2010-2011 president`s report - Lion`s Pride

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2010-2011 PRESIDENT’S REPORT
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Our Vision
Wallace State Community College in Hanceville is a world class,
internationally recognized, entrepreneurial learning college.
Our Mission
and Goals
Wallace State Community College, a degree-granting public community
college, is committed to enabling meaningful learning that transforms
lives and communities. In support of the mission, Wallace State
Community College is committed to:
• promoting student success in learning environments that are student
centered, innovative, engaging and supportive
• providing teaching excellence that inspires a quest for lifelong learning
• respecting uniqueness and valuing diversity
• forging strategic partnerships that advance community, workforce and
economic development
• culturally enriching our communities
• accountability and integrity
Our Values
Wallace State Community College affirms these values:
• Commitment to learning
• Dedication to excellence
• Academic integrity
• Creative thinking
• Respect for individual dignity and worth
• Civic responsibility
• Collaboration and partnerships
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WSCC President’s Report 2010-2011
Message from the President
Message from
the President
VICKI P. HAWSEY, Ed.D.
President
It is my pleasure to present this report
chronicling the many successes of Wallace State
Community College over the past year.
In a year in which we met the challenges of both
severe weather and severe underfunding, Wallace
State continued to excel at serving students and
meeting the needs of our communities. The
academic year began with a Year of the Arts, a
celebration of the arts that will truly never end, and
continued with a Year of the Student, which
recognizes that even though we always put
students first, students require our attention on
their success more than ever. As sources for
employment become increasingly competitive and
harder to find, we are dedicating the same energy,
creativity and joy that consumed the Year of the
Arts toward ensuring that our students are the best
prepared students in the nation, and that they
achieve the success they deserve and desire.
Our efforts have reaped dividends. Wallace
State was rated the first choice among community
colleges by high school seniors taking the ACT,
and has been designated by the Aspen Institute as
one of the top 120 community colleges in America
according to our student outcomes. We lead the
Alabama Community College System in
graduation rates. Our students routinely
outperform native university students upon transfer
to those institutions, and our licensure rates for
students graduating from health and technical
programs approach 90 percent. Our retention rate
of 61 percent is almost unheard of in community
college education — indicative of both a high level
of student satisfaction with our College and
confidence on the part of students that they are
progressing toward achievement of their goals. A
recent report in Community College Week ranked
Wallace State among the "Top 50 Associate
Degrees: Health Professions and Related Clinical
Sciences" in the United States.
We hold in high regard our rich history of awards
for teaching excellence, and we are most proud of
our outstanding students who enable us to achieve
these accolades, and to whom we are everlastingly
dedicated to providing supportive, state-of-the art
learning environments and a world-class
education. This we are able to do, in part, through
competitive grants awarded to the College and
special allocations that reward our service to the
communities we serve and our outstanding
student learning outcomes that meet and exceed
those of our peer institutions. Our innovative
learning environments and facilities provide
inspiration and creativity, and the means to
prepare students for the jobs of today and the
careers of tomorrow. The quality of our academic
success has led to a number of universities offering
special articulation agreements and bachelor's
degree programs on campus, and we have a
permanent Athens State University Center, so that
students may conveniently complete their
baccalaureate on campus. As our enrollment
increases, which I am pleased to report it has done
during my tenure over the past seven years,
students increasingly request the convenience of
online coursework. Many classes are now available
both on campus and in online formats, and several
degree programs are available entirely online, with
the same standards of quality students expect from
a Wallace State education. Students who transfer
to Wallace State cite the excellent reputation of
our programs, the unique feel of our campus, and
the friendliness they feel when they first walk
through the door.
Examples of our continuing tradition of
excellence, including our endeavors to serve the
community and the individual and group
accomplishments of our students and staff, are
contained herein. Within these pages, you will see
the ways in which we are meeting our vision to be
a world class, internationally recognized,
entrepreneurial learning college. I hope that you
will enjoy this report, and I extend to you a
personal invitation to visit our campus in person or
online soon. You’ll find learning is the “Wallace
State of mind.”
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Table of Contents
Table of
Contents
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Our Vision
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Our Mission and Goals
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Our Values
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President’s Message
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Entrepreneurial Learning College
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Innovative Learning Environments
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Marketing and Communication
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Resource Development
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Future Foundation and Alumni Association
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Giving Societies
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Programs of Study
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Accreditations
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Financial Summary
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The College
will develop
distinctive learning
environments that
promote teaching
excellence and a
commitment to
student success.
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ENTREPRENEURIAL
LEARNING COLLEGE
Wallace State
Community College has
developed strategic
initiatives and indicators
for 2007-2012.
Four strategic planning
themes guide the College’s
initiatives to achieve its vision
of being a world class,
internationally recognized,
entrepreneurial learning
college—Entrepreneurial
Learning College,
Innovative Learning
Environments, Resource
Development, and
Marketing and
Communication.
The entire College
community — students,
faculty and staff, alumni and
friends, business and industry
leaders, civic groups and the
community-at-large — make
this vision a reality.
Entrepreneurial
Learning College
The Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools
Commission of Colleges
accepted the fifth-year
interim report submitted by
Wallace State Community
College in Hanceville with no
findings. Wallace State’s
report was one of only three
chairs worked for several
reports out of the 39
months to put the fifth-year
submitted this year that were
report together.
not referred for monitoring.
“Dr. (Vicki) Hawsey is
The mid-decennial review,
incredibly knowledgeable of
now required of all SACSall the SACS-COC
COC accredited institutions
accreditation standards,”
halfway through their 10-year
said Allen. “We are very
accreditation, examines 14 of
fortunate to have her on our
the 39 total principles of
team. She has put so many
accreditation assessed during things in place during her
the decennial reaffirmation
tenure to make us worthy of
process.
continued accreditation, such
According to LaDonna
as budget hearings, student
Allen, WSCC Retention
learning outcome
Director and the College’s
assessments, and
SACS Liaison, the fifth-year
programmatic reviews.”
report looked closely at
Wallace State President
faculty and staff credentials,
Vicki Hawsey serves on the
full-time and part-time faculty Board of Trustees of the
ratios, and faculty-student
Southern Association of
ratios as well as curricula,
Colleges and Schools
distance education, dual
Commission on Colleges, as
enrollment, off-campus
a member of its Finance
instructional sites, and
Committee and as a SACS
student services. The report
Commissioner. She has
also considered external
served as a SACS-COC
accreditations for allied
health and nursing
programs as well as the
technical programs that
are now accredited by
national standards and
agencies, and those
programs’ respective
licensure passage rates.
Dr. Mary Barnes has been
Allen and the Wallace
instrumental
in organizing
State SACS committee she
Common Read activities at WSCC.
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reviewer on numerous site
visits for institutions seeking
initial and continuing
accreditation, which is
beneficial to Wallace State’s
reaffirmation processes.
“The value of having and
maintaining SACS-COC
accreditation cannot be
overstated,” Hawsey said.
“The rigorous process of
internal and external review
assures we meet common
educational standards and
sufficiently dedicate
resources toward achieving
our mission also serves as a
guarantee for students, the
public, employers and
transfer institutions of the
quality and integrity of the
educational services we
provide.”
A progress report on the
College’s Quality
Enhancement Plan, for which
Wallace State received praise
and a rare commendation
from SACS five years ago,
was also required with the
fifth-year report. The QEP
Impact Report was also
accepted by SACS-COC
without monitoring.
“Technology and Learning
were the focus of our
previous QEP. We’ve made
so many advancements in
that area over the past five
years, with multi-media
SMART classrooms,
Blackboard, an e-Learning
division and online classes,
computer labs, hot spots,
and most recently the
opening of the new
Advanced Visualization
Center, we’re a completely
transformed campus.
Continued progress was
certainly easy to demonstrate
there, ” said Allen.
In anticipation of the 2014
re-accreditation visit, the
College has already begun
work, and chosen the next
QEP topic which will center
on College readiness.
WSCC SACS Committee
members include Dr. Kathy
Buckelew, Dr. Teresa RayConnell, Tony Jetton, Mary
Mayo, Jason Morgan,
Cynthia Newman, Bruce
Tenison, Linda Wesley, Lisa
German. Dr. Kathy Buckelew
and Dr. Rebecca Reeves will
chair the QEP Committee.
Hawsey Re-elected SACS
Commissioner
Dr. Vicki Hawsey, Wallace
State President, was re-elected
to the Board of Trustees of the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools during
the organization’s annual
meeting in Louisville, Ky. in
December 2010. She is
serving in her second threeyear term as a member of the
organization’s Board of
Trustees, and since her
appointment to the Board’s
Executive Council three years
ago, she has also served as the
Council’s delegate from the
state of Alabama and as a
member of its Finance
Committee.
The SACS Commission on
Colleges is the recognized
regional accrediting body in
the eleven U.S. Southern
states (Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia) and in Latin
America for those institutions
of higher education that award
associate, baccalaureate,
master's or doctoral degrees.
As a Commissioner, Hawsey
serves on the 77-member
body representing
approximately 800 institutions
in the Southeast.
The Commission’s primary
purpose is the improvement of
educational quality throughout
the region and the assurance
to the public that its member
institutions meet established
standards. It is responsible for
determining policy, reviewing
and making decisions
regarding the accreditation of
institutions, and conducting
the review for any
modifications to Commission
standards.
“I have always been a strong
supporter of the accreditation
processes of SACS and have
served as a reviewer on a
number of site visits,” said
Hawsey. “It is a tremendous
honor to be re-elected to the
Board of Trustees, and I look
forward to continuing to work
with other members of the
Executive Council,
Commissioners, and staff of
the Commission on Colleges
to ensure standards of quality
in our institutions of higher
education.”
Op-Ed: The Proven Path
to Economic Recovery
By Vicki P. Hawsey, Ed.D.,
President of Wallace State Community College
(Appeared in The Cullman Times,
March 24, 2011)
As governments at all levels contemplate
cuts and re-set priorities to make ends meet,
one reality needs to be front and center: Not
all government expenditures are alike. Our
policymakers should focus on enriching those
areas that have proven they can help get us
out of the current
recession and
back to
economic
prosperity and
local job growth.
No institution
better reflects
American
ingenuity and
innovation than
community
colleges.
Uniquely
American, our
1,200 community
colleges serve
virtually every community in the nation, enroll
almost half of all U.S. undergraduates and
power economic activity that changes lives and
communities every day.
According to the American Association of
Community Colleges, in 2010 community
colleges contributed over $35 billion annually
to the nation’s economic growth – representing
7 percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic
Product. Community colleges have added
more than $620 billion to the current economy,
representing roughly six percent of the nation’s
average annual growth.
A study by the Georgetown University
Center on Education and the Workforce found,
“By 2018, we will need 22 million new workers
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with college degrees—but will fall short of that
number by at least three million postsecondary
degrees... At a time when every job is precious,
this shortfall will mean lost economic
opportunity for millions of American workers."
The only way our country can move beyond
our current economic difficulties is to allow
people to achieve their career potential,
therefore expanding job growth and our
national and regional economies. With these
changes our GDP grows, our federal, state and
local tax base expands, and recovery is
possible.
Community colleges return an average of
three dollars to the public for every dollar
invested. Community colleges help to sustain
the entrepreneurial life’s blood that so many
midsize and small communities depend upon,
fueling increased job creation. Along with
economic health, the colleges safeguard the
security and well‐being of our communities,
credentialing 80 percent of the nation’s first
responders and preparing more than 60
percent of health care professionals nationally.
More than ever, people enroll in community
colleges to qualify for jobs, improve skills for
career advancement, and take part in on-thejob training programs. Wallace State teaches
the skills that our community’s businesses and
industries need most and we are proud of our
many community partnerships. Enrollment at
Wallace State over the past three years has
increased by 22 percent, and when combined
with workforce training now represents more
than 7,000 students seeking job skills and an
education to make them more competitive in
the current job market. This, as our state
funding has been reduced by 24 percent.
Growth areas – like health care – rely on
community colleges to supply qualified
workers to meet the needs of aging
populations. Nationally, 52 percent of new
nurses and the majority of other new
healthcare workers are educated at community
colleges. A 2010 report in Community College
Week ranked Wallace State 10th in the nation
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among two-year institutions in
the “Top 50 Associate
Degrees: Health Professions
and Related Clinical
Sciences,” and 22nd on the
list when four year colleges
and universities are added to
the associate degree
producers. The College’s
nursing education program
alone enrolls more than 600
students each semester.
Enrollment in Wallace State’s
career technical programs has
increased 32 percent in past
three years, and Wallace State
currently boasts the highest
graduation rate of any twoyear college in the state, well
above national averages.
Economic recovery must
include expanding alternative
energy sources – and
community colleges will
supply the necessary people
power. Wallace State’s
program on Green
Construction is just one such
program addressing this
need.
More college students are
now enrolled in community
colleges than in any other
sector of higher education
and earn about 932,000
associate degrees or
certificates annually.
Community colleges thus are
critical to the achievement of
state and national goals for
increased degree, skills and
certificate attainment.
But continued stellar results
are in jeopardy. Enrollments
skyrocket as students seek
affordable education and
training, but state and federal
funding continues to decline.
Ironically, the colleges are
being victimized by the very
negative economic spiral they
are designed to prevent. The
downward funding trend
cannot continue with
impunity: according to the
firm Economic Modeling
Specialists, Inc., if funding for
the nation’s community
colleges were curtailed, 10
percent of the workforce
would lose access to critical
education and training
opportunities. This would
reduce personal earnings by
$1,500 per year, or $44,000
over the course of a working
lifetime. More significant,
however, state and local taxes
on businesses and employers
would increase by $1,100 per
year, and nearly $60 a year for
individual taxpayers.
As we all work to put
America’s economic house in
order, re‐investing in
community colleges
represents an intelligent and
responsible step that every
policymaker can take during
the upcoming legislative
session. Community college
support from policymakers –
both local and federal –
moves us beyond the
recession and creates jobs
locally. This return on
investment and proven path
to economic recovers
provides the opportunity that
members of our community
deserve.
Aspen Institute Names
WSCC Among Top 120
Community Colleges
The Aspen Institute ranked
Wallace State among the
nation's top 120 community
colleges according to a
competition first announced
at a White House conference
on community colleges
during fall 2010. The initiative,
part of President Obama’s
goal for the United States to
lead the world in the
proportion of college
graduates by 2020, is improve
graduation rates among the
six million Americans who
enroll in the primarily twoyear, public educational
institutions each year. To pick
the winners, judges analyzed
Department of Education
data on the percentage of
students who graduate with
an associate degree or
successfully transfer from
their community colleges into
four-year institutions. They
also assessed the proportion
of low-income and minority
students who completed
each program, and if
completion rates improved
over time at the particular
schools. Wallace State has
the highest graduation rate in
the Alabama Community
College System, a rate of 50
percent, that far exceeds
national averages of less than
30 percent. The 120 winners,
representing the top 10
percent of the country's 1,200
community colleges, are now
eligible to win a $700,000
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prize. Dr. Jill Biden, a
community college professor,
and Education Secretary Arne
Duncan announced the
winners during a meeting in
Washington, D.C. in April
2011.
Program Offerings
A report released in June
2011 by Community College
Week ranks Wallace State
Community College among
the top two-year institutions
nationally in the “Top 50
Associate Degrees: Health
Professions and Related
Clinical Sciences.” Wallace
State is 23rd on the list, with
more than 400 students
having graduated in the past
year from one of the College’s
20 health care-related
programs of study.
First Year Gateway Initiative
Wallace State’s First Year
Gateway Initiative was
recognized by the National
Council of Instructional
Administrators for “Sweet
Student Success: The
Implementation of a First-Year
Program for Students in
Transition at Wallace State
Community College,” which
was published in the NCIA’s
spring 2011 publication. In
2008, the First-Year Gateway
Initiative committee formed a
three-year strategic plan,
which included Learning
Communities and Structured
Learning Assistance classes
consistent with Learning
College principles, a
Freshman-Faculty luncheon,
improvements with Student
Services, a campus wide
Common Read program, and
a multitude of educational
activities and opportunities at
Wallace State’s newest
building on campus, the
Burrow Center for the Fine
and Performing Arts.
Wallace State’s First-Year
Initiative has experienced
great results and the College
continues to grow in its role as
a Learning College, always
seeking ways to better serve
its students.
The monthly
Freshman/Faculty Luncheon,
which began with the first
Common Read during 20092010, continues to be a
success, allowing Wallace
State students and faculty to
get to know each other
outside of the classroom in a
relaxed setting. Meetings
take place in the Wallace
State Student Center from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first
Tuesday of each month. Most
participants enjoy lunch from
Woody’s Grill during the
event. The luncheon has
provided an excellent
opportunity for discussions
about the Common Read.
The Common
Read
Wallace State’s Common
Read, a yearlong project that
brings the Wallace State
community together around a
single literary work embarked
on a second year in 2010-2011
with “The Boy in the Striped
Pajamas” by John Boyne.
