This section contains descriptions of courses offered at Moberly Area Community College. Not all of the courses listed in this section are offered every semester. Information on where and when these courses are available may be found in each semester’s course schedule available on the Course Offerings page. Contact advising for more information.
Common syllabi can be accessed by visiting the Syllabus Library. If you need a specific syllabus or additional course information not found in the library, please contact us at Syllabus@macc.edu.
PNC109 Intravenous Therapy 1.25-.75-2.0
This course provides foundational knowledge and skills related to intravenous therapy within the scope of the practical nurse. Emphasis is placed on safe administration, monitoring, and maintenance of IV therapy, including initiating peripheral access, understanding fluid balance,accurately calculating flow rates, adhering to infection prevention techniques and recognition of complications. Laboratory experiences focus on skill development and competency validation. (SP)
PNC110 Personal Vocational Concepts I 1-0-1
This course introduces the novice practical nursing student to the role of the college student and the practical nurse as a member of the health care team. Concepts include organizational skills, study methods, Learning styles, interpersonal communication, and legal, ethical, theoretical, and historical aspects of practical nursing. Pre or Corequisite: BIO209 (FA)
PNC111 Nursing Care of Adults I 8.75-9-11
This course combines theoretical and clinical experiences to provide the practical nursing student with entry-level competencies in providing nursing care of adult clients with physical and psychosocial needs. Concepts include: intravenous therapy; fluids and electrolytes; first aid and triage; respiratory system; cardiovascular system; surgical care; pain; diabetes mellitus; infection and immunity; and the musculoskeletal system. Integrated concepts include nutrition, pharmacology, age-related changes, cultural considerations, and leadership and management responsibilities. (SP)
PNC113 Maternal Child Nursing 3-4-4
This course combines theoretical and clinical experiences to provide the practical nursing student with entry level competencies in providing family centered nursing care for the healthy mother or mother with complications during the prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum stages of pregnancy. Also included is nursing care of the normal newborn and the newborn with complications. Integrated concepts include nutrition, pharmacology, women’s health, age related concepts, cultural considerations, and leadership and management responsibilities. (SP)
PNC114 Personal and Vocational Concepts II 2-0-2
This course introduces the practical nursing student to the role of the graduate practical nurse. Concepts include life-long learning, securing and maintaining employment, nursing organizations, the NCLEX-PN exam, cultural considerations, leadership and management skills, and applying legal and ethical behaviors within the scope of practice for the practical nurse according to the Missouri Nurse Practice Act, Section 335.066, RSMo. Integrated concepts include leadership and management skills for the practical nurse. (SU)
PNC119 Fundamentals of Practical Nursing 8-4.5-10
This course combines theory, laboratory, and clinical experiences to provide the novice practical nursing student with knowledge and skills to perform basic data collection, assist the client in meeting activities of daily living and providing care within the clinical setting. Concepts include health and wellness, hygiene, environmental cleanliness and safety, rest, sleep and comfort, positioning and ambulation, sensory perception, basic nutrition, intake and output, vital signs, immunity and infection control, alterations in skin integrity, altered patterns of urinary and bowel elimination, oxygenation, nursing process and physical assessment. Integrated concepts include age variations in client care, cultural considerations, and the role of the Licensed Practical Nurse on the health care team. Pre- or corequisite BIO209
PNC122 Nursing Care of Adults II 6.5-6-8
This course continues theoretical and clinical experiences to provide the practical nursing student with entry level competencies in caring for adult clients with physical and psychosocial needs. Concepts include: hematology; integumentary system; neurologic system; genitourinary system; gastrointestinal system; endocrine; reproductive disorders, sensory disorders; oncology; and end-of- life care. Integrated concepts include nutrition, pharmacology, age-related changes, cultural considerations, and leadership and management responsibilities. (SU)
PNC123 Nursing Care of Children 3-4-4
This course combines theoretical and clinical experiences to provide the practical nursing student with entry level competencies in the care of the child from infancy through adolescence, using the nursing process in a family centered approach. Integrated concepts include nutrition, pharmacology, growth and development, age related changes, cultural considerations, and leadership and management. (SU)
PNC125 Medication Administration 1-2-2
This course is designed to prepare the student to administer medications with concern for safety, accuracy, and attention to physiological factors. It includes basic mathematics review as it relates to dosage calculations. Pre or corequisite: BIO209. (FA)
PNC126 Mental Health Nursing 2-0-2
This course provides theoretical content to provide the practical nursing student with entry level competencies to provide nursing care for the mentally healthy client or the client mental health alterations. Concepts include characteristics of the mentally healthy client and the client with mental health alterations, mental health theories, maladaptive behaviors, communication with clients, with mental health alterations, and treatment modalities. Integrated concepts include nutrition, pharmacology, age related changes, cultural considerations, and leadership and management. (SP)
Nate Johnson
Marcus Hill
Travis Wallace
Andrew Harmon
Anthony Hill
Devan Moss
Derrick Wiley
Terrance Chapman
Marvin Moss
Antonio Burks
Bobby Ewing
Raymond Warner
Andre Thornton (Manager)
In the 1973-74 basketball season, Sills scored 529 points. Under Coach Charlie Spoonhour, four players on the same team put up over 500 points that season, a record that still held when Sills was inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Hounds finished 32-8 that season, taking third place at the National Tournament. Sills returned for his sophomore year, lead the team with 535 points, averaging 17.8 per game, and was named to the 1975 All-Region XVI team. He spent one season at Georgia State University; ruled ineligible for the next season, he returned to Moberly to marry his long-time girlfriend.
