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						 <title>WVNCC 2012 Commencement</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-2012-commencement/2028</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[West Virginia Northern Community College graduated 378 students at commencement exercises conducted at Wheeling&rsquo;s WesBanco Arena on Friday evening, May 11. The college provisionally awarded 483 certificates in applied science, associate in arts, associate in science and associate in applied science degrees. Some students received more than one degree or certificate.

The commencement address was delivered by Lisa Allen, president and chief executive officer of the Ziegenfelder Co. of Wheeling. Remarks were given by the class valedictorian, Ian M. Hostetter of Wheeling, who was presented with the Donald D. Nemanich and Sarah O. Bodkin Academic Excellence Award. The award is presented by the faculty at Northern to honor the memory of two of their colleagues who died at early ages, leaving a legacy of classroom excellence.

Other speakers included Kathi Ferrebee of Paden City, student representative to the WVNCC Board of Governors, who offered greetings on behalf of students, and History Professor Delilah Ryan, president of the Faculty Assembly, who brought greetings on behalf of faculty.

Others participating included Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, president of Northern; Dr. Vicki Riley, vice president of academic affairs; and Brann Altmeyer and Christin Byrum, members of the WVNCC Board of Governors, who conferred degrees and certificates.

Music for the program was provided by Jason J. Troyan of Wheeling; vocalist was Mitchell Spurlock of Wellsburg; and graduating students&rsquo; names were announced by Lucy Kefauver, classified staff representative on the Board of Governors.

Members of the WVNCC Class of 2012 are as follows:

WHEELING CAMPUS:
OHIO: Barnesville -  Joseph Pratz; Bellaire -  Lewis Eugene Harmon, Angie Marie Hatfield, Shey Renee Kesterson, Darrin L. Marling, Benjamin P. McGhee, Jon P. Sadowski; Bethesda -  Lynzi E. Burkhart, Amanda M. Bushlow, Alyssa Renee Whiteley; Bridgeport -  Morgan A. Belles, Stephanie Alane Belles, Audra Lynn Bowman, Rebecca Byrne, Amanda Clifton, Rosalee McLaughlin, Jessica Donnyle Jeffers, Lisa G. Moore; Dillonvale -  John M. Harbourt, Christine B. Lengyel; Hannibal -   Kyrstin Clayville; Holloway -  Elizabeth Law; Lansing -  Aaron M. Baker; Martins Ferry -  Shannon Lynn Chesonis, Cynthia L. Chlon, Dustin A. Fannin, Alice Fleming, Lisa Ann Jackson, John Paul Kulabonish, Allen Michael Lewis, Kelly J. Littleton, Carrie Mithcell-McGhee, Katherine E. Monroe, Brittany Morrow, Stephanie Lynn Mussard, Paula Virginia Obermann, Terri L. Williams; Mingo Junction -  Jeremy James Cline; Morristown -   Thomas Hogan Zinn; Powhatan Point -  Brandon Douglas Orndorff; Rayland -  Nicolle M. Bloom, Denise Marie Lohman, Brandi S. Tweedy, Ashley Hoskinson, Jayme Lynn Jones; Richmond -  Melissa Steitz; Shadyside -  Neva Diane Duncan, Brittany M. Jones, Amanda Alice Napolitano, Cheryl Wiley, Jordan Layne Williams; St. Clairsville   Bradley Davis, Morgan Lee Freeman, Melissa C. McClure, Tracy Pubal, Katherine A. Subasic, Marissa Rose; Tiltonsville -  Brittany Haught, Amanda Anne Krivenko, Samantha McAfee, Tanya Taylor; Toronto -   Allison R. Hall; Wintersville -  Cassandra Maria Nichols, Amy Lynn Svokas; Woodsfield -  Jennifer Kline, Joshua C. Lake, Kyle P. Singleton.

WEST VIRGINIA: Benwood - Danielle M. Blum, Britney Ellis, Monica Kelly; Cameron - Robyn Bidwell, Michelle Lynn Chamberlain, Dylan S. Johnson, Megan D. Murphy, Andrea Richardson, Victoria Lynn Salmons, Jodi Neely; Charleston - Catherine L. Stutler; Fairmont - Stephanie Brooke Kolar; Follansbee - Glenn A. Bailey, Charles C. Carr; Glen Dale - Chantelly M. Asbury, Jennifer L. Crowe, Nathan J. Doty, Belinda Jane Hymes, Jacob M. Sadaly, Rhonda Kay Vogler, Rhonda Kay Vogler, Tammi S. Jones; Glen Easton - Jean M. Rose; McMechen - Kelly Anastasia, Brittani A. Rouse, Tiffani Russell, James K. Schubert, James K. Schubert; Middlebourne - Erica Galluzzo, Rebecca Blayne Livingston, Chelsee Thompson; Moundsville - Shianne Kay Arrojo, Ian T. Baker, Francine Bartolovich, Clara M. Bledsoe, James A. Boggs, Jr., Sara E. Bonar, Marvin Burdette, Sara Jean Chaplin, Crystal Jo Debolt, Jamie Lynn Downing, Ciara Garcia-James, Cory Alan Gunto, Samantha Beth Haught, Elisa Rae Hill, Alberta L. Howard (Bertie), Carrie Ann Hull, Lacey Michelle Jones, Marianne Knapp, Debra J. Kolinski, Angela Renee Koski, Jessica Anne Lough, Samantha Metz, Violet Mikels, Tanner Mueller, Amanda Brooke Murphy, Jennifer Peachy, Kayla Polis, Nicholas Francis Scara, DeNita S. Watters, Debra J. Wayt   , Amanda Dawn Weaver, Lacie D. Whipkey, Lisa Dawn Wysong; New Cumberland - Tara Danielle Bickers; New Martinsville - Mercedes Gentry, Tabitha Herrick, Christie Delynn Minis, Christy Neely; Pine Grove - Joseph DeWayne Titus; Proctor - Michelle Harris, Briann Nicole Haught, Jocelyn R. Hill; Short Creek - Lamprine Marie Woodford; Sistersville - Jessie Nikole Maxwell, Deirdre Renee Morgan, Kimberly Williamson; Triadelphia - Melissa R. Och; Valley Grove - Catelyn Victoria Evans, Kristie E. McNabb; Weirton - Alexis McAllister; Wellsburg - Christina Pittman; Wheeling - Lindsay N. Alexander, Kimberly K. Anders, Jessica Assaro, Randy Baker, David R. Blakney, Patria Bledsoe, Julie Anne Boyd, Brittnie Brooks, Tamara Jean Bruce, Libby Gena Bruhn, Rachelle L. Clemont, Amber Dawn Conner, Michelle L. Cottrell, Shannon E. Creamer, Karen S. Cusano, Trista May Davis, Mary C. DePellegrin, Emily Dills, Bridget Kathleen Doyle, Katrina A. Dumas, Brittany Nicole Dunn, Daniel L. Eddy, William Ellifritt, Nicole Fields,  Aleksandr Florjanczyk, Brenda S. Fox, Tracey L. Galloway, Kelly Gaudet, Ann Griffith Goas, Robert W. Gracey, Diane L. Grilli, Tammy Hickman, Ian Mitchell Hostetter, Sara Iadanza, Delvonda J. Jackson, Carolyn D. Jacobs, James Alvery Johnson, Deborah R. Keener, Kimberly Jean Kelly, Mary Katherine Knight, Kathryn Grace Lohsl, Cheryl S. Lynn, Ashley Marsh, Erica Matthews, Kristy McColloch, Elissa L. McMullen, Melanie McColloch Merchant, Kayla Sue Mitchell, Jayme Michelle Mumley, Anne-Melissa Nash,Rachel Nelson-Green, Chantell LaShay Nevels, Megan Parsons, Brittany Nicole Pellen, Stefanie Persinger, Kelly Jane Phair, Kevin Potts, Patrick D. Quinlin, Barbara A. Reass, Sophia Reed, Suzanne Nanette Schrader, Marissa Nicole Schrebe, Eric William Schultz, Amanda A. Scott, Holly Ann Scott, Drew A. Sebok, Robin Shaw, Nathan E. Sheets, Holly Simeth, Tricia Joyce Smith, Jeff Stauffer, Traci Nicole Thomas, Erin Thompson, Melissa Turner, Deborah J. Vogel, Tracy N. Wade, Jennilee Walker, Melissa D. Wallace, Keifer Anthony Walton, Lara Walton, Brittany Ward, Stephanie R. Warner, Heath Wear, Charles F. Wheeler, Cassandra Stark Wilson, Nancy Jane Wood, Lauren Young.

WEIRTON CAMPUS:
OHIO: Amsterdam - Amanda Kaye Schultz; Bergholz - Kristy Beebe; East Liverpool - Ashley Balsbaugh, Cindy Mae; Hopedale - Carl Hensley; Mingo Junction - Rhonda L. Rouse; Steubenville - Beverly Saber, Chad A. Rutherford, Charo Keras, Gloria Olori, Jason Babela, Marisa G. Matanzo, Nicole Nelson, Francisco J. Rodriguez; Toronto - Courtney Lyn Fleming, Erica Renee Henry, Julie L. Uselton, Marcy J. Bodnar, Victoria Stoddart; Wintersville - Sarah Ross.
PENNSYLVANIA: Bulger - Tris Anne Barish; Burgettstown - Nicolette C. Matalik.
WEST VIRGINIA: Chester - Sarah Janette McIntosh; Colliers - Ashley Cha&rsquo; McGaughey, Diana L. Longwell, Nicole Lynn Maze, Don R. Weekley, II; Follansbee - Amy Mihellis, Angela Strope, Brandy Lynn Townsend, Jessica Marie Johnson, Rosemary Susko; McMechen - Chad Howell; New Cumberland - Trudy Renee Bender, Tesla Cooper, Lynn M. Ellis, Brian Duane Little, Jr., Robert E. Marchese, Lindsay Marie Martinez, Kiley Nicole McDowell, Christine M. Norwood, Alysa D. Tustin, Rob Wright, Newell - Gene Ann Sayre, Natasha Richard, Emily Jean Walker; Weirton - Dimitrios Akis, Lori A. Allen, Kristin Anderson, Jordan M. Bibbee, Kathy L. Brown, Cassandra Gail Butto, Michelle Lynn Campbell, Kristen Cook, Tammy J. Cooper, Nicole A. Cross, Christine G. DelGuzzi, Candice R. Dotson, John F. Emery, Chet H. A. Hans, Louis Eugene Hans, Jr., Gwendolyn Denise Herstine, Denise M. Holloway, Joanna Jarvis, Jayme Michelle Jett, Murray Scott Johnston, Maria Martinez, Cheryl Irene Moore, Nicholas A. Morris, Mary P. Mueller, Jessica Lynn Marie Murray, Casey M. Oliver, Victoria J. Parr, Stephanie M. Peleskey, Lisa M. Phillips, Vincent Kriss Pino; Elizabeth M. Preston, Megan Sharrow, Donald A. Swearingen, IV, Jessica Lyn Swearingen, David E. Wells, Melissa Wenner, Tara Wills, Mallory Woofter, Melissa Taylor Yoho; Wellsburg - Matthew Scott Abshire, Casey Adams, Shelly Aracich, Alysha M. Ernest, Mellisa J. Johns, Ashley Nichole Moore, Zachary S. Smith, Suzanne M. Velazquez; Wintersville - Sarah Ross.

NEW MARTINSVILLE CAMPUS:
OHIO: Clarington - Jesse L. Isaly; Hannibal - Amy L. Eggleston, Patricia E. Ritchie; Powhatan Point - Kelley Pinkerton; Sardis - Alexandria Adele Fetty, Chasity Morris, Ricci LeAnn Cecil, Tracy Renee Richter; Woodsfield - Tina Marie Moats.
VIRGINIA: Yorktown - Christina Kaye Hawkins.
WEST VIRGINIA: Belmont - Jordan Kye Masters; Friendly - Sherie L. Kemp; Jacksonburg - Kelsey Maria Meeks; Littleton - Pammi Pride; Middlebourne - April Nicole DeLong, Jessica Nicole Willey, Kay E. Underwood, Linda L. Kile; New Martinsville - Aaron B. Cogar, Chelsea R. Bredow, Chelsea Steele, Deanci Roberts, Heather Lynn Goddard, Janice Irene Hall, Larry M. Long, Lauren Denee Ueltschy, Lindsay Rebecca Leasure, Regina Pierce, Richard Jordan Snyder, Stephen Todd Strickler, Tammy Lynn Buchanan, Tina Estep, Zachary Lee Lamp; Paden City - Ashley Blatt, Elisha A. Bratton, Kathi Ferrebee, Keesha Marie Ash, Tammy Lynn Blatt, Gracie Amanda Criss; Pine Grove - Kathy Irene Smearman, Lyndsay Sell; Proctor - Ashley Ann Anderson, Christine Nice; Reader - Loraine Marie Williams; Sistersville - Allen B. Potts, Corey D. Placer, Samantha R. Moore; Smithfield - Susan A. Dumire.
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						 <title>Applied Technology Center Groundbreaking Ceremonies Held</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/applied-technology-center-groundbreaking-ceremonies-held/1791</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Groundbreaking ceremonies were conducted the afternoon of Wednesday, May 9, for the $3.88 million construction project that will turn a former downtown Wheeling auto showroom into the Applied Technology Center for West Virginia Northern Community College.
College and governmental officials turned over the ceremonial shovels full of sand and dirt at the site of the former Straub Honda, corner of 16th and Market streets, downtown Wheeling. &ldquo;This is an exciting day for the college,&rdquo; Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, WVNCC president, said. &ldquo;This facility will offer state-of-the-art classrooms and tools to teach industrial maintenance technology, welding and similar trades to the benefit of area students.&rdquo;
Olshinsky and Steve Lippiello, the college&rsquo;s vice president of administrative services and chief financial officer, said construction crews will be on the job within the week. &ldquo;The project is scheduled to be completed in March of next year,&rdquo; Lippiello said.
Eight contractors supplied bids for the project. Low bidder was DeSalvo Construction Co. of Hubbard, OH. &ldquo;DeSalvo will begin bringing equipment and materials onsite the week of May 14 and demolition work on the building will begin the week of May 21. Demolition is expected to take approximately six weeks,&rdquo; Lippiello said.
SMG Architects of Wheeling designed the project. First floor of the building will house labs for welding, diesel and refrigeration/heating/air conditioning instruction along with a large classroom and offices. The second floor will include a multi-purpose classroom, a second classroom and the lab for Mechatronics, a new program that prepares students to be electrical and industrial maintenance technicians.
Mike Koon, Northern&rsquo;s vice president of workforce development, said SMG Architects designed façade work for the structure to complement the college&rsquo;s B&O Building nearby as well as the historical West Virginia Independence Hall located across Market Street. Koon pointed out that Northern&rsquo;s Weirton campus just opened a new addition that also houses Mechatronics, a move that has been eagerly anticipated by students there.
On Feb. 24, 2011, WVNCC&rsquo;s Board of Governors approved a resolution calling for purchasing the three former car dealership parcels in downtown Wheeling for $1.05 million. Then in August documents were signed officially turning over the property to the college from the Ohio County Development Authority. Funds for the purchase and renovation will come from state bond money approved by the Legislature in 2008.
The college's current facilities include the B&O Building, situated across the street from the former car dealership, and the Education Center, the other main college building, across Chapline Street from the B&O Building.
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						 <title>WVNCC 2012 Commencement Speaker Named</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-2012-commencement-speaker-named/1786</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Lisa Allen, who is overseeing one of Wheeling&rsquo;s most successful businesses, the Ziegenfelder Co., will be the main commencement speaker for West Virginia Northern Community College&rsquo;s 2012 event.
Northern&rsquo;s graduation ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at WesBanco Arena.
Allen has been president and chief executive officer of Ziegenfelder&rsquo;s since January of 2003. For four years prior to that, she served as the firm&rsquo;s national sales manager. Allen also managed her own independent consulting business, LBR and Associates, from 1987 to 1999. From 1980-85. she was an employee of the Wheeling Park Commission.
With Allen at the helm, Ziegenfelder&rsquo;s downtown Wheeling location has grown tremendously during the past seven years. Multi-million dollar capacity expansion projects have resulted in record sales for 30-40 branded and private label products and more than 200 employees. The firm has customers nationwide.
In 2010, the president and CEO steered a $2 million equipment and production facility purchase in Chino, CA, serving west coast customers and resulting in operations and logistics savings for the company.
Allen&rsquo;s guidance of this period of strategic growth has lead to a 10-year annualized revenue growth of 9 per cent, with corresponding profitability each year.
She is a cum laude graduate of Ohio University at Athens with a bachelor of science degree in Park and Recreation Management. She currently serves on the boards of the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce, the Regional Economic Development Corp. and West Liberty University. She has served on boards of the National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association and Wheeling&rsquo;s Temple Shalom. She is a member of Vistage, an international CEO organization since 2006.
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						 <title>Class of 2012 WVNCC Valedictorian Announced</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/class-of-2012-wvncc-valedictorian-announced/1782</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Valedictorian for the Class of 2012 at West Virginia Northern Community College is Ian M. Hostetter of Wheeling.
He will be graduating Friday evening at WesBanco Arena with two degrees, an associate in applied science in Business Studies/Business Administration and an associate in science, Business Administration/Transfer Option. He is the recipient of the Donald D. Nemanich and Sarah O. Bodkin Academic Excellence Award conferred by the WVNCC faculty.
Hostetter, 31, is a son of John W. Hostetter and Karen Hostetter. A native of Bloomington, IND, he moved with his parents and older brother, Troy, to Moundsville at the age of 13.
As a student at WVNCC, Hostetter was a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society inductee and the recipient of the Bernie Campbell Memorial Scholarship. He was a member of the Class of 1999 at John Marshall High School where he was an AP Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Finalist, Presidential Scholar Candidate and National Honor Society inductee. He briefly attended West Virginia University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
Hostetter lives in the Edgwood neighborhood of Wheeling and is a self-taught musician who has performed in many local bands. He plays guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and trumpet. He says he recently fulfilled his earliest childhood dream by performing stand-up comedy at River City Ale Works in Wheeling and The Funny Bone in Pittsburgh. He describes himself also as a cinephile/movie buff whose favorite filmmaker is Alfred Hitchcock.
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						 <title>WVNCC Fall Semester 2011 Honors List</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-fall-semester-2011-honors-list/1777</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Officials at West Virginia Northern Community College have announced the names of students who attained the President&rsquo;s List and the Deans&rsquo; Lists for the fall semester of 2011.â€¯â€¯â€¯â€¯
The President&rsquo;s List is comprised of students who maintain a 4.0 grade point average in a minimum of 12 credit hours, excluding developmental courses.
Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, president, announced that the following students, listed by campus and hometown, achieved the distinction:
WHEELING CAMPUS:
OHIO: Bellaire -  Benjamin P. McGhee, Tiffany M. Tiger; Bridgeport - Amanda Anne Krivenko; Martins Ferry - Marlene Ann Bolen, Charles M. Bursee, Stephanie Lynn Mussard, Jason Anthony Prater, Kathryn Grace	Rehberg, Nathan Schmidt, Zachary J. Snyder;  Morristown - Thomas Hogan Zinn; Neffs - Morgan Eileen Krock; Rayland - Cham Eldon Starcher; St. Clairsville - Bradley Christopher Davis; Shadyside - Cheryl Lynn Wiley; Tiltonsville - Brittany Nicole Haught.
WEST VIRGINIA: Cameron - Andrea Sharon Richardson, Pamela Jean Richmond;  Follansbee - Glenn Albert Bailey;  Glen Dale - Jennifer L. Crowe, Twila Jayne Stanley;  Hillsboro - Donna Lee Pfarner;  McMechen - Ardell Marie Mayhugh;  Morgantown - Gregory Allen Snyder;  Moundsville - Thomas A. Bukosky, Cole Dale Grimm, Jessie Lynn Rine;  Paden City - Kelsi Lei Wood;  Valley Grove - Catelyn Victoria Evans;  Wellsburg - Allison Nicole Cipoletti, Christina Elizabeth Pittman;  Wheeling - Lindsay Nicole Alexander, Jacob W. Anderson, David Ray Blakney, Donald Edward Crupe, James Edward Fahey, Robert William Gracey, Donald Thomas Hersey, Ian M. Hostetter, John Leonard Jacobs, Lexie Chistine Keding, Mary Katherine Knight, Vincent Joseph Komar, Tyler Michael Kuhn, Jessica Marie Kulpa, Nadine Luann Moore, Robert George Mull, Anne-Melissa Nash, Sarah Kathleen Pelley, Holly Ann Scott, Harry Eugene Six, Jeffrey Michael Stauffer, Donna Christine Stead, Deborah Jean Vogel, Melissa Dawn Wallace.