Boyne’s work depicts the
atmosphere in Nazi Germany
during the early 1940s and the
persecution of Eastern
European Jews through the
eyes of Bruno, a nine-year-old
boy. To deepen the learning
experience, the Common
Read Committee, along with
The Evelyn Burrow Museum,
presented an exhibit of
artwork and narratives on loan
from The Birmingham
Holocaust Education
Committee titled “Darkness
into Life: Alabama Holocaust
Survivors through
Photography and Art.” The
assembly of photography by
Becky Seitel and paintings by
Mitzi J. Levin provided viewers
intimate glimpses into the
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private memories of twenty
Alabama Holocaust survivors.
Two of those survivors, Riva
and Aisic Hirsch spoke to the
campus in October 2010. The
Hirsches captivated a capacity
audience in the Burrow Center
Recital Hall Thursday with
personal stories from the
horrors of the Holocaust and
the uplifting power of human
kindness and faith in God that
helped them to endure, and
to ultimately to find each
other and happiness. In
addition to the audience in
the Burrow Recital Hall, more
than 2,000 students and
community members heard
the Hirshes in simulcast video
and audio broadcasts of their
discussion across campus.
“Zeitoun,” a book by David
Eggars set in New Orleans in
the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina, will be the featured
book in 2011-2012.
The Wallace State Diversity
Committee hosted Lecia
Brooks of the Southern
Poverty Law Center, for a
campus discussion on
religious tolerance in April
2011. Students in the Visual
Communications program
designed infographics on
world religions to be
displayed at the event and
across campus throughout the
semester.
Michael Hart looks over plans
for Wallace State’s new Green
Building demonstration home.
WSCC Offers Free Class on
Sustainability and Green
Building Practices
Wallace State introduced a
short-term training program in
Green Building practices in
2010. “Green 101 - Your Role
in the Green Environment,”
introduces participants to
basic sustainable building
practices and the ways in
which they can reduce their
carbon footprint. It also
provides an introduction to
the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC) and
Leadership in Energy and
Efficiency Design (LEED)
building certification, and
techniques that apply to all
areas and disciplines in
construction from raw
material extraction,
manufacturing, and
sustainable construction
practices to demolition and
salvaging principles.
The training is approved by
the United States Green
Building Council (USGBC) for
continuing education under
the Green Building
Certification Institute’s (GBCI)
Credentialing Maintenance
Program for LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental
Design). Participants who
successfully complete the
course will receive a
certification of completion
issued by the National Center
for Construction Education
and Research (NCCER).
Other classes available
through the program include
solar voltaics, weatherization,
green building codes and
more.
The Green Construction
Training program is also
providing hands-on training
by remodeling two older
houses on campus. These
houses, once used as
supplemental men’s
dormitory living space, were
relocated to the back of
campus to provide space for
the modular units that will
house student services offices
during the recladding of the
Bailey Center. The houses are
being renovated as model
homes, one a standard
energy-efficient home, and
the other a LEED-certified
home using the latest green
technology, including water
runoff collection tanks, a
geothermal hydronic floor
heating system, and solar
energy systems. Once
completed, touch screen
monitors inside the homes will
provide comparisons of such
measures as relative cost,
system diagnostics, and
energy efficiency.
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The renovated houses will
be unique in the state, and
continue to provide
opportunities for teaching
and learning while serving as
a valuable resource for
builders and contractors, and
as a field trip destination for
classes and individuals
interested in learning about
architecture and green
building design, energy use,
environment impact and
sustainable living.
Wallace State is a United
States Green Building Council
corporate member. This
program is funded 100
percent with Federal
Workforce Investment ActAmerican Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
funding made available to the
State of Alabama by the U.S.
Department of Labor/
Employment and Training
Administration.
e-learning: New Certificate
Program
The Advanced
Visualization Center
developed a Simulation
and Modeling
Technician Certificate,
which will provide a
broad background for 3D
simulation and game
development. The twosemester, 24-credit hour
certificate incorporates
practical applications in
creative arts, visual arts,
audio and video technology,
creative writing, modeling,
design, programming and
management, with classes
scheduled to begin in fall
2011.
Short-Term Training
Wallace State introduced a
number of new short-term
training offerings designed to
meet current workforce
demands and help
individuals quickly train for a
new career. These programs
include training for Patient
Care Assistants, Dialysis
Technicians, End-of-Life Care,
and Ophthalmic Assistants
and a variety of new online
training options including a
Home Inspection course, and
Small Business Marketing on
a Shoestring. They
complement training for
Welders, Certified Nursing
Assistants, Phlebotomists,
and other offerings.
Atlanta Braves pitcher and
WSCC alumnus Craig Kimbrel
Texas Rangers pitcher and
WSCC alumnus Derek Holland
Year of the Student
— Student Success
Wallace State began
its celebration of
a Year of the
Student in
2011 focusing
on student
success. While
Wallace State
always puts students
first, a dedicated Year of the
Student means that during a
year when employment has
been increasingly competitive
and harder to find, we
dedicate the same energy,
creativity and joy that
Oakland A’s pitcher Graham
Godfrey
PGA golfer Fredrick
Jacobson
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Drew Hendrix
Harry Chandler
CadeAnn Smith
Connor Johnson
Ty Parker, Wallace State alum
who was UA Drum major and
is now Band Director at Holly
Pond High School.
Here are other students
we’ve highlighted in 2011:
Steffanie Hocking and Chase
Carpenter are accepted to the
McWhorter School of Pharmacy.
characterized the Year of the
Arts, ensuring that Wallace
State students are the best
prepared students in the
nation, ready to achieve the
success they deserve and
desire. During our Year of the
Student, the College has
collected good news about
our students such as Kenneth
Harris, a Wallace State
nursing grad, who is featured
in the recent UAB Annual
Report; and nursing graduate
Laura Russell Richerzhagen,
who recently published a
journal article on her research;
welding student Joey Foster
who placed first in national
Skills USA; recent alumni
Chase Carpenter and
Steffanie Hocking, who were
accepted to the McWhorter
School of Pharmacy; and
Craig Kimbrel, the Atlanta
Braves pitcher who played for
Wallace State in 2007 and
2008, set the record for saves
by a rookie in 2011, and
became the College’s first
Major League Baseball AllStar.
In 2010, Derek Holland,
who played for Wallace State
in 2006 and 2007, became
the first former Lion to pitch
in the World Series. The
Texas Rangers starter had the
most shutouts in the
American League in regular
season 2011.
Graham Godfrey, who
narrated the College’s Who
Will You Be? commercial
several years ago, and was
featured as the student
saying “I will be a baseball
player”, was called up to the
major leagues by the
Oakland A’s in 2011.
PGA Golfer Fredrick
Jacobson, who played for
Wallace State in 1994, visited
the Wallace State campus
Tim Childers
Daniel Bussey
with his family in spring 2011,
just before winning the
Travelers Championship.
Two Wallace State athletic
teams earned Alabama
Community College
Conference Championships –
Volleyball and Women’s
Basketball – and both made
trips to the NJCAA National
Tournament for their sport.
The 2009-2010 Softball,
Women’s Basketball,
Volleyball and Golf teams
were recognized as NJCAA
All-Academic Teams for
excellence in the classroom.
Drew Hendrix became the
third straight Wallace State
welding student to win the
state Skills USA competition.
Kevin Suggs, the first blind
student to earn a GED from
Wallace State, was the
featured speaker at the 2011
GED Graduation ceremony.
Kevin
Suggs
and his
service
dog
Harley.
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Alumni of the Wallace
State theatre program, Tim
Childers and Daniel Bussey,
landed professional acting
jobs with Birmingham
Children’s Theatre.
Senior adult Physical
Education student Harry
Chandler earned a Senior
Olympic gold medal in table
tennis.
The Dual Enrollment
program, which enrolls nearly
300 students, reported a 60
percent completion rate of
students earning a terminal
degree within four years. Two
former dual enrollment
students, Cade Ann Smith
and Conner Johnson,
graduated from the University
of Alabama this year having
earned numerous honors.
Smith was a member of “31”,
a group of the most influential
women at the University, the
Student Government
Association, and the
Blackburn group, a select
group of student leaders. She
is currently working on Capitol
Hill at the U.S. Senate.
Johnson was a member of the
2010 All-USA Today Academic
Team, served as vicepresident of the Blue Key
Honor Society, and was
named Organic Chemistry
Student of the Year, and
Computer-Based Honors
Program Freshman and
Sophomore Student of the
Year. He has been accepted
to Harvard Medical School.
In addition to having the
top graduation rate among
Alabama Community
Colleges--50 percent in 20102011--the College also retains
61 percent of all students, a
percentage well above state
and national averages.
Student outcomes by
program are equally
outstanding. Dental Assisting,
Practical Nursing and Physical
Therapy Assistant programs
all reported a 100 percent
pass rate for students taking
licensure exams. Dental
Hygiene reported a 96
percent pass rate on the
national board exam.
Respiratory Therapy and
Therapeutic Massage
programs reported 93 percent
and 92 percent success rates,
respectively, by students
taking licensure exams in
those fields. The Health
Information Technology and
Occupational Therapy
programs reported 86 percent
pass rates, while Registered
Nursing reported an 87
percent pass rate. In the
technical programs, Heating
and Air Conditioning,
Welding, and Cosmetology
routinely report at or near 100
percent pass rates on
certification and licensure
exams.
The list goes on, and it is
especially rewarding for all of
us who serve in higher
education to witness the
outcomes of the students we
serve.
Employee Success
Wallace State employees
have been recognized for
their outstanding
contributions. The work of
Dr. Mary Barnes, English
instructor, on The Common
Read was published by the
University of Texas at Austin
National Institute for Staff and
Organizational Development
in the “NISOD Abstracts.”
Biology instructor Dr. Fred
Halstead, Respiratory
Therapy program director
Dr. Paul Taylor, Athletics
secretary Deborah Spann,
and Director of Institutional
Development Suzanne
Harbin were all presented
NISOD excellence awards in
2011. Robert Davis, history
instructor and genealogy
expert, published a book
titled “Anderson Civil War
Prison” and appeared in The
History Channel ‘s “Brad
Meltzer’s: Decoded” series.
Cosmetology program
director Tracy Smith has been
appointed as a state liaison to
the National-Interstate
Council (NIC) of State Boards
of Cosmetology, the National
Cosmetology Association
(NCA) and the American
Association of Cosmetology
Schools (AACS). Health
Information Management
program director Donna
Stanley was elected president
of the Alabama Association
for Health Information
Management (AAHIM).
Wallace State head baseball
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Wallace State student Brent
McDonald’s work was
recognized in the Chancellor’s
Art Show.
WSCC Representatives at Alabama Community College System’s
Chancellor’s Awards ceremony – Pictured L-R: Bruce Tenison,
director of e-Learning; Tammy Gipson, director of the
Occupational Therapy Assistant program; Wallace State’s VicePresident for Students/Learning Dr. Tomesa Smith; Dr. Rebecca
Reeves, History instructor and chair of the Social Sciences
division; and Mark Bolin, Bookstore manager with Dr. Vicki
Hawsey, President of Wallace State.
coach Randy Putman
surpassed 800 career wins,
and Wallace State head
softball coach Jayne Clem
reached 600 wins.
English instructor Dr. Kathy
Buckelew was selected for
the Alabama Community
College Leadership Academy.
The Leadership WSCC Class
of 2010-2011 included Krystal
Beasley, Jennie Gurley,
Gayle Ledbetter, Todd
Hardman, Brandon Brooks,
Diana Majerik, JoAnn
Castles, Brett Messersmith,
Lisa Hullett, and Michael
Salerno. Dr. Fred Halstead,
Connie Allen, Jimmy
Hodges, Bruce Tenison, and
Courtney Walker were
elected to serve on the
College’s Administrative
Council. Extraordinary
Employee Awards were
presented to dorm director
Robin Leeth, auxiliary
services staff member Ed
Hart, and math instructor
Dr. Lance Boyd for going
above and beyond the normal
workday duties to serve
students. Linda Williams was
presented the College’s first
Green Award for her recycling
efforts on campus.
Wallace State Employees
Recognized at Chancellor’s
Awards Ceremony, ACA
Conference
Several representatives of
College in Hanceville were
recognized at the Chancellor’s
Awards ceremony held in
conjunction with the Alabama
College Association’s Fall
Conference in Montgomery
November 21-23.
The Chancellor’s Awards
began 24 years ago as a way
to reward and encourage
outstanding performance,
creativity, and dedicated
service.
Wallace State’s VicePresident for Students/
Learning Dr. Tomesa Smith
was nominated as
Administrator of the Year.
Dr. Rebecca Reeves, history
instructor and chair of the
social sciences division, was
nominated for Academic
Faculty of the Year. Tammy
Gipson, director of the
Occupational Therapy
Assistant program, was
nominated for Technical
Faculty of the Year, and Mark
Bolin, Bookstore manager,
was recognized as a nominee
for Staff Member of the Year.
Dr. Tomesa Smith has
served in her permanent role
as chief officer for students
since October 2004. Her
responsibilities as Vice
President for Students include
coordinating functions of the
Student Services Division,
which encompasses Career
Services, Admissions, Student
Activities, Financial Aid,
ACTION Advising Center,
Athletics, Enrollment
Management, ADA, Student
Support Services, Talent
Search, Upward Bound,
Transitional Learning and
Testing. She has worked with
student services offices to
streamline processes for
students, chaired statewide
leadership events for students
and contributed to state
policy groups to promote
equality and excellence in
student affairs. Smith is a
graduate of the Alabama
Community College
Leadership Academy, a
Master Teacher, and was a
previous Chancellor’s Award
nominee for Instruction. She is
a member of the Alabama
Deans of Student Affairs
Association, serves as an
Alabama NASPA Executive
Board member and has been
a member of many state
committees. Smith began her
professional career at Wallace
State in 1988 as math
instructor, and became
Chairperson of the Math
Department in October 2000.
In 2004 she was named
Coordinator of Adult
Education. She holds a
doctorate and AA
Certification from Auburn
University, Class A
Certification from the
University of Alabama, a
master’s degree from UAB,
bachelor’s from Athens
University, and associate
degree from Wallace State.
Smith participates in
community associations,
including the High Hopes
Committee for Cullman
County Schools and has spent
over 10 years as a Girl Scout
leader, Sunday school teacher
for youth and children, and a
board member for high
school booster clubs.
Dr. Rebecca Reeves began
teaching at Wallace State as a
dual enrollment instructor in
1998. She has been a Fast
Track Academy and history
instructor. As chair of the
history department, a role she
assumed in 2009, Reeves
supervises full-time and
adjunct instructors, develops
schedules and prepares
budgets. She also teaches
approximately 400 students
each year. Reeves serves an
active role on multiple
Wallace State committees,
including the Student
Learning Outcomes
Committee, Scholarship
Committee, Gateway
Committee, Fast Track
Academy Committee and
Dual Enrollment Committee.
Reeves is a Master Teacher
and also graduated from
Leadership Wallace State. She
holds bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from UAB; and Ed.S.,
AA Certification, and Ed.D.
from the University of
Alabama. Reeves has
professional affiliations with
the Alabama Council of the
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Social Studies (ACSS), the
Alabama Historical Society,
the Alabama Archive
Association, the Hanceville
Preservation Commission and
the Hanceville Historical
Society. She was a teacher at
Cullman High School before
her full-time employment at
Wallace State.
Tammy Gipson is a Master
Teacher who has served as
director of the OTA program
since 2005. Over the past five
years, Gipson has used
distance learning to enhance
her program, setting up video
conferencing and developing
online courses. She has also
set up an online continuing
education seminar for
occupational therapy
assistants. Gipson serves as
the Health Division Unit 2
Coordinator and is
responsible for coordinating
with multiple health division
program directors for plans
about campus changes and
responses in the health
division to promote and
acknowledge the health
related fields at Wallace State.
Gipson received both her
bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from UAB, and has
earned the Excellence in
Innovation Award and Faculty
of the Month Award at
Wallace State. Gipson’s
previous professional
experience included roles as a
rehab manager at Restore
Therapy, an occupational
therapy manager at
Champion Partners in Rehab,
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Rehab Director at Sunbelt
Therapy and Senior
Occupational Therapist at
Huntsville Hospital. Gipson is
a regular volunteer for offcampus recruiting
opportunities and contributes
to the community and
fieldwork educators through
guest lectures and
demonstrations in caregiver
training, lymphedema
management, low vision
rehabilitation and home
health issues.
Mark Bolin was named
bookstore manager in
December 2006, a role that
includes supervising and
evaluating the bookstore staff;
overseeing daily closing
procedures for all
transactions; performing all
tasks related to ordering and
maintaining correct inventory
levels of textbooks, school
supplies and merchandise;
overseeing used book
buyback every semester and
maintaining regular
communication with faculty,
staff, administration and
vendors to ensure the
bookstore provides all
necessary resources for
employees and students.
