Volume 2, Issue 27
March 30, 2011
In This Issue
Senator Ed Jones visits R-CCC.....2
College Tour......................................2
Health Fair........................................3
Calling All Singers..........................3
Student Profiles................................4
& More...
Annual Student vs. Faculty Basketball Game
Important Dates
were excellent.” Students, Travis Sanderlin, Daniel Perry and Tony Edwards
played for the Staff squad this year.
Powell says he’ll play for the Staff next
year if they need him.
March 31
2011 Spring Career/Community
Resource Fair
9 a.m. – 2 p.m., New Student Center
Multi-Purpose Room
April 12
Advising Day (Fall 2011)
April 13-15
Early Registration (Fall 2011)
April 18-21
Spring Break (No Classes)
April 22
Easter Holiday (College Closed)
March Birthdays
Darcie Tumey
Sonya Chamblee Robert Leeds
Michele Meischeid Phillip Deloatch Justin McKeithan Ryan Cox
3/4
3/6
3/11
3/22
3/25
3/25
3/31
52-60 (Students) was the final score of
this year’s game. Even after days of
friendly trash-talking and practicing,
Staff players were unable to pull through
with a win. The game began with Joe
Rampersad, P.E. instructor, leading the
Staff squad toward what looked like a
possible win; however, once the Students
warmed up, they took the lead and ran
with it—literally.
Although Staff
quickly grew
tired, the team
held it together
until the last second of the game.
This year’s
MVP, Brandon
Powell, led the
Students to another victory.
“The shots just came to me,” said Powell. “I feel great about the game. Everything came together nicely, but I couldn’t
have done it by myself. My teammates
Despite their
loss, Staff left
the court with
their heads held
high. Many of
the players are
looking forward
to the next game.
“The Staff is an
elite team of exveterans of the game,” said Tremaine
Kwasikpui, Staff player and Student
Activities Coordinator. “We will be
back next year.”
Designing Student
Assessment to Encourage
Critical Thinking
At 11 a.m. on March 22, 2011, Frank
Harris, Marcel Montane, Pat Bennett,
Keith Horne, Janet Faison, Deboria
Outlaw and Beshelya Smith met in the
Freeland Building Community Room
to present to their colleagues information they gathered during a workshop
entitled “Designing Student Assessment to Encourage Critical Thinking.”
Opened by Dean Pocahontas Jones,
the session was used to encourage faculty members to regularly assess their
students in ways that will enhance
analytical thinking, thus producing uncompromised results for more accurate
documentation.
“Challenge students to write and think,
sometimes more than just a short
answer,” said Pat Bennett, English instructor. Presenting faculty members
pushed a focus on stronger assessment
questions. The presentation provided
examples of all types of questions,
from multiple-choice and true/false to
short answer and essay.
“You can make a question as analytical as you need it to be,” said Frank
Harris, Department Chair for Social
Sciences. “It doesn’t matter what type
of question you use. We just want to
get the students thinking.” Bloomberg’s Taxonomy was a major element
of the presentation. Each instructor
was given a packet including examples
of how to effectively write Student
Learning Outcomes (SLO) and ask
critical thinking questions according to
the taxonomy.
Encouraging critical thinking will allow instructors to precisely assess the
development of their students. Another point the presentation stressed was
the fact that assessments don’t always
have to be written. Faculty members
were challenged to get creative. More
accurate results will help define which
methods are not effective and those
that produce desired progress. Instructors will obtain a better idea of what
areas they need to focus on.
R-CCC is committed to the premier education and performance of its students.
The College will take the necessary
steps to make sure this goal is met.
Senator Ed Jones
visits R-CCC
tour. North Carolina A&T Student
Ambassadors were our tour guides
for the day. The students were very
impressed with the 188 acre campus,
especially with café services. Students were told that the café would be
extremely busy because of “Chicken
Friday.”
The second portion of the day included panel discussions lead by faculty &
staff of the College. Our students were
extremely pleased with the opportunity and would like to thank the campus
for its support of the Male Mentor
Initiative.
