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Broward College UpdateFROM J. DAVID ARMSTRONG, JR., PRESIDENTAPRIL 2014

Paul Harvel Earns Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship; Broward Tied for Tops in theNation with 13 Awardees

Encalada Receives Goldwater Scholarship, Hurtado Named Coca-Cola Scholar

Broward College student Paul Harvel was awarded a Jack Kent Cooke UndergraduateTransfer Scholarship this month. He was one of just 85 finalists selected from 3,705applications and will receive as much as $30,000 a year for up to three years tocomplete a bachelor’s degree at an accredited college or university. With Harvel’snaming, Broward College now has 13 recipients of the national most prestigiouscommunity college scholarship — tied for most in the nation with one othercommunity college.

Harvel, 36, came to Florida as a young man from North Carolina. Aer a few years inthe state, he made some mistakes that resulted in his arrest. “Clearly I changed my lifeat that point,” Harvel said. “I was so unsatisfied with how my life was going.”

He enrolled at Broward College and despite a chronic health condition, he continuedwith his studies. Aer some time, he decided he wanted to be a writer. “Coming toBroward College totally changed my life,” he said. “I took some classes online but therest I took at the Holcombe Center, right near my home. I love this campus.”

Harvel says he’s undecided about where he’ll continue on for his baccalaureate andmaster’s study, but he wants to explore short story writing. “You know, I’d like to write Southern fiction in a Gothic-y vein,” he says. But he does so now knowing the JKCScholarship has given him a larger set of options … and a fresh start.

Paul Harvel (le) with Tai Houser, Director,Robert “Bob” Elmore Honors Institue.

Francisco “Frankie” Encalada (le) was named a 2014 BarryGoldwater Scholar. Encalada is an active Honors Institute studentwho has a passion for astronomy and physics. In June, he willpursue research at Northern Arizona University and the LowellObservatory. e Barry Goldwater Scholarship — valued at$7,500 per year — aims to alleviate a critical current andfuture shortage of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians,and engineers.Valerie Hurtado (right) was named one of 50 Coca-Cola SilverScholars nationally receiving a $1,250 scholarship and a medal-lion for demonstrating academic excellence and intellectual vigorcombined with leadership and service that extends educationbeyond the classroom to benefit society.

Eight Faculty Members Awarded Endowed Teaching Chairs

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Eight outstanding educators representing the subjects ofEnglish and reading, mathematics, social and behavioral science,business administration and nursing were named recipients ofEndowed Teaching Chairs earlier this month. For the past 23years, the College has provided endowed teaching chairs to itsoutstanding professors, who receive a stipend of $10,000to improve classroom excellence and efficiency and forprofessional development.e 2014 recipients are:Dr. Richard Bernstein (Donald and Reba Schaffer EndowedTeaching Chair) is an associate professor of social and behavioralscience at the Judson A. Samuels South Campus.Professor Oyinka Coakley (William D. Horvitz EndowedTeaching Chair) is an assistant professor of business and teachescourses in accounting at North Campus.Professor Jeffrey K. Guild (Emil Buehler Endowed TeachingChair) is an assistant professor of mathematics at the A. HughCentral Campus. is is his second award.

Professor Jennifer Lunny (Craney Fischley Endowed TeachingChair) is an assistant professor of nursing and program managerfor the nursing program on North Campus.Dr. Nicolas Mansito (Bank of America III Endowed TeachingChair) is an assistant professor of English at the Central Campusin Davie.Professor Laura McDermott (Wells Fargo Endowed TeachingChair) is an assistant professor of English at the Samuels SouthCampus.Dr. Dianne Ruggiero (Robert Elmore Family Endowed Teach-ing Chair) is an associate professor of English for Speakers ofOther Languages, Reading and Successful Learning Strategies onthe Central Campus.Professor L. Jacob Skelton (Sensormatic Electronics Corpora-tion Endowed Teaching Chair) is an assistant professor of Eng-lish for Academic Purposes, Reading and Successful LearningStrategies on the North Campus.