WEIRTON CAMPUS: 
OHIO: Hopedale - Carl Ray Hensley; Minerva - Matthew Allen Busek; Mingo Junction - Patrick C. Marshall, Melissa Renee Wasson; Richmond - Jessica Elaine Roberts; Steubenville - Jessica Jean Rush; Wintersville - Jacob Michael Brent.
WEST VIRGINIA: Chester - Scott Dale Heizler; Colliers - Lori Dennis; Mark Lawrence Latimer; Follansbee - Patrice Michele Adler, Marissa Anya Dailey, Jessica Marie Johnson, Jacob Allen King, Rosemary Susko; New Cumberland - Robert E. Marchese, Lindsay Marie Martinez; Newell - Christopher J. Corbin; Weirton - Tammy J. Cooper, John Floyd Emery, Austin Lee Fankhauser, Evan Thadeus Lamone, James R. Reardon; Wellsburg - Whitney Michelle Bowman, Joshua Daniel Snodgrass.

NEW MARTINSVILLE CAMPUS:
OHIO: Sardis - Courtney Elizabeth Smith.
WEST VIRGINIA: New Martinsville - Zachary Lee Lamp; Paden City -  Kathi W. Ferrebee; Pine Grove - Laura Kelly Prout; Sistersville - John Kenneth Hasselbach, Marisa Lea Richards; Smithfield - Susan Alice Dumire.

DISTANCE EDUCATION: 
OHIO: Barnesville - Elizabeth Anne Seneff; Martins Ferry - Sharon Lynn Tarleton.
WEST VIRGINIA: Beech Bottom - Ted E. Westfall; Moundsville - Jennifer Dawn Peachey; 
Weirton -  Justin Kellen Jones.
 
 
Students attained the Dean&rsquo;s List by earning a 3.5 GPA in a minimum of nine credit hours, excluding developmental courses.
WHEELING CAMPUS:
â€¯OHIO: Bellaire - Courtney Ann Dyer, Lewis Eugene Harmon, Angie Marie Hatfield, Amber Nicole Marshall, Courtney Danielle South; Belmont - Samuel Thomas Nardo; Bethesda - Lynzi Ellen Burkhart; Bridgeport - Stephanie Alane Belles, Timothy Lee Garrison,	Rebecca Janeen Williams; Cambridge - Megan Alicia Larrick; Clarington - Chelsea Renea Arman, Megan Danielle Arman; Dillonvale - Joe William Bruder, John Michael Harbourt; Martins Ferry - Shannon Lynn Chesonis, Mallory Ann Cooper, Alice Ann Fleming, Robert Olan Griffith, Katherine Eileen Monroe, Paula Virginia Obermann, Ashley Smith, Jordan M. Strama, Terri Lee Williams; Mingo Junction - Yvonne Ferroni, Pamela Marie Holstein; Powhatan Point - Angela Marie Greenlee, Brandon D. Orndorff; Rayland - Nicolle M. Bloom, Ashley N. Hoskinson, Jessica Lynn Zeigler; Richmond - Melissa Nicole Steitz; St. Clairsville - Morgan Shaye Armantrout, Tracy D. Pubal, Marissa Darlene Rose, Katherine Ann Subasic; Shadyside - Beth Alisa Bednar, Sommer Nichole Hans, Tesla Maria Kinemond, Royal L. Riggs, Paige Nichole Schreiner; Tiltonsville - Lisa M. Anderson, Samantha Jo McAfee; Woodsfield - Joshua Charles Lake.
PENNSYLVANIA: West Alexander - Melisa Anna Beck.
WEST VIRGINIA: Bethany - Carrie Ann Hart; Cameron - Morgan Ann Whitworth; Elkins - Bryan Todd Morgan; Glen Dale - Chantelly M. Asbury, Dylan James Cooper, Nathan James Doty, Alex Craig Inclan, Jasmine Louise Johnson, Tammi Sue Jones, Brianne Lee Kinkes, Jeremy A. Prettyman, Amanda Danielle Price, Jacob Michael Sadaly, Rhonda Kay Vogler; Glen Easton - Ian M. Aston; Grafton - Anthony M. Spadafore; McMechen - James Keith Schubert, Kaylin Nicole Swauger, Cynthia Lyn Blake; Moundsville - Francine Marie Bartolovich, Megan R. Christian, Crystal J. Debolt, Charlene Elaine Devlin, Deborah A. Dyer, Ciara Lynn Garcia, Rikki-Lyn Nichole Gilmore, Valarie Kay Hall, Joshua Jay Hancock, Samantha B. Haught, Elisa R. Hill, Carrie A. Hull, Marianne D. Knapp, Elise Jane Koski, Courtney Alyson McCulley, Tonya M. Morrison, Tanner J. Mueller, Kayla Kristine Polis, Shanan Leigh Stout, Debra J. Wayt, Amanda Dawn Weaver, Raymond Jerrod Whitley, Eva Joan Williams, Mark Allen Wilson, Lisa Dawn Wysong; New Martinsville -  Colleen R. Dakan; Proctor - Briann Haught, Jocelyn R. Hill; Short Creek - Lamprine M. Woodford; Sistersville - Deidre Renee Morgan; Triadelphia - Kyle Thomas Daugherty, Evelyn J. DeGennaro, Hannah Marie Forester, Kelsie D. Galbraith, Megan Renae Hand, Jesse John Litman, April Luv; Weirton - Alana Alexandria McKitrick, Tasha Nicole Ocobock; Wellsburg - Rebecca Jean Henry, Brittany N. Hukill, Joseph A. McCoy, Nina Kaye Sparks; West Liberty - Anthony Vincent-Tyler Cannon; Wheeling - Rebecca Lee Antley, Randy L. Baker, Melanie T. Bosley, Bria Rose Brown, Libby G. Bruhn, Leah G. Buchwach, Corey L. Cain, Stephani Anne Campbell, James Beauregard Cornwell, Shannon Elizabeth Creamer, Peter Louis Cuffaro, Trista May Davis, Sean Michael Donahoe, Bridget K. Doyle, Katrina Anne Dumas, Caitlin B. Edge, Benjiman Lee Elson, Barbe Ann Estep, Michael Steven Frank, Michael J. Gates, Kelly Marie Gaudet, Ann G. Goas, Sarasvati Devi Graves, Cindi Louella Greathouse, Jamielee Groves, Jazlyn N. Haloszka, Tammy Louise Harris, Jennifer Marie Harrison, Jenna M. Hastings, Colin Reed Hines, Thomas Robert Hoyt, Alexander D. Huyer, Carolyn Diane Jacobs, Philip David Jarrett, Travis L. Kenny, Kelly Beth Kinder, Sara Anne Kolopajlo, Jessica Renee Kostival, Jennifer L. Leech, Barry Lee Lohsl, Lisa M. Lohsl, Taylor Brooke Lucas, Cheryl Sue Lynn, Kelly L. Manns, Brittney LaSha McFarland, DeAnna Marie McKee, Stephani Michele McKitrick, Elissa Louise McMullen, Melanie McColloch Merchant, Jeremy I. Merkle, Jayme Michelle Mumley, Bethany Marie Myers, Nicole Marie Nagem, Benjamin Robert Nobile, Megan L. Parsons, Ashley N. Pasquale, Stefanie Jo Persinger, Carla Renee Polanski, Ashley Nicole Ponsetti, Sophia Marie Reed, Tyson Richard Reinhardt, Shannon Marie Saunders, Eric William Schultz, Ryan Adam Scripture, Robin Marie Shaw, Holly M. Simeth, Julie M. Skedel, Brenda Lee Smith, Shiloh Victoria Smith-Leath, Chelsea Marie Strong, Earl F. Sturm, Cheyenne Marie Taylor, Traci Nicole Thomas,  Caitlyn Alyce Tuba, Robin Geraldine Valeus, Jonna Lyn Wade, Charles F. Wheeler, Joshua Joseph Williams, Morgan Ann Wojchowski, Heather Christine Yost.
Weirton Campus students who made the Dean&rsquo;s List for the  fall semester of 2011 were announced by Mike Koon, campus dean:
WEIRTON CAMPUS:
OHIO: Amsterdam - Amanda K. Schultz; Bergholz - Kristy Kay Beebe; Bloomingdale - Julia Kathleen Zawoysky; East Liverpool - Ashley Marie Balsbaugh; Mingo Junction - Rhonda Lynn Rouse; St. Clairsville - Deborah Lee Howes; Steubenville - Serena Marie Heckathorn, Tina L. Lessard, Nicole Grace Nelson, Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Chad Andrew Rutherford; Toronto - Marcy J. Bodnar, Kimberly G. Keirsey, Victoria Lynn Stoddart; Wintersville - Darlene Agnes Bania-Thomas.
WEST VIRGINIA: Chester -  Tracy Lynn Bogart; Colliers -  Irene Lynn Anderson, Nicole Lynn Maze, Zachary Paul McCasland, Kaleigh Nicole Stewart; Follansbee -  Tamara Lynn Aitken, Joshua Lewis Anderson, Anne Marie Berris, Ryan Brown, Charles C. Carr, Tina M. Copestick, Josh Shane Hans, Mara Elizabeth Jackson, Kathleen A. Nolan, Joseph J. Olenick, Angela Michelle Strope; New Cumberland -   Janeen Denise Heath, Tara Danielle Bickers, Lita Burton, Tesla Deserai Cooper, Lynn M. Ellis, Kristen Nicole Malinowski, Cheri Lee Matthess, Christine M. Norwood; Newell - Joyce Ann Salvaggio, Gene Ann Sayre, Emily Jean Walker; Weirton -  Kristin Marie Anderson, Michael Frederick Bosnic, Antoinette Marie Bostaph, Matthew William Courtney, Nicole A. Cross, Ronald L. Ferrell, Kathryn Sue Glasure, Chet Harvey Hans, Louis Eugene Hans, Jeffery M. Heupp, Alisha J. Hines, Jayme Michelle Jett, Julie Anne Kievit, Dawn R. Leathers, Sierra Brianne Leavitt, Keith Marshall Mansfield, Krista R. Mellott, Cheryl I. Moore, Mary P. Mueller, Jessica Lynn Murray, Casey Marie Oliver, Vincent Kriss Pino, Stephanie Lynn Randolph, Jamie Marie Roach, Nina Nichole Rodriguez, Joel Scott Schreiner, Deborah Lynn Smith, Mary Beth Smith, Jeannine Summer Truxall, Mary E. Ward, Melissa Rose Wenner, Nickolas Alexander Witschey, Chelsie Rae Zapotoczny; Wellsburg -  Misty Dawn Williams; Wheeling -  Tawnya Marie Sistilli.
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New Martinsville campus for the fall semester of 2011 Dean&rsquo;s List are the following students, according to Larry Tackett, campus dean:
NEW MARTINSVILLE CAMPUS:
OHIO: Hannibal - Kyrstin Danielle Clayville; Jerusalem - Alicia Dawn Lucas; Powhatan Point - Kelley L. Pinkerton, Samantha Jo Trifonoff, Billie Jo Myers; Sardis - Rachal R. Beisel, Misty Dawn Childress,, Whitney Jane Nicole Hammel, Desiree` Autumn Hinkle; Shadyside - Kelly Lynn Maynard, Sandy Kay McCammon-Morris; Woodsfield - Ashton Mariah Bondy, Cammie Jo Groves, Zachari Scott Marty, Tina Marie Moats.
WEST VIRGINIA: Alma - Daniel Kevin Warner; Belmont - Jordan Kye Masters; Middlebourne - Linda Lou Kile, Stephanie Dawn Minis, Kay Elaine Underwood; New Martinsville - Melissa Anne Beegle, Chelsea Rebecca Bredow, Beth Ann Brown, Aaron B. Cogar, Janice Irene Hall, Kathleen Anne Haught, Theresa Rose Hoskins, Melanie Kay Lamp, Deborah A. Lombardo, Zachary Edward Novel, Allena Ann Smith, Clyde B. Snider, Jennifer Marie Stillwagoner, Martin Ray Whiteman; Paden City - Adrianna Danielle Beaver, Tammy Lynn Blatt, Tiffany Blatt, Andrea Marie Garuccio, Tina Faye Harman, Kaitlyn Ann Kline, Rosaline Mary Miles, Erin Nicole Quinn, Patricia Ann Roper, Lesley Smith, Barbara Renee Tanley, Sherri J. Tuttle, Zachary Sean Yost; Pine Grove - Bryan Allen Sell; Proctor - Sara Louise Eller, Abel Elliott Frohnapfel, Christine Louise Nice; Reader - Brooke Hinerman; Sistersville - Stephanie Gail Glover, Kayla Nicole Headley, Renee Marie Hubbard, Rebecca Suzanne Rush, Caitlin Michelle Rustemeyer.

Honorees in Distance Education for the fall semester of 2011 Dean&rsquo;s List are the following students:
DISTANCE EDUCATION:
OHIO: Bloomingdale - Margaret Ann Miller; Gnadenhutten - Michele Elaine Richey; Mingo Junction - Lance Michael Robson.
PENNSYLVANIA: Bedford - Susan Anne Bingham.
WEST VIRGINIA: Burton - Jody Ann Mellinger; Cameron - Jodi Lynn Neely; Glen Dale - Vicki L. Johnson; Triadelphia - Jennifer Lynn Lewis; Weirton- Toni Marie Gurskey; Wellsburg - Sheala Maria Cronin; Wheeling - Johanna Marie Dorsey, Thomas Patrick Gibson.
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						 <title>WVNCC Celebrates Military Historian from Wetzel Co.</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-celebrates-military-historian-from-wetzel-co./1776</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[With the centennial of World War I just a little more than two years away, Americans will become more and more focused on the &ldquo;Great War,&rdquo; and a Wetzel County resident undoubtedly will be one of the military historians who will play a part in that observance.
The writing of Dr. Terence Zuber, retired U.S. Army major of New Martinsville, is being featured by the library at the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College. Zuber is an adjunct faculty member on the campus, teaching geography and global communities.
Janet Corbitt, staff librarian at the New Martinsville campus, who has arranged a display of Zuber&rsquo;s work, explained the author&rsquo;s books are controversial but are slowly being accepted. She said the author has been invited to address several conferences.
Corbitt also pointed out that Zuber has donated a copy of each of his books to the New Martinsville campus library &ldquo;in recognition of the assistance we&rsquo;ve given him&rdquo; in his research.
His writings include Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914 (Oxford, 2002); German War Planning 1891-1914, Sources and Interpretations (Boydell and Brewer, 2004); The Schlieffen Plan Debate 1999-2011; The Battle of the Frontiers, Ardennes 1914 (Tempus, 2007); The Moltke Myth: German War Planning 1857-1871 (University Press of America, 2008); The Mons Myth: A Reevaluation of the Battle (History Press, February 2010); articles in War in History, History Today, Intelligence and National Security; The Real German War Plan 1904-1914.
In explaining his philosophy of writing military history, Zuber said, &ldquo;My approach to military history reflects my career as a professional soldier, all of which was spent either with troop units or as a tactical instructor, and my training as a historian at the University of Wuerzburg in Germany.
&ldquo;The study of history at Wuerzburg emphasizes the careful analysis of primary source material. In military history this means above all the evaluation of training, doctrine, plans, intelligence estimates, orders, weather, terrain and tactical combat. As a professional infantry officer, I am able to apply twenty years of military experience to this analysis including three years with a German panzer division. I work through military history as though it were an actual war plan or military operation.&rdquo;
Corbitt explained that Zuber&rsquo;s fluency in both French and German has given him access to primary source materials &ldquo;which challenge many of the long-held theories of military strategy and planning held by historians of World War I.&rdquo;
Zuber said, &ldquo;I have found that many histories of the German army from 1864 to 1914 are based on old secondary sources that do not meet professional military standards and frequently have a nationalistic, patriotic or political agenda. The myths they have established are satisfying to the layman, but militarily absurd.
&ldquo;Many of the most widely accepted books on the German army repeat this &lsquo;common knowledge,&rsquo; however militarily unlikely. &lsquo;Great Generals&rsquo; are emphasized instead of doctrine and troop training. &lsquo;Little maps, big arrows&rsquo; substitute for the painstaking study of plans, orders and tactical combat. Sweeping and unfounded generalizations take the place of attention to detail.&rdquo;
Zuber proudly says that he &ldquo;can promise that my work will never merely repeat &lsquo;common knowledge,&rsquo; that it is thoroughly researched in primary sources reinforced by professional military standards. There is no deference paid to patriotic or political myth or the unsupported opinions of important historians. I seek to establish German military history according to the standard of Leopold von Ranke: &lsquo;as it actually was.&rsquo;&rdquo;
The historian received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1970 from the University of Minnesota; a Master of Arts degree in History in 1996 from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany; and is a 2001 summa cum laude doctorate graduate of that same institution.
From 1970-90, Zuber was an infantry officer in the U.S. Army and received the Legion of Merit for counter-intelligence operations.
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						 <title>Student Enrichment through Global Collaboration project at WVNCC</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/student-enrichment-through-global-collaboration-project-at-wvncc/1765</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Faculty members at a college in India and at West Virginia Northern Community College during the current academic semester have been collaborating online, and students at both institutions are the beneficiaries.
The &ldquo;Student Enrichment through Global Collaboration&rdquo; project has been spearheaded by Dr. Purnima V. &ldquo;Pam&rdquo; Sharma, professor of physics/mathematics at Northern. She explained the project is designed to engage students and faculty in the two countries to gain a firsthand perspective on current topics related to social, economic, judicial and cultural issues.
Sharma said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re using technology to provide our students perspective on those issues, giving them an opportunity they normally would not have. This is an excellent way to assist in reaching the goals of a traditional liberal education.&rdquo;
The professor began formulating ideas for the collaboration nearly a year ago. Then, last November, Sharma traveled to India. During her one-week stay, she met with faculty at DAV College in Chandigarh, India, and offered a demonstration of the proposed collaboration. &ldquo;They liked it,&rdquo; she said, and shortly after the start of the spring 2012 semester in January Sharma began pairing faculty from Northern with faculty in India and the group began sharing ideas for topics of discussion.
Faculty members at Northern involved in the collaboration also include Crystal Harbert, instructor of English; Delilah Ryan, associate professor of history; and Don Poffenberger, professor of criminal justice. &ldquo;After we analyze the data gleaned from this collaboration, hopefully that will lead to further faculty participation&rdquo; at both institutions, Sharma said.
After her demonstration to the DAV faculty in India, Sharma was told about 50 students there enrolled in the project. Participating faculty members in India include Dr. Virender Vats, Professor Anil Sarwal, Professor Avanindra Chopra, Dr. Kanwal Preet, Professor Sakoon N. Singh, Dr. Meenu Vats, Dr. Ravinder Dogra, Professor Manpreet Kaur, among others.
Sharma explained the student interactions are provided using two discussion forums: a &ldquo;virtual online café&rdquo; and an &ldquo;intellectual discussion forum.&rdquo; Topics of discussion for the online café were selected by students in the two countries based on student interests. Discussion topics in the intellectual discussion forums were agreed upon by the faculty members from the two institutions to provide a meaningful discourse.
She said selection of the topics were appropriate to the academic level, student interests and common educational goals. Faculty members mutually decided the time for which the topic remained active. Participation directions and guidelines were provided to ensure all discussions are appropriate and conducive to the educational and cultural values of the two countries.
At the completion of the project, Sharma said, discussion messages from the two forums will be analyzed for the quantity and quality of interaction, quality of learning and added value of collaboration and critical thinking skills. A student survey will be conducted to evaluate student perspective on the global collaboration project. Findings of the project will be used to extend collaboration projects in the future.
Sharma is pleased with the collaboration thus far, and cited comments from faculty members in Wheeling as well as those in Chandigarh.
Singh, a DAV faculty member, said, &ldquo;I feel that this student enrichment project is a creative and fun way to share knowledge outside the traditional classroom. In fact, it allows us to widen and play around with the definition of the classroom itself. Students as well as faculty who are lucky to be a part of this program are set to learn how knowledge itself widens out when you put it out there to share.&rdquo;
Sarwal, another professor at DAV, said he believes he is &ldquo;greatly privileged to be associated with&rdquo; the project &ldquo;as in the emerging global village, teachers and students need to develop understanding of what is happening in the other parts of the world and learn from each other. This is a great opportunity for cultural exchange and crossing cultures that should be an important landmark of twenty-first century education, as one of the pillars of education for the present era is to &lsquo;learn to live together.&rsquo;
Concerning his expectations for the collaboration, Sarwal explained, &ldquo;I look forward to gain insights on American literature from the American teachers and students, just as they would have an opportunity to learn about the Indian writing in English and our culture and ethos through our comments.&rdquo;
Sharma said, &ldquo;This is precisely what collaboration is all about, and the technology and skills available provide an educational bridge between our two countries.]]></description>
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						 <title>Community Electronic Drop-off Day, sponsored by ERS of Bellaire and the Wheeling campus of WVNCC</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/community-electronic-drop-off-day-sponsored-by-ers-of-bellaire-and-the-wheeling-campus-of-wvncc/1761</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A Community Electronic Drop-off Day, sponsored by ERS of Bellaire and the Wheeling campus of West Virginia Northern Community College, will be held from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in downtown Wheeling.

