Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival
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2023 Sponsors
Many Thanks to Our Sponsors 2023
Community Platinum Kansas City Kansas Community College - Dr. Greg Mosier, President & The KCKCC Board of Trustees
- Ethnic Enrichment Commission Kansas City, Missouri
- CETUSA - (Council for Educational Travel USA) Anita Sass
- Wyandotte CenterWell Senior Primary Care - Te'Amber Hodge, MPA
- Turner Animal Hospital - Tara McConkey
- Essential Bodywear - Michelle Perez
- Scentsy - Regina Esteban
- Healthy Lifetime Products - Catherine Durham (former KCKCC Trustee)
- Grace Family Acupuncture - Dr. Grace Gong
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters - Milca Aguirre, Community Outreach Coordinator
- Dr. Hira Nair & Srinivas Kolli
- Gene and Karen Hernandez - Imagine Magic Productions
- KC Scholars - Anta' Williams
- Global Ties KC - Courtney Brooks
- All Star Awards and Advertising Specialties
- Andrea Smith- Ethnic Enrichment Commision
- Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office - Captain Michael Kroening - U.S. Color Guard
- Kris Green - KCKCC Chief Marketing & Institutional Image Officer
- Nela Bruner - KCKCC Coordinator Room Facilities
- Janel Sanders - KCKCC Coordinator Community Outreach
- Andrica Wilcoxen - Coordinator KCKCC Student Services
- Shai Perry - KCKCC Art Gallery
- Chris Gardner, Zachary Slater, Lulio Alfonso and especially Billy Powell - KCKCC Facilities
- KCKCC Police Department
- Dr. Ian Corbett - and the students of the KCKCC Music Technology Program
- Media Services and the Wizards of the KCKCC Web
- Whitney Aseyo - KCKCC Pre-Engineering Student
- Clint Ricketts - KCKCC Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
- Barbara Clark-Evans - former Coordinator Intercultural Center
- Judy Alexander-Smith - Speech Language Pathologist Piper School District.
Community Luminaries
Loren Taylor - Wyandotte County Historical Society, Journal of Wyandotte County History, and KCKCC Foundation Education Hall of Fame
Professor Melanie Scott - co-founder of the WyCo Ethnic Festival and the KCKCC Intercultural
Center, Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival Legend of Diversity recipient, recipient of the Henry Louis Teaching Award, and KCKCC Foundation Education Hall of Fame Award.
United Government Human Relations Commission – Community Silver
Wyandotte Daily News/Providence Publishing – Community Silver
Dos Mundos Publications – Community Silver
KCKCC Endowment Association – Community Silver
Board of Public Utilities – Community Silver
United Auto Workers Local # 31 – Community Partner
Gene and Karen Hernandez - former Trustee and event founder – Imagine Magic Productions – Community Partner
Melanie Jackson-Scott – Community Partner
KCKCC Office of Admissions – Community Partner
KCKCC Division of Math-Science and Computer Technology - Community Partner
Special Thanks
Principle Organizers
Co-founder and former KCKCC Board of Trustees, Karen Hernandez
Co-founder and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Melanie Jackson-Scott
Dr. Curtis V. Smith – KCKCC Professor of Biological Sciences
Barbara Clark-Evans – Director KCKCC Intercultural Center
Bettse Folsom – Freelance Photojournalist and Photographer
William Yeazel – Director of Performing Arts Center
Clarence Small – KCK NAACP
Bound for Brazil! Karla Moreira – Coordinator KCKCC Intercultural Center
Community Luminaries
Clyde A. Townsend – KCKCC Board of Trustees and Co-founder
Loren Taylor – Wyandotte County Historical Society
Ed Chasteen, “The Pedalin’ Professor” from William Jewell College
and Founder of Hate Busters.
