SALINA AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

November 28th, 2016, 5:30 p.m.

Salina Area Technical College

2562 Centennial Road

Building A, Room A131

Speaker Page

I. Call to Order Chair Pankratz 2

II. Approval of Agenda Chair Pankratz 2

III. Public Comment Chair Pankratz 2

A. Presentation by KCA Construction Education

Foundation (Kim Brown – Smoky Hill

Construction)

B. Public Comment

IV. Consent Agenda Chair Pankratz 2

A. Approval of October 2016 Minutes

B. Personnel

V. Action Agenda Chair Pankratz 5

A. Date change for December Meeting

VI. Monitoring Reports 5

A. Monthly Financial Budget Reports

B. Annual Program Review and Program Assessment

Data

VP Manley

VP Johns-Hines

VII. Informational Items

A. Administrative Updates

1. Student Services Update

2. Administrative Services Update

3. Instruction Update

B. HLC Accreditation

C. Presidential Update

President Nichols

VP Manley

VP Johns-Hines

President Nichols

President Nichols

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VIII. Executive Session Chair Pankratz 5

IX. Approval of any action deemed necessary as a result

of Executive Session

Chair Pankratz 5

X. Adjourn Chair Pankratz 5

Appendix A: Monthly Financial Report

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Appendix B: HLC Accreditation Letter 7

I. Call to order

II. Approval of Agenda

It is recommended that you approve the agenda of the November 28, 2016 meeting.

III. Public Comment

A. Presentation by KCA Construction Education Foundation (Kim Brown – Smoky Hill Construction)

B. The Board invites open comments for students, faculty, staff or members of the community. The

Chair reserves the right to limit comment time.

IV. Consent Agenda

It is recommended that you approve the consent agenda.

A. Minutes

SALINA AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES

Monday, October 24th, 2016

Call to Order The Board of Trustees of Salina Area Technical College met Monday, October

24th, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. at Salina Area Technical College, 2562 Centennial Road,

with the following members present: Jeannie Blue, Bob Miller, Larry Pankratz,

Dustin Pestinger, LuAnn Puvogel, and Frieda Mai-Weis.

Absent: Chris Baker, Todd Smith

Others present, see below.

Approval of Agenda

Public Comment

Approval of Consent

Agenda

A. Meeting Minutes

Motion by Bob Miller, second by Dustin Pestinger to approve the agenda

as presented. Motion carried: 6-0.

Ruth Cathcart-Rake from the Greater Salina Community Foundation

presented the college with a $4,500 Grant for the AO-K Program. It will

provide funds to help students with scholarships. Greater Salina

Community Foundation is the largest community foundation in Kansas.

They have awarded over $50 million in grants since inception.

The board took a tour of the Electrical Technology program in Building

C. David and Jason gave them an overview of the program. They got to

test out the motor control board that was built by students in the

Electrical Technology Program.

LuAnn Puvogel arrived at 5:40 p.m.

Motion by Jeannie Blue, second by Bob Miller to approve the consent

agenda with a correction on the spelling of Jeannie’s name in the minutes

as presented.

Minutes of September 26, 2016 Board meeting & Special Meeting on

October 5, 2016. Motion carried 7-0.

B. Personnel Report

Action Agenda

A. Review/Revision of

the Board Policies

Manual

Monitoring Reports

A. Monthly Financial

Budget Report

B. Enrollment Data

C. Program

Assessment Data

D. Annual Program

Review

Informational Items

A. Administrative

Updates

Motion by Jeannie Blue, second by Dustin Pestinger to approve the

personnel changes below. Motion Carried 7-0.

New Hires:

Angelia Phillips, Allied Health

Resignations:

None

Motion by LuAnn Puvogel, second by Frieda Mai-Weis that the Board

approve the current Board Policies K thru P with amendment to Policy N.

Policy N will be amended to have Public Comment as item III and

Approval of Consent Agenda as item IV. Motion Carried 7-0.

Greg presented the report from Appendix A.

Denise presented Census day enrollment data for Fall 2016. She did a

comparison from Fall 2015. SATC had an 11% increase in Head count

from 2015 to 2016 and 3% increase in both Credit hours and FTE. (2016-

Head count 582 and FTE 364.) Salina Tech had the largest percentage

enrollment increase (based on head count) of all the public colleges in

Kansas. This was due, in part, to our new Concurrent Enrollment

Partnerships for General Education courses being taught on the Ell-

Saline and Southeast of Saline High School campuses.

