Awards

5/15/2009

Patrick Finn Published in Clackamas Literary Review

CGCC English faculty Patrick Finn had his short story, "From the Darkness Right under Our Feet" published in the May 2009 edition of the Clackamas Literary Review.

5/1/2009

Journalism, Communications Faculty Patti Johnson Retires

Patti Johnson, a 25 year veteran of the Maricopa Community College District will retire this spring. Patti has been teaching courses in Human Communication, Mass Communication and Journalism full-time at Chandler-Gilbert Community College for the past seven years.

Prior to that, she had a 25-year career in higher educational management, including positions as Dean of Administrative Services and Director of Public Relations and Marketing at CGCC; Manager of Employee Benefits and Assistant PR Director for MCCCD; and she was the birth mother of the District publication “ed cetera.” She has taught at CGCC, Rio Salado Community College and Prescott College. She is remembered as “Bat Girl” for safely capturing and freeing a bat during a CGCC graduation ceremony at the Chandler Center for the Arts.

5/1/2009

Curriculum Tech Sandra McLaws Retires

Sandra McLaws, a 21 year veteran of the Maricopa Community College District will retire this spring.

Sandra McLaws began her MCCCD career in 1988, as a Curriculum Technician at Mesa Community College where she earned her A.A.S. degree in Office Automation. She co-chaired, with Kathy Hawkins of South Mountain, the District Scheduling, Allocating, and Monitoring System Committee for Curriculum Technicians/Class Schedulers. She worked at MCC for 15 years and transferred to CGCC in 2003 as the Curriculum Technician. She worked closely with the Division Chairs to build the class schedule and to desktop publish the printed schedule every semester. The year 2008 marked her 20th year with the Maricopa County Community College District.

4/19/2009

Ernie Chavez Receives Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished Advisor Award

Ernie Chavez received the Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished Advisor Award presented each year to 40 outstanding advisors nationally. Award-winning advisors are those who make significant contributions to the growth of the individual members, serve as the chapter's advocate on campus, and encourage the chapter to be involved on the local, regional and/or international level of the organization. Ernie’s many years of dedication to the ideals of Phi Theta Kappa and his willingness to serve countless hours to assist CGCC’s Alpha Sigma Nu chapter with recruitment, inductions, and orientations, and the planning and implementing of so many scholarship and community service programs has been exceptional.

4/16/2009

CGCC Receives 2009 Diversity Advisory Council Award of Excellence

Congratulations to the CGCC Language & Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences Divisions for receiving the MCCCD 2009 Diversity Advisory Council Award of Excellence for their Peace Poles project.

In January 2008, the Language and Humanities division at purchased the college’s first peace pole, which includes the message of peace in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic. The decision by the Language and Humanities division to purchase the peace pole was based in the belief that the poles were in keeping with the college’s recently established global learning outcomes:

Understand and appreciate the complexity and richness of diverse cultures around the world
Acquire interdisciplinary knowledge of the world's social, environmental and economic problems
Develop a heightened sense of global interconnections and interdependence
Explore the historical legacies that have created the dynamics and tensions in the world
Learn how to engage in deliberative dialogue about global issues, even when there might be a clash of views
Engage in actions to sustain and preserve communities and the environment for future generations

Following this initial step taken by the Language and Humanities division, the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division purchased the second peace pole, and then members of both divisions wrote an Innovative International & Intercultural Education (I&IE) Grant Proposal for five additional poles, which were funded in the Spring of 2008.

The poles were planted in places throughout the Pecos campus where they would integrate most effectively with the campus environment and community, serving as sites for ceremonies and places where students congregate for activities and informal gatherings. The Peace Poles were dedicated on September 11, 2008 in a campus-wide ceremony, in which faculty, staff, and students gathered around each pole in a celebration of peace.

The Peace Pole project's efforts in supporting diversity and inclusion efforts within the Maricopa District and throughout the world was recognized at the Diversity Forum at Gateway Community College on April 15, 2009.

4/2/2009

English & Communications Faculty Published on Washington Center Website

David Finley, Robert Soza, Dr. Heather Horn, and Vanessa Sandoval’s integrative learning communities assignments will be published for world-wide access on the web as part of the National Project on Assessing Learning in Learning Communities at the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education.

This participatory research project aimed to strengthen the national learning community movement by developing collaborative assessment practices that focus on the quality of student learning made possible by learning communities. Among the products from this research project are a series of integrative assignments, developed and used by learning community faculty from around the country, including the work of David, Robert, Heather, and Vanessa. To view these assignments, access http://wacenter.evergreen.edu/chandlergilbert.html.

3/31/2009

Dr. Bill Guerriero Named Outstanding Doctoral Student

Congratulations to CGCC Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Bill Guerriero, who was recently chosen by Northern Arizona University to receive the award for Outstanding Doctoral Student in Educational Leadership for the 2008-2009 year.

NAU honored Bill for his advocacy for students, staff, and teachers and his commitment to nurturing student-centered environments.

3/30/2009

Dr. Lori Girshick Published in The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence CGCC sociology faculty, Dr. Lori Girshick had four articles published in The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence this year. The articles were entitled, "Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence," "Legislation, Hate Crimes," "Homophobia," and "Hate Crimes, Anti-Gay

3/23/2009

Marketing & Public Relations Receives Paragon Award

Congratulations to Marketing & Public Relations, who recently received a Paragon Award from the National Council of Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) for the cover design of the college handbook, which was created by Magdalena Soto.

NCMPR's prestigious Paragon Awards recognize outstanding achievement in communications at community, junior, and technical colleges. It's the only national competition of its kind that exclusively honors excellence among marketing and PR professionals at two-year colleges.

3/16/2009

WLG Honors Jeanne Canham as "Woman of Distinction"

Congratulations to CGCC math faculty, Jeanne Canham, who was honored with the Women's Leadership Group 2009 "Woman of Distinction" Distinguished Achievement Award, which will be presented to her at the group's 11th Annual Women's Leadership Luncheon in April.

Jeanne's nomination read as follows:

Jeanne Canham is highly revered by her mathematics students as well as by her colleagues. She has served tirelessly in a variety of college and district leadership roles, including the Chair of CGCC’s Higher Learning Commission accreditation, President and Secretary of the CGCC Faculty Association, Honors Coordinator, Chair of the Developmental Education Committee, AIMES Outreach Coordinator, and Chair of the District Assessment Committee, to name just a few. She is frequently named by both male and female students as an outstanding mentor and motivator at the CGCC Emerging Science and Mathematics Scholars Awards Banquet. Jeanne is kind and generous and always there to encourage others.

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