News, Events, and Closings
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CLASSES STARTING UP SOON
for which it's not too late to register!
starting soon (April 29-May 13):
Appraisal Practices/Analysis Pt I
Asthma & Allergies-Child Care
Baseball's Golden Age
Beginning German
Better Health and Wellness for Seniors
Brain Boot Camp
Care Planning for Aging
Child Care Administration
Consulting Practice
Contract Opportunities
Creating a Request for Proposal
Design and Create Jewelry!
Digital Camera Basics Workshop
Email Basics and Outlook
Faiths of the Founding Fathers
Fashion Sketching I
First Aid
France-Art Studio
Furniture Arrangement
InDesign Level 1
Intellectual Property
Introduction to Adobe Illustratrator
Introduction to Wine
Investment Strategies: Basic
Managing the Project's Scope
Managing the Project's Time
Managing Your Files & Folders
Marketing Strategies
Marketing Your Business
Med Insurance Externship II
Microsoft Excel in a Day
Microsoft Excel Level 1
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Word Level 1
motorcycle-Alternate Basic Rider (Rider School)
motorcycle-Basic Rider (Rider School)
motorcycle-Total Control Advanced Riding
Overview of the PC
Plot and Structure
PMP Certification Preparation
Preparation for Math Placement Online
Project Management Basics
Real Estate: Appraisal Standards
Retirement Options
Sales Techniques
School Age Child Care: Curriculum
Secrets of Paying for College
Simplesizing Using Feng Shui
Smart Device Photography
Speaking With Confidence
Starting a Small Business
The 1st War on Terror
The Black Death
The Chakra System and Auras
The T'ai Chi Experience
Web Design With Dreamweaver
When to Use Museums for Meeting Sites
Widowhood: Financial Challenge
Women of Renaissance
Working With Windows 7
OTHER NEWS
Kids On Campus Open House / Orientation
Join our staff for our annual Open House / Orientation on Tuesday, April 24 from 5pm-7pm in the Hickory Ridge Building. We invite parents to come see our site, ask questions about our classes, and register your students. Special gift for those who attend! Call 443-518-4821 for more information.
Driving Alert! Main Campus Entrance Closing Temporarily
For approximately four weeks beginning June 11, the college's main entrance at the corner of Little Patuxent Parkway and Harper's Farm Road will be closed due to construction. During that time period, you will need to use one of the other two entrances. For parking in Lot A or the East parking garage, use the secondary Little Patuxent Parkway entrance a few hundred feet east of the main entrance. For all other purposes, use the Hickory Ridge Road entrance. For more information, a map, and updates, see the college's Entrance webpage.
Rider School Wins National Award
The Rider School at Howard Community College won the 2011 NCCET national "Exemplary Program" award for innovation and excellence. Kudos to director Jim Schmidt, staff member Carol Rea, and all the School's wonderful instructors.
ESL Instructor Receives Fulbright Honor
Congratulations to Lauren Parsons, one of our ESL instructors, for being accepted into the Fulbright program. Armed with a master's degree in TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages), Lauren will begin in January a one-year stint as an English teaching assistant in Malaysia.
HCC Named among 100 Best Colleges to Work For
HCC has been named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as among the 2011 "100 Best Colleges to Work For." It's the 3rd time in a row we have won this distinction, we're the only community college in Maryland to have done so, and we're one of only 12 community colleges in the nation to be named to the 2011 Honor Roll.
KOC Featured in Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun Howard County edition published a feature article about our summer Kids On Campus program. View the story online or see the Sunday, July 10 newspaper print edition.
Rider School Convenes International Experts
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Our motorcycle program, The Rider School at Howard Community College, hosted 16 of motorcycling’s top authors, advanced trainers, and noted researchers for a two-day experts’ panel on how to reduce motorcycle crashes and injuries. The ground-breaking event marked the first time internationally acclaimed experts had been gathered and tasked to consider how to improve beginner and street rider training. The group developed 31 specific recommendations for improving motorcycle training in the United States, will produce a report to enhance public awareness of and public policy for riders and rider training, and will present the findings at the annual 2011 State Motorcycle Safety Administrators Conference in Des Moines. The group also decided to form a think tank about motorcycle safety to be housed at Howard Community College. Other event sponsors included US Insurance Services, The National Association of State Motorcycle Safety Administrators, and Cape Fox Professional Services.
Rider School Instructor Wins State Award
Les Schultz, a senior instructor for The Rider School at Howard Community College, has been honored as “Instructor of the Year” by a committee of his peers and the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. MVA announced the award at its annual conference of motorcycle instructors last month at the Maryland State Police Training Center. Schulz was selected from some 250 licensed instructors across Maryland. “Les has been one of our top instructors since our school began and one of the senior faculty whom I count on to ensure and enhance our educational quality,” said Jim Schmidt, Rider School director. “He gets the highest reviews from both his students and his co-instructors. I also count on Les to mentor newer faculty. He has positively influenced almost every aspect of The Rider School.”
“I’m truly honored to win the award,” said Schultz. “But I know there are many other instructors who are as good as or better than I am.”
HCC Named 2010 Top Digital Community College
Howard Community College (HCC) has been named one of the top-rated community colleges in the nation as part of the Center for Digital Education’s sixth annual Digital Community Colleges Survey. The college was recognized as a leader in utilizing technology to provide services to students, educators and administrators. This is the fourth consecutive year that HCC has received a top ranking from the survey. The survey examined community colleges’ use of technology to enhance the student experience and increase educator effectiveness. The survey also looked at the technological tools schools had in place to increase convenience and provide alternative learning options, such as online registration and distance learning.
