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Committed to Serve<br />
<strong>Report</strong> to the<br />
Community<br />
Year Ending<br />
2012
Committed to Serve<br />
<strong>Report</strong> to the<br />
Community<br />
Year Ending<br />
2012
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Board of Regents<br />
Wayne Gray, chair<br />
Susan Moore-Fontenot, vice-chair<br />
Pete C. Alfaro, secretary<br />
Keith Coburn, D.D.S., assistant secretary<br />
Don Coffey<br />
Ronald D. Haddox<br />
Mark Hall<br />
Mark Himsel<br />
Judy Jirrels<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Foundation Board<br />
Gary Englert, chair<br />
Bennie Kadjar, vice-chair<br />
Doug Walker, treasurer<br />
John Adams<br />
Manuel Escontrias<br />
Lynne Foley<br />
Roy Fuller, Jr.<br />
Wayne Gray<br />
Ronn Haddox<br />
Ruben Linares<br />
Dr. Wayne Miller<br />
Rick Peebles<br />
Carl Pickett<br />
Gilbert Santana<br />
B. J. Simon<br />
Brenda Smith<br />
Kevin Speer<br />
Laurie Terry<br />
Kenneth Tilton<br />
Judy Wheat<br />
Roberta Wright<br />
Reggie Brewer, member emeritus<br />
Paul Edwards, member emeritus<br />
<strong>Report</strong> to the Community Year Ending 2012<br />
Copyright February 2013 by the <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Office of <strong>College</strong> Relations, P.O. Box 818, Baytown, TX 77520-0818.<br />
All rights reserved.<br />
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Dennis Brown<br />
Executive Director, Institutional Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Ann Amelang<br />
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Lestarjette<br />
Correspondents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teri Modisett, Anikka Ayala-Rogers, Steve Lestarjette<br />
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melanie Miller, Kim Christiansen (Board of Regents photo)<br />
Print Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Grammer<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> does not discriminate on the basis of gender, disability, race, color, age, relgiion, national origin or veteran status<br />
in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices, as required by Title VII, Title IX, Section 504, ADA or 34 CFR.
Table of Contents<br />
From the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
“It has been an amazing year”<br />
John Britt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Legendary instructor points students to the future by taking them back in time<br />
Clare Fleming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way director helps students through the open door<br />
Chuck Ganze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Unorthodox methods have students catching hope<br />
Debi Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />
Changing the community through workforce training<br />
Gregg Lattier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Serving others is best way to profit, business instructor says<br />
Carolyn Lightfoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
“Extraordinary ideas bring extraordinary results,” says technology leader<br />
Tom O’Kuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Innovative Physics instructor shares his methods across the nation<br />
Evan Richards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Instructor sets curiosity in motion — and ignites a love for learning<br />
Georgeann Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
Instructor leads initiative to improve college’s writing instruction<br />
Donna Zuniga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
Dean of the Huntsville Center calculates impact of one changed life<br />
<strong>Report</strong> to the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
3
From the President<br />
Dr. Dennis Brown<br />
“It has been an amazing year”<br />
When I wrote the introduction to the<br />
2010 – 2011 <strong>Report</strong> to the Community,<br />
I had only just recently arrived at <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Now, one year later, I have many experiences<br />
from which to draw on in writing the <strong>Report</strong><br />
to the Community Year Ending 2012 introduction.<br />
It has been an amazing year. So<br />
much has happened, and I have learned a<br />
great deal about the college, Baytown, and<br />
the many communities in our service delivery<br />
area. I now know, first hand, why <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> is held in such high regard by these<br />
communities, and by business and industry<br />
that depend on the students we train to<br />
meet their workforce needs.<br />
The commitment of our faculty and staff to<br />
serving the higher education needs of<br />
students and our communities is impressive.<br />
You will read about some of these people in<br />
this year’s <strong>Report</strong> to the Community. They are<br />
willing to go above and beyond, and their<br />
talents motivate our students to excel. Our<br />
faculty and staff challenge students to reach<br />
for the stars. It is nothing less than amazing.<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is all about people. Brick and<br />
mortar are necessary, but it is the faculty<br />
and staff who work their magic in helping<br />
students succeed.<br />
So just what is it that I have learned in the<br />
past year? Well, I have learned that this<br />
college has some outstanding accomplishments.<br />
For example, <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> was again<br />
selected, for the second year in a row by the<br />
Aspen Institute, to compete for the 2013<br />
Aspen Prize, which recognizes community<br />
college excellence. Your college continues to<br />
serve as a nationally recognized Achieving<br />
the Dream Leader <strong>College</strong>. The college has<br />
met all accreditation requirements of the<br />
Southern Association of <strong>College</strong>s and<br />
Schools through the mid-point of our fiveyear<br />
accreditation cycle. Did you know that<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is fourth in the nation in the<br />
number of science and technology degrees<br />
awarded to Hispanic students, and fifth in<br />
the nation in the number of science and<br />
technology degrees awarded to all students?<br />
These are fabulous accomplishments.<br />
With the growth of Baytown and our<br />
surrounding communities, the announced<br />
expansions of industry in our backyard, the<br />
designation of the Houston region as the<br />
fastest growing metropolitan economy in<br />
North America, <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is now the<br />
epicenter of change. We are in the big<br />
leagues when it comes to training the workforce<br />
to meet industry needs. In fact, <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> has been growing since 2005.<br />
According to the Center for Houston’s<br />
Future, community colleges in the Greater<br />
Houston area grew 30% between 2005 and<br />
2010. In that same period, <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> grew<br />
almost 42%.<br />
You have every right to be proud of <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>. Tighten your seat belts and hold on,<br />
because we are on an exciting ride into the<br />
future.<br />
5
John Britt<br />
Legendary instructor points students<br />
to the future by taking them back in time<br />
M<br />
“ y professors forced me to think<br />
critically, and to write. That’s what<br />
historians do,” says John Britt, <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
longtime American and World History<br />
in structor. “My students do the same. They<br />
should challenge ideas and think critically.<br />
Learning history affects the roots of your<br />
education — your worldview, and the way<br />
you live life.”<br />
As a teacher, Britt is known for the evolving<br />
mix of storytelling, documentary films, art,<br />
and literature he uses to take his students<br />
back in time. During class, he lets dramatic<br />
visuals “transport” them to the nation’s<br />
capitol for civil rights marches, to the<br />
