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June 2014QCC Announces Twenty NewGuardians; Presents Citizens Awardto MA State Senator Stephen BrewerThe Trustees Citizen’s Award was also presentedto MA State Representative, Stephen Brewer. TheTrustees Citizens Award is presented yearly to a localresident who has shown outstanding service to thecommunity, selected by the QCC Board of Trustees.Stacey DeBoise Luster, Board of TrusteesChair, Deborah Harmon-Hines and Paul Kennedypresented awards to the twenty new Guardians(see below).Photo: Hillarie JasonAt an event at the HLC on June 23, QCC recognizedthe ten newest Guardians as well as 10 that wereannounced at QCC’s 2014 Commencement bypresenting all twenty with engraved awards.Left to right (rear): Michael Harper, Wayne Sampson, Uchenna Onuzulike,Stephen Coleman, Jr., John Creedon, Sr., Robert Johnson. Left to right (middle):Nafisa Kabani, Andrea Siemaszko, Olivia Cross, Deborah Vires, LindaGranville, Juan Gomez. Left to right (seated): Carol Erskine, Jeanne Lynch andAdrienne WalshIn honor of QCC’s 50th Anniversary, the collegewill identify and honor 50 alumni who have madesignificant strides in their personal life and in theircommunity as a “guardian protector”. This is inkeeping with the spirit of the College’s mythologicalmascot, the Wyvern, who was the guardianJune 23 Honorees:John Creedon, Sr.Dr. Michael FitzpatrickJuan A. GomezRobert JohnsonStephen Coleman, Jr.Judge Carol ErskineCarlos CalderonRepresentative James O’DayMay 22 Honorees:Nafisa KabaniUchenna OnuzulikeWayne SampsonDeborah ViresAdrienne WalshJeanne Lynchprotector of QCC’s sister city, Worcester, England.Along with the first 10 Guardians announced inSeptember, the total is now 30 Guardians.If you would like to nominate someone, please go to:www.QCC.edu/nominateLinda GranvilleAndrea SiemaszkoOlivia CrossMichael HarperAndrea RothRepresentative JohnBinienda
Campus NewsJUNE 2014QCC Hosts First Annual ScholarshipLuncheonQCC Foundation President, Laurance Morrison,commented that the growth of scholarship dollars hasbeen remarkable saying, “ten years ago we had 19 fundsand today we have 50, allowing us to make 200 awardsevery year totaling over 300k.”Long-standing donors and QCC Foundation friendsattended, including Jim Harrington, Mark Fuller andthe Maykel Family, as well as newer friends and donorsBarbara Rossman, Reach out for Schools Scholarshipand the Claire E. Hayes RN/Worcester City HospitalSchool of Nursing Alumni Scholarship Fund.Larry Morrison, President of the Foundation Board speaks to the crowdMemorial awards in the names of QCC Faculty andStaff loved ones: Richard James Booth, Charles Booth,Nancy Durkin, Martin Fontanez, Gladys Jackson, HectorMelendez, James Scichilone, Janet Brink Thomas andNick de la Torre were recognized with a moment ofsilence. These awards are memorialized by donationsfrom the Office of the President and Dr. Carberrypersonally.37 students were honored at the celebratoryluncheon and received the following scholarships: Ashleigh Kaspar – Amy Carberry Endowed Scholarship Cameron DeWallace – George F. and Sybil H. FullerFoundation ScholarshipPhotos: Hillarie JasonOn June 3, QCC hosted its first annual ScholarshipLuncheon with a record number of students, staff,Trustee and Foundation Board members, faculty,scholarship donors, and those honoring the studentrecipients in attendance. Samantha Mietla – Carol Lawson Memorial Scholarship Nicole Quinn – Maykel Family Dental HygieneScholarship Fund Trevor Rosebusch - Professor Paul Rossman History/Political Science Memorial Award Kaelly Melendez and Rebecca Yoder - Claire E. HayesRN/Worcester City Hospital School of Nursing AlumniScholarship Fund Suellen Diller, Jordan Holm and Clevers