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Germanna Community College • 2011-2012 Annual Report to the Community 1

Germanna Community College is a public institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System. As a comprehensive community college, Germanna provides quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities for the residents of the City of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, King George, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford.

MissionAs a public, comprehensive community college, Germanna provides accessible, quality educational and training opportunities that meet our communities’ changing learning needs.

This Mission is achieved through:

• Courses, programs, and services that enable students to gain access to and succeed in higher education;

• Associate degrees and courses that prepare students to advance to and succeed in four year colleges and universities;

• Training and services to develop successful employees who meet employers’ specific needs;

• Training, associate degrees, and certificates for students to enter and succeed in the workplace; and

• Services and support for community and economic development.

VisionGermanna Community College is recognized as the region’s leader and preferred partner providing excellence in accessible educational opportunities and related services to our communities. Our quality learning experiences enable students to participate effectively in the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna, a dynamic learning organization, is the premiere gateway to personal and community development.

ValuesOur values influence our thoughts, guide our decisions, mold our policies, and help determine our course of action. Student learning and success are at the heart of all that we do and are demonstrated by:

Passion for learning and teaching, Integrity, Culture of service, Excellence, Stewardship, and Respect.

Strategic Initiatives1. Become a Learning-Centered

college, where quality teaching and support services foster student learning and success.

2. Develop outreach efforts, programs, and services that fulfill the promise of affordable access to educational opportunities and workforce development for all the constituents of our service area.

3. Develop partnerships and alternative resources to better enable the College to achieve its mission.

4. Invest in people through professional development, recognitions and rewards systems.

5. Develop systems of continuous improvement and a culture of accountability to be better stewards of the resources and mission in our care.

Who We Are...

2 Germanna Community College • 2011-2012 Annual Report to the Community

Welcome to the 2011-12 edition of Germanna Community College’s annual report to our communities and stakeholders. This last year was certainly a challenging one, but we have much positive news to report to you.

First, let me thank all of the individual volunteers and organizations who stepped forward to offer support after the August earthquake. Without your help, we would not have been able to respond so effectively to the crisis we faced. Nonetheless, I am incredibly proud of our faculty, staff and students for adapting with such grace despite the many inconveniences they faced. How many organizations, public or private, could lose the use of 1/3 of their buildings and reopen for business a week and a half later? That is what Germanna did. The Dickinson Building was significantly damaged and deemed unsafe for use until it could be repaired. At the time, Dickinson was 2/3 of our space on the Fredericksburg Area Campus. I am happy to report that remediation, remodeling and repairs should all be complete by September 2012, and all operations fully back in that building by January 2013. This would not have been possible without the dedication and support of too many to be named here.

Among the many positive developments for 2011-12, we highlight the following:• Despite the earthquake and national and statewide trends showing community college enrollments have peaked, our

enrollment grew by almost 3%.• We opened a state-of-the-art Science and Engineering Building & Information Commons on the Fredericksburg Area

Campus.• An economic impact study showed that Germanna contributes over $16 million annually to our service region.

Another $64 million annually can be attributed to gains made by students in salaries and avoided social costs.• Construction began on a new up-to-date center for our automotive service program in Stafford County, opening for

Fall 2012 classes.• We moved the Foundation and Marketing/Public Information Offices to a location in Central Park provided by the

Rappaport Company for 3 years at no charge, giving us our first location in the City of Fredericksburg since the 1970s.• Germanna supplemented our quality security force with a new Police Department and hired a Chief and First Officer

to help ensure we keep everyone safe and enhance collaboration with local law enforcement.• We graduated the second class of our President’s leadership Academy to develop and grow our own leaders among

employees, and made other efforts to better support and recognize the good people who work here.• Germanna opened a new Dental Assisting program.

Most importantly, since our business is student learning and success, we strengthened college support in the following areas:• We hired a coordinator for student success programs who will help bring all of the services and programs into better

alignment to improve graduation rates.• We expanded our program to acknowledge prior training and life/work experience and award credit to speed the

course to completion of degrees.• We created a department to coordinate and expand real-world connections between the classroom and workplace,

including internships, corporative education, and service learning.• We expanded online courses to increase learning opportunities for all students.

Germanna remains dedicated to providing quality learning experiences for our students, leading directly to a better citizenry, a better workforce, and a better place for us to live and work. I hope this report helps you to gain more insights into what we do so that you can continue to be proud of your community college.

Sincerely,

Dr. David A. Sam, President

The President’s Message


Graduates Awards2000-01 342 3582001-02 417 4702002-03 397 4562003-04 377 4482004-05 472 5352005-06 513 5902006-07 555 6472007-08 547 6452008-09 658 8042009-10 827 8322010-11 857 1397

2010-2011 Majors

Associate of Arts & Sciences 5017

Business Administration 959Education 285K-8 Education 140General Studies 2476 General Studies-Spec in Rad. Tech. 95General Studies -Spec. in Psyc. 323Liberal Arts 248Science 491

Associate of Applied Science 1040

Early Childhood Development 12Information Systems Tech. 255LPN to RN - Nursing 31Management 276Networking 53

Nursing 279Nursing-Comm. Nursing Prog. 3Police Science 131

Associate of Science 164

Engineering 164

Certificate 385

Early Child Dev. Assist. 36Fine Arts 72Fire Science Technology 36General Education 123Graphic Communications 61Police Science 24Practical Nursing 18Practical Nursing - EVHS 15

Career Studies Certificate 2102

2010-2011 Demographics

Female 6513Male 4011

African American 1599Asian 266Caucasian 7747Hispanic 477Native American 46Pacific Islander 48Other 341

Part-time 8591Full-time 1933

Under 18 118318-21 444422-24 134225-34 193135-44 95545-59 61960 & Over 50

2010-11 Unduplicated Headcount by Residence

Passing GED Scores

2008-09 5372009-10 5632010-11 552

Student Statistics


Associate of Arts & Sciences

• Business Administration • Education • Education (K-8) • General Studies • General Studies - Psychology

Specialization • Liberal Arts • Science

Associate of Applied Science

• Business Management • Dental Hygiene • Early Childhood Development• Emergency Medical Services -

Paramedic (pending SACS approval)

• Information System Technology Information Management or Network Security

• Information System Technology - Networking

• Nursing • Police Science• Technical Studies Industrial

Maintenance

Associate of Science

• Engineering

Certificates

• Dental Assisting• Early Childhood Development • Fine Arts • Fire Science Technology • General Education• Graphic Communications • Police Science • Practical Nursing - Practical Nursing

Program Site Option

Career Studies Certificates

• Accounting • Allied Health Preparation• American Sign Language • Automotive Diagnostician• Automotive Technician• Banking • Business Core• E-Commerce• Early Childhood Development • EMT - Intermediate (pending SACS

approval)

• Engineering Technology • Horticulture • Industrial Maintenance Technology• Legal Assistant• Microcomputer Applications for

Business• Networking• Advanced Networking• Nurse Aide • Paraprofessional Counseling • Pharmacy Technician• Police Science • Small Business Management• Supervision • Surgical Scrub Nurse • Vocational Health Care

TELETECHNET (ODU):

Students can earn bachelors and master’s degrees through TELETECHNET, a partnership between Germanna Community College and Old Dominion University.

• ODU at FAC • ODU Distance Learning

Center for Workforce & Community Education

Offers a wide range of credit and noncredit courses, seminars, workshops, consulting and training services through the Center.

Programs of Study

Accreditation

Germanna Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Germanna Community College.

In addition, the AAS nursing program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (3343 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite 500, Atlanta, GA, 30326 (404) 975-5000) and both the AAS nursing and the practical nursing certificate programs are approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing (Perimeter Center, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233-1463, (804) 367-4473).


Growth Results in Fall & Spring Commencements

At Germanna’s first-ever fall commencement VCCS Chancellor Glenn DuBois praised the students for carrying on “without missing a beat” after the earthquake in August closed the largest FAC academic building. “In my book, that’s legendary,” DuBois told the crowd of about 1,000 spectators.

The commencement speaker Kevin Jackson, 31, a former Germanna student who is Director of Respiratory Care and Pediatric Pulmonary Services at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, told a story of resilience reinforced by Germanna.

He was 8, when he was adopted by foster parents and the emotional impact caused him to grow up feeling lost and lonely and without a sense of direction, “and as a result, I never applied myself academically to my fullest potential. It was at the age of 18 when I told myself, ‘Don’t let a situation that I couldn’t control in my past, be an excuse for circumstances that I’m in today.’”

He graduated from Caroline High School in 1999 and he said things began turning around for him when he enrolled at Germanna.

“I began to get motivated about life, and particularly academics,” he said. Jackson is currently working toward a Ph.D in public health policy.