trenches of Vietnam (a war they know little<br />
about, according to Britt), and across prairie<br />
to hunt buffalo. He gets them to think, talk,<br />
and hopefully understand that lessons from<br />
the past are critical to their futures.<br />
“This is the last history course most of these<br />
students will ever take, and they have to do<br />
their homework. If I can’t convince them it’s<br />
relevant, I’ve accomplished nothing,” he<br />
explains.<br />
As his students close the gap between the<br />
present and days gone by, they realize they<br />
aren’t the first generation to face uncertainty<br />
— and won’t be the last.<br />
“John Britt may be as old as God, and he<br />
knows just as much history,” said a recent<br />
student critique. “He always goes out of his<br />
way to help his students.”<br />
An educator for 50 years, Britt was also a<br />
pioneer American History teacher with <strong>Lee</strong>’s<br />
offender education program. He spent long<br />
Saturdays teaching inmates, who quickly<br />
petitioned to add World History to the course<br />
lineup. Today, he convinces students of all<br />
stripes to enroll in <strong>Lee</strong>’s Honors Program. Britt<br />
fosters the unusual belief that anyone with a<br />
demon strated ability to read and write —<br />
even formerly “C” students — can develop<br />
academically to a university honors level.<br />
More often than not, he’s right.<br />
“If they make it through the Honors Program<br />
here, they can make it anywhere,” he says.<br />
“I’ve never had a student disappoint me in<br />
that sense.”<br />
Britt’s scholars regularly write and are chosen<br />
to present academic papers for major conventions.<br />
It’s a rare honor for anyone from a<br />
two-year school, but for Britt, excellence is a<br />
matter of conviction, and it’s infectious.<br />
“We grow our own honor students,” says Britt,<br />
who now has a building named after him on<br />
the <strong>Lee</strong> campus. “It’s really something to see<br />
them blossom.”<br />
7
Clare Fleming<br />
Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way director helps<br />
students through the open door<br />
Clare Fleming’s crowd is everywhere.<br />
Sitting on couches in apartments,<br />
folding laundry. Emptying the next batch of<br />
frozen fries into baskets. Making whisperquiet<br />
mouse clicks in Houston’s libraries.<br />
Filling out paperwork in the employ ment<br />
office. Closing the front door after a spouse<br />
has left for the last time.<br />
She calls them out from the neighborhoods<br />
of Baytown and Houston, or at least her<br />
brightly colored flyers do, with a little help<br />
from graduates who spread the word about<br />
her program, Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way.<br />
Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way is <strong>College</strong> 101, an education<br />
reentry course for nontraditional students.<br />
<strong>Lee</strong>Way was created to address the minor<br />
details that hold people back from major<br />
goals like higher education.<br />
Can’t find a babysitter? Here’s a grant to help<br />
pay for childcare so you can attend class.<br />
Broke? We’ll walk you through the financial<br />
aid application so you can get a scholarship<br />
for tuition and textbooks. Afraid you’ll fail?<br />
We’re not giving up on you. Don’t listen to<br />
fear. Get to work.<br />
For six weeks each Spring and Fall, Fleming<br />
and the <strong>Lee</strong>Way staff immerse students in<br />
the basics: reading, language and math<br />
courses. Fleming coaches them through<br />
reentry, preps them with good study<br />
strategies, and challenges old ways of<br />
thinking.<br />
“This is a confidence builder,” says Fleming.<br />
“Once students see that they can learn again,<br />
they regain their self- esteem.”<br />
Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way is intuitively outfitted with<br />
benevolence programs that boost every<br />
student’s chance at success. It boasts a textbook<br />
lending library, a food bank, a few $10<br />
gift cards to replenish gas tanks, and a<br />
budget for mountains of tissues (for those<br />
tougher days).<br />
Though <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> offers Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way at<br />
no cost to the students, the program is<br />
anything but a handout.<br />
“What we do is empowerment,” says Fleming.<br />
“We show people how to stand on their own<br />
feet. We meet you at your level and build you<br />
up. We give you as much as possible, and we<br />
make you work as hard as possible.”<br />
Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way has helped more than 350<br />
single parents — many of whom were on<br />
public assistance — earn an education and<br />
find lucrative careers.<br />
“Most people just don’t know how to get<br />
what they want from life,” Fleming explains.<br />
“When they realize it’s passing them by, they<br />
come see me, and they’re determined, then.<br />
It’s easy to work with determined people.”<br />
9
Chuck Ganze<br />
Unorthodox methods have<br />
students catching hope<br />
Chuck Ganze’s “classroom” is actually a<br />
pavilion with an Elvis impersonator, a<br />
fishing pool, and grilled burgers and hot<br />
dogs offered free of charge.<br />
That’s the classroom he uses when he isn’t<br />
at work, of course. If anyone ever advised<br />
Chuck Ganze not to mix his work life with his<br />
personal life, he ignored it. On the clock, he<br />
guides college students through intricate<br />
electronics courses for professional certification,<br />
or credits toward a degree. On off days,<br />
he’s an Area Chief with Texas Parks and<br />
Wildlife’s Kid-Fishing program, a role that<br />
further indulges his thirst to coach people as<br />
they try things they never thought they<br />
could do.<br />
“Each year I teach about 1,000 kids to fish.<br />
After lessons on baits, lures, identifying fish,<br />
and fishing laws, we give them rods, reels,<br />
and bait, and they spend the day fishing. It’s<br />
so enjoyable to see a child catching that first<br />
fish.”<br />
Ganze, a retired Air Force veteran and former<br />
law enforcement officer, found his purpose in<br />
education when he got his teaching degree<br />
at the age of 59. In the decade since, he<br />
naturally gravitated toward helping people<br />
with serious disabilities.<br />
“My brother was disabled. He had polio in the<br />
50s. I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart<br />
for people with disabilities, no matter how<br />
severe. When somebody comes in that door<br />
and says, ‘I want to go to school, but I have a<br />
disability,’ I do my darndest to help.”<br />
When a blind man wanted to become a<br />
computer maintenance technician, he<br />
approached Ganze, who agreed to give it a<br />
try. “It was difficult, but when we were done,<br />
he could take apart a computer and put it<br />
together again in an hour. He graduated and<br />
got his certificate.”<br />
Eight years ago, Ganze created the fishing<br />
pond for the Baytown Special Rodeo, where<br />
he volunteers annually. He crafted artificial<br />
“fish” for disabled children to “catch” from a<br />
kiddie pool using a magnetic rod and reel. In<br />
2010, he put the rod and reel in the hand of a<br />
child who has never spoken, or even sat up,<br />
and he pulled up a fish.<br />
The child smiled for the first time in her life.<br />
“It’s not up to me to judge a person.” says<br />
Ganze. “I won’t tell them what they can’t do,<br />
because that’s not my job. It’s my job to teach<br />
them.”<br />
11
Debi Jordan<br />
Changing the community through<br />
workforce training<br />
When most people dreamed of moving<br />
up the corporate ladder, Debi Jordan<br />
dreamed of transforming her community.<br />
The idea began taking shape a decade ago<br />
when she was asked to write a grant for the<br />
college’s Resource Development office. Debi<br />
learned a great deal about the local workforce<br />
and nationally recognized certifications<br />