Electronics Recycling Services and WVNCC have partnered to offer the free service in the parking lot of the former Honda building located on the corner of Main and Sixteenth streets. The site will become the home of a new Applied Technology Center for the college.

According to organizer David Seum, an outside sales consultant for the Bellaire firm and a WVNCC employee, the event is for the public as well as for businesses to drop off all unusable electronics, except microwaves. Items accepted include computers, networking equipment such as monitors, printers, hubs, switches and cables, fax machines, typewriters, cell phones, copiers without toner cartridges, telephone systems, VCRs and DVD players, cassette players, electronic games and video game consoles, MP3 players and selected radios, among others.

Seum can be contacted at 740-433-5799 or ERS at the website www.ers-international.com for a list of items accepted. He pointed out the firm is certified to provide Certificates of Destruction to businesses needing such documentation.

WVNCC Culinary Arts students who are Junior American Culinary Federation students will be manning a table selling baked goods at the parking lot as well. Seum pointed out attendees &ldquo;can grab a delicious treat prepared by the Culinary Arts students while you help to make a greener earth.&rdquo;

Steve Lippiello, chief financial officer and vice president of administrative services at WVNCC, said, &ldquo;Northern is pleased to cooperate with ERS to offer this needed event at the Wheeling campus as part of our community service component.&rdquo;]]></description>
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						 <title>Darryl Clausell Honored with Presidential Volunteer Service Award</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/darryl-clausell-honored-with-presidential-volunteer-service-award/1750</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Darryl Clausell, long-time volunteer in the Wheeling area who is the coordinator, Continuing and Community Education at West Virginia Northern Community College, has been designated as a &ldquo;Drum Major for Service&rdquo; and honored with the Presidential Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama.
Cited by the Corporation for National and Community Service after being nominated by Youth Services System Inc., Wheeling, Clausell during the past three years volunteered more than 1,094 hours to Youth Services System and the YSS Safe Place program.
According to YSS, Clausell has been instrumental in assisting with site recruitment, community outreach and education and general program support. Because of his outstanding dedication to the local program, he was chosen to serve as the chairperson for the Youth Services System Safe Place Advisory Committee.
He also was chosen to represent YSS on the National Safe Place Advisory Board. Last fall, he was instrumental in the planning and implementation of an event to raise money and awareness of runaway homeless youth, the first Wheeling SleepOut.
According to the YSS nomination, Clausell &ldquo;has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to our agency and the Safe Place program. He serves with a smile and an abiding faith that is an inspiration to many.&rdquo;
In addition to his work with YSS, Clausell is president of the Upper Ohio Valley NAACP. He is a past chair of the Martin Luther King Committee. He is an active member of the Macedonia Baptist Church, with the choir, as chairman of the finance committee and church treasurer. He also transports youngsters to Sunday school classes every Sunday morning.
The YSS nominators said, &ldquo;He would be the first to point out that these titles do not outweigh his spirituality, faith and knowledge of who is first in his life.&rdquo;
Clausell, who was elected to the Youth Services System Board of Directors on Jan. 18 of this year, thanked YSS for the honor, saying his feeling as a volunteer is that &ldquo;you don&rsquo;t talk about what you do, you just &lsquo;do&rsquo;. A lot of volunteers are never recognized, and I am grateful.&rdquo;
The Martin Luther King Drum Majors for Service program gives organizations and groups an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate those volunteers who perform extraordinary everyday acts of service with reliability and commitment, but who seldom receive recognition.
In his signed letter to Clausell, President Obama said, in part, &ldquo;Your volunteer service demonstrates the kind of commitment to your community that moves America a step closer to its great promise.&rdquo;
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						 <title>Weirton Campus Addition Ribbon Cutting</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/weirton-campus-addition-ribbon-cutting/1742</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Numerous college, state and area dignitaries attended ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday for the $2.78 million expansion project on the Weirton campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.
Presiding at the ribbon cutting were Chancellor James Skidmore of the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia, WVNCC President Martin J. Olshinsky and Weirton Campus Dean Mike Koon. An open house immediately followed the ceremony.
Ground was broken on May 24 of last year on the nearly 10,000 square foot addition that houses two new classrooms and three new laboratory classrooms being used for health sciences classes and for Mechatronics, a new program that prepares students to be electrical and industrial maintenance technicians.
General contractor for the project was Trushel Construction Co. of Weirton; SMG Architects, Wheeling, designed the addition and coordinated the project. The addition comprises two floors and utilized solar panels on the roof, making it a green building. Steve Lippiello, chief financial officer/vice president of administrative services, said the college will bemonitoring utility costs and expects to see a reduction as a result of the solar panels.
Olshinsky, Koon and Lippiello agreed that Mechatronics, Surgical Technology and Respiratory Care students all have praised the new classrooms and labs, noting how much they appreciate working on state-of-the-art equipment.
The technical courses associated with Mechatronics and the health sciences programs have an intensive hands-on lab component as students learn skills needed toqualify for graduation and begin their careers.
Tours of the new addition to the campus, located at 150 Park Ave. on Weirton Heights, were conducted by college students and staffers and refreshments were available.]]></description>
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						 <title>New Barnes & Noble at WVNCC</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/new-barnes-and-noble-at-wvncc/1734</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Renovation of the former Straub car dealership properties to help expand West Virginia Northern Community College's downtown campus is expected to begin sometime in April. See the whole story here.]]></description>
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						 <title>WVNCC Wins Prestigious Paragon Award</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-wins-prestigious-paragon-award/1727</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The redesigned Web site for West Virginia Northern Community College has won the top award given by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, it was announced earlier this month at NCMPR&rsquo;s annual conference in San Francisco.
NCMPR's prestigious Paragon Awards recognize outstanding achievement in communications at community and technical colleges, and winners receive gold, silver or bronze designations. &ldquo;We are extremely pleased that Northern&rsquo;s Web site received the gold, or first place, in its category,&rdquo; Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, president, said. &ldquo;The Paragon Awards is the only national competition of its kind that exclusively honors excellence among marketing and PR professionals at two-year colleges, and Northern is honored by the designation,&rdquo; he added.
Redesign of Northern&rsquo;s Web site, www.wvncc.edu, was coordinated by the college&rsquo;s Information and Technology and Community Relations departments. The bid to redesign the site was won by a Wheeling firm, Technology Services Group, Inc.
Attending the San Francisco conference were Robert DeFrancis, the college&rsquo;s dean of community relations, and Hilary Curto, Northern&rsquo;s graphic arts designer senior and Webmaster. Curto received the gold award at the Paragon Awards ceremony and banquet held at the historic Fairmont Hotel which overlooks San Francisco&rsquo;s famed Nob Hill.
&ldquo;Even though we realize the Web site often is the first place people visit for information about Northern, a major goal was to have that site be as student-friendly as possible,&rdquo; Curto said, &ldquo;and our students tell us they have been very pleased.&rdquo;
DeFrancis said, &ldquo;We are proud of our Web site and know that it serves students, faculty and staff, potential students and the public in an easy to maneuver format. That it&rsquo;s been cited for a national award is most gratifying. The internal community continues to be thankful to Technology Services Group for its expertise and guidance.&rdquo;
Michael Bizanovich, TSG founder and president, said, &ldquo;Technology Services Group is proud to have been selected by Northern to design and develop its new Web site. I commend our entire Web and video production staff for the work they did on this project.&rdquo; He added, &ldquo;Northern is a quality educational institution which serves the region well and we congratulate them on receiving this national award.&rdquo;
According to NCMPR officials, the judges numbered more than 80 marketing and public relations professionals from throughout the country that reviewed and scored the Paragon entries for 2011. There were nearly 1,800 entries in 44 categories from 276 two-year institutions in the U.S. Paragon Award winners hail from large, multi-campus districts and small institutions, from large staffs with healthy budgets and from one-person shops with limited resources. &ldquo;All of them demonstrate that creativity, originality and unique approaches to problem-solving set the winners apart,&rdquo; it was stated.
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						 <title>Career and Transfer Fair Scheduled</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/career-and-transfer-fair-scheduled/1721</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Counselors at West Virginia Northern Community College are urging area students and employers to participate in the 2012 Career and Transfer Fair scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at the Wheeling campus B&O Building auditorium.
WVNCC&rsquo;s Candice Stadler, career services counselor, and Lisa Soly, transfer coordinator, are planning the fair, titled &ldquo;Explore Your Potential,&rdquo; during which students seeking employment and students of two-year institutions who want to transfer to four-year baccalaureate institutions will find the information they need in one room.
Registered colleges include Bethany College, Wheeling Jesuit University, West Liberty University and West Virginia University. Employers to participate so far include Northern Panhandle Head Start, Oglebay Resort & Conference Center, TeleTech and Williams Lea. Many others are expected to register.
Stadler recommends that students attending seeking employment should have multiple copies of an updated resume. Soly said students attending seeking to transfer should have copies of their unofficial transcripts for review. They both say &ldquo;all students should dress for success.&rdquo;
Information may be obtained by contacting Sadler at cstadler@wvncc.edu or by calling 304-214-8817 or Soly at lsoly@wvncc.edu or by calling 304-723-7515.
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						 <title>WVNCC Cited for National Community Service Honor Roll</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-cited-for-national-community-service-honor-roll/1719</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[West Virginia Northern Community College, for the sixth straight year, has been named to the President&rsquo;s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. WVNCC is the only two-year institution in West Virginia to be cited on the 2011 listing.
The national Honor Roll is coordinated by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education and honors the nation&rsquo;s leading colleges and universities, students, faculty members and staff for their commitment to bettering their communities through community service and service learning. 

WVNCC and West Virginia University are the only two institutions of higher education in the state to be named to the list each year since the program, based in Washington, D.C, began in 2006.
&ldquo;Community service is systemic at West Virginia Northern,&rdquo; Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, president, said, &ldquo;and I commend our students, faculty and staff for remaining steadfast in their commitment to voluntarism inside and outside the classroom.&rdquo;
According to Shannon Payton, Northern&rsquo;s student activities director, the college participated in numerous community service projects in 2011. Heading the list in terms of numbers of participants and hours spent volunteering were Northern&rsquo;s annual pledge to the Military Mail Call program, which resulted in more than 18,000 letters being written to military personnel stationed at home and abroad; a major involvement in the Booze, Cruise, You Lose alcohol awareness program for about 400 high school and college aged youth and a Secret Santa program which provided gifts to more than 200 children of students in need.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud of the students and staff that continually step up to the plate to fulfill community service needs at our campuses in Wheeling, Weirton and New Martinsville,&rdquo; Payton said.
Robert Velasco, acting CEO of CNCS, said about the Honor Roll recipients, &ldquo;Through service, these institutions are creating the next generation of leaders by challenging students to tackle tough issues and create positive impacts in the community.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Preparing students to participate in our democracy and providing them with opportunities to take on local and global issues in their course work are as central to the mission of education as boosting college completion and closing the achievement gap,&rdquo; Eduardo Ochoa, the U.S. Department of Education&rsquo;s assistant secretary for postsecondary education, said. &ldquo;The Honor Roll schools should be proud of their work to elevate the role of service-learning on their campuses. Galvanizing their students to become involved in projects that address pressing concerns and enrich their academic experience has a lasting impact &ndash; both in the communities in which they work and on their own sense of purpose as citizens of the world. I hope we&rsquo;ll see more and more colleges and universities following their lead.&rdquo;
The Corporation for National and Community Service for 2011 cited a total of 642 colleges and universities. Of that total, 513 were named to the Honor Roll, 110 received the recognition of Honor Roll with distinction, 14 were identified as finalists, and five received the Presidential Award. For a full list of recipients, visit www.NationalService.gov/HonorRoll.
CNCS oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the American Council on Education. Honorees are chosen based on a series of selection factors, including the scope and innovation of service projects, the extent to which service-learning is embedded in the curriculum, the school&rsquo;s commitment to long-term campus-community partnerships and measurable community outcomes as a result of the service.
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						 <title>Award Winner to Present Show at WVNCC</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/award-winner-to-present-show-at-wvncc/1709</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Award-winning author Marty Essen will present his high-energy multi-media show, &ldquo;Around the World in 90 Minutes,&rdquo; at the three campuses of West Virginia Northern Community College later this month.

Shannon Payton, director of student activities at West Virginia Northern, said the show, free and open to the public, features interesting facts, humorous stories and the best of thousands of photos Essen took while traveling the world for his book, &ldquo;Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents.&rdquo;

Payton said, &ldquo;It's the type of show where the audience has fun laughing at the stories, oohing and aahing at the photos, and then, when it's all done, they realize just how much they've learned.&rdquo;

All shows begin at 6 p.m. on the following dates: Tuesday, March 20, on the Wheeling campus in the auditorium of the B&O Building, 1704 Market St.; Wednesday, March 21, Room 110, New Martinsville campus, 141 Main St., and Thursday, March 22, Rooms 242-243,Weirton campus, 150 Park Ave.

&ldquo;Around the World in 90 Minutes&rdquo; began as a show Essen presented in bookstores as part of his first book tour. Later, after numerous refinements, the show took on a life of its own in colleges, museums and nature centers across the United States.

&ldquo;In fact,&rdquo; Payton added, &ldquo;Marty Essen has been named by a major college activities association as the number one booked college speaker for 36 out of the past 40 months. Additionally, Campus Activities Magazine named Marty as one of its &ldquo;Hot Speaker&rdquo; picks for 2011.&rdquo;

Highlights of Marty&rsquo;s show include:

    Amazing animal facts
    Debunking animal myths
    Cuddly wallaroos and spiny walking sticks
    Charging elephants and howling wolves
    Deadly snakes and friendly penguins
    Bizarre creatures and endangered species
    Swimming with piranhas
    Kayaking in the rainforest
    Hiking with the Porcupine caribou migration
    Rafting with humpback whales
    Surviving a hippo attack in Zimbabwe


Light refreshments will be available at the shows. Call 304-214-8917 for more information.

Essen has won multiple book awards for travel/essay writing, including the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Best Books Book Award and the National Indie ExcellenceAward. In addition, he won a first place award at the 2009 Green Book Festival in Los Angeles, and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune named &ldquo;Cool Creatures, Hot Planet&rdquo; a top-10 &ldquo;Green&rdquo; book.]]></description>
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						 <title>WVNCC Closed March 14 for Training </title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-closed-march-14-for-training-/1706</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Wheeling, Weirton and New Martinsville campuses of West Virginia Northern Community College will be closed on Wednesday, March 14, so that internal training may be conducted.]]></description>
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						 <title>Reaccreditation Feedback Sought</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/reaccreditation-feedback-sought/1673</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[West Virginia Northern Community College is looking for feedback from members of the community-at-large to help the institution as it prepares for its reaccreditation in March 2013.

According to Christina Sullivan, director of academic student support services at WVNCC and co-chair of the reaccreditation team, persons wishing to comment can do so by taking a survey online. She said the survey is available electronically through March 19 at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GWYMSBG and those completing the survey will need to enter wvncc to log in.

Northern is regionally accredited through the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission, Sullivan explained, and is specifically looking for feedback about key criteria from community agencies, employers, volunteer organizations and other community representatives. Questions range from knowledge about the college&rsquo;s mission to use of its facilities by external constituents. Other areas, including the institution&rsquo;s Web site and online support systems, also are covered in the survey.

While the survey is anonymous, Sullivan added, the responses to the survey will be incorporated as evidence and data for the college&rsquo;s institutional self study, which assists the college in assessing areas in which the college meets the criteria for accreditation and areas for improvement.

