GRADUATION OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA

MKCS BLAIR BARKENTIN [SECTOR FIELD OFFICE NAGS HEAD] ACCEPTS HIS GRADUATION CERTIFICATE FROM PRESIDENT RICHARD HELTON [VINCENNES UNIVERSITY INDIANA]. BARKENTIN GRADUATED 4.0 SUMMA CUM LAUDE. CAPT JUNE RYAN [COMMANDING OFFICER USCG NORTH CAROLINA] SPOKE AT THE CEREMONIES HELD AT THE HISTORIC LIFE-SAVING STATION CHICAMACOMACO AT RODANTE, NC.

END OCEANOGRAPHY & ORAL INTERPRETATION

CLASSES AT STATION JUNEAU HAD TO BE DELAYED A WEEK DUE TO AN INSPECTION. CLASSES OUGHT TO COMPLETE BY 1 AUGUST. CPO AARON UDLAND WILL SEND JOB-TICKET-HOLDERS FOR ORAL INTERPRETATION TO NEWPORT AT THAT TIME.

JOB-TICKET-HOLDERS WILL CONTAIN POWER POINT PRESENTATION LITERATURE OF THE SEA ALONG WITH AN AUDIO CASSETTE RECORDING OF EACH SELECTION [UNLESS INCLUDED IN POWER-POINT PRESENTATION.

RICHARD E. HELTON PRESIDENT VINCENNES

Welcome to Vincennes University.

I invite you to come and visit us on the web often. For those who are just discovering us, Vincennes University is highly focused on helping students achieve academic success in a wide variety of programs. Whether you are seeking a bachelor's degree, an associate degree, or short-term training to enhance career skills, VU's faculty and staff are a dedicated team that prides itself on offering personal attention and support. Our campus life also offers diverse opportunities to develop valuable leadership skills, lifelong friendships, and the enjoyment of your college years.

Founded in 1801 by U.S. President William Henry Harrison, VU is located in Indiana's first city, Vincennes, once the capital of the vast Indiana Territory. The modern, 120-acre Vincennes campus is surrounded by historical treasures, such as Harrison's frontier mansion, the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park--site of an American Revolutionary War battle--and the legendary Wabash River. A few steps away, you will find one of the most modern campuses in the state--currently undergoing the largest building expansion in history. Opening this year is VU's new Donald G. Bell Student Recreation Center and the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center.

I invite you to make your first choice Indiana's first college--Vincennes University. You will find a world of opportunity at VU to reach your goals.

Richard E. Helton, President

VINCENNES MEP ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM

DON KAUFMAN [DEAN CONTINUING STUDIES], MATT SCHWARTZ [DIRECTOR MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS], AND PROVOST RON DAVIS MAKE A VISIT TO USCG STATION UMPQUA RIVER IN OREGON IN TO TAKE A RIDE ON THE 47' LIFEBOAT WITH VINCENNES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS THE BOAT CREW.

VINCENNES UNIVERSITY INDIANA

AERIAL VIEW OF CAMPUS LOCATED ON WESTERN SIDE OF CITY OF VINCENNES INDIANA. MULTI-SERVICE CAMPUS' SERVE OVER 15,000 STUDENTS. UNIVERSITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE FOUR-YEAR BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN HOMELAND SECURITY. THIS WILL BE OF INTEREST TO ALL OF OUR COAST GUARD GRADUATES.

A BIG PART OF OUR STUDENT'S LIVES...PORT SECURITY

A BIG PART OF COAST GUARD LIFE INVOLVES PORT SECURITY. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS ACTIVITY FROM TIME-TO-TIME. THIS IS A TIME CONSUMING ACTIVITY OFTENTIMES CALLING FOR ADJUSTMENT OF CLASSROOM TIME. IF WE HAVE TO RESCHEDULE CLASSES, WE DO! THIS IS OUR MISSION.

USCG STATION KETCHIKAN ALASKA AT WORK

Coast Guard Station Ketchikan received a request to medevac a 77-year-old female at Clam Cove on Gravina Island reporting chest and arm pain. The station launched a safe boat, arriving on scene within 15 minutes. She was delivered in stable condition to EMS ashore for further transport to Ketchikan General Hospital.

JUNEAU BLACK BEARS SMELL VICTORY!

