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LINCOLN CAMPUSSCC Alumni Make a Difference in Their Communities!

SCC Graduate Jeff Maul Receives Distinguished Alumni Award

2002 – After graduating from SCC, I worked at the Nebraska State Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyer’s Project, as a legal assistant. I continued my education and obtained a bachelor’s degree in management in 2004. In 2006, I was hired as the executive assistant for the Lincoln Children’s Museum and was promoted to the human resources manager and volunteer coordinator for the museum in 2008, where I am responsible for payroll, benefi ts and other human resources tasks. Last year I was responsible for recruiting more than 900 volunteers who worked more than 5,600 hours, which can be challenging. I am a member of the Lincoln Human Resources Management Association.

I am a native of El Salvador and learned English at the age of 20. SCC was a big stepping stone in my career. My husband has been my biggest supporter, and my 6-year-old daughter is very proud of my job at the Lincoln Children’s Museum.

Cattia Guerrero, Offi ce Technology, Legal focus, 2002

Congratulations! Jared Beckmann, general manager of the Olive Garden in Lincoln and 1999 graduate of Food Service/Hospitality, has been presented with Darden Restaurants’ top honor, the

Joe R. Lee Diamond Club Award, named after the company’s retired chairman and CEO. The award is presented annually to general managers through North America. This is the second time Beckmann has received this recognition!

Since graduating from Southeast Community College in 1991 with an Associate of Applied Science degree in business administration, Jeff Maul (pictured on right, with

SCC President, Dr. Jack Huck) has worked his way to become executive director of the Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau, a position he’s held since late 2006.

Maul is SCC’s Distinguished Alumni Award winner for this year and was honored Nov. 1 in Grand Island, NE, at the Nebraska Community College Association annual meeting.

Maul, a Lincoln native, has been at the Lincoln CVB since 2002 and has an additional 12 years of sales and marketing experience in the hospitality, corporate and health care industries. The ability to gain immediate experience in his program was a major reason why Maul chose SCC.

“When considering options for a college education, the opportunities seemed endless,” said Maul, who has no additional degree beyond SCC. “One thing that appealed to me was the ability to attend SCC and gain valuable experi-ence that was very much hands-on. Coupled with the ability to get into the job market in two years made SCC the right decision.”

Maul said the one-on-one instruction he received at SCC played a huge part in being able to answer questions as they pertained to class discussions and real-life business questions.

“One thing I remember most about my educa-tional experience was the job shadowing portion of my program,” he said. “Throughout college I worked at a local grocery store and really loved the industry, as well as the daily customer interac-tion. However, working in the grocery store’s meat department wasn’t exactly the sales experience that was going to take me to the next step in my career. My instructor at the time worked with my employer to develop an individualized program that helped me focus on the merchandising of products through a change in aisle placement, pricing and improved customer service. Because of this program, I learned quickly from this new emphasis on the client’s needs, price concerns and overall interest in value.”

Maul said SCC’s hands-on personal touch is diffi cult to explain through marketing brochures or recruitment conversations.

“As I pursued my degree in marketing management, with intentions on getting into sales, the small class size helped foster one-on-one conversations with the faculty at SCC,” Maul said. “This allowed me to customize my education based on the questions asked in class and the ability to grow my personality for a sales and marketing career. After two years, the benefi cial class discussions and the caring faculty at SCC left me with no question about my career path.”

That experience within his marketing focus proved valuable. Prior to becoming executive director of the Lincoln CVB, Maul was direc-tor of sales and was part of a record-breaking sales effort in 2006 when more than 31,000 hotel room nights were booked in Lincoln for future events, 7,000 more than 2004 and 2005 combined. Since Maul became executive direc-tor, the team at the CVB has seen steady growth each year. In 2010 a record 63,998 total room nights were booked.

The 2010 Special Olympics competition in Lincoln generated an estimated $30-$40 million for the Lincoln economy. Other recent success-ful events booked through the CVB include the 2008/2010 USARS Roller Skating National Championships, the 2008 North America Senior Circuit Softball World Series, the 2009 SCCA Solo National Championships, the 2010 Women’s Professional Rodeo World Finals, and the 2012 Formula SAE competition. Maul’s leadership skills developed from past experi-ences have elevated him as an infl uential leader within Lincoln.

He said a student’s ability to learn in a hands-on environment such as SCC yields tremendous advantages.

“A degree of any kind will give a student an edge when entering the job market, but the ability to learn in an environment that promotes interaction, communication and hands-on experi-ence makes SCC the educational institution for students,” he said.

Maul is involved with the Mayor’s Parking Advisory Council, the City of Lincoln Events Team, Special Olympics Nebraska, the Nebraska Sports Council, and is Past President of the Nebraska Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. He’s also active in his church/school and on various city-appointed committees.