Mayama –Fairlawn Foundation Scholarship Timarie Fields – QCC Foundation Scholarship Evan LaBrie – QCC Honors Scholarship Renisha Bailey, Ashley Caswell, Geovanni Cruz,Melina Fauro, Gladys Garcia, Sonia Garcia, MarjoryKozak, Alberto Lockward and Laura Penn - TheFrancis A. and Jacquelyn H. Harrington Foundation,Main South Scholarship Yu-Pei Chang and Maritza Kortright – Melvin S. CutlerCharitable Foundation Jennifer Parkin, Jennifer Recalde, Rafael ReyesVargas, Caitlin Wood – Reach Out for Schools TextbookScholarship Barbara Amoah, Miruel Casado Rosario, YaredKumssa, Laurie LaFlash, Ramona Reed and ReginaYawson – TRIO Scholarship Beatrice Kayigwa – TRIO Scholarship/HermannFoundation Scholarship Ebenezer Fixon-Owoo and Sarah Fixon-Owoo – TRIOScholarship/QCC Foundation ScholarshipJim Harrington whom President Carberry called, “oneof the College’s best friends” made closing remarks,quoting Sir Winston Churchill who said, “We make aliving by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
JUNE 2014Photos: Hillarie JasonCampus NewsQCC Pilots New Program forResidents of Hector Reyes HouseOn Wednesday, June 25, 13 Latino men from the HectorReyes House in Worcester received certificates ofcompletion for an accelerated, basic culinary programunder the direction of Pat Hutchinson, Professorand Coordinator of the Hospitality and RecreationManagement program.The graduating students, all residents of the HectorReyes House, a rehabilitation facility for drug addictedLatino men, some of whom may be newly released fromprison for drug-related offenses, coordinated the menuand prepared most of the food for the dinner ceremony,complete from appetizers to desert.The event was a highly emotional closure to the newprogram funded by a Strategic Planning Grant facilitatedby Deb Gonzalez, Director of Community Bridges. Thepilot program is a unique (part-education and training,part rehabilitation) community outreach effort that hasyet to be seen anywhere in Central MA. Deb Gonzalezsaid recently, “I have been in many other communitiesand have not seen a program and collaboration like herein Worcester. When you have 100 percent success, youhave found something very, very good that you have toreplicate or try to replicate.” By any college standard,the program was an overwhelming success with 100%attendance, 100% completion and 100% pass rate.(Every student passed a final exam with a grade of 80 orhigher – Several dealt with the challenges that Englishas a second language poses. QCC was able to providerecipes and instructions in Spanish and English.)The men attended class four days a week, eight hoursper day and learned basic culinary techniques as wellas earned ServSafe certification – an industry standardsanitation procedures program. They also completedthe program with multiple signature recipes in allmeal categories. Pat Hutchinson was extremely proudof the students, many of whom were interviewed forlocal news stories, “I can’t tell you how wonderful itwas to hear the ‘guys’ tell their stories. We are doinggreat work at QCC and I am so excited that the word isgetting out.”The men are well-trained for entry-level restaurantwork which many plan to pursue after their new-foundsuccess in QCC’s program. The Hector Reyes Househas also purchased a restaurant on Shrewsbury Streetwhere some of the men will transition into jobs – butonly those with the skills and training necessary for aprofessional culinary job – QCC trained, of course!The new QCC program has received local notice asWorcester Magazine’s cover story for the July 3 anueva-new-life-addicts-cook-recovery/24919. TheTelegram and Gazette has also planned a cover story andHispano/Vocero News is also in process of writing a storyabout the program.