Accreditation is a voluntary activity that ensures the institution is evaluated on its mission and integrity, preparation for the future, student learning and effective teaching, knowledge acquisition and application and engagement and service to its employees, students and communities. Sullivan pointed out there are six regional accrediting agencies in the U.S. and all agencies cooperate to recognize each other. This has various benefits, she said, such as allowing for easier transferability for students, even if transferring between colleges accredited by different agencies.  

&ldquo;The college asks that community members take the time to complete this survey, providing responses as they apply to relations between the college and the organizations they represent,&rdquo; Sullivan said.

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						 <title>CB&I, WVNCC and Dominion Transmission, Inc.  Form Partnership to Establish Training Program</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/cbandi-wvncc-and-dominion-transmission-inc.-form-partnership-to-establish-training-program/1671</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[CB&I, West Virginia Northern Community College and Dominion Transmission, Inc. have formed a partnership to establish a training program for the petrochemical construction industry with a focus on pipefitting. The goal is to train 100 area residents.

Training in entry-level and mid-level pipefitting will prepare participants for entry-level, helper jobs. Courses are set to begin at the end of March at Northern&rsquo;s Wheeling and New Martinsville campuses. The initiative is underwritten by a grant funded by the West Virginia Community and Technical College System and facilitated by WVNCC.

The training program will create a large pool of qualified applicants that will help CB&I meet hiring goals for the $500 million Natrium fractionation facility the company is constructing for Dominion Transmission in Marshall County. The program will help trainees potentially secure construction jobs with CB&I if they meet the necessary requirements, and it will provide them with skills they can use to find employment with other companies in the region.

WVNCC President Martin J. Olshinsky said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re very excited to be part of this partnership to prepare individuals not only for job opportunities that will be available soon but also for future opportunities that are sure to come with the Marcellus and Utica Shale resources.&rdquo;

&ldquo;We believe this program is an excellent example of a public-private partnership that will enhance the employment opportunities for a number of local residents,&rdquo; Steve Dimlich, CB&I&rsquo;s vice president of corporate human resources, said. &ldquo;The program will benefit CB&I&rsquo;s efforts to staff the Dominion Natrium project as openings occur, and it will expand the capacity of WVNCC to provide additional skilled training in the future.&rdquo;

Jim Skidmore, chancellor of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System, said, &ldquo;The ADVANCE grant program which helped fund this initiative was designed to allow our community and technical colleges to respond rapidly to workforce needs and also to build institutional capacity. This initiative demonstrates the effectiveness of our colleges in addressing training needs of employers.&rdquo;

CB&I is planning to provide the course design and technical subject-matter experts to help teach the course in conjunction with WVNCC instructors. The course curriculum is the National Center for Construction Education and Research Contren Learning series, a nationally recognized, competency based training system for the construction industry. Participants will earn credit toward NCCER craft certification.

The natural gas liquids fractionation plant currently under construction by CB&I and developed for Dominion Transmission is expected to result in 40-50 full-time, permanent jobs, according to Dominion officials. As the market develops, DTI plans to build phase two of the project.

&ldquo;This is an excellent initiative,&rdquo; John Love, vice president, pipeline engineering and plant operations, Dominion Transmission, said. &ldquo;This training will provide northern West Virginia residents with solid, transferable skills that will be in greater demand as our industry continues to grow.&rdquo; 

Mike Koon, vice president of workforce development at WVNCC, noted that successful candidates for the program must pass a drug test and complete a pre-training assessment in reading and math. To be considered for the program and to schedule a time for the assessment, interested individuals should call 304-214-8974.

Both the beginning and intermediate classes will begin on March 26 with the beginning class ending on April 20 and the intermediate class ending on April 27. Classes will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., five days a week.

&ldquo;This program is a win-win for all parties but most importantly for the community,&rdquo; Koon said. &ldquo;It enables the college to prepare local residents for jobs in the area for the immediate term, and it also builds capacity within the college to continue the training for future construction projects related to the petrochemical industry.&rdquo;
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						 <title>Students Learn Drilling Basics</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/students-learn-drilling-basics/1660</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[West Virginia Northern Community College is doing its part to ensure that local residents have a chance to get jobs in the rapidly expanding natural gas industry!  Click here for the full article.
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						 <title>Local Foundations Support WVNCC</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/local-foundations-support-wvncc/1613</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Donations totaling $275,000 have been given to the West Virginia Northern Community College Foundation Inc. to assist in the institution&rsquo;s Middle College program and for scholarships.
The funds were given to the WVNCC Foundation last December by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation, it was announced by Emily S. Fisher, executive director of the WVNCC Foundation, and Dr. Mary Marockie, president of the WVNCC Foundation&rsquo;s board of trustees.
The Benedum Foundation&rsquo;s grant of $250,000 is to be used for expansion of the Northern Middle College Early Entrance High School program, initially developed some three years ago and sponsored by Brooke, Marshall and Ohio County School Districts in partnership with Northern. Classes are conducted at Northern&rsquo;s B&O Building in downtown Wheeling.

Northern President Martin J. Olshinsky, who brought the Middle College concept to West Virginia for the first time, said. &ldquo;This generous grant will enable us to begin expanding the program to our campus in Weirton. The goal is to serve 120 students from five school districts in the Northern Panhandle.&rdquo;
Northern Middle College Early Entrance High School targets high school students who have the potential for academic success but perform at a higher level in a student-centered environment. The program moves them to a college site that enhances self-esteem, encouraging students to attend school, achieve academic success and pursue career goals. &ldquo;The ultimate goal of the program is for the student to graduate from high school and earn an associate&rsquo;s degree at the same time,&rdquo; Olshinsky said.
In addition, a contribution of $25,000 was made from the Karl and Mildred Niekamp Charitable Foundation of Wheeling in support of the Mildred V. Niekamp Scholarship Fund at WVNCC. This fund, Fisher and Marockie explained, targets those pursuing a career in business at Northern from Marshall, Ohio or Wetzel counties, with a preference afforded to residents of Marshall County. Fisher and Marockie pointed out the recent donation means the WVNCC Foundation to date has received a total of $175,000 from the Niekamp Foundation for the Mildred V. Niekamp Scholarship Fund.
In a joint statement, Fisher and Marockie said, &ldquo;These donations will significantly impact the students at Northern, and the Foundation extends its sincere and deepest appreciation to the foundations which so benevolently support West Virginia Northern.&rdquo;
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						 <title>Rig Deckhand Class Announced at NM Campus</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/rig-deckhand-class-announced-at-nm-campus/1612</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A rig deckhand class for students needing a rig pass certification for potential employment in the gas drilling industry will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Feb. 13-16, at the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.

Larry Tackett, New Martinsville campus dean, said the class is free but students must pay for their own drug test (approximately $25, locally) and submit the results when registering.

Call the campus at 304-455-4684 for details and information on where to get the drug test and how to register.  Tackett pointed out this class includes a visit to a working gas rig.

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						 <title>College Goal Sunday</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/college-goal-sunday/1599</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A College Goal Sunday workshop will be held from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 12 in Room 219 of the B&O Building at West Virginia Northern Community College&rsquo;s Wheeling campus. Financial aid experts from WVNCC, West Liberty University and Wheeling Jesuit University are scheduled to assist those filling out FAFSA forms. They are, standing from left, Kelly Herr, program coordinator financial aid, WVNCC; Alicia Frey, associate director of financial aid, WVNCC; Molly Daniels, financial aid assistant, WJU; Christie Tomczyk, director of financial aid, WJU; Janet Fike, vice president of student services/director of financial aid, WVNCC; Katie Mills, director of financial aid, WLU, and Michelle Bonaventura, financial aid counselor, WLU. Seated from left are Kim Hart and Sarah Griffith, both financial aid assistants III, WVNCC.

West Virginia&rsquo;s Annual College Goal Sunday event this month is being held on the Wheeling campus of West Virginia Northern Community College, from 1-4 p.m. on Feb. 12, through the partnership efforts of WVNCC, West Liberty University and Wheeling Jesuit University.
College Goal Sunday is an opportunity for students and families to get free help completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA.) This year&rsquo;s popular event will be held in Room 219 of the WVNCC B&O Building, 1704 Market St., downtown Wheeling.
Financial aid experts from all three institutions of higher learning will provide assistance in filling out the FAFSA, the cornerstone of the higher education financial aid application process. Room 219 serves as a computer lab at the college, which is one of 19 locations throughout the state that will be conducting College Goal Sunday events.
The FAFSA is a crucial step for all students who plan to pay for any college with the help of grants, scholarships, work-study funds and/or student loans. The workshops are for high school seniors wishing to attend college, for current college students who need to refile their FAFSA and for students who may need to correct or amend an already filed FAFSA.
Janet Fike, vice president of student services/director of financial aid at West Virginia Northern, explained that the financial aid experts from WVNCC, WLU and WJU will be available to give one-on-one confidential support to anyone planning to attend college, regardless of their age or income. Refreshments will be available.
Individuals who plan to attend college and would like help with completion of the FAFSA or would like answers regarding general financial aid questions are encouraged to attend. Interested students, spouses and parents are asked to bring their Social Security numbers, 2011 Federal Tax Return, W-2 forms, other income records, driver's license and other valid ID to the session. Organizers explained the more income information that families can provide, the more likely they will be able to submit their FAFSA on the day of the event. If 2011 tax records are not available, 2010 records may be used. However, the FAFSA will have to be edited later if information from 2010 is used.
All the financial aid volunteers at College Goal Sunday workshops are experts who will not share families&rsquo; information. Students who participate will submit the FAFSA onsite, through the federal government&rsquo;s online form, which is completely secure.
Students who participate in a College Goal Sunday workshop will be entered for a chance to win an Apple IPad, with one to be awarded at each location. For complete details, including directions and a list of what to bring, visit www.cfwv.com.
College Goal Sunday in West Virginia is coordinated by the College Foundation of West Virginia, an initiative of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission in conjunction with the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education, the West Virginia Department of Education and West Virginia GEAR UP.
 
 
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						 <title>Nursing Professor Arlene Kuca Chosen to Assist in Nursing Licensure Procedure</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/nursing-professor-arlene-kuca-chosen-to-assist-in-nursing-licensure-procedure/1578</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A nursing professor at West Virginia Northern Community College was one of only a dozen nurses nationwide selected to assist in the procedure surrounding nursing licensure.

Arlene Kuca, of St. Clairsville, associate professor of nursing at Northern, was selected as a volunteer item writer for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing licensure examination, commonly referred to as NCLEX.
The national council, headquartered in Chicago, is responsible for developing and administering the NCLEX licensing exams for registered nursing and practical nursing candidates. Kuca was approved by the West Virginia Board of Nursing and selected by NCSBN to participate on the NCLEX item development panel of subject matter experts that was held in Chicago from Jan. 17-20 this year.

Kuca, an RN who also has a master&rsquo;s in nursing, was nominated for the assignment on the basis of clinical specialty and nursing expertise, according to Linda Jo Shelek, professor and director of the nursing program at Northern.

Shelek explained that all nurses in the U.S. and its four territories must take the NCLEX. The licensing exam, she said, identifies those candidates who demonstrate minimal competence to practice nursing at the entry level. Passing the NCLEX exam is one of the requirements necessary for attaining a nursing license.

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						 <title>Weirton Campus Dean Named</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/weirton-campus-dean-named/1566</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A veteran administrator at West Virginia Northern Community College has been named to take over operations of the institution&rsquo;s Weirton campus.

Mike Koon, a Weirton resident, will hold the title of vice president of workforce development and Weirton campus dean.

In making the announcement, Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, WVNCC president, said, &ldquo;I am very pleased that Mike has agreed to continue in his leadership capacity at the Weirton campus. His 37 years of experience at Northern make him an excellent choice to move the campus to even greater standing in the community.&rdquo;

The Weirton campus is featured prominently in Koon&rsquo;s experience at Northern. He started at the Weirton campus in 1975 as an instructor of biology and was the Weirton campus dean from 1985-92.

Koon said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited about the opportunity to work with employers, our secondary school partners and other stakeholders to continue development of the Weirton campus and our communities.  The addition to the Redline Building will enhance our ability to serve local education needs and will be a real asset for the community.&rdquo;

New classrooms and labs currently are being constructed on campus that will house courses in Mechatronics, which awards an associate in applied science degree in a new program designed to prepare individuals to be electrical and mechanical maintenance technicians, and the health sciences.

From 1992-94, Koon served as chairman, Science/Math/Technology Division, at the college and from 1994 to the present he has been vice president of economic and workforce development, working  extensively with numerous employers throughout the Northern Panhandle to develop training programs.

During his nearly four decades at WVNCC, Koon also served as interim president and interim vice president of academic affairs. He is a member of the Weirton United Way Allocations Committee. He is a member of the West Virginia Air Quality Board, a peer reviewer for the national Higher Learning Commission and previously served on the West Virginia Joint Commission for Vocational-Technical Education and the WVNCC Board of Governors.

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						 <title>New Martinsville Campus Offers EMT-B Class</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/new-martinsville-campus-offers-emt-b-class/1549</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A 128-hour Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) class will be offered beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.
The class is being held through the state Regional Education Services Agency-Six in cooperation with WVNCC and will meet from 6-10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in Room 110 at the New Martinsville campus on Main Street.
Final written and practical certification examinations will be scheduled during the second week of May, 2012. Students will receive a letter the first night of class outlining course requirements, in-class and online registration procedures, fees (tuition, background check, testing) and book costs.

All fees are payable no later than the third class on Feb. 8. Additionally, students will have the option to choose the state or national certification examination and those options will be explained to the students the first night of class.
Instructors are Carla McBee and Ralph &ldquo;Skip&rdquo; Kosar.
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						 <title>Green Wheeling Initiative Wins Three Grants Through Efforts of WVNCC</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/green-wheeling-initiative-wins-three-grants-through-efforts-of-wvncc/1531</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Green Wheeling Initiative, a group focused on increasing the availability of healthy, locally produced foods, has won three grants through the efforts of the West Virginia Northern Community College Foundation.
Emily Fisher, executive director of the WVNCC Foundation, announced that the Foundation received two grants totaling $14,000 from the Hess Family Foundation and a $55,000 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
She said the Hess grants will support operating expenses for the Green Wheeling Initiative, including resources and training for additional community gardens and a &ldquo;micro-grant&rdquo; program to support existing garden projects. The Benedum grant will fund research and analysis of the greater Wheeling area&rsquo;s dependence on outside food sources, and a plan to shift 10 percent of local spending on food to locally produced food.
Certified Executive Chef Gene Evans, who is a founding member of the Green Wheeling Initiative and a professor in WVNCC&rsquo;s Culinary Arts program, said, &ldquo;Locally produced food simply tastes better and contains a much higher nutritional value.&rdquo; Danny Swan, an urban farmer and also a founding member, added, "We're deeply grateful to West Virginia Northern Community College, the Benedum Foundation and the Hess Family Foundation. These grants provide a great opportunity to meaningfully transform our community through local food."
The Green Wheeling Initiative is a collaborative network of urban and rural food growing projects such as the Small Farm Training Center, East Wheeling Community Gardens, Island Rats Community Garden, the Culinary Arts Garden, Victory Garden of the Children's Museum and the South Wheeling Alive Garden.
Members of the initiative explained the program began with concerned citizens and food producers interested in increasing the availability of healthy, energy efficient and economically produced local foods. The initiative, they added, hopes to expand to include more gardens and a number of farms that produce hormone- and pesticide-free food and to expand the amount of easily accessible locally grown food available to families, institutions and restaurants.
The Green Wheeling Initiative is willing to offer help to those who want to start community gardens and to local food producers who want to expand the market for their farm products. Contact GreenWheeling@gmail.com for more information.
The Wheeling area initiative, members added, joins local food movements that are developing worldwide and are revitalizing economies in the nearby states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. The movement also is taking hold elsewhere in West Virginia.
Initiative members said buying local allows up to 90 percent of the sale price to go to local farmers. Wheat farmers receive just six cents of each dollar spent on a loaf of bread in the U.S., they explained, and farmers in general typically receive 10 percent or less of the food dollar. Those involved in local food movements cite statistics which reveal that buying local creates a multiplier effect for local economies wherein locally spent food dollars circulate eight to 15 times in the local economy instead of being siphoned out to national or international food corporations.
Because local food tends to be fresher and to travel shorter distances, there also are measurable health and environmental benefits to buying local, such as produce containing more nutrients and reduced dependence on fossil fuels. Supporters say non-local grocery items travel on average 27 times greater distances than local food. Most grocery store produce, they say, travels more than 1,500 miles from the farm to home and spends several weeks in transit during which it loses much of its nutritional value.
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						 <title>Full-time Officer Assigned to Wheeling Campus</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/full-time-officer-assigned-to-wheeling-campus/1441</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Wheeling City Patrolman Ronald J. Faldowski has been named campus liaison officer for the Wheeling campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.

According to a joint announcement from WVNCC and the police department, it was noted Faldowski began his full-time duties at the college on Jan. 3.

Wheeling Police Chief Robert Matheny said he is very excited about the partnership between the college and the police department. &ldquo;We have always had a great working relationship with Northern, but I think the presence of a full-time officer will enhance our community policing efforts.&rdquo;

Stephen Lippiello, vice president of administrative services and chief financial officer at Northern, said the college &ldquo;is pleased to welcome Officer Faldowski to campus. His experience and presence will add immeasurably to providing a safer environment for students and staff.&rdquo;
Lippiello explained that the Wheeling police officer&rsquo;s job responsibilities will include patrolling campus buildings, enforcing campus regulations including those concerning parking, providing escorts as needed, securing buildings and maintaining required records related to safety issues, among other duties.

Matheny said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m unaware of any other municipal police department in West Virginia that has a full-time officer assigned to a college campus. The model for the campus liaison officer was developed from the prevention resource officer&rsquo;s concept,&rdquo; he explained, adding, &ldquo;The Wheeling Police Department has five PROs assigned to Ohio County schools within the city.  The CLO position is funded by WVNCC.&rdquo;

Faldowski joined the Wheeling Police Department on Aug. 24, 2009, as a full-time officer after working previously at Northwood Health Systems.  A native of Steubenville, Faldowski graduated from Buckeye Local High School and Bethany College.

Northern, in addition to the new officer, will continue to utilize part-time Wheeling police officers on campus during evening hours.
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						 <title>WVNCC Faculty Member Named WV Developmental Educator of the Year</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-faculty-member-named-wv-developmental-educator-of-the-year/1282</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Mary Marlin, third from left, holds the plaque she received for being named the West Virginia Developmental Educator of the Year for 2011. The Shadyside resident is standing with some of her students on the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College. They are, from left, Amber Wilkerson, Pat Roper, Tammy Evans, Donna Mayne and Abe Frohapfel.
 