Maul and wife Kris have three children, two daughters ages 12 and 10, and a 7-year-old son.

2002 – “I mitigate loss for my employ-er in the Buyer Risk Operations department at PayPal as a fraud prevention agent by review-ing PayPal accounts and reversing suspicious transactions. The computer and professional writing courses I took at SCC make a difference in how I communicate with customers via emails as well as with co-workers. I owe a lot of gratitude to SCC for giving me an advantage in the corporate environment.”

Andrew Kohel, Academic Transfer

1983 – SCC is proud of Tim Higgins, an active community member who continues to give back to the city of Kearney! He was awarded the 2006 Neighborhood Marketing Achievement honor from Runza National for devoting many hours of time and effort to the betterment of Kearney. He has served as chairman of the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce, as a member of the Dobytown Kiwanis, has been a member of the Kearney Public School Board for 12 years, Red Cross member, Little League, American Legion Baseball, 2007 Kearney High School Booster of the Year, and selected as Citizen of the Year for 2005 Kearney Area Kiwanis.

In Tim’s “spare” time, he is the managing partner at Runza Restaurants for both locations in Kearney and was recognized as Manager of the Year for Runza Restaurants in 1985, 1986 and 2007. His business also was selected as the 2007 Small Business of the Year by the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce. He received the Runza Community Public Relations Award in 1997, 1998 and 2005 and Runza Restaurants Recruiter of the Year in 1999 and 2009.

Tim graduated from the Food Service Management program in 1983 and relocated to Kearney in 1997.

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We want to stay in touch with our grads!Email information to alumni@southeast.edu or call 800-642-4075, ext. 2622.

Can You Help Us Locate the Following 2000 Graduates?

Benjamin AdamsonAderemilekun

AdemolaChristopher AdkinsAnthony AlbertsenImaddin Al-OmariHeather AndersonMichelle AppeltSamuel BackesAnn BalistreriHaley BarberAmy BarrettChristine BaudoinCynthia BeachMary BearceRenee BechtholdtAlan BeckerMelissa BeetheRonald BehrensSerena BellerJames BergJamie BlazekTyrene BondegardCarrie BourneKara BowlingTristan BrakemanDanya BrakhahnKarrie BramPamela BrekkeDouglas BrenneckeFrederick BrittonJoni BrownJenna BruceJamia BrunottMichelle BuettnerMary BundySamantha BushRobin Butler-FairRichard Byfi eldLori CashmanJeanne CassJennifer CernyMattie CervantesDerek ClarkeAmy CockerillKarrie DanielsMeghan DawkinsCynthia DeatonNazir Delawar

Brenda DellingerKristi DelvauxDena DennickCrystal DevriesRobert DierbergerMelody DoreLou DouglasMarissa DriewerKerryann DugganTiffany EhmenSara EickhoffCrystal EisenmengerIlhom ErgashevAngela FannonJulie FarberLisa FickRenea FiedlerKari FloodAnn FrancisChristina FranzenHeidi FrinkKari GaedekeCharles GalloSusan GalvezHolly GanzJustin GartnerNeeley GentryRobert GiebenrathPaul GlennLori GreenJason GriessAaron Griffi nLori GuenterBrittine HagedornSarah HarmsShauna HarrimanKristin HastingsLindi Hatfi eldCheryl HogeChristopher HuberKellie HughesLaurie HumphreyJonalee HurtWynter JacksonKatrina JarvisSamuel JeysConnie JindraKate JohnsonRae Judt

Yoseph KassieMichael KerwinJayme KeskaEric KleinSherry KocianKrista KolarikNicole KreifelsLaura KubitzLeonard LafranceLiesel LamasterShelly LambertyJoy LaymanJennifer LeickDerek LempkaMatthew LewisWendy LewisMark LickliterSheri LockmanNorman LoucksShauna LowryXiaoling LuSara LubeckHeather LuffGary LuitjensRalph LyonsDanell MarksLindsay MarrPatricia MarshAnthony MarxTricia MathiasenAndrea MathiesonMichelle MatulkaKatie MatulkaVirgil MayoGina McAuliffeHolly McConnellDan McDonaldMichelle MennengaKaren MercurioEmma MetzgerDenise MeysenburgNicole MitchellBryan ModlinMarcia MonkTiffany MudloffJody MyersCynthia NabbJustin NealKevin Nelms

