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Winter ConvocationFebruary 10, 2017

Congratulations JC Leadership Academy!

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Happenings around us

New Administration and Implications• New players guiding agencies • Major National Issues Facing Community Colleges:

• Funding• Increased competition• Jobs• Higher Education Act (HEA) Reauthorization• Immigration/DACA• Infrastructure• Accreditation

Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos

Secretary of Labor: Andy Puzder

Key Congressional Leaders• House Education and the Workforce Committee• New chair : Virginia Foxx (R-NC)• Bobby Scott (D-VA) remains ranking member.• Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee• Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) remain as chair and ranking member, respectively.

State Update

• Governors Budget Recommendations:• No increase for community college operations;

• $1.025 million to support upgrades to the MTN;

• $2 million to reinstate PT student grant;

• $5.3 million to increase Tuition Incentive Program;

• $11 million in new money to the Michigan Competitive Scholarship and Michigan Tuition Grant.

Job Demand Projections…

Source: https://twitter.com/georgetowncew/status/817189651245105152

Enrollment decline

is not an isolated problem.

Source: http://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Community-Colleges-Are/236249

Source: http://ccdaily.com/Pages/Campus-Issues/Fall-enrollments-dip-again.aspx

• “Two-year public colleges enrolled about 153,000 fewer students (a 2.6 percent decrease) compared to fall 2015.”

• “At public two-year colleges, enrollments among older students continued to decline at a faster pace (a 5.5 percent drop) than among students age 24 and younger, who saw a decrease of 1 percent from the previous fall.”

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LinkedIn Learning, essentially provides a recommendation engine for Lynda.com courses and video segments.

Accreditation Visit Overview

• HLC Peer Review Team of 5 was on campus February 6th and 7th.

• This review occurs every 8 years.

• Thank you to those of you who participated in focus meetings or open forums.

• A huge thank you to Rob Stirton and Debbie Schissler for their efforts in preparation and coordination!!

Lux et Veritas…

• Formed to address growing concerns around our country and how our campus is affected.

• Committed to efforts related to civility, equity, diversity and safe discourse at the College.

• Next steps – formalize a charter and membership.

Michigan Community College Association (MCCA)

• Presidents and Trustees from the other 27 community colleges across Michigan will be on campus.

• March 23rd in the evening and March 24th 8:00am-3:00pm.

Campus Project Updates

Oasis Center

• A restful and restorative venue designed to support and sustain the individual coming for emotional care and sustenance.

• Provide services for students and employees needing a range of confidential emotional support.

• Anticipate two full time mental health professionals on site.

• Anticipated date of open is fall 2018.

• Location is JW 110.

• Capital Outlay Proposal Submitted

• Design submission under development

• New connected building may include:

• Fitness Center

• Walking Track

• Locker rooms

• Storage

• Offices

• Concession

• Learning Studios

• Fitness Studios

• Break out rooms

• Turf

• Wrestling

• Batting cages

Health, Sport Management & Kinesiology Center (HSK)

Spiritual Center• A small nondenominational

spiritual/meditation space for students, employees and community members.

• Location: west of BW and west of the north parking lot.

• Conceptual designs have been completed.

• Approximate building size of 2000 sq ft.

• Based on the four elements of earth, air, water and fire.

• Funded by external sources.

Beltway Completion• Completion of

beltway:• Hague Road

entrance ingress/egress.

• Signage at 4 locations.

• Fitness Trail – will include integrated exercise stations.

Colleague Database Migration to SQL Server

• The enterprise management system Colleague will be taken down for a 5 day outage from February 28th at 6PM until March 6th at 6AM.

• Benefits of upgrade: additional reporting capabilities, better integration with 3rd party systems, enhance security and easier maintenance.

• Complete outages: Colleague, e-services, JetStream, FACTS, Webi, FA~Link – FA availability in bookstore and mobile.

Potter Center Remodel Project• Weatherwax Foundation Grant awarded of

$200,000 – the College must provide $267,000

• Funding must be committed by June 30, 2017

• Project will include remodel of stairway, carpeting, ceiling, furniture and lobby are.

Updates…

Pathways• Assess milestones selected

• Determine milestone policies

• Transfer program maps

• Career assessment integrated into student intake process

• Non-cognitive assessment integrated in the student intake process

• Review pre-requisites: ensuring students can take substantive course

of interest in first semester

• Pathway leadership team meetings

• Connecting student plans to class schedule

• Pathway Showcases

• Institutes 5 & 6 remain

Textbook Zero (TBZ)

• Learning Materials Available on Day 1• Lower Costs for Students• Digital Literacy• Identify digital Option for Current Text• Adopt a Different Text with a Digital Option• Adopt Open Education Resources (OER)• Follett Discover• Indicated in syllabus• Full Implementation Fall 2017

Dr. Brian NewberryInstructional Designer

Dr. Kate ThirolfDirector of Instructional Innovation

Kate Thirolf, Director of Instructional Innovation

The Sandbox (BW 238)

A place where faculty and staff can go to learn, connect, collaborate, and innovate.

