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APRIL 10, 1997 AUGUSTA FOCUS
Walling helps claim top honors in Chief of Naval
Operations Personal Excellence Partnership Program
By Andre N. Mcintyre
Special to AUGUSTA FOCUS
NORFOLK, Va.
Arainsoaked day couldn’t put a
damper on the bright and smiling
faces of the students at Easton
Preschool. For nine years, the crew
of the floating dry dock USS Sus
tain has maintained a legacy of
commitment to their community
and the children, and now, their
efforts have been recognized at the
highestlevel.
The crew of USS Sustain was
recently awarded the 1996 Chiefof
Naval Operations Personal Exce!-
lence in Partnership Award. The
award highlights the outstanding
efforts of both sea and shore com
mand-sponsored programs in
which sailors and their family
members have volunteered their
time and talents to make a differ
encein theirschools, communities
and environment. Seaman Renee
Wallingis one ofthese outstanding
sailors.
The daughter-in-law of Dewey
and Elaine Walling of Aiken, S.C.,
Walling is among the 139 sailors
on board Sustain who aided
Easton’s 200 special needs chil
dren.
“My work at the school makes
me feel good,” said the 21-year-old
EMPLOYEE AWARDS :
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VA announces employees of the month
Mr. David Whatley, Medical Cen
ter director, is proud to announce
the recipients of the Employees of
the Month award for March. This
recognitionisgiven tooneemployee
ateach Division (Uptownand Down
town) who consistently acts as a
positive role model. Customer ser
vice, contributions to service goals
and/or medical center goals, leader
ship and initiative, and community
involvement are the four criteria
used to evaluate the nominations
submitted by supervisors or fellow
employees.
Mary Wade is a kinesiotherapist
who works with veterans who have
spinal cord injuries. Wade is de
scribed by hersupervisor asa highly
energetic, enthusiastic, self-directed
individual who truly lives for put
ting veterans first each and every
day. She serves as the wheelchair
consultant tothe Spinal Cord Injury
Home Base/Home Care Team. As
the consultant, she eithertravelsto
Voorhees College receives
partnership award from NASA
DENMARK, S.C.
Voorhees College has received
$600,000 from the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
(NASA)under the Minority Univer
sity Research and Education
Program’s Partnership Award to
establish a Geographic Information
System (GIS) Center for research,
education, and training. NASA
Largely Research Center, locatedin
Hampton, Va., will serve as a part
nerof Voorhees College in establish
ing and operating the GIS Center.
Geographic Information System
,widely known as GIS, uses the new
information technology to link tra
ditional mapping techniques with
vastdatabases. Itiswidelyusedina
range of activities as varied as ur
ban planning, emergency response
system, transportation mainte
nance, environmental protectionand
militaryactivities. VoorheesCollege’s
GIS Center will implement an in
tensive education, and training pro
gramin research and application of
GIS for its faculty and students. It
will also promote an awareness of
GlSin publicschools of neighboring
rural counties. The Center plans to
assist local, state and federal agen
cies in preparing application pack
agestomeet theirmanagementand
operatingneeds.
“GlSisoneof the fastest growing
segments of the information indus
try today. The rapid demand in the
application of GIS has created a
grave shortage of GIS trained pro
fessionals. Voorhees College’s GIS
sailor. “Ilovethekids. They are so
cute and energetic. All of them are
so special and deserve as much
love and attention as any child.”
The school children’s agesrange
from two to five years. The chil
dren have special educational,
physical or emotional needs. The
special early education programis
designed to address the needs of
these children and because the
majority of the families of Easton
students participatein the Armed
Service’s Exceptional Family Me
mber Program, the Navy will con
tinue to play a critical role in the
manner in which educational ser
vices are provided tostudents with
disabilities.
Walling, a 1993 graduate of
Northside High School in Roanake,
Va., said she joined the Navy to
expand her horizons.
“I joined the military to see a
variety of places and do something
different from the people that went
to school with me.” While in the
navy, she hashad the opportunity
to visit such dreamy places as
Puerto Rico, Antigua and St. Tho
mas.