Shana NelsonMelissa NewmanTammy NguyenCindy NguyenBrandi NobleKristin NolteAnn NordstromTheresa NorfolkTimothy NorthupVictoria NorthwayZinalda OnufriychukEve OsburnDanryl OverstreetDonald PadbergSteve PalenskyShawn PaulsonTerry PetersonKatie Pfi sterTimothy PhelpsPhilip PierceAndrea PiersonJudy PolivkaDevelon PuckettAmy QualsetAyesha RahmanKatie ReppertMatt RickertLindsay RobertsonLynn RobischAngelica RodriguezRenee RuetherJohn RussellYvonne SabatkaDilovarshokh

SadoulloevJoni SandovalChristina SavageGreg SavageBob SayersTracy SchilkeSharon SchlickberndLynn SchmidtAbby SchoenholzStephanie SchweitzerSeth ScottKimberly ScrivnerCarrie SetlikMatthew ShrinerRichard Simmons

Kimberly SimonMichael SmithMichelle SmithRonald SpauldingShasta SporlederKelli StappBrook SteenbockSheri StruebingJacki StubbendickCourtney SullivanJodi SvobodaDana SwisherMarcia TarverAshley TateJessi ThiedeMandy ThomasPatrick ThomasJaclyn ThomlisonCathy TiceTammy TowPatrick TribbleAngela TucciKimberly TurnerDanny VanrankenPaula VargasLyn VarratiPatricia VarratiRebecca VenteicherTimothy WagnerRhonda WalbergKatie WalkenhorstVicki Walter-WintersAleasha WashingtonKelli WattsRyan WennSteve WernerJoel WheelerJessica WillhoitRachel WisehartMark WojtasekCarrie WorthingtonRehana YaqoobTami YoungBo ZhangCynthia ZimolaRussell Zywiec

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1992 – Heath Boddy graduated from Human Services in 1992 and continued his education for a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Management. In March 2010, Boddy accepted the position of executive direc-tor of the Nebraska Health Care Association. He previously

served as the president of NHCA and execu-tive director of Gold Crest Retirement Center in Adams, NE, and has been a nursing home administrator since 1993.

As executive director of NHCA, Boddy leads the state’s nursing home, assisted living, licensed practical nurse, and hospice associations, as well as the Nebraska Health Care Foundation and the only known licensed and accredited private postsecondary college dedicated to the long-term care profession.

Boddy has served on Nebraska’s nursing home administrator’s licensing board, on the Nebraska Rural Medicaid Long Term Care Reform Task Force, as a member of the American Health Care Association’s Future Leaders of America, and in other offi cer positions and committees for NHCA. He served as co-chair of the 2011 American Heart Association Lincoln Heart Walk. Heath’s experience and enthusiasm support his personal and professional mission that Nebraskans receive the very best quality of care.

Medical Laboratory Graduates RecognizedThe full-service laboratory at the Arthritis Center of Nebraska has met all criteria for Laboratory Accreditation by COLA, a national health care accreditation organization. Accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operation, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance of profi ciency testing, and pass a rigorous on-site laboratory inspection. Additionally, the Arthritis Center of Nebraska was awarded COLA’s highest commendation, The Laboratory Excel-lence Award, for its outstanding performance in quality patient testing and overall exemplary application of the principles of laboratory prac-tices. Linda Papik, MT (ASCP), Lab Manager, said, “This is the 20th consecutive year that our lab has received COLA accreditation, and the second consecutive time that we have been awarded the prestigious Laboratory Excellent Award. The team of SCC Medical Laboratory graduates is phenomenal, and I would like to recognize them for the part they play in making these recognitions happen for our facility.”

Don Mumm Retires Laboratory Science (formerly Environmental Technology) Program Chair, Don Mumm, retired September 2011 after 32 years of teaching. Don’s expertise in basic microbiology, biology and biochemistry was instrumental in the success of many students, and he was honored in 1991 as the Wekesser Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Thanks, Don, for your hard work at SCC and best wishes in your retirement!

L-R: Amy Bohmont, 2009 MLT graduate; Julie Miller, 2010 MLT graduate; Linda Papik, MT (ASCP); Lab Manager

Kandi Dion, 2005 MLT graduate.

Lincoln Campus Student Services/Classroom Addition Update

Featuring: Class of 2000 Food Service/Hospitality Program

The addition is being built onto the Business wing (T Section) on the Lincoln Campus.

Interested in traveling to Egypt & the Nile, June 11-23, 2012?

Join SCC staff and students traveling to Cairo & The Egyptian Museum; Luxor, Esna

& Edfu; Kom Ombo & Aswan and Alexandria, Four-Day Nile River Cruise.

For details, contact Dr. Kimberly Paul, SCC Arts & Science instructor,

kpaul@southeast.edu or call 402-437-2473

The Class of 2000, Very fi rst ice-carving experience with Instructor Gerrine Schreck-Kirby. We were impressed!

