DSC Magazine Spring/Summer 2015

Daytona State COLLEGE MAGAZINE

FLIPPED CLASSROOM

WORKFORCE BOARD SPOTS KEY TRENDS

BUSINESS STUDENT FINDS LIFE PURPOSE

Vol. 1 • No. 1 • SPRING 2015

MUSIC, ART AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS

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CONTENTS Vol. 1 • No. 1 • SPRING 2015

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Reaching goals: Over 5 decades and counting

Faculty find success in flipped classroom

The Learning Scene

Alumni tell their stories - from police chaplain to New York Times photographer

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Message from the president

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Ocean-dumped plastics pollute - studies lead to life-changing goal

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The Learning Scene

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Faculty find success in flipped classrooms

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New workforce advisory board to spot key trends

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DSC and the Foundation: Partners in growth

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Reaching goals: Over 5 decades and counting Alumni tell their stories

Daytona state ranks among top 10 U.S. online bachelor’s programs

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On Campus

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Students consider music, art as economic drivers

Academic excellence symposium packs Hosseini Center

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Milestones & Notes

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DSC partners to build cybercrime awareness

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Foundation donor establishes scholarship to honor mother, advance nursing

Student finds life purpose

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Connecting: Donors meet scholarship recipients

Stellar student

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DSC Foundation gala to honor Bobby Thigpen

Online Studies chair aims for No. 1

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Dr. Kay McClenney turns heads with keynote

A trip to Guatemala opened Mike Tirpak’s eyes to poverty

A winner all around

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

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Dr. Thomas LoBasso elcome to the inaugural issue of our college magazine! We invite you to join us in the collegiate-community experience – to explore compelling student stories, campus happenings, exciting collaborations and faculty initiatives.

As members of our community – whether you’re a student, alumnus, parent or business partner – you experience daily the impact of Daytona State’s 50-plus years of service to the region. You meet our graduates as your healthcare providers, teachers and administrators, your civil servants, police and fire fighters, your technicians, your restaurant workers and owners and your business associates.

We’re about pathways, a theme you’ll see throughout our magazine issues. With over 100 programs – including top-ranked online choices – DSC’s pathways pave the way to fulfilling careers, advanced education, in-demand skills training and personal enrichment. Our mission is to enable students and industry partners to reach their goals, which, in turn, helps fuel the regional economy. To that point, DSC’s economic impact is over $700 million a year.

We welcome your important roles in Daytona State’s success. From career contributions as alumni to supporting our scholarships and hiring our graduates, to sharing industry’s latest advances and workforce needs – you help DSC stand out among the region’s best investments.

Please enjoy our first Daytona State College Magazine!

Dr. Thomas LoBasso Interim President Daytona State College

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President Dr. Thomas LoBasso, Interim District Board of Trustees Mr. Bob Davis Mr. Stanley Escudero Mr. Lloyd J. Freckleton, Chair Mr. Brad S. Giles Ms. Mary Ann Haas Ms. Betty J. Holness Ms. Forough B. Hosseini, Vice-Chair Mr. Garry Lubi Ms. Anne Patterson Foundation Board of Directors Dr. Jeff Abbott Mr. John T. Anthony Ms. Suzette Cameron Mr. William Chanfrau, Jr. Mr. Tom Dietz Mr. Michael J. Duranceau Dr. Beverly Grissom Ms. Mary Ann Haas Mr. John Hodgson Mr. Howard Holley, Chair Ms. Kelli Jebbia Ms. Cheryl “Cherie” L. Keemar Mr. William “Bill” Lenssen Mr. Ken McCoy Mr. David Sacks Mr. Denis Shelley Mr. George E. Shierling, CPA Mr. Gregory D. Snell Mr. Greg Sullivan Mr. Bobby Thigpen, Vice-Chair Ms. Debora Thomas Ms. Maggie Thompson Editorial Staff Daytona State College Kay Burniston, Lisa Deignan AS ‘92 Nicole Guthrie AS ‘10, Judy Haydt, Harry Russo Laurie White Production & Design TouchPoint Alliance, Inc Ashlee Harrell, Christie Kimbell, Kristen Weitzel Advertising Sales AdAchieve Media, LLC June Barnes, Volusia, Rayon Gordon, Flagler Jeanne Coates, National For more information about advertising, contact AdAchieve by email at info@adachieve.com or call 386.283.5984 Daytona State College 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.

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THE LEARNING SCENE

OCEAN-DUMPED PLASTICS POLLUTE

STUDIES LEAD TO LIFE-CHANGING GOAL B

each time has a different meaning for environmental science student Angela Boney. A research project analyzing plastics washed up from the ocean crystalized her career direction – to pursue a life of science and develop safe, degradable plastics.

The May graduate of DSC's Institute of Marine and Environmental Studies (IMES) program spent months last year digging through garbage on Florida beaches for her class project.

Not only did the research contribute to her goal of becoming an environmental chemist, it earned her national recognition from the Council on Undergraduate Research's Geoscience Division (GeoCUR) for outstanding accomplishments in studying ocean plastics associated with Florida's coastlines.

Angela, who plans to continue her science studies after a move to Oregon this summer, was among 16 college and university students nationwide to earn the GeoCUR Award for Excellence in Student Research in the Geosciences. For her research, she drove up and down Florida's east and west coasts looking for plastic, collecting it, categorizing it and studying the effect it has on marine life and the coastal environment. Her focus was on plastic debris that has been crushed and broken up by the sun and waves, pea-size plastic resin pellets typically used in manufacturing and polyethylene micro-beads commonly used as exfoliates in face wash and body soaps.

"Angela exhibited extraordinary talent when designing and conducting her research and continues to develop her knowledge and experience with her research topic," said IMES Chair Dr. Debra Woodall, who noted Angela's inventive methods to chemically analyze the samples she collected throughout the state.

She began her project as a student in the IMES Introduction to Oceanography lab, and continued to immerse herself in the research as she advanced through the program. She was named last year's Outstanding Environmental Science Student and Outstanding Chemistry Student at DSC's awards convocation.

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Boney’s chronicle of her research can be found on the IMES blog, which features accounts of independent projects by students enrolled in oceanography labs at Daytona State.

IMES offers the two-year Associate of Science in Environmental Science Technology as well as associate of arts university transfer tracks in Marine Science, Marine Biology, Environmental Science and Ocean Engineering.

Students’ field studies include gathering seagrass to collect data for the St. Johns River Water Management District in partnership with the Marine Discovery Center; sampling water quality of the Tomoka River; performing fish otolith extractions to study Florida fisheries with Environmental science student the National Oceanic and Angela Boney shows example of Atmospheric Administration; plastic pieces from the ocean, and fish identification in sent to NASA for chemical partnership with the Marine analysis.

Science Center.

In addition to Angela’s work, top student projects have ranged from engineering a naturalbased oyster mat to building a hydrophone for a noise-pollution study in the Indian River Lagoon, studying how beach driving affects bird species and identifying environmental conditions that impact spawning horseshoe crabs (This student was the first person to tag a horseshoe crab in Volusia County).