Dr. RichardBernstein

ProfessorOyinka Coakley

ProfessorJeffrey K. Guild

ProfessorJennifer Lunny

Dr. NicolasMansito

ProfessorLaura McDermott

ProfessorDianne Ruggiero

ProfessorL. Jacob Skelton

President Armstrong (front,right) snaps a selfie — withVP for Advancement NancyBotero (front, le) and Prof.Coakley (front, center) — aersurprising her and her classwith news of the award.#BrowardCPrez

Commencement Set for May 7

Broward College will hold its Spring 2014 Commencement Cer-emony on May 7 at 3 p.m. at the BB&T Center in Sunrise. Some3,317 students are eligible to participate in the spring ceremony.e graduating class includes graduates representing 85 coun-tries, from as near as the Bahamas and Canada to as far away asPakistan and Vietnam.

e oldest graduate is 65 years old and two graduates will earntheir A.A.'s at the age of 16. irteen of the graduates are over 60years of age and 101 graduates are over 50. Nearly 2,500 gradu-ates will receive associate degrees and 110 will receive bachelor'sdegrees, including the college’s first graduate in Supply ChainManagement. Broward attorney Eugene Pettis, president of eFlorida Bar, and the first African American to serve in that posi-tion, will address the graduates.

For more information, visit www.broward.edu/graduation.

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Students for a Greener Earth and the Office of Volunteerism andLeadership got the jump on Earth Day by holding the first EarthSummit at the University/College Library on April 9. BrowardCollege students presented research findings and literaturereviews. Top speakers on the subjects of sustainability, cleanenergy and green living appeared, including Dr. John Van Leerfrom the University of Miami; Jason Leichty, Broward County’senvironmental projects coordinator; Buck Martinez, from theOffice of CleanEnergy; Liz Barraco, from the Florida Fish andWildlife Conservation Commission; Peter Harlem, from FloridaInternational University and Dr. David Serrano, BrowardCollege’s Environmental Science Program coordinator.

Members of Phi Beta Lambda — the largest and oldest businessstudent organization in the world -- earned a number of awardsat the State Leadership Conference in Orlando last month. Morethan 450 students competed this year from a number of Floridacolleges and universities including: FIU, UM, FSU, UF, UCF,USF, Miami-Dade College, Chipola College, Palm Beach State,Seminole State College, St. omas University, University ofTampa, State College of Florida, Webber International Universityand St. Leo University.

e Broward College Chapter was awarded the Gold SealChapter Award of Merit, which recognizes outstanding localchapters. Individual awards included: McNeil Cadet (First Place,Contemporary Sports Issues); Gail Singh (First Place, ComputerApplications); Mara Vega, Genesis Nobrega & Christina Braga(First Place, Business Ethics); Madison Guintoli, Jade Jaime &Fernanda Pires (Second Place, Integrated Marketing Campaign);Clarissa Kwan & Eshrat Nikrooye-Asli (Second Place, DesktopPublishing); Dieunor Michel (Second Place, Financial Services);Brian Barcelo (Second Place, Impromptu Speaking); Gail Singe,Reshma omas & Courtney Abell (ird Place, BusinessPresentation); Tyler Friedman (ird Place, Accounting forProfessionals); Madison Guintoli (ird Place, BusinessCommunication); Mara Vega (ird Place, EntrepreneurshipConcepts); Tyler Friedman, Fernanda Pires & Caitlyn Philpott(ird Place, Community Service Project); Christina Braga(ird Place, Justice Administration); Brian Barcelo (FourthPlace, Local Chapter Annual Business Report) and LutriciaWelters, McNeil Cadet & Vincent McCabe (Fourth Place,Emerging Business Issues).

Earth Summit HeldBroward College Phi Beta LambdaMembers Win at State Conference

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Broward College Welcomes ShanghaiSecond Polytechnic UniversityPresident J. David Armstrong, Jr., faculty and administrators metwith representatives of the College’s newest international affiliate,the Shanghai Second Polytechnic University, earlier this month.

Four members of the university’s administration traveled toSouth Florida to begin learning about American-style collegeeducation. is is Broward College’s second affiliate Chineseinstitution; the first was Wuxi South Ocean College, which hasbeen an affiliate for two years.

Soledad O’Brien Visits Broward College

National Association of College Stores Supports American Dream

Harvard-educated broadcast journalistSoledad O’Brien met with a packed roomof students, faculty and staff to share herexperiences earlier this month. "Microimpacts. Little things make a difference,"she said. "Everyone can do something."

