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I S S U E :

Coast Guard

Places Gallaudet

Student for

Internship

2

IMCEA and

Celebrity

Partner for

Technology Tour

4

New and

Renewing

Members

6

Celebrity

Toolbox Tour

Application

8 –9

ConnectionsConnections Uniting Military MWR/Service Professionals Worldwide for 40 Years!

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Thank you to our

Corporate Partner:

IMCEA Change of Responsibility as Terms End

As your out-going President and soon to be Past President, I want to introduce your

incoming President, Melissa Schaffner, CMCE. She is the Marketing Director at Fort Campbell and has supported me and IMCEA over the past year. She is forward thinking and will help grow IMCEA membership and lead its continuing development for the future. Please join me in welcoming her as she transitions into her new role.

IMCEA is in the process of coordinating the Second Annual Virtual Training and Tradeshow; using the same very successful virtual platform from last year. Look forward to dates, training modules and vendors participating in the Trade show over the next few weeks. IMCEA is here to support you, the MWR Professionals, so please take advantage of future training opportunities, engage our industry partners, continue to network and get involved with your local chapters. Harper Dickson, CMCE President

I can’t believe my tenure as IMCEA

President is nearly finished. It has been an exciting year while I’ve been in office. Our Executive Director retired, which caused us to reallocate our headquarters roles and responsibilities, making us more efficient and effective. We were also able to rejuvenate some previous vendor partner relationships. Sadly we had some losses of previous IMCEA leadership that will be sorely missed. They taught and lead us all through the good times and leaner times within MWR. Without their guidance, we would all be in different places in our lives and MWR wouldn’t be what it is today. Pete and Fred rest in peace; not a day goes by that we don’t think of you and your contributions to our personal and professional lives.

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COAST GUARD MWR PLACES GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

STUDENT FOR SECOND INTERNSHIP By Robert Davis

IMCEA Corporate

Sponsors:

Gold

quickly market Jarashow’s

resume throughout the Service.

Within a week, Davis, working

with Chad Baldwin, MWR

Director at Coast Guard Base

Elizabeth City, North Carolina,

and was able to

place Jarashow as

an intern in the

command’s MWR

program. Baldwin

worked closely with

Jarashow before her

arrival ensuring the

MWR staff could

meet her

communication

needs. Fortunately,

Baldwin had a

second college

intern at Base Elizabeth City

during the same period, Kristin

Heatley from Lock Haven

University of Pennsylvania, with

experience in sign language,

making Jarashow’s internship

that much easier and an

opportunity for Heatley to

improve her sign language

skills! Diversity brings a host of

talent to any organization and

it’s just a matter of recognizing

the resources and talent that

each individual possesses and

providing them with the

opportunity to develop these

talents. The Coast Guard MWR

T he Coast Guard Morale,

Well-Being, and Recreation

(MWR) program recently placed Ms.

Lisa “Liz” Jarashow, a hearing

impaired recreation major from

Gallaudet

University in

Washington, DC,

for her second

Coast Guard MWR

internship at its

Base Elizabeth

City MWR

operation.

Gallaudet

University is world

renowned as a

leader in education

and career

development for

deaf and hard of hearing students.

Jarashow conducted her first MWR

internship at Coast Guard Base

Miami Beach during the summer of

2012. After an exhaustive effort to

find a location to complete her

second internship as part of her

education curriculum, Jarashow

found herself returning to the Coast

Guard MWR and contacted Bob

Davis, MWR Internship Coordinator

at the Coast Guard Community

Services Command.

Davis seized this opportunity to

assist her in paving the way for her

to earn her degree in Recreation

Administration. Through email

communication, Davis was able to

to recruit a New IMCEA

Member

AND

Renew Your

Membership!

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Internship Program has the potential to make very

positive life changes for participants. We are proud

to extend this opportunity to everyone!

In true Coast Guard fashion, Jarashow and Heatley

were embraced by the MWR staff at Base Elizabeth

City as a Shipmate. During their internships under

Baldwin, Jarashow and Heatley got hands on

experience in a broad scope of MWR and

recreational responsibilities including exposure to

athletics facilities, food and beverage operations,

marketing, information, tickets, and tours, and event

planning, just to name a few. Both

adventuresome and creative individuals with a com-

mon goal of pursuing a career in MWR or field relat-

ed to recreation, conducted an ongoing

Ultimate Frisbee Intramural Sports League,

organized multiple trips to sporting events including

the Carolina Hurricanes hockey game, Washington

Nationals versus Los Angeles Dodgers, and

Baltimore Orioles versus New York Yankees

baseball games, and planned for the upcoming

annual Coast Guard day picnic, one of the largest

Coast Guard MWR events at this command.

