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Lee College administrators faculty
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of her time and talents to support student learning.
Hopkins was awarded this year the David C. DeBoe
Memorial Award from the Texas State Historical
a campus program that has had positive impact on the
learning experience for students and nominees are also
expected to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to
student access and success.
“I stay motivated as a Developmental Education
BAYTOWN - As Lee College continues its efforts
to draw more women and girls into STEM fields and
became a mother while still a teenager, Marron knows
firsthand the obstacles that students often encounter
on their road to a degree or certificate - and how to
Education in Prison.
“Education truly knows no boundaries," Zuniga
said. “While challenges arc common in a correctional
environment, the academic achievements and success
stories of offenders upon release provide a constant
reminder of the hard work and personal fortitude
course for themselves and their families. In addition to
being selected to participate in the National Institute
for Leadership Development’s training program for
female administrators of community colleges across
the United Stales and Canada, she received the John &
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and certificate programs, as well as non-credit
workforce and community education courses, that
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"Being able to help underserved populations
inspires me to work harder and bring new resources
to communities," Ponce said. “Seeing students smile
when you hand them a scholarship making it possible
for them to go to college, or seeing the difference
in students* lives when you take time to mentor or
teach, inspires me I feel blessed to be able to do this
important work."
For Donna Zuniga, seeing incarcerated students
transform their lives through higher education
has been the driving force in her work as dean of
the Lee College Huntsville Center for more than
two decades. Zuniga spent her first 10 years at the
as a counselor and program director for the
Huntsville (.'enter, going behind the razor wire al
Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons every
day lo support offenders in their journey to complete
a college degree or certificate and return to society as
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Education is working on our campus," said Brown-
Askey. “Our students are successful when they leave
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education center in nearby South Liberty County, the
Excellence. college serves a geographic area of more than 220.000
She was selected for the inaugural class of Aspen residents that includes 14 independent school districts.
Presidential Fellows through a rigorous process
that considered her abilities to take strategic risks,
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conferences. lead strong teams and focus on results-oriented
“My goal is to learn something new everyday, improvements that help students enroll at Lee College
technical careers traditionally dominated by men. always acquiring and obtaining knowledge. The and persist until they earn their degree or certificate,
numerous female administrators and faculty are best part of teaching is watching my students grow
earning widespread recognition for their exceptional intellectually,"Hopkins said. “At community colleges,
work and passion for helping students from all walks anybody who wants to learn, can learn, and when they
choose l ee College they are entering an institution
that wants them to excel. Seeing their success has been
my greatest joy."
Victoria Marron, director of the $2.7 million federal
First in the World Grant that started the innovative
Weekend College program and the $5.3 million
federal Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM Grant
that brought the Puente Project mentoring program
to campus for academically underserved students,
feels a special kinship with many of the students she
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of life achieve success - and, in the process, setting
an example for future generations of women leaders
to follow.
Like many of her colleagues across campus, Treva
Brown-Askey has long been devoted to helping
students make their dreams a reality - first as a
classroom teacher and high school vice principal in
her native Corpus Christi, and now as chairwoman of
the Developmental Education Division at Lee College.
A full-time faculty member who led the way in
coordinating and designing student success courses and meets. A former developmental education student who college
revitalizing the college’s approach lo developmental
education, Brown-Askey has twice been selected a
finalist for the American Association of Community
Colleges Award of Excellence for Faculty Innovation, conquer them. She was one of 37 higher educational
The award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated professionals nationwide recognized by INSIGHT productive citizens charting a new and more positive
leadership in the development and implementation of Into Diversity magazine as an “Inspiring Woman in
STEM’* for her work to inspire and encourage the
next generation of young people to pursue STEM
education and careers, and one of just 22 community
college administrators around the country selected
lor the 2016 National Community College Hispanic SuanneRouecheAward from the League for Innovation
instructor when I see the data that shows Developmental Council’s Leadership Fellows Program. The program in the Community College and was recently named to
aims to develop a pool of highly qualified Hispanics the founding board of the national Alliance for Higher
and assist them in attaining high-level positions in
Lee College and transfer to other institutions of community colleges.
“Assisting in creating policies, offering services
and helping students is part of my core," Marron said.
“1 look forward to continuing my growth and having
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learning. I'm happy to do so much for them because I
know that to whom much is given, much is required.”
As chairwoman of the Social and Behavioral
Sciences Division, a full-time instructor of history the ability to continue to learn how to serve all of our
and humanities and adviser to the Walter Prescott students better. Lee College is truly a family and 1 am attributed to every Lee College student who believes
Webb Historical Society and Model United Nation very appreciative of the ongoing support from my he’s better than a TDC'J number. As the Huntsville
student organizations. Dr. Portia Hopkins gives freely teams, faculty, staff and administration." Center dean, it’s my extreme pleasure to play a small
A strong advocate of expanding student success and role in such a great legacy w hich has now encompassed
access to education. Executive Vice Pres. Dr. Christina more than 50 years and still counting."
Ponce has raised millions of dollars for scholarships
Association (TSHA) for her outstanding sponsorship and other forms of student support throughout a career
of the Webb Society, which took home TSHA Chapter in education that has included work in student services,
of the Year honors in 2016, and was instrumental in instruction and resource development. Since her prepare its diverse student body for advanced higher
bringing the Model UN program back to campus and arrival at Lee College, Ponce has been noted among education; successful entry into the workforce; and a
national competitiveness. She was previously selected Baytown’s rising young leaders and was one of just 40 variety of in-demand careers. With the main campus
as a Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative administrators in the country awarded the prestigious and McNair Center located in Baytown, and a satellite
Learning scholar-in-residence, in partnership w ith Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College
the African American Library at the Gregory School
and through the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
at Rice University, and is regularly invited to present
her research at international and national academic
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 66, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 2017, newspaper, March 31, 2017; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1192470/m1/20/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.