Wise was named Greyhound Defensive Player of the Year his freshman year, and closed his MACC career with a 12.0 points per game average. He received All-Region XVI accolades during both of his seasons at MACC and, in 2005, he was named to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team and received Third Team All-American accolades. Wise transferred to the University of Southern Indiana, where he served as team captain and led USI to two regular-season conference titles and two conference tournament championships.
Smith received a number of honors, including First Team All-Region XVI in 2004, Greyhound Most Valuable Player in 2004, and All-American Honorable Mention in 2004. He was named NJCAA Player-of-the-Year in 2005; at the time of his induction, he was the only Greyhound in history to receive this honor. During that same season, Smith was also named to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team and earned First Team All-American honors. He finished his MACC career with 1086 points and 425 assists. After MACC, Smith transferred to Texas A&M, then the University of Illinois-Springfield for his senior year. After college, Smith played professionally for eight years with the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry in Oklahoma, where he was a member of three championship teams, and the Windsor Express of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL), winning a championship in 2012.
Shuck rewrote the record books at MACC, taking the All-Time Leading Scorer record with 1,408 points. She was named All-American and All-Region XVI Player in both of her MACC seasons. Shuck took her skills to the University of Texas-San Antonio, where she was named Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year in 2003, an All-Team Letter Winner in 2003 and 2004, and Second Team All-Conference in 2004. While at UTSA, she scored 589 career points and pulled down 290 career rebounds.
McKinney’s sophomore year at MACC featured a 23.7 scoring average (second-best in MACC history at the time of her induction), a 55% field-goal average, and a 71% free-throw average. She was named to the 1994095 All-Region XVI Women’s Team and the NJCAA All-American Second Team. She continued to Kansas State University, where she averaged three rebounds and 4.5 points per game.
Day made the Region XVI men’s team both of his years at MACC, and honorable mention to the NJCAA All-American Team his sophomore year, when the team earned the Region XVI championship title and finished third in the National Championship Tournament. Day’s collegiate career continued at the University of Nebraska, where as a junior he earned honorable mention All-Big Eight Conference honors, and he was named the Cornhusker team’s MVP. Bernard led Nebraska to its first NCAA Men’s National Championship Tournament in 1986. His professional basketball career lasted eight years while he played in Ireland, Holland, France, and Israel.
Bledsoe came to MACC from Beaumont HS in St. Louis. In his first year at MACC, he averaged 11.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, helping his team capture the Region XVI title and finish third at the National Championship Tournament. His sophomore year, he improved that average to 13.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game before he suffered an injury. He was still named honorable mention to the NJCAA All-American Team. Bledsoe continued his education and basketball career at Kansas State University, the followed a professional basketball career to Sweden, Holland, Portugal, and Peru.
Kujawa came to Moberly in 1978 when he joined the staff at KWIX/KRES/KIRK and became the voice of the Greyhounds. In his 30-year career behind the microphone for the Greyhounds, he broadcast over 1500 games.