The Faces of Germanna

“Understand success is not something you start, but something you finish,” said Jackson. “So I challenge you all today to always get back up and finish.”

In May, Germanna’s graduation ceremony saw a record 1,030 people awarded degrees or certificates.

Germanna President David A. Sam decided to have fall and spring commencements, “so that no family members and friends of graduates would be turned away.”

SGA President Carla Craft, who transferred to Virginia Tech, served as the student commencement speaker, she told the graduates about the importance of determination and resilience. She understood “they’d all made sacrifices, often working more than one job, then studying until the wee hours of the morning.”

Craft said that kind of determination will serve them well in life. “Always strive to be the best that you can be and do the best job that you can do,” Craft concluded.

Don’t be afraid to take chances in life, Spring 2012 commencement speaker Beth Turner, a member of Germanna’s first class in 1970, told the 548 students to receive 950 associate degrees or certificates.

Dr. Sam told them they’d already proven their mettle by continuing their education despite August’s earthquake.

The 70-year-old Turner, a licensed professional counselor who works with families and children in Warrenton, lived in Culpeper when the college opened.

“Stay open to the scary things—the things that make you uncomfortable,” Turner told “Do that and you will learn how taking risks and overcoming fears can help you grow and change.”

“I am the poster child for the difference community colleges can make in a person’s life,” Turner said.

“I was a newly divorced mother of two children and I wanted a career. And I needed a way to work, live at home and go to college”. “So Germanna came just in time for me, because its first campus at Locust Grove was close to Culpeper and the tuition was low”.

She said she went from seeming to have hit a dead end and having doubts she could give her children the life she wanted to taking scary step after scary step, leading to a master’s degree and a career she loves. And she said the confidence that propelled her along the road to that fulfilling future began at Germanna.

Student speaker Morgen Jones had already followed Turner’s advice. The Orange County resident started college at Germanna at 13 because, “I wanted to be challenged.” She did it as a Joint Enrollment student being home schooled and taking GCC classes. She graduated as the president of GCC’s SGA and a member of two honor societies at age 17. This spring she also became the first community college student ever selected for an intensive Virginia Commonwealth University political science program at the state legislature. She plans to transfer to VCU and says her ultimate goal is to make a difference through politics.


Her Own ‘Mystery Diagnosis’ Starts Germanna Student on Path to Patient Advocacy

After beating a mysterious disease that had been repeatedly misdiagnosed, 2012 Germanna graduate Chanelle Felder transferred to James Madison University on a mission to help others do the same as a patient advocate.

She was a Mountain View High student when she gained 40 pounds. Chanelle kept track of her “weird symptoms,” which varied from physical problems, such as numbness in her hands and feet and weight gain to emotional issues, including crying uncontrollably and feeling panicked.

Doctors were baffled for eight months before she took matters into her own hands, did some research and told her physicians she believed she had Cushing’s disease, a rare condition that affects 10 to 15 of every million people.

After, she “Googled” the disease. “I was convinced this had to be it. So I printed out a bunch of information and took it to my doctors, ‘So, I probably have a brain tumor – want to give me an MRI?’ ” It was benign.

She said being able to start college at home while she continued her recovery was key. She was a top student at GCC. Now she feels she’s ready for anything.

“I’m very proud of her,” said Judi Johnson-Bartlett, Germanna’s Stafford Center coordinator. “Her determination is inspiring.”


CHS Students Earn Degrees at Germanna

Shelbie Hill, 17-year-old salutatorian of the CHS class of 2012, and Trevor Penkwitz, 18-year-old senior class vice president earned associate degrees in applied sciences by taking advantage of their high school’s dual enrollment program. The dual enrollment program allows students the opportunity to earn an associate degree and high school diploma in tandem. At college, they can focus more on their major instead of courses required for freshmen.

Hill plans to attend Liberty University to pursue a nursing degree as a nurse practitioner and later get a master’s de-gree. Penkwitz wants to earn a master’s degree in political science at Virginia Tech. after earning an undergraduate degree.

Both students participated in the Chesa-peake Bay Governor’s School for three years. They earned dual credits from Rappahannock Community College but later transferred to Germanna to complete their degrees.

Dual Enrollment is offered in 17 high schools and 5 Commonwealth Gover-nor School sites. Most schools offer a mix of college courses. The Professional Studies/Career and Technical Educa-tion offer students a variety of courses. These courses offer students a direct pathway into a career, while encourag-ing them to continue education and training beyond high school. -Caroline Progress

Homeless to Hopeful

GCC’s students Brian and Kimberlie Morris were living in their car, wonder-ing how they were going to find their way out of a seemingly bottomless pit of despair. “Seven or eight years ago, my husband and I were actually homeless,” Kimberlie said.

Kimberlie was on the President’s List in 2012 and was inducted into the college’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa interna-tional honorary society.

“She actually inspired me to go back to school,” her husband Brian said. “To go from living in our car to this.”

The Morrises said things turned around when someone was willing to rent them an apartment and allowed them to pay the deposit over time. Brian found a job and they were on their way.

Because someone gave them a chance, she said, “It’s been a complete, 360-degree turnaround. We didn’t want a handout, we wanted a hand up. If we can do that for someone else, fantastic.”

Kimberlie applied to Germanna, with support from the GCC Educational Foundation. “I thought, life starts over,” she said. “Now my Dad is able to say”, “You went beyond what I thought you could accomplish.”

“Every time I go to class, I’m early,” Kimberlie said. “Every time I sit down in my chair in class, I appreciate my professor’s time. I think I respect it more, having not gone directly from high school to college.”

“Now I’m a college student my father can brag about.”


including the faculty. There are many people going through hardships that choose to fight every day, such as single mothers struggling to make a better life, students with disabilities, students with medical issues and depression, and other cancer patients. At Germanna, anyone is welcome and can have an opportunity to change their stars.”

He earned a degree in Information Systems Technology – Networking, and also a certificate in E-commerce. He was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Beta, and the SGA.

“John’s spirit and ability to overcome adversity are best demonstrated by the way he has handled difficulties he has faced his personal life,” GCC Associate Prof. Anita Sutton said. “He pushed himself beyond what I asked.”

Germanna Helps War Hero Beat PTSD and Fulfill Dream

Daniel Rodriguez’ fight was far from over after tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan that saw him wounded and decorated for valor.

He was a football star at Brooke Point High School, but he was too small for a football scholarship. His father suffered a heart attack and passed away after Daniel graduated. He felt he couldn’t afford college, so he enlisted in the Army.

In Afghanistan, when his unit of 60 men came under attack by 300 Taliban, Daniel was shot in the shoulder and took shrapnel in both legs. He returned home with PTSD and night terrors. Using the G.I. Bill, he attended Germanna, and he credits GCC with helping him decompress.

In July 2012, USA Today featured Daniel in a story about the way the Army has changed its approach to dealing with mental illness due to the high suicide rate among active duty soldiers and veterans.

“It was tough for me to go to counseling,” he told USA Today’s Gail Sheehy. “But as I opened up more and more, it helped me to get my feelings out and understand it’s OK to talk about it to other people, my friends, my mom — don’t bottle it up.”

In 2011, a YouTube video showing Daniel working out and running pass routes caught the attention of a number of major college coaches, he has transferred to Clemson University.

“My time at Germanna has been incredible,” he said. “In a nutshell, I made the transition from combat to classroom. Germanna really made me feel at home. There’s been nothing but support. It’s been awesome. I love it.”

2011-12 Terry O’Banion League for Innovation Champion

Germanna student John W. Tyler of Stafford County was one of two nation-al 2011-2012 Terry O’Banion League for Innovation in the Community Col-lege Student Technology Champions.

Tyler was recognized for his pursuit of excellence in technological innovation and courage in the face of adversity in part for creating the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce Workforce NOW Web site that helps match up the unemployed with training and jobs.

He excelled at Germanna in spite of hardships that included battling cancer. “The struggle has been monumental while going through treatments,” Tyler said. “If not for the faculty and instructors, especially Gerald Miller and Anita Sutton, my accomplishments through Germanna may never have been possible. Germanna is an institution that cares about people, and employs some of the brightest and most caring people I have ever met. There are a lot of people who deserve recognition,


Middle College

Middle College is a college transitional program that serves 18-24 year olds who do not hold a high school diploma. The program offers its participants the opportunity to earn a GED, college credit and a Career Readiness Cer-tificate simultaneously. At the end of the program, transitional services into post-secondary education are initiated. The program is offered free to those who qualify.

Middle College enjoyed a successful year in 2010-2011. eighty-one percent of our enrolled students earned a GED and eighty-six percent earned a Career Readiness Certificate. Middle College saw an increase in postsecondary enrollment from 2009-10 to 2010-11, the rate went from thirty-two percent to forty-one percent respectively.

