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Inside: pg. 2 Students Speak pg. 3 Staff comments pg. 4 Astronomy course pg. 5 Casino Ntte pictorial pg. 6 Profiles pg. 7 Arts/Entertainment pg. 8.SQorts ACC Foundation to host , . • 4- 4·-93 annual event by Yvonne Swager LBJ Staff Writer dinner /theatre presentation at the Civic Center on May 5. The theatrics will be a collage presentation entfrfed The Alpena Community · "Those Romantic Times" and College Foundation is . will be a collection of scenes, approaching its informal goal monologues, and musical faster than ever before. numbers highlighting the The Foundation is a comedy of romance through non-profit, separately the ages. Excerpts from incorporated organization for Greek, Shakesperian, and raising money to support . Renaissance theatre, and college activities such as modem musical comedy will scholarships and nursing I be intermingled to depict the programs as well as building stages of young love through funds . romance after marriage. Originally, the Foundation Nan McGrady Hall, an · existed within a different ACC faculty member, is in format than it now embodies. charge of the theatre It---"' e n e a -r cti -. Hall' cone~ t is reorganized structure for to "promote and foster artistic about eight years and, and cultural excellence at according to Dr. Donald ACC through mutuality and .Newport, a finance collaboration among faculty, committee member, "now is students and community." . . more organized, has cleaner As a result, the cast is direction, and is more composed of ACC and AHS aggressive." Newport said students, college faculty, and the Foundation used to be community members .. cast members prepare for Foundation performance geared only toward Hall -has appointed faculty schoiarshtp foiicfiiig. -- -- - · -- members Sonya Titus as : An informal goal of $1 musical director, and Ginny million in endowment money Titus as choreographer. Student proposals presented to Board has been established by the Some of the performances ' : board. This endowment is a include scenes from "The restricted fund that Apple Tree," by Mark 'by John Pines LBJ Staff Writer guarantees the Foundation's Twain, "The Matchmaker," The March 15 meeting of The Foundation annually from "Fiddler on the R_oof," ACC's Board of Trustees raised $80-$100 thousand, and Shakespeare's "The took action on issues but because of the aggressive Taming of the Shrew." regarding the student body. campaign spanning the last Songs include West Side Student Senate members .. three years, it has raised Story's "One Hand One Jeff Hanson, President; John . $450,000. Heart" and Brigadoon's Pines, Vice President; Karen The non-restricted fund is "There But for You Go I." Mason and Jeanne Londo, ·. currently at about $900,000, Tickets for this event will student representatives . according to Newport, while be $35 for patrons, regular addressed the board about the endowment is close to tickets $25, and $16 for future plans, goals and $500,000. Newport feels the students. They will be activities of ✓the Senate as endowment goal will be , available through the college well as the day care issue on: reached within three to four -, and Foundation board campus. Also proposed by years. _ .· members. the Senate was a student Once the endowment goal Hall is very excited about · .. leardership seminar and a is reached, interest from that . her first big production in board/student workshop. restricted fund will be used this community and said the In student related items · for scholarship assistance _ hardest part has been . the board gave approval for and managing the· coordinating the material with·· renaming the existing Athletic. endowment fund. a consistent theme. If all · Fee to a "Student Services, One of the ways that the goes well, Hall hopes to · Fee" and further authorized a. Foundation raises funds is by "have something with which · three year trial period for. hosting an annual major to promote drama at the scholarships in the form of a _P,'[P,nt Thi" .v,ex-'.s eventis.a . .. collegeJeveV' ._tuition . waiver .,J.or ~~.ey participants _in . student activities. The college will develop policies and procedures for the waiver 'which will cover up to 30 · contact hours per year per student. It was also· stipulated that the grand total .of such waiver will not exceed 600 hours per fiscal period. In other business the. board announced State approval of $155,00 in Job Training and Retraining monies . ACC's grant application was one of 18 projects funded out of the 57 proposals. The grant project includes renovation of the concrete technological lab to establish a fully operational block plant, which would double the size of the existing concrete program to 80 students. The grant also continues the work of the ACC's Business Expansion ' · Center. It was announced that Timothy P. Sleevi will join the ACC staff on April 1 to succeedJohn McCormack as director of ACC's extension center at Wurtsmith AFB, which will now be known as the Huron Shores campus. The board also awarded a . . contract to David J. Zolnierek Inc. for reinodeling four · restroom areas to advance barrier free access. The · work. will involve one restroom each in VLH, BTC, NRC, and EAC. Also set was a $3.00 per contact hour maintenance fee. This fee has been -implemented to address the ongoing maintenance of college facilities and enable the college to make major improvements which will more effectively create a true · college atmosphere.