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Milestones2011-2012

• Jessica BenzerandShannon Alger,alongwithDr. Ken BrownfromHopeCollege,haveco-authoredthefollowingpaper,“CharacterizationofTris(5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline)Ruthenium(II/III)PolymerFilmsUsingCyclicVoltametryandRutherfordBackscatteringSpectrometry,”intheInternational Journal of Chemistry,Vol.3,No.4;December2011.

• Jacob Loaderwonthe2011GrandAwardforBestLeadActorforhisworkintheGRCCproductionofEnd Days.

• Henry Marcussewonthe2011GrandAwardforBestSupportingActorforhisworkintheGRCCproductionofEnd Days.

• CollegiateeditorAustin MetzwasnamedtheMichiganCommunityCollegeJournalistoftheYearbytheMichiganCommunityCollegePressAssociation.Metzalsowonnumerousfirstandsecondplaceawardsinvariouscategoriesofwritinganddesign.

• CollegiatestaffmembersJustin Dawes, Josh Compaan, Stephanie Krings, Jessical Towell,andChet Eagleman Jr.alsowonawards.

• Collegiate staffwonsecondplacefortheirwebsiteandanhonorablementionfortheirprintedition.

• GRCCgraduateEric Greinkewasawardedthe2012AllenGinsbergAwardfromtheveryprestigiousPatersonLiteraryReview.

• GRCCmusicstudentGarrett Borns,whoseoriginalcomposition,“TheOnlyParadise,”wontheWestMichiganStudentShowcaseShowstopperAward,wasinvitedtoperformatthe2012TEDxGrandRapidsConference.

• GRCCstudentsfaredwellinthe2012FestivaloftheArtsRegionalArtsCompetition.Jean Orianswontwoawards:TheS.H.E.FoundationAwardforExcellenceintheDepictionoftheFeminineandtheS.H.E.FoundationPurchaseAward.Paul WilliswontheMichaelCookAwardforCreativeLighting.

• TheateralumnusBrian A. MillerdirectedthefilmOfficer Down,whichwasshownatCannes2012.

• UnderthetutelageofDr.MikeDeVivo,severalGeographystudentspresentedpapersattheCaliforniaGeographicalSocietyAnnualConferenceinApril2012.Adrienna OzingaandBrian Woodinpresented“IntegratingFieldStudiesofLocalGroceryStoresintheWorldGeographyCurriculum”andKara Apodaca, Sarah Nussbaum,andLindsey Harrispresented“SustainabilityintheFaceofGlobalization:ACommunityCollegeStudyAbroadinSouthAfrica.”

• VoiceMajorsBill Reed, Madison Roesler, Alison Bieber,andZachary LuteswerefinalistsintheOperaGrandRapidsCollegiateVocalCompetition.

• VoiceMajorEmily Shaiebreceived2ndplaceintheMichiganNATSCompetitionintheAdvancedFemaleCategory.

• PercussionMajorPatterson McKinneywasawardedascholarshiptoattendtheUniversityofMichiganasaJuniorPerformanceMajor.

• Piano/OrganMajorMatthew BaconwasawardedascholarshiptoattendSt.OlafCollegeasaJuniorLiturgicalMusicMajor.

• Kelsey HuismanandAlex Graff,twoofDr.PamLaureto’sstudents,wereawardedUndergraduateResearchGrantsfortheEnvironment(URGE)fromthePierceCedarCreekInstitutefortheirworkon“Hybridizationdynamicsofinvasivecattails.”

• Dr. Matt Douglas’ Zoology studentsparticipatedintwomonarchbutterflyreleasesinAugust2011:oneattheJohnBallParkZooinwhich100monarchsanhouroverfivehourswerereleasedtothedelightofapproximately1500spectators,andoneontopoftheLyonStreetRamptotestahypothesisthattheyshouldflysouth/southwestregardlessofantennae.

• Alex Trudell, Adam Jacobs, Brian Chambers, Katherine TownsendallcompletedtheHonorsProgramasofWinter2012semester.

• Lyvonne Simone(StudentSupportServices)wasacceptedtotheUniversityofMichiganwithafinancialpackageofferinghim$21,000annually.

• Deburah Cobbs(StudentSupportServices)wasnamedtotheStateofMichiganAll-StateAcademicTeam.

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• Julia Messenger(StudentSupportServices)wasnamedtotheStateofMichiganAll-StateAcademicTeam.

• Michael Vitales-Lanuza(StudentSupportServices)wontheSocialScienceAwardattheApril2012StudentAwardsLuncheon

• Myriah Williams(StudentSupportServices)wontheBenhamServiceLearningAwardattheApril2012StudentAwardsLuncheon

• Whitney Cunningham(StudentSupportServices)wontheCedricWardLeadershipAwardattheApril2012StudentAwardsLuncheon

• Travis Slooter(StudentSupportServices)wontheBrianKloetStudentLeadershipAwardattheApril2012StudentAwardsLuncheon

• DeShawn Bryd(StudentSupportServices)wontheDonaldR.BlackOutstandingAthleteAwardattheApril2012StudentAwardsLuncheon

• Reinier Fontaine-Perezplaced1stintheEntrepreneurshipcompetitionand7thaspartofFinancialAnalystteamcompetitionattherecentBusinessProfessionalsofAmericanationalcompetitionheldinChicago,IL.(April2012)Reinierqualifiedfornationalsbyplacing2ndinbotheventsatthestate-levelBPAcompetition.

• Jacob Golden placed7thaspartofFinancialAnalystteamcompetitionattherecentBusinessProfessionalsofAmericanationalcompetitionheldinChicago,IL.(April2012).Jacobqualifiedforthiseventbyplacing2ndatthestate-levelBPAcompetition.

• Jasmin Pérez wasselectedtoparticipateintheCOE2012KeithSherinGlobalLeadersPrograminSalamanca,Spain,sponsoredbytheCouncilforOpportunityinEducationandTravel&Education.Shehasbeenawardeda$2,500KeithSherinGlobalLeadersScholarshiptosupportherparticipationintheprogram.

• Emily Smitterwonthe“FirstoftheFamily”scholarshipfrom5th3rdBank.

• Michael VitaleswontheTriumphAward.Thisisgiventoaminoritystudentwhomaintainsa3.0FallandWintersemester.

•Megan ApseywontheAquinasTransferScholarship.

• Ronald KamgangreceivedtheS-STEMfor$3000annuallyatGVSU.

• Forthethirdconsecutiveyear,100%ofUpward Boundstudentsgraduatedontime.

• TheUpward Boundclassof2012alsoaresettohave100%post-secondaryenrollmentintheFall2012

• TheUpward Boundclassof2012earnedover$500,000ofrenewableawardsandscholarships.

• 2012UpwardBoundgraduate,Justice MasonhasreceivedafullacademicscholarshipfromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.HeplanstostudyAeronauticalEngineering.

• Arial Sosawon2ndplaceintheStudentWorkeroftheYearawardinMayof2012.

• Tonya Loftonwasnamedthestudentwinnerofthe2012SalutetoWomenAward.

• Emily Smitter, Jessica Lewis, Patricia Turner, Chaka White, Tonya HuntandTalina BuchananweresponsoredbytheDeanofStudentAffairstoattendtheYoungWomenStrongLeadersConferenceonMarch30,2012.

• Bryan Ritterby,astudentfromGRCC’sCompositeTechnicianTrainingProgram,washonoredbyPresidentObamaduringhisStateoftheUnionAddress,January2012.

• 92.4%completionrateforallopenentryTrainingprogramsin2011-12(i.e.,Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Deconstruction, Phlebotomy, Project Supervision, Lean Champion).

• GRCC’sMW’sJET Training ClearinghouseparticipantshadthehighestpercentagerateforenteredemploymentamongallACSETJETcontractors.

• TheJob Training Green RemodelingstudentachievementsincludedremodelingthreehousesforHabitatforHumanityofKentCountyin2011-12.

• TheJob Training Residential ConstructionstudentachievementsincludedbuildinganewhomeforHabitatforHumanityofKentCountyin2011-12.

• Studentshad100%passratesinqualifyingexamsinPolice Academy, OTA, Dental Assisting, Dental HygieneandNursing.

• Tyler Smith -PoliceRecruitreceivedtheOfficerKozminskiScholarshipawardfor2011.

• InJanuary2012,Luba PetrashandthestudentIce Carving Teamplaced5thoutof16intheFrankenmuthNationalCollegiateIceCarvingCompetition.RyanKlotzreceivedabronzemedalforhisindividualicecarving.

• InJanuary2012,Collin Donnelly,abusinessstudentfromGRCC,competedintheMichiganCollegeDECAConference.CollinplacedthirdintheRetailManagementEventandwasaStateFinalistinSalesManagerMeeting.

• InAugust2011,Charise Upton,ADNursingStudentreceiveda$1,000ScholarshipfromtheKMMNBNA–NationalBlackNursesAssociation.

• InMay2012,twoBusinessdepartmentstudents,Caitlin Chamberlin(aDecembergrad)andJerusha Washington wereselectedforadministrationinternshipsatMillerJohnson.

• PrecisionAerospacein2011-12hashired10GRCCgraduatesfromtheJob Traininganddegree machine tool/CNC programsledbySteveHenkleman.

• Marcus CribbsandCarlin LandinghamwerenamedtotheNationalJuniorCollegesAthleticAssociationAll-AmericanFirstTeamFootball.

• RebeccaVanderMarktwasarecipientoftheArthurAndrewsAward.

• Keyon Cole, Terrell Porter, Evan RaywerenamedtotheNationalJuniorCollegesAthleticAssociationAll-AmericanSecondTeamFootball.

• Deshawn Byrd, Greg Cognetto, Keyon Cole, Justin Glover, Myrick Gwyn, Devin Jarrett, Devonte Jones, Cody Kater, Carlin Landingham, Brian Parker, Terrell Porter, Evan Ray, Corey SmithwerenamedtotheNationalJuniorCollegesAthleticAssociationRegionIVFirstTeamFootball.

• Matt DeJong, Malcom Goines, Joshua Pribble, Torico Searcy andJamar WimberlywerenamedtotheNationalJuniorCollegesAthleticAssociationRegionIVSecondTeamFootball.

• Shawn Haverdink, Chad Kamphuis, Ty Nunn, Derek RoeandJake Siegel werenamedtotheAll-WesternConferenceFirstTeamGolf.

• Kelsey Caposey wasnamedtotheAll-WesternFirstTeamSoftball.

• Tiani Beck, Danielle Goad andKaitlyn SchneiderwerenamedtotheAll-WesternConferenceSecondTeamSoftball.

• Casey Swink wasnamedtotheNationalJuniorCollegesAthleticAssociationDistrictGAll-TournamentTeamSoftball.

• Carlos BerroaandJared TheisenwerenamedtotheAll-RegionXIITeamandAll-MichiganCommunityCollegeAthleticAssociation(MCCAA)FirstTeamBaseball.

• Brendan Bender andBrian PortelliwerenamedtotheAll-MichiganCommunityCollegeAthleticAssociation(MCCAA)SecondTeamBaseball.

• Steve Ayala wasnamedtotheAll-MichiganCommunityCollegeAthleticAssociation(MCCAA)HonorableMentionforBaseball.

• David FrederickwasnamedRegionXIITournamentMVPBaseball.

• Carlos Berroa, Brian Portelli andEJ GrowchowalskiwerenamedtotheRegionXIIAll-TournamentfirstTeamforBaseball.

• Janele Johnson ElliswasnamedtotheAll-WesternConferenceSecondTeamforBasketball.

• Hailey Majewski, Caitlyn PattersonandDenstiny RobinsonwerenamedAll-WesternConferenceHonorableMentionforBasketball.

• Destiny RobinsonwasnamedWesternconferenceAll-FreshmanTeamforBasketball.

• Micah GatesandAlex LylewerenamedtotheMCCAAAll-WesternConferenceSecondTeam,Men’sBasketball.

• Arik HesselinkwasnamedAll-WesternConferenceHonorableMentioninMen’sBasketball.

• Alex Lyle wasnamedMVPforNJCAADistrict8inMen’sBasketball.

• Arik HesselinkandJaredMysliwiecwerenamedtotheNJCAADistrict8All-TournamentMen’sBasketballTeam

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Degrees & Certificates Presentations• Laurie Arnswald,Professor/Nursing,graduatedinMay2012fromMadonnaUniversitywithaDoctorofNursingPracticedegree.

• Jason Schueller,Coordinator/EnrollmentCenter,receivedhisMastersofBusinessAdministrationinStrategicManagementfromDavenportUniversityinApril2012.

• David Selmon,Director/AdultEducation,receivedhisMastersofEducationinEducationLeadershipfromGrandValleyStateUniversityinMay2012.

• Bryan Vliem,AssociateRegistrar/StudentRecords,receivedhisMBAfromFerrisStateUniversityinDecember2011.

• Mike Whitman,AssistantProfessor/SICE,completedhisMastersofScienceDegreeinCareerandTechnicalEducationinDecember2011fromFerrisStateUniversity.

• Dan Gendler,ProgramDirector/SICE,completedhisMastersofScienceDegreeinCareerandTechnicalEducationinDecember2011fromFerrisStateUniversity.

• Dr.Dillon Carr,AssistantProfessor/SocialSciencescompletedhisPh.D.inAnthropologyfromMichiganStateUniversityinspring2012.

• Will Millar,Professor/PhysicalSciences,successfullydefendedhisdissertationattheJamesCookUniversityinAustraliainspring2012.

• Dr. Mike DeVivo,AssociateProfessor/SocialSciences,completedhisPh.D.inHigherEducationLeadershipfromWesternMichiganUniversityinMay2012.

• Mugi (Patrick) Kamau,CounselorandAssistantProfessor/CounselingandCareerServices,receivedhisPh.D.inCounselorEducation,December2011fromWesternMichiganUniversity.

• Laurie Chesley,Dean/Arts&Sciences,completedtheCertificationforOnlineAdjunctTeaching(COATCertification)throughtheUniversityofMarylandinJune2011.

• Sara Dorer,AssociateDirector/StudentCodeofConductandSatisfactionInitiatives,receivedacertificateofcompletionfromtheDonaldD.GehringAcademyforStudentConductAdministration-Mid-LevelManager’sInstituteinJuly2011.

• Anna Maria Clark,Whitney HarperandJennifer Keessen/StudentSupportServices,werecertifiedinMotivationalInterviewingMarch2012.MotivationalInterviewing(MI)offersapractical,evidence-basedcommunicationandcounselingapproachforguidingclientstomakeandsustainbehaviorchanges

• Jodie Boelens,HealthLabCoordinator/AcademicTutoringServices,receivedherBachelorofScienceinNursingwithhonorsfromtheUniversityofPhoenixinAugust2011.

• Angela (Zainea) Salinas,InternationalStudentsandAdultEnrollmentandOutreachCoordinator/AdmissionsOffice,earnedherMastersofEducationinAdultandHigherEducationfromGrandValleyStateUniversityinAugust2011.

• Langston Gant,EducationalSupportProfessional/CounselingandCareerCenter,earnedhisBachelorofBusinessAdministrationfromNorthwoodUniversityinDecember2011.

• Arthur Johnson,EducationalSupportProfessional/ProvostOffice,earnedaBachelorofFineArtsinInteriorDesignfromKendallCollegeofArtandDesignofFerrisStateUniversityinMay2011.ArthurgraduatedwithacademichonorsandwastherecipientoftheStudioExcellenceAwardinInteriorDesign.

• Dr. Sandy Lancaster,AssistantProfessor/Psychology,presented“BuildingSelf-efficacyforLearninginanUnderpreparedPopulation:AnEvidenceBasedApproach”attheMichiganDevelopmentalEducationConference(MDEC)springconferenceinLansing.

• Sheryl York,AssistantProfessor/English,presented“EngagingStudentsintheClassroom:TeachingwiththeTactile/KinestheticLearnerinMind”attheMichiganDevelopmentalEducationConference(MDEC)springconferenceinLansing.

• Tom Mulder,Adjunct/English,Lynnea Page-Jenkins,Adjunct/English,andJessalyn Richter,Adjunct/English,presented“RevisionforAllLevelsoftheCompositionClassroom”attheMichiganDevelopmentalEducationConference(MDEC)springconferenceinLansing.

• Linda Spoelman,Professor/English,gavetwopresentationsattheMichiganAdultEducatorsConferenceinTraverseCityinApril.Sheco-presented“HealthandMore,”anintroductiontothenewcontextualizedhealthcurriculumthestatehasdevelopedforitsAdultBasicEducationprograms.Shealsopresented“DevelopmentalEducation:BarrierorBridge”tohelpadulteducatorsunderstandthebenefitsandlimitsofdevelopmentaleducationastheypreparetheirstudentstotransitiontocollege.

• Szymon Machajewski,AssistantProfessor/ComputerApplications,presented“EngagingstudentswithPersonalLearningNetworks”attheScholarshipofTeachingandLearningAcademyinMay.

• Rachael Jungblut,SeniorProgramManager/TrainingSolutions,wasinvitedbyACTtopresenttwotimesattheNationalACTconferenceinChicagoinJune2012.AudiencemembersincludedstafffromtheU.S.DepartmentofLabor,educators,workforceboardmembers,one-stopcareercentermanagersandworkforceexpertsfromall50States.Sheparticpatedonapre-conferencepaneltitled:“NCRCAdvocates:EmployerEngagementUseModels”andgaveasecondpresentationentitled:“ApplyingACTToolstoCareerCoaching.”

