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Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community 1

At Germanna Community College, we know we must not waste our

greatest resource--the potential of all of the people in our communities.

That potential lies not only in the minds of the young, but in the untapped

abilities of workers who must be retrained especially in fields where there

will be high-wage jobs.

An educated workforce creates a better economy for us all, translating into

higher pay for local people and a better quality of life for their families,

helping existing businesses be more profitable, attracting new employers

from outside the area and helping to spawn start-up companies. An

educated community makes for better citizens and brighter futures for all.

With your support, Germanna will continue to expand to meet our

communities’ needs.

With your support, we will move forward with plans for a permanent

campus in Stafford County and continue to seek ways to better serve

Caroline and Madison County residents.

With your support, we will continue to expand our Fredericksburg Campus

in Spotsylvania, to grow our respected nursing program at our Locust Grove

Campus in Orange County, offer new programs at our Daniel Technology

Center in Culpeper and offer classes at Dahlgren.

Germanna is working hard to respond quickly to provide students with the

knowledge, skills and attitude that lead to jobs that pay well and give local

companies a competitive edge in a challenging global market.

Nearly 80 percent of Germanna students remain in our area after

completing their college work, investing the skills they’ve learned in their

local communities. Secure in that knowledge, we must continue to prepare

students for jobs in STEM fields, as engineers, as workers trained in

cybersecurity, and as nurses and other health care professionals to meet our

communities’ needs

To meet those needs, we have grown to become the seventh largest of 23

schools in the Virginia Community College System. We have opened

new locations, created new programs and services, all during the most

challenging of times.

Now we must work and grow together to help sustain local economic

recovery and build future prosperity. Together, we can make a difference in

both good times and bad. I hope you find in this report further evidence that

the investment of your taxes, your donations, your employees and family

members as students, all have paid and will pay great dividends far into the

future.

Sincerely,

Dr. David A. Sam, President

The President’s Message

“Let us think of

education as the

means of developing

our greatest abilities,

because in each of

us, there is a private

hope and dream

which, fulfilled, can be

translated into benefit

for everyone...” --John F. Kennedy

2 Germanna Community College • 2012-2013 Annual Report to the Community

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...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.


Student Statistics

2011-12 Awards

College Transfer Degrees 1008

Career Technical Degrees 149

Career Studies Degrees 268

Certificates 54

Total Awards 1479

2011-12 Graduate Demographic

Headcount

Graduates 890

Female 595

Male 295

African-American 110

Asian 23

Caucasian 660

Hispanic 58

Native American 2

Pacific Island 24

Unknown 13

2011-12 Graduates Awards

890 1479

Passing GED Scores

2011-12 414

2011-2012 Majors

Associate of Arts & Sciences (AA&S)

Business Administration

Education

General Studies

General Studies - Psychology Spec.

Liberal Arts

Science

Associate of Science (AS)

Engineering

Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Business Management

Early Childhood Development

Information System Technology

Networking

Nursing

Nursing Comm. Program

Police Science

Technical Studies

Certificates Dental Assisting

Early Childhood Development

Fine Arts

Fire Science Technology

General Education

Graphic Communications

Police Science

Practical Nursing

Practical Nursing -EVHS

Career Studies Certificates

Caroline County (557)

Culpeper County (779)

Fredericksburg City (629)

King George (411)

Madison County (254)

Orange County (616)

Other (620)

Spotsylvania County (3742)

Stafford County (3243)

Jurisdiction Headcount 2011-12


Germanna in the News

Germanna Ranked in Top 50 for Enrollment for

2010-11 by Community College Week

Despite the August 2011 earthquake that resulted in the closing

of the V. Earl Dickinson Building for repairs, Germanna

Community College was among the Top 50 fastest-growing two-

year colleges in America for 2010-2011, according to the 2012

rankings compiled by Community College Week.

GCC was ranked 45th in the nation with a 2.6 percent increase in

enrollment comparing Fall 2010 and Fall 2011, climbing by 197,

from 7,582 to 7,779.

The Dickinson Building was reopened and fully operational in

January 2013 for the beginning of the Spring semester.

Germanna President David A. Sam said the ranking shows the

college continued to serve the community without missing a beat

despite the quake. The increase in enrollment that semester also

bucked national trends in enrollment, which were beginning to

reflect a downturn.

IES Design Award

The Germanna Community College Science & Engineering

Building and Information Commons at the Fredericksburg

Area Campus that was designed by Clark Nexsen Architecture

and Engineering, won four Illumination Engineering Society

Illumination Awards of Merit for 2013. The green building is

designed to save energy by automatically adjusting lighting and

raising and lowering blinds to use natural light more efficiently.

The IES Illumination Awards provides a unique opportunity for

public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity, and originality

in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry

judged against specific criteria.

LEED Silver Certification for SEBIC

Germanna’s new Science & Engineering Building and

Information Commons, which opened in 2012, was officially

certified “Silver” for Leadership in Energy and Engineering

Design (LEED).

Features of the “green” building include a vegetative roof that

provides natural insulation, a rain water harvesting system used

for flushing toilets, sensors that automatically turn off lights

and adjust window shades, a wind turbine capable of powering

laptops and charging cell phones and laboratory exhausts that

harvest heated or cooled air to cut down on heating and cooling

costs.


U.Va. RN to BSN Program Classes at Germanna,

via Interactive Video

A new agreement between the School of Nursing at the

University of Virginia and the Virginia Community College

System, including Germanna Community College, will guarantee

admission to the school’s RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing

program.

The part time, 21-month program is designed to make it easier

for full-time working nurses to get their BSN. There will be one

class a week, with a clinical settings program in the second year

that allows students to practice what they’ve learned in class.

“Germanna has gone a little further,” said Dr. Patti Lisk, Dean

of Nursing and Health Technologies at GCC. “We have made it

possible for students to attend the University of Virginia classes

here on campus at Germanna through interactive video for their

first year of study.” She said the classes will be broadcast from

U.Va. to Germanna and that students at GCC will be able to

converse with University of Virginia faculty as if they were in the

same classroom.

Prevention with TIPS Incident Management System

Germanna has launched an online incident reporting platform

called TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident Management and

Prevention Services) from Awareity, making it easy for students,

faculty, staff and others on campus to confidentially report

concerning behaviors or incidents.

Bullying, threats to harm, verbal abuse, assault and battery,

domestic violence, weapons, harassment, suicide risks, stalking,

hazing, alcohol or drug possession, theft, vandalism and

suspicious activity may be reported anonymously.

If someone has information about incidents that warrant

concern for the safety of students, faculty or staff, they can access

TIPS from GCC’s website at www.germanna.edu, select their

Germanna location and anonymously report the information.

Drop It! Donations Total $300,000 after

2013 Challenge

When Culpeper’s Drop It! The Healthy Living and Weight

Loss Challenge 2013 wrapped up, it had produced a total of

over $300,000 in donations to Germanna’s Nursing and Health

Technologies programs since the annual event began in 2010.

Joe and Linda Daniel and the Culpeper Regional Health System

have donated funds toward Germanna’s nursing and health

programs since the beginning.

Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam said the college is grateful,

“We want to thank the Daniels for their long term support for

Germanna in many ways, especially the nursing program and

health care programs. Thanks in large part to them; Germanna

now graduates two RN classes a year in December and in May.”