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“Thank you so much for the scholarship. The opportunity

to go to college has been such a blessing to me and my family, and a challenge at the same time. I was very worried that this quarter I was going to have to pay for most of my books. Being a mother of fi ve, going to school is so important to better my family, but taking money away from a tight budget is hard to justify in this economy. This scholarship will allow me to continue in my academic career this quarter, with peace of mind that it is paid for! Thanks again from the bottom of my heart.”

Stephanie Campbell

“Thank you for your generous $500 scholarship. I am very

happy and appreciative. I am a Human Service major with an emphasis in the alcohol and drug program. After graduation from SCC, I plan to attend Doane College to earn my bachelor’s degree and pursue a career in counseling. Thanks to you, I am one step closer to that goal. This scholarship has lightened my fi nancial burden, which allows me to focus more on the most important aspect of school, learning. Your generosity has inspired me to help others and give back to the community. I hope one day I will be able to help students achieve their goals just as you have helped me.”

Georgina Schaeffer

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“I want to thank Assurity Life Insurance for giving me a

chance to better my future. I am very appreciative of the $1,000 scholarship to attend SCC. This scholarship could not have come at a better time. It will help so much with buying books and a new calculator at the SCC Bookstore. This past May I got married, and we bought a house in Lincoln, so money is really tight. We are trying so hard not to spend money on things we do not need. When I was informed that I had received this scholarship, I thought it was an error, because this just doesn’t happen to me. Then I looked at my account online, and I realized it was real. I am so excited and blessed to receive help. There needs to be more people and companies willing to invest in the students who will someday work at or even run companies. I cannot thank you enough for the opportunity you have given me to better my life.”

Jon Siegert

You know that feeling you get when you help someone? Whether it’s for a family member, a neighbor, a friend, or a complete stranger, it just

feels good to help someone in need. Arguably, helping others benefi ts the donor as much or more than it does the benefi ciary. Helping people without expecting anything in return is a powerful choice.

Perhaps you were the benefi ciary of an SCC Educational Foundation scholarship when you attended SCC. If so, then you know fi rst-hand how you felt when you received it, how it helped pay for your education and how it made you feel.

Without generous donors such as alumni from this great institution, many of our current students wouldn’t be able to attend college. More than 80 percent of SCC students receive some form of fi nancial aid. Some apply for and receive loans. Others are awarded grants. Still others hold work-study jobs to help pay for college.

But the one form of aid that instills pride and builds self-esteem in students more than any other is the scholarship. While need plays a key role in the awarding of scholarships, receiving one also signals achievement. A scholarship is a reward for hard work and preparation. A scholarship keeps goals and dreams alive.

It’s hard to believe that we are in the fi nal year of a fi ve-year campaign to raise money for scholarships, technology and partnerships at SCC. Yet here we are, facing the home stretch of the Foundation’s “Invest in the Best” campaign. To date, the campaign has raised nearly $9 million. During the fi rst four years, thousands of students have received scholarships to help pay for their education at SCC. While the Board of Governors works hard to keep an education from SCC affordable, it’s still out of reach for many people.

That’s where you can help. The fi nancial resources the Foundation has available to students in the form of scholarships can’t be overstated during these diffi cult economic times. Now more than ever, the Foundation can make the dream of a college education a reality.

When you contribute to the SCC Educational Foundation, you are supporting a College with a proven record of service to students. Every contribution helps deserving students who need fi nancial support to attend SCC and benefi t from the outstanding educational opportunities we offer.

As we enter the fi nal phase of this life-changing campaign, you can experience that feeling of satisfaction again with your gift to the Foundation, ensuring that student success stories, perhaps similar to yours, will be told for years to come.

Please take a moment to remove the donor envelope, complete the form and insert your gift. Affi x a fi rst-class stamp, drop it in the mail, and you’ll be on your way to making dreams come true. Or, if you prefer, you can now make a donation to the SCC Educational Foundation online. Go to SCC’s website at www.southeast.edu, click on Discover and Educational Foundation.

Your donation can make all the difference.

Southeast Community College Board of Governors

Lynn Schluckebier, Chair, SewardRobert J. Feit, Vice Chair, PickrellJames J. Garver, Secretary, LincolnKathy Boellstorff, Treasurer, JohnsonHelen E. Griffi n, LincolnEd C. Heiden, SterlingCarl R. Humphrey, WaverlyRuth M. Johnson, LincolnDale Kruse, BeatriceTerrence L. Kubicek, LincolnNancy A. Seim, LincolnSteve Ottmann, Faculty Representative, Lincoln

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Jerry D. DavisDavid W. Gallion

Sheila G. NelsonBertie M. Sinn

Lowell E. VanCleef

Can You Help Us Locate the Following 1960 Graduates?

