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John sits down with Hannah Hussein former ACC student and Bodybuilder
No full textHannah Hussein, professional bodybuilder, shares her personal journey and lessons learned from the U.S. competitive bodybuilding world. She explores how the sport has evolved, especially for women, and discusses the discipline, mindset, and passion required to succeed. Hannah offers five key insights shaped by her own experience, aimed at helping both new and aspiring bodybuilders achieve growth through strength, dedication, and heart. Her story serves as motivation for anyone pursuing excellence in the sport.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1010/thumbnail.jp
John Talks Ridley Scott\u27s Napoleon with Chris Chance and Alex Marriot
No full textPodcast discussion of Napoleon, a 2023 epic historical war film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by David Scarpa. Based on the life of Napoleon and primarily depicting his rise to power, as well as his relationship with his wife, Joséphine, it stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1005/thumbnail.jp
John talks the ACC STRIVE Program with Mary Vlahovich
No full textThere has never been an obstacle to instruction like the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Every student and educator, from kindergarten to college, have been impacted in some way by the recent outbreak.
Students in our Skilled Training Rewarding Independence and Vocational Education (STRIVE) program are used to being busy around the Alvin Community College campus. But over the past month, they have been busy learning from home.
The program provides Vocational Training for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities with an end goal of transitioning students into the workforce. Many of our students have found employment through the STRIVE program.
Learning to be more independent, being a self advocate and communicating effectively are the skills that are the cornerstones of our program.
Our current situation, in many ways, allows our students to practice the skills they learn at ACC. We are communicating with each other through emails and the Microsoft TEAMS platform. I am sending students videos to watch, notes to take, vocabulary to practice; all of which relate to the curriculum we already have in place.
Students have been completing assignments and sending them back to me. We have also put in place a weekly phone meeting with each student and myself or a job coach. This has given us the opportunity to reach each student personally and discuss how they are doing at home, what they are doing to stay busy and see if they need any help with the assignments.
Our students are taking accountability for their work and learning to reach out when they need assistance.
Unfortunately, almost all of our STRIVE students have lost their jobs due to obvious layoffs stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak. We are doing everything we can to be prepared when jobs are more available and it is safe for them to go to work. We will be ready to hit the ground running, whenever that may be.
My students have proven that they can use this time to be productive, continue to learn, and stay connected. We are very proud of them and the work they have put into their education and their futures.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1007/thumbnail.jp
John talks with Dr. Earnest Burnett about ACC\u27s DEI surveys
No full textBusiness CommunicationInterpersonal CommunicationIntercultural CommunicationInterviewingListeningOrganizational CommunicationPublic SpeakingSmall Group CommunicationMentor and train High School Athletes how to profesionally respond to media questions.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1003/thumbnail.jp
John talks Art with ACC\u27s Alex Ordonez
No full textWhen it comes to crafting his art, ACC instructor Alex Ordonez said he likes to focus on something that isn’t always available to the viewer – perspective.
Ordonez work involves creating objects with native cultural symbols on a cube so that can only part of it can seen when viewed from certain angles but prevents a viewer from seeing all of it at the same time.
Ordonez is an Alvin Community College Art instructor and was recently awarded an Equity in the Arts Fellowship from the Talley Dunn Gallery in Dallas.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1001/thumbnail.jp
John talks ACC history with former college president A. Rodney Allbright
No full textDr. Allbright retired in 2014 after serving 38 years as college president. While a faculty member at the college in 1970, he helped establish the Law Enforcement Academy, which was the first academic program created at a community college in Texas.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1002/thumbnail.jp
John sits down with Dr. Exley, ACC\u27s 7th college president
No full textThe Alvin Community College Board of Regents voted unanimously to select Dr. Robert Exley as the sole finalist for the college president position during a meeting on April 6.
A contract for Dr. Exley is set to be approved after a 21-day waiting period. The finalist was chosen after a nationwide search from the firm Greenwood Asher. Candidates were selected from a presidential search committee consisting of regents, faculty, staff, a student and members from the community.
The search was initiated in October 2020 with the hiring of Greenwood Asher and the creation of the search committee.
Dr. Exley was among three finalists who visited the campus and had several interviews with faculty members, staff, administrators and the Board of Regents.