 

A math instructor at West Virginia Northern Community College, Mary Marlin of Shadyside, has been named West Virginia Developmental Educator of the Year.
Marlin, instructor of developmental mathematics at Northern, has been teaching full-time at the college for eight years and has taught developmental math for a total of 18 years at different institutions.
&ldquo;This is a prestigious honor for Mary that reflects superbly on the college&rsquo;s efforts in transitional coursework,&rdquo; Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, WVNCC president, said. &ldquo;The entire college community joins in congratulating her.&rdquo;
The top state developmental educator for the year is announced at the joint conference of the West Virginia Association of Developmental Education and the West Virginia Community College Association. This year&rsquo;s conference was held the last long weekend of October at Glade Springs Resort, Daniels, W.Va.
Marlin has participated in several continuing education programs related to developmental education, including course redesign programs in Cleveland, Orlando and Chattanooga. She also has participated in a Team-Up Developmental Education program.
At Northern, it was noted, Marlin &ldquo;has been instrumental in program development and implementation with regards to increasing student success rates and accelerating course completion for WVNCC&rsquo;s developmental math students.&rdquo;
College officials pointed out that Marlin initiated and taught Northern&rsquo;s first accelerated developmental classes in math. These classes were taught consecutively in one semester, reducing the time students spend in developmental math courses by one full semester. In addition, Marlin successfully piloted an intersession class, an intensive developmental math class of 40 hours during one week, which also saved students a semester of class time.
Marlin designed and conducted Northern&rsquo;s first ever math boot camp, according to college officials. She also was instrumental in spearheading an ongoing dialogue with area school system personnel, looking at how to work together to identify and solve the problem of underprepared students who enroll in college from high school.
The teacher of the year also routinely provides tutoring services to math students. &ldquo;No one is more dedicated and motivated to help developmental math students succeed,&rdquo; Marlin&rsquo;s nominator said. &ldquo;Her objective is to help the students succeed and she will always do whatever is possible to make that happen.&rdquo;
 
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						 <title>Paden City Boosters Aid WVNCC Students</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/paden-city-boosters-aid-wvncc-students/1265</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Paden City Boosters Association will be paying for the successful completion of college work taken as Early Entrance courses by Paden City High School students through the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College. Gathering to show support for the new boosters&rsquo; initiative are, first row, from left, Lisa Slie, WVNCC New Martinsville campus counselor; Donna Jones, PCHS guidance counselor; Shelley Hulsey, PCHS Comp I instructor; PCHS students Taylor Parsons and Dominique Craft; Kathi Ferrebee, Paden City Boosters Association treasurer; Kelli Goddard, boosters association vice president; Jay Silva, principal, PCHS; and Jeff Bowers, psychology instructor at the high school. Back row, from left, are students Tim Drain, Kyle Staton, Geoffrey Bidwell, Amanda Heasley, Jay Billiter and Taylor Still.
The Paden City Boosters Association once again has approved funds for a project that will improve the academic status of the high school students it supports, this time by paying for courses taken through West Virginia Northern Community College.          

Kathi Ferrebee, treasurer of the boosters association, said, &ldquo;As we embark on this new endeavor, please know that we are excited to once again be of assistance to our children in Paden City.&rdquo; Ferrebee explained the boosters will pay all costs associated with Early Entrance courses offered by the WVNCC New Martinsville campus, &ldquo;with the stipulation that they must pass the course with a C. Anything less will not be paid for by the boosters because the credits will not transfer to another college.&rdquo;

Larry Tackett, dean of the New Martinsville campus, expressed his deep appreciation for the boosters&rsquo; assistance. &ldquo;This effort creates an incredible opportunity for Paden City students by giving them the chance to take college level courses, begin their college careers with courses already complete and at no cost. It just doesn&rsquo;t get any better than this.&rdquo;

Tackett added, &ldquo;The fact that the Paden City Boosters are willing to support academic as well as athletic programs says a lot about the enthusiasm the community has for all aspects of their students&rsquo; lives. It certainly makes me proud to have been a graduate of PCHS and a current resident.&rdquo;

According to Ferrebee, the Paden City Boosters Association, in existence since the 1950s, &ldquo;each year raises several thousands of dollars for our schools and on an average we give approximately $10,000-$15,000 per year to the Paden City Elementary School and approximately $50,000-$60,000 per year to Paden City High School.

&ldquo;Some of the organizations that we also support within our school system are the Paden City Elementary School PTA, the Paden City High School Band and Paden City High School Junior Class, each of which receives between $3,500 and $4,000 per year.

&ldquo;In the past we have purchased two Smart Boards for our Math Department, a copier for the grade school, and microscopes for science at the high school,&rdquo; Ferrebee added. &ldquo;Every year we give our Science Department approximately $1,000 for materials needed in class and also $1,000 to the Art Department for materials for art projects. We are also building a new Multipurpose Building for our school at no cost to the county or state whatsoever. We also support local community entities such as the Paden City Volunteer Fire Department, the Paden City Lions Club and many youth leagues in the community.&rdquo;

Ferrebee pointed out the boosters support all sports in the school, with each sport receiving new uniforms every four years. &ldquo;We have a no cut policy in all sports at Paden City and every child is encouraged to be involved in some activity. If they cannot afford the proper equipment, it is purchased by the boosters and confidentially given to the child. The money is never expected to be paid back.&rdquo;

She further explained, though, that the &ldquo;philosophy of current officers is that if we ever have to turn down a funding request due to lack of funds, which has never been done in the history of the boosters' association, academics will win hands down over sports every single time. We believe it is more important to help kids in the classroom first.&rdquo;

The boosters&rsquo; proudest accomplishment to date, she said, is paying for every junior or senior to take the ACT test. &ldquo;We pay for them to take the test one time.&rdquo;  

Ferrebee noted, &ldquo;As you can see, we take our academics very seriously in Paden City. We are proud of our children, our teachers and our parents for taking such an interest in the future of our children, and are thankful that we can be a small part of their success.&rdquo; 



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						 <title>WVNCC Bennett Scholarship Receives Funds</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-bennett-scholarship-receives-funds/1264</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Debbie Bennett, center, office administrator at the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College, and Todd Strickler, at right, nursing student, New Martinsville campus, accept a $300 check presented by David Anderson, at left, of I&D Catering. This donation toward the Erika Bennett Memorial Scholarship was made possible by a dinner that was held during the recent Town and Country Days.
A catering company&rsquo;s dinner offering at this year&rsquo;s Town and Country Days in New Martinsville was much more than just delicious&mdash;it also served up funds for a scholarship at West Virginia Northern Community College.

I&D Catering and owner David Anderson presented a meal of baked steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad and assorted gourmet cupcakes. Anderson said he planned the dinner with the intention of donating a generous portion of the proceeds to the Erika Bennett Memorial Scholarship for WVNCC nursing students.

In addition, it was explained, current second-year New Martinsville campus nursing students volunteered as the waiters and waitresses during the dinner. This is the second year that I&D Catering has served dinner during the Town and Country Days and made a contribution to the scholarship fund.

The family of Erika Machelle Bennett established this scholarship to provide financial support to a WVNCC nursing student. Erika had attended the New Martinsville campus and was planning to enter the nursing program in Fall 2010. However, Erika unexpectedly passed away because of an undiagnosed condition, Churg Strauss Syndrome, a very rare form of vasculitis, or inflamation of blood vessels.

Debbie Bennett, office administrator at WVNCC, said, &ldquo;The family and I sincerely appreciate the generosity of I&D Catering for continuing the memory of Erika&rsquo;s giving spirit by contributing to this memorial scholarship fund.&rdquo; ]]></description>
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						 <title>WVNCC Gets Parlin Grant to Aid Visually Impaired Students</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-gets-parlin-grant-to-aid-visually-impaired-students/1225</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Seated, from left, are Jennifer Heath and Jamie Topp, West Virginia Northern Community College students using computer equipment purchased through a grant from the Martha Parlin Trust, administered at WesBanco, Wheeling. Looking on, from left, are Denise Wycherley, student disability coordinator at WVNCC; Anthony J. Habbit, AVP & senior trust officer, and Harold J.P. Migias, senior vice president, Trust and Investment Services, WesBanco; and Dr. Mary Marockie, president of the WVNCC Foundation Board of Trustees.
A $10,000 grant from the Martha Parlin Trust has been awarded to provide equipment to visually impaired students at West Virginia Northern Community College.
Harold J.P. Migias, senior vice president, Trust and Investment Services, at WesBanco in Wheeling, which administers the Martha Parlin Trust, said, &ldquo;WesBanco appreciates the ability to continue Mrs. Parlin&rsquo;s philanthropy through her trust by supporting programs&rdquo; such as those offered at WVNCC.
Accepting the check on behalf of the WVNCC Foundation was Dr. Mary Marockie, president of the Foundation Board of Trustees. Marockie said, &ldquo;This grant will enable the college to offer state-of-the-art electronic equipment	to students in need of crucial assistance because of their visual impairment. The Foundation is extremely grateful that the Martha Parlin Trust and its administrators at WesBanco recognized this need.&rdquo;
Denise Wycherley, student disability coordinator at West Virginia Northern, daily witnesses how useful the equipment is to the successful outcomes for students utilizing the &ldquo;awesome&rdquo; tools. &ldquo;It is the college&rsquo;s goal to endeavor to provide students with disabilities the assistance they require to learn and compete in the classroom,&rdquo; Wycherley said. &ldquo;This grant helps us reach our goal.&rdquo;
Types of equipment which the Martha Parlin Trust grant purchased, Wycherley said, included a talking calculator, which provides audio feedback to a user, along with an oversized LCD display. Also being used is MAGic Screen Magnification Software which increases the size of what is seen on a computer monitor and also speaks aloud the screen contents. This software impacts school research on the Web for projects such as report writing, spreadsheets and working with common office-related software.
Wycherley explained the funds also were used to purchase the VictorReader Stream DAISY-MP3, which enables students to use a hand-held player that downloads books and other material and then have the text turned to speech. Also included is a built-in microphone to record voice classroom notes.
&ldquo;Our students light up when they use this equipment,&rdquo; Wycherley said. &ldquo;It is making a difference.&rdquo;

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						 <title>New Martinsville Campus to Offer "Red Hat" Training Program </title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/new-martinsville-campus-to-offer-red-hat-training-program-/1116</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The Apprentice Underground Miner &ldquo;Red Hat&rdquo; Training Program, required for all new underground miners employed in West Virginia, will be offered beginning in November at the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.
This training program will be held from 5-10 p.m. Monday through Friday from Nov. 28-Dec. 16 in New Martinsville. Cost is $450. Class size is limited to 25 persons and pre-registration is needed. More information is available by calling the WVNCC New Martinsville campus at 304-455-4684.
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						 <title>WVNCC Weirton Campus Campaign Launched</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-weirton-campus-campaign-launched/1099</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[            The success story surrounding Weirton and West Virginia Northern Community College was the focus today when officials kicked off a fund-raising campaign to assist in the major expansion under way on the campus in that city.
            Details of the campaign &ldquo;As We Grow, Weirton Grows&rdquo; were unveiled at Williams Country Club in Weirton this morning by Northern&rsquo;s president, Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky; Mike Koon, vice president of Economic and Workforce Development, and Emily S. Fisher, executive director of the WVNCC Foundation. Officiating were George Kondik, Foundation board member and Weirton&rsquo;s mayor, and Weirton businessmen Gus Monezis, WVNCC Board of Governors member; Mike Orecchio, Foundation board member, and John Newbrough, former Foundation board president and member.
            Opportunities to support this expansion ranged from naming the Mechatronics or Health Sciences areas and various labs to contributing to the Applied Technology Equipment and Maintenance funds. Giving levels are from $1,000 to $100,000 and those presiding pointed out any and all contributions are welcome.
            Groundbreaking ceremonies were held May 24 for the $2.1 million expansion and the project is expected to be completed by the end of January. Included in the 9,590 square foot building addition at 150 Park Ave., comprising two floors, will be two classrooms and three laboratory classrooms that will be used for health sciences classes, including nursing, respiratory care and surgical technology, and for Mechatronics, which awards an associate in applied science degree in a new program designed to prepare individuals to be electrical and mechanical maintenance technicians. Architect for the expansion is Vic Greco of SMG Architects, Wheeling, and main contractor is Trushel Construction of Weirton.
            Olshinsky said, &ldquo;The Weirton community has been extremely supportive of West Virginia Northern since the college was created nearly 40 years ago. The college has benefitted significantly because of that support, and we need the community&rsquo;s assistance again through this campaign.&rdquo;
            Naming opportunities for those wishing to donate include the following: Mechatronics Teaching Area, $250,000; Health Sciences Teaching Area, $250,000; Respiratory Care Lab, $100,000; Surgery Lab, $60,000; Serilization Lab, $50,000; Pulmonary Function Lab, $15,000. Giving levels are as follows: Friend, $1,000; Copper, $2,500; Bronze, $5,000; Silver, $10,000; Gold, $50,000; Platinum, $100,000. Each donor will be recognized by signage in the new expansion.
            There are numerous ways in which donors can give to the campaign, including cash donations, gifts of appreciated property, matching gifts, life insurance, bequests and deferred gifts and life income/charitable trusts. Checks should be made payable to the WVNCC Foundation and sent in care of Emily S. Fisher, 1704 Market St., Wheeling, WV or contact Fisher at 304-214-8905 or atefisher@wvncc.edu.
            WVNCC is the largest headcount enrollment community college in the state of West Virginia. Its enrollment has increased by 25 percent during the last seven years. More than 900 students are served annually on the Weirton campus.]]></description>
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						 <title>WVNCC Gets More Than $1.5 Million Grant</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-gets-more-than-$1.5-million-grant/849</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[A federal grant of more than $1.5 million has been awarded to West Virginia Northern Community College targeting its efforts to retain and graduate more students.
Approval of the competitive grant by the U.S. Department of Education&rsquo;s Strengthening Institutions Program was announced by U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. The grant, under Title III, Part A, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, provides $332,158 for the first year and totals $1,543,090 over five years.
Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, WVNCC president, said, &ldquo;One of Northern&rsquo;s most important strategic goals is significantly increasing the number of students who stay in college and then graduate. We are gratified that our application for funds to help us accomplish that goal has been approved.&rdquo;
Rockefeller said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s critical that students get the support they need and deserve to thrive in the classroom and beyond. This grant is no exception. It should keep more students in college, help those who are struggling in class and better prepare teachers to support their students.
&ldquo;These students are the future of West Virginia and the country.&rdquo; the senator added. &ldquo;We must do everything that we can to make sure that they excel in school and their upcoming careers.&rdquo;
Saying that now Northern &ldquo;will have the necessary tools&rdquo; to further improve student success, Olshinsky explained the Strengthening Institutions Program helps eligible institutions expand capacity to serve low-income students. He said the funds particularly will target students needing to pass, or test-out of, traditional placement tests.
Northern officials explained that placement tests are used to place students in the transitional education course they require to better prepare them for success in college. Typically, transitional education courses are taken in the areas of mathematics and English (reading and writing.) At Northern, more than 70 percent of all students must take at least one transitional education course. The Title III grant will help Northern &ldquo;increase student success outcomes and enhance retention for students enrolled in transitional education courses through computer-assisted learning, orientation, test preparation and boot-camp programming, advisement, and through providing professional development for transitional education faculty.&rdquo;
Key strategies for activities to be provided by Northern through the grant include the following:

    Developing a test preparation program for transitional math, writing, and reading students designed to provide intensive instruction to students prior to them taking the college&rsquo;s placement test;
    Developing and delivering a transitional math boot camp program for students who have enrolled in and have not successfully completed transitional math courses. The boot camp&rsquo;s goal is to assist students in shoring up their skills through intensive direct and computer-assisted instruction, testing mastery/competence through departmental testing;
    Advisement services geared to transitional education students;
    Providing additional full-time math faculty members to assist with the development of the test preparation and boot camp programs and to teach transitional math classes; and,
    Enhancement of professional development for all faculty members, focusing on the needs of underprepared students.

Olshinsky said the grant will enable Northern to hire additional employees in the areas of math instruction, counseling and tutoring. Also, the grant includes a challenge to the WVNCC Foundation to assist in the establishment of an endowment to continue funding activities increasing student retention and graduation rates. During the five years of the grant, the Foundation is charged with raising $400,000 to receive a match of $250,000, Olshinsky explained.
This means the percentage of total project costs which would be financed with federal money is 83.8 and the percentage of non-governmental sources would be 16.2.
 
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						 <title>Disabilities Awareness Month Program at WVNCC</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/disabilities-awareness-month-program-at-wvncc/780</link>
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Motivational speaker Matt Glowacki will present a free program, &ldquo;Diversity According to Family Guy and South Park,&rdquo; at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the B&O Building auditorium on the Wheeling campus of West Virginia Northern Community College. The program, open to the public, is part of WVNCC&rsquo;s commemoration of Disabilities Awareness Month.
 
 
Stewie and Brian from &ldquo;Family Guy&rdquo; and Stan, Kyle and Cartman from &ldquo;South Park&rdquo; all have learned about diversity during episodes in their animated worlds. This month they will be part of the commemoration of Disabilities Awareness Month at West Virginia Northern Community College.
Matt Glowacki, a motivational speaker born with no legs, will present a program titled &ldquo;Diversity According to Family Guy and South Park&rdquo; beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the B&O Building auditorium, 1704 Market St., downtown Wheeling campus.
The appearance is free and open to the public, made possible by a grant from the Diversity for Equity program administered by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. Coordinating the Disabilities Awareness activities at Northern is Denise Wycherley, student disability coordinator.
She said Glowacki was born in 1973 in Janesville, Wisc., and his birth drew attention because even though he was healthy, he was born without legs. From the very beginning, his parents made sure to provide him with every opportunity to participate in a normal life. At age three, Matt became involved in community activities and went on to graduate from Craig High School. In his senior year, Matt earned the rank of Eagle Scout, served as the governor of the State of Wisconsin&rsquo;s Key Club District, and managed his own business. He continued his education and community involvement at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, graduating with a bachelor of arts in communication degree with an emphasis in public relations and a minor in U.S. history.
While attending the university and playing wheelchair basketball, Matt developed and administered a community awareness program entitled, &ldquo;What It Takes: Cornerstones for Success.&rdquo; Matt brought this program and his messages and competitive wheelchair sports to more than 25,000 students across the state.
Matt currently focuses his life in two primary areas. The first is the world of business and community. He was employed for three years as an outside sales account executive for Lucent Technologies. During his tenure at Lucent, Matt was awarded the regional, &ldquo;Master Sales Award,&rdquo; and the &ldquo;Giving Back to the Community Award.&rdquo; In October of 1999, he left to focus on three of his own businesses, MOGO Wheelchairs, a very successful wheelchair building and sales business; Glow Music, a mobile disc jockey and entertainment service, and Myriad Communications, his speaking and consulting company.
He resides in Sun Prairie, Wisc., and is active in many local organizations such as the Kiwanis and volunteers at different events. Matt served on the state Easter Seals board of directors. He was chosen by the governor of the state of Wisconsin to serve on the Governor&rsquo;s Rehabilitation Council, which monitors and oversees the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
The second focus of his life is competitive sports. Matt earned his position on the USA Paralympic Team for Sit-Volleyball in June of 1998, after he participated in the World Championships in Washington, D.C. He traveled and competed internationally with the team and attended the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 2002 World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Matt served as the alternate for the Paralympics in Athens in 2004. He also enjoys traveling and playing on a wheelchair basketball team out of St. Louis, Miss.
Also during October at WVNCC, Wycherley has planned a month long series of activities marking Disabilities Awareness Month, including barbecues offered on the Weirton, Wheeling and New Martinsville campuses as an impetus to provide awareness through brochures, handouts and giveaways to the general population of students who &ldquo;will obtain an understanding of what it is like to have a disability which may lead to challenges in getting an education.&rdquo;
Wycherley said, &ldquo;Students will learn that with the proper accommodations all students can achieve their goals.&rdquo;
In addition, Wycherley said, the college will hold American Sign Language Deaf Movie Night beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the B&O Building auditorium. A DVD film will be shown in American Sign Language and the hearing audience will watch with closed captioning, she said.]]></description>
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						 <title>WVNCC Offers Miner "Red Hat" Training</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-offers-miner-red-hat-training/754</link>
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The Apprentice Underground Miner &ldquo;Red Hat&rdquo; Training Program, required for all new underground miners employed in West Virginia, will be offered in October at the New Martinsville campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.
This training program will be held from 5-10 p.m. Monday through Friday from Oct. 10-28 in New Martinsville. Cost is $450. Class size is limited to 25 persons and pre-registration is needed. More information is available by calling the WVNCC New Martinsville campus at 304-455-4684.
All training materials are provided for the 80-hour orientation program. An additional $10 fee is required for the final examination which must be paid by the student directly to the West Virginia Office of Miner&rsquo;s Health and Safety.
Attendance is mandatory as required by state law for all new underground miners employed in West Virginia. Participants, who must be 18 years of age or older, are asked to bring a pencil and notebook to the first class. The course is designed to prepare the student for the certification exam that is required to become an entry-level underground coal miner.
Students will be exposed to a general orientation in mining, mining health and safety, mine gases and ventilation, roof and ribs, haulage, emergency response, accident prevention and hazard recognition, and miner and operator rights and responsibilities.]]></description>
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						 <title>WVNCC Honors Mary Beth Hughes</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-honors-mary-beth-hughes/694</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[
Wheeling resident and businesswoman Mary Beth Hughes, second from left, will be honored for her community voluntarism by the Wheeling campus Friends of the College and the Foundation of West Virginia Northern Community College during the annual fund-raising dinner to be held Oct. 29. Hughes meets with dinner coordinators, from left, Rebecca Yesenczki, administrative associate; Emily Fisher, Foundation executive director; and Nick Zervos, president of the board of the Wheeling Friends group. 
 