Since 2002 when the Coast Guard MWR internship

started, Davis has placed 184 interns in Coast Guard

MWR programs throughout the Service. Many of

these students have continued to pursue successful

MWR careers. The Coast Guard

maintains affiliation agreements with over 50

colleges and universities to place MWR interns,

including eight Historically Black Colleges

Universities and three Hispanic Association of

Colleges and Universities. Interested students

should contact Mr. Robert Davis at

Robert.L.Davis@uscg.mil to learn about current in-

ternship opportunities.

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX 78683-7946 4 (940) 463-5145

IMCEA Partners with Celebrity as Producer of the 2014-2015 MWR

Technology Toolbox Educational Workshop Series

The International Military Community Executives Association (IMCEA), administrator for the Certified Military Community Executive (CMCE) designation, has partnered with Celebrity Systems Corporation for 2014-2015. In previous years, the workshop series has been produced in conjunction with the Armed Forces Food & Beverage Training Workshops and similar trade events, serving military MWR communities. With increasing budget restraints for travel, and the IMCEA's decision to focus on virtual workshops programming, Celebrity has decided to take the workshops on the road. The tour will travel to different installations, presenting technology workshops for MWR managers and key personnel looking for real-world opportunities to generate increased revenues using the hottest new digital technologies. Workshops will profile case histories of the most successful MWR installations, including Warrior Zones and Liberty Centers, focusing on the latest digital technologies from gaming to LED lighting, apps and social media to touch screen control systems, theater systems to self-contained multi-player gaming stations. "We are delighted to once again partner with Celebrity for these great workshops," said Melissa Wells, IMCEA Chief of Marketing and Communications. "Our past collaborations have been highly successful, and we think this new concept for delivering educational programming directly to installations will go a long way toward keeping MWR professionals updated on all the latest technologies coming to market," she continued. According to Celebrity's Mark Velligan, attendees will also get the opportunity to "touch and feel" a selection of the newest products by way of a Mobile Technology Lab that tandem with the workshops. The demonstrations are made possible by the tour's technology sponsors, including ScreenPlay Entertainment, Bosch Communications Systems, MYE Club TV Systems and EV Electrovoice, with others coming aboard as the tour launches in June. For more information about this tour or to apply, see pages 8 – 9. To confirm that your installation is scheduled, contact Mark Velligan at 949-742-0454 or by email at info@mwrtoolbox.com, or visit mwrtoolbox.com

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX, 78683-7946 5 (940) 463-5145

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Check out the latest issue

of the IMCOM G9 Business

Operations Food for

Thought Newsletter here!

Thank you to our Renewing Associate Members

Your Story Here

P romote your events, announce your

achievements, and share the results of your

hard work and dedication by contributing an

article or photographs to the IMCEA Connections

Newsletter! Email articles with at least two high

resolution photographs to

Melissa@imcea.org.

Submissions must be received no later than the

15th of the month for publication. See your story

here!

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Program Updates

Military Community and Family Policy Weekly

eNewsletter: http://www.militaryonesource.mil/

mcfp/weekly

Joint Family Support Assistance Program (JFSAP)

Newsletter: http://www.militaryonesource.mil/

jfsap/enewsletter

American Logistics Association Weekly Executive

briefing: http://multibriefs.com/briefs/alaorg/

index.php

Is your Certified Military Community

Executive (CMCE) Certification up for

Renewal?

O ne amazing benefit of your membership with IMCEA is the

ability to become CMCE Certified. The only military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) certification program that is nationally registered by the National Certification Commission. As with any certification, you have to re-certify every three years. Recertification is easy! All you have to do is fill out the form on our website https://imcea.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cmcerecognition1.pdf and send it in to us. The cost for re-certification is $50. We are in the process of sending out reminders to those members who need to re-certify. You do not want to let this prestigious certification lapse! For questions about CMCE certification, or your CMCE status, please contact John Walker at john@imcea.org.

Th e NEWLY REVISED Certified Military Community Executive

(CMCE) Study Guide is now online! IMCEA now makes getting your CMCE certification even easier! Complete the application and send it in for approval. Then use the FREE, online study guide to prepare for your exam! You will have the honor of wearing the CMCE initials after your name before you know it – and the pride in taking an important step toward career advancement! Take a look at the updated study guide at https://imcea.org/certification/cmcestudyguide/.

IMCEA and the National Restaurant

Association have partnered to provide

IMCEA members with ServSafe®

Food

Safety and ServSafe Alcohol®

online training

and certification at a special discounted price.

The ServSafe food safety and ServSafe

Alcohol online courses allow you to take

training on your own schedule and spend less

time away from the operation, at a lower

overall training cost. Click here for more info.

Where Are They Now?

Looking for a past member? Trying to catch up

with an old friend? Want to let everyone know

what’s new with you? Post your questions,

comments and contact information here!

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX 78683-7946 8 (940) 463-5145

IMCEA, P.O. Box 7946, Round Rock, TX, 78683-7946 9 (940) 463-5145