St. Petersburg College is proud to announce the selection for 2021 Professor Emerita.
Click on the link below to read her story, and be sure to leave congratulations in the comment sections of her page!
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Congratulations to SPC’s 2021 Professor Emerita
Posted in St. Petersburg College on July 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Please congratulate SPC’s 2020 Professors Emeriti
Posted in St. Petersburg College on July 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
St. Petersburg College is proud to announce the selections for 2020 Professors Emeriti.
Click on the links below to read their stories, and be sure to leave congratulations in the comment sections of their pages!
Honoring SPC’s 2019 Professors Emeriti
Posted in St. Petersburg College on July 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Welcome Titans event is scheduled for Aug. 16, 2019, from 8 a.m. to noon at the First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, Fellowship Center, 12685 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL.
During the annual welcome back event, the college will recognize its 2019 Professors Emeriti:
- Marja P. Beaufait, M.A.
- Bruce Brodney, Ph.D.
- David Brumfield, Ed.D.
- Diana Burgess, M.S.N.
- David Erickson, M.S.
- William E. Klein, M.A.
- Thomas Krall, D.V.M.
- Linda S. LaPointe, M.A.
- Art Pollock Jr., M.A.
- Nancy Feagans Smith, M.A.
- David Tollon, D.V.M.
- Linda Yakle, M.A.
Get more information on the Welcome Titans 2019 page.
Please congratulate SPC’s 2018 Professors Emeriti
Posted in St. Petersburg College on July 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Welcome Titans (formerly Fall Faculty) event is scheduled for Aug. 9, 2018, from 8 a.m. to noon at the First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, Fellowship Center, 12685 Ulmerton Rd, Largo, FL.
During the annual welcome back event, the college will recognize its 2018 Professors Emeriti:
- Susan Blanchard, Ph.D.
- Fred Cekau, M.A.
- Evelyn Manley Finklea, M.A.
- Jack Gartner, Ph.D.
- Jeanne Gilleland, Ph.D.
- Rosemary Keller, Ph.D.
- Carl Opper, M.S.
Get more information on the Welcome Titans 2018 page.
Please congratulate SPC’s 2017 Professors Emeriti
Posted in St. Petersburg College on July 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Fall Faculty event is scheduled for August 10, 2017, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg.
During the annual welcome back event, the college will recognize its 2017 Professors Emeriti:
- Sandra Cohen, M.A., Mathematics
- Thomas Derzypolski, M. S., Ethics
- Beverly Grundset, D.P.M., Natural Science
- Leslie Honig, M.S.N., Health Sciences
- Mark Lulek, D.O.M., Communication
- Vernon Taranto, Jr., D.M.A., Humanities
- John Chapin, Ph.D., Natural Science (Deceased)
- Maria Osterhoudt, M.S., Business (Deceased)
Get more information on the Fall Faculty page.
Share your well wishes for SPC’s 2016 Professors Emeriti
Posted in St. Petersburg College on July 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Fall Faculty event is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 11, 8 a.m. to noon at the Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg.
During the annual welcome back event, the college will recognize its 2016 Professors Emeriti:
- Martha Campbell, Ed.D., Communications
- Pat Curtin, M.A., Sociology, Social Services (deceased)
- Michele Gerent, Ph.D., (College of Education)
- Eileen Hicks, M.S.N., (College of Nursing)
- Tom Lancraft, M.A., (Natural Science)
- David Lichtenfels, M.A., (Library Services)
Visit the emeriti page or the individual emeriti pages to leave a comment and honor these educators! You do not need to log in to leave a comment, but you will be prompted to leave your name and email address.
The success of our students and efforts of our outstanding faculty are reflected in the theme for this year’s event: “Community of Educators: Navigating the Sea of Learning.”
Get more information on the Fall Faculty page.
Fall Faculty 2016 to be held Aug. 11
Posted in St. Petersburg College on July 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Fall Faculty event is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg.
SPC faculty educate with excellence as they support students in their progress on their defined career pathway. As educators, it is our job to chart students’ journey to success; to be the students’ guiding light and beacon of hope. The spirit of this purpose is captured in this year’s theme, “Community of Educators: Navigating the Sea of Learning.”
Get more information on the Fall Faculty page.
Honoring SPC’s 2015 Professors Emeriti
Posted in St. Petersburg College on June 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
At Fall Faculty on Thursday, Aug. 13, St. Petersburg College will honor the four Professors Emeriti who have been nominated by faculty and staff. Before this year’s Fall Faculty event, share your memories and congratulate this year’s emeriti on the SPC Faculty blog.
The annual Professors Emeriti awards honor some of the engaging, caring faculty who have helped generations of students succeed.
Read their stories on the SPC Faculty blog and take time to honor them with your well wishes. The comments you leave will be included in a keepsake book for each honoree.
The Professors Emeriti for 2015 are:
- Tami J. Grzesikowski, Dental Hygiene
- Gabriel Horn, Communications
- Karen Miller, Communications
- Stephen P. Mikles, Respiratory Care (deceased)
See the bios of previous honorees:
Honoring SPC’s 2014 Professors Emeriti
Posted in St. Petersburg College on June 30, 2014| 2 Comments »
At Fall Faculty on Thursday, Aug. 14, St. Petersburg College will honor the 10 Professors Emeriti who have been nominated by faculty and staff. Before this year’s Fall Faculty event, share your memories and congratulate this year’s emeriti on the SPC Faculty blog.
The annual Professors Emeriti awards honor some of the engaging, caring faculty who have helped generations of students succeed.