 
Planning is well under way for the upcoming Wheeling campus fund-raising dinner at West Virginia Northern Community College that will honor an outstanding community volunteer, Mary Beth Hughes.

Sponsored by the Wheeling campus Friends of the College group and the WVNCC Foundation Inc., the annual dinner is scheduled for the evening of Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Education Center building at 17th and Eoff streets downtown. The dinner has been held in the Education Center lobby, Culinary Arts dining room and multi-purpose room since the building was renovated and opened to the public in 2006.

As is tradition, food at the reception and banquet will be prepared and served by the WVNCC Culinary Arts department and students. There will be musical entertainment, silent and live auctions and several surprises related to the dinner&rsquo;s theme, Hooray for Hollywood: An Evening with the Stars. The Friends and Foundation boards have numerous dinner sponsorship levels available and believe the community will respond generously as has occurred in the past.

Owner and interior designer at Hughes Design and Hughes Gift Gallery in Wheeling, Mary Beth has been described as one of the hardest working community volunteers in the area. Her service includes membership on the Foundation boards of Sandscrest and West Virginia Northern Community College, where she has served as board president. She is a past president of the Board of Directors of the Wheeling Symphony and serves on the boards of Elmhurst and King&rsquo;s Daughters. She is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Wheeling, where she served as president from 1971-1973, and is a member of Wheeling Rotary, where she is a Paul Harris Fellow.

In a joint statement, Nick Zervos, president of the Friends board, and Dr. Mary Marockie, Foundation board president, said, &ldquo;We are looking forward to a fun-filled evening that we know will raise funds aiding students at West Virginia Northern. That the event honors Mary Beth for her many years of service to the college and numerous other community organizations is most fitting.&rdquo;

Statewide, Mary Beth is a member of the West Virginia Governor&rsquo;s Mansion Preservation Foundation, where she serves as chair of the Furnishings and Decorative Arts Committee. Hughes served one term as president of the Pennsylvania West Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers, which also includes northern and central West Virginia. A professional member of the ASID and the International Interior Design Association, Hughes is certified by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification.

Having attended Randolph-Macon Woman&rsquo;s College, she graduated with high honors from West Virginia University, and received an associate in applied science degree from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, with a major in Interior Design.
After her graduation from WVU, Hughes taught high school French for six years in Charleston, Moundsville and Glen Dale. Upon completing the course of study at the Art Institute in 1981, she began her own design firm in Glen Dale. In 1984, she was appointed director of architectural design at Boury, Inc., in Wheeling, where she designed restaurants and hotels in Pittsburgh, Columbus, Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y., and in Detroit.

In 1988, Hughes spent a year as head of the interior design department at Stone and Thomas. The current Hughes Design and Gift Gallery has been her &ldquo;home&rdquo; since 1991, when she purchased the former Rybeck Interiors building on National Road in the Fulton area of Wheeling.

Hughes has been a guest lecturer at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and was the first person honored as A.I.P. Interior Design Alumni of the Year in 1993.

Hughes lives in Wheeling, and is the mother of three grown children, all of whom work in somewhat creative fields. Molly lives in Philadelphia and New York, doing art direction and set design for films and the theatre. Justin is an architect and engineer in Atlanta. Chad is a cardiac surgeon in Durham, NC.
 

 
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						 <title>Final Documents Signed for Straub Properties Purchase</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/final-documents-signed-for-straub-properties-purchase/14</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[After nearly six months of working  	with local and state governments, West Virginia Northern Community College  	officials today signed the final documents giving ownership to the  	institution of the vacant Straub properties in downtown Wheeling.
&ldquo;All of us at West Virginia Northern are pleased we will be assisting  	the city of Wheeling in its economic growth while expanding the campus,&rdquo; Dr.  	Martin J. Olshinsky, president of WVNCC, said. For more than a year,  	Olshinsky has presided over the college&rsquo;s efforts to purchase the Straub  	buildings that were vacated when the auto dealership left the downtown for  	new facilities at The Highlands retail shopping complex off I-70 near Dallas  	Pike.
Participating in the document signing were Olshinsky and Greg  	Stewart, Ohio County administrator. Expected to attend are Ohio County  	Commissioner Tim McCormick, WVNCC Board of Governors representatives and  	other Northern colleagues.
It was on Feb. 24 of this year that the WVNCC Board of Governors  	approved a resolution calling for purchasing the three former car dealership  	parcels in downtown Wheeling for $1.05 million. Before any work could begin,  	however, the parcels' owner, the Ohio County Development Authority, had to  	approve the proposal as did the West Virginia Council for Community and  	Technical College Education.
In addition, the college learned the West Virginia Board of Public  	Works also had to give its approval to the purchase. That approval occurred  	Aug. 10. The college had hoped bids for renovation work would have been  	sought earlier this summer.
The properties include the Honda building, located at the corners of  	Main and Market streets at 16th Street; the Hyundai building located at  	Market and 16th streets; and a maintenance building situated near the  	Hyundai structure. The two main parcels already have parking lots. The  	college's current facilities include the B&O Building, situated across the  	street from the former car dealership, and the Education Center, the other  	main college building, across Chapline Street from the B&O Building.
Straub had swapped its downtown structures and lots for property at  	The Highlands, which was developed by the OCDA which is why the development  	authority had the downtown buildings on the market for sale.
Currently, the college is continuing to rent space in the Hazel-Atlas  	Building on Fifteenth Street which was sold last year to Youth Services  	System. Classes at Hazel-Atlas, which include those in heating, ventilation  	and air conditioning and in table gaming, will be moved when the Straub  	properties are renovated. The college also has plans to offer new industrial  	maintenance classes in the former car dealership.
Steve Lippiello, Northern&rsquo;s chief financial officer/vice president of  	adminstrative services, has explained funds for the purchase and renovation  	will come from state bond money approved by the Legislature in 2008.
During the February Board of Governors meeting, Lippiello said the  	college had reviewed its options for expansion and learned it would cost  	more to build a new structure on an existing 17th Street parking lot than to  	renovate the Straub properties. The board then voted to approve the  	purchase.
The college has retained the services of SMG Architects, Wheeling,  	for the renovation work. Olshinsky and Lippiello had noted previously that  	Barnes & Noble is interested in opening a book store in the Hyundai building  	that would be open to students and the public. Those plans are progressing  	but have not yet been made official.]]></description>
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						 <title>WVNCC Announces Honors List</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-announces-honors-list/13</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Officials at West Virginia Northern Community College have announced the  	names of students who attained the President&rsquo;s List, the Deans&rsquo; Lists and  	Merit List for the spring semester of 2011.
The  	President&rsquo;s List  	is comprised of students who maintain a 4.0 grade point average in  	a minimum of 12 credit hours, excluding developmental courses.
Dr.  	Martin J. Olshinsky, president, announced that the following students,  	listed by campus and hometown, achieved the distinction:

Wheeling Campus:
OHIO: Barnesville -  	 Ellen Sue Willis;  Bellaire - Jacqueline Noreene DeFelice,  	Darrin Lee Marling, Benjamin McGhee, Kristy Sue Opic;  Bridgeport -  	Timothy Lee Garrison, Tiffany Lynn Leiffer, Rosealee Marie McLaughlin,  	Kimberly Ann Williams;  Lansing - Zadok Elisha Eniss;  Martins  	Ferry - Alice Ann Fleming, Jason Anthony Prater, Nathan Schmidt;  St.  	Clairsville - Bradley Christopher Davis;  Shadyside - Cheryl Lynn  	Wiley;  Steubenville - Beverly Ann Saber;  Woodsfield -  	Britney Nicole Hoke.
WEST VIRGINIA: Benwood -  	Rebekah Lea Fox, Todd  	Patrick Wurtzbacher;  Cameron - Amy Marie Allen;  Glen Dale -  	Jennifer L. Crowe, Jamie Lynn Pekula;  Glen Easton - Koty M.  	Schuster, Jennie Lyn Wright;  Moundsville - Sara E. Bonar, James  	Michael Castilow, Rachael Nicole Flowers, Kristian Nicole Harris, Elisa R.  	Hill, Susanne Marie Johnson, Lacey Michelle Jones, Tamara Lynn Lightner,  	Tyler Scott McMillan, Zachary Thomas Smith;  Proctor - Briann Haught; 	 Short Creek - Lamprine M. Woodford;  Triadelphia - Karen  	Jeannette Bowman;  Wellsburg - Nina Kaye Sparks;  Wheeling -  	Lindsay Nicole Alexander, Larry G. Barrick, Michael R. Carp, Shannon  	Elizabeth Creamer, Peter John Domaoal, Daniel L. Eddy, Ann G. Goas, Robert  	William Gracey, Jamielee Groves, Ian M. Hostetter, Samuel James Hutchison,  	Philip David Jarrett, Mary Katherine Knight, Jessica Renee Kostival, Lisa M.  	Lohsl, Frank Jason Maltese, Brittney LaSha McFarland, Elissa Louise  	McMullen, Danny Gene Morrell, Fallon K. Namack, Benjamin Robert Nobile,  	Sarah Kathleen Pelley, Brandon A. Robbins, Eric William Schultz, Shiloh  	Victoria Smith-Leath, Brittany E. Sterling, Kailei Sturm,  Barbara  	Juliann Tweedlie, Deborah Jean Vogel, Nicole Brianne Wagner, Samantha Lee  	Waychoff, John P. Wesolowski, Joshua Joseph Williams, Ian Leslie Wood.

Weirton Campus:
OHIO: Amsterdam -  	Amanda K. Schultz;  East Liverpool - Ashley Marie Balsbaugh.
PENNSYLVANIA: Burgettstown - Alyssa Anne Wazenegger; Oakdale -  	Hary Junadi.
WEST VIRGINIA: Follansbee - Loretta  	J. Brynza, Briana Ann Lasure; New Cumberland - Sherry C. Barr, Karley  	Lynn Fluharty, Kathryn Suzanne Hawken, Meghan Elizabeth Lamp, Robert E.  	Marchese, Lindsay Marie Martinez, Kathryn Nicole Neely; Newell -  	Lyndsy Leeanne Halstead; Weirton - Jennifer Lynn Blake, Michelle Lynn  	Campbell, Tammy J. Cooper, Melissa A. Delong, Jennifer Anne Ellis, Ronald L.  	Ferrell, Andrew J. Iarossi,  Shana M. Leonovich, Robert Roger Lewark,  	Mary P. Mueller, Jessica Lynn Murray, Casey Marie Oliver, Stephanie Lynn  	Randolph, Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Scott Eric Russell, Mary Beth Smith,  	Jessica Lynn Stickles, Paulette Kay Wright; Wellsburg - Alysha Marie  	Ernest, Stacy Marie Kasprowicz, Jaimie Lynn Santora.

New Martinsville Campus:
OHIO: Clarington -   	Kierstynn  	Deana Clipner, Carla Ilene Nay, Samuel L. Shepherd; Powhatan Point -  	Kelley L. Pinkerton; Sardis - Desiree` Autumn Hinkle; Shadyside - 	Clyde B. Snider; Woodsfield -  Ashton Mariah Bondy, Tina Marie  	Moats.
WEST VIRGINIA: Alma - Richard Emory Hearn;  Friendly - Kay  	Elaine Dillon;  Middlebourne - Stephanie Dawn Minis, Patricia Diane  	Richardson, Devinn Deannine Wells;  New Martinsville - Amanda Rose  	Anderson, Paul Bailey Burke, Kathleen Jo Delisi, Hannah Renee Herrick,  	Theresa Rose Hoskins, Melanie Kay Lamp, Stephen Ledergerber, Regina Lyn  	Pierce; Paden City - Patricia Ann Roper;  Pine Grove - Molly  	Elizabeth Dennison, Martha Christine Mitchell;  Sistersville -  	Stephanie Gail Glover, Ashley R. Henderson.

DISTANCE EDUCATION:
Ohio: Martins Ferry -  	 	 	Jennifer Elizabeth Brost;  New  	Philadelphia - Rhonda Kay Whitman;  	 Rayland - Billi Jo  	Snyder;  Steubenville -  	Alvin Williams.
 
Students attained the Dean&rsquo;s List by earning a 3.5 GPA in a minimum of nine  	credit hours, excluding developmental courses.  	Wheeling campus 	 	 	Dean&rsquo;s List honorees for the  spring semester of 2011, listed by  	hometown:

Wheeling CAMPUSâ€¯â€¯
OHIO: 	 	 	Barnesville -  	Chantee Michelle Gray, Erica Rae Welch; Barton - Cathy Jo  	Ann Wheaton; Bellaire - Shawna Nickole Hines, Lori Ann Robson,  	Tiffany M. Tiger, Sabrina Renea Workman; Bridgeport - Mickeal J.  	Connor, Erika Dawn Gallagher, Kimberly Kaye Harris, Leslie Kay Kerns, David  	John Molter, Lori A. Morris, Heidi Jo Napier, Christopher Stevens;  	Cambridge - William Ross Black; Dillonvale - Nancy J. Kendjorsky,  	Christine B. Lengyel; Hamilton - Jason M. Sheeketski; Lansing - 	Marissa Noele Gerevics; Lewisville - Haley Nicole Piatt;  	Martins Ferry - Kristina Blake, Kathleen Nicole Cain, Shannon Lynn  	Chesonis, John M. Cowgill, Dustin A. Fannin, Morgan L. Freeman, Bobbie  	Grimmer, Robin Lynette Haynes, Allen Michael Lewis, Michael J. Lewis,  	Jennifer J. Mansfield, Katherine Eileen Monroe, Paula Virginia Obermann,  	Jessica Lynn Prettyman; Rayland - Brandi Tweedy; Shadyside -  	Brittany M. Lyles, Kathy Jo Mortimer, Scott David Naumann, Matthew Dean  	Pitts, Royal L. Riggs; Steubenville - Linda J. DiCicco, Jennifer Ann  	Happ; Tiltonsville - Brittany Nicole Haught, Samantha Jo Mc Afee.
PENNSYLVANIA: Claysville -  	Lauren Beth Hergert;  	Washington - Amanda Lynn Bedillion.
WEST VIRGINIA: Benwood -  	Kevin Mark Fisher, Monica  	Lynn Kelly, Melinda Renee Knowlton, Michael Richard McDade; Cameron -  	Vanessa Rae Cunningham, Shanda Dawn Mason, Carrie Andrea Richmond, Victoria  	Lynn Salmons, Chastane Aereol Wade; Chester - Matthew Kyle Ford, Erin  	Elizabeth Woolley; Dallas - Theresa Lynn Gorby; Follansbee -  	Glenn Albert Bailey; Glen Dale - Crystal Elizabeth Crum, Katelyn  	Marie Davidson, Nathan James Doty, Kelly Lynn Schubert-Milton, Twila Jayne  	Stanley, Brian Patrick Yocum; Glen Easton - Tori L. Campbell;  	 Jacksonburg - Leslie Erin Shanholtzer;  McMechen - Cynthia Lyn  	Blake, Carrie Marie Cuchta, Ardell Marie Mayhugh, Crystal A. Moore,  	Charlotte Robbins, Michael D. Runyon, James Keith Schubert, Douglas A  	Stenda;  Moundsville - Dianna L. Bender, Juanita Elizabeth Beucke,  	James A. Boggs, Roy V. Clark, Emily Coffield, Mark Willam Coss, Megan Lynn  	Fox, Felicia Marie Francis, Ciara Lynn Garcia, Lindsey S. Goode, Valarie Kay  	Hall, Debra J. Kolinski, Megan Ann Lautar, Rex Barker O&rsquo;Neil, Elisha J.  	Oszust, Jessie Lynn Rine, Sarah Brooke Rotenizer, Heidi Michael Schultz,  	Haley Marie Updegraff, Debra J. Wayt, Amanda Dawn Weaver, David E. Wellman,  	Eva Joan Williams, Corey D. Workman;  New Martinsville - Jenna M.  	Petri,  Holly E. VanDusen;  Triadelphia - Nile D. Bowman, Evelyn  	J. DeGennaro, Kathy Frangos, Tiffany J. Hunter, Jocelyn Nicole Kovalski,  	Joseph L. Parsons, Kyrie Eileen Straight;  Valley Grove - Megan Marie  	Alderman, Samantha J. Alderman, Catelyn Victoria Evans, Katherine Lee Shunk; 	 Weirton - Lori Ann Allen, Bonnie Jo Dehner, Kristen L. Fabianich,  	Kathleen M. Stone;  Wellsburg - Amber Nicole Loughlin, Barbara Kay  	McFarland;  West Liberty - Anthony Vincent-Tyler Cannon;  Wheeling  	- Monique A. Alvarado, Kimberly Kay Anders,  Alexis A. Anderson,  	Erica RayShell Anderson-Williams, Rebecca Lee Antley, Michael A. Barcus,  	Spencer Sullivan Bell, David Ray Blakney, Melanie T. Bosley, Tamara Jean  	Bruce, Corey L. Cain, Linda Susan Caldwell, Rachelle Lynn Clemont, Jessica  	Nichole Colley, Jessica L. Collins, Trista May Davis, David P. DeFranco,  	Justin Ronald Duhe, James Patrick Estep, Kyle William Fahey, Carole Ann  	Fisher, Brandon Michael Groves, Christopher W. Haney, Jennifer Marie  	Harrison, Jenna M. Hastings, James N. Hendershot, Mark S. Henthorn,   	David M. Hissey, Alexander D. Huyer, Dena Lynn Jaeger, Christopher A.  	Jafrate, Cheryl Lee Joseph, Carrie June Kleeh, Jacob Aaron Kreuger, Jenifer  	Ann Leech, Erica Nicole Matthews, Carrie Samantha McLaughlin, Breanna Alexis  	Meintel, Melanie McColloch Merchant, Heather Rebekkah Miller, Julie A.  	Mitchell, Brian Keith Mozingo, Alesha Marie Mucheck, Robert George Mull,  	Jayme Michelle Mumley, Anne-Melissa Nash, Anastasia Marie Nixon, Kaitlin  	Michael O&rsquo;Brien, Brittney Nicole Opic, Kristy Louisa Park, Damona Le Shelle  	Patterson, Janet L. Patterson, Jena Rose Patterson, Adam Carl Paul, Ashley  	Nicole Pavlic, Carla Renee Polanski,  Ashley Nicole Ponsetti, Kevin  	Michael Potts, Tyson Richard Reinhardt, T S Eliot Rogers, Erin R. Saunders,  	Melissa Marie Schrebe, Donald Louis Sheller, Cyprian Sparks Shimenga, Tina  	J. Donna Christine Stead, Linda Michelle Sturm, Christine Lynn Tharp, Dennis  	Matthew Thorn, Kristopher Jordan Tucker, Mary S. Visnic, Jonna Lyn Wade,  	Brittany J. Ward, Stephanie N. Ward, Stephanie R. Warner, Jessica S. West,  	Charles F. Wheeler, Tiffany L. Williams.
 

