TCC FoundaTion AnnuAl RepoRt 2008-2009

Robin C. Johnston, TCC Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Foundation

Executive Director; Todd Hunter, President, TCC Foundation Board of Directors;

and TCC President Dr. William D. Law, Jr.

President’s Message Tallahassee Community College

continued to lead the way in academic excellence this year, despite the economic downturn. We were able to do so in part because of the steadfast support of the TCC Foundation.

Our community relies on TCC for access to higher education, and TCC relies on the Foundation to help expand that access—particularly through scholarships. We are all very proud of the fact that TCC provides more than $40 million in scholarships, grants and financial aid to students each year.

As our community of learners has grown, so have the academic and professional programs we offer. The excellence of our faculty and programs helps explain why there was a 23% increase in the Bright Futures Scholarships awarded to TCC students last year. Enhancements in technology and facilities also kept the College moving forward. In particular, the new Learning Commons gives students access to all our academic support services in one well-designed and superbly equipped facility.

Being actively engaged in the community means positioning resources to address local needs as they arise—with initiatives such as our Tech@Night workshops and Quick Job Training programs. Our newly established Center for Manufacturing and Industrial Technology shows that TCC is also preparing for the long term.

Collaboration was on display during the groundbreaking for TCC’s Ghazvini Center for Health Care Education, which was made possible by a gift from the Ghazvini family and which is being built on land donated by Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. The Center has also received a generous commitment of support from Capital Health Plan, along with other significant gifts, such as Nolia and Bill Brandt’s donation of works by Tallahassee artist Paul Tamanian. The Ghazvini Center will enable the College to almost double its enrollment capacity in health care programs.

The success of Tallahassee Community College is a vital part of this community’s success. That’s why it’s so important to insist on excellence while providing students with every tool they need to achieve success, from scholarships to internships. Experience shows that the TCC community can count on the Foundation and its donors to help us do exactly that.

Dr. William D. Law, Jr.President, Tallahassee Community College

Collaboration was on display during the groundbreaking for TCC’s Ghazvini Center for Health Care Education, which was made possible by a gift from the Ghazvini family and which is being built on land donated by Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. The Center has also received a generous commitment of support from Capital Health Plan, along with other significant gifts, such as Nolia and Bill Brandt’s donation of works by Tallahassee artist Paul Tamanian. The Ghazvini Center will enable the College to almost double its enrollment capacity in health care

The success of Tallahassee Community College is a vital part of this community’s success. That’s why it’s so important to insist on excellence while providing students with every tool they need to achieve success, from scholarships to internships. Experience shows that the TCC community can count on the Foundation and its

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Wow, what a year! Thanks to the leadership of President Bill Law and Foundation Executive Director Robin Johnston, we have been able to navigate these very challenging times. We are excited about what has been accomplished and the unlimited potential that lies ahead. I want to personally thank you for your continued support and donations to the Foundation. The Foundation exists to help and support the students, faculty and staff of Tallahassee Community College in their pursuit of knowledge and academic success. TCC serves more than 25,000 students annually with unsurpassed dedication to the quality of instruction and commitment to its student base.

Since its establishment in 1981, Foundation assets have grown to more than $14,000,000. State cuts have made your donations more important than ever, as they will allow TCC to continue to move forward. Exciting examples of this forward momentum are the ground breaking for the 85,000- square-foot Ghazvini Center for Health Care Education, the many scholarships that continue to be funded annually, and the recently established “New Start Scholarship” for Juvenile Justice-involved Youth.

I am sincerely honored to work with the dedicated community leaders that make up the Foundation’s board of directors—volunteers who unselfishly give of their time, talents and funds to ensure the continued success of the Foundation. You should know that the board takes very seriously its role as steward of your generous gifts.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Bob Webb, who retired in August, for his many years of

dedication and leadership to the Foundation as its chief financial officer. I would also like to welcome Bob’s successor, Ben Alonzo, C.P.A., who has already proved invaluable.

It is with a very heavy heart that I recognize the tireless efforts and contributions of board member Carmen

Langston, who died in February. To her husband, Mac, and adult children, Casey and Cody, thank you for sharing your wife and mother with us; we are all truly better people for having had the opportunity to serve with her. Our continued prayers are with you; may they comfort you.

Finally, I would like to invite you to visit Tallahassee Community College. Whether you visit the main campus and the gorgeous architecture of its state-of-the-art buildings, or the 1,300-acre Florida Public Safety Institute, or the downtown Capitol Center, or the Service Centers throughout the region, you will be truly amazed at how our “little college” has grown. Again, thank you for your continued support. Come see us!

Todd Hunter President, Foundation Board of Directors

Wow, what a year! Thanks to the leadership of President Bill Law and Foundation Executive Director Robin Johnston, we have been able to navigate these very challenging times. We are excited about what has been accomplished and the unlimited potential that lies ahead. I want to personally thank you for your continued support and donations to the Foundation. The Foundation exists to help and support the students, faculty and staff of Tallahassee Community College in their pursuit of knowledge and academic success. TCC serves more than 25,000 students annually with unsurpassed dedication to the quality of instruction and commitment to its student base.