“We also deeply appreciate the long partnership with Culpeper

Regional Hospital and Culpeper Regional Health Care System.

They provide clinical instruction, and clinical sites. They’ve

contributed $1 million over the years to our programs.”


Experiential Learning – NIH Internship

Program

Germanna student Ulisses Santamaria, the son of

immigrants from El Salvador, has always wanted to be a

doctor—so much so that as a child he became his own

first patient.

“I’ve always had a thing for medicine,” he says. “Even as a

kid, I was kind of my own doctor. If I had cuts or bruises,

I’d fix them myself and I was pulling my own teeth out

when they were ready.

He has worked as a volunteer at the Spotsylvania

Regional Medical Center, mostly in the emergency room

and has now become one of the early success stories

for Germanna’s new Experiential Learning internship

program. Through the program, Ulisses has landed an

internship at the National Institute for Health.

He will be mentored by Dr. Alon Poleg-Polsky in research

involving the structure and function of the retina at the

National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke in

Bethesda, MD. The work will involve investigation into

how the retina performs preliminary image processing

and transmits visual information to the brain.

The Faces of Germanna

CANstruction Event 2013

Germanna’s ”MeCANical” engineering team won the

Engineering Ingenuity award during a contest sponsored by

Stafford County Schools and 99.3 The Vibe.

Ten teams collected thousands of cans of food for the

Fredericksburg Area Food Bank, and then built structures at the

Spotsylvania Towne Center. The Germanna engineering students’

American flag design was titled “Silver Linings.” All the cans from

the competition went to feed area families in need.

The team consisted of Germanna engineering students Sarah

Kaufman, Ethan Flore, Philip Olson, Tyler Moore, Chris

Coleman, Leif Walde, Brian Keefer, Chris Boyce, Jordan

Barringer and faculty advisor Dr. Davyda Hammond.

Germanna Applied Engineering Club

The Germanna Community College Applied Engineering Club

and Dr. Davyda Hammond put on a strong showing at the ASME

Student Professional Development Conference at the University

of Virginia March 24, 2013.

The club and its Diverse Remote-Operated Inspection Device

(D.R.O.I.D.) robot took second place for student design. Over 50

engineering students from Germanna, James Madison University,

the U.S. Naval Academy, VMI, Old Dominion University and the

University of Virginia competed.

The Germanna club placed in all of the

competitions: 2nd Place - Student Design

(D.R.O.I.D.) and 2nd Place, Web Page Design

- Tristan Jones; 2nd Place, Poster Presentation -

Andrew Hallet and 4th Place, Oral Presentation

- Brian Keefer.

The GCC club built the robot “with the Fukushuma

power plant meltdown disaster in mind. It has

the ability to navigate into areas too dangerous

and restricting to send personnel.” Two on board

cameras allow the user to see what is going on. It’s

able to manipulate instruments from 10 inches

away with its probe.


Fulfilled Dream of Playing Division I Football

Former Germanna Community College and Brooke Point High

School student Daniel Rodriguez, who earned both a Bronze Star

and Purple Heart while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan,

saw his dream come true in 2012.

He made the Clemson football team as a walk-on and led the

Tigers onto the field carrying an American flag prior to the team’s

Oct. 21, Military Appreciation Day win over Virginia Tech.

Rodriguez’ fight was far from over after tours of duty in Iraq and

Afghanistan that saw him wounded and decorated for valor.

He returned home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and night

terrors. Using the G.I. Bill, he attended Germanna, and he credits

GCC with helping him decompress.

GI Jobs Magazine included Germanna in its 2013 list of Military

Friendly Colleges.

“My time at Germanna was incredible,” Rodriguez 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 loved it.”

Phi Theta Kappa Inducts New Members

Students were honored as the Germanna Community College

Alpha Lambda Psi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa held its annual

induction ceremony on April 16, 2013 at GCC’s Daniel

Technology Center in Culpeper. PTK is an international honor

society for two-year colleges.

The ceremony is held to acknowledge the academic achievements

of students who have achieved a 3.5 grade point average and have

completed 12 credits toward a degree program.

During the induction ceremony, students pledged an oath to the

chapter, signed their name into the induction record book and lit

the ceremonial candle.

Robert Lewis - Student Representative

Robert Lewis wanted to make a difference, and he realized that

to do that, he needed to go to college. He got a federal grant and

enrolled at Germanna.

“It’s a blessing to me to be able to be here and be able to get

my education and I’m going to try to make the best of it,” the

Chancellor High School graduate says.

He attended a student leadership conference in Roanoke, where

he heard a speaker talk about facing one’s fears.“Whatever it is

holding you back, just face it,” he says he was told.

“I guess I fear failure,” he said. “I’d hate to invest so much time

and energy in my education and not come out above average. I

want to excel.”

He became a student representative on College Council and was

part of a student delegation from Germanna to lobby legislators

to keep higher education affordable and accessible on Every Day

is Community College Day at the General Assembly.

“One of the things I’ve noticed is that a lot of students are

going through the motions,” he said. “They don’t take the time

to become involved and engaged. If you slow down and keep

your eyes and ears open a lot of doors will open for you, a lot of

opportunities for really great things. Too many people pass those

opportunities by.”


Sarah Pfeiffer - Student Tutor

Sarah Pfeiffer is from Molin, Germany. So when she needed a

part-time job, she thought about working at GCC’s Tutoring Cen-

ter, helping others learn to speak her native tongue, but ended up

tutoring German, English, math, biology and chemistry.

“I actually just walked over there to ask if they might need a

German tutor,” she says with a laugh. Then [GCC Coordinator of

Tutoring Ann Lyons] asked me how my English was. I ended up

tutoring everything I’ve taken so far.”

She plans to pursue a master’s degree in biology at the University

of Mary Washington, then continue to dental school at Virginia

Commonwealth University.

“I love it at Germanna,” she says. “Everybody is really helpful.”

She says she’s grateful to the Germanna Educational Foundation

for the Raynold “Randy” Collier Glazebrook III Scholarship

and the Steve and Nancy Jones Scholarship, which she says have

“made a huge difference”.

Kim Casey, R.N.

It’s been nearly three decades since Kim Casey was in high school

back in her home town of Rochester, N.Y. and very ill with an

autoimmune disorder.

“The nurses made a very big impact on me,” she says. “So I

decided that’s what I would like to do.”

She began studying to become a nurse, but as a Navy wife, she

had moved 20 times in 22 years before her husband Mike retired

in 2009 and took a job at Dahlgren.

Finally, in 2009, at age 44, she was able to resume her nursing

studies at Germanna Community College.

She was impressed with the Germanna faculty, and she says, “The

clinical aspect I received here was even better than I expected it

to be, due in part to the Virtual Hospital ,” which has high-tech

human simulators.

At Germanna, she was a model student. She received The

Florence Nightingale Award for her class. It’s presented to the

graduate deemed the most helpful and inspirational to the class.

She was accepted to work in the Virginia Commonwealth

University Massey Cancer Care Clinic in the Palliative Care Unit

during the summer of 2012 as a nurse extern.

In March, she was offered a full time position at the Massey

Cancer Center as a clinical nurse in the Bone Marrow Transplant

Unit.

At age 47, she passed the state nursing board exam and officially

became a Registered Nurse.

The Richmond hospital will pay for her to pursue her BSN, as

well as any other degree.

She says she’s leaning toward a career as an oncology nurse.