Weirton campus  	students who made the  	Dean&rsquo;s List for the   	spring semester of 2011:
OHIO: Mingo Junction -  	Pamela Marie  	Holstein;  St. Clairsville - Lindsey Nicole Neavin;  Steubenville  	- Jonathan Ryan Coffman, Katina M. Demitras, Charo S. Keras, Stacie  	Martins, Ashley Nicole Zrinyi;  Toronto - Jodie Lynne Fogle, Erica  	Renee Henry;  Wintersville - Carl Ray Hensley, Alicia Nicole Orlando,  	Amy Lynn Svokas.
PENNSYVLANIA: Burgettstown - Deborah L. Harmison, Stephanie Lee Oddi; 	 Jefferson Hills - Ashley Nicole Hitz.
WEST VIRGINIA: Chester - Neva R. Ambrose, Scott Dale Heizler, Alexis  	Nicole LaNeve, Amber D. Mason, Jessica A. Nolfi;  Colliers - Irene  	Lynn Anderson, Scott Allen Ensminger, Diana Lynn Longwell, Lynn Ann Martin,  	Nicole Lynn Maze, Amanda Rae Suhr;  Follansbee - Robert Michael  	Canei, Tina M. Copestick, Ann Marie Deneen, Marissa Anya Deojay, Kimberly  	Anne Harms, Amanda Lynn Heck, Jessica Marie Johnson, Alissa Lee Loebig,  	Miranda Gail Moore;  New Cumberland - Casey Shantelle Allison,  	Samantha Leigh Bennett, Kaitlyn Marie Boyd, Tyler L. Cline, Joseph John  	Davis, Lynn M. Ellis, Jessica Elaine Swiger;  Newell - Cheryl Ann  	Bosworth,  Sean M. Brantley, Joyce Ann Salvaggio;  Weirton -  	Gabriella Irene Antoniou, Joshua James Bowers, Madeline Flynn Carey, Sarah  	Marie Chiodi, Lorenzo Joseph DeCaria, Carrie Ellen Duvall, John Floyd Emery,  	Aaron Michael Foglio, Joe Thomas Hamilton, Louis Eugene Hans, Christopher  	Glenn Hanselman, Kaycie Rebekah Hill, Alisha J. Hines, Alexis Leta Irvin,  	Matthew Lucas Israel, Joanna Marie Jarvis, Barbara Jane Jennelle, Jayme  	Michelle Jett, Bobbie Jo Julian, Keith Marshall Mansfield, Milena Vierma  	Maragos, Alexis BreeAnn McAllister, Alana Alexandria McKitrick, Ryan Paul  	Petrovich, Lisa Marie Phillips, Jessica Lyn Swearingen, Stacy Lynn Walker,  	Melissa Alicia Wetterau, Laura Jean Wyatt, Amanda Jo Yoder, Melissa Taylor  	Yoho;  Wellsburg - Shelly Dee Aracich, Brittney Lee Henthorn, Joilene  	Marie Lish, Gina L. MacFarland, Helena Marie Palmer, Tawnya Marie Sistilli,  	Suzanne Marie Velazquez;  Windsor Heights - Terry Lyn Aracich.
 

Honorees from the  	 	New Martinsville campus  	for the  	spring semester of 2011  	Dean&rsquo;s List are the following  	students, according to Larry Tackett, campus dean.
OHIO: Bellaire - Mandy Lynn Shurak; Cameron - Lucas C. Wilson; Hannibal  	- Jason Dean Headley, Kyrstin Daniell Ritchie; New Matamoras - Tammy  	May Ewers; Sardis - Jessica Nicole Clark, Alexandria  Adele  	Fetty, Whitney Jane Nicole Hammel; Woodsfield - Cammie Jo Groves.
WEST VIRGINIA: Alma - Elizabeth Ann Dillon, Rachael Marie Roberts;  	Belmont - Jordan Kye Masters; Folsom - Joan Alison Johnson;  	Jacksonburg - Kristina Dawn Soles; Lima - Hannah Page Thomas;  	Littleton - Jordan Heath Reaves; Middlebourne - Timothy Brian  	Bowen; New Martinsville - Brittany Anne Batton, Beth Ann Brown,  	Rebecca G. Burdine, Kathleen Rane Butcher, Candace J. Cecil, Jason Everett  	Cook, Colleen R. Dakan, Keelin O&rsquo;Collins Gay, Janice Irene Hall, Rocky A.  	Hall, Stacey M. Leichliter, Deborah A. Lombardo, Cheryl K. Murdock, Samuel  	N. Ritchie, Jennifer Marie Stillwagoner, Alisha Renee Warder, Tamara Wilson; 	Paden City - Angela Sue Barker, Kathi W. Ferrebee, Carlin Cecelia  	Haught, Lesley Smith, Melissa Ann Wayt; Pine Grove - Kathy Irene  	Smearman; Proctor - Sara Louise Eller, June Renee Goddard, Shanon  	Elizabeth Heddleson; Reader - Carissa A. Brown, Tameka Gayle Ann  	Eddy, Brooke Hinerman, Alyson Paige Weber, Loraine Marie Williams;  	Sisterville - Michael Andrew Cochran, Kayla Krystyne Fisher, Renee Marie  	Hubbard, Tiffany M. Lohri, John L. Westbrook; Smithfield - Rebecca J.  	Cain, Susan Alice Dumire, Tomasina M. Stout; St. Marys - Heather  	Diane Payne.          
 

Honorees in  	Distance Education  	 	for the spring semester of 2011  	Dean&rsquo;s List  	are the following students:
OHIO: Bellaire - Colleen Nora Robey; Flushing - Rick David Carrel;  	Martins Ferry - Jennifer Elizabeth Brost; New Philadelphia -  	Rhonda Kay Whitman; St. Clairsville - Patrick Joseph Deemer;  	Steubenville - Alvin Williams.
WEST VIRGINIA: Bunker Hill - Linda Darlene Kimes;  	Wheeling - Anastasia Marie Nixon.
 

Honorees from the  	Wheeling campus  	 	for the spring semester of 2011  	Merit List  	are the following students:
OHIO: Barnesville - Amanda Jean Koontz, Joseph Pratz;  Barton - Meghan  	Elizabeth Ross;  Bellaire - Nathan Daniel Broderick, Lewis Eugene  	Harmon, Patricia Michelle Irvin, Jessica Mae Vankirk, Gretchen Elizabeth  	Williams;  Bethesda - Alyssa R. Whiteley;  Bloomingdale -  	Laureen Raye Romey;  Bridgeport - Jennifer L. Blazevich, Hillarie  	Eugenya Boggs, John W. Dunlavy, Elaine Annette Lollathin, Bethany Dawn Lucey,  	Jeremiah Joseph Lucey, Janet L. McConnaughy, Roxie K. Miles, Lisa Moore,  	Christina Marie Stevens; Brilliant -  Amanda Leigh Smith; Colerain  	- Jenifer Ann Lash; Dillonvale - Joe William Bruder, John Michael  	Harbourt,  Kimberly Jo Svoboda; Fairpoint - Lorie Ann Johnson; 	Holloway - Elizabeth Marie Law; Martins Ferry - Jessica  	Elizabeth Bleyer, Robert Olan Griffith, Lisa A. Jackson, John Paul  	Kulabonish, Christine A. Morris, John E. Morris, Rhonda Lee Mussard,  	Stephanie Lynn Mussard, Aubrey L. Payne, Angelina Marie Pitts, Debra K.  	Ronevich, Christy Sue Shreve, Jamie Marle Topp; Mount Pleasant -  	Catherine Lynn Kuhn, Sheila R. McKim; Powhatan Point - Brandon D.  	Orndorff; Rayland - Tammy Ann Ring, Cham Eldon Starcher; St.  	Clairsville - Justin A. Cross; Shadyside - Ashley Nicole Doyno,  	Alischa Nichole Earnest, Shae Ann Earnest, Shaye L. Fulton, Ellen Rachel  	Heslop, Carolyn Elizabeth Kidd, Nicholas Ryan Oshie; Tiltonsville -  	Deborah L. Solomon; Toronto - Allison R. Hall; Yorkville - Jon  	Micheal Pielech.
WEST VIRGINIA: Alma - Michellee M. Workman; Beech Bottom - Jennifer  	L. McBride; Benwood - Jacqlyn Alicia Ellis, Jason N. Kelly, Tiffany  	Diane Powell, Melissa Lynn Seals;  Cameron -  Marybeth Colbi  	Flowers, Brieanna J. Updegraff;  Colliers - Danielle Lynn Prunty;  	Fairmont - Stephanie Brooke Kolar;  Glen Dale - Chantelly  	M. Asbury, Shea N. Mercer, Zachary J. Vilkoski;  Glen Easton -  	Lori Suzanne Setterstrom, Carol Ann Yeater;  McMechen - Shianne  	Kay Arrojo, Lisa Sue Cameron, Faye Ellen Carmichael, Dawn Yvette Highley,   	Stephanie Lynn McCombs;  Moundsville - Theresa Amator Anderson,  	Francine Marie Bartolovich, Beth Ann Michelle Beveridge, Diana B. Carney,  	Sara Jean Chaplin, Crystal J. Debolt, David J. DeCola, Suzanne Noelle  	Denham, Nicole R. Fields, Ashley N. Gump, Jocelyn R. Hill, Richard Tyler  	Hitt, Karrie A. Jackson, Jayne L. Mager,  Sarah Elizabeth McConnaughy,  	Makayla Brooke Smith, Christopher David Spears, Joan Patricia Truex, Ashley  	N. West, Cheryl Louise Williams, Mark Allen Wilson, Carrie L. Wolfe, Jake  	Zirkle;  Proctor - Michelle Lynn Harris, Blake Elizabeth  	Huggins, Misty Lynn Keener;  Triadelphia - Danny L. Camerlin,  	Sommer Dawn Davey, Greg Edward McCroskey, Brooke Lynn Rosenthal;   	Valley Grove - Jacob D. Starkey;  Weirton - Julia R. Ayers,  	Earle Alexander Bell, Ronald Jason Lenox;  Wellsburg - Lori Ann  	Brady, Mellisa J. Johns, Laura Ann Marshall, Heather Nicole Steadman;  	West Liberty - Matthew Sean McCartney;  Wheeling -  	Peterson J. Altmeyer, Craig Scott Arensberg, Casey Renee Armstrong, Bertha  	Ann Bartolovich, Ryan E. Beabout, Hilary Hope Beary, Joseph W. Benline,  	Megan Suzanne Berisford, Julie Nicole Blake, Christina Bootz, Jeremiah L.  	Bourne, Jason Vaughn Boyd, Libby G. Bruhn, Anthony Bernard Campbell, Amanda  	N. Conrad, Crystal Dawn Cook, John W. Cornforth, James Beauregard Cornwell,  	Austin DC Creech, Mary C. Depellegrin, Jonathan Levi Dickerson, Eric Thomas  	Donathan, Amanda Nicole Doty, Katrina Anne Dumas, Michael Francis Duplaga,  	Max James Faison, Ashley Lynn Fleming, Samantha Marie Fordyce, Jordan  	Elizabeth Fowler, Sarah Jane Frye, Mindy L. Freck, Harry Harrison Gantz,  	Kelly Marie Gaudet, Kaitlin S. Gibbons, Madeline M. Gosney, Shannon D.  	Greathouse, Diane Lynn Grilli, Amy Jo Haberfield, Michael J Haglock,  	Jennifer Nicole Heath, Nathan Joseph Hershberger, Brittany Nicole Hirt,  	Derek Alan Hotlosz, Kim Michelle Hyde, Rodnetta Renee Jenkins, Tyler Zane  	Johnson, Ashley Amanda Kernan, Elizabeth Ann Knollinger, Vincent Joseph  	Komar, Stephanie Marie Lilley, David D. Little, Barry Lee Lohsl, Nicole M.  	Lopata, Rebecca Roseann Lund, Cheryl Sue Lynn, Danielle Lori Martin,  	Kourtenay Alane Mayfield, Sharon K. McCarthy, Beth E. McCombs, Britney Dawn  	McCormick, Jeanie Marie McFarland, Sherri L. McFarland, Travis Johnson  	McKinley, Cynthia M. Meager, Joy Ellen Murphy, Daniella M. Murray, Bonnie S.  	Peterman, Trina L. Pissos, Derek Anthony Pritt, Sierra Marie Quick, Randi J.  	Radvansky, Barbara A. Reass, Robert M. Richardson, Lisa Robin Riker, April  	Rose Ripley,  Carol M. Rush, Sabrina Kay Saffell, Amanda Sueann  	Sanderson, Kristine M. Sarcopski, Anna Marie Schrebe, Jimmy Lee Schuler,  	Mary Ann Scott, Mary A. Smith, Bradley R. Stafford, Earl F. Sturm, Ashlie  	Noel Taylor, Traci Nicole Thomas, Jamie L. Thoms, Dawnnisa La Char Tubaugh,  	Kristen Danielle Turner, Megan D. Vacheresse,  Sara E. Walton, Clarann  	Sue Wenig, Stacey L. West, Claudell Maurice Whetstone, Dean Elliott  	Williams, Cassandra Renee Wilson, Diane Alexis Yeater, Heather Christine  	Yost.
 

DISTANCE EDUCATION:
Ohio: Bellaire -  	Colleen Nora Robey;  	 Flushing - Rick David Carrel, Kim K. Leach;  Glencoe - Linda Lou  	Jeffers;  Mingo Junction - Lance Michael Robson;  St. Clairsville  	- Patrick Joseph Deemer.
PENNSYLVANIA:  	Bedford -  	 	Susan Anne Bingham.
WEST  	VIRGINIA: Bunker Hill -  	Linda Darlene Kimes;  	 Cameron - Jodi Lynn Neely;  Wheeling - Stephanie Michelle  	Barnett, Keith William Fischer, Thomas Patrick Gibson.
 

Honorees from the  	Weirton campus  	 	for the spring semester of 2011  	Merit List  	are the following students:
OHIO: Amsterdam - Tricia Nichole Binkiewicz;  Bergholz - Kristy Kay Beebe; 	Bloomingdale - Jenette Nicole Beall, Rachel Leigh Thomas;  	 Brilliant - Rachel Marie Guy;  Cadiz - Danny Whitehair;  	 Hopedale - Amy Sue Hess;  Mingo Junction - Michael Joseph Lopata; 	 Richmond - Marie Elaine Wood;  Steubenville -  Jerica A.  	Brown, Christopher M. Pehanich, Matthew Stephen Porcelli, Charmaine Lynn  	Purdy, Alice Marie Tost, Ross Edward Townsend, Mary Jane Williams;  	 Toronto - Victoria Lynn Stoddart, Jenny R. Walker, Amy Lynn Wiley;  Wintersville  	- Jacob Michael Brent.
PENNSYLVANIA: Burgettstown - Lydia Dawn Spencer.
WEST VIRGINIA: Beech Bottom - Jeffrey M. Elliott;  	Chester - Stevie Rae Baker, Brittany Ann Behanna, Julie A. Fairchild,  	Zachary Kyle Montero, Philip Gregory Poling, Sandi Elizabeth Stafford, Jenna  	Nicolle Tate;  Colliers - Robert Jack Cheek, Ashley C. McGaughey,  	Josie L. Moran;  Follansbee - Anne Marie Berris, Sandra A. Lemin,  	Amy Mihellis, Kathleen A. Nolan, Angela Michelle Strope;   	Moundsville - Vanessa L. Gouge;  New Cumberland - Caitlyn  	Justine Asbury, Brittnie Leoria Brooks, Michael John Harris, Alyssa Nicole  	Liberatore, Brittany Mishele Loveland, Cheri Lee Matthess, Martin Francis  	Mazezka, Christopher David Mills, Joy Elizabeth Sinsel,  Tyler Alyssa  	Stovall, Amanda Ann Swiger, Chase F. Vandine;  Weirton - Sarah  	Ann Ashraf, Jordan Michael Bibbee, Samantha Renee Brown, Sharon Y. Brown,  	Stacey Kathleen Carey, Jessica Ann Chir,  Tara Anne Crago, Tiffany  	Cranmer, Allyson Marie Dempsey, Danielle Re DiBacco, Candice R. Dotson,  	Kimberly J. Elliott, Connie Lynn Fletcher, Alexa Christine Frankovitch,  	Joanne Allison Hans, Katie Zuccaro Howard, William Ryan King, Alexandria  	Michelle Lemley, Ross Anthony Macaluso, Krista R. Mellott, Cheryl I. Moore,  	Cody Lenden Mullens, Lizzy Ladi Muzzi, Dezso J. Polgar, Jerry Glen Richards,  	Beth Ann Rodgers, Joseph Roy Sadler, Jennifer Renee Salmons, Brittany Dawn  	Scott, Kathleen Rose Tirabassi, Alysa Dawn Tustin, Mary E. Ward, Debra Lynn  	Whitt, Rachel Renee Woods, Rebecca J. Wylie, Jeffrey James Young, Julia  	Marie Zatezalo, Thomas Alexander Zevios;  Wellsburg - Lorie T.  	Donnelly, Marcia Jo Embrey, Miranda J. Hamrick, Rebecca Jane Kirkman,  	Christina Elizabeth Pittman, Elizabeth Ann Vetanze, John Ralph Williams;  	Wheeling - Aleksandr P. Florjanczyk;  Windsor Heights -  	Sierra Ryan Mahley, Brooke Nichole Northcraft.
 