In 2011, Middle College also received a grant to enhance the program by adding an internship pilot program. Middle College graduates who meet the criteria are matched with area employers for career exploration and job skills development. The internship program will help students develop an understanding of the local workforce needs and help them develop the soft skills necessary to thrive in the workplace.

Phi Theta Kappa 2011 Nota Bene Authors/Literary Scholarship Winner

Nancy Thaler, of Germanna, was selected as a winner of a 2011 Nota Bene scholarship for her short story, Jonas Run, which was selected for publication.

Literary works from 16 Phi Theta Kappa members have been chosen from 950 entries for publication in the 2011 edition of Nota Bene, the Society’s honors anthology. (Nota Bene was founded in 1994 to showcase exceptional writing among community college students.)

Early College at Caroline HS

The Early College Program at Caroline HS is a pilot initiative that began in Spring 2012 at Caroline HS. Early College students will complete an Associates of Arts and Science degree while they are still in high school. The courses are carefully laid out so that students are easing into this program, taking Student Development and Physical Education/Yoga in spring of their first year. The second year includes foundational courses such as Principles of Public Speaking and a Computer Competency course, that will also help students throughout the program. Early College students will complete the remaining coursework throughout their junior and senior year of high school.

GCC is also working to develop opportunities for students to complete Career Studies Certificates while in high school. Our secondary schools have a wealth of CTE Dual Enrollment offerings that set the groundwork for Early College completion.



Medical Office Assistant Program

The Center for Workforce and Community Education now offers a Medical Office Assistant course for students interested in a career in health care. Students will learn administrative support skills such as patient scheduling, medical billing and coding, and legal issues in health care. Lab and clinical skills instruction will include exam room preparation, patient history, and vital signs. Development of this program is in response to the local needs shared with us by the Workforce Health Care Advisory committee. In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that Medical Office Assistant jobs will grow “faster than average” over the next several years, and calls job prospects in this field “excellent.”

New Dental Assisting Program

In 2012, the Dental Assisting I Certificate Program was launched at Germanna. The program has 2 primary faculty members; Bettina Gigliello, RDH, CDA and Dr. Toni Marie Collado. Misty Mesimer serves as the Program Director. The program is a 3-semester commitment with 38 credit certificate at completion. The Dental Assisting Program will be operating a Dental Assisting Training Clinic at the Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic. The program also consists of externships in private dental offices. Students will graduate in December and will be eligible to take the Dental Assisting National Board Examination and then use the credentials of Certified Dental Assistant, CDA. With these credentials, graduates can contribute to higher quality health care as well as go on to training in additional delegable dental procedures. The program anticipates doubling enrollment in 2013.

Career Camp

Rising eighth-graders learned about potential health care careers and other jobs during four-day Career Camps at Germanna. Special thanks to Mary Washington Health Care and Culpeper Regional Hospital for graciously spending time opening young students’ eyes to possibilities in life. According to Canice Graziano, highlights of the camps included: Students exploring what interests and motivates them by using the Virginia Education Wizard. Labs exposed students to careers in health care, horticulture, engineering technology, and criminal justice/forensics. Students entering 8th grade had the opportunity to learn about themselves and how their interests relate to careers. Activities and materials were designed to start students thinking about what they want to do in life and the high school courses that can help them get ready for college and the future career of their choice. Field trips to Mary Washington Health Care, Culpeper Regional Hospital, Powell’s gym and Gold’s Gym gave students a chance to see various career options, close up and hands-on. Presentations were held on the last day to give students an opportunity to tell their families what they learned during the camps.

Federal Direct Student Loan Program Now Offered

Germanna now offers Federal Direct Stafford Loans. Federal Direct Stafford Loans are offered through the Department of Education and are being offered as a responsible alternative to private borrowing.

Direct loans are intended to help our students and their families offset the rising cost of college tuition. Currently, Germanna offers several types of financial aid to our students including: grants, scholarships, work study programs, and private student loans. We are excited to offer Federal Direct Stafford loans as well for those students who need additional financial aid to meet their educational expenses.


Germanna Recognized as Being One of Top Colleges in use of Digital Technology

Germanna was recognized as one of eRepublic’s Center for Digital Educa-tion and Converge Online winners in the 7th annual Digital Community Colleges Survey. The survey documents advances made by community colleges in utilizing information technology and recognizes which colleges are providing a high level of service as a result.

The survey looked at technology integration into college curriculum and campus life, documenting use of online admissions processes, distance education, technology training, campus security alerts, use of Web 2.0 social and collaborative capabilities and online tutoring and advisory service and use of mobile devices.

“We pride ourselves on staying on the cutting edge of educational technology,” GCC President David A. Sam said. “We must do so in order to better serve our students’ communities. Further, as our enrollment continues to grow and our resources shrink, technology can help us be more efficient in the use of those resources.”

“Our stellar Distance Learning pro-gram, and our increasingly technology adept faculty and staff were able to serve our students with minimal disruption even after the loss of one-third of our classrooms. We accommodated a move of 4,400 students and 321 classes made necessary by quake damage to one of our buildings. It was a test of our ability to use technology by increasing the number of online and hybrid classes in a matter of days, by allowing students to change classes online and by keeping students informed via text messages and social media. I’m proud to say German-na passed that test.”


Chancellor’s Awards for Work-force Development and Training

Each year, the VCCS’s Workforce Development Services office recognizes outstanding contributions made by workforce development instructors, trainers, and staff.

The Chancellor’s Award provides the VCCS an opportunity to thank those that are on the ground delivering these services. Recipients are nominated in four categories of service: Employer Services, Occupation-Specific Instruction and Services, Career Paths, and Community Services.

This year’s awardees from Germanna are Letty Guzman, Jack Heric, Tim Walker, and Dean Rowe. Letty Guzman was recognized for developing and instructing very successful classes in government contracting, applying for federal jobs, and business communication. Jack Heric was recognized for excellence in coordinating the Workforce Motorcycle program. Tim Walker was recognized for his outstanding efforts in Workforce’s Industrial Maintenance program and industrial and safety certification programs. Dean Rowe was recognized for his many positive contributions to Germanna as a Career Coach.

Top Overall Achievement Award for Officer Anderson

Germanna Police Officer Christopher R. Anderson was awarded the Top Overall Achievement Award and Top Skills Achievement Award for his class at the Rappahannock Regional Crimi-nal Justice Academy during a gradua-tion ceremony in May 2012.

Chief Kenny Blevins Sr. of the Colonial Beach Police Department was the Guest Speaker. Class Remarks were delivered by Michael P. Collins, Jr. of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office.

In the immediate aftermath of the August 2011 earthquake, Anderson had earned praise for his reassuring and calming presence and purposeful leadership during a safe evacuation of the Dickinson Building, which sustained damage at the Fredericksburg Area Campus.


Rick Brehm Graduates Lead Virginia

Germanna Vice President for Administrative Services Rick Brehm of Spotsylvania County was part of the 2011 graduating class of Lead Virginia, the statewide leadership program now entering its seventh year of educating Virginia’s leaders about the issues most relevant to the Commonwealth.

“I’m honored and can’t wait to apply what I learned in my position,” Brehm said.

GCC President David A. Sam said: “Germanna is proud that Rick Brehm has been selected for this honor. It is further recognition of his years of service excellence to the college and to the communities we serve.”

The 49 class participants are senior-level executives in business, education, non-profit and government agencies throughout the Commonwealth.

2011 & 2012 President’s Leadership Academy Members

2011 - Shashuna Gray, Pat Monical, Aubrey Collier, Julie Mersiowsky, Don Taylor, Kelly Wolf, Samantha Wilson, John Brittingham, LaZalia Richardson, Cheri Ober, Kristy Morton, Tina Lance and Cory McLaughlin.

2012 - Judi Bartlett, Deborah Bennett, Russell K. Carter, Forrest Donald, Bettina Gigliello, Canice Graziano, Marie Hawley, Che Joplin, Brenda Levoy, Lisa Murphy, Caroline B. Murray, Araceli Palomino, Alison Paterson, Catherine Ryschon, and Stephanie L. Wilkins.

The President’s Leadership Academy was developed in the Fall of 2010 to recognize and develop leadership at all levels of the college. Employees are nominated based upon their dedication to the college and their demonstrated evidence of leadership or potential for leadership. The Academy focuses on understanding the college, its environment and communities, how it works, and on professional development of academy members.

The New Dean of Professional and Technical Studies

Denise Talley Guest, was named Germanna’s Dean of Professional and Technical Studies in May 2012.

She has been an accountant, a controller, a financial analyst and a corporate financial trainer. She was Virginia Military Institute’s General Accounting Manager when someone told her about an opening for an adjunct professor at Southern Seminary College for Women in 1991.

“By the second class, I knew that was what I wanted to be doing-teaching,” she said. “It was a perfect fit.”

