O'DANIEL RETIREMENT RECEPTION IS THURSDAY
MARIANNA-Friends
of Chipola Junior College are invited to express appreciation to Dr. Dale
O'Daniel and his wife Judith at a Retirement Reception on Thursday, October 10,
from 4 to 6 p.m., (CST) in the Continuing Education Conference Center on College
Street.
O'Daniel is
retiring Oct. 31 after eight years as CJC president and 37 years in the Florida
Community College system.
The Chipola
Junior College District Board of Trustees is hosting the event.
Photo link:
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'YOU
CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU' OPENS OCT. 17
MARIANNA-Tickets are going fast for the Chipola Junior College production
of "You Can't Take It With You," which opens Thursday, Oct. 17.
Performances of the hit comedy are scheduled for Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.
The hit comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman is one of
the most popular and successful plays of modern times. The story-which was also
a hit movie starring Jimmy Stewart--is all about the zany Sycamores and the
unhappy Kirbys. The story involves
Tony, attractive young son of the Kirbys, who falls in love with Alice Sycamore
and brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening. The
shock sustained by the Kirbys, who are invited to eat cheap food, shows Alice
that marriage with Tony is out of the question. The Sycamores, however, though sympathetic with Alice,
find it hard to realize her point of view.
Tony, who knows the Sycamores are right and his own people wrong, will
not give her up, and in the end Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of
the Sycamores, particularly since he happens in during a visit by an ex-Grand
Duchess, earning her living as a waitress.
The strange activities of certain members of the household--the
manufacture of fireworks, the printing press set up in the parlor and Grandpa's
trouble with the income tax-add to the delightful eccentricity of the play.
The cast of CJC students and local actors includes: Meredith
Nailen as Penelope Sycamore, Sylvia Stanton as Essie, Mavis Flowers as Rheba,
Aaron Tiller as Paul Sycamore, Terry Schmitz as Mr. De Pinna, Jon Solari as Ed,
Arthur Obar as Martin Vanderhof, Jill White as Alice, Charles Kimrey as
Henderson, DJ Meissner as Tony Kirby, James Spooner as Boris Kolenkhov, Judy
Riley as Gay Wellington, Chris Manasco as Mr. Kirby, Kassandra Joyner as
Mrs.Kirby, Denise Davis as Olga, Gerald Williams as Donald and Brian Mitchell as
The Man.
For ticket information, call (850) 718-2220.
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CHIPOLA
INDIANS RANKED SECOND IN THE NATION
MARIANNA-The Chipola men's basketball team is ranked second in the nation
by Street and Smith's College Basketball Preview, the premier pre-season
publication for college basketball.
The
magazine also listed two CJC players among the best in the nation. Chipola guard
Nick Williams, a 6-4, transfer from Kansas State, is listed as a pre-season
first team All-American. CJC guard Jue Michael Young, a 6-3 transfer from LSU,
as a pre-season fourth Team All-American.
Chipola head coach Ryan Cross says, "We are honored
that Street and Smith's would rank us this high in their pre-season poll,
however, we realize that we must work every day to prove that we are worthy of
this recognition."
Barton
County Community College of Kansas is ranked first in the national poll. Cross
was head coach at Barton for one year before taking the Chipola job in 2000.
Okaloosa-Walton,
the only other Panhandle team on the list, is ranked fourth. Two of Chipola's
non-conference opponents are in the top 20. Atlanta Metro is number 10, and
Georgia Perimeter is number 18.
Chipola likely earned the high ranking because of three
returning sophomores from last year's 18-12 team and a stellar recruiting class.
Returning sophomore Brandon Freeman, a 6-3 guard from
Greenwood, South Carolina, led the Panhandle Conference in scoring with 16.7
points per game during his freshman year at Chipola. He recently committed to
play at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Michael Wilds, a 6-7 forward from Los Angeles, averaged 8.2
points and 7.2 rebounds last season. Cross
says, "Michael has worked extremely hard this summer and made tremendous
strides. I am expecting him to be
one of the top frontcourt players in the league this season." Walter
Harris, a 6-4 forward from Birmingham, Alabama, averaged nearly five points and
four rebounds last season. Cross says, "Walter is also much improved.
He is a young man that can play several positions for us.
He has had a great summer and fall and I expect him to be a key
contributor to our team."
Newcomers this season include four NCAA Division I
transfers: Nick Williams, 6-4, from Kansas State; JueMichael Young, 6-3, from
LSU; Justin Smith, 6-2, from Arkansas State; and Tom Frericks, 6-9, from UAB.
Four key freshmen recruits are Walker Russell, a 6-1 point
guard from Rochester, Michigan; Cliffone Ault, a 6-5 guard from Brooklyn, New
York; Trevor Lawrence, a 6-11 center from Greater Portmore, Jamaica, and Shawn
Simpson, a 6-7 forward from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Port St. Joe High standout Kyron Monette, a 6-3 forward,
returns after being red-shirted last season. He will be counted on to add
quality depth to Chipola's frontline.