Since its establishment in 1981, Foundation assets have grown to more than $14,000,000. State cuts have made your donations more important than ever, as they will allow TCC to continue to move forward. Exciting examples of this forward momentum are the ground breaking for the 85,000- square-foot Ghazvini Center for Health Care Education, the many scholarships that continue to be funded annually, and the recently established “New Start Scholarship” for Juvenile Justice-involved Youth.

I am sincerely honored to work with the dedicated community leaders that make up the Foundation’s board of directors—volunteers who unselfishly give of their time, talents and funds to ensure the continued success of the Foundation. You should know that the board takes very seriously its role as steward of your generous gifts.FO

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Community colleges are wondrous institutions. They are living, dynamic and responsive, and they exist to accomplish a singular objective: meet local education and training needs.

Whether a learner’s need is to earn an associate degree and transfer to a four-year university, gain certification in a technical field, or train for a career, community colleges offer the programs and support services that make those goals achievable.

But that’s not the best part of the story. Community colleges do all that they do with a minimum of administrative overhead and with a cost per student that offers tremendous value to student and taxpayer alike. No better value exists anywhere in our nation’s educational system.

We don’t succeed on our own, however. State funding and student tuition and fees can keep the doors open, but they are not enough to guarantee excellence. Excellence comes only as a result of community investment: investment of interest, investment of time and investment of money.

In the past year, the TCC Foundation has been graced by all three of these investments. Despite the severe downturn in our national economy, giving to the TCC Foundation is up sharply over the past 12 months. Scholarships have been funded, programs have been supported, and new endowments have been created. Through generous community support, we have established several new Centers at TCC, including the Whole Child Leon Training Academy, The Center for a Sustainable Tallahassee and The Knight Creative Communities Institute.

These Centers reflect a community that recognizes the central role that its community college plays not just in

education and training, but in the broader domains of economic development and community support.

Although the economy has made our work more challenging, our commitment to helping TCC meet community needs does not wane during times such as these. On the contrary, today’s challenges fortify our

resolve and cause us to redouble our efforts.

Today more than ever, the lack of a postsecondary education creates a great gulf. We’re on a journey to deliver our students safely to the other side, and we are more determined than ever to shake off any thought of just “weathering the storm” and waiting for safer seas. While the winds may have left us in the doldrums, our oarsmen do not sit idle. We must journey on.

Won’t you join us?

Robin C. Johnston Vice President for Institutional Advancement,

Foundation Executive Director

Foundation staff (L-R): Julanne Rutten, Cy Brewer, Chelsey Mason,

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Revenues & Expenditures for the Year Ended 03/31/2009*

Tallahassee Community College Foundation, Inc.Financial Report

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Revenues Contributions $1,066,883 Investment Income (1,455,150) Matching Funds 366,406 Other Revenue 102,544Total Revenues $ 80,683

Expenditures Program Support $ 607,701 Scholarships 351,873 Operating Expense 296,905 Investment Expense 107,823Total Expenditures $1,364,302

Fund Balance Increase/(Decrease) ($1,283,619)

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Tallahassee Community College Foundation, Inc.Financial Report

Statement of Financial Position as of 03/31/2009*

AssetsCurrent Assets Cash in Bank $ 26,888 CDs and Cash Equivalents 5,100,929 Marketable Securities 5,849,490 Pledge Receivables 111,977Total Current Assets $11,089,284

Fixed Assets Land $1,700,000 Other Assets 1,360Total Fixed Assets $1,701,360

Total Assets $12,790,644

Liabilities and Fund Balances Liabilities $23,995 Fund Balances Permanently Restricted Endowment $5,630,864 Temporarily Restricted Scholarships & Programs 6,933,884 Unrestricted 201,901 Total Fund Balance $12,766,649

Total Liabilities and Fund Balances $12,790,644

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The Tallahassee Community College Foundation, with the leadership of board member Mary Pankowski, has created the New Start Scholarship for youth who have had interactions with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. This scholarship will provide an incentive for young people to turn their lives around and will give them an opportunity to get back on the path to a productive future.

In less than a year’s time, the community has responded with overwhelming support for this initiative. The efforts of Pankowski and the Foundation have resulted in more than $36,000 to establish the endowed scholarship.

“These are students who have made a bad decision at some point,” said Pankowski. “If we can get them on track and inspire them to lift themselves up by providing an education, a scholarship to TCC will provide them the access they need to realize their full potential.”

There are many reasons why young people end up in trouble: peer pressure, a poor decision made in the heat of the moment, misplaced trust, a longing for acceptance, the absence of positive role models. For some, the misstep is minor and brings few lasting implications. For those who break the law, however, the repercussions can be dire.

