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The Germanna Advantage

2008-2009Annual Report to the Community

Thomas Prasse

LocationsFredericksburg Area Campus10000 Germanna Point Drive, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22408 540-891-3000

Locust Grove Campus2130 Germanna Highway, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508540-423-9030

Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center18121 Technology Drive, Culpeper, Virginia 22701540-937-2900

Stafford County Center2761 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 107, Stafford, Virginia 22554540-288-8830

www.germanna.edu

Germanna Community College is a public institution

of higher education in the Virginia Community College

System. As a comprehensive community college, Germanna

provides quality, accessible, and affordable educational

opportunities for the residents of the City of Fredericksburg

and the counties of Caroline, Culpeper, King George,

Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford.

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The President’s MessageThe past year has been an exciting, troubling, hopeful and fearful year for Germanna Com-munity College and for the whole nation.

As a nation, we have witnessed a fundamen-tal shift in international finance, the largest peacetime investment and accompanying federal deficit, among the highest unemployment rates, the biggest drop in the value of real estate since the Great Depression of the 1930s. As a nation, we are still involved in fighting two wars in the Middle East, watching with amazement and pride the willingness of many of our best and brightest to serve their country at great personal risk.

We have also witnessed the election of the first African-American president. And we have witnessed the willingness of many of our fellow citizens to help each other out in tough times.

Germanna Community College has had more reasons to be hopeful and excited than fearful or troubled, but the year was nonetheless one of great challenges.

•Wehavefacedthreecutstoourstatefundingin less than two years, totaling over 15%.

•Wehaveseenanincreaseinpeoplecomingto us because they have been laid off or have faced reduced hours.

•Wehaveseentheapplicationsforfinancialaidincrease as much as 85% in one month and increased demands for scholarships and sup-port from the Germanna Guarantee Program.

•Wehavehadvoluntarybuy-outsthathavesaved money but sent some of our best faculty and staff into retirement.

Closely related to these challenges are many rea-sons for hope and celebration. This entire issue of our annual report is devoted to these celebra-tions, as well as providing our annual statement of accountability to our stakeholders. I’d like to note a few key achievements in my letter here:

• Forthesecondyearinarow,Germannawasthe fastest growing community college in Virginia in terms of overall enrollment with an 11.4% increase in headcount.

•On29Julywewereabletocuttheribbononour new Stafford Center in Aquia Park, and to have Governor Tim Kaine do the honors as wellasspeakattwoeventsatourFredericks-burg Area Campus.

•Ournursingprogramhadthehighestpassrateon the state boards of any nursing program at a two- or four-year college in the state.

•Ourdentalhygienestudentshada100%passrate again on their state boards.

•Wewereabletodesignnewprogramsinengi-neering, pharmacy technician, and manufac-turing technician.

•Wereceivedacommitmentof$500,000over five years from MediCorp and the MaryWashingtonFoundationinsupportof our nursing program to compliment the similar ongoing commitment from Culpeper Regional Hospital. This led the way to total giftsandbequeathsof$847,540.00duringthe2007-2008academicyear.

These accomplishments are wonderful, and due to the good work and dedication of the 540 faculty and staff who work at the college, many on a part-time basis. They and our students are the real heroes, turning stories of challenge and adversity into stories of achievement and success. Let me highlight two examples:

• Fifty-four-year-oldJanBroomkeptapromiseto her late daughter Shannon, who died in a car crash a decade ago. She had promised her

daughter she’d go back to school and get a degree. And she received an associate degree in General Studies from Germanna in May. Overthesummer,shewentontoShannon’salma mater, the University of Mary Washing-ton, to take a class in memoir writing so she can tell Shannon’s story.

• Thirty-two-year-oldBrandyJacksonhadtodealwithseparationfromher7-year-oldsonas she commuted weekly from Lynchburg for a year to earn her degree in applied science completing her studies and becoming a registered nurse.

Germanna Community College faces a chal-lenging future along with our commonwealth and nation. We promise to do all that we can to remain an accessible, affordable community resource, a place of learning and opportunity amid the storms. We promise to do all that we can to help our students and our communities go through the storm and emerge stronger and better prepared to shape and thrive in a future that is just beginning to emerge.

I hope that you find this report informative, uplifting, and useful. We are proud to be your community college.

Sincerely,

Dr. David A. Sam, President

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AccreditationGermanna Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097orcall404-679-4500forquestions about the accreditation of Germanna Community College.

In addition, the AAS nursing program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (3343 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite 500, Atlanta, GA,30326(404)975-5000)andboththe AAS nursing and the practical nursing certificate programs are approved by the VirginiaBoardofNursing(PerimeterCenter, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond,VA23233-1463,(804)367-4473).

Service RegionCaroline County, Culpeper County, FredericksburgCity,KingGeorgeCounty,MadisonCounty,OrangeCounty,Spotsylvania County and Stafford County.

Germanna has been among the fastest-growing community colleges

in the state for many years, in large part due to explosive growth in

the Fredericksburg and Culpeper areas. The College has expanded

from 400 students when it opened in 1970 to a total headcount of

13,000 in 2009.

ContentsMission, Vision, Values 3Student Statistics 4TheFacesofGermanna 5GermannaCommunityCollegeBoard 11EducationalFoundation,Inc 12CommunityPartners 17Cadow Art Donation 18EducationalFoundationScholarships 19LocalScholarships 20StaffordOpening 21Celebrating40YearsofService 22GCCintheNews 23

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MissionAs a public, comprehensive community college, Germanna provides accessible, quality educational and training opportunities that meet our communities’ changing learning needs.

This Mission is achieved through: Courses, programs, and services that enable

students to gain access to and succeed in higher education;

Associate degrees and courses that prepare students to advance to and succeed in four year colleges and universities;

Training and services to develop successful employees who meet employers’ specific needs;

Training, associate degrees, and certificates for students to enter and succeed in the workplace; and

Services and support for community and economic development.

VisionGermanna Community College is recognized as the region’s leader and preferred partner providing excellence in accessible educational opportunities and related services to our com-munities.Ourqualitylearningexperiencesen-able students to participate effectively in the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna, a dynamic learning organization, is the premiere gateway to personal and community development.

