage during a dundalk community theatre production of the rainmaker, 1987. photo courtesy of dundalk community theatre 4 E: Has your quick wit and talent for snappy repartee ever gotten you into trouble? DI1 I was fired twice from QVC, and spent most of my three years there on double-secret probation. I can’t say for sure that wit was the cause. E: You do a lot of voiceover work. What’s the best part about that aspect of your career? DI1 I like long form documentary. I did a 10-hour series on commercial crab fishing for Discovery called The Deadliest Catch, and really enjoyed telling the story. In general though, voiceover is great because it’s creative, anonymous, efficient and profitable. It’s also insanely competitive, and a lot harder than you think. “I have a healthy fear of most dangerous things, but when you work alongside people who don’t, you either suck it up or look like a sissy.” mike rowe E: How did the idea for Dirty Jobs come about? DI1 I was hosting Evening Magazine in San Francisco, and started profiling local people who had disgusting but important jobs. The idea was to offer my services as an apprentice, and show the viewer, through my bumbling and often disastrous efforts, just how difficult the work is. The segment became popular, and I sent one of the more memorable ones – artificial cow inseminator – to the Discovery Channel. They ordered a series. E: What’s the dirty job you would never even consider doing again? DI1 A dozen come to mind. But if you want just one, I’ll go with catfish noodler. Noodling means fishing with your bare hands, usually in a swamp or bayou. The noodler typically stands in four to five feet of fetid water, running his hands through black, smelly, oozy mud, searching for a hole where a catfish of indeterminate size may be sleeping. This is done with the intention of provoking the fish into biting the hand of the noodler, at which point the noodler will attempt to grab the fish by the jaw, and pull it from the mud barehanded. (I swear this is true.) It is a surprisingly efficient way to fish, but in my opinion, a surprisingly stupid one as well. Where there are catfish, there are also alligators, copperheads and snapping turtles. All noodlers have multiple scars, and only a few have all their fingers. E: Have you ever been in the middle of a dirty job and realized, “This isn’t as bad as I thought it would be?” DI1 No. E: Is there one that was a lot worse than you anticipated? DI1 Bat biologist. The largest concentration of mammals in the world can be found in Bracken Cave, in the form of 40 million Mexican free-tail bats. Once a month, a biologist named Jim Kennedy goes deep into the cave to check on the health of the colony. (Bats apparently are very important to the environment.) Anyway, the air in Bracken Cave is toxic with ammonia, so we don gas masks. On the ground lies tons of moist guano, which Jim and I must wade through. In the guano live billions of flesh-eating beetles, waiting for bats to plummet from the ceiling and perish in their own excrement. The bats themselves are highly agitated by our presence, chirping wildly, and covering us in a steady rain of urine and poop. They are also giving birth, and peppering me with placentas. Bracken Cave is a dirty, dirty hole. E: How do you come up with ideas for the show? DI1 I make a list of things I would never want to do. E: Is anyone ever offended that you think his/her job is dirty enough to make for interesting TV? right: work at an oyster reef is a dirty and wet - job. far right: mike holds a bunch of taro at kukui farms, a taro field outside of hawi, hi. photos courtesy of discovery channel. check out more of mike rowe’s gigs on dirty jobs at www.discovery.com. 5 DI1 The people themselves are usually flattered. On the other hand, corporations, like sausage makers for instance, are hesitant to associate their brands with dirt and filth. E: Do all of your wild and varied experiences make you the “Cliff Claven” of your social circle? DI1 I am a good and dependable Trivial Pursuit partner. E: Which one of your experiences has most freaked out your parents? DI1 I once used a garden shovel to remove hundreds of pounds of coagulated grease from the walls of a waste pumping station in Wisconsin. The job required me to wear a rubber suit and stand in a well of human waste. My father hasn’t quite gotten over it, and my mother won’t discuss it. E: Do you have any advice for aspiring performers? DI1 Yeah. Don’t take any advice. In this business, there is no straight line to follow and no justice at all. Most everyone I know who does what I do will struggle all their life to stay even. And the few who have done OK, including me, have no idea why. We’re just guessing, and like to sound smarter than we are. E: What’s left on your list of things to do or places to go? DI1 Happily, that particular list is in the process of being revised. alumni benefits You received more than just a great education at CCBC. As an alumnus, you’re entitled to a wide range of benefits like those detailed below. We’re always working to add even more opportunities for you, so be sure to check this page in future editions of Emerge or www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/index for alumni benefit news. CCBC defines alumni as those students who have graduated with an associate degree, completed a certificate program, or completed 30 or more credit hours at any campus. CCBC Libraries University Alumni Travel CCBC Alumni members have borrowing privileges at all three campus libraries by presenting their alumni membership cards. Six Flags Amusement Park Contact the Alumni office at 1.877.alumnus (258.6687) to purchase discount tickets to Six Flags America for the 2006 season. Enjoy all the rides like Batwing, Superman Ride of Steel and Hurricane Harbor waterpark. Tickets are just $32 each, a substantial savings over the gate price of $54.99. Counseling Services Individualized academic, personal and career counseling is available on each campus by appointment. For more information or to make an appointment, call: Catonsville 410-455-4382 Dundalk 410-285-9809 Essex 410-780-6368 You can take advantage of the perfect weeklong getaway at the location of your choice for only $349. At University Alumni Travel Benefits, choose your vacation spot at any of its worldwide resorts. Call the CCBC Alumni office at 1.877.alumnus (258.6687) for your special order code. Career Development/Job Placement Services Services include individual career counseling, planning, testing, job hunting skills, resume writing, and interviewing and placement services. For further information, call: Catonsville 410-455-4242 Dundalk 410-285-9927 Essex 410-780-6732 WorkingAdvantage.com Health/Life Fitness, Physical Development/Education Centers Racquetball, tennis courts and gymnasiums are available free of charge on a first come, first served basis when not in use by CCBC classes or teams. For more details, call: Catonsville 410-455-4430, Dundalk 410-285-9743 or Essex 410-780-6735 Swimming pool privileges are available free of charge during “open swim” hours. For hours call: Catonsville 410-455-4470, Dundalk 410-285-9743 or Essex 410-780-6342 Circuit Center privileges are available for alumni at each of the campuses. Fees and hours may vary. For information call: Catonsville 410-455-4470, Dundalk 410-285-9717 or Essex 410-780-6342 You must present your alumni membership card to access these areas. Save on movie tickets, baseball tickets and other entertainment venues as well as on shopping with WorkingAdvantage.com. There are plenty of venues in Baltimore where you can save money too. CCBC Alumni Association members get access to special discounts. Contact Alumni Relations at 1-877-ALUMNUS or visit our Web site at www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/ index for more information and to get access to the order code. Find out more For information regarding alumni benefits, services and events on the CCBC campuses, or to obtain or replace your alumni card, call 1.877.alumnus (258.6687) or contact: Catonsville 800 S. Rolling Road A-104 [email protected] Dundalk 7200 Sollers Point Road K-217C [email protected] Essex 7201 Rossville Road J-121 [email protected] And remember to check out our Web site at www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/index. 6 alumni benefits Win a 2006 Scion xB! Call now to purchase your tickets for the annual CCBC Student Scholarship Raffle. Each $10 ticket gives you a chance to win the grand prize of a 2006 Scion xB. Second prize (one winner per campus) is an Apple computer, and third prize (one winner per campus) is a three-day, two-night getaway (hotel accommodations only; selected destinations). Planned giving reaps benefits now and in the future You’d be surprised just how much careful financial, estate and tax planning can benefit you now … and CCBC later. Planned giving provides immediate rewards to the giver, and long-term benefits to the gift recipient. CCBC can help you create a purposeful, effective strategy for achieving your financial goals while generously supporting the work of the college in the community. Winning tickets will be drawn at the CCBC Alumni Bull Roast on Saturday, March 25 at the Hawks Pleasure Club in Essex. You need not be present to win. Proceeds benefit scholarships and programs at CCBC. For more information or to purchase tickets, call: CCBC Catonsville 410-455-4944 CCBC Dundalk 410-285-9463 CCBC Essex 410-780-6208 For information regarding planned giving options at CCBC, contact Woodrow Powell at [email protected] or 410-780-6832. benefits Massage Therapy Clinic The Massage Therapy Clinic, located at CCBC Essex, is now open to alumni. Enjoy a relaxing one-hour massage by students in the Massage Therapy program. Alumni recveive $5 off the regular fee. To schedule an appointment, call 410-780-6598. Calling all zoo lovers! Does your company provide insurance or financial services that would be of interest to more than 40,000 alumni throughout Maryland and across the nation? Contact the CCBC Alumni office at 1.877.alumnus (258.6687) to discuss how we can add your product or service to our growing list of benefit providers. Membership Management Services Membership Management Services has provided discounts for CCBC Alumni Association, Inc. members using the Alamo, Hertz, National, Budget and AVIS rental car agencies as well as discounts to select Choice Hotels across the nation. Contact the alumni relations offices at 1-877-ALUMNUS (258-6687) or go to the Web site at www. ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/index.html for more information on how to obtain your discount cards. As a member of the association, you can save on admission prices to the zoo. Ticket prices are as follows: Adults: $13.50, children (2-11) $9 and Seniors (65+) $11. Tickets are good for any day from March 1 through December 31 except June 9, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Call or come by any CCBC Alumni office to get your tickets. Go to www.marylandzoo.org to find out what’s happening at the zoo. Become a benefit partner Children’s Learning Centers Part-time and full-time programs are available for children two to five years of age. The centers are fully licensed by the Maryland Department of Health. For more information, call: Catonsville 410-455-4242 Dundalk 410-285-9890 Essex 410-780-6900 7 Arlinda’s Place is THE place to get your skin in great shape. CCBC Alumni Association, Inc. members get a 10 percent discount off any service worth $50 or more. Treat yourself to a European facial, expert body massage or spa body scrub. Show your alumni card to get the discount. Contact Arlinda’s Place at 410-298-8778 to schedule your appointment. Stay updated via e-mail Find out what’s happening at the college each month and get information on new benefits, services, upcoming association meetings and events - all by e-mail. For more information, go to our Web site at www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/index, e-mail us at [email protected] or call us at 1-877-ALUMNUS. ACCIDENTAL JOURNALIST the One woman’s circuitous journey to the fourth estate by marge neal photography by rob ridgley Emerge took Marge at her word when she made a broad offer to write an article or two for CCBC’s new alumni magazine. In a moment of weakness she agreed to author a first-person feature. While Marge may question the wisdom of that decision, we still think it was a fine idea. Take my word for it. This would be a far more interesting article if I was writing it about someone else. Several months ago, when asked if I would be interested in writing for this newly launched magazine, I didn’t hesitate when I answered in the affirmative. And when I got my first assignment, I felt honored and ecstatic. For about 10 seconds. That’s when I learned that my first subject would be a difficult and less than cooperative one ... me. Being asked to write an article about yourself is a little bit like being asked to write your own obituary. And maybe there are those who would like to do that. Me? I’m willing to take my chances on someone else doing the deed. This assignment, which has caused many second thoughts since being accepted, has proven to be a task that has caused more than a little bit of discomfort, dread and anxiety. But the opportunity to reminisce about a college that means the world to me, and talk about two professions I am honored to have been a part of, far outweighed the personal angst caused by the assignment. Here goes. I am an accidental journalist. That will probably make a lot of old newspaper people cringe, but there you have it. I’m not writing because of some lifelong desire to be a newspaper reporter or to fulfill the fantasy of exposing bad guys, extolling the virtues of the good guys and otherwise making the world a better and safer place. I’m writing because of an early midlife crisis that found me – as a longtime Recreation and Parks supervisor – shopping under “R” in the want ads of the daily paper nearly seven years ago. I had worked as a radio broadcaster in the early 1980s and was looking for a new job either in recreation or radio. Nestled among the ads recruiting realtors, restaurant workers and research assistants was one for a reporter at a community weekly newspaper. Hmmm, I thought to myself. I could do that. All they can do is say “no.” They – the friendly and apparently desperate folks at The Dundalk Eagle – said yes. And the rest is history. I owe all the credit for my new career in journalism to the letter R. But even though I came to this career relatively late in life, the building blocks have been there all along. Sometimes the brick wall has to crash for us to take notice. Individual bricks had fallen on me at various times; I just didn’t get the message. 8 The seeds to chronicle life through words and pictures were always there, but to me it was just fun. I got my first camera for Christmas the year I was in fourth grade. I instantly became the class historian. In poorly composed, often under-exposed snapshots that routinely featured part of my thumb, I documented the activities of my elementary school classmates. The cameras and ability improved over the years. High school journalism classes landed me on the yearbook staff as the photographer. But the closest I came to pursuing a remotely related career was the short-lived – it died during a bout of substitute teaching – desire to be a high school English and drama teacher. I stumbled upon a part-time job as a recreation leader and was told by an early mentor that Rec and Parks was a legitimate field, complete with its own college curriculum, and that [then] Catonsville Community College just happened to have a program. Off I went. While at Catonsville, I came into my own as a student and as a human. Willa Brooks, then a young teacher and now chairman of CCBC’s Recreation, Parks and Tourism program, took me under her wing. She was the first person to tell me I was smart and instilled in me a confidence that had never existed. Brooks was an inspiring, encouraging mentor who went out on a limb to give me some incredible opportunities outside the classroom that, had I failed, would have made her professional peers question her sanity. But even while studying Rec and Parks, bricks continued to rain down upon my head. I continued my unofficial role as photographer, snapping into history events of the student Recreation and Parks Society. I also chronicled four summers of Camp Heritage, which was founded by Brooks for two purposes: to provide a quality nature day camp for youngsters while also creating a meaningful field experience for Rec majors who worked at the camp. I served as editor of Recreation and People, the Rec Society’s newsletter, and also The Changing Times, a weekly campus-wide publication that listed events and activities at Catonsville. Several years later, I would serve as public relations coordinator for the Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks. I wrote brochures and press releases, designed fliers, edited the departmental newsletter and photographed events. But still no thought to a career in journalism. Fast forward to 1999, when the Rec gig had about played itself out. What started as an ignorable itch to do something different became a longing of epidemic proportions and I started job shopping. After seeing the Eagle ad, I threw caution to the wind and applied. Three weeks later, I was a newspaper reporter. Talk about feeling like a fraud. Here I was, this Rec and Parks supervisor, staring into a computer I didn’t even know how to turn on. Eagle Editor Wayne Laufert, hopeful he had hired the right person but hedging his bets in case he didn’t, assigned me to what I affectionately referred to as the “warm and fuzzy” beat. “ I owe all the credit for my new career in journalism to the letter R. ” marge neal While my more esteemed colleagues were writing about house fire deaths, a gunman holed up with hostages and the antics of local politicians, I was writing about stuffed animals, retiring school principals and churches celebrating anniversaries. But eventually I had to be trusted with headier topics — all my colleagues quit within a three-month span and, with 10 months under my belt, I was the senior reporter. I think it was around that time that Laufert started to go gray. Almost seven years into this career, I have been recognized with photography and writing awards from state, regional and national press and journalism organizations. But it is I who am honored to be a part of this profession ... honored to have been allowed into people’s lives at their highest of highs and lowest of lows. Honored to tell the stories of everyday people and their accomplishments, their tragedies, their quirky hobbies or collections, their community activism and their political aspirations. 