Another key signee who may help next year is Derek Burditt,
a 6-7 forward from New Orleans. Burditt,
the 2002 Louisiana Player of the Year, is recovering from shoulder surgery and
will most likely be out for the season.
Coach Cross is optimistic about his team's chances. "I
have high aspirations for this team. Entering
my fourth season, I think we have finally put together a team that has the
talent and all the ingredients to not only compete for a Panhandle Conference
title, but also on the national level," said Cross.
Chipola began practice Oct. 1. The Indians open their season
on the road Nov. 1 against IMG Academy in Niceville. The Indians host South
Georgia Tech, Jeff Davis and Enterprise State in the Milton H. Johnson Classic,
Nov. 7-9.
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Wilds:
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Harris:
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CHIPOLA'S
FREEMAN COMMITS TO ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK
MARIANNA-Chipola
sophomore Brandon Freeman has committed to play basketball at the University of
Arkansas-Little Rock next season.
Freeman led the entire Panhandle Conference in scoring as a
freshman with 16.7 points per game.
A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Freeman was the 2001
Mr. Basketball in South Carolina.
CJC head coach Ryan Cross said, "I am very happy for Brandon. I think Little Rock will provide a great opportunity for
Brandon to have a quality Division I basketball experience and earn a college
degree. I have a lot of confidence in Brandon not only as a basketball player,
but also as a person. I think the coaching staff at UALR did an excellent job in
the recruiting process and in the end that was the deciding factor for
Brandon." Arkansas-Little Rock is an NCAA Division I school and plays in
the Sun Belt Conference.
Freeman was also recruited by Georgia State, Evansville and
South Alabama.
Photo link-
Freeman:
http://www.chipola.edu\public_relations\PR_Photos\10-3-02\BFreeman.JPG
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CHIPOLA
TO HOST SEMINAR on Health and Lifestyle Choices
MARIANNA-Dr.
Linda Hancock, a nationally known speaker on health and lifestyle choices, will
present a live interactive presentation Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 6:30 p.m., in the
Chipola Junior College Continuing Education Conference Center.
Dr. Hancock will be speaking on How Lifestyle Choices
Determine Human Health. The
public is invited. Refreshments
will be served.
Hancock is the Assistant Director in the Office of Health
Promotion and a Family Nurse Practitioner and Health Educator at Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
She initiated the Virginia College Co-op for Tobacco Use Reduction, and
is Chair of the Richmond Advisory Board for the Tobacco Settlement Foundation.
Dr. Hancock authored Tobacco Use Reduction Guide for Colleges and
Universities and Women's Health: A Primary Care Clinical Guide.
The program, produced by Phi Theta Kappa and the National Collegiate
Honor Society, is the second part of a five part satellite seminar series
designed to accompany the society's 2002 Honors Study Topic, Dimensions and
Directions of Health: Choices in the Maze.
For further information, contact Jody Spooner, Chipola PTK
adviser, at 526-2761, Ext. 3279.
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CHIPOLA
TO OFFER SHORT COURSES
MARIANNA-Chipola Junior
College will offer a variety of short courses this Fall.
Several computer classes will be offered, including:
Word I, Oct. 23 and 24 for
Office 2000 and
Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Office
97; Introduction to Computers for
Office 97, Nov. 5, 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; Excel I, Nov. 12 from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Office 97
and Nov. 13 and 14 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. for Office
2000; Outlook 97 will meet
Nov. 13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost
of each course is $56.
Sharpening Your Telephone Skills will
meet Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. until noon. Cost
is $29.
Cake Decorating II will
meet Mondays, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Oct. 14 through Nov. 4. Cake
Decorating III will meet Nov. 11 through Dec. 2.
Cost of each class is $28.
Several Health Care courses will be offered. IV Therapy will
meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 15 through Nov. 7, from 5 to 9 p.m. First
Aid will meet Nov. 19 and 21 from 5 to 9:30 p.m.
Cost is $40. A CPR
class will meet Nov12 and 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. Cost is $34.
Two motivational workshops will be offered. "Who
Moved My Cheese?" is Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to noon. The FISH Philosophy
will meet Oct. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Cost
for either is $49.
Several Child Care courses will be offered, including:
20-Hour Childcare Training, Nov. 2 and 9 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10-Hour
Childcare Training (Behavior Observation), Nov. 16 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
10-Hour Childcare Training
(Mainstreaming), Dec. 14 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A Fiber Optics course will
meet the week of Dec. 2 through 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The registration fee of $600 includes books and materials.
EducationToGo offers
online programs in a number of areas, including: Internet, Computers,
Certification Prep, Writing, Personal Enrichment, Test Prep, Business, Legal,
Nursing, Large Business/Management, and Design and Media Certification Programs.