I\u27m absolutely excited, honored and humbled to have the opportunity to serve as ACC President, he said. I am very much looking forward to working with the team at ACC. I think the future ahead is bright.
Exley served as the 17th President of Snead State Community College in Boaz, Ala., from January 2008 through August 2020. Prior to his time in Alabama, he served as President of Parkland College in Champaign, Ill., and as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dr. Exley received his Associate of Arts degree from San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, his BA and MS from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, and his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. Exley and his wife Anita currently live in Corpus Christi.
Regents said Dr. Exley will provide experienced leadership for the college staff and will ensure continued success.
On behalf of the ACC Board of Regents, I am excited to welcome Dr. Exley as our next president, said \u27Bel Sanchez, chair of the Board of Regents. I look forward to watching him lead and build on the great foundation that Dr. Christal M. Albrecht and her team have built. I ask that the community help them feel at home at ACC.
Dr. Exley will be the college\u27s seventh president and will take over the position from Dr. Albrecht, who is retiring on August 31.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1008/thumbnail.jp
Alex Marriot Talks about President Polk in the 1840s
No full textInterview of ACC faculty Alex Marriot and his research into the administration of President James K. Polk and the US Mexican War in the 1840s.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1000/thumbnail.jp
John talks with Bart Dewitt, ACC alum and board of regents member
No full textJames Bart Dewitt is an ACC alumni who went to ACC when it was still a part of Alvin High School. Later in life after completing his college education he eventually became a member of the school\u27s board of regents.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1004/thumbnail.jp
John Sits Down with Jay Burton Longtime ACC Drama Faculty
No full textWhen he was a student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Jay Burton was studying to be a playwright, a creative but literary pursuit. His plans changed, however, and Burton is now helping the next generation of actors, producers and technicians learn about acting. After changing his mind about being a playwright, Burton tried acting, but soon realized that he preferred working behind the scenes as a teacher, director, designer and lighting director. I took a course in drama because I wanted to write better dialogue, and it turned out that I liked all that theatrical stuff, said Burton, the chair of the speech and drama department at Alvin Community College. He went on to earn a master\u27s degree in theater from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and a doctorate at Florida State University. Burton taught at Lenoir Community College in North Carolina before settling in Alvin in 1978 and joining the college staff there. Burton was born in Texas, but grew up in North Carolina. He was drawn back to his birthplace several times, including when he was in the Air Force. It wasn\u27t until he took the teaching job at Alvin Community College that he finally stayed. Burton, who is divorced, has passed on his desire to educate and communicate to his children. His son, Chester, 40, is an artist and teaches art at Indiana State University, and his daughter, Kelly Beam, 36, is an attorney in Houston. Burton\u27s duties run the gamut in theater, from his teaching to side projects. His schedule stays full. In addition to his normal teaching duties, he oversees the drama department\u27s three annual productions, two of which take place during the fall semester, and one in the spring. He also heads the college\u27s Summer Children\u27s Theater Festival, which includes two productions each summer. He is bringing an adult-oriented, dramatic production, A Piece of My Heart, to the Alvin Community College\u27s theater. The show is a dramatic portrayal of the true lives of six women who go into the Vietnam War and come out changed. There\u27s been a lot of discussion about how badly veterans were treated after Vietnam, Burton said. If anything, the women were treated worse. They were forgotten. Burton even helped some of his cast members to get in contact by e-mail with the women they are playing. It\u27s been a difficult show to rehearse, he said. It\u27s a very emotional show. Somebody\u27s crying before rehearsal\u27s over almost every night because of the content of the show. But preparing for any kind of production takes much time. Planning the set, props and costumes for a production can also be labor-intensive, Burton said, but his drama staff members help with the effort. Donna Piecznski works with costumes and props, while Able Windham, the technical director, builds the sets. All three supervise the student crews that work on the shows. Burton said all this work pays off when everything clicks. That exciting moment occurs when the planning, preparation, rehearsals and nervousness combine into a seamless and perfect moment for the actors, crew and director. And because it\u27s live theater, that doesn\u27t happen every time, he said. But boy, when it all goes together right, it\u27s just magnificent. It feels great.https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1011/thumbnail.jp