Honorees from the  	 	New Martinsville campus  	for the  	spring semester of 2011  	Merit List are the following  	students:
OHIO:  	 Clarington - Carla Ilene Nay, Kierstynn Deana Clipner,  	Melissa Dawn Haslam; Hannibal - Amy L. Eggleston; Lewisville -  	Nancy L. Seiler; New Matamoras - Tammy May Ewers; Sardis - James  	David Brown, Jessica Nicole Clark, Jessica Lynn Good; Woodsfield -  	Brittany Lynn Mayhugh, Kendra Renee Young.
WEST VIRGINIA: Alma - Kevin Joe Kimball, Lauren Nicole Riggs; Friendly  	- Lucretia Mae Camerlin; Jacksonburg - Kristina Dawn Soles;  	Middlebourne - Brian Douglas Carpenter, April Nicole DeLong, Marissa  	Sue Forester, Amber Michelle Passmore, Patricia Diane Richardson, Judith E.  	Seagrave, Jessica Nicole Willey, Amanda Dawn Wise; New Martinsville -   	Tammy Lynn Blatt, Lori Ann Brill, Samantha Jean Burns, Amanda Michelle  	Cecil, Colleen R. Dakan, Cara LeeAnn Davisson, Kathleen Jo Delisi, Keelin  	O&rsquo;Collins Gay, Kathy Lynn Goddard, Bryan Lee Huggins, Karla Frances Kernan,  	Ann Adele Landers, Stacey M. Leichliter, April Dawn Melott, Christie Delynn  	Minis, Marci Jo Myers, Urvi Nilesh Patel, Mikayla Louise Phillips, Racquel  	Devoreah Pixler, Samuel N. Ritchie, Lewis Rymanowicz, Crystal Leeanne Smith,  	Brittany Renee Southerly, Lauren D. Ueltschy, Jessica D. Woofter; Paden  	City - Andrea Marie Garuccio, Aimee Jo Giovinazzo, Tina Faye Harman,  	Nanette Dawn Hayes, Barbara Renee Tanley; Pine Grove - Kathy Irene  	Smearman, Heather Dawn Starkey, Kassandra Leann Stout, Joseph Dewayne Titus; 	Porters Falls - Benita K. Staley; Proctor - Shanon Elizabeth  	Heddleson, Christine Louise Nice; Reader - Brooke Hinerman, Melissa  	M. Streets, Loraine Marie Williams; Sistersville - Cendy Lee Lewis,  	Jessie N. Maxwell, David Lawrence Wickham; St. Marys - Heather Diane  	Payne; Washington Lands - Candy S. Humbard; Wheeling - Kara  	Jeanne Stidd.
 

Honorees in  	 	Distance Education  	for the spring semester of 2011  	Merit  	List  	are the following students:
OHIO: Bloomingdale -  	Margaret Ann Miller;  Wintersville - Michelle Keener.
PENNSYLVANIA: Burgettstown -  	Karen Lynn McKitrick.
WEST VIRGINIA: Follansbee -  	Michael Joseph Martin;  	 Kearneysville - Barbara Alice Bennett;  Moundsville - Stephanie  	Lynne Robertson;  New Cumberland - Mary Beth Guthrie;  Valley  	Grove - Tammy Sue Mahoney;  Weirton - Elizabeth Suzanne Becker; 	 Wellsburg - Cynthia Luella Keener;  Wheeling - Judith Rose  	Barrick, Sheala Maria Cronin. 
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						 <title>PPG Foundation donates $5,000 to WVNCC Foundation</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/ppg-foundation-donates-$5000-to-wvncc-foundation/12</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[The PPG Foundation has donated $5,000 for  	equipment needed in the field of chemical processing technology to the West  	Virginia Northern Community College Foundation. From left are WVNCC  	President Martin J. Olshinsky, WVNCC Foundation Executive Director Emily  	Fisher, PPG Plant Manager Jim Rock and New Martinsville Campus Dean Larry  	Tackett. 
The PPG Foundation has given a $5,000 grant to the West Virginia Northern  	Community College Foundation to help in the purchase of equipment for the  	New Martinsville campus that would train students in chemical processing  	technology. 
PPG Plant Manager Jim Rock made the presentation today on behalf of the  	foundation to Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, Northern&rsquo;s president; Emily Fisher,  	executive director of the WVNCC Foundation, and Larry Tackett, New  	Martinsville campus dean.
&ldquo;This is a significant start in our efforts to raise funds for the purchase  	of this equipment that will spur economic development in the gas drilling  	industry,&rdquo; Olshinsky said. &ldquo;The college wants to be ready and ahead of the  	curve in offering such training for students and current workers alike,&rdquo; he  	added. 	 
Fisher accepted the donation on behalf of the WVNCC Foundation, saying, &ldquo;The  	generosity of the PPG Foundation is much appreciated and will have a lasting  	impact on Northern&rsquo;s plans for the region.&rdquo;  	 
Tackett said, &ldquo;There is an increasing need for individuals to be trained in  	chemical processing technology in the New Martinsville region.&rdquo; He explained  	that industries targeted for the region related to development of Marcellus  	Shale and energy resources will require individuals with process technology  	skills. In addition, he said, the existing workforce in industries in the  	region is aging and the industries soon will be faced with the need to hire  	replacements. 
Mike Koon, Northern&rsquo;s vice president of economic and workforce development,  	also pointed out that currently no education or training facility in the New  	Martinsville area is equipped to provide hands-on training in this  	field. Thus, Northern&rsquo;s purchase of an instrumentation and process control  	training system would permit the college to provide training both to  	students who are prospective workers and to incumbent workers.  	 
It was explained that the proposed system is an integrated system which has  	a number of components that may be purchased individually. Many of the  	components can provide training in specific areas as stand-alone units,  	providing the potential to train in a variety of areas. In addition, Koon  	said, there are add-ons that can be used for specialized applications.
The simulator is portable, Koon added, expaining it could be moved to an  	employer&rsquo;s site. He said, &ldquo;This equipment is essential if we offer training  	for people wishing to enter the job market but we could also use it to train  	incumbent workers from local industries.&rdquo;]]></description>
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						 <title>Featured Italian Cooking Vignettes</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/featured-italian-cooking-vignettes/11</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[Healty Pasta & Vegetables                                         	YIELD 12
2 lbs Linguini - cook as directed
¼ cup  	Olive oil
3 cloves Garlic
1 T Onions
1 cup sliced Zucchini
1 cup Grape tomatoes halved
¼ cup Sun dried tomatoes
½ cup Broccoli florets
Whole wheat pasta

    Cook pasta of choice al dente
    Heat olive oil in sauce pan and add garlic, onions. Cook  		over low heat to soften, but not brown.
    Add the remaining vegetables and cook to desired doneness. 
    Add pasta to pan and toss to coat pasta. 
    Top with grated cheese

Courtesy of Chef Marian Paravano Gruborã€€

Orchetti with Anchovy sauce                                      	 YIELD 12
3  	cloves Olive oil
1 T Garlic
6 whole Onions
1 T Anchovies
Pinch Capers
½ lb Basil
¼ cup Pasta

    Cook pasta of choice al  	dente
    Heat olive oil in sauce pan and add garlic, onions.  	 	 	 	Cook over low heat to soften, but not brown.
    Add anchovies and cook till anchovy is totally dissolved
    Sprinkle with basil and add capers.
    Add a few tablespoons of the pasta water and heat through.
    Serve over hot pasta.

Courtesy of Chef Marian Paravano Grubor

Antipasto                                             	 YIELD 12
½ lb Prosciutto
½ lb Capicola
1 cup Italian olives
1-12 oz jar Artichokes
1-12 oz can Garbanzo beans
½ lb Italian cheese
1 stick Soprasoda 
Bread sticks
Be sure meats are thinly sliced  	and roll meats or make coronets. Cut cheese into sticks. Drain olives,  	artichokes and beans. Place all ingredients on a plate in any fashion to  	make an attractive plate.
Courtesy of Chef Marian Paravano Grubor

Pasta  	with Vegetables
4 T  	Olive oil
2 cloves, chopped  	 	Garlic
1 cup chopped  	 	Egg plant
1 cup chopped  	 	Zucchini
¼ cup chopped  	 	Onions
½ cup chopped  	 	Peppers
¼ cup chopped  	 	Sundried tomatoes
2-12 oz can  	 	Chopped tomatoes
Heat oil in pan and add garlic.  	Heat garlic till you just smell it.  	Add chopped vegetables and heat till they are  	al dente or soft, (your preference).  	Add sundried tomatoes and chopped tomatoes with  	juice.   	Simmer for about 30 minutes adding water as needed.  	Serve over your favorite pasta with generous  	amounts of Reggiano Parmegiano cheese. 
Courtesy of Chef Marian Paravano Grubor
 

Bolognese Sauce
¼ cup cold-pressed (extra-virgin) olive oil
2 large onions, chopped (4 cups chopped)
2-3 carrots, chopped (1 cup chopped)
4-6 cloves garlic, minced or pressed (2 tablespoons minced)
2 teaspoons dried crumbled basil
2 teaspoons dried crumbled oregano
1 teaspoon dried crumbled thyme
½ teaspoon red chile flakes, optional
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional
½ pound ground beef
½ pound ground pork
½ pound ground Italian pork sausage (with fennel)
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 cup dry red or white wine, optional
four 14½-ounce cans petite diced tomatoes in juice
1 cup chicken stock 

fine sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup minced fresh parsley
Courtesy of Chef Marian Paravano Grubor

Bread
6 cups Flour
2 pkgs Yeast
1½  	teaspoons  	Salt
2 cups Warm Water  	(100  	degree)
In a bowl mix flour, yeast, and salt.   	Add water and knead for a full 10 minutes by hand or in a machine.  	Cover dough and let proof 1 hour.  	Punch down and proof another hour. Portion dough into desired sizes  	and place on greased pan and bake at 400 for about 35 minutes or until  	thermometer reads 210 when inserted into center of loaf.
Courtesy of Chef Marian Paravano Grubor

Gnocchi
1½  	lb
Potatoes, Baking
1¼  	cup
Flour
Pinch Salt
Boil the potatoes in water with skins on.  	Do not pierce potatoes.  When  	done peel potatoes and rice and leave them without touching them to cool.  	When the potatoes are cool start adding the flour and salt and knead  	to soft, not sticky dough.  Take a  	piece of dough and roll it into a stick about ½ inch wide.  	Cut into pieces and with a fork dipped in flour roll each cut piece  	to obtain a half round oval.  Have  	water boiling and add gnocchi and boil till they rise to top.  	Drain and serve with your favorite sauce.
Courtesy of Chef Marian Paravano Grubor

Pizzelles
12 Eggs
2 cups Oil
2 cups Sugar
4 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
2 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Orange extract
2 tsp Anise Extract
Slightly beat eggs,  	oil, sugar and extracts. Mix dry ingredients together and blend into egg  	mixture.  Bake in pizzelle baker.  	Makes 12 dozen
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						 <title>WVNCC Named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll </title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/wvncc-named-to-the-presidents-higher-education-community-service-honor-roll-/10</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[For the fifth straight year, West Virginia Northern Community College has  	been named to the President&rsquo;s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.  	Admiring the certificate received are, front from left, Dr. Martin J.  	Olshinsky, Northern&rsquo;s president; Kyrie Straight, student representative to  	the WVNCC Board of Governors, and Sigourney Tabor, student leader. Back from  	left are Shannon Payton, student activities director, and Janet Fike, vice  	president of student services.
The Corporation for National and Community  	Service once again has honored West Virginia Northern Community College as a  	leader among institutions of higher education for its support of  	volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Northern was admitted  	to the  	 	2010 President&rsquo;s  	Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll  	for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful service that  	achieves measurable results in the community. 
WVNCC and West Virginia University are the only two institutions in  	the state to be named to the list each year since the program began. Based  	in Washington, D.C., the Corporation for National and Community Service,  	which has administered the Honor Roll since 2006, admitted a total of 641  	colleges and universities for their impact on issues from literacy and  	neighborhood revitalization to supporting at-risk youth. Of that total, 511  	were named to the Honor Roll, 114 received the recognition of Honor Roll  	with distinction, 11 were identified as finalists and six received the  	Presidential Award.
"As members of the class of 2011 cross the stage to pick up their  	diplomas, more and more will be going into the world with a commitment to  	public service and the knowledge that they can make a difference in their  	communities and their own lives through service to others, thanks to the  	leadership of these institutions," Patrick A. Corvington, chief executive  	officer of CNCS, said.   	&ldquo;Congratulations to West Virginia Northern Community College and its  	students for their dedication to service and commitment to improving their  	local communities. We salute all the Honor Roll awardees for embracing their  	civic mission and providing opportunities for their students to tackle tough  	national challenges through service.&rdquo;
A total of 851 institutions applied for the 2010 Honor Roll, a 9  	percent increase over last year, a sign of the growing interest by colleges  	and universities in highlighting their efforts to engage students in making  	a difference in the community.
WVNCC projects emphasized in the 2010 application submitted by  	Shannon Payton, student activities director at Northern, included the Martin  	Luther King Day of Service initiative, Military Mail Call and the Mock Crash  	alcohol awareness program.
As part of its commemoration of Martin Luther King Day, Northern  	organized a drive to benefit the Greater Wheeling Homeless Coalition as well  	as hosting a free breakfast for children. The college collected more than  	3,500 items, ranging from personal hygiene items to clothing. Volunteers  	then sorted and packaged the items to be given to the homeless coalition.
For the past 16 years, WVNCC has been the top college nationally  	participating in the Military Mail Call program. Operating under the  	guidelines of the Friends of Our Troops Organization, Northern provided  	18,550 letters for military personnel and raised $3,400 in funds for  	supplies associated with shipping fees.
Also during the year, Northern was a lead partner in sponsoring a  	program that hosted some 400 area junior and senior high school students  	during the peak of prom season. The students witnessed injured individuals  	being extracted from cars with the Jaws of Life, a young man taken away in a  	body bag and the LifeFlight helicopter hovering above. Another part of the  	program was a mock trial presided over by an actual judge and attorneys of  	the woman charged in the accident scene they had witnessed.
On campuses across the country, millions of college students are  	engaged in innovative projects to meet local needs, often using the skills  	learned in classrooms. In 2009, 3.2 million college students dedicated more  	than 307 million hours of service to communities across the country, service  	valued at more than $6.4 billion. Business and law students offer tax  	preparation and legal services, and college student volunteers provide  	meals, create parks, rebuild homes after disasters, conduct job training,  	run senior service programs and much more.
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a strong  	partner with the nation&rsquo;s colleges and universities in supporting community  	service and service-learning. Last year, CNCS provided more than $215  	million in support to institutions of higher education, including grants to  	operate service programs and the Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards for  	college tuition and student loan repayment. CNCS is a catalyst for  	service-learning programs nationwide that connect community service with  	academic curricula. Through these programs, in classes and in  	extracurricular activities, college students serve their communities while  	strengthening their academic and civic skills.
CNCS oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the U.S.  	Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact  	and the American Council on Education. Honorees are chosen based on a series  	of selection factors, including the scope and innovation of service  	projects, the extent to which service-learning is embedded in the  	curriculum, the school&rsquo;s commitment to long-term campus-community  	partnerships and measurable community outcomes as a result of the service.
Along with WVNCC and WVU, other West Virginia institutions named to  	the 2010 Honor Roll are Bethany College, Fairmont State University, West  	Virginia University at Parkersburg and West Virginia Wesleyan College in  	Buckhannon. For a full list of recipients and descriptions of their service,  	visit  	 	www.NationalService.gov/HonorRoll.
The Corporation for National and Community  	Service is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in  	service through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America  	programs, and leads President Barack Obama&rsquo;s national call to service  	initiative, United We Serve.  	For more information, visit  	 	NationalService.gov.
 
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						 <title>Weirton Campus Groundbreaking Ceremonies Held</title>
						 <link>http://www.wvncc.edu/news/weirton-campus-groundbreaking-ceremonies-held/9</link>
						 <description><![CDATA[5/24/11  
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held  	Tuesday, May 24, for a $2.1 million expansion of classroom space at the  	Weirton campus of West Virginia Northern Community College.
Included in the 9,590 square foot building addition at 150 Park Ave.  	will be two classrooms and three laboratory classrooms that will be used for  	health sciences classes and for Mechatronics, which awards an associate in  	applied science degree in a new program designed to prepare individuals to  	be electrical and mechanical maintenance technicians. 
The addition comprises two floors and has an option to use solar  	panels on the roof, making it a green building. The construction work is  	expected to be completed by March of next year.
Dr. Martin J. Olshinsky, Northern&rsquo;s president, said, &ldquo;The college  	community is very pleased that the Weirton campus is growing for the benefit  	of the entire region. The health sciences have been popular with our  	students and new facilities will be welcomed. Mechatronics will advance the  	state&rsquo;s initiatives involving workforce development and is particularly  	viable for Weirton. The Steelworker for the Future program is an option in  	the Mechatronics program offered in partnership with Arcelor Mittal Steel  	Corporation.&rdquo; 
Mike Koon, Northern&rsquo;s vice president of economic and workforce  	development, is a Weirton resident who helped spearhead the Steelworker for  	the Future program. He explained Mechatronics students learn to install,  	replace, troubleshoot and repair equipment used in manufacturing facilities.  	&ldquo;All technical courses have an intensive hands-on lab component as students  	learn skills in electrical systems, motor control, hydraulics and  	pneumatics, programmable logic controllers, instrumentation, workplace  	safety and problem solving and teamwork,&rdquo; Koon said.
Steve Lippiello, chief financial officer/vice president of  	administrative services, has worked closely with Victor Greco of SMG  	Architects, Wheeling, and with Mark Trushel of Trushel Construction, the  	Weirton firm which was awarded the bid for the project. Lippiello said,  	&ldquo;Everything is interchangeable in the new addition. The space has multiple  	uses; it&rsquo;s not just stagnant. One of our goals was to maximize the  	flexibility of the space.&rdquo;
West Virginia Northern Community College was created by action of the  	former West Virginia Board of Regents May 9, 1972, which became effective  	July 1, 1972. The college was created from the former Hancock County Branch  	and the Wheeling Campus of West Liberty State College. In Weirton, classes  	were offered at Weir High School during the evenings. By 1975, the college  	acquired land and modular buildings in Weirton. The first phase of a  	permanent instructional facility was constructed in 1982, with the second  	phase to replace the modular buildings constructed in 1999â€‘2000. 
Participating in the groundbreaking as representatives of the college  	were Olshinsky, Koon, Lippiello, Dr. Vicki Riley, vice president of academic  	affairs; Janet Fike, vice president of student services; and Gus Monezis and  	Dr. Darrell Cummings, members of the WVNCC Board of Governors. Expected to  	break ground as representatives of state and local governments were Weirton  	City Manager Gary DuFour, State Sens. Orphy Klempa and Jack Yost, Hancock  	County Dels. Randy Swartzmiller and Ronnie Jones, Hancock County  	Commissioners Dan Greathouse and Mike Swartzmiller and Brooke County Del.  	Roy Givens.]]></description>
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