ValuesOur values influence our thoughts, guide our decisions, mold our policies, and help determine our course of action. Student learning and success are at the heart of all that we do and are demonstrated by:

Passion for learning and teaching, Integrity, Culture of service, Excellence, Stewardship, and Respect

Strategic InitiativesGermanna Community College has established strategic planning initiatives considered critical to achieving its Mission and realizing its Vision. These initiatives are:

Becomealearning-centeredcollege,whereteaching is the means and learning is the end.

Develop outreach efforts, programs, and ser-vices that fulfill the promise of our Mission for all residents of the College’s service area.

Develop the organizational culture and structure that support and invest in people to achieve the College’s Mission, Vision, and Values.

Develop additional resources to better enable the College to achieve its Mission.

Develop systems of continuous improvement and a culture of evidence.

Who We AreGermanna Community College is a public institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System. As a comprehensive community college, Germanna provides quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities for the residents of the City ofFredericksburgandthecountiesofCaroline,Culpeper,KingGeorge,Madison,Orange,Spotsylvania and Stafford.


Graduates Awards1998-99 303 3131999-00 297 3122000-01 342 3582001-02 417 4702002-03 397 4562003-04 377 4482004-05 472 5352005-06 513 5902006-07 555 6472007-08 547 6452008-09 658 804

2008-09 Majors

Associates of Arts & Science 4136 BusinessAdmin. 923 Education 418 LiberalArts 249 GeneralStudies 2202 Science 344

Associate of Applied Science 756 Nursing 195 Management 251 InformationSystemsTech. 212 Police Science 96 Networking 2

Certificate 271 Practical Nursing 18 PoliceScience 32 FineArts 41 Graphic Communications 54 Early Childhood Dev. 45 FireScience 21 General Education 60

Career Studies Certificates 1437

Annual F/T Annual Equivalent Headcount1998-99 1890 50911999-00 1980 52942000-01 2087 56372001-02 2303 60852002-03 2436 61712003-04 2566 62742004-05 2698 66972005-06 2839 70002006-07 3008 73082007-08 3368 81842008-09 3715 9117

Student Statistics2008-09 Demographics

Females 5731 63%Males 3386 37%White 6659 73%Black 1350 15%Other 1108 12%Parttime 7077 78%Fulltime 2040 22%Under 18 436 5% 18-21 3965 43%22-24 1435 16%25-34 1741 19%35-44 870 10%45-59 628 7%60&Over 42 1%

Total Headcount by Residence = 9,117

King George County (353)

Culpeper County (699)

Caroline County (484)Other (691)

City of Fredericksburg (873)

Madison County (200)

Orange County (558)

Spotsylvania County (3,118)

Stafford County (2,141)

2008-09 Unduplicated Headcount by Residence

Passing GED Scores

2008-09 601 2007-08 537


TheFacesofGermanna

College Tour ‘08Riverbend High School student Heather Aylesworth and her mother, Tina Harris, talk with Germanna’s Canice Graziano about nursing and dual enrollment during College Tour night at Spotsylvania Towne Centre.

Sixteen-year-old Riverbend High School sophomore Heather Aylesworth may be too young to head off to college yet, but she’s not too young to plan for the day she will.

Heather, who wants some day to be a pediatricnurseatSt.JudeChildren’sResearch Hospital in Memphis, plans to begin her nursing studies with the program at Germanna Community College.

Her mother, Tina Harris, says it’ll be nice to have Heather at home early in her college career.

Great Expectations at GCCGreat Expectations at Germanna Community College is a two-day transitional program for foster care youth ages 16-19. Through this program the youth learn about the services of the college, participate in a mini-college experience, and receive one-on-one mentoring with a Germanna Community College student.

Eight foster care youth from around the service area participated in the fall program and seven participated in the spring program.

Awarded Chancellor’s FellowshipAnita Newhouse, recipient of the Chancellor’sFellowshipforClassifiedStaff.Anita will be completing her baccalaureate degree in Leadership and Management at the University of Mary Washington during her year sabbatical.

ButevenbeforesheleavesRiverbendHigh,she’ll be getting a head start toward that goal by earning college credit through Germanna’s Dual Enrollment Program.

GCC Coordinator of Dual Enrollment Canice Graziano says Heather will be taking DE English Comp and DE Pre-Calculus to earn college credit at her high school.

“Becauseshe’splanningsoearlyshe’llbeabletotakeadvantageofearningupto12college credits at Riverbend,” Graziano says.

Heather was one of 300 students who stopped by the Germanna table to pick up materials and ask questions and GCC was one of dozens of colleges to participate in the event.


Students Visit Italy & GreeceDuringSpringBreak,ProfessorsChristine Contrada and Kellie Bradshaw led an enthusiastic group of 19 students and community members from Rome, Italy to Athens, Greece. Some of the many sites they explored included, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Sistine Chapel, the ruins of Pompeii, the Lion’s Gate at Mycenae and Athens. This trip was an unforgettable experience for all.

Chancellor’s Commonwealth Professorship Dr. Kevin Handley, professor of psychology at Germanna Community College,hasbeenawardedthe2009-2011Chancellor’sCommonwealthProfessorship, which acknowledges teaching excellence while advancing the art of instruction.

GCC Dental Hygiene ProgramServinginJamaicaInJuly2008,dentalhygienestudentsandfaculty from the Germanna Community College Dental Hygiene program set off toKingston,Jamaicaandparticipatedin the Medical Ambassadors Serving through Healthcare or M.A.S.H. program sponsored by Stafford Crossing Community Church. With support from Local Program Coordinator, Misty Mesimer, Lesa Crane coordinated student volunteers, equipment and supplies to carry the dental hygiene team through four days of patient care. These students provided dental hygiene care and education to over 200adultsandchildrenintheGrant’sPenarea of Kingston. Students were able to worksidebysideJamaicannationalswhowereeducatedinJamaicaasdentalnursesand dental hygienists. VCCS CEED Grant Awarded

The rapid rate of growth in distance education at Germanna and throughout the VCCS has prompted the need to ensure the highest quality standards for online courses. In response to this, Cheryl Huff and Delois McCormickwereawardeda$33,000CEED grant from the VCCS to create the Consortium for Quality: Peer Review Program for Distance Learning, a state-wide resource for evaluating the quality of online course design. In partnership with faculty from Tidewater Community CollegeandBlueRidgeCommunityCollege, the team developed a program of peer review of online courses which can be implemented on individual campuses or in collaboration across the state, using web resources and tools to facilitate the process. Peer review training and VCCS workshops have already begun to support the mission of the Consortium for Quality.

