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Presidential Report December 4, 2007Thank YouPlease join me in thanking Dean Lynn Colon and her staff for their flexibility and assistance in getting the Altamonte Campus ready for tonight's Board meeting. The building looks terrific! And we are already registering students for 2008!!! Student SuccessRoland Rodriguez is an incredible SCC success story. He dropped out of high school and had given up on school altogether. He eventually enrolled in our GED program and completed his GED. He is the first person in his family to enroll in college. When he started at SCC, Roland tested in the lowest percentile in math. Undaunted, and with the dream to become a "rocket scientist," Roland was influenced by great instructors at SCC and has now been accepted to the Aerospace Engineering Program at the University of Florida - a program that is ranked in the top 20 in the nation! Congratulations to Roland and to the faculty who influenced him! Student AuthorAuthor Robin Lippincott, an SCC graduate and Lake Mary native, visited SCC last Thursday and read from his new novel "In the Meantime." Lippincott is on a book tour promoting the novel, which traces the intertwined lives of three friends for six decades from a small Midwestern town to Manhattan. Lippincott, who now resides in Cambridge, Mass., teaches in the MFA Writing program at Spaulding University and Harvard University. AACC Most Outstanding Community College GraduateSCC Graduate Suzanne Lewis, the head of Yellowstone National Park, will be honored at the 2008 American Association of Community Colleges Convention as one of the Most Outstanding Community College Graduates in the nation! DonationsThe SCC Foundation had much to be thankful for at Thanksgiving - a $25,000 donation from Darden to support our Theatre program; a $50,000 pledge from a private foundation to support our baseball team; and a $50,000 bequest for First Generation students. Congratulations to Dr. Matt Hodge! Joint Board Meeting with Seminole County Public Schools BoardGiven the success of the joint meeting with the Seminole County Commission, your Chairman suggested that you might want to schedule a joint meeting with the SCPS Board. Board Meeting TimesThe Board may want to consider changing the times of the Board meetings from evening hours to morning hours. Upcoming Events
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