Mott Community College AlumNet Spring 2010

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Q: When did you rst becomeinterested? Why Roller Derby?

A: I read an article in BUST magazine(a feminist magazine) about the GothamCity Roller Girls in 2005, and I wasreally intrigued. I had never heard of roller derby before and I thought itsounded like a lot of fun.

At the time I was toying with theidea of becoming involved with a sport.I was kind of thinking about hockeybecause 1) it was violent and 2) I knewhow to skate. However, the onlyopportunities in my community (Mt.Pleasant back then) were for CMUstudents.

I had a boyfriend who was kind of ajock and he encouraged me to be moreathletic. It felt good to hear him say hethought I could be a good athlete,because I never thought of myself as an

athlete before ... I was totallyuncoordinated; I couldnt kick, hit, orthrow a ball at all. I had no staminawhatsoever.

But in 2005 I was in good shapethanks to a self-imposed workoutregimen. I was alsoI dont know howto put this without sounding like apsychopath, but I wanted to beat somea--. I had a desire to compete in a sportthat was more hands-on and violent thanmost of the sports women play (golf,softball, etc.) And roller derby soundedlike it would give me that opportunity. Ididnt get involved until 2007 becausethat was when a league nally started inFlint, where I was living at the time.Until then, the closest league to me wasin Detroit and I wasnt about to commutethat far.

An anonymous gift of $1-million hasbeen given to MCC with a heartfeltdesire to help as many Flint areastudents as possible. The donors - aFlint area husband andwife - said Motts county wide reachhelped to convince them to leave theirentire insurance premium to MCCinstead of splitting it with their churchand another university or college. Thewife is an MCC Alum; he taught atMCC and once worked for FlintCommunity Schools. Our wealth came from working with children in the Flint area, thedonors said. One thinks about thesethings as they come to the end of theircareer.

What will be our legacy?

Flint Roller Derby Girlsinclude MCC English Prof

SPRING 2010 AN INFORMATIONAL NETWORK OF ALUMNI FROM FLINT JC, FCC, GCC AND CS MCC. ISSUE ONE

D r . R i c ha r d S ha i n k , l e f t , w e l c ome s J a ni c e a nd B ob And e r s on ba c k t o c a m pu s . T he And e r s ons t r a v e l e d f r om Ame s , I ow a , t o a t t e nd t he M C C H ome c omi n g . S e e P a g e 7 .

Distinguished Alum Dr. CharlesTeaberry meets with students to

discuss From Classroom toBoardroomprior to accepting

prestigious honor.

Distinguished Alumni/OutstandingRetiree honored for successSeven individuals are added to Motts legacy. Seepages 4-5 to see latest honorees.

AlumNet

A nony mous donor pr ov ides $1-million

to M ott cam pus

Dr. Richard A. and Rose Marie Shick stand with friends in the MCCs Dental Hygiene Clinic named for them. From left to right, Dr. Jack Hinterman, Dr. SteveSulfaro, Rose Marie Shick, Dr. Denise Polk, Dr. George Eastman, Dr. Dick Shick and

Dr. Susan Weiss. See story on page 7.

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Dr . Ra y mond G ist makes h istor y!

P a g e 2.

Not unlike Actress Ellen Page in derby lm Whip It,

31-year-old Jackie Knoll puts on her skates and nds her bliss.

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Former MCC President CharlesN. Pappas died Sept. 24 at the age of 87. Pappas served as MCCs presidentfrom 1970-1979, taking the helm of the college shortly before it separatedfrom the Flint Board of Education andi t s n a m e c h a n g e f r o m F l i n tCommunity Junior College to GeneseeCommunity College.

Under his nine-year leadership,Motts enrollment grew to be thelargest of any community college inthe state, from 7,200 students in 1970to 11,000 students by1975.

Pappas was credi ted withexpanding occupational programs andgiving the college a major facelift,launching 14 remodel ing andrenovation projects and building thePrahl College Center and a new musicbuilding.