required for key industry jobs.<br />
Then in 2005, she was asked to work on<br />
another project. “We had a National Science<br />
Foundation grant coming to an end for our<br />
Fieldbus Center,” she remembers, “and the<br />
president wanted to know what other com -<br />
munity colleges were doing to create selfsustaining<br />
programs similar to Fieldbus. That<br />
summer, I made site visits to various colleges<br />
and interviewed people all across the country.”<br />
With her eyes opened to the potential, the<br />
wheels began turning. “I developed a model<br />
I believed would work for <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong>,” she<br />
says. “<strong>College</strong> leaders shared my interest.”<br />
Specifically, Debi credits Johnette Hodgin,<br />
former dean of Strategic and Economic<br />
Development, and Dean Wilkes, industrial<br />
liaison, as laying the foundation by building<br />
valuable relationships with industry.<br />
It was up to Debi, however, to champion the<br />
idea through years of the economic ups and<br />
downs and leadership transition. She got<br />
involved with EHCMA, East Harris County<br />
Manufacturers Association, representing<br />
manufacturers along the Houston Ship<br />
Channel. “I got to hear about their needs and<br />
suggest where <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> could plug in.”<br />
By 2012, the time had come. Industry leaders<br />
spoke of a talent drain caused by massive<br />
retirements, and plant expansions they said<br />
would require more than 20,000 construction<br />
personnel over a ten-year stretch and add more<br />
than 1,100 permanent positions thereafter.<br />
“That put us in the ‘9-1-1’ crisis mode,” she<br />
explains. “We were in face-to-face conversations<br />
with industry leaders who were asking,<br />
‘How are we going to train these people?<br />
What are you doing about it, <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong>?’”<br />
Suddenly institutions across the entire region<br />
were scrambling. It was easy to see that existing<br />
college classrooms, labs and infrastructure<br />
would not be enough to address the need<br />
for training an army of skilled workers. The<br />
college’s new president, Dr. Dennis Brown,<br />
reorganized several existing offices and<br />
programs to create the Center for Workforce<br />
and Community Development, which — to no<br />
one’s surprise — closely resembles Jordan’s<br />
original concept from 2005. She was named its<br />
executive director in January.<br />
“My goal is nothing less than a workforce training<br />
program known for excellence across the<br />
country,” she acknowledges. “Training workers<br />
for the petrochemical industry is huge, but the<br />
health care industry is projected to grow even<br />
faster than energy. Certainly Baytown will be in<br />
growth mode for decades to come. Training<br />
workers will be essential, and <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is<br />
poised to play a major role.”<br />
13
Gregg Lattier<br />
Serving others is best way to profit,<br />
business instructor says<br />
In 2008, Gregg Lattier approached <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> administrators with a novel idea —<br />
borrowed from a few universities — called<br />
service learning.<br />
A lifelong volunteer worker, Lattier wanted a<br />
multitasking syllabus that put students to<br />
work in their chosen fields via community<br />
service.<br />
After an enthusiastic “Go ahead!” from the<br />
brass, Lattier first installed a box in the back<br />
of his classroom so his students could donate<br />
spare change. They dropped in nickels and<br />
dimes, which Lattier matched dollar for<br />
dollar. He gave his students a list of 20-30<br />
startup businesses that had applied for small<br />
loans through the KIVA Foundation, a nonprofit<br />
lender. The students considered which<br />
was likely to repay the loans, then chose the<br />
best “ethical investment.”<br />
“I wanted to plant a seed; let these students<br />
know they can give back,” said Lattier. “They<br />
help tiny businesses in depressed areas of<br />
the world that are run by people who are<br />
trying to improve their station in life.”<br />
As the students track payments and analyze<br />
profits, a man in Nigeria gets a moped to<br />
start a small taxi service. As they study for<br />
midterms, a goat herder gets additional<br />
goats for his herd, and a shoe store owner in<br />
Lebanon receives funds for a much-needed<br />
expansion.<br />
another investment. It keeps accumulating<br />
and rolling over, semester after semester.”<br />
Lattier’s students also do projects at home.<br />
Teams from his classes run a business on<br />
campus called Books and Beans.<br />
“Each team reports to the business instead of<br />
my class for two weeks each term. They take<br />
on operational management tasks such as<br />
profit and loss statements, accounting<br />
statements, balance sheets, marketing and<br />
advertising promotions, or inventory control.<br />
They evaluate each other and turn in<br />
customer satisfaction surveys at the end of<br />
the semester. Profits go toward scholarships<br />
for <strong>Lee</strong> business students.”<br />
Lattier also recruits volunteers for <strong>Lee</strong>’s<br />
RotarAct Club, which participates in 10-12<br />
community events totaling about 1,100<br />
hours of service every semester. He has<br />
drafting students volunteer for Habitat for<br />
Humanity. Nursing students cook meals at<br />
Ronald McDonald House and box up medical<br />
supplies to send overseas for Project Cure.<br />
Lattier’s approach flies in the face of the<br />
cutthroat business tactics from older days,<br />
exploring the concept of profit as something<br />
beyond the almighty dollar.<br />
“I create all kinds of opportunities out in the<br />
community for students to volunteer, says<br />
Lattier. “We give everyone their chance.”<br />
“More than 90 percent of the businesses pay<br />
us back,” says Lattier. “We roll that money into<br />
15
Carolyn Lightfoot<br />
“Extraordinary ideas bring extraordinary<br />
results,” says technology leader<br />
T<br />
“ his is a mid-size college, but we don’t let<br />
that stop us from being extraordinary.”<br />
That’s a challenge Chief Technology Officer<br />
Carolyn Lightfoot has fully embraced. To<br />
keep students ahead of every possible<br />
technological curve, Lightfoot has to make<br />
sure faculty update their expertise as often as<br />
students update their PCs.<br />
“We strive to provide cost-effective technology<br />
to our employees,” says the former NASA<br />
software developer and long-time <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> administrator. “My team and I love<br />
technology, and I love working with it as it<br />
evolves. I guess it’s the geek in me. I don’t<br />
want our teachers to worry about getting the<br />
technology they need. We’ll take care of that.<br />
They should be able to go right into the<br />
classroom and teach.”<br />
When people are enthralled with ideas, they<br />
seek ways to grow. Lightfoot admits that her<br />
own smartphone is packed with TEDTalks —<br />
popular idea factory conferences that are<br />
videoed and replayed on the Internet. She<br />
encourages faculty to exchange ideas and<br />
collaborate with leading educators through<br />
webinars, podcasts and educational<br />
conferences.<br />
“Today’s students are active. They like to be<br />
part of what they learn. They get into the<br />
research. That gave us a vision to provide<br />
professional development right here at<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong>. There are many education<br />
conferences in Houston, but we’re in<br />
Baytown, and not everyone has funds for a<br />
big conference. So why not put on our own<br />
free conference at <strong>Lee</strong>?”<br />
Lightfoot initiated <strong>Lee</strong>’s first annual no-cost<br />
Innovations Technology Conference in 2005,<br />
and issued an open door invitation to anyone<br />
thirsty for professional improvement. Every<br />