That led to a similar position at Mary Baldwin and becoming Director of Education at the Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology in Dayton in 1998. She became an adjunct professor at Germanna in 2001 and at the University of Mary Washington in 2010, while working finance jobs in the private sector then an Associate Professor of accounting and business at GCC from 2007 to 2011.

She has a master’s in Business Administration from James Madison University, a bachelor’s of science in Management from Virginia Tech., and will soon finish a second master’s in Accounting from Liberty University.


Our Published Authors

Dr. Patricia Lisk, GCC Faculty is a contributing author in Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function, 7th ed. by Craven and Hirnle. Her chapter is entitled “Spiritual Health”.

Dean Mary Gilkey and Mrs. Marie Messier are contributing authors for the next edition of Elsevier’s Varcarolis Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 2nd edition, authoring case studies and nursing care plans on vari-ous topic areas as well as having served as reviewers for test bank questions.

Richard E. Mezo, GCC faculty published, “Thoreau’s ‘They Who Prepare My Evening Meal Below.’” an article in the December 2011 edition of The Explicator.

James S. Price, GCC faculty wrote The Battle of New Market Heights: Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword. With vivid firsthand accounts and meticulous tactical detail, James S. Price brings the Battle of New Market Heights into brilliant focus, with maps by master cartographer Steven Stanley.

Cory MacLauchlin, GCC English Professor, wrote Butterfly in the Typewriter, The Short, Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces. Released March 2012.

Dr. Abigail James, GCC’s Dual Enrollment Psychology Instructor at Orange HS has just coauthored a book, Active Lesson’s for Active Brains Teaching Boys and other Experiential Learners, Grades 3-10. This book is a collection of lessons in Language Arts, Math, Science, and Study Skills.

Michael Zitz Beckham, Germanna’s Director of Media and Community Relations, wrote “Giving it All Away: The Doris Buffett Story.” The book chronicles the triumphs and tribulations of the life of Ms. Buffett, the sister of famous financial tycoon Warren Buffett and a celebrated philanthropist in her own right, whose donations have greatly benefitted the Fredericksburg area.

Excellence in Education Awards 1st Place at New Horizons

In the category of Innovative Use of Technology in the Face-to-Face and Online Classroom, Anita Sutton, Associate Professor of Information Systems Technology, won first place out of eight finalists from throughout the VCCS at the 2011 New Horizons Conference. The College receives $300 for her to use towards the project. Nita’s web design II online students create web sites for Germanna faculty and non-profit organizations within our service region as an experiential learning project.

GCC Faculty Member selected as Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow

Karen Mittura, Professor of Nursing, was selected as a Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow for 2012-2013. Professor Mittura is one of three faculty across the Virginia Community College System to receive this award. In addition to being recognized for her outstanding work as a faculty member, Professor Mittura, has been awarded a one-year fellowship to continue her studies. She will pursue a Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Educational Leadership at Case Western University.



40-Years of Service Harriett Leithiser

25-Years of ServiceBrenda W. Dixon

Patricia LiskGayle WolfeJeffrey Yowell

20-Years of ServiceCarol Stevens

15-Years of ServiceW. Oliver Burton

Celestine CoolCanice GrazianoMarie Messier

Martha O’KeefeSusan M. Skinner

Yanyan Yong

10-Years of ServiceAshley AnglinGail L. Banks

Maggie BreedenJohn R. BrittinghamDr. Deborah Brock

Christy DavisDwight FrazierMark Haines

Kevin B. Handley, Ph.D.Thomas Howlin

Ann S. LyonsMisty MesimerPatricia Parker

Dr. Michael ReadWinfred StevensAnita L. SuttonBrent Wilson

5-Years of ServiceAnn Alizio

Susan AndrewsJudi L. Johnson-Bartlett

Lynn D. BrownDaniel R. BuhrmanJohn S. Castellarin

Brenda ClymireTamika CraftJason A. Davis

Dr. John M. DavisAlice DoeppeMichael Farris

Sunithi GnanadossShashuna Gray

Robert HarrisonJames HaynesCheryl HuffRobert Jones

Barbara Kirkwood-TaylorBrenda Levoy

Anita NewhouseJoy Paxton-Collis

Emma PowellTina Rankins

Dr. David A. SamMargaret Smith

Stuart SmithJohn Stroffolino

Jessica J. ThompsonBarbra TravisAnn WalkerRalph WhitePat Yuliano

Michael Zitz

2012 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award winners

Instructional Designer Julie Mersiowsky, Coordinator of Counseling Mark Haines and Dr. Season Thomson, Associate Professor of Biology and Natural Science, were Germanna’s 2012 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award winners.

“These awards are granted to individuals for outstanding teaching and leadership excellence in institutions of higher education,” said GCC Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Services Ann Woolford. Dr. Woolford said the awards are a “way of recognizing each of them for their valuable contributions to program excellence and student learning at Germanna. They have our gratitude for all they do to enhance Germanna.”

Mersiowsky and Dr. Thomson played key roles in the shift of classes online and into hybrid format to compensate for the loss of classroom space at the Dickinson Building, which was closed due to earthquake damage. Mersiowsky also oversaw an iPad pilot program for faculty and staff.

In addition to his stellar performance as coordinator of counseling, Haines participated in the rescue of a quadriplegic student who was trapped on the top floor of the Dickinson Building when elevators stopped working after the earthquake.

Employees Years of Service


GCC Celebrates Employees’ Handling of Massive Changes Necessitated By Quake

Germanna Community College President David A. Sam turned the first hour of Fall Learning Day, a college-wide training event for several hundred employees held at the Daniel Center in Culpeper, into a celebration.

Dr. Sam praised college staff, faculty, administrators and volunteers for their hard work into evenings and over weekends, and for what he described as their ability to adapt, their can-do mind set and their amiable attitude under stress.

“Some of these folks worked 12-, 14-, 16-hour days,” Dr. Sam said.

The quake struck on Aug. 23, causing damage to the Fredericksburg Area Campus Dickinson Building, Germanna’s largest, leaving it structurally unsound and out of commission. No other building at the college’s other locations in Massaponax, Locust Grove, Culpeper and Stafford was significantly affected by the quake. The entire college was closed to avoid confusion due to the need to move 4,400 students and 321 classes through creative scheduling in time for a September 6th re-opening.

Virginia Community College System Chancellor Dr. Glenn DuBois climbed up on the Daniel Technology Center stage, then took off his suit jacket, tie, and crisp, white dress shirt to reveal a blue “Germanna Quake Break ‘11” t-shirt.

“I really came to give you a shout out because I was so impressed with the minimal disruption to the students, how the community stepped up and you all just stayed on your game,” Dr. DuBois said.

“You took a crisis and turned it around and did the very best you could for your students.”

Dr. Sam said: “This is the most positive place I’ve ever worked… The earthquake was an opportunity for dysfunction. But I’ve been told by people at the Chamber and by other business people, ‘It’s remarkable what you folks did.’ “

“We work well under stress, with good spirits, helping each other,” he said. Through several years of budget cuts, an earthquake, and a hurricane, he said, “we continue to care about each other.”



Germanna Events

GCC’s Virtual Hospital Gets an ‘A’ on ‘Nursing Idol’ Test

Germanna’s “Nursing Idol” competition may have seemed to be merely a fun idea to recognize some of its top nursing students, but it has proven to be a test of the effectiveness of GCC’s Virtual Hospital as a teaching tool.

Students, faculty, administrators and event judges said the high-tech Virtual Hospital deserves an “A” after watch-ing the Second Annual GCC Nursing and Health Technology “Nursing Idol” competition held at the Daniel Center in Culpeper.

Student contestants had to think quick-ly on their feet, they coolly responded to questioning from judges about how they’d handle real-life tests at hospitals.

The intellectual competition required students to demonstrate knowledge of diagnostic tests, medications and nursing interventions–including those necessary for patients with psychological problems.

“I was skeptical at first,” said Dr. Robert Harry, Chairman of the Physician Qual-ity Management Committee at Mary Washington Hospital, a former surgeon there and a judge for both years. Since 2004, he has taught as an adjunct faculty member in GCC’s Virtual Hospital. “But the students have done an outstanding job. I didn’t know what to expect the first year. But it gives them a forum in which they can show off

their clinical and analytical skills instead of just regurgitating back what they’ve learned from textbooks.”

The Virtual Hospital simulates that environment to the point that “The faculty even plants mistakes on patient charts,” said Amber Groves of Locust Grove, who won the RN segment of the event. “But they don’t do it to defeat you, they do it to prepare you for situa-tions you might encounter.”