Pappas faced a series of nancialcrises that included a $1 million decitand several layoffs some of whichwas blamed on a lack of state funding

MCC Alumni Association

Join us in making a differenceThe MCC Alumni Association meets bi-

monthly to strengthen friendships andassociations formed at Flint JuniorCollege, Flint Community College,Genesee Community College and MottCollege. Members help promote thepurpose and programs at MCC; seeks tomaintain and inform interested alumnithat continue to support the institution.Board members also lend a hand inpromoting the importance of post-

secondary educationwith special emphasiso n t h e M C Cexperience.

To join, please call810.762.0425 ore-mail [email protected].

Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors

President Celia Turner

Vice President John Chinonis

TreasurerGrace Glass

Dan CadyBetty Lou CampbellHon. Paul Gadola

Dean HaleySally Shaheen Joseph

Michael ThorpHon. Thomas C. Yeotis

Join the party on Facebookand follow us on Twitter! More than 300 alumni and friends of MCC are reconnecting with oldclassmates, faculty & staff on Facebook and Twitter!

Follow us@MCCAlumsFriends

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Be sure to look us up atfacebook.com/MCCAlumniAssociation

The House of Delegates of the American Dental Association haveelected MCC Alum Dr. Raymond Gistpresident-elect for 2009-10 - making him the rst African-American to holdthat high ofce.

"Thank you for putting your trustin me," said Dr. Gist, addressing theHouse moments after his election."You have made history."

Dr. Gist, a 1966 graduate of theUniversity of Michigan School of

Dentistry, is a 35-year member of the ADA.

Dr. Gist has represented the ADA's Ninth District (Michigan and Wisconsin) as a member of the Boardof Trustees and is a past president of the Michigan Dental Association. Hehas served as chair of the ADA Board'sDiversity Committee, a delegate to theFDI World Dental Congress and a

member of the ADA Political ActionCommittee's Board of Directors.

for enrollment growth and that bred arift between him and the board.

In 1979, after voters rejected amill tax increase to help the college,the board of trustees voted to seize allof Pappas presidential duties and givehim consultant status.

But Pappas wasnt gone long.The former chief administrator provedhe at least had community popularity

in 1983 when he unseated one of hisbiggest challengers on the board now Genesee County Commissioner

Archie Bailey.Pappas was the top-voter in the

seven-way race for two available seats,according to Flint Journal les. Andmore recently, MCCs presidentialconference center that was oncePappas campus home, was namedafter him.

Pappas, who remained a big college donor, later moved to GrandBlanc and then Oakland Countywhere he ran an insurance company.

A team of organizers are collectively pulling outthe stops to create a star-studded performance on

Motts campus, featuring the likes of Janet Jackson, Ricky Martin, Ray Charlesand Stevie Ray Vaughn, just to name a few. Motts annual lip sync show Mott, Motown and More: Dressed to Kill will beheld Friday, May 14, to aid Mott Community College students in need of nancial assistance. The show begins at 7 pm at the Mott Memorial Building

Auditorium. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance by calling 810.762.0041. Tickets also may be purchased at the door. All proceeds will go toMCC Alumni Association scholarships. The two-hour show will feature community leaders from throughout theFlint area faking their way through legendary hits to the cheers and laughter of an appreciative audience. I do not recall any program of which I have been apart receiving somuch attention and demand for more, said Lennetta Coney, President of theFoundation for Mott Community College. It is a crowd pleaser.

MCC Alum makes historyDr. Gist rst African American to beelected American Dental Assoc. President

Former MCC President remembered for bold decisions

Spotlight to shine Community leadersget in sync forMott, Motown & More

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Q: What do your friends/family think of your participation?

A: They think its awesome ... My momcomes to all my bouts. She even has a t-shirt that says. Lexis Mom on back.

Q: You are a Jammer (a key position)on the team. Was that your goal, to bea Jammer?

A: Honestly, when I rst joined derby, Iwould have been happy to be theteams waterboy ... Once everybodyhad the basic skating skills down, whathappened was that the naturaltendencies of each skater began toemerge. I never did get very good at

hitting, but I got really fast. So theymade me a Jammer.