• John VanElst,ProgramManager/TrainingSolutions,wasaskedtopresentattheMichiganAdultEducationConferenceinTraverseCity,MIlastApril.Hispresentationwastitled“StudentTransitions:Wheredotheygofromhere.”AttendingtheconferencewereeducatorsfromK-12,communitycollegesandhighschools.

• Julie Parks,Director/WorkforceTraining,wasinvitedbyJobsfortheFutureandtheGreenforceInitiativetopresentattheMidwestGreenJobs,GoodJobsConferencesponsoredbytheBlueGreenAllianceinMay2012.Thepresentationwastitled“CommunityCollegesontheFrontLinesoftheGreenEconomy:SuccessfulProgramsandPartnershipsforEmergingGreenSectors.”Attendeeswereenvironmentalists,unionmembers,stateandfederalworkforceexperts.

• OnMarch28th,Heath Chelesvig,ResearchAnalyst/InstitutionalResearch&Planning,andBrandtSeigel,ResearchManagerfromtheRightPlacetotheWorkforceDevelopmentBoard,presentedtorepresentativesfromtheChamberofCommerce,GoodwillIndustries,areacolleges,ACSET,andothergroupsresponsibleforWorkforceDevelopmentfunctionshowGRCCusesEMSItomakedecisionsregardingnewprogramdevelopment.

• Diane Patrick,AssociateDean/Registrar,andJerryMontag,GVSURegistrar,presentedonReverseTransferattheMichiganAssociationofCollegiateRegistrarsandAdmissionsOfficers(MACRAO)SpringDrive-inWorkshopinLansingonApril13.

• Wilfred Gooch,AssistantProfessor/Mechanical&ArchitecturalDesign,andDavid Dye,ProfessorandDepartmentHead/Mechanical&ArchitecturalDesign,talkedtoagroupof30studentsatGrandRapidsCentralHighSchoolonFebruary24aboutcareeropportunitiesinmechanicaldesignandarchitecturaloccupations.

• Molly McKinney,Adjunct/Mathematics,andBetsy McKinney,AssistantProfessor/Mathematics,presented“CircuittrainingforMathletes:MakingReviewActive”attheNationalAssociationforDevelopmentalEducationNADENationalConferenceinFebruary2012.

• Dr. Pamela Laureto,Professor/BiologicalSciences,wasinvitedlastspringtospeakatthemonthlymeetingoftheMichiganBotanicalClub’sWhitePineChapter.Thetitleofhertalkwas“Michigan’sRareGoldenrods”andsixofourGRCCBioDiversityClubstudentsattendedthetalk.

• Sandra Andrews,Professor/PhysicalSciences,Sherry Knoppers,Professor/Nursing,andLeigh Kleinert,AssociateProfessor/BiologicalSciences,presentedasessiontitled:“CreativePartnerships:AWin-WinSituationforMeetingCourseObjectivesandCommunityNeeds”atthe2012MichiganCampusCompactService-Learning&CivicEngagementInstituteinEastLansing.Sandy,Sherry,andLeighfacilitatedadiscussionsharingexamplesofservice-learningactivitiesfromavarietyofcoursesanddisciplines.Emphasiswasplacedondevelopingcommunitypartnershipstomutuallybenefitboththeschoolandpartnerwhileshowcasingopportunitiesforutilizingacademicservice-learninginvariousdisciplines.

• Nan Schichtel,AssistantProfessor/Library&LearningCommons,gavealectureattheGrandRapidsHistoricalSociety.Herpresentation,“JesseButtrickDavisandHisBoys:AHistoryoftheEarlyGrandRapidsJuniorChamberofCommerce,1909-1929,”wasbasedonSchichtel’songoingresearchonDavis,thefirstGRCCpresident.

• Ann Alexander,AssociateProfessor/Business,presentedattheProfessionalandOrganizationalDevelopmentinHigherEducationNetworkconferenceonNovember4,2011.Herpresentation,“FloodgatestoGateways:SupportingaGrowingPopulationofAdjunctFaculty”waswellreceived.

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• Mike Kiss,Professor/Manufacturing,presentedattheTRENDSConferencelastOctoberonhisworkofProgramsofStudy:Welding

• Nikki Banks,AssociateProfessor,andLynnell Talbert,Adjunct/CriminalJustice,presentedattheTRENDSConferencelastOctoberontheirworkofProgramsofStudy:Corrections/JuvenileServices

• Luann Keizer,ProfessorandTim Koets,AssistantProfessor/ComputerApplications,presentedattheTRENDConferencelastOctoberontheirworkofProgramofStudy:Networking

• Gary Ebels,Professor/CriminalJustice,gavetwopresentatonsattheTRENDSConferencelastOctober.Thefirstonewastitled:“Web2.0SupportGroup–AllUsersWelcome!”andthesecondpresentationtitlewas“TeachingOnline?HowisthatGoingforYou?”

• Sara Dorer,AssociateDirector/StudentConductandStudentSatisfactionInitiatives,presented“ClassroomCivility:CreatingaCultureofCareandAccountability”atthe2011MCPA(MichiganCollegePersonnelAssociation)AnnualConferenceOctober10.SararepeatedthepresentationatTRENDSonOctober21.

• Keith St. Clair,AssociateProfessor/SocialSciencesgavetwopresentationsintheWorldAffairsCouncilFallLectureSeries:“TheArabSpringandtheImpactontheIsraeli-PalestinianConflict”onTuesday,October25,and“TheArabSpringandProspectsforDemocracy”onTuesday,November8,2011.

• Kevin Dobreff,ProfessorandProgramDirector/Music,gaveapresentationentitled“JourneystoMusicianship”attheAnnualMeetingoftheNationalAssociationofSchoolsofMusicinScottsdale,ArizonafromNovember18-22,2011.

• Dan Garbowitz,Adjunctinstructor/Mathematics,presentedattheMathematicsseminaronWednesday,November16.Danspokeon“Euler’sFormulaforPolyhedra:TheSecondMostBeautifulTheoreminMathematics.”

• OnNovember18,2011,Filippo Tagliati,AssistantProfessor/VisualArts,gaveapresentationabouthisphotographyaspartofthe“SpeakingLight”LectureSeriesatPointParkUniversity.

• Julie Parks,Director/WorkforceTraining,presentedattheMichiganPortCollaborativemeetingonOctober26atalkon“CreatingMichiganPortJobs:Business,GovernmentandHigherEducationPartnerships.”Shealsopresented“DevelopingandRetaininganEducatedWorkforce”attheLeadershipWestMichiganmeetingonNovember3.

• Rachael Jungblut,SeniorProgramManager/TrainingSolutions,presentedattheMichiganNationalCareerReadinessConferenceonOctober21.Hertalkwastitled“PathwaystoProsperity:APerspectiveonCareerCoaching.”

• Evan Macklin,EducationalSupportSpecialist/Counseling,Advising&RetentionServices,co-presentedwithEric Mullen,Director/StudentLife,attheMichiganCollegePersonnelAssociationCareersinHigherEducationConferenceinLansing,MichiganonOctober9,2011.EvanandEricpresented“ACaseStudyinHigherEducationStudentAffairs.”

• Dr. John Cowles,AssociateDean/Counseling,Advising&RetentionServices,participatedinapaneldiscussionattheMichiganCollegePersonnelAssociationCareersinHigherEducationConferenceonOctober9,2011.Thepanelpresentedtoundergraduateandgraduatestudentsinterestedinacareerinstudentaffairsinhighereducation.

• Dr. John Cowles,AssociateDean/Counseling,Advising&RetentionServices,presentedattheMichiganCommunityCollegeStudentServicesAssociationAnnualConferenceon“CollaborationAmongCollegesontheFirst-YearExperience,”October2011.

• OnSeptember17,Dr. Matt Douglas,Professor/BiologicalSciences,gaveaseminarentitled“StudentProjectsforGreeningUrbanAreasatCityHighMiddle.”Thisseminarhighlightedthecurrentandfutureactivitiesofourbiodiversitystudents(Biology103,104,and204PCCI)whowillbeengagedinre-establishingwildlifehabitatonthe23acresofCityHighMiddlegrounds.

• OnFriday,September16,2011,Paul Phifer,ProgramDirectorandProfessor/CareerDevelopmentServices,presented,“AModelForIndividualsWhoWantToMakeWiseDecisions”attheCareerResourceFairsponsoredbytheFamilySelf-SufficiencyandHomeownershipProgramheldatGRCC.

• Donna Kragt, Dr. Laurie Chesley, Fiona Hert, Dr. Gilda Gelywereco-presentersatthe117thAnnualConferenceonQualityinHigherEducation,March39-April3,2012inChicagopresenting,“WhenOpportunityKnocks:RealigningAcademicAffairstoRespondtoChange.”

• Donna Kragt, Dr. Steven Ender, Kathryn Mullins and Dr. Gilda Gelywereco-presentersatthe42ndAnnualLeadershipCongressoftheAssociationofCommunityCollegeTrustees,October12-15,2011inDallaspresenting,“FosteringStudentSuccessandInstitutionalSustainability:LinkingMission,Vision,ValuesandEndstotheStrategicPlanandPerformanceMeasures”

• Career Development Services alongwiththeOlder Learner CenterandAARPpresented,“PreparingforLifeTransitionsRatherThanRetirement”and,“Confirming,RestoringorEstablishingDirectionThatMotivates,”“NotYourGrandparent’sRetirement:PlanningNowfortheFutureYouWant”(35communityresidentsparticipated),and,“ChartYourCourseToGive,GrowandGain”(a3-hourworkshopconductedatAquinasCollegeandsponsoredbySeniorLeadership,TheOlderLearnerCenterandCareerDevelopmentServices,49communityresidentsparticipated).

Presentations• Sarah Rose,Counselor&AssistantProfessor/Occupational&DisabilityServices,co-presentedwithSara Dorer,AssociateDirector/StudentConduct&StudentSatisfactionInitiatives,totheAssociationforStudentConductAdministrationregarding“WhereConductandMentalHealthCollide”onMay11,2012.

• Linda Witte,ProgramManager/TrainingSolutionspresentedonapanelfortheHealthEmployerscouncilinFebruary2012entitled“BuildingthePipelineofWorkersinHealthCare.”

• Julie Parks, Director/WorkforceTrainingwasakeynotespeakerattheJobsfortheFuturemeetinginMilwaukeeonFebruary29,2012on“CommunityCollegeEmployerPathways.”

• Anna Maria Clark,Advisor&Professor/StudentSupportServices,presentedattheLatinoStudiesInitiativeRetreataspartoftheCreatinganAcademicSupportCommunityatHigherEducationInstitutionsPanel,March2012.

• Dr. Becky Brinks,ProfessorandProgramDirector/Education,wasapresenterattheOxfordRoundTableonEarlyChildhoodLiteracy:ExploringNewMeansandMethodsinOxford,EnglandinMarch2012.

• Dr.Becky BrinksandDiane Sparks,Professors/Education,presented“TeachingOnlineandHybridClassesinEarlyChildhoodEducation”attheTrendsinOccupationalStudiesConferenceinTraverseCity,MIonOctober21,2011.

• Will Millar,Professor/PhysicalSciences,hashadapaperentitled“AStudyofOpticalObservingTechniquesforExtra-GalacticSupernovaRemnants:CaseofNGC300”acceptedforpublicationintheSerbianAstronomicalJournal.

• Aimee Pawlowski andLynnea Page-Jenkins,Adjunct/Englishpresented“RevisionforAllLevelsoftheCompositionClassroom”attheMichiganDevelopmentalEducationConsortiumConferenceinMarch2012.

• Dr. Dillon Carr,AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,ChristopherJ.Ellis,andThomasJ.Loebelpublished“TheYoungerDryasandLatePleistocenePeoplesoftheGreatLakesRegion”inthe2011QuaternaryInternational242:534-545.

• Dr.Dillon Carr,AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,andWilliamA.Lovispresented“TheRoundLakeBifaceCache(20CL227)andPaleoindianStandardizationintheUpperGreatLakesRegion”attheMidwestArchaeologicalConferenceinLaCrosse,Wisconsin,inOctober2011.

• Dr. Dillon Carr, AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,presented“TheYoungerDryasandLatePleistocenePeoplesoftheGreatLakesRegion”asaninvitedlecturefortheQuaternarySciencesinterestgroupatMichiganStateUniversityinNovember2011.

• Dr. Dillon Carr, AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,presented“TheYoungerDryasandLatePleistocenePeoplesoftheGreatLakesRegion”asaninvitedlecturefortheCoffinberryChapteroftheMichiganArchaeologicalSocietyatGrandValleyStateUniversityinApril2012.

• Dr. Dillon Carr, AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,presented“PaleoindianEconomicOrganizationintheLowerGreatLakesRegion”asaninvitedlecturefortheCouncilonMichiganArchaeologyinApril2012.

• Dr. Mike DeVivo, AssociateProfessor/SocialSciences,presented“OnlineInstructionandIncreasedStudentSuccessintheCommunityCollegeGeographyCurriculum:RuminationsonaContradictionintheNationalTrend”attheCaliforniaGeographicalSocietyAnnualMeetinginDavis,CAinApril2012.

• Dr.Mike DeVivo, AssociateProfessor/SocialSciences,wasinvitedtogivethekeynoteaddressentitled“LeonYacher:TransformationalLeaderinAmericanGeography”attheNationalConferenceonGeographicEducationinPortland,ORinAugust2011.

• Dr. Robert Hendershot,AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,presentedhisrecentresearchatthe10thAnnualConferenceoftheTransatlanticStudiesAssociationinDundee,Scotland,inJuly2012.

• Susan Williams,AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,wasinvitedtochairapanelentitled“CreatingCreativity:ARoundtableDiscussionofMovingbeyondLectureinToday’sCollegeClassroom”attheAmericanHistoricalAssociationmeetinginChicagoinJanuary2012.

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Articles & Proposals Serving the Community• Dr. Matt Douglas,Professor/BiologicalSciences,published

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• Vicki Maxa,Counselor&AssistantProfessor/Counseling&CareerCenter,wasacontributingwriteron“MovingfromAtRisktoAtPromise”intheMarch2012issuesofAt IssueofFerrisStateUniversity.Toviewthepublication,pleasevisit:www.ferris.edu/htmls/statewide/flippingbooks/dccl_atissue/DDCLAtIssue_April2012/index.html#/1/zoomed

• Dr. Tom Neils,Professor/PhysicalSciences,andformerIndependentStudystudents,JessicaBenzerandShannonAlger,co-authoredthepaper“CharacterizationofTris(5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline)Ruthenium(II/III)PolymerFilmsUsingCyclicVoltametryandRutherfordBackscatteringSpectrometry”withDr.KenBrownfromHopeCollege.ThepaperwaspublishedintheInternational Journal of Chemistry,Vol.3,No.4;December2011.

• Dr. Pam Laureto,Professor/BiologicalSciences,andIndependentStudystudentsKelseyHuismanandAlexGraeffsubmittedaproposal,“HybridizationDynamicsofInvasiveCattails,”tothePierceCedarCreekInstituteanditwasrecommendedforfundingundertheUndergraduateResearchGrantsfortheEnvironment(URGE)program.

• Don Steeby,AssociateProfessor/AppliedTechnology,hasauthoredanewbookonAlternativeEnergy.Alternative Energy: Sources & Systems isacomprehensiveguidetoalternativeenergythatcanbeusedbyhomeowners,builders,andanyonewantingtolearnmoreaboutalternativestoconventionalenergyforms.Thebookbridgesthegapbetweensimplisticinformationandhighlevelmaterialthatismoresuitedtowardengineering.

• Linda Spoelman,Professor/English,servesasthePresidentoftheMichiganDevelopmentalEducationConsortiumandintwoNationalAssociationforDevelopmentalEducation(NADE)committees:WorkforceDevelopmentSpinandInternationalCommittee.ShealsoservesintheStateofMichiganAdultEducationPractitioners’TaskForceonCurriculumandintheMichiganCommunityCollegesAssociationfacultyprofessionaldevelopmentsteeringteam.

• Dr. Tom Neils,Professor/PhysicalSciences,isareviewerofAdvancedTechnologicalEducationproposalsfortheNationalScienceFoundation.

• Kevin Dobreff,Professor&ProgramDirector/Music,isasite-visitevaluatorforandcommissionmemberoftheNationalAssociationofSchoolsofMusic.

• Dr. Becky Brinks,ProfessorandProgramDirector/Education,servesontheNationalAssociationfortheEducationofYoungChildren(NAEYC)CommissionforEarlyChildhoodAssociateDegreeAccreditation.

• Dr. Matt Douglas,Professor/BiologicalSciencesandBill Faber,InterimAssociateDean/Arts&Sciences,serveontheAdvisoryBoardofthePierceCedarCreekInstitute.

• Dr. Matt Douglas,Professor/BiologicalSciences,servesontheBoardoftheJohnBallParkZoo.

• Mursalata Muhammad, Professor/English,istheCoordinatoroftheKentCountyDyer-IvesPoetryContest.

• Kim Wyngarden,Professor/English,isajudgefortheKentCountyDyer-IvesPoetryContest.

• Roland Gani, Joan Gearns,andJim Hayes, Professors/English,serveontheLAND(LiberalArtsNetworkDevelopment)statecommittee.

• Susan Mowers, Professor/English,co-directstheLakeMichiganWritingProject.

