WNDB talk show April 7, DSC News-Journal Center

Features: DSC president, home improvement experts 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 4, 2016) – The Marc Bernier Show on Thursday, April 7, will air

live from 3 to 6 p.m. at Daytona State College’s News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach. The show features a conversation with DSC President Tom LoBasso, followed by experts discussing house design and projects to improve your home.

The special series of WNDB 93.5FM/1150 AM’s Marc Bernier Show hosted by DSC focuses on community topics of interest, news, wide-ranging guests and call-in time for listeners.

Following President LoBasso in the 3-4 p.m. hour, Bernier will chat with three Daytona State professors on topics related to home building and renovation.

• Professor Bethany Creamer is assistant chair of the School of Building and Architectural
  
  Technology; a licensed interior designer, Aging-in-Place Specialist and advisor for Team Daytona Beach, a partnership between DSC and Embry Riddle to design and build a solar house for the international 2017 Solar Decathlon competition. 
• Professor Anne-Marie Muldowney is a civil structural engineer and specializes in “Sustainable Development” green architecture; she teaches full time for the School of Building and Architectural Technology; she is also an advisor for Team Daytona Beach in the Solar Decathlon competition.
• Instructor Michael Taylor is an expert in home construction – and built his own home from the ground up; he teaches DSC’s new construction certificate in the College of Workforce, Continuing and Adult Education; his 20 years of teaching include shop, woodworking and construction. He has a degree in Vocational Education from Cornell University. 

In addition to news of the day, Bernier will feature home renovation expert Carl Bernier and other professionals in the building and construction industry.

Listeners are welcome to attend or call in. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. to the Elaine & Thurman Gillespy Jr. Theatre at the News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St.

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This week at Daytona State; STEMinar, WISE, baseball and softball, Improv Night and Spring Open House

Anyone interested in exploring a college education, advancing their career or re-tooling for a new job

should check out a Spring Open House at Daytona State College this April. Held at the college's instruction sites, each session features a chance to win a $500 scholarship from the Daytona State Foundation.
Thursday, April 7, 5-7 p.m.
New-Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus

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Teens compete in DSC’s annual Physics Olympics, April 1

From Lazer Zap to a Rube Goldberg machine

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 29, 2016) - Over 200 high school students from Volusia and Flagler counties will gather at Daytona State College on Friday, April 1, to compete in the college’s

annual Physics Olympics. The DSC tradition gives students the opportunity to apply the principles of physics they’ve learned in the classroom in fun and inventive ways.

The teenagers will compete in multiple activities testing their knowledge of physics, engineering and mathematics, including bridge building, egg drop, constructing a coat-hook cannon, directing a laser beam around an obstacle (Lazer Zap), a paper airplane pentathlon and building a Rube Goldberg machine, to name just a few.

“We put on our olympics each year to show kids the fun and excitement of science and to raise awareness of physics,” said DSC professor Dr. Gajendra (G.T.) Tulsian, the event organizer. “The event ranks high among local science teachers, who look forward to bringing their classes. We anticipate a full day of fun and spirited competition.”

Activities will run from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the L. Gale Lemerand Center on DSC’s Daytona Beach Campus, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.

With few exceptions, the Physics Olympics at Daytona State has been an annual event for over 20 years, challenging students’ physics knowledge and engineering skills. For more information, visit http://www.drtulsian.com/physicsOlympics.php.

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DSC Phi Theta Kappa chapter again earns prestigious five-star designation

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 28, 2016) – For the second straight year, the Mu Rho chapter of

the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society at Daytona State College has been named a Five-Star chapter by the Missouri-based national honor society, founded in 1918 to recognize and encourage scholarship and service among two-year college students.

Earning the five-star designation is the most exclusive status a chapter can achieve.

“This is fantastic news for our college and our students,” said DSC President Tom LoBasso. “Earning the prestigious five-star designation two years in a row reflects on the character and quality of our PTK students, as well as their individual commitment to excellence, leadership and service. It also acknowledges the efforts of our faculty and club advisors who dedicate themselves to fostering academic excellence and integrity in our students inside and outside the classroom.”

The five-star designation recognizes PTK chapters for student engagement, both on campus and in the community. As part of its five-star efforts this year, Mu Rho hosted bowling and movie nights benefitting the Conklin Center for the Blind, participated in fundraisers for the American Heart Association and Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, and helped sponsor blood drives on campus. The chapter also packaged 10,000 meals as part of the national Stop Hunger Now initiative, and launched an academic research project called Honors in Action focusing on frontiers in astrobiology.