“It could have been me,” exclaimed Matt Willard. “But for the safety net of my mother, I could have easily fallen through the cracks that I tried to pry wide open as a rebellious teenager. The kids we are trying to help don’t have such a safety net, but this scholarship can provide them with one.”

Many young offenders stand at a crossroads. Heading in one direction, they can turn their lives around and go on to be productive, self-sufficient citizens. Heading the other, they face a life of interventions and dependency. Tragically, dependency can become a legacy that is passed from generation to generation.

Experience has taught us that when the justice and educational systems fail to work together and connect with youth who have just made their first mistakes, those who may otherwise become fine citizens can slip into a pattern of unproductive and self-destructive living.

However, when the justice and educational systems work in harmony, when we engage our youth in relevant and meaningful ways with caring, concern and compassion, we are giving them the opportunity to turn their lives around and become some of our finest citizens. Many of them will do just that.

“The New Start Scholarship is an investment in hope for the future,” said Pankowski. “Through TCC, we can truly make a difference.”

The Tallahassee Community College Foundation, with the leadership of board member Mary Pankowski, has created the New Start Scholarship for youth who have had interactions with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. This scholarship will provide an incentive for young people to turn their lives around and will give them an opportunity to get back on the path to a productive future.

In less than a year’s time, the community has responded with overwhelming support for this initiative. The efforts of Pankowski and the Foundation have resulted in more than $36,000 to establish the endowed scholarship.

“These are students who have made a bad decision at some point,” said Pankowski. “If we can get them on track and inspire them to lift themselves up by providing an education, a scholarship to TCC will provide them the access they need to realize their full potential.”

There are many reasons why young people end up in trouble: peer pressure, a poor decision made in the heat of the moment, misplaced trust, a longing for acceptance, the absence of positive role models. For some, the misstep is minor and brings few lasting implications. For those who break the law, however, the repercussions can be dire.

“It could have been me,” exclaimed Matt Willard. “But for the safety net of my mother, I could have easily fallen through the cracks that I tried to pry wide open as a rebellious teenager. The kids we are trying to help don’t have such a safety net, but this scholarship can provide them with one.” NEw

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“New Start Scholarship” for Juvenile Justice-involved Youth

“But for the safety net of my mother, I could have easily fallen through the cracks that I tried to pry wide open as a rebellious teenager. The kids we help don’t have such a safety net, but this scholarship can provide them with one.” Attorney Matt Willard of Willard Hurley law firm

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& Support Program Our community is becoming increasingly aware of the challenges faced by children who age out of the foster care system with no means to attend college and little of the family support that other teenagers rely on as they make the transition to adulthood. In response to this dilemma, TCC Foundation began a series of meetings with local agencies and individuals involved with children in the dependency system to better understand the community’s needs.

These conversations led to the formation of an incredible committee that is now meeting on a regular basis to identify the population of students who require educational assistance and strategies to address that need. The committee has recognized that these students need not only financial assistance to attend college, but guidance along the path to higher education as well.

The Dependency Scholarship & Support Program will provide scholarships for students in the dependency system to attend TCC. However, the students will receive so much more than just funding for college. The committee is currently identifying the specific features of the support services that will be provided to the students in order to help them succeed.

This new effort is a major priority of the Foundation. Even in this early phase of planning, the Foundation has been quite successful in raising scholarship funds and is building toward endowing the Dependency Scholarship & Program.

"Tallahassee Community College Foundation, under the leadership of Robin Johnston, has taken on a project that will benefit not only youth in the foster care system but the community as a whole. By providing youth that are aging out of the foster care system a hand up the ladder of success, the community will see the benefits a thousand fold."

Angel Trejo, Retired, District Administrator for the

Department of Children and Families

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Knight Creative Communities Institute What started as a two-year pilot project for Tallahassee has resulted in a $570,000 grant to Tallahassee Community College and the TCC Foundation from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

During the original Knight Creative Communities Initiative in 2007, a catalyst team established several key initiatives to help draw and retain young professionals: a three-day Tallahassee Film Festival that attracted more than 1,000 attendees, including 15 filmmakers from across the country; an environmental effort currently known as Sustainable Tallahassee; and Get Gaines Going, an initiative to turn Gaines Street into an arts and entertainment district.

Tallahassee was chosen as one of three regions in the nation to participate in the original initiative because of the concentration of government and education sector jobs here and the potential to diversify the economy by attracting a creative sector. Creative sector professionals work in the fields of technology, research and development, arts and culture, and education and training.

Now a new institute dedicated to Tallahassee’s economic prosperity will be created at TCC to help stimulate economic development, attract and retain young professionals, and develop a more adaptable workforce for Florida’s capital city.

The institute aims to be a national model. By developing a stronger creative sector, all of Tallahassee will benefit from new jobs and businesses. Local leaders and advocates will meet to devise ways to help the city’s economy grow. Next steps in building the Knight Creative Communities Initiative will be hiring an executive director and recruiting 30 individuals to become “community catalysts.”