For information visit www.ed2go.com/chipola.
Online courses on a variety of subjects also are available at www.elementk.com.
For information about any of these non-credit courses, call the Office of
Continuing Education at 718-2395.
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CJC Photo
HIV
EXPERT ADDRESSES CJC HONORS--Dr.
Julian Giraldo, an expert in HIV studies, recently addressed the Chipola Junior
College sophomore honors class. Pictured
from left, are: sophomore Jennifer Bowes of Blountstown, Dr. Giraldo and Bonnie
Smith, sophomore Honors adviser. Dr. James Stevenson will meet with the honors class on Oct.
18, at 10 a.m., to discuss water quality in Florida springs.
Photo link: http://www.chipola.edu\public_relations\PR_Photos\10-3-02\CJC_Honors_Giraldo_10-3-02.JPG
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O'DANIEL
HONORED AT RETIREMENT RECEPTION
MARIANNA--The Chipola
Junior College District Board of Trustees on Thursday hosted a reception for
retiring college president Dr. Dale O’Daniel and his wife, Judith.
Board chair Jenny
Goodman presented O'Daniel with a Chipola Gold Card that provides admission to
all college events. Goodman said, "As a former student, I realize how far
this college has come under Dale's leadership. Chipola will certainly miss
him."
Chipola's senior staff
presented the O'Daniels with a pair of luxury lounge chairs that are popular
among air show enthusiasts. Dr. O’Daniel is a licensed pilot who also enjoys
flying scale-model radio-controlled aircraft.
Harry Albertson,
executive director of the Florida Association of Community Colleges, presented
O'Daniel with a handheld GPS. Albertson said, "We want to make sure he can
always find his way back to Tallahassee."
Albertson applauded O'Daniel's leadership in the community college system
and pointed out that he is one of only 52 people in the world who has ever
served as state FACC president.
In addressing the crowd O'Daniel said, "The team that is Chipola
Junior College is a family. I think everybody knows that. Everybody who lives
here owns this college, and all you have to do is mess it up a little and
they'll let you know." Of his future plans, O'Daniel said, "I'm not
going anywhere. This is my home. My whole family is here. We'll be at all the
college sporting events and probably every other event that has Chipola tied to
it."
O’Daniel
began his career at Chipola in 1967 as an Economics Professor. After teaching at
Chipola for 12 years, he became the Chief Business Officer and eventually Dean
of Administrative Services. In
1986, he accepted the position of Vice President for Administrative Services at
Daytona Beach Community College. After
nine years in that position, in 1995, he returned to Chipola Junior College as
President.
In a letter of
resignation offered to the Board on Sept. 17, O’Daniel wrote, “As president,
I have had the opportunity to lead the institution that had nurtured me from a
21 year-old idealistic professor to whatever I have become over these past 35
years. It is my hope that history
will record that my presidency was one of positive progress for the college.”
Much of that progress was in the area of technology. During his tenure as
president, Chipola has undergone a multi-million dollar technology upgrade that
has placed hundreds of networked computers on the desks of students and
employees.
He also has led the
college in campus-wide building projects, including the construction of new
buildings for Public Service, Literature/Language, Health Sciences, and Physical
Education, as well as major renovations to the Library, Business Technology
Building, Theatre and Residence Hall.
In 1996, O'Daniel
spearheaded the effort to host the FCCAA Men's State Basketball Tournament in
Chipola's Milton H. Johnson Health Center. CJC has hosted the combined Men's and
Women's Tournament since 1997.
O’Daniel has held
many positions of leadership in the community college system.
He served as chair of the Council of Business Affairs, member of the
Community College Presidents’ Council, and President of the Florida
Association of Community Colleges and President of the Florida Community College
Activities Association (FCCAA). He was recently selected to receive FCCAA’s
Distinguished Service Award, the highest award bestowed by that organization.
O'Daniel's last official day on the job will be Oct. 31. The Chipola
Board of Trustees has agreed to name a new president at the Oct. 15 board
meeting.
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MARIANNA—It's hard to think of an American comedy as justly beloved as
Kaufman and Hart's "You Can't Take It With You," which opens Thursday,
Oct. 17, in the Chipola Theater.
The comedy won the Pulitzer Prize for best play in 1936 and the movie
version starring Jimmy Stewart won an Academy Award two years later.
There's something compelling and cheerfully strange about its happy
family of eccentrics, the Sycamores, who dance and paint and putter through
their days, asking for nothing except to continue to "be happy in our own
sort of way." Their family philosophy provides postmodern theater-goers
with happy memories of a simpler time.