“Blackboard Collaborate” - connects students to tutors.


Haleigh Funk, LPN

Her father’s battle with cancer started Haleigh Funk on her way

to becoming a nurse.“My dad had cancer when I was in the first

grade,” Funk said. “And he let me inject shots into his stomach.

Since then, everybody has said I ought to be a nurse.”

Her father has recovered and is doing well, but Haleigh hasn’t

forgotten the experience.

At 18, she completed Germanna Community College’s Practical

Nursing program at Eastern View High School in Culpeper and

became an LPN.

At 19, she graduated from Germanna’s Registered Nursing

program during Spring 2013 Commencement ceremonies.

“The sky is the limit for this talented young woman,” commented

the late Dean of Nursing and Health Technologies, Mary Gilkey.

“It’s definitely been a journey, and there’s been a lot of hard work,”

Funk said. But it’s been rewarding.”

She hopes to work at Culpeper Regional Hospital, and plans

to eventually get her bachelor’s degree to specialize in geriatric

nursing.

Anita Newhouse

Anita Newhouse didn’t believe she was college material.

Germanna’s Fall 2012 Commencement speaker says she came up

with every excuse she could not to enroll there.

“The truth is,” she says, “my self-esteem and confidence were

so low that I honestly didn’t think I would be successful. I

thank God I listened to a friend who convinced me to enroll

at Germanna in 2000. She suggested taking one class at a time

until I was used to that and then taking more than one class each

semester. As time passed, I became more confident and I held my

head higher.”

She was 29 years old when she started at GCC. Her goal was to

earn a bachelor’s degree by the time she was 40. She graduated

from the University of Mary Washington when she was 34.

Along the way, she received a Virginia Community College

System Chancellor’s Fellowship.

By age 36, she was the manager of Germanna’s Welcome Center

at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper, which brings

together counseling, financial aid and admissions resources to

help students in that area find the answer to any questions they

have, overcome any doubts they have,

and get off to a flying start.

She says she can identify with “the

hesitation, the anxiousness, the worry

and the fear” some students feel as

they enter college.

“If you have the burning desire to do

it, follow your dreams and don’t let age

or anything else hold you back from

what you want to do. Believe me, you

can,” Newhouse says.


Jenny Stone - SGA President

Jenny Stone isn’t a typical college student body president. This

Germanna Community College Student Government Association

leader and Falmouth resident is 40 years old, and her 21- and

20-year-old sons plan to join her as students at GCC.

She’s survived two bouts with cancer. She says her first cancer

surgery took place when she was 22 in 1994. During her second

cancer surgery in 2007, she had a cardiac event on the operating

table and a major heart attack and quadruple bypass followed a

year later at age 35.

When doctors told her that her heart disease had become serious,

she said: “I’m not allowing this to stop or slow my life down. I

decided long ago not to dwell in my illnesses

or let them define me.”

She had to abandon her catering business

because of health setbacks and found herself

again at Germanna.

She’s studying psychology and plans to get

her associate’s degree, then transfer to the

University of Mary Washington for her

bachelor’s and possibly Marymount for

postgraduate work.

She has been a Sunshine Lady Foundation

Scholar through the Germanna Educational

Foundation.

Jenny Stone says GCC’s faculty has been

“inspirational,” particularly psychology

Professor Evan Gorelick.

She said she hopes her psychology studies lead

to work helping police officers who are under

stress, as well as family counseling.

Virginia Van Valzah

Stafford County Sheriff ’s Office Deputy Virginia Van Valzah has

turned a learning disability into what she calls an “addiction to

learning.”

Deputy Van Valzah, a Germanna graduate, was the college’s

keynote Spring 2013 Commencement speaker.

The determined 26-year-old has battled ADHD and dyslexia

since she was a child. When she enrolled at Germanna, she

applied advice from one of her teachers at James Monroe High

School to break courses down into easily digestible chunks and

spent a lot of time in the Tutoring Center.

“Class sizes at Germanna are small enough that you get that one-

on-one attention you need to thrive,” she said.

During the commencement

ceremony, students heard Virginia

Van Valzah’s message that there’s

no shame in having a learning

disability.

After earning her associate’s degree

at Germanna in 2006, she went on

to a bachelor’s in administrative

justice at George Mason University

in 2008 and a post bachelor’s

certificate and master’s in criminal

justice at Virginia Commonwealth

University in 2011. Using flash

cards to study, she compiled a 3.7

grade point average at VCU.

She’s now a court security deputy

for the Stafford County Sheriff ’s

Office and a training officer. She

teaches criminology at Germanna

as an adjunct faculty member.

“I’m addicted to learning and I’m

trying to pass on my addiction to

other people,” she said.


The Faces of Germanna - Staff & Faculty

Mary Gilkey

Germanna Community College’s Dean of Nursing and Health

Technologies Mary Gilkey passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2013 at

VCU Medical Center in Richmond at the age of 55. She had been

battling an autoimmune disorder for some time.

“With the passing of Dean Gilkey, Germanna has lost a leader

whose boundless energy and enthusiasm helped the college

double the size of its nursing program and graduate two classes a

year,” said GCC President Dr. David A. Sam. “Our communities

have lost a champion for quality health care for all their citizens.”

“Dean Gilkey worked diligently with area hospitals to anticipate

and meet health care needs ,” Dr. Sam said.

“She loved her students and the college dearly. The students she

inspired will be her legacy. She will be missed.”

Ode to a Nurse

She is a symbol in her immaculate white,

Softly treading through the stillness of the night,

Quick to cope with a sudden emergency,

She is that wonderful nurse who is on duty;

Day in and day out the constant rounds she will make

Weary, tired, the patient, she does not forsake,

Gently caressing the crying, frightened child,

Tenderly caring for the bedridden senile;

She is the nurse, the beautiful Angel in white.

She is like a star, shinning ever so bright,

Many tears, and smiles along the way she has seen,

But she will stand up, ‘ever like a great Queen.

- A. J. Sam

Dr. Richard E. Mezo

Dr. Richard Mezo, an adjunct professor at Germanna, a veteran

of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, an author and a poet, passed

away on July 6, 2013 at his home in Stafford County at the age 74.

His 2008 anti-waterboarding op-ed column, “Why it was Called

Water Torture,” appeared in The Washington Post and The Free

Lance-Star.

Dr. Mezo taught English language and literature at universities,

colleges, and high schools in the United States and overseas

and on military bases. He taught composition, literature and

developmental English part-time at Germanna’s Fredericksburg

Area Campus in Spotsylvania.

Dr. Mezo was the author of a number of books, including:

Concepts and Choices: A Writer’s Companion and Personal

Advisor, Essential Structures: A Guide to English for Readers and

Writers, Nothing’s Out of Place and Recovering Argument: A Guide

to Critical Thinking and Writing.


Germanna Employees Honored at Innovations

Conference in Dallas - Roueche Excellence Award

Named in honor of John E. and Suanne D. Roueche, leaders in

the community college field and early proponents of the idea

that every college employee has a role in how well students learn

and succeed, the awards celebrate outstanding contributions and

leadership by community college faculty and staff.

The Germanna winners for their work in 2012 are: Celestine

Cool, former Manager of the ACC and Testing Services, Garland

Fenwick, Facilities Manager, Winferd Stevens, Coordinator of

Disability Services and Michael C. Farris, former Financial Aid

Coordinator. Farris returned to his hometown as Director of

Financial Aid at Randolph College in Lynchburg in February, but

continued to teach at GCC.