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation invests in the vitality of the U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers, focusing on projects with the potential to create transformational change.

Knight Creative Communities InstituteWhat started as a two-year pilot project for Tallahassee has resulted in a

$570,000 grant to Tallahassee Community College and the TCC Foundation from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

During the original Knight Creative Communities Initiative in 2007, a catalyst team established several key initiatives to help draw and retain young professionals: a three-day Tallahassee Film Festival that attracted more than 1,000 attendees, including 15 filmmakers from across the country; an environmental effort currently known as Sustainable Tallahassee; and Get Gaines Going, an initiative to turn Gaines Street into an arts and entertainment district.

Tallahassee was chosen as one of three regions in the nation to participate in the originalsector jobs here and the potential to diversify the economy by attracting a creative sector. Creative sector professionals work in the fields of technology, research and development, arts and culture, and education and training.

Now a new institute dedicated to Tallahassee’s economic prosperity will be created at TCC to help stimulate economic development, attract and retain young professionals, and develop a more adaptable workforce for Florida’s capital city.

The institute aims to be a national model. By developing a stronger creative sector, all of Tallahassee will benefit from new jobs and businesses. Local leaders and advocates will meet to devise ways to help the city’s economy grow. Next steps in building the Knight Creative Communities Initiative will be hiring an executive director and recruiting 30 individuals to become “community catalysts.”

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation invests in the vitality of the U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers, focusing on projects with the potential to create transformational change.

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College Innovation Fund

Tallahassee Community College’s faculty and staff have earned a national reputation for bringing creative, innovative ideas to the classroom and the campus. To encourage innovation and facilitate the development and implementation of leading edge ideas, the TCC Foundation created the College Innovation Fund.

The fund makes grants of up to $5,000 available to faculty, staff or students who propose creative ideas to improve the quality and/or quantity of programs and services at Tallahassee Community College, but which involve costs that fall beyond the College’s current operational budget. Through the grant, these ideas can be tested with little risk to the College.

College Innovation Fund proposals are received and reviewed four times each year by a broad-based committee made up of faculty, staff and Foundation representatives. Applicants are notified immediately once a decision is made to fund their proposals, and they have 12 months to complete their planned activities and provide a report on the success of the project.

The following projects were funded through the College Innovation Fund during the Foundation’s 2008-09 fiscal year:

Project Funding Recipient

Welcome Back Week Speaker $2,500 Louis Dilbert

Multi-disciplinary Simulation of Radiographic $3,054 Chad JacksonRadiographic X-ray for Medical Simulation

Student-friendly Employer Recognition $1,500 Ken Zimmerman

Computer-based Training Skills $1,890 Perri Prestonin the RT Curriculum

Improving Student Access to Learning $1,920 Sandy SampsonResources Using the Web

STEM Center Internet and Technology Project $2,500 Calandra Walker

GED Transition Workshops $1,400 Gayle Fisher

Can You Dig It! $2,000 John Schultz

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The Brandts are no strangers to TCC. They are strong supporters of education in general and TCC specifically. Their Brandt Family Scholarship benefits parents attending college. In addition, they support the President’s Circle through unrestricted gifts that allow the Foundation to fund special projects, and their Signature Seat donation benefits Theatre TCC and students in that arena.

Mrs. Brandt has served on the Foundation board of directors since 2006 and is the current vice president. During the formal presentation of the art to the board, Mrs. Brandt indicated that the family sees their gift as a way to share art with TCC and the community. It is their way of leaving a lasting mark that benefits those who pass this way in the future.

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Operation PhotographerFunded by the TCC Foundation,

Operation Photographer engaged the residents of the Big Bend Homeless Coalition’s HOPE Community by teaching the basics behind the art of photography. Through a series of workshops, the program promoted creativity, self-awareness, leadership and civic responsibility.

Donna Marshall had never considered photography as a career option. Marshall received Operation Photographer’s Outstanding Student Award after completing the eight-week program. Not only did she gain a hands-on educational experience, but she was hired as a photographer at Sears Portrait Studio and has enrolled in TCC’s beginning photography class.

Gail Rossier, president and CEO of the Character & Heritage Institute, facilitated Operation Photographer. Teaching and photographic expertise was provided by Dominick Ghessling.

Operation FilmmakerThis year TCC Foundation and the Character & Heritage Institute continued

the successful Operation Filmmaker program, started in 2007, with students from Tallahassee’s Nims Middle School and the Gadsden County Boys & Girls Club.

The program, a joint effort between the Foundation and CHInstitute is a four-week summer camp that provides the students with hands-on experience in the art of creating documentary films and serves several purposes. For many of the students, it is their first exposure to a college campus and may be the first step towards ensuring that college is in their future. In addition to instruction in the how-to’s of filmmaking, the program emphasizes character building and various “hallmarks” such as honesty, leadership, responsibility and respect.

Operation Filmmaker culminates in a red carpet premiere to view the films. Students arrive in limousines, receive awards and are honored at a reception to celebrate their hard work.