Sample Fall 2016 sessions

• Enhancing Instruction through Game Strategies & Project Based Learning

• Polling and Engaging Students with PollEverywhere• TBZ Device Discussion meetings• Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Faculty via

OpenStax OER Commons hub• ISW goal setting and active learning sessions• New Adjunct orientations• Veterans training discussion• Follet Discover Brown Bag Lunch• Adjunct Certification review workgroup meetings• Faculty coaching/mentoring sessions

Math 030/130 Video Review Jam Session

BC Faculty Conversations & Lunch

Gamestorming! Active Learning

workshop

International Student InstituteMelanie Maree, Director

New Confucius InstructorLiya Wang, Ph.D.Journalism & Communication

Professor at the School of Foreign Studies

The ISI will continue the Chinese cultural monthly luncheon and celebrate the Chinese New Year!

International UpdatesEnglish Language Institute (ELI):

• 8 students enrolled for winter.

• Successful first semester of the new 5 level program which included members of the community as well as international students. Community members included students from Iran, Iraq, Ghana, Guinea and China.

International Student Enrollment:

• 50 + students enrolled for winter.

• Countries represented include: United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, India, Iran, Nepal, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Kenya, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Brazil, Netherlands, England, Ghana, Gambia, Cameroon, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Venezuela, Egypt, and Uzbekistan

• 2 Faculty are currently in Indonesia

• Melanie Maree is currently in India

Culinary BaccalaureateBachelor of Applied Science in Culinary management and Hospitality ► David Hooper, Culinary Faculty

The Program Students will develop key managerial skills necessary to enter and work towards advancing in today’s diverse culinary management industry.

Culinary Management

This competency-based training covers an array of culinary and management proficiencies exposing students to a cross-cultural spirit and international culinary techniques.

Hospitality Management / Business Management

Students will gain the necessary leadership and management skills, entrepreneurial knowledge to build successful careers in this burgeoning industry.

Student Services

Thank you Admissions for your tri-county

work!

Records and Registration:

• 765 dual enrolled students at Jackson College this semester….record breaking!

• Fall 2016 - First Bachelor of Science graduate (Energy Systems Management).

Financial Aid• Awarding began 2/1/17.

• Financial Aid is happy to work with classes or special student populations regarding financial aid/financial literacy topics. Reach out to Andy Spohn!

• Default management steering committee -campus wide initiative working together to further lower our cohort default rate.

• Projection for current cohort default rate is under 20%.

• Retained 70% of our population.

• 90% of our students were in good academic standing for the 15-16 year.

• We persisted 81% of TRiO student from 16/FL to 17/WN.

Center for Student Success

• Visits are up 61% from one year ago Hours spent in CSS are up 84% from 16WN to 17WN.

• Even from just this 16FL to 17WN, visits are already up 3% and hours spent in CSS are up 10%.

Supplemental Instruction Program• While SI’s role in the Math department will stay strong, SI will

soon expand into other disciplines once again.

• JC to host 6th Annual SI/Tutor Conference on Central Campus in the BW Community Rooms. April 22, 2017. Interested? Contact Monica Bouman, mbouman@jccmi.edu.

Athletics Update• Final overall GPA for student-

athletes for 16/FL is 2.903.

• Baseball team leading the way with a team GPA of 3.296.

• Disc Golf Course.

• New machines moved from the Hangar to the Fieldhouse.

• Sportsman’s Banquet –Tomorrow Night.

Head women’s softball coach, Jamie Vandenburgh selected as one of Jackson Magazine’s Top 30 and under for 2016.

Women’s soccer player earns NJCAA player of the week first ever in school history for women’s soccer.

Security Command Center

• Will be located in the former exercise room in the Hangar.

• Will be proactive in using CCTV to monitor hot spots (rather than reactive with cameras).

• Benefits include:• Increase in campus monitoring.• Improved communications.• Expanded cooperation with local authorities.• Room for additional staffing.

Center Updates

LeTarte Center, Hillsdale

• Hillsdale County Early/Middle College• Hillsdale Community Foundation is assisting with startup cost.

• Hillsdale ISD – LeTarte Center Transition Program (MRS/MTSA Collaborative Project Grant)

• Participants in the Michigan Works Southeast (MWSE) Adult Education/GED Partnership.

• Center Staffing Updates:• Chris Kimball, Student Success Navigator

• Nicole Huepenbecker, Office Assistant

JC @ LISD TECH

• Participants in the Michigan Works Southeast (MWSE) Adult Education/GED Partnership.

• Onsted Math Initiative• MTH 030 curriculum embedded into Onsted Math curriculum;

• Students dual-enrolled in MTH 130 17/WN Semester.

• JC/LISD Academy . . . #30 on the list of all Michigan public schools with highest average 2016 SAT scores.

W. J. Maher Campus

• Foundation funded an additional parking lot to accommodate growth.

• Winter enrollment grew to 789, largest increase was in the under 20 student population.• Highest out of county BCH since fall 2013.

• Hosted the Junior Achievement CEO Challenge kick off, 140 High school students.