• Dr. Frank Conner, Professor&DepartmentHead/Psychology,servesasapeerreviewerfortheInternationalConferenceonTransformationalLearning,theMidwestResearchtoPracticeConference,andtheJournalforTransformativeEducation.

• Dr. Laurie Chesley,Dean/Arts&Sciences,isanAcademicQualityImprovementProgram(AQIP)peerreviewerfortheHigherLearningCommissionoftheNorthCentralAssociation.ShealsoservedontheMichiganCommunityCollegeAssociation(MCCA)BlockTransferWorkingGroupandisamemberoftheMichiganLiberalArtsDeans(MLAD)Council.

• David Selmon,Director/AdultEducation,servesasanAmericanLegionTrustee,asaVicePresidentofTA-WA-SI,anAfrican-AmericanorganizationthatawardsscholarshipstoformerGrandRapidsPublicSchoolathletes(“TA-WA-SI”isaNativeAmericanwordthatmeans“friendandhelper”),andalsoservesontheRegionTen,AdultEducationProvidersofWestMichiganConsortium.

• Pat Ingersoll,Director/LibraryandLearningCommons,servesontheMichiganAcademicLibraryCouncilExecutiveBoard.

• Eric Kunnen,Director/DistanceLearningandInstructionalTechnologies,waselectedPresidentofEducationalTechnologyofMichigan(ETOM)inJune2012.HealsoservesontheBlackboardIdeaExchangeSteeringCommittee,theBlackboardCollaborateProductAdvisoryCouncil,andtheEDUCAUSEAdvisoryCommitteeonTeachingandLearning.

• Michael Schavey,AssociateDirector/ExperientialLearning,servesontheCollegeNetworkofWestMichigan.

• Nan Schichtel,AssistantProfessor/LibraryandLearningCommons,istheCommunity&Jr.CollegeLibrariesSectionChairoftheAssociationofCollege&ResearchLibraries.

• Patti Trepkowski,AssociateProvostandDean/InstructionalSupportandInterdisciplinaryStudies,andKatie Daniels,CurriculumSpecialist,servedontheMichiganCommunityCollege’sAssessmentGroup.

• Dr. Ric Underhile,AssociateDean/InstructionalSupportandInterdisciplinaryStudies,servesontheKentCareerTechnicalCenter(KCTC)HospitalityAdvisoryCommitteeandontheBachelorsofIntegrativeStudiesAdvisoryBoardatFerrisStateUniversity.

• Dr. John Cowles,AssociateDean/Counseling,AdvisingandRetentionServices,wasappointedtotheFamilySelf-SufficiencyCounciloftheGrandRapidsHousingCommission,July2011.HealsoservesintheNoorthoekAcademyBoardofTrustees.

• Anne Sherman, CounselorandProfessor/Occupational&DisabilityServices,servedasmember-at-largeonthefoundingboardoftheMichiganPostsecondarySpecialPopsCouncil(MPSSPC).

• Sarah Rose, CounselorandAssistantProfessor/Occupational&DisabilityServices, servesontheKentTransitionCouncil.Sarahwasalsoelectedtoserveasthe2-yr.college

representativeontheBoardforMI-AHEAD(MichiganChapteroftheAssociationforHigherEducationandDisability)commencingMay2012.

• Jodie Boelens,LabCoordinator&Technician/AcademicSupportServices,servesintheGreaterGrandRapidsSimulationCollaborative.

• Raynard Ross,Director/UpwardBound,servesontheCityofGrandRapidPoliceAdvisoryBoardandontheGrandRapidsPublicSchoolsBoardofEducation.

• Jason Schueller,Coordinator/EnrollmentCenter,becameChairpersonfortheGrandRapidsChamberofCommerceEducation&WorkforceDevelopmentCommittee.

• Francisco Ramirez,EducationalSupportProfessional/EnrollmentCenter,isaCollegePositiveVolunteer.CollegePositiveVolunteersareanytrainedcollegestudents(andtheirfacultyand/oradministrators)whoarevolunteeringwith,orplantovolunteerwith,K-12youthasapartofacourseorthroughserviceprogramsontheircollegecampuses.

• Amy Koning,AssociateDean/WorkforceDevelopment,servedontheWestMichiganCollegesandUniversitiesGroup.

• Fiona Hert,Dean/SchoolofWorkforceDevelopment,servedontheExecutiveCommitteeoftheMichiganOccupationalDeansAdministrativeCouncil,Kent/AlleganWorkforceDevelopmentBoardandtheWorkpathsAdvisoryCommitteeandisontheExecutiveCommitteeoftheMichiganOccupationalDeansCouncil(MODAC).

• Phil Greene,ProgramManager/TrainingSolutions,wasappointedtotheGRPSAcademyofDesignandConstructionAdvisoryCouncilinJune,2012.

• Linda Witte, ProgramManager/TrainingSolutions,isservingastheCo-ChairoftheEducationandEmploymentWorkingGroupfortheMichiganCommunityHealthWorkerAllianceforMichigan.

• John VanElst, ProgramManager/TrainingSolutions,wasaskedtobeapartofthesteeringcommitteefortheWestMichiganEmployerRe-EntryprojectledbyCascadeEngineeringandButterballFarms.

• Scott Mattson,Manager/JobTraining,wasacceptedtoserveasaMichiganQualityLeadershipExaminer.

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Awards, Nominations & Recognitions• GIJobsdesignatedGRCCasaMilitary Friendly Schoolfor2013.Thisisthe4thyearinarowGRCC(StudentRecords/RegistrarOffice)hasreceivedthisrecognition.

• CommunityCollegeWeekly(weekofJune11,2012)rankedGRCCamongthenation’stop 50 for the number of awardsinthecountryfor:

› GRCC’s Criminal Justice DepartmentAssociateDegreeCriminalJustice&Corrections

› Education

› Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting,andRelated Protective Services

• Training Solutions’ renewable energy curriculum waschosenasabest practice nomineefortheDepartment of Energy’s Curriculum AwardinJune2012.

• InJune2012,theAthletic DepartmentwasawardedtheCharlie Chanter All Sports TrophybytheMichiganCommunityCollegeAthleticAssociation(MCCAA).

• Training SolutionswasnominatedforaBellwether AwardforourCompositeTechnicianTrainingProgramdevelopmentinOctober2011.Thisawardrecognizesoutstandingandinnovativeprogramsandpracticesthataresuccessfullyleadingcommunitycollegesintothefuture.

• OnSeptember27,2011,GRCC’s Michigan Works’s Jobs, Employment and Training (JET) Training Clearinghousereceivedarecognition plaque from Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapidsinappreciationofourongoingpartnership.

• GRCC’s Job Training Residential ConstructionprogramreceivedrecognitionbyUnited States Green Building CouncilafteritapprovedthecertificationoftheLEED(GOLD)homebuiltforHabitatforHumanityofKentCounty.

• Upward Boundreceivedspecial recognitionfromMayorGeorgeHeartwellfortheoutstandingsuccessthatwehaveexperiencedinthedevelopmentofourpre-collegestudents.

• Presidential ScholarshipfromtheAssociationofInstitutionalResearch(AIR)DataandDecisionsAcademywereawardedto:

› DenyseBening,ResearchTechnician,InstitutionalResearchandPlanning,Winter2012

› HeathChelesvig,ResearchAnalyst,InstitutionalResearchandPlanning,Spring2012

• Instructional Improvement & Professional Development Grand Awards

› Laura Moody,Professor/Nursing,TraveltoCostaRicaforTransculturalNursing,August2012

› Dr. Tom Boersma,Professor/MechanicalandArchitecturalDesign,FABTECHConference,November2012

› Robert Schultz,Professor/SecchiaInstituteforCulinaryEducation,CulinaryStagesinHawaii,June2012

› Judy Bezile, Professor/ComputerApplications,CourseTechnologyCengageLearningConference,March2012

› Filippo Tagliati,AssistantProfessor/VisualArts,ArtInstallationforArtPrize2012,September2012

› Linda Spoelman,Professor/English,ReadingApprenticeshipTraining:LeadershipCommunityofPracticeinReadingApprenticeship:CommunityCollegeFocus,June2012

› Jan Chapman,AssistantProfessor/English,ReadingApprenticeshipTraining:LeadershipCommunityofPracticeinReadingApprenticeship:CommunityCollegeFocus,June2012

› Keith St. Clair,AssociateProfessor/SocialSciences,DevelopacoursemodulebyattendingaseminaronCubaintheglobalcommunity,July2012

› Dr. Matt Douglas,Professor/BiologicalSciences,TostudythedistributionandmigrationoftheMonarchButterflyinCentralandNorthernBrazil(specifically,theAmazon,Diamante(Lencois),andAtlanticrainforestsofBrazil),July2012

› Judy Jankowski,Professor/Psychology,ParamountWellnessInstitute,May2012

› Shavval Fleming,AssociateProfessor/English,NationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish101stAnnualConventionandExposition,November2011

› Joan Gearns,Professor/English,NationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish101stAnnualConventionandExposition,November2011

› Yan Bai,Professor/SocialSciences,2012AnnualConferenceofAmericanWesternPoliticalScienceAssociation,March2012

› Colleen Becker,Professor/English,AnnualConventionforTeachersofEnglishtoSpeakersofOtherLanguages(TESOL),March2012

› Dr. Becky Brinks,ProfessorandProgramDirector/Education,ChildhoodEducationConferenceOxfordRoundtableonEarlyChildhoodLiteracy:ExploringNewMeansandMethods(presenter),March2011

› Susan Williams,AssistantProfessor/SocialSciences,AnnualConferenceoftheAmericanHistoricalAssociation,January2012

› Lori DeBie, AssistantProfessor/Library&LearningCommons,AmericanLibraryAssociationAnnualConference,June2012

› Nan Schichtel,AssistantProfessor/Library&LearningCommons,AmericanLibraryAssociation’smeetingsastheelectedchair/officerofthecommunity&juniorcollegelibrariessection,January&June2012

› Kellie Roblin,LabCoordinator&Technician/AcademicSupportServices,ESLCertification,July2012

› Angus Campbell,Professor/SecchiaInstituteforCulinaryEducation,October2012

› Stacey Heisler,Counselor&AssociateProfessor/CounselingandCareerCenter,NationalAssociationforAcademicAdvising26thAnnualSummerInstitute,June2012

•Support Staff Professional Development Grant Awards

› Mark Champion,InformationAnalyst/InstitutionalResearch&Planning,attend2ndAnnualEconomicModelingSpecialistInc.Pre-ConferenceConference,September2012

› Eric Kunnen,Director/DistanceLearning&InstructionalTechnologies,attendtheSloan-CInternationalConferenceonOnlineLearning,November2011

› Meegan Willi,InstructionalTechnologist/DistanceLearning&InstructionalTechnologies,attendtheInstructionalTechnologyCouncil’seLearning2012Conference,February2012

› Kristen Seevers,EducationalSupportProfessional/TassellM-Tec&EmployeeTraining,attendtheEDCONConferenceandExpo,April2012

› Bruce Morrison,DataandReportsCoordinator/InstitutionalResearch&Planning,AchievingtheDreamStrategyInstitute,February2012

› Janelle Yahne, EducationalSupportProfessional/Library&LearningCommons,attendtheMichiganLibraryAssociationConference,October2011

› Linda Witte,ProgramandDevelopmentManager/TrainingSolutions,attendtheLERNAnnualConference,November2011

› Marcia Lee,EducationalSupportProfessional/Library&LearningCommons,attendtheAnnualNorthAmericaSerialsInterestGroup(NASIG)Conference,July2012

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› Kevin Lyons,EducationalSupportProfessional/Library&LearningCommons,attendtheAdventuresinCopyrightSymposium,June2012

› Steevigh Cwayna,EducationalSupportProfessional/Library&LearningCommons,attendtheInnovativeUsersGroupAnnualConference2012,April2012

› Danielle Nyland,EducationalSupportProfessional/LakeshoreCampus,attendtheEDCONConferenceandExpo,July2012

• MichiganCommunityCollegeTeacher of the Yearaward,MichiganCommunityCollegesAssociation

› Linda Spoelman,Professor,/English

• Educational Technology Organization of Michigan (ETOM)

› Eric Kunnen,Director/DistanceLearning&InstructionalTechnologies,President,June2012

• InstructionalTechnologyCouncil(ITC)Outstanding eLearning Faculty Award.

› Garry Brand,Professor/Business

•BlackboardExemplary Course Award

› Cheryl Kautz,Adjunct/Business

•RegionXIICoach of the Year

› Mike Cupples,Professor/Wellness

• NationalJuniorCollegeAthleticAssociation(NJCAA)District8Coach of the Year

› TJ Carnegie,Adjunct/Wellness

• NationalFastpitchCoachesAssociationinconjunctionwithNJCAAforachieving600 wins.

› Paula Maloley, Adjunct/Wellness

• Honorable Mention for a Sustainability essayforthewestMichiganSustainableBusinessForum,April2012

› Brian Shultz,Manager/ConstructionTradesandTrainingSolutions

•Grand Rapids Hometown Champion

› HonorgiventoDr. Ric Underhile,AssociateDean/InstructionalSupportandInterdisciplinaryStudies,byMayorGeorgeHeartwellastheresultofhispartnershipwithGrandValleyStateUniversityandFerrisStateUniversitytobringtheScholarshipofTeaching&LearningAcademytoGrandRapids.

• Best paperforSchool of Public, Non-profit and Health Administration(SPNHA)atGVSU

› HonorwoninApril,2012,byLinda Witte,ProgramManager/HealthPrograms/TrainingSolutions,forherpaper“CreatingandLeadinginanEnvironmentofCollaboration.”ThepaperwillbepublishedintheSchoolofPublic,Nonprofit,andHealthAdministration(SPNHA)journalin2012.

• Themen’sGolfTeamwastheMichiganCommunityCollegeAthleticAssociation(MCCAA)Western Conference Champions

• Men’sBaseballnamedRegion XII ChampionandNationalJuniorCollegeAthleticAssociation(NJCAA)DII World Series Qualifiers

• Men’sBasketballwonNationalJuniorCollegeAthleticAssociation(NJCAA)District 8 ChampionshipandparticipatedinNationalJuniorCollegeAthleticAssociation(NJCAA)National Tournament.

•Excellence in Education Awards 2011

› Staff:Laurie Witczak,EducationalSupportProfessional/AcademicSupportServices

› Faculty:John Dersch,Professor/Mathematics

• Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award

› Grace Schwanda,Adjunct/PerformingArts

Awards, Nominations & Recognitions

Grants Obtained• GRCCstudentswillbenefitfromtherenewalofHope

College’s NSF-STEM Grant.ThisSTEMgrantprovidesscholarshipsupto$10,000peryear(basedondemonstratedfinancialneed)foruptotwoyears,aswellasapaidsummerresearchposition,toeligibleGRCCstudentswhotransfertoHopeinaSTEMfield.GRCCstudentsKatherineWirthandJamesAyershavebeenawardedresearchpositionsforsummer2012.AyersandfellowGRCCstudentJamieGritthavebeenawardedthe$10,000scholarships.

• GRCCstudentswillbenefitfromanNSF-STEM Grant awardedtoGrandValleyStateUniversity.ThisgrantwillallowaminimumoffivePell-eligibleGRCCstudentsinSTEMfieldstotransfertoGVSUwithscholarshipsrangingfrom$500to$5000,dependingonneed.ThreeGRCCstudentshavebeenawarded$3,000scholarshipsunderthisprogram:TomHarper(Biochemistry),RonaldKamgang(CellandMolecularBiology),andBrealynBeals(Mathematics).

• The Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA)awarded$5,000toGRCCtoholdthefirsteverGrandRapidsPoetsConferenceinspring2012.

• The Arts Council of Greater Grand RapidsawardedthePoetLaureateProgram$3,100towardpublicationofSong of the Owashtanong,ananthologyofGrandRapidspoetseditedbyGRCCfacultymemberandcurrentGrandRapidsPoetLaureate,DavidCope.

• InstitutionalResearchandPlanningwasawardedacontractbytheCharter Schools office at Grand Valley State University toevaluatetheimpactoftheLearningNetworktrainingonCharterschoolleadershipandfaculty.

• InstitutionalResearchandPlanningwasawardedtheLearn and Serve ProjectevaluationcontractbyKent Intermediate Schoolfor2011-2012.IRPcreatedsurveysandanalyzeddataregardingtheservicelearningprojectsthattheKentIntermediateSchoolisinvolvedinthroughoutthecommunity.

• TheOttawa County MichWorks! AssociationawardedtheLakeshoreCampusa$500,000twoyearcontracttoprovideEmploymentServicesandTradeActAssistanceatitsHollandandGrandHavenservicecenters.

• TheOttawa County MichWorks! Association awardedtheGRCCTrainingSolutionsdepartment$4,152todevelopanddeliveraManufacturing101trainingclassforyouth,ages18–21,topreparethemforajobshadowexperience.

• TheU.S. Department of Educationawarded$398,968toGRCCinOctober2011toimplementtheCollegeSuccessProgram.Thisgrantwillservedevelopmentaleducationstudentsthroughintervention,coaching,andreferral.TheDepartmentofEducationhascommitteditssupportuntilSeptember2016,totaling$2million.

• TheState of MichiganawardedRegion10(adulteducationprovidersinKent,Allegan,andOttawacounties)aSpecial Projects Grant.LindaSpoelmanhelpedwiththeprojectdesignsection.ThisgrantallowedRegion10toprovidecareercoachtrainingto22coachesandinstructorsfromGEDandnon-creditESLprogramsfromthethreesubregions--Kent,Ottawa,Allegancounties.Italsoprovidedmoneyforcoachestotestandprovideothercoachingservicestoclientsintheseprograms.Theregionreceived$60,000andGRCCwasthefiduciaryforthegrant.