BEATRICE CAMPUS

Can You Help Us Locate the Following 2000 Graduates?

“I was born and raised in Fairbury and graduated from Fairbury

High School in 1958. After the fall semester at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I enrolled at Fairbury Junior College in January 1959, majoring in business admin-istration. While at FJC, I sang in the College Choir and male barbershop quartet.

“After graduating in 1960, I went to work at the Fairbury offi ce of Hested-Lee Stores Company. I was in the account-ing department and inventory control for the warehouse. Hested’s was a locally-owned 5- and 10-cent store founded by E.J. Hested and later Jess Lee. Fairbury was the fi rst store Hested’s opened. J.J. Newberry Company purchased Hested-Lee Stores and constructed a new central division offi ce and warehouse in Omaha. In 1961, I moved to Omaha and was the offi ce manager and traffi c control manager for the Midwest division, which had 120 Hested and Lee Stores.

“I left the company in December 1963 to move to Kearney to complete a bachelor’s degree in business education as I had decided that I wanted to become a teacher. After graduating from Kearney State College with a B.S. degree in business education in December 1965, I took a mid-year teaching position at Nebraska City High School. I remember moving from Kearney to Nebraska City in a blizzard.

“In July 1966 I moved to Scott City, KS, and Unifi ed School District No. 466 as the Offi ce Education and Distributive Education coordinator. I had a great time and became truly interested in helping young people complete their high school education and also help them learn what the world of work was all about.

“About a year later I left Scott City and returned to Fairbury to teach business and economics at FJC and coach the golf team. It was a thrill to move back to my hometown and work for the college that actually got me started in my pursuit of higher education. It probably came as a surprise to several faculty members since just a few short years before I was in their classrooms. I was not an honor student, just a good average kid. I had a great time teaching intermediate accounting, salesmanship, marketing, management, and introduction to economics. I also coached the golf team and was able to complete my master’s degree in business from Emporia State Teachers College in December 1968.

“The fi rst semester (fall 1967) I taught an Introduction to Economics class. We had good class discussion, and I thought I had covered the material pretty well. But the highest score on the fi rst exam was 61 percent. I about fell apart. So the following class period I handed out the graded exams to the students and we reviewed the exam. The next class period the students retook a similar test and they did much better. From then on I did not have diffi culty with the students with my exams. I believe that they decided that if they took good class notes and reviewed them prior to a test, that they would do OK, and they did.

“In Introduction to Economics, when we were studying the law of supply and demand, I asked

for class discussion of what the impact would be in Jefferson County, Nebraska if the growing and selling of marijuana would be legal. Remember, this was back in the late 1960s. It was amazing how quickly the students caught on to the concepts of supply and demand and the impact it had on market pricing.

“In the fall of 1969, Ivan Simpson, president of FJC, asked me about moving into an administra-tive position as business manager. This was a new position for the college, and after discussing what the position was all about, I said yes. In January 1970 I left the teaching profession and became an administrator. Additionally, I was the director of the Continuing Education program and coordinated the GED program. One fall I served as assistant football coach. We won six and lost three that year.

“In 1972 the Nebraska Legislature formed the six community college areas that are still in existence today, and FJC became part of Southeast Community College, which originally took in 23 counties in southeast Nebraska, including Nebraska Technical College at Milford and Lincoln Community College. The move to the area concept began in 1973. I chose not to become the continuing education coordinator for the area and began employment at Cowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School in Arkansas City, KS, as business manager. After 26 years at Cowley, I retired in October 2000 as the vice president of business. During my time at Cowley the college grew from 375 students to more than 2,000, and off-campus sites were developed in surrounding communities, including Wichita.

“I was always involved in the communities I lived, and I continue to do so. I served on the Arkan-sas City United Way Board for 17 years. Presently, I am on the South Central Kansas Medical Center Board, the Legacy Regional Community Founda-tion Board and the Spring Hill Golf Course Board.

“In my younger days I enjoyed coaching Little League and Babe Ruth League baseball. While at Cowley, I started the Tiger Skins Golf Tournament in 1995 to raise funds for college athletic scholarships. This event continues to this day. When I retired from Cowley, the Board of Trustees honored me by naming the college bookstore in my name.

“As I look back, my parents and the faculty, staff and students at FJC played a very important role in what I did with my life. I also had many failures, but I tried to learn from them and move on. I still hold fond memories of the people that I met while at FJC.”Sid Regnier, Fairbury Junior College, Class of 1960

Livestock Judging Team 2000Lynn Schlake, livestock judging coach and sponsor, recalls this team did very well and was a hard working team. “They didn’t like to lose, especially not to Northeast Community College.”