The Student American Dental Hygienists’ Association chapter at GCC helped with fundraising for the trip throughout the year. All of the participants found the experience to be a rewarding one.


New President for the VAMAP John Davis elected as the New President for the Virginia Association for Management, Analysis,andPlanning(VAMAP).

This organization is the state affiliate for the national Association for Institutional Research and its membership comes from all colleges and universities in Virginia as well as the State Council for Higher Education and other central state agencies.

Dean of Nursing & Health Professions When new Germanna Dean of Nursing and Health Professions Mary Blessing Gilkey was 15, she began nurse’s aide training in a home for the elderly. She was appalled by what she saw there. She decided to devote her life to improving care for patients.

“It was a bit of a warehouse,” she said, “a very robotic setting… I learned more there than I did in high school… I learned that there was a value of life…I needed to know more about why we did what we did to our elderly. Why weren’t we better caregivers to them … It really gave me a passion for taking care of people.”

Dean Gilkey has numerous years of college and university teaching experience as well as nursing program management experience. She came to Germanna from Amerigroup Corporation, where she was a manager. She is certified in adult mental health nursing and is a licensed registered nurse and clinical nurse specialist.

Dean Gilkey holds an MS degree in nursing fromHamptonUniversity;aBSdegreein nursing from Norfolk State University and an associate degree in nursing from Tidewater Community College.

Returning to College Marine Corps Sgt. Chuck Vroman didn’t flinch during the invasions of Afghanistan andIraq.Buttheideaofreturningtocol-lege as a civilian father of four in Spotsylva-nia County gave him pause.

The Marines consider Vroman, president of Germanna Community College’s Veterans Club,70percentdisabled.

During the trip to ask Virginia legislators to go easy on cuts to funding of Virginia Community Colleges, Vroman said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, which can develop after surviving a trau-matic event in which a person is physically threatened or injured.

He also experienced concussions while surviving a number of explosions during duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said the close-range blasts have left him with brain damage, causing short term memory problems.

“My wife suggested I return to college but I knew that I couldn’t survive the lifestyle of a four-year college. Germanna ... was the best choice I could have made. Not only did I receive the special considerations I needed, but I was taught how to be a stu-dent again,” Chuck tells Delegate Ed Scott at the Virginia General Assembly building.

-Lauren VonHerbulis, VCCS

Instructor Article PublishedRichard Mezo, a GCC adjunct English instructor, will have his article on “Waterboarding” that was previously published in The Washington Post re-printed as a reading in the new edition of a composition textbook published by McGraw-Hill (Read, Reason, WritebyDorothySeyler).

GermannaJumpStartGermanna hosted its first all-day new student orientation program in August 2008.Thegoalwastoconnectnewstudentswith faculty, support services, student clubs and organizations, and other students.

Atotalof120studentsandparentsparticipated in sessions led by students, faculty, staff, and community leaders.

Employees Years of Service

40 Years of Service Dr. Rich Gossweiler Professor of History

30 Years of Service CynthiaHill PresidentsOffice/Admin.OfficeSpec.III

25 Years of Service BruceFord Assoc.ProfessorofInformationSys.Tech. DonFrank Assoc.ProfessorofBusinessManagement RandyMartin Assoc.ProfessorofBusinessManagement Dr. Sarah Somerville Coordinator of Counseling Services RandolphBeckham AssistantProfessorofEnglish(Retired)

20 Years of Service JudyAmidon BusinessOffice BrendaDixon ProfessorofNursing Delois McCormick Assistant Professor of Mathematics

15 Years of Service ValerieMiller Adm.&Records/Ed.&SupportSpec.II

10 Years of Service WilliamFiege DeanofInstruction PamFrederick DeanofStudentServices BarbaraHall HumanResourceAnalyst Dr. Miguel Lechuga Associate Professor of Spanish Dr. Helen Mergenthal Professor of Natural Sciences Karen Mittura Professor of Nursing JudyNapier PresidentOffice-ExecutiveAssistant Terry Rooker Professor of Information System Tech. Victoria Waldron Human Resources Manager

5 Years of Service SusanBrown Workforce&Comm.Ed./Admin.Office

Spec. III Paula Gentry Associate Dean of Instruction JohnGill MathematicsInstructor Michael D. Harkins Tutoring Department ForrestSmith BlackboardSpecialist/AOSIII SeasonThomson AssociateProfessorofBiology RonaldWilliams FacilityMaintenance

Industrial Maintenance Technology Career Studies Certificate Germanna Community College is launching a new Workforce program that could help local people land good-paying jobs while filling major needs for regional manufacturers.

GCC’sJosephR.DanielTechnology Center in Culpeper introduced a Career Studies Certificate in Industrial Maintenance Technology in the fall. The program is designed to meet the growing need for trained industrial maintenance technicians and to help those already in such jobs upgrade their skills.

Germanna’s new lab boasts “mechatronics” technology combining mechanical and electrical engineering with information systems. This program includes eight courses. Much of the work may be completed online.

Technology in Education Award WinnersGermanna Community College took second place in the Technology in Education awards presented by the Virginia Community College at the annual New Horizons Conference in Roanoke.

GermannawashonoredforanewsystemthatusesbothBlackboardandPeoplesoft to match students with advisors based on majors and facilitate communication via e-mail and instant messaging between students and their advisors thoughout their college careers at the school.

Counselor Debra HaineswastheleadincreatingBlackboardshellsbydiscipline, Maggie Breeden manipulated Peoplesoft to assign students to advisors, and Eastern Dean of Instruction, Bill Fiege chaired the committee of faculty, students, administrators and counselors that helped pull the project together.

