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Career Program Team

Anthony Arminiak developed an environmental scan with the new careerprogram team to exlplore new program opportunities.

Taylor High School National Honor Society Induction

The Downriver Campus hosted the Taylor School District National Honor Society Induction andAwards Ceremony at the Heinz C, Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center.

February 2-8, 2019 Number 1176

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Community Partnerships

Professional

Development

Staff at the Northwest Campusparticipated in a teleconference/webinarto explore opportunities to enhance theon campus registration process forstudents through the implementation ofan automated queuing system.

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New Podcast

Available!

Our latest podcast featuring MarcCorriveau, Vice President of CorporateGovernment Affairs for the Henry FordHealth System, provides insight into thecurrent topics impacting the healthcareindustry.

To listen to any of the podcasts from theWCCCD Critical Conversations Podcastseries, log onto the college's website atwww.wcccd.edu and scroll down to selectthe "Podcast/Videos" button located onthe homepage.

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The Website Committee convenes on a weeklybasis to discuss website update requests, analyzedata, and discuss project updates. During themonth of January 2019, the committee completed61 website update requests and corrected 32broken links.

Bedtime Tech Tips

According to AOL’s third annual“Email Addiction” survey, morethan 40% of 4,000 respondentshave checked email in the middleof the night.

Here are some tips to help youget better sleep:

• Have a transition period, about 15 to 30 minutes, oftechnology-free timebefore you go into yourbedroom for sleep.

• Charge your devices in a different room.

• Instead of using your phone to wake you, use an alarm clock.

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disor-ders/features/power-down-better-

sleep#2

• Page views – 522,651• Returning Visitors – 62.1%• New Visitors – 37.9%• Average Session – 3:41 minutes

January 2019

Website Analytics

Top Ten Most Viewed Pages

1. Homepage2. Distance Learning3. Academic Programs4. Faculty and Staff Resources5. Northwest Campus6. Academic Schedules7. Downriver Campus8. School of Continuing Education 9. Emergency Alert System10. Student Services

Top Five Countries

1. United States2. Canada3. India4. Nigeria5. Philippines

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District-wide Welcome Week

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Student Services Functions - Professional Development

The Division of Student Services is committed to developingthe knowledge and skills of each professional staff member.Learning is embraced as a lifelong process. WCCCD studentservice professionals strive for achieving excellence andbest practices in personal competence as well as thefunctional areas of the Division.

Guided Pathways

An interdisciplinary staff meeting was held between theDivisions of Student Services, Educational Affairs, andInstitutional Effectiveness addressing Pillar One and PillarThree of Guided Pathways.

Staff Recognition

Congratulations to Maali Luqman onbecoming a fellow of the W.K. KelloggFoundation Community LeadershipNetwork with the Center for CreativeLeadership.

Division of Student Services

Student Support Services

The Department of Veteran’s Affairs hascreated a website to help veterans andeligible family members choose anaccredited Institution of Higher Learning(IHL). WCCCD has been selected as oneof the institutions.

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Recruitment and Outreach

APPOINTMENTS

VISITS

Ben Carson

Cass Tech

CMA

East English

Frontier Int’l Academy

Lincoln Park

M.L. King

Osborn

River Rouge

Southeastern

Western In’l

Ben CarsonCentral

CMAFrederick Douglas

Frontier Int’l AcademyHarper Woods

John Glenn

Lincoln ParkM.L. KingOsborn

River RougeRiverview

Southeastern

Students at Southeastern High School preparedto begin the Spring 2019 semester by completingtheir dual enrollment applications.

Staff greeted students during WCCCD’s WelcomeDays. They provided information on supportservices, organizations, athletics, upcoming flexregistration and transfer partnerships at UniversityCenter.

Division of Student Services

Student Success Center

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Genealogy with

Tony BurroughsEastern Campus

Reggae Music HistoryDowntown and Eastern Campuses

Film Fest!Students getting popcorn

for the viewing of the movie Black Panther

Northwest Campus

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Student Activities

WCCCD Lady Wildcats are on a three gamewinning streak which moved them into secondplace in the Eastern Division Conference.

Student Executive Council member David Martinanswers questions about supports services offeredat the Downriver Campus.

Phi Theta Kappa member Anthony Barrowanswers questions about supports servicesoffered at the Downtown Campus.

Division of Student Services

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Division of Educational Affairs

Students in Professor S. Seville’s Foundations in Nursing class are preparing for the future. TheFoundations course also celebrates the successful completion of pre-requisites and entry of newstudents into the Nursing Program.

Faculty Lounge Provides

Opportunites for Engagement

and Networking

Faculty engaging in scholarly discussions of pedagogyisimporant in a multi-campus District. The faculty loungesupports administrative instructional needs of faculty tomeet, greet and engage in conversations acrossdisciplines. Instructors Sunanda Corrado (Anthropology),Terrell Thomas (Political Science), and McArthur Mickens(Mathematics) and CharMaine Hines share time betweenclasses.

Summer 2019 Schedule Development Meeting

Foundations in Nursing

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Division of Educational Affairs

In an effort to reduce the costs of a student’s education, the Divisions of Administration andFinance and Educational Affairs met to discuss textbook options for our students and newprograms through Cengage Publishing.