“Many of our innovative students – with Angela the first to earn a national award – will make a difference in our future, as they move into careers for environmental health,” says Dr. Woodall.

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FACULTY FIND SUCCESS IN FLIPPED CLASSROOMS

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nnovative professors at Daytona State are turning their classrooms upside down. Everything is reversed from tradition, with lectures for homework and homework done in class. The concept, called flipping, wouldn’t make sense if it wasn’t so effective at generating positive student outcomes.

Take, for instance, courses taught by Dr. Ray Cornelius, chair of Daytona State’s School of Modern Languages. Ray has flipped his Elementary French class, a practice fast becoming a national trend in teaching and classroom management.

In a typical lecture-based class, students sit through a presentation and then are assigned homework. In Ray’s flipped class, he serves up online lectures, background materials and knowledge check-downs for students to work on from home, which frees up face-toface time and lets students practice applying concepts with their peers, while getting directions and feedback from their professor.

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delivering the course content to the students first, before class, allowing them to come to class ready for interaction. For the students who use the technology correctly and do the work, the results are amazing.”

Second-year associate of arts student Joshua Nunn is among students sold on the flipped classroom.

Joshua, who plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in education, said, “I think it’s helped me a lot. It allows Prof. Cornelius to cover the material and then cover it again so that everybody has a chance to grasp it. But the students have to be accountable. This kind of class will help you mature because you have to do your work up front and be ready for class; you have to have the right mindset.”

This kind of class will help you mature

because you have to do your work up

front and be ready for class; you have

to have the right mindset.

- Student Joshua Nunn

“Flipping my classroom frees more time in class for students to work collaboratively, practicing their language skills together, and allows me to focus on students who have the greatest need,” he said. “I’m

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Joshua Nunn (L) favors a flipped-class learning style. Here, he consults with Professor Ray Cornelius.

Positive outcomes Dr. Karen Endebrock, assistant chair, School of Biology and Physical Sciences, also sees successful results with the model. Among the first DSC faculty to flip a class, her student outcomes are proof positive.

The former West Point professor flipped her first class at DSC in fall 2012, modeling some of the principles she learned at teacher conferences and from her time at the military academy. “West Point instructors don’t lecture,” she noted. “They run a guided discussion followed by a problemsolving session. This method helps students learn and to be

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Before flipping the chemistry class, about 75 percent of her students earned a C grade or better. Since flipping it, the success rate has averaged 88 percent. “It’s steadily risen from 83 percent for fall 2012 to 92 percent for fall 2014,” she noted.

Learning ways to ‘flip’ While transitioning to a flipped classroom requires extensive preparation up front – for example, developing digital course content – more DSC faculty are embracing the concept through a professional development initiative called the QuESST (Query, Exploration, Service, Scholarship and Teaching) Academy. QuESST provides a forum for faculty to collaborate, explore and experiment with pedagogy, service, scholarship and leadership practices.

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“We want this effort to be faculty driven, to empower faculty to produce their own content using technology they’re comfortable using in their home or office,” said E-learning Specialist Hector Valle. “We’re constantly looking at current trends so we can keep faculty up to date on what’s out there and how it can be used in the classroom. We want our students to have the best learning environment available.”

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DAYTONA STATE RANKS AMONG

TOP 10 U.S. ONLINE BACHELOR’S PROGRAMS Online Studies chair aims for No. 1

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Training for successful online courses

The rankings are a testament to how Daytona State is responding to the demands of today’s increasingly tech-savvy students. But DSC’s online bachelor’s degrees reflect only a part of the college’s expansive catalog of online programs and courses.

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Over 11,000 students took at least one online course last year, and nearly 200 faculty teach online or hybrid (partially online) courses.

Nearly 20 percent of Daytona State students are enrolled in a range of 30 degree and certificate programs offered totally online. Over 11,000 students took at least one online course last year, and nearly 200 faculty teach online or hybrid (partially online) courses.

Reese relies heavily on DSC Instructional Resources (IR) staff to work with faculty on technological elements of developing and delivering online instruction. Through IR, faculty can participate in online content-development academies to master course-design software and create digital content. The two areas also are collaborating to develop a 24/7 support desk for online students pending available funding.

The eMentors, a team of instructors representing nearly all academic departments, help fellow faculty implement best practices in instructional design and pedagogy, academic integrity and online course quality. The team assesses each course based on six different areas and over 20 standards such as time on task, class collaboration, content design and delivery, accessibility and support, feedback and assessment of student progress, and how each course promotes active learning and critical thinking.

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or the third year running, U.S. News and World Report ranked Daytona State among the top 10 in online bachelor’s degree programs, at No. 2 in 2015; however, Dr. Andrea Reese, the college’s chair of online studies, isn’t resting on any laurels.

She’s aiming to be No. 1.

Since becoming Dr. Andrea Reese chair in fall 2013, Dr. Reese has taken a comprehensive and collaborative approach to continuous improvement of DSC’s online initiative, relying on innovative faculty and best practices to ultimately bring the college’s rankings to the top spot.

“Obviously, our online courses would be nothing without the faculty,” she said. “The key to our success is giving them the resources and support to develop engaging instructional materials. Likewise, it’s critical to ensure that students have the support they need to be successful in the online environment.”

The U.S. News rankings, now in their fourth year, are a resource for an increasing number of students and working adults who choose distance education programs to earn degrees or gain academic credentials needed to advance in their careers.

Daytona State stands among the best based on criteria such as the quality and experience of its faculty and instructional delivery. This year, U.S. News and World Report specifically measured DSC’s fully online bachelor's degrees – the Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – against more than 1,200 distance education degree programs offered at the nation’s colleges and universities.

Even in the online realm, high-touch is more effective than high-tech.

- Dr. Andrea Reese, chair of online studies

“The bottom line,” says Reese, “is to create a virtual course environment that promotes effective student engagement. Academic success through student engagement is universal. Even in the online realm, high-touch is more effective than high-tech, so our focus is to use the technology as a tool to reach the learning objectives we’re trying to achieve.”

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igh-performing community colleges make student engagement inescapable. So says Dr. Kay McClenney, one of the nation’s leading experts on fostering success among community college students.

Dr. McClenney was the keynote speaker at Daytona State’s 7th annual Academic Excellence Symposium held this spring. The event attracted educators interested in how colleges can provide stronger foundations for students through best practices in teaching and learning.

“Personal connections matter. Relationships cost nothing,” Dr. McClenney noted. “Our first job is to make students believe they actually belong here, and it is incumbent on everyone at the institution, from the president, to the faculty and on down to the cafeteria staff to see that it happens.”

Daytona State’s Photography School has earned a national reputation, producing some of the most accomplished alumni in photography in its 50 years.

DSC tuition is among the most affordable in the nation.

Our tuition rate is 56 percent less than the national average for public four-year colleges and universities.