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Worforce Advisory Meeting At the Germanna Worforce Advisory Meeting held at the Daniel Center, area leaders and business partners discussed factors that affect the economic climate and job picture in the GCC service region. State Sen. Edd Houck was the keynote speaker, and he told the crowd that Virginia needs to make spending on higher education more of a priority.

During tough economic times, Germanna’s Center for Workforce and Community Education plays an important role in partnering with businesses in the region to provide the types of job training that fill employers’ needs.

Congressman Cantor at DTC Germanna’s Daniel Technology Center was pleased to welcome Congressman Eric CantorinFebruary.Inattendancewerestudents from both local high schools, members of the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce, and Germanna Community College students, teachers, and staff.

In his speech, Congressman Cantor gave his thoughts on the current economic situation and his ideas for fostering growth. Followinghisspeech,CongressmanCantor answered many questions from the audience addressing issues regarding the Recovery and Stabilization Act, the financial markets, Iran, and Education. He indicated that our first priority will always be maintaining a secure defense so that our economy would not be adversely affected. And, he said that our focus right now should be on creating jobs.

SenatorMarkWarneratFACWarner addressed a group of area business leaders and students at Germanna’s FredericksburgAreaCampusinAugust‘08.

Warner, a Democrat and former Virginia governor, focused his remarks at Germanna on his plan for making sure the U.S. stays on top in an increasingly competitive global economy. His plan includes five elements:

Ensuring that the country’s education system is “innovative and entrepreneurial.” He said community college is a great way to keep down higher education costs, and he called for a system that values technical and vocational training.

Making sure that politics don’t get in the way of innovation. He specifically discussed scientific innovation and called for more government investment in research and development.

Getting control of spiraling health care costs. Warner noted that otherwise doing business in the U.S. was going to get prohibitively expensive.

Re-investing in a declining infrastructure, including roads, rail lines and broadband coverage. He said the latter could allow rural parts of Virginia to compete in a global economy.

Revamping energy policies so the U.S. can stop “borrowing money from China” and using the proceeds to buy oil from “nations that don’t like us.” He advocated a “whole portfolio approach” to include oil, nuclear, coal, solar, wind and biofuels, in addition to conservation measures. He said government should provide financial incentives toward these energy solutions.

Calling himself a “radical centrist,” Warner said he wants to work with Republicans and Democrats to effect change in Washington.

Bill Freehling-The Free Lance-Star


GreenJobsConference‘09Nearly 150 people attended the Germanna CommunityCollegeGreenJobsConfer-enceMay19attheJosephR.DanielTech-nology Center to learn more about green energy and sustainable industries.

Theconferencefeatured26presenters,pan-elists, speakers and moderators who talked about the long-lasting benefits of energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture and biofu-els, home improvements, renewable energy and federal tax credits.

Alleyn Harned, Virginia Assistant Secre-tary for Commerce and Trade, stressed the importance of creating sustainable jobs, adding that stimulus funding includes money for energy conservation.

LisaJohnson,seniorvicepresidentforOld

FreedomAlleyTrolleyTourSilverCos.VicePresidentJervisHairston,whose family is the subject of a critically acclaimed book on slavery, conducted a trolley tour of historic slavery sites in Fredericksburg

Sponsored by Germanna Community College Workforce and Community EducationforBlackHistoryMonth,itgavethe32participantsachancetohearabouttheblacks--bothfreeand enslaved--who lived, worked and helped shape the city.

Photo by Robert A. Martin.The Free Lance-Star

Saffire-TheUppityBluesWomen ConcertThey regularly headline at major music venueslikeWolfTrapandtheBirchmere,but this nationally known group got their start at Germanna Community College.

Twenty-five years later, they kicked off their farewell tour where they got started—at Germanna, with a show at the Daniel CenterinCulpeperinFebruary‘09.

The concert was a smash hit, drawing a capacitycrowdof700thathadarollickingtime as Saffire put on a blues tour de force that had the audience swaying rhythmically in their seats and laughing out loud.

Dominion Power cooperative, talked about how the power industry has evolved over the years and how it’s changing because of the appeal of sustainable energy.

“It’ll [mean] less dependence on foreign oil,” she said, and provide business opportu-nities at the same time.

Germanna President David A. Sam told the audience the College’s mission is built on “calculated hope.”

“It’s the calculation and the hope that if you invest in people and in their training and education, then they will have better lives and better jobs and do better things for their communities and for their employers,” Dr. Sam said. “This conference is also about calculated hope. It’s about taking problems and looking for opportunities.”

The Culpeper Star-Exponent

GREEN JOBSCONFERENCE


GermannaCommunityCollegeBoardA Message from Dick Scheibe, Chairman

Greetings from the Germanna College Board.2009hasbeenanotherchallengingyear during which the college has grown and prospered despite adverse economic conditions and severe budget constraints. Under President David A. Sam’s leadership, enrollment has increased and the already outstanding faculty and staff has been further enhanced by the addition of new, highly qualified, and dynamic personnel. The accessibility of courses has been expanded and will grow further as new instructional facilities in North Stafford are openedthisFall.

Your past support has played a vital role in the success Germanna has achieved and is greatly appreciated. In the coming year, Germanna is embarking on new and ambitious undertakings, including theplanningforBuilding3attheFredericksburgCampusthatissourgentlyneeded to serve the southern and eastern portions of our service area. Your current and future support is critical to achieving this and other new initiatives.

The close partnership of Germanna and the community it serves allows the College to meet and exceed its future challenges. The students we support are the future of our community, and through them-- and their successes--all of us benefit and prosper.

