Vol. 3, Issue No.8
May 21, 2015
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Happy 2015 Graduation!
The New River Community and Technical College Class of 2015 graduated on Saturday, May 16 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.
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President L. Marshall Washington addressed the graduates.
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Students exiting the stadium.
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Left: Karen Sparks, Registrar Records Officer, and Meronica Harrison, who spoke on behalf of the students at the ceremony.
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David Nalker, Chair of New River CTC Board of Governors
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Susie Atkins, Classified Staff Representative of Board of Governors
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Greg Carter, WVVA News Anchor and Commencement Keynote Speaker
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| More Awards Ceremonies for New River CTC Graduates The weeks leading up to graduation were busy with awards ceremonies. Once again, thanks to faculty and staff for their excellent work honoring the students.
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Zach Conrad, student doctor at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, gave the keynote speech at the Nicholas County Campus award ceremony on May 1.
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Mercer County Campus held their awards ceremony as a picnic and BBQ on May 7, which was also Blue and Green Day.
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| Assistant Professor Brian Testerman and Administrative Associate Rita Holcomb |
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Greenbrier Valley Campus Cosmetology Pinning Ceremony was held on May 14.
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Physical Therapist Assistant Pinning Ceremony was held at Raleigh County Campus on May 15.
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Faculty and Classified Staff Election Results
Congratulations to the new faculty and classified staff election winners.
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Dr. Nancy Wemm was elected faculty representative for the New River CTC Board of Governors July 2015 -- June 2017.
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Dr. Lucie Refsland was re-elected as faculty representative on the Advisory Council of Faculty through June 2017.
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Also, the Classified Council welcomes its new winners by category:
Professional: Dara Fann and Amanda Smarr
Technical/Paraprofessional: Lori Midkiff and Janie Smith
Service/Maintenance: Jason Janney and David Thompson
Executive/Managerial: Robert Runion and Amanda Baker
Clerical: Karen Sparks and Melissa Craddock
Board of Governors Representative: Susie Atkins
WVACCE Representative: Lori Midkiff
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| 100th Certified CDL Student Gray Shrewsbury, CDL Instructor at the Advanced Technology Center in Ghent, was recently proud to certify his 100th student in the program, Timmy Culicerto, who also is the son of Chief Financial Officer, Heike Soeffker-Culicerto.
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Congratulations, Timmy Culicerto!
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| Health Science and Technology Academy Helps Out in the Community Diane Tyson, Program Director of the Phlebotomy and Medical Laboratory Technician Program, and her Raleigh County Phlebotomy Class volunteered for the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) on April 14 in Bluefield and April 22 in Beckley. HSTA reaches out to 9th - 12th grade under-represented students and follows them to college and toward professional school to help them prepare for health care careers. The goal is to nurture the ambitions of talented students who. for economic or other reasons, might not ordinarily achieve these career goals.
The program brings minority and disadvantaged students to campus each summer for laboratory, classroom training and enrichment activities; then provides the infrastructure and support for community-based science projects mentored by teachers, scientists, health professions students and volunteer community leaders during the school year.
Projects conducted included a kidney study researching the relationship between fast food intake and albumin levels. The second project was looking at Vitamin D levels and how they are related to sun exposure and diabetes. The Phlebotomy students volunteering performed phlebotomy on the community members involved in the studies.
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New Hires
Katrina Allen, Administrative Secretary Senior at the Advanced Technology Center, worked for New River CTC for about four years on the Mercer County Campus as part-time evening office assistant. She just graduated this Spring from Bluefield State College with a Regent Bachelor of Arts degree. She also received her Board of Governor's Degree from New River CTC in 2014.
Sonja Cool, Administrative Associate at Nicholas County Campus, previously worked at West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services, where she started in 1998 as an Office Assistant II before being promoted to Office Assistant III. For the past eight years at WVDRS, she worked as a Rehabilitation Services Associate, assisting counselors in serving individuals with disabilities throughout Nicholas and Webster counties.
 Tricia Hoover, Instructional Specialist of Computer Science at Raleigh County Campus and IT Program Coordinator for Bridging the Gap, worked for the last five years at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine as a Systems Programmer. She has her Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from University of Phoenix and a Masters of Science in Information Systems from University of Phoenix. Welcome Katrina, Sonja, and Tricia! |
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