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Spring 2010 Schedule of Classes

Celebrating 40 Years of Success

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Table of Contents

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he past 40 years have brought about a great deal of change, and most importantly, have established a proven record of success for Lewis and Clark Community College.

The tremendous growth of the College can be attributed to the success that our students continually achieve, providing us with numerous examples of achievement. From 450 students a semester in 1970 to more than 8,500 students a semester today, it is obvious that student growth has been one of the most tremendous changes that Lewis and Clark has experienced.

Of course the campus landscape has changed dramatically too, as was witnessed during a recent visit by Lewis and Clark’s very first student, Dick Combes of Bethalto. He, like many others who haven’t been on campus in recent years, was amazed at the number of new facilities that have been added, as well as the addition of the sculptures and landscaping that adorn the campus and make it as visually appealing as it is educationally appealing.

And while the new buildings and the growth in enrollment are the most notable changes that have taken place over the last 40 years, these are really the end results, or the “effects” that have resulted from the continuous quality improvements that we strive to accomplish in our academic and student services.

Through innovation, we have achieved a reputation of providing enriching and one-of-a-kind educational opportunities that save our students money, while properly preparing them for the workforce or transfer to four-year institutions.

Some might say that Lewis and Clark Community College has really “grown up” during the past 40 years. While we have changed dramatically in terms of size and scope, one thing remains the same – our focus. We continue to focus on improving the lives of our students, and ultimately the communities we serve.

We hope that our success has been shared by all of our residents, through the academic and community services we provide. We always enjoy hearing your feedback, and learning about the success of our students. Please feel free to share your stories with us by sending them to 40years@lc.edu. We hope that you will join us in our celebration of 40 years of success.

Dr. Dale T. Chapman

What does it cost? - p. 7 Take classes online - p. 11

85 Green Initiatives Earn your GED at L&C - p. 18 Spring credit classes - p. 19 Corporate & Community

Learning Classes - p. 65

86-87 College Timeline Enrollment form p. 83

By the Numbers

1970 327

The number of students enrolled in music courses.

To catch these students in concert, turn to p. 81 for a complete Spring Concert Calendar.

The year Dick Combes became the first student ever to enroll at Lewis and Clark. p. 86

2,129

450 The number of students enrolled in the first semester of classes at Lewis and Clark in August 1970.

8,179

The number of students enrolled this fall semester at Lewis and Clark.

27,679

The number of students who have received an associate’s degree or certificate from Lewis and Clark since 1970.

16,252

The number of people served by Lewis and Clark’s Nurse Managed Center. The Nurse Managed Center is now open to the public. Call 618-468-6010 to schedule an appointment with a nurse practitioner.

Career points scored

by Deon Thomas as a member of the Fighting Illini at the University of Illinois. Thomas, now Athletic Director and Men’s Basketball Coach at Lewis and Clark, is the only men’s basketball player in U of I history to score at least 2,000 career points. p. 88

3,714 13 The number of students who received financial aid at Lewis and Clark last year.

Number of years Associate Professor of Math Terry Darling has taught for L&C. Read more about Darling’s teaching career on p. 4.

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Number of solar panels on the roof of Trimpe. p. 85

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579

The number of fans of Lewis and Clark Community College’s Facebook page.

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erry Darling, Associate Professor of Mathematics, has taught nearly every math class at Lewis and Clark – even developing a few of her own – and has been named the 2009 recipient of the Emerson Electric Award for Excellence in Education as her reward.

Darling left an 11-year career in information systems before turning to teaching and has been with the College for 13 years now. She can be credited with the development of the Mathematics for Elementary Teachers and Math for Allied Health classes and has been praised for her varying teaching methods – employing MyMathLab technology and a “nesting” approach in which she teaches all of the topics twice, the first time around using easier problems that get harder the second time. She uses everyday situations to teach her students practical uses for math.

“You can teach math skills, but the most important thing is using them,” Darling said. “I love to play golf and garden and believe it or not, math comes up in those areas all the time. I used algebra and trigonometry building garden boxes at home.”

According to Darling, her greatest reward is knowing she’s made a lasting impression on her students.

“The thing that makes me feel the best is when students come back after they’ve left and go out of their way to stop by and say hello, and let me know how they’re doing,” she said. “There’s nothing better than that.”

Terry Darling

Adding up to Excellence

HOMETOWN: Bethalto

Aaron Kellim

MAJOR: Music education HIGHLIGHTS AT L&C: Awarded the Talent Scholarship for two years; named to Who’s Who Among American Junior Colleges; had the pleasure of getting to know all the staff in the Music Department; performed in multiple student recitals and choir ensembles.

FAVORITES AT L&C: The staff in the music department is some of the best you’ll find in the country. They are all performing instructors so they teach in such a style that has a great impact on what you do outside the classroom.

FUTURE PLANS: Continue on with the Greenville College program to finish up my music education degree, and ultimately become a teacher while continuing a career in performance. (Kellim is currently lead singer for rock band One Lone Car.)

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Green

The installation of solar panels on the roof of the Advanced Technology (Trimpe) building is the latest effort in Lewis and Clark’s “greening” movement.

The College worked this past August in conjunction with The Energy Savings Store to design a grid-tied solar photovoltaic system for the roof, aimed at harnessing the renewable energy of the sun. The 3.6kW system consists of 16, 224W Sharp panels, to be used as a teaching model for courses on Photovoltaic Design and Installation. The system is designed not only to be a teaching tool, but to earn the College a savings of 4,500kWh of electricity per year - more than a third of a typical home’s use.