The Virtual Hospital, GCC President David A. Sam said, provides a “safe, but not comfortable” environment in which students must diagnose and “treat” high-tech human simulator “patients” who may “die” if the students make mistakes. He said the Germanna nurs-ing department faculty does a good job of preparing students for the most diffi-cult real-world situations by bringing in actors to play distressed family members and even baby-snatchers.

”The concept is similar to debate and sports competition,” Dean Gilkey said. “It helps develop new ideas and critical thinking skills. Citizens in Germanna’s communities deserve the best care, and this kind of challenge prepares students to deliver that level of care.”


New Science & Engineering Building and Information Commons - A Teaching Tool

Germanna opened its gleaming new Science & Engineering Building and Information Commons to the public on May 11, 2012, with a crowd of about 250 at the college’s Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania. GCC President David A. Sam said the building itself was designed to be a teaching tool. The high-tech green building, he said, is a giant, real-world, fully functional laboratory. In a way, it is also a humanity lab.

It was intended to foster human rela-tionships as well as to prepare students for jobs in science and engineering, including green jobs, and to raise aware-ness among all students and the com-munity about how green technology works. A National Wildlife Federation grant has paid to train students to act as tour guides for the community

Its sprawling library with a wall of glass provides an uplifting view of the new Campus Green. The building is bright, airy, comfortable and welcoming. Dr. Sam said it is a place “for informal gatherings away from work, away from home, that are essential to community and public life and central to local de-mocracy and community vitality.”

The new facility includes several envi-ronmentally friendly features including: low maintenance landscaping, vegeta-tive roof, rain water harvesting system, integrated shading and daylight sensors, wind turbine in the building’s green area

GCC Forges Ahead with Quake RepairsWhen students move back into the V. Earl Dickinson Building on GCC’s Spotsylvania campus next year, they will see visual reminders of the earthquake that shook the building in August 2011. Those reminders will not be of the damage from the earthquake, but of the steps taken to shore up the building.

Workers have installed vertical and diagonal steel beams on all three levels of the building that should provide both stability and flexibility if another temblor rattles the area.

Some of the beams have been covered during repairs of the Dickinson Build-ing, but some diagonal ones will remain exposed, including some that cross in front of windows.

The Dickinson Building was the only structure on Germanna’s three campuses to have significant damage from the quake. It damaged all three stairwells and created a floor-to-ceiling crack in the wall on the ground floor.

Repairs are estimated to cost $1.4 mil-lion, but the total cost of the quake at Germanna is estimated at $3.5 million, including expenses such as leasing space for offices and classrooms, moving furniture and storage of furniture and other items, said college President David Sam.The state’s insurance was expected to cover all but the $5,000 deductible, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency is now expected to cover some of the costs, he said.

Students were inside the building dur-ing the quake. They were evacuated im-mediately, and they haven’t been able to use the building for over a year. Plans were for it to reopen in January 2013.

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capable of providing enough energy to power 15 laptops and charge 100 cell phones.

The 3-story 52,000 sq.ft. building will provide labs, instructional resources, student services and more to the ex-panding Fredericksburg Area Campus.

VCCS Chancellor Glenn DuBois thanked Gov. Bob McDonnell, the state legislature and the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors for their support of the project during uncertain financial times. DuBois called the new build-ing “spectacular,” but added: “What really impresses me is not so much the buildings, but the people who will work in them–the faculty and staff who will work in them and change lives, and change communities–and the students.”

“Our community is enhanced by hav-ing educational institutions in the area that will help us with our workforce development … that will help us train our young people for the jobs of the 21st century,” said Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Ann L. Heidig. She said the new building will enhance the community’s ability to compete economically.

U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman said the building symbolizes the importance of Virginia and America having world class schools. “I know you have the passion in your heart, as I do in mine, to make sure our education system is the world’s best. I am absolutely convinced our Vir-ginia Community College System, with Germanna as its shining star, is indeed the best community college system in the United States.”


Greetings from the Germanna Community College Board.

The past year has been one of trial and triumph.

The finest moment in Germanna’s 42-year history may have come in its response to the August 2011 earthquake that put our largest building out of commission for a year. The calm, cool “can-do” attitude of President David A. Sam, the administra-tion, faculty, staff and students resulted in classes resuming within 10 days. The entire college community pulled together to work a minor miracle. Germanna had lost one-third of its space. And yet, rather than dysfunction, a sense of pride and unity was created, bringing out the best in everyone.

Even during what was cheerfully called the “Quake Break,” Germanna’s enrollment grew by 4 percent for the Fall 2011 semester. Over the past five years, Germanna has been one of the fastest-growing colleges in America.

To meet growing student demand, Germanna continued to expand its facilities, opening a beautiful and cutting-edge Science & Engineering Building and Informa-tion Commons on the Fredericksburg Campus; working toward establishing a per-manent campus in Stafford County; expanding its Workforce Development activities in our communities and Dual Enrollment offerings that allow students to earn col-lege credit at their own high schools and saving their families money. Improvements were made at the Locust Grove Campus and more classes than ever were offered at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper. The number of online classes increased, making degrees and certificates more accessible than ever to our students.

Strategic planning by Germanna President David Sam and Virginia Community College System Chancellor Glenn DuBois is paying off.

So is the involvement of community leaders who have played a major role in our funding, service and earthquake response.

Special thanks go out to the donors, fund-raisers and all those who played a role in increasing support for Germanna student success.

There is no doubt in my mind that the college that continued to grow and maintained its academic excellence through recent economic storms and an earthquake will continue to succeed in its mission of making quality higher education affordable and accessible to all in our service region.

Sincerely,C. Jill Johnson, Chairman, Germanna Community College Board

Greetings from the Germanna College Board

Germanna Community College Board 2010-11

C. Jill Johnson, Chairman Madison County

Doug Rogers, Vice Chairman Orange County

Bruce Davis Spotsylvania County

Sherry Gravatt Caroline County

John H. Jenkins Culpeper County

Teri McNally City of Fredericksburg

Harold Scheibe King George County

Tony Troilo Culpeper County

Catherine Washington Stafford County

Germanna Community College Board 2011-12

C. Jill Johnson, Chairman Madison County

Doug Rogers, Vice Chair Orange County

Sherry Gravatt Caroline County

Angela Greene Spotsylvania County

John H. Jenkins Culpeper County

Teri McNally City of Fredericksburg

Harold Scheibe King George County

William Thomas Culpeper County

Catherine Washington Stafford County


A Message from Jane Wallace, President

Dear Friends of Germanna,The year 2011 began with the announcement from Bruce and Sandy Davis of Spotsylvania County that they would be challenging alumni, businesses and friends of the College to a matching gifts campaign of $100,000 for Germanna’s Annual Fund. These extraordinary friends of the College felt that greater emphasis needed to be placed on unrestricted annual giving to Germanna, for the College’s Educational Foundation to grow and move to the next level of achievement. We are exceedingly grateful for their leadership and support.

Every strong and prospering public college in the United States, through its college-related educational foundation, is dependent on annual unrestricted gifts. These funds allow emerging and changing priorities at the institution and the foundation to be addressed. It is these funds that provide that extra measure of excellence that separates mediocre and struggling institutions from those that are truly on the move and ready to tackle new challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

I am pleased to report that the “Davis Challenge Campaign” was a tremendous success. The entire $100,000 gift from Bruce and Sandy Davis will be coming to the Germanna Educational Foundation as donors pay off their Annual Fund pledges in the months ahead.

A new giving society at the institution, called the President’s Club, recognizes donors who have made contributions during the past year of $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, which is sometimes referred to as the “Fund for Germanna.” In 2011, a total of 46 individuals, couples and businesses stepped up to become members of the President’s Club. Words cannot adequately express how very appreciative we are to this charter group of individuals, who made the “Davis Challenge” such a success. Thank you for your support.

Our Campaign Feasibility Study was done in 2011, with the assistance of a higher education consulting firm that specializes in helping college foundations with their resource development needs. The consultants mailed surveys to college employees, conducted one-on-one interviews with major donors, and held several forums with community and business leaders.The study found that 96 percent of respondents have a “favorable” opinion of the College and consider Germanna to be “a vital and capable partner in the region’s economic, cultural and educational development. “ The study found the projects likely to generate the most financial support among alumni, businesses and friends of the College include the following: new campuses and centers (Stafford County and Caroline County), new career and technical programs, student scholarships, faculty support, and student success programs. The Foundation Board voted to accept the report and begin planning for new initiatives at the institution.