In the comedy, we find the conventional lovers, surrounded by the happy
idealists and the Wall-Street materialists who have ulcers instead of having
fun. The plot engine is the engagement between young Alice Sycamore and Tony
Kirby. Alice's carefully planned dinner party between the two families goes
hilariously awry when the Kirbys arrive a day early to a more typically anarchic
evening at the Sycamores. Heading the wacky Sycamore family is Grandpa Vanderhof,
who for 35 years has pursued his favorite hobbies-snake hunting, dart throwing
and tax evasion. Alice's mother, Penelope Sycamore, has become a playwright
because a typewriter was delivered by mistake to her house. Her husband, Paul,
manufactures fireworks in the basement with Mr. De Pinna, a long-time
houseguest. Essie practices ballet in the living room, while Ed writes
revolutionary propaganda to distribute with the candy he sells.
Chipola director Charles Sirmon directs the cast which includes: Meredith
Nailen as Penelope Sycamore, Sylvia Stanton as Essie, Mavis Flowers as Rheba,
Aaron Tiller as Paul Sycamore, Terry Schmitz as Mr. De Pinna, Jon Solari as Ed,
Arthur Obar as Martin Vanderhof, Jill White as Alice, Charles Kimrey as
Henderson, DJ Meissner as Tony Kirby, James Spooner as Boris Kolenkhov, Judy
Riley as Gay Wellington, Chris Manasco as Mr. Kirby, Kassandra Joyner as
Mrs.Kirby, Denise Davis as Olga, Gerald Williams as Donald and Brian Mitchell as
The Man. Mario Gonzalez, Joseph O’Meara and Misty
Talton also are part of the technical staff.
Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Oct. 17-19) at 7:30 p.m.,
with a Sunday (Oct. 20) matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets
are available in the CJC Business Office weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and
at the door, 30 minutes prior to curtain time.
For ticket information, call (850) 718-2220.
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MARIANNA—Automotive Technology instructor John Gardner is the recipient
of the October Faculty/Administrator of the Month Award at Chipola Junior
College.
Gardner began working at Chipola in the Fall of 2000. Under his
leadership, enrollment in the program has grown tremendously. Chipola also now
serves as a training center for a number of area technicians. In 2001, the
program earned certification from the
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) and the National
Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
Gardner shares credit for the success of the program with the college
administration and the local automotive community. “So
many people at Chipola have been open and receptive to helping the program
succeed. And our local advisory council and other local experts in the
automotive field have invested a great deal
of time and money into our program.”
Students in the CJC program learn the fundamentals of automotive
technology in an integrated computer lab and then apply their skills in a fully
equipped garage that features an electronically- controlled Smart Car.
The CJC program has earned recognition around the state. Florida Senator
Stephen Wise visited last year to consider CJC as a site for establishing
WEB-based instruction in Automotive Technology with other institutions.
Bud
Riviere, CJC Dean of Workforce Development, says, “I am very proud of the work
that John has done to make this an exemplary program in the automotive field.
Students in this program get a quality education, and the industry gets quality
job applicants from Chipola.”
Gardner is a member of the Florida Association of Community Colleges and
a member of the college committee on Intercollegiate Athletics. He and his wife Nikki, a physician’s assistant at Marianna
FCI, have an infant son.
The CJC award includes a plaque, reserved parking for a month, a $300
bonus, and a $50 gift certificate from the College Book Store. Monthly winners are eligible for the annual award.
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MARIANNA--Orange Kellin’s New Orleans Blue Serenaders will play the
Chipola Theater Monday, Nov. 18. The
Serenaders are replacing the Manhattan Rhythm Kings, who cancelled their Fall
tour and a Chipola Artist Series show to take a gig on Broadway.
The Serenaders offer authentic New Orleans traditional Jazz direct from
the Broadway production of One Mo’Time. Arranger and clarinetist Orange Kellin
brings the trio of hot New Orleans musicians, piano, clarinet and percussion, to
play the elegant, thrilling and undeniably infectious Big Easy sounds. Joining
Orange and his trio is the creator and director of One Mo’Time, Vernel
Bagneris, acting, singing and dancing irresistible, razzle-dazzle, show stopping
numbers from that show plus many more authentic, traditional selections.
Born in Sweden, Orange Kellin has become a premiere clarinetist of the
real New Orleans sound, having played with many of the Preservation Hall bands
as well as touring and recording with Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson,
Jabbo Smith and numerous other legends. He
is featured on the Oscar-nominated original cast album of One Mo’ Time.
Louisiana born Vernel Bagneris received an Obie Award and Outer Critics
Circle Award as the author and legend, Jelly Roll Morton. He starred, with Steve
Martin and Bernadette Peters, in the musical film Pennies from Heaven and is now
heard regularly in the NPR jazz radio series, Live from the Landing with the Jim
McCullum Jazz Band in San Antonio.
Two more events are set for the Chipola Artist Series. Soprano Alison
England, hits the CJC stage Jan. 21. Boston
Brass, one of the most exciting and multi-faceted brass groups in the county,
plays Chipola, April 3.
The Artist Series is funded through Chipola’s Performing Arts Fund, and
with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Southern Arts
Federation, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the Chipola Regional Arts
Association, and corporate donors.