9 And perhaps the biggest honor – and the most responsibility – comes with writing an obituary. To put into words what becomes a send-off to a human life is pretty intense. So, I’m an accidental journalist for now. And though I’m not currently using my Rec and Parks education in that field, it was the CCBC education, mentoring and extracurricular opportunities that paved the way – in however a circuitous manner – to this job. And will no doubt pave the way for whatever I decide to do next. I might not be hired as a brain surgeon or an astronaut, but pretty much everything else is on the table. Editor’s note: We’d like to congratulate Marge Neal on her most recent honor: Third place for best sports feature story or series in the annual National Newspaper Association Better Newspaper contest. Marge bested other writers nationwide with her two-part series on a local Paralympic swimmer. college news Kurtinitis chosen as new CCBC chancellor Sandra L. Kurtinitis, former president of Quinsigamond Community College in Massachusetts was appointed chancellor of The Community College of Baltimore County in November 2005. Her selection by the Board of Trustees followed an extensive national search. Kurtinitis is no stranger to Maryland. She spent 22 years as a professor of English, department chair and academic coordinator at Prince George’s Community College, received her master’s degree in British Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park, and earned her Ph.D. in American Civilization from The George Washington University. “Baltimore County is pleased to welcome Dr. Kurtinitis as the new chancellor of CCBC,” commented County Executive James T. Smith, who was on hand at a campus welcome event and proclaimed Nov.1, 2006 “Sandra Kurtinitis Day” in Baltimore County. “My administration recognizes the enormous positive impact of CCBC on the community and we look forward to partnering with Dr. Kurtinitis on initiatives that further the education, training and enrichment needs of Baltimore County residents,” Smith said. “We’re proud that CCBC plays a major role for more than 100 local businesses and nearly 70,000 credit and non-credit students each year.” BBJ ‘Book of Lists’ ranks CCBC as the largest college in the Baltimore area CCBC author chronicles lives of Bethlehem Steel communities and their women The Baltimore Business Journal’s “Book of Lists 2006” puts The Community College of Baltimore County in the top spot on its list of “Largest colleges and universities in the Baltimore area” based on full-time enrollment for Fall 2004. CCBC History and Anthropology Professor Karen Olson took to heart some oft-repeated advice to authors: write what you know. After more than 20 years of research, she knows the communities of Turners Station, Dundalk and Sparrows Point, Md. Karen shares her knowledge and insight about the history of those communities in her book, Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Community. CCBC led the category with 19,968 enrolled students, followed by Towson University with 17,667 students and Anne Arundel Community College with 14,421 students. Towson led in last year’s list and CCBC was listed fourth. Recognition of CCBC as a single, multi-campus college has resulted in this #1 listing. CCBC graduates garner two full Regents Scholarships for transfer students Rebecca Ellick and Esther Markwordt, June 2005 graduates, were awarded University System of Maryland (USM) Regents Scholarships for 2005-2006. Regents Scholarships recognize exceptional students transferring from any of the 16 Maryland community colleges to any institution in the University System of Maryland. This year, 50 students were nominated for the 11 full and six partial scholarships. CCBC Dundalk students received two of the full scholarship awards, which cover the total cost of in-state tuition and mandatory fees, living expenses (equivalent to campus room and board) and a book stipend. Dundalk, Md. resident Rebecca Ellick, recipient of the Kelly Regents Scholarship, has continued her education at University of Maryland School of Nursing. Rebecca is a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA). Esther Markwordt received the Schaeffer Regent Scholarship. The 19-year-old Eastwood, Md. resident, who maintained a 4.0 GPA at CCBC Dundalk, now attends Towson University majoring in Spanish with an eye toward a career in medicine. Another CCBC alumna, Glyndon, Md. resident Laura Martin, was recognized for her academic achievement by the USM Regents Scholarship Committee and received a Kelly Academic Opportunity Grant of $3000. A former CCBC Catonsville student, Laura now attends the University of Baltimore. dr. kurtinitis (left) enjoys impromptu conversations with students. 10 Recently published by Penn State University Press in University Park, Pa., Wives of Steel examines area history, specifically examining how women experienced deindustrialization differently than men. Karen conducted more than 80 formal interviews with women and some men, both white and black, all of whom were part of Sparrows Point as workers, spouses, or longtime residents of the local communities. CCBC School of Health Professions ranked 45th nationally in degrees awarded Community College Week (CCW) in its Dec. 1, 2005 issue ranked The Community College of Baltimore County School of Health Professions as 45th in the nation in awarding associate degrees in Health Professions and related Clinical Services. CCBC was the only Maryland community college listed in CCW’s top 50. CCW used data from the U.S. Department of Education that showed the CCBC School of Health Professions with a 30 percent increase in the number of graduates from the preceding year. “This national ranking is testament to CCBC’s proactive approach to addressing the shortage of health care workers by educating highly skilled professionals for the workplace,” notes Sandra L. Kurtinitis, CCBC chancellor. Earlier in 2005, the Baltimore Business Journal ranked the CCBC School of Health Professions as the third largest professional school in Maryland, behind Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and University of Maryland School of Nursing. Noted design magazine honors Emerge for communication excellence The inaugural edition of Emerge won an award from Graphic Design USA for “excellence in communication and graphic design.” Graphic Designs USA, a magazine for professional graphic designers, received approximately 11,000 entries for the competition. This is the 43rd year that Graphic Design USA has hosted this competition and it is noted as one of the most prestigious in the industry. Of the 11,000 nationwide entries, only 10 percent received awards. New Hunt Valley center offers training and education to individuals and businesses CCBC relocated its Hunt Valley center to an expanded location in July 2005. The new 20,000-square-foot facility, located at 11101 McCormick Road, provides CCBC with twice the capacity to expand its course offerings for individuals, businesses and organizations in the Hunt Valley area. CCBC Hunt Valley offers a wide range of courses for those seeking academic degrees and life enrichment in everything from the arts to technology, while expanding offerings to the business community and adult learners. CCBC Hunt Valley houses corporate and general purpose classrooms, specialized allied health facilities, computer labs and a comprehensive, customized workforce training facility. For more information about CCBC Hunt Valley, call Donna Reihl at 410-771-6835 or visit www.ccbcmd.edu to access class schedules. New CCBC Web site features Alumni Services CCBC will soon roll out an all-new college Web site, and featured front-and-center is a new content area for “Alumni Services.” This new area pulls together all of CCBC’s online information and resources of interest to college alumni, including continuing education opportunities, events, alumni benefits, an online transcript request form, college athletics, performing arts and more. The new site includes a bold new design and a more intuitive navigational system. These features of the new site were developed over the past year based on careful research into user needs and preferences, including a series of focus groups, an online survey and a review of other Web sites from colleges across the nation. Take a sneak peak at the new home page at www.ccbcmd.edu. Student-athletes named to NJCAA 2005 All-American lacrosse teams Nine student athletes from CCBC were named to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s 2005 All-American lacrosse teams. Four women players from CCBC Catonsville received the honor after their team won the 2005 NJCAA Women’s Lacrosse Invitational Championship in Garden City, N.Y. Five male players from CCBC Essex made the honorary team after their team lost the championship contest to Herkimer County Community College (N.Y.). All-American Lacrosse team members include Monica Buck, Alison Smith, Amie Barcikowski, Melissa Seesz, Johnathan Beard, Daniel Carmack, Evan Kay, Travis Begay and William Sadtler. college news Faculty member Brian Comotto wins third Emmy for daytime drama music Hidden in the quiet recesses of the “E” building basement on the Essex campus is a state-of-the-art music production studio. This is where you often can find CCBC’s three-time Emmy winner, Brian Comotto. Brian is part of a team of music directors and composers who received Emmys in 2002, 2003 and 2005 for “outstanding achievement in music direction and composition for a daytime drama.” They were also nominated in 2001 and 2004. Their music sets the tone on the daytime hit, All My Children. Brian was a graduate student at NYU when he got the chance to work with All My Children. Now, living back in Maryland, he journeys to New York several times a year to work with the team on new music. Brian received his B.A. in music from Towson University and his M.A. from NYU. An adjunct Music program faculty member at CCBC, Comotto teaches Introduction to Audio Technology I and II, required courses in CCBC’s 30-credit certificate program in Music Production and Audio Technology. Equipped with computers and a MIDI room, CCBC’s music production studio has a variety of uses – serving as the classroom for audio technology classes as well as a recording studio for music demos for local musicians. CCBC Catonsville athlete Melissa Seesz was named a NJCAA Academic All-American with a grade point average of 4.0. Melissa plays both volleyball and lacrosse; she graduated from CCBC in Spring 2005 and is studying psychology at