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ACC 2010 commencement activities

• The annual ACC Commencement festivities began Wednesday night, May 5, with the Nurses Pinning Ceremony held at 7 p.m. in the Park Arena. This year 23 registered nurse and 22 licensed practical nurse candidates were eligible to attend.

  Awards and recipients this year included:

  • LPN AWARDS:
    Classmate Appreciation Award – Katherine Watts
    Judy Beyer – Vonnie Przeslawski
    Excellence in Clinical Practice – Alan Trapp and Jarrod MacNicol
    Excellence in Nursing Theory – Renee Prevo
  • RN AWARDS:
    Excellence in Clinical Practice – Emily Townsend
    Excellence in Nursing Theory – Ana Scott and Leilani Euper
    Holistic Nurse Award – Qundi Li
    Kathy Gouin Award – Amy Hall
    Helen Malandrinos – Jayson Dutiel
  
  
• The Honors Breakfast, held at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 6, at the Alpena Holiday Inn, recognized students who maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Phi Theta Kappa, the community college honor society, and Kappa Beta Delta, the business honor society, recognize academically talented students. The John M. Grant Front Runner Awards are also presented; this award is given annually to a graduating male and female non-traditional student who has demonstrated unusual dedication in the pursuit of higher education. This year those students are Wendy Frary and Bruce Brown (pictured here with Janet Pfeiffenberger).
  
  
• Commencement started at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 6, in Park Arena. Highlights include:

• This year 450 degree candidates were eligible to graduate, which is the highest total in recent memory.

• Jim Park, Chairman of the Board of Besser Company, presents the 2010 Besser Awards to students Marshall Westfall and Jillian Seguin.

  The Anna & Jesse Besser Awards are the highest recognition of academic achievement given at Alpena Community College, and this is the 38th year they have been presented. The Besser Awards are awarded to two students, usually one male and one female, who have made outstanding contributions to the life of the College through scholarship, leadership, and expression of responsibility in solving social problems.

  While attending Alpena Community College, Seguin contributed to the life of the College through her involvement as president of Student Senate; as a member of Phi Theta Kappa, including being named to the 2010 All Michigan Academic Team; as a student representative on the Tobacco Use Task Force; as a contributing writer for the Lumberjack student newspaper; and volunteering at ACC events such as the Scramble for Scholarships and Career Pathways night. The expression of her assumed responsibility in the solution of social problems is evident in her participation in Michigan State University’s Young Women’s Student Leadership Conference; speaking about her experiences to Hope House residents; writing as a volunteer editorial columnist for The Alpena News; and exhibiting digital artwork at Art in the Loft.

  While attending Alpena Community College, Westfall contributed to the life of the College as a member of Phi Theta Kappa; as a member and co-secretary of the Sigma Zeta national honor society; as secretary of the Alpena College Young Republican Party; and as event mediator and volunteer with Science Olympiad. The expression of his assumed responsibility in the solution of social problems is evident in his volunteer efforts with the Alpena Free Clinic providing medical assistance to the less fortunate; and as a note taker for accommodation students through The Student Services Center.

  The Besser Foundation includes a $500 stipend along with a framed certificate. These students also have their names engraved on the Besser Award plaque located inside Alpena Community College’s Newport Center Building.

• Each year the College recognizes someone who through a sense of purpose, community concern and leadership has enriched the educational, cultural and/or economic lives of the citizens of Northeast Michigan. This year’s Fellow of the College is Dave Dziubinski, Plant Manager of the Lafarge - Alpena Plant.

• Distinguished Alumni — Another yearly Commencement activity is the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Award, which is bestowed upon an ACC alumnus who has impacted the world in their realm of expertise. This year’s recipient is 1978 ACC graduate Matthew P. Linke, Planetarium Director of the Exhibit Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
  
  

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