Dean Paula D. Matuskey has been appointed to the Board of Directors for My Own Place, an off-shoot of D.C. Association of Retarded Citizens. This spring, she was selected for the Board of the Montgomery County Mental Health Association and now serves on its Legislative Subcommittee. She also continues to serve on the informal board which coordinates activities of the Silver Spring Arts & Entertainment District. In June, Dean Matuskey completed her term as President of the Silver Spring Rotary Club. In that role, she guided the club toward financially supporting a district-wide Rotary initiative tied to the automotive technology program at the Gudelsky Institute.

Professor Ijeoma Ogtibuo has written a lab manual for use in Microbiology with Janice Keyser entitled, Introductory Microbiology: An Inquiry-Based Laboratory Manual. This manual provides inquiry-based activities that link theory and application. The activities will broaden student knowledge and provide the foundation necessary to turn students into productive members of today’s scientific community. The well-received manual is currently in use in our microbiology classes.

Newly published author and professor Gail Jenkins was featured in a Washington Times article about clothing for cold weather called “Hot Couture for Frigid Forecasts.”  She talked about what happens to the body when hypothermia sets in. Gail was quoted with only two other “experts” – one from the CDC in Atlanta and another from NIH, which is great company for Gail and the College. The reporter enjoyed speaking with Gail, which was very evident in the five or so paragraphs that featured Gail’s quotes and ideas.  They even managed to get in a plug for the anatomy classes at the TP/SS Campus and Gail’s new anatomy and physiology textbook, “From Science to Life.”

Franklin Chyatte was selected as a fellow to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Computational Biology Program, and to the National Science Foundation Inquiry Based Science Program.

Dr. Jeanann Boyce was the keynote speaker at the Eastern Region Business Education Annual Conference on “The Challenges of Leadership” and received an Eastern Region National Award for Outstanding Business Educator of the Year-Collegiate Level.

Judy Carver has been reappointed for 05-07 Basic Life Support National Faculty for the American Heart Association as the only representative for the state of Maryland and DC combined.

Rose Aehle, Program Coordinator of the Radiologic Technology Program, assisted Scott Youngblood in producing a 30 minute promo for the Radiologic Technology Program which was selected as a finalist in the 26th Annual Telly Awards, receiving a Bronze Telly Award in the category of College/Schools/Universities – Commercials.

Janet Salinas, program director for the Health Sciences Institute in WDCE, was awarded a certificate of appreciation from Montgomery County Public Schools. She served on the Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Program Advisory Committee charged with the development of the MCPS Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Program.