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lE For most colleges, raising money for individual scholarships is relatively easy. After all, with scholarship gifts donors generally get to see the tangible evidence that their gift has made an impact. Student recipients are selected, scholarships are awarded, and donors often receive nice hand-written notes from those who will benefit from their generosity.

Colleges are very grateful for support for student scholarships, and these gifts are very, very important. However, the restrictions often placed on scholarships can leave colleges unable to find funding for students who do not meet the criteria specified. In contrast, unrestricted gifts may be directed through the course of a year to the students who are most in need of support.

To meet this need, the TCC Foundation launched its President’s Circle in August 2007. In return for unrestricted gifts of at least $1,000, individuals will be named members of the President’s Circle.

President’s Circle membership comes with several benefits. Members receive the following:

» Recognition in The President’s Circle honor roll in the TCC Foundation annual report and on the Foundation Web site

» Invitation to the President’s Dinner, an exclusive event hosted by TCC President and Mrs. Bill Law

» Invitations to three Artist Receptions» Two tickets to any TCC production held at Turner Auditorium» Invitations to president’s forums throughout the year» VIP parking and seating at TCC’s graduation ceremony» A President’s Circle lapel pin.

President’s Circle artist receptions are an especially appreciated benefit. Featured artists have included:

James AshmoreMark BatesDouglas BellNolia BrandtRobert BryantJohn Chapin

Marylou JohnstonEugene Lamb

John LentzFrank Messersmith

Karen MooreRick Moore

Edward Penson

Randy PopleJim Rodgers

Winnie SchmelingBarbara Sloan

Marjorie TurnbullRick Weidner

2008-09 President’s Circle Honor Roll

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Longineu Parsons FAMU professor and internationally recognized jazz trumpeter

Henry Vyfvinkel Watercolor artist

Leanne CampbellStudio head, Blue Ridge Motion PicturesMark Russell, Jazz violinistEdward BabcockPhotographer and digital artist

Invitation to the President’s Dinner, an exclusive event hosted

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Alumni Board President Dalynda Vause, left, and TCC President Bill Law, center, with the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award honorees (left to right): Ernetta Roberts, Tina Poole, Terri Messler, Walt McNeil, Charles Lemon and Finley Cook.

The Alumni Association continued its focus on membership growth for the 2008-09 year, and membership rose to more than 360. Since creating a life membership category the previous year, the number of life members grew to 24. Dues received from life members will provide funding for student and alumni programming. Life members receive additional benefits of membership, including a life member lapel pin.

More than 100 of TCC’s faculty and staff graduated from or attended classes at TCC. Alumni who work on campus attended the second annual Alumni Campus Employees (ACE) breakfast in September for an opportunity to network and meet the Association’s leadership.

The organization conducted its first membership phonathon during October. Over the course of eight evenings, TCC student callers phoned alumni, asking them to either join or renew their membership in the Association or contribute to student scholarships. During the phonathon, students made personal contact with more than 2,200 alumni, gathered updated contact information and shared what’s going on at the College today. The Association received 117 pledges for membership or gifts.

A student-run Student Alumni Association was organized during the Fall semester. This group, which meets weekly, promotes support for the Alumni Association, engages current students and young alumni in service to the College, and serves as primary liaison between students and the Alumni Association.

Participation by alumni in the online alumni community continued to increase, providing networking opportunities, access to TCC’s alumni services and regular communication about College programs. A Facebook group provides a forum for the growing number of graduates active on that application.

At a ceremony on campus in February, the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards recognized six graduates who have made outstanding contributions to their communities. Those honored were Finley Cook, Charles Lemon, Walt McNeil, Terri Messler, Tina Poole and Ernetta Roberts.

Upcoming Spring events include Alumni Night at TheatreTCC!, providing a pre-production reception and free admission for Alumni Association members. Also planned is a gallery of alumni to congratulate graduates as they exit the stage at Commencement.

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ScholarshipsThe Tallahassee Community College Foundation is committed to ensuring student success through scholarships to both traditional and non-traditional students. Each year, more than 400 students receive financial assistance from the TCC Foundation scholarships listed below:

Augustus B. Turnbull III Humanities Study Abroad Scholarship

Alumni Association Endowed ScholarshipAssociation of Godby Graduates Legacy

ScholarshipAngels of Mercy ScholarshipAssociated Marine Institute ScholarshipAssociation of Retired Faculty and Staff ScholarshipAthletic Book ScholarshipBarbara & Ted Judd Theater ScholarshipBarfield Mock ScholarshipBeverly Healthcare ScholarshipBig Bend Jobs and Education Council Scholarship Bill Bankhead ScholarshipBill Rollo Scholarship Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Nursing and Allied

Health ScholarshipBlue Ribbon ScholarshipBrain Bowl ScholarshipBrandt Family ScholarshipBrian Swan Memorial Scholarship Fund Brigadier General and Mrs. William B. Webb