Germanna College Board 2008 – 2009

Ms. Sherry GravattCaroline County

Mr.JerryL.RainesCulpeper County

Ms. Linda WorrellFredericksburg

Mr. Dick ScheibeKing George County

Ms.JillJohnsonMadison County

Mr.John(Mike)PowellMadison County

Mr. Doug RogersOrangeCounty

Mr.BruceDavisSpotsylvania County

Mr. Ray SmithStafford County

Mr. Hank W. Chao StateBoardLiaison


GermannaEducationalFoundation,Inc.A Message from George P. Snead, Esquire

Educational Foundation Board 2008 – 2009

George P. Snead, PresidentDarlaBurton,VicePresident

EdwardB.(Ted)Hontz,TreasurerDr. David A. Sam, Secretary

RichardL.Brehm,Asst.TreasurerLindaBeale

EarlThomasBlalock,IIJosephR.Daniel

TheHon.JohnJ.(Butch)Davies,IIIBruceL.DavisKentD.FarmerKevinFastabend

GeorgiaM.Fauber,EmeritusGordonR.(Pete)Humes

SteveB.JonesBarbaraKane

Constance R. KincheloeWilliamJ.Kinnamon,Jr.LindaJ.(L.J.)MoyerMaryJaneO’NeillRuthanO’Toole

John(Mike)PowellJ.WilliamPrice,III,Emeritus

JackRowleyLindaFaganSealyHarrison Simpson

Dr.FrankS.Turnage,EmeritusLinda Worrell

Dear Friends of Germanna,

OnbehalfoftheEducationalFoundationBoardofDirectors,thankyouforyoursup-port of Germanna Community College. The EducationalFoundationremainscommit-ted to its mission to promote the growth, progress, and well-being of the College and its students through raising, investing, and administering private funds to support the mission of the College.

Forallofus,thispastyearhasbeenoneofimmense challenge on the economic front. GermannaandtheEducationalFoundationwere not immune from this challenge. The College’s enrollment continued to grow, but the economic downturn resulted in state and local government budget cuts. Student finan-cial need continued to grow, but the level of funding did not kept pace with overall demand.

Despite challenging economic times, how-ever,Foundationactivityandfundraisingwas successful. Many endowed scholarship benefactors made additional contributions to ensurescholarshipscouldbeawarded.Ourannual appeal to alumni and friends raised more than in the previous year, as did the 3rd Annual Ray Glazebrook Memorial Golf Tournament. The 15th annual Monte Carlo Casino Night exceeded its fundraising goal. AneweventheldinMayattheFredericks-burg Area Campus, Distinguished Person of the Year, also exceeded its goal.

AsaresultofthecontributionstotheFoun-dationandduetotheFoundation’sfundrais-ing efforts, hundreds of students were assisted through the Germanna Guarantee Program (GGP),andarenowfulfillingtheirhopesand dreams of getting a higher education.

The GGP fills in the gap between financial aid and the cost of tuition and fees. I ask for your continued support of this vital program to ensure that no student is left behind.

Thispastyear,theFoundation’seffortstoraise local funds needed for a third academic servicesbuildingontheFredericksburgArea Campus got underway. We have initial interest from several individuals and busi-nesses. This building is essential to support-ing Germanna’s growing enrollment, and to have the space necessary to offer prerequisite courses for nursing and allied health program expansion as well as programs in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)curriculum.A fellowship was established last year in honor of retired Dean of Nursing and Health Technologies,Dr.JaneIngalls.Thisnewfellowship received significant contributions, thanks to the leadership and generosity of FoundationBoardmembersandhealthcareinvestment partners throughout the region. TheIngallsFellowship,whichsupportsfac-ulty members pursuing masters’ degrees, will help Germanna’s Nursing department meet the standards necessary to maintain a highly accredited program.

TheFoundationBoardwillconductitssecond annual retreat to continue focusing on our mission and the College’s needs. We seek to establish a strategic plan to comple-ment the College’s plan and goals, which will help guide our efforts in developing more re-sources for College operating needs, student scholarships, academic program develop-ment, and investment in planned new and renovated facilities.

Thanks again for your support. Please join us this year as we help the College provide accessible, quality educational and training opportunities that meet our communities’ changing learning needs.

Sincerely,

George P. Snead

1970


CulpeperbusinessmanJosephR.Danielreceived the Chancellor’s Award for LeadershipinPhilanthropyApril21,2009ataluncheonattheCountryClubof Virginia for his longtime support of Germanna Community College.

“JoeDanielhasbeenextremelygenerouswith his donations for many, many years,” said Germanna President David A. Sam. “Butmorethanthat,hehasgivenmuchof himself, his time and his energy in recruiting other donors, helping with Foundationevents,androllinguphissleeves to make things happen. Without his contributions of money and time, our technology center would not have been built.”

Recognizing this, the college named that facility after him.

“ButJoedoesn’tcareaboutseeinghisnameon a building,” Dr. Sam said. “He cares deeply about Germanna and its students, and he fully understands the positive impact the College has throughout its service area. His passion is greatest for the Germanna Guarantee Program that helps students who otherwise would not be able to afford college to achieve their dreams.

“And Germanna will be eternally grateful for his humanity and his dedication,” Dr. Sam said.

Daniel said he got involved with the GermannaEducationFoundationinthe

EducationalFoundationLeadership

1980s because he himself needed help to make it to the University of Virginia after being a mediocre student in high school.

“I was not what you would call a stellar student by any stretch of the imagination,” Daniel said.

In1962,afterstrugglingatwhatwasthenEast Carolina College, he began attending a UVa. Extension school in Madison County that was the day’s equivalent of a community college.

ForDaniel,itservedasabridgetotheMcIntyre School of Commerce at U.Va., which prepared him to succeed in business withhiscompany,JeffersonHomebuildersInc.

He said he became involved with Germanna in the 1980s because, “I understood the mission; I understood the importance.”

Daniel’s initial intent was to create a Germanna scholarship for a student “who may have a financial challenge or another issuewedon’tevendreamof.”ButwhenherealizedtheFoundationthen“hadno endowment and no employees,” his involvement quickly snowballed and he became a major force behind the effort to makewhatisnowtheJosephR.DanielTechnology Center in Culpeper a reality. He also recently led the effort to establish theDr.JaneIngallsNurseEducatorFellowship.