During his tenure as
bookstore manager, Bolin has
found new opportunities for
students to save money on
textbooks, while at the same
time exploring ways for the
College to find increased
revenue. He has increased the
purchase of used books from
students by 107 percent since
2006. Bolin is a graduate of
Leadership Wallace State and
the Wallace State Learning
College Academy. He holds a
bachelor’s degree from
Athens University, and a MBA
from UNA. He currently serves
on the Wallace State
Leadership Council for
Institutional Effectiveness,
Wallace State Administrative
Council, President’s Council
and Wallace State Sick Leave
Bank Committee. Bolin began
working at Wallace State in
August 2005 as a
cashier/accounts receivable
specialist. He is an active
member within the Cullman
community, serving on the
Cullman Area Chamber of
Commerce Governmental
Affairs Committee and is a
graduate of Leadership
Cullman County.
Wallace State’s nominees
were also recipients of the
Wallace State Education
Achievement Award given
annually to employees who
consistently demonstrate
exceptional job performance
beyond routine expectations
in areas such as personal
integrity, dependability,
willingness to work with
others, punctuality, efficiency,
classroom/workplace
innovation and creativity. They
participate in on-campus and
off-campus activities beyond
usual job expectations
including professional
development, fundraising,
volunteerism, continuing
education, and leadership.
Winners of the Chancellor’s
Art Show were also
recognized during the
Chancellor’s Awards
ceremony. Bruce Tenison,
director of e-Learning, placed
2nd in employee
photography for “Sunset at
Fly Creek.” Wallace State
student Brent McDonald
received 3rd place in student
photography for “Colors of a
Peach.”
Harriet Mayo, executive
assistant to the president,
made a presentation during
the ACCA conference on
“How to Correct Formatting
Faux Pas.”
Vicki Hawsey announced the
appointment of Paul Bailey as
Athletic Director in February
2011.
Bailey will oversee the
operations of Wallace State’s
eight athletic teams, which
include men’s and women’s
basketball, baseball, softball,
golf, volleyball, soccer, and
cheerleading.
“I appreciate Dr. Hawsey for
giving me this opportunity,”
he said. “I already know the
coaches and work closely with
them. We have a great
relationship. All of our
coaches are winners.”
Bailey joined the college in
1991, serving as Director of
Sports Medicine and Athletic
Trainer before becoming
Director of the Physical
Education Department. He
previously held positions as
assistant tennis coach and
intramural director.
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Wallace State is
dedicated to
providing stateof-the-art training
and educational
technology to
maintain its status
at the forefront of
innovative learning.
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INNOVATIVE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS
Wallace State Begins Plans
for New Health
Sciences/Life Sciences
Building
President Vicki Hawsey has
announced the naming of an
architectural firm to design
the College’s new Health
Building.
Williams Blackstock
Architects of Birmingham
met with College
administrators in mid-2011 to
discuss plans for the 130,000
square foot facility, the 43rd
on Wallace State’s 300-acre
campus in Hanceville.
The Alabama Board of
Education approved
construction of the new
building and authorized the
issuance of approximately
$25,000,000 in limited
obligation bonds for Wallace
State at its December 9,
2010, meeting in
Montgomery, with the
stipulation that planning for
the project be completed
and construction contracts
executed within the year.
The new Health Sciences/Life
Sciences facility will house
nursing, biology, and other
allied health and science
A recent pinning ceremony for Wallace State associate degree
Nursing students filled the Betty Leeth Haynes Theatre.
classes.
According to Dr. Hawsey,
classroom and laboratory
spaces in the College’s
Robert T. Wilson Nursing
Building, where nursing
classes are taught, and in the
Science Complex, where
biology, and other science.
classes are taught, are
inadequate to support the
enrollment demands and
requirements for state-ofthe-art, technologically
advanced learning
environments.
“Our new Health
building will provide learning
spaces that are suitable for
simulation-based learning,
problem-based learning, and
interdisciplinary learning in
an environment that more
nearly replicates those found
in hospitals and that
promote active and
collaborative learning
between disciplines,” she
said.
The College’s nursing
education program alone
enrolls more than 600
students each semester. The
current nursing facility was
constructed in 1983 and
occupies 29,378 square foot
building. For comparison’s
sake, the number of
registered nursing students
graduating from the
associate degree program
since 1983 has more than
quadrupled, and the
demand for skilled nursing
professionals continues to
escalate.
With increased interest
and emphasis on the
sciences nationally, and the
College breaking records for
enrollment in recent years,
the College’s biology and
other science classes are also
bursting at the seams of the
18,797 square foot Science
complex.
The new Health
building will enable the
College to expand
enrollments in the natural
sciences, nursing education,
life sciences, emergency
medical services, clinical lab
technician, and respiratory
therapy, which are all at
maximum capacity for
current classroom availability.
Current plans are to combine
all English classes in the
current Robert T. Wilson
building and to combine all
history, psychology, social
sciences, human services,
and criminal justice classes in
the existing Science
complex.
“English, history, and social
science classes are currently
offered in multiple buildings
across campus, which
presents significant
inconveniences to students
and faculty and adds to
traffic congestion,” said
Hawsey.
Wallace State’s New Burrow
Center featured in
Architectural Magazine
The Ottis and Evelyn
and Performing Arts was
selected as one of 95 award
winning facilities nationwide
to be featured in the 20th
Anniversary “Educational
Interiors Showcase” issue of
American School & University
magazine. The 2010
compendium highlighted
outstanding and innovative
school and university learning
environments.
The goal of American
School and University
magazine is to help architects
and education administrators
“make informed decisions
about facilities and
construction.” According to
Joe Agron, the magazine’s
editor-in-chief, “it is the first,
largest and most prestigious
education interior design
competition in the industry.”
The April 2010 opening of
the Ottis and Evelyn Burrow
Center for the Fine and
Performing Arts, a state-of-
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the-art teaching and
performance facility for the
fine and performing arts,
enabled the College to
develop premiere
instructional programs and
expand its community
outreach by hosting
community and College
events, including music,
dance, and theatrical
performances, and art
exhibitions, complementing
Wallace State’s vision to be a
world class institution that
effectively meets the
educational and cultural
needs of its students and the
communities it serves. With
the opening of this Center in
conjunction with the
College’s 2010 Arts in April
series of arts-related events
in its fifth year, and the many
other events held on campus
each semester, Wallace State
is becoming the center for
cultural arts in the area.
The Burrow Center includes
art studios, a graphic art
computer lab, this recital hall,
band and choir rooms,
ensemble rooms,
The Ottis and Evelyn Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.
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choreography/dance rooms,
recording rooms and practice
rooms, composition
laboratories, classrooms,
offices and meeting rooms as
well as the Evelyn Burrow
Museum, which has on
display highlights of the $9.5
million fine and decorative
arts collection donated to the
College by Mrs. Burrow. The
Evelyn Burrow Museum
contains a unique collection
of decorative arts from the
Victorian era to modern
times, from fine examples of
delicately crafted porcelain
to artful everyday wares. This
extraordinary collection
includes more than 5,000
objects primarily of porcelain
and pottery, glass, and
bronze, highlights of which
are displayed in the
Museum’s main gallery and in
its Porcelain Room. Visitors
are invited to share Mrs.
Burrowʼs appreciation for the
decorative arts, her passion
for collecting, and her
particular love of horses in
this exhibition. Through her
gifts to Wallace State valued
in the millions, Evelyn Burrow
educates and inspires
generations of current and
future artists, collectors and
art historians, and
encourages us all to see the
beauty, artistry and
craftsmanship in the objects
that surround us every day.
The Ottis and Evelyn
and Performing Arts is the
first building on campus
constructed with green
building concepts from the
ground up. Many
components of this building
are LEED inspired or LEED
equivalent. According to
architects at Goodwyn, Mills
and Cawood, the flooring
products used have a high
recycled or rapidly renewable
resource content. Bamboo
was chosen for its durability
and because it is a product
that will grow back in 10
years. The sheet vinyl chosen
contains significant
percentage of natural cork.
The carpet used received a
Cool Carpet Certificate from
Bentley Prince Street
acknowledging that 22 tons
of certified carbon dioxide
credits were retired as a
result of the highly recycled
content used in this aspect of
the facility’s design. The
building contains a significant
amount of concrete pouring
using water-based dyes and
solvents. Low-flow plumbing
fixtures were installed. A
high efficiency lighting
system using LED/ low-power
usage fixtures will
complement the large
amount of natural light
coming in through the
abundance of windows in the
building. These windows not
only illuminate regularly
occupiable spaces but also
provide occupants of the
building with views to the
outside. The exterior of the
building was designed to
maximize energy efficiency
by regulating the amount of
heat entering and leaving the
building. Internet
controllable thermostats,
allow for efficient use of
energy in the Burrow Center
and in buildings across
campus.
The Burrow Center is
named for Ottis Burrow, who
was instrumental in the
selection of Hanceville as the
site of the George C. Wallace
Trade School of Cullman
County that became Wallace
State Community College,
and his wife Evelyn, one of
the College’s greatest
benefactors.
Bailey Renovations
Wallace State’s front-line
offices moved to temporary
homes in 2010 as the
College’s tallest building, the
James C. Bailey Center,
began a lengthy, $16.5
million renovation to restore
structural integrity of the
building’s exterior.
The Business, Financial Aid
and Admissions offices and
the ACTION Advising Center
are now located in modular
units on the front side of
campus, adjacent to the
Health Sciences Building and
across the street from the
Tom Bevill Health Education
Building. Wallace State’s
modular units have been
tabbed the “Student
Resource Center” and are
located together to better
accommodate students as a
one-stop shop. Other offices
previously housed in the
Bailey Center also relocated
to other areas of campus.
Renovations to the Bailey
Center, a 14-story, 144,000square foot building, were
expected to last
approximately 18 months
according to previous
estimations, however
damage from the storms of
April 2011 have caused
delays of some months.
The bond issue funding the
majority of the cost of
renovation includes a
reallocation of $4 million
from the Cullman County
Commission, which allows
the College to save $660,000
over the life of the bond.
Learning Outside the
Classroom
Wallace State programs
supplemented classroom
instruction with field trips,
including the Automotive
program’s trip to the
Corvette plant in Bowling
Green, Ky., while Upward
Bound traveled to New
Orleans and Student Support
Services to Chattanooga.
Wallace State Nursing
Students Conduct Free
KidCheck Health Screenings
in Blount County
More than 2,600 Blount
County students now receive
free KidCheck health
screenings each semester
thanks to the Wallace State
Nursing program. KidCheck
is a model school-based
health screening program
that began in Blount and
Bibb Counties and is now
being expanded to any
interested school system as
an initiative of former
Governor Bob Riley's
Alabama Rural Action
Commission. Wallace State
partners with Blount County
Schools, serving more than
4,000 students annually as
part of this initiative.
Pediatric nursing students
begin preparing the first day
of class for their participation
in the health screenings.
Each nursing student
conducts a full assessment on
each child, including height
and weight, blood pressure,
heart and lung sounds, and
temperature, as well as
dental, vision, and hearing
exams.
Wallace State Nursing Hosts
Let’s Pretend Hospital Event
The Wallace State Nursing
department held its annual
Let’s Pretend Hospital event
on campus in March with
attendance by more than
1,000 first grade students
from Cullman City and
County schools.
In preparation for Let’s
Pretend Hospital, more than
400 students in the program
focus on transforming the
nursing building into a mock
hospital with the goal of
creating a fun, nonthreatening environment to
reduce children’s anxiety and
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First graders from Cullman
County Schools attend Let’s
Pretend Hospital at Wallace
State.
fear about hospitals.
Activities planned for the first
graders include learning
about the importance of
hand washing, viewing a
pretend operating room,
looking through
microscopes, viewing x-rays,
learning safety tips and
touring an ambulance and
fire truck.
Cullman Regional Medical
Center partners with Wallace
State for this event and
provides ID bands for the
children and other supplies
for the individual rooms.
Children’s Hospital in
Birmingham provides
pediatric masks and
educational materials.
Bunge North America of
Decatur sponsored the
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transportation for all the
buses and drivers this year,
which ensured that more
schools would be able to
attend. Culpepper Real
Estate donated reusable
directional signs to guide the
school buses to the Nursing
building. Chick-Fil-A
donated coupons for a
complimentary kids meal to
each child visiting the
pretend hospital.
The nursing students hold
a t-shirt design competition
each year and wear shirts at
the event featuring the
winning design.
The department’s goal is to
offer this event to every first
grader in Cullman County.
Diesel Program Converts
Overturned Truck to
Diagnostic Training Lab
Wallace State’s Diesel
Mechanics program is
putting a diesel truck that
was overturned during the
storms of April 27 to good
use. Department head
Jeremy Smith and his
students have transformed
the T600 Kenworth training
diesel, one of the trucks that
had been used in training
students to prepare for their
commercial driver’s license
(CDL), into a diagnostics
training lab. A main
component of Wallace State’s
Diesel Mechanics program is
learning to diagnose repairs
that need to be made,
ranging from the vehicle’s
The Diesel Mechanics lab at Wallace State Community College
provides students with a variety of training on diesel engines.
electrical system to major
engine problems. The
overturned training diesel,
which has a Caterpillar
engine, caters perfectly to
those scenarios. It can also
be used for training in
preventive maintenance,
brakes, steering, suspension
and alignment. In addition to
this partnership with
Kenworth and My Way
Trucking, the diesel
mechanics program recently
partnered with Eaton/Dana
Corporation’s Roadranger
products to provide annual
instruction on heavy duty
automatic transmissions and
heavy duty hybrid
transmissions, and to sponsor
training aids and new
equipment for the program.
Mechanics Program, Eaton
Roadranger Company
Partner for Transmission
Training Classes, Future
Endeavors
Mechanics Department and
Eaton/Dana Corporation’s
Roadranger products began
a partnership that both
parties hope becomes an
annual event.
Roadranger representatives
hosted a three-day class for
local industry employees and
Wallace State Diesel
Mechanics students. The
classes provided training on
heavy duty automatic
transmission class and heavy
duty hybrid transmissions.
“It’s wonderful Eaton is
partnering with us. This
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partnership enhances our
program as they will sponsor
or obtain additional new
equipment for us to use as
training aids for our
students,” said Diesel
Mechanics Department Chair
Jeremy Smith.
Wallace State was an ideal
fit for the training according
to Roadranger’s Phillip
Medler, the territory sales
and service manager from
Chelsea. Medler and Eaton
national representative John
Bourdo conducted the threeday classes.
“We like to hold these
classes at a community
College because the
exposure reaches the
students and helps to get the
awareness out there.
Roadrunner is the vendor. We
come in, do the training and
get students exposed to the
components we provide to
the marketplace and the
upcoming new components
we are going to launch,”
Medler said. “We appreciate
Wallace State, the facility
here and hope it’s going to
be a long partnership.”
Partnerships with industry
suppliers ensure students
train on the equipment they’ll
be using in the workplace.
Smith has been head of
Mechanics program for two
years and under his guidance
has acquired multiple
partnerships with companies
like Eaton, Kenworth Truck
Company, My Way Trucking
and is seeking to team up
with Ryder.
Smith’s students have
worked on a myriad of
engines including Cummins,
Caterpillar, Volvo, Detroit,
John Deere, Kubota and
Isuzu. He’s also working to
obtain engines from Mack,
International and Paccar.
One of the more intriguing
project Smith’s students are
embarking on is work on a
2009 hybrid truck engine.
“We exclusively started
talking to Eaton when we
discussed the hybrid truck
training. Eaton and our
students are excited we are
taking a stand and moving
into the greener areas of
hybrids,” Smith said. “We are
the only one in the region I
know that is doing that.”
Since Smith arrived, his
students have worked on 23
different training aid engines
and most are put back out on
the streets in working order.
Adding to the overall
excitement of the program is
Coy Carr’s recent 3rd-place
finish in the SkillsUSA
competition at Thompson
Tractor in Birmingham. Carr,
20, of Warrior became the
program’s inaugural
participant in the SkillsUSA
competition.
Smith had 20 students sign
up for the program during
the fall semester, while eight
of 10 recent graduates are
working full-time in the
industry.
“I want to make this the
best program in the
Southeast and eventually in
the United States. Of course,
it’s going to take some time,
but our overall goal is to have
a student leave here and walk
straight into industry. We
hope they go to work and
don’t have to look behind all
the time. Some students are
still going to be green, but
we’ve had great reviews
about our students in
industry,” Smith said.
Wallace State offers a
certificate in Diesel
Mechanics and provides CDL
training and testing for those
interested in a career in
diesel mechanics or truck
driving.
Wallace State Adopts
Banner
Wallace State along with a
consortium of colleges has
committed to move from the
Access/Aliant administrative
software system to SunGuard
Banner. Initial planning
began in summer 2011 with
implementation scheduled
for fall 2012. This system will
provide a more efficient,
user-friendly interface
compatible with serving an
increasingly online student
body.
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Year of the Student
Spotlights
Wallace State
Celebrates 45th
Commencement
WSCC and President Vicki Hawsey conferred
degrees upon approximately 1,000 graduates
during Wallace State’s 45th commencement
ceremony, which celebrated the Year of the
Student.