“I am easily motivated just with watching our students grow and

succeed knowing that our services had a hand in helping them on

their way,” Cool said. “Communication, perseverance, and vision

are my key strategies. Communication is the key to a strong

relationship with students as well as the college community.

Perseverance is necessary to implement resources when they

are needed and money is tight, and vision for the future; always

thinking ahead of new initiatives that will keep improving the

quality of our services. “

“As a Facilities Manager, I am inspired and motivated to provide

the most effective and efficient facilities,” Fenwick said. “I feel

by providing safe and well maintained buildings and grounds, it

creates an atmosphere that contributes to student learning. “

“This is a great honor and I would like to thank all the great

people that are working in community colleges who are giving

their heart and soul to helping others,” Stevens said.

“I am truly honored to have been selected for this award,” Farris

said. “I will continue to work hard so that students can achieve

their dreams. Thanks to all who helped make this possible.”

More than 800 colleges are League members. According to its

website, “The League is spearheading efforts to develop more

learning-centered community colleges through its Learning

Initiative. The goal is to assist community colleges in developing

policies, programs, and practices that place learning at the heart

of the educational enterprise, while overhauling the traditional

architecture of education.”

Excellence in Education Awards at New Horizons

Ann Lyons and her team won first place on the project of

“Beyond Face-to-Face and Online Tutoring: Bb Collaborate

Connects Students and Tutors” in the category of Improving

Student Success—Institutional.

Julie Mersiowsky collaborated with other institutions and won

first place on two projects of “LOGO” and “TOTAL” for both

categories - Best Practices in Teaching Face-to-face, Online and

Student Success and Innovative Use of Technology in the Face-

to-Face and Online Classroom.

GCC Center for

Workforce’s O’Keefe

Wins Women’s

Leadership Award

Germanna’s Martha O’Keefe

received the Patricia Lacey

Metzger Award during the

19th Annual Leadership

Colloquium for Professional

Women at the University of

Mary Washington.

O’Keefe is Dean of Workforce and Professional Development at

Germanna’s Center for Workforce and Community Education.

The Metzger Award honors those who “uphold high standards in

their personal and professional lives while fulfilling a career goal

of significant nature.”


2012 President’s Recognition Awards

The recipients of the 2012 President’s Recognition Awards were

Michelle Norton, Paula Gentry, Nick Morgan, Cheryl Huff and

Tina Lance.

Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow for 2012-13

Germanna’s faculty member, Professor of Nursing Karen Mittura,

was selected as a Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow for 2012-13. Karen

is one of three faculty members 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.

Special Certificate from the Governor for a High

Rating on Emergency Planning

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia on behalf of the

Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security

recognized Germanna Community College for its outstanding

and exemplary initiatives in the areas of all-hazards emergency

preparedness. This certificate honors the hard work, leadership

and overall dedication to students, faculty and staff at Virginia’s

Colleges and universities.

Those who lead our emergency planning included: Craig Branch,

Rick Brehm, Garland Fenwick, Jacque Larsen, Ollie Burton and

many more.

Dr. Davyda Hammond

Her mother passed away when she was 5 and her father

was unable to care for her, so at the age 12, she moved to

Birmingham, Alabama to live with her grandmother.

Her life had taken a turn for the better thanks to her

grandmother. So it rankled her when, as a child, she would see

shady mechanics take advantage of her, charging her a lot and

refusing to explain what was wrong.

When she was 12, her teachers in Alabama told her she should

become a math teacher. She knew that math was important to

engineering, and she says with a smile that she thought to herself

back then, “Well, engineers, they learn about cars.”

By the time she was in college, she would take her grandmother’s

car to a dealership and confidently and firmly say: “This is what’s

wrong. Don’t tell me anything else is wrong with it.”

In 2012 she did some research and found that more job openings

were listed for electrical engineers across Virginia than for

mechanical engineers.

Until now, Germanna’s Associate of Science degree in

Engineering program focused on mechanical engineering and

engineering science.

Seeing a need, she pushed to add a concentration in electrical

engineering at Germanna and succeeded.

Dr. Hammond explains that because Germanna has guaranteed

admission articulation agreements with both U.Va. and Virginia

Tech, “If you get at least a ‘B’ in all your engineering and science

and math classes at GCC and an overall GPA of 3.2, you’re

guaranteed admission into the schools of engineering at U.Va.

and Virginia Tech. They get so many applications at Tech that

automatically knowing you’re getting in is a real advantage.”


Cheryl Huff

The Virginia Community College System considers rising

textbook costs a hindrance to enrollment and student success.

According to the Virginia College Board, the typical student

spends about $1,000 on textbooks.

In the Spring of 2013, the VCCS awarded grants to faculty

members who went to work finding ways to use free Open

Educational Resources in classes and research to bring down the

cost of textbooks.

Cheryl Huff, an associate professor of English and humanities

at Germanna Community College, was one of 12 VCCS faculty

members awarded $3,000.

The Chancellor’s Reengineering Task Force supported the OER

grant effort for use in classes with high enrollment, including

English, psychology, biology, business, chemistry, history, math

and information technology.

The grant will pay for work designing an English 112:

Composition II class that uses only OER. It is to be piloted in the

Fall semester of 2013 and the Spring of 2014.

She said students will save on textbooks while learning about

high quality, free resources they can use for years.

Professor LaZalia Richardson

by Nancy W. Noel, Instructor of English at Germanna

Community College

The August 2011 earthquake shut down Germanna

Community College’s largest building until January 2012. But

another event that took place last year shook the college to its

core with deeper and longer-lasting consequences. Temporary

loss of bricks and mortar couldn’t begin to compare to the

loss of professor LaZalia Richardson, who retired to focus

her energy on recovering from a March 2011 stroke. Her

contributions to the community and Germanna’s students,

faculty, and staff are too numerous to list.

The Fredericksburg native and James Monroe High School

graduate’s character, dignity, integrity, intellect, and her passion

for teaching make her irreplaceable.

At Germanna, she held many leadership positions, among them: English Department coordinator, member of the Faculty Senate, and

chair of the College Council. She taught composition and literature at GCC for 24 years, specializing in American literature and the

Bible as literature.

Dr. Richardson changed students’ lives because she genuinely loved them. She held students to a very high standard, yet never failed to

provide what they needed to meet it. There was always a cluster of students waiting outside her office door for academic help, advice,

coaching, and mentoring. She did not merely teach. She shaped lives.

In recognition of her service to college, the college’s English Department has established a scholarship in her name through the GCC

Educational Foundation. Her legacy will live on in those she so believed in and loved so much—the students.

Germanna is a far better place because of her.


Alison Gauch Hieber

Germanna’s first Dean of Enrollment Services has overseen some

significant changes since she joined Germanna in 2012.

She has overseen the expansion of Germanna’s Welcome Center

concept, which brings together counseling, financial aid and

admissions resources to help students more easily find the answer

to any questions, overcome any doubts and get off to a flying

start.

She has overseen the hiring of Veterans Support Counselor

Robert Dixon and the continuing development of Germanna

President Dr. David A. Sam’s vision for a Veterans’ Center.

“When I arrived,” she said, it was to pull together enrollment

pieces—financial aid, admissions and recruiting.”