• TheMichigan College/University Partnership (MICUP)andMichigan Technological UniversityawardedtheTRiOProgram,$12,000peryearoverthenextfiveyears.

• TheMichigan College/University Partnership (MICUP) alongwiththeMichigan Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (MI-LSAMP)awardedTRiOanotherfive-yearcyclegrantfor2011-2016,whichofferscommunitycollegestudentsasummerresearchinternshipthataddressestheopportunitiesandchallengesatafour-yearinstitution.

• TheU.S. Department of Educationawardedafive-yearrenewablegrantintheamountof$387,000toUpwardBoundundertheTRiOumbrellaofpost-secondaryprograms.

• BrianSchultzandJulieParksofTrainingSolutionsreceivedthe$5,000Greenforce Initiative Grant Award fortheGreenHomeinOctober2011.

• InSeptember2011,BrianSchultzandJulieParksofTrainingSolutionsreceivedaMichigan Department of Occupational Safety and Health for Wind Safety TrainingfortheInternationalBrotherhoodofElectricalWorkersfor$31,000.

• Lakeshore AdvantageawardedTrainingSolutions$30,000fortheAdvancedEnergyStorageTrainingCatalog.DanKeyeswillbeleadingthiswork.

• Michigan Secretary of StateawardedaMotorcycleSafety2012grantawardfor$138,067inNovember2011.

• Michigan Secretary of StateandtheU.S. Transportation DepartmentawardedTrainingSolutions$21,412forafederalAdvancedRidertrainingprograminMarch2011.

• Michigan Secretary of StateawardedGRCC$81,020topurchaseadditionalmotorcyclesforourSafetyTrainingPrograminMay2012.

• GRCC,ledbytheSchoolofWorkforceDevelopment,received$90,000tocoordinateandfacilitatestatewidePrograms of StudyfortheCommunityCollegesServicesUnitoftheMichigan Economic Development Corporation Department of Workforce Transformation.

• GRCCalsoreceivedPrograms of StudygrantsinHVAC,ledbyDonSteebyandRonStevenson,andWebDesign,ledbySzymonMachajewski,forYearOnework.JodiRichhartandNikkiBanksreceivedYeartwograntsfortheirworkinLawEnforcementandCorrections.

• PeggySchoenbornandFelixPerieroarebothinvolvedwithacollaborativegrantsubmittedbyOAISDforI-Challenge UteachingOttawaareahighschoolstudentsaboutentrepreneurship.

• GRCC’sMichiganWorksEmploymentServiceswasawardeda$1,070,000grantinMay,2012byACSET (Area Community Services Employment and Training Council)toprovideservicesinKentCountyfor2012-13.

• Tassell Foundationawarded$25,000for50M-TECfacultyandstafftoparticipateinThePacificInstitute’s“InvestmentinExcellence”curriculum.ThefourdaytrainingtookplaceinJulyandOctober.

• GRCC’sMWJETTrainingClearinghousewasawardeda$220,996grantinSeptember,2011byACSET (Area Community Services Employment and Training Council)toprovideservicesinKentCountyfor2011-12.

• GRCCreceivedCarlD.PerkinsActfundingfor$754,969fromtheMichigan Economic Development CorporationthroughtheCommunityCollegesServicesUnitforservicestostudentsandfacultyinoccupationalareas.

• TheSchoolofWorkforceDevelopmentwasawarded$7000inCurriculum, Assessment, and Professional Development grants.ThegrantswereawardedtoWayneRodgerstoattendtheAmericanWeldingSocietyCertificationtraininginMay,2012,andtoMaryBrown,Businessadjunct,todevelopinnovationandentrepreneurshipcurriculum.

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• UndertheleadershipofDrs. Matt Douglas and Pam Laureto,Professors/BiologicalSciences,GRCCbiodiversitystudents(enrolledinBiology103,104,and204)areengagedinre-establishingwildlifehabitaton23acresofCity High Middle Schoolgrounds.Intheprocess,GRCCstudentsarehelpingGrandRapidshighschoolstudentslearnaboutbiodiversityandsustainability.

• Linda Spoelman, Professor/English,ledaninitiativetodesigna“CareerbyDesign”curriculumforAllegan Michigan Works!overaperiodoffivemonthsfromJunetoOctober2011.Alongwithtwoadjuncts,shedevelopedafour-weekcurriculumforchronicallyunderemployedclientsofAlleganMichiganWorks!todeveloptheirself-managementskillssothattheywouldbemorelikelytopersistinemployment.Thisprocessbeganbylookingatwhatthisagencywasalreadydoing,determininggaps,andbuildingcurriculumthataddressedthegapswhilestillintegratingsmoothlyintotheirexistingprocesses.

• Duringthe2011-2012academicschoolyearTurning Point AcademywasdevelopedasapartnershipbetweenGRCCandGrand Rapids Public Schools(GRPS)underthedirectionofDavidSelmon,DirectorofAdultEducation,andKurtJohnson,ExecutiveDirectorofGrandRapidsPublicSchoolsAlternativeEducation.TheGrandRapidsPublicSchoolsawardedthecollegewitha$90,000awardtoassistthemwiththerecruitingandtransitioningoftargetedstudentsfromtheGrandRapidsarea.TurningPointAcademyserved147studentswithalternativewaystobere-engaged:alternativehighschoolcompletioncourses,dualenrollmentintothecollege,extra-curricularactivitiesdesignedtofamiliarizethestudentswiththecollegeenvironmentandresponsibilities,andplacementintosecondaryinstitutions.

• GRCCwasawardeda$220,000WorkforceInvestmentAct Granttoserveover350students.Weserved150GEDstudentsand170ESLstudentswiththeunderstandingthatthesestudents,uponcompletion,wouldtransitiontoeitherthecommunitycollegeoratrainingprogram.Studentsalsoreceivedcareercoachserviceswheretheylearnedhowtodoonlineapplications,resumesandcoverletters,anddevelopportfolios.

• FinancialLiteracywasofferedbyHuntington BankunderthedirectionofReneeWilliams,CommunityVicePresidentofHuntingtonBank(WealthyLearningCorner)andLake Michigan Credit Union,underthedirectionofVickiSmith,VicePresidentofLakeMichiganCreditUnion(WestsideLearningCorner).Theclassesprovidedthefollowingservices:creditevaluations,financialbestpractices,moneymanagement,etc.Thecoursesservedover350studentsandinreturnforthestudentscompletingthecourse,theyreceivedfreeGEDtestingfees.

• GRCCformedapartnershipwiththeWord ProjectunderthedirectionoftheDominicanSisterstooffercitizenshipclasses.ThecourseswereheldattheWestsideLearningCornerwhereitservedover30studentsseekingcitizenship.

• Dave Selmon,Director/AdultEducation,wasappointedChairoftheRegion 10 Transitional Services Committeethatlooksatbetterwaysoftransitioningstudentsfromtheregionintothecommunitycollege.ThecommitteewasstaffedbyJenniferGrimofRockfordPublicSchools,DanO’ConnorfromSpartaAreaSchools,OogieLamarfromWyomingPublicSchools,LindaSpoelmanfromGrandRapidsCommunityCollege,andKennethCasonfromMichiganWorksoftheGreaterGrandRapidsArea.

• TheCenter for Teaching ExcellencehasbeguntoactivelypartnerwithKendall College of Art & Designtoassesssharedopportunitiesforcurriculumdevelopment.

• TheCenter for Teaching ExcellencemorefullyengagedDavenport UniversityintheplanningoftheupcomingOneBook/OneCollegeeffort.

• TheDepartment of Experiential LearninginitiatedpartnershipswithTheCommon.organdtheWildlife Rehabilitation Center, Ltd.

• TheCenter for Teaching Excellenceco-hostedtheScholarshipofTeaching&LearningAcademyalongwithFerris State UniversityandGrand Valley State University.

• Fátima Nieves,Professor&Advisor/Counseling&CareerCenter,collaboratedwithUniversity of Michigan College of EngineeringforTechDay,allowingGRCCstudentstotraveltoUofMtoexploretransferoptions.

• Jodie Boelens,LabCoordinator&Technician/AcademicSupportServices,organizedtheGreater Grand Rapids Simulation Collaborativethispastyear.Thegoalofthiscollaborationistoshareideasandresourceslocallyonsimulationteaching/learning,whatothersaredoing,howwecaninteractforthemostefficientandmostcost-effectiveteaching,andwhatemployersexpectgraduatestobepreparedtodouponhire.ThegroupwascomprisedofnursingfacultyandsimulationlabstafffromGRCC,GVSU,Hope,andCalvin,aswellassimulationstafffromSpectrumHealthandSt.Mary’sHealthCenter,representativesfromGrandRapidsMedicalEducationPartnersGRMEP(aneducationgroupformedicalstudents),BorgessHospital,andDavenportUniversity.

• NewcollaborativeeffortsweremadebetweenUpwardBoundand:

› Isaac V. Norris& Associates, P.C. Architecturetoprovidejobexploration

› Community TVtoprovideenrichmentandcareerexploration

Partnerships & Collaborations• Go See GR! FreeMuseumPassProgram-ThiswintersemesterwelaunchedapilottoallowcurrentstudentsfreeaccesstotheGrand Rapids Art MuseumandPublic Museum.Over1,074studentsand55facultyandstaffhavetakenadvantageoftheprogramduringthe2012wintersemester.

• In-depthoutreachwasdevelopedwiththe8thgradeclassatFord Middle Schooltoincreasecollegeawarenessandreadiness,focusingonthevalueoreducation,careerexploration,thedifferenttypesofcolleges,studentlife,andresourcestohelppayforcollege.Theprogramservesapproximately100studentsoverthecourseoftheacademicyearinseveralworkshopsandtwocollegevisitsattheendoftheyear.

• SignedBelknapAgreementwiththeCity of Grand Rapidstousetheirfacilitiesforbaseballandsoftball.Theagreementwillrenewautomaticallyforadditionalthree-yearperiods.

• Mary Hofstra,SeniorProgramManager/TrainingSolutions,enrolledAltronictobetheseventhGRCCcompanyinourMichiganNewJobsTrainingprojectthatwasapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesfor$200,000.

• Amy Koning, AssociateDean/WorkforceDevelopmentandMike Kiss,Professor&DepartmentHead/AppliedTechnology,withfourlocalmanufacturerstodevelopthefirst,Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP),forstudentstoearntheirassociatedegree,getajob,andhavetheirtuitionfullypaidbylocalemployers.MikeandAmyalsoimplementedasimilarpartnershipfocusedonIndustrialMaintenancewithareaemployersforstudentstoearntheirassociatestuitionfreewhileworking.

• GRCC’sMW’sJETTrainingClearinghousehasdevelopedareferralrelationshipwithemployerAngel Care;AngelCarehashiredourJETstudentsthatwearecasemanaging.

• X-Rite CorporationhaspartneredwiththeJobTraining-MachineTool/CNCProgramtodevelopaninternshipforstudentsuponcompletionoftheprogram.ThisprocesswasstartedinJanuary,2012andhasproducedtwosuccessfulinternshipsandonefulltimehiring.

• Fall2011:theGRCC Lab Preschoolreceivedongoingaccreditationforfiveyears(themaximumpossible)fromtheNational Association for the Education of Young Children(NAEYC).

• July2011:Donna Kragt,Dean/InstitutionalResearch&Planning,ledtheprocesstopreparetheapplicationfortheHigherLearningCommissiontojointheAcademicQualityImprovementProcess[AQIP]Baldrigepilot.

•September2011:PerkinsSiteVisit.

• August2011:Gainful Employment/Federal Financial AidAudit.

• February2012:Michigan Quality Leadership Award ApplicationwassubmittedundertheleadershipofDeanKragt

• January2012:NorthCentralAssociationHigherLearningCommission[HLC]sitevisitforDistance Delivered Education

• June2012:HLCapprovedGRCCtoofferupto20%ofitstotaldegreeprogramsthroughdistanceeducation.

• May2012:ApplicationforNational Association for Developmental Education(NADE)certificationindevelopmentalmathsubmittedundertheleadershipofProfessor Linda SpoelmanandAssistant Professor Shanna Goff.

• December2011andJune2012:Training Solutionsreceivedre-certificationforourQuality Management System,International Organization for Standardization(ISO)9001:2008byNationalSanitationFoundation(NSF)International.

• May2012:Training Solutionssubmittedself-studyandaccreditationmaterialsforMedicalAssistantprogramtoCommission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education(CAAHEP).

• Winter2012:TheDental Programs,ledbyEveSidney,AssistantProfessor&ProgramDirectorandtheDentalfaculty,completedtheirself-studyandsitevisitandareawaitingfinaldeterminationbyTheAmericanDentalAssociationCommissiononDentalAccreditation.

• November2012:The Construction Trades Department wasauditedbyNational Center Construction Education and Research(NCCER)andwasawardedaccreditationuntil2014.

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College-wide and/or Community Impact Activities•Grand Rapids Poets’ Conference

› InApril2012,GRCChostedthefirsteverGrandRapidsPoetsConference,whichwasorganizedbyGrandRapidsPoetLaureateandGRCCEnglishProfessor,David Cope.Theconferencefeaturedsixteeneventsandforty-fourpoets,includingGRCCfacultymembersKimWyngarden,MursalataMuhammad,BarbaraSaunier,andDavidCope.Overall,837peopleattendedtheconference,whichwasopenedbyMayorHeartwell.NumerouslocalentitiessupportedandcollaboratedwithGRCConthisendeavor,includingtheHumanitiesCouncilofGrandRapids,theArtsCouncilofGreaterGrandRapids,theGrandRapidsPublicLibrary,theKentDistrictLibraries,theDyers-IvesFoundation,aswellasfacultyandstafffromGrandValleyStateUniversity,CalvinCollege,HopeCollege,andAquinasCollege.ThenumerouspoetryreadingsandpaneldiscussionsprovidedvaluablelearningexperiencesforGRCCstudentsanddemonstratedforcommunitymembersthebreadthanddepthofpoetictalentinourregion.

•Who Cares? Why Bother? Real Writing for Real People › InOctober2011,theEnglish Department,undertheleadershipofNora Neill,AssistantProfessor/English,collaboratedwithseventeencommunitymembers,hostedthirtyworkshopstoofferstudentsrelevantaccountsandexamplesofwhywritingmatters.“WhoCares?WhyBother?RealWritingforRealPeople”wasaneventcreatedtosupportourstudents’goalsandtohighlighttheneedtodevelopwritingskills.Workshoptopicsincludedwritinginthemedicalfield,sportswriting,writingasasoftwaredeveloper,playwriting,poetry,writingforfutureprofessionalsandmuchmore.Approximately650studentsparticipatedinthedaytimepresentations,andthekeynotespeaker,JeannetteWalls,addressedafullFountainStreetChurch.

•STEM Girl Geniuses › OnSaturday,November5,2011,GRCChosted170youngladiesingrades5-8foraninauguralSTEMConference.ThestudentswereinvitedtoexploretheSTEMfieldsofScience,Technology,EngineeringandMathematicsthroughasetofhands-oncompetitiveactivitiesrequiringtheuseofhypothesis,testing,logic,causeandeffectandexperimentation.TheeventwasapartnershipactivitywithGrandRapidsCommunityCollege,WestCatholicHighSchool,CatholicCentralHighSchool,KetteringUniversity,theCatholicSecondaryFoundationforEducation,5/3BankandtheAmericanAssociationofUniversityWomen.Dr. Jennifer Batten,Professor&DepartmentHead/PhysicalSciencesandSteve Abid,Professor/SocialScienceshelpedplan,organizeandfacilitatetheactivities.Over200girlshadtobeturnedaway,soplansareunderwayfornextyeartoallowforanevenlargeraudience.

•2012 Race, Ethnicity and Identity Conference › GRCC’sSocial Sciences Department,undertheleadershipofMike Light,Professor&DepartmentHead/SocialSciences,alongwiththeInternationalGeographicalHonorSociety,andadvisedbyDr. Mike DeVivo,Professor/SocialSciences,sponsoredaweeklongconferencefocusedonrace,ethnicity,andidentity,March23-29,2012.TheconferencewashighlightedbynationallyrecognizedkeynotespeakersSusanRetikandKateSwanson.RetiktransformedthelossofherhusbandduringtheSeptember11tragedyintoahumanitarianoutreacheffortdesignedtohelpwidowsinAfghanistanrecoverfromthebrutalityofwar.KateSwanson,Ph.D.,ofSanDiegoStateUniversity,discussed“ExploringGender,Race,Ethnicity,andChildhoodintheAndes:AGeographicalPerspective.”Theconference,designedtoexplorecontemporaryandhistoricalissuesaroundrace,ethnicity,andidentityalsoincludedpresentationsfromeverymemberoftheGRCCSocialSciencesDepartmentandaguidedtouroftheJimCrowMuseuminBigRapids.

