In November, LCCC gained community attention for its dedication to the Hispanic community, veterans and through its Early Learning Center. The college received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hispanic Chamber of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce at the organization’s annual awards dinner at Bear Creek Mountain Resort. The college received the award for its commitment to educating students of all backgrounds and for specifically embarking on a mission to serve Allentown, the Lehigh Valley’s largest city, which has the highest concentration of Hispanic students. LCCC president Dr. Ann Bieber accepted the award on behalf of the college. Joining her were her husband Matt, Dr. Thomas Meyer, faculty member Charles Molano and his wife, faculty member Christine Bowditch and her husband, ESL director Kenza Glass, Foundation Board chair Ellen Millard-Kern, students Maribel Garcia and Belkis Rosario and Belkis’ husband Ramon Alvarado. LCCC was also recognized for its commitment to veterans as the college was named to the 2016 Military Friendly Schools® list. Over 1,400 schools earned

this year’s distinct Military Friendly® Schools designation. These higher-education institutions have been recognized for exhibiting leading practices in recruiting and supporting post-military students. Schools on the Military Friendly Schools list also offer additional benefits to student veterans such as on-campus veterans programs, credit for service, military spouse programs and more. Criteria for making the Military Friendly Schools list included efforts to recruit and retain military and veteran students, results in recruiting military and veteran students and academic accreditations. More than 300 LCCC students are veterans. The college operates veterans lounges on both the Schnecksville and Tamaqua campuses and supports an active veterans student club. To view the list, visit https://militaryfriendly.com/2016schools/ In addition to providing educational excellence to students, the college has also been awarded for its commitment to child development as the LCCC Early Learning Center recently was awarded the highest four-star rating through the Keystone STARS initiative through the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning. The STARS program is designed to improve, support and recognize the continuous quality improvement of early learning programs in Pennsylvania. In a Star 4 program, at least half of the lead teachers have a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and all have at least an associate degree; teachers and families work together to create an enriching environment for children; curriculum and assessments are developed based on Pennsylvania standards; teachers help children and their families transition to kindergarten; and classrooms and learning activities are evaluated based on a standardized tool, to name just a few of the ways the program sets standards. The LCCC Early Learning Center (ELC) accepts children ages three to five and is located on the college’s main Schnecksville campus. Established in 1972, the center encompasses a fine arts studio, culinary cove, open-air classroom and performing arts room.

Joseph A. Alban, TreasurerWhitehall-Coplay

Annabelle B. CrevelingAllentown

Samuel P. DeFrankSalisbury

Willard G. DellickerTrustee at Large

Paul C. Fisher, Jr. Northwestern Lehigh

Mathias J. Green, Jr.Northern Lehigh

Matthew T. KorpCatasauqua

Audrey L. Larvey, ChairPalmerton

Roberta M. Marcus, Vice ChairParkland

William MiracleTrustee at Large

Kenneth H. Mohr, Jr.Southern Lehigh

William Santore, Jr. Panther Valley

Randall L. Smith, SecretaryJim Thorpe

David KrauseLehighton

Ann L. ThompsonEast Penn

Jerome B. Frank, Esq.Solicitor

Lehigh Carbon Community College Board of Trustees

Alumni Association Board of Directors

Heather Mullen ’06, President Linda Krisko ’80, Vice PresidentMichele Mullikin ’00, Secretary/TreasurerJeremiah Wilhite, StudentMegan Billowitch ’94Kristie Fogel ’01 Susan Heller ’03, ’07Michael Mauro ’07Shannon Semmel-Ciamacco ’96Pamela Fenstermacher ’10 Cheryl Fisher ‘82Kimberly Troup ‘13Jane Wilchak, LCCC

OfficersEllen Millard-KernChairperson; Chief of Staff, Senator Pat Browne’s Office

Kathy Kovatch ReamanVice-Chairperson and SecretaryKovatch Corporation

Thomas D. OleksaTreasurer and Chair of Finance and Investment Committee

Annabelle B. Creveling LCCC Board of TrusteesCollege Trustees Appointee

Brian Kahler VP Finance and Admin. Services, LCCC Presidential Appointee

MembersTony BoyleBoyle Construction

John T. Cathers, Jr.

Jan Creedon

Robin FloresThe Literacy Center

Ronald GlassLCCC Faculty (retired)

Christopher JordanCompliance OfficerChildWay Pediatric Services

Richard KernNational Penn Bank

Bernard “Buddy” Lesavoy, Esq.Lesavoy, Butz and Seitz, LLC

David LobachEmbassy Bank

Kent C. NewhartAccounting & Tax Assoc., Inc.

Ron NeimeyerAltronics, Inc.

Dale RothDale A. Roth Architects, A.I.A.

Christina SchoemakerValley Youth House

Betty SmithTrexler Haines, Inc.

Willard SnyderNew Tripoli Bancorp

Mark ThompsonMKSD, Architects

LCCC Foundation Board of Directors

Upcoming EventsLehigh Carbon Community College President Dr. Ann D. Bieber

Lehigh Carbon Community College4525 Education Park Drive

Schnecksville, PA 18078www.LCCC.edu

610-799-2121

Dec. 5 Fast Track One Stop Registration Information Event at LCCC Allentown site from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Dec. 7 Tri-Cees Fall concert at LCCC Schnecksville in the Scheller-Woodman Community Services Center beginning at 7 p.m.Dec. 12 Fall full term and online classes end.Dec. 14 to 19 Final exams.Dec. 21 Winter Session online classes begin.Dec. 24 to Jan. 3 College closed.

