Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XIV, Issue I Spring 2020 | Page 23

KUDOS
Ahmy Arca, Coordinator, Student Life and Leadership
and Florida College System Student Government
Association (FCSSGA) Region 2 Advisor, along with
PHSC students Hunter Karius, North Campus, Hope
Corcoran, Porter Campus, Kianna Rodriguez, North
Campus, Dealaney Allen, West Campus, coordinated a
FCSSGA regional conference held at the Porter Campus.
More than 100 students from College of Central Florida,
Hillsborough Community College, Polk State College, St.
Pete College, and PHSC attended the event featuring
college speakers and Peace Week events.
KUDOS
John Fey, Assistant Director of
Student Engagement and Leadership
Development, was selected as
vice president of commissions for the Association of
Florida Colleges. He was also nominated for the 2019
Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award for the
two-year college category sponsored by the University
of South Carolina. Fey was also recognized as Rotarian
of the Month in July 2019 from Seven Springs Rotary.
Carolanne Azan, Assistant Professor, Baccalaureate
Supervision and Management, was a nominee for the
Nova Southeastern University Distinguished Alumni
Award in 2017 and 2018.
Bob Bade, Ed.D., Vice President of Student Affairs
and Enrollment Management, and Chris Bibbo,
J.D., Associate Dean of Admissions and Enrollment
Management, presented a workshop titled Enrollment,
Retention and Completion: Cross-Departmental
Collaboration at the Florida College Registrars and
Admissions Officers fall meetings. Bibbo, will also serve
on a Board of Governors and Florida College System
workgroup that will discuss the implementation of the
reverse transfer student graduation processes.
John Fey VP of Commissions
The Marketing and Communications team received
two gold, one silver and one bronze award in the
National Council for Marketing & Public Relations
District 2 Medallion Award Competition. The team also
won six awards in the Association of Florida Colleges
Communications and Marketing Commission Awards
of Excellence, including first place for magazine, a joint
project with the PHSC Foundation; second place for
radio ads, brochure, arts brochure and digital newsletter;
and third place for a redesigned piece.
Jaimie Pagels, Academic Advisor, was selected as the
Association of Florida Colleges Region 4 Director.
Bob Bade
Chris Bibbo
Timothy L. Beard, Ph.D., President, was recognized
by Florida A&M University as among 10 “Rattlers at the
Helm” in the field of education.
Michael Childs, Academic Success Center Coordinator,
was awarded Level 1 Certification as part of the National
College Learning Center Association’s Learning Center
Leadership Certification Program.
Gary Cors, J.D., Program Director/Professor, Paralegal
Studies, received the Katherine M. Johnson Excellence
in Teaching Award that encourages, recognizes and
rewards excellence in teaching at PHSC.
Timothy L. Beard (R),
Ph.D., PHSC President,
presents Gary Cors (L)
with the Excellence in
Teaching Award during
All College Day, PHSC’s
professional development
event.
Pasco-Hernando State College was accepted into
the first cohort of the Florida Pathways Institute (FPI),
a statewide guided pathways implementation effort
designed to scale pathways to dramatically boost
completion and improve the social and economic
mobility of graduates. The Florida Student Success
Center leads Florida Pathways, which is modeled after
the American Association of Community Colleges
(AACC) Pathways Project.
The PHSC Hernando County Take Stock in Children
Program received a Gold rating for 2018-19, the highest
evaluation the program offers. Imani Asukile, Director
of Global and Multicultural Awareness and Special
Assistant to the President, was also honored for his 10
years of service with the organization.
Christine Smith, Associate Dean of E-Learning and
Instructional Technology, was selected to present
“Bloomin’ Summer: Digital Blooms in the Classroom”
at the Florida Association of Educational Data Systems
(FAEDS) in Orlando.
Eddie Williams, Ed.D., Program
Director/Assistant Professor, Human
Services, was selected to present
HS-BCP:101, focused on strategies to
prepare for the HS-BCP examination,
at the 2019 National Organization of
Human Services (NOHS) Conference
in Anaheim, CA.
Eddie Williams
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