July 26, 2007

IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE NEWS

Goodman

COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD RENEWS CHANCELLOR’S CONTRACT

The South Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees on Monday renewed the contract of Chancellor Raghu P. Mathur through June 30, 20 1 1.

Mathur’s base salary is currently $237,261. His new contract covers the current year 2007-08 and terminates on June 30, 2008. For each year of the contractual agreement, his base salary will be increased by the State Budget Act’s funded percentage COLA, received at the same time other academic administrators receive their cost-of-living increases, according to a district statement.

The district and Mathur oversee Saddleback and Irvine Valley colleges and the new Advanced Technology and Education Park campus in Tustin.

Mathur has been chancellor since February 2002. He started with the district in 1 976 as a chemistry instructor and eventually served as president of Irvine Valley College for five years before being named chancellor.

FOUNDATION ELECTS NEW CHAIRWOMAN

Irvine Valley College Foundation’s board elected Cecilia Goodman as its chairwoman for the 2007-08 academic year. Goodman is past president of Charter 1 00, a philanthropic women’s community organization that has donated more than $ 1 00,000 to low-income, single-parent students at Irvine Valley College.

Other officers who will be serving on the foundation’s executive committee are Mark Cheung as first vice chairman, David Robinson as second vice chairman, Julie Davis as treasurer, Kay Kearney as secretary and Howard Klein as immediate past chairman.

Cheung is an attorney with Wu & Cheung, an Irvine-based law firm. Robinson is the managing partner of Enterprise Counsel Group, an Irvine law firm. Davis is a partner and chief financial officer of Coast to Coast Business Equipment. Kearney is vice president of business and community relations for Doctor’s Ambulance Service. Klein, a patent attorney, is a partner at Klein, O’Neill & Singh, LLP, an Irvine law firm.

During the 2006 -07 academic year, the foundation awarded 1 4 endowments and 39 scholarships, made possible through contributions by local businesses, corporations, service organizations, faculty, students, and staff at Irvine Valley. In total, the foundation awarded more than $ 1 65,000 in scholarships.

For information on how to donate to Irvine Valley College’s scholarship program, contact foundation director Al Tello at 949-45 1 -5290.

MUSIC DIRECTOR APPOINTED CHAIRMAN

Stephen Rochford, director of instrumental music, was appointed as state chairman for Southern California of the College Band Directors National Association. The association is devoted to the teaching, performance, study and cultivation of music, with particular focus on the wind band medium.

He has been a member of the association for 1 7 years.

Rochford received his bachelor’s degree in clarinet performance as a student of Kalman Bloch, retired principal clarinet of Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and his master’s degree in instrumental conducting from Cal State Fullerton. He received his doctor of musical arts degree in conducting from The Claremont Graduate University.

He conducts the college orchestra and the wind symphony and manages all aspects of instrumental music, including jazz ensemble and guitar area. In 2005, he was the first faculty member to be recognized by the college’s foundation.

TWO STUDENTS RECEIVE $ 1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS

Two students received $ 1,000 scholarships from the Irvine Spectrum Rotary Club.

Ava Neyer, a 4.0 student who graduated with honors, will be attending UC Davis in the fall.

The second winner, Michael Morley, was last year’s student body president.

For the past several years, the Irvine Spectrum Rotary Club has donated to Irvine Valley’s scholarship program. Scholarships are awarded based on financial need, scholastic achievement and community service.

The club is a community service organization comprised of business and professional leaders, which meets for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesdays. For more information about the club, contact Gillian Bradshaw at 949-874-4762.

CRIME STORY COURSE OFFERED

Professor Kay Ryals will be teaching Literature 1 1 0, Popular Literature: Detective Fiction, a course for students with a passion for crime stories. The course will feature such favorites as Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, P.D. James, Sue Grafton, Walter Mosley and Tony Hillerman. The class will be from 7 to 1 0 p.m. on Wednesdays in Room B 1 03. This is a Cal State transferable course. More information: kryals@ivc.edu

ORGANIZATION DONATES $ 1 8,000 TO FOUNDATION

The Irvine Valley College Foundation received a donation of $ 1 7,9 1 0 from Charter 1 00, a philanthropic women’s community organization. The gift will be placed in the Charter 1 00 Endowed Scholarship account, which now has a balance of more than $82,000.

Ardent supporters of the college for many years, Charter 1 00 members have donated more than $ 1 00,000 to low-income, single-parent students. Scholarships are awarded annually.

For information on how to donate, contact foundation director Al Tello at 949-45 1 -5290.

NEW DEAN TO LEAD CAREER EDUCATION

Susan M. Cooper is the new dean of career technical education and workforce development.

Previously, she served as dean of math, science and engineering. Prior to joining the college in 200 1, she was the director of distributed learning, director of academic computing and media, and a professor in the College of Education at Cal State San Bernardino from1 988 to 200 1.

She holds a doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University, a master’s of science degree from Northern Illinois University, and a bachelor in science degree from Drake University.

Her salary ranges from $ 1 28,065 to $ 1 55,8 1 0.

INSTITUTE GETS $5,000 FOR FILM CLASS

The Emeritus Institute recently received $5,000 gift from Mission Viejo resident Thomas Spry to support film classes. The donation will provide funding and support for activities, trips, supplies, materials, and equipment for the film program.

Spry became interested in the Emeritus film classes when he saw an audition notice for a short film production through the college. He learned that while the program was able to produce top quality filming projects, the shoe-string budgets of about $300 per production provided challenges for the film makers and the students involved, said David E. Anderson Jr., director, in a statement.

For information on how to donate to the program, contact David Anderson, Jr. at 949-45 1 -5226.

CLASS ADDRESSES INTERNET PROTOCOL

“Voice Over Internet Protocol” is a new Internet telephony class. Students who complete the class will receive 3.5 units. The college will offer two sections: from 5:30 to 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday and on Thursday.
The course will cover Internet protocol telephone functions, components and architectures, gateways, dial plans and security; voice ports, interfaces, dial peers and connections. Prospective students who have questions or seek additional information about the course may email the instructor, Dave Shinnick at dshinnick@ivc.edu.

CHANCELLOR RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE

Raghu Mathur, chancellor of the South Orange County Community College District and former president of Irvine Valley, received an honorary doctor of philosophy degree in business administration from Pacific States University in Los Angeles at the university’s commencement.

Mathur gave the commencement address to the about 80 graduates in business administration, computer science and information technology – primarily international students. Mathur spoke about his own personal success story of grabbing opportunity as a newly arrived immigrant to the United States.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION PARK (ATEP) 949-282-2700 – WWW.ATEP.US NEW TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PARK NOW REGISTERING

The Advanced Technology and Education Park, the new satellite campus of the South Orange County Community College District on Red Hill and Valencia in Tustin, is registering students for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 20. Initially, ATEP will offer courses from its two sister schools, Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College, plus workforce training in photonics from ATEP’s Center for Applied Competitive Technologies. The program offers training for careers in lasers, optics, design model-making or information security. Students can register for ATEP courses at any of the three campus locations. To register or learn more, visit www.atep.us or call 949-282-2700.