Campus NewsJUNE 2014MOC Cod Award Winners from QCC!QCC was recently recognized as an eLearningexemplar at the 10th annual MassachusettsColleges Online (MCO) eLearning Conference held atBridgewater State University on June 4. ProfessorsGaelen Benway and Judy Colson’s courses wereboth selected from more than 2,600 courses offeredthrough MCO, a consortium of the 15 Massachusettscommunity colleges and seven members of thestate university system to receive the MCO Courseof Distinction (COD) Award. Professor GaelenBenway’s course (Dynamics of Race and EthnicRelations) and Professor Judy Colson’s course(Introduction to Psychology) were recognized witha MCO Course of Distinction (COD) award.Congratulations Professors Benway and Colson!Veteran Affairs UpdatePaula Ogden, Director of the Veteran Affairs Officerecently represented QCC at a Stand Down event,designed to showcase various service providersto the Veteran community. QCC was listed as aprovider and was the only college at the yearlyevent, hosted by Veterans Inc. in Worcester on June21 and 22. Ms. Ogden was able to speak to over1,000 veterans about the services QCC provides toveteran students.On June 5, Ms. Ogden spoke at the RegionalAssociation of Realtors meeting in Auburn with theWorcester Board of Realtors in attendance, on QCC’seducation benefits for veterans.Above: Pat Schmohl, Dean of Distance Learning and Professor Gaelen BenwayBelow: Pat Schmohl and Professor Judy ColsonCongratulations to the Veteran Affairs Office forbeing instrumental in QCC’s new designation as a“Military Friendly School(s).” The Military FriendlySchools designation is an elite award thatseparates QCC from 8,000 other colleges approvedfor GI Bill funding.Mark your Calendar!The POW/ Missing ManTable event will be held onSeptember 19. This eventhonors POWS and missingsoldiers and is traditionallypart of military dining-inceremonies and serviceballs. When presented ina dining-in or service ball,a narration given to the audience explains thesymbolism of each item at the table. This will bethe second year that the Office of Veteran Affairshas presented this honorary.
JUNE 2014Campus NewsPhoto: Marco DeLeonSports at QCCCongratulations!Congratulations to John Boyd, QCC Baseball teamplayer (#8, short stop and pitcher) and second yearstudent who recently won the NJCAA’s 2014 MarucciElite Hitter Award. TheElite Hitter awardsare presented to theAll-America nomineefrom each district withthe highest battingaverage. Mr. Boyd hadan exceptional battingaverage of .561 forthe season and wasawarded a Marucci baseball bat, hand carved with“2014 NJCAA Elite Hitter Award.”Mr. Boyd was also recently named to the NJCAA’sAll New England Baseball Team, Division III and theFirst Team of the Worcester Area Baseball All-StarTeam.Congratulations to QCC’s BasketballAthlete ScholarsLeft to right: Lisa Gurnick (Athletic Director), Najee Muhammad (Asst Coach),Jamilex Alanzo, Kayla Sizer, Mellissa Guglielmello, Stephanie Leveillee,Taneia Burrell, Lars Farnham (Head Coach), Josh Cole (Asst. Mgr of Athletics)As a team, the Menaveraged a GPA of 2.9and the Women a 2.7.A special “Thank You”to the Coaches andthe Tutoring Staff!Left to right: Lisa Gurnick, Bismark Obeng, Anthony Rial-Luna, JaylenDottin, Hadley Camilus (Head Coach), Kingsley Anim-Addo (Asst Coach),Davohn Sicard, Daequon Antoine, Wysbern Pierrer-Paul, Josh ColePhoto: Institutional CommunicationsTo honor a successful academic semester, inMay at the Athletic Center, student athleteswere awarded QCC basketball jackets fromthe Athletics Department. Both the Men’sand Women’s Basketball Teams performedexceptionally well academically, making good useof the Tutoring Centers; a welcoming meet andgreet gathering with the tutoring staff helped theathletes to feel at ease.
