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DCC TUTORING PROGRAM RECOGNIZES TUTORS, TUTEES

DANVILLE, VA, April 26, 2006 – Tutors and tutees took the spotlight recently at Danville Community College as they were recognized for their participation in this highly successful campus program. DCC now

Danville Community College tutors were recognized recently for

their participation in the program. Pictured, from left to right, front

row: are: Jamie Lee Carson, David Ellington, Linda Hudgins,

Pamela Robinson, Kerry Meadows, Letitia Lunsford, Bill Dey,

Paula Smith, Tina Barnes, International Tutor Program Certification Coordinator; and Laura Symons, Past President of the College

Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). Back Row: McKenly

Graves, Jarrod Chaplin, Brandon Keatts, John Kingery, Melanie Kirby, Christopher McKinney,Terry Williams and Donald Pippin.

Danville Community College students (tutees)

participating in the Tutoring Program are all

smiles after being recognized by Donald Pippin,

senior mentor supervisor. Shown, left to right,

are: Brenda Thompson, Peggy Bray, Shelia

Conyers, Pippin, Patricia McGhee, and

Wanda Amos.

has a Level I internationally-certified tutor training program, certified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA), which offers a standard of skills and training for tutors.

Representatives from the CRLA, Laura Symons, Past President and the National Tutoring Association Treasurer/Trainer, and Tina Barnes, International Tutor Program Certification Coordinator, were also on hand to recognize the tutoring program participants. Remarks also were provided by Dr. Chris Ezell, Vice President of Academic and Student Services; Dr. Wade Davenport, Dean of Arts & Sciences Division; and Donald Pippin, Senior Mentor Supervisor.

Five students, who have successfully taken advantage of the DCC tutoring program, discussed their experiences. They included Brenda Thompson, Wanda Amos, Sheila Conyers, Patricia McGhee, and Peggy Bray. Each discussed their return to higher education and the need for additional assistance in adjusting to the academic pace. Also, Bill Dey, Director of Learning Resources and Distance Learning, was named an honorary tutor and presented with a gift.

There were 42 tutors recognized (those with an asterisk indicate that have been CRLA certified):

Dana Adams

Sebastian Berisha

Issac Booth

*Jamie Carson

*Jarrod Chaplin

*Blake Crews

*Lisa Ebarb

*David Ellington

*Lori Everhart

Lois Galloway

*McKenly Graves

Benjamin Haney

*Linda Hudgins

Joel Hudson

*Brandon Keatts

*Zana Kepuska

*John Kingery

*Melanie Kirby

*Letitia Lunsford

Wen Maier

*Christopher McKinney

*Kerry Meadows

Chrystal Menkhaus

*Bobby Oakes

*Donald Pippin

*Scott Price

*Angel Richardson

Andrea Robbins

*Pamela Robinson

Carrie Rogers

Robert Shaver

*Paula Smith

Gail Stilwell

*James Sutherland

Ju Ling Tai

Melissa Taylor

Joshua Thomasson

Demarri Vasquez

Deanna White

Linda Wilborne

Beth Wilkerson

*Terry Williams

For more information about free tutoring at DCC, contact Donald Pippin, Senior Mentor Supervisor, at 434-797-6431, or Letitia Lunsford, Library Specialist I, at 434-797-6432.