John Korosac - Kansas City Kansas Fire Department
KCKCC Faculty Support
Dr. Ian Corbett – Associate Professor of Music Technology
Dr. Chan Tung – Professor of Computer Technology
Dr. John Soptick - Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Ewa Unoke – Professor of Political Science
Dr. Hira Nair – Professor of Education
Elsje Smith – English as Second Language Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Holloway – English as Second Language Assistant Professor
Crucial Program Support from KCKCC
Jeff Sixta- Buildings and Grounds
Dan Pratt – Director of Athletics
Greg Schneider – Campus Police
Alan Hoskins – KCKCC Supervisor of Public Information
Michael Kimbrough - Media Services Technology
Linda Harris – Secretary Intercultural Center
Justin Patrick and Jeffrey Gumminger – public address system
Sheri Neff – Coordinator of Student Ambassadors
Jeremiah McCluney – Admissions Office
Cindy Lahman – College Web Page – Marketing
Jeanne Crane-Smith – Director Emerging Workforce
2011 Sponsors
United Government Human Relations Commission –
Cordell Meeks III and Gordon Criswell - Community Silver
The law firm of McAnany, Van Cleave, & Phillips –
Community Partner
Gene and Karen Hernandez - former Trustee and event founder –
Imagine Magic Productions – Community Partner
KCK Board of Public Utilities - new Community Partner
KCKCC Math Science and Computer Technology - Dr. Ed Kremer, Dean - Community Partner
Kansas City Renaissance Festival - new Community Patner
KCKCC Office of Admissions – Dr. Denise McDowell, Dean -
Community Silver
KCKCC Financial and Administrative Services -
Mr. Brian Bode, Vice Provost – Silver Partner
The KCKCC Department of College Advancement –
Mr. Jerry Toney- Community Gold Partner
Wyandotte Publising Group - new Community Silver Partner
Special Thanks
Principle Organizers:
Dr. Curtis V. Smith – Professor of Biological Sciences
Barbara Clark-Evans – Director KCKCC Intercultural Center
Karla Moreira – Coordinator KCKCC Intercultural Center
Bettse Folsom – Local Freelance Writer
Karen Hernandez – former KCKCC Board of Trustees and Co-founder
Community Luminaries:
Clyde A. Townsend – KCKCC Board of Trustees and Co-founder
Loren Taylor – Wyandotte County Historical Society
Ed Chasteen, “the Pedalin’ Professor” from William Jewell College
and Founder of Hate Busters.
Catherine Durham – former KCKCC Board of Trustees
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department – John Korosac
KCKCC Faculty Support:
Melanie Jackson-Scott – Professor of Social Science,
Co-Founder and Former Director of the KCKCC Intercultural Center
Dr. Ian Corbett – Associate Professor of Music Technology
Dr. Chan Tung – Professor of Computer Technology
Dr. John Soptick - Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Ewa Unoke – Professor of Political Science
Dr. Wayne Yang – Human Relations Commission
Dr. Hira Nair – Professor of Education
Dr. Janice McIntyre – Professor of Humanities
Norma Cowdrick - Associate Professor of Art
Jim Mair - Associate Professor of Music
Crucial Program Support:
Dan Pratt – Director of Athletics
Greg Schneider – Campus Police
Alan Hoskins – KCKCC Supervisor of Public Information
Roger Suggs – Admissions Office
Michael Kimbrough - Media Services Technology
Jeanne Crane-Smith – Director Emerging Workforce
Felicia Hurst – Secretary
Linda Harris – Secretary Intercultural Center
Sean Phelps and Marquita Criswell– public address system
Sheri Neff – Coordinator of Student Ambassadors
Jeff Sixta- Buildings and Grounds
Cindy Lahman – College Web Page - Marketing
KCKCC – Field House, Security, & Buildings and Grounds – Platinum Partner
KCKCC Intercultural Center – Community Gold Partner
The KCKCC Endowment Association – Community Gold Partner
KCKCC Provost Morteza Ardebili – Community Silver Partner
Human Relations Commission – Community Silver
Gene and Karen Hernandez – Imagine Magic Productions – Community Partner
KCKCC Engineering Math Science – Dr. Hasan Naima – Community Partner
McAnany, Van Cleave and Phillips – Community Partner
Emmett Till Justice Campaign – Community Friend
Kansas Senator David Haley – Community Friend
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