27 The average age of a Daytona State student is 27. So, what does that mean? Well, there are lots of students younger than you and lots who are older. You’ll fit in just fine.

Kicking off a day of workshops for academic enrichment, Dr. Kay McClenney, center, is joined by Interim President Tom LoBasso and Vice President for Academic Affairs Amy Locklear.

Dr. McClenney is a senior advisor to the American Association of Community Colleges and a senior associate and founding director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin.

She has consulted worldwide, is widely published on student success and leadership, and co-chaired the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges.

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Personal connections matter.

Relationships cost nothing.

Saying the best formula for student success is a combination of high expectations and extensive support, she cited personal campus tours, persistent academic advising, developing completion plans, creating peer cohorts and an overall rich campus experience as ways that a diverse twoyear college population can be guided toward success.

The college’s Southeast Museum of Photography is one of 6 museums in America dedicated to photography. It’s also Florida’s most comprehensive museum of photography and the largest in the southeastern U.S.

Graduates of Daytona State’s 34 associate of science degrees have an 88 percent placement rate and earn, on average, over $42,000 a year.

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community partnerships

DSC BUILDS CYBERCRIME AWARENESS WITH PARTNERS

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acking, phishing, viruses, malware, identity theft and cyber stalking are the nemesis of

technology users and developers. When these often devastating cybercrimes occur, it’s time to call a cyberforensics expert to solve the case.

Through its Advanced Cyberforensics Education Consortium (ACE), Daytona State has engaged in multiple partnerships to incubate a capable force of current and future cybercrime fighters for the region. The college is the lead institution in the consortium, comprised of nine colleges from Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas whose work is funded by a four-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of more than $1.8 million.

“Our primary goal is to promote digital forensics education, including training faculty; creating and distributing comprehensive course materials; working with K-12 schools to

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The implications of not protecting these systems now and in the future are staggering.

- Dr. Philip Craiger, professor of engineering technology, cyberforensics expert

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implement cybersecurity and digital forensics programs; and serving as a catalyst for workforce development,” said DSC’s Dr. Philip Craiger, a professor of engineering technology who also leads the grant’s implementation.

The consortium works closely with the Department

Business training against cybercrime

of Defense Cyber Crime Center, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology and existing ATE (Advanced

Likewise, local business leaders have come forward seeking

Technological Education) Cyber Security Centers in

training, Craiger said. This past summer, the college hosted a

developing its curriculum and programs, among them Daytona

workshop where representatives from 15 local businesses were

State’s Advanced Technical Certificate in Cybersecurity and

taught how to respond, react or find the culprit if a

Cyberforensics, launched in 2014.

cybercrime occurred.

ACE also is collaborating with the Department of

Tapping young cybersleuths

Defense’s (DoD) Cyber Crime Center to provide pathways for consortium partner institutions to earn the DoD’s National

Dr. Craiger emphasizes promoting an early awareness of cybercrime and the burgeoning industry created to fight it.

“It’s particularly important to reach out to students at a very

Centers of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence designation.

More information about the grant can be found at www.DaytonaState.edu/ace.

young age,” he said. “Not only must they develop an early understanding of the issues related to cybercrime, they also are the future technologists who will be protecting our finances and critical infrastructure. The implications of not protecting these systems now and in the future are staggering.”

Part of the outreach effort involves an annual summer cyber camp involving students from schools throughout Central Florida who participate in a virtual world of interactive cyberforensics challenges. The students, ranging from high school freshmen to seniors, are introduced to beginner and intermediate computer security techniques involving digital forensics, browser security, malware handling and virtualization.

Daytona State partners with the Central Florida Cyber Alliance and the U.S. Air Force Association’s Cyber Patriot Program to organize the camps. “They’re a perfect way to introduce students to the potential in pursuing careers in cybersecurity and cyberforensics,” said Craiger.

Dr. Philip Craiger

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students in motion

BUSINESS STUDENT FINDS LIFE PURPOSE ichael Tirpak believes a hug can change the world.

It certainly has changed him, setting the 21-year-old Daytona State junior on a life path of entrepreneurship and philanthropy.

The Boston transplant pursuing his Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management degree has teamed up with the non-profit Hug it Forward to help build schools in Guatemala. Not just any schools, mind you. These are so-called eco-friendly “bottle schools,” made from plastic bottles stuffed tight with inorganic trash.

It’s a mission Mike has taken on with great passion since viewing a presentation by the Hug it Forward group some months ago. “I saw the concept behind what they were trying to do and it really hit home with me, especially last summer when I actually went to Guatemala to help them build one of the schools,” he said. “It changed my life.”

Prior to that trip, Mike had never seen poverty. Life was comfortable growing up in Boston. The Guatemala experience, however, instilled a new perspective and a sense of purpose.

“My overall dream is to change the world, no matter how big or small that change may be,” he said.

It takes a team Last fall, he enlisted the help of Daytona State’s Student Government Association, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Global Friends and Rotaract clubs – he’s an officer or member of each – to raise $13,000 to fund construction of two additional bottle schools in Guatemala this summer. The groups sold bracelets, made Guatemala the theme of the DSC Cultural

Festival last fall and raised $1,000 in a “No Shave November” event with DSC’s barbering students. So far, Mike says they’ve raised nearly half the funds needed.

For his part, Mike is tapping into his passion and lessons learned from his DSC experience to reach the fundraising goal.

“I’ve learned more at this school than I’ve learned my entire life,” he said. “Through my studies, I’m learning entrepreneurial skills and how systems and organizations function. I’m learning about teamwork; we all work hard together. I’m learning how to step out of my comfort zone. The school has really helped me grow.”

Long-term, Mike wants to develop a non-profit organization aimed at I'm learning creating sustainable community-based entrepreneurial projects that inspire entrepreneurship, skills and how foster education and bring people together. “When I went to Guatemala, systems and all the kids had smiles on their faces organizations because they were so excited to help function. I'm build the school,” he said. “I saw the learning about way they live, how little they have. Yet, teamwork; we they seemed happy.”

Likewise, Mike is happy with the all work hard course his life is on since he took a together. I'm leap of faith to leave his hometown learning how to and enroll at DSC. “This was the best step out of my decision I’ve ever made,” he said. “It has been a blessing in so many comfort zone. different ways.”

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A trip to Guatemala opened Mike Tirpak’s eyes to poverty.

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STELLAR STUDENT

A WINNER ALL AROUND

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he Daytona State College experience for Melissa Diaz, AA ’15, has been extraordinary.

A culminating award topped off her DSC tenure in April: Melissa won a prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, one of 90 scholars nationwide chosen to receive the award this year. The scholarship will give her up to $40,000 a year for educational costs when she transfers to the University of Florida in the fall – including tuition, living expenses, books and fees – for the two to three years needed to earn her bachelor’s degree.

“Melissa represents the fulfillment of the Daytona State College mission,” said Interim President Thomas LoBasso.

