Roberta M. Marcus, ChairParkland SD

William Miracle, Vice ChairTrustee at Large

Paul C. Fisher, Jr., SecretaryNorthwestern Lehigh SD

Joseph A. Alban, TreasurerWhitehall-Coplay SD

Annabelle B. CrevelingAllentown SD

Samuel P. DeFrankSalisbury Township SD

Willard G. DellickerTrustee at Large

Mathias J. Green, Jr.Northern Lehigh SD

Matthew T. KorpCatasauqua Area SD

David KrauseLehighton Area SD

Audrey L. LarveyPalmerton Area SD

Kenneth H. Mohr, Jr.Southern Lehigh SD

William Santore, Jr. Panther Valley SD

Randall L. SmithJim Thorpe Area SD

Ann L. ThompsonEast Penn SD

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, ‘16Megan 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 OfficeKathy Kovatch ReamanVice-Chairperson and SecretaryThomas D. OleksaTreasurer and Chair of Finance and Investment CommitteeAnnabelle B. Creveling LCCC Board of TrusteesCollege Trustees AppointeeBrian Kahler VP Finance and Admin. Services, LCCC Presidential Appointee

MembersTony BoyleBoyle Construction

Kim CapersCapital Blue Cross

Robin FloresThe Literacy Center

Ronald GlassLCCC Faculty (retired)

Barbara GreenBlue Mountain Resort

Jill Palazzo HewesMKSD Architects

David JonesLehigh County and New Vision Church

Christopher JordanCompliance OfficerChildWay Pediatric Services

Richard KernNational Penn Bank

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

David LobachEmbassy Bank

Timothy MulliganCommunities In Schools of theLehigh Valley

Ron NeimeyerAltronics, Inc.

Kent C. NewhartAccounting & Tax Assoc., Inc.

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

Velia RothrockAlumna

Christina SchoemakerValley Youth House

Betty SmithTrexler Haines, Inc.

Willard SnyderNew Tripoli Bancorp

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

September 3-5 College ClosedSeptember 8, 14 Disney Co-Op Informational Meeting at 2 p.m. in ARC 111 at LCCC Main CampusSeptember 13 Career Development Volunteer FairSeptember 13 Pizza with the President from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at LCCC Allentown, lower levelSeptember 13 Pizza with the President from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at LCCC Airport at LVIA in Room 2September 14 Pizza with the President from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at LCCC Schnecksville in the Alban Conference Room, SSC 113B September 20 Pizza with the President from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at LCCC Jim Thorpe in the Student Lounge September 29 Allentown Fall Transfer Fair from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at LCCC AllentownSeptember 29 Pizza with the President from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at LCCC Tamaqua in the Scheller Center

LCCC Signs Agreement with ExpressJet The college signed a partnership agreement with ExpressJet Airlines on Monday, August 8. The agreement offers aviation students at the college a potential career progression with the airline. ExpressJet Airlines (which is affiliated with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines) has partnerships in place with most of the major aviation training programs in the U.S. Through this pilot pathway agreement, a student who completes the professional pilot program at LCCC (with flight training accomplished in-house) will receive a guaranteed early interview at ExpressJet. The program is designed to provide opportunities for future employment for graduates of the LCCC program and to build a hiring pool of pilots for the airline. Upon successful

completion of the interview, the student will be offered a conditional offer of employment with ExpressJet. They would continue to flight instruct as a Certified Flight Instructor for LCCC until they meet the required hours to be hired at ExpressJet. ExpressJet’s Airline Pilot Pathway Program, more commonly known as AP3, provides a clear path for students from partner schools to go from the training environment, to the right seat at ExpressJet. In addition, students are assigned a mentor who is a current ExpressJet pilot that can help answer questions, offer advice and be a resource for the student. ExpressJet is the only regional airline that offers career pathways to United Airlines and JetBlue Airways. For more information on LCCC’s aviation program, located at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, contact Aram Basmadjian, chief flight instructor, at abasmadjian@lccc.edu.

New and returning students stopped by and participated in the Chalk Walk during welcome week on main campus. The students enjoyed designing a square in the walk way area of the mall, and in the process supported the Early Learning Center Lab School Scholarship Fund. The event raised $40 for the ELC lab.

Back row: Dr. Tom Meyer, LCCC vice president for academic services and student development; Mark Reimann, aviation instructor; Aram Basmadjian, chief flight instructor; Ann Ryan, ExpressJet captain and chief pilot; Christopher Langlais,

ExpressJet first officer and assistant program manager; and Dr. Richard Wilt, LCCC interim dean of the School of Communication Arts, Computers and Technology.

Front row: Dr. Ann Bieber, LCCC president, and Joey Cook, ExpressJet captain and program manager for the AP3 program.

