An estimated 600 plus QC studentswill say “auld lang syne” to their

alma mater during the college’s SpringCommencement Ceremony on Satur-day, May 30 at the South Shore MusicCircus in Cohasset. The move to the south shore site was

dictated when the college outgrew theseating capacity of the Marriott Hotel inQuincy. The new venue also is moreconvenient for graduates of the college’sPlymouth campus.Guest tickets will be required for

family and friends. Each attending grad-uate will be allowed two guest tickets.To ensure a smooth processional

process, there will be a rehearsal forgraduates on Wednesday, May 27 from2 P.M.-3 P.M. at the South ShoreMusic Circus.Additional guest tickets will be dis-

tributed on a first come-first served basisat the rehearsal. No tickets will be avail-able on Commencement Day. The Commencement ceremony will

be at 1 P.M. Graduates should report tothe South Shore Music Circus at 11 A.M.Guests will be admitted at 12 noon.An added attraction to the Ceremony

will be the premier performance of

Skylar van Joolen’s Fanfare of the Tri-umphs. He is the son of Dr. Vincent vanJoolen, QC Dean of Natural and HealthSciences.Skylar is a freelance composer for in-

dependent short films and musical the-

ater in Los Angeles. He graduated fromBerklee College of Music in 2013 witha double major in Film Scoring andModern Composition, and a minor inConducting.

The South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset will be the site of QC’s May, 2015 graduationceremony. The college has outgrown the seating capacity of the Marriott Hotel in Quincy.

Spring 2015 Volume 7, Issue 2

Dr. Linda Pendergast has been namedQC’s new Dean of Nursing.She replaces Dean Roxanne Mihal,

who left the Academic Division ofNursing earlier this month.Pendergast has more than 30 years in

postsecondary education. Her experi-

ence includes 25 years plus at Our Ladyof the Lake College in Baton Rouge,LA. as Maternal/Child Nursing Faculty,Associate Professor, Director of Plan-ning and Support Services. She later joined Methodist College in

Peoria, Ill. where she served as Dean

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Inquiring Photographer

Kevin McCurdy “Depends on your definitionof boots. If private contractors want to go anddefend, they should be able to. We should be

able to fight for what we believe in.”

Jim Downey “ABSOLUTELY. I am a formerarmy soldier.”

James Donovan “Yes. They’re killinginnocent civilians.”

Devon Varmahmoodi “No, the other nationsaround the world should get involved.”

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick “Yes we should. I’m inthe marine corps and know people itching to

go over there.”Bobbi Bolster “The United States has aresponsibility as an advanced nation to

help.”

Letter to the editorWe learn how to flourish in real

college environmentI’m a dual enrollment student. On

Tuesdays and Thursdays I go to classesat Al-noar Academy in Mansfield. OnMondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I’mhere at Quincy College.It is an amazing opportunity that most

high school students don’t have. QC hasgiven the dual enrollees an opportunityto expand our knowledge. We are learning how to flourish in a

real college environment. The dual enrollment starts at grade 11

when we are juniors in high school. Sowe get two years of experience beforewe continue our education at anothercollege or at Quincy. The variety of classes offered here is

not only interesting but a wonderful ex-perience. It gives us the opportunity toexplore our interests before we decideour futures.Most professors at Quincy College

are very friendly and easy going.During the beginning of my dual en-

rollment I was afraid that the professorsmight be hard. That is not the case. Theyare very helpful. Their goal is to help you exceed and

succeed—not only in class but out therein the world. Their seemingly infiniteknowledge can only add or expand yourinterest in a particular subject.Being a dual enrollment student has

given me countless opportunities to putmyself out there and to meet the students.Usually they don’t know I’m a high

school student until I tell them. Theylook at me quizzically and ask “you’rea high school student?” I am very proud to be a high school

student at Quincy College. Reean Faisal

ISIS Topic: “Should we put boots on the ground...?”Photos by BOBBI BOLSTER

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Make Life Easier for Students By Sarah Martin

During the past year student enroll-ment at QC increased from 4576 in

the Fall, 2013 to 4705 in the Fall, 2014.“This increase,” Kimberly Puhala,

Associate Vice President, InstitutionalResearch & Assessment, points out “is asignificant accomplishment. Enrollmentwas down at all but 1 of the other public2-year colleges in Massachusetts.”The latest figures also show that the col-

lege still attracts many international stu-dents who come to this country on a visa.In the Fall, 2014 there were 338 in-

ternational students who represented 69nations. A year earlier, in Fall, 2013,there were 374 from 62 nations. The People’s Republic of China re-

tained its top spot in both years. In theFall, 2014 there were 53 internationalstudents from that nation at QC. A yearearlier it was 65.