Tickets--$12 for adults, $8 for ages 18 and under, and $4 for current CJC
students—are on sale in the CJC Business Office.
For ticket information, call the CJC Business Office at 718-2220.
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MARIANNA—The Chipola Junior College Cheerleaders will host a
Cheerleader Day Clinic for ages 5-12, Saturday, Nov. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. in the Milton H. Johnson Health Center.
Cheerleaders will learn the latest cheers, chants and stunts. A Showoff
for parents is scheduled for Noon.
The registration fee of $25 includes a T-shirt and insurance.
For
information, call Geraldine DeFelix, CJC Cheer Coach, at (850) 718-2322.
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MARIANNA--Chipola
Junior College offers free Computer Tutoring for senior citizens on Fridays,
from 8 to noon, in room M-201.
Chipola
students in CGS 1100, a second level computer class, serve as tutors. Seniors
who need help in any area of basic computer use, from setup to Internet, email
and word processing, are invited to take advantage of this free service.
For
information, call Vikki Milton 526-2761, Ext. 3371.
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MARIANNA—Chipola Junior College will offer a variety of short courses
this Fall.
Cake Decorating II will meet Mondays, Oct. 14 through Nov. 4, from 6 to
8:30 p.m. Cake Decorating III will meet Mondays, Nov. 11 through Dec. 2, from 6
to 8:30 p.m. Cost of each class is
$28.
Several Health Care courses will be offered.
IV Therapy will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 15 through Nov. 7, from
5 to 9 p.m. First Aid will meet Nov. 19 and 21, from 5 to 9:30 p.m.
A CPR class will meet Nov12 and 14, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Two motivational workshops will be offered. “Who Moved My Cheese?” is
Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to noon. The
FISH Philosophy will meet Oct. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Cost for either is $49.
Several computer classes will be offered, including:
Word I, Oct. 23 and 24 for Office 2000 and Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
for Office 97; Introduction to Computers for Office 97, Nov. 5, 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.; Excel I, Nov. 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Office 97 and Nov. 13 and 14
from 5:30 to 9 p.m. for Office 2000; and Outlook 97, Nov. 13 from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Cost of each class is $56.
Several Child Care courses will be offered, including: 20-Hour Childcare
Training, Nov. 2 and 9 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10-Hour Childcare Training
(Behavior Observation), Nov. 16 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10-Hour Childcare
Training (Mainstreaming), Dec. 14 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A Fiber Optics course will meet Dec. 2 through 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The registration fee of $600 includes books and materials.
EducationToGo offers online programs in a number of areas, including:
Internet, Computers, Certification Prep, Writing, Personal Enrichment, Test
Prep, Business, Legal, Nursing, Large Business/Management, and Design and Media
Certification Programs. Visit www.ed2go.com/chipola.
Online courses on a variety of subjects also are available at www.elementk.com.
For information about any of these non-credit courses, call the Office of
Continuing Education at 718-2395.
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MARIANNA--Dr. Gene Prough was appointed president of
Chipola Junior College by the District Board of Trustees at a meeting on Oct.
15. He is the ninth president of the college, which was established in 1947.
Following the appointment, Prough said, “I am
deeply honored by the trust you have shown in me to be the next leader of
Chipola Junior College.”
Prough, who served as executive vice president to
retiring president Dr. Dale O’Daniel, has a proven record of leadership in
higher education. He was named Chipola’s Director of Vocational Education in
January of 1994. He served as interim president of Chipola from June of 1994
through May of 1995 when O’Daniel became president. Prough was named to the post of Executive Vice president in
1997. Since a re-organization of the college administration in 2000, all
divisions of the college, including the Chipola Foundation, have reported to Dr.
Prough.
During the past nine years, Prough has
provided leadership that has enabled the college to obtain more than $17 million
in building and renovation projects. During the same period he has led an
initiative to seek federal and state grant funds resulting in more than $11
million in grant awards. He has guided the college in establishing a network of
communication in Tallahassee and in Washington to access much needed funding to
improve the learning environment for CJC students.
The Chipola Foundation also has been a focus
of Prough’s work. Under his leadership, the Foundation has grown from $2
million to nearly $10 million. Endowments and scholarships in the Foundation
provide some $600,000 annually in direct aid to students.
Prough also has worked to enhance the academic
programs of the college, which now include the University Center @ Chipola. He
emphasizes the importance of education among college employees by supporting fee
waivers, tuition reimbursement and flexible scheduling that has led to a record
number of employees enrolling in college courses. The CJC Honors program also
has expanded during his tenure and currently includes more than 50 of the
brightest students from the area. Scholarship opportunities through the college
Foundation are at an all time high with more than 185 endowments and
scholarships. The University Center provides opportunities to earn bachelor’s
and advanced degrees on the CJC campus. Chipola will begin its own four-year
degree in Secondary Education in the Fall of 2003. “I’m very proud of the
work that our people have done to make a college education more accessible to
the students in our district,” said Prough.