Learning Resource Center

Each campus LRC will be hostingseveral workshops throughout theMonth of February. The sessions areintended to promote student success.Visit our LRC events webpage for moreinformation.

The Weekend College is a great opportunity for people who desireto improve their job skills, earn a degree, and further their education,but may have family obligations, jobs, and other factors that preventthem from going to college during the week. WCCCD has WeekendCollege courses available at all our campuses.

The Learning Resources Center Task Force met to finalize future LRC programs.

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Division of Educational Affairs

Mango Spanish

The Language Institute presented thefirst in a series of workshops onMANGO Spanish. Participants willmeet every Wednesday in February tolearn basic Spanish.

STEM

Initiative

Students in ProfessorSharmeen’s BIO-155course were selectedto receive gogglesand a lab coat as partof an initiative toincrease awarenessand interest in thefield of science.

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Division of Educational AffairsDistance Learning

What makes an online course great?D Thoughtful and methodical design

D Interactive, collaborative environment D Accommodate a variety of learnings

D Careful pacing

Three Pillars of

Student Learning

Content EvaluationInstruction

Distance Learning

Course Site Reviews

Distance Learning is working on course sitereviews for online courses. Reviewing the onlinecourses helps ensure that information is current,and that instructors are not missing any keycomponents for students. Items reviewed include:

• CRN• Instructors Name• Announcement Board• Course Syllabus• Weekly Calendar• Course Materials Link• Discussion Boards• Faculty Information • Technical Support Information • No Empty Navigation Links

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Division of Educational Affairs

Dental Hygeine

Program

Staff in the Dental HygieneProgram met to discuss theweek’s activities.

Dental hygiene students brave the ice storm to ensure that appointments for our community members were kept.

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Division of Educational AffairsHealth Science Center

Simulation Lab

The NUR210 psychiatric nursing students participated in a simulation lab scenario that mimickeda real life psychiatric paranoid schizophrenia episode with a standardized patient.

Practical Nursing Students

The Practical Nursing Students participated in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Annual Teen Central Winter Carnival.

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Division of Administration and Finance

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Division of Human Resources

Human Resources Compliance Reviews

Employee Tuition Waiver

and Reimbursement

The Division of Human Resources is currentlyreviewing and reconciling its processes andprocedures for Employee Tuition Waivers andreimbursement.

Benefit Compliance Audit

The Division of Human Resources, incollaboration with the Division of Administrationand Finance is currently reviewing, reconciling,and auditing all their eligible employees benefitsfiles.

The Employee Benefits Reconciliation Verification of Employment Status

Beneficiary Verification

Verification of Dependent Status

Reconciliation of Employee Contribution

Verification of State Guidelines

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Dr. Abby Freeman attended theSinai Grace Guild CDC Board Meeting.

Jackie Grow, MSU/WCCCD IAT Coor-dinator was nominated and electedagain this year as the Education Advi-sor for the Southeast Michigan Nurs-ery and Landscape Association.

Michael Poole attended the National School Board Association’s

Legislative Conference.

Allan Cosma attended the MarketingAdvisory Board Meeting at

Chandler Park High School.

Building Community Relationships

Considine Center

Staff attended the 50th Anniversary Celebration ofReverend Jim Holley’s Historical Little Rock

Baptist Church, the foundation of the Considine Center servicing WCCCD’s GED students.

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Building Community Relationships

Edgar Vann attended theAnnual Downtown Detroit

Partnership luncheon.

Michael Poole attended the GrossePointe Chamber of CommerceBusiness After Hours networkingevent.

Sandra Thompson isplanting wintervegetables with thechildren fromJohnson ElementarySchool in Taylor.

Jackie Grow, MSU Program Coordinator for the HorticulturePrograms at WCCCD attended Michigan State University’s(MSU) study abroad trip to Belize.

Dr. Sandra Robinsonmet with TyroneHinton, Economic andCommunityDevelopment Directorfor the City of HarperWoods.

Mark Carter attended theMichigan Economic Forum,pictured with CongresswomanBrenda Lawrence and formerWayne County CommissionerEdna Bell.

Anthony Arminiak andTim Durand attendedthe State of Southgateaddress with MayorJoseph Kuspa.

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Division of Administrationand Finance

Deferred Maintenance

Downriver CampusBookstore Signage Installation Project

Eastern CampusBusted Water Pipes! Water Clean-up Project

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Well that’s Michigan!

50 degrees one day... and an ice storm

the next!

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Division of Institutional Effectiveness

The Value of Associate Degrees and Certificates

The Division of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) conducts local research to assist the District with improvingthe programs and services offered to students. According to the Center for Analysis of PostsecondaryEducation and Employment, “Associate degrees provide a significant boost to earnings on average.Women earn $7,160 (26%) more per year, and men earn $4,640 (18%) more per year. Certificatesboost earnings on average by $2,960 per year for women and $2,120 for men.” Below you will findsome sample data from this report as earnings gains vary by state:

Source: https://capseecenter.org/research/by-the-numbers/earnings/

Below you will find data points from WCCCD students who completed

the 2017-18 Graduate Exit Survey:

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Community Partners

Building Relationships

The School of Continuing Education and WorkforceDevelopment welcomes the Hartford Village SeniorCommunity! We are proud to respond to our seniorcommunity members by providing various Silver CircleProgram offerings including:

Zumba

Yoga

Texting for Seniors

Painting for Mature Learners

Computers for Seniors

Retaining Students

and Student Success

The SMART and Trio programs partnered to offer studentsan opportunity to learn about the value of creating visionboards, the benefits of goal setting, and the power ofvisualization towards goal achievement.