•Psychology Speaker Series › In2011-12,forthethirdyear,GRCC’sPsychology

Department,undertheleadershipofDr. Frank Conner,Professor&DepartmentHead/PsychologyorganizedandpresenteditsPsychologySpeakerSeries,featuringfourlecturesbyeminentprofessionalsinthefield.Theseincluded“WillPsychologistsBeReplacingTheirCouchWithAComputerScreen?”byC.RichardSpates,Ph.D.;“IDidn’tDoAnythingToMakeYouFeelThatWay–HowWeCommunicateWithoutSayingAnything”byLoisSmithOwens,MSW,MA;“TheHumanGenome:WillYouBeAbleToPre-OrderTheSex,Height,andPersonalityOfYourNewBaby?”byRichardLeach,Ph.D.;and“TheRoleofTechnologyinOurLives:TheGood,theBad,andtheScary”byNolandWhite,Ph.D.

•ArtPrize and GRCC › Forthesecondstraightyear,duetotheeffortsof

Nick Antonakis,Professor&DepartmentHead/ViualArts,GRCChostedseveralvenuesforArtPrizeentries.Moreover,manyGRCCfacultymembershadartworkdisplayedaspartofthefestival.Theyincluded:Filippo Tagliati, Scott Garrard, Nick Antonakis, Tamara Fox, Robert Burdick, Dianne Burdick/VisualArts,Carol Jurgens/Language&Thought,Dr. Frank Conner/Psychology,Mursalata Muhammad/English,andCarol VanRandwyk/PerformingArts.

•STEM Career Day at the Grand Rapids Public Museum › InMarchof2012,twenty-fourstudentsfromPhysicalSciencesclassestaughtbyDr. Tom Neils, Linda Bramble,andDr. Jennifer BattenparticipatedintheSTEMCareerDayheldbytheGrandRapidsPublicMuseum.ThestudentspresentedinformationaboutcareersinpolymersciencetostudentsfromlocalK-12districts.GRCCstudentsalsodidhands-onactivitieswiththeyoungsterstogetthemexcitedaboutthepotentialforacareerinscience,technology,engineering,ormathematics.ThePhysicalSciencesandBiologicalSciencesDepartmentsalsogenerouslydonated$1500tofundregistrationsforeconomicallydisadvantagedyoungsterstoattendtheevent.

• Constitution Day Panel Discussion – “Do You Know Your Rights?”

› InhonorofConstitutionDay,September20,theSocialSciencesDepartmenthostedapaneldiscussionentitled“DoYouKnowYourRights?”whichfeaturedGRCCfacultymembersHeather Forrest, Yan Bai, Gordan Vurusic,andKeith St. Clair/SocialSciences,aswellascommunitymembers.

•Darwin Day › OnFebruary12,CharlesDarwin’sbirthday,theGRCC

Biological Sciences DepartmentpartneredwiththeCenterforInquirytohosttheSecondAnnualDarwinDayforthecommunity.Facultyandstaffdevelopedscienceliteracyeventsforpeopleofallages.

•Math Seminar Series › In2011-12,GRCC’sMathematics Department,throughtheinitiativeofJohn DerschandSang Lee,organizedandpresenteditsannualMathematicsSeminarSeries,featuringpresentationsbythefollowingfaculty:Dan GarbowitzonEuler’sFormula,Steve HarrisonCentralLimitTheorem,Wayne HsiehonGeometry,Julia MooreandMelanie ForbesonEngagingStudentsandtheUsesofTechnologyintheClassroom,Julia MooreandTom WorthingtononFractals,andTom PostonNumberTheory.Inaddition,twoformerGRCCstudents,Brian HadleyandBrian Deurloo,presentedseminars.

•Music Performance Calendar › Onceagainin2011-12,theMusic Department presentedafullslateofinstrumentalandvocalconcertsbystudents,faculty,andvisitingartists,culminatinginMusicalMoods64onFriday,April20,attheRoyceAuditoriumoftheSt.CeciliaMusicCenter.

•GRCC Student Theater Productions › TheGRCC Playerspresentedthreeshowsin2011-12:ParagonSpringsdirectedby Tom Kaechele/PerformingArts,T-Bone‘n’WeaseldirectedbyErin Cullum/PerformingArts,andForBetterdirectedbyShelly Urbane/PerformingArts.

•Collins Art Gallery Shows › Throughout2011-12,theGRCC Collins Art Gallery,curatedbyFilippo Tagliati/AssociateProfessor/VisualArts,offeredaseriesofshowsbyGRCCfacultyandstudents,aswellas“FireandAshes”byTimothyNorrisandacollectionofworksforArtPrize.

• National Child Abuse Prevention Month Panel Discussion

› Kate Byerwalter,Professor/Psychology,organizedandfacilitatedapaneloflocalexpertswhospokeaboutchildmaltreatmentandpreventiontoanaudienceofover100students,faculty,andcommunitymembersonApril18aspartofNationalChildAbusePreventionMonth.TheeventwassponsoredbythePsychology DepartmentinconjunctionwithFamilyFuturesofGrandRapids.

•LAUP Hispanic Youth Leadership Conference

› Approximately200MiddleSchoolandHighSchoolstudentsfromaroundWestMichiganattendedthisdaylongevent,whichisheldannuallyinHolland,tohearinspiringstoriesfromHispaniccommunityleaders,attendworkshops,andmeetcollegeanduniversityrepresentatives.GRCCadmissionsandLakeshoreCampuswereco-sponsorsofthisevent.Angela (Zainea) Salinas,InternationalStudents&AdultEnrollmentOutreachCoordinator/Admissions,andMiguel Espinoza,EducationalSupportProfessional/Lakeshore,representedthecollege.

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› Thisweeklonginnovativeemployabilityprogramisa20-hourprogramdesignedtoprepareandmatchqualifiedjobseekerswithcurrentemploymentopportunitiesatseveralWestMichiganmanufacturers.185jobseekersreceivedresumewriting,interview,teamworkskillstrainingandabriefintroductiontomanufacturingjobs.Tenareamanufacturingbusinesseshadrepresentativesonhandtoconductinterviewsandmakejoboffers.OttawaCountyMichWorksandLakeshoreAdvantagehostedtwoREADYNOWevents,February6-10andApril30-May4,2012.EmilySantellanrepresentedGRCCatthisevent.

•GRPS Professional Development Days › OnAugust30,2011Linda Spoelman,Professor/English,providedprofessionaldevelopmenttoapproximately30alternativeeducationteachersfromGRPSintheirJeffersonbuildingaspartoftheirregularprofessionaldevelopmentrequirements.Thetrainingwentfrom8:30to12:15.Itincludedaninspirationalcomponentonwhywedotheworkthatwedo,severalhandoutsandexercisesrelatedtocollegereadiness,andanintroductiontoabootcampmodel,basedontheGRCC/GRPShighschoolcompletionprogram,forstudentorientation.Thissessionwassowellreceivedthatthefacultyrequestedarepeatvisit.InNovemberLindapresentedtothesamegroupontheCollinswritingprogram—thetheorybehindit,linkstocurrentcurricularpractices,andpracticewiththemethodsandmaterials.OnNovember8shepresentedtotheregularalternativeeducationfacultyandonNov.11shepresentedthematerialinadaptedformforthealternativeeducationfacultyattheKentCountyJuvenileCorrectionalFacility.

•MDEC Spring Conference: Building Michigan’s Future › Linda Spoelman,Professor/English,waschairoftheconferenceplanningteamfortheSpring2012MDECconference,heldMarch29and30of2012inLansing,attendedby210developmentalfacultyfromGRCCandcommunitycollegesacrossthestate.ShesecuredDr.HunterBoylan,leaderinthefieldofdevelopmentaleducation,asthekeynotespeakerwhoalsoofferedsessionstotheMichiganLiberalArtsDeans(MLAD)deansandconferenceparticipants.Breakoutsessionsinwriting,math,reading,andstudentmotivationwerepresented.ThisisthemainprofessionaldevelopmentopportunityprovidedtodevelopmentaleducatorsinMichigan.

•Health Fair @ Westside Learning Corner

› OnNovember15,2011,theNursing DepartmentfromGrandRapidsCommunityCollegehostedahealthfairattheWestsideLearningCornerunderthedirectionofLaura Moody,Professor/Nursing.Over250studentsparticipatedintheeventtoprovidebloodpressurescreeningandminorassessments.Therearethousandsofpeopleinthecommunitywithouthealthcareandweanticipatethisbecominganannualevent.

•6th Annual Summer Technology Institute

› HostedbyDistanceLearning&InstructionalTechnologies(DLIT)inAugust2011.UndertheleadershipofEric Kunnen,DirectorofDLIT,theCollegeonceagainhostedthiseventwithfacultyprofessionaldevelopmentsessionsleadbyLuann Keizer/ComputerApplications,Diane Sparks/Education,Tim Koetz/ComputerApplications,Ann Alexander/Business,Garry Brand/Business,andMeegan Willi/DLIT.

• Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Showcase

› DLITheldTLTtheinMarch2012whichincludedpresenters:Grace Schwanda, Kate Byerwalter, Lisa Rabey, Garry Brand, Luann Keizer, Ann Alexander, Gary Ebels, Meegan Willi, Joe Hesse, Szymon Machajewski, Erick Kunnen, Tim Koets, and Shelly Richter.

• Educational Technology Organization of Michigan (ETOM) Fall Conference

› ThestaffofDLIT,includingMeegan Willi/InstructionalDesigner,andEric Kunnen/Director,hostedthisstatewideeventontheSnedenCampusinOctober2011.Thisconferenceprovidesanopportunityforinstructionaldesignersandinstructionaltechnologiststoexchangebestpracticesandlearnaboutemergingeducationaltechnologies.

•Make a Difference Day

› TheDepartmentofExperientialLearninghostedMakeaDifferenceDayattheEquestCenterforTherapeuticRidinginRockford,MI,forthethirdyearinarow.UndertheleadershipofMichael Schavey,Director/ExperientialLearning,nearly200students,facultyandcommunitymembersparticipatedinthisserviceevent.ParticipantsincludedindividualsfromtheGrandRapidsHomeforVeteransandHopeNetwork.StudentsloadedbusesdonatedbyDeanTransportationandmadetheirwaytotheEquestCentertoclearridingtrails,topaintfencesandposts,tobailhay,anddoothergeneraloddjobs.Thefollowingfacultyparticipatedinthisimportantevent:

› Biology:Leigh Kleinert

› Business:Jennifer KnaufandMarianne Bockheim

› Communication:Marne JohnsonandAmy Jacobs

› First-YearExperience:Dan AndersonandRosario-Montes Sutton

› Nursing:Sherry Knoppers, Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft,andMichelle Olszewski

› Philosophy:Dan Anderson

› Psychology:Mindy Firlan andKate Byerwalter

College-Wide and/or Community Impact ActivitiesTheDepartmentofExperientialLearningalsohostedPass It Forward.Duringthiseventseventeendifferentcommunitypartnersparticipatedandnineteenprojectswerecompleted.

During these two large-scale service learning events gathered the following Institutional Learning Outcomes data:

Communication Skills:Studentswilleffectivelyexpressandexchangeideasthroughlistening,speaking,writing,andothermodesofinterpersonalexpression.

Critical Thinking Skills:Studentswillbeabletogatherandsynthesizerelevantinformation,evaluatealternatives,andimplementcreativeandeffectivesolutions.

Social Responsibility Skills:Studentswillbepreparedtopracticecommunityengagementthataddressesenvironmentalresponsibility,socialjustice,andculturaldiversity.

Personal Responsibility Skills:Studentswillbecomeindependentlearnerswhounderstandandexpressthelifelongskillsnecessaryforphysical,social,economic,mental,andemotionalhealth.

MakeaDifference 78% 58% 80% 75%Day(187students)

PassitForward 63% 53% 63% 60%(131students)

• Fall Opening Day School Meeting Speaker and Learning Event

› W.ScottLewis,JD,NationalCenterforHigherEducationRiskManagement,presentedaconferenceonManagingDisruptiveBehaviortofacultyandstaffinAcademicandStudentAffairs,providingacommonlanguageandunderstandingacrossthecollege,August2011.Thismadeasignificantimpactonourconsistencyatthecollegeinregardstoreportingandissuemanagement.

• Making a Difference: Managing Difficult Situations and People

› AcustomizedtrainingsessiononmanagingdifficultsituationsandpeoplewaspresentedbyW.ScottLewis,JD,NationalCenterforHigherEducationRiskManagementforourcommunitypartnersandfour-yearinstitutions,August25,2011.RepresentativesattendedfromAquinasCollege,CalvinHealthServices,GoodwillIndustriesofGreaterGrandRapids,GrandRapidsCatholicSecondarySchools,GrandRapidsPublicMuseum,KalamazooValleyCommunityCollege,LiteracyCenterofWestMichigan,NorthviewHighSchool,WesternMichiganUniversity,Women’sResourceCenterandWorldAffairsCouncilofWesternMichigan.

•Title IX Investigator Training School › GrandRapidsCommunityCollegehostedatwo-dayATIXATitleIXTrainingSessionpresentedbyW.ScottLewis,JD,NationalCenterforHigherEducationRiskManagementonMay7and8,2012.Theconferencedrew90participantsfrom20institutionsacrosssixstates.Thefollowingofficestookpartinthetraining:CodeofConduct,Athletics,HumanResources,CampusPoliceandGeneralCounsel.

•Veterans Resource Fair › OnMay17,2011,aneventwasorganizedinconjunctionwiththeMichiganDepartmentofVeteransAffairstoprovideassistanceand/orinformationaboutresourcesavailabletoourveterans.Eighteenvendorswerepresent.ElevenwerevariousVAdepartmentswithsevenlocalgroupssuchasGoodwill,BuddytoBuddy,ArmyStrong,WoundedWarriorandMichiganWorks.Approximately30vetsattendedtheevent.

•Upward Bound activities › Throughout2011-12,UpwardBoundstudentshavehadanimpactinvariousaspectsoftheGrandRapidscommunityandtheirrespectivehighschools,throughcommunityserviceactivitiesatmultiplelocations:

✓ FoodForThought:Feedingandfellowshipwithadultsintransition.

✓ IntheImage:Distributingofdonatedshoestoelementaryagedchildren.

✓ RonaldMcDonaldHouse:FeedingandfellowshipwithchildrenandfamiliesresidingatRonaldMcDonaldHouse.

✓ KentCountyFoodDrive:Collectingfoodanddeliveringtopantryforfamiliesinneed.

✓ GuidingLightMission:Servingfoodandcleaningassistanceatfoodshelter.

✓ DegageMinistries:Fellowshipandprovidingcoldweathersuppliestoadultsintransition.

✓ HabitatforHumanity:Assistingwithcompletionofdwellingforlowincomefamilies.

✓ SocialJusticeMarch:Participationtobringawarenesstosocialinjustices.

•Student Food Pantry › InFebruary,undertheleadershipoftheStudent

Congress,afoodpantrytoservestudentsandtheirfamilieswhoareinhardshipsituationswasopened.Thepantrywasbenchmarkedwithotherprogramsinthestate,andthesemodelprogramswereusedtoimplementtheon-goingfoodpantrypartnershipandcoordinationbetweenStudentLifeandStudentCongress.

•Go See GR! Free Museum Pass Program › InJanuary2012,apilotprogramwaslaunchedtoallowcurrentstudentsfreeaccesstotheGrandRapidsArtMuseumandPublicMuseumduringtheWintersemester.Over1,074studentsand55facultyandstaffhavetakenadvantageoftheprogram.

•USA Today Collegiate Readership › Thisisthethirdyearfortheprogram,sponsoredby

Student CongressandStudent Life.TheprogramsuppliesfreeUSATodaypapersandTheGrandRapidsPresstoourstudents,facultyandstaff.Thisyear89,032papershavebeendistributedwithanaverageof599paperspickedupeachday.

•Raider Rally › Thethirdannualeventwasheldpriortothestartoffallsemesterandapproximately420newstudentswereserved,withapproximately1,000totalguestsparticipatingintheevent.Elevenstudentorganizationsand16departmentsparticipatedintheeventtowelcomeournewstudents.

• 7th Annual Student Leadership Retreat at Camp Miniwanca

› August19-21,Student Lifeheldits7thAnnualStudentLeadershipRetreat.45studentleadersattendedthiseventandparticipatedinworkshopsonhowtoleadastudentorganization,achievepersonalbest,navigatingteamdynamics,anddevelopapersonalleadershipvision.Theweekendfocusedondevelopingeachstudent’stalentsintostrengthsusingtheStrengthsQuestassessmentandcurriculum.

•Welcome Week 2011 › Aweek-longcelebrationtowelcomeourstudentsbackfortheFallsemesterwasheldSeptember7-13.Theeventincludedtie-dyeingt-shirts,sportsrelatedevents,movienightatCelebrationCinema,rootbeerpongtournament,andothertake-awayitems,includingtheverypopularelephantears.TheeventconcludedwithClubDayonWednesday,September14,with20studentorganizationsparticipating.Anestimated5,000studentsparticipatedintheweek-longactivities.

• Martin Luther King Jr. Peace March and Celebration program

› Monday,January16,Student LifeheldtheAnnualMartinLutherKing,Jr.PeaceMarchandCelebration.Approximately1,600studentsfromareaschoolsandcommunitymembersjoinedtocelebratethelegacyofMartinLutherKingJr.BretonDownsfifthgradeclass,NorthviewVarsityVoices,NewhallMiddleSchoolChoirandtheGRCCChoirwerefeaturedperformers.

•Family Matters › Saturday,February25,Student LifeandCampus

Activitieshosted35exhibitorsincludingtheGRAM,CherryStreetHealthServices,5/3Bankandmanyotherstoprovidefunandresourcesforareafamilies.TheeventwassponsoredbyCampusActivitiesandincludedinflatables,facepainting,andballoonsculptingforchildrenalongwithinformationonarearesourcesavailabletotheirfamilies.Approximately1,300attendedthisevent.