Prough employs a basic philosophy of management that
focuses on professional employees who value students and community. “We’ve
got good people at Chipola—an excellent faculty and a professional staff.
I trust them to do their best for our students and for our community,”
said Prough.
When asked about his vision for the future, he says,
“Chipola is a fine college and I believe our best days are ahead of us. We
need to focus on improving and expanding our academic and workforce programs and
to consider our students first in all decision-making.”
Prough is a 1968 graduate of Chipola and a 1966
graduate of Blountstown High School. He went on to earn bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in business at the University of West Florida. He earned a
doctorate in education from UWF in 1999.
He
was one of 22 Florida Community College leaders selected for the 2001 Inaugural
Executive Director's Leadership Seminar. The forum was designed to help prepare
leaders that were nominated by their presidents as potential presidential
candidates.
Prough
served as director of Washington-Holmes Area Vocational Technical Center in
Chipley for 21 years. He also has served on the Florida Commission on Education
Reform and Accountability, the Private Industry Council and the Practitioner
Committee with the Department of Education/Department of Labor on
Performance-Based Funding.
Prough’s
wife Priscilla, a CJC grad, is a teacher at Kate M. Smith Elementary.
She also earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at UWF. The Proughs
have a daughter, Stephanie, a son, Chad, both CJC graduates, and two
grandchildren, future CJC grads.
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MARIANNA—Chipola Junior
College is soon to become a higher education option for nearby students in
Alabama and Georgia.
On Tuesday, the CJC Board of Trustees
approved a measure to charge students from the two states only one dollar extra
per credit hour for college tuition and 90 cents extra for workforce fees. The
new fees will take effect in the Spring 2003 semester that begins Jan. 6.
Florida’s high out-of-state
tuition—more than triple the in-state rate—has prevented nearby out-of-state
students from considering Chipola in the past. CJC’s current tuition for
Florida residents is $52.50 per semester hour. Out-of-state students have been
charged $162 per hour. With the change, Alabama and Georgia residents will now
pay $53.50 per semester hour. Students
who want to take advantage of the savings will be required to complete a
residency affidavit, available in the Admissions and Registration Office, prior
to registering for classes.
Chipola president Dr. Dale
O’Daniel said, “This new fee is really intended to help students from
counties on the Florida border who may actually have a shorter drive to Chipola
than to a college in their own state. We’re not looking for a large influx of
students from Birmingham or Atlanta.”
The president indicated that the new fee
structure does have the potential to positively affect enrollment in public
service programs like fire-fighting, corrections and law enforcement which may
not be available in all areas of Alabama and Georgia.”
O’Daniel said the college also would
experience some savings on athletes’ tuition. Some 10 CJC student-athletes are
from Alabama and Georgia.
All community colleges with districts
bordering on another state were given the option of reducing out-of-state fees.
Chipola, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Lake City, North
Florida, Okaloosa-Walton, Pensacola and Tallahassee community colleges are
affected by the change.
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MARIANNA—Hundreds of promising area high
school students are expected to attend Chipola Junior College’s Third Annual
Leaders of Promise conference on Friday, Oct. 25, in the college Arts Center.
The
Chipola chapter of Phi Theta Kappa is hosting the event. PTK leaders have
invited 15 high school sophomores and 15 juniors from each of 16 area high
schools in the CJC district.
Jody
Spooner, faculty adviser to PTK, said, “This event is designed to help
encourage and nurture leadership in our area youth in order that they may better
serve their schools and communities.”
Phi
Theta Kappa's International President, James Daugherty, will give a keynote
address advocating Youth in Leadership. Students will join in leadership
exercises that focus on raising awareness of health issues in local communities
and on helping students organize events that will help address these problems in
their schools and communities. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and
conclude by 12:30 p.m.
For
information, call Jody Spooner at 526-2761, Ext. 3279.
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MARIANNA—Chipola
Junior College's chapter of Phi Theta Kappa will host the third program in the
Satellite Seminar series on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. CST, in the CJC
Continuing Education Conference Center.
Dr. Gail Hughes will be speaking on Emerging
Infectious Diseases. Hughes is
currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive
Medicine-Epidemiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
She has extensive experience in public health care, community health and
Health education, and she has taught and served as a health consultant in
California and Mississippi. Dr.
Hughes has also developed community health programs and clinics in South
America, India, South Africa, and Cuba. She has been especially involved with
women's health and minority health issues.
Phi Theta Kappa will also be collecting baby items
(such as baby food, gently-used clothing, pacifiers, etc.) at the Satellite
Seminar. All items will be donated
to a local Pregnancy Crisis Center. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served.
For further information, contact Jody Spooner,
Chipola PTK advisor, at (850) 526-2761, Ext. 3279.