year, Lightfoot fills the sessions with leading<br />
educators, and invites instructors from other<br />
colleges to chime in on what works and<br />
what doesn’t. The sessions cover subjects<br />
like studio classrooms, teaching with social<br />
media, using technology to capture and<br />
share lectures, and learner-sensitive<br />
approaches to teaching.<br />
Recently, the Innovations Technology<br />
Conference gave awards to exceptional<br />
teachers. Lightfoot says recognition and<br />
appreciation invigorates already excellent<br />
instructors to go that much farther for<br />
students.<br />
“I love to see students excel and not give up.<br />
We recognized 12 faculty members from<br />
across the region who have done truly<br />
innovative work. They went above and<br />
beyond to improve teaching effectiveness<br />
and student comprehension.”<br />
As Lightfoot demonstrates, extraordinary<br />
ideas bring extraordinary results, no matter<br />
where you are.<br />
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Tom O’Kuma<br />
Innovative Physics instructor shares<br />
his methods across the nation<br />
In Thomas O’Kuma’s world, logic is everything.<br />
When the young Physics instructor<br />
took to the lectern back in 1971, his love for<br />
the intricate subject wasn’t enough to trump<br />
his students’ apprehensions about its<br />
difficulty.<br />
In the early days, most students were afraid<br />
to take Physics. Through trial and error,<br />
O’Kuma realized their fears were wellfounded.<br />
He initially used the traditional<br />
model of lecture, homework, labs and exams,<br />
but felt it lacked something. He didn’t want<br />
his students to simply pass tests. He wanted<br />
them to explore Physics until they had a<br />
functioning knowledge of the subject.<br />
“We developed the Physics program at <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> from scratch,” he says. “The traditional<br />
model was passive engagement. My students<br />
took good notes as I taught, then followed<br />
up later with laboratory activities and homework.<br />
They were working so hard, but they<br />
didn’t quite understand,” says O’Kuma. “It<br />
only took them to a certain level of com -<br />
prehension.”<br />
For O’Kuma, an analytical man who loves<br />
words like “data” and “criteria,” an inefficient<br />
teaching style was simply illogical. He<br />
scoured education research and sought<br />
ways to hack into the natural curiosity in<br />
each student.<br />
Gradually, his teaching style evolved into a<br />
method called Inquiry. He prepared fewer<br />
lectures, and instead, invented scenarios for<br />
students to resolve through investigation,<br />
discovery and applied research. “This lets<br />
them discover the same ideas and concepts<br />
as they’d hear in a lecture, but involves them<br />
in the process,” O’Kuma explains. “They can<br />
see the idea.”<br />
Under O’Kuma’s direction, Physics classrooms<br />
at <strong>Lee</strong> transformed into interactive powerhouses<br />
of learning. His students stopped<br />
memorizing facts about Physics and began<br />
to own the concepts like working profes -<br />
sionals. O’Kuma developed five new Physics<br />
courses for <strong>Lee</strong>, and original curriculum for<br />
his students.<br />
Then he organized more than 480 Physics<br />
workshops to share his knowledge with high<br />
school and college Physics teachers, who in<br />
turn developed and launched their own<br />
active learning programs. O’Kuma is the<br />
principle investigator of a $900,000 National<br />
Science Foundation grant to support these<br />
Physics workshops. In 1994, he was awarded<br />
the Robert N. Little Award for outstanding<br />
contributions to Physics in higher education<br />
in Texas, as well as the Distinguished Service<br />
Citation by the American Association of<br />
Physics Teachers (AAPT).<br />
O’Kuma’s solution to classroom yawns is now<br />
a cutting-edge style of education that’s made<br />
a name for <strong>Lee</strong> in the Physics community.<br />
“We carefully measure how our students<br />
understand Physics compared to students at<br />
colleges and universities all over the nation,”<br />
O’Kuma says. “Our scores are consistently<br />
among the best.”<br />
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Evan Richards<br />
Instructor sets curiosity in motion —<br />
and ignites a love for learning<br />
T<br />
“ he idea is to spark a fire.” Physics<br />
Professor Evan Richards spent two years<br />
using the standard model — lecture, homework<br />
and exams — to educate his students,<br />
but to him, the setup fell short of tapping<br />
real human curiosity. He didn’t want them to<br />
just pass tests; he wanted them to fall in love<br />
with learning itself.<br />
“Passive listening isn’t really conducive to<br />
learning. I try to spend as much time as<br />
possible on activities because it’s such a<br />
productive mode,” Richards explains.<br />
In 2011, he introduced the studio classroom<br />
— a learning environment aimed at capti -<br />
vating students from the first minute of class<br />
until they picked up their backpacks to leave<br />
— to the <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> campus. In his classroom,<br />
students divide into interactive<br />
groups, which then tackle challenging,<br />
hands-on projects that visually demonstrate<br />
the functions of physics. As students work<br />
through each problem, Richards educates<br />
them as a guide and resource.<br />
Physics is a subject that represents a real<br />
cerebral workout, so the enhanced teaching<br />
style is an educational breakthrough. They<br />
learn from Richards, as well as each other. As<br />
the students think through each problem<br />
from start to finish, their intuition about the<br />
subject begins to develop fully.<br />
Richards evaluates the level of class knowledge<br />
at the beginning and end of each term,<br />
and says studio classrooms have garnered<br />
the highest rates of learning and retention of<br />
his career, and the excellence is catching.<br />
<strong>Lee</strong>’s Micro biology, Biology and Developmental<br />
Math courses have now adopted<br />
studio classrooms.<br />
“<strong>Lee</strong> is such a learning-friendly environment.<br />
We get to try the big ideas that require real<br />
commitment to launch. The folks at <strong>Lee</strong> are<br />
forward thinking, so when you present an<br />
idea that’s firmly rooted in good research,<br />
they’re willing to take the plunge and try<br />
something powerful.”<br />
In 2012, Richards and <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
administration opened their doors to<br />
community high school students, inviting<br />
them to try the Physics activities he offers.<br />
According to Richards, STEM subjects<br />
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)<br />
get teenagers thinking about the unusual,<br />
in-demand career tracks many people<br />
overlook.<br />
“Companies are now hiring people who are<br />
proficient in physics because they have such<br />
a skilled and scientific approach to things<br />
like problem-solving and numbers,” he says.<br />
STEM Day 2013 will draw double the amount<br />
of students who attended in 2012. As for<br />
2014, Richards laughs genially.<br />
“We’ll hopefully be even more ambitious<br />
with it then.”<br />
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Georgeann Ward<br />
Instructor leads initiative to improve<br />
college’s writing instruction<br />
T<br />
“ here is so much instructors can learn<br />
from one another — but it requires a<br />
certain degree of courage.”<br />
Brown bags and plastic sandwich wraps lay<br />
scattered on tables. Voices rise and fall with<br />
the tides of discussion, as hands reach for a<br />
tray of homemade brownies. This isn’t a<br />
faculty social, but an innovative approach to<br />
professional development, thanks to English<br />
and Humanities professor Georgeann Ward.<br />
A Baytown native and Summa Cum Laude<br />