Dean Hieber has 25 years of experience. Her first job out of

college was as Assistant Director for Admissions overseeing

transfers at James Madison University. She then worked at the

University of Mary Washington for 19 years as Associate Dean

for Admissions before coming to Germanna.

When she was doing her undergraduate work at James Madison

University she majored in marketing.

“But I like to say I double-majored in student life,” she said.

“We had a fabulous vice president for student affairs who said,

‘You know you don’t have to leave college.’ “ Dean Hieber then

proceeded to get her master’s degree in higher education at the

University of South Carolina.

“What I find most enjoyable is the people”, she said. “I have great

people on my team and I enjoy seeing them come together to

help a student. There’s a lot of possible energy.”

She said she also enjoys working at Germanna because

“community colleges can address the needs of students who are

blocked because of their environment such as needing to work

full time to take care of a family while pursuing a degree.” She

said Germanna is “a breath of fresh air” to students who need a

chance to overcome obstacles.

Robert M. Dixon

Germanna’s new Student Veterans Support Counselor

understands what it’s like to be deployed in Afghanistan and he

understands what it’s like to make the transition from active duty

to civilian life.

Robert M. Dixon had a 22-year career in the U.S. Army, serving

during the Gulf War as part of Operation Desert Storm and as

part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He retired

as a lieutenant colonel.

“Veterans returning to civilian life face a transition that

sometimes is difficult to make,” Germanna President Dr. David

A. Sam said. “From structured jobs, they must find a career

among too many options. Combat veterans may need more than

career counseling.”

“This position was a next step in developing Germanna’s Center

for Veterans’ Retraining and Support,” Dr. Sam said. “Here

veterans can find help in translating their military training into

college credit. Here they can explore career options. Here they

can connect with resources from the Veterans Administration

to pay for their education. Here they can connect with other

veterans who understand, as Bob Dixon does, what it means to

be a veteran.”

“I’m grateful to have the opportunity to help the young men and

women who have given so much already,” Dixon said. “Education

is so important to setting our veterans up for the rest of their

lives—it’s the difference between just getting by and having a

good life.”


Shashuna Gray

Germanna’s new dean of Arts and

Sciences said, “I love Germanna and I

believe in it 100 percent. I really believe

in the community college system.”

She has 19 years of college teaching

experience, eight of those in the

Virginia Community College System.

A doctoral student in Old Dominion

University’s Community College

Leadership Program, Dean Gray has

both a Bachelor of Science degree and

a Master of Science degree in biology

from Alabama State University.

She spent the last year serving as acting Dean of Arts and Sciences. Before that, she was

teaching biology and microbiology. She believed that through teaching biology she could

ease the anxiety many have about the study of science in general. “I wanted to make the

students feel comfortable in the classroom and make a difference,” Gray said. “I have a

passion for teaching and for helping students succeed.”

At Germanna, she said, helping students succeed goes well beyond the classroom

Germanna students, “find themselves in an environment where they can come to faculty

when they have other problems -- not just enrolling in classes and having their financial

aid approved. Both on the credit side and through the college’s non-credit Workforce

Development side, she says, “We’re able to provide students skills and opportunities they

might not otherwise have a chance to develop, and to find their passion.”

C. Douglas Elliott

C. Douglas Elliott was named Vice

President for Institutional Advancement

at Germanna will also serve as Executive

Director of the Germanna Community

College Educational Foundation.

His responsibilities will include planning,

leadership and implementation of all

college fundraising initiatives, grant

writing, planned giving, endowment,

scholarships, and alumni research

and records, and parent engagement

programs. He will also be responsible for

leadership of all college marketing, public

information and media relations activities

and high-level support for community and government relations activities. Elliott will

lead a team of development, marketing and public information, media professionals and

administrative staff.

Elliott has served in leadership positions in advancement and marketing for a diverse

group of nonprofit institutions from higher education to social service agencies to global

entities such as the Smithsonian Institution and the International Center for Missing and

Exploited Children. Previously, he had served as vice president for several publishing

firms and then as president of his own award-winning company, which he founded,

Elliott & Clark Publishing.

He coauthored two books, Florida Rediscovered and Vietnam: Images from Combat

Photographers.

Employees Years of Service

45-Years of Service

Richard Gossweiler

30-Years of Service

Sarah W. Somerville

25-Years of Service

Richard Brehm

Delois McCormick

20-Years of Service

Valerie Miller

Phyllis Smith

15-Years of Service

Craig Branch

Pamela Frederick

Frances F. Lea

Karen Mittura

Sandra Monroe

Mike Shirazi

Beverly Unkle

10-Years of Service

Sheryln A. Farrish-Barner

Susan Brown

Paula Gentry

Shashuna Gray

Melba Morrozoff

Nancy Noel

Ronald Williams

Samantha Wilson

5-Years of Service

Rosie Henderson

Michael Hurley

Kelly Rudnick

Jeanne Wesley


New Automotive Technology Center in Stafford County

In April 2011, the Stafford EDA approved a $75,000 grant toward

bringing GCC’s automotive program to a location on Blackjack

Road off U.S. 1 near the county airport.

“It’s a state of the art facility we can afford,” Dr. Sam said. “We can

double enrollment at low cost.” The new center has the capacity

to serve about 150 students.

Michael Adams owns the 1.5-acre site and his JON Properties

development firm built the facility. Germanna leases 11,000

square feet for auto labs, classrooms and office space.

The Germanna automotive program is certified by the National

Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), a certification

group that certifies professionals in the automotive repair and

service industry.

The 24-credit automotive technician certificate includes training

in the ASE areas of engine repair, suspension and steering,

brakes, and electrical systems. The 26-credit automotive

diagnostician certificate includes training in the ASE areas of

automotive transmission, manual drive train, climate control,

and entire performance.

Commencements

Germanna’s 2012 Fall Commencement,

held at the Fredericksburg Expo Center,

saw 571 students receive a total of 942

associate’s degrees.

Germanna Welcome Center Manager

Anita Newhouse, the commencement

speaker, told graduates she came

up with every excuse she could not

to enroll at Germanna because of a

lack of confidence. Once she did, her

self-esteem rose and she graduated from both GCC and the

University of Mary Washington.

During Germanna’s 2013 Spring Commencement ceremony,

503 students received a total of 854 associates degrees, and

certificates.

They heard Germanna graduate Virginia Van Valzah’s message

that there’s no shame in having a learning disability and that

sometimes people with disabilities can be the best at a job.

Opening of Germanna Offices at Central Park

Germanna Community College officially opened new offices

for its Educational Foundation and the office of Marketing and

Public Information at the Central Park Corporate Center at 1320

Central Park Blvd. in October 2012.

GCC has campuses in Spotsylvania County and Locust Grove

and centers in Stafford and Culpeper counties. No classes will be

offered at the Central Park location.

Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam thanked the Rappaport

Companies for donating the space for three years. He and Jane

Wallace, President of the GCC Educational Foundation, cut the

ribbon to open the new facility. About 100 local business people

and friends of the college looked on.

Events


2013 Nursing Idol Competition

Faith Resto of Fredericksburg won the RN portion and

Emily Lunceford of Caroline County won the LPN phase of

Germanna Community College’s Third Annual Nursing idol

competition held at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper.

The competition, held before a crowd of about 400 nursing

students, faculty and local healthcare officials, is a combination of

American Idol and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? without the

lifelines, and the ER. Students answer questions from a panel of

medical expert judges on how they would handle cases.

