Black Hawk College in the News
Four inducted into BHC Alumni Hall of Fame
The Black Hawk College Foundation recently welcomed four new members into the Black Hawk College Alumni Hall of Fame.
The 2010 inductees are Perry Hansen of Rapids City, Ill.; Chad Pregracke of East Moline; Dr. James Sears of Rapid City, S.D.; and Steve Van De Walle of Silvis. They were inducted Sunday, Aug. 8 at a ceremony at Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse in Moline.
Black Hawk College Alumni Hall of Fame inductees are chosen based on outstanding success and distinction in their chosen field, humanitarian service which has proven beneficial to society, and completion of 30 college credit hours or more at Black Hawk College.
“This provides an opportunity to recognize some of the outstanding and successful alum who started their higher education with Black Hawk College. We continually hear amazing success stories and this is one way we can share some of those stories,” said Shelly Wells Cain, executive director of the Black Hawk College Foundation.
To read the bios of the 2010 Hall of Fame inductees, go to
www.bhc.edu/HallofFame.
To watch WHBF Ch. 4’s coverage of the Alumni Hall of Fame event, click
here.
To read the Dispatch/Rock Island Argus’ coverage of the event, click
here for the article and
here to view a photo from the event.
Armstrong, Green honored for contributions to community
Posted Mar. 1, 2010
Black Hawk College congratulates employees Cynthia Green (left) and Dr. Kim Armstrong (right) for recently being honored as a “shero” at A Gathering of Women 4th Annual Tea Party.
Dr. Armstrong, assistant dean for student support services, was honored for her contributions in the field of education. Cynthia Green, adjunct faculty member, was honored for her contributions in the field of religion.
“This is our way of giving back to the community and making sure that African-American women aren’t going unnoticed,” said Shonna Tyson a member of A Gathering of Women. “We support them and applaud their efforts to our community.”
To read media coverage of the event, including biographies of the 14 recipients, click here for the
Quad-City Times article and here for the
Dispatch/Argus article.
BHC receives Bronze Award for Commitment to Excellence
Posted Jan. 6, 2010
We are pleased to announce The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence has awarded Black Hawk College a 2009 Bronze Award for Commitment to Excellence.
The Lincoln Foundation is a statewide organization that strives to be the leader in “Helping Illinois Organizations Excel” through the application of the Baldrige National Quality Program at a state level. The Criteria for Performance Excellence focus on seven indicators of quality and on excellence in areas of leadership and performance.
Black Hawk College is committed to providing quality instructional programs and student-centered services. It is this commitment that is recognized by The Lincoln Foundation.
BHC budget wins national award
Posted Dec. 15, 2009
For the second consecutive year, Black Hawk College has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA).
A Certificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation also was presented to the college’s Accounting Services Department.
The award represents a significant achievement by the college. It reflects the commitment of the college to meet the highest principles of governmental budgeting. To receive the award, the college had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well an entity’s budget serves as:
- a policy document
- a financial plan
- an operations guide
- a communications device
Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four categories, and the 14 mandatory criteria within those categories, to receive the award.
Award recipients have pioneered efforts to improve the quality of budgeting and provide an excellent example for other governments throughout North America.
The GFOA is a nonprofit professional organization serving 17,600 government finance professionals throughout North America. The GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program is the only national awards program in governmental budgeting.
BHC wins state award for business partnership
Posted Dec. 11, 2009
The Illinois Community College Trustees Association has awarded Black Hawk College and the Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) with the 2009 Business/Industry Partnership Award.
The annual award recognizes an Illinois business that has built a successful workforce-training alliance with a local community college.
When choosing a winner, the awards committee considers criteria such as goals, uniqueness of the partnership, and how the work impacts what’s going on in the community.
The Black Hawk College-JMTC partnership began more than 30 years ago with the Arsenal’s Machinist, Toolmaker and Facility Maintenance Apprenticeships.
In 2004, the collaboration expanded to include production MIG welding. The college needed a welding lab to respond to local demand for trained welders, and the Arsenal generously provided the space in the JMTC welding shop. Since 2004, nearly 800 students have graduated from the program.