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Community College Humanities Association

Southern Division Conference

Miami Beach, Florida
October 26-28, 2000

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Diverse Communities: One City


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2000

10:00-12:00 p.m. South Beach Art Deco Tour (You must sign up in advance for this tour. Assemble in the hotel lobby at 10:00 a.m.)

12:00-5:00 p.m. Registration--Lobby

1:30-2:45 p.m. PLENARY SESSION--Richelieu Ballroom

Presiding: John Beck, President, CCHA, Southern Region, and Chair of the General College, Vance-Granville Community College
Welcome: Jon Alexiou, President, Wolfson Campus Miami-Dade Community College

Welcome: David Berry, Executive Director, CCHA, and Professor of History, Essex County College

Introduction of the Presenters: Vernon Smith, Chair, Music Department, Kendall Campus, Miami-Dade Community College

Juba Gospel Ensemble with Director and Commentator Wayne Bumpers
Miami-Dade Community College, Kendall Campus

3:00-4:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS A

Regency I Creative Roots: How Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds and Experiences Shaped Three Authors' Fiction and Poetry (two-hour seminar)

Presenters: Ivonne Lamazares, Preston Allen, and Geoffrey Philip, Miami-Dade Community College, FL

Moderator: Tamara Baxter, Northeast State Technical Community College, TN

Regency II Conch Talk, The Dialects of Key West

Presenters: Susan M. Nugent, Santa Fe Community College, FL

Harold E. Nugent, Prof. Emeritus, University System of New Hampshire

Moderator: Bill McPherson, Nunez Community College, LA

Charlemagne Keeping the Human in Humanities Distance Learning

Presenter: Denise Drum Baker, Sandhills Community College, NC

Moderator: Sarah Larson, Georgia Perimeter Community College, GA

4:15-5:15 p.m CONCURRENT SESSIONS B

Regency I Creative Roots: How Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds Shaped Three Authors' Fiction and Poetry (Continued)

Regency II The Impact of Electronic Media on the Understanding and Teaching of History and the Humanities

Presenters: David S. Trask and Jeff Kinard, Guilford Technical College, NC

Moderator: Robert I. Barnes, Jr., Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, NC

Charlemagne Disney and Architecture: An Illustrated Presentation

Presenter: Philip E. Bishop, Valencia Community College, FL

Moderator: William Paquette, Tidewater Community College, VA

5:30-7:30 p.m. RECEPTION
North Pavillion--Poolside
Hors d'oeuvres and Cash Bar
Performing Ensemble of Miami-Dade Community College

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27

7:30 - 8:15 a.m. CCHA CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND BUSINESS MEETING --Richelieu Ballroom
Election of Secretary, CCHA, Southern Region

8:00 -5:00 p.m. Registration, Lobby

8:30-9:30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS C

Regency I The Role of Cultural Heritage and Tradition in Community College Teaching

Two Women, Two Worlds: Exploring Cultural Diversity Through an Interdisciplinary Study in Varied Mediums

Presenters: Xuchitl N. Coso and H. Elizabeth Thornton, Georgia Perimeter College, GA

New Voices: The Contributions of Diverse Cultures to the Community

Presenter: Yamile Quintana, Miami-Dade Community College, FL

Moderator: Wick Whalen, Miami-Dade Community College, FL

Regency II New Technologies in the Classroom

Virtual Learning Communities and the Global Village

Presenter: Arnold Bradford, Northern Virginia Community College, VA

Integrating Core Humanities and Technology

Presenters: Isabel Mirsky and Howard Wach, Bronx Community College, NY

Moderator: David S. Trask, Guilford Community College, NC

Charlemagne Reports from the CCHA/NEH Summer Institute—The Maya World

Presenters: Kenna Noone, Seminole Community College, FL, Anita Gonzalez, Florida State University, FL, Lawrence Hetrick, Georgia Perimeter College, GA, Carol Horigan, Pensacola Junior College, FL, and Linda Nieman, Kennesaw State University, GA

Moderators: Laraine Fletcher, Adelphi University, NY and George Scheper, Essex Community College, NJ

Normandy Reassessing the Future of the Humanities in the Community College (two-hour forum)

Presenters: Casey Blanton, Douglas Peterson, Harry Shoff, Kenneth Walker, and Richard Zelley , Daytona Beach Community College, FL

Moderator: Ellen O'Shaughnessy, Daytona Beach Community College, FL

9:45-10:45 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS D

Regency I Literature and the Southern City

Presenters: Ted Wadley, Hank Eidson, Marissa McNamara, Georgia Perimeter College, GA

