News & Notes

Sherry Boyd named President’s Scholar
North Lake College President Linda Glasscock announced earlier this month that Humanities instructor Sherry Boyd has been selected as the 2006-2007 President’s Scholar.

“Sherry’s winning proposal was selected from a dynamic field of outstanding scholarly efforts,” said Glasscock. “I greatly appreciate the high quality of the proposals that came from faculty. The committee had a very difficult task.”

Boyd’s proposal, “Virgins, Vixens, Victims and Vanquishers: Women in the Movies,” is a look at how the entertainment industry has characterized women in the last century, and how these stereotypes set unrealistic standards for women. At the college’s May 11 Blazer Bash Recognition Day program, Boyd will be the keynote speaker.

Motivational speaker parachuting to campus
Dana Bowman, a double amputee who shows that physically challenged people can overcome obstacles, will literally land on campus May 3 at 10 a.m. in Liberty Circle (in front of the A-Building in the area around the flag poles.)

The retired former member of the U.S. Army’s elite parachute team, the Golden Knights, will speak to North Lake students, faculty, staff and area schools in the gymnasium following his landing.

His visit is sponsored by the NLC Academic Advising Department’s Title V Grant. To learn more about Bowman before his “arrival,” visit his Web site at www.danabowman.com.

DCCCD literary winners announced
On Tuesday, April 25, North Lake will host the district’s winners’ reception for the League for Innovation Student Literary Competition. It will be held in the Gallery from 4:30 until 6 p.m.

The following winners will be recognized:
One-Act Play:
1st Place: Karen Lyles (Richland), “Checkers in the Park”
2nd Place: Bill Payne (Brookhaven), “Seven Dwarves Book Tour”
Poetry:
1st Place: Bill Payne (Brookhaven), “The Cleansing”
2nd Place: Andrew McAfee (North Lake), “Witch Doctah”
3rd Place: Ronda Dee (Richland), “Surgery”
Short Story
1st Place: Bill Payne (Brookhaven), “In Place”
2nd Place: Liese Sherwood-Fabre (North Lake), “The Gypsy and the Butterfly”
3rd Place: Bryan Nuss (Richland), “Simple Mathematics”
Personal Essay
1st Place: Alton L. Kolpien Jr. (Richland), “Shalom”
2nd Place: Bryan Schulze (North Lake), “Complacency”
3rd Place: Chris Vivero (Brookhaven), “Obesity: Slow Suicide”

NLC student wins national art award
Patricia Pangburn’s ceramic work, “School of Fish,” has been selected for a League of Innovation national art award. Her installation of 20 clay fish has been chosen for the third place award in the National League of Innovation Art Competition.
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Patricia’s instructors are Patricia Eldridge and Marty Ray. The jurors for the competition were museum art directors of the African-American Museum of Dallas and the Latino Art Center.

SPAR adds new program specialist
Delaina Alani is the new Student Program and Resource (SPAR) specialist at North Lake.

She is in her fourth week with the staff, although she is no stranger to building teamwork.  Her resume includes Tarrant County College (TCC), where she worked in higher education in 1990 on a work-study program for the faculty association. While at TCC, she was an instructional assistant with Student Development and Education Services (SDES).

Her plans for SPAR, an office dedicated to all students’ intellectual and personal development  and growth, include moving towards a mentor program for students. She wants to submit and propose a series of student wellness seminars that will facilitate campus retention and open the doors of SPAR to more underprepared students coming to college for the first time.

Other SPAR staffers include Drena! Settles, who is in charge of acquiring guest speakers for the college campus, and assists in budgeting costs for the programs. Drena! works alongside Sandi Rowe in supporting the budgeting for field trips for clubs and taking care of paperwork for out-of-town business trips.

William Videtto is full-time  student service assistant who facilities the programs SPAR offers, and Dawn Lassiter is a part-timer who does public relations work. She’s in charge of the banners and signage you see hanging in the halls.

The team works together to benefit the campus efficiently, so stop by room A-223 to pick up a brochure on their programs. (Taryn Rinker)

Relay for Life hosted by North Lake
Phi Theta Kappa is proud to host the Irving Relay for Life May 6-7 from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m., on North Lake’s campus.

The Relay is an overnight event sponsored by the American Cancer Society where team members walk in one-hour increments to raise funds and awareness. This event is open to the public. Phi Theta Kappans want to invite our students along with their family and friends to join us.  The location will be on the soccer fields here on campus.

If you are interested in joining a team, or starting a fresh team, let us know by calling 972-849-4102 or e-mailing Vikkii@comcast.net.

— Compiled by Vicki Riley, president of Phi Theta Kappa.

Best Bet
The Coats bring a capella talent to town on May 16 as part of the Entertainment Series of Irving’s 50th season. NLC students can purchase tickets for $11 by calling 972-790-0705.