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by:
Chipola student James Wright
MARIANNA--The days are becoming shorter, and the weather is turning
cooler, which means another exciting season of Chipola women’s basketball.
The Lady Indians are coming off of a 14-16 record and are anticipating
great things for the 2002-2003 season.
Chipola has a young team this year and have only three returning players,
which include: Rebecca Montz from
Abbeville, LA, who averaged 16 points per game; Lantia Carter from Columbus, OH,
who averaged 8 points per game; and Amber Bryant from Raleigh, NC, who averaged
4 points per game.
However, the team has acquired a group of talented freshmen.
Coach Jason Keene is pleased with the young talent, especially with the
abilities of Reginette Maddox from Dyersburg, TN; Andrea Martin from Lafayette,
LA; Linnea Eklof from Hagersten, Sweden; and Kala Ard from Husser, LA.
Other players Heidi Fowler from Pace, FL; Melissa Killings from Bonifay,
FL; Katie Pinder from Starks, LA; and Laquavia Roseboro from Statesville, NC
have tremendous potential and will contribute significantly to the success of
this year’s team. According to
Coach Keene, “The girls will be for the team, not themselves.”
Coach Keene feels this year’s Panhandle Athletic Conference will be
very competitive; nevertheless, Gulf Coast will once again be the team to beat.
The Lady Indians have a good opportunity to compete in this year’s
FCCAA State Tournament, which will once again be held at the Milton H. Johnson
Health Center, March 5 – 8, 2003.
Your first opportunity to see the Lady Indians in
action will be November 8-9 at the Milton H. Johnson Classic. Chipola will take
on Enterprise State on Friday and Southern Union on Saturday.
Both games are at 3 p.m.
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MARIANNA—The classic comedy "You Can't Take It With You,"
runs through Sunday, Oct. 20, in the Chipola Theater.
Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Oct. 17-19) at 7:30 p.m.,
with a Sunday (Oct. 20) matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are available in the CJC
Business Office weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and at the door, 30 minutes
prior to curtain time.
For ticket information, call (850) 718-2220.
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MARIANNA—Chipola Junior College will offer a variety of short courses
this Fall.
Several computer classes will be offered, including:
Word I, Oct. 23 and 24 for Office 2000 and Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
for Office 97; Introduction to Computers for Office 97, Nov. 5, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Excel I, Nov. 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Office 97 and Nov. 13 and 14 from
5:30 to 9 p.m. for Office 2000; and Outlook 97 will meet Nov. 13 from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. Cost is $56.
Several Child Care courses will be offered, including: 20-Hour Childcare
Training, Nov. 2 and 9 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10-Hour Childcare Training
(Behavior Observation), Nov. 16 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10-Hour Childcare
Training (Mainstreaming), Dec. 14 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Computers for Seniors will be offered Nov. 11 and 14 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Cost is $20.
Cake Decorating III will meet Mondays, Nov. 11 through Dec. 2, from 6 to
8:30 p.m. Cost of each class is $28.
Several Health Care courses will be offered. First Aid will meet Nov. 19
and 21 from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Cost is
$40. A CPR class will meet Nov12 and 14, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Cost is $34.
A Fiber Optics course will meet the week of Dec. 2 through 5 from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The registration fee of $600 includes books and materials.
EducationToGo offers online programs in a number of areas, including:
Internet, Computers, Certification Prep, Writing, Personal Enrichment, Test
Prep, Business, Legal, Nursing, Large Business/Management, and Design and Media
Certification Programs. Visit www.ed2go.com/chipola.
Online courses on a variety of subjects also are available at www.elementk.com.
For information about any of these non-credit courses, call the Office of
Continuing Education at 718-2395.
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CHIPOLA
CHEERLEADER CLINIC SET—The Chipola Cheerleaders will host a Day Clinic for ages 5-12,
Saturday, Nov. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Milton H. Johnson Health
Center. Pictured from left, are: co-captain, Chrissie Prichard; coach Geraldine
DeFelix; captain, Brooke Waters; and co-captain, Meghan Smith. Participants in
the clinic will learn the latest cheers, chants and stunts. A Showoff for
parents is scheduled for Noon. The registration fee of $25 includes a T-shirt
and insurance. For information, call Geraldine DeFelix, CJC Cheer Coach, at
(850) 718-2322.
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MARIANNA— Beginning in the Spring 2003
Semester, persons employed with the State of Florida can apply for the State
Employee tuition waiver which pays for up to six semester hours per term.
Because Employee Tuition Waivers are offered on a space available basis,
students in the program will be required to register on the final day of the
Drop/Add period for each term. New student application deadline for Spring
classes is Dec. 6. New student testing is Jan. 2, with classes beginning Jan. 6.
Registration for students wishing to use the Employee Tuition Waiver is Jan. 9.
State employees are encouraged to request a Tuition Waiver Application
from the CJC Registrar’s Office.