graduate of the University of Houston, Ward<br />
began her career at <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> in 2007, and<br />
currently teaches English Composition I and II,<br />
Children’s Literature, Developmental Education<br />
courses, and the team-taught Honors<br />
Program course, “The Human Condition.”<br />
But it is her approach outside the classroom<br />
that has most impressed her colleagues and<br />
supervisors. In 2011, Ward assumed the<br />
position of Writing Program Coordinator. In<br />
this role, she is charged with leading professional<br />
development activities designed to<br />
increase student success in English<br />
Composition courses.<br />
“Advances in technology have fundamentally<br />
changed the way we communicate,” she<br />
explained. “Sharing information in 140<br />
characters or less has changed the way<br />
many students write — sometimes to their<br />
disadvantage at school and work. As composition<br />
instructors, it is our responsibility to<br />
ensure students learn to communicate<br />
clearly and effectively.”<br />
To help students learn, Ward and her<br />
colleagues have taken a long, hard look at<br />
how they teach.<br />
Under her leadership, the division has revised<br />
course syllabi using nationally recognized<br />
guidelines, and developed an ongoing<br />
assessment plan for English and Humanities<br />
courses. Ward has also hosted writing<br />
colloquiums featuring nationally and locally<br />
respected guest speakers, and established<br />
monthly brown bag meetings during which<br />
faculty discuss best practices, data, and<br />
classroom trends. More importantly, she has<br />
taken the conversation beyond the college<br />
campus, establishing workshops and<br />
professional development activities for<br />
dual-credit high school English teachers and<br />
securing micro-grants to help compensate<br />
them for their participation in such events.<br />
Though still in its infancy, the revamped<br />
program is already reporting slight gains in<br />
student course completion and grade point<br />
averages, small steps upon which Ward<br />
hopes to build.<br />
“For instructors in my discipline, nothing is<br />
more rewarding than watching students<br />
unlock the mystery of language and learn to<br />
appreciate the craft of composition,” she said.<br />
“But in order to help students learn, we have<br />
to work together and take a critical look at<br />
how we teach. I feel very fortunate to work at<br />
a college where instructors embrace life-long<br />
learning through collaboration.”<br />
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Donna Zuniga<br />
Dean of the Huntsville Center<br />
calculates impact of one changed life<br />
The handpicked students in Donna<br />
Zuniga’s program must be the kind of<br />
capable, exceptional graduates employers<br />
relish.<br />
As the Dean of <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s Huntsville<br />
Center, Zuniga and her faculty teach<br />
undergrads who not only perform well<br />
academically, but improve the community<br />
with volunteer work that saves taxpayers<br />
millions of dollars as well.<br />
They are also offenders.<br />
“At the Huntsville Center, classes are a<br />
privilege, not a right. These offenders want to<br />
be part of them. This is how they utilize their<br />
time in jail in a positive way,” says Zuniga.<br />
<strong>College</strong> and trade courses help students<br />
work toward certificates or associate degrees<br />
in several professions. The truck driving<br />
program alone sees 60 graduates annually,<br />
and according to Zuniga, helps keep the<br />
prison system running on a shoestring<br />
budget. Once a student earns his Commercial<br />
Drivers License, he may apply for volunteer<br />
work driving trucks for the Department of<br />
Corrections, which offsets his expenses as an<br />
inmate.<br />
At the Huntsville Center, students get<br />
hands-on work in real-world settings. Auto<br />
mechanics students maintain front-end<br />
alignment for all official TDC vehicles at an<br />
enormous savings for the Department of<br />
Corrections. Air conditioning students coax<br />
the TDC’s aging thermostats into cooperation.<br />
Budding chefs in culinary classes have<br />
revolutionized the prison’s kitchens, often<br />
catering official TDC events to rave reviews.<br />
Wardens say it makes life easier on prison<br />
staff, because good behavior is a nonnegotiable<br />
prerequisite.<br />
“They are growing because our program<br />
interrupts their old ways of thinking. They<br />
learn to think critically about behavior and<br />
consequences, and come to terms with<br />
authority. Education changes how they<br />
approach life.”<br />
Despite recent state budget cuts to the<br />
Offender Education Program — resulting<br />
in the devastating layoff of 15 longtime<br />
employees — the Huntsville Center remains<br />
a path beyond the stigma of incarceration,<br />
where inmates find new life as responsible<br />
members of the community. Upon release,<br />
most students enter outside life with a<br />
strong work ethic and self confidence,<br />
qualified for honest work that pays bills<br />
and taxes. Statistically, they avoid future<br />
incarceration, and future expense to<br />
taxpayers.<br />
“We hold them to a very high standard. They<br />
must persevere beyond life at rock bottom to<br />
leave here educated, and with every possible<br />
tool to succeed in this new life. This changes<br />
them, their families, and the futures of those<br />
who would have been their victims,” says<br />
Zuniga.<br />
“There’s no telling how many people are<br />
impacted when one life is truly changed.”<br />
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<strong>Report</strong> to the Community<br />
Service Area School Districts<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> serves a geographic area of<br />
more than 280,000 residents that includes<br />
the Goose Creek, Anahuac, Barbers Hill,<br />
Crosby, Dayton, Devers, East Chambers,<br />
Hardin, Huffman, Hull-Daisetta, and Liberty<br />
Independent School Districts.<br />
2011 – 2012 Financial <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is supported by a generous tax<br />
base and strong reserves. While tuition is<br />
modest to allow student access, state<br />
appropriations account for less than<br />
one-fifth of overall revenue. The college’s<br />
unrestricted reserves are approximately<br />
$14.1 million.<br />
Revenue by Source 2012<br />
Expenses by Sources 2012<br />
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SUMMARY<br />
Revenues 2012<br />
State Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,197,797<br />
Tuition and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,532,856<br />
Property Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,572,828<br />
Federal Grants and Contracts . . . . . 15,938,710<br />
State Grants and Contracts . . . . . . . . 1,191,115<br />
Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767,785<br />
Investment Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,097<br />
Auxiliary Enterprises<br />
(net of discounts of $1,405,824<br />
and $1,422,575, respectively) . . . . 1,546,922<br />
Other Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,572,961<br />
Total Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,365,071<br />
Expenses<br />
Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,212,927<br />
Public Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,641,367<br />
Academic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,957,665<br />
Student Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,629,067<br />
Institutional Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,119,893<br />
Operation and Maintenance<br />
of Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,025,427<br />
Scholarships and Fellowships . . . . . . 8,324,490<br />
Auxiliary Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,266,266<br />
Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886,469<br />
Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,063,570<br />