ScholarshipBurt Poole Wakulla Chamber ScholarshipCalvin Ross Scholarship Capital City Bank ScholarshipCapital City Classic ScholarshipCapital City Medical Society ScholarshipCapital Health Plan ScholarshipCapital Medical Society Alliance ScholarshipCapital Regional Medical Center ScholarshipCarol Callaway ScholarshipChamber of Commerce ScholarshipChattahoochee Rotary Club ScholarshipChattahoochee Woman’s Club ScholarshipChief Melvin M. Stone ScholarshipChris & Sally White ScholarshipChristyne B. Hamilton Northside Kiwanis Club

ScholarshipClayton Homes Disability Support Services

Scholarship Clayton Homes ScholarshipClayton Homes Health Related Sciences

Scholarship Clayton Homes Leroy Collins Preparing Leaders for

Tomorrow Scholarship Clayton Homes Physical Education-Recreation &

Leisure Scholarship

Clayton Homes Pre-Engineering ScholarshipClayton Homes Speech & Debate Scholarship Communities in Schools ScholarshipCorbin Scott ScholarshipCrescent Moon ScholarshipCriminal Justice Education Assistance ScholarshipDale Green/Committee of 99 ScholarshipDaniel D’Alemberte ScholarshipDave Burns Music Memorial ScholarshipDavid & Nancy Lawrence Memorial ScholarshipDavis/Godby High School ScholarshipDental Hygiene ScholarshipDependency Scholarship & Support ProgramDivision of Applied Sciences Workforce

Development Scholarship Don & June Alford Scholarship Dr. Elise Burton ScholarshipDr. Irving Fleet Memorial ScholarshipDr. Jessie V. Furlow ScholarshipDr. Laurie L. Dozier, Jr., ScholarshipDr. Mary L. Pankowski Returning Student

ScholarshipDr. Samuel Meyer ScholarshipE. Allen Sapp, Jr., Memorial ScholarshipEagles Nest ScholarshipEd Howard Memorial ScholarshipEddie Boone Criminal Justice ScholarshipEthics in Business ScholarshipFACC Book Scholarship FACC Scholarship for TCC Classified StaffFollett Book ScholarshipFred W. Turner Memorial ScholarshipFSAE ScholarshipFull Moon Rising ScholarshipGadsden Chamber ScholarshipGadsden LEARN Scholarship Gates Emergency Book Scholarship GED Scholarship Gene & Anne Michael Walton ScholarshipGraphic Design Technology ScholarshipGreater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce

ScholarshipGreensboro Kiwanis Club ScholarshipGretna Presbyterian Challenge Scholarship GTO Employee ScholarshipGuy A. Race ScholarshipGwen Parker Scholarship

success through scholarships to both traditional and non-traditional students. Each year, more than 400 students receive financial assistance from the TCC Foundation scholarships listed below:

Augustus B. Turnbull III Humanities Study Abroad Scholarship

Alumni Association Endowed ScholarshipAssociation of Godby Graduates Legacy

ScholarshipAngels of Mercy ScholarshipAssociated Marine Institute ScholarshipAssociation of Retired Faculty and Staff ScholarshipAthletic Book ScholarshipBarbara & Ted Judd Theater ScholarshipBarfield Mock ScholarshipBeverly Healthcare ScholarshipBig Bend Jobs and Education Council Scholarship Bill Bankhead ScholarshipBill Rollo Scholarship Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Nursing and Allied

Health ScholarshipBlue Ribbon ScholarshipBrain Bowl ScholarshipBrandt Family ScholarshipBrian Swan Memorial Scholarship Fund Brigadier General and Mrs. William B. Webb

ScholarshipBurt Poole Wakulla Chamber ScholarshipCalvin Ross Scholarship Capital City Bank ScholarshipCapital City Classic ScholarshipCapital City Medical Society ScholarshipCapital Health Plan ScholarshipCapital Medical Society Alliance ScholarshipCapital Regional Medical Center ScholarshipCarol Callaway ScholarshipChamber of Commerce ScholarshipChattahoochee Rotary Club ScholarshipChattahoochee Woman’s Club ScholarshipChief Melvin M. Stone ScholarshipChris & Sally White ScholarshipChristyne B. Hamilton Northside Kiwanis Club

ScholarshipClayton Homes Disability Support Services

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Howard W. & Lillian Crews Memorial ScholarshipInternational Student Organization ScholarshipIrene Haas Scadron Memorial ScholarshipJacquelyn Burroughs Dial Scholarship Jane Cummings ScholarshipJeanie Barnett ScholarshipJeff Bradford Excellence in Music ScholarshipJenkins Brick Scholarship Joe Wedeles Scholarship John M. Russi Memorial Scholarship John R. Gaunt Memorial ScholarshipKarolyn Cole Lewis Study Abroad Program Kristin & Hilmar Skagfield ScholarshipLeadership Scholarship Leadership Tallahassee Class XIV Scholarship Lee Mainella Memorial Art Scholarship Leon High School Foundation ScholarshipLeRoy Collins Memorial ScholarshipLes Kennedy ScholarshipLori S. Varn ScholarshipLouis Hill Endowed ScholarshipLoyal Order of Moose, Tallahassee Lodge #1075