The runner up spot for Fall, 2014 wascaptured by Vietnam with 32 interna-tional students at QC. In the Fall, 2013there were 35.Next highest in the Fall, 2014 was

Nepal with 16 international students atQC. A year earlier that nation registered35 international students at QC.Other nations in the top 10 were:

2014 20134. Japan 14 12 + 24. Thailand 14 17 - 36. Brazil 13 16 - 37. Republic of Korea 12 13 - 17. Turkey 12 18 - 69. Cape Verde 9 8 + 110. Columbia 7 6 + 1Women students at QC still make up

more than half the student population.In the Fall, 2014 there were 3125women enrolled—or 66.4% of the total.

Acoustic Guitar Club members –-left toright—Jonathan Pan, Kristin Dimitrova andChristopher Bruce take a break during the

club’s meeting.

Photo by JAMES PETERS

How do you make a good collegebookstore even better—and make

life easier for students?First. Make the store more conven-

ient to use by moving it into the buildingwhere the college is located. Then pro-vide the students with numerous booktitles and financial options. Both happened this past Fall when

Barnes & Noble @ Quincy Collegetook over the store from previous ownerFollett Corporation and moved into the1st floor at 1250 Hancock Street.Store prices, Ted Fannon, Barnes &

Nobel store manager says, have not nec-essarily gone up or down since switch-ing from the previous Follett location. His store, he explains, offers different

options to students. For example finan-

cial awards are accepted and bookrentals are available. This past Fall semester, Fannon con-

tinued, the store offered 600 titles. Morethan 70% could be rented.By renting instead of buying, Fannon

added, students save 35% for each book. Barnes & Noble’s new Yuzu Platform

program, Fannon says, offers students a“considerable cheaper option.” Yuzu isa new digital textbook app launched lastyear which can be accessed throughiPhone, iPad or PC.The store, Fannon declares, has

added attractions for customer content-ment. A large display of books on femi-nism and women’s rights currentlyhighlights The Women’s History Month.

There also is a display on the local his-tory of Quincy. As an added attraction, the store of-

fers corollary merchandise such as QCclothing, and stationery needs from writ-ing utensils to a new iPad case. The parent Barnes & Noble Inc. is a

Fortune 500 company. It is described asthe nation’s largest bookseller and theleading retailer of content, digital mediaand educational products. It operates649 bookstores in 50 states and is one ofthe Web’s largest e-commerce sites.Barnes & Noble College Bookstores

LLC operates 714 bookstores which servemore than 5 million students in the U.S. The bookstore at QC is open Monday

through Friday 8:30 A.M.-6 P.M.

Enrollment Up By Evan O’Donovan-Fox and Sarah Martin

Voice StaffDoaa AlhilaliBobbi BolsterKostika DhembiReean FaisalCynthila FelizHosam KatebSarah Martin

Evan O’Donovan-FoxDevon Varmahmoodi

Faculty Advisor:Aaron Levine

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In grammar and high school all stu-dents are taught that 1+ 1 = 2. But QC students in the Advanced

Training section of the Exercise Scienceprogram are finding out it’s not necessarilyso. Sometimes it adds up to much more.During their final semester these stu-

dents workout faculty and administra-tors in the fitness center on the building’slower level.

This “quid pro quo” program hasbeen going on for about five years.About 20 faculty and administratorseach year have taken advantage of theprogram to stay more physically fit. Each student is assigned a faculty

member for 12 weeks. During their twicea week sessions the students teach thefaculty the basics of strength training—including proper form and weight usage.The students use the Nautilus equip-

ment along with free weights to com-plete full body workouts. Both the student teachers and faculty

are enthused by the ‘two-way” program.The students are enthused by the oppor-tunity to pay back their instructors. At

the same time they’re applying theirclass learning into practical experience.The faculty are also enthusiastic

about taking a break in their busy sched-ules. Also for feeling better and health-ier. Some faculty members have signedup for the program in consecutive years. Kendra Hanson, an exercise science

major student, summed up the feeling ofher classmates. “Dr. Wayne Westcott and the other in-

structors,” Hanson says, “have taught agreat deal to the students of the seniorclass. This has allowed them to put forththeir knowledge and begin applying it ina practical sense.

“It is great,” she continued, “todemonstrate the understanding each stu-dent has learned from the individualclasses. This class gives them confi-dence in their field—by not only hearingfeedback, but by witnessing positive re-sults within their trainees.”The program has been enthusiasti-

cally received by the faculty/administra-tors recipients. Mary Moore, disabilityservices officer, declared, “This programis a jump start to push me to work out.