“Here, she found an open door to explore her possibilities, to grow and to test her leadership abilities in ways that have prepared her to successfully advance through her next academic challenge and through life. To say we are all proud of her is an understatement.”

The Cooke Foundation scholarship award is the culmination of Melissa’s exceptional dedication to her studies and the college community during her time at DSC. She became president of Phi Theta Kappa’s Mu Rho Chapter, leading it to becoming a five-star chapter, and headed the

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“Honors in Action Project” that focuses on community health awareness; conducted bowling and movie nights for the Conklin Center for the Blind; participated in the Heart Walk for the American Heart Association; and helped sponsor blood drives on campus.

Melissa also was named among the Florida College System’s 2015 All-Florida Academic Team, which recognizes outstanding students for their academic achievement, leadership and service to their communities.

She has set her goals on a career embracing political science and law. She is one of few associate of arts degree students ever to present a scholarly paper to the Florida Political Science Association, and plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in political science at UF, ultimately earning a law degree.

“Melissa is a dedicated individual,” says Steven Pruitt, DSC student activities coordinator and PTK advisor. “She has been a major part of bringing the Mu Rho chapter of PTK back to life at Daytona State. It has been an honor to be a mentor to Melissa, and help foster her leadership skills and abilities.”

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NEW WORKFORCE ADVISORY

BOARD TO SPOT KEY TRENDS D

aytona State has teamed up with area business and industry leaders to identify trends in the regional economic climate and take a proactive approach to ensuring a skilled workforce to meet current and future demand.

The college’s new Workforce Advisory Board is comprised of regional economic development officers and a cross-section of leaders in a variety of industry sectors. Its charge differs from the program-specific advisory groups the college has paired with for decades to assist with curriculum development. The Workforce Advisory Board’s mission is to take a broader, more comprehensive view of the area’s economic development and skills-training needs.

“Having this strategic advisory group at hand will help Daytona State address key economic trends ahead of the curve,” said DSC Interim President Tom LoBasso. “It will increase our ability to begin workforce training programs as new

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industry and employer needs emerge in the region and prevent potential lags in producing qualified workers.”

The group met for the first time in February. It will be on call for consultation as new needs are identified, and will formally meet twice a year.

OUTGROWTH OF WORKFORCE SUMMIT, FOCUS GROUPS The advisory board is an outgrowth of a workforce summit Daytona State hosted last spring, as well as from a constructionindustry focus group and discussions with Volusia and Flagler economic development partners, who project more than $700 million in new private-sector commercial development over the next two years.

Mary Bruno, associate vice president of DSC’s College of Workforce and Continuing Education, said the advisory board will help the college anticipate

new industry coming to the area and develop new programs that match the skill requirements future employers need in their workforce.

“This group is helping us take that 30,000-foot view,” she said, “so we can see what’s on the horizon and be prepared to respond effectively as a key player in the area’s economic development.”

Daytona State also is working with Volusia and Flagler school districts to identify areas where college credit can be granted to high school students enrolled in career academies, who, upon earning their diplomas, transfer to related DSC programs. Such procedures for earning college credit, called APLE (Assessment of Prior Learning Experience), are spelled out in Florida Administrative Code.

Some of the career academies where high school students can earn such advanced-standing credits include computer science, hospitality, electronics, business and criminal justice.

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foundation news

DSC AND THE FOUNDATION:

PARTNERS IN GROWTH BY Howard M. Holley

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aytona State College is an amazing story of progress and growth. For decades, it has been the first choice for

This inaugural issue of Daytona State College Magazine offers a vehicle to keep our supporters informed about key DSC

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cover story

reaching

goals:

William S. Cheek Jr. 1965

Stephen Crowley 1975

Dr. April Flutie 1983, 1984

ALUMNI TELL THEIR STORIES

FROM POLICE CHAPLAIN TO NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER

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OVER 5 DECADES

AND COUNTING

Dr. Tony Barhoo 1991

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Lisa Fehr 2001

Megan Martens 2011

ince its doors opened wide in 1958 as Florida’s

State has served over 90,000 people as they earned

first comprehensive community college,

degrees and certificates over the years.

with an enrollment of 80 students, Daytona State

In this first issue of the Daytona State College

College has evolved into a multi-campus institution

Magazine, we invite you to step into the lives of

enrolling some 28,000 students annually.

alumni from five decades past, plus one underway.

Founded on the premise that access to higher

From their stories, a common theme arises – that

education and workforce training would be a

Daytona State offers building blocks and paths to a

springboard to new opportunity for Volusia and

better life, to realizing a dream, to finding the clarity

Flagler counties’ citizens and communities, Daytona

that leads to success and personal fulfillment.

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Second chance paid off big for 1960s grad William S. Cheek Jr., Class of 1965 Associate of Arts Transfer Degree Special investigator and security executive

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illiam Cheek was one of those students who ventured off to the big university right after high

school, but eventually found a home at his local junior college.

It was 1961 and the Tennessee native who was enrolled in Florida State University’s pre-med program found himself on academic probation, souring his plans to become a doctor.

“Unfortunately, I wasn’t prepared for the advanced level of study I would have needed to succeed at FSU,” he recalled.

“So I went to live with my aunt and uncle in Ormond and explored my options at Daytona Beach Junior College.”

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There was quality everywhere I turned here. When I graduated, I had a clean slate and a fresh start. I had new confidence.

For Bill, 72, that decision marked a turning point in his

William Cheek says DBJC gave him a second chance for a rewarding career. Photo by Kevin Labrecque, Florida State College at Jacksonville

enforcement, leading to a bachelor’s degree in criminology at FSU. In the years that followed, he built a career as a police officer and as a special agent with the Naval Investigative Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He retired

life. He thrived at DBJC. “They welcomed me with open

from the FBI in 2001 after serving more than 30 years, and

arms,” he said. “It seemed the mission at FSU was to weed

in 2003 became director of security for Swisher International

out half the population. That was never the case at DBJC. It

Inc., Jacksonville, the world’s largest cigar manufacturer.

was always small enough that if I had issues, I could talk to

Bill, who also holds a master’s degree in community

someone and get help. My professors would do everything

development, has embraced civic and professional

they could to help me succeed.”

involvement throughout his career. Among his many

While at DBJC, Bill joined the Daytona Beach Police

memberships, he is a life member of the International

Department as a reserve officer, soon working nearly

Association of Chiefs of Police and the Kentucky Police

fulltime. The experience set him on a new career path in law

Chiefs Association. He co-founded First Coast Crime Stoppers

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(Jacksonville) and was a founding member of the Kentucky Crime Prevention Association.

Last year, he was inducted into the FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Hall of Fame in recognition

One thing is certain, Stephen has left a very large footprint on the world of photojournalism since attending what was then Daytona Beach Junior College’s Southeast Center for Photographic Studies.

of his lifetime professional achievements. Still, he credits his time at DBJC for setting him on a straight and true path in life.

