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Events: Convention: Section Chairs

Section Chairs' Resource for the 2009 Convention

Below is contact information for the 2009 Section Chairs, who are responsible for planning meetings in their disciplines. Section meetings will be held February 20 & 21, at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin.

Convention planning resource will be available on this page by August 2008 with helpful hints on ensuring happy speakers, tips for getting started, and promoting your section's events.

Please note that the following forms are due no later than October 30, 2008 to secure space for your speakers:

Friday Morning Program Form
Friday Afternoon Program Form
Saturday Program Form

Section Chairs by Discipline:

ACCOUNTING
Tracie Nobles
Austin Community College
tnobles@austincc.edu

AGRICULTURE
Barry Jones
McLennan Community College
bjones@mcc.edu

AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY

ART
Karmien C. Bowman
Tarrant County College–Northeast
karmien.bowman@tccd.net

ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING
Irene Aguilar
San Antonio College
iaguilar@accd.edu

AUTOMOTIVE/DIESEL/SMALL ENGINES
Silas Marshall
Trinity Valley Community College
smarshall@tvcc.edu

BIOLOGY
Nichol Dolby
Amarillo College
dolby-n@actx.edu

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Jim R. Ellis
Lamar State College–Orange
jim.ellis@lsco.edu

CHEMISTRY
Larry Wiginton
Clarendon College
larry.wiginton@clarendoncollege.edu

CHILD DEVELOPMENT EDUCATORS
Gail J. Cox
Temple College
gail.cox@templejc.edu

COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rajiv Malkan (co-chair)
Montgomery College
rajiv.r.malkan@lonestar.edu

Gordon Carruth (co-chair)
Montegomery College
gordon.carruth@lonestar.edu

COSMETOLOGY
Barbara Compton
Southwest Texas Junior College
barbara.compton@swtjc.cc.tx.us

COUNSELING/STUDENT SERVICES
Marge Lapham
Houston Community College-Southwest
marge.lapham@hccs.edu

CRIMINAL JUSTICE
John Fisher
Howard College
jfisher@howardcollege.edu

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
Mitchel Burchfield
Southwest Texas Junior College
mburchfield@sbcglobal.net

DEVELOPMENTAL READING
Lola A. King
Trinity Valley Community College
king@tvcc.edu

ECONOMICS
James Sondgeroth
Austin Community College
jason@austincc.edu

ELECTRONICS
Ricky McFadden
Paris Junior College
rmcfadden@parisjc.edu

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS/
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
Mary Ann Blake
San Jacinto College–South
maryann.blake@sjcd.edu

ENGLISH
H.F. Poehlmann
Blinn College
hfpoehlmann@blinn.edu

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Anne-Marie Schlender
Austin Community College–Rio Grande
aschlend@austincc.edu

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Janett Hillar
Houston Community College-Southwest
janett.hillar@hccs.edu

FORENSIC SCIENCE
Don Jacobs
Weatherford College
djacobs@wc.edu

GEOGRAPHY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Susan C. Slowey - Geography Chair
Blinn College
sslowey@blinn.edu

Randy Allison - Anthropology Chair
Blinn College
rallison@blinn.edu

GEOLOGY
Lynn Millwood
Mountain View College
milwoodrocks@dcccd.edu

GOVERNMENT
Gabriel Ume
Palo Alto College
gume@accd.edu

GRAPHIC ARTS/MULTIMEDIA
Reginald Reynolds
Angelina College
rreynolds@angelina.edu

HEALTH AND SAFETY OCCUPATIONS
Becky Hammack
Midland College
bhammack@midland.edu

HEALTH, P.E. AND RECREATION
Beverly Boling
Laredo College
bboling@laredo.edu

HISTORY
Ashley Cruseturner
McLennan Junior College
acruseturner@mclennan.edu

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Nithyanantha Sevanthinathan
Lone Star College System
Nithyanantha.J.Sevanthinathan@lonestar.edu

LIBRARY
Cristie Fergeson
Panola College
cferguson@panola.edu

MATHEMATICS
Natile Woodrow
Texas State Technical College - West Texas
natile.woodrow@sweetwater.tstc.edu

OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
Genevieve Allison (co-chair)
San Antonio College
gallison@accd.edu

Cheryl Mallan
San Antonio College (co-chair)
cmallan@accd.edu

PHILOSOPHY
Matthew Daude Laurents
Austin Community College
mdaude@accd.edu

PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Tom O'kuma
Lee College
tokuma@lee.edu

PSYCHOLOGY
Chris Smith (co-chair)
Tyler Junior College
csmi@tjc.edu

Romney Landis (co-chair)
Weatherford College
rlandis@wc.edu

SOCIOLOGY
Dina Neal
Vernon College
dneal@vernoncollege.edu

SPEECH AND DRAMA
Walter Price
Southwest Christian College
professorprice@swcc.edu

TEACHER PREPARATION
Angelo Alcala
Northlake College
aalcala@dcccd.edu

TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE MANAGEMENT EDUCATORS
Ira Wilsker
Lamar Institute of Technology
Ira.wilsker@lit.edu

TOURISM/HOSPITALITY EDUCATORS
Brian Hay
Austin Community College
bhay@austincc.edu

VOCATIONAL NURSING
Rhonda Bell
San Jacinto College - North
Rhonda.Bell@sjcd.edu

WELDING TECHNOLOGY
Brian Bennett
Hill College
bbennett@hillcollege.edu

Convention Planning Resources:

Convention Format
The basic format of the 2009 convention

Getting Started
Great suggestions to inspire programs and presenters!

Check List
Veteran or novice: this is your "must have" on section meeting excellence!

Publicity
TCCTA will promote your section meeting sessions on our website and in the Messenger! DEADLINE:
OCTOBER 30, 2008!

Expenses
TCCTA can potentially help reimburse up to $100 per discipline for programming. Limited funds may be allocated if recieved and approved by NOVEMBER 30!
Expense Voucher

Media
Did you know TCCTA does NOT supply projectors? Find out how to ensure your speakers' needs are met.

Section Meeting Policies

Guidelines for planning as set by the TCCTA Executive Board.

Section Surveys

1996-2008 compilation of Section Meeting presentations and attendance (by discipline).

Need more time to meet at convention?

Limited spacing may be available for you.