2011 – 2012<br />
STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS<br />
Gender<br />
Female . . . . . . . 52.2% Male . . . . . . . . . 47.8%<br />
Ethnicity<br />
White . . . . . . . . 43.6% Hispanic . . . . . 32.6%<br />
Black . . . . . . . . . 18.7% Other . . . . . . . . . 5.1%<br />
Student Ages<br />
18 and below . . . 9.0% 26 – 41 . . . . . . . 31.4%<br />
18 – 25 . . . . . . . 48.7% 42+ . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9%<br />
Part-time versus full-time status<br />
Full-time . . . . . 22.5% Part-time . . . . 77.5%<br />
Degrees and Certificates<br />
Certificates . . . . . 578 Degrees . . . . . . . . 639<br />
Nursing Licensure Rates<br />
The college’s Vocational Nursing program<br />
announced a 100 percent pass rate on the<br />
2012 National Council Licensure Examination<br />
for practical nurses (NCLEX-PN). The Asso -<br />
ciate Degree Nursing (ADN) pass rate for<br />
2011 – 2012, reported earlier, was 97 percent.<br />
Aspen Institute ranks LC among very best<br />
For the second consecutive year, the Aspen<br />
Institute, an international nonprofit organi -<br />
zation based in Washington, D.C., listed <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> among the nation’s 120 best<br />
community colleges — the top 10 percent of<br />
all community colleges. <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> was one<br />
of eight Texas community colleges listed<br />
among the best in the nation.<br />
Fifth in the nation for degrees<br />
in science and technology<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is ranked fifth in the nation<br />
among two-year institutions for associate<br />
degrees awarded in science and technology,<br />
according to a recent report from Community<br />
<strong>College</strong> Week Magazine. The college jumped<br />
one spot in ranking from previous years.<br />
Fourth in the nation for degrees<br />
to Hispanic students<br />
Excelencia in Education recently ranked <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> fourth in the nation among two-year<br />
institutions for associate degrees awarded to<br />
Hispanic students in science and technology.<br />
The college was also ranked 10th for<br />
associate degrees awarded to Hispanic<br />
students in biomedical sciences.<br />
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ATD Leader <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> was one of 23 institutions<br />
nationally recognized as a Leader <strong>College</strong> by<br />
Achieving the Dream, Inc. (ATD). In recent<br />
years, <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> has increased the success<br />
rate — defined as earning grade C or better<br />
— in developmental education courses from<br />
less than 40 percent in 2007 to almost 60<br />
percent in 2010. During this time period,<br />
developmental education success rates for<br />
student subgroups including African American<br />
and Hispanic students, also increased.<br />
The improvement is attributed to changes in<br />
developmental course curriculum, including<br />
fast-track courses, additional counseling and<br />
increased course contact hours with<br />
dedicated faculty members.<br />
“Military Friendly” status<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> has been selected to join the<br />
Servicemembers Opportunity <strong>College</strong>s (SOC)<br />
Consortium. As a member, the college is<br />
recognized as a “military friendly campus,”<br />
willing to work with veterans, ensuring they<br />
have access to services promoting academic<br />
success. G.I. Jobs Magazine has also listed LC<br />
as a Military Friendly School.<br />
Performing Arts Center<br />
The Performing Arts Center hosted a number<br />
of nationally acclaimed music and theatrical<br />
performances in 2012, including country<br />
music legends Asleep at the Wheel, noted<br />
jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and the<br />
Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre performance<br />
of The Nutcracker, among others.<br />
STAR Award Finalist<br />
In October 2012, the college’s Developmental<br />
Education Program was selected as one of<br />
eight finalists for the Texas Higher Education<br />
Coordinating Board (THECB) STAR Award.<br />
Established in 2001, the award recognizes<br />
exceptional contributions toward meeting<br />
one or more of the goals of Closing the Gaps<br />
by 2015, the THECB higher education plan<br />
adopted in October 2000. Goals listed in the<br />
plan include: increasing student enrollment<br />
and graduation, and improving the quality of<br />
educational programs and research.<br />
Center for Workforce &<br />
Community Development<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> has streamlined its approach to<br />
workforce education with the creation of the<br />
Center for Workforce & Community Development.<br />
The center will provide customized training<br />
for incumbent workers, non-credit, industry<br />
recognized certificates and credentials,<br />
employee assessment and pre-employment<br />
testing, customized internship opportunities,<br />
small business consultation, research and<br />
planning, and community education activities.<br />
For more information, contact the center at<br />
281.425.6453.<br />
Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way<br />
The 2011 – 2012 academic year marked the<br />
20th anniversary of the college’s Project<br />
<strong>Lee</strong>Way program. Project <strong>Lee</strong>Way helps lowincome<br />
students seeking technical careers,<br />
single parents, displaced homemakers, and<br />
single pregnant women gain access to<br />
vocational and technical education and<br />
training at <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
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Former-<strong>Lee</strong><br />
Former-<strong>Lee</strong>, the <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Former Students<br />
Association, provides an opportunity for<br />
alumni and friends to reconnect with old<br />
classmates and make new friends. Former-<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> members work together to support the<br />
growth of the college as an institution of<br />
higher learning. Through special events,<br />
professional development opportunities,<br />
charitable giving and community service<br />
activities, Former-<strong>Lee</strong> members are able to<br />
ensure that the college’s legacy continues.<br />
The first Former-<strong>Lee</strong> Alumni and Friends<br />
weekend was held March 22 – 23, 2012. The<br />
events included An Evening with Glenn Blake,<br />
the dedication of the <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> historical<br />
marker, and a concert featuring Asleep at<br />
the Wheel in the college’s Performing Arts<br />
Center. Blake, a <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> alumnus, teaches<br />
creative writing at The Johns Hopkins<br />
University and serves as managing editor for<br />
The Hopkins Review.<br />
The historical marker initiative began with a<br />
research paper on the history of the college<br />
written by Honors Program student Celeste<br />
Butler, under the tutelage of Honors Coordinator<br />
John Britt. After the college was<br />
granted the historic status,<br />
Former-<strong>Lee</strong> took the initiative to implement<br />
a successful fundraising campaign to raise<br />
the $1,500 fee necessary to cover the costs<br />
of the marker.<br />
For information about membership in<br />
Former-<strong>Lee</strong>, visit www.lee.edu/formerlee or<br />
call Ginni Whitten, Director of Alumni<br />
Relations, at 281.425.6302.<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> grant funding Tops $6.6 million<br />
Externally funded grants provided cuttingedge<br />
technology and equipment to <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, as well as essential support services<br />
to students, during the 2011 – 2012<br />
academic year. Every grant proposal is a team<br />
effort, developed by dedicated faculty, staff<br />
