Speakers Bureau - Presenters

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April Andreas Instructor / Mathematics 254-299-8130 aandreas@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Engineering at MCC: Start Toward Your Career of Solving Tomorrow's Challenges
  • How to Give Technical Presentations that Keep People Awake
  • Mars or Bust: Sending Humans to the Red Planet
  • Space Exploration: How did we get here and where are we going?

Henry Apperson Instructor / History 254-299-8934 happerson@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Slides of the Steamboat Arabia
  • The Berlin Wall and the Demise of Communism in Europe

Joe Arrington Division Chair / Human Services & Education 254-299-8706 jarrington@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Getting Good at Maturing
  • Have You Considered ...? (Issues in selecting long-term care)
  • I Choose: The Texas Living Will
  • Making Nursing Homes More Livable
  • On Fighting Fairly: Interpersonal Combat Skills
  • Something Else To Do When I Really Feel Like Choking Them

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Linda Beatty Instructor / Health and Physical Education 254-299-8875 lbeatty@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Health
  • Mind and Body Connection
  • Physical Activity

Nancy Boyens Instructor / Multi-Media 254-299-8266 nboyens@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Scottish History & Genealogy

Pamela Briggs Instructor / Child Development 254-299-8788 pbriggs@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Creative Activities for Early Childhood
  • Curriculum Development for Children Birth-Preschool
  • Math and Literacy for Young Children

Gail Brooks Instructor / Mathematics 254-299-8839 gbrooks@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Mathematics Education
  • Technology in education
  • Transitioning from high school to college with dual credit courses
  • YouTube and video streaming

James Burroughs Instructor / Health and Physical Education 254-299-8853 jburroughs@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Exercise and Feel Great!
  • Forty-Love! Tennis
  • Officiating Basketball
  • Physical Education Skill Activities

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Michael Campenni Instructor / Government 254-299-8941 mcampenni@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • American Politics
  • Spreading Democracy Worldwide
  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • World Politics

Matthew Cardin Sr. Lab Instructor / English 254-299-8356 mcardin@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Accessing Your Secret Self: Creative Writing and the Hidden Mind
  • Apocalypse Right Now: What Science Fiction and Horror Can Teach Us about Current Events

Stephen Cook Coordinator, Fire Fighter's Academy / Fire Fighter's Academy-CE 254-299-6511 scook@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Firefighting as a Career
  • Fire Safety Topics (age-appropriate talks for pre-k to senior citizens or special topics in fire safety)
  • Photographing Sports with a Digital Camera
  • Portrait Photography with a Digital Camera
  • Selecting a Digital Camera
  • What does Aperture, Shutter Priority, and Manual Mean on My Digital Camera?

Susan Copeland Coordinator / Retired Senior Volunteer Progr 254-299-8577 scopeland@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Community Service and You
  • Seniors Can Make a Difference
  • Volunteerism

Linda Crawford Instructor / English 254-299-8940 lcrawford@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • I Don't Do Stress (As it relates to scripture and faith)
  • It Doesn't Matter
  • What You Say is What You Get
  • You Messed Up Now

Shirley Crockett Coordinator, Adult Basic Education / Adult Basic Education 254-299-8748 scrockett@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Are We Really that Illiterate?
  • Family Literacy
  • Illiteracy: State and Local
  • Illiteracy Statistics
  • Recruitment of Literacy Students
  • Second Chance at Learning
  • Working with Literacy Volunteers
  • Workplace Literacy

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David Davenport Instructor / Economics 254-299-8667 ddavenport@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Energy Deregulation and Power
  • Energy Efficiency in Homes, Offices and Schools

Marylaine Driese College Archivist (PT) / Library Services 254-299-8029 mdriese@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • MCC before it was MCC

Linda Dulin Instructor / Speech Communication 254-299-8912 ldulin@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Business/Organizational Communication
  • Conducting Effective Meetings
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Generational Diversity in the Workplace
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Leadership
  • Training and Development Issues
  • Working in Teams

Ann Duncan Instructor / Speech Communication 254-299-8956 aduncan@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • A Tour of "The Troubles" and Interesting Places to Visit in Northern Ireland and Dublin
  • How to Gain Power through Listening
  • How to Stop Shaking When You Are Speaking to an Audience

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Ronald Epps Dean, Workforce Education / Workforce Education 254-299-8647 repps@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Veterinary Technology Program at MCC
  • Volunteerism Creates a Healthy Community
  • What Veterinary Technicians Do in Practice

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Mary Feltman Program Director/Instructor / Electroneurodiagnostics 254-299-8525 mfeltman@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Neurodiagnostics
  • Sleep
  • Toastmasters
  • Transplanted Yankee

Jon Fox Instructor / Commercial Music 254-299-8286 jfox@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Guitar (jazz, rock and other styles, electric or acoustic--but not classical or nylon string)
  • Improvisation
  • Jazz

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Richard Geiger Police Officer / Campus Police 254-299-8824 rgeiger@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Bagpipes