“Nursing Idol is a wonderful way to demonstrate the quality of

our nursing program and students,” said Germanna President

Dr. David A. Sam. “These young people have to stand up in front

of all their peers and answer extremely tough questions under

pressure–in many cases, questions you would expect a doctor to

answer. They demonstrate all that they learned and that they are

able to think on their feet critically and solve problems and it’s

exactly the kind of thing they’ll have to do in the real world.”

“Under pressure, they’ll have to apply everything they know. It

shows that we’ve got a fine program with great teachers and great

students,” Sam said.

Students display the poise developed in GCC’s high-tech Virtual

Hospital at the Locust Grove Campus, where computerized

human simulators are used.

Startup Weekend Fredericksburg

Startup Weekend, which helps fledgling entrepreneurs launch

companies, was held at Germanna’s Fredericksburg Campus in

Spotsylvania in partnership with the GCC Center for Workforce

& Community Education.

Part of a global movement to inspire, educate, and empower

individuals, teams and communities, Startup Weekend

Fredericksburg was a 54-hour event designed to support

creative, focused, and collaborative innovation. It helps

participants form a team to work on a concept and refine it, then

pitch it to investors so they can launch a startup.

“We have the facilities and support, and we work closely with the

business community, so it’s a good fit,” said Germanna’s Martha

O’Keefe, Dean of Workforce and Professional Development.

Germanna’s Center for Workforce provides training and

professional development for the region’s business community,

including courses and programs supporting small businesses.

And, she pointed out, two-year college degrees are available, also

meeting the needs of businesses in Germanna’s service region.

“We work closely with the region’s offices of economic

development to respond to workforce needs,” Dean O’Keefe said.

“We work collaboratively with offices of economic development,

K-12 school divisions, other higher education schools, Chambers

of Commerce, etc. to help connect the business community to

programs and resources.”

She said Germanna’s Center for Workforce pivots quickly to meet

the needs of local businesses, including those of startups.

There have been over 1,000 Startup Weekend events held in

478 cities around the world and from these events over 8,000

startups have been created. Organizers say Startup Weekend is an

opportunity to get experience that enhances creative and critical

problem-solving, to try new skills, and to get expert instruction

on new methods of brainstorming.


College Board

2012Germanna Community

College Board

Doug Rogers, Chairman

Orange County

Catherine Washington

Vice Chairman

Stafford County

Sherry Gravatt

Caroline County

Angela Greene

Spotsylvania County

John H. Jenkins

Culpeper County

Teri McNally

City of Fredericksburg

Harold “Dick” Scheibe

King George County

William Thomas

Culpeper County

Ann G. Tidball

Madison County

Greetings from the Germanna Local College Board,

There is no doubt in my mind that Germanna Community College’s service region will

continue to be a leader in coming back strong from our nation’s economic downturn.

I believe that part of our area’s economic resurgence has to do with the over 600,000

Germanna credits that have accumulated over the years. Those credits benefit not only

our students and their families, but local businesses and our entire communities.

Nearly 80 percent of Germanna students remain in our area, putting what they’ve learned

to work. An educated and trained workforce is critical to keeping existing businesses

competitive and attracting new ones that bring with them more good jobs that pay well.

We continue to work hard at priming our region’s economic pump:

• As Stafford County celebrates its 350th Anniversary, we join with the county’s

Economic Development Authority and Board of Supervisors in working to ensure

a prosperous future. In August 2013, we opened a high-tech new Automotive

Technical Center to complement our Stafford County Center, which has been bulging

at the seams since it opened in 2009. GCC is one of three colleges offering classes at

the new Stafford Technology & Research Center. Now the county urgently needs a

full Germanna Stafford Campus to meet future educational and training demands,

and we are working with officials there to make one a reality.

• At Germanna’s Locust Grove Campus in Orange County, we have doubled the capacity

for our well respected nursing program and more classes than ever are being offered

there. We are working toward expanding and our facilities there, including our high

tech Virtual Hospital, to meet the health care needs of graying Baby Boomers.

• More classes are being offered at GCC’s Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper, and

we’re working to add even more, making degrees and certificates more accessible to

Culpeper and Madison counties.

• As Caroline County prepares for expected future growth, we are planning a

Germanna Center there.

• We are expanding Workforce Development in our communities and Dual Enrollment

offerings that allow students to earn college credit at their own high schools and

saving their families money.

• We have continued to expand our Fredericksburg Campus in Spotsylvania by adding

a much needed parking garage to go with our beautiful and cutting-edge Science &

Engineering Building and Information Commons and renovated Dickinson Building.

• Residents of King George County will be pleased to know that Germanna will pilot

three classes by interactive video in fall 2013 at the University of Mary Washington

Dahlgren Campus – Calculus 1 and 2 and Engineering.

• Germanna and University of Mary Washington have partnered to offer courses at

UMW at GCC tuition rates.

We thank community leaders who have played a major role in our funding, service and

expansion.

Special thanks go out to the donors, fund-raisers and all those who played a role in

increasing support for Germanna student success.

Let there be no doubt that, with your help, the college that continued to grow and

maintain its academic excellence through 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.

Doug Rogers

Chairman, Germanna Local College Board


Educational Foundation

A Message from Jane Wallace, President

Making a Difference Feels Good

Dear Friends of Germanna,

Harlan Ellison once wrote that the only three words more meaningful than “I love you” are

“Let me help.”

During the March 15, 2013 Germanna Community College Educational Foundation

Scholarship Reception at the College’s Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania, donors

learned how much their uttering the words “Let me help” has meant to students they have

given a hand up at GCC.

They learned that their donations are turning lives around.

And they learned that providing they’re making a real difference not only for the students

and their families, but for our communities. Over 80 percent of Germanna students remain in our area to put the skills they’ve

learned at GCC to work helping their neighbors in growing fields such as health care and engineering.

In the past academic year our Educational Foundation has provided about 275 students scholarship awards of more than

$230,000. Still, many more students need assistance to realize their potential.

We’ve been able to give more students the help they need thanks to new scholarships from donors including Atlantic Builders, its

CEO Adam Fried and his wife Rhonda, and through the continuing generosity of longtime supporters like Joe and Linda Daniel.

Continued support from Mary Washington Healthcare and CEO Fred Rankin has boosted our widely respected nursing program.

And continued support from Culpeper Regional Health System and its President and CEO Lee Kirk have made it possible for us

offer Dual Enrollment nursing students at Eastern View High School as part of a program through which they can graduate from

high school as LPNs.

Our annual events were all smashing successes.

• Our Sept. 6, 2012 GCCEF Golf Tournament raised nearly $30,000.

• A big crowd came out to the Fredericksburg Country Club as the GCCEF honored Charles G. McDaniel on Feb. 15, 2012 as

Distinguished Person of the year for decades of making a difference

• Our April 20, 2012 Scholarship Monte Carlo Night raised a record $144,000 for our Germanna Guarantee Scholarship

Program

CRHS CEO Kirk presented the Germanna Educational Foundation with a $40,000 donation at the November 16, 2012 GCCEF

Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy.

These difference makers were recognized at the annual dinner:

• The Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, who had recently retired after 50 years as pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) in

Fredericksburg and was the city’s first black mayor from 1976-96 as GCCEF’s first ever Community Member of the Year.