Later that day she lectured and answeredquestions as part of the 2014 BrowardCollege Fort Lauderdale Speaker Series.O’Brien is an acclaimed journalist andformer host of CNN’s “Starting Point.”She leads Starfish Media in the productionof documentaries focusing on the divisiveissues of race, class and poverty. O’Brien’sworks include “Who is Black in America?”“Latino in America,” “e Women of9/11,” “Don’t Fail Me: Education inAmerica” and the Emmy Award-winning “Crisis in Haiti.”

e Broward College Foundation recently received a $5,000donation from the National Association of College Stores(NACS) for the Louis I. Hahl Memorial American DreamScholarship thanks to George Masforroll and his service aspresident of NACS. Hahl was the director of bookstores atBroward College from 1976 until 1998.

Masforroll, Broward College’s associate vice president ofauxiliary services, succeeded Hahl at the College and as president of NACS was able to identify which nonprofit wouldreceive the organization's donation. e scholarship helpsfull- and part-time students with tuition, fees and bookexpenses. Masforroll (pictured at le), who is also an alumnus ofthe college, presented a ceremonial check to John P. Hart, Chairof the Broward College Foundation Board of Directors (right)during the Broward College Foundation’s annual meeting.

Visit www.fortlauderdalespeakerseries.com.

e series wraps up onMay 21 with marineexplorer, educator andfilmmaker Jean-MichelCousteau. As the son offamed ocean explorerJacques Cousteau,Jean-Michel hasdedicated himself to protecting our “waterplanet” for the last four decades. Cousteaufounded Ocean Futures Society, a conver-sation and educational organization, andserves as its spokesman. He has producedover 80 films, earning an Emmy Awardand a Peabody Award for his work.

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Aviation Students Assist with Eastern Airlines History ProjectA group of students in the College’s AviationHistory classes havespent Friday aer-noons working oncataloging memora-bilia provided by theEastern AirlinesRetirees Association.Many residents ofSouth Florida andBroward County hadbeen Eastern employees since the airline washeadquartered Miami. Working with theretirees, the International Society of Trans-port Aircra Trading Foundation andHistory Miami, Broward College studentsare undertaking the cataloging effort as anacademic service learning project under theguidance of Jan Shakespeare, associate deanfor aviation operations, Professor MarkBergau and Faculty Librarian for Archivesand Special Collections, Andrew Dutka.

Student Deandrea McIntosh said working onthe project helped affirm her decision to gointo the aviation industry. “is programallowed me to have a visual experience ofwhat Eastern Airlines was like back then,” shesaid. e first exhibit will be a display case inthe Aviation Institute’s lobby and eventually,the plan is to create several glass display casesat Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and MiamiInternational Airports.

Some recent submissions to the College's Study Buddy Selfie Contest through oursocial media.

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News From the April Board of Trustees Meeting

Saluting SafetyDr. Marielena DeSanctis Joins Broward College

Nursing Students Travel to Ecuador

Earlier this year, Dr. LindaWashington and Professor ClaudiaSahagun led a service-learning springbreak trip to Guayaquil, Ecuador.Eleven Broward College RN-to-BSNstudents participated. e students,each of them already registerednurses, found conditions more rusticand challenging than they anticipated.

“ere were no gloves for any of theexams, except for the ones webrought,” Washington said. “Weended up working with 340-pluskids in our four days there.” Studentsscreened youths for a variety ofconditions, from cardiovascularanomalies to skin rashes.

Student Dawn Jackson, who came tothe U.S. from Jamaica at 16, said theexperience reminded her that notevery clinical situation will be ideal.“I think it helped to build myunderstanding that no matter whathappens, you have to be flexible,”she said.

Dr. Marielena (Marie PesolaWright) DeSanctis was introducedas the College’s new VP forStudent Affairs and Enrollment.She earned her bachelor's degreein mechanical engineering fromGeorgia Tech, her master’s degreein teaching from NOVA South-eastern University and her Ph.D.in education leadership fromFlorida Atlantic University. Addi-tionally, she is involved in many

leadership roles with a number of state and national organiza-tions, and is a Certified Project Manager. Most recently she wasdirector for curriculum, instruction and interventions withBroward County Public Schools, where she implemented anumber of important initiatives including Common Core,STEM initiatives, and technical schools.

Campus Safety Officer Derek De la Torre and Universal SecurityOfficer Yves St. Louis were recognized for their bravery and heroismin overpowering and detaining a dangerous criminal at the WillisHolcombe Center earlier this year.

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