VCCSChancellorGlennDuBoissaidDaniel and other philanthropists honored at the luncheon have made a difference for Virginians:

“Fromtheformerhighschooldropoutwho used higher education to turn his life around …To the big employer who … needs community college graduates to get the job done … To the small-town lawyer who sees the community college serve as the educational and cultural center of his hometown…”

VCCShonorsGermannaEducationFoundationmemberJoeDaniel with Chancellor’s Award for Leadership in Philanthropy


A2009graduateofOrangeCountyHighSchool,Amanda,aresidentofRhoadesville,maintained a 3.93 GPA while helping provide at-home care for her younger brothers. She was an active volunteer in high school, which included participation in the American Heart Walk; MineRunFireDepartmentFundraising;Bingo;Santa’sBreakfast,andvariousschoolboardfunctions.

Amanda chose Germanna because it is affordable, local, and has smaller class sizes. She wishes to remain close to home so that she might continue helping with her two younger brothers while her parents are at work. As Amanda said during her interview, “I want to continue to help my parents who sacrifice and struggle daily to provide for my brothers and for me”. Withpediatricsand/orparamedicsasherfieldsofinterest,sheplanstoenrollintheNursingprogram, saying, “I have a deep passion for helping others, and I believe nursing is the most trusted profession – and I want to join a profession that inspires people to trust in others.” Additionally, Amanda expressed her deep gratitude, saying “ I am proud to be the first in myfamilyforthreegenerationstogotocollege.IcannotthanktheFoundationenoughforgiving me this chance to prove myself as a great student, and one day a wonderful nurse.”

“ I am proud to be the

first in my family for

three generations to

go to college. I cannot

thank the Foundation

enough for giving me

this chance to prove

myself as a great

student, and one day a

wonderful nurse.”

-Amanda Piwowarski

Scholarship Donor Recognition Luncheon

JosephR.DanielCommonwealthLegacyScholarshipawardedtoMs. Amanda Piwowarski


Michael(Mike)A.CatellwasappointedDirectorofFoundationandAlumniRelations at Germanna Community College in November. He is responsible for the overall fundraising and external relations program for the College’s Foundation,whichworkstoidentify,coordinate and manage private philanthropic support from individuals and organizations in support of the College.

Mike has fifteen years of external relations and Development experience including volunteer and board recruitment, major gift fundraising from individuals and corporations, as well as strategic planning, staff training, and management.

Mike began his career with the March ofDimesBirthDefectsFoundationinnortheastern and central Pennsylvania. After five years in the national voluntary health arena, Mike entered the higher education field as Director of the Annual FundatMarywoodUniversityinScranton,PA. He then returned to the voluntary health arena where he spent three years with the American Diabetes Association (ADA)basedinAlexandria,Virginia.During his time with the ADA, Mike was aFieldDirectorforSpecialEvents,andwas subsequently promoted to National Director, America’s Walk for Diabetes, the Association’s largest annual fundraising event.

In2005,MikewasappointedExecutiveDirector of University Development at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. In this role, he was

responsible for the management of a comprehensive development operation, which included annual and major giving,stewardship/donorrelations,andcorporate/foundationgiving.

A native of Wyoming, PA, Mike is a graduateofKing’sCollegeinWilkes-Barre,PAwhereheearnedaBAinPoliticalScience and History. He and his wife, Jeniene,aretheparentsofsixchildrenandliveinFredericksburg.

BoardMemberRetreatTheEducationalFoundationBoardhelditsfirstBoardRetreaton September 10 at the historic Kenmore Inn in downtown Fredericksburg.TheClementsGroup facilitated the event, presentingvariouswaysto“Buildan Effective Advancement Plan”. DefiningtheFoundation’sfocuswill be a challenging and exciting venture,notedBeckyMentesti,facilitator for the day.

GermannaEducationalFoundation,Inc.Welcomes New Director

“I believe everyone

should strive to make a

difference in someone

else’s life.”

“This scholarship

gives me the ability to

continue my education

and reach my dream

of being an RN. I

have gained increased

confidence in myself at

GCC.”

-Ramona Knudson

The William & Rosemary Walker

Nursing Scholarship


Annual Golf Tournament The 3rd Annual Ray Glazebrook Memorial GolfTournamentnetted$34,000onSeptember25attheFredericksburgCountry Club. Lunch was provided by Arby’s and a Pizza Hut reception by Mark Glazebrook with an informal awards presentation to the day’s winners. A total of102golferstougheditoutonabriskandrainydaytosupporttheFoundation.Thank you to all the sponsors for your commitment to Germanna and its students.

MediCorp Donation Honors JaneIngallsandInvestsinGermanna’s Nursing ProgramMediCorp Health System President andCEOFredM.Rankinannouncedanew,five-year$500,000investmentintheCollegeandFoundationinhonorofDr.JaneIngalls,now-retireddean of Germanna’s Department of Nursing and Health Technologies. The announcement preceded Ingalls’ acceptance oftheEducationalFoundation’s2009Distinguished Person of the Year Award.

“Dr. Ingalls represents everything that is good about nursing,” Mr. Rankin said. “Her commitment to excellence resulted in Germanna’s nursing program being one of the best in the state.” He said Ingalls’ continuing personal involvement with MediCorp has resulted in Mary Washington Hospital and the new Stafford Hospital Center being more patient-friendly places. “You’ll find Germanna nurses at every health care facility you visit in the area -- and they’re the best nurses,” said Dr. Ingalls.

“ThankyouJane,”Rankinsaid,“forallyou’ve done for health care in our region.”

MonteCarlo2009With the generous support of sponsors, dozens of community-minded businesses, and the nearly two-hundred attendees, the EducationalFoundation’s15thAnnualMonte Carlo Casino Night raised more than$62,000tobenefittheGermannaGuarantee Program.


Community Partners

GEICODonates$15,000toGermanna Guarantee Program ScholarshipFundAt a scholarship recognition luncheon held onFebruary24,2009attheFredericksburgArea Campus, Mike Catell, Director of FoundationandAlumniRelationsaccepteda$15,000checkfromGEICOInsurance.

“With your gift, the college will be able to continue to provide high quality, accessible learning opportunities for students within our community who might not otherwise be able to pursue their dream of higher education,” Catell told Amanda Talbert, Regional Community Relations Coordina-torforGEICO,basedinStaffordCounty.