Lock Haven University in Pa. Volleyball and lacrosse player Monica Buck and softball player Sarah Knotts won distinguished Academic All-American awards. ccbc allied health students gain practical experience in the hunt valley center’s new phlebotomy lab. In November 2005, two CCBC Catonsville volleyball players were named to the 2005 All-Maryland JUCO volleyball team. Michelle Davis was selected to the All-Maryland JUCO first team. Brittany Fleming was named to the All-Maryland JUCO honorable mention team. 11 brian comotto recently added a third emmy to his collection. It’s always a SUNNY for WJZ’s Tim Williams Tim Williams is always amused by people’s perceptions of his job as a news anchor. “They think that the life is glamorous and we make tons of money.” Wrong on both points, according to Tim. “Anchors and reporters are not the decision makers who mandate which stories air and which do not,” he remarks. “Although we co-write the news and proof information, we do not have the final word on what is broadcast. Assignment editors, managers and producers make that decision.” Tim Williams’ smiling face brightens the airwaves of WJZ-TV (Channel 13), the local CBS affiliate, Wednesday through Sunday each week as he forecasts the weather, reports on news and anchors the weekend morning news with Sharon Lee. He’s currently the only on-air personality in the Baltimore area to juggle these diverse duties. “The weather personalities have a much greater say in what is aired since they create their own reports and maps,” he explains. The downside of this privilege is that weather personalities are considered “essential personnel” at the station, and are out in all kinds of weather to make sure that accurate conditions are broadcast. “Sometimes we’re the only people out on the road, driving in pretty hazardous conditions,” Tim remarks. Another hazard is facing area students and teachers when a prediction of snow goes awry! Gift of Gab A Baltimore native, Tim grew up in Forest Park and his family still lives in the Baltimore area. In 1981 he graduated from Merganthaler Vo-Tech High School (aka Mervo) where he was a drafting major. Because of his self-described “gift of gab,” 12 DAY by jacquelyn lucy photography by rob ridgley he thought of pursuing a career in sales or retail after college. His instincts proved right as he was one of the first corporate sales people for MCI in Maryland. He had applied to the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) at both its New York and Los Angeles campuses with an interest in design and fashion merchandising. Design piggybacked on his drafting background, and fashion merchandising appealed to his interest in retail sales. But he couldn’t be accepted at FIT until he had completed a full semester of college-level coursework. Tim found his true calling when he attended CCBC Catonsville in the early 1980s. “Going to Catonsville was a ‘no-brainer’ for me,” he quips. “It was convenient, inexpensive, and it gave me the opportunity to decide what career I really wanted to follow.” In 1981, after his fall semester at CCBC, Tim was accepted at both of the FIT campuses. However, fate, Mom and the Olympics intervened. “Los Angeles was gearing up for the 1984 Olympics and became far too expensive for me to live there. And my mother was so stressed about a move to New York City that both ideas were scrapped. I stayed in Baltimore,” he says without regret. (continued on page 14) 13 (continued from page 13) Broadcasting wins out Tim credits his CCBC experience with sparking an interest in broadcasting. “Everything there seemed to drive me to communication as a career,” he remarks. After a year and a half at Catonsville, Tim transferred to Towson University, where he earned his B.A. in Mass Communication. Several years later, he enrolled in the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland (BIM). His BIM internships included stints at WWIN-AM radio, the Mayor’s Office of Communication cable station and Maryland Public Television (MPT). At MPT, Tim interned for Dave Durian (currently on WBAL-AM radio with his own show, Dave Durian & the Morning Team), his first mentor. As Tim recalls, “He made me write wire copy over and over again until I got it right, and would make me sit in the anchor chair and read from the teleprompter. It was wonderful preparation, although I’m not sure that I appreciated it at the time.” position with a major network affiliate, WJZ-TV. His first reporting story at WJZ was about Baltimore’s new football team, the Ravens; his favorite story was the snowstorm of January 1996. Tim will soon celebrate his tenth anniversary as a weatherman at WJZ, and recently received his degree in meteorology from Mississippi State University. Despite his longevity with a single station - a rarity in most media markets - he is still a relative newcomer in WJZ’s weather department compared to station weathermen Bob Turk, who has been there for 33 years, and Marty Bass, who is a 29-year veteran. Tim cites national weather personalities Spenser Christian (formerly with Good Morning America) and Al Roker (NBC’s Today Show), as his professional heroes, along with his cohorts at WJZ. Bryant Gumbel and WJZ legend Al Sanders are two other broadcasting professionals who inspired him to pursue a television career. Tim, his wife of 16 years, Sandra, their 10-year-old son T.J. (Tim, Jr.) and dogs Mufasa and Maxx are happily ensconced in Maryland. At home, he continues a lifelong hobby of collecting and restoring vintage cars. His current pride and joy is a gray 1992 SAAB convertible. Tim is also an accomplished musician who plays the piano, guitar and drums. He has recently cultivated interests in gardening and cooking as well. Since his days at CCBC as a student, Tim has returned to the college several times to cover news stories, and occasionally still visits just to walk around CCBC Catonsville to enjoy the campus ambiance. Tim is a contented man, his smiling face and calm demeanor reflecting satisfaction with both his personal and professional lives. “Most people spend a lifetime trying to get back home,” he muses. “I reached it early and I am very content.” Dave’s memories are similar. “Tim was older than the typical intern with whom he was competing for jobs. But he had a natural talent for broadcasting and used his age as an advantage,” he continues. “His calm demeanor both on and off the camera has served him well over the years.” As Dave recalls, “Tim still seemed a little hesitant about broadcasting as a career. But since he seemed like he was dipping his toe into the pool, I pushed him in!” That push actually propelled Tim into his first entry-level job in broadcasting. From January 1991 until September 1993, he was a “one-man band” at WHAG-TV (NBC Channel 25) in Hagerstown, Md. “I did everything - reporter, photographer, 11 p.m. news anchor and co-producer,” he remarks. The wealth of experience he gained at WHAG prepared him for his next broadcasting job, a two-year stint as reporter and weekend morning anchor at WTLV, the NBC station in Jacksonville, Fla. Back to Baltimore Since his family and friends live in the Baltimore area, it was natural for Tim to want to be nearer to home. His third job in broadcasting proved to be the charm a move back to Baltimore for an on-air tim williams’ energetic personality is well suited to the hectic pace of a tv newsroom. 14 e express expressions writing as the front turns to a storm you see the lightning that has the power to enflame a city or to darken no matter--once you are struck nothing is ever the same. writing is the scalpel that rips you in half and there are no stitches to put you back to where you were Douglas R. Sentz Jr. ‘93 Fountain of Highlandtown Mark Trojan ‘84 The People’s Pope The Poet Wind blows the clouds Like soft lightning. Swans skate on shimmering water. The poet reads her poems. More than lines on a page, They sing of her spirit. Anne B. Mulligan ‘88 Hawaii Heather Marcus ‘99 For the year was 1920, the 18th of May. God must have wanted it to be this way. For Karol and Emilia Wojtyla would have such joy. The birth of their third child, Karol Jozef, a baby boy. You excelled through the church that’s for sure. Officially appointed archbishop of Krakow in 1964. What must have seemed like a gift from heaven. Pope Paul VI appointed you to Cardinal in 1967. Our faithful were hurting and things did not look great. How things would change on October the 16, 1978 God must have heard our cries. You accepted the appointment with tears in your eyes. You were forever trying to even the score. Calling on the wealthier nations to share with the poor. Never wanting to support a fight. A vocal advocate for human rights. Reaching out across the world with your touch. The world is in mourning, we miss you so much. For the life that you lived, we now rejoice. With the faith of God, let us sing with one voice. Thank you for your Faith, Love and Hope. You will forever be “The People’s Pope.” With Love, John Do you have a creative side you'd like to share? Send your photos, drawings, short written works or other artistic expressions to [email protected]. Digital photos must be in jpeg, tiff or eps format, preferably 600 dpi. Be sure to include your name, mailing address, daytime phone number and year you graduated from/attended CCBC. like a low lying cold front over the mountains you can smell the pulse you can hear the tremble..... John Young Jr. ‘89 Editor’s note: The above is an excerpt of a longer work. For the full text, send an e-mail request to [email protected]. 