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In Their Own Words…

Congratulations to Our GraduatesForrest “Chuck” Shores, 1960 graduate of FJC, writes, “In 1958 if it had not been for Fairbury JC and $60 tuition, I would not have been able to go to college.” Shores retired after 30 years of teaching social studies and physical education and coaching.

Doug Ward, associate professor of the University of Kansas School of Journalism, was awarded the 2011-12 Budig Teaching Professorship of Writing for the School of Journalism. The Budig award was established to honor excellence in teaching writing. Named for the 14th chancellor of KU, Gene Budig, the schools of Journalism and Education share the award. Doug graduated from SCC Fairbury in 1981.

Debra Meyer recently was elected chair-elect of the Beatrice Area Chamber of Commerce. Debra, 1992 Academic Transfer graduate, is vice president of management at Members Own Credit Union in Beatrice.

Diane Walter, 1992 Practical Nursing graduate, completed her BSN and MSN before accepting the nursing assistant coordinator position with Arizona Western College in Yuma, AZ, this past spring.

Jessica Kreifel received a promotion to loan administrative assistant. Jessica has worked at the State Bank of Table Rock for fi ve years and will be assisting the loan department in credit analysis, preparing loan documents, fi le maintenance and loan servicing. Jessica is a 2009 graduate of the Business Administration program with an accounting focus.

Please Contact the Placement Offi ceWould the person who returned a birthday card to the Beatrice Placement Offi ce asking to have a name removed from our mailing list please call Shirley Huttenmaier at 800-233-5027 ext. 1216? There was no name on the card of who to remove.

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MILFORD CAMPUS

2011 Outstanding Faculty/Staff AwardsCongratulations to the following for receiving the Farmers & Merchants Bank Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award.

Nebraska Corvette Association Presents Scholarships

Brady Prohaska, a 2010 Columbus High School graduate, and Derek Langenberg, a 2010 graduate of Bertrand High School, each received $1,000 scholarships from the Nebraska Corvette Association in Lincoln, NE. Brady and Derek are presently fi fth quarter students at SCC, Milford,

NE, in the General Motors Automotive Service Education Program. The sponsoring dealer for Brady is Ernst Auto Center in Columbus; Lee Janssen Motor Co. of Holdrege is the sponsoring dealer for Derek. This is the 14th year the NCA has given scholarships to ASEP students who demonstrate outstanding work skills and a high grade-point average. The ASEP program was started in October 1986 and is celebrating its 25th year. It is the only ASEP program in the state of Nebraska. Brady is the son of Keith and Melissa Prohaska of Columbus, NE. Derek is the son of Tim and Deb Langenberg of Bertrand, NE.

Three Retire from SCC MilfordAfter graduating from high school in Topeka, KS, C. Mike Estes (pictured on right with students) moved to the “Little Apple” (Manhattan, KS) to become a Wildcat, where he received a BS and MS in Nuclear Engineering. Estes spent four years in the United States Air Force and reentered the civilian world to work at the Naval Reactor Facilities outside of Idaho Falls. Through the years he worked at Black and Veatch in Kansas City, Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Emporia, KS, and NPPD in Brownville, NE. Estes decided to re-career and graduated from the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology program at SCC in 1997, and then spent 13 years as an instructor in that program. Mike is retiring back to Topeka where he has four grown children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. We wish Mike well and thank him for his dedication to SCC!

Don Danekas began employment at SCC on Oct. 5, 1987, and offi cially retired on Oct. 5, 2011, after 24 years of service to the college as Maintenance Worker II, Plumbing & Heating Specialist and Assistant Physical Plant Superintendent. According to Gary Cooper, Physical Plant

Superintendent, “Don was a very important part of the physical plant team, and his dedication to his job and the College will be missed by all of the plant staff, faculty and support staff. Don always treated the customer with respect and gave 100 percent at all times to solve problems and provide excellent service. Don will not miss receiving the 2 a.m. calls about boiler problems or the 4 a.m. calls to move snow.” Congratulations Don on your retirement!

Merrill Peterson recently retired as the Graphic Design Program Chair/Instructor after more than 10 years with the College. Peterson received BA and MA degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and began a long career teaching junior high, high school and college students, along with freelancing in photography and graphic design. Merrill’s immediate retirement plans include traveling to Paris and Japan and devoting much of his free time to painting and photography. We wish Merrill the very best and safe travels!

20th Annual Alumni Golf Tournament Fifty-four golfers participated in the alumni golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at Thornridge Golf Course in Milford.