ELC Hosts Charity Chalk Walk During Welcome Week

Legislators Visit Schools and Homes in Education Afterschool Program

LCCC’s Carbon County SHINE program, located at Carbon Career and Technical Institute in Jim Thorpe, hosted U.S. Representative Louis Barletta and Pennsylvania senators and representatives, who were learning about STEM learning at the after-school and summer program. Congressman Barletta was joined by Senators Ryan Aument, John Yudichak and Art Haywood; Representatives Mindy Fee and Doyle Heffley; the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) and the Pennsylvania Afterschool Caucus leadership team to view a holistic approach to STEM education. They visited with after-school students, parents, and school district and county leadership. Attendees learned about the seamless transition experienced by children from the school-day program to the after-school program. They also met Mr. Robotic, a five-foot-tall robot created by middle school students, who demonstrates the role STEM plays in the curriculum. Representing LCCC were Dr. Tom Meyer, vice president of Academic Services and Student Development and Rachel Strucko, director of the Carbon and Schuylkill SHINE programs. The Lehigh Carbon Community College Carbon and Schuylkill SHINE 21st Century After-School Program is a community success story. Its theme lies in how a community’s grassroots prevention efforts through a quality after-school program, along with effective early childhood programs, are increasing educational attainment, preventing juvenile crime and having a life-long impact on the communities and families it serves.

LCCC has received funding of more than $35,000 from the Northeast Regional Key of Community Services for Children (CSC), that will help practitioners in early learning programs take credential courses and individual professional development workshops. This award supports professional development of practitioners in early childhood teacher education who are seeking to complete their Child Development Associate (CDA) or director credentials, which helps to maintain the profession’s high quality. By developing and enhancing the skills of practitioners, the CSC helps to ensure the high quality of teacher education programs and childcare facilities in the area. More information about Community Services for Children and the Northeast Regional Key can be found at www.cscinc.org.

The team members for the Success, Engagement, Education, Determination [SEED] program, now in its second year, would like to thank all for continued support and assistance with SEED. From the mentors and coaches, to the faculty who allowed students to attend their credit/noncredit classes, your efforts are paving the way for all individuals to be productive and purposeful in society. As we continue to move forward with the program, the team looks forward to continued opportunities to make SEED grow even stronger, planting the seeds of success across the nation. Through SEED, students have overcome anxiety, social isolation, self-deprecation, lack of familial/social support, and significant disabilities in math/anxiety. Students are achieving entrance into the veterinary technician program and earning 4.0 GPA’s in college-level work. SEED offered individuals with significant disabilities, who needed vocational training and wanted the college experience, an opportunity to achieve the goals many take for granted. SEED is opening the door of an individualized college-level training certificate for those with intellectual disabilities and the like. Our data has shown our retention and success rates exceeding the national standard by over 30 percent. The Success, Engagement, Education, Determination [SEED] program started in summer 2015 with a $150,000 grant from the PA Developmental Disability Council.

Success, Engagement, Education, Determination; SEED

Transportation Institute Hosts

Meeting

On August 3, LCCC hosted 80 individuals from government, transportation and logistics entities for the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s third Freight Advisory Board Meeting, held in the Community Services Center. Following the event, the guests had the opportunity to visit the CDL range and view a vehicle demonstration. The advisory board, funded in part by the federal government FAST Act program (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act), was created in 2016 to bring regional stakeholders together to study and advise on the development of a functional and efficient freight system in the Lehigh Valley, now and for the future. Representatives from LCCC’s Transportation Institute are participating on the advisory board. Dante Staciokas, program director, authored and presented a white paper for the board analyzing CDL issues and opportunities for the region.

Grant Awarded to Teacher Ed

LCCC president Dr. Ann Bieber will appear briefly in the Monday, Sept. 12, segment of WFMZ’s new show “The Wisdom Coalition Program.” The show will air at 6:30 p.m. on channel 69 WFMZ. This new series will focus on topics addressing issues that women face. The Wisdom Coalition was created by television news reporter Nancy Werteen. Dr. Bieber also will appear in WFMZ’s “Wisdom Wednesday,” another aspect of the Wisdom Coalition that airs during the station’s sunrise show. It is an ongoing series featuring Lehigh Valley women reflecting on different topics. The date will be announced later.

WFMZ to Feature LCCC Lisa Allen, LCCC alumna and part-time LCCC instructor

in the Mathematics Department received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Allen began her education at LCCC, “LCCC has supported my continuing education,” she said. Allen is also a math teacher at Saucon Valley High School and has been teaching there for 19 years. The award recognized her dedication at Saucon Valley. The Presidential Award for

Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is awarded to outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers from across the country. The winners are selected by a panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians and educators following an initial selection process at the state level. Each nomination year of the award alternates between teachers in the kindergarten through 6th grade level and those teaching 7th through 12th grades. The cohort of awardees named represent two nomination years, one of teachers in kindergarten through 6th grade classrooms and the other in 7th through 12th grade classrooms. Winners of this Presidential honor receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation to be used at their discretion, are invited to Washington, D.C., for an awards ceremony, as well educational and celebratory events, and visit with members of the Administration.

Faculty Member Receives Presidential Award for Excellence

LCCC Welcomes Students Back During Welcome Week