LCCC Accepts Several Honors During November The LCCC Foundation would like to extend a very special thank you to the sponsors, PPL as the Fall Festival sponsor and King Spry as the exclusive VIP event sponsor, and to all who supported the event. The Foundation would also like to extend a huge thank you to all of the LCCC departments that donated baskets. The total basket raffle came to 47 baskets donated by various departments and sites as well as the community and vendors and crafters. Thank you to all who contributed bottles of wine for the Wine Pull. This event brought in $880. The winner of the grand prize basket, which was donated by Boyle Construction, was Melanie Wursta. Some fun facts: • 26,000 individual raffle tickets went into the cans

(compared to 18,000 last year)• Basket raffle earned $3,000

(compared to $2,300 last year)• Net profit in 2014 - $7,735• Net profit for 2015 - $11,624

LCCC Foundation Fall Festival

The Career Development Center welcomed LCCC students, alumni, faculty and staff to join the Fall Job Fair in the Scheller-Woodman Community Services Center on main campus. More than 75 companies were on hand, looking to fill full-time, part-time,

seasonal and internship opportunities.

Job Fair Held at Main Campus

Trailer Debuts at Open House

LCCC’s Center for Leadership and Workforce Development (CLWD) showcased its training trailer at the Morgan Center in Tamaqua. The trailer allows the college to offer courses in electrical, mechanical, programmable logic circuits and motor control to a business or industry location other than LCCC. These courses allow students to take the practical portion of homework and reading online before applying their skills in a hands-on, instructor-facilitated setting.

Entrepreneur Team Presents at NACCE Conference

The LCCC Entrepreneur Team led a 75-minute break-out session at the NACCE (National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship) annual conference in Houston, Texas. Hosting a packed room, the team, composed of Dr. Barry Spriggs, Stephen Walker, Amy Tentylo and Richard Warner presented their topic “From Birth of the Entrepreneur Program to

Present.” The Business Enterprise Center is celebrating its seven-year anniversary. The team spent quite a bit of time networking with other colleges and getting ideas for future activities. They also spent time with the vendors selling equipment, which could be used by LCCC.

OTA Students Host 5K

The OTA (Occupational Therapy Assistant) students held a 5K race on the LCCC Schnecksville campus as a community service activity to raise funds for Horses and Horizons therapeutic riding center. It was a beautiful day for a race around the campus.

LCCC Tamaqua Open House

LCCC Tamaqua opened its doors for an open house on Nov. 4, which brought in approximately 80 potential students and their parents to the Tamaqua site. Attendees were greeted by the LCCC admissions team and the LCCC cougar as they learned about the programs offered at the college, financial aid and more.

Jim Thorpe Hosts Successful Event On Nov. 11, the LCCC Jim Thorpe site invited Carbon County high school students and their parents to an informational session on planning for life after high school. “It was an excellent workshop facilitated by Dr. David Lapinsky, Lou Hegyes, Chad Ganley, Alison Piatt, Carrie Fox and Jeri Mucher. The program was well received by a substantial audience of high school students and their parents/

guardians,” said Associate Academic Dean Larissa Verta. The free session covered topics such as resources to help plan for careers, selecting a career path, making informed decisions about post-secondary education options, and the costs and benefits associated with a college education. The event, spearheaded by Lapinsky, originated from the strategic plan.

LCCC celebrated Veterans Day at the main campus in Schnecksville by honoring all veterans as the Civil Air Patrol Squadron 801 demonstrated the Queen Anne’s salute and later raised the American flag and the POW MIA flag in front of the Student Services Center building. A history of Armistice Day, known today as Veterans Day, was given. Armistice Day was founded at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when it was agreed upon to end the fighting during WWI, which would not officially end until seven months later. Students, faculty and staff gathered for the celebration to honor all veterans. The week was dedicated to veterans as LCTI held a luncheon and LCCC hosted other activities.

PATH Symposium

The PATH Strategic Employer Engagement (SEE) Symposium held at Northampton Community College’s Monroe campus on Nov. 12 welcomed presidents from each of the respective colleges in the TAACCCT consortium (Lehigh Carbon, Luzerne and Northampton) who spoke to the colleges about strategies in the 21st Century Community College Guide to maximize effective community and employer engagement. Sessions included How to Use Real Time Labor Market Data, How Noncredit and Credit Work to Maximize Employer Engagement and How to Structure Strategic Employer Engagement.

Veterans Day Celebrated

Psychology Lab Presentations

Lab groups in Dr. Nancy Egan’s introduction to psychology and case management classes presented their second research projects on Nov. 2 and 4. Each group chose a local organization and addressed issues for their research work. The winning group, pictured at left, chose the Allentown Rescue Mission and the issue of homelessness. Their presentation included information gleaned from an interview with the mission’s director, as well as power

point slides. They also shared what the immediate needs of the organization are with the class. Other groups shared information about The Caron Foundation (addictions), St. Luke’s Behavioral Health (ADHD), Bipolar Disorder (NAMI), and PTSD (Veteran’s\Association).

Lab group members, left to right: Lacey Folweiler, Melissa Rusiecki, Regan Thomas,

Sarah Potter, and Mary Kahn.

LCCC Hosts Super Saturday LCCC’s annual Super Saturday Seminar Training was held on Nov. 7, and featured Growing Sound’s David Kisor, an award winning children’s musician. Over 100 alumni, community teachers and LCCC students and staff explored how mindfulness can increase student learning.

Pictured from left to right: Richard Warner, Dr. Barry Spriggs, Amy Tentylo and Stephen Walker.