Q: How did you come up with LexiPro #10 mg?

A: Funny story about that. I had adifferent derby name for the rst sixmonths I was on the league (PMSPinafore) but I grew to hate it becauseits a six-syllable mouthful and no oneknew what to call me for short.

About two years ago I was sitting at the bar with one of my friends, whowas interested in joining, and we weretrying to come up with a derby namefor her. Shes bipolar, so she was going to be Bipolar Betty. Then she said,

joking, And you could be Lexi Pro!

Q: Is the team looking for moreplayers?

A: Always! We are planning arecruitment of for the rst two weeks of May.

We practice for two hours twonights a week. Some of us go rollerskating at Open Skate too, or outside if the weather is nice.

Q: What would you like people toknow about roller derby?

A: None of us are professional athletes. We are all just ordinary people who liveordinary lives. We dont get paid toskate, we dont get endorsements. Wemight seem like big shots on the track while youre watching a bout, but afterits over and weve put our tired, aching bodies to bed, we wake up the nextmorning and feed our kids, do thelaundry, go to work.

Every single derby league in thecountry was started by a group of everyday people who wanted to showwhat ordinary women can do whenthey put their heads together and work TOGETHER to create something from the ground up.

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English Prof aka Derby Girl Lexi Pro 10 mgWe are all ust ordinar eo le who live ordinar lives.

MCC English Prof Jackie Knoll seems towrite the rules on the Roller Derby Track. Jackie, aka Lexi Pro 10 mg, is the Flint

Derby Girls Lead Jammer during competitions. Her team meets other teams

across the state at Rollhaven Skating Center inGrand Blanc Township.

IRA contribution and deductionlimits for individuals under 50 years of age at the end of 2010 should know themaximum contribution they can maketo a traditional or Roth IRA.

According to Lennetta Coney,President of the Foundation for MCC,the maximum is the smaller of $5,000or the amount of their taxablecompensation for 2010. The limit canbe split between a traditional and aRoth IRA, but the combined limit is$5,000, Coney said. The maximumcontribution to a Roth IRA and themaximum deductible contribution to atraditional IRA may be reduceddepending upon a modied adjustedgross income.

For those 50 years of age or olderbefore 2011, the maximumcontribution that can be made to atraditional or Roth IRA is the smallerof $6,000 or the amount of yourtaxable compensation for 2010. Coneysaid that limit can be split between atraditional and a Roth IRA but thecombined limit is $6,000. Themaximum contribution to a Roth IRA and the maximum deductiblecontribution to a traditional IRA maybe reduced depending upon themodied adjusted gross income.

For more information, please callConey at 810.762.0425.

The MCC Board of Trustees hasappointed Pamela M. Faris, wife of Lt. Governor John Cherry, to ll the

vacant position created by theresignation of Trustee Father JamesBettendorf. Faris will serve out theremainder of the term until June 30,2011.

Faris retired from the GeneseeCounty Circuit Court, where she was

Jury Board Coordinator for 14 years.She currently serves on the Michigan

Women's Commission and on theEarly Childhood InvestmentCorporations Corporate Board. Shealso served as a member of theMichigan Community ServiceCommission.

Pam Faris appointed to MCC Trustee vacancyleft by Bettendorf resignation

IRA Contribution & Deduction Limits extended

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Seven more individuals have joined Motts legacy of Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Retirees;

their photos will soon be hung in thePrahl Student Center as inspirationsto all those on campus.

This years recipients are: JeromeORourke (posthumously), WandaPiper, Donald Riegle, Jr., JoAnne and

Julius Shaw, Dr. Charles Teaberry andDean Haley.

Jerome ORourke served nearly20 years on the Mott Community

College Board

of Trusteesincluding aterm as chair.(He died Oct.19, 2004.) Hewas a formerGeneseeCountyprosecutor, aprominent

local attorney, and a longtimecommunity advocate.