A recent survey showed that Germanna is the fastest-growing college in Virginia. That, Catell said, makes donations like the onefromGEICOcriticaltoGCC.“Com-munity support, both from individuals and businesspartnerssuchasGEICO,hasbeencrucial in helping meet the challenges of this growth and the changing needs of our students,”hetoldTalbert.“Beassuredthatyour gift has made a huge difference for our students.”

Chrysler of Culpeper’s DonationChryslerofCulpeperdonatedaJeepCherokee to Germanna Community College’s Automotive Technology Program.

The Germanna Automotive Technology Program provides classroom instruction and hands-on experience for Career Studies Certificates for automotive technicians and automotive diagnosticians.

Scholarship Donor Recognition LuncheonBrendaBeattyofFredericksburgstatedher dream “of higher education and future career goals may have been unobtainable. This scholarship has served as one of the gifts that have provided me with the necessary support and encouragement to sustain my determination and courage in order to pursue challenges and obstacles that seemed insurmountable at times.”

EricBruce,a37-year-oldPersianGulfWar Veteran and full time security officer from Madison County, received a Duval Scholarship. “I would never have been able to continue my educational goals without this financial assistance and the generosity of sponsors like you,” he told scholarship donors.

GCCAfricanAmericanOutreachCommitteeLaunches Scholarship EffortGermanna’snewAfricanAmericanOutreachCommitteehosteda reception and meeting for about 40 leaders from the community onMarch29.RepresentativesofanumberofAfricanAmericanfraternities and churches expressed interest in making scholarships available for students attending GCC.


When Stafford County art collectors Tia and Robert Cadow donate art, they do so in the hope that the entity receiving it puts it to good use as art, not just as a commodity.

They have made a donation of an eclectic collection of unframed art to the Germanna Educational Foundationthathadfairmarketvalueof$213,000.

Overtime,theFoundationmay auction some of the pieces off to support scholarships or for funding for Germanna’s art program.

Buttheartprogramwillalsousethecollectiontoteachstudentstoassessthevalueof art, how to display it properly, and to provide instruction in the fundamentals of putting on art shows.

“I think it’s phenomenal you’re going to use it as a teaching tool,” Tia Cadow said.

Cadow Art Donation

Robert Striffolino “River Bend”

Ellen Gunn “Garden Moments”

Tricis Berg “Cove at Dusk”

Tom Mathews “Red Barn” Robert Striffolino “Autumn Medley”


EducationalFoundationScholarships

Aerojet(Engineering)AgetroFundAlfred&MaryJaneKingScholarshipforNursing

Anna Ruth Inskeep Scholarship

Ardiena Ann Tromley Scholarship for Teaching

BerthaM.SeayMasseyScholarshipByrdL.“Jack”DanielScholarshipCarolineCountyAgriculturalFairScholarshipCharles H. Huffman Scholarship

Comfort Keepers for Nursing Scholarship

Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship

Corbin Homebuilders Scholarship

Culpeper Hillbilly Scholarship

Culpeper Regional Hospital

Culpeper Wood Preservers Scholarship

D.FrenchSlaughter,Jr.ScholarshipDaleFeatherstonScholarshipDelta Sigma Theta Alumnae Association

Dulcie H. Potter Memorial Scholarship

Duval Scholarship

Elizabeth Golsen Schneider Scholarship

Elna H. Daniel Scholarship

FloydWhiteMemorialScholarshipFredericksburgAmbulatorySurgeryCenterFredericksburgSavingsBankScholarshipFredericksburgStreetRodsScholarshipFretaB.NapierScholarshipGeorgeP.Beard,Jr.ScholarshipGeorgia Willis Scholarship

Germanna Guarantee Program

GilesH.Miller,Jr.ScholarshipHazel Harris Health Scholarship

Henrietta Margaret D. Pattishall RN Memorial Scholarship

Henry and Iva Smith Scholarship

J.Carlton“Zeus”CloreScholarshipJackCondonMemorialScholarshipDr.JaneIngallsNurseEducatorFellowship

JanetSwanScholarshipJeffersonHomebuildersScholarshipJohnA.NereScholarshipJohnJ.“Butch”Davies,lllScholarshipJohnWilliamPrice,Jr.ScholarshipKristin and Kati Lisk Memorial Scholarship

Linda Nelson Scholarship

LorenFranklin&LindaFaganSealyScholarship

MaryBallScholarshipforNursingMaryFrancesandJamesG.WillisScholarship(KiwanisofFredericksburg)Mary Washington Hospital Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship

Mildred C. King Scholarship for Nursing

OMWCFDentalHygieneScholarshipPearline T. Soltes Memorial Scholarship

PhylisMartinFacultyChairScholarshipPitts-O’NeillScholarshipPNCBankScholarshipforNursingRayandJoyceZachmannScholarshipRaynold “Randy” Collier Glazebrook, lll

RebeccaBonifaceScholarshipRichardGossweilerStudentEmergencyFundRotaryFoundationofCulpeperShannonBroomScholarshipSpotsylvania Lions Club Charities, Inc. (Arts & SciencesNursing)Spotsylvania Lions Club Charities, Inc. (AssociateofArts&Sciences)Stella Rhodes Almond Scholarship

SteveandNancyJonesScholarshipSusan Langlois Scholarship

TheReynoldsFamilyofOrangeScholarshipTheWoman’sClubofFredericksburgViola M. Smith Scholarship

Willis Clyde Locker Scholarship

WINGS Scholarship for Middle College

“I am dedicated to my job and schooling to make a better life for my son as I am a single mother. I am truly honored to be the recipient of this scholarship.”

-Michelle RoeSpotsylvania Lions Club Charities, Inc.

“Throughout the process of caring for people, my sense of need to get into the medical field has only grown stronger”

-Heather NunnallySpotsylvania Lions Club Charities, Inc

Scholarship

“I hope to be a voice for the children who cannot speak for themselves.”

-Stephanie Ross –Ardiena Tromley Scholarship


Local Scholarships

Army Emergency Relief

AutoValue/BumpertoBumperBowlingGreenUnitedMethodistBrightwoodRuritanClubCarltonDwayneBeachJr.Caroline High School

Carter-BennettChancellor High School

Charlottesville Track Club

Chic-fil-A

ChoctawNationofOklahomaCoca Cola Scholarship

CollegeBoundProgramColonialBeachBaptistChurchCourtland High School

Culpeper Co. Ed. Assoc.