The new award will be named for Davies and will recognize an individual each year that has made a major difference in our

communities.

• Madison County husband and wife John W. “Bill” Price III and Patricia Adams Price were named Germanna Community

College’s 2012 Philanthropists of the Year. Bill Price is CEO of Madison Wood Preservers.

• Steve B. Jones of Spotsylvania County was named GCCEF Alumnus of the Year. He is President and Chief Operating Officer

of the Fried Companies, Inc.

• John J. “Butch” Davies, III, a Culpeper attorney and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was named the

GCCEF Board Member of the Year.

Thank you for saying to our students, “Let me help,” and in doing so, making a difference in our communities.

Sincerely,

Jane WallacePresident, Germanna Community College Educational Foundation


2012 Germanna Community

College Educational Foundation Board

Jane Wallace, President

George P. Snead

Immediate Past President

Felix Fraraccio, Treasurer

David A. Sam, Secretary

Darla K. Burton, Chair,

CORPs Volunteers

Wendell Anderson

Linda C. Beale

Earl Thomas “Tom” Blalock, II

Henry “Hap” Connors, Jr.

Trish Crowe

Joseph “Joe” R. Daniel

John “Butch” J. Davies, III

Carlos Del Toro

Kenny L. Dotson

Georgia M. Fauber

Chris Hallberg

Edward “Ted” B. Hontz

Edd Houck

Gordon “Pete” Humes

Russell James

Barbara Kane

Constance R. Kincheloe

Ann M. Lewis

Linda J. “L.J.” Moyer

Stanley Palivoda

J. William Price, III

Terika Richardson

Jack Rowley

Frank S. Turnage

Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy

The Reverend Lawrence A. Davies, who retired after 50 years as pastor of Shiloh

Baptist Church in Fredericksburg and was the city’s first black mayor from 1976-96,

was honored as Germanna Community College Educational Foundation’s first ever

Community Member of the Year at the 2012 GCCEF Annual Dinner & Celebration of

Philanthropy at Stephenson’s Ridge Lodge in Spotsylvania County.

Germanna President Dr. David A. Sam said the new award will be named for Davies

and will recognize an individual each year who has made a major difference in the

community.

GCCEF President Jane Wallace said Davies and his wife Janice have together “been a

force for peaceful and positive change” over the past half century.

Reverend Davies expressed his gratitude that Germanna was a place where their

daughter Lauren, who had sickle cell anemia and passed away at age 36, felt comfortable

as she broadened her horizons.

Culpeper Regional Health System President and CEO Lee Kirk presented the Germanna

Educational Foundation with a $40,000 donation at the dinner.

Other honors conferred at the dinner: John J. “Butch” Davies, III, a Culpeper attorney

and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was named the GCCEF Board

Member of the Year.

Steve B. Jones of Spotsylvania

County was named GCCEF

Alumnus of the Year. He graduated

from Germanna in 1979 with

an associate’s degree in business

management. He is President and

Chief Operating Officer of the

Fried Companies, Inc. a regional

residential and commercial real

estate development firm based

in Fairfax County with offices

in Springfield, Spotsylvania and

Greene County.


Annual Golf Tournament raises nearly $30,000

Germanna Community College’s Educational Foundation raised

nearly $30,000 when sponsorships, entry fees and additional

donations were tabulated following the September 2012 GCC

Annual Golf Tournament at the Fredericksburg Country Club.

The tournament was won by a team from StellarOne.

The start was delayed for about two hours by a thunderstorm, but

the skies cleared and the sun came out and players were able to

complete 18 holes.

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.

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.”


Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River

Region, Youth in Philanthropy Awards Scholarships

Four $500 scholarships were made available through funds

awarded to Germanna Community College’s Middle College by

the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region,

Youth in Philanthropy organization. These funds were awarded

to assist Middle College graduates in their pursuit of higher

education at Germanna Community College.

The Middle College Program is designed to meet the needs of

those between 18-24 years old who have not graduated from high

school. The goal of the program is to have the students complete

the Middle College Program, enroll in a certificate or degree

program at Germanna, and enter the workforce.

Michelle Ly - Legacy Scholar

Unlike most 18-year-olds, Michelle Ly knew what she wanted to

do when she graduated from high school.

The 2012 Culpeper High School graduate has a gift for math.

“It’s always come easily to me,” she said.

Ly knew she wanted to become an accountant and decided she

wanted a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University. And

she knew the smartest way to get where she wanted to go was

to spend her first two years at Germanna Community College.

Ly was selected as a Virginia Community College System

Commonwealth Legacy Scholar based on her work at CCHS.

The Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship Program awards

scholarships to first-time students attending one of Virginia’s 23

community colleges, providing $3,000 for a full-year of tuition,

books, and fees.

Ly plans to earn her associate’s degree in business administration,

then study accounting at George Mason. Ly eased into

community college life by taking online courses, then classes

on campus. She said online courses require a little more self-

discipline, “but if you apply yourself, the quality is good.”

Rappahannock Electric Coop’s Operation Round Up

Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round Up has

raised $5,000 to support Germanna’s Middle College. Middle

College Director Carolyn Bynum said the GED test will be

changing in 2014, and the funds will be used to purchase new

curriculum.

According to REC’s website: “Operation Round Up lets REC

members volunteer to have their electric bills rounded up to the

next highest whole dollar, with the extra change dedicated to

charitable causes and “The purpose of Operation Round Up is

to support individuals, school programs, philanthropic groups,

non-profit organizations and other deserving causes within REC’s

service area. A board of directors reviews applications for support

and decides how donations are made.”


GCCEF 2013 Distinguished Person of the Year

The Germanna Community College Educational Foundation honored

Charles G. and Mary Wynn McDaniel on February 15, 2013 for decades of

making a difference.

“We want to thank the McDaniels for all you’ve been and done, for your

model of leadership and service,” said Germanna President Dr. David

A. Sam. “It will be hard for anyone to follow in your footsteps.”

“Together, you have served this community … in economic development

and job creation, philanthropy and community service,” said the

foundation’s Distinguished Person of the Year Committee Chair Darla K.

Burton.

“Mary Wynn and I are both very strong on family and education,” Charles

McDaniel said in accepting the GCCEF 2013 Distinguished Person of the

Year Award at the Fredericksburg Country Club. He said that despite the

fact that the family was not always well off, four generations of McDaniels

had gone from public school at James Monroe High School to highly

regarded colleges like the University of Richmond and the University of

Virginia. “The world of education has changed” in a way that makes higher

education seem out of reach to too many, he said. “The reason we’re here is

to support Germanna.”

“Germanna is the ideal answer to many of our problems,” he said. “It

allows people with very little resources to go and get an education.

Germanna trains a lot of the workforce, whether it be the nurses at Mary

Washington [Hospital], truck drivers–they train all kinds of people,” he

said.

The award has been given since 2009 for exemplary service to

the community over an extended period of time. Past winners have been

Jane Ingalls, Sen. John Chichester, Ed Allison and Fred Rankin.

19th Annual Scholarship Monte Carlo

The Germanna Community College Educational Foundation’s 19th Annual

Scholarship Monte Carlo Night grossed a record $144,000 for the Germanna

Guarantee Program. The program provides financial assistance to students unable

to continue their education because of financial obstacles.

“Joe Daniel’s leadership was instrumental in the record gross for the event,” said

Mike Catell, former director of the Foundation. “This year our net will exceed our

gross goal of $120,000. That has never happened in the history of the event.”