Pepper played at MACC 1996-1998 and was a leader on the basketball team being awarded honors such as All-American and Region 16’s Most Valuable Player. Pepper transferred to Arkansas State University, and played basketball there for two more years. During the 1999 basketball season, C.J. and his teammates led ASU to the NCCA tournament for the first time in history. As a result of his talent and hard work, he played professional basketball as a member of the Washington Generals, New York Nationals, and the Harlem Globetrotters. He later played in the American Basketball Association for the American Bulldogs, a Kentucky Semi-Professional team for the 2006-2007 season.
Ketchum is the first MACC staff member to be inducted into the Greyhound Hall of Fame. She served as Greyhound Athletics Advisor, 1996-2005. She founded the student athletics success program as the advisor, tutor, and mentor to MACC student-athletes. She diligently worked to motivate all athletes to be successful on and off the court.
Cochran played from 1974 to 1976, and later served as an assistant coach for both the men and women Hounds for several years. He has served on the College’s Board of Trustees since 2010.
Milling played at MACC from 1983 to 1985, scoring a total of 1,049 points, before going on to play for University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He was drafted in the fifth round by the Indiana Pacers.
As a freshman, Hughes set the program’s fifth-best rebounding mark at 350 and is tied for ninth in points at 626. She continued her basketball career at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.
Seifert coached the Greyhound men from 1995-2001, and revived the winning tradition of Greyhound basketball. During his time at MACC, Kenny was not only a basketball coach, but he taught business classes to hundreds of students. He was a great supporter of all faculty and staff and volunteered to help on any project happening on campus. Seifert left MACC to become the Athletic Director for the Moberly School District where he earned the MIAAA NE District AD of the Year Award twice, then on to Missouri State High School Activities Association in 2016, where he oversaw the officiating program and the tennis program. Seifert retired in June of 2023.
Steffes was a staple of Greyhound Athletics for over 35 years as a fan, supporter, booster, “Music Man”, administrator, and bus driver Greyhound Women’s Team to their national tournament appearance in 2018. As the Chief Financial Officer, Gary was responsible for ensuring the teams had proper financial support and funding to survive and thrive. As a fan, he missed very few games and traveled to places far and wide with the Greyhounds, wearing the hat of an administrator if a problem arose. His solid leadership skills offered constant support to coaches and other administrative staff through the years. He understood and promoted the importance of Greyhound basketball to the community. Steffes also spearheaded the comeback of the Greyhound mascot and came up with the clever name of “MaJiC” as a nod to both the Magic City of Moberly and the college’s name of Moberly Junior College.
Hughes played for the Greyhounds 2010-2012 and was an All-Region selection. He averaged 10 points and eight rebounds per game in the 2011-2012 season. He transferred to the University of Central Missouri, appearing in 23 games his junior year. He scored a season-high 16 points in the season-opening win over Northern State. He then competed as part of the 2013-14 NCAA Division II Championship team.
Coach Dick Halterman
Coach John Cochran
Ball Boy – Troy Halterman
Eleanor Carr
Rochelle McKenzie
Brenna Kelly
Carmela McMullen
Tammy Harryman
Janet Thompson
Kim Cooley
Lisa Brown
Georgia Hinson
Kathy Schulz
Denise Derrieux
Margrett Bassett
Jackie Glosson
Marion Fitzsimmons
Manager – Debbie Brown
Manager – John Peveler
With a season-ending record of 34-6, the 1980-81 Greyhound Women’s Team, led by third-year head coach Dick Halterman was the first team in MACC history to win a sub-regional title; the first team to win a Region 16 championship; the first team to win an interregional championship; and the first to compete at the national level in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) basketball tournament. Advancing to the semifinal game, the Greyhounds beat undefeated Jackson State before eventually losing the national championship game to Louisburg, North Carolina, with a final score of 65-63.
Coach Dick Halterman
Coach John Cochran
Sandy Moore
Pat Seger Zeitlow
Lisa Linathcum Holt
Patty Rapp Thorne
Renne Skaggs Brown
Vickie Crigler
Elenaor Carr
Rochelle McKenzie
Sheri Sills Schneider
Sara Figg Gillilan
Manager Roxie Robinson
Manager Debbie Brown
Coach Joyce Campbell
Assistant Coach Steve Hunter
Mary Smiley Wohlford
Linda Connor Seidt
Robin Fitzsimmons Trammell
Janet Jackson
Debbie Stith Head
Kristie Richards Musick
Donna Farris David
Brenda Rucker
Neal Head, trainer
Cara Sue Bowden Cockerham, manager