Moderator : Sam J. Goldstein, Daytona Beach Community College, FL

Regency II Creative Nonfiction--Somewhere Between Fact and Fiction

Presenter: Dee Reynolds, Paducah Community College, KY

Moderator : Nevada McPherson, Nunez Community College, LA

Charlemagne Teaching in the Electronic Classroom: Students On-Line

An Oral History Project: The Community College Meets the Community

Presenter: Lyn Q. Koppel, Nunez Community College, LA


Activities for Beginning Research On-line in the Composition Class

Presenters: Betty S. O'Brien and Nancy Wilcox, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, MS

Moderator: Harold E. Nugent, University System of New Hampshire, Retired

Normandy Reassessing the Future of the Humanities in the Community College ( continued)

11:00-12:00p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS E

Regency I Featured Session: The Bay of Pigs Revisited: A Participant's View
Speaker: Eduardo Zayas-Bazan

Introduction: Colin F. Baxter, Prof. of History, East Tennessee State University, TN

Regency II Art and the Immigrant: Academic Collaboration Builds Learning Communities

Presenters: Cheryl Benz and Annette Zimmerman Wells, Miami-Dade Community College, FL

Moderator: Philip E. Bishop, Valencia Community College, FL

Charlemagne Practical Tips to Improve Your Online Teaching

Presenter: Sally Padgett Wheeler, Georgia Perimeter College, GA

Moderator: Hank Eidson, Georgia Perimeter College, GA

Normandy Administrative Issues in the Humanities: A Panel of Deans

Presenters: Robert Barnes, Jr., Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, NC

Dennis Elkins, Walters State Community College, TN

Lyn Q. Koppel, Nunez Community College, LA

Byron Robinson, Alamance Community College, NC

Moderator: John Beck, Vance-Granville Community College, NC

12:45-2:00 p.m. BANQUET LUNCHEON--Richelieu Ballroom

Presiding and President's Address: John Beck, President, CCHA Southern Region, Vance-Granville Community College

Introduction of The Speaker : Ken Boos, Associate Dean for the School of Arts and Letters, North Campus, Miami-Dade Community College

Keynote Address : Les Standiford, Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program, Florida International University, Miami

2:30-3:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS F

Regency I NEH Programs and Grants: 2001-2002

Presenter: Judith Jeffrey Howard, NEH, Education Divison

Moderator: John Beck, President, CCHA Southern Region

Regency II Knock, Knock...Who's There? Opening the Door to the Face Behind the Screen (two-hour seminar)

Presenters: Dennis Elkins, Randy Handel, Andrea Sanders, and David White, Walters State Community College, TN

Moderator: Jeff Kinard, Guilford Technical Community College, NC

Charlemagne How to Introduce the "World" in General Educational Courses

Presenter: Wick Whalen, Miami-Dade Community College, FL

Moderator: Byron T. Robinson, Alamance Community College, NC

Normandy Adjuncts in a Changing Professional World

Presenters: William Paquette, Tidewater Community College,VA

Sally Padgett Wheeler, Georgia Perimeter College, GA

Respondent: Jerry Riedling, Jefferson Community College, KY

3:45-4:45 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS G

Regency I Teaching Epic Literature in the Community College

More Epics--Can't Get Enough!

Presenter: Casey Blanton, Datona Beach Community College, FL


Ramayana: Tellings Across Time and Space

Presenter: Bettye Walsh, Piedmont Community College, VA

Moderator: Fay McMillan, Northeast State Technical Community College, TN

Regency II Knock, Knock...Who's There? Opening the Door to the Face Behind the Screen (Continued)

Charlemagne Creating a Team-Taught Multidisciplinary Course That Includes Both Western and Eastern Approaches

Presenter: Barbara Tucker, Katherine Purcell, and Sandra Lopez, Trident Technical College, SC

Moderator: Thelma Altshuler, Miami-Dade Community College, FL

Normandy The Reconstruction of Race and Ethnicity

Presenter: Aaron Randall, Vance-Granville Community College, NC

Moderator: Kenneth Walker, Daytona Beach Community College, FL

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28


8:30-9:30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS H

Regency I Cyber-Reunion; Creating One's Family Heritage On-line

Presenter: Warren Yarbrough, Georgianna McGee and Forest Mahan, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, SC

Moderator: Aaron Randal, Vance-Granville Community College, NC

Regency II Productive Partnering to Improve Informational Literacy: Course Integrated Library Instruction

Presenters: Karen Leeseberg, Nevada McPherson, Bill McPherson, and Lisa Muilenburg, Nunez Community College, LA