He was a lifelong resident of thearea, former president of the GeneseeBar Association, a U.S. Navy veteran,Commissioner of the State Bar

Association, and a recipient of theBruin Clubs 1983 Alumni Athlete

Award.

Wanda (Hubbard) Piper wasborn in Flint, MI. She graduated fromFlint TechnicalHigh Schoolandmatriculated toFlint JuniorCollege in1947. She hadto drop out tocare for herailing father(Her motherhad died when she was 5 years old). In1953 she married Harry Piper andworked to help him through the

University of Michigan School of Law. Together, they had two children.

Mrs. Piper always wanted to go tocollege and when her younger childentered kindergarten, she enrolled atMott Community College and earnedan Associates degree. She transferredto the University of Michigan-Flintand earned a Bachelors degree inEducation. Upon graduating, shetaught in the Carman School Districtfor over 20 years, retiring in 1988.The Pipers are longtime members of Court Street United MethodistChurch in Flint.

Former US Senator Donald Riegle, Jr., not only had a long and

successfultenure with theUnited Statesgovernment,but he also wasa facultymember forMichigan StateUniversity,BostonUniversity, and

Harvard University.Sen. Riegle served as a United

States Representative and Senatorfrom 1966-1995. While serving as aSenator, Mr. Riegle was chairman of the prestigious Committee onBanking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

JoAnne and Julius Shaw played a hunch in the 1970s whencoffeeshops werenot asprevalent asthey aretoday. In1976, thecoupledecided totake a chance on their business instincttelling them that quality, gourmetcoffee would be the next big thing.

Today, The Coffee Beanery,which is headquartered in Flushing, is

a multi-million dollar franchise systemwith over 100 locations throughoutthe US and over 25 locations

internationally. The business isrecognized as an industry leader for itsunique, family business approach,corporate culture, and commitment toquality.

Dr. Charles Teaberry has beena strong advocate for education as wellas a Hall of Fame athlete.He creditsMCC with hisgreat start andhas publiclystated,Everything Ireally neededto know, Ilearned at MottCollege. From Mott, he went on toearn a Bachelor of Arts, Master of

Art and Doctorate of Philosophy fromCalifornias prestigious StanfordUniversity, and then became aprofessor at Stanford. He later leftStanford to form his own company,

Educational Testing Inc., located inMarina Del Rey, California.

Educational Testing Inc. was latersold to AOL Time Warners researchgroup. Dr. Teaberry continues hisresearch endeavors and serves as aconsultant to organizations andcompanies in educational policy,development and application.

7 recognized for achievements, honored asDistinguished Alumni, Outstanding Retiree

Trustee electedNational Treasurer

MCC Trustee Celia Turner has beenelected national treasurer of

Association of Community CollegeTrustees. As Treasurer, Turner willserve on the national ACCT Board

of Directors and is likely to risethrough board ofcer positions tobecome national president in thefuture. Turner has served on the

MCC Board of Trustees since 2003.

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MCCs American Sign Languageaccepted as foreign language credit

Dean Haley attended MCC as astudent (then Flint Junior College) andwas then hiredas an employee.He retired fromMCC in 1988and served 12

years on theFlushing Boardof Education.Mr. Haley alsoserved as adelegate to theGenesee County Association of School Boards and IntermediateSchool Bo ard of Education. He was a

member of the State of Michigan Association of School Board s Committe e on Continuing Educationand served on the national committe efor one year. He has s erved on severa lMCC advisory com mittees and als o isthe founding memb er, treasurer andsecretary-treasurer of the MCCRetirees Association. He serves on theMCC Fridays at Applewood AdvisoryCommittee and is Co-Chair of the

Applewood Sustainability Committee,and the Board of the MCC Alumni

Association. A complete list of MCCs Distinguished

Alumni and Outstanding Retirees are: Gladys Beckwith, Philip Braun*, Dan Cady, JohnChinonis, Bill Churchill, Sr., Barbara J.