15 class n o t e s THE 1960s Joanne Sebly ’68 (Teacher Education) is now an English teacher for the Queen Anne’s County Board of Education. She lives in Centreville, Md. THE 1970s Frank A. Knecht, III ’73 (General Studies) is a truck driver supervisor for Marcor Environmental. He received his B.A. from UMBC. Kaye Quinn ’74 and ’04 (Registered Nursing and Massage Therapy) finished the Certified Massage Therapy program at CCBC and is a practitioner of Reiki Massage. M. Frances Smither ’75 (General Studies) has been employed by CCBC since 1989 and is currently director for the Center for Academic, Career and Life Planning at CCBC Dundalk. She earned her B.S. from Towson in 1976, M.Ed. in 1980, and M.B.A. in 1987. She and her husband, Vernon, live in Pasadena, Md. Fran earned her U.S. Coast Guard Captain’s License in May 2001. Anthony G. DiGirolamo ’75 (General Studies) is a technical support representative for Kodak Dental Systems. He also occasionally works part time for WPOC and was involved with WCCN, Films Committee and Red & Black while at CCBC. Anthony and his wife, Darleen, and children, Matthew (15) and Angie (11), live in Reisterstown, Md. Cristine A. Fluke ’76 (General Studies) graduated from Morgan State College. A disability claims officer with the state of Maryland, Cris lives with her daughter Meghan in the Pikesville, Md. area. Craig A. Rossmark ‘77 (General Studies) earned his B.S. in Psychology in 1990 from Towson University, finished all class requirements for M.A. in Experimental Psychology but he says he regretfully chickened out on the thesis. Craig is a Baltimore City Police Department sergeant. He is married to Mary Jean, and their daughter Robyn is a current student at CCBC. W. Scott Boyer, ’78 (General Studies) is currently a project engineer with CCBC and is the father of two children, Caroline and Andrew. Lois J. (Horrocks) Artes ’79 (General Studies) attended the University of Baltimore, Towson University and the Baltimore City Community College. Lois and her husband, Don, have three children: Rachael, Joel and Daniel. Lois is a Biology technician at CCBC. Her personal interests include scrapbooking, one-stroke painting and reading. Michael J. Mayhew ’79 is the chief of Community Planning in the Baltimore County Office of Planning. Keith A. Myers ’79 (Accounting) and his wife, Sandy, have two children, Lauren and Scott. Keith is the lead auditor for the State of Maryland Department of Transportation. Michael W. Puls ‘79 (Criminal Justice) earned his degree in Police Administration. Mike and his wife, Karen, have two daughters, Emily and Rebecca. They live in the Catonsville, Md. area. THE 1980s Brian J. Stein ’80 (General Studies) is a senior design engineer for Mines Safety Appliances Company. He and his wife, Joy, live in Owings Mills, Md. Ronald Pettie ’80 (General Studies) is a sergeant in the Baltimore Police Department and has two children, Julian and Cicely. He received his B.A. in English from UMBC in 1982. Charles McKnight ’81 works as an assistant manager for Johns Hopkins University and lives in Baltimore City. Debbie Hunker Ragan ’83 (Arts and Sciences), a 25-year employee at CCBC Dundalk, works in the college’s Admissions office. Debbie and her husband, Bob, have two daughters, Sarah and Amy, and live in Essex, Md. Bob Ragan ‘98 (Chemical Dependency Counseling) works as a counselor at Johns Hopkins Bayview. Lisa Meyer ’83 (General Studies) is a teacher at Owings Mills High School. She earned a B.S. from George Mason University in 1985 and an M.S. in Education from James Madison University in 1987. Scott P. Gardner ’83 (Mortuary Science) and ’84 (Business Administration) attended Towson University. He is the vice president of Duda-Ruck Funeral Home in Dundalk, Md., a member of the Dundalk Community College Foundation, and is president of both the Dundalk Chamber of Commerce and the Dundalk Concert Association. Carla A. Crisp ’84, (Arts and Sciences) has worked at CCBC Dundalk for 31 years. Carla is active with the youth of the community and Project Millennium (PMI), and was chosen Dundalk’s Citizen of the Year for 2005. Carla and her husband, Gary, have two sons, Andrew and Matthew (both of whom are CCBC graduates). The family lives in Dundalk, Md. Allen Christopher Ludwig ’76 (General Studies) and his wife, Sharon, have twin boys, Anthony and Louis. Allen is employed by the U.S. Department of Transportation/ Federal Railroad Administration as a track specialist. 16 class notes Neal J. Patterson ’85 (Arts and Sciences) graduated from University of Baltimore with a degree in Liberal Arts and Writing. Neal is busy working on his first novel. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Rodgers Forge, Md. THE 1990s Lorelei Kahn Chapman ’88 (General Studies) and her husband, Alan, are the parents of Kaylee and Elodie. Lorelei choreographed and appeared in The Miracle Player’s production of Brigadoon last spring. John R. Godwin ’90 (General Studies transfer program) received his B.A. at Towson University and his M.B.A. from Loyola. John is employed by the Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore, Inc. as director of Business Development/Strategic Alliances, and also holds the position of lead faculty at the University of Phoenix. Kathleen Krawczyk ’88 (Music Education) is currently the band director at the Seton Keough High School. She lives in the Rosedale, Md. area. Kristen Klinge Ayres ’88 (Retail Floristry) is now a homemaker/domestic engineer. After graduation she worked in the floral industry as a designer and then manager of various shops. Kristen married the “man of her dreams,” Vance, and has four daughters. She has kept her floristry skills honed by helping out former employers during the holidays. Sandy (Fletcher) Bixby ’89 (Early Childhood Education) is a kindergarten teacher in the Baltimore County School system. She received her National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as an Early Childhood Generalist and her B.S. in ECE from Towson University in 1991. She has one child, Zachary. Dawn (Nukolczak) Phiess ’88 (General Studies) is the owner of Tailor Maid, a residential and office cleaning service she has operated for 11 years. Contributing alumni photographers for this issue of Emerge: Rob Ridgley ‘87 Reckner Ridgley Productions cell 410-336-8611, fax 410-536-9472 Shayna Clevenger ‘99 www.shaynasphotography.com 410-925-2584 Brendan Cavanaugh ‘03 P3 Imaging • www.p3imaging.com 410-382-4478, [email protected] Thomas Dotson ‘90 (General Studies) is a team support professional for Baltimore City Public Schools and lives in Baltimore, Md. Todd P. Evans ‘90 (General Studies) is employed at HTLT, a computer software company. He and his wife, Sonja, live in White Marsh, Md. Cecelia Marie Grandy ’91 (General Studies) is a cancellations administrator for Crown Premium Funding/GEBCO. Greg D. Ruby ‘91 (Accounting) is employed as an account executive for the Baltimore Convention Center. Greg was honored as Convention Services Manager of the Year by the Association of Convention Operations Management and Successful Meetings Magazine at their annual convention in Hawaii earlier this year. Jewel Ronette Johnson ’91 (General Studies) is a project director for the Maryland Highway Safety Office in the Baltimore Traffic Safety office. Yvonne L. Pearson (General Studies) is the supervisor of Respiratory Care services at Kernan Orthopedic Rehabilitation Hospital. She is currently pursing a bachelor’s degree in physical technical sciences at Towson University. Pearson is the proud grandmother of Brian Alan Pearson II, who will be two years old in September 2006. Mitchell Rainess ’92 (General Studies) is a certified occupational therapy assistant for Genesis Rehabilitation at Brightwood. He is the father of two children, Michael and Michelle. Margaret Jung Foster ‘92 (Business Administration) is an administrative aide for the Howard County Government Office of Purchasing. Margie and her husband, Michael, live in Baltimore, Md. Margie proudly announces that she is only four classes from obtaining her bachelor’s degree in Business. Michele D. Manigault ’92 (General Studies) is currently the political, health and education reporter for the Catonsville Times and Arbutus Times, published by Patuxtent Publishing. Jannie Anderson ‘93 (Criminal Justice) is employed by the State of Maryland as a correctional officer. Her children are Constance, Sheila and Malik. Mary Tine ’93 (General Studies) is an account manager for Olympic Fence and Guardrail and is the mother of two children, David Jr. and Ashley. Natalie J. Frampton ’93 (Teacher Education) is a residential supervisor for Harford-Bel Air Community Mental Health Center and is the mother of two boys, Christian and Noah. Paul Andrews ‘95 (Information Systems) graduated from UMBC in 1999 with a B.S. in Information Systems Management. Paul began working at Towson University in 2000, a month prior to his wife giving birth to twins, McKenzie and Chase. Paul is a Web application developer who creates online forms. He and his family live in Dundalk, Md. Deborah Lynn Miller ‘96 (Nursing) works as a registered nurse at Franklin Square Hospital. She and her husband, Miles Ward, have two children, Jenifer and Howard. They live in Westminster, Md. Angela Massey ’97 (Arts and Sciences) graduated with an M.Ed. from Frostburg State University in 2004. She is attending West Virginia University to pursue her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. Eric R. Popp ’97 is employed by Giant Food and lives in Rosedale, Md. To volunteer your photography expertise for future editions of Emerge, contact Jodi Ceglia at 410-869-1227 or [email protected] 17 class notes Alan Tamres ’97 (Local Area Network) earned his A.A.S. degree in Data Communications and resides in Baltimore County. Trish Ross Selby ’97 (Paralegal Studies) earned her B.A. in Jurisprudence from the University of Baltimore in 2001 and plans to receive her M.A. in School Counseling. Trish and her husband, Chris, live in Dundalk, Md. and welcomed their first child, Nathaniel Edward Selby, on August 7, 2005. Jennifer Naylor ’98 is the proud mother of Dan Brennen and resides in Maryland. Kevin P. Kearney ’98 (General Studies) married Megan E. Yendall ’97 (General Studies) in September 2000. Kevin is currently the executive director for Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore. Megan is the director of Program Advancement for the Believe in Tomorrow National Children’s Foundation in Catonsville, Md. They have one child, Madeline Alyce, born in October 2004. Diane M. Howe ’98 (General Studies) is a math and social studies teacher at St. Ursula School and is in her fifth year of teaching. She received her B.A. in Elementary Education in 2001 from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She is the mother of one son, Brandon. Erica Birkelien Brazier ’98 (General Studies) and ’99 (Office Technology) works at Towson University as an administrative assistant in the Computer Information Science Division. She lives with her husband, John ’00 (General Studies) in Harford County. John is taking online classes with UMUC pursuing a degree in Business Administration. He is employed at Comcast as an enterprise call center supervisor. Karen Dolbow ’99 (Early Childhood Education) is a substitute teacher in the Frederick County Public School system and is the mother of Timothy, Meghan and Zachary. 