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May 1, 2003
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suzanne.higgins@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3808
george.martinez@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3605
"MAD SCIENCE" AND ARIES SCIENCE CAMPS DEBUT AT GCC THIS SUMMER
Glendale Community College announces two, new one-week "Mad Science" summer camps for children. Taught around the world, "Mad Science" curriculum is designed to spark imagination and curiosity with fun, interactive activities that instill a clear understanding of science. The June camp's topic will be "Detective Science," exploring how forensic science helps solve crimes. July camp's topic will be "Mad Machines," in which children will test basic laws of motion and physics by studying how toys work and other hands-on activities. Students will build flying machines and rolling machines using pulleys, levers, fulcrums, and wheels. The highlight of the class will be the construction of solar race cars. Both the June and July camps will be offered twice during the month, to first through third graders and also to fourth through sixth graders. Offered in the MASTERMINDS! program for academically gifted children will be three ARIES curriculum camps. ARIES is special science curriculum for 3rd through 8th grade children, developed in 2000 by the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University in conjunction with the Christa McAuliffe Space Center. GCC's instructor, Terri Matteson, spent the summer of 2002 training at Harvard in ARIES and is one of only two fully-trained ARIES science teachers in Arizona. She will teach Light and Color Camp, Astronomy and Space Camp, and Exploring Energy Camp for MASTERMINDS! in June. For more information on either program, call the GCC Community Education Office at 623-845-3805.
GCC'S DR. JEFFREY POMMERVILLE RECEIVES NATIONAL HONOR
One of the world's largest science organizations has awarded Dr. Jeffrey Pommerville, professor of biology at Glendale Community College, the 2003 Second Place Gustav Ohaus Award, College Level. His award, received at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) national convention in Philadelphia on March 28, recognized his innovative Systemic Reform in Science (SyRIS). The project is aimed at better preparing college-level Science, Technology, Engineering and Math faculty (STEM) to teach today's students who have a wider range of learning needs due to their changing demographics and their college/workplace requirements. Over the past two years, SyRIS has brought together more than 60 STEM faculty from the Maricopa Community Colleges who have mastered new instructional methods and techniques that link science courses through real-life applications. They have developed and piloted 18 unique multi-disciplinary science curriculum modules with principles of teaching reform. (For reporter interviews with Dr. Pommerville, call 480-731-8298.)
DORRANCE FAMILY OPENS DOORS FOR GCC STUDENTS
Through the Arizona Community Foundation, in partnership with the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation, Jacquie and Bennett Dorrance, benefactors of the Dorrance Scholarships, have dramatically changed the lives of nine Glendale Community College students this year. Annually, $30,000 is awarded to as many as 10 students who meet the scholarship criteria. The $3,000 scholarships reward students who are single parents/sole providers for their family and who meet other criteria. Applicants must also participate in the GCC Mentoring Program. Mentoring students is taken very seriously at GCC. One of the recipients was mentored by Jean Ann Abel, GCC Dean of Instruction. According to Abel, "As a former business major myself, it was a perfect fit to mentor Virginia Hurley, who is also majoring in business. Mentoring is a wonderful opportunity for both the student and mentor to share career goals and ideas. I'm not going to let her go; I'm going to mentor her until she graduates from GCC!" In late March, executive director of the Dorrance Family Foundation, Carolyn O'Malley, visited GCC and met the Dorrance Scholarships recipients. The meeting provided her the opportunity to talk to the students about what additional help they might need beyond the scholarship, and how to help them achieve their goals. It was also an opportunity for the students to express their gratitude to a representative of their benefactors. (For reporter: if you desire photos of Dorrance scholars or interviews, call 623-845-3808.)
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