Buell Clark, Frank DeLorenzo*, Dr. George Eastman, Judge Paul Gadola, Dr. Raymond Gist, Kathleen Glynn, Edna Green-Perry,

Helen Juanita Ham*, Dr. Ellen Howe*, Jimmy King, Albert J. Koegel, Pamela Loving, Sixto Olivo, Dr. William F. Pickard, Michael Rachor, Judge Robert Ransom, Art

Reyes II, Judge Ramona Roberts, Dr. Richard A. Shick, Woodrow W. Skaff,Woodrow Stanley, Scott Swedorski and JudgeThomas C Yeotis. MCCs Outstanding

Retirees are Paul Jack Carlsen*, Lauretta Montini, Grayce Scholt and Virginia Tripp*.* Deceased

MCC and the University of Michigan-Flint have reached anagreement that allows students to transfercredits from MCCs American SignLanguage (ASL) program to counttoward the foreign language requirementat the university.

The agreement comes a year afteruniversity ofcials decided to join agrowing number of college campuses

counting ASL as a foreign language - amove that is still controversial among some foreign language departments andthat was opposed several times at UM-Flint.

Some academics stil l dont believesign language matches the cultural andhistorical elements of other foreignlanguages such as Spanish o r French.Some also say its too close to English .

Those who opposed th e change hadconcerns a bout whether there was a deaf

culture to go with the language but cameto the conclusion that there was a strong and vibrant deaf culture.

Several state colleges, including UM-Flints sister campus in Ann Arbor andMichigan State University alreadyallowed ASL to meet second languagerequirements.

Flint, which is home to the MichiganSchool for the Deaf, has one of the

largest deaf communities in the state.Roughly 350 students are in MCCsprogram that offers 18 sections of ASL.MCC ofcials expect that number togrow after the change.

ASL is the third most used languagein America. Michigan ranks ninth in thenumber of people who have hearing disabilities. MCC is one of three collegesand universities in Michigan that offercourses in ASL.

The Power of 10! Ten people who speak

make more noise than10,000who remain silent.

Dean Haley named Outstanding Retiree

The power of 10 is having a dramatic and unprecedented impact on MCC. Thecollege has posted the highest enrollment ever, increasing the number of students frommore than 10,000 last year to more than 13,000 this year if we were to position our

students in sections of 10, we would have more than 1,300 groups sprawled along CourtStreet.

The Foundation for MCC has raised approximately $3-million with itsEndowment Growth Campaign. If that money were separated into $10 stacks, Mottstudents, faculty and staff would have 300,000 stacks to maneuver around.

As a result, campus needs have increased exponentially. There is no doubt thecampus needs more parking, needs more classroom sections for students, needs morenancial resources to help cover the costs of educating the students of Genesee County.

The Foundation has extended the power of 10 at Mott in yet one more way a year-long campaign inviting alumni, families and friends of the thriving campus to givea minimum of $10 to help offset the growing needs. The Power of 10 Campaign willsupport restricted and unrestricted academic opportunities for students, faculty and staff on each of the thriving campuses.

Those who have never g iven a nancial gift to MCC are especially invited toparticipate to help insure that everyone has an opportunity to improve themselves and

their livelihoods through education.Napoleon Bonaparte once said, Ten people who speak make more noise than10,000 who remai n silent. As the c osts for education continue to increase across thecountry, the Foundation believes Mott Co mmunit y College will continue to experienceunpreceden ted growth. There i s no question the inc reased needs will take every one of the silent 10,000 contributing their voice throu gh support and participation.

Please consider contributing to the Power of 10 campaign online at:www.foundation.mcc.edu or by mailing a donation to t he Foundation for MCC, 1401 E.Court St., Flint MI 4850 3. Please be advi sed that contributions to the Power of 10campaign are tax ded uctible.

Imagine the num ber of lives Mott could touch!

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Anonymous donor provides $1-million to Mott

Boogie Woogie Hall of Famer Mark Braun Pedals His 352- Pound Pianoto MCC

Mark Braun, the rst inductee to the National Boogie Woogie Hall of Fame,recently pedaled to an MCC concert withhis piano fastened on back of his bicyclerickshaw (also known as a pedicab).

