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BOARD OF TRUSTEESMary Ellen Stempfle, Chairperson, District 1

Vernon C. Allen, Jr., Vice-Chairperson, District 3Denise Wellons-Glover, Secretary, District 5

Alan L. Anderson, Treasurer, District 7David A. Roehrig, Member, District 2Myron Wahls, Member, District 4Larry K. Lewis, Member, District 6

Charles Paddock, Member, District 8Sharon P. Scott, Member, District 9

Dr. Curtis L. Ivery, Chancellor

WCCCD’s mission is to empower individuals, businesses andcommunities to achieve their goals through excellent and

accessible services, culturally diverse experiences and globallycompetitive higher education and career advancement programs.

Session: International Students in Your ClassroomRoom: EPAC 4Presenter(s): Omobonike Odegbami, International ProgramsDescription: International students form a large part of the diverse student community that

exists at WCCCD. This session will outline opportunities and challenges ofinternational students in the classroom as well as provide discussion as tipson how to address the challenges with tips from current internationalstudents.

Session: Blackboard: CollaborateRoom: EPAC 2Presenter(s): Donna Galvan, M.A. (Sociology) and Blackboard

RepresentativesDescription: Offer a more collaborative, interactive, and mobile learning experience that

constantly evolves, and you’ll keep everyone engaged like never before. The Blackboard Collaborate can help you achieve these classroom goalswhether online or face-to-face.

Session: Scholar's Corner: Online Resources for Adjunct Faculty

Room: EPAC 1Presenter(s): CharMaine Hines, Ed.S., Oneka Samet, M.L.I.S., and Tynisha

McGee, M.B.A. (Office of Adjunct Faculty Initiatives)Description: Information on how to navigate the Scholar’s Corner website for adjunct faculty that

provides valuable and free discipline specific academic resources and journalsaccessible on campus and from home.

Session: SLO Assessment in Action (Part II)Room: EPAC 6Presenter(s): Debraha Watson, Ph.D., (Allied Health) Ella Davis, E.d.D.,

(English) and Johnesa Hodge, M.S.W.Description: This session will share examples of student learning outcomes assessment

at different levels, such as Writing Across the Curriculum to help buildassessment techniques and understanding of how to evaluate generaleducation outcomes. Participants will participate in a discussion and shareassessment strategies that are used in the classroom to evaluate generaleducation outcomes.

Session: Classroom Safety ResponseRoom: EPAC 14Presenter(s): Anthony T. Arminiak, M.S.A & MIPSEDescription: This workshop will provide information on instructional safety responses in

the classroom.

Session: Nursing/Dental Program Meeting Room: N236 / N237Presenter(s): Abby Freeman, Ph.D.Description: For Nursing and Dental faculty

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.Discipline Meetings

All Faculty meeting to review and share information District-Wide.

Session: Nursing/Dental Program Meeting Room: N236 / N237Presenter(s): Abby Freeman, Ph.D.Description: For Nursing and Dental faculty

WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

FACULTYCONVOCATION

FALL 2016

“Looking Back, Building Forward:Celebrating 50 Years”

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2016

John Edward Roueche is President of the Roueche Graduate Center, NationalAmerican University. Previously, he served as the Sid Richardson Regents Chairand as Professor and Director of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin from 1971-2012.

Roueche has received extensive national recognition for his research, teaching,service, and overall leadership, including the 2016 Harry S. Truman Award fromthe American Association of Community Colleges, the highest award given byAACC; the 2012 Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award from the AmericanAssociation of Community Colleges, the first such award ever given by AACC; the first-ever 2012 “Diverse Champion Award” from the publishers and editors ofDiverse Issues in Higher Education for his lifetime support and contributions toincreased diversity in American community colleges. Honored in 2012 by theAmerican Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors, who namedtheir national leadership initiative the John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute;

The League for Innovation in the Community College named their Distinguished Leadership Award the John E.Roueche and Terry O’Banion Leadership Award in 2013 honoring their lifetime leadership accomplishments. The League for Innovation named their excellence award The John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Awards.He has also received the University of Texas Distinguished Faculty Award, the University of Texas’ TeachingExcellence Award, and The University of Texas Career Research Excellence Award, the University’s top research prize.