•Grad Fest 2012 › WasheldTuesday,April10th.Thiswasthesecondyearfortheeventwhichprovidespotentialgraduatestheopportunitytogeteverythingtheyneedforcommencementatonelocation.ThreeHundred-Thirty(330)capsandgownswerepurchasedduringthisoneday.Thisyear’sparticipantsincludedStudentLife,StudentRecords,CallPhotography,AlumniAssociation,FinancialAid,LakeMichiganCreditUnion,StudentEmploymentServices,Jostens,andtheBookstore.

College-Wide and/or Community Impact Activities•Finals Relaxer

› Student LifeandCampus ActivitieshostedtheannualFinalsRelaxereventonWednesday,April18,intheFordFieldhouse.TheeventfeaturedfreePapaJohn’sPizza,soda,andnumerousgamesandactivitieswherestudentscouldblowoffsomesteamandhavesomefunduringthisstressfultime.Over2,000studentstookpartinthefestivities.

•Student Leadership Banquet › OnFriday,April13,Campus ActivitieshostedtheAnnualStudentLeadershipBanquetattheJWMarriott,GrandRapids.Thisyear,over260peopleattendedthecelebrationwhichrecognizedover20studentleadersandfaculty.

•Fall Open House › OnSaturday,October29,over400studentsandparentsvisitedSnedenHalltoattendtheFallOpenHouse.CounselingandAdvisingserviceswereavailablealongwithcampustours,AccuplacerTestingandpotentialstudentswereprovidedanopportunitytogetinformationandresourcesfromvariousrepresentativesfromdepartmentsandprogramswithinGRCC.

•Winter Open House › LeapDay,February29,theAdmissions Office encouragednewprospectivestudentstoleapintoactionbyattendingthewinteropenhouse.AdmissionsandEnrollmentCenterstaffalongwithMichiganWorksrepresentativeswereonhandtoanswerquestionsandprovideenrollmentinformation.

•Veteran Student Open House › Tuesday,November15,theAdmissions OfficeincollaborationwithStudent Recordshostedanopenhouseforprospectiveandnewactive-duty,reserve,andmilitaryveteranstudentsandtheirdependentstolearnmoreabouttheresourcesavailableatGRCC.

•Honors Program Open House › OnMonday,April9,theAdmissions OfficehostedanHonorsProgramOpenHouseattendedby72studentswhoreceivedinformationontheHonorsProgram.

•Counselor Breakfast › OnDecember2,theAdmissions OfficehostedtheWinterHighSchoolCounselorBreakfast.Forty-sixareacounselorswerepresentedwithanupdateontheEarlyCollegeprogram,off-siteAccuplacertestingandusefultoolssuchasClassfinder.Focusgroupswerealsoconductedtogatherfeedbackoncommunicationpractices.

•Manufacturing Career Fair › ManufacturinghostedacommunityjobfairinNovember2012.Thirty-fivecompanieswereincludedwithover400studentsandcommunitymembersattending.

•Training Solutions Award Recognition› Training SolutionswasrecognizedbyMSUExtensionandtheStateofMichiganDepartmentofAgriculture(January2012)asthefirstcommunitycollegeinMichigantoofferanagriculturetrainingprogramforGoodAgriculturalPractices(GAP).

•Scholarship in SICE› SICEhostedsecondannualRestaurantWeek,whichraisedover$20,000forstudentscholarships.

•Nursing Study Away› Nursingdepartment,ledbySherry Knoppers,AssociateProfessor/Nursing,developedfirststudyawayprogramtoCostaRica.Laura Moody,Professor/Nursingalsoparticipated.

•Gainful Employment Approval› PersonalChefCertificatedevelopedbyAudrey

Heckwolf,Professor/SecchiaInstituteforCulinaryEducation,receivedGainfulEmploymentapprovalinJune2012sothatstudentsenrolledinthisprogramcanreceivefinancialaid.

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New Courses Approved:

School of Arts and Sciences

ARA102IntroductoryArabicII

AT139DrawingforNon-ArtMajors

BI205PlantTaxonomy

BI206StudiesinNaturalHistoryofPierceCedarCreekInstitute

ED220IntegratingtheArtsinElementaryEducation

EN240ConsultingwithWriters

MUS189CollegeChoir

SP115SpanishforHeritageSpeakersI

SP116SpanishforHeritageSpeakersII

School of Workforce Development

CA185AdvancedGardeMangerforCulinaryCompetition

CO273DigitalForensics

CO274DigitalBiometrics

CO275ApplicationDevelopmentandSecurityforMobileDevices

MN233WeldingAutomation

MRI262ClinicalPracticeII

MRI263ClinicalPracticeIII

RT240SectionalAnatomy

New Courses, Online Courses, Academic Program Reviews

The following courses were approved to be offered online:

Course Developer Department Course Code Course Name Development Semester

AndrewVandenHeuvel PhysicalScience AS103 DescriptiveAstronomy Winter2012

DougWynkoop Business BA170 PrinciplesofRetailing Summer2011

LuannKeizer ComputerApps. CO205 AdvancedWindows Winter2012

SzymonMachajewsk ComputerApps. CO230 IntrotoTelecommunications Fall2011

SzymonMachajewski ComputerApps. CO232 UNIX/LINUXSystemsAdmin Fall2011

KatieVandemeer ComputerApps. CO233 LocalAreaNetworking Winter2012

CherylKautz ComputerApps CO252 AdvancedPhotoshop Fall2011

TimothyKoets ComputerApps. CO273 DigitalForensics Winter2012

TimothyKoets ComputerApps. CO274 DigitalBiometricSecurity Winter2012

MarneJohnson Language&Thought COM135 InterpersonalCommunication Summer2011

TimHeldt Music MUS173 BasicStudioTechniques1 Winter2010

DawnCheikh LanguageArts FR102 IntroductoryFrench2 Winter2012

DeniseSkonieczny GeneralHealth GH107 IntrotoHealthCareCareers Summer2011

AndrewVandenHeuvel PhysicalScience PH115 TechnicalPhysics Winter2012

DawnZuidgeest-Craft Nursing GH125 IntrototheHumanBody Summer2011

BethannTalsma Business BA101 BusinessandTechnicalEnglish

LuannKeizer ComputerApps. CO212 PrinciplesofInformationSecurity Winter2012

SzymonMachajewski ComputerApps. CO246 WebServerAdminandSecurity Winter2012

SzymonMachajewski ComputerApps. CO275 ApplicationDevelopmentand Winter2012 SecurityforMobileDevices

WinonaHartney Dental DXX115 IntroductiontoDentistry Winter2012

ColetteSmiley Dental DHY250 PainManagementII Winter2012

ColetteSmiley DentalAuxiliaryPrograms DAA112 SciencefortheDentalAssistant Summer2012

Academic Program Reviews Completed:

School of Arts and Sciences

Biology–Majors

Biology–Non-Majors

Biology–NursingandAlliedHealth

English–CollegeLevelComposition

English–DevelopmentalWriting

Theater

School of Student Affairs

CounselingandCareerServices

DisabilityandOccupationalSupport

School of Workforce Development

ArchitecturalDraftingandDesign

CriminalJustice

CriminalJustice–AddictionStudies

CriminalJustice–Corrections

CriminalJustice-YouthServices

CriminalJustice–PoliceAcademy

Heating,Ventilation,andAirConditioning

InteriorsandFurnishings

JobTraining–ConstructionElectrical

JobTraining–IntroductiontoConstruction

JobTraining–ResidentialConstruction

JobTraining–GreenRemodeling

Academic Program Review and Curriculum organization and support activities:

TITLE ORGANIZER DATES IMPACT

AcademicDean’s PattiTrepkowski August10 NewAcademicProgramConsultationwith RicUnderhile reviewprocesswasKeelingandAssociates(K&A) designed.

AcademicProgram PattiTrepkowski September-May NewprocessimplementedReviewTrainingand SarahKrajewski –20ProgramReviewsImplementation KatieDaniels submitted

IntroductiontotheNew ElaineKampmueller January4 40peopleattendedinCourseDocumentinCARP FacultyLearningDay 2sessions.Raisedquestions andissuesthathelped improvethedirections fortheform.

KeelingandAssociates PattiTrepkowski March15and16 AllprogramsdoingreviewconsultingonProgram MistyMcClure gotfeedbackontheirplansReview CandyNorder –helpedinfinalizingthe RicUnderhile ProgramReviews. FeedbackfromK&Aled tolunchanddinner conversationswith programs.

Ideasharingsessions PattiTrepkowski April12 14peopleattendedforAPRprograms KatieDaniels April17 Peoplesharedideasondata organization,outcomes assessmentwitheachother.

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The following faculty completed the online hybrid course certification:

Online /Hybrid Course Certificates & Transfer Agreements

Academic Support Services ColleenCopus-November2011

Automotive GaylBeals-June2012

Biological Sciences LynaGoto-April2012KarenNiemchick-February2012

BusinessMarianneBockheim-June2012BrentAlles-February2012DavidDenolf-June2012MarkJasonowicz-June2012ChrisLoiselle-April2012KristinMcKenzie-April2012RanaWoodhull-April2012SharonPalmitier-November2011RobinSterk-September2011

Child DevelopmentMelissaBuurstra-September2011AmyKerkstra-September2011

Computer ApplicationsKatherineLeeuwenburg-February2012MichaelHalprin-February2012RichardLatimer-November2011LisaPrice-November2011GaryWebb-November2011SusanJazwiec-November2011RaymondClegg-September2011BethPaver-September2011DonaldVanOeveren-September2011DavidYoung-September2011

Counseling, Advising & Retention ServicesBerthaChivis-September2011PaulPhifer-November2011

Criminal JusticeTamaraMcDiarmid-June2012JohnWittkowski-September2011

Culinary ArtsWilliamHogan-June2012KymberliFlanagan-February2012RobertGarlough-November2011

Dental AuxillariesMaryGodfrey-February2012

EnglishChristinaMcElwee-June2012BrandySpringstubbe-June2012JohnButler-April2012CandaceDubay-April2012SeanMackey-April2012NicholasJohnson-February2012TammyScott-February2012MaryTibbets-November2011

Language and ThoughtJianchuChen-April2012DanielJesse-February2012BernardManker-November2011StephanieKazanas-November2011AntonWishik-November2011

Library & Learning CommonsPatIngersoll-November2011

MathematicsShannaGoff-June2012ElizabethMcKinney-June2012NefertitiWilliams-February2012BarbaraBouthillier-November2011

MusicSherylLott-April2012StephenBarton-September2011

NursingCherylClark-June2012

Performing ArtsVictoriaMcCarthy-February2012

Physical SciencesAmyKudrna-November2011BernardLiburd-November2011

PsychologyEnnisYoung-April2012 DaveBeighley-February2012MichaeleneWhite-February2012SophieRubin-November2011KeithBarth-November2011

Radiologic TechnologyJulieLackscheide-April2012

Social SciencesMaryJoZygmond-February2012NealGetz-February2012AdriennePhelpsCoco-November2011Dr.DillonCarr-November2011TimothyGloege-November2011ElizabethHawkins-November2011GilbertCarde-September2011JonathanEdelman-September2011PeterGenovese-September2011

Training SolutionsWendolynDavis-June2012MaryMcgraw-November2011

Visual ArtsJamesKeating-April2012

WellnessJocelynBunce-February2012

High School and Technical Centers Articulation Agreements

• In2011-2012GRCChas43HighSchool/TechnicalCenterArticulationAgreements.

•9oftheseagreementsarenewin2011-2012:

› AlleganHighSchool

› CalvinChristianHighSchool

› ComstockParkHighSchool

› Mt.PleasantAreaTechnicalCenter

› GRCCLeslieE.TassellM-TEC

› GRCCPatrickA.ThompsonM-TEC

› SpartaHighSchool

› WaylandHighSchool

› WestOttawaHighSchool

Four Year Articulation Agreements

• In2011-2012GRCChas34FourYearArticulationAgreements.

•Thefollowingagreementsarenewin2011-2012:

› FerrisStateUniversityRNtoBSNCompletion

› FerrisStateUniversityBachelorofBusinessAdministration

› GrandValleyStateUniversity/MichiganStateUniversityPre-Medical

› ReverseTransferAgreement:DavenportUniversity,FerrisStateUniversity,GrandValleyStateUniversity,WesternMichiganUniversity

› UniversityofMichiganGraduateStudentsTeachinginGRCC’sDentalHygieneProgram

› WalshCollegeBachelorofBusinessAdministration

› WesternMichiganUniversityBachelorofBusinessAdministration

› DavenportUniversityRNtoBSN3+1transferagreement

Faculty EvaluationSchool # of tenure track # of tenured # of portfolios # of full-time # of adjunct or temporary faculty faculty under evaluated faculty observed faculty observed under evaluation evaluation

SAS 21 37 56* 48 48

ISIS 1 1 2 0 0

Student Affairs 7 5 11*** 7 0

SWD 20 31 51 22 29

Training Solutions 6**

* Twofacultymembersleftthecollege.

** SixtrainersinTrainingSolutionswereevaluatedthisyear (LeanChampion,MedicalAssistant,PharmacyTechnicianprograms).

***Onefacultymemberdidnotsubmitportfolioforevaluation.

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Process Improvements• Adjunct Support Processes –

Adjunct Resources Project / Office Standards Developed

› Todevelopstandardsforofficeandtechnologyresourcesavailabletoouradjunctinstructors,weestablishedanobjectivestandardbasedoninternaldatafromadepartmentthatreportedhighsatisfactionwithitsresourceinventory.Wethenusedthestandardtocomparetheexistingresourceinventoryacrossotherdepartments,identifyinganyadditionalresourceshortfallsinthesedepartments;departmentsidentifiedwerethenofferedresourcesnecessarytobringtheirrespectiveareasuptothestandard.Inthefuture,thisstandardwillbeperiodicallyreviewedandresourcesallocatedaccordingly.Dr. Mike Vargo,AssociateDean/Arts&Sciences,ledthisinitiative.

• Standardized Electronic Adjunct Availability Process Developed

› Tostandardizeandfacilitatethesubmissionofadjunctavailabilityandcoursepreferenceinformationeachsemester,theelectronicadjunctavailabilityformwasdevelopedundertheleadershipofDr. Mike Vargo,AssociateDean/Arts&Sciences,andAmy Koning,AssociateDean/WorkforceDevelopment,andhasbeenused,withsomemodification,ineachofthelastthreesemesters.Thisefforthascreatedasearchabledatabasethatdepartmentheadsandprogramdirectorscanusetomatchadjunctpreferences,skillsandavailabilitywithcoursesinneedofinstructors.

•Electronic Textbook Ordering Process Developed

› Tostandardizeandfacilitatethesubmissionofdepartmentalbookorders,wemigratedtheclassroommaterialsorderingprocesstoaweb-basedapplicationthatenhancesconsistency,accuracyandaccountabilityoftheseorders.Toaccomplishthis,weprovidedtrainingforthedepartmentheadsandESPs,andhavecontinuedtotroubleshootdifficultiesandlobbyforsoftwareenhancementsfromFollett(whoownstheapplication).ThiseffortwasledbyDr. Mike Vargo,AssociateDean/Arts&Sciences.

•Adjunct Recruitment Fair Process Improved

› BasedonsurveyfeedbackfromtheattendeesatAdjunctRecruitmentFairsheldin2010-11,severalimprovementsweremadeintheeventfor2011-12.Tominimizethewaittimeforadjunctsattherecruitmentfair,aminimumoffourfull-timefacultyfromeachdepartmentwereaskedtoscreenandmeetwiththeparticipantsduringthebreakoutsession.Theinvolvementoffaculty,inadditiontothedepartmentheads/programdirectors,providesformoreinterestinthedepartmentforhiringqualityadjuncts.Tofacilitatethisrecruitment,aHumanResourcesrepresentativevisitedourdepartmenthead/programdirectorleadershipmeetingstodiscusstheimportanceofmorefacultybeinginvolvedatthefair.Avideoalsowascreatedtotrainfacultyonhowtosuccessfully

screentheparticipants.Thiswasinresponsetofacultyfeelingunderpreparedfortheevent.Wealsolimitedthenumberofparticipantstohelpwithorganizationoftheevent.TheseimprovementswerespearheadedbyBill Faber,InterimAssociateDean/Arts&Sciences,andPaula Sullivan,AssociateDean/WorkforceDevelopment.

• Electronic Student Academic Complaint Process Developed

› Todocumentstudentacademiccomplaintsforfuturedecision-making,aswellastonotifytheAssociateDeanofpotentialconcerns,anonlineformwascreated.Departmentheads/programdirectorsweretrainedonhowtoenterinformationintothefollowingwebsite:http://www.grcc.edu/sasacademicconcerns.Theaddedinformationallowsfutureaccesstopastcomplaintsbytheenduser,aswellasaccesstoallcomplaintsbytheAssociateDean.Bill Faber,InterimAssociateDean/Arts&Sciencesledthiseffort.

• Faculty Observation and Feedback Process – Electronic Forms Developed

› Toexpeditetheobservationfeedbackprocesstofaculty,anewlycreatedonlineGoogleformallowsfeedbackreportstobecompletedinrealtime.Theformcanbedownloadedandsenttotheobservedfaculty.TheobservedfacultycanrespondtothefeedbackusingaseparateGoogleform.Thisrecordcanthenbeaddedtoafileforthatspecificfacultymember.ThiseffortwasledbyBill Faber,InterimAssociateDean/Arts&Sciences.