CWO2 MICHAEL MAHONEY HONORED

CWO2 MICHAEL MAHONEY began his Vincennes University instruction in the fall of 2003. He was the first student registered in the newly formed Coast Guard Community College. He graduated with highest honors from Vincennes. He has been selected as the OUTSTANDING RECENT ALUMNI AWARD FROM VINCENNES 1998-2008. He will be honored at homecoming activities on campus at Vincennes in October.

Mike went on to finish his B.A. in Leadership from Ft. Hays State University @ Ft. Hays, Kansas graduating in December 2007 with highest honors. He is now working on his Master's Degree in History at California State University Dominguez Hills. He plans on completing his Ph. D. before he retires from Coast Guard Duty. He is presently attached to Law Enforcement USCG District 13.

GLOUCSTER MASS. STUDENTS HEAVILY TASKED

SAVING LIFE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ARE TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MISSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD'S MOTOR LIFEBOAT STATIONS SPRINKLED ALONGSIDE ALL OF THE UNITED STATES COASTLINE AND ON INTERIOR WATERWAYS AND LARGE LAKES. GLOUCSTER MASSACHUSETTS IS TYPICAL OF THE ACTIVITY DURING SUMMER MONTHS.

NORTH CAROLINA GRADUATES JULY 2008

N CAROLINA GRADUATION OREGON INLET, HATTERAS, HOBUCKEN

CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION awarded to each graduating student. It certifies that the official diploma for graduation will be mailed to the student as soon as student is verified by the university as having completed all requirements.

POTENTIAL WELCOME ABOARD CORDOVA ALASKA CGC SYCAMORE

An environmental portrait of Seaman Stephano Torre with a fog shrouded Kodiak behind him. Torre is a buoy deck seaman aboard the Cutter Sycamore.

WELCOME NEW SITE TO FALL SCHEDULE

Coast Guard Station Chatham received a new search and rescue boat Wednesday, July 2, 2008. The 42-foot boat, manufactured by Safe Boat International, is designed to be highly maneuverable in breaking surf and will eventually replace Station Chatham's other two surf boats. The new boat can maneuver through 15-foot surf and 50-knot winds.

New Bedford trawler Blue Sea II was 95 miles east of Cape

A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a 56-year-old fisherman who was suffering from abdominal pain aboard a fishing vessel approximately 95 miles east of Chatham today.

The Coast Guard First District Command Center in Boston received a call around 9 a.m., from the Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax, Canada, reporting the Blue Sea II, based in New Bedford, Mass., had a fisherman aboard in need of medical attention.

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., launched an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and arrived on scene around 11 a.m. The Jayhawk crew airlifted the man from the vessel and transported him to a Hyannis, Mass., hospital.

STUDENTS IN ACTION

A 47-foot boat crew from Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Mass., pass a dewatering pump to the disabled lobster boat, Kizmat Dec. 22, 2007. The boat starting taking on water after a fire in the engine room melted plastic pipes on the exhaust system.

JUNEAU ALASKA CLASSES WINDING DOWN

The end is in sight for ERTH 204 OCEANOGRAPHY and SPCH 202 ORAL INTERPRETATION [Sea Literature]. Students are to complete their course work with the on board instructor A.W. LONGACRE. He will post grades to Jennie Scarborough at Newport. She will transmit these grades to Deanna Brian at Vincennes University and Tanya Hatfield at Pensacola.

Job-Ticket holders for SPCH 202 Power Point Presentations of Sea Literature are to be collected by BM1 Aaron Udland. He will then send the entire package to Newport for evaluation and grading. Please mail the packet to 1590 NW Spring St Newport OR 97365. Please do not mail this packet until all students have returned their Job-Ticket Holders.

NEXT CLASSES: POLS 201 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE 3ch Al Fitzpatrick 18 AUG - 26 SEPT 2008 USCG STATION JUNEAU, AK.

A unique course blended to the Station's location in the midst of the Alaskan State Governmental Complex. Instructor will guide students via SIGHTSPEED [Instructional time frame for 2-hours of classroom instruction twice a week will be set by the Commanding Officer]. Emphasis in this course will be placed on the internal workings of government agencies of administration on the local, state, and national level.
Instructor [Al Fitzpatrick] will guide students through this study of the basic principles of government and its institutions. He will be on board in Juneau, AK during the mid-term of the course to lead students through State government visitations.

Al successfully finished classes in North Carolina and was a tremendous hit with all of our students at Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Inlet, and Hobucken.