Campus NewsJUNE 2014ANNOUNCING.The President’s ChallengeScholarship Contest!In conjunction with QCC’s 50th Anniversarycelebration, we are proud to announce an exciting,new prize scholarship opportunity available forprospective students starting Fall 2014.QCC will award one scholarship (2 full years/one program/one certificate) to any prospectivestudent who answers a President’s Challengequestion. Questions or problems are “unanswered”conundrums like the Jacobian conjecture, computervision, biosynthesis or the Kryptos Sculpture.Questions will be compiled from each QCC Schoolsubject area – School of Humanities and Education,School of Healthcare, School of Business Engineeringand Technology, School of Public Service and SocialScience and School of Math and Science.QCC values out-of-the-box thinking as the hallmark ofa successful QCC student and will reward any personwith an eligible answer. The questions themselveswill help support the perception of QCC as a thoughtleader in the community and provider of high qualitypost-secondary education.If you have an unanswered question that you wouldlike to submit for consideration for the President’sChallenge, visit www.QCC.edu/submit-newsWe need your help!Experts—we need questions fromyour subject area! You know bestthe types of problems that exist thatremain unsolved.Readers—we need intriguingquestions or ideas for grade school andhigh school problems.www.QCC.edu/submit-newsAn example of an unsolved problem: Kryptos is a sculpture/encrypted puzzle located at CIA headquarters in Langley, VA. It has withstood scrutiny for many years, and part of it still remains unsolved.The contests are envisioned as opportunities forAdmissions to excite local high school students (viaGuidance Counselors) to think creatively and to take achance on a free education. Further applications of thecontest will extend to younger students as well, withage appropriate questions which will introduce QCC’svalues and help create future classes of QCC students.For more information, contact InstitutionalCommunications at jmartin@qcc.mass.edu.President’sChallengeWIN FREE TUITION!Five Schools. Five Prizes.Humanities and EducationBusiness, Engineering and TechnologyHealth CarePublic Service and Social SciencesMath and Science
JUNE 2014Campus NewsQCC’s Face the Region; New Radio Show will Feature QCC’sExpertise in EducationIn August, QCC will add another media outlet to itsever-expanding publicity vehicles!Institutional Communications will be producing anew, half-hour radio show that will air on WCRNRadio AM 830 on Sunday afternoons. The formatwill be three, eight-minute segments, featuring twoto three guests in discussion on topics importantto the QCC Family.The goal of the show is to keep the publicinformed of QCC activities, increase visibilityof the college and drive enrollment, but also tohighlight the many success stories that happen atQCC on a regular basis as well as highlight QCC’sexpertise in education.Radio personality Hank Stolz will host the programand record on location at 670 West Boylston Street.(The programs will be pre-recorded and edited forclarity and content.)The thought provoking show will help raise QCC’sprofile in the community as a leader in postsecondary education.Get Your Program on the Radio!Join us on AIR! Discuss an exciting project or newtool, new idea, student success story – your successstory as QCC Faces the Region!We need your help!Be a part of this exciting, new step intoQCC’s future on the airwaves! If you’dlike to be a guest on the show or havea topic or idea that you’d like to havediscussed, please visit:www.QCC.edu/submit-news
Campus NewsJUNE 2014Gateway to College Celebrates 2014GraduatesOn Wednesday May 28, the Gateway to Collegeprogram celebrated nine graduates; Emily Caron,Sydney Cobb, Louis Denis, Alexa Flores, NicoleLessard, Dylan Marengo, Jordan O’Callaghan,Mikhail Parsons, and Jonathan Rodgers.Graduates received their high school diplomas infront of friends, family, faculty and staff. Attendeesheard an inspiring keynote address from MichaelLaBeach, Career and Academic Planning. SydneyCobb received a free QCC course, donated by thePresident’s office.The Gateway to College program is for studentswho have dropped out of high school or are at riskof not graduating. Students complete high schoolgraduation requirements by taking classes atLeft to Right: Mikhail Parsons, Sydney Cobb, Nicole Lessard, Alexa