• Compliance with New Gainful Employment Reporting Requirements

› InordertocomplywiththenewGainfulEmploymentandnewfederalreportingrequirements,CareerCoachsoftwarewasimplementedtoprovidesupplementaldataonprogramwebsitesregardingcareeropportunities.ThiseffortwillcontinuetoexpandinFall2012toprovideinformationonadditionalprograms.ThiseffortwasledbyMark Champion, InformationAnalyst/InstitutionalResearch&Planning.

• Monitoring of College Action Projects by the Strategic Leadership Team

› ProcessimprovementswerenotedinhowfeedbackwascollectedregardingtheimplementationofCollegeActionProjectsaswellasthedevelopmentofanSLTwebsite.ThiseffortwasledbyDonna Kragt,Dean/InstitutionalResearch&Planning.

• Quarterly Environmental Scanning Reports for the Board and Strategic Leadership Team

› Inadditiontothecurrentenvironmentalscanningprocess,anewQuarterlyReportwasdevelopedforusebytheBoardofTrusteesaswellastheStrategicLeadershipTeam.Thepurposeofthesereportsistoprovideimportantbackgrounddatarelatedtofuturevision.ThiseffortwasledbyMark Champion,ResearchAnalyst/InstitutionalResearch&Planning.

•Re-construction of the IRP Shared Folder on the S Drive

› 20yearsofSdrivedocumentswerere-constructedinanefforttoincreaseusabilityanddecreasespacerequirementsforIRPcreatedmaterialsresultingina7.5GBreductionindata.ThiseffortwasledbyAnne Meilof,InformationAnalyst/InstitutionalResearch&Planning.

• Re-designed process to collect High School Market Share Information

› Theprocessbywhichhighschoolmarketsharedataiscollectedfromareahighschoolswasre-designedresultinginimprovedresponserates.ThiseffortwasledbyAnne Meilof,InformationAnalyst/InstitutionalResearch&Planning.

• Development of Common Queries to the Peoplesoft System

› StandardreportswerecreatedofoftenrequesteddatafromthePeoplesoftsystemthroughthedevelopmentofqueries.ThesequeriesallowESPstaffmemberstobemoreself-sufficientinregardstorunningnecessarydata.ThiseffortwasledbyBruce Morrison,Data&RecordsCoordinator/InstitutionalResearch&Planning.

•Fast-Track Summer Program

› AspartoftheCollegeSuccessProgram(TitleIII)intervention,theCollegeSuccessCenterandAcademicSupportimplementedtheFastTrackSummerProgramforqualifieddevelopmentaleducationstudentswiththesupportoftheCounselingandCareerCenterandEnrollmentCenter.ThemaingoalofthisinterventionwastoprovideanopportunityforstudentsthatwereclosetotheAccuplacercut-offscoretotakeathree-weeksession(42hoursofinstruction)tobrush-uptheirskillsandretakethattest,andifsuccessful,studentswouldskiptheiroriginalAFPplacement.Thisprogramserved173students.ThiseffortwasledbyDomingo Hernandez-Gomez,AssociateDirector-TitleIII/Adult&DevelopmentalEducationandYumiko Watanabe,Director/AcademicSupportServices.

• Developmental Education Professional Development Reading Group Established

› ToestablishafoundationofknowledgeamongPY097facultyandtostaycurrentwithtrendsandresearchfindingswithinthefieldofdevelopmentaleducation,aweeklyprofessionaldevelopmentreadinggroupwasestablishedintheFallof2011.Full-timePY097facultywereregularattendees;PY097adjunctswereinvitedtojointhegroup.ThisinitiativewasledbyDr. Sandra Lancaster,AssistantProfessor/Psychology.

•PY 097 Standardized Syllabus Adopted

› TostandardizecoursecontentforconsistentdeliverytoPY097students,full-timePY097facultycreatedandadoptedastandardizedsyllabusforFall2011andWinter2012.Adjunctfacultywereinformedofthechangeandsentacopyofthesyllabus.ThisinitiativewasledbyDr. Sandra Lancaster,AssistantProfessor/Psychology.

• PY 097 Faculty Best Practice Communication Process Developed

› Tofacilitatebestteachingpracticesbysharinghands-onteachingactivities,providingencouragementandmotivation,andtroubleshootingstudentproblems,ongoing,periodiccommunicationwasbegunforallPY097instructorsthroughemail,in-personmeetings,andthecreationofaPY097Blackboardsitetostoreandshareteachingresources.ThisinitiativewasledbyDr. Sandra Lancaster,AssistantProfessorofDevelopmentalEducation,PsychologyDepartment.

• Reading Apprenticeship--Training program developed and delivered

› TodeepenAcademicFoundationProgramandGEDfacultyunderstandingofReadingApprenticeshipandtobuildtheirskillinusingit,athree-daytrainingwasofferedattheendofSeptemberfor35inviteddevelopmentalandGEDfaculty.ThistraininggavefacultypracticeinusingandteachingotherstouseAchievingtheDreamstrategies.Asaresult,attendingfacultycoulduseReadingApprenticeshiptechniqueswithmoreskillintheirclassrooms,andthetrainingservedasthequalifyingtrainingrequiredforLindaSpoelmanandJanChapmantogetadvancedtrainingfromWestEdinJune.Afollow-upmorningoftrainingwasheldinNovember2011thatfocusedonquestioningtechniquessothatattendingfacultycouldusequestioningtobetteradvantageintheclassroom.ThiseffortwasledbyLinda Spoelman,Professor/Englishand Vikki Cooper,AssociateProfessor/English,bothEnglishfaculty,withsupportfromWestEd,thetrainingorganizationforReadingApprenticeship.

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Process Improvements•Course Document in CARP revised

› TheCourseDocumentinCARPwasrevisedtoincorporatethenewInstitutionalLearningOutcomes(ILOs).TheoutcomesectionofthedocumentnowarticulatestheCourseLearningOutcomes,theILOs,andtheassessmentstrategythatwillmeasureboth.Theprojectalsoincludednewsupportdocumentsonthewebsiteandtrainingsessionsforfacultyonusingthenewform.ThiswasledbyElaine Kampmueller,Professor/PhysicalSciences.

•New Program Review process implemented

› AnewProgramReviewprocesswaslaunchedthisyear.Theprocessincreasesthefocusonassessingstudentlearningoutcomesandmakingimprovementsbasedonthatassessment.Programswilldotheirreviewseveryfouryear.ThiseffortisledbyPatti Trepkowski,AssociateProvost&Dean/InstructionalSupport&InterdisciplinaryStudiesandKatie Daniels,CurriculumSpecialist/InstructionalSupport&InterdisciplinaryStudies.

• Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) launched, advertised, and incorporated in the Program Review and Course Development/Revision processes

› TheNewILOs(Communication,CriticalThinking,SocialResponsibility,andPersonalResponsibility)werelaunchedthisyear.TheILOswerepromotedthroughposters,stickers,website,andon-campuscomputers.TheywerealsoincorporatedintotheProgramReviewandCourseDevelopmentoutcomesandassessmentwork.ThiswasledbyKatie Daniels,CurriculumSpecialist/InstructionalSupport&InterdisciplinaryStudiesandSarah Krajewski,AssistantProfessor/BiologicalSciences.

• Program Year-End Report process with Program Level Outcomes and Assessment plans implemented

› AllprogramsdevelopedProgramOutcomes,ProgramLearningOutcomesandAssessmentplans.TheseweresubmittedaspartofanewYearEndReportthatincludedanevaluationofthepastyear’sgoalsandsettingthegoalsforthecomingyear.ThiswasledbyPatti Trepkowski,AssociateProvost&Dean/InstructionalSupport&InterdisciplinaryStudiesandKatie Daniels,CurriculumSpecialist/InstructionalSupport&InterdisciplinaryStudies.

•Accounts Payable Paper Reduction Project

› RonFalk,thecampusconsultantforImageNow,beganworkingwiththeLibrary & Learning Commons(LLC)administrationtoestablishaccountconfigurationsandofferbasicsystemorientation.Nate Hamilton,WebAnalyst/InformationTechnology,hasbeenahelpfulresourcepersoninthistransition,whichisalsoanLLCdepartmentactionproject.Refinementtoworkflowswillcontinuethroughouttheproject.Thishasalreadyreducedthenumberoffilephotocopiesrequiredinthedepartment.

• Reallocate Resources for Legacy Formats

› Sophia Brewer,Adjunct/Library&LearningCommons,wasProjectLeadfortheLLCMicroficheWeedingproject.Itrequired18monthstocompleteandresultedinmorethan74,000microfichebeingwithdrawnfromthecollection.Thisprojectrepresentsareductionofmorethan60%intheLLC’smicroficheholdings.

› Alldeaccessioneditemsandtitlespanswereinventoried,searched,andverifiedasavailableinacurrentGRCConlinedatabasesubscription.Onlineaccesstoinformationwasthebasisofthisinitiativebecauseitisessentialforstudentresearchinourenvironment.WeedingthiscollectionremovedunnecessarilyredundantmaterialandshouldprovideacostsavingsfortheCollege.

› Anotherbenefitofweedingthemicroficheistoincreasetheamountofopenspaceavailableforfuturecollectiongrowthandbuildinguse.Sinceaninventoryoflibraryholdingsisplanned,theremovalofunnecessarymaterialbeforetheinventorywillbenefitthatprocess.

• Institutional Repository

› Michael Klawitter,Professor/Library&LearningCommonsandLisa Rabey,AssistantProfessor/Library&LearningCommons,collaboratedwithMediaTechnologies,IT,andPrint Solutions toidentifywaysthattheWidenproductmightbecombinedwithexistingtoolstobroadentheusefulnessoftheInstitutionalRepository(IR).TheWidenprojectisacollege-wideinitiative.Thegoaloftheprojectistotestanddeployacloud-basedIRandthenencouragecontributionsfromotherserviceareasanddepartments.MetadataandtaxonomyschemadevelopedwillbeusedforWidenaswellasforContentDM.

› Michael Klawitter,Professor/Library&LearningCommons,co-chairstheHistorysubteamofGRCC’s100thAnniversaryCelebrationandhasdevelopedproof-of-conceptforanInstitutionalRepository.Inaddition,MikeandLisa Rabey,AssistantProfessor/Library&LearningCommonsarecollaboratingwithMedia TechnologiestocreatethemetadataschemaforWiden.com,whichwillhelppreserveandorganizeGRCCarchivalphotos.

•CONNECT Newsletter

› Nan Schichtel,AssistantProfessor/Library&LearningCommons,editsandpublishestheCONNECTNewsletter.Shedeliversthepublicationtoallfacultymemberseachsemester.It’soneofseveralchannelsusedtohighlightandpromoteopportunities,partnerships,events,andservicesthattheLibrary&LearningCommonssponsors.

• DegreeWorks - Student Degree Audit and Academic Progress Software

› TheadditionofthisstudentdegreeauditandacademicprogresstechnologytoolwillassiststudentandfacultyadvisorstotracktheclassrequirementsandprogresstowarddegreecompletionandisscheduledtolaunchFall2012.MembersoftheCounseling and Career Centerhavebeenparticipatingintheimplementationofthenewdegreeauditsystem.Theywereinstrumentalin“scribing”(coding)alloftheGRCCprogramsintotheDegreeAuditsystem.ThisinitiativewasledbyLynnae Selberg,Counselor,AssistantProfessor&ProgramDirector/CounselingandCareerCenter.

•New Student Orientation Improved

› Aneworientationformatwasdeveloped,whichincorporatedeachstudentmeetingwithacounselor.Additionalfallstartsessionswereaddedtoaccommodatetheincreasingnumberofstudentsattendingorientation.TheATCOpenComputerLabdesignedtwobrochurestoassistwithNewStudentOrientations.Onewasstep-by-stepinstructionson“HowtoEnrollinClasses”andtheotherwas“HowtoactivateyourOnlineStudentCenterandBlackboardAccounts.”Thesetwobrochuresaidintheprocessofstudentscreatingtheiraccountspriortoattendingorientationandsigningupforclasses.2,460studentsparticipatedinfallstartorientationand340participatedinwinterstartorientation.TheseimprovementswereledbyNew Student OrientationincollaborationwithStudent Life.

•TRiPS (Community Outreach Program) Improved

› Thisyearweaddedaninternationalcomponent–afundraisertobenefitaschoolinHaiti.ThepeermentorswereinchargeofsolicitingdonationsacrossallCollegedepartments,inviteStudentSupportServices(SSS)studentstoparticipateinactivities,andattendthedinneratalocalHaitianrestaurant.TherewereseveralcollegesparticipatinginthiseventandGRCCraisedthemostmoneyfortheschoolofalltheparticipatingcolleges!ThestudentsalsoreceivedacknowledgmentbytheCommunicationsDirectorofthePowerofEducationFoundationthatrunstheschoolinHaiti.ThisinitiativewasledbyWhitney Harper,Counselor,AssistantProfessor&ProgramDirector/TRiO/StudentSupportServices.

•Student Support Services Scholarship Training

› Brynne Roberts,CoordinatorofScholarships/FinancialAid,providedinformationonscholarshipsthatSSSstudentswouldbeeligiblefor.Asaresult,SSSstudentsreceivedover$60,000inscholarshipmoneyduetotheidentificationandsupportSSSstaffgaveprogramstudentsincompletingapplications.InitiativeledbyWhitney Harper, Anna Maria Clark, Jenny Keessen/TRiO/StudentSupportServices.

• Transfer Shock, Technology by Trent and FAFSA Workshops Developed

› SSScontinuestogrowtheirservicesforeligiblestudents.Thispastacademicyearthreenewworkshopsweredevelopedandfacilitated:TransferShock,TechnologybyTrentandFAFSAWorkshop.TransferShockwaspresentedbyacounseloratGVSUwhichaddressedwhatstudentsneedtoknowbeforetransferringtoincreasepreparedness.TechnologybyTrentwasanoverviewofthelatestapplicationsavailabletostudentsandtoinstructthemonhowtousedifferentprograms.TheFAFSAworkshopwaspresentedbyMary Kay Bethune,CustomerServiceManager/FinancialAid,andwasgearedtowardnewstudentstoGRCCandintheSSSprogram.Theprocessofapplyingforfederalaidandtipswerediscussed.TheseimprovementswereledbyStudent Support Servicesstaff.

•RaiderCard Program Expanded

› TheRaiderCardsystemwasexpandedtoprovideaccessforstudentswhousetheoff-campusparkingprogram,DASH.Over450studentsusethissystemonaregularbasis.Thisintegrationofourcardsystemwithacityparkingprogramhasgreatlystreamlinedthemanagementofthisprocess,andimprovedthecustomerservicelevel.ThiseffortwasledbyEric Mullen,Director/StudentLife,andPaulo Teles,AssociateDirector/StudentLife.

•Accuplacer Testing Expansion

› InpartnershipwithareaKISDschools,weexpandedtheonsiteAccuplacertesting(i.e.,administeringthistestatthehighschoolforapplicants).Lastyearacoupledozenschoolsparticipated:thisyearallbutthree,outof56schoolsassignedtoAngelaZainea-SalinasandSaraHill-Brooks/Admissions,participatedintheprogram.ThisinitiativewasledbyLori Cook,AssociateDirectorandJason Schueller,Coordinator/EnrollmentCenter.

•Occupational & Disability Support Services CAS Report

› Karen Murphy,Advisor&Professor/OccupationalandDisabilitySupport,submittedthecompletedCASreportforDSS/OSPinDecember2011.

•Ability to Benefit Testing Point of Contact Improvement

› TheAbilitytoBenefittestingwasmovedfromtheEnrollmentCentertoAcademicTestingServices,July2011.ThiswasspearheadedbyDr. John Cowles,AssociateDean/Counseling,AdvisingandRetentionServices,andGloria Thomas,LeadProctor/AcademicTestingServices.

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•NavPoint Financial Literacy Online Program

› ImplementedtheNavPointFinancialLiteracyOnlineProgramforstudents.ThisisafreeonlineeducationalprogramavailabletoAACCmembercolleges.CLS-100classeswereprovidedaccesstotheonlineprogram.Dr. John Cowles,AssociateDean/Counseling,AdvisingandRetentionServicesledthisinitiative.

•Advocate by Symplicity Reporting Software

› ImplementedAdvocate,bySymplicity,providingonlinereporting,managementandtrackingofbothconductandBehavioralInterventionTeamrecords.Sara Dorer,AssociateDirector/StudentConductandStudentSatisfactionInitiatives,ledthisinitiative.

•Advisor Trac Upgrade

› InNovembertheCounselingandCareerCenterupdatedtheAdvisorTracsoftwarewhichallowedsomeincreasedfunctionalityintermsofschedulingandpullingnumbersforreports.Lynnae Selberg,Counselor,AssistantProfessor&ProgramDirector/CounselingandCareerCenter,ledthisproject.

•Academic Tutorial Services Improvements

› Ourprevious“One-on-one”tutoringprogramhasbeenredesigned.Onemajorchangewasthateachtutorisnowassignedwithuptotwostudentswhoareinthesamecourse.Wealsoinstitutedthemandatoryorientationforstudentsrequestingtutors.Thiswashelpfulincommunicatingtostudentsourpolicyandexpectationsrelatedtotheservicetheyarereceiving.This,inturn,reducedtheno-showsandincidentsrelatedtocommunicationproblems.TheseimprovementswereledbyLaurie Witczak,EducationalSupportProfessional/AcademicTutorialServices.