“Graduates, we congratulate and commend
you as you successfully conclude this phase of
your educational journey,” Dr. Hawsey told the
Class of 2011. “Your future is limited only by
those limitations that are self-imposed. Your
success is abbreviated only when you choose
not to dream, so dream!”
Wallace State has educated hundreds of
thousands of students since its beginning in
1965, and more than 30,000 have graduated.
The College produces more graduates than
any other institution in the Alabama
Community College System and has long been
known for its reputation of excellence.
“America’s community colleges are places
where exceptional students like these are
challenged to succeed, and places where they
thrive,” Hawsey said. “Our graduates are
among the finest in the nation, having caused
Wallace State to be listed among the top 100
associate degree producers among America’s
1,200 community colleges, the only college in
Alabama to have been named to this
prestigious list.”
“As we celebrate the accomplishments of
this graduating class, I am convinced that each
of them will leave an indelible imprint on their
worlds and the people around them,” she said.
“They are ‘Difference Makers’.”
As has become her tradition, Hawsey shared
the stories of several students who represent
the diverse dreams, ambitions and
achievements of the entire student body.
Among them were Candace Tabor, Timothy
Alexander, Adam Schrimsher, Irene Kijem, Ryan
Gussenhoven, and Brian Purser.
Candace Tabor is an international volunteer
and traveling enthusiast, who, at 20, has
already seen more of the world than most of
us can hope to see. In the summer of 2009,
after spending a night online looking for
service opportunities from her home in
Cullman, she volunteered with Cross Cultural
Solutions, an organization that provides
support for
underprivileged
areas around
the world, and
spent time in
Costa Rica
working at a
special
education
school. In 2010
she spent more
than a month touring Europe, and in 2011 she
will spend two months in Peru with the Light
and Leadership Initiative teaching English and
Art before doing some traveling of her own.
“Traveling changes you –realizing how different
things are there compared to here gives you a
different perspective,” she said. “I want to
travel, see the world, enjoy meeting new
people and learning about their language,
their culture and the way they live their lives.”
As a certified teacher of English as a Foreign
Language and a talented artist, she hopes to
be able to teach English and pursue art
wherever she is. Candace is a 2011 graduate of
Wallace State with a degree in Visual
Communications.
Timothy
Alexander
was a
passenger in a
car that was
involved in an
accident,
leaving him
paralyzed
from just
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below the neck. He gradually regained feeling
in his upper body, and spent the year following
high school in vocational rehabilitation,
determined to prove that he could be selfsufficient. A counselor at Alabama Vocational
Rehabilitation Services told Timothy that if he
really wanted to be self-sufficient, he should
attend college. He had hoped to go to nursing
school at Wallace State and to be the first
nurse in a wheel chair, but nurses are required
to flip patients and his differing abilities
prevented that. He found a new calling in
criminal justice, and fell in love with forensic
investigation. He asked his instructors early on
“not to let the disability that you may think I
have affect the way you treat me.” And they
didn’t. In addition to working in criminal justice,
Timothy wants to become a motivational
speaker, sharing a message of hope. “Don’t
give up on yourself, you can do anything,” he
said. “Wallace State has been an awesome
journey for me.”
Adam Schrimsher, a Criminal Justice major
from Hartselle, set out to break down
communication barriers that might have arisen
from his deafness by starting the Talking Hands
Club. “So often
people are
confused or shy
about
communicating
with the deaf.
We are just like
everyone else;
we just use our
hands to talk,”
was the club’s
motto. This club was established to help
students better understand and embrace the
many facets of Deaf Culture while offering
lessons in sign language. Adam is planning a
career as a criminal investigator after
transferring to Faulkner University to earn a
bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.
Irene Kijem was born and raised in the West
African country of Cameroon. As a young girl
growing up,
she saw friends
and relatives
die of
countless
curable
diseases and
felt so helpless.
She came to
the United
States in 2002, but with all the hustle and
bustle of life in the US, she put her plans on
hold. Then, everything came to a screeching
halt in 2008 with the sudden death of her
husband in Atlanta, Ga. The call to go to
nursing school suddenly became very urgent –
she wanted to be a part of something bigger
than herself. She began looking for a college,
and “Wallace State fit just like a square peg in
a square hole,” she said. As president of the
2009 LPN class, she developed leadership skills
that have helped her enormously at work and
boosted her confidence. That is why after
completing the LPN program, she came right
back for the RN program. Deborah Hoover,
Director of Nursing said, “I remember the first
time I met with Irene in my office as she first
entered our program. She spoke with a heavy
accent and had to learn much to succeed since
French is her primary language, but she’s an
outstanding student even in our most
demanding advanced nursing courses.” “I
have learned that nursing is not only a job; it is
a gift, a calling to touch people’s lives,” Irene
says. With her French speaking background,
she hopes to travel and practice not only in
Cameroon but in countries like Canada,
Rwanda and Haiti.
One of those students who could have gone
anywhere, Ryan Gussenhoven, who scored a
35 on his ACT, chose Wallace State. “I knew I
could get a good education from a community
college for two years,” he said, “and it didn’t
make sense financially not to do that.”
Originally from Redding, California, at 15 Ryan
moved with his father to Fultondale, Alabama
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when he
relocated for
business. Ryan
chose Wallace
State because
the campus
was beautiful
and had a
“fantastic”
university feel,
and because everyone he talked to – faculty
and staff – were genuinely concerned with the
success of students. Ryan is a gifted student,
particularly in math. “He could have taught the
class,” said one instructor. In fact, he has been
teaching students though his work in the
WSCC tutoring lab. He has also played the
violin since elementary school, but claims
never to have been as gifted at music as math.
Ever the pragmatist, Ryan turned down spots
at MIT and UC Berkeley to attend the topnotch engineering program at Georgia Tech
because the transfer credits he earned through
Wallace State will allow him to enter there as a
junior. Ryan plans to continue his education
specializing in nanomaterials engineering.
Diagnostic Imaging graduate, Brian Keith
Purser, his wife, and their family are among
some of the only survivors in his neighborhood
from the tornado that tore through
Hackleburg, Alabama, on April 27, 2011.
Words cannot describe the devastation that
community experienced, observers say. “It
looks like a bomb exploded,” Brian said.
Eleven people gathered in his parent’s
basement that day, including nine members of
his family and two
neighbors, the only
two neighbors who
survived. Nothing of
Brian’s house remains,
not even his wife’s
wedding ring nor his
vehicles. They left with
only the clothes on
their back. His parent’s
house is also gone. One of Brian’s most
outstanding attributes is the positive attitude
that he has maintained in the face of tragedy –
he is thankful that God was watching over his
family through that disastrous day, and he is
thankful for the outpouring of support his
family and his community has received. “The
kindness and generosity of people in our
community has been tremendous,” he said.
“People have given us so much through this,
we are giving back to other people who need
it more than we do.” He and his wife are
following through on a commitment to go on a
mission trip to Uganda because he feels the
need to help other people even though he has
his own losses and needs. Brian is the type of
student/graduate that displays the unselfish
behavior that puts the “Community” in
Wallace State Community College. Brian has
been a stellar student in the Diagnostic
Imaging program, the lucky last person
admitted after being laid off from a supplier in
the mobile home industry.
Honorary presentations at the WSCC 45th
Commencement were made to Bailee
Robinson for the Presidential Award for
Academic Excellence; to Jason Smith for the
Presidential Award for Technical Excellence;
and to Jane Dyer, for the Presidential Award
for Health Excellence. These awards go to
students of superior achievement in each area
and are the highest honors presented at
graduation.
Bailee
Robinson
Jason
Smith
Jane
Dyer
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MARKETING AND
COMMUNICATION
Wallace State experienced
record enrollments in 2010,
with a spring enrollment of
6,363 and a fall enrollment of
6,355. Those numbers were
15 percent higher than the
same period in 2008-2009.
WSCC was again rated first
choice by more graduating
seniors taking the ACT than
any other community college.
A new marketing
campaign, A Wallace State of
Mind, with a jingle sung by
Wallace State choral director
Tiffany Richter, was unveiled
in summer 2011. The College
earned more than 40 awards
during the course of its
previous campaign, A Life
Less Ordinary.
The College won a
National Council on
Marketing and Public
Relations Award for social
media in 2010. Wallace
State’s Facebook pages have
attracted more than 9,800
friends and fans, far
exceeding colleges of similar
size. More than 10,000
visitors have been to Wallace
State’s YouTube site, and
viewed more than 19,000
videos. The College’s web
site had more than 1.3 million
page views in summer
semester 2011.
A video newsletter, the
Wallace State News,
produced by the marketing
department and a pair of
Wallace State students,
became a popular weekly
feature delivered to students
and staff in their weekly
Wallace State e-newsletter
and posted on YouTube.
Throughout 2011, Wallace
State is celebrating a Year of
the Student with a special
focus on engaging students
in campus communications
and activities, and
highlighting students in news
stories, video productions
posted on the College’s web
site, billboards and print
publications.
Wallace State asked
students to select a new
name for the College mascot,
the lion, which got an
updated look in 2010. Roary
was chosen a majority of
student survey participants,
and Chris Adams, who came
up with the name, received a
scholarship. Roary was
featured on the radio talk
show “Rick and Bubba.”
Wallace State was featured
in local, state and national
media. Wallace State
Roary the Lion poses for the
camera with broadcast DJs
Rick and Bubba.
photographs featuring the
welding department and
graduation were featured on
the American Association of
Community Colleges web
site, while stories about
Wallace State were featured
in Community College Week,
League for Innovation
Connections, Business
Alabama magazine, and
Birmingham Business
Journal. Fox 6’s “Absolutely
Alabama” with Fred Hunter
featured a story on the
Burrow Center, highlighting
Evelyn Burrow and the
Burrow Museum and the
Wallace State Singers and
Jazz Band. Follow-up
features on the Singers were
done two more times on Fox
6 – once by Sarah Verser,
comparing the group to the
television show “Glee,” and
once for a Christmas special.
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Jason Wagner, right, a
College drafting student,
studies literature on ATI Firth
Sterling. The brochure was
provided by plant manager
Joseph T. “Joe” Richardson,
left, during the business and
industry leg of Wallace State’s
Career Fair/College Career
Days held Wednesday at the
school’s Tom Drake Coliseum.
(Photo by The Cullman Times)
did a pair of stories on the
effects of the April 27 storms
on Wallace State, and
featured Bert Mackentepe in
a segment promoting the
Wallace State aviation
program and its part in the
Cullman air show.
The Year of the Arts, which
began in 2010 with a concert
and dance featuring the
world famous Glenn Miller
Orchestra, a Wallace State
Theatre production of the
Disney musical “Beauty and
the Beast,” the April opening
of the Ottis and Evelyn
and Performing Arts,
continued with a concert by
The Isaacs, and a
performance by the Wallace
State choirs of Vivaldi’s
“Gloria,” a fall Wallace State
Theatre performance of
“Little Shop of Horrors,” and
the Montgomery Ballet’s
“The Nutcracker.”
In the year since its
opening, The Evelyn Burrow
Museum, along with the
Wallace State Art
Department, has held a
number of exhibitions and
events. The College was
honored to be selected as
host for U.S. Rep. Robert
Aderholt’s Congressional Art
Competition. A Community
Art Competition, which has
become an annual feature of
Wallace State’s Arts in April
celebration, had a record 200
entries. In addition to the
Birmingham Holocaust
Education Society exhibit of
the art and narratives by
Alabama holocaust survivors,
“Darkness into Life,” there
was a well attended
retrospective exhibition by
Wallace State artist-inresidence William Sharpton
along with a lecture by the
artist. A Wallace State Faculty
Art Exhibit, and exhibition of
art and design by Nov Ontos
titled “Concepts” rounded
out the year.
Community Outreach
& Community Service
Chancellor Freida Hill
visited Wallace State
Community College in
January 2011 as part of a
planned statewide tour of
communities where local
two-year institutions are
located to listen to ideas
from business and political
Alabama
Community
College
System
Chancellor
Freida Hill asks
and answers
questions
during a chat with local
business and political leaders at
Wallace State about the ways
the community college system
can help the region. (Photo by
Amanda Shavers-Davis/The
Cullman Times)
leaders about ways the twoyear college system cold
better serve the region. Ideas
generated from the meetings
will be used to refine the
mission and vision of the
Alabama Community College
System.
Wallace State held many
other events on campus,
including the Cullman
Community Concert
Association concerts, a Phi
Theta Kappa 5K Run, Career
and Health fairs, the Alabama
State Math Exam, STEM
(Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math)
Camps, Summer Youth
College. The College’s Relay
for Life Team raised more
than $6,500.
Wallace State organized its
annual educational trip to
Europe in May 2011. A group
of 18 travelers, including
students and community
members, visited Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, and
Liechtenstein. Over 11 days,
the groups toured many of
the historic sites and cities
A stop at Neuschwanstein
Castle was a highlight of the
WSCC 2011 European trip.
these culturally rich nations
have to offer. Students who
participate on the tour are
eligible to enroll in an
International Studies class at
WSCC for credit.
College Hosts College Day
for Blount County High
School Seniors
Seven high schools from
Blount County--and more
than 600 seniors--visited
Wallace in September for
Blount County Senior Day,
which is becoming an annual
event.
The students were exposed
to the various technical
programs on Wallace State’s
campus and visited landmark
buildings and new features of
the College.
The high school seniors
were instructed on the
College admission process,
scholarship opportunities and
enjoyed performances from
the Wallace State Jazz Band
and the Wallace State
Singers. Wallace State
Cheerleaders and
Ambassadors also helped
welcome the guests from
Blount County.
“It is very important for
high school seniors to go on
campus to do College day
because it may be the first
time for them to actually be
on a college campus to
seriously look at their life
after high school. I always
want them to see first-hand
what to expect,” said Karron
Standridge, guidance
counselor at Hayden High
School. “I also think the visit
may confirm for some
students what they think
college life is about while for
others it will motivate them
to step up to the challenge
themselves.”
The seniors from Hayden,
J.B. Pennington, Susan
Moore, Locust Fork,
Oneonta, Cleveland and
Appalachian High Schools
visited the newest building
on campus, the Evelyn and
Ottis Burrow Center for the
Fine and Performing Arts,
were treated to the
capabilities and 3- and 4-D
technology at the Advanced
Visualization Center,
explored Tom Drake
Coliseum and had a meal
specially prepared for them
by the Wallace State Culinary
Arts Department.
Standridge said, “I’m
impressed by the many
programs Wallace State has
to offer our young people. I
would be willing to put
Wallace State up against any
program in the nation.”
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Blount County is in Wallace
State’s service area and the
second-leading producer of
enrolled students behind
Cullman County.
“The programs offered at
Wallace State set up my
students for success in life. I
constantly tell students,
parents and our community
about Wallace State’s
technical programs and how
they need to seriously look at
them. I truly believe those
programs are the future for
many jobs in Alabama,”
Standridge said.
Hosting College Day is as
important for Wallace State
as it is for the high school
seniors.
“College Day programs are
all about choices; showing
what options are available to
them after high school. By
partnering with the Alabama
Association of Collegiate
Registrars and Admissions
Officers, students from
Blount County have the
opportunity to meet with 30
colleges and universities from
Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi and Georgia,”
said Wallace State Director of
Enrollment Management
Jennifer Hill. “In addition to
meeting with college
representatives, Wallace
State was able to show these
students what we have to
offer them. We hope that
Wallace State will be their
college of choice and
appreciate all that guidance
counselors do in Blount
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County to bring this program
together.”
AHSAA Northwest Regional
Basketball Tournament
Wallace State’s largest
annual event, the 2011
Alabama High School
Northwest Regional
Basketball Tournament, was
held February 22-26. It was
Wallace State’s 15th year to
host the tournament in which
48 teams compete in 36
games at Tom Drake
Coliseum to produce the
AHSAA State Tournament
qualifiers. One boys’ team
and one girls’ team from
each class – 1A through 6A –
advance from the Northwest
Region. Dozens of media
representatives from across
the state are on campus for
the weeklong event.
At Wallace State’s North
Alabama BEST Robotics
Competition the Smallest
Team Wins
The geeks today will be
your boss tomorrow” was
prominently posted on Holly
Pond’s display at the North
Alabama BEST (Boosting
Engineering, Science and
Technology) Robotics
Competition held at
Wallace State’s Tom Drake
Coliseum Saturday. The
event seemed more like a
sports competition than a
science fair, however, with
screaming fans decked out in
school colors, and
cheerleaders and bands
encouraging their teams.
Fourteen area schools
competed in the second
annual competition—Cold
Springs High, Good Hope
High, Cullman Christian,
Holly Pond High, Fairview
Middle, J.B. Pennington
High, Blount County Career
Technical, Locust Fork High,
Hartselle Junior High, Coosa
Christian, Blount Middle,
Marshall Technical, Susan
Moore Middle, and Weaver
Middle.