Annual Honors
Convocation
On Friday, March 25, Senator Ed
Jones stopped by the JobLink Center
on R-CCC’s campus for a friendly
visit. Krista Jernigan, Lewis Hoggard
and Dean Myra Poole are a few who
were in attendance. A casual meeting, the senator and attendees talked
about the North Carolina job market,
healthcare and education. To conclude
the visit, the group took pictures and
indulged in light refreshments including peanuts, bananas and fresh donuts
from Piggly Wiggly.
College Tour
The Roanoke Chowan Community
College Minority Male Mentor Initiative (3MI) traveled to Greensboro,
NC, to visit the campus of North
Carolina Agricultural and Technical
State University. There were several
different Community Colleges in attendance.
The day began with greetings from
Campus Administration. The students
were given a quick overview of the admissions process and financial aid. The
highlight of the event was the campus
Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11 a.m.
Multipurpose Room,
New Student Center
Speaker: Mr. Manuel Dudley,
Dean, Guildford Technical Community College, Greensboro Campus
Student Recognitions will include the
following awards and honors:
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Junior Colleges
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor
Society Beta Nu Mu Chapter
Honor Graduates
Leadership Awards
Honor Roll Recognition
Department Awards
President’s Award
Student Attire: Business/Casual
Refreshments will be served after the
Ceremony
Please Note: All Award Recipients must
check-in prior to the ceremony. Award
recipients will need to stop by Student
Development Services to pick up their
award card on Wednesday, April 6 from
8 a.m. - 6 p.m., or Thursday, April 7 from
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Check-in is mandatory
in order to participate in the ceremony.
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To view the Awards Recipient List,
please visit the College website at www.
roanokechowan.edu and click on 2011
Honors Convocation. For additional
information or questions, please stop by
Student Development Services
Health Fair
The Spring Mini Health Fair was
conducted on Thursday, March 17,
2011, from 9 a.m. until noon in the
Community Room of the Freeland
Building. Keevin Askew, Health Education Specialist and former R-CCC
student, along with others represented
Roanoke Chowan Community Health
Center (R-CCHC). R-CCHC offered
attendees the option of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and/or
HIV/AIDS screenings. There were
also free literature on portion sizes and
calorie count, shaking the salt habit,
broiling, grilling, baking, steaming,
or poaching vs. frying. Information
on hypoglycemia, living with diabetes and knowing your family medical
tree was available, too. In addition,
attendees could pick up information
on nutrition, exercise and sickle cell
anemia. Approximately 55 faculty,
staff and students attended this year’s
health fair. This activity was collaborated between Stella Cameron, Nursing Department, Tremaine Kwasikpui,
Student Activities, and Sandra Copeland, Counseling.
2011 Spring Career/Community Resource Fair....... A Link
to Achieving Your Dreams
Thursday, March 31. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in
the Student Center Classroom/Building
Vendors include Manufacturing,
Retail, Educational Institutions and
Service Agencies. Door prizes will be
available. Business who would like
to attend the event may call 252-8621225.
Bring at least 10 copies of your resume
and dress to impress.
Student Announcements
Student Services would like to inform
you of upcoming events and opportunities. This list includes the opportunity to get a new job, earn up to $50
dollars, and even become an executive leader. Please read carefully. If
you have any questions about Student
Activities or Student Government
Association, please feel free to contact
Tremaine Kwasikpui.
CALLING ALL SINGERS
The Dean of Students is looking for
TALENT! If you can sing and would
like the chance to sing at the 2011 Student Honors Convocation & Graduation, please stop by Student Services.
Auditions will be held Wednesday,
March 30 at 11 a.m. in the Jernigan
Auditorium. If you can’t make auditions, please stop by and leave your
name and number with receptionist.
STUDENT Evaluations of
Teaching & Learning
Roanoke-Chowan Community College requires that students be given the
opportunity to evaluate the quality of
instruction provided in each of their
courses. The Student Evaluation of
Teaching and Learning is a standardized survey instrument used for the
collection of student feedback on the
quality of instruction. The evaluation
results will remain completely anonymous. Site administrators will be able
to determine the students who successfully completed the evaluations, and
the names of students who completed
evaluations for their courses will be
entered into a drawing. The first-place
prize for this drawing is $50, secondplace prize is $25, and the third-place
prize is a Digital Photo Frame.