Working in Sustain’s deck de
partment, Walling helps her ship
complete its mission by preserving
it's exterior and working on the
ships,” she said. “I also help build
visit patients in the contract nurs
inghomes oraddressestheir wheel
chair needs on an outpatient basis.
Wade also assists contract nurs
inghomeemployeesbytrainingthem
ona variety of range of motion tech
niques, and how to transfer, position
and lift patients with spinal cord
injuries. She constantly reads lit
eraturetoenhance herknowledgein
spinal cord injury programs and
share this information with other
team members. In her spare time,
she volunteersasa “baby cuddler” at
the Medical College of Georgia. “It’s
awonderful feeling totell a story or
sing to an infant while rocking in a
big padded rocking chair. Cuddling
providescomfortand warmthtothe
infant whose family cannot be there
all of the time.”
Vicky Hornsby isthesecretary to
the Chief of Fiscal Service. Her su
pervisor states that he knew Ms.
Hornsby was a special person from
the day he became her boss. Al
Center will train students to enter
this highly specialized workforce,”
said Dr. Leonard E. Dawson, presi
dent of Voorhees College. Dr. Dawson
further stated that “The establish
ment of the GIS Center is an out
come of Voorhees College’s involve
ment in this field for the last five
years with the Autometric, Inc.—a
premier company inimagery, visu
alization—andthe GlSarealocated
in Alexandria, Va.”
“I amelated that Voorhees College
has nowjoined the rank of select few
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Seaman Renee Walling
the foundations that shipssiton.”
With this her command is able to
safely, and effectively dock naval
vessel and craftsin need of repairs.
One of Norfolk Naval Station’s
two floating dry docks, Sustain
uses a series of buoyancy and bal
last tanks, which displace seawa
ter and flood the dry dock in a
controlled manner. Flooding al
lows ships to enter the dock’s basin
which forms a cradle that matches
theship’shull. AsSustainemerges,
though her job is predominantly
administrativein nature,sheknows
thatultimately, thequalityand time
linessofher work directly affectsthe
top two priorities of the medical
center: quality of patient care and
customer service. Hornsby takes
the“ Tam going tomake a difference”
attitude and completes those tasks
that many others have considered
tootime consuming, tediousormun
dane. She takes the initiative for
ordering, repairing, moving, orga
nizing, developing, filing and im
provingeverythingthat crossesher
path. Although her demeanor re
flects amicability and patience, her
attitudeis positive and sheisready
to work.
Hornsby has been involved with
the“ Rainbow Review” sponsored by
MCG, volunteered with the
“McGruff, the Crime Dog” program,
and invented “Jingles, the Clown”
for a carnival that benefited VA
Medical Centervolunteers.
universities and collegesin the na
tion, that offer program and train
ing in GIS related areas. It is a
unique and innovative program
which has high potential for long
term support from the federal and
private sources,” stated Dr.Sneh B.
Veena, vice president for research
and sponsored programs.
Dr. Jun Qin, director of Educa
tional Technology and assistant pro
fessorof mathematics and computer
science said “I am very excited about
this partnershipaward.”
the ship is lifted from the water,
which allows for repair.
Walling said the hardest thing
about working on the Sustain is
dealing with the harsh weather
conditions. “We have to perform
our jobsin therain, sleet, freezing
cold, extreme heat, and high winds,”
shesaid. “Regardless ofthe weather
condition, the job must get done.”
Walling said that one of her phi
losophies on lifeis tolive life to the
fullest and be happy. Volunteering
at Easton has enhanced her out
look on life. “I believe spending
time with the children has helped
me to understand the needs of
children. This will make me a
better parent.” Walling has been
married for two years to Michael
David Walling of Aiken, S.C.
Hoping to expand her knowl
edge, Walling said she would like
to work with animals and go to
college for Agriculture.
“I'd like to become a veterinarian
and have my ownranchsomeday.”
As Walling moves on toward her
career goals, she can take pride in
knowing that she helped enrich
thelife of at least one special child.