“It’s nice to be able to see the studentsin practice,” she added, “to see whatthey have learned and to be able to bepart of the entire process. It is fantasticto be able to work with such a support-ive faculty. “This process allows the students to

build rapport and demonstrate empathy,which are important qualities for per-sonal trainers,” Moore explained.Her enthusiasm for the program was

seconded by Librarian Sarah Dolan. “This is the best program!” Dolan de-

clared. “The trainers are so helpful,knowledgeable and encouraging. I def-initely feel stronger not only in general,but also in other activities such as yogaand snowboarding. “It put me in a good mood and also

takes me away from my daily routine.”Dolan enthused.

“When individuals train on their own,most don’t push themselves to their ut-most abilities. But when given a trainerthey will be given much encouragementto use their full strength.” A current associate vice president

participant explains

True or False: 1+1 = 2? By Voice staff. Kendra Hanson contributed to the story.

Donna Brugman, executive administrativeassistant to the president, performs low back

extenslon exercise while supervised byexercise student Arthur Jewitt. In

background, exercise student MitchellKearney checks Rose Devito, associate vice

president for financial aid, with herabdominal flexion exercise.

Gary Walrapp, director of career servicesand workforce development does his chestpress exercise while monitored by exercise

student Julie Blackburn.

Exercise student Anthony Hines checksperformance of Mary Moore, director of

disability programs, as she goes through herleg extension exercise.

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ART 251-61True or False: 1+1 = 2?

Have you ever felt stymied by thematerial in your textbook? And

have you ever wished for another wayto absorb the content?If your answer was yes, you might

like to sign up for ART 251-61 “Art Vi-sion and Angles of Perception” beingoffered this Fall as a Humanities elec-tive at the Plymouth campus.Professor Dave England reports he

has created an interdisciplinary coursein which the traditional content in text-books, lectures and formal testing arereplaced by developing cognitive abil-ities and the expression of feelings es-sential to becoming a person.The course, he explains, focuses on

diverse visual cultural and historical experiences in painting, photographyand sculpture beginning with drawings

by humans who lived in caves in south-ern France and Spain. Materials foundin Samoa, Egypt, Africa, Europe, andNorth and South America will also bescrutinized. Class sessions, England declares,

will begin with each student viewing an8 x 10 inch color image paying atten-tion to the total image. Next the detailswill be analyzed: the figures, objects,actions, body language, emotions, race,gender and health.After sharing his/her ideas about the

images with a partner and the instructor,a written descriptions will be sharedwith the class.England asserts he was motivated

to develop the course after reading anarticle by Ann Herman, a New Yorkart historian.

“I love this program. When you starta program, usually you get up and go forsix weeks. And then you quit. But notthis program. It’s the best of both worlds. “You stay motivated because you’re

being supervised and the trainers checkin with you to keep you on track withyour exercise goals. “Staying motivated and focused on a

goal is paramount to me.” The advanced training program, West-

cott says, is open for new faculty to join.

and Chief Academic and Nursing Edu-cation Officer before being promoted toVice President of Academic Affairs/Chief Academic Officer.The new Dean of Nursing also has

more than 20 year of accreditation expe-rience. On campus she has chaired self-study committees, overseen accreditationsite visits, and authored many successfulsubstantive change applications.In addition Pendergast served as ac-

creditation site visitor for two regional ac-crediting agencies—the North CentralAssociation: Higher Learning Commis-

sion and the Southern Association of Col-leges and Schools. As a site visitor sheevaluated more than 15 colleges seekingto affirm their regional accreditation. Pendergast is a Certified Educator

(National League of Nursing). Sheearned a Bachelor of Science in Nursingdegree from the University of SouthernMississippi, a Master of Nursing fromthe Louisiana State University MedicalCenter, and a Ph.D in Higher EducationAdministration from the Louisiana StateUniversity College of Education.

Librarian Sarah Dolan goes through her hip adductor exercise under watchful eye of

exercise student Kendra Hanson.

Sheryll Skarzenski, educational servicesspecialist for nursing, performs the lat

pulldown exercise while being checked byexercise student Samantha O’Connell.

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“Art Vision and Angles of Perception”

Quartet of QC Drama Club membersact out A Very Old Man with

Enormous Wings during the DramaClub’s Spring presentation. Left to right

are Evjo Gjura (on floor), AmberWhiney, Bryan Burns and Anjie Parker.More QC Drama Club news on page 8.

