Amy E. Kappel graduated from PPCC in May with an Associate of Applied Science, Paralegal degree (with Honors). While at PPCC, Amy was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society of the Two-Year College (her biography published in The National Dean's List, 2005-2006 Edition) and Phi Beta Lambda, along with serving in the community as Co-Program Chair on the Board of Directors for Pikes Peak Paralegals (the local affiliate of the National Association of Legal Assistants/Paralegals) and Legislative Committee Chair on the Board of Directors for Pikes Peak Business and Professional Women (the local affiliate of the Colorado Federation of Business and Professional Women and Business and Professional Women/USA).
Earlier this month Regis University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Allan L. Service, Ph.D., awarded Amy the Regis University Community College Scholarship for PPCC for the 2006-2007 academic year. According to Dr. Service, this award is one of Regis University's most prestigious academic awards for new transfer students.
As a Community College Scholarship recipient, Amy is guaranteed grant monies of $3,000 per year for two years to attend Regis University. This fall she will continue her education towards receiving a Bachelor of Applied Science, Management degree.
Amy continues to serve as Co-Program Chair on the Board of Directors for Pikes Peak Paralegals (the local affiliate of the National Association of Legal Assistants/Paralegals) and Legislative Committee Chair on the Board of Directors for Pikes Peak Business and Professional Women (the local affiliate of the Colorado Federation of Business and Professional Women and Business and Professional Women/USA), along with membership in the National Notary Association and a commission as a Notary/E-Notary Public for the State of Colorado. Amy also continues to volunteer as an alumnus of PPCC at college and community career fairs and organizational meetings representing and promoting the PPCC Paralegal Program.
Amy has also working on her Colorado Career and Technical Education Credential so that she may return to PPCC as an adjunct Paralegal Program instructor. Additionally, Amy holds a career position as the Contracts Administrator (Paralegal) for the Sanborn corporate office in Colorado Springs.
Like most people, I was involved in a lot of different activities when I was young – things like T-ball, karate lessons, and acting classes. Onstage, I played the wizard in the "Wizard of Oz", painted the fence in "Tom Sawye"r, and was the king in a Kabuki theater play. I did these things using my power wheelchair (I have cerebral palsy), and I always like working with people and learning about each other
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In 2001, at age 14, I was selected as one of 15 young people with disabilities from across the United States to be a member of the Youth Advisory Committee of the Presidential Task Force of Employment of People with Disabilities. It was a tremendous experience
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Benjamin has long admired Roger Ebert as a film critic, to the extent that he's become interested in studying films as an art form and writing about it. Benjamin routinely gives a shorthand review of a film in the same "Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down" made famous by Roger Ebert. He immediately thought of the "Thumbs Down" tagline as a way of linking his film message to the movie industry
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FYI National Film Contest Winner Benjamin Snow
PPCC student Benjamin Snow was one of five winners for this year’s FYI National Film Contest, sponsored by MSNBC. Judges included Walter Cronkite and George Clooney.
More than 88,000 people across the nation responded to vote in this year’s film contest in which 18- to 24-year-old students could submit a 30- to 60-second film about an issue of personal importance
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