2000-present Nancy Benjamin ’00 (Chemical Dependency Counseling certificate) is a full-time student at Anne Arundel Community College where she is working on a certificate in medical billing and coding and administrative medical assisting. Deatra A. Gilmore ‘01 (General Studies) is an accountant for the Orange County Government and lives in Orlando, Fla. She says she left CCBC feeling as though she was “ready to take on the work world.” Murillo Soranso ’01 (Computer Science) transferred to Ithaca, Fla., and graduated in May 2005 with a master’s degree in Educational Leadership: Student Affairs Administration. He recently obtained a position as a residence hall director at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. Robert M. Coyle ‘02 (Arts and Sciences) is employed as a technology training specialist at Goucher College. He is very interested in South Asia (culture and history), technology, education and European social history, and has done research in India and Prague. Stephanie C. Norris ’02 (General Studies) is an independent contractor through AFLAC. She graduated from the University of Baltimore in 2005 with a B.S. in Management Information Systems. Catherine Armstrong ’02 (General Studies) is married to Richard Armstrong and is employed by the Baltimore County Public Schools as an administrative assistant. Randy Zimmerman ‘02 (Business Administration) graduated from University of Baltimore with a B.S. in Finance. Randy lives in Baltimore, Md. and is employed as a supervisor at Johns Hopkins Health System. 18 Chante’ Callaway ’02 (Arts and Sciences) attended University of Baltimore for two years and plans to return to the IDS field of study at UB in the near future. She has spent the last year working for the nonprofit Workfirst, a division of Humanim, as an employment consultant. Chante’ lives in Rosedale, Md. Tenisha Benjamin ’02 (Criminal Justice) earned her associate degree in Criminal Justice and resides in Baltimore County. Constance (Walsh) Knecht ’02 (Business Management) is the library circulation manager for the Baltimore County Public Library in Towson, Md. Zanile E. Cypress-Curtis ’02 (Business Administration) is a quality assurance technician for Rhodia, Inc., a global specialty chemicals manufacturing company. Missy Dawn (Hohman) Jones ’03 (Business Administration) is employed at the Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab Center as a staff development/infection control employee. Shavonna Rivers ’03 (General Studies) currently resides in the state of Washington where she is employed in the health field. She is continuing her education in Theology, Ministry and Marriage and Family Counseling. Share it with us ... Are you getting married? Starting a family? Got a new job or promotion? Looking for an old classmate? Let us know what’s going on in your life and, if possible, throw in a photo! (digital or 5x7 headshot) Here's how: • Send an e-mail to [email protected] • Go to www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/index and complete the online form. • Send a note to Emerge, CCBC, Room K-217B, 7200 Sollers Point Road, Baltimore, Md. 21222. Be sure to include your graduation/attendance year(s), campus and daytime phone number. class notes Lisa Howard ‘03 (Arts and Sciences) transferred to the College of Notre Dame to continue her studies. Lisa was a most enthusiastic student, workstudy, and inspiration to many. The campus community may also remember her beloved guide dog, Toffee. Lisa and her husband, Mike, welcomed twin sons, Mason and Jace, in September 2005. Christina Baublitz ’04 (Radiography) is a radiologic technologist at Good Samaritan Hospital. She credits the Radiography program at CCBC Essex for preparing her for her position. Sabrina Mercer ’04 (General Studies) is the IT Data Control Lead Clerk for the Office of Development at Towson University. Her responsibilities include entering biographical information into advance database on all prospects and alumni. Jacklyn Reed ’04 (Computer Information Systems Tech Support) is the proud mother of Darius and Derrick. Alumni chapters now forming Would you like to reconnect with former classmates? Eager to meet others who have similar interests? Alumni chapters are a great way to stay in touch, network, continue your education with workshops and seminars, and raise money to support program scholarships and activities. Chapter members can also mentor current students or speak to classes in their programs or areas of interest. We want to help you establish a chapter for your degree or certificate program or area of special interest. We can provide you with a place to meet and even assist with meeting preparation. In fact, we’re already working with the Interpreter Preparation and Physician Assistant programs to establish chapters. If you’re interested in becoming a member, contact one of the following: IP program: Sandra Brown, 410-455-4474 or [email protected] PA program: Nancy Bearss, 410-780-6673 or [email protected] Congratulations to Shanika Renee Carwell ’03 (Arts and Sciences), winner of the “Semester’s Worth of Tuition” contest publicized in the Spring 2005 edition of Emerge. Shanika plans to use the prize (a full semester’s tuition at CCBC, approximate value: $1350) to take classes at CCBC during the winter and spring semesters. The credits she earns here will help Shanika complete her psychology degree at Towson University. After graduating from TU, she plans to go to medical school to become an obstetrician/gynecologist. For more information on joining or establishing a chapter, contact the Alumni Association office at 1-877-ALUMNUS (258-6687) or [email protected]. Update and Ida M. Kern ’04 (General Studies) is a coding technician in the Emergency Department at North Arundel Hospital. Dennis Hasley ’05 (General Studies) is the proud father of Jaime, Caitlyn and Jordan. Dennis came to CCBC in 1998 after getting out of the military. He recalls, “I didn’t do that well in high school, but I was bound and determined to do well in college. The setting was so different at CCBC than my high school; it was fun to learn at college.” She’s a winner! WIN! WIN Take a moment to update your CCBC Alumni Association profile and you’ll be entered to win one of three great prizes. Just go to www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/index.html and click on “Alumni Update” for an information form and contest rules. The deadline for submitting your updated information is 12 a.m. EST May 1, 2006. Here’s what you could win: First prize Apple iPod Shuffle • 1 GB MP3 Player Second prize $50 Barnes & Noble gift card • Valid for in-store and online purchases at www.bn.com Third Prize CCBC Hooded Sweatshirt • Let everyone see your CCBC pride! 19 GA Always in the Baseball, football, hockey … no matter the sport, Nestor Aparicio loved the game. His interest in sports was a shared passion with his father – who taught Nestor to read using the sports sections of newspapers and magazines. At that young age he never could have guessed that his love for sports would lead him to a successful career in talk radio. Growing up in the blue-collar town of Dundalk, Md., Nestor was nurtured by a close-knit community full of hardworking people. Many of the adults he knew weren’t college graduates, but they encouraged their children to seek greater opportunities through education. “That’s why Dundalk Community College [now CCBC Dundalk] was such an important part of the community,” says Nestor. “It offered an affordable education in a comfortable, friendly environment.” Nestor loved to write, and in high school he made the decision to become a journalist. While some youngsters might set their sights on specific career paths at that age, not many go out and immediately find paying jobs in their chosen fields. An early start At the age of 15, Nestor was already working for the now-defunct Baltimore News American; by 17 he had moved to the Baltimore Evening Sun and was the youngest member ever of the BaltimoreWashington Newspaper Guild. “When I was working at Evening Sun, my parents had to fill out the forms for me to be a part of the [writer’s] union because I was underage,” he says. Even Nestor marvels at the opportunities that came his way while working at the newspaper. “At the ages of 15 and 16, I was covering music and sports. I did everything from reporting on high school girls’ basketball to covering a rock concert and hanging out with Van Halen. It was quite