He is the author of 37 books and more than 175 articles and chapters focused on leadership, teaching, and learning.

Author of numerous books to include Rising to the Challenge: Lessons Learned from Guilford Tech CommunityCollege (2012), with Suanne Roueche, Martha Ellis, and Melinda Ellis Valdez; The Creative Community College(2008), with M. Melissa Richardson, Phillip W. Neal, and Suanne D. Roueche; The Entrepreneurial CommunityCollege (2005), with Barbara R. Jones; Practical Magic: On the Front Lines of Teaching Excellence (2003), withMark D. Milliron and Suanne D. Roueche; High Stakes, High Performance; Making Remedial Education Work(1999); Strangers in Their Own Land: Part-Time Faculty in American Community Colleges (1995); all withSuanne D. Roueche.

Roueche is married to Suanne Davis Roueche, past director of NISOD (University of Texas at Austin). John andSuanne have three children.

FACULTY CONVOCATION - FALL 2016

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Workshop Sessions 1: Innovations and Trends

Session: Resources in African American Studies for College Faculty

Room: EPAC 10Presenter(s): Ella Davis, E.d.D., (English)Description: Participants attending this session will glean a better understanding of the vast

amount of web resources, including websites, online journals, databases,documentaries, forums, indexes, and other resources which can be used in theAfrican American Studies college classroom. Through the use and integration ofthese resources in their courses, instructors will further their appreciation of thediscipline's historical and ongoing stress on linking knowledge and practice,learning and service, as well as academic excellence and social responsibility.

Session: Regional Internships Opportunities for YourStudents: Aerotropolis

Room: EPAC 5Presenter(s): Robert Ficano, J.D., and James Jackson, M.S.,

(Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Administration)Description: Exploring ways your students can benefit from a regional internship experience.

Session: Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Assessment:Exploring Core Abilities (Part I)

Room: EPAC 6Presenter(s): Johnesa Hodge M.S.W and Debraha Watson, Ph.D. (Allied Health)Description: This session will explore examples of general education outcomes from

community colleges to better understand core abilities, levels of assessmentand evidence that may be collected to evaluate student learning at the District.Participants will discuss strategies, ideas, and techniques for collectingoutcomes data that inform how general education outcomes are measured at the course, program, and institutional level.

Session: Get Connected, Get Results: Using Connect inYour English and Speech Courses

Room: EPAC 12Presenter(s): Stacha Floyd, M.A., (English)Description: Instructors will learn how to incorporate Connect, an online program used

in English & Speech courses, to enhance and supplement their lectures. See how the program can help to identify students in need of extra assistanceas well as topics that will require more class time and address their students'problem areas.

Session: Faculty Role in Undergraduate Students' ScienceResearch within our College

Room: EPAC 7Presenter(s): Christian Nwamba, Ph.D., Curtis Greene, Ph.D., and Barbara

Radecki, Ph.D. (Natural Sciences)Description: This workshop will present and discuss science research activities by our

undergraduate students as directed by faculties this past summer to highlightpositive impact of such research activities on student learning, intellectualdevelopment and career pursuit/advancement in research. A photo slidepresentation will stimulate workshop discussion on how science faculties andother attending faculties can motivate, inspire and stimulate science students'interest in science research.

Some summer science research opportunities, projects and options will behighlighted by the presenter and new ideas solicited from participants.

Session: What Online Teaching Teaches Us?Room: EPAC 8Presenter(s): Ariana Tamburi, M.D., Ph.D. (Biology), and Jonia Tamburi, M.A.,

(Speech)Description: This workshop will focus on pedagogical dilemmas and offer practical

suggestions on the art of online teaching. It is natural to feel apprehensive aboutthe online environment, however, equipped with the proper tools, it is possibleto gain the confidence and develop the professional skill set required to masterand excel at this uniquely challenging and increasingly popular form of teaching.

