Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XII, Issue I - Spring 2018 | Page 23

KUDOS University. LaMarca-Frankel is one of just 21 Faculty Scholars chosen to serve as a facilitator at the 2018 and 2019 Honors Institutes. Imani Auskile, Director, Global Multicultural Awareness and Special Assistant to the President, and the College Reach-Out Program (CROP) staff were honored to have the PHSC CROP Program nominated for the 2018 Bellwether Award. This award recognizes outstanding and innovative programs and practices that are successfully leading community colleges into the future. PHSC’s Marketing and Communications team received recognition from the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) District 2 with a bronze award for the spring 2017 Perspective magazine and a silver award for the Stopout–We Miss You postcard. Marketing collaborated with the Foundation on Perspective magazine. Maya Pakhomova, Senior Instructional Design Coordinator, was selected to present “A Journey to Universal Accessibility Within eLearning Environments” at the Online Learning Consortium in Orlando. PHSC President Emerita Katherine M. Johnson, Ed.D., was honored with the Dr. James L. Wattenbarger Award by the Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) Council of Presidents. The AFC Council of Presidents select a recipient annually who has advocated for affordable, convenient open access to higher education and who has made significant contributions to Florida’s higher education system. The award is named for James L. Wattenbarger, renowned as the architect of Florida’s internationally recognized community college system. Larry Johnson, Plans Reviewer/Building Inspector; Jennifer Lewellen, Student Recruiter, STEM Programs; and Breanna Perry, Coordinator Career Services, were among the 15 state of Florida college employees to complete the Association of Florida Colleges Certified Professional Program. Connie LaMarca-Frankel, Professor, Humanities, was selected by Phi Theta Kappa to serve as a 2018-19 Faculty Scholar at the Faculty Scholar Conference and Honors Institute at Villanova Jan Scott, Executive Director of MIS, was a co-presenter of the Smarthinking program at the Moving the Needle Conference at St. Petersburg College. Scott also gave a presentation on the College’s automation and disaster recovery process at the International Unite Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Jennifer Veloff, Associate Dean of Academic Technology, presented on Leadership in Distance Education and Niki Watson, Senior Instructional Design Coordinator, was selected to speak on “Data Collection in Academic Technology: Data-Driven Decision Making to Promote Student Outcomes in Higher Education,” at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention in Jacksonville. Members of the Student Affairs and Enrollment Management team presented the Enrollment Reporting Analytics (ERA) program at the Association of Florida Colleges Conference at Innisbrook Resort in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Additionally, Bob Bade, Ed.D., Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, and the Student Affairs team presented PHSC’s Retention Behavior Inventory (RBI) Program at the Move the Needle National Conference in St. Petersburg. update SPRING 2018 23