“Listen to your heart; it is trying totell you what you are passionate

about. Find the academic or professionalpath that allows you to embrace yourpassion. Then don’t look back!”This encouragement and advice was

offered by QC Dean of Natural andHealth Science Vincent van Joolen to in-coming members of QC’s chapter of PhiTheta Kappa, the international honor so-ciety for 2-year colleges. The keynote speaker at the chapter’s

induction ceremony reminded the newinductees that they had reached a mile-stone in their lives. Also that they hadproved that they had the potential to be“something great.”During the past year QC inducted 73

new members into the honor society. Tobe eligible, students must have earned aGPA average of 3.5 or better for coursestaken after the first 12 credit hours. The new inductees include:

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Listen to your heart… Then don’t look back. By Samantha Wargo

All eyes are focused on the speaker Sofya Starinshchikova, secretary of QC’s chapter of Phi ThetaKappa during the chapter’s recent induction ceremony. Listening intently (left to right) QC President Peter H. Tsaffaras; Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Aundrea E. Kelley;Dean of Natural and Health Sciences Vincent van Joolen; and Chapter Advisor Susan Bossa.

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“The sports journalism landscapehas changed dramatically since I

first became a newspaper sportswriter inthe 1970s.”Al Young, who recently retired from

the Boston Globe as editor and writer,explained the changing scene to QC’sjournalism class. Sportswriters no longer just report on

games. Young elaborated. They nowcould use an MBA, a law degree or even

a medical background to cover the myr-iad stories about salary caps, collectivebargaining agreements, performance en-hancing drugs (PEDs), domestic vio-lence, DUIs and more issues off the fieldthan on. Today’s journalists, including sports

reporters, Young continued, need to armthemselves with multimedia skills to telltheir stories through video, text, graph-ics, audio and photos.

During his 30 years plus career withworking newspapers, Young worked forUSA Today, the New York Daily News,The New Haven (Conn) Register, theBridgeport (Conn) Post-Telegram andthe Boston Globe. Young’s visit was part of QC’s Career

Services & Workforce Development“Meet the Manager” class visit program.

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Sportswriters can use an MBA or law degree

“Ask yourself what about you today isnot good enough?”

Former Boston Celtics basketballplayer Chris Herren recently shared

his story of substance abuse problemswith QC students.After he realized his lifelong dream

of playing in the National BasketballLeague (NBA), he says he lost it to thenightmare of drug addiction—first alco-hol, then cocaine and oxycontin, and fi-nally heroin.

His problem was so severe, Herrenrecalled, that even his children didn’trecognize the person he became. He suffered a season-ending injury as

a Celtic, then played in five countries:Italy, Poland, Turkey, China and Iran.He struggled with substance abuse

for much of his basketball career. Alco-hol and drug-free since August 2008, herefocused his life to put his sobriety andfamily above all else.

“Ask yourself what about you todayis not good enough?” Herren asked hislisteners. Herren hopes to reach just one person

and make a difference in his or her life.His Herren Project is a nonprofit organ-ization dedicated to providing treatmentnavigation, educational and mentoringprograms to those touched by addictionand to educate people of all ages on thedangers of substance abuse one person,one family at a time.

REBOUND: the Chris Herren story.Photo on left shows Herren talking toQC students. Photo below shows him asa Boston Celtic player.

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Veteran news photographer Lou Jones urged members ofthe QC photography club to embrace social media as a

means of conducting business.During his “Art and Commerce of the New Photojournal-

ism” talk Jones illustrated his points with slides of 12 summerand winter Olympics and other historical global events. Jones’ career spanned the transition from film to digital. The

Internet, he declared, has helped evolve photojournalism.The guest speaker is presently working on two projects:

Millennia Tower that is rising above Downtown Crossing andPan–Africa which embraces many African nations.

QC Drama ClubFairy Tales theme for Drama Society showcase

Photo by RICHARD BRAMANTE

The QC Drama Society’s live showcase in early May featured a fairy tales theme. The dramatic portion was

followed by a sketch and improvisational comedy. The show starred Bryan Burns, Dennis Campbell,

Kerstin Francis, Evjo Gjura, Hosam Kateb, Brenda Lee,Anjie Parker and Amber Whitney.Directed by Professor Steve Dooner, the show’s first act

was a rendition of Gabriel García Márquez’s A Very OldMan with Enormous Wings.The sketch portion included all-

original material written by HosamKateb and Anjie Parker.

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Charming Match maker isdepicted by (left to right) EvjoGjura and Anjie Parkerduring the QC Drama Club’sSpring presentation.

QC trio perform Alice andDorothy in the QC Drama

Club’s Spring presentation. Left to right are Kirsten Francis,

Brenda Lee and Anjie Parker.

Alice and Dorothy is performed by the QC thespian quintet during theDrama Club’s Spring presentation. Depicted (left to right) are AmberWhitney, Dennis Campbell, Hosam Kateb, Brenda Lee and Anjie Parker.