The evaluations will be available
beginning at midnight (12 a.m.) on
Monday, March 28 through 11: 59
p.m. on Sunday, April 3.
Student Government
Association ELECTIONS
The election process will begin in the
month of April. If you are interested
in running for a position with SGA,
please stop by Student Services. The
SGA is a very important program,
and it has many benefits such as the
following:
Paid travel
Leadership training
The chance to make Roanoke-Chowan
Community College a better place
Great resume material
Tomato Trumps Chicken
To beat back a cold, you slurp chicken
noodle soup. To avoid getting sick in
the first place, ladle out some tomato.
In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 10
subjects ate a tomato-rich diet for
three weeks followed by a tomatofree diet for three more weeks. While
subjects were on the tomato diet, their
infection-fighting white blood cells
sustained 38 percent less damage from
free radicals—atoms in the body that
damage and destabilize cells—than
when they ate no tomato products. Researchers speculate that the lycopene
in tomatoes acts as an antioxidant,
helping white blood cells resist the
damaging effects of free radicals.
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R-CCC Early Childhood
Education Club sponsors
a community Easter
Egg Hunt
Roanoke Chowan Community College Early Childhood Education Club
will be sponsoring an event during
The Week of the Young Child. On
Tuesday, April 12, from 9:30 a.m.
until 11:30 a.m., the Early Childhood
Education Club
and Phi Theta
Kappa Beta Nu
Mu will be
working together
to orchestrate
a Community
Easter Egg Hunt with local daycares in
the area. This is a fundraiser and educational experience for Early Childhood Education students to begin story
telling and to interact with children in
the Early Childhood Education setting.
Members of Phi Theta Kappa Beta Nu
Mu will serve as volunteers for the
community event to assist wherever
needed.
Activities will include story telling, a
fun Easter-egg hunt, face painting, and
a healthy lunch!
If anyone knows interested parties that
would like to participate, please call
Sonya Smith (252-862-1289), President, Early Childhood Education Club
and Phi Theta Kappa Beta Nu Mu.
Submitted by Sonya Smith
STudent Profile
Brandon Powell
STudent Profile
Kimberly Ridley
What is your major?
“College Transfer”
What is your major?
“Nursing”
What career path do you want to
pursue?
“I want to transfer to Elizabeth City
State or North Carolina Central and
double major in criminal justice and
psychology.”
What career path do you want to
pursue?
“I want to be a nurse, a RN.”
If you could have dinner with three famous people from history, who would
they be?
“Jesus, Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton”
If you could live in any time period,
what would it be?
“The 70s, the disco era. It was so free
then. You could get down, boogie and
not worry about anything.”
What do you enjoy most about attending R-CCC?
“The staff. People are willing to help
you out and they care about your getting
an education. Shout out to Mr. T.K.”
What one word would you use to
describe yourself?
“Outstanding”
As a child, what did you want to be
when you grew up?
“A basketball player for the Chicago
Bulls”
Who had the greatest influence on you
during your childhood?
“My grandmother. She raised me and
taught me how to live the right way.”
If you could have dinner with three famous people from history, who would
they be?
“President Obama, Martin Luther King
and Rosa Parks”
If you could live in any time period,
what would it be?
“Now”
What do you enjoy most about attending R-CCC?
“The people”
What one word would you use to
describe yourself?
“Talented”
As a child, what did you want to be
when you grew up?
“A nurse”
Who had the greatest influence on you
during your childhood?
“My grandmother. She was a hardworking lady. She dealt with a lot of
stuff, but still managed to keep her head
on straight.
109 Community College Road
Ahoskie, NC 27910-9522
252.862.1200
www.roanokechowan.edu
All questions, comments and articles should
be submitted to Jessica Adams
(Editor) at [email protected]
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