Braun, the son of the late Phil Braun and a sports enthusiast, literally pedaled his piano on a six-day tour of lower Michigan. A portion of proceeds for the concert were donated to assist MCC athletes in need of nancial support.

"When I was 22 years old, I had this idea of combining my love of bicycling with my love of music and traveling all the way across the country,"

Braun said. "If I can raise awareness for the arts and athletics, and help kids inboth areas because of it, Ill continue and maybe consider that longer trip across thecountry. What could be better thanhauling a piano around and meeting

people to the benet of kids in need?" He has recorded seven albums, most

of which are available on CD. He isconsidered one of the nest living playersof classic blues and boogie piano. He has

performed worldwide, giving audiences arare chance to hear this once nearly

forgotten form.

The husband said he has long admired the likes of Joseph Kennedyand Warren Buffett, both who havedonated generous amounts of money tomake the world a better place. Andwhile he said he does not have thewealth of Buffett, he has the burning desire to make a positive difference inthe lives of as many people as possible. It was that desire that pushed the

couple to consider creating a FlintPromise program, similar to theKalamazoo Promise, a privately-fundedprogram designed to provide eachpublic schools graduate with theopportunity to attend post secondaryeducation with up to a 100 percenttuition scholarship. With theKalamazoo Promise, a small group of anonymous donors provide the nancialsupport for the program. When thatdidnt work out, he decided to talk to afriend whom he knew had a $1-millionlife insurance policy - a charitable

option with different requirements thana normal annuity.

We decided we could give Mott$1000 a year and invest in a policy thatwould eventually make a big splashrather than a drop in the bucket. hesaid. In these days of economicdepression, its encouraging to know thatpeople from all walks of life can cometo Mott and do something with their

lives.We would be tickled to death if wecould make an inroad to helping outfuture students in the Flint area, thedonors said.

This generous gift is the largestplanned gift that the Foundation forMott Community College has everreceived, said Lennetta Coney,President of the Foundation. It hasbeen heartwarming to work with thiscouple who very clearly want to helppeople in every way they can.

Motts Dental Clinic named for ShicksMotts Dental Hygiene Clinic has been named for Flints uoride pioneer

Richard A. Shick, D.D.S., M.S., and his wife, Rose Marie, commemorating hispersonal and professional leadership both in the eld of dentistry and at his almamater of Mott Community College. Dr. Shick provided a signicant lead gift towards the colleges $3-million

Endowment Growth Initiative. He was honored as a Distinguished Alumni of MottCommunity College in 2007 and also has served as chair of the Foundation forMott Community Colleges Board of Directors. He and his wife, Rose Marie,donated their gift to the Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs forimprovements to the clinic where students are trained on the latest technologyassociated with dentistry. Dr. Shick received his Associate in Science from Flint Junior College in 1949. Hewent on to earn a D.D.S. and M.S. in Periodontics at The University of Michigan.He was the Co-Chair of two successful uoridation referendums for the City of Flint in 1965 and 1966, and Initiated Health Education Research projects in FlintSchools that resulted in six published reports. Richard Shick also was chair of thecommittee that initiated Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs for MCC.

At left, an Episcopal News Service photo shows the remains of the Holy Trinity Schoo Music, home school of ve Haitian guest students at MCC. The students were in an Mclassroom when they rst heard about the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, just a week afthey left their country to study music at Mott. It took days to discover their families werbut the school where they study music was destroyed. The faculty, staff and students of

MCC quickly went into action to help their guests. An online Haiti Fund was created by Foundation for MCC and the campus community was invited to donate instruments toreplace those destroyed in the collapse of their school in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Long ter

plans are to provide scholarships for Haitian students to attend summer music camp run Holy Trinity.To date more than $2200 has been donated to the fund.

MCC steps in to aid Haitian gueststudents, music school in wake of quake

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Lights! Camera! Action!