This competition not only
featured more schools than
last year, but the schools
involved more students in the
competition and participated
in more events.
Most teams were set up
like companies, with a CEO
and various officers related to
areas of competition that
included marketing, spirit,
presentation, and web site
design. Those schools that
competed in every element
were in the running for the
overall BEST Award, which
went to first place Marshall
Technical School. Hartselle
Junior High and Holly Pond
High finished in second and
third place, respectively.
The main event of the day
was the competition between
robots. Teams were given
identical kits with which to
build their robots six weeks
ago according to this year’s
theme, “Total Recall.” The
robot design was up to them.
The finished robots all had
to fit within a square
approximately two feet wide
by two feet long, but
otherwise showed great
variety. Some had buckets for
collecting colored golf balls,
some had robotic arms for
picking up cones and
frisbees, and at least one had
a computerized sensor for
detecting the colored ball
designated as defective for
particular games. Each
element was assigned points,
and team members had to
execute a strategy for racking
up the most points. For
example, golf balls were
easier to collect than the
cones were to maneuver, but
they were also worth fewer
points.
The smallest team in the
competition proved to be
the giant of the day. While
most teams had a number
of drivers and navigators to
rotate between games,
Weaver was represented by
only two – eighth grader
Nolan Carter and seventh
grader Garrett Dothard.
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Carter and Dothard
competed in every game,
nearly a dozen in all, on their
way to victory. In the final
round of competition, they
accumulated 4,728 points
with no deductions, while
Holly Pond finished in second
place with 2,217.60 points,
and Marshall Technical
finished in third place with
1,489.30 points.
When asked midway
through the event, when they
already seemed comfortably
in the lead, if they’d be back
next year, Carter said, “I
don’t know. This is so
stressful!”He was all smiles
when it was over.
Weaver advanced to the
South’s BEST Regional
Robotics Championship at
Auburn University.
In the book, authored by
John C. Hall, Young has 155
full-color breathtaking
photographs portraying her
travels and scenes from state
rivers.
WSCC students were
treated to free pizza for lunch
and all cardboard boxes,
aluminum cans and plastic
water bottles used were
recycled.
Two oaks were planted in
the lawn area beside the
Robert T. Wilson Nursing
building. The Shumard oak
planted in memory of
Wallace State friend and
benefactor Mrs. Evelyn
Burrow was placed in the
ground at a different location
for the third year in a row and
another was planted a few
feet away in support of the
Wallace State’s 2011 Earth
Day Highlighted by Two
Tree Dedications
Wallace State continued
its annual tradition of
celebrating Earth Day,
hosting a variety of events
on campus and planting two
trees.
Earth Day 2011 began with
a campus clean-up. Different
organizations on campus
adopted a building and
cleaned up the premises.
For the second consecutive
year, Alabama conservation
photographer and author
Beth Maynor Young visited
campus and expounded on
her book, “Headwaters: A
Journey on Alabama Rivers.”
Students celebrating Earth Day
at WSCC posed for this photo
following the presentation by
Beth Maynor Young.
Planting Baby Toomer are, from
left to right, Dr. Bill Moss, Tracie
Fuqua, and Dee Retha Preuitt.
oaks at Toomer’s Corner in
Auburn.
“We’re naming that oak
Baby Toomer,” said Tammi
Gattis, a Wallace State
ACTION Center advisor and
head chairperson of the
Green Team Committee. “It’s
our way of celebrating good
sportsmanship in honor of
Toomer’s Corner and taking
care of the earth.”
The tree planting,
compliments of the WSCC
Horticulture Department,
followed lunch and then
students and faculty were
given a tour of the college’s
Sustainable Construction
Technology Program by
Project Manager Michael
Hart.
Earth Day 2011 was
sponsored by sponsored by
the Wallace State Green
Team.
“It was our most successful
Earth Day to date,” said Dr.
Bill Moss, the Director of
Student Development in the
Wallace State ACTION
Center and the Earth Day
coordinator.
Arts in April
Wallace State welcomed
poet Joel Brouwer to campus
for a Literary Arts Read-in and
Author Forum as part of the
College’s sixth annual Arts in
April festivities and in
celebration of National
Poetry Month.
Brouwer, director of the
creative writing program at
the University of Alabama,
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Schedule of Events
February
June
Glenn Miller Orchestra in Concert
February 4, 7 p.m.
Betty Leeth Haynes Theatre
Art Institute for
Children/Youth
June 7-11
Dinner and Dancing with
the Glenn Miller Orchestra
February 5, 7 p.m.
Burrow Center for Fine and
Performing Arts
Outstanding Alumni
Awards
September 17
“Starry, Starry Night”
Arts Exhibition
February 12-19
Afternoon Arts Reception
February 14
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
kicked off the Year of the
Arts celebration.
September
October
Beauty and the Beast was
presented as a part of the
Year of the Arts in March.
“Little Shop of Horrors”
October 28-31
November
March
“Beauty and the Beast”
March 11-14
April
WSCC Singers Swing Show
April 9-10
Arts in April
April 12-16
“Shooting Star” Art
Exhibition with Lecture by
Dr. John Hall
November 1-12
December
“The Nutcracker”
December 4-5
“Gloria”
December 9
Little Shop of Horrors was
featured during 2010’s Year
of the Arts.
WSCC Jazz Band Dance
April 16
Supported in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the
Wallace State Future Foundation Betty Leeth Haynes Fund for the Arts.
For more information about Wallace State’s Year of the Arts,
visit www.wallacestate.edu/yoa or call 256/352-8144.
The Year of the Arts
included a performance of
The Nutcracker.
Poet Joel Brouwer is pictured with the WSCC
English department faculty.
Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, Curator of
Decorative Arts at the Birmingham Museum of
Art, gave an Arts in April lecture on decorative
arts and the Evelyn Burrow Collection.
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spent approximately an hour reading poetry
selections from three of his publications and
answering questions from a large crowd in the
Recital Hall at the Burrow Center for the Fine
and Performing Arts. He was hosted by the
Wallace State English Department, and he
signed his publications at a breakfast with
Sigma Kappa Delta, Wallace State’s English
Honor Society.
Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, the Marguerite
Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator
of Decorative Arts at the Birmingham
Museum of Art, gave an Arts in April lecture
on the decorative arts and The Evelyn Burrow
Museum collection on April 20 in the Recital
Hall at the Burrow Center.
Forschler-Tarrasch spoke generally about
collecting, what motivates the collector, how
the best collections have been formed over
the past centuries, and placed the Evelyn
Burrow Museum collection in that context.
She discussed the types of objects in the
Burrow collection, where they come from, and
the tradition of porcelain, glass making and
other materials. She also discussed the
importance of the decorative arts, their place
in the history of art, and the information we
can glean from objects. At the end of the
lecture she gave attendees an opportunity to
ask questions and to follow her into the
Burrow Museum for a closer look at the
objects there.
Forschler-Tarrasch has been the Curator of
Decorative Arts at the Birmingham Museum
of Art since September 1999, where she
oversees the care, display, and interpretation
of a 16,000-object collection. She sits on the
boards of the Wedgwood International
Seminar and the American Ceramic Circle,
and is editor of the “Proceedings of the
Wedgwood International Seminar. She served
as the curator for the Burrow collection when
the museum was moved to campus for its
April 2010 opening.
Also part of the Arts in April series, the
Theatre department shared student-directed
theatre scenes and a recital was performed by
students in the Wallace State music
department
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The College will
increase external
funding, enhance
current income
streams and
demonstrate
effective use
of resources.
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RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT
Wallace State is committed
to meeting the workforce
training and education needs
of the community, which it
accomplishes through
effective and streamlined
organizational structures and
processes, pragmatic and
visionary program offerings,
industrial and community
alliances and college
consortiums. The
procurement of alternative
funding is a necessary
prerequisite for the College’s
ability to provide world-class
educational opportunities for
the community.
partnerships with the Diesel
Mechanics program. The
Wallace State Dental
programs partnered with
UAB to conduct a dental
clinic for more complicated
cases than the clinic usually
serves on campus. The
Health Information
Technology program
partnered with Huntsville
Hospital for clinical training.
The Criminal Justice
program joined a
consortium of participants
in the Tennessee Valley
Corridor Forensics
Initiative. The Continuing
Education Department
Partnerships
The Diesel Mechanics
program recently partnered
with Eaton/Dana
Corporation’s Roadranger
products to provide annual
instruction on heavy duty
automatic transmission
class and heavy duty hybrid
transmissions and to help
sponsor training aids and
new equipment to the
College. Eaton Roadranger
joins Kenworth Truck
Company and My Way
New entrances along Highway 31
Trucking who have forged
define the perimeter of campus.
partnered with Cullman
Regional Medical Center to
offer a new Patient Care
Assistant short-term
training program. Wallace
State’s partnership with the
PGA, which resulted from
the Ryder Cup donation by
Brett Wetterich, allowed
the College to begin
conducting golf classes as
part of the Play Golf
America program.
Campus Planning
Entrances
Two new entrances to
campus have been
completed along Highway
31. A third entrance will be
constructed at the road
leading to the planned Life
Sciences building. An
additional traffic light on
Highway 31 will be installed
at that intersection.
A campus signage project
that will include wayfinding
signage on campus and a
large digital message board
along Highway 31 is also in
progress.
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Grant Funding
Wallace State’s competitive
grant funding supplemented
declining public funds as the
College endured another
year of proration.
Wallace State Awarded
$1.7 Million Grant for
Educational Talent Search
Program
College was awarded a fiveyear $1.7 million grant
awarded to the College from
the U.S. Department of
Education to continue
funding for its Educational
Talent Search program.
One of eight Federal TRIO
programs, Educational Talent
Search serves potential first
generation college students
and students from
disadvantaged backgrounds
who have the potential to
succeed in higher education
beginning in middle school
and continuing through 12th
grade.
ETS counselors work with
students to promote career
exploration and a love of
learning, and to develop
study skills and financial
habits that will lead to
success in college.
“We are a college access
program, and for those in
those early grades it’s all
about academic support and
staying in school, and as
students progress into high
school we begin to
Funding by Area
Adult Education - Basic Grant
Educational Talent Search - Renewal
Student Support Services
Upward Bound
CARCAM – ATE
Fast Track Academy
DOT - Beautification
DOT - ARRA
Appalachian Regional Commission - Welding
Interactive Digital Center
Title III - Strengthening Institutions
HRSA SDS Scholarships (ARRA included)
OWD - Career Coaches
OWD - Transportation Tech/Diesel
OWD - Nursing Simulators
OWD - Regular - Fast Track
OWD - Regular - RTW
Tech Prep Leadership
Tech Prep Regional Grant
ARC - Diesel Mechanics
ARC - CAWS Educator Exchange
Opening Doors
Alabama Forestry - Seedling Program
SESP - Energy Grant
SESP - Energy Grant-Supplemental Grant
$710,014
$342,901
$295,983
$249,332
$49,992
$37,274
$147,803
$267,000
$200,000
$1,200,000
$399,342
$67,572
$46,451
$150,000
$57,800
$174,720
$101,820
$100,000
$50,000
$150,000
$15,000
$30,000
$200,000
$548,816
$200,000
$5,791,820
emphasize what they need to
do to prepare for college,”
said Kristi Nyquist, WSCC
Director.
In addition to providing
academic, career, and
financial counseling, ETS
encourages participants to
graduate from high school
and to complete their
postsecondary education.
Counselors provide
information on financial aid
opportunities and college
admissions guidelines and
assist students with these
processes.
“Statistics show that our
working with them greatly
reduces the likelihood of
their dropping out and
enhances the likelihood that
they will pursue
postsecondary education,”
Nyquist said.
In fact, 87 percent of high
school seniors in the
program enrolled in college,
exceeding the program’s 80
percent objective.
In the coming years, the
program will add two new
objectives required by the
Higher Education
Authorization Act – to track
college completion of
program participants, and to
encourage students to
pursue a rigorous high school
curriculum so that they are
even more prepared for
college-level work.
The Wallace State
program will serve
approximately 900 students
in 2011-2012.
“Given the current budget
climate, we were delighted to
receive notification of our
continued funding,” Nyquist
said. The College received
level funding for this grant
cycle, which amounts to
$342,000 per year.
has been part of Wallace
State since 1980. Wallace
State also has two other TRIO
programs. Upward Bound
provides high school
students with academic
instruction on campus in
mathematics, laboratory
sciences, composition,
literature, and foreign
languages, in addition to
enrichment activities.
Student Support Services
provides college students
with free tutoring services
other opportunities for
academic and cultural
development.
WSCC Receives HRSA
Grant for Nursing
Scholarships
Wallace State was awarded
more than $62,000 in
scholarship funding through
the Health Resources and
Services Administration
(HRSA) of the U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services.
The funding supports the
Learning and Increasing
Opportunities in Nursing
(LION) Scholarship for
nursing students by providing
Associate Degree Nursing
(ADN) and Licensed Practical
Nursing (LPN) students with
financial support while they
are enrolled in the nursing
program.
Wallace State’s ADN
program currently enrolls
more than 400 students
annually, 65 percent of those
are full-time students. Half of
these full-time students are
not employed while enrolled
in the nursing program,
which creates an economic
hardship on their families.
The LION Scholarship
program was created to
provide financial support to
those nursing students who
struggle with financial
stability while enrolled in the
program.
The LION Scholarship
provides awards up to $1,500
to offset tuition and fees not
covered by other student
financial aid. The grant is
expected to fund at 50
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scholarships for RN and LPN
students for the coming year.
The application process is
open to all full-time nursing
students enrolled in 12 or
more credit hours each
semester.
Wallace State Unveils
State-of-the-Art Advanced
Visualization Center, and
Center for Economic and
Workforce Development
Wallace State celebrated
the grand opening of the
Center and the Center for
Economic and Workforce
Development in summer
2010.
President Vicki Hawsey
invited the community to
attend this event, which will
explore learning in virtual
reality through the College’s
new Advanced Visualization
Center, and introduced the
new location and services of
the Alabama Career Systems
office, formerly the Cullman
Employment Office, and the
Wallace State Adult
Education Department.
The Wallace State
Center is a state-of-the-art
learning facility designed to
provide innovative and
engaging curricula and
training for industry,
government, educators, and
entrepreneurs, developed
through a Title III grant. The
facility includes virtual and
simulated environments, 3-D
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and 4-D object
development labs, 3-D
immersive experiences, and
telepresence conference
areas. Center staff will
create and produce
interactive, simulated and
immersive learning
programs to develop and
enhance education and
training.
“This is a momentous
event for our College,” said
Vicki Hawsey. “This Center
represents the latest in
innovative education – a
national model that
provides training using
virtual reality, and delivers
learning in a simulationStaff from Wallace State’s new
Advanced Visualization and
based, just-in-time format
Economic and Workforce
that can be applied to any
Development Centers test the
field. “
College’s new state-of-the-art
NavTech President Sean
theatre and training equipment for
O’Brien, whose company
delivering learning through virtual
designed the 3-D labs, said reality using 3-D and 4-D
platforms. The AVC is the most
the AVC labs incorporate
comprehensive facility of its kind in
video game and 3-D movie Alabama.
technology. “This is very
similar to the video game
match to get the facility off
technology you’re seeing
the ground.
now, but modified for a
State Rep. Jeremy Oden
learning environment,” he
(District 11), who serves on
said. “It’s at the point now
the house education
where students can actually
appropriations committee,
build their own Avatar, or
said the AVC project has
video game. This changes
been a long time coming.
students from spectators into
“We actually talked about
active learners.”
this in 2007, when we saw
The AVC facility, which is
some 3-D technology,” he
valued at approximately $10
said. “When we saw what was
million, was funded in part by
potentially coming up in the
a $2.8 million government
education field, we began
appropriation. NavTech also
the conversations about
contributed a three-to-one
bringing something like this
to Alabama. I think we’ll be at
the forefront.”
The Wallace State Center
for Economic and Workforce
Development is a
comprehensive, one-stop
center focused on education
and training for business,
industry and workforce. The
collaboration of the Alabama
Career Systems Hanceville
office and the Wallace State
Adult Education program
enhances the services offered
to the community by Wallace
State and its partners,
supporting the current and
emerging workforce for north
Alabama. Services provided
through this center include
labor market information, job
search, employability skills
training, placement services,
referrals to support and
training services, GED
classes, adult literacy classes,
and ESL classes. The Center
also offers customized
training programs for
business and industry.
“We are pleased to be
able to provide a facility that
streamlines these important
services in our community.
Our support of the Alabama
Career Systems, economic
development, adult
education, and training for
business and industry is
longstanding and central to
our mission and the mission
of the Alabama Community
College System,” Dr. Hawsey
said.
Wallace State Weathers
2011 Storms
In the midst of a weeklong
power outage following the
storms of April 27, which
caused significant damage
to campus, Wallace State
managed to do what it does
best—serve students. The
College even found a way to
get 2,200 registered for
summer semester during
that first week of registration
while keeping graduation on
schedule.
