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COMMU!\'ITY COLLEGE LUM publish.ed by the students of Alpena Community College Issue 6 March 1990 McCormack retires after 20 years of service by Kim McClure . . John McCormack, External Dean, has retired from Alpena Community College after over 20 years of service. His background consists of a Bachelors Degree from Detroit Institute of Technology, and a Masters Degree from Central Michigan University in Education Administration. Before moving to Alpena, McCormack was an office manager in Warren and worked for 10 years at Ford Motor Company in Utica. would like to see a student center or facility put up to make the students feel a little closer rather than -attending classes and then going home. He would also like to see more student participation. McCormack's hobbies include fishing, walking and ./ spectator sports. McCormack has a wife, Marion, and three children, Carol, Michael, and Gregory. He also is very proud of his grandson Christopher. While on vacation with his family, McCormack responded to a ·job a vertisement or a position with the Intermediate School District writing federal programs. Upon being hired, he and his family moved to Alpena. Mary Skiba presents John McCorma.ck with gift at retirement luncheon McCormack's plans for the future entail first, traveling with his wife, and then getting involved in a small business venture. " ow oes at aying go?" he said, "You spend your first 25 years preparing for a job, then you get a job and support your family for 30 years, and you spend the rest of your years smelling the roses while you still have your good health." In September of 1969, McCormack began working for ACC as part-time Director. McCormack also held another part-time position at NEMROC. or a responsible for transforming NEMROC from a small jewelery-making operation into the industry-oriented sawmill and pallet manufacturing operation that it is now. While McCormack was Education Director at ACC, the program grew and became a full-time job .. ACC hosts 4th by Jay McDonald ACC will host its 4th annual Science Olympiad this ·Saturday, March 17, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Under the direction of Dr. Richard Moreau and with the help of 100 volunteers, 21 schools will be represented in competition in 31 different events. The Science Olympiad is a national competition with ACC being the site of the regional competition. The olympiad is made up of two divisions, 6th grade through 8th grade and high school age students. At this regional level, 1st and 2nd place ~ - '\ . "' .. ... ~ winners in each di vision will advance to state competition and perhaps to the national level. Schools competing in 6th grade through 8th grade division are: two elementary schools and the junior high school from Cheboygan (these schools are first-time participants) middle schools from Elk Rapids and Whittemore - Prescott, and junior high schools from Inland Lakes, Kalkaska, Pickford, and Tawas. In the high school division, the competing schools will be: Alpena, Cheboygan, Elk Rapids, Harbor Springs, Inland .¼alc~s, K~l_kc!_s.ka, qgeJ!la~ added responsibility of Dean of Students, until his transfer back to Wurtsmith in 1988. McCormack was part of a team that worked their own special brand of magic on ACC's Wurtsmith campus, transforming the program from a few technical courses to an entire two-year accrec;lited campus. changes in ACC over the years, such as the growth in the W AFB enrollment and faculty, the number of single parents that are attending ACC, the recent success of the Job Placement Office, and the fact that more local kids are choosing to attend ACC. . · McCormack said that he "I enjoyed it ... but now it's time to smell the rose·s". annual ·Science Olympiad Heights, Oscoda, Pickford, Rogers City, Tawas and Whittemore-Prescott. Competitive events vary widely. Events range from what could be called "scientific" events to areas of communication. A sample of events include an egg drop competition where teams consisting of two _people, construct a package to protect an egg from breaking when it lands on the groung · following a free-fall from the balcony on the 4th floor of NRC. In the Write it/ Read it competition, one student is shown a contraption built frolll_ ~u~h. tilings_ as _bl~lcs, tinker toys, and science equipment. That student then has 25 minutes in which to write a description of the object and how to make it. Another student, isolated from his team mate, is given the directions that his team mate had written and then is given 20 minutes in which to build the original object. Scoring for these events is done by volunteer judges/ supervisors. The supervisors are from ACC, area high schools, junior high and elementary schools, Alpena Power Company, The Intermediate School District, the Department of Natural Resources, and Froggett Jewelers. Dr. Moreau said everyone is welcome to come view the events but with "300 kids running around", observers should "walk in and stay out of the way!" The excitement · during the day is "pretty high", according to Moreau. . INSIDE: pg. 2 Students Speak pg. 3 Daycare dilemma pg. 4 WAFB receives award- pg. 5 Drama Day pictorial pg. 6 New faculty pg. 7 Irish for a Day pg. 8 Sports ,- . J