Jackson College

Foundation

Foundation Update

• Peggy Maher Endowed Chair for Regional History created in October.

• Discussions are underway with a donor to create the College’s 4th

endowed chair.

• 2017 Ethelene Jones Crockett Recipient: Dr. Jon Lake.

• Creation of the 2nd Lt. Zenneth Pond Soaring Young Alumni Award.

Model• Looking at different tuition and fee structures and national

models.

• Focus groups will be held.

• Best practices for tuition and fees will be reviewed.

• We would like to be transparent with tuition and fees.

Enrollment Update

Condensed Revenue & Expense Statement

Seven Months Ended Janaury 31, 2017

Preliminary - Unaudited

JACKSON COLLEGE

2016-2017

2016-2017 2016-2017

Approved Budget Actual as of 01/31/17

Net Tuition and Fees 24,368,956 20,886,112

Housing 1,300,000 1,190,404

Property Taxes 4,912,000 4,409,449

State Appropriation 12,397,600 7,231,933

Other Revenue 1,601,200 946,356

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Total Revenue 44,579,756 34,664,254

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Expenses:

Salaries and Benefits 25,330,705 15,390,567

Other Operating Costs 13,846,921 8,042,198

Transfers 1,043,580 608,755

Transfers- Debt Service 3,810,545 2,222,818

Capital Equipment 548,005 236,074

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Total Expenses 44,579,756 26,500,412

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Balance 0 8,163,842

Takeaways• BCH- 4 new prison locations for

17/WN;

• Housing capacity 80% for 17/WN;

• Vacant rooms in CV3 will receive needed maintenance;

• Departments need to operate within approved budget;

• We will finish the year with a balanced budget.

2018 Budget Planning

Budget Proposal Template Made available to Budget Manager (BM)

BM Meets With Staff and Develops Departmental Budget Proposals

BM Meets With Leadership to Discuss Budget Proposal

Draft Budget Reviewed By Leadership Council

Final Budget Ready for Board Planning Session

1/16/201701/16/2017-02/10/2017

02/17/17-02/24/2017 3/8/2016 3/22/2016

Health Clinic Update

Lifeways Specialist

• Karen Schmitt is the new mental health specialist in the JC Health Clinic. Karen has a BSW from Spring Arbor University and a MSW from Eastern Michigan University.

• Her hours in the Health Clinic are Tuesday from 10am-2pm and Wednesday from 1pm to 5pm.

• Call Megan at the Health Clinic to schedule a time or walk-in’s are welcome.

Award Winners• District 3 Medallion Awards:

• 4 Gold: Website, Electronic Newsletter, We Are Jackson College Magazine & Electronic Annual Report

• 4 Silver: Feast For Knowledge Invitation, Social Media/Online Marketing Campaign “Start Here Go Anywhere,” Interior Signage Display/Jets Hangar & Sports Brochure

• 1 Bronze: Social Media/Online Marketing Campaign “Why Go To College”

• National Paragon Award for Interior Signage/Jets Hangar

• Outstanding Communicator of the Year, Dotty Karkheck

Multicultural Affairs

2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

• Keynote speaker Dr. Lauren Dungy-Poythress

• 2017 recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medal of Service Award: Robert L. Burton Sr.

• Sold-out of crowd of over 300 were in attendance!

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Celebration STEM Conference

MLK Day Forum

“Through the Eyes of Dr. King – The White House: Reflections and Projections”

Men of Merit & Sisters of StrengthSpring Break 2017

• Traveling to Philadelphia and New York for Leadership Development.

• Hosted by historical institutions of higher education, Cheyneyand Lincoln Universities.

• Visit the New York Stock Exchange, Ground Zero and participate in a mentorship presentation at a school in inner-city Harlem.

Human Resources & Workforce Focus

• The College will participate in the PACE survey (February-2nd

Week) to benchmarking against national data including:• Employee opinions on topics such as support for reaching goals,

having tools necessary for the job, ability to propose new ways of doing the job, etc.

• The survey should only take 15-20 minutes.

• The results will not only be benchmarked but the results will be reviewed by Workforce Focus and will drive an action plan as done in the past.

New Employees!

Jamie Morris, Student Success Navigator

Lindsay Sawyer, Accountant General Ledger

Cassidy Stepke, First Impressions Liaison

Kathleen Crowley, Duplicator Operator

Lindsey Adams, PEI Customer Service Tech

Jeremy Woods, Grounds/Custodial Specialist

Darren Chase, International Student Institute Coordinator

Lauren Stephenson, Financial Aid Specialist

Maggie McDevitt, Safety & Security Officer

Amanda Palma, Student Success Navigator

Nicole Huepenbecker, Office Associate, Hillsdale LeTarte Center

Jennifer Brooket, Senior Director of Development

Keegan Moore, Solution Center Coordinator

Katherine Burns, Associate Librarian

Christy Mecey, Agriculture Instructor

Becky Nicholson, Allied Health Coordinator

Vincent Rose, Solution Center & Student Consultant Technician

Pat Guenther, Director of Dental Hygiene

Christina Ahn, Institutional Reporting Coordinator