an interesting life for a teenager,” he recalls. “When I started working at the paper, I was the youngest person on staff and full of ideas. I covered the topics that didn’t interest the other reporters.” After graduating from Dundalk High School, Nestor continued to work at the newspaper and also began taking classes at the college’s Dundalk campus. For a while, his work schedule was so demanding that he had to put classes on hold. Luckily, the newspaper encouraged him to continue his schooling and even paid for part of his education at the community college. To attest to the nurturing environment at then-Dundalk Community College, Nestor reveals that he not only received a quality education, he also acquired a lifelong friend. It wasn’t one of his fellow students, it was his health professor. “I felt that the instructors at the community college sincerely cared,” explains Nestor. “While I was going to school, I was juggling not only classes, but a child and a job. Occasionally, when all my child care options fell through, my health professor allowed me to bring my son to class.” Nestor says it was this type of caring environment that made the Dundalk campus so unique. “Believe it or not,” adds Nestor, “that health professor and I are still friends today. He was actually the best man at my wedding.” After completing his associate degree, Nestor transferred to the University of Baltimore, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Corporate Communication. He credits both institutions for giving him the fundamentals needed to build his successful career. 20 On the air Nestor’s radio career started out more by happenstance rather than from a carefully thought out plan. “I didn’t start out with a desire to be in radio,” says Nestor. “Writing was my first love, but the opportunity to get involved in radio presented itself and I took full advantage. I learned the business from the ground up. There’s no job in radio that I haven’t done.” Nestor got his big break in radio when he started as the sidekick to Kenny Albert, a good friend who happened to be a commentator for Baltimore Skipjacks (American Hockey League) games and had his own talk show on WITH-FM radio. Six months later, Albert moved to another station and Nestor was ready to step in – thus jump-starting his radio career. After two years at WITH, Nestor and the entire management staff took over another Baltimore radio station, WWLG-AM. That 1994 takeover certainly had very humble beginnings: they actually spent the first month broadcasting from a garage. AME At the age of 31, Nestor brokered an “option to buy” deal with WNST-AM. The station became Baltimore’s first and only sports talk radio station. The deal, however, was short-lived. In just 15 months the lease on the space was up for renewal and the building’s owner demanded an outrageous price for Nestor to remain there. And since Nestor is all about smart business moves, he had to let the station go. Over the next few years, Nestor worked as a nationally syndicated host on Oneon-One Sports and Sporting News Radio. He traveled the country and earned good money, but felt vaguely unfulfilled. “I believe making money is not as important as doing something that you enjoy,” explains Nestor. “Having creative freedom brings me joy. I think that was part of what was missing during those years of my life.” The opportunity to buy WNST-AM came up again in September 2000. Nestor, along with a group of partners, leapt at the opportunity, vowing this time it was for keeps. Today, he continues to be the majority owner of the station, where he was once also host of the station’s wildly popular, four-hour sports radio show. by hope hall davis photography by shayna clevenger Now Nestor is seeking to start another chapter in his life. He has relinquished his role as host of the sports talk program and is concentrating on the business side of radio. presented the greatest barrier to accepting invitations by community and nonprofit groups. Now I have more time to do the things that I love.” Giving back “Many people didn’t think I would step down,” says Nestor. “The ratings were up, and so were sales. Even though things were going really well, I knew it was time for a change. I believe it’s important to provide opportunities for others. I needed to move out of the way and give someone else a chance.” Having accomplished so much, it’s hard to imagine what could be next for Nestor. He’s just 37 years old and already has achieved more than many hope to in a lifetime. No longer consumed by the demands of a four-hour show, Nestor has the freedom to pursue other activities and new ventures. One area in which he is always anxious to do more is community service. Nestor is a community chairman for the Ed Block Courage Awards Foundation, an organization that benefits abused and underprivileged children in NFL cities across America, and also works with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. “I really enjoy being involved in the community,” says Nestor. “I rarely say no if someone asks me to do something. In the past, my hectic schedule often 21 Does he have any other challenges in his sights? Well, not even Nestor has an answer to that one. “I don’t really know,” he says. “I’m committed to making the radio station viable and independent. I also want to travel with my wife because there are still a few places that I haven’t seen.” When reflecting upon his career, Nestor has no regrets. “I’m proud of the work that I’ve done. I’ve built something from nothing and I’ve always tried to do the right thing,” he observes. “I think that’s the secret to my success. I’ve worked extremely hard the first 37 years of my life and if I live for another 37, I’d like to spend that time being happy.” From the look of things, he’s well on his way to achieving that, too. ORNbaVSbY It’s a thing PROFILE: Arlinda Harris ’78-79 AREA OF STUDY: Accounting and Business CURRENT FIELD: Owner and operator of Arlinda’s Place, a total body and skin care salon by stephanie melvin photography by shayna clevenger WORDS OF WISDOM: When you’re not sure of where you are going, a community college is a good place to begin. ,WDOORZV\RXWRÀQG\RXUVHOIZKHQ\RXDUH working on a budget. For more than 30 years, Arlinda Harris has been helping women of all ages, shapes and sizes look and feel better through skin care, massage and a whole-body approach to both inner and outer beauty. As the owner and operator of Arlinda’s Place in the Woodlawn area of Baltimore County, Md., since 1979, Arlinda is attuned to the needs of her customers. Her clients range from businesswomen – and quite a few men – to celebrities, from sports figures to soccer moms. She is a licensed esthetician, massage therapist, motivational speaker, life coach and entrepreneur who cares as much about her clients as she does about her balance sheet. “I wanted to do something that would help to improve the quality of people’s lives,” Arlinda says. “That’s one of the many reasons I started this business.” Located in Merritt Athletic Club’s Security location, Arlinda’s Place offers European facials, skin care and makeup education, massages, aromatherapy stress reduction, manicures and spa body treatments. Arlinda is also known for her powerful abilities to inspire as a public speaker. 22 Early in her career, Arlinda worked at a Georgetown salon where her clients included Marian Wright Edelman and Cathy Hughes. “Early on I was working in an industry that didn’t know how to treat black skin,” Arlinda says, “I’ve worked on the faces of some of the most successful women of color: Oprah, Melba Moore, Vanessa Williams. They gave me the power to dream.” While working in a top salon with highprofile clients was exciting, the pull to open a salon of her own was strong. “I wanted to be closer to home and be more involved as a wife, mother to two children and an entrepreneur following my own direction,” Arlinda explains. “I believe that women need to empower themselves through education, discipline and structure.” CCBC Catonsville offered her that empowerment opportunity. While she was already an accomplished esthetician, Arlinda needed help mastering the business aspects of owning a salon. She enrolled in CCBC Catonsville (then Catonsville Community College) and entrepreneur CCBC’s new Enterprise Institute answers the call of budding and experienced entrepreneurs by avon garrett, dean, ccbc division of business, social sciences, wellness and education arlinda’s goal is to enhance each client’s inner and outer beauty. More than 450,000 small businesses in Maryland help drive the regional economy, not only as employers and producers, but as innovators. To help support and nurture those who want to join the ranks of this entrepreneurial business class, CCBC is launching an exciting new institute. The CCBC Enterprise Institute will create a “safe marketplace” environment that fosters responsible entrepreneurship through understanding and awareness of debt management, risk-taking and business start-up operations. took accounting and business courses. “The college was close to home and provided the financial structure that fit my budget. It also gave me a sense of being one with the community,” she explains. Bolstered by overwhelming support from the college’s Board of Trustees and a partnership with the Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce, the CCBC Enterprise Institute currently operates as a “virtual” entity. Once fully developed, the center will be composed of three major components: the Center for Financial Planning, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Center for Incubation. That community spirit still drives Arlinda to help people beyond the doors of her salon. She developed the American Cancer Society’s “Look Good, Feel Better” program for cancer