Session: International Students in Your ClassroomRoom: EPAC 4Presenter(s): Omobonike Odegbami, International ProgramsDescription: International students form a large part of the diverse student community that

exists at WCCCD. This session will outline opportunities and challenges ofinternational students in the classroom as well as provide discussion as tipson how to address the challenges with tips from current international students.

Session: Blackboard: CollaborateRoom: EPAC 2Presenter(s): Donna Galvan, M.A. (Sociology) and Blackboard

RepresentativesDescription: Offer a more collaborative, interactive, and mobile learning experience that

constantly evolves, and you’ll keep everyone engaged like never before. The Blackboard Collaborate can help you achieve these classroom goalswhether online or face-to-face.

Session: Best Practices in Discussion Board Usage forOnline Classes

Room: EPAC 11Presenter(s): Bea Talpos, Ph.D., (Political Science) and Mary Mahony, M.A.

(English)Description: A collaborative discussion of best practices for online discussion boards.

Participants should come prepared to discuss their use of discussion in theonline classroom and suggestions for how they might further engage studentsin these discussions.

Session: Building Upon the Foundation: Celebrating Diversityand the Practice of Inclusion

Room: EPAC 3Presenter(s): Fidelis D'Cunha, Ph.D., Professional Development, Diversity

and InclusionDescription: This session will begin with hopes to clarify the definition of intercultural

competence understood in terms of the capacity to communicate, relate and work successfully across cultural boundaries.

Session: Scholar's Corner: Online Resources for Adjunct Faculty

Room: EPAC 1Presenter(s): CharMaine Hines, Ed.S., Oneka Samet, M.L.I.S., and Tynisha

McGee, M.B.A. (Office of Adjunct Faculty Initiatives)Description: Information on how to navigate the Scholar’s Corner website for adjunct faculty

that provides valuable and free discipline specific academic resources and journalsaccessible on campus and from home.

12:00 noon – 12:45 p.m.Workshop Sessions 2: Innovations and Learning

Session: Building Upon the Foundation: Celebrating Diversityand the Practice of Inclusion

Room: EPAC 3Presenter(s): Fidelis D'Cunha, Ph.D., Professional Development, Diversity

and InclusionDescription: This session will begin with hopes to clarify the definition of intercultural

competence understood in terms of the capacity to communicate, relate and work successfully across cultural boundaries.

Session: What's New in Career Programs?Room: EPAC 5Presenter(s): Career Faculty & Career Provost, Ron Harkness, Ph.D.Description: Come hear about the exciting new career programs being offered this fall

at Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD). WCCCD prides itself on challenging ourselves to offer programs that are current or new within our community. The goal is to give our students the opportunity toexplore educational options that can lead to exciting careers that are high-skill, high-wage, and in high-demand.

FACULTY CONVOCATION - FALL 2016“Looking Back, Building Forward: Celebrating 50 Years”

Program:

8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Check-in and ContinentalBreakfast

9:00 a.m. Greetings Anthony Arminiak Campus President, Downriver

District Welcome CharMaine Hines District Vice Chancellor, Academic

Accountability and Policy

Patrick McNally District Vice Chancellor, Curriculum

and Distance Learning Programming

Introduction of Speaker Curtis L. Ivery, Chancellor

9:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker John E. Roueche

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Sessions 1

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon Break

12:00 noon – 12:45 p.m. Sessions 2

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Discipline Lunch MeetingsAllied Health EPAC 7Mark Shikhman, Ph.D. and Abby Freeman, Ph.D.

Business W221Adam Shakoor, J.D.

Criminal Justice/Corrections/Paralegal Technology EPAC 6James Jackson, M.S.

Distance Learning EPAC 12Bea Talpos, Ph.D. and Patrick McNally, Ed.D.

English/Humanities EPAC 1Ella Davis, E.d.D. and Mary Mahony, M.A.

Natural Sciences Ray Mix RoomChristian Nwamba, Ph.D. and Curtis Greene, Ph.D.

Psychology/Sociology EPAC 4Alida Quick, Ph.D.

Skilled Trades/Manufacturing EPAC 8Rahmatollah Golshan, Ph.D.

Open Session: Things You Need toKnow for A Successful SemesterEPAC 2

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Concluding Session