Catell said a crowd of about 250 attended the event.

In 2012, more than 100 students benefited from the Germanna Guarantee

Program.


ScholarshipsAgetro 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 Fund

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 & GCC Partners in

Education

William & Rosemary Walker Scholarship

for Nursing

Willis Clyde Locker Scholarship

Middle College Scholarship

William Carpenter Scholarship

Workforce Development & Community

Service Fund


Local ScholarshipsAfrican Methodist Episc. Church

Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen

Alpha Delta Kappa

American Farm Publications, Inc.

American Legion

AT Johnson Alum Assoc.

Belmont Ruritan Club

Bowen Engineering Corp

Career Partners, Inc.

Caroline’s Promise

Carter-Bennett

Chancellor High School

Charlottesville Postal Fed.

Chic-fil-A

CNV Scholarship

Colonial Beach Education Found

Colonial Beach High School

Columbia Lodge 285

Comm. Foundation Rappahannock River

Region

Courtland High School

Culpeper Bus. and Prof. Women

Culpeper County High School

Culpeper Lions Club

Culpeper Reg. Health System

Culpeper Regional Hospital

Culpeper Unit. Meth. Church

Culpeper Women’s Club

East Orange Ruritan Club

Eastern View High School

Emmanuel AME Church

EOD Mem. Scholarship

Erma Chadwick School

Fraternal Order of Eagles

Fredericksburg Agriculture Fair

Gables Limited Partnership

Growing Hope, Inc.

GW Carver High School

Hopewell United Methodist Church

Hunter Garner School

King George Fall Festival

King George High School

King George Lodge 314

Kitchentech

Lake of the Woods Lioness Club

Lake of the Woods Lions

Lake of the Woods Players

Lake Youth Foundation

Liberty High School

Little Ark Baptist Church

Local Funds Scholarship

Loyal Order of Moose

Margaret Johnson

Marine Corps Scholarship Found

Mary Washington Healthcare

Massaponax Band Parents’ Assn.

Metropolitan Community Church

Military Firefighter Heritage

Mom’s Scholarship

National Youth Cutting Horse Assoc.

Orange County Education Foundation

Orange County High School

Orange Grove Baptist Church

Potomac Chpt MOAA

Prince William County

Project Big Heart

Rappahannock Rotary Club

Rappahannock Rotary Ed. Foundation

Rehoboth United Methodist Church

Rising Zion Baptist Church

Rotary Club of Caroline

Round Oak Baptist Church

Ruritan National Foundation

RWS Enterprises, Inc

Salem Ed. Foundation

Scholarship America

Sgt. Joshua Frazier Memorial

Sharon Masonic School Fund

Sheet Metal Workers Local Union

Sisters of Ivy Foundation

SMART Scholarship

Spotsylvania High School

St. John Baptist Church

St. Peters Lutheran Church

Stafford High School

Stafford Rotary Club

Stafford Voc. Education Foundation

Sunshine Lady Foundation

The San Diego Foundation

Theresa and William Brosche

Timothy Murphy School

Tulsa Community Foundation

Two Ten Footware Foundation

UDC Chapter of Culpeper

Union Belle Baptist Church

US Bowling Congress

USMCCCA Foundation

VA Space Grant Scholarship

Virginia DECA Foundation

Virginia Tech. Foundation

Volkswagon & GCC School

Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Assoc.

Welcome Lodge #125

William A. Cooke


Community

Connie Kincheloe Receives Honorary Degree

President Dr. David A. Sam presented Culpeper community

leader Connie Kincheloe with an honorary degree during

the 2013 Spring Commencement held on May 8 at the

Fredericksburg Expo. & Conference Center.

“It is my privilege to recognize a member of the community for

her significant and long-standing contributions to Germanna

and the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Dr. Sam said. “Connie

Kincheloe has been a friend to the College for many years. She

has furthered the College’s mission by serving on the Germanna

Educational Foundation for nearly 20 years.”

“I want you to know how much this means to me,” Kincheloe

said. “There is no organization I admire and respect more than

the VCCS.”

“Ms. Kincheloe’s dedication to education extends beyond

Germanna to serving the Virginia Community College System,”

Dr. Sam said. She was appointed by Gov. Mark Warner to the

State Board for Community Colleges, where she served for five

years, including one year as chair. She has served five years as a

State Board member on the Virginia Foundation for Community

College Education. She was instrumental in establishing the

DuBois Student Success fund in 2010. It provides unrestricted

emergency funding for students enrolled in Middle College.

“She has served the entire Commonwealth and VCCS and is

universally respected and admired,” Dr. Sam said. “She always has

the greater good in mind, seeking to open doorways for countless

students. Even when some students did not believe in themselves,

Ms. Kincheloe has always believed in them and has taken action

to help them find and achieve their dreams.”

Chmura and Senator Reeves Speak at Annual

Workforce Advisory Board Meeting

Christine Chmura, President and Chief Economist for Chmura

Economics & Analytics in Richmond, spoke at the Annual

Germanna Community College Workforce Advisory Board

Meeting at the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper.

Chmura told the crowd the national economy was healing, but

had slowed, partly because of federal reductions in spending and

spoke about the risk sequestration posed to Virginia.

State Senator Bryce Reeves was the keynote speaker and over 100

business leaders from Germanna’s service region provided the

college with feedback on training needs at the meeting.

Chmura has been named one of The 50 Most Influential

Virginians by Virginia Business Magazine.

The meeting featured IT, Health Care, Industry & Construction

and Business & Professional breakout sessions.

Science Saturday

Fredericksburg Parent and Family magazine won an $8,000 grant

from the Rappahannock Community Foundation’s Women and

Girls Fund and partnered with Germanna Community College in

a four-week Science Saturdays “mini med-school”, The magazine

described it as allowing girls as young as fourth-graders to “tackle

hands-on projects, including dissections.” The purpose of Science

Saturdays is to foster interest among girls in careers in STEM

fields.


Associate of Arts & Sciences (AA&S) • Business Administration

• Education

• Education (K-8)

• General Studies

• General Studies - Psychology Specialization

• Liberal Arts

• Science

Associate of Science (AS) • Engineering – Mechanical

• Engineering – Electrical

Associate of Applied Science (AAS) • Business Management

• Dental Hygiene

• Early Childhood Development

• Emergency Medical Services (EMT)

• Information System Technology

- Information Management or Network

Security

• Information System Technology

- Networking

• Nursing

• Police Science

• Technical Studies Industrial Maintenance

Certificates • Dental Assisting


• Fine Arts

• Fire Science Technology

• General Education

• Graphic Communications

• Health Information Management (PVCC)

• Police Science

• Practical Nursing

- Practical Nursing Program Site Option

(GCC/Culpeper Co. Public School)

Programs of Study

Career Studies Certificates • Accounting

• Allied Health Preparation

• American Sign Language

• Automotive Diagnostician

• Automotive Technician

• Business Core

• E-Commerce


• Emergency Medical Services, EMT Int.

• 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

Bachelors and Master’s degrees

through TELETECHNET (ODU)

- A partnership between GCC and

Old Dominion University. ODU at the

Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania

and ODU Distance Learning.

Center for Workforce & Community

EducationOffers a wide range of credit and noncredit

courses, seminars, workshops, consulting

and training services. For more information

go to www.germanna.edu/workforce.

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