Board of Trustees Joe Alderéte, Jr. District 1 Denver McClendon District 2 Anna U. Bustamante District 3 Marcelo S. Casillas District 4 Roberto Zárate District 5 Dr. Gene Sprague District 6 Dr. Yvonne Katz District 7 Gary Beitzel District 8 James A. Rindfuss District 9

A special thank you to Mandy Williams & Lisa Garcia from San Antonio College; Isaac Green, SPC student; SAC ROTC;

Mellissa Marlowe & the NVC Drama Program & Follett Bookstore at Northwest Vista College

Convocation Committee

District Palo Alto College Debbie Martinez Joseph Coppola Janet Rangel Veronica I. Reyes St. Philip’s College Andrea Soriano Reuben Kaller Peter Van Dusen Natasha P. Schmittou Northeast Lakeview College San Antonio College Sarah Dycus Cynthia Price Megan Grimsley Usha Venkat

Northwest Vista College Jim Lievens

Employee & National Awards

Chancellor’s Administrative Leadership Award John Strybos, District Support Offices

Employee of the Year J. Michele “Janey” Tippit, San Antonio College

Alamo Leadership Academy for Success Leader of Leaders Award

Gilliam Burton, San Antonio College Carlos Escobar, District Support Offices

Arianna Lay, Palo Alto College Natasha P. Schmittou, St. Philip’s College Deanna Villarreal, Northwest Vista College

Alamo Leadership Academy for Success Most Valuable Leaders Award Dawn Elmore, San Antonio College

Jim Lievens, Northwest Vista College Veronica I. Reyes, District Support Offices

James Searles, District Support Offices Mitch Wilson, District Support Offices

Chair of Chairs Award Christina Cortez, St. Philip’s College Christa Emig, District Support Office

Yvonne Ramirez, Northeast Lakeview College Janie Scott, Northwest Visa College

Leonard Ziegler, San Antonio College

George Hagen, Palo Alto College Stella Lovato, San Antonio College

James Miller, Northeast Lakeview College Denise Tolan, Northwest Visa College

Paul Wilson, San Antonio College

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Employee & National Awards

National Council for Marketing and Public Relations Awards

Silver Medallion for Successful Recruitment Program, Project Graduation

Awarded to

Northeast Lakeview College Public Relations Team

Gold Medallion for Promotional Campaign for Special Event, Celebración 2012

Awarded to

Palo Alto College Public Relations Team

Gold Medallion, TV advertising campaign, “We Have A Faculty for Reshaping Futures” and Poster Category, Tuition Installment Message

Awarded to

Alamo Colleges Public Relations Team

National Security Agency Department of Homeland Security

National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance for 2013-2015

Designations Awarded to

St. Philip’s and San Antonio Colleges

Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget

Presentation Award for the 3rd Consecutive Year Awarded to

Alamo Colleges Budget Team

Baldrige Performance Excellence Program Recognized for best practice in leadership

and customer focus. The only educational institution in the country to receive a Baldrige site visit.

Northwest Vista College

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Convocation

“Celebrating Excellence”

August 19, 2013

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks Janet Rangel

Presentation of Flag SAC ROTC

The National Anthem Isaac Green SPC Student

Introductions Dr. Robert Zeigler SAC President

Welcome James Rindfuss Board of Trustees Chairman

College Prep Model Dr. Lisa Alcorta Chancellor’s Presentation/Remarks Dr. Bruce Leslie Introduction of Keynote Speaker Keynote Speaker Dr. John Roueche

“What to Do with Your Life” NVC Students NVC Drama Program

Celebration of Employee Dr. Bruce Leslie Accomplishments James Rindfuss

11:00 a.m. Closing Remarks Janet Rangel

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Dr. John Roueche

John Edward Roueche is President of the Roueche Graduate Center, National American University. Previously, he served as the Sid Rich-ardson Regents Chair and as Professor and Director of the Commu-nity College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin from 1971-2012. Dr. Roueche is a graduate of Mitchell Community College (1958) and received his PhD in higher education administra-tion from The Florida State University in 1964.

Roueche has received extensive national recognition for his re-search, teaching, service, and overall leadership, including the 2012 Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award from the American Asso-ciation of Community Colleges; the 2012 “Diverse Champion Award” from the publishers and editors of Diverse Issues in Higher

Education for his lifetime support and contributions to increased diversity in American communi-ty colleges. He was also honored in 2012 by the American Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors, who named their national leadership initiative in his honor. He and Dr. Suanne Roueche received the 2011 O’Banion Prize for Leadership in Teaching and Learn-ing from the Educational Testing Service. His other awards are too numerous to be cited individ-ually but he has received the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges as well as the 1988 B. Lamar Johnson Leader-ship Award from the League for Innovation in the Community College. He has also received the University of Texas Distinguished Faculty Award, the University of Texas’ Teaching Excel-lence Award, and The University of Texas Career Research Excellence Award, the Universi-ty’s top research prize.

Since 1970, John Roueche has spoken to more than 1300 colleges and universities on topics of teaching and leadership excellence. He is the author of 37 books and more than 175 articles and chapters focused on leadership, teaching, and learning. He has served as Principal Investigator for more than $40 million in projects funded by major American foundations during his years of service at the University of Texas.