OUTSTANDING ADJUNCT FACULTY AWARDS FOR 20010-11
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty
Divison of Continuing Education & Workforce Development
Trish Hemler
Trish Hemler has been a vital part of the success of nursing and allied health programs in the Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development since 2007. She serves as a lead instructor and curriculum developer for both Theory and Clinical portions of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) course. This course prepares 250–300 students each year to enter the health care field. Trish holds her students to consistently high standards and offers them endless amounts of encouragement and support so that they can be successful not only in the course, but in future courses and in their careers. During the students’ clinical experience, Trish helps them navigate the world of long-term care and teaches them how to care for their elderly patients and residents with professionalism, compassion, and respect.
Trish maintains excellent relationships with the facilities we use for our clinical experiences and has formed constructive and collaborative relationships with their Directors of Nursing and other key administrators. This relationship building is critical for the future success of our programs.
Trish represents the college by voluntarily serving on Maryland Board of Nursing committees designing the future of nursing at every level and has been a key contributor to the planning of a revised CNA curriculum as well as a new Refresher CNA course.
Over the past year, Trish worked closely with others to ensure the successful renewal of the high school CNA program through the Maryland Board of Nursing and has recently started the work to renew the HCC and Laurel College Center CNA programs. She piloted a highly successful and profitable CNA Intensive course in January and was instrumental in piloting and refining new procedures for the literacy testing and wait-list process. She also piloted the use of an off-site facility. Though individually these initiatives can seem inconsequential, together they allow the College to program more courses of higher quality for more students in a variety of formats.
Trish has recently taken on the role of Nurse Planner for HCC nursing courses that offer contact hours. She will work closely with the American Nurses Credentialing Center, with the Maryland Community College Association for Continuing Education and Training, and with our affiliation group, Committee on Nursing and Allied Health. She is also training to teach two new nursing courses for the division: RN Case Manager/Delegating Nurse/Assisted Living and Train the Trainer, which will prepare additional instructors to teach in our expanding CNA programs.
Trish is a highly enthusiastic, energetic, and intelligent innovator who truly embodies the mission and vision of the College. She is an inspirational role model for her students, a trusted and respected colleague, and natural yet humble leader.
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, Adult Basic Education
Susan Beare
Susan Beare has worked in the Adult Basic Education program at HCC since 1995. During those 16 years, Susan has taught a variety of Adult Basic Education classes including the intensive Adult Basic class that met all day every weekday for 48 weeks a year. She also taught the youth class for the Columbia Workforce Center and Preparation for the SAT Verbal class. In addition, she has been an advisor for the National External Diploma Program. Her commitment to the Basic Skills unit goes well beyond teaching her assigned classes, as she actively participates in monthly inservice, works on staff development projects, and presents at the annual MAACCE (Maryland Association for Adult Community and Continuing Education) conference.
This year, Susan used the MSDE Career Development Toolkit as a guide to develop about 20 lesson plans to help Basic Skills instructors incorporate career-building skills and transitioning activities into their reading, writing, and math classes. Susan shared this project at a State-wide meeting and was asked by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to present it at the 2011 Annual MAACCE Conference.
Susan’s dedication to her students and the Basic Skills Program makes her an outstanding adjunct faculty member.
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, English as a Second Language
Kathleen May
Kathleen has been teaching ESL with us since January 2006. Although primarily a writing instructor, Kathleen has taught a total of 23 classes including many conversation classes and a summer Travel & Learn course. She has been actively involved in curriculum development, bringing her K-12 writing experience and knowledge to our program. She was part of a small group that developed the curriculum guides that we are currently using in our program. Kathleen attends staff development activities regularly and has presented at least twice, once on “Developing Conversational Skills” and, more recently, on “Watching Writing Grow.” In the fall, she represented the ELLC at Maryland TESOL and repeated her writing presentation. She has also served as our Conversation Team Leader, our Writing Team Leader, and has been a mentor to at least one teacher each semester.
About 2-1/2 years ago, Kathleen was diagnosed with a very serious form of cancer. In spite of many surgeries and treatments, she has persevered because, as she says, she loves our students and she loves teaching!
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, Lifelong Learning
Marcela Phillips
Marcela Phillips has been HCC’s leading Command Spanish instructor for open enrollment classes and business contract training for the last five years. From the moment she steps into the classroom to the moment she leaves, Marcela is “on.” She is enthusiastic and entertaining but, most important, a master of her craft. Marcela is always prepared and willing to accommodate student needs and requests. She is able to work with various ability levels in the same class without compromising anyone’s opportunities to learn. She is kind and understanding, putting everyone at ease. Our division has an ongoing contract with the Howard County Police Department cadets. When our scheduled instructor was unable to teach due to a medical emergency (just 24 hours before class!), Marcela accepted the challenge without hesitation. The training session is intense—three six-hour days of constant language instruction. Not only did she cover all the required material, she also had the recruits dancing to traditional Spanish music as part of the cultural component of the training. It was the highlight of their day. The trainees rated her as outstanding. Marcela is also a consummate professional who follows all HCC policies and procedures, meeting deadlines and submitting paperwork as required. She truly represents the high vision and values of HCC.
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS NEEDED!
Are you an experienced language instructor who would like to teach part- or full-time at Howard Community College? If so, please contact Marge at 443-518-4975. We are particularly interested in instructors for the following languages: Arabic, Farsi, Persian/Dari, Turkish, Hebrew, Kurdish, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Pashto, and Armenian.
SPECIAL OFFERS
Kids On Campus 25th Anniversary Celebration Contest
$25 tuition vouchers will be given to 25 lucky winners. See the KOC Summer Class Information webpage for details.
Gift Certificates
Give the gift of learning! Give a friend, loved one, or employee one of our many life-enriching classes. The certificates can be for any dollar amount you choose and can be used like a check to pay for course costs at registration. Call Jennifer at 443-518-1700 or email her.
Last Updated: April 23, 2012