The Foundation’s Annual Dinner and Celebration of Philanthropy was held on Friday, November 18, 2011, at the Fredericksburg Country Club. Special guests were representatives from Stafford County Economic Development Authority (EDA), which was named 2012 “Philanthropist of the Year.” The Stafford EDA announced a $1 million challenge gift in 2011 to help the College secure resources for a permanent location in Stafford County. Approximately 100 people attended the dinner and heard moving testimonials from three students who told how scholarship support from the Foundation has helped them in different ways to achieve their dream of a college education. The student testimonials were presented by Amy Peery, Tracy White, and Michael Ly.As I go about the community and serve in my role as president of the Educational Foundation, I am continually impressed by the strength of leadership that I’m privileged to be part of at the College and in the Foundation itself. Everyone’s hard work and dedication in helping to tell the ‘Germanna Story’ will become increasingly important as the College embraces new and exciting opportunities.

Sincerely,Jane Wallace, President Germanna Community College Educational Foundation

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2011 Educational Foundation Board

Bruce L. Davis, President

George P. Snead, Past President

Jack Rowley, Vice President

Felix Fraraccio, Treasurer

David A. Sam, Secretary

Richard L. Brehm, Asst. Treasurer

Michael Catell Foundation Director

Darla K. Burton Chair, CORPs Volunteers

Linda Beale

Earl Thomas Blalock, II

Trish Crowe

Joseph R. Daniel

The Honorable John J. Davies, III

Kenny L. Dotson

Georgia M. Fauber, Emeritus

Chris Hallberg

Edward B. Hontz

Gordon R. Humes

Barbara Kane

Constance R. Kincheloe

William J. Kinnamon, Jr.

Ann M. Lewis

Linda J. Moyer

Stanley Palivoda

J. William Price, III, Emeritus

The Honorable David W. Storke

Dr. Frank S. Turnage, Emeritus

Jane Wallace

Linda Worrell

Davis Challenge Campaign

In February 2011, Bruce and Sandy Davis of Fredericksburg announced that as longtime supporters of Germanna Community College they would be giving $100,000 to the college’s Educational Foundation for a matching gifts campaign designed to raise unrestricted dollars for the Germanna Annual Fund.

“We wanted to do something significant for Germanna Community College and its Educational Foundation. We hope that this challenge gift will help inspire others to support one of the most important assets in our community. Community colleges, like Germanna, have taken on a much more important role in our society as a result of improved two-year transfer programs with senior colleges, community workforce training, job assistance and new curricula like engineering, early childhood education and dental hygiene.” -Bruce & Sandy Davis, February 2011

Unrestricted gifts are used annually by the college’s Educational Foundation to help generate scholarship funds and meet other important needs at the institution. Nearly 300 Germanna students are receiving approximately $175,000 in scholarships each year, which are provided through the Germanna Educational Foundation.

2011 Distinguished Person of the Year - Edward V. Allison

Germanna’s Educational Foundation presented Edward V. Allison, Jr. with its 2011 Distinguished Person of the Year in recognition of his extraordinary record of service spanning 40 years.

The awards dinner raised $50,000 for the GCC Educational Foundation.

Germanna President David A. Sam said: “He is a servant-leader, living the ideal of giving of himself through leadership to a cause of calling larger than himself. He is a model for all of us, and most deserving of this recognition.”

Allison retired in 2003 as President of Virginia Heartland Bank. He was a member of the Fredericksburg School Board from 1971-77 and is currently a member of the University of Mary Washington Foundation, Mary Wash-ington Hospital Foundation, and is on the board of the Rappahannock United

Way.


2011 GCCEF Ray Glazebrook Memorial Golf Tournament

The GCC Educational Foundation 6th Annual Ray Glazebrook Memorial Golf Tournament was held at Cannon Ridge Golf Club in Fredericksburg on September 1, 2011. The1st place team was J.F. Fick Inc. (John Fick, Preston Cox, P.J. Cox and Carl Shade) the 2nd place team was Pelham Court Motors (Eddie Tolson, Eddie Bennett, Taylor Bennett and Richard Stapleton), and the 3rd place team was Hallberg & O’Malley Financial (Chris Hallberg, Michael O’Malley, Nick Seay and Keith Wampler).

The tournament raised over $25,000 for scholarships, which help Germanna students who have financial need but do not receive enough aid from other sources.

2012 Distinguished Person of the Year - Fred Rankin

Fred M. Rankin III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mary Washington Health Care, was honored as the Germanna Community College Educational Foundation’s 2012 Distinguished Person of the Year. “I’m deeply moved and honored,” Rankin said.

Rankin said he’s proud he has had a hand in MWHC’s being GCC’s biggest corporate donor, giving $1.4 million over the years-much of that going to train nurses to meet the area’s rapidly growing health care needs.

GCC President David A. Sam said the key words describing Rankin are “leadership, generosity and service-and I thank you for your leadership in supporting Germanna over the years.”

Rankin is a board member of Micah Ecumenical Ministries and past President of the Rappahannock Area United Way. He served as chairman for the 1996 United Way annual campaign and continues to serve on the United Way’s board of directors.

2012 Scholarship Monte Carlo Night Raises Record Sum

Germanna Community College’s Educational Foundation raised a record amount of close to $120,000 as approximately 300 people attended the college’s 18th Annual Scholarship Monte Carlo event at its Daniel Center in Culpeper on April 21, 2012.

Event chair Clarissa Berry called it “One of our biggest crowds.”

”Once again, friends of Germanna have invested in the Germanna Guarantee Program,” said Mike Catell, Director of the college’s foundation.

Germanna President David A. Sam said the scholarships will help not only the students receiving them, but the communities Germanna serves. About 75 percent of Germanna students remain in the area.

”People understand that scholarships at Germanna provide benefits to their community that are tangible,” Berry said.

Despite difficult economic times, Germanna Educational Foundation Scholarship Monte Carlo fund-raiser set a record by raising over $100,000. All proceeds go the Germanna Guarantee Scholarship Program.

In 2011, Scholarship Monte Carlo surpassed its goal of raising $100,000.



2012 Educational Foundation Board

Jane Wallace, President

George P. Snead, Past President

Felix Fraraccio, Treasurer

David A. Sam, Secretary

Darla K. Burton Chair, CORPs Volunteers

Michael Catell Foundation Director

Linda Beale

Earl Thomas Blalock, II

Henry Connors, Jr.

Trish Crowe

Joseph R. Daniel

John J. Davies, III

Carlos Del Toro

Kenny L. Dotson

Georgia M. Fauber, Emeritus

Chris Hallberg

Russell James

Edward B. Hontz

Gordon R. Humes

Barbara R. Kane

Constance R. Kincheloe

William J. Kinnamon, Jr.

Ann M. Lewis

Linda J. Moyer

Stanley Palivoda

J. William Price, III, Emeritus

Jack Rowley

Frank S. Turnage, Emeritus

Linda Worrell

Germanna honors Rose Benté Lee Ostapenko

Germanna Community College honored philanthropist Rose Benté Lee Ostapenko Thursday by inducting her into the “President’s Circle” for cumulative, lifetime giving.

Lee has donated more than $1 million to the college, and was one of the benefactors who made construction of the Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper possible through her donation of land, along with Kaye and Marie Andrus, Nicholas and Flora Tomasetti, and Philip and Susan DeSiato.

Germanna President David A. Sam, former GCC President Frank Turnage, Daniel Center Director Russell James, GCC Educational Foundation member Connie Kincheloe, 2011 Educational Foundation President Bruce Davis and Foundation Director Michael A. Catell gave Ostapenko a tour of the facility, built in 2006.

The 39,000 square foot facility is designed primarily for workforce development instruction and technology training. A wide variety of credit classes are also offered.

“Your generosity made this possible,” Sam said in thanking Ostapenko, an Arlington resident. “The college would not have been able to grow and help all these people without you.”

Sam told her GCC, which has been one of the fastest-growing schools in the country in recent years, will serve 15,000 students, all of them local, during this academic year.

Her 2000 autobiography is entitled “Rose Bente’ Lee: An American Dream.”

It tells the story of her immigration to the U.S. from Germany in 1939 and how, over time, she built one of Washington, D.C.’s most successful businesses, The House of Fine Fabrics.

GCC Educational Foundation member Frank Turnage, philanthropist Rose Bente’ Lee Ostapenko, Daniel Technology Center Director Russell James, GCC President David A. Sam and 2011 Educational Foundation President Bruce Davis admire Mrs. Rose Ostap-enko’s portrait at the Daniel Center in Culpeper.



but its changed lives of thousands of people across this community. Add to that the fact the leadership and the example that they’ve set has brought other people to the mission. Because of that, this organization has continually grown and will continually fill the mission that is here and that is to support the College.”

The Daniels also contributed to advancement of technology in the community, donating $750,000 toward the local funds needed for state funding for the GCC Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center, which opened in 2006.

“I don’t think there’s a day in the week that goes by that this facility isn’t used for something in the community,” Joe said. “The reality of it is, this facility and Germanna, have an impact on this community at many different levels.”

The Daniels have invested $1.8 million in Germanna Community College during their more than 20 year association with the school.

