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Events: Convention: Section Chairs

Section Chairs

Thanks for volunteering to be a 2010 Section Chair. Section meetings will be held March 5-6, at the Westin Galleria in Houston.

Please note that your Section Program PUBLICITY AND MEDIA FORM is due October 30th!

Please note that your Section Program A/V (Media) FORM is due February 5th!

Having Trouble getting started? Convention planning resources available in the blue box on the right will give you helpful hints on ensuring happy speakers, preparing your section's events, and tips on facilitation from beginning to end!

Still having trouble? Call Carole Hawkins in the State Office: 512-328-2044 ext. 12

Section Chairs by Discipline:

ACCOUNTING
Cathy Scott (co-chair)
Navarro College
cathy.scott@navarrocollege.edu

Tracie Nobles (co-chair)
Austin Community College
tnobles@austincc.edu

AGRICULTURE
Barry Jones
McLennan Community College
bjones@mcc.edu

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

ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING
Sally Durand
Alvin Community College
sdurand@alvincollege.edu

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

BIOLOGY
Chad Cryer
Austin College–Northridge
ccryer@austincc.edu

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

CHEMISTRY
Thomas Jose
Blinn College
thomas.jose@blinn.edu

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

COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rajiv Malkan
Montgomery College
rajiv.r.malkan@lonestar.edu

COSMETOLOGY
Peggy Barron
San Jacinto College
peggy.barron@sjcd.edu

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

CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Dwayne Barber
Grayson County College
barberd@grayson.edu

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

DEVELOPMENTAL READING
Tamara Harris
Houston Community College–Southwest
tamara.harris@hccs.edu

ECONOMICS
Mannie Bloemen
Houston Community College–Northwest
harmanna.bloemen@hccs.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
Martina Kusi-Mensah (co-chair)
Lonestar College
martina.s.kusi-mensah@lonestar.edu

Patricia Cearley (co-chair)
South Plains College
pcearley@southplainscollege.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
Linda Murphy- Geography Chair
Blinn College
linda.murphy@blinn.edu

Pearce Creasman - Anthropology Chair
Blinn College
pearce.creasman@blinn.edu

GEOLOGY
Lynn Millwood
Mountain View College
milwoodrocks@dcccd.edu

GOVERNMENT
Theron Waddell
Galveston College
mwaddell@gc.edu

GRAPHIC ARTS/MULTIMEDIA
Volunteer needed (Interested? Email TCCTA)

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

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

HISTORY
Tori Beckman-Wilson
Palo Alto College
vbeckman-wilson@mail.accd.edu

HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND VENTILATION
Volunteer needed (Interested? Email TCCTA)

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

LIBRARY
Cristie Fergeson (co-chair)
Panola College
cferguson@panola.edu

Joe Jackson (co-chair)
Paris Junior College
jjackson@parisjc.edu

MATHEMATICS
Martha Morrow-Chalhoub
Collin County Community College
mchalhoub@ccccd.edu

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

Lizzette Rivera (co-chair)
Lamar Institute of Technology
lizzette.rivera@lit.edu

PHILOSOPHY
Madeleine Ross
Tyler Junior College
mros@tjc.edu

PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Tak Gurung
San Antonio College
tgurung@mail.accd.edu

PSYCHOLOGY
Chris Smith
Tyler Junior College
csmi@tjc.edu

SOCIOLOGY
Dina Neal (co-chair)
Vernon College
dneal@vernoncollege.edu

Randy Jarvis (co-chair)
South Texas College
randy@southtexascollege.edu

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

TEACHER PREPARATION
Teresa Starrett
North Central Texas College
tstarrett@nctc.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
Karen Briza
Alvin Community College
KBriza@alvincollege.edu

WELDING TECHNOLOGY
James Owens
Houston Community College
james.owens@hccs.edu

Convention Planning Resources:

Convention Format
The basic format of the 2010 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 & Media
Fill out this form by October 30th to ensure your section is appropriately publicized and space properly prepared at convention. Need more time to meet at convention?Limited spacing may be available for you.

Expenses
TCCTA can potentially help reimburse up to $100 per discipline for programming. Please submit anExpense Voucher for approval.

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

Your TCCTA Contact:Carole Hawkins
512-328-2044 ext. 12
chawkins@tccta.org

Section Meeting Policies

Guidelines for planning as set by the TCCTA Executive Board.