› Forappointment-basedtutoring,wemonitorstudentswhodropoutofclassesbyrunningadailyreport.Thishasallowedustocancelunnecessaryappointmentsandtherebyreducetheoverallcostofappointment-basedtutoring.

•Content Advisors Established

› Establishedcontentspecificadvisorswillworkwithuniquepopulationsofstudentstotrytobetterservetheneedsoftheseuniquepopulations.ThispastyearwehaveestablishedHonors,Pre-Medical,International,Athletic,andESLCounselor/Advisors.Thisallowsthestudentswiththeseuniqueneedstogotoanidentifiedpointpersonforassistance.ThisInitiativewasledbyLynnae Selberg,Counselor,AssistantProfessor&ProgramDirector/CounselingandCareerCenter.

•Assigning Advisors Process Improvement

› Eachsemesterwhenitwastimetoassignadvisors,itwasamanualentryonestudentatatime.CounselingandCareerCenterworkedwithITtodevelopaqueryandprocesstomassloadtheadvisors.So,ratherthanittakingaweektoassignadvisorsatthebeginningoffall,nowitwilltakelessthan4hours.Thisisespeciallyimportantaswemoveforwardwithfacultyadvisingandcontentspecificadvisinginitiativeswhichwillrequireadditionalassigningofadvisors.ThisimprovementwasledbyLynnae Selberg,Counselor,AssistantProfessor&ProgramDirector/CounselingandCareerCenter.

•Keeping You In the Loop Communication

› AweeklycommunicationtoallCounselingandCareerCenterfacultyandstaffhasbeenexpandedtoincludeDSS,SSS,DeanandsomemembersoftheRecordsOffice.Thisweeklycommunicationprovidesalinktoallthevariousmeetingsandinformationgleanedthroughthedepartmentatourvariousmeetingsandcommitteesandplacesitintooneconsolidatedcommunication.Itservesasameansofhelpingtomakesurethatweareallinformed,onthesamepageandawareofeventsandchangesthatcouldimpactourabilitytodoourjobandassiststudents.Lynnae Selberg,Counselor,AssistantProfessor&ProgramDirector/CounselingandCareerCenterleadthisimprovement.

Process Improvements•Early Alert Flags in PeopleSoft Software Improvement

› Whenfacultyfeltthatstudentswereinjeopardyofbeingsuccessful,aflagwasraisedintheEarlyAlertsystem.Forcounselor/advisors,thatmeantonaregularbasiswehadtobeloggedintoAdvisorTrac,EarlyAlertandPeopleSoft.Ascounselors/advisors,mostofwhatweneedtodoisinAdvisorTrac&PeopleSoft,sooftenwewouldnothavetimetogointoEarlyAlerttoseeifourwalk-instudenthadaflagraised.WeworkedcollaborativelywithITtodevelopaprocessthatcanberunweeklythatwillloadanynewlyraisedflagsintheEarlyAlertsystemasa“negativeindicator”sothatwhenadvisorsareinthePeopleSoftsystem,theycanseeifaflaghasbeenraised(asthisisascreenweroutinelygotoforeachstudent)andthenhavetheappropriateconversationswiththem.Thiswillsavecounselor/advisorstimeandallowthemtobeawareofthiscriticalinformationandbetterabletointervene.ThiswasacollaborativeeffortwithCounseling and Career CenterandInformation Technology.

•Counselor/Advisor Drop-In Appointments Expanded

› Afterreceivingfeedbackfromstudentsthattheywantedtheopportunitytomeetwithcounselorsonadrop-inbasesmorethanjustafewspecificdaysorweeksayearandatvarioustimes,anewprocesswasimplemented.Typically60+studentscouldcheckinduringdrop-indaysandsitandwaithours(sometimesasmuchas4hours)tobeseenbyacounselor.Theprogrambeganwithofferingdrop-invisitavailabilityMonday-Friday.Eachcounselorwouldcoverthreehalfdaysasthedrop-incounselor.Studentscouldpicktocheckinduringthemorningorafternoonbasedontheirconvenience.Studentswouldcheckinatthefrontdesk,filloutthedrop-inform,andiftheymetthecriteria,theywouldbecheckedintoseethenextavailablecounselor.Ifstudentswantedtobeseenasadrop-inforotherthandrop-invisitreasons,theyweregivenanappointmenttime.Drop-invisitswerespecificallyforshort,quickinteractions/questions.ExpansionwasledbyCounseling and Career Center.

•Expansion of ATC Lab sponsored study groups

› Wehaveaddedthreedifferentstudygroups(Adobe,MSOfficeandProgramming)toourstudentsupportofferings.AProfessionalTutorisintheroomtoanswerquestionsandfacilitatebutstudentsareencouragedtoworktogethertosolveaproblem.ThisinitiativewasledbyDon VanOveren,AssociateDirector/ATCComputerLab.

• Academic Tutorial Services and Faculty Communication Process Improvement

› Improvedourfeedbacktoinstructorsonhowindividualtutoringappointmentsareprogressingthroughthesemester.Aninstructorisawareofwhatadditionalwork/helpthestudentisgettingandinreturn,theinstructorprovidesguidanceastowhetherornottocontinuewithtutoring.ImprovementwasspearheadedbyYumi Watanabe,Director/AcademicSupportServices.

•Updated & Improved High School Articulation Process

› Thisprocesshasbeenupdatedtoincluderecruitmenteffortsandtominimizetheamountofstafftimespentonmanualtasks.InitiativeledbyErin Busscher,TransferandArticulationCoordinator/StudentRecords.

•New Transfer and Articulation Website

› Anewhomepagewasdevelopedwhichcontainsourpartnershipswithhighschoolsandfour-yearschools,transferinformation,alongwithcontactinformationforourcoordinator.ThiswasacollaborativeeffortwithErin Busscher,TransferandArticulationCoordinator/StudentRecordsandourIT Department.

•Electronic Veterans Tracking/Filing System Developed

› Anewelectronicveteranstracking/filingsystemwasestablishedtoimproveefficienciesinworkingwithourveteranpopulation.ThisinitiativewasledbyJanice Holton,VeteransCoordinator/StudentRecords.

•Student Support Services Recruitment Plan

› SSSdevisedarecruitingplanforthissemester.WewillbeattendingdepartmentalmeetingsacrosscampusandaskingfacultytoaskstudentswhoareeligibletofilloutanSSScard.Thefacultywillcollectthecompletedcardsandinter-officethembacktous.Wewillthencontactthestudentsandscheduleinterviews.Wearealsoattemptingtoprocessover100applicationsinwhichwehavenotreceivedresponsesandwillofferafreeFAFSAworkshoptogetthesestudentsin.ThiseffortisbeingledStudent Support Servicesstaff.

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• Increased diversity hiring for Fall 2011

Department Gender Diversity

Counseling and Career Center (n=14, FTE=13.71) 71.4%Female 35.7% 28.6%Male Hispanic/African/AfricanAmerican

Occupational and Disability Support Services (n=5) 80%Female 40% 20%Male AfricanAmerican

TRiO/Student Support Services (n=3) 100%Female 33.3% Hispanic

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•Leadership Development Log (LDL) Created

› SSShascreatedaLeadershipDevelopmentLog(LDL)forourstudentstodocumentallvolunteeractivitiestheyhaveparticipatedinthroughourTRiPSprogram.Thiswillallowthemtologtime,date,eventandreflections-ausefultooltobuildtheiracademicportfolio.Student Support Services staffareworkingcloselywiththeSSSpopulationonthisinitiative.

• Individual Development Plans (IDP) Created

› ThemostsignificantprocessimprovementistheimplementationofIndividualDevelopmentPlans(IDP)forUpwardBoundstudents.IDP’stakefeedbackfromvariousstudentstakeholdersandcombinethatfeedbackwithstudentorienteddatasuchasgrades,testscores,attendance,etc.,todraftanacademicandsocialdevelopmentplanfortheindividualstudent.Upward Boundstaffledthisinitiative.

•Career Development Website Improvements

› ImprovementsontheCareerDevelopmentwebsite(reflectingamodern,morecontemporaryformat)werecompletedduringthispastyear.Specificareasofsignificantimprovementsincludethefollowing:avirtualtourandacareernewsoutlookcategorywithlinkstotheJobChoicesandOccupationalOutlookQuarterlymagazinesaswellastheCareerSpotlightnewsletter;1-pagedescriptivenarrativesperstepinthefour-stepprocessalongwithaccompanyingsupportivesub-links,downloads,andinafewinstances,tutorials,revisionsintheSeminars,Workshops&Classes,CareerAssessments,CareerOutlookandResourceswhichhavemadethesitemoreuserfriendlyandeasiertonavigate;andanewMiscellaneouscategoryfeaturesoriginalprintedcareerhandouts.ImprovementsarebeingledbyTheresa Freiberg,EducationalSupportProfessional/CounselingandCareerCenter.

•Class Search in PeopleSoft Improved

› Enhancedthe“classsearchview”tonotappearsocumbersomeandincreasedresponsespeed.InitiativeledbyLori Cook,AssociateDirector/EnrollmentCenter,andNate Hamilton,WebAnalyst/InformationTechnology.

•Accuplacer Improvements

› ChangedthespacingandflowofAccuplacerintakeandexiting–alongwithspaceforadvisingasneededwithanewofficespacebuilt.TheseimprovementswereledbyLori Cook,AssociateDirector,andJason Schueller,Coordinator/EnrollmentCenter.

•Tracking System for Outgoing Emails Developed

› Developedasystemtotrackalloutgoingemailsfromthe“enroll@grcc”.EffortledbyLori Cook,AssociateDirector/EnrollmentCenterandBrune GarciaandFrancisco Rameriz,EducationalSupportProfessional/EnrollmentCenter.

•Online Application Upgrades

› ImprovementstotheOnlineApplicationincluded:FITIACandVeteranquestions,HowdidyouhearaboutGRCC?,andPop-upatsubmissionifSocialSecuritynumberismissing.UpgradeledbyLori Cook,AssociateDirector/EnrollmentCenter.

•Enrollment Center Point of Access Improvement

› PublicizedtheEnrollmentCenterphonenumberratherthangothroughthex.4000.StudenttransfershavebeenreducedandmoredirectcallsarecomingintotheEnrollmentCenter.ImprovementledbyLori Cook,AssociateDirector/EnrollmentCenter.

• Improved Enrollment Process for Mandatory Hold Students

› AssistedCounselingwithMNDholdsforregisteringclasses.ThiswasnewfortheEnrollmentCenteraspriortothisstudentshadtoregisterthemselvesorthroughCounseling.CollaborativeeffortCounseling and Career CenterandEnrollment Center.

• Disability Support Services Accommodations Tracking System Developed

› ThisspringDSScreatedadatabasethatallowsustotrackwhatspecificaccommodationsaDSSstudentiseligibletouse,andwhichonesareactuallybeingaccessed.Ourgoalistobeabletoidentifystudentswhoarenotaccessingalltheaccommodationsforwhichtheyareeligible,andtoreachouttothatgrouptoremind/encouragethemtouseaccommodations.Thisisapartofourprogramreviewdocument.TrackingSystemisbeingledbyAnne Sherman,Counselor,Professor&ProgramDirector/Occupational&DisabilitySupportServices.

• Improved Messaging to DSS Students

› ChangedthemessagingforDSSstudentattendanceatDSSorientationmeetings.Ratherthansuggesttheymightfindithelpful,wearewalkingnewstudentstothefrontdeskandhavingthemregisterforoneofthethreeDSSorientationsessionstobeheldinAugust2012.Webelievethattheinformationweprovidehasthepotentialtoincreasetheiroddsofsuccessintheclassroom,aswellasimprovingtheirabilitytoadvocateforthemselves,empoweringthemtobemoreindependentandself-sufficient.Thisisalsoapartofourprogramreviewdocument.ThisinitiativeisbeingledbyAnne Sherman,Counselor,Professor&ProgramDirector/Occupational&DisabilitySupportServices.

•President’s List

› 875StudentswerenamedtothePresident’sListand2,384studentswerenamedtotheDean’sListattheendoftheFall2011semester.ThePresident’sListwasanewadditionforthe2011-2012academicyearrecognizingstudentswitha4.0.TheGPAwasincreasedfroma3.3toa3.5fortheDean’slist.AttheendoftheWinter2012semester,902studentswerenamed

Process ImprovementstothePresident’sListand2,299studentswerenamedtotheDean’sList.ThisimprovementwasledbyTina Hoxie,Dean/StudentAffairs.

•Student Feedback Fair

› TheStudent Feedback Management TeamheldaStudentFeedbackFairatthestartoftheWinter2012semester.Sessionswereheldonthemaincampus,GrandRapidsM-TecandLakeshoreM-Tec.

•Goal Intent Project

› TheGoalIntentprojectisdesignedtogatherdatafromourstudentsastowhatgoaltheywanttoobtainwhileattendingGRCC,andwaspilotedintheOnlineStudentCenter.Thequestionshavea12-monthexpiration.StudentswillanswerthequestionsagainforstartupFall2012semester.ThisprojectisbeingledbyTina Hoxie,Dean/StudentAffairs.

•Commencement Improvements

› The2012Commencement Core Teamsetanewstarttime,establishedanewrecessionalprocessinvolvingfaculty,andrecognizedveteranswithred,whiteandbluecords.Thisyear409studentsparticipatedinCommencement.

• Faculty Portfolio Rubric

› Inordertosupportfacultycompletionoftheirevaluationportfolio,Paula Sullivan,AssociateDean/WorkforceDevelopment,createdanevaluationrubricforreviewingfacultyportfolios.Thisrubricassistedfacultytounderstandandthencompiletheirportfolioswiththerelevantandappropriatedocumentstoexpeditethefacultyevaluationprocess.

•Department Head/Program Director Rubric

› Amy Koning,AssociateDean/WorkforceDevelopment,createdSWDPD/DHBlackboardOrganizationtoimprovecommunicationforDepartmentHeadsandProgramDirectors.Thiselectronicsiteallowsfacultytoaccessinformationrelevanttotheadministrationoftheirprogramsandthusimprovesthetimelinessofcompletionoftasksbyduedates.

•New Program Approval Process

› Amy Koning,AssociateDean/WorkforceDevelopment,withDeb DeWent,ExecutiveAssociate/ProvostOfficerevisedNewProgramApprovalProcesstoalignwithGainfulEmploymentandHigherLearningCommissionrequirementstoensurethatallrequiredstepswerearticulatedforanyfacultywhochoosestoimplementanewprogram.

• Gainful Employment Approval

› Mark Champion,Donna Kragt/InstitutionalResearch&Planning,Stephanie Forest, Jill Nutt/FinancialAid,Amy Koning,andFiona Hert/WorkforceDevelopment,developedtheGainfulEmploymentapprovalprocesstoalignwithfederalreportingandapprovalstandards.Thisprocessalignswiththenewprogramapprovalprocessinorderthatfacultyandstaffunderstandandcanfollowthenecessarystepsforapprovalandtoremainincomplianceforcertificateprogramimplementation.

• Job Training “Student Success”

› TheJob Training Departmentbeganits“StudentSuccess”journeyin2011-12

› ImplementedmandatoryWorkkeysscoresforentrancerequirementsinOctober2011

› Implementedanewandrequired“NewStudentOrientation”inJanuary2012whichincludesfacultyandstaffparticipation.

TheseeffortswillimprovestudentoutcomesandcompletionrateswiththeJobTrainingprograms.

• Construction Trades Advising Model

› TheConstruction Trades Departmentcreatedanewstudentadvisingmodeltoengagetheemployerthatsendstheapprenticeandthefacultywhoteachtheapprentice.Thisimprovedourenrollmentprocessbyhaving90%ofthecurrentstudentsreenrollamonthbeforethesemesterstarts.

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VISION:Asacollegeofdistinction,GRCCinspiresstudentstomeettheneedsofthecommunityandtheworld.

MISSION:GRCCisanopenaccesscollegethatpreparesindividualstoattaintheirgoalsandcontributetothecommunity.

VALUES:Excellence

Diversity

Responsiveness

Innovation

Accountability

Sustainability

Respect

Integrity

ENDS:Access

AcademicAlignment

StudentSuccess

WorkforceDevelopment

TheGRCCExperience

CommunityOutreach

ACADEMIC & STUDENT AFFAIRS COMPLETION AGENDA

OurgoalatGRCCistoincreasestudentsuccessthroughtheaccomplishmentoftheCompletion Agenda.

Thisagendaincludesaslateofspecificcollegeactionprojects(outlinedinourStrategicPlan)aswellasdepartment-levelprojectsdirectlyandindirectlyaimedatimprovingstudentsuccess.WheretheCollegeispursuingprojectswithindirectimpactonthecompletionagenda,itisbuildinginfrastructureandcapacityforfutureprojectswithmoredirectimpact.

We will measure the success of our efforts by monitoring student performance in three specific areas: Persistence, Completion, and Transfer

Persistencewillbemeasuredby:

•FalltoWintertermpersistence(allstudents)•FalltoFallpersistence(firsttime,fulltimestudentsonly)

Completionwillbemeasuredby:

•Numberofdegrees/certificatesawarded•Percentofstudentswhoearnadegreewithinsixyears

Transferwillbemeasuredby:

•Percentofstudentswhosuccessfullytransferwithinsixyears(to4-yearorother2-yearcolleges)