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Michigan Institute for

Public Safety Education

Elite Technical Services Training

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Citizen Emergency

Response Team TrainingDownriver Campus

Fish and Loaves Deep

Dive Lunch and LearnDownriver Campus

Workforce

Development

Beaumont Diabetes

Prevention Program

University Center

Harper Woods Business

Association SeminarUniversity Center

AKA Sorrelles Youth Leadership WorkshopTed Scott Campus

Coaching Emergency

Vehicle Operations TrainingDownriver Campus

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Community College 101

The Leadership Class engaged in an in-depthdiscussion about how community collegeleaders can be effective in helping studentsimprove their ability to learn despite obstaclesof poverty, racism, and social marginalization.

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Intercultural Conversations

At this week’s Intercultural Conversation we began the celebration of Black History Month. Thediscussion focused on migrations from the south. Ann Rott, Detroit International Institute, RogerPenzebane and Dr Paula Whittaker Watkins, Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, andLondon Bell, London Global Institute were in attendance.

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Mary Ellen Stempfle University Center

University

Partners

The Michigan StateUniversity Extensionhosted its MasterGardener class thissemester at theMary Ellen StempfleUniversity Center.

The United MissionsAssociation met withcommunity partners andchurch leaders to discussWCCCD’s achievementsand the impact of thefaith-based community.

United Missions Association

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Downriver Campus

Town Hall Meeting

Senator Erika Geiss held the Town Hall meeting at theDownriver Campus. Congresswoman Debbie Dingall andState Representative Alex Garza were also in attendance.

The Information Center

Mending the Safety Net

The Downriver Campus also hosted the annualInformation Center Mending the Safety NetProgram.

Fire fighter studentsparticipated in theJaws of Life lab

session.

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Auto Program

Lab VehicleDecals

Completedon Newest

Lab Vehicle!

The Livonia Special Department Team donated selfcontained breathing apparatus bottles and air packs to

the Michigan Institute for Public Safety Education.

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Downtown Campus

Be Informed!

Staff distributed information to students regardingnew student orientation, Smarthinking, and testtaking skills.

Michigan

Department of

Health and Human

Services

The workshop providedstudents with informationon removing barriers thatprevent school attendance.

Yoga and Wellness Workshop for Kids

Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Detroit Chapter conducted a Yoga and Wellness workshop. The partici-pants were provided with tools to maintain a healthy lifestyle and how to incorporate yoga techniquesto increase flexibility and enhance their overall wellness.

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Eastern Campus

WLT 102

Instructor AndrewWarren is lecturing onthe proper technique torun a welding bead.

Smart Thinking Goal Setting Cohort

The Eastern Campus staff met with a group of students whom are seeking to improve their lives bysetting goals. Instructor Rain Henry taught students skills which will provide a meaningful insight inachieving their goals.

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Construction Trades

Training Program-Cohort 5

The CTTP participants have received their tools andare learning to layout floor joists, construct walls, andcomplete rough framing for their hands-on carpentrytraining.

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Northwest Campus

Skilled Trade

Enrollment Assistance

Program (STEAP)

The Northwest Campus hostedthe STEAP training course.Participants had the opportunityto learn skilled trade and preparefor apprenticeships in severalfields.

Project Success Program

The Northwest Campus, in partnership withthe 100 Black Men of Greater Detroit, Inc.provided a trip to the Detroit SymphonyOrchestra for the young men in theprogram.

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Ted Scott Campus

Romulus Early

Middle College

The Ted Scott Campusconducted new RomulusHigh School EarlyMiddle College studentsACCUPLACER testing.

Early Middle College

LRC Orientation

The Ted Scott Campusconducted LRC orientations forBelleville and Romulus EarlyMiddle College students.

River of Life Cardio

Workshop

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Chancellor’s Weekend Memo

Mission

WCCCD’s mission is to empower

individuals, businesses, and communities

to achieve their higher education and

career advancement goals through

excellent, accessible, culturally diverse,

and globally competitive programs and

services.

Vision Statement

Wayne County Community College

District will be recognized as an

institution that has achieved national

and international recognition for enduring

excellence as a comprehensive

multi-campus community college district.

WCCCD will focus on continuous

self-evaluation and improvement;

preparation of a highly skilled workforce

in support of the Wayne County

economy; student academic and career

success, and leadership in strengthening

the open door philosophy of educational

opportunity.

EDITOR: Julie Figlioli

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

David C. Butty

Carolyn Carter

Aracely Hernandez

Tameka Mongo

Priscilla Rodgers

Rosita Thompson

Susan Wiley