Wednesday, January 29, 2014

2014 Tampa Conference

I have had friends ask about sharing rooms to save money. There will be a place on Facebook where people can talk about sharing and perhaps link up using private messaging.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Another Passing

I thought you might like to know that Amanda Wynn passed away on Thanksgiving Day after a long battle with cancer.  She was 75.  A memorial service was held this past Saturday (Dec.7, 2014)  She served TYCA-SE in a variety of capacities and was the one that got me involved in the organization back in 1999. Joel Henderson

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Here's a note from Harry Moore, former REC and very active TYCA-SE member; he seems to be keeping active in his retirement. I have a bit of news I'd like to share with old friends: Finishing Line Press in Georgetown, KY, is publishing a chapbook of mine (17 poems, about 25 pages) later this summer.  I'm not much of a marketer, but I am pasting in FLP web site info in case you are interested.  If you don't mind, share the news with anyone who might know me and be interested in my life since retirement (Betsy, Charles, Laura, e.g.). 
 Love,Harry
Harry Moore has a small collection of poems (17 of them) coming out later this summer.  The title is What He Could Call Them, published by Finishing Line Press in Georgetown, KY.

Availability: Can be ordered now from Finishing Line Press.  Book is $14, plus $2.49 for shipping—a total of $16.49.  Orders will be filled—books mailed—on August 24. (The number of advance sales will determine size of first printing, so if you plan to order, please order now!)

How to Order Online: On the site (www.finishinglinepress.com) you can click on “Bookstore” at the top then click on “Harry Moore” in the drop-down “All Authors” menu at the top.  That will show the cover (a collage of old family photos) and how to purchase a copy should you want to do so.  Or you can click on or paste in this link to go directly to the chapbook: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/index.php?cPath=2&sort=2a&filter_id=1448&osCsid=s9uk84km81hil41ops2kqvi296

Monday, March 11, 2013

Carole Creekmore


Dear Colleagues,

It is with great sadness that I send this message. Carole Creekmore, our dear friend and colleague, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning. She battled cancer with courage and strength, but now she is at peace.

A Celebration of Life and Visitation will be held this Friday, March 15, from 3pm-7pm at her home, 2596 Misty Rose Lane, Loganville, GA 30052. 

Carole Creekmore was an English and Humanities instructor at the Newton Campus. Please keep her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.

Kathleen DeMarco
Instructor, Humanities
Georgia Perimeter College

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Memories of Doster and Cowan Award Winner Don Andrews

Below is a summary of Don’s professional career that Joel Henderson penned at his family’s request.  However, I would be remiss if I failed to mention that Don was far more proud of his wife, three children, and nine grandchildren than any of these professional accomplishments.  Please join me in keeping Linda Andrews and the rest of her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Dr. Donald F. Andrews was a dedicated scholar and professor of American Literature and the English language.  He received his Associate of Arts, graduating cum laude, from Florida College in 1969 and his Bachelor’s degree in English in 1971 from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, where he also completed a Master’s in English in 1973.  Don completed his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1977 with an emphasis on eighteenth-century American literature.

Though Don began his teaching career with a three-year stint at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, he returned to Tennessee in 1980 as an Assistant Professor of English at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, where he remained for the next thirty-two years.  Don served the College both as a tenured professor of American Literature and Humanities and as an administrator.  For twenty-three of his thirty-two years with the College, Don capably served first as Chair of the Humanities Department and then as Dean of the Humanities and Fine Arts Division.  He was known in the Division as an ardent supporter of his faculty, a staunch defender of academic freedom, a dedicated proponent of student learning, and a trustworthy colleague and friend.  He was known, too, throughout the College for his reliability, his diligence, his professionalism, and his dedication to fair-play.

In addition to his roles as professor and administrator, Don was a first-rate scholar as well.  His involvement in professional organizations was extensive, particularly with his much-loved Two-Year College English Association-Southeast (TYCA-SE).  A member of TYCA-SE since 1983, Don worked tirelessly for the organization as both Treasurer and Chair to help develop it into the premier professional organization for two-year college English professors in the southeastern United States.  He was recognized by TYCA-SE in 2010 for his dedication to the profession with the presentation of the Cowan Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2012 for his service to the organization with his receipt of the Bill Doster Distinguished Service Award.  Don was also heavily involved in the National Council of Teachers of English, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and the Two-Year College English Association of Tennessee.

Don’s greatest professional contribution was undoubtedly in his role as mentor to both students and colleagues. Whether in the classroom or in the conference room, Don was interested in the well-being and personal development of his students, his colleagues, and his friends.  Countless numbers through the years benefitted from his calm evaluation of their life situations and his sound advice on how best to proceed.  His interest and counsel helped his students and colleagues develop both professionally and personally, and his evident Christian faith and godly example provided those around him, regardless of faith background, with both an anchor and a touchstone for their own lives.  He will be sorely missed.


Jennifer M. Duncan, English Instructor
English, Arts, and Humanities Department at GPC Online

Funeral information for Don Andrews

Dear TYCA-SE Friends,

It is with great sadness that I report to you the passage of our dear friend, Dr. Don Andrews, Dean of the Humanities and Fine Arts Division at Chattanooga State Community College.  Many of you knew that Don had struggled with cancer for several years, and he finally succumbed to the illness this morning at around 7:30 am.  His wife, Linda, reports that he died peacefully in his sleep at Memorial Hospita in Chattanooga. 


The arrangements for Don's funeral are as follows:

Visitation: Heritage Funeral Home on East Brainerd Road from 4-8 pm, Tuesday, June 12
7454 East Brainerd Road  Chattanooga, TN 37421
(423) 894-2010

Funeral Services: Heritage Funeral Home, 11 am, Wednesday, June 13

Sympathy cards may be mailed to the Humanities Department of Chattanooga State for delivery to the family (4501 Amnicola Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37406)

Flowers can be delivered to Heritage Funeral Home, or gifts in memory of Donald F. Andrews, Ph.D. may be directed to support the Chattanooga State Community College College Writing Center can be made payable to the Chattanooga State Foundation, 4501 Amnicola Highway, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37406.