The College officially
reopened for students on
Thursday, May 5, with access
limited to the front portion
of campus and the buildings
that had been deemed safe
both structurally and
electrically. Power remained
out on the back side of
campus through Sunday.
“It’s been a team effort,”
said Wallace State Facilities
Director Phil Studdard. “The
Department of Physical
Plant is dedicated to
keeping the WSCC campus
fully operational.”
Wallace State suffered
roof damage, water
intrusion, downed trees and
power lines. While no
structures were completely
destroyed, more than 90
percent of the buildings on
campus were damaged and
40 percent of the College’s
landscape was affected.
One of the buildings that
received the most damage
on campus, was the
technology rich Advanced
Visualization Center, which
opened in summer 2010.
The AVC, which suffered
significant losses, was
relocated to the second
floor of the Physics Building
pending renovations and
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repairs.
Disaster recovery teams
and cleanup crews worked
diligently following the
storms to remove debris,
protect the buildings
against additional water
intrusion, begin roof repair
and the interior drying out
process, and return the
campus to functionality.
Groundskeepers went
immediately to work
repairing lost landscaping in
preparation for the return of
students to campus and for
graduation. Horticulturalist
Rene Cornelius spent
several days tending to
areas of campus where
students congregate,
including the Burrow Center,
where the graduation
reception would be held
prior to the ceremony in
Tom Drake Coliseum. Newly
planted trees were righted
and secured, and
rosebushes pruned. (A tree
planting to replace some of
the lost trees will take place
in November 2011.
President Vicki Hawsey
said she was extraordinarily
proud of the Wallace State
family, who were intently
focused on helping students
to finish the semester on
time.
“It was important to us to
keep graduation as
scheduled to celebrate the
accomplishments of our
students who have worked
so hard to get to this point,
and many of whom have
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been through so much in
the last couple of weeks,”
said Wallace State President
Vicki Hawsey. “We have
much to be thankful for, and
we will be highlighting a
number of outstanding
students as we honor all our
graduates during our
commencement.”
Hawsey recognized that
some students and
employees who
experienced personal
tragedy and were otherwise
affected by the storms may
be in need of counseling,
and the College provided
referrals through Greg Mayo
and the Heads Up office on
campus to those who
needed assistance.
“It was an extraordinary
week,” said Dr. Tomesa
Smith, Vice President for
Students. “Even with our
communication lines
crippled as we worked from
generated power and back
up servers, we continued to
serve students. Sometimes
that meant contacting them
on Facebook, and other
times it meant a personal
call to a student’s cell
phone. Our Lion Alert
emergency alert system
proved invaluable. There
were so many variables with
communication here and in
our community, we just tried
to stay in touch with
students by using as many
methods as we could, given
what was available to us.”
The Wallace State IT
department took the
College’s servers to
Alabama Supercomputer’s
Huntsville offices to speed
online service for
registration, Blackboard,
and email. Staff there
assisted with the transition.
Postsecondary, and
companies like Civicon, also
provided support. Sister
institution Southern Union
State Community College
sent a trailer of supplies to
area storm victims.
Though access to campus
was still limited at the time,
an employee meeting was
held in the Burrow Center
May 2, the Monday after the
storm, to inform College
personnel of the damage
the campus had sustained
and plans for moving
forward with spring
semester completion.
Faculty made decisions
regarding options for
awarding grades and began
contacting students.
“The Wallace State spirit
was evident in our
administration, faculty and
staff, who worked tirelessly
under challenging
circumstances to fulfill our
mission of educating and
serving students,” Smith
said.
A Wallace State Call
Center, which was set up on
Tuesday, May 3, answered
1,800 calls the first day.
Information was also made
available to students on a
Frequently Asked
Questions-Campus Storm
Update page of the Wallace
State Web site. Messages
were communicated on the
Wallace State Web site
home page, by email, on
Facebook and Twitter,
through Lion Alert and area
media.
Instructors and staff were
on campus Thursday and
Friday to answer questions
about grades and optional
exams, and many students
were seen on campus those
days.
Wallace State students
had the option to accept
their grade earned for work
completed prior to April 27,
to schedule an optional
exam, or in some cases to
receive an incomplete. For
programs with special
accreditation and board
requirements such that
those students must have
completed specific material
that may not have been
completed prior to the
storms, instructors worked
with students to ensure they
completed that work.
The April 27 storms
bookended a semester that
began with winter storms in
January causing several days
of closings and delays.
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Since August 2003,
the Office of
Development, the
WSCC Alumni
Association and
Future Foundation,
have raised over $30
million in resources to
support the College’s
mission.
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FUTURE FOUNDATION &
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Future Foundation
Scholarships
Future Foundation
Foundation goals are:
· to provide scholarships for
deserving WSCC
students;
· to provide financial
assistance to educational
programs;
- to provide for capital
improvements;
- to provide opportunities
for benefactors;
- to invest in WSCC through
volunteer activities,
donations, planned giving
and special events;
· to seek grants; and,
· to subsidize WSCC faculty
in individual endeavors.
FMI-Medical of Madison
Establishes Three Wallace
State Future Foundation
Scholarships
Board of
Directors
The Future Foundation
looks to its alumni and
friends to provide support
to the College so that its
mission to provide an
affordable education to the
citizens across the state can
continue. The opportunities
below describe the ways in
which friends of the College
continue to support Wallace
State’s positive influence
now and in the future.
In 2010, FMI-Medical
established three
scholarships with the Future
Foundation of Wallace State
Community College to fund
scholarships for students
enrolling or enrolled in the
Machine Tool Technology
and Computerized
Numerical Control
workforce programs. Chad
Falciani, President of
Operations at FMI-Medical
in Madison, presented the
donation to Wallace State
President Dr. Vicki Hawsey.
Falciani is a graduate of the
Wallace State Machine Tool
Technology and Computer
Numerical Control program.
The FMI-Medical
Scholarships will be
administered by The
Wallace State Future
Foundation, Inc. The
scholarships include a oneyear scholarship for tuition,
fees, and books, and two
one-half tuition, fees and
books scholarships. The
Gloria Williams, President
Shirley Quattelbaum, Vice-President
Phyllis Brewer, Secretary/Treasurer
Fred Cespedes, Immediate Past
President
Norris Atchley, Director
Nell Creel, Director
Dale Greer, Director
Donna Guthrie, Director
Betty Leeth Haynes, Director
Joe Holmes, Director
Don Hubbard, Director
Billy Jackson, Director
Howard Tinney, Director
Jeb Williamson, Director
Dr. Vicki Hawsey, Ex Officio
L to R: Wallace State
Machining instructor
Johnathan Minyard; Josh
Falciani, Manufacturing
Engineer at FMI-Medical of
Madison; scholarship recipient
Cody Chambers of Cullman;
President of FMI-Medical of
Madison Chad Falciani;
Wallace State Machining
Department chair Randy
Moon; and WSCC Machining
instructor Gary McMinn.
Chad Falciani, President of
Operations at FMI-Medical in
Madison, presents a
scholarship donation to
Dr. Vicki Hawsey.
scholarships are open to all
students accepted into the
and CNC programs, with
preference given to
applicants residing in the
Madison, Alabama area.
Falciani Machine was
founded in 1999 to provide
complex precision machined
components for the
military/defense department.
Their continuing vision has
developed into FMI-Medical
providing innovative
solutions to the most
demanding medical device
manufacturing challenges.
The company is recognized
as one of the most
technically competent
contract medical
manufacturers in the US. The
president of FMI Medical,
Chad Falciani, received an
Associate Degree of
and CNC Control in 1996.
While at Wallace State, Chad
served as President of VICA
and placed highly in regional
machine tool competitions.
After his graduation, Chad
was voted “Most Successful
Graduate in the Machine
Tool Industry” and continues
to be involved in the Wallace
State Machine Tool
Technology program.
In February 2011, FMI
Medical of Madison awarded
the first three scholarships to
students enrolled in the
and Computer Numerical
Control programs. Falciani
presented the scholarships
to Glenn McGhee of
Madison, Blake Helton of
Arab, and Cody Chambers of
Cullman. McGhee received a
full tuition and fees
scholarship, and Helton and
Chambers each received a
half tuition and fees
scholarship.
“We believe in Wallace
State,” said Falciani.
“It is such an asset to our
students to have former
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students like Chad, who have
achieved so much success,
come back to visit and take
time to share their
experiences,” said Randy
Moon, Wallace State
machining instructor and
department chair.
Falciani said his familiarity
with the quality of the
program has resulted in the
hiring of a number of
graduates now working at
FMI Medical.
“It was always our plan to
give back to the community.
We feel personally invested
and very excited to be able
to establish these
scholarships,” he said.
Falciani Machine was
founded in 1999 to provide
complex precision machined
components for the
Today, FMI-Medical is a
leading manufacturer of
medical devices. The Pritzer
family, who bought the
company from Falciani
several years ago and kept
him on to run it, shares his
feelings about the
importance of philanthropy,
he said.
“The Wallace State Future
Foundation is honored to be
the recipient of these
scholarship funds, and we
look forward to a continued
partnership with Chad and
FMI Medical,” said
coordinator Suzanne Harbin.
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Michael Vickers, Hanceville
Nursing & Rehab Center
Administrator, presents a
donation to Dr. Vicki Hawsey,
Jim D. and Mattie Moody
Endowment Fund Donates
$2,500 to the Wallace
In September 2010,
Hanceville Nursing & Rehab
Center made a donation to
the Wallace State Future
Foundation of $2,500 in
support of the College’s
nursing department.
HNRC was founded more
than 40 years ago by Jim D.
and Mattie Moody and still
owned and operated by their
family, has expanded the Jim
D. and Mattie Moody
Endowment Fund to help
schools and students
weather the current
economy. For the past two
years, the fund has awarded
money to Wallace State.
“We appreciate how
important a quality
education is and how it
affects the quality of care we
maintain here at Hanceville,
said Michael Vickers,
Administrator at HNRC. “The
employee base and local
services we utilize are all
directly impacted by the
level of education Wallace
State delivers. We want the
best for our residents and
believe that, in the long run,
this will help us keep doing
just that. We are just so
blessed and we want to give
back to our surrounding
communities.”
“We know first-hand how
hard college students have
it these days and hope that
the money will help them,”
said Brenda Moody
Holloway, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Moody.
“We appreciate our
continued partnership with
Hanceville Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center and
the Moody Family for their
support of Wallace State.
“The Hanceville Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center is a
valued member of this
community and partner to
Wallace State,” said Wallace
State President Vicki Hawsey.
“We are grateful to the
Moody Family for their
significant contribution to
advancing student learning
opportunities through
scholarships and to the
Hanceville Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center for
providing learning
experiences for our
students.”
HNRC offers nursing home
care, rehabilitation care, and
Alzheimer care services in a
comfortable, safe, and
beautiful setting.
Rep. Thomas Establishes
Scholarship for Blount
County Students
The Wallace State
Community College Future
Foundation has a new
scholarship for students
attending Wallace State who
reside in Blount County. The
scholarship was established
through a $10,000
Community Service grant
from Representative Elwyn
Thomas in 2010. It will be
offered annually with awards
of up to $1,000 given each
year.
“Representative Thomas
has been a long-time
advocate for education and
his commitment to providing
students with opportunities
to succeed beyond high
school is evident through this
contribution,” said Wallace
State President Vicki Hawsey.
Representative Thomas
was elected to represent the
34th District in the Alabama
House of Representatives in
1998. He is a member of the
First Baptist Church of
Oneonta, the Blount County
Chamber of Commerce, the
Alabama Realtors'
Association, and the
Gideons.
Foundation Scholarship
Established to Honor
Dr. Garlan Gudger
One of the most recent
scholarships established
through the Future
Foundation honors Dr.
Garlan Gudger, Wallace
State’s first Dean of Students.
The scholarship was
spearheaded by Rep. Jeremy
Oden in recognition of
Gudger’s outstanding
leadership, long service and
support of Wallace State.
Oden first announced his
intention to start the
endowed scholarship
honoring Dr. Gudger at the
Foundation’s annual
luncheon auction last year,
having previously established
a scholarship to benefit
graduates of the College’s
GED program.
He presented an initial
donation of $5,000 for
Gudger scholarship to the
Foundation’s Board of
Directors at their quarterly
meeting this spring. That
donation was matched by a
$5,000 donation in June from
Rep. James Fields. These
funds will be matched dollar
for dollar through the
endowment grant from
Wallace State’s U.S.
Department of Education’s
Strengthening Institutions
project, for a total of $20,000
toward the endowment
already.
“I wanted to do something
to recognize Dr. Gudger’s
service,” said Oden. “An
endowed scholarship is
something that will positively
affect many lives from this
point on. There is no greater
expression of who Dr.
Gudger is than to do
something that shows what
he’s done as a leader and
mentor to so many
students.”
Oden hopes to see the
endowment for the Gudger
scholarship grow to $50,000
over the next year, and for
the first scholarships to be
awarded next fall.
Billy Jackson, Future
Foundation president,
thanked Oden for the
donation and for all he has
done to help students in the
communities he serves. “This
is one of the best uses of tax
money you are ever going to
Rep. Jeremy Oden with the Gudger family following his
announcement of plans to establish the scholarship honoring
Dr. Garlan Gudger, Sr. at the 2010 Wallace State Future
Foundation’s Student Investment Luncheon.
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find,” he said. “As long as
we’re here and Wallace State
is here, kids in this area are
going to benefit from it.”
Dr. Gudger and the Gudger
family are currently working
with the Future Foundation
to establish criteria for the
scholarship. His wife Dot was
the first instructor at Wallace
State, hired in 1966 to teach
business. Their daughter Jill
Gudger Howell has also
taught at the College, and
their children Joy Gudger
Barker and Garlan Gudger,
Jr., attended classes for
transfer credit.
Dr. Gudger served as
Wallace State’s Dean of
Students from 1972 to 1996
after receiving a Ph.D. in
Junior College
Administration from Middle
Tennessee State University.
Having previously served as a
football coach at West Point,
Fairview, and Cullman, he
had a unique way of
commanding respect and
establishing rapport with
students.
“What makes me feel
good, and gives me the
greatest satisfaction still, is
knowing that I really helped
that kid,” Dr. Gudger said.
Looking back on his time at
Wallace State, Gudger said
the many individual stories,
the students he encouraged
to finish a program or to
complete a degree or to
keep trying, and those who
were successful even when
they weren’t sure they would
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Todd McLeroy bids on a silent
auction item.
Miss Wallace State 2010
Jordan Ratliff shows off an
autographed Alabama
National Championship
football.
be, are the ones he cherishes
most.
“I enjoyed taking students
under my wing,” said
Gudger. “They were never
just a number.”
Students still say that the
individual attention they
receive at Wallace State is
one of the things that sets
the College apart.
“Every year on student
surveys the College gets
high marks for student
service, continuing the
standard set by Dr. Gudger,”
Wallace State President Vicki
Hawsey said. “We are
honored to now have a
scholarship in his name that
celebrates his place in our
history and our future.”
Gudger expressed pride in
the continued growth of the
College and its position in
the community. “Think about
the standard of living in this
area and surrounding area
community without Wallace
State. Businesses come here
because Wallace State will
train their future employees
well. Wallace State is the
largest industry in Cullman
County.”
Wallace State recently
experienced the largest first
term fall enrollment in its
history, with more than 80
percent of students on some
form of financial aid.
Foundation Celebrates
Record Breaking Event
More than 100 new
scholarships are now
available to Wallace State
Community College students
as a result of a recordbreaking fundraising event
put on in October 2010 by
the Wallace State Future
Foundation.
The Future Foundation’s
annual Student Investment
Luncheon raised $166,396
from its silent and live
auctions, scholarship
contributions and table sales.
Through a U.S. Department
of Education Strengthening
Institutions grant that
provides a perfect
endowment match, dollar for
dollar, the actual funds raised
this year went twice as far.
Then-Wallace State Future
Foundation President Fred
Foundation President Fred
Cespedes makes a bid during
the live auction.
Wallace State head men’s
basketball coach John Meeks
makes his debut as auctioneer.
Cespedes said he was
thrilled to see such a large
crowd in spite of the dreary
weather.
He cautioned the audience
at the outset, “Remember
you’re not here to get a
bargain!”
Attendance was double
that of 2009, when the event
was moved to the Wallace
State Coliseum to
accommodate the increased
participation. The facility
reached near capacity this
year, with more than 50
tables and 400 guests.
“It is wonderful to have the
support of so many willing to
be part of the Wallace State
student success agenda,”
said Wallace State President
Vicki Hawsey. “Think about
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how your investment will
change a life.”
“Our College is so
important to this community
and what you do to support
us is so important to that
which we do,” she said.
“Your generosity assures that
every student who wants to
go to college will have an
opportunity to learn. You
allow us to help those
students who need a second
chance, those who need
someone to believe in them,
those who need to be taught
how to dream, and those
who have a dream to achieve
it. Our work culminates on
this same coliseum floor,
when we celebrate
graduation.”