“There was quality everywhere I turned here,” he said. “When I graduated, I had a clean slate and a fresh start. I had new confidence. None of what I have accomplished would have been possible if DBJC had not accepted me on academic probation and given me the chance to redeem myself and earn my AA degree.”

dsc roots run deep for pulitzer prize-winning alumnus Stephen crowley, Class of 1975 Associate of Science in Photography New York Times photographer

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tephen Crowley is a bit self-deprecating when he speaks of his time more than 40 years ago as a

student of Daytona State’s School of Photography.

“I didn’t leave a very big footprint here,” he recalled, “but the lessons I learned from my instructors have served me well in my career. I’ve been very fortunate.”

It’s a typical humble remark from the man who was so shy as a high school kid that he froze during his first assignment as a part-time reporter for a weekly Palm Beach County newspaper. “That’s when I realized I was not cut out to be a reporter,” he said. “But the newspaper had a little Range Finder camera, and I started shooting pictures with it. From then on, photography kept my interest.”

Stephen Crowley addressed hundreds of alumni, DSC faculty and high school students in honor of the School of Photography’s 50th anniversary and the Entrepreneurial Speaker Series.

In 2000, he and a group of New York Times photographers won the Pulitzer Prize for their work on “How Race is Lived in America,” followed in 2002 by the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography won by Stephen and four other New York

Times photographers for work produced during the war in Afghanistan. The same year, he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and was named “Photographer of the Year” by the White House News Photographers’ Association for a portfolio that Daytona State College Magazine • May 2015 | 23

Corcoran Art Museum and at Daytona State’s own Southeast

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Museum of Photography, where he occasionally gives lectures

named Dental Assisting Student of the Year, marked the

on his craft.

start of a distinguished career highlighted in 2015 by her

Life of President Bush.” In 2005, American Photo Magazine included Stephen on a list of the 100 Most Important People in Photography. His work has been exhibited in shows at the Library of Congress, the National Geographic Society, the

“The college’s photography program was very well known, even back when I attended,” he recalled, noting how the emphasis on technique has served him well. “But my

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included his essays “Voices of Afghanistan” and “ A Day in the

DSC is more than a place to get a quality education. It's a family tradition.

The two-year degree she earned in 1983, when she was

appointment as incoming head of the Volusia Flagler Dental Association, the first woman to hold the position.

It’s a position she accepts with pride and humility. “The

professors also taught me how to be free thinking, to think like

dental community has known me since I was 16,” she said,

an artist, to develop creative ways of approaching a

“and I certainly appreciate their support. This is a

photo story.”

great honor.”

Stephen’s career identifies him as a major influence in

Coming from humble beginnings, the Father Lopez High

photojournalism today, a seeker of moments that capture the

School graduate said DBCC gave her a great start. “I went into

essence of history, politics, culture and life itself.

it knowing that I ultimately wanted to become a dentist,” she

“The real challenge for me today is to continue to grow and create work that contributes,” he said. “The training I

said. “But I also knew I had to work to get through school, so I figured what better way to do it than be in the field.”

received here gave me the foundation I needed to nurture that. There’s a little bit of this school in every assignment I go on, in everything I do.”

for deland dentist, dsc is a family tradition Dr. April Flutie, Class of 1983 and 1984 Associate of Science in Dental Assisting and Associate of Arts University Transfer Solo Practitioner, Flutie Dental, DeLand

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r. April Flutie proudly displays her Daytona

A DSC family legacy - April, Charles and triplets Zeyna, Nadia and Armand are alumni, with Marcello at a NYC school. Photo by Aubrie Rodriguez, AS ’14

Beach Community College degree on her

DeLand office wall, where she has been practicing dentistry for over 20 years.

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Dr. Flutie earned her second DBCC degree while working full time as a dental assistant in preparation for transfer to the

University of Central Florida for her bachelor’s, followed by

fulfilling life, Tony plans to leave a legacy of positive impact,

her master’s degree in dental education. While pursuing the

inspiring others to “do well” by people around them. “My goal

master’s, she headed DBCC’s dental assisting program before

is to affect humanity by helping individuals make foundational

moving north to attend dental school at New York University.

life changes; in turn, passing that way of life on

moved back to Florida in 1994, settling in DeLand, where she has been a solo practitioner ever since.

For her, DSC is more than a place to get a quality education. It’s a family tradition. “Five out of six Fluties have done Daytona State,” she said proudly.

She met her husband, Charles, while both were attending DBCC. Then there are the triplets, Zeyna, Nadia and Armand.

Zeyna earned her AA degree last May while dually enrolled at Daytona State and University High; she’s now a Stetson University student. Nadia and Armand are high school

through others.”

While Tony’s first goal as a young man leaving New York City to attend college and become a pilot didn’t work out, he believes, “God got his ‘P’s mixed up – from pilot to pastor and

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My goal is to affect humanity by

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With her Doctor of Medical Dentistry degree, Dr. Flutie

helping individuals make foundational

life changes; in turn, passing that way

of life on through others.

seniors, also dually enrolled at DSC. A fourth child, Marcello, attends the High School of Fashion Industries in New York.

“We’re so glad we started out at DBCC and that our children recognize the value of getting their start here as well,” she said. “This college has been a key stepping stone for our family.”

A talent for counseling – a heart for caring dr. tony barhoo, class of 1991 Associate of Arts University Transfer Counselor, educator, minister, police chaplain

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amilies in trouble; domestic violence; children in need; crises of faith – all part of daily counseling

life for Dr. Tony Barhoo, AA ’91, working as a program director, educator, police chaplain and minister.

With a strong belief in family as foundation for a

A volunteer police chaplain with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Department since 2001, Tony Barhoo also has served as pastor at Living Faith World Ministry in Daytona Beach since 1989.

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Now with a doctorate in theology and a master’s in counseling, Tony credits DSC for his career foundation. “My AA gave me the basic building blocks to make differences in families and our communities,” he believes.

His many endeavors include serving as program director for The House Next Door in DeLand where he oversees 12 prevention programs for children, youth and families, applying home-, school- and community-based strategies.

With his wife, Sharon, and eldest daughter, both DSC alumnae, Tony also founded and runs a family-focused daycare and school in Daytona Beach, while his youngest daughter, in high school, wants to become an attorney.

In a similar, but specialized, role as a licensed police

mother of five decided to follow her passion toward a new career and has never looked back.

Today, Lisa is a cosmetology entrepreneur who has built two successful Ormond Beach salons.

“Switching careers has been very satisfying,” she

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said. “There are a lot of parallels between being a salon

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principal/teacher.”

Switching careers has been very

satisfying. You have to be committed

to lifelong learning, staying on top of

the trends and technologies.

chaplain, Tony steps into crisis settings, calming griefstricken families with facts and psychology, serving as liaison in death-notice, medical and law-enforcement situations. A recent suicide, where a young man hanged himself, demonstrated Tony’s communication skills and caring nature. “The family was in shock and my role was to support them by being there as long as necessary, while helping the police provide the facts.”