and partners, and supported by administration.<br />
Highlights of the year include:<br />
• Hispanic Serving Institution Science,<br />
Technology, Engineering and Math<br />
(HSI STEM) Grant<br />
$4.1 million over five years to strengthen<br />
science, technology, engineering, and math<br />
programs and encourage the participation<br />
of Hispanic and low income students in<br />
STEM fields. The grant provided $843,253 to<br />
support these initiatives in 2011 – 2012.<br />
• Educational Opportunity Center (EOC)<br />
Grant (Department of Education)<br />
$1.5 million over five years to continue the<br />
critical services of the EOC in San Jacinto<br />
Mall. The grant supports services to assist<br />
adults in returning to college after a gap in<br />
their education.<br />
• Gulf Coast Partners in Achieving Student<br />
Success (Houston Endowment)<br />
$600,000 over three years. In partnership<br />
with Goose Creek Consolidated Independent<br />
School District, <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is focusing<br />
on increasing college readiness among high<br />
school graduates in its service area.<br />
• <strong>College</strong> Credit for Heroes Grant<br />
(Texas Workforce Commission)<br />
$302,589 to open a Veterans Center to assist<br />
veterans in receiving college credit for their<br />
training and experience in the military, and<br />
to help them access veteran’s benefits.<br />
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Ways to give<br />
Your gifts are vital to the mission of <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>. Donations to the <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Foundation allow the college to assist<br />
students in a variety of ways, primarily<br />
through scholarships. <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> is<br />
dedicated to providing a quality education<br />
to all students. Keeping tuition and fees<br />
affordable for students requires the college<br />
to look to private donors for the support<br />
needed to maintain excellence and ensure<br />
that students are able to achieve their<br />
educational goals.<br />
• Petrochemical Job Training Grant<br />
(Department of Labor)<br />
$4.7 million, $1.1 million was awarded in<br />
2011 – 2012 to enhance the instrumentation<br />
and Fieldbus programs. This project<br />
was the result of collaborative efforts<br />
among four community colleges: <strong>Lee</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>, San Jacinto, Brazosport and<br />
<strong>College</strong> of the Mainland.<br />
Foundation continues its mission<br />
The <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Foundation continues its<br />
mission of promoting educational oppor -<br />
tunities available to the community by<br />
providing financial support for <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
students, faculty and staff.<br />
Established in 1968, the 21-member Board<br />
of Directors manages an endowment of<br />
$7 million, and accepts gifts, donations and<br />
grants for the benefit of the college and its<br />
students.<br />
The Foundation awarded $265,000 to worthy<br />
students in the 2011 – 2012 academic year,<br />
and continued its efforts to build the<br />
endowment as well as the number of<br />
scholarships available to students.<br />
Endowed and non-endowed scholarships are<br />
available to assist with the costs of tuition,<br />
fees and books.<br />
Listed below are a few ways you can<br />
contribute to <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> through the<br />
Foundation to ensure that students continue<br />
to receive a high-quality education.<br />
• Stocks and Bonds: Gifts of appreciated<br />
securities can give the donor attractive tax<br />
benefits while helping the college.<br />
• Corporate Matching Gifts: If you (or your<br />
spouse) work for a company that matches<br />
your donations, enclose a form with your<br />
gift and we will request a match.<br />
• Planned Gifts: You can provide for the<br />
college in your will or trust, turn over a life<br />
insurance policy that is no longer needed,<br />
or make the college a beneficiary of your<br />
retirement plan. These opportunities will<br />
not only help the college, but also can help<br />
ease your tax liability.<br />
• Check or Credit Card: Traditional<br />
donations always are accepted. You can<br />
call the office and provide your credit card<br />
information, or use our online donation<br />
system: www.lee.edu/foundation/donate.<br />
You may also write a check made payable<br />
to <strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Foundation and mail to:<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Foundation<br />
Attention: Pam Warford<br />
P.O. Box 818<br />
Baytown, TX 77522-0818<br />
For more information, call 281.425.6303 or<br />
visit www.lee.edu/foundation.<br />
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<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Supporters September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> appreciates every<br />
donor and has tried to provide<br />
a complete list of donors from<br />
September 1, 2011 through<br />
August 31, 2012. Apologies are<br />
made for any inaccuracies or<br />
omissions that may have<br />
occurred in publishing this<br />
report. If you discover a mistake,<br />
please call 281.425.6303 or<br />
e-mail woshields@lee.edu so the<br />
college may correct its records.<br />
GIFTS TO LEE COLLEGE<br />
Mr. J. B. Alvis<br />
Mr. Paul Arrigo<br />
Mr. Dennis Barr<br />
Baytown Professional Firefighters<br />
Association<br />
Mr. Richard Bellamy<br />
Mrs. Herb Boggess<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Box<br />
Chevron Phillips Chemical<br />
Company<br />
<strong>College</strong> of the Mainland Foundation<br />
Community Resource Credit Union<br />
Mr. Rex Couch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coughlen<br />
Ms. Jill Cufr<br />
Ms. Susan Cummings<br />
Mr. Paul Daniels<br />
Mr. Prem Dewan<br />
Exxon Mobil Corporation<br />
First Liberty National Bank<br />
Ms. Rebecca Hill<br />
Highlands Chamber of Commerce<br />
Houston Endowment<br />
Hull-Daisetta Mayhaw Festival<br />
Integraph Corporation<br />
Mr. Eugene King<br />
Drs. James and Maymo Lewis<br />
Lubrizol Corporation<br />
Nexion Health Foundation, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Pate<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Pfennig<br />
PFLAG HATCH Youth Scholarship<br />
Fund<br />
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital<br />
Security State Bank<br />
Ms. Kathryn Stephenson<br />
Texas Commission on the Arts<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Topper<br />
Mrs. Jane Tucker<br />
Ms. Catherine Wahrmund<br />
FOUNDATION DONORS<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Adams<br />
Mr. Ryan Adams<br />
Affinity Photography<br />
Ms. Eleanor Albon<br />
Mr. J. B. Alvis<br />
Amegy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Amelang<br />
Anahuac National Bank<br />
Angel Brothers Enterprises, Ltd.<br />
Antonio’s<br />
Mr. Herman Attaway<br />
Awards and Engraving<br />
Ms. Marion Babin<br />
Mr and Mrs. Gary Bailey<br />
Mr. Larry Bailey<br />
Mr. Dennis Barr<br />
Ms. Carol Bartz<br />
Bayer Corporation<br />
Bayshore Fine Rides<br />
Baytown Area Quilt Guild<br />
Baytown Lions Club<br />
Baytown Little Theater<br />
Baytown Oral & Maxillofacial<br />
Surgery Associates<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Beavers, Sr.<br />
Mr. Benny Beck<br />
Bentwater Yacht & Country Club<br />
Dr. James Bernick and Dr. Pam<br />
Medellin<br />
BDI Resources<br />
BGK Architects<br />
BJ Ford in Liberty<br />
Mrs. Herb Boggess<br />
Ms. Shirley Box<br />
Boyd’s Blossoms<br />
Mr. Joe Braun<br />
Ms. Alice Breaux<br />
Ms. Yslita Brewer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Brewer<br />
Mrs. Ernestine Bright<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Britt<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Buntin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Al Busch<br />
Mr. Howard Bushart<br />