Chapter advisor Steven Pruitt said the Mu Rho chapter is always seeking new members. To be eligible for PTK membership, DSC students must have at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and must have completed 12 semester hours. Members are eligible for over $87 million in scholarship opportunities from the national PTK organization, as well as from partnering four-year colleges, universities and foundations.

This year’s Mu Rho chapter officers are Jacob Swaggerty, president; Danjha Leon, vice president; Kelcie Knapp, vice president of membership;  Adedoyin Adepegba, secretary; Christopher Gow, treasurer; Ryan Kirby, parliamentarian; and Dave Masaitis, vice president of communication.

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This week at Daytona State; STEMinar, Women's History Month Luncheon, WISE, baseball and softball, and Multicultural Show

Daytona State College's Center for Women and Men Advisory Board will celebrate the work and

achievements of women and their families during their annual luncheon recognizing National Women's History Month - Tuesday, March 29. Our honoree is Judge Judith Davidson who is currently the community service chair in her service organization, sits on the board of a non-profit organization that helps women recover from drug and alcohol addiction, and mentors underprivileged students.

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Come explore DSC during open house events this April

Future students can enter a $500 scholarship drawing 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 24, 2016) - Anyone interested in exploring a college education, advancing their career or re-tooling for a new job should check out a Spring Open House at Daytona

State College this April. Held at the college’s instruction sites, each session features a chance to win a $500 scholarship from the Daytona State Foundation.

Visitors can speak with college representatives about a full range of DSC programs including dual enrollment for high schoolers, associate of arts, associate of science, Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and certificate programs. Financial Aid experts will also be on hand.

The Daytona State spring open houses will be held as follows:

•        Thursday, April 7, 5-7 p.m.
New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus
Academic Hall, Rm. 109
940 10th Street, New Smyrna Beach

•        Tuesday, April 12, 5-7 p.m.
Deltona Campus
Fathi Hall
2351 Providence Blvd., Deltona

•        Thursday, April 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
DSC’s News-Journal Center (NJC)
221 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach

FREE Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m.

•        Tuesday, April 19, 5-7 p.m.
Daytona Beach Campus
Hosseini Center
1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach

•        Thursday, April 21, 5-7 p.m.
DeLand Campus
Bert Fish Hall
1155 County Rd. 4139, DeLand
           
•        Tuesday, April 26, 5-7 p.m.
Flagler/Palm Coast Campus
Academic Hall (Bldg. 2), Rm. 106
3000 Palm Coast Parkway S.E., Palm Coast

•       Wednesday, April 27, 5-7 p.m.
Advanced Technology College (ATC)
1770 Technology Blvd., Daytona Beach

Refreshments will be provided and each Open House offers new applicants a chance to win a $500 Daytona State scholarship presented by the Daytona State College Foundation (two scholarship drawings per Open House, drawings will be at 5:45 p.m. and entrants must be present to win except for ATC and NJC events).

For more information, call (386) 506-4471 or email Admissions@DaytonaState.edu.

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Daytona State College to honor students, employees, alumni at awards convocation

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 23, 2016) – Daytona State College will honor nearly 200 students along with four employees, an accomplished graduate and a young alumnus during its annual

outstanding student awards convocation on Wednesday, April 13, in the L. Gale Lemerand Center (Bldg. 310) on the Daytona Beach Campus, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. The awards convocation is the preceding event to the college’s 56th commencement exercises on Monday, May 16, at the Ocean Center.

All classes at the Daytona Beach Campus will be dismissed from 1:30 until 3:30 p.m. for the event. Classes at other campus locations will be dismissed from 1 until 3:45 p.m. to allow for travel time to attend the convocation.

Students will be recognized for their academic, community service and athletic achievements, including this year’s inductees into the Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges and Daytona State’s own Hall of Fame – the highest honor faculty can bestow upon a student.

In addition, four employees will be recognized for outstanding service to the college, including a faculty member selected to receive the college’s prestigious Presidential Teaching Excellence Award. Presentations also include an Alumni of the Year award and a Young Alumni Excellence award.

Also to be announced, the Margaret Crumley Award for Distinguished Achievement in Science will go to an outstanding alumnus who earned an associate degree from the College of Science at Daytona State. Mrs. Crumley, who passed away last year, established this award 15 years ago to honor her son, John, and husband, Thomas. The annual award recipient is selected by a committee of faculty from DSC’s College of Science.

The Daytona State Concert Band, conducted by Dustin Burgess, will perform for the processional and the recessional.

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