survivors, and has served as a member of Rotary International, the American Red Cross, Toastmasters International, the United Way of Central Maryland and the National Cosmetologists Association, to name just a few of the organizations and boards with which she works. In recognition of her entrepreneurial success and charitable work, Arlinda has twice been named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by the Daily Record newspaper. Fueled by an initial $10,000 donation from Sen. Francis X. Kelly, former chairman of the CCBC Board of Trustees, the Center for Financial Planning will provide credit and non-credit academic initiatives designed to promote and enhance financial education and awareness. These educational opportunities will prepare students for careers as financial services sales assistants or professional personal financial counselors. As for Arlinda’s future plans, she hopes one day to go back to CCBC Catonsville and complete her degree requirements. After all, the best never stop getting better. While integrated with the Center for Financial Planning, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Center for Incubation have just begun to move forward. The Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce has made space available within its offices to assist these two centers. The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies is developing a program that will offer courses and workshops for both budding and experienced entrepreneurs. The Center for Incubation will provide a place for start-up businesses to grow under the watchful supervision and guidance of experienced professors. Novice entrepreneurs will benefit from expert advice regarding start-up operations. Do you own/operate your own business? Contact [email protected] for an opportunity to be profiled in an upcoming edition of Emerge. Working with CCBC’s Community Education and Economic Development division, the Center for Financial Planning will offer a variety of courses and workshops at CCBC as well as off campus locations and area high schools. Courses include retirement planning, family financial planning and benefits review. Workshops will enable government agencies, businesses and other organizations to enhance the financial awareness and education of their employees. The Center for Financial Planning has the potential to become a new training source for existing financial services professionals with certification and licensure needs. If you own your own business, plan to start one or would like to support the Enterprise Institute, call Paul Coakley at 410-455-6917. 23 community notes CCBC Dundalk Children’s Learning Center earns national accreditation The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals, awarded national accreditation to the CCBC Dundalk Children’s Learning Center in 2005. The NAEYC accreditation program was created in 1985 to set professional standards for early childhood education, and to help families identify high-quality child care and early education programs. The Children’s Learning Center on the Dundalk campus offers developmentally appropriate programs for pre-schoolers ages 3-5 as well as before and after care for school age children. Spacious, well-equipped classrooms and outdoor play spaces offer children fun, enriching experiences daily. For information about its programs or to enroll your child, call the CCBC Dundalk Children’s Learning Center at 410-285-9890. Survey results show significant gains in community awareness of CCBC Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, Inc. now in residence at CCBC Essex CCBC can take pride in the news delivered by the results of the latest community perception survey conducted last summer. Survey questions were designed to track the college’s progress in promoting the recognition, visibility and reputation of CCBC since its reorganization as a single college in 1998. CCBC Essex is the new home of the renowned Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, Inc. Founded in 1986 by CCBC Essex alumna Diane M. Trowbridge-Smith, the popular children’s theatre was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2001. Its status as “in residence at” CCBC Essex provides the organization with a permanent performance venue while allowing it to maintain full administrative and creative autonomy. The 2005 survey noted significant gains in the overall awareness of The Community College of Baltimore County since the last survey - conducted in 2001 - and the original 1998 benchmark survey. All three surveys, conducted by Sandra Golden & Associates (a nationally-recognized marketing/research consulting firm specializing in community colleges), polled 400 residents at random from the college’s Baltimore County service areas on topics gauging their awareness, interest and attitudes about CCBC. Key findings of the 2005 survey reflect that more people now recognize CCBC than ever before; the more people “experience” CCBC, the more they like CCBC; people are getting the message that CCBC has what they need; and people remember CCBC’s advertising. Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, Inc., underwritten by grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, The Abell Foundation and the Bank of America Foundation, offers an arts education program with workshops and classes for young performers 18 years of age and under as well as a summer camp with a performance. More than 100 young performers participated in last year’s season. For information about upcoming productions, call the CCBC Box Office at 410-780-6369 or the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, Inc. administrative office at 410-918-4226. CCBC will share $3 million NSF grant to train cybersecurity professionals even ccbc’s littlest learners have technology at their fingertips. Baltimore County honors training program The Baltimore County Workforce Development Council (BCWDC) honored CCBC in November 2005 for outstanding achievement in training programs. CCBC was one of only two organizations in the county cited for valuable employability and occupational skills training provided to Baltimore County job seekers. The college was also recognized for delivering professional development seminars in the Baltimore County Workforce Development Centers and for the quality training provided through its Continuing Education Intensive Training Center. CCBC has joined a multi-institutional consortium created to develop and implement a curriculum of training for a variety of cybersecurity professionals. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently endorsed the project with a $3 million, four-year grant to be shared by CCBC and 15 other Maryland educational institutions and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. For its part in the project, CCBC will host the Mid-Atlantic Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), designed to test hands-on application of Information Assurance skills. The competition will provide students a laboratory in which to experiment, just as in other fields of science, fulfilling the same role as capstone projects in traditional degree programs. 24 the children’s playhouse of maryland staged the secret garden in december 2005. CCBC teams with Magna International in tool and die training program In 2005, CCBC and Magna International, one of the largest automotive parts suppliers in the world, embarked upon a unique collaborative effort to offer training in the tool and die industry. The Magna International Baltimore Technical Training Center (MBTTC), located in Baltimore’s Park Heights community, is the only Magna training center in the United States. This new facility offers instruction not only in technical tool and die manufacturing, but also offers General Education Diploma (GED) classes. MBTTC houses state-of-the-art industry equipment as well as 80 computers available to students in both the academic skills and apprenticeship areas. finale unique Triaxial Link, by William Niebauer, 2004 SCULPTURE WELCOMES BALTIMORE VISITORS The geometric components of artist Will Niebauer’s Triaxial Link fit together to form a full circle, suggesting the rhythms of life. These three cast concrete arcs also mimic the curved roof lines of the Baltimore Visitors Center, the site of the sculpture’s permanent installation in 2004. Triaxial Link was commissioned through the Baltimore Percent-For-Art Program. Will Niebauer is the CCBC coordinator of Art and Photography. He is a noted sculptor who has exhibited works locally and regionally. To view more of Niebauer’s works, visit www.inthe3rd.com. 25 “ I have learned a lot at CCBC, mostly the practical skills that help me adapt to each new phase of my work life. I have taken everything from accounting to planning to marketing. As I launched a business RYHUWKHSDVW\HDU&&%&RQFHDJDLQRӽHUHGPHTXDOLW\ teaching paired with convenience. The time I save at CCBC by selecting what I want to know, when I want to know it is invaluable to my business and to me. ” -Karen L. Pell, PhD, President, VIA Consulting LLC CCBC Upgrade your skills. Launch a career. Pursue a better you. Come back to CCBC for life long learning in technology, health care, business, education, the arts and so much more. CCBC. The incredible value of education. Find out more at www.ccbcmd.edu. Parents: If you are receiving mail for your child, please update his/her address with the CCBC Alumni office. If you would like to continue receiving this magazine in your name, just let us know. ALUMNI 800 South Rolling Road Baltimore, Maryland 21228-5317 Return postage guaranteed Postmaster, please return cover only. www.ccbcmd.edu/ccbcalumni/index 26 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Baltimore, MD Permit. No. 4195
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