For information, call the CJC Registration Office at 718-2211,or visit
the CJC web site at www.chipola.edu.
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MARIANNA--Current Chipola Junior College students may register for the
Spring semester November 4-7. Current students are those who were enrolled in
Fall 2002.
New student application deadline for Spring classes
is Dec. 6. Returning student registration and new student testing is Jan. 2. New
student registration is Jan. 3, with classes beginning Jan. 6.
Chipola offers hundreds of college credit courses
during the day and evening, and also through independent study. The college
offers the Associate in Arts (AA) degree that guarantees acceptance to
Florida’s 10 public universities. Chipola also offers several Associate in
Science (AS) and Workforce Development programs that provide training for high
wage jobs.
Chipola’s University Center provides opportunities
for students to pursue a number of bachelor’s degree and advanced programs on
the CJC campus. CJC will begin its own bachelor’s degree in Secondary
Education in the Fall of 2003.
For information, call the CJC Registration Office at 718-2211.
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The CJC Board of Trustees recently approved a measure to charge students
from the two states only one dollar extra per credit hour for college tuition
and 90 cents extra for workforce fees. Current Chipola Junior College students may register
for the Spring semester November 4-7. Current students are those who were
enrolled in Fall 2002.
New student application deadline for Spring classes
is Dec. 6. Returning student registration and new student testing is Jan. 2. New
student registration is Jan. 3, with classes beginning Jan. 6.
Florida’s high out-of-state tuition—more
than triple the in-state rate—has prevented nearby out-of-state students from
considering Chipola in the past. CJC’s current tuition for Florida residents
is $52.50 per semester hour. Out-of-state students have been charged $162 per
hour. With the change, Alabama and Georgia residents will now pay $53.50 per
semester hour. Students who want to
take advantage of the savings will be required to complete a residency
affidavit, available in the Admissions and Registration Office, prior to
registering for classes.
Chipola president Dr. Dale
O’Daniel said, “This new fee is really intended to help students from
counties on the Florida border who may actually have a shorter drive to Chipola
than to a college in their own state.”
The
president indicated that the new fee structure does have the potential to
positively affect enrollment in public service programs like fire-fighting,
corrections and law enforcement which may not be available in all areas of
Alabama and Georgia.
O’Daniel
said the college also would experience some savings on athletes’ tuition. Some
10 CJC student-athletes are from Alabama and Georgia.
All community colleges with districts
bordering on another state were given the option of reducing out-of-state fees.
Chipola, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Lake City, North
Florida, Okaloosa-Walton, Pensacola and Tallahassee community colleges are
affected by the change.
####
MARIANNA—The Chipola Junior College Cheerleaders will host a
Cheerleader Day Clinic for ages 5-12, Saturday, Nov. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. in the Milton H. Johnson Health Center.
Cheerleaders will learn the latest cheers, chants and stunts. A Showoff
for parents is scheduled for Noon.
The registration fee of $25 includes a T-shirt and insurance.
For information, call Geraldine DeFelix, CJC Cheer
Coach, at (850) 718-2322.
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MARIANNA--Orange Kellin’s New Orleans Blue Serenaders will play the
Chipola Theater Monday, Nov. 18. The
Serenaders are replacing the Manhattan Rhythm Kings, who cancelled their Fall
tour and a Chipola Artist Series show to take a gig on Broadway.
The Serenaders offer authentic New Orleans traditional Jazz direct from
the Broadway production of One Mo’Time. Arranger and clarinetist Orange Kellin
brings the trio of hot New Orleans musicians, piano, clarinet and percussion, to
play the elegant, thrilling and undeniably infectious Big Easy sounds. Joining
Orange and his trio is the creator and director of One Mo’Time, Vernel
Bagneris, acting, singing and dancing irresistible, razzle-dazzle, show stopping
numbers from that show plus many more authentic, traditional selections.
Born in Sweden, Orange Kellin has become a premiere clarinetist of the
real New Orleans sound, having played with many of the Preservation Hall bands
as well as touring and recording with Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson,
Jabbo Smith and numerous other legends. He
is featured on the Oscar-nominated original cast album of One Mo’ Time.
Louisiana born Vernel Bagneris received an Obie Award and Outer Critics
Circle Award as the author and legend, Jelly Roll Morton. He starred, with Steve
Martin and Bernadette Peters, in the musical film Pennies from Heaven and is now
heard regularly in the NPR jazz radio series, Live from the Landing with the Jim
McCullum Jazz Band in San Antonio.
Two more events are set for the Chipola Artist Series. Soprano Alison
England, hits the CJC stage Jan. 21. Boston
Brass, one of the most exciting and multi-faceted brass groups in the county,
plays Chipola, April 3.
The Artist Series is funded through Chipola’s Performing Arts Fund, and
with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Southern Arts
Federation, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the Chipola Regional Arts
Association, and corporate donors.
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