Flores,Dylan Marengo, Louis Denis. Photo credit: Media Services.QCC. The graduating class earned an average of17 college credits while in the program, and themajority of students plan to matriculate at QCC inthe Fall of 2014.The Gateway to College staff wishes the best ofluck to the graduating class.Phi Theta Kappa InternationalHonor Society News PTK is taking Lilly out for a spin on Saturday,July 12! PTK has recently volunteered to workwith the Worcester Public Library to promotechildren’s literacy by making a commitment toWorcester Youth to raise 33,000 for the LillyBookmobile. Lilly is a converted box truck that isstocked with 2,543 children’s books, technologyand other items. Lilly is the “younger” sisterof Libby; they will visit 32 Worcester publicelementary and private schools to promotechildren’s reading. PTK is holding a Summer Bowl-a-ThonSaturday, July 12, 2014 at the AMF Auburn Lanesin Auburn from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Admission is 15.00 per person which includes shoes and twohours of bowling. If you cannot make the Bowla-Thon, there are other ways to donate to thiscause - PTK is also selling Kate Libby Calendarsuntil December. Buy your raffle tickets now for the bestparking space on campus! Front row parkingspace is available to the winner of the PTK Raffleat 1.00 per ticket. All proceeds will benefit“Lilly” – the Worcester Public Library Bookmobile- Promoting Literacy to Children! Drawing will beheld on September 23, 2014, 4:00 p.m. Another way to earn your gold stole! PTKis looking for volunteers for the CommunityHarvest Project. Plant and harvest food to supplylocal hunger relief networks: North Grafton, MA from 8:45 a.m. to noon Lunch is provided. Kids are welcome! June 7 2014 - THANK YOU to everyone whosigned up! July 19, 2014 - PTK needs 8 more volunteers August 2, 2014- We are full, THANK YOU toeveryone that signed up! August 9, 2014 - PTK needs 17 morevolunteers - Please sign up!For more information on any PTK event or tobe involved, please stop by the Phi Theta Kappaoffice in room 154A, call 508.854.7412 or emailBonnie Coleman at bcoleman@qcc.mass.edu
Campus NewsJUNE 2014Attention QCC Family Golfers:You are invited to participate in theSeventeenth Annual QCC Foundation GolfClassic!The QCC family cost per golfer is 150.00. Thisincludes greens fees, cart, 1 mulligan per player,driving range, coffee, pastry, boxed lunch, horsd’oeuvres and dinner. If you have questionsor would like additional information, contactAlexandra Bavosi at abavosi@qcc.mass.edu or508.688.0700.QCC Welcomes New StaffOn June 16, 2014, AdministrativeServiceswelcomed Edward Ramos as Campus PoliceOfficer I. Previously Officer Ramos served forthree years as a Special State Police Officer atMount Wachusett Community College. In addition,he brings 11 years of experience as a SecurityOfficer and Police Officer for District CrimePrevention and Worcester State College. OfficerRamos is a graduate of the State Police Academyand the Boylston Intermittent Reserve Academy.On June 23, 2014, Administrative Serviceswelcomed Rita Kennedy into a new role asBuyer I - Purchasing. Ms. Kennedy brings threeyears of Business Office experience within theCollege’s Business Office, which has includedprocessing purchase order requests, inputting andprocessing purchase orders and financial accountinformation and generating electronic documentsthrough ImageNow. Additionally, Ms. Kennedybrings 14 years of private sector experience to thecollege, including ten years in the Business andRegistrar’s offices at Clark University.On June 23, 2014, Administrative Serviceswelcomed Thomas Underwood into a new roleas Maintainer I. Mr. Underwood brings 12 yearsof private sector experience in custodial andgrounds maintenance, and business relationsto the college and most recently has served as apart-time Maintainer in the College’s FacilitiesDepartment. Mr. Underwood earned a Bachelorof Science in Criminal Justice from Anna MariaCollege.Please join us in welcoming Officer Ramos,Ms. Kennedy and Mr. Underwood into theirnew roles at QCC!Have an interesting story to tell?www.QCC.edu/submit-newsDeadline for the July 2014 Guardian is Friday, July 18.
and the Claire E. Hayes RN/Worcester City Hospital . program funded by a Strategic Planning Grant facilitated by Deb Gonzalez, Director of Community Bridges. The pilot program is a unique (part-education and training, . Left to right: Lisa Gurnick