Cash prize winners: Championship Flight – 1st Michael Anderson

and Tom Anderson; 2nd Dan Hoffer and Scott Tolle; 3rd Chris Krueger and Chris Meske

First Flight – 1st Bill Wiley and Bill Wendt; 2nd Jeremy Placek and Keith Placek; 3rd Dan Miles and Mark Shaw

Prizes were awarded in four other categories: • Longest Drive: Tom Anderson • Closest to Hole: Nate Bahr • Longest Putt: Chris Krueger • Closest to Pin in Regulation: Paul Fintel

25-Year Service Awards

From left: Mike Stalker, Electrical & Electromechanical Technology Instructor; Melissa Troyer, Financial Aid

Information Systems Application Technician; Jeff Boaz, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Technology Instructor.

From left: Dean Bruha, Automotive Technology

and Diesel-Truck Technology Instructor;

Dan Tonjes, Electrical & Electromechanical

Technology Instructor.

Spencer Thompson Receives Technician of the Year

Spencer Thompson recently was awarded Technician of the Year by the Nebraska Trucking Association. After Thompson graduated from Southeast Community College in 1980 with an A.A.S. degree in Diesel Technology, he worked for Dowell, an oil fi eld service company in Wyoming. From

there he began employment at Werner Enterprises and has been with Werner for more than 24 years. Thompson stated, “Winning Technician of the Year is a great honor.” Thompson was nominated by Werner Enterprises for continued service to drivers, the company and the trucking industry. Congratulations Spencer!

Derek Langenberg

Brady Prohaska

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Beatrice• Jana C. Curtis (Practical Nursing, 1996)• Kathy S. Richardson (Academic Transfer, 1991)• Gary P. Stanley (Building Construction, 1977)

Milford• Donald Brose (Data Processing, 1965)• Frank Brumbaugh (Automotive, 1970) • Brian Bye (Machine Tool, 1989)• David Ritter (Deere Construction, 2009)• Roger Rut (Auto Collision Repair, 1960) • Dean Teply (Diesel Truck, 1959) • Ervin Woodard (Welding, 1973)

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We want to stay in touch with our grads!Email information to alumni@southeast.edu or call 800-933-7223, ext. 8242.

Can You Help Us Locate the Following 1960 Graduates?

Merle AdamsPatrick BarrettEllsworth BartlettTerry BowieLarry BuhlkeDonald ClymerDavid DzingleLarry Fisher

Edwin FritzLarry GardnerAnthony HartJohn JohnsonOwen JohnsonRobert KnabelGeorge Lickliter Jr.Peter Lysenko

Garold MortenRaymond NewmanMerlin NitzscheEdward RamaekersRoger RipaLeroy RuppertOtto SeipoldChristian Sinn

David SmithRobert SmithJohn StevensLarry ThomasJesse WidhalmBob WilsonGordon Wood Jr.

Can You Help Us Locate the Following 2000 Graduates?Curt AndersonRachel AndersonNathaniel BaloghAndrew BertholdJason BrownMatthew BrunnerAndrew ColemanDaniel ConwayMatthew DavisHeather DeBuhrMatthew ErvinSakari EskolaCody FreelandMark Frisch

Matt GustafsonKiley HallAmy HastingsCheryl HeesePaul HerrickKelley HervertShaun HottellAdam JensenCody KennedyBrian KingeryRyan KohmetscherBlayne KrepelJeremy LoockNicholas Manzitto

Lyndsay McColloughBenjamin McQuillanJeremiah OchsnerGreta PetrovaMartha PollJason RademacherJeffrey SchmidtBart SchroderLucas SchulzRyan SchutteTyler SchwindtDragan SimanicMatthew StevensKody Stricker

Bethany StrunkBrett StuehmerBrian SuchanJohn TidmanEdwin VraspirDaniel WalkerJefferson WestonLucas WestphalAndrew WhiteKarl WittstruckBryan WoodburyDaniel WugerDavid Znamenacek

Class ReunionsTwelve members of the December 1979 Data Processing graduating class met in Milford on Aug. 27, 2011. The last time the class was together was for its fi ve-year reunion. After a tour of the SCC campus, those able to stay met for dinner and hours of catching up at the local home of one of the classmates. A unanimous decision was made to not wait 27 years to get together again!

The September 1981 Building Construction graduating class held a reunion on July 23, 2011 at Calamus Lake north of Burwell, NE, at a cabin owned by the family of Greg Drake. The Drakes hosted a noon-time cookout that day and a steak dinner cookout that evening. There was much conversation, catching up, and reliving old “SCC stories.” Instructors for the class, Ron Petsch (program instructor) and Jean Petsch (general education instructor), also attended the reunion.