“Germanna is extremely important to the citizens of the Culpeper area,” Joe said. “It provides affordable, easy access and highly competent teachers. The net result is these people become better citizens, better employees, they become better people in every way.” -Culpeper Star Exponent

Culpeper Regional Health System Commonwealth Legacy Scholar

Forty-three students representing Virginia’s 23 community colleges were honored in November, at a luncheon in honor of scholarships they received. This included Culpeper Regional Health System Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship recipient Brody Davis.

Glenn DuBois, Chancellor of the VCCS, said “These outstanding students are Virginia’s future leaders. They represent the potential in all of our youth, and the difference that we each can make in the world.”

The Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship Program, with 25 recipients this year, was established in 2006 through private donors to the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. The scholarships recognize students from across the commonwealth who have demonstrated academic excellence during high school as well as a commitment to developing their leadership skills.

Joe and Linda Daniel named to GCC’s President’s Circle

Joe and Linda Daniel were enshrined in Germanna Community College’s President’s Circle, honored for their monetary and personal contributions to the college.

“Joe and Linda have supported the college for at least two decades,” Germanna President David A. Sam said. “They’ve contributed money out of their own pockets and from their own businesses. More than that, they’ve both provided time and leadership in supporting this college. Without them, Germanna wouldn’t be where it is today.”

The Daniels join an exclusive club, only Rose Bente’ Lee Ostapenko can claim to be a member of the elite President’s Club, awarded for cumulative lifetime giving in excess of $1 million.

“It’s always nice to get recognized and I appreciate being named into the circle, but at the same time it’s not about recognition,” Joe said.

Joe and Linda have been instrumental in the growth of Germanna, especially the Culpeper campus.

Daniel said. “My initial intent was to create a Germanna scholarship for a student who may have a financial challenge. When I realized the foundation then had no endowment and no employees, my wife Linda and I became involved.” Since then, the duo has helped drive donations and helped the community college’s education foundation thrive. Joe was a principal leader in establishing the Germanna Guarantee Program, which helps fill in the gaps for students whose financial aid may not cover their full tuition.

“They’ve been extraordinary,” Mike Catell, Director of the Germanna Education Foundation and Alumni Relations said. “It’s a range of examples,


Stafford EDA Honored with Philanthropy Award

The Stafford County Economic Development Authority was awarded the 2012 Virginia’s Community Colleges Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy at a luncheon ceremony at the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond in April 2012.

It was nominated by Germanna Community College, which had earlier named the Stafford EDA GCC’s 2012 Philanthropist of the Year.

In May 2011, the EDA awarded Germanna a matching challenge grant of up to $1 million toward the establishment of a permanent campus. EDA officials said the campus will aid workforce and economic development. GCC is looking at possible sites in the Stafford Courthouse area for the campus, which it expects to serve 10,000 students.

“Germanna is grateful to the Stafford EDA for its investments in the college,” GCC President David A. Sam said, “and we will work hard to help give Stafford students an edge in the job market and make county businesses more competitive in an evolving world economy.”

“The Stafford EDA’s vision and leadership make this is a well-deserved honor,” said Michael A. Catell, Director of the GCC Educational Foundation. “Their support of Germanna is making a real difference for county residents.”

The EDA has awarded a total of $1.375 million to Germanna, also donating $300,000 toward Germanna’s Stafford County Center, which opened in 2009 and is now over capacity with about 1,200 students.

The EDA also awarded $75,000 toward the construction of a GCC Automotive Program facility near the county airport.

Stafford EDA Chairman Don Newlin and member Jack Rowley accepted the honor at the Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy luncheon, hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education to honor the leading philanthropists from each of the state’s 23 community colleges as well as the statewide foundation. This marks the seventh year the awards have been given.

Hope Scholarship - Culpeper Chamber of Commerce Leadshare donated $1,000 to Germanna Educational Foundation.

This year’s class of distinguished philanthropy leaders has contributed a combined total of more than $48 million dollars to Virginia’s Community Colleges.

“These philanthropic leaders are tremendous partners,” said Glenn DuBois, Chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. “These individuals, organizations and employers are difference-makers who play an essential role in helping our colleges fulfill their mission of addressing Virginia’s unmet needs in higher education and workforce development.”

Stafford EDA Chairman Don Newlin is pictured with members Wendy Surman and Jack Rowley and Germanna President David A. Sam


Educational Foundation Fellowships & Scholarships

Agetro Fund

Alfred & Mary Jane King Scholarship for Nursing

Ann J. Sam, RN Scholarship for Nursing

Anna Ruth Inskeep Scholarship

Ardiena Ann Tromley Scholarship for Teaching

Atlantic Builders Scholarship

Bertha M. Massey Scholarship

Byrd L. “Jack” Daniel Scholarship

Caroline County Agricultural Fair Scholarship

Charles H. Huffman Scholarship

Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship

Corbin Homebuilders Family Scholarship

Culpeper Regional Hospital Scholarship

Culpeper Wood Preservers Scholarship

D. French Slaughter, Jr. Scholarship

Dale Featherston Scholarship

Dulcie H. Potter Memorial Scholarship

Duval Scholarship

Elizabeth Golsen Schneider Scholarship

Elna H. Daniel Scholarship

Frank S. & Nancy W. Turnage Scholarship

Fredericksburg Ambulatory Surgery Center Scholarship

Fredericksburg Rotary Club Scholarship

Fredericksburg Savings Bank Scholarship

Freta B. Napier Scholarship

Gencorp Engineering Scholarship

George P. Beard, Jr. Scholarship

Georgia Willis Scholarship

Germanna Guarantee Program Scholarship

Gertrude Hudson Yates Scholarship

Giles H. Miller, Jr. Scholarship

Glenn DuBois Student Success Fund

Hazel Harris Heath Scholarship

Henrietta Margaret D. Pattishall RN Memorial Scholarship

Henry & Iva Smith Scholarship

India Studies Fundt4

J. Carlton “Zeus” Clore Scholarship

Jack Condon Memorial Scholarship

Dr. Jane Ingalls Nurse Educator Fellowship

Janet Swan Scholarship

Jean B. Oravits National Security Scholarship

Jefferson Home Builders Scholarship

John A. Nere Scholarship

John J. “Butch” Davies, III Scholarship

John William Price, Jr. Scholarship

June B. Stallings Nursing Scholarship

Kaye and Marie Andrus Scholarship

Kristen and Kati Lisk Memorial Scholarship

Lake of the Woods Lioness Club Scholarships

LaZalia Richardson Scholarship

Linda Nelson Memorial Scholarship

Loren Franklin & Linda Fagan Sealy Scholarship

Margaret & Tommy Pitts & Richard O’Neill Scholarship

Mary Ball Woman’s Club Scholarship

Mary Frances and James G. Willis Scholarship (Kiwanis Club of Fredericksburg)

Mary Washington Hospital Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship

Mildred C. King Scholarship for Nursing

Molly K. Nogrady Scholarship

Nursing & Health Technologies Fund

OMWCF Dental Hygiene Scholarship

Otis & Mescal Burke Scholarship

Papa John’s Books-for-Students Scholarship

Pearline T. Soltes Memorial Scholarship

Phylis Martin Faculty Chair Scholarship

PNC Bank Scholarship for Nursing

Ray and Joyce Zachmann Scholarship

Raynold “Randy” Collier Glazebrook, III Scholarship

Rebecca Boniface Scholarship

Richard Gossweiler Student Emergency Fund

Ron Parker Hope Scholarship

Second Bank & Trust Floyd White Memorial Scholarship

Shannon Broom Scholarship

Somerset Steam & Gas Engine Association

Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center Nursing Fund

Stella Rhodes Almond Scholarship

Stepping Stone Scholarship

Steve and Nancy Jones Scholarship

Technologist to Nursing Award

The Reynolds Family of Orange Scholarship

The Sunshine Lady Foundation Scholarship

The Woman’s Club of Fredericksburg

Viola M. Smith Scholarship

Volkswagen & Germanna Community College Partners in Education

William & Rosemary Walker Scholarship for Nursing

Willis Clyde Locker Scholarship

Middle College Scholarship

William Carpenter Scholarship

Workforce Development & Community Service Fund


Germanna Local Scholarships 2011-2012

Agnes Brown Scholarship

American Legion

Army Emergency Relief

Belmont Club of Women

Benjamin Wilson Scholarship

Brightwood Ruritan club

CAGT Scholarship

Carter-Bennett

Caryll McConnell Hanbury

Chancellor High School

Chancellor Ruritan Club

Chatswell Scholarship

Chic-fil-A

Colonial Beach High School

Courtland High School

Culpeper County Chamber of Commerce

Culpeper County High School

Culpeper Lions Club

Culpeper Reg. Health System

Culpeper Regional Hospital

Culpeper Unit. Meth. Church

Culpeper Women’s Club

DPI Specialty Foods

East Orange Ruritan Club

First Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Fraternal Order of Eagles

Fredericksburg Christian School

Free Union Baptist Church

Greater Fredericksburg USBC

Greater Piedmont Assoc of Realtors

GW Carver High School

Hall Free School Foundation

Headwaters/Rapp. Co. Pub. Ed. Found.