Moderator: David White, Walters State Community College, TN

Charlemagne Testimony, Creativity and Transgression: The Art and Craft of Latin American Women Artists and Writers (two-hour seminar)

Presenters: Nora Erro-Peralta, Florida Atlantic University, FL

Elizabeth Eschbach and Edward Szymanski, Valencia Community College, FL

Moderator: Douglas Peterson, Daytona Beach Community College, FL

9:45-10:45 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS I

Regency I Building the New Orleans History Archive on the Internet: A Progress Report

Presenter: Michael Mizell-Nelson and Jim Mazoue, Delgado Community College, LA

Moderator: Ted Wadley, Georgia Perimeter Community College, GA

Regency II Breaking Bandwidth Barriers: CD-Web Hybrids Deliver the Best of Humanities Without Waiting

Presenter: Reid A. Holland, Midlands Technical College, SC

Moderator: Arnold Bradford, Northern Virginia Community College, VA

Charlemagne Testimony, Creativity and Transgression: The Art and Craft of Latin American Women Artists and Writers. ( Continued)

10:45-11:15 a.m. REFRESHMENTS, Lobby North


11:15-12:15 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS J

Regency I Putting the World into Humanities Classes

Paraphrasing and Presenting the Classics: An Holistic Approach to Teaching World Literature

Presenter: Sarah L. Larson, Georgia Perimeter College, GA

Putting the World into World History Textbooks: An Analysis Over Thirty Years

Presenter: William Paquette, Tidewater Community College, VA

Moderator: Casey Blanton, Daytona Beach Community College, FL

Regency II The Student as Customer Concept

Debunking and Deconstructing the Concept "Student as Customer": A Rhetorical Perspective

Presenter: Bill McPherson, Nunez Community College, LA

Oops! Our Program is Shrinking!!

Presenter: Yadira Diaz, Delgado Community College, LA

Moderator: Karen Leeseberg, Nunez Community College, LA

Charlemagne The City in Literature and History

Urban Corruption in Shakespeare

Presenter: Samuel J. Goldstein, Daytona Beach Community College, FL

The Importance of Cathedral Towns in the Middle Ages

Presenter: Fay McMillan, Northeast State Technical Community College, TN

Moderator: Wendy Frandsen, Vance-Granville Community College


PROGRAM CONCLUDES



HOST COLLEGE: MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE


CCHA SOUTHERN DIVISION OFFICERS
John Beck, President, Vance-Granville Community College, NC
Tamara M. Baxter, Vice President, Northeast State Technical College, TN
Ellen O'Shaughnessey, Secretary, Daytona Beach Community College, FL

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Tamara M. Baxter, Chair, Northeast State Technical College, TN
John Beck, Vance-Granville Community College, NC
Ellen O'Shaughnessey, Daytona Beach Community College, FL
William Paquette, Tidewater Community College, VA
Ted Wadley, Georgia Peremiter Community College, GA
Wick Whalen, Miami-Dade Community College, FL

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
Ken Boos, Miami-Dade Community College
Alonzo Bain, Miami-Dade Community College
Joanne De Falla, Miami-Dade Community College
Alexandria Holloway, Miami-Dade Community College
Elena Perez-Mirabal, Miami-Dade Community College
Mercedes Quiroga, Miami-Dade Community College
Vernon Smith, Miami-Dade Community College
Wick Whalen, Miami-Dade Community College

CCHA NATIONAL OFFICE
David Berry, Executive Director, CCHA
Essex County College
303 University Ave.
Newark, NJ 07102-1798 FL


CCHA SOUTHERN DIVISION INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
Alamance Community College (NC)
Ashland Community College (KY)
Central Florida Community College (FL)
Gainesville Community College (GA)
Coastal Georgia Community College (GA)
Dyersburg State Community College (TN)
Florence-Darlington Technical College (SC)
Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FL)
Hazard Community College (KY)
James Sprunt Community College (NC)
Johnston Community College (NC)
Miami-Dade Community College, Wolfson Campus (FL)
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College-Perkinston (MS)
Motlow State Community College (TN)
Northeast State Technical Community College (TN)
Nash Community College (NC)
Owensboro Community College (KY)
Okaloosa-Walton Community College (FL)
Phi Theta Kappa (MS)
Seminole Community College (FL)
Technical College of the Lowcountry (SC)
Tidewater Community College (VA)
Valencia Community College (FL)

Thanks to Miami-Dade Community College for hosting the conference. Special thanks to Chris Santi for the design of the call for proposals and the program brochure cover, and to Ken Boos for coordinating the local arrangements for the largest CCHA Southern Division Fall Conference to date.