Capital Bank<br />
Ms. Kelly Carpenter<br />
Carraba’s<br />
Ms. Ouida Carroll<br />
Mr. Randy Casey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cates<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cather<br />
Cat’s Meow<br />
Ms. Mary Ann Cavazos<br />
CenterPoint Energy<br />
Chevron Phillips Chemical<br />
Company LP<br />
Children’s Museum<br />
Dr. Ayman Chritah<br />
Dr. Keith Coburn and Ms. Victoria<br />
Fayle<br />
The Honorable and Mrs. Don Coffey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Cole<br />
Community Bank of Texas<br />
Community Resource Credit Union<br />
Community Toyota, Honda, Kia<br />
Dr. and Mrs. David Corder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Weston Cotten<br />
Mr. Rex G. Couch<br />
Cracker Barrel<br />
Crespo & Jirrels Funeral and<br />
Cremation Services<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Currie<br />
Mr. Steve Daniele and Ms. Suzanne<br />
Heinrich<br />
The Darrell Lamb Family<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dawson<br />
Mr. Bill Deering<br />
Ms. Janice Dollar<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dykes<br />
Eagle Point<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edwards<br />
El Toro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Englert<br />
Enterprise Products<br />
Environmental Health Specialties<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Escontrias<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Eshbach<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Evans<br />
Evergreen<br />
Executive Catering<br />
ExxonMobil Corporation<br />
First Liberty National Bank<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Flynt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Foley<br />
Ms. Donya Fulcher<br />
Mr. Roy Fuller, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Gant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ganze<br />
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Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Garey<br />
Gatorfest<br />
Geiger, Inc.<br />
Mrs. Barbara Gibson<br />
Ms. Cecile Gieger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gillette<br />
Ms. Beulah Goodman<br />
Goose Creek Consolidated ISD<br />
Goose Creek Country Club<br />
Goose Creek Emporium<br />
Dr. Neil Gorme<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gray<br />
Gray’s Gifts<br />
Ms. Kelli G’sell<br />
Ms. Monte G’Sell<br />
Ms. Karen Guthmiller<br />
Haak Winery<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronn Haddox<br />
Hair and Body Bar<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hall<br />
Hallmark Car Wash<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hanson<br />
Ms. Donna Hasselmo<br />
Mr. Michael Hasselmo and Ms.<br />
Chantal Stern<br />
Ms. Dorothy Cooke Hayes<br />
Mrs. Wallace Heaner<br />
Mr. John Hebert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. <strong>Lee</strong> Hendricks<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rod Herrick<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Herring<br />
Ms. LaDel Hillard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Himsel<br />
H & H Tractor and Lawn<br />
Equipment, LTD<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Bobby Hughes<br />
Mr. John Jenkins<br />
Jenkins Farms<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Jenssen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Jirrels<br />
Johnny Carinos<br />
John’s Trim Shop<br />
Ms. Eula Johnson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jordan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Jones<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Kadjar<br />
Mr. William and Dr. Cathy Kemper<br />
Kingwood Golf Club<br />
Ms. Annette Kuder<br />
Ms. Marjorie Lafosse<br />
LaTorreta Resort & Spa<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Bookstore<br />
<strong>Lee</strong> <strong>College</strong> Staff Assembly<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lestarjette<br />
Mr. T. J. Lewis<br />
Liberty-Dayton Chrysler-Dodge-<br />
Jeep, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Linares<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Litton<br />
Lowe’s<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Luallin<br />
Lunas<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Lundy, Jr.<br />
Mr. Johnny Luttrell<br />
Mr. Dave Maggard<br />
Drs. Larry and Lorena Maher<br />
Mr. Brian Mann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Marcontell<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James Maroney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McGilvray<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKay<br />
Mr. John McMillon<br />
Ms. Jan McMurrey<br />
Ms. Kelly McNeill<br />
Mr. John Meier<br />
Mr. Keith Meier<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Miller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Milner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Mohlman<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James Moore<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Moore<br />
Mr. Benny Moskowitz<br />
Drs. Michael and Susan Murphy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Navarre<br />
Navarre Funeral Home<br />
Mr. Bob Neighbors<br />
Office Depot<br />
Olive Garden<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jay O’Shields<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Oyler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Pate<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peebles<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pena<br />
Mr. Richard and Dr. Thelma Percoco<br />
Ms. Mary Phelps<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Pfennig<br />
The Honorable and Mrs. Carl Pickett<br />
PILOT CLUB OF BAYTOWN<br />
Plumwood Eva-Maud Garden Club<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Poirot<br />
Polar Express<br />
Premiere Cinema<br />
Mrs. B.G. Ramsey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Layne Ramsey<br />
Ratliff & Jentho, CPAs<br />
Red Fox<br />
Roosters<br />
Rotary Club of Baytown<br />
Mr. Gerardo Ruiz<br />
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Santana<br />
Schlitterbahn Water Park<br />
Ms. Mary Schreiber<br />
Ms. Edra Schutze<br />
Mr. Dave Seitz<br />
Shay’s<br />
Ms. Alisha Shelton<br />
Mr. B. J. Simon, Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Singer<br />
Representative and Mrs. Wayne<br />
Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Smoke<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smoke<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sneed<br />
Society for Maintenance &<br />
Reliability Professionals<br />
Someburger<br />
Southwest Airlines<br />
Space Center Houston<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Speer<br />
Starbucks<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Starz<br />
Mr. Brian Stephens<br />
Dr. Barbara Sultis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Tate<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Terrier<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Terry<br />
Texas Citizens Bank<br />
Texas First Bank<br />
Texas Rice Festival<br />
Texas State Railroad<br />
The Baytown Sun<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Thies<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Thomson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tickner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tilton<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Topper<br />
Mr. Craig Townsend<br />
Tractor Supply<br />
Mrs. Jane Tucker<br />
Twisted and Tangled<br />
Vision Max<br />
Walden Golf Club<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Walker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George Ward<br />
Ms. Susan Ward<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Chris Warford<br />
Ms. Joy Warford<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wheat<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Whitten<br />
Mr. Michael Williams<br />
Mr. Robert Witt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wright<br />
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