One of his faith sayings as a chaplain – “Be large enough to reach the world and small enough to touch you” – applies to his life’s work strengthening families and communities.

cosmetology grad’s passion guides success as salon owner lisa fehr, class of 2001 Cosmetology certificate Cosmetologist and entrepreneur

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hen after 15 years as a healthcare worker Lisa Fehr no longer felt personally fulfilled in her job, this

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Business is booming at Lisa Fehr’s new salon, Blown, an upscale dry bar and nail studio that she runs with her daughter, McKenzie.

owner and my prior career in health care. You have to be committed to lifelong learning, staying on top of the trends and technologies. Both are nurturing professions. Both are helping others. People never leave my salons sad, and I find that very rewarding.”

It was the fall of 2000 when Lisa decided, at 38, to take a leap of faith and switch careers. She did a lot of research up front, learning the typical charges for salon services like hair

education graduate teaches lesson in giving megan martens, class of 2011 Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education Teacher, Tomoka Elementary School

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hen Megan Martens was in elementary school, her teachers meant the world to her. Coming from a

colorings, working the numbers and determining how much

broken home, she was raised by her grandmother and moved

business she needed to match her healthcare pay.

often. Her teachers were her only constant. She would spend

Her entire family supported her decision to enroll in DSC’s cosmetology certificate program; it was a great fit for

time in their classrooms after school, helping out.

“They were always there when I needed them; I wish

her. “You had to be there Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.

they knew how much they changed my life,” Megan said,

to 2:30 p.m. That’s what I needed because, trust me, there

noting her ensuing decision to attend DSC to become a

were plenty of reasons between PTA and soccer, cheerleading

teacher. “They planted that seed in me to always try my best,

and everything else for me to say I was tired or too busy to

to never give up. They were truly inspiring.”

go to class.”

Now Lisa has taken her first salon, Hair to Dye For, semi-private. “It’s just me in a small private building with no sign,” she said. “I don’t take new customers. I have my 150 color clients that have been very loyal over the years.”

Business is booming, on the other hand, at Blown, an upscale dry bar and nail studio that she opened last summer. It operates with five employees, including her daughter, McKenzie, who also has her DSC cosmetology certificate.

Lisa said following her dream was one of

Megan often reads to her students, who helped collect over 1,000 books for charity.

the best decisions she ever made. “If you would have asked me years ago if I ever expected to be in this place

Today, Megan, 31, is inspiring other young minds,

in my life, I would have said, no way. But the business has

teaching her kindergarten students at Tomoka Elementary

been good to me. Heck, it’s helped me put five kids

School lessons in gratitude and the importance of giving to

through college.”

those less fortunate.

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We wanted to get the kids and the

Early Learning Coalition and Junior Achievement.

She downplays her leadership role in the book drive’s

community involved with collecting

success, crediting instead the school and the students’

books to donate to local charities.

parents. “I only organized it,” she said. “It was successful

During National Literacy Week in January this year,

Megan spearheaded a children’s book drive that started out small, but snowballed far beyond her imagination.

“We wanted to get the kids and the community involved with collecting books for a week to donate to local charities,”

because it was a whole school effort, including the families.

Tomoka Elementary is an amazing school, with amazing faculty and an amazing principal. I’m blessed to be here.”

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she said. “I set a goal to collect 200 books for the whole week. But by the first day, we had 100 and it just kept growing until we wound up with over 1,300 collected. My students were so excited packing all those boxes to give

DSC is among the top 50 most affordable in America, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency Center.

away. It just blew me away.”

Megan, who has taught at Tomoka Elementary for three years, initially targeted the Chiles Academy, a charter school for teen moms, to be the beneficiary of her book drive. But with such an outstanding community response, she was able to also make donations to Halifax Urban Ministries, United Way’s Reading Pals Program, the Star Family Shelter, the

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on campus SEEKING SUPPORT AND FUNDS IN TALLAHASSEE

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SC leaders met with legislators numerous times during budget planning to discuss priority needs for the college, including funding for a new student center/workforce training building on the Daytona Beach Campus. Shown here at the Governor’s Reception, left to right, are Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Interim President Tom LoBasso, Board Chair Lloyd Freckleton, Associate Vice President Nancy Morgan, Trustees Betty Holness and Mary Ann Haas, First Lady Ann Scott and Gov. Rick Scott.

college dedicated a new police-support area reserved for use by active-duty DBPD officers who are assigned to patrol the campus.

The event, co-hosted by DSC’s Student Government Association, featured information by participating vendors, law enforcement displays and safety-related demonstrations.

DAYTONA STATE JOINS UCF DIRECTCONNECT PARTNERSHIP

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SAFETY HEROES HONORED

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his spring, 13 Daytona State employees and students joined a roster of safety heroes honored for their life-saving response to emergency incidents as part of Campus Safety’s annual Wall of Fame program. The acts of valor ranged from emergency CPR to helping deter crime on campus.

The recognition, part of Campus Safety Awareness Day, featured commentary on their actions, certificates presented and their names placed on the Wall of Fame.

Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood also joined the event, as the

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aytona State College associate of arts degree students now have a clear path to transfer to the University of Central Florida through the university’s nationally recognized DirectConnect to UCF program.

“DirectConnect presents a tremendous opportunity for our local students,” said DSC’s Interim President Tom LoBasso. “We expect that the increased advising and other touch points of the program will encourage our students to graduate on time and make a smooth transition to UCF to complete their undergraduate studies.”

DirectConnect expands access to higher education and reduces costs through a 2+2 model. It guarantees admission to UCF for AA students graduating from DSC and adds touch points that track students from their freshman year at the state college through their senior year at the university to ensure they stay on a path toward success.

In addition to increased academic advising, touch points include having students complete a career-assessment plan, confirm early major declaration, and complete skills workshops related to academic planning, financial literacy and other topics.

Daytona State joins Eastern Florida State College, Lake Sumter State College, Seminole State College and Valencia State College as UCF DirectConnect partners.

NEW FLAGLER BUILDING WINS 1ST PLACE DESIGN AWARD

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he Flagler/Palm Coast Campus’ recently completed Building 3 has won a first-place design award from the Florida Educational Facilities Planners Association. Daniel Tarczynski of SchenkelShultz received the award for his firm, noting, “This is a wonderful accomplishment for Daytona State College and our entire design/ construction team.”

SBDC PARTNERS WITH SUNTRUST FOUNDATION TO OFFER PROFIT MASTERY SEMINAR

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ocal business owners have a new opportunity to learn and improve profit management through the internationally-acclaimed seminar, Profit Mastery: Creating Value and Building Wealth – now offered by the Small Business Development Center at Daytona State in partnership with the SunTrust Foundation.

The first seminar began mid-April, with new ones scheduled this summer.

Thousands of business owners, managers, bankers, accountants and consultants have taken the Profit Mastery course over the past 25 years; however, this is the first time it has been offered in the east central Florida area, says Van Canada, manager of the SBDC at Daytona State and course facilitator.