Lewis and Clark is on a mission to reduce its carbon footprint, become less reliant on the energy grid, reduce the use of eco-unfriendly materials and substances, optimize recycling, reduce the use of paper, conserve where possible and pass those virtues onto the community through education, training and outreach.

The College has partnered with The Nature Conservancy, The Nature Institute, McCully Heritage Project, Sierra Club, Meeting of the Rivers Foundation, Army Workers install photovoltaic panels on the roof of the Trimpe Corps of Engineers, Madison County, The Energy SavBuilding on the Godfrey campus as a part of the Green Initiaings Store and many others in its efforts to advance tives at L&C. sustainability education in the area.

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) is the product of such a partnership, between Lewis and Clark, the University of Illinois and the Illinois Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability (formerly the Natural History Survey). NGRREC’s Confluence Field Station is in the works, south of the Melvin Price Locks and Dam 26 near the confluence of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers. The river research facility will be a model of green construction, incorporating wind and water to generate electricity and processing waste water on-site.

The state-of-the-art facility will seek LEED certification at the highest level, and all the while will afford researchers interactivity with the river as well as artificial river environments to study sustainability, ecosystem conservation and related economic benefits for the local area. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn visited the facility Sept. 19 to present Lewis and Clark and NCGRREC with $16.3 for the Illinois Gover nor Pat Quinn completion of the project. and area la $16.3 m

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450 LCCC students enrolled. First student to enroll is Dick Combes.

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lot can happen in 40 years, as the first student to ever enroll at Lewis and Clark saw with his own two eyes while visiting the Godfrey campus this September.

“It’s neat just to see how something can go forward. This has just grown and grown and grown,” said Dick Combes, of Bethalto.

Combes was the first student to enroll at the College in 1970 and remembers when the campus wasn’t much more than the main complex.

After earning his degree at Lewis and Clark, Combes went on to get his bachelor’s degree in administrative science from SIUC. He is currently a sales manager for SmurfitStone Container Corp.

Combes’ oldest daughter followed in his footsteps a generation later when she graduated from Lewis and Clark. She now works locally in cancer radiation therapy, he said.

Paul B. Hanks Dental Clinic dedicated Oct. 2002

Aug. 2003 Phase I of the N.O. Nelson Campus in Edwardsville is completed

Missouri Bontanical Garden affiliation began Sept. 2001

Oct. 2000 L&C partnered with U of I to establish National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

Dec. 2005 Open House for Phase II at N.O. Nelson Campus

College Mobil Unit deployed

Sept. 2007 Templin Nursing Building dedicated

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Robert L. Watson Math Building dedicated Oct. 2007

Jay Hoffman Center at the N.O. Nelson Campus dedicated Dec. 2007

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pt. 1988 ary and nt renovation ll) completed July-Aug. 1991

Community Education Centers open in East Alton, Carlinville, and Jerseyville Women’s Soccer won first national title

Aug. 1991 Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel moved across the highway to campus

July 1992 Dr. Dale T. Chapman named fifth president of the College

Nov. 1993 Community Education Center opened in Edwardsville

Andy Simpson Tennis Complex dedicated

Aug. 1993 River Bend Arena (RBA) opened

Nov. 1999

May 2000

May 1998

Nov. 1998 Ringhausen Music Building Dedication, Gilman Hall renovations completed

Aug. 1997 Olin Science Building opened

McPike Math and Science Complex dedicated

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Women’s Soccer won second national title L&C established the Institute for Environmental Nov. 2008 Sustainability Oct. 2008

14th consecutive record fall enrollment: 8,179 credit students Aug. 2009

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To: Lewis and Clark District Residents One-on-One with

Deon Thomas

Lewis and Clark is proud to welcome Deon Thomas as the new athletic director and men’s basketball coach. Thomas, 38, was born and raised in Chicago, and currently lives in Edwardsville. From 1990-1994, he played basketball at the University of Illinois and holds records for career points (2,129), blocked shots, rebounds and field goal percentage. Following his standout college career, Deon was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks and played professionally in Spain, Greece and Bulgaria, and won back-to-back European Championships with Macabbi Tel Aviv in Israel. While with Macabbi Tel Aviv, his team also won back-to-back Israeli championships and Israeli Cups.

Q. Just how tall are you? I was listed at 6’9” in college but am 6’7 ¾” barefoot. As I told the NBA doctors in camp, I play with my shoes on.

Q. What person or athlete has been the most inspirational to you in your career and why? No athlete has been an inspiration in my life. My inspiration came and still comes from God, my grandmother and my mother. God gave me the ability and my grandmother and my mother told me that I could be and do anything that I put my mind to.

Q. As a college athlete, what is the importance of keeping a balance between sports and academia? You never know when that last shot or that last touchdown will come, so it is essential that you have something to fall back on.

Q. What’s it like transitioning from a player to a coach? My biggest challenge is translating what I know and have done naturally for so many years into a language my players can understand and relate to. One perk is I can see and understand what the players are going through because I was one of them.

Q. What is the men’s basketball team’s greatest strength this year?

Our versatility and our size.

Q. What is it like, after having been in the spotlight, now that you’ve had some time to adjust to a community college campus like Lewis and Clark? I’ve never been one to crave the spotlight, so it feels great to be able to settle down and get to work without all the hype. This is a big responsibility and a challenge that I take very seriously.

Q. What are you looking to gain from your career as a coach/ AD at Lewis and Clark? I want to make Lewis and Clark a powerhouse in NJCAA basketball. Second, I want to learn all I can as a coach and an AD in order to become the best that I can be.

Q. What do you like most about Lewis and Clark? The people.

Yes, the campus is beautiful, but I feel it’s the people I have encountered here that make it so beautiful.