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CONFERENCE FEATURE
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AWARD RECIPIENTS

Recognizing the Chair Academy Director’s Award Recipients


Carl Haynes

Dr. Carl E. Haynes became Tompkins Cortland Community College’s third president May 24, 1995,
having previously served in several positions at the college dating back to 1969. With his guidance,
the college community has committed itself to learning-centered initiatives focused on student
success. He will retire from the college on August 31, 2017, completing the longest presidency in
the college’s history.

During Haynes’ tenure, the college has been recognized as a leader in online learning, technology
integration, and international education. Since 2005, the college has been named a top Digital
Community College six times by the Center for Digital Education and the American Association of
Community Colleges. Dr. Haynes has also been a featured speaker at several national and
international conferences, where he focuses on the innovative concept driving the college’s
successful Global Connections program. The college has more than 30 partnerships in more
than 20 countries, with agreements that typically send international students from their home
college to Tompkins Cortland for an associate’s degree, then to an American four-year college
for a bachelor’s degree.


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AMBASSADORS

Recognizing the Chair Academy’s Newest Lifetime Member


PETER VAN AMELSFOORT


Peter van Amelsfoort is currently Director of the Center for International Projects at
Koning Willem l College, the Netherlands. In this role he assists faculty to increase the
international components of the students’ curriculum.

Peter has been involved in the Chair Academy since 1993: as a participant in the annual
Chair Academy Conference and as a participant in the 1996 class. He performed as a
presenter and has organized the International Leadership program several times in the
Netherlands.

Since 1994 Peter has coordinated a two-week reciprocal exchange program for faculty
and staf between colleges in the Netherlands and community colleges in several states in
the USA.

He is also involved in many European projects both for students, faculty, and staf.


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