His recent books include Rising to the Challenge: Lessons Learned from Guilford Tech Commu-nity College (2012), with Suanne Roueche, Martha Ellis, and Melinda Ellis Valdez; The Creative Community College (2008), with M. Melissa Richardson, Phillip W. Neal, and Suanne D. Roueche; The Entrepreneurial Community College (2005), with Barbara R. Jones; Practical Mag-ic: On the Front Lines of Teaching Excellence (2003), with Mark D. Milliron and Suanne D. Roueche; In Pursuit of Excellence: The Community College of Denver (2001); High Stakes, High Performance; Making Remedial Education Work (1999); Embracing the Tiger: The Effectiveness Debate and the Community College (1997); Strangers in Their Own Land: Part-Time Faculty in American Community Colleges (1995); The Company We keep: Collaboration in the Community College (1995); and Between a Rock and A Hard Place: The At-Risk Student in the Open-Door College (1993), all with Suanne D. Roueche.

Roueche is married to Suanne Davis Roueche, currently the President of the Assistance League of Austin, and past director of NISOD (University of Texas at Austin). John and Suanne have three children: Michelle, Robin, Jay and two grandchildren, Jack and Caroline.

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Degree Recipients

Bachelor’s Degrees Northeast Lakeview College Palo Alto College Vanessa German Dora Ann Contreras Arvinder Kooner Rose Davis Allison Garcia Northwest Vista College Briana Hagelgans Shawn Harward Doris Herrera Ruben Sanchez San Antonio College St. Philip’s College Juan Zamora Dianna Garza Russell Gill District Yazmin Hernandez Vanessa Valenzuela

Associate’s Degrees

District Sabina Swank

Palo Alto College San Antonio College Veronica Buendia Michelle Alejos Alicia Rodriguez Northwest Vista College Melissa Sutherland Tori Martinez Leonor Nguyen

Degree Recipients

Doctoral Degrees

Northwest Vista College San Antonio College Edgar Garza Tom Cox Palo Alto College District Anna Bustamante Savithra Eratne St. Philip’s College Natasha P. Schmittou

Master’s Degrees

Northeast Lakeview College San Antonio College Mary Jane Cardenas Melissa Aguirre Bridgedette Ynman Esther Campa Charles Crowley Northwest Vista College Brittany Duncan Valarie Fluellen Deidra Flynn Dobson Roque Heredia Karen Gonzales Tunisha Potter Palo Alto College Stephanie Rotheram Maria Rogers Michelle Theiss St. Philip’s College District Rita Armstrong Audrey Ashley Desiree Benavides Natisha Cottrell Jill DeHoog Michelle Hill Laura Miele Maria Rivera-Midence Edith Orozco LaTanya Woods Rhonda Webb

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Celebrating Excellence

NISOD Awards

District

Don Adams Lisa Alcorta

Patricia Parma Northeast Lakeview College St. Philip’s College Efrain Guevara-Guevara Rita Armstrong Patsy Stelter John Braxton Cindy Wilson Paul Machen Silvia Zecca San Antonio College

Northwest Vista College Irene Alvarado Anthony Coppin Geraldo Guerra Sally First Steven Lewis Andrew Hill Amanda Martin Jenny Martin William Richardson Scott Walker Larry Rosinbaum Greg Ward Amy Whitworth

Palo Alto College Brad Chandler

Sylvia De Hoyos Christopher Delgado

Beatriz Joseph Irene Keller Alexis Lowe

Stamatis Muratidis Mariana Ornelas Yolanda Reyna Dan Rodriguez

Veronica Rosas-Tatum Anita Soliz

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Faculty Promotions

Professor

Northwest Vista College San Antonio College Terry Goddard Lynda Aguirre Robert McWhorter JoAnn Harris Patricia Portales Palo Alto College Francisco Solis Brad Chandler Murat Tas Christy Woodword-Kaupert

Associate Professor

Northwest Vista College St. Philip’s College Joan Babcock JoAnn Davis Trina Cowan Pilar Damron San Antonio College Christopher Harrison Gail Day Heidi Hunt-Ruiz Rebecca Dietz Timothy Jones Yuk-kwong Edmund Lo Prakash Nair Alice Laffere Stephen Philbrick Robyn McGilloway Christine Schmidt Marianne Odom Karin Wilking Robert Yeater

Assistant Professor

Northeast Lakeview College St. Philip’s College Gina Mealey Jennifer Agricola-Mojica Christopher Beardsall Northwest Vista College Brenda Clark

Jerry Koch Keisa Renee Guillory Julie Moore-Felux Melissa Hancock Paul Northway Adam Reeves San Antonio College Jack Robbins Erik Anderson Denise Tolan Yu-Pa Ng Palo Alto College Robert Leal

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Faculty Promotions

Tenured Faculty Northeast Lakeview College Palo Alto College Carol Bernard John Aken Cherilyn Cox Joseph Ottum Allison Duesing Fonzie Quance-Fitch Jeff Hassmann Laura Houston St. Philip’s College Zakia Ibaroudene Jessica Cooper Denise Menchaca Robert Fransman Julie Nicols Laura Miele Martha Vargas Carmen Nava-Fischer Silvia Zecca Northwest Vista College San Antonio College Andrea Anderson G. Salvador Gutierrez Britt Benshetler Lisa Menard Karla Ellis Tammy Perez Sally First Carmen Santiago JoAnn Gonzalez Tandy Schoolcraft Julie Hoshizaki Berne Smith Anthony Montalbano Melissa Sutherland June Pedraza William Waggoner Deepak Sainju Scott Walker Qiaoying Zhou