Sustain’s Commanding Officer,
Commander William Woods Jr.,
said to his crew, “A wise man once
said, ‘the very best part ofa person
is the part they give away.”
Fort Gordon awards employees
The Soldierofthe Month for March
1997 is Specialist Bernard Van
Brocklin, Headquarters Company,
721st Military Intelligence Battal-
e
SPC. Bernard
Van Brocklin
hard-working, honest and tenacious
soldier, Specialist Van Brocklin en-
Jjoyshunting, reading and sports. In
the future, he hopes to finish his
degree in electrical engineering
through the Greento Gold program.
Specialist Van Brocklin was chosen
Soldier of the Month based on his
military bearing, technical exper
tise and knowledge of soldier and
professional skills.
The Civilian of the Month for
March 1997 is Mr. Michael Rodgers,
Signal Corps Museum. Theexhibits
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Public health leader to
present scholarships
Paine College honor students will
be addressed by Dr. Deborah
Prothrow-Stithon Wednesday, April
16, 1997 at 11 a.m. in the Gilbert-
Lambuth Memorial Chapel. During
this traditional program, scholar
ships and other academic awards
will be presented tostudentsofhigh
academicachievement.
The program willinclude the pre
sentation of many awards that in
clude The College Fund/UNCF and
Scholar Athlete Awards. Presiden
tial Scholars, Dean’s List, and Honor
Roll students will be honored, as will
the new members of Alpha Kappa
Mu National Honor Society.
Paine College is delighted to wel
come Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith,
M.D. She is a nationally recog
nized public health leader with
applied and academic experience
ranging from involvement with
neighborhood clinics and inner city
hospitals toservice as State Com
missioner of Health, and Dean at
the Harvard School of Public
Health. She made history as the
first woman and youngest-ever
Massachusetts Commissioner of
Public Health. Sheis dedicated to
the issue of adolescent violence
prevention. She has received nu
merous awards, including three
honorary doctorates, the World
Health Day Award in 1993, and
the Secretary of Health and Hu
designer hasspent 20ofhis 25 years
offederal service at Fort Gordon. He
maintains the exhibit areas, con
ductstoursandgiveshistory classes.
ion. Heprovides
intelligencesup
port on the
battlefieldusing
his linguistic
skills. The New
York native
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toimprove him
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Outsideofthe
museum, he
enjoyscollect-
ing Beatles memorabilia, building
models and spending time with his
family. Mr. Rodgers considers him
selfdependable, honest and friendly.
He enjoys interacting with people
and answeringtheirquestionsabout
history, especially relating to the
Signal Corps. He looks forward to
continuing hisfederal serviceinthe
museum system, retiring, and con
tinuing his work as a hobby. Mr.
Rodgers was chosen Civilian of the
Monthbased on his professional at
titude and exceptional job perfor
mance.
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man Service Award in 1989.
The public is invited to attend
this event. For further informa
tion about Honors Day Convoca
tion, contact the Office of Aca
demic Affairs at(706)821-8255.
Paine Collegeisachurch-related,
four-year, residential, liberal arts
college. Its mission of providing an
education ofhigh qualityina whole
some and nurturing environment
has not changed since its founding
1882. Paine is supported by The
United Methodist Church, the Chris
tian Episcopal Church, and the
United Negro College Fund. Dr.
Shirley A. R. Lewis is president of
Paine College.
The Volunteer of the Month for
March 1997 is Mr. Harry Rogerson,
Red Cross volunteer. The Wisconsin
nativereturned to Fort Gordon three
yearsagotomeet the need fora CPR
instructor. He saw it as a chance to
learn. He de-|
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as a Christian
who is in a con
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ability and training others. For the
future, Mr. Rogerson plans to con
tinue volunteering, as the Lord di
rects, in service to communities,
such as the CSRA and his home
town, Wisconsin Rapids, and teach
ing CPR and first aid. He appreci
atesthehonorofthisaward, though
he feels there are others more de
serving. He was chosen Volunteer of
the Month based on his professional
ismandsignificant contributions to
the Fort Gordon community.