Cespedes said that he and
other board members were
making it a priority this year
to personally visit with area
businesses to encourage
them to establish
scholarships or to support
existing scholarships. He
announced five new and
expanded scholarships this
year: the Cullman Savings
Bank Scholarship, the FMIMedical Scholarship for a
student, the Fred and Holly
Cespedes Scholarship, the
Richard Bunis Memorial
Scholarship, and additional
funding for the Oden
Leadership Scholarship.
Following the event,
Cespedes received an
additional $6,000 in Future
Foundation pledges.
The highest selling item at
the auction was a set of four
Alabama vs. Auburn football
tickets with admission to the
Scholarship Club Room,
which went for $4,300. Roy
Drinkard continued his
tradition of winning Gracie
Grissom’s pound cake, this
time for $3,000.
Other auction items
included a signed Alabama
National Championship
game ball, college football
tickets, precious jewelry,
outdoor furniture and home
furnishings, a Green Egg,
stainless steel hot oil cooker,
first class airline tickets, travel
packages, art work, cinema
passes, gift cards, baked
goods, hunting equipment, a
wide array of electronics and
techno-gadgets including a
laptop, Kindle and iPod, and
the like.
John Meeks, the new
Wallace State head men’s
basketball coach, made his
debut as auctioneer and was
a hit with the crowd. The
Wallace State
Cheerleaders, Singers and
Jazz Band, served as wait
staff.
Those who wish to make
an initial or additional
contribution to the Wallace
have a number of options.
Foundation staff will work
with donors on estate
planning, setting up
scholarships, naming a
facility, sponsoring a seat in
the Burrow Center Recital
Hall, or purchasing an
engraved brick at the
entrance of the Burrow
Center. Donations of any size
to existing scholarships are
always accepted.
Alumni Activities
Little Black Dress Celebrity
Bash Funded Scholarships
for Women Students at
Wallace State
Women only were invited
to the Wallace State
Community College Alumni
Association’s first “Little Black
Dress Celebrity Bash” on
Saturday, February 26 at Terri
Pines Country Club.
The event was a sellout,
raising more than $15,500.
Proceeds from the event will
fund scholarships for women
attending Wallace State.
“We are encouraging
women to put on their
favorite black dress (or
pants), bring their best gal
friends, and join us for a fun
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evening benefiting a great
cause. This is an all-women
event with the exception of
our celebrity waiters,” said
LaDonna Allen, one of the
event’s organizers.
The event featured dinner
prepared by Chef Chris
Acklen, celebrity valet and
waiter service, a spring
fashion preview, a
complimentary photo in a
commemorative Little Black
Dress folder, and
entertainment until midnight.
All guests received a bag
with gifts and local merchant
discounts, two complimentary
raffle tickets, one entry into
the LBD grand prize drawing.
Dale Greer, Fred
Cespedes, James Fields,
Raymond Williams, Norris
Atchley, Jeremy Oden, Paul
Bussman, Tom Williamson,
Don Hubbard, Charlie
Nesmith, Barry McGriff, and
Billy Jackson served as
celebrity waiters and
provided valet service for the
evening.
“We are excited about this
inaugural event and the
opportunity to raise fund for
scholarships, said Suzanne
Harbin, Director of
Institutional Development
and coordinator of the
Wallace State Alumni
Association and Future
Foundation.
Silent auction items
included wine glasses hand
painted by Wallace State
students, designer handbags,
wallets, jewelry, wine baskets,
vacations and other specialty
items.
Wallace State Alumni
Association Announces
Summer Workshops for
All Ages
After hosting a very
successful arts camp last year
and a number of alumni
reunion events, the Wallace
State Alumni Association
answered the call to increase
its offerings. A full summer
2011 schedule of events and
activities was available to
association members and
non-members alike. A variety
of activities were planned for
adults, high school and
college students, and
younger participants.
“Gloria Williams, our
Alumni Association
President, has wonderful
energy and ideas and under
her leadership we are
reaching out to alumni and
community members
indicating an interest in more
activities for them and their
children. We are delighted
at the response we have
received from community
businesses and individuals –
including Werner’s Trading
Company and Terri Pines
Country Club - in forming
partnerships to provide these
events,” said LaDonna Allen,
Director of Grants and
Special Projects at Wallace
State. “We have just met
with Stonebridge Farms
representatives and we are
working together to offer a
bridal show in September, so
this is just the beginning of
things to come. Classes
offered included Unlocking
the Mystery of Healthy
Cooking, Introduction to the
Art of Fencing, ACT NOW:
Preparing for the ACT Test,
Preparing to Take the
COMPASS Placement Exam,
Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About
Wine!, Capturing the Crown:
Preparing for Beauty
Pageant Competition with
Miss Alabama, The 3D
Summer Experience.
Bill Walton Earns Wallace
State Community College’s
2010 Outstanding Alumni
of the Year Top Honor at
6th Annual Awards
Ceremony
Bill Walton, a 1990 preengineering graduate of
College in Hanceville, was
named Wallace State’s 2010
Outstanding Alumni of the
Year on September 17 at the
6th annual Outstanding
Alumni Awards ceremony
held at the Burrow Center
Recital Hall.
Walton currently serves as
a team lead for the U.S. Army
Test, Measurement and
Diagnostic Equipment
Activity (USATA) at the
Redstone Arsenal, a position
he has held since 2001.
His appointment as the
Wallace State Outstanding
Alumni of the Year follows
the 2009 winning trio of Roy
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Pictured L-R: Front row: Bonny
Brannon, Outstanding Health
Nominee; Elaine Simpson who as
Jason Simpson’s mother, accepted
the Outstanding Alumni – Academic
Division winner, on his behalf; Gary
Lowe, Outstanding Alumni – Technical
Division winner; Bill Walton, 2010
Wallace State Outstanding Alumni –
Overall winner; Pamela Carroll,
Outstanding Alumni – Health Division
winner; Anna Fincher, Outstanding Health nominee. Back row: Suzanne Harbin, Wallace State
Director of Development and Alumni Coordinator; Mary Hovater, 2008 Outstanding Alumni Overall
winner; Gloria Williams, WSCC Alumni Association President; and
Dr. Vicki Hawsey, President of Wallace State.
Manley and Brian and Bruce
Willingham who all co-own
Mach III, Inc. in Vinemont, a
machine shop company
which produces high quality
components for many
industries including
agricultural, automotive,
aerospace, medical, and
sporting goods.
As a student at Wallace
State, Walton received the
first engineering co-op
assignment granted by
Wallace State, Auburn
University and SCI Systems,
Inc. He furthered his
education at Auburn and
obtained his bachelor’s of
science degree in electrical
engineering in 1994. He is
currently pursuing his MBA
from UA Huntsville.
In Walton’s role as a team
lead at USATA, he provides
managerial support to a
multifaceted organization
that conducts applied
research, and advanced
development and
maintenance support
functions for more than
500,000 test equipment and
measurement standards. The
company has a global
workforce of more than 600
professionals stationed on
three continents, 10
countries and more than 60
different support activities.
Prior to joining USATA,
Walton was a lead engineer
for the Research,
Development and
Engineering Center (RDEC),
where he assessed the safety,
performance, reliability and
requirement verification of
high reliability weapon
systems.
Walton has served in the
United States Army as a
Communication Specialist
and during his professional
career has served as a
project lead and supporting
member of various aviation
and missile command
programs which initiate and
sustain the technology
maintenance or
enhancement that is used to
lead, guide and protect the
United States of America.
Gloria Williams, WSCC Alumni
Association President, presents
the 2010-2011 Alumni
Association Scholarship to
Wallace State education major
Stefany Pate of Cleveland.
Gloria Williams and Dr. Hawsey
congratulate Bill Walton, 2010
Wallace State Outstanding
Alumni winner.
In 2009, he was also
instrumental in the
implementation of six
Wallace State summer hire
positions with the AMCOM
organization at the Redstone
Arsenal.
During the ceremony,
Walton was one of 10
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Wallace State alumni
honored and nominated by
their peers, faculty or
community members to be
recognized for their
outstanding
accomplishments after
attending Wallace State.
“The nominees represent
all facets of our community
and workforce: healthcare
professionals, a pilot, nurses,
college faculty, an engineer
and an entrepreneur. Each
nominee has demonstrated
achievement within their
field of work or expertise,
community-based service as
a volunteer and
demonstrated a commitment
to Wallace State,” said
Wallace State President Dr.
Vicki Hawsey.
NASA aerospace engineer
Mary Hovater, who held the
top Alumni honor in 2008,
was the event’s emcee.
Other alumni honored as
WSCC Outstanding Alumni
included:
Health Division
Bonnie Brannan, class of
1986: Brannan was a summa
cum laude graduate in
Medical Laboratory
Technology. Brannan has
served as the Point of Care
Coordinator at Cullman
Medical Regional Center
since her graduation from
Wallace State. As
coordinator, Brannan
oversees all bedside testing,
employee education,
competency and I-State
Quality Control. She is also a
phlebotomy instructor in the
Wallace State phlebotomy
program.
Pamela Carroll, class of
1997: A nursing graduate,
Carroll was on the President’s
List and President of the
Student Nursing
Government Association
during her time at Wallace
State. She earned her
bachelor’s degree in nursing
at Jacksonville State after
leaving Wallace State. She
has been a member of the
117th Air Refueling Wing of
the Air National Guard based
in Birmingham since 1982,
serving as a critical care air
transport nurse, safety officer
and quality improvement
officer. Carroll joined Trinity
Medical Center in 1998
where she has worked in the
Open Heart Intensive Care,
Post Anesthesia and
Neonatal Intensive Care
units. She has made
extensive efforts to aid
victims of disaster relief such
as those affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
Sherrie D. Kneebone, class
of 1991: Kneebone is a cum
laude graduate of the
Wallace State nursing
program. She received the
prestigious Florence
Nightingale Award while at
Wallace State. Kneebone
continued her education at
UAH, graduating magna cum
laude with a bachelor’s
degree and completed her
master’s in 1994, earning her
license as a family nurse
practitioner. Kneebone had a
vital role at Wallace State
from 1992-97, serving as a
faculty member and as the
lead pediatric instructor. She
then worked at Cullman
Regional Medical Center
from 2000-2002 before
moving to California and
accepting a job as a family
practitioner with the
Washington on Wheels
Mobile Health Clinic, which
caters to the uninsured and
underinsured citizens in
Southern Alameda County.
She has also served a relief
nurse practitioner for the
Student Health Center at
Ohlone College and
volunteers with the Second
Chance Program to provide
laser tattoo removal for
former gang members who
are trying to rebuild their
lives.
Bridgett Threadgill, class of
1992: Threadgill obtained an
associate degree in nursing
at Wallace State. She is
certified in ACLS,
chemotherapy and
preceptorship. A registered
nurse for 18 years, Threadgill
serves in various health care
settings, including as a
volunteer as a public school
mentor and as a Director of
Nurses for Camp Seale Harris
for adults and children with
diabetes and an IDF peer
contact.
Technical Division
Chad Falciani, class of
1996: Falciani is a graduate
of the Wallace State Machine
and Tool Technology and
CNC Control. During his
time at Wallace State,
Falciani served as President
of VICA and placed high in
regional machine tool
competitions. He founded
Falciani Machine with Jasalyn
Falciani in 1999, where the
company provides complex
precision machined
components for the
Falciani Machine is
recognized as one of the
most technically competent
contract medical
manufacturers in the U.S.
Falciani still has an active role
with the Wallace State
department.
Gary Lowe, class of 1990:
After dabbling as an
electrician and pursuing his
love of flying with the
Birmingham Flight Club,
Lowe attended Wallace State
and earned his degree in the
school’s aviation program.
He continued his education
at Pacific Western University
where he received his
bachelor’s in aviation
management and his Ph.D.
in 1998 in the same field.
Lowe now works as a
commercial pilot for Delta
Airlines. He was nominated
for the 2010 Chairman’s
Award, which is presented to
100 of Delta’s employees
worldwide.
Academic Division
Jason Simpson, attended
1998-99: Best known as the
morning meteorologist on
ABC 33/40 in Birmingham,
Simpson got his education
started at Wallace State. He
majored in liberal arts for two
years before transferring to
Mississippi State and
majoring in geosciences with
an emphasis in broadcast
meteorology. Simpson was
named to the President’s List
each semester at Wallace
State and Mississippi State.
At Mississippi State, he was
also a member of Alpha
Theta Chi, Gamma Beta Phi
National Honor Societies,
the Mississippi State Society
of Scholars and vice
president of the National
Weather Association
Chapter. For his work at ABC
33/40, Simpson was voted
Best Weather Anchor in
Alabama in 2008. He’s a
strong education supporter
and has written and
produced an educational
weather DVD. Simpson is
also eager to speak to
hundreds of community and
school organizations.
Anna Fincher, attended
2003-05: Fincher majored in
Liberal Arts at Wallace State
and obtained her bachelor’s
degree in psychology at
Auburn University. She
recently completed her
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master’s degree in health
psychology with a
specialization in behavioral
medicine. Fincher is an
adjunct Wallace State faculty
member in the psychology
department and is a
volunteer with the Auburn
Adult Day Center and Best
Buddies organization.
Additionally, Wallace State
Alumni Association President
Gloria Williams presented
Stefany Pate a $1,000
Alumni Association
scholarship. Pate, a graduate
of Locust Fork High School,
is a cheerleader and
education major at Wallace
State.
“The primary mission of
the Alumni Association is to
provide scholarships for
Wallace State students
pursuing their education,”
said Williams. “Each year the
Association awards
scholarships to deserving
students. We are pleased to
recognize Stefany with the
Alumni Association
scholarship for the 2010-11
academic year.”
In 2010, the Alumni
Association partnered with
the Cullman Runner’s
Association for Running
Wild, an event featuring a
half marathon, 5k run/walk
and 1-mile fun run.
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Future
Foundation
Scholarships:
Fall 2010 —
76 Scholarship
Recipients
Total Awards:
$50,776
Spring 2011 —
82 Scholarship
Recipients
Total Awards:
$45,548
Summer 2011 —
41 Scholarship
Recipients
Total Awards:
$24,941
Recipients:
Fall 2010
General Scholarships
Morganne Adams
McKensie Alfred
Kristen Bearden
Lacie Butner
Joshua Chop
Charlecy Dean
Trent Earwood
Thomas Edwards
Jason Hawkins
Teresa Holcomb-Kirk
Judy Lowery
Justin Lynch
Jamie McHan
Hannah Milam
Stephanie Peeples
Crystal Phillips
Mary Beth Sellers
Judson Sherrill
Matthew Teal
Sydney Turnage
Gatlan Vinson
Chandler Watson
Named Scholarships
Kayla Aaron
TJ Aby
Steven Acocella
Stephanie Barnett
Jeff Brotzge
Colton Brown
Deolindo Cabrera
Paige Carr
Cody Chambers
Laura Davis
Trent Earwood
Joshua Essmon
Caitlan Haraway
Paige Harbison
Gregory Helton
Karen Hudson
Veronica Keith
Alice Lemmond
Glenn McGhee
Bhasvar Patel
Zankhanabahen Patel
Mary Beth Sellers
Crystal Stewart
Renee Tinney
Natasha Vogel
Dual Enrollment
Elise Allen
Cynthia Bailey
Wayne Campbell
Christie Canales
A'Lora Cleghorn
Statan Daugherty
Laura Evans
Zachary Floyd
Tiffany Gorff
Nelson Graham
Mary Gray
Danielle Gurganus
Chelcey Hamilton
Kaleigh Hand
Merida Hayes
Thomas Hays
Emily Hudson
Logan Oslin
Joshua Phillips
Ashley Pickett
Emlie Sears
Kolton Sellers
Trey Shoemaker
Summer Smith
Ashley Stanley
Jane Strader
Justin Studdard
Robert Thornton
Dillon Widner
Alumni
Stefany Pate
Spring 2011
Kayla Aaron
Stephanie Barnett
Brittney Blackmon
Christopher Davis
Charlecy Dean
Thomas Scott Edwards
Amber Fawcett
Kourtland Greer
Megan Hammond
Paige Harbison
Timothy J. Hendrix
Lisa Kirtland
Kristy McKerley
James Moon
Andrea Nelson
Heather Otis
Lindsay Partain
Zankhanabahen Patel
Bhasvar Patel
Lauren Perry
Crystal Phillips
Jessica Simpson
Kayla Stone
Mary Beth Sellers
Angela Smith
Sydney Turnage
Gatlan Vinson
Holly Weber
Laura Yarbrough
Named Scholarships
Kayla Aaron
TJ Aby
Joc Baker
William Brotzge
Colton Brown
Deolindo Cabrera
Paige Carr
Cody Chambers
Jeanette Curlee
Laura Davis
Caitlan Haraway
Ashley Harbison
Gregory Helton
Megan Henry
Chase Lowe
Glenn McGhee
Jannene Miller
Renee Tinney
Natasha Vogel
Lisa White
Dual Enrollment
Cynthia Bailey
Christie Canales
Tyler Chambers
A'lora Cleghorn
Kayla Cupp
Statan Daughtery
Jonathan Estes
Zachary Floyd
Ben Gillilan
Tiffany Gorff
Nelson Graham
Danielle Gurganus
Kaleigh Hand
Merida Hayes
Thomas Hays
Kalah Hicks
Rebekah Hollingsworth
Emily Hudson
Jacob Ledbetter
Adam Lindsey
Seth Mattox
Charles Nelson
Joshua Phillips
Ashley Pickett
Emilie Sears
Kolton Sellers
Summer Smith
Ashley Stanley
Justin Studdard
Haley Terry
Robert Thornton
Joshua Young
Summer 2011
Drew Adams
Tacouya Allen
Laura Balcar
Stephanie Barnett
Catherine Burk
Joshua Chop
Maya Copeland
Whitley Davis
Thomas Edwards
Cameron Galbreath
Butch Harris
Leslie Henry
Lynn Holley
Hannah Killpack
Lisa Kirtland
Julia Koeppel
Amy Kritner
Sandra Mathis
Sarah Mays
Rachel McClendon
Brittani McConnell
Jessica Pajaron
Zankhanabahen Patel
Bhasvar Patel
Thomas Pressley
Jordan Ratliff
Hope Robinson
Wendy Turner
Haven Watson
Monica Watts
Named Scholarships
Paige Carr
Kevin Farnsworth
Sue Harville
Gregory Blake Helton
Megan Henry
Sandra Mathis
Glen McGhee
John Merriweather
Jonna Mims
Courtney Mosley
Sherri Sparrow
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Giving Societies
President’s Circle: July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
Foundation
PLATINUM
$10,000-$49,999
American Proteins, Inc.
