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The MCCEA is committed to providing accurate and timely information about faculty activities and issues of college governance at Mott Community College. This page will contain press releases and contact information for media.

Steve Robinson, President
Mott Community College Education Association
1401 East Court Street
Flint, MI 48503

Direct Line: (810) 762-0344
Clerk's Desk: (810) 762-0343
E-mail: robinson@edtech.mcc.edu

It is the policy of the MCCEA to withold comments from the media under the following circumstances: 1) issues of member confidentiality and privacy; 2) internal conflicts for which we have not yet made public comment; 3) sensitive bargaining issues currently at the negotiating table.

 

GRIEVANCE OFFICER RECEIVES CITY OF PEACE AWARD

For Immediate Release (10/18/99)


Leonard Meizlish and Rabbi James Michaels

MCC Political Science professor Leonard Meizlish will receive the State of Israel City of Peace Award. The award was presented by Israel Bonds at a ceremony hosted by Congregation Beth Israel.

Meizlish, a graduate of Wayne State University, has taught political science at Mott Community College since 1962. He serves as grievance officer for the Mott Community College Education Association, the 417-member faculty union at MCC.

Meizlish has led special programs at MCC commemorating the Holocaust, such as "Week of Remembrance: Victims of the Holocaust." He is also president of Congregation Beth Israel.

Also receiving the award is Jeffrey Himelhoch, a Flint attorney. Meizlish and Himelhoch received the award in recognition of their service to the congregation and the entire Jewish communty.

Meizlish and Himelhoch will be honored at a special reception on Thursday, October 28 at Congregation Beth Israel. The event will feature special guest speaker Dr. Ralph Nurnberger, an authority on Middle East affairs.

 

TOM CRAMPTON RECEIVES MEA EXCELLENCE AWARD

For Immediate Release (11/20/98)


Steve Robinson, Tom Crampton, Julius Maddox

Thomas Crampton, professor of drafting at Mott Community College, has been selected to receive the 1998 MEA Excellence Award from the Michigan Education Association.

The award is given to one professional educator per year who has led students to greater achievement through excellent teaching and exemplary practice. Julius Maddox, president of the MEA, called Crampton "a credit to the education profession and the Michigan Education Association."

Crampton coordinates the drafting program at MCC, and has taken the lead in developing curriculum for the proposed Regional Technology Center. Crampton was selected because of his commitment to classroom excellence and professional development.

Crampton was nominated for the award by his union, the MCC Education Association, which is affiliated with the MEA and NEA. Steve Robinson, president of the MCC Education Association, was jubilant upon hearing the news. "Our Association is so proud of Tom. He has brought great honor to the faculty at MCC," said Robinson.

Higher education members make up a very small percentage of the MEA. Crampton's selection is major achievement. "It's great for Mott, and it's great for higher education in Michigan," said Robinson, who represents two-year colleges on the MEA Board of Directors.

The award was presented at a special reception during the MEA Instruction and Professional Development Conference on December 3, 1998 in Dearborn, Michigan.

 

ALLEN ARNOLD TO LEAVE MCC

For Immediate Release (3/31/99)

The Flint Journal reported this morning that MCC President Allen Arnold will take a position with the West Virginia-Based Appalachia Educational Laboratory, a nonprofit, regionally oriented education research, development, and service institution.

In a voice mail message to faculty and staff, Arnold said he would begin the new position in early September. News of Arnold's departure was apparently a surprise to members of the MCC Board of Trustees.

From the Flint Journal article:

"If this report is true, it comes as a great surprise," said Steve Robinson, president of the faculty union, of Arnold's departure. "He's had his difficulties here and he leaves at a critical time, but we hope he finds success at his new position."
from "MCC chief leaving Post." Christofer Machniak, Jorunal Staff Writer. Wednesday, March, 31, 1999.