A number of BGCC Faculty volunteered at the
Spring 2009
Special Olympic Event on Saturday, April 18.
Pictured above are Francesca Sunkin, Mark Staynings, Megan Thompson,
Freda Mays, and Heather Strode. Other faculty members who volunteer but are not in the picture above were Charles Borders and Jim McMahon.
Congratulations to Dawn Hall . . .
. . . the 2009 recipient of the Catherine Coogan Feminist Action Award.
Criteria for selection of the award winner are listed below:
1. The recipient is a woman or man who is a member of the Western Kentucky University community (faculty, staff, administrator, or alumnus/a.) The individual is actively working to improve the quality of life for women at WKU.
2. The recipient is an active advocate for the rights and empowerment of women and motivates others toward those ends.
3. The recipient has taken a primary responsibility within recent years to create positive change concerning women's issues.
4. The recipient reaches out to the wider community to increase awareness and support of women's issues.
5. The recipient has demonstrated knowledge of women's problems and issues.
6. The recipient has assisted women in overcoming difficulties and attaining goals.
7. The recipient is a role model for others in women's issues.
8. The recipient effectively promotes women's issues through speaking, writing, or teaching.
9. The recipient participates in organizations or associations related to women.
Congratulations!
BGCC Faculty Awards Winners for 2009
Ms. Jan Hunt-Shepherd – BGCC Teaching Award
Ms. Dana Emberton-Tinius – BGCC Public Service Award
Congratulations George!
To continue his research on educational uses of virtual worlds, George will attend the 14th Annual Instructional Technology Conference hosted by Middle Tennessee State University, titled "Developing a Participatory Learning Culture" next March. He hopes to bring back to the WKU community enough information that he can share with his colleagues via a WKU presentation, sometime next year.
Please see pages 17 - 19 of the Fall 2008 issue of WKU Scholar
for an article about Dr. George Kontos.
Ashley Chance received the
2008 First-Year Student Advocate Award
which was presented at the
University Experience Award Banquet.
Congratulations Ashley!
Student Government Association
2008 Awards for
Bowling Green Community College
Congratulations Clint and Michelle!
Clint Haynes received the 2008 Advisor of the Year Award,
and
Michelle Hollis received the 2008 Professor of the Year Award.
Conference 2008 on November 13-14, 2008
that was held in Somerset, KY.
He presented three papers entitled,
"Tips for Online Student Success",
"Learning More About Your Students Spells Student Success",
and ""WEB Page Development: a Student Project
that Involves the Community."
Congratulations George!
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