RCTC Shining Stars
Congratulations to the “Shining Stars” recognized at Staff Development Day activities this past year: Dale Amy, Mary Baker, Don Baldus, Lisa Baldus, Jerry Becker, Jon Benson, Holly Bigelow, Teresa Brown, Gwen Buckingham, Paula Carlsen, Tim Carlson, Jerry Casper, Young-Shin Choi, Kevin Condit, Bonnie Crawford, Othelmo da Silva, Crist Dahl, Cathy DesLauriers, Beth Diekmann, Kevin Dobbe, Catherine Egenberger, Bob Ekstam, Renee Engelmeyer, Patti Engstrom, Rosemary Evers, Barb Ewen, Cara Fox, Greg Frana, Luke Fratzke, JT Goh, Matt Haack, Lori Halverson-Wente, Andrew Hamann, Guy Hamernik, Tara Hammill, Carla Hanson, Jennifer Haug, Steve Higgins, Anne High, Chellyne Hoeppner, Kyle Huneke, Chad Israelson, Jeff Jacobsen, Jamie Johnson, Shayn Jensson, Wail Kailani, Vicky Keller, Harry Kerr, Judy Kingsbury, Joe Kollar, Nirmala Kotagal, Scott Krook, Jane Kruger, Jon Krusmark, Terry LaBare, Brian LaPlante, Tammy Lee, Donnie Lien, Mary Long, Wanda Mettes, Rod Milbrandt, Cheryl Morgan, Mike Mutschelknaus, Jennifer Nisbit, Mike O’Dea, Mary Olson, Kim Peters, Jamie Prasser, Shelly Peterson, Dana Piens, Amanda Proper, Randy Rager, Kathy Richardson, Roxy Roadway, Wayne Roerish, Michon Rogers, Kim Rowley, Rashmi Roy, Cory Rubin, Katie Rudolph, Mike Russell, Bob Sanborn, Glen Saponari, Lisa Scheiber-Case, Shannon Schell, Joe Schlichenmeyer, Jennifer Schnaedter, Jim Schunke, James Scott, Jeremy Sell, Nancy Shumaker, Ruth Siefert, Heather Sklenicka, Roman Staloch, Mark Stanchfield, Brian Steele, LeAnn Stucky, Don Supalla, Katie Swegarden, Suzanne Szucs, Taresa Tweeten, Ainoha Urkijo, Susan Valvoda-Swanson, Daniel Vedamuthu, Steven Vogel, Kate Wallace, MJ Wagenson, Josh Whalen, Brett White, Pam Whitfield, Ken Wickelgren, Kay Wiegert, Shirley Wilson, Tony Wolf, Chris Wolfe, Gregg Wright, Stacey York, Thomas Yung, Dan Ziebell
Retirees
Thank you to our retirees for their many years of dedication to RCTC and our students: Janalee Gilsrud, Diane Nichols, Raam Mohan, Don Supalla
a e i d ’ s n I s a t h W ? t k e c a j w o l l Ye Rochester Community and Technical College Fall 2013
7
students are attending Fall Semester 2013
7
Best Bee Awards
November 2012 – Joe Kollar; December 2012 – Jamie Prasser; January 2013 Team Award (FYEX team) – Michelle Cochran, Brenda Frame, Mark Schnaedter, Taresa Tweeten and Daniel Vedamuthu; March 2013 – Josh Whalen, Team Award (Comprehensive Learning Center) – Nick Fijacko, JT Goh, Tom Kacir, Mike Russel, Jennifer Schnaedter, Merlene Stiles, Sue Sundlee, and Amanda Swintek ; April 2013 – Amanda Proper
In Memory - Faculty & Staff
It is with deep sorrow that the College announced the passing away of RCTC family members during the past year: Denny Anderson, Former Computer Science Instructor Terry Brown, Biology Instructor Peter Burton, Adjunct Psychology and English Instructor Dale Carlson, Retired Mechanical Drafting Instructor Ken Hackenmiller, Retired General Maintenance Worker/Groundskeeper Lucille Hill, Retired Accounting Clerk Barbara Jean Viker, Retired Support Staff
In Memory - Students
A posthumous degrees was awarded to the family of Brian Wohler, who passed away during the last year.
47%
attended full-time in 2012. This is a 4% decrease from fall 2011
53%
attended part-time in 2012. This is a 4% increase from fall 2011
7
61%
fall 2012 were female
39%
were male
In 1965, there were 1.6 males for every female college enrollee. Today those numbers are nearly flipped 1.5 females for every male.*
7
Ethnicity
Congratulations to the following faculty, staff or team receiving “Best Bee” awards in the past academic year:
Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% American Indian/Alaska Native, <1% Nonresident Alien, 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, <1% Not Reported/Unknown, 1% African American, 8% Two or more races, 3% Caucasian, 78%
7 of RCTC students were born in 1987 or later.