ScholarshipLucile Rentz Kimbrel Hemanes ScholarshipMark Dougherty Memorial ScholarshipMarshall Cassedy Boys & Girls Club ScholarshipMary Hebrock Memorial ScholarshipMary Lois King Memorial ScholarshipMary Nicholson Refuge House Scholarship Marylou Madigan and John R. “Casey” Madigan

Excellence in Teaching ScholarshipMaster Andy Silva Law Enforcement Scholarship Math Textbook ScholarshipMatthew Willard ScholarshipModel U.N. ScholarshipMontserrat and William Webb Hispanic ScholarshipNancy Hicks ScholarshipNathan E. Rodgers ScholarshipNew Start ScholarshipPACE Center for Girls ScholarshipPam Eby Memorial ScholarshipPam Laws ScholarshipPamela Phelps Early Education ScholarshipPerforming Arts Scholarship FundPhi Theta Kappa Scholarship Portofino Villas Housing ScholarshipPremier Bank Directors FundPremier Bank ScholarshipRadey ScholarshipRay Glenn Memorial ScholarshipRecreation & Leisure Scholarship

Richard Lamb ScholarshipRichard & Karen Moore ScholarshipRob Douglas ScholarshipRobert B. Tapley Memorial Scholarship Robert M. Whitton ScholarshipRobert Wise Memorial for Returning Adults

ScholarshipRonald McDonald House Charities ScholarshipRoy Jaeger ScholarshipRussi/Recovery Industry ScholarshipSharon LaHayne Vause ScholarshipSignature Seat Scholarship Smiles by Beck ScholarshipSoap Box Derby Scholarship Stubbs’ Educational Foundation Scholarship Student Government Association ScholarshipStudent Leaders EndowedStudent Leadership ScholarshipTallahassee Boys Choir ScholarshipTallahassee Civic Chorale ScholarshipTallahassee Civitan-Jimmy and Sherrill Ragans

Scholarship Tallahassee Housing Authority ScholarshipTallahassee Memorial HealthCare ScholarshipTallahassee Theatre Guild ScholarshipTCC Forensics Program ScholarshipTCC Math Program ScholarshipTCC Nursing Program ScholarshipTCC Theatre Program ScholarshipTexas Guaranteed Public Benefit Grant

Program ScholarshipThe Taiwanese Student ScholarshipThe TCC Chapter of FACC ScholarshipUltimate Mom Scholarship United States Veteran ScholarshipVirginia Cameron ScholarshipVisconti Children’s Foundation Scholarship Wakulla Academic Boosters ScholarshipWakulla Bank Signature Seat Wakulla ESL ScholarshipWakulla Green Guide ScholarshipWakulla Professional and Businesswomen’s

Association Scholarship Walter D. Clark ScholarshipWestminster Oaks ScholarshipWhitton-Dean ScholarshipWilhoit Book ScholarshipWillard/Jones ScholarshipWillard/McMahon ScholarshipWilliam D. Law, Sr., Scholarship

Names in bold reflect new scholarships

Robert Wise Memorial for Returning Adults

Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship

Stubbs’ Educational Foundation Scholarship Student Government Association Scholarship

Tallahassee Civitan-Jimmy and Sherrill Ragans

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Scholarship

Texas Guaranteed Public Benefit Grant

Wakulla Professional and Businesswomen’s

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Allen FreelandPresident-Elect

St. Marks Powder

Douglas BellVice PresidentPennington Moore Wilkinson Bell & Dunbar

James RodgersSecretary

Dentist (Retired)

Nolia BrandtTreasurerCommunity Member

Martha Ann McCaskillPast President

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James Ashmore, Ashmore & Ashmore, P.A., CPAs

Crawford Atkins, Capital EurocarsMark Bates,

Bell & Bates Home CenterA.J. Brickler, III,

MD, North Florida WomenÕ s CenterRobert Bryant,

Superintendent of Schools, Gadsden County (retired)Marshall Cassedy, Jr.,

Cassedy and CompanyTom Cumbie,

Pharmacist (retired)George Gwynn,

Williams, Gautier, Gwynn, DeLoach & Sorenson

Darrin Holloman, Regions Bank

Mike Illers, Hancock BankCarmen Langston, Flightline Group Inc.

John Lentz, Strategic Wealth Alliance

Andrew Martinez, Citizens Property Insurance

Rick Moore, Moore Bass Consulting

Tim Moore, Southern Strategy GroupMary L. Pankowski,

State Attorney’s OfficeAlbert C. Penson, Penson & Davis, P.A.