“Statistics show that over half of all businesses that fail each year do so despite reporting profits and record sales,” says Canada, a retired bank executive. “The most successful businesses have found that the key to sustainability revolves around effective financial management. The SBDC is committed not only to helping startups, but also to the long-term success of our small business community by providing quality programs of this kind.”

Profit Mastery is a 16-hour, intensive seminar that helps owners and managers of what SBDC calls stage 2 companies better understand financial management and increase their chances of success. A stage 2 company is one that has been in business at least three years, has over $500,000 in revenues and at least three employees. The program includes presentations, case studies and discussions of real-life examples related to financial statement analysis; cash flow planning; planning for growth; cost, volume and pricing issues; and determining the right kind of business financing.

David Fuller, president of SunTrust Bank’s Central Florida division, speaking on behalf of The SunTrust Foundation, said, “The SunTrust Foundation is proud to partner with the SBDC in support of the Profit Mastery program. This initiative aligns with our commitment to support business entrepreneurial education programs and help businesses grow and prosper.”

The SBDC at Daytona State is a partnership with the University of Central Florida and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Located on DSC’s Daytona Beach Campus, SBDC’s team of certified professionals

provides management advice and training to potential and existing entrepreneurs.

For more information about the next scheduled Profit Mastery seminar or other SBDC services: (386) 5064723 or CanadaV@DaytonaState.edu.

THE BLACKBOARD VARIATIONS: CELEBRATING THE PERFORMING ARTS PAINTINGS BY JOHN A. O’CONNOR

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SC’s Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Art welcomes a special exhibition, JuneJuly, celebrating its gallery space in the college’s News-Journal Center.

Suggested by Gary Libby, past director of the Museum of Arts & Sciences, and painter Margaret Hodges, DSC arts alumna, the exhibit by artist John O’Connor explores the tracings of a life’s journey forged from impressions, imagination, relationships, education, dreams, music, language and various experiences of realities.

Since 1985, the Blackboard paintings, with reviews including The New York Times, have been the predominant form of O’Connor’s art.

The current exhibition offers paintings that explore music, dance, theatre and film. In contrast to the visual arts, which consist of objects that are intended to endure unchanged through time, the performing arts are transitory.

Even when recorded, they can be reexperienced only in a different format.

“In The Blackboard Variations,” says O’Connor, “I invite the viewer to enter an environment of palimpsests – ghosts of gestures, the residue of images and words linking thoughts and concepts – and to question both the concept of time and the nature of reality itself.”

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DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE After a two-year tracking period, 1,392 (70 percent) of Daytona State’s 2011-2012 associate of arts degree graduates were continuing their education in Florida.

Overall, 87 percent of baccalaureate and 88 percent of A.S. degree alumni found full-time jobs upon graduation.

Daytona State’s AS degree in Music Production Technology and Audio Recording Technology certificate programs are offered through its Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Arts, which operates out of DSC’s News-Journal Center in downtown Daytona Beach.

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STUDENTS CONSIDER MUSIC, ART

AS ECONOMIC DRIVERS

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larence Mayhew spent 20 years in the sign-making industry, creating braille signage and vehicle wraps.

But when his employer got bought out by another company, longtime employees like him were among the first to be laid off.

“At that point I just decided that instead of looking for another job in what I’ve always done, I would rather get involved with something that I’ve always had a passion for,” he said. That passion landed him in Daytona State’s Music Production Technology program, where he is developing new skills in audio engineering and preparing for new opportunities.

He was among four music production students who traveled to Nashville this fall with program chair Jake Niceley to attend the Curb Creative Connection, a three-day immersion experience with Nashville entertainment professionals and leaders in the music, film, animation and gaming industries.

The conference was organized by the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University and supported by the Mike Curb Family Foundation. It gathered participants from a wide variety of educational and life experiences, including students from 11 institutions that receive support from Curb, who has earned success as a songwriter, producer and record-company owner.

Aside from the guest speakers, technical demonstrations and tours of Nashville’s most noted recording studios, the Daytona State group collaborated with other students on case studies that required them to develop strategies to “break in” new recording artists.

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Tapping DSC music production resources, program chair Jake Niceley, Clarence Mayhew and Brett Tomadin.

“That’s record speak for finding ways to introduce a new artist to the general population,” said DSC student Brett Tomadin, who also attended the conference. “It’s about what makes them stand out in a sea of always emerging musicians, finding where their audience would be, how to brand and market them, and how you want to present their image to the public.”

The students also were required to focus on their local areas and brainstorm ways to market the arts in general, to spread the idea that art can be turned into an economic driver in any community.

“The goal was to bring some of the ideas back home, to see if you can replicate them and get a movement going at a grassroots level,” said Niceley. “The idea is to make our students understand that they don’t have to move when they graduate to start on their careers. They can be a part of a larger effort to try and have all the things they love about the great cities right here in their local area, to spread the idea that art is a part of our community, and find ways to turn it into commerce.”

milestones & notes STUDENT PUBLICATIONS PLACE HIGH

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aytona State’s student newspaper InMotion continued its streak as one of the top student-run publications during this year’s 55th annual Florida College System Publications Association Newspaper Competition in Boca Raton.

For the second consecutive year, InMotion, first published in 1991, came in second overall in General Excellence behind Miami Dade College’s Reporter.

InMotion has been dominant in the annual competition for more than a decade, placing first overall seven times and second five times.

DSC student literary publication Aeolus took home four awards, including a first place for Cover Design.

DOCUMENTARY LINKS ART AND STEM

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ric Breitenbach, a documentary filmmaker and senior professor in the School of Photography, teamed up with art educator Kathy Maloney Johnson on a new film, A Certain Magic Wand, to examine art as a critical component of elementary school education.

Shot in an art classroom at St. Peter Catholic School in DeLand, the 22-minute documentary draws a parallel between art and student success in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines.

PROF’S SHORT STORY AN AWARD FINALIST “Grains,” a story by Dr. Michelle Lee, associate professor of composition, creative writing and literature in the School of Humanities and Communication, was chosen as a finalist

in fiction for Arcadia Magazine’s 2015 Short Story Contest.

A published author, Dr. Lee was a Pushcart Prize nominee in 2014 and has co-produced film-poems with DSC professors Scott Velazco and Eric Breitenbach.

SURGICAL TECH CHAIR AMONG NATION’S BEST

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aytona State Surgical Technology program head Dana Bancer was named among the nation’s top Surgical Technology professors by MedicalTechnologySchools.com, a leading online trade publication.

The rankings measured each candidate’s leadership qualities, engagement in professional organizations or political activism, publishing and whether they were actively teaching.

Bancer joined Daytona State in 2006. Under her direction, the surgical technology vocational certificate program prepares students to work in operating rooms at local hospitals in Volusia and Flagler counties. In the most recent reporting year the National Certification Exam passing rate of Daytona State surgical technology students was 92 percent.