Generous Donation to SCC’s John Deere Tech Program

Jim Gaskill, service manager from Bennington Equip-ment, Inc., Gretna, NE, recently donated a 9.0L engine on behalf of John Deere Company. Program Chair Bill Vocasek and the instructors are very grateful for the donation as it will be instru-mental for training purposes.

Pictured are (left) Jim Gaskill, service manager, Bennington

Equipment, Inc., Gretna store and Doug Reznicek, program instructor.

Sept. 2000 John Deere Ag Tech Grads

Front Row: Aaron Bexton, Trent Chrisman, Casey Kluver, Travis Scheer

Middle Row: Instructor Dale Lawver, Eldon Adcock, Jake Tolstedte, Wes Diers, Clint McKenzie

Back Row: Shelby Hergott, Preston Wiggam, Ryan Hoffman, Matt King

Before Picture in 1981Front Row: Kevin Herr, Terry Kotchwar, Mike Plihal,

Tom Massey, Alan Guenther, Steve Horsky

Second Row: Kent Kellough, Tom O’Neill, Dan Rudolph, Jeff Fricke, Dan Panning, Terry Bailey

Back Row: Greg Drake, Randy Herel, Bruce Nelsen, Tom Yearley, Paul Beller, Dave Parks,

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After Picture in 2011Front Row: Mike Plihal, Tom Massey, Al Guenther

Second Row: Tom O’Neill, Dan Rudolph, Jeff Fricke, Terry Bailey

Back Row: Greg Drake, Randy Herel, Tom Yearley, Paul Beller, Ed Hajek

Front row: Annette (Stutheit) Corter; Kathy (Iwanski) Flavell; Lois (Glass) Michaud; Deb (Venema) Cohn; Diane

(Sindelar) Grate; Mary (Vakoc) Gehring; Lori (Hasenohr) Cox

Back row: Audine (Ficke) Oehm; David Cogswell; Dan Heimann; Phil Baumert; Roxanne (Laird) Stutzman

Engine-build Team Breaks Record Twice in 35 DaysIt was only by a second, but it’s still a record.SCC Automotive Technology students Tyler Christensen and Brandon Arent estab-lished a new record time in SCC’s Engine Build Competition, assembling an engine and starting it in 13 minutes, 32 seconds on Sept. 11, breaking the old mark they set back on Aug. 7 by one second. Christensen, of Ruskin, and Arent, from Maywood, are fourth-quarter students in SCC’s Milford Campus Automotive Technology program.

The team that competed during the Havelock Car Show on Sept. 11, sponsored by the Capital City Ford Club, was Aaron Cadlo of Omaha (fi fth quarter) and Blake Prusia of Kearney (third quarter). Also participating was Eddie Zepeda, a

fi fth-quarter Automotive Technology student from Lincoln. On Aug. 7, SCC Automotive Technology students demonstrated the Engine Build Competition at the Sarpy County Fair in Springfi eld. During intermission of the Demolition Derby/Figure 8 races and in front of a sellout crowd of 3,200, Chris-tensen and Arent assembled its 350 V-8 engine from a bare block and got it running in 13 minutes, 33 seconds. “The engine was loud, but the crowd was louder,” said Kevin Uhler, SCC Automotive Technology instructor. “Besides the sellout crowd, there were people hanging over the fences and it was video streamed live to another fair site party.”

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The Lady Storm and Storm teams will host the Knights of Mid-Plains Community College North Platte in back-to-back games in the Truman Center gym. Crowning of the king and queen will take place at halftime of the men’s 4 p.m. game. It’s still in the planning stages, but Student

Activities is working on hosting a dance after the games and all alumni (FJC, SCC Fairbury and SCC Beatrice) are welcome to the dance.

Donating YearbooksAre you wondering what to do with your old FJC or SCC year-books? If you have some that you want to donate to the SCC library, please contact Shirley Huttenmaier, placement specialist, at 800-233-5027 ext. 1216 or 402-228-8216.

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1960 Do You Remember . . .John F. Kennedy defeating Richard M. Nixon, Adolf Eichmann captured in Argentina, Venetian Way winning the Kentucky Derby, or Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”?

2000 Do You Remember . . .Mad Cow Disease, St. Louis winning the Super Bowl, Yankees winning the World Series, the hanging chad, or was it Richard Hatch winning “Survivor”?

Former Blue Devils Basketball Players Return to Campus for a VisitOct. 7, 2011, seemed to be visitation day when three former SCC basketball players surprised the offi ce staff with an impromptu visit. Ed Sears, 1994 graduate; Kelvin McCormick, 1996 graduate; and Shannon Holmes came from both coasts of the United States to walk the campus and see what had changed since they played basketball together as the Blue Devils.

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