Fred and Holly Cespedes
Representative Elwyn Thomas
GOLD
$5,000-$9,999
Apel Machine and Supply Co.
Bagwell Family Foundation, Inc.
FMI-Medical
Randy Johnson
Royal Technologies
Howard Tinney
Gloria Williams
SILVER
$1,000-$4,999
Alabama Cullman Yutaka
Technologies, LLC
Norris and Barbara Atchley
James D. Bagwell
Birmingham Fastener &
Supply, Inc.
BUNGE
Linda Blair Bunis
Sonya Cabri
Nell Creel
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman Rotary Club DAF
Cullman Savings Bank
Cullman-Jefferson Counties
Gas District
Drinkard Development, LLC
Lisa L. Eckenrod
Denise Elliott
Bill and Arminda Floyd
Donna Guthrie
Hanceville Nursing and Rehab
Center, Inc.
Vicki Hawsey
Earnie and Betty Leeth Haynes
R. Scotty Hooper
Danny and Debra McAfee
Todd McLeroy
Jeremy Oden
Martha Plunkett
Shirley Quattlebaum
REHAU, Inc.
Zina Stansberry
State Farm Companies
Foundation
Traditions Bank
Randy Weathersby
WSCC Sonography
PATRONS
$500-$999
Alabama Coal Cooperative
Phyllis E. Brewer
Mary Evelyn Burrow
Cash Acme, Division of Reliance
Worldwide
CH2M HILL, Inc.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
United, Inc.
Cullman County Industiral
Development
Cullman Electric Cooperative
Cullman Power Board
Culpepper Real Estate, Inc.
Nell C. Dunlap
Marsha G. Folsom
Dale and Larraine Greer
Suzanne Harbin
H. Kerry Hembree
HOAR Program Management
Joe Holmes
John and Shari Hurt
Industrial Development Board
of City of Cullman
Jackson & Williams
Knight, Griffith, McKenzie,
Knight, McLeroy
Barry McGriff
People's Bank
Walter R. Ross, Jr.
Mitch Smith
Nortricia Starnes
Topre America Corporation
USA Healthcare
Wal-Mart Distribution Center 6007
Sarah Wheeler
Trey Williams
FRIENDS
$100-$499
Oran and Alina Adams
Aho Architects, LLC
LaDonna N. Allen
American Trim
Nicholas Apel
Kay and Selma Barnett
Barnett Johnes Wilson, LLC
Bob and Kay Blackwell
Sid Borden
Milton W. Bresley
Jeffery Brewer
Frank and Stacey Brunner
Staci Bryan
Lois A. Burns
Business Interiors, Inc.
Donna Cheatham
Mary Collins
Rene' Cornelius
Edmonds Engineering, Inc.
Melinda Edwards
Jenny Folsom
Fravert Services, Inc.
Phillip Fullenwider
Lisa German
Guardian Angel Gift Shop
Fred Halstead
Casey Hardiman
Jennifer F. Hill
Deborah Hoover
Lisa Hullett
Bill and Ginger Hyde
Mike and Sherri Krassick
Rickey and Jo Kreps
Brenda McHan
Janet Money
Austin T. Monk
Joan Moore
Bill Morgan
Janice A. Morgan
Dale Palmer
Mickey Parrish
Jackie Porter
Beverly Poston
Renee Quick
David Reeder
Regions Bank
Sain Associates, Inc.
Carolyn Shadden
Grady and Cherie Smith
Tomesa Smith
Deborah Spann
Mike Sparks
SUMMA Technology, Inc.
Superior Bank
Lori Turner
Wells Turner, Jr.
Amy Walker
Linda Wesley
Jeb Williamson
Tom and Judy Williamson
Donny Wilson
Judy A. York
UNDER $100
Mary G. Adams
Julie Apel
Donna Attaway
Marsha Bradford
Ruth Brigham
Katelynn Briscoe
Lavern Bromblow
Kathy Buckelew
Loretta Buettner
Ann Burleson
Roger Chappel
Ben C. Cobb, Jr,
Sue Cox
Chase Crider
Ann Culpepper
Donna Farmer
James C. Fields, Jr.
David Fisher
Elaine Fuller
Rebecca A. Graves
Drucilla Hagemore
Sharon Harris
Ed Hart
Gaylyn Hawkins
Kristen Holmes
Sabrina Hudson
Darlene Huff
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Roger Humphrey
Vickie A. Jackson
Beth Johnson
Mary Jones
Robbin Leeth
Kim Lovoy
Beert Mackentepe
Marcy Manning
Wayne Manord
Greg and Harriet Mayo
Debra Morrison
Shiela Mosley
John Newton
Christing O'Leary
James A. Parker
Heather Pentecost
Gail Quick
Kenneth Quick
Teresa Ratliff
Kathryn Sides
Daniel Smallwood
Susan Smith
Tanya Smith
James Sparks
Donna Stanley
Donna Starnes
Susan Stephens
Bruce Stephenson
Janet Tolbert
Mary Wallace
Karen Wilhite
Mary Jo York
Alumni
SILVER
$1,000-$4,999
Cullman Running Club
Jenny Folsom
Gloria Williams
PATRONS
$500-$999
Merchants Bank
FRIENDS
$100-$499
Oran and Alina Adams
American Proteins, Inc.
Kim Arndt
Mary Barnes
Clark and Rebecca Branch
Phyllis E. Brewer
Frank and Stacey Brunner
Mark Bussman
Anna Cantwell
Nikki Carter
Fred and Holly Cespedes
Bridgette W. Chandler
Creative Cakes of Cullman
Glynice Crow
Ann Culpepper
Doug Doggett Jewelers
Randy and Cherri Drake
Denise Elliott
Etc. by Nikki
GGNSC Administrative
Services LLC
Dale and Larraine Greer
Nicole Lawson Greer
Garlan and Heather Gudger
Dot Gudger
Donna Guthrie
Tony and Lisa Harbin
Melanie Henderson
Camilla Hendrix
Joe Hendrix
Babs Herfurth
Connie and Ed Holcombe
Peggy Horsley
Sharon G. Horton
Mary Hovater
Jessica Hudson
Tina Hulse
Billy W. and Vickie Jackson
Sheila V. Johnson
Kindred Healthcare
Dawn Klinger
Stephanie Knight
MarcyManning
Sandra Masters
Lou Ann Mayhair
Gary McMinn
Medical Weight Loss
Solutions LLC
Edith Mobley
Monograms Plus
Christine O'Leary Quick
Renee Quick
Restore Management
Company, LLC
Tara Richard
Chasity Robertson
Beth Sargent
Kim Shrewsbury
Grady and Cherie Smith
Maria Stanford
Nortricia Starnes
Traditions Bank
Jamie Troutman
Werner's Trading Company
Linda Wesley
Tracy Whitt
UNDER $100
Mary G. Adams
Shannon Alexander
Connie Allen
LaDonna N. Allen
Melissa P. Arnold
Norris and Barbara Atchley
Karen E. Barnard
Leigh Baughn
Freda J. Britt
Ricky Burks
Jackie H. Burnham
Jerry Caudle
Ben C. Cobb, Jr.
Howard and Glenda Cole
Marsha Cowart
Sue Cox
Nell Creel
Deborah Doss
Mary Helen Eidson
Susan Eller
Alyce Flanigan
Pat Freeman
Jan Garner
Kristi Gerding
Vivian Hackleman
Kimberly Hall
Suzanne Harbin
Lisa Harris
Earnie and Betty Leeth Haynes
Lonna Heatherly
Amanda K. Hicks
Hanna Hicks
Jennifer B. and Jeff Hill
Jimmy W. Hodges
Remona S. Hopper
Don Hubbard
Brenda Gail Hyatt
Mary Helen Ingram
Hayley Kilgo
Crystal Knight
Rickey and Jo Kreps
Monica A. Kugler
Ashley Lamar
Margaret C. Lambert
John and Lisha Land
Kaitlin Laney
Gayle L. Ledbetter
Sarah F. Lovell
Cynthia Maddox
Cindy Mallard
Terri McGriff-Waldrop
Rob Metcalf
Stacey Moore
Joan Moore
Karry Morin
Mary Leah Moss
Lisa R. Mullaney
Barbara Norris
Kristi Nyquist
Dale Palmer
Gwem Parker
Leah Patterson-Lust
Susan Quick
Ray D. Ray
Rhonda Riley
Elizabeth Scott
Katherine Shirey
Kathryn Sides
Tomesa Smith
Deborah Spann
Lisa Speegle
Donna Speeker
Christy St. John
Donna Stanley
Tracy Stephens
Ludmilla Stevens
Polly Tankersley
James and Theresa Thompson
Evelyn Timmons
Kimberly Trelles
Christy Turner
Tina Walters
Cassandra Ward
Glenda Watts
Christine Wiggins
Aletta Williamson
Nancy Wright
Mary Jo York
Programs of Study
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Programs of Study
ACADEMIC
HEALTH SCIENCES
Business Administration
Business Education/Office Administration
Accounting
Administrative Assistant
Medical Administrative Assistant
Computer Science
Programming
Software Support
Networking
Web Technology
Cybersecurity/Computer Forensics
Criminal Justice
Forensic Investigation
Law Enforcement
Cybersecurity/Computer Forensics
Graphic Arts/Visual Communication
Liberal Arts
Management and Supervision
Business Management
Financial Management
Office Management
Entrepreneurship
Music Education
Paralegal
Sports Medicine
Transfer Programs
Associate Degree Nursing (RN)
Child Development
Clinical Laboratory Technician
Dental Assisting
Dental Hygiene
Diagnostic Imaging
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Electroneurodiagnostic Technology
Polysomnography
Emergency Medical Services
Basic
Paramedic
Gerontology
Health Information Technology
Medical Coding
Medical Transcription
Human Services
Drug and Alcohol Associate
Mental Health Technician
Social Work Associate
Massage Therapy
Medical Assistant
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Pharmacy Technology
Physical Therapist Assistant
Practical Nursing (LPN)
Respiratory Therapy
CAREER/TECHNICAL
Agricultural Production/Horticulture
Auto Service Technology
Automotive Manufacturing Technology
Aviation Flight Technology
Commercial Airplane
Commercial Helicopter
Collision Repair
Commercial Sewing
Cosmetology
Cosmetology Instructor Training
Nail Technology
Culinary Arts
Diesel Mechanics
Drafting & Design Technology
Electronic Technology
Biomedical Equipment Technician
Computer Repair
Industrial Electronics
Industrial Maintenance
Telecommunications
Heating & Air Conditioning
Machine Tool Technology (Precision Machining) /
Computer Numerical Control
Tool and Die
Upholstery/Interior Refinishing
Welding
OTHER
Health Linkage Program
Online Programs
Programs for High School Students
Dual Enrollment/Honors Program
FastTrack Academy
Tech-Prep
STEM Camp
Upward Bound
Community Education
Personal Development and Lifelong Learning Classes
Senior Adult Program
Adult Education
GED Prep Classes
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Employment Training
GED Testing
Workforce Development
Training for Existing Business and Industry
Short-Term Skills Training
Continuing Education
The Alabama Technology Network (ATN) Center
CARCAM
North Alabama Center for Advanced Manufacturing
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Accreditations
Wallace State Community College is
accredited by the Commission on Colleges
of the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools to award the Associate in Applied
Science Degree, Associate in Science
Degree, and Associate in Arts Degree.
Inquiries related to the accreditation status
of the College may be directed to: Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools,
Commission on Colleges, 1866 Southern
Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097; Phone
Number 404.679.4501.
Program accreditations/approvals include:
• Associate Degree Nursing (RN) —
National League of Nursing Accrediting
Commission, Alabama Board of Nursing
• Business Administration, Business
Education, Management and Supervision —
Nationally accredited by the Association of
Business Education Collegiate Business
Schools and Programs
• Clinical Laboratory — National
Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory
Sciences
• Dental Assisting — American Dental
Association
• Dental Hygiene — American Dental
Association
• Diagnostic Imaging — Joint Review
Committee on Education In Radiologic
Technology
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography — Joint
Review Committee on Education in
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
• Emergency Medical Services —
Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs, Committee on
Accreditation of Educational Programs for
the Emergency Medical Services Professions
• Flight Technology — Federal Aviation
Administration Approved by the Alabama
State Department of Education for flight
instruction under the U.S. Veterans
Administration Program
• Health Information Technology —
Commission on Accreditation for Health
Informatics and Technology Information
Management Education (CAHIIM)
• Heating & Air Conditioning — HVAC
Excellence
• Medical Assisting — Curriculum Review
Board of the American Association Medical
Assistants Endowment (CRB-AAMAE)
• Occupational Therapy Assistant —
Accreditation Council for Occupational
Assistant Therapy Education (ACOTE)
• Pharmacy Technology — American
Society of Health System Pharmacists
• Physical Therapist Assistant —
Commission on Accreditation for Physical
Therapy Education (CAPTE) of the American
Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• Polysomnographic Technology —
Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs (CAAHEP),
Committee on Accreditation for
Polysomnographic Technologist Education
(COAPSG)
• Practical Nursing (LPN) — Alabama Board
of Nursing
• Respiratory Therapy — Committee on
Accreditation for Respiratory Care
• Welding — American Welding Society
It is the policy of the Alabama State Board of
Education and Wallace State Community
College, a postsecondary institution under its
control, that no person shall, on the grounds of
race, color, sex, religion, national origin,
disability or age, be excluded from
participation in, be denied benefit of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any
program, activity or employment.
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Financial Summary
Financial Summary
WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
FUTURE FOUNDATION, INC.
Ending June, 2011
Ending September 30, 2010
ASSETS
REVENUE
Student Tuition & Fees
State Grants/Contracts
Federal Grants/Contracts
Auxiliary
State Appropriation
Other
$8,357,382
$1,193,572
$26,575,802
$3,298,659
$15,028,007
$538,805
$54,992,227
EXPENSES
Instruction
Academic Support
Student Services
Institutional Support
Maintenance
Student Aid
Auxiliary Enterprises
Depreciation
Non Operating
$15,893,399
$2,941,817
$4,036,017
$3,491,761
$5,181,943
$7,689,128
$4,341,549
$2,425,196
$6,641,263
$1,749,723
Cash
Pledges Receivable
Investment in Real Estate
Beneficial Interest in Remainder Trust
Other Current Assets
$399,456
$74,250
$125,000
$836,475
$314,542
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities
Equity
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
Net Income
$6
$1,545,725
$428,443
$235,407
$987,410
$100,338
$52,642,073
SCHOLARSHIPS
Institutional
Athletics
Senior Adults
Other
$666,962
$587,237
$60,676
$196,025
$1,510,899
Private Scholarships
(not including loans)
Tuition Waivers
$1,366,757
$81,415
The Alabama Community
College System
Dr. Freida Hill, Chancellor
The Alabama State Board
of Education
Honorable Robert Bentley, Governor President
Mr. Randy McKinney, District 1
Mrs. Betty Peters, District 2
Mrs. Stephanie W. Bell, District 3
Dr. Ethel H. Hall, District 4
Mrs. Ella B. Bell, District 5
Dr. Charles Elliott, District 6
Mr. Gary Warren, District 7
Ms. Mary Scott Hunter, District 8
P.O. Box 2000 • 801 Main Street NW
Hanceville, AL 35077-2000
www.wallacestate.edu
256.352.8000 • 866.350.WSCC

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