PTK CHAPTER EARNS 5-STAR DESIGNATION

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SC’s Mu Rho chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society has earned the most exclusive designation possible – the five-star level – conferred by the national honor society, founded in 1918 to recognize and encourage scholarship and service among two-year college students. The honor completes one of the Mu Rho chapter’s multi-year goals.

To be eligible for PTK membership, DSC students must have at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Members are eligible for over $87 million in scholarship opportunities from the national PTK organization, as well as from partnering four-year colleges, universities and foundations.

GUITAR MASTERS PLUCK STRINGS OF ASPIRING MUSICIANS

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our of the nation’s, if not the world’s, top guitar wizards converged on DSC’s News-Journal Center in April to share their techniques during the college’s first-ever Nashville Guitar Camp.

Hosted by DSC’s Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Art and its Center for Business & Industry, the camp aimed to help students and aspiring guitar professionals of intermediate to advanced skills reach a higher level of play.

The camps were led by Nashville guitar icons Pat Bergeson, Richard Smith and Guthrie Trapp, each world-renowned in the music industry for their mastery and particular style of play. Joining them were jazz guitar great Barry Greene.

“This was a great opportunity for any serious guitar enthusiast interested in learning new skills and techniques from four of the best ax men around,” said Jake Niceley, assistant chair of the Mike Curb College and head of Daytona State’s Music Production Technology program.

“These are world-class guitar players who wanted to be a part of our program.

They were attracted by the sophistication of our facility, the fact that our academic program focuses on high-level music production and, most of all, by the caliber of our students.”

The News-Journal Center is a twotheater venue that features the most cutting-edge technology available within its two production studios, rehearsal and isolation rooms.

The weekend camp included a Friday kickoff concert followed by intensive lectures, classes and evening jams that covered a range of topics, including studio techniques, fingerstyle, jazz, blues, rock, country and more.

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FOUNDATION DONOR ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIP

TO HONOR MOTHER, ADVANCE NURSING known as St. Xavior University while working the night shift as a floor nurse at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, then enlisted in the Army Nursing Corps shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Bernice and her husband, Eli, settled in DeLand in 1962, and Bernice worked at virtually every hospital in the Volusia County region until her retirement. She also served as chairperson of the West Volusia Hospital Authority, which oversaw the operations of West Volusia Memorial and Fish Memorial Hospitals.

She remembers her early years of nursing education as being among the most challenging, and equates the experience of today’s certified nursing assistants with her own early years in health care. “The CNAs I have met at Woodland Towers are the hands-on givers of care,” she said. “These are people who are at the worker-bee level. Many choose to become CNAs because it is something that pretty much will guarantee them a job and doesn’t cost a lot of money to prepare for. They remind me of when I was a first-year student in nursing school and I think we need to encourage them.”

Bernice’s daughter, Virginia Comella, created the Bernice N. Fishpaw Nursing Scholarship in her mother’s honor to do just that. The scholarship is for new or continuing students residing in Volusia County who enroll at least part time in Daytona State’s Licensed Practical Nursing program. Applicants must have a minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA and must be employed as

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a licensed CNA or patient care assistant. inety-four-year-old Bernice Fishpaw recalls that when she graduated from high school and enrolled in a nursing

While Virginia donates to numerous charities, she said the Daytona State Foundation helped her tailor the scholarship in a

program in Janesville, Wis., the total cost for the first year was

way that benefits individuals seeking to advance their nursing

$125, including tuition, uniforms, textbooks and a

skills as well as the community at large.

housing allowance.

That was back in 1938, a time when student nurses were an integral part of the hospital health-care team. “What we didn’t

“Especially with our aging population, there is a need for more nurses, as well as a need for people who maybe don’t have a lot of resources to be able to advance themselves with

pay in tuition, they took out of our skin,” she said. “They worked additional nursing training,” she said. “This is a means to us. We were a critical part of the hospital staff.”

provide that pathway to upward mobility. It is a way to target

Reminiscing from her residence at Woodland Towers, a

those CNAs who need that financial leg up to advance in their

DeLand assisted living facility, Bernice spoke about her career

training. At the same time, it helps improve the availability of

in nursing – how she attended graduate school at what today is

nursing care in our community.”

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FOUNDATION DONORS MEET SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS K

atherine Biancaniello had a simple message for the donors who made her enrollment in Daytona State’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program possible: Their generosity has a ripple effect.

Katherine was among dozens of DSC Foundation scholarship recipients on hand for a donor appreciation lunch held this spring at Café 101, the college’s studentrun hospitality venue. With food prepared by culinary students, the affair paired donors with scholarship recipients, giving students personal time to express their thanks for financial help to attend college.

“This scholarship not only helps individual recipients, it also

extends much further than that,” said Katherine, who received a fall 2014 Steve Schildecker Foundation Scholarship. “Because of this scholarship, I will be able to take the valuable knowledge gained in the BSN program and use it as a tool to help educate and care for the people in the community where I live and work.”

Foundation Chair Howard Holley emphasized the underlying goal of the event. “This is an opportunity to make it real, to bring together what we do and why we do what we do,” he said. “To bring both students and donors to the table at the same time is truly fantastic because it allows you to see first-

DSC FOUNDATION GALA TO HONOR BOBBY THIGPEN T

he Daytona State College Foundation will host its annual gala on Thursday, Sept. 17, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the college’s beautiful Mori Hosseini Center on the Daytona Beach Campus.

The annual gala is among the area’s premier charity events. This year’s honored guest will be Bobby Thigpen, longtime civic leader, vice president of Ritchey Automotive and immediate past chair of the DSC Foundation Board of Directors.

“Bobby Thigpen has been a dedicated advocate for higher education in general and Daytona State students in particular,” said Foundation Executive Director Kay Burniston. “As chair of our board of directors, Bobby helped position the Foundation for strong growth in our scholarship fund, which will allow us to help an increasing number of students defray the cost of their college education.”

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DSC Foundation donor Margaret Crumley chats with students Michael Tirpak and Melissa Diaz.

hand as a donor how you are making a difference.”

Last year, the Foundation awarded over $850,000 to more than 1,000 students. Over the past 10 years, it has awarded more than $7.5 million in scholarships.

The Foundation constantly seeks to increase its donor base and scholarship resources to help more students defray the cost of their college education.

For details on how to become a donor, visit the Foundation website or call (386) 506-3195.

as the FUTURES Foundation, Daytona Chamber of Commerce, Checkered Flag Committee, Halifax Health Foundation, Council on Aging, Civic League of Daytona Beach and the Daytona Beach Rotary, to name just a few.

Guests attending this year’s gala will be treated to a festive international cuisine prepared by Daytona State culinary students under the guidance of their award-winning instructor and master chef, Costa Magoulas.

For more details, visit www.daytonastate.edu/ foundation.

Bobby Thigpen will be honored at the DSC Foundation’s September gala. Shown, Bobby and wife Lee at a prior DSC Foundation gala.

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