Richard Gimble Instructor / Commercial Music 254-299-8219 rgimble@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Any topic related to the music industry

Cornelia Gordon Instructor / Nursing, ADN 254-299-8353 cgordon@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Austria: My Second Home
  • Spiritual Energy in Health Care

Frank Graves Dean, Continuing Education / Continuing Education 254-299-8126 fgraves@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Customized Training
  • Managing Teams
  • Moving for Conflict to Collaboration
  • Supervisor/Management Training
  • Workplace Violence

Michael Green Business Consultant / Small Business Development Cen 254-299-8128 mdgreen@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Customer Service
  • Motivation and Leadership
  • Strategic Planning

Felicitas Gutierrez Program Director, Teacher Certification / Alternative Teacher Cert 254-299-8067 fgutierrez@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • The Alternative Teacher Certification Program - Your Pathway to a Great Career

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Harry Harelik Executive Director, MCC Foundation / MCC Foundation 254-299-8606 hharelik@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Accomplishments and Objectives of the MCC Foundation
  • History of the MCC Foundation
  • Importance of Philanthropy in our Society/Teaching Philanthropy to the Young Generation
  • Income and Estate Tax Aspects and Alternatives in Charitable Giving
  • Internet humor

William Haskett Instructor / Music 254-299-8275 whaskett@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Music

Rushikesh Hathi Instructor / Computer Info Sys & Multimedia 254-299-8281 rhathi@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Computer-related topics

Fred Hills Program Director/Instructor / Computer Info Sys & Multimedia 254-299-8270 fhills@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Computer Basics in Spanish
  • Computers and the Church
  • Computers in Education
  • Distance Education
  • Information Age
  • Technology
  • Theology
  • Time Management

Sandra Hinton Instructor / Health and Physical Education 254-299-8851 shinton@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Dance
  • Exercise
  • Just for the Health of It
  • Performance by Dance Company

Karen Hix Coordinator, Community Programs / Community Programs 254-299-8757 khix@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Community Programs
  • Continuing Education
  • Lifelong learning

Kent Hoeffner Instructor / Philosophy 254-299-8959 khoeffner@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Christianity
  • Ethics

William Howard Instructor / Commercial Music 254-299-8217 whoward@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Collecting Comic Books for Fun and Profit

Casey Hubble Instructor / Government 254-299-8938 chubble@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Foreign Policy

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Paul Illich VP, Research, Planning & Information Tech / Research Planning & Info Tech 254-299-8636 pillich@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Teaching on the Internet
  • Understanding Statistics
  • Using Data in Your Business

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Michelle Johnson Coordinator, Testing Center / Student Assessment 254-299-8415 mjohnson@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • How to Deal with Test Anxiety
  • What Tests Do I Need to Take to Get into College, and When Do I Need to Take Them?

Barry Jones Instructor / Agriculture 254-299-8835 bjones@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Agriculture degrees offered at MCC

JoAnn Jumper Instructor / Mental Health 254-299-8729 jjumper@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Helping teens and young adults gain independence
  • Organization
  • Stress management
  • Study skills

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Sharon Kenan Librarian / Library Services 254-299-8343 skenan@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Any topic related to the library

Robert Konzelman Instructor / Commercial Music 254-299-8231 bkonzelman@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Exercise, Nutrition and Fitness

Jonathan Kutz Instructor / Commercial Music 254-299-8110 jkutz@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Blues
  • Country
  • Effects of Rap on Society
  • Effects of Rock on Society
  • Jazz
  • Rock 'n Roll from the '50s to present

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William Lockhart Instructor / Sociology 254-299-8930 wlockhart@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Poverty and Faith-based Poverty Programs
  • Sociology of Religion

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Linda Maloy Program Direcotor/Instructor / Surgical Technology 254-299-8301 lmaloy@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Preparing for surgery
  • Professional Ethics: In the Health Care Setting
  • The Right to Die: A Look at Our Health Care System

Jennifer Martinsen Wellness Coordinator (Parttime) / Wellness 254-299-8825 jmartinsen@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • A health education model in a medical delivery system
  • Cancer support/survivorship/motivational speaker
  • Dimensions of wellness/Wellness assessments
  • Health education/Health promotion
  • How to implement a corporate wellness program
  • Leadership
  • Managing teams
  • Team building

Ronnie Massey Assistant Program Director / Alternative Teacher Cert 254-299-8061 rmassey@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • The Alternative Teacher Certification Program - Your Pathway to a Great Career

Cynthia McAdams Instructor / Nursing, ADN 254-299-8304 cmcadams@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Adult cardiovascular health
  • All adolescent health topics
  • General health and wellness topics across the lifespan
  • Overweight epidemic in children and adolescents including environmental influences, psychosocial outcomes and predictor variables, National standards and evidenced based interventions to reduce the epidemic

James McKeown Instructor / English 254-299-8952 jmckeown@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Book Collecting
  • Joseph Campbell and Mythology: Fact or Fiction?
  • Journal Writing as Practice and Therapy
  • Reading and Appreciating Literature
  • Some Interesting Contemporary Novels

Cynthia Morris Instructor / Psychology 254-299-8909 cmorris@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Christian Education
  • Diversity and Multiculturalism in Higher Education
  • GEAR-UP
  • Life Strategy Management
  • Parental Involvement
  • Parenting
  • Women's Issues

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Becky Parker Instructor / Marketing 254-299-8651 bparker@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Effective Advertising
  • Marketing Your Business
  • Remarkable or Invisible?