Mottlaunchesentertainmenteducation

Alums return to campus forhomecoming celebration

Mott welcomed former students, faculty and staff back to the Flint campus for a heartwarming homecoming celebration. Above, the Bruin Bear greeted guests while organizers unveiled the commemorative cake. Sherm Mitchell performed during the evening meal.

We had a great time!The day was very

nostalgic and it broughtback many great

memories.

-Bob & Janice AndersonBob and Janice

Anderson traveledfrom Ames, Iowa, toattend Motts recent

Homecoming Celebration, noting they had not beenback on campussince graduating inthe late 50s.

The campus is very nice, Janicesaid, and there are alot more buildings.

The Andersons both recalled

their days at Mott (the Flint JuniorCollege) with fondness. They notedthat the campus had fewer studentsthen and that the instructors weremore like friends.

Everyone was close, Bob said.From Mott, Bob transferred to

the University of Michigan where hereceived a Bachelors,Masters and PhD. Hethen joined the faculty of Purdue and later IowaState in Ames, where theystill make their home.They appreciate theirdays at Flint JC, however,and look forward toreturning to the nextHomecoming celebration.

MCC ofcials are hoping a star isborn with their new Media Arts andEntertainment Technology facility -the multimillion dollar renovatedstudios of the old WFUM-TV.

Mott's Media Arts andEntertainment Technology program isdesigned to provide training for entrylevel, behind-the-scenes jobs in thelm industry. Other areas of focusinclude television production, liveevent production, sports, and radioand audio production. Animation alsowill be included.

Digital music and Webproduction classes are geared forgraduating high school students and

people training for a new career.The studio opened for classes in

January. There are up to 70 studentsenrolled in the program. The goal isto get up 250 students enrolled andusing the facility non-stop.

The Flint area has been home toseveral moviemaking projects in recent

years, including the Will Ferrellrelease, Semi-Pro.

With a new studio in Allen Park and another rumored for Pontiac,there may be plenty of jobs for thosewith skills.

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An open house for interested

students will beheld in May!!


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THE FOUNDATION FORMOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1401 E. COURT STREETFLINT, MI 48503-2089O) 810.762.0425F) 810.762.0561

Foundation Staff

Lennetta Coney, PresidentMary Brown, Accounting LiaisonSue Frownfelter,

Alumni/Special Events Coordinator Vera Jenkins, Administrative AssistantDoris Thomas,

Development/Marketing Coordinator Mary Yarbrough,

Development Associate

TO:

Mott Bears & Fly Boysshow the nation what theyve got!

Mott nished the season 26-4,with several players due back next season. Nationally, Mott

plays in one of toughest districtsin the country.

The Mott Bears have had anotheramazing year of basketball including abackboard shattering delay by self-described Fly Boy Doug Anderson.

The Bears held off Glen Oaks fora 77-73 win and winning the statechampionship. The state title is Mott'ssecond in the last three years andfourth in the last six.

The Team just missed advancing to the national championship thisseason, however, defeated by HenryFord Community College, 62-61. The

MCCAA recognized the following:Doug Anderson: EasternConference Freshman of the Year; All-Freshman Team; All-EasternConference Second Team.

Mike Brigham: All-FreshmanTeam; All-Eastern Conference SecondTeam.

Torian Oglesby: All-EasternConference Third Team; All-DefenseTeam.

Bobby Lewis: All-EasternConference Third Team.

Demetrius Miller: All-DefenseTeam.

Steve Schmidt: MCCAA Coach of the Year; Eastern Conference Co-Coach of the Year.

Highlights of the season werePlayers Doug Anderson and TorianOglesby staging their own NBA slamdunking exhibition at a practice, infront of ABC12's cameras.

Check out their slam dunks at:http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/video?id=7279736

Tip: Watch the whole clip for anamazing ending.

This season's team had an almostentirely new roster, save for sophomorecaptains Bo bby Lewis a nd TorianOglesby.

Schmi dt, the winningest coach inschool history, has won three NJCAA National Championships (2003, 2007,2008), and has been named NJCAA National Coach of the Year threetimes.
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