Read their stories on the SPC Faculty blog and take time to honor them with your well wishes. The comments you leave will be included in a keepsake book for each honoree.
The Professors Emeriti for 2014 are:
- Sue Cornett, Communications
- Catherine Crumbs, Nursing
- Ed Davis, Athletics
- Helen Gilbart, Humanities, Communications
- Barbara Whitney Hartwell, Business
- Frederick R. Merriam, Biological Sciences
- James Rutledge, Mathematics
- Larry Spicer, Communications
- Janice Buchanan Swartz, Humanities
- Jane Ellen Till, Ethics (deceased)
See the bios of previous honorees:
NISOD Excellence Award recipients to be recognized in May
Posted in St. Petersburg College, tagged NISOD, St. Petersburg College on February 23, 2012| 1 Comment »
Five SPC faculty members will be in Texas at the end of May to receive Excellence Awards at the 2012 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) 34th annual International Conference on Teaching & Leadership Excellence in Austin, Texas, May 27-30.
The Excellence Awards are given annually to community college faculty, staff and administrators who are innovators in teaching and learning. The five recipients and their awards are:
Outstanding Student Mentoring
Cathy Crumbs, Instructor, College of Nursing
Nursing is a passion for Cathy Crumbs, who wants to learn everything possible about the field and share it with her students.
Crumbs’ love for nursing spans back to age 13, when she worked as a candy striper at Mound Park Hospital (now Bayfront Medical Center) and Mercy Hospital. Her history at St. Petersburg College goes back to 1970s, when she graduated from the nursing program.
“I am a lifelong learner as well as an educator,” said Crumbs, who keeps herself abreast of the latest technical innovations through continuing education, journals, staff training and workshops, as well as seminars on nursing skills, clinical procedures and practices, as well as medications and medical research.
A strong nursing foundation is a must. Through tutoring and an open door policy for questions regarding homework and assignments or celebrations of achievements, she encourages students to develop that foundation in a comfortable environment that meets their individual learning needs.
“I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for St. Petersburg College,” Crumbs said. “I couldn’t afford to go away for college, like a lot of students, but still learned the skills I needed to do well.”
Excellence in College Preparatory Education
Patricia Smith, Associate Professor of Communications
As a developmental educator, Patricia Smith is particularly aware of cognitive and affective needs of students.
“Knowing the fragility of my student population makes me acutely sensitive and responsive to the individual differences and special needs among learners,” Smith said.
Her teaching style encourages their individual learning styles to further develop and increase their skills in the classroom and also offers tutoring to students in her office to help make the out-of-class connection. An individualized education plan helps to change the dynamic into the one-room schoolhouse and improve student learning outcomes and strengthen their self-efficacy, esteem and motivation.
Smith thinks she was nominated because of her passion for developmental education and belief in interdisciplinary team teaching.
“Honors and graduate students self-discover what they need to learn, but developmental students need not only the educational tools but instructors and advocates who will journey with these students to help them succeed and complete what they start,” she said.
Outstanding Peer Mentoring
Li-Lee Tunceren, Lead Faculty Associate, Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning
For Li-Lee Tunceren, peer mentoring is not a rule-governed process. It develops naturally as colleagues build professional and personal relationships.
“I very much value the individual contributions of each faculty member, full-time and adjunct, and enjoy welcoming those new to our institution into a collegial environment,” Tunceren said.
Through her work with CETL, she worked to increase and improve communication between college administrators and faculty.
“One of the biggest challenges in a large organization like ours is communication,” she said. “I try hard to share policies, procedures and professional development opportunities and make myself available in person, by phone and online at point of need.”
Whether it’s connecting a faculty member to information or resources, or lending an empathetic ear, supporting colleagues is rewarding. It gives faculty a chance to learn from each other by discussing ways to better teaching and learning within and across disciplines.
“Mentoring and networking serve as a great model for student success,” Tunceren said. “It is they who ultimately benefit from well-informed, professional and caring teachers.”
Innovative Pedagogical Approach to Teaching and Learning
Robin Wilber, Professor of Finance in the College of Business
Robin Wilber’s goal is to emphasize the importance of her students’ success in the business field and to ensure that her students can compete with graduates from other universities.
“In the upper division at the College of Business we want to prepare our students for a job market five years into the future. In other words, we want our students to be ready for change and know how to use critical thinking skills.”
One of her key tactics is to utilize The Business Strategy Game Simulation, a world-renowned program in the capstone course she designed. The game allows students to gain the business and leadership experience of running a multi-million dollar company.
The capstone course projects have been successful. The inaugural class winners completed online against schools around the world and came in second place. The second capstone class placed first in the worldwide competition.
Wilber refuses to take credit for the NISOD recognition.
“I think I was nominated because our students made me look good,” she said.
Innovation in the Use of Technology
Brad Yourth, Instructor, College of Computer and Information Technology
Making course content as accessible and understandable as possible to students is of the utmost importance to Brad Yourth. His ANGEL shell for CGS 1000 is so well developed that many of his colleagues use the shell for their own sections.
One example of how he achieves this goal of accessibility is by making short, online instructional videos.
“I include QR codes in course content so students can view the videos with their mobile devices,” said Yourth, who likes to challenge his students to be creative and develop their own original programs.
He also utilizes Google Talk to connect with students during virtual office hours and supplements his course content with a blog to address issues that students may encounter when completing their assignments.
“I feel a bit nonplussed about this award because I know that many of my peers are at least equally deserving,” he said. “I am really just doing a job I love, and that is rewarding enough for me.”
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