CulpeperCo.FarmBureauCulpeper Hospital

Culpeper Lions Club

Culpeper Retired Teachers Assn.

Culpeper Unit. Methodist Church

Dodge Powell Scholarship

ElderTheodoreBarberSchoolFortMyerThriftShopFrankMoncureLodgeScholarshipFraternalOrderofEaglesGeorge Taylor Trust

Governor’s School Program

GSSA Scholarship

Headwaters/Rapp.Co.Pub.Ed.Fnd.HopewellBaptistChurchHopewell United Methodist Church

Local Scholarships

Hunter Garner School

Interstate Realty Management

JamesMonroeHighSchoolJosephWm.ThompsonMemorialSchoolJowandaRollinsScholarshipKing & Queen Central Alumni Assoc.

KnightsofTemplarEd.FoundationKraftFoodsScholarshipLake of the Woods Lions

Lasala & Henry Nursing Scholarship

LoyalOrderofMooseM&P Thompson Ed. Trust

Madison Ruritan Club

MarineCorpsScholarshipFoundMaryBallWomen’sClubMary G. Porter Award

Mary Marshall Nursing Scholars

MediCorp Health System

MilitaryFirefighterHeritageMinisters Wives and Widows

Mitchells Presbyterian Church

MountZionBaptistChurchNAACP

NationalWildTurkeyFoundationNewhouseScholarshipFundNorth Anna Power Station

OptimistClubofFredericksburgOrangeBusiness&ProfessionalWomenOrangeCo.MooseLodgeOrangeCountyEd.FoundationOrangeCountyHighSchoolOrangeGroveBaptistChurchOrangeRotaryClub

OrderofTheEasternStarPartnership for Academic Excellence

ProjectBigHeartRappahannock River Region

RappahannockRotaryEd.FoundationRecycling Research

Riverbend High School

RonaldFlemingMemorialRotaryFoundationRoundOakBaptistChurchRuritanNationalFoundationRuth-Lewis Scholarship

SalemEd.FoundationSalemRuritanFoundationScholarship America

Scholarship Program Admin.

SilverFoundationInc.South East Neighborhood Watch

Spotsylvania County Woman’s Club

Spotsylvania High School

Stafford Rotary Club

Stafford Ruritan Club

UnionBankandTrustCompanyUniv. of VA Community Credit Union

VABaptistMissionBoardVAStateFirefightersAssoc.Virginia Rainbow Scholarship

Warsaw Central School District

WaylandBlueRidgeBaptistAssoc.Women of the Moose

ZionHillBaptistChurch


When Gov. Tim Kaine cut the ribbon to open Germanna’s new Stafford Center onJuly29,2009hesaidVirginiaiscounting on GCC and rest of the Virginia Community College System to help the OldDominionrecoverfromtherecession-–and to give its workforce an edge going forward.

“Community colleges play an important role, especially in a challenged economy,” Kaine told a crowd at the opening of the Center.

The fourth Germanna location--which has four state of the art classrooms, computer labs, and office space, was serving about 650 students in 40 different classes when it openedinAugust2009.

The Center is a partnership between GCC and Stafford Economic Development Authority,whichhasinvested$300,000over three years to promote economic development through Workforce training. The center will also meet anticipated needs associatedwiththeBRACexpansionatQuantico and the new Stafford Hospital Center. It’s located at Aquia Park, just south of the intersection of U.S. 1 and State Route 610 in North Stafford, which is one of the fastest-growing and congested areas in the region.

Govenor Kaine & CountyOfficialsLaudOpeningofGermanna’s New Stafford Center

GCC President David A. Sam said opening the Stafford Center during lean times signaled Germanna’s commitment to help the area bounce back from tough times and help build a new prosperity.

“This area needs us in bad times and in good,” Sam said. “We promise that, no matter what happens, we will try to meet the needs of our area’s students, parents and businesses.”


Celebrating 40 Years of ServiceOnJune1st,Germannakickedoffthreeyearsofcelebrations with commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the land grant that made opening the first campus at Locust Grove possible.

Germanna President David Sam said, “We’re using it as an opportunity to remember and celebrate history--both Virginia and Germanna colonists, and college history.”

InSeptember,Germannawillmarkthe20thanniversaryoftheJohnF.HazelCompany’sgiftof70acresfortheFredericksburgcampus,locatedintheMassaponaxarea.

Inthefallof2010thecollegewillinvitealumniandfriends for a celebration commemorating the start of classes at Germanna’s first campus.

Finally,inthespringof2012,theschoolwillcelebratethe40th anniversary of its first graduating class.


Germanna in the News

Friday,August14,2009

“Governor cuts ribbon at Germanna in Stafford”


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Inthesummerof2009,Germannabeganusingsocialmediatoreachstudents,potential students, faculty, staff, and area residents. The goal is to begin a campus conversation that creates more of a sense of community and encourages input from all parts of that community.

Facebookdefinesitselfas“asocialutilitythatconnectspeoplewithfriendsandothers who work, study and live around them.” In addition to conveying user status updates via text, it’s popular for the ease with which users share images and video.

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service which allows users to send text “tweets” of up to 140 characters.

BySeptember,2009,stillearlyinthedevelopmentofitsuseofsocialmedia,Germannaalreadyhadabout1,000“fans”onFacebookandabout500followerson Twitter.

GCCalsobeganusingFlickr,apopularphotoandvideosharingsocialmediasite,in2009.

And, for the past year, the www.Germanna.edu Web site has allowed users to followupdatesthereviaanRSS(reallysimplesyndication)feed.

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We all have one goal in common: to realize our fullest potiential through the Germanna advantage.

Fredericksburg Area Campus10000 Germanna Point Drive, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22408 540-891-3000

Locust Grove Campus2130 Germanna Highway, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22508540-423-9030

Joseph R. Daniel Technology Center18121 Technology Drive, Culpeper, Virginia 22701540-937-2900

Stafford County Center2761 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 107, Stafford, Virginia 22554540-288-8830

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