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Susan Hauck, Montgomery County Comm. College  introduces and describes contributions of  2 Compassionate Pioneers at MCCC:     

Linda Moulton and Marie Hartlein, Comp. Sci. Instructors - helping colleagues with educational use of games in courses.

Interviewer:  Marilyn Puchalski, BCCC

Camilla Wheeler, George Brown College, Toronto identifies 2 colleagues as Compassionate Pioneers:  Shirley Lush, Karen Hamilton of Learning Innovation & Academic Development Dept

Special praise for recent workshop about Digital Storytelling - generous with time, expertise...

Interviewer:  Marilyn Puchalski, BCCC

Meg McGranaghan   Butler Comm. College

Appreciation of mentoring from people in Center for Teaching Excellence - a place where faculty can go to be treated kindly, nurtured, shown something that can improve teaching.

Kent Trickel  describes

Describes his mentor who deserves recognition.  Shows "extreme caring" for faculty, colleagues."

Interviewer:  Marilyn Puchalski, BCCC

"We really don't have a training department, it's me."

Interviewer:  Marilyn Puchalski, BCCC

Mentoring faculty member in early childhood teacher education

Interviewer:  BCCC

  Marie Foster Gnage, Campus President, W. Va. Univ. at  Parkersburg

Describes "Unsung Hero" Charles E. "Chuck" Chulvick, VP for Tech, Assessment and Planning,
Raritan Valley CC. 

Interviewer:  Marilyn Puchalski, BCCC

  Dave Redman,   Delta College,  Math & Comp. Sci

Describes how he enjoys helping faculty how to reach out to students by working with iTunes U and other resources.

  Garth Tuck,  Bob King, Weber State Univ.,

Garth describes how Bob has been his mentor, especially pleased with support for pioneering use of video over the Internet.

  Toni Black, U. of New Mexico-Valencia Campus; Kristin Hall, Ann Arundel Community College

Toni taught Kristen and others how to use manipulatives to teach programming courses. 

Toni describes helping, consulting with, working with faculty members

2. Who are one or two less obvious ("unsung heroes") who occasionally act like Compassionate Pioneers?

3. What are one or two exemplary activities of "Compassionate Pioneering" done by unsung heroes? 

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