Hope Scholarship

Inter. Soap Box Derby

International School & Tuition

James Monroe High School

John & Avis Curtis Scholarship

King George Lodge 314

Kitchentech

Knights of Pythias

Knights of Templar Ed. Found.

Kohl’s

Lake of the Woods Lioness Club

Lake of the Woods Lions

Lake Youth Foundation

Literacy Council of Madison Co

Loyal Order of Moose

Madison County High School

Madison Youth Football Scholarship

Mary Washington Healthcare

Massaponax Band Parents’ Assn

Mildred Pavon Scholarship

Mom’s Scholarship

NAACP

National Wild Turkey Foundation

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

North Anna Power Station

North Stafford High School

NSHS Wolverette Booster Club

Oprentiss Ball Memorial

Optimist Club of Fredericksburg

Orange County Educ Foundation

Orange County High School

ProfFrank & VBaker Nursing Scholarship

Project Big Heart

Rappahannock Goodwill Indust.

Rappahannock Rotary Club

Rappahannock Rotary Ed. Found.

Riverbend High School

Rochelle Rurutan Club

Ronald D Fleming Mem Scholarship

Round Oak Baptist Church

Ryan&Legath Scholarship

SCA Leadership Scholarship

Scholarship America

SFVA

Sheet Metal Workers Local Union

SMART Scholarship

Spotsylvania Regional Med Center

Spotsylvania Career Tech Center

Spotsylvania High School

Springdale Baptist Church

Stafford High School

Stafford Hospital Center

Stafford Rotary Club

Susan Allen Rep. Women’s Club

Tonya Lyden Scholarship

Union Bank and Trust Company

Univ. of VA Community Credit Union US Bowling Congress

USMCCCA Foundation

VA Rucker Crigler Mem Scholarship

VA St Firefighters Assoc.

Valor Award Scholarship Fund

Virginia DECA Foundation

Washington D.C. Regional Ad. Assoc.

Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Assoc.

William A. Cooke

Wm. Perry Mem. Scholarship


Community Partners

Stafford takes Million-Dollar Step Toward Campus

The Stafford County Economic Devel-opment Authority awarded Germanna a matching challenge grant of up to $1 million on May 5, 2011 to be used toward the establishment of a campus. Officials said the intent is to support workforce development and economic development in the county.

Don Newlin, Chairman of the Eco-nomic Development Authority, said: “Economic development and workforce development are critically linked, one cannot succeed without the other. Knowing this, the EDA will launch a community-wide 50-50 matching fund-raising effort that will ultimately raise $2 million to support the acquisi-tion of land for a permanent Germanna campus in Stafford.”

Germanna must raise another $1.5 million for a total of $2.5 million in order to meet the requirement for the state to fund the rest of the cost for the facility’s land and development. Its total cost is estimated at roughly $25 million.

“We are proud and gratified that the Stafford County EDA has chosen to make this further investment in Germanna Community College,” said GCC President David A. Sam. “Without their initial investment of $300,000, we would not have been able to open our center in Aquia Park in 2009. This further investment confirms their confidence that Germanna is and will continue to be an important asset in the education of Stafford’s citizens and in the economic and workforce development of the county.”

A case for support for a campus in Stafford, provided by a study by Economic Modeling Specialists Inc., found that a total of 610,000 Germanna credits have accumulated in the area workforce over the last 30 years.

Stafford Allocated $237,000 to Research and Technology Park

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to allocate up to $237,000 from its Opportunity Fund toward the project.

The county has been working on the research park for years and has partnered with ManTech International Corp., the University of Mary Washington, George Mason University and Germanna Community College.

The vision is for a research park focusing on the defense and intelligence communities. Academia, government and the private sector would collaborate to educate the workforce and conduct cutting-edge research that attract corporate investment and well-paying jobs.

The Quantico Corporate Center, a Silver Cos. development off U.S. 1 is being targeted as the home for the research park. UMW has already started offering classes in the ManTech space.

The county wants to lease about 3,500 square feet at the Quantico Corporate Center. The $237,000 would help pay for rent, the cost of building out and equipping the classrooms, and marketing the research park.

“I believe this is going to pay dividends in the end that far outweigh the initial investment,” said Stafford Supervisor Paul Milde.

The Silver Company has offered free rent for five years at the third, 140,000-square-foot office building now being constructed at the QCC. If the county decides to lease space in the building now being constructed at the QCC, Silver has agreed to subsidize the rent up to $315,000 over five years and has agreed to donate land at the QCC for a permanent academic center.

“We are very supportive of the idea,” said Jud Honaker, Silver’s President of Commercial Development.

The 3,500 square feet is seen as just a start. Eventually county officials hope to help create a large research park with hundreds of thousands of square feet of new commercial space and high-paying jobs.

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Culpeper Regional Health System Donates $35,000 To Support Germanna Nursing

Lee Kirk, President and CEO of Culpeper Regional Health Care, presented Dr. David A. Sam, President of Germanna Community College, with a check for $35,000 in support of the college’s Nursing and Allied Health program at the March 16, 2012 GCC Educational Foundation Scholarship Reception at Fawn Lake.

Kirk said CRHC and the hospital foundation have been enthusiastic supporters of GCC because of the quality of the nurses and other health care professionals it produces for the community. Germanna President Sam thanked Kirk, saying that the support of CRHC and the foundation has helped make it possible for the college to double the size of its nursing program and will make a difference for the Culpeper area for decades to come.

Culpeper Regional Health System’s total overall giving, including Culpeper Regional Hospital and the Culpeper Hospital Foundation, now stands at more than $600,000. CRHS was the GCC Educational Foundation’s 2011 Philanthropist of the Year.

Germanna Helps Make Homeland Security Jobs Accessible with Summits

Times may be tough, but the Department of Homeland Security is hiring, crowds totaling 300 were told at Germanna Center for Workforce & Community Education Intelligence & Homeland Security Summits at Fredericksburg Square in December 2011 and at the Daniel Technology Center in May 2012.

DHS has a $50 billion budget for 500 programs, said summit panel moderator Robert Zitz. Zitz is a Fredericksburg native who is a former Deputy Under Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and a senior executive at the NSA, CIA, NGA and Secret Service.

USAjobs.org, the official federal government jobs site, lists many DHS job openings, several in Virginia, Washington and Maryland. “They are hiring, but it’s important you have the

skills,” he said. Often, career-switchers can make themselves more marketable to DHS by simply picking up a certification or taking a class. He said Germanna offers many courses that can quickly make an applicant attractive to agencies.

Germanna’s Center for Workforce & Community Education has broadened its offerings to help area people get DHS and intelligence community jobs.

GCC President David A. Sam said the college is continually trying to match curriculum with existing job openings. “We know that because of the ‘skills gap,’ millions of jobs are going unfilled because people lack the training to do them,” Sam said.

Zitz thanked Sam, saying “Germanna is a tremendous asset” to national security because of the training it already offers.

The summit provided an overview of what various agencies do, how they do it, and offered advice on how to pursue jobs at those agencies.


Virginia Community College Guaranteed Admissions Agreements

Longwood University, Lynchburg College, Mary Baldwin College, Nichols College, Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University, Radford University, Randolph College, Regent University, Regis University, Saint Paul’s College, Shenandoah University, Strayer University, Sweet Briar College, Troy University, University of Mary Washington, College of Arts & Sciences and Bachelor of Liberal Studies, University of Maryland University College, University of Phoenix, University of Richmond, School of Continuing Studies, University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences and Engineering & Applied Science, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University, Virginia Tech, College of Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and all other colleges except School of Architecture and Design, Virginia Union University and Virginia Wesleyan College.

Virginia’s community colleges offer students more than the opportunity to earn a degree or certificate. They provide a gateway to the Commonwealth’s four-year colleges and universities.

Guaranteed Transfer: Through system-wide negotiated agreements, students who graduate from a Virginia community college with an associate’s degree and a minimum grade point average are GUARANTEED admission to more than 30 of the commonwealth’s colleges and universities. These agreements provide uniform access to our four-year partners for students from all of the 23 Virginia Community Colleges Institutions with Guaranteed Admission Agreements for Germanna Graduates includes: The Art Institute, Bluefield College, Bridgewater College, Christopher Newport University, College of William and Mary, ECPI College of Technology, Emory & Henry College, Ferrum College, George Mason University, Hollins University, James Madison University, Kaplan University, Liberty University,

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