Kimberley Patterson Sr. Foundation Specialist / MCC Foundation 254-299-8481 kpatterson@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • E-mail etiquette
  • MCC Highlander Alumni Association

Linda Pelon Instructor / History 254-299-8917 lpelon@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Historic Tourism and Ecotourism as an Economic Engine for Preservation Efforts
  • Understanding Comanche land use in Texas
  • Waco Indians

Belinda Pillow Project Director / Small Business Development Cen 254-299-8138 bpillow@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Assisting Small Businesses to Prosper
  • Small Business Development
  • The Importance of SBDC in Business Success
  • The Importance of Small Business to the Community
  • Topics concerning small businesses
  • What Can SBDC Do for My Business?

Alvin Pollard Vice President, Program Development / Program Development 254-299-8669 apollard@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Post-secondary Vocational Education
  • Providing a Quality Workforce for Central Texas

Thomas Proctor Coordinator, Planning / Program Review, Plan & Assessm 254-299-8619 tproctor@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • History of Boston
  • Maine History
  • Middlesex Canal, 1790-1853
  • New England Maritime History
  • Planning - what it can do for you in things great and small
  • Religion in New England
  • Traveling in New England
  • Using libraries, archives, and museums to your advantage

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James Rambo Instructor / Theatre 254-299-8177 jrambo@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Commencement addresses
  • Importance of the Arts in Education
  • In-service Workshops Designed to Train Teachers How to More Effectively Use Their Voices and Bodies in Their Classroom Communication

Karen Rudolph Coordinator / Marketing & Communications 254-299-8721 krudolph@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Effective public relations
  • Journalism 101

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Lewis Snell Director, University Center / University Center 254-299-8378 lsnell@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Graduate degrees through the University Center at MCC
  • Partnerships with public universities

Linda Stanford Division Chair / Business Programs 254-299-8228 lstanford@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Business programs
  • Computer information systems
  • Ergonomics
  • Office technology

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Frances Turner Veterinary Technician Instructor / Veterinary Technician Program 254-299-8735 fturner@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Beginning Composting
  • Benefits of Water Aerobics
  • Nutrition: "Is My Pet Too Fat?"
  • Parasites in Dogs and Cats
  • Pet diseases that can be prevented
  • Pocket Pets
  • Should My Pet Have Lab Work Done Before Surgery?
  • Tips on running 100 miles in less than 30 hours
  • What is an RVT?

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Danny Uptmore Executive Director, Corporate & Professional Training / Corporate & Professional Train 254-299-8139 duptmore@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Business/Organizational Communication
  • Conducting Effective Meetings
  • Customer Service
  • Generational Diversity in the Workplace
  • Leadership
  • Training and Development Issues
  • Working in Teams

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Alta Walter Instructor / Nursing, ADN 254-299-8307 awalter@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Cardiac Health and Facts
  • Community Involvement - "I'm Not Too Busy"
  • Culture, Ethnicity, and Spirituality
  • Grieving: Death and Dying
  • Nutrition: Special Diets
  • Over-the-Counter Drug Education: Facts and Misconceptions

Winfred Watkins Instructor / Biology 254-299-8179 wwatkins@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Bioterrorism
  • Bioterrorist and Microbes
  • General Medical Technology Topics
  • Laboratory Management
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Nosocomial Infections
  • Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

Arthur Wellborn Instructional Specialist / English 254-299-8331 awellborn@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Christianity
  • Christian music concerts

Lisa Wilhelmi Director, Community Relations / President's Office 254-299-8640 lwilhelmi@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Experimental theatre
  • History of MCC
  • Marketing
  • Modern drama
  • Promoting and coordinating special events
  • Public Relations
  • Restoration theatre

Paulette Williams Coordinator, Paramedics/EMS / Paramedics/EMS 254-299-8591 pwilliams@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Any health care related subject
  • Any topic dealing with Prehospital Emergency Medicine
  • Cardiac Facts
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • CPR
  • Emergency Care before 911
  • Public Assist AED (Automated External Defibrillators)

Brooks Wilson Instructor / Economics 254-299-8678 bwilson@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Banking and financial regulation
  • Financial crisis
  • Genealogy as a Hobby
  • Housing bubble
  • Immigration
  • Subjects Related to Economics: Trade, Regulation, Privatization, etc.

Alma Wlazlinski Instructor / Mathematics 254-299-8871 awlazlinski@mclennan.edu

Topics Presented

  • Late Bloomers
  • Personal Mastery: Knowing Who You Are
  • Second Careers