Randy Pople, Capital City Trust Company

Brian Rowland, Rowland Publishing

Frank Ryll, Florida Chamber of Commerce

Winifred Schmeling, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

Greg Thomas, Wakulla County School Board

Susan Payne Turner, Wakulla Bank

Richard Weidner, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC

Kelli Hall Wilson, Premier Bank

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Ex-OFFICIO MEMBERsWilliam D. Law, Jr.,

President, TCCKaren Moore,

Representative from District Board of TrusteesMatthew Willard,

Representative from Alumni

Florida Chamber of Commerce

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

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Dalynda S. Vause (’88), President Wakulla Bank

Evelyn Moore Wasdin (’69), Vice President, Membership Tallahassee Community College Library

Amanda L. Pate (’06), President-elect

Leon County Property Appraiser’s Office

Errick D. Farmer (’97), SecretaryFAMU School of Allied Health Sciences

Janice L. France (’90), Treasurer

CPA

Matthew R. Willard (’92), Alumni Liaison to the Founda-tion Board of Directors Willard Hurley, LLC

Mark S. Mitchell, Jr. (’95), Vice President,

Resource Development Florida Department of Law Enforcement

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Florida Department of Transportation (Retired)

Cherry A. Alexander (’73),Tallahassee Community College Library

S. James Brainerd (’70),Florida Association of Insurance Agents

Justin R. Campbell (’08),Parks & Crump, LLC

David B. Chapman (’72),City of Tallahassee Parks & Recreation

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Lee R. Colson (’69),Florida Public Service Commission (Retired)

Alfred L. Dennis (’73),Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Michele M. Edwards (’79),Tallahassee Community College

Dental Health Programs

Ronald E. Henry II (’93),FAMU Enterprise Information Technology

Sterling D. Hollingsworth (’96),City of Tallahassee Police Department

Betty A. Jensen (’77),Tallahassee Community College, Success Center

David C. Jones (’74),Florida Disabled Outdoors Association

Carolyn A. King (’07),Office of the Governor

Mary B. Lazor (’69),Cornerstone Learning Community

Merick Tyler Lewin (’07),Florida State University Student

Annelise Leysieffer (’90),Ph.D. in French

Cindy Roe Littlejohn (’90),Littlejohn Mann & Associates

Ishmael Mayhew,Tallahassee Community College

Meg G. Moneyham (’77),Simmons AmeriMOVE

Mary C. Register (’97),Volunteer Florida

Adrianna M. Sekula (’07),Florida State University, Student

Brannon M. Snead (’01),Florida Highway Patrol

D. Christine Thurman (’97),Gentry & Thurman, PA

Chriss Walker (’69),Prepaid Legal Services

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The TCC Alumni Association serves as a liaison between the College and its alumni to promote support for TCC and excellence in education. The Association began in 1996 and is part of the TCC Foundation. Alumni and friends can join the Association annually or as life members. The Association established a scholarship endowment in 1999 from which scholarships are awarded to returning students each year.

The Alumni Brick Program is an important initiative of the organization. Alumni and friends can purchase an

inscribed brick to be placed in the Circle of Remembrance in the heart of campus. Seventy-five percent of the price of each brick supports the Alumni Scholarship Fund, 100 percent of which is eligible for matching funds by the Florida Legislature.

The Association also sponsors the Distinguished Alumni Awards program. Honorees are pictured on the Wall of Fame in the Student Union. The organization publishes the Soaring Eagle alumni newsletter and hosts an online community for alumni and friends at http://alumni.tcc.fl.edu.

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Carmen Lew Langston, Tallahassee Community College Foundation Board member and former Children’s Home Society social worker and administrator, passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2009, following a tragic accident.

Carmen was a native of St. Petersburg, Florida, and a long-time resident of Tallahassee. She was co-founder and board member of Flightline Group Inc. Following her employment with Children’s Home Society, Carmen served on its board of directors as well as the boards of numerous other community organizations.

Mrs. Langston was a strong supporter of children in the dependency system. Although she served on the TCC Foundation Board for only one year, she made the most of that time by joining the Foundation’s committee of community leaders organizing the Dependency System Scholarship & Program. The efforts of the committee and purpose of the program concentrate on the needs of young people who, once they reach their 18th birthday, no longer qualify for services through the dependency system.

Carmen is survived by her husband, Mac Langston; son, Cody Langston; and daughter Casie Langston Reinholt. Of his mother, Cody said, “Trying to find the right words to say is like trying to count the stars. It’s impossible. I know my life will not ever be the same and the hole in my heart cannot possibly be filled. Memories could patch it.”

Memories will patch the hearts of many in Carmen’s family, her friends, Tallahassee Community College and this community. She will be greatly missed.

In Memory of Carmen Lew Langston

Community College Foundation Board member and former Children’s Home Society social worker and administrator, passed away on Sunday, February 1, 2009, following a tragic accident.

Petersburg, Florida, and a long-time resident of Tallahassee. She was co-founder and board member of Flightline Group Inc. Following her employment with Children’s Home Society, Carmen served on its board of directors as well as the boards

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