Tabled for next meeting

Tabled for next meeting

Student Services – Susan updated the board on the following items:

The recertification for our Financial Aid is ready for the stamp of

approval once the letter on HLC Accreditation arrives.

Default rate decreased to 5.7% from 17.4% last year.

Flu shot clinic for faculty, staff and students on Tuesday Oct. 26.

Pizza with the President event on Wednesday Oct. 27 in response

to previous surveys indicating they weren’t sure who

Administration was.

Veterans Day Celebration – November 11, 2016 at 9:30 am

Upcoming Lunch & Learn Opportunities for students. They will

be held in November, February, March and April.

Administrative Services – Greg updated the board on the following:

SATC will be disposing of items with little value. The vehicles

that have been stationed by the blue building will be auctioned

off.

Working on plans to complete the back exit of Building A.

B. Nursing Updates

C. Housing Updates

D. Presidential

Update

Executive Session

Approval of any action

deemed necessary as a

result of Executive Session

Adjournment

Instruction- VP Johns-Hines updated the board on the following:

Presented the State Performance Agreement and briefly covered

the 6 indicators towards which we are working.

Instructor observations and peer reviews have been completed.

Faculty had a professional development day on October 14th

and

had great feedback on the third party who presented at it.

Welding will be implementing a selective admissions process for

next fall.

Greg reached out to other Community Colleges to see about partnerships

and support. As long as the community provides support for the program

Greg believes we can go forward with it. He met with Brown Mackie

College’s President last week. They plan to teach out any PN’s (June 30)

and their RN’s who finish by June 30. KSBN said we cannot

transfer/partner with BMC to transition their students to us for Nursing.

SATC cannot do anything with Kansas Wesleyan since we do not offer a

BSN. After revised prelim calculations there is a gap of $230,000 a year

unless there is an adjustment to that specific tuition rate. More than likely

the program will not be ready for Fall 2017.

The house on Marla Court has had a lot of showings but no presentable

offers yet. Encouraged everyone to go by and see progress on the Kirwin

& Ohio house. They have stayed on task and are making good progress.

They already have electrical and water out there.

President Nichols mentioned that it’s good to see SATC in the news so

often and for positive coverage. SATC received front page coverage in

the Salina Journal recently.

President Nichols advised the senior staff had a strategic planning

meeting. They are aware of state funding issues and trying to look at

some additional sources of funding. He did meet with Jason Gage, city

administrator, about possibly creating a task force. Currently there is not

a mill levy assigned to Salina Tech. USD does have tax authority but

SATC does not. President Nichols indicated needing to look at sources

outside of the institution. He asked the Board to send names of people to

serve on the task force.

There was no executive session.

No action was deemed necessary from Executive Session.

Motion by LuAnn Puvogel, second by Dustin Pestinger that the meeting

be adjourned at 7:25 pm. Motion Carried: 7-0.

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Attest:

Rebekah Ohlde, Clerk of the Board Denise Hoeffner, Director of IR/Registrar

Greg Nichols, Salina Tech President Lara Duran, Outreach Coordinator

Susan Eberwein, Vice President of Student Services Mike Strand, Advertising/Marketing Specialist

Stephani Johns-Hines, Vice President of Instruction

B. Personnel

New Hires: None

Terminations: Patrick Hill

V. Action Agenda

A. Date change for December 2016 meeting

It is recommended that the Board approve changing the December meeting from December 26th

to

December 19th

.

VI. Monitoring Reports

A. Monthly Financial Budget Reports

B. Annual Program Review and Program Assessment Data

VII. Informational Items

A. Administrative Updates

1. Student Services Update

2. Administrative Services Update

3. Instruction Update

B. HLC Accreditation

C. Presidential Update

VIII. Executive Session

A. Personnel

I move that we go into Executive Session to discuss non elected personnel matters in order to protect the

privacy of the individual(s) to be discussed and reconvene into open session at _____________.

IX. Approval of any action deemed necessary as a result of Executive Session

X. Adjourn

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Appendix A: Monthly Financial Budget Report

    November 17, 2016 Gregory Nichols, President Salina Area Technical College 2562 Centennial Rd. Salina, KS 67401 Dear President Nichols: This letter is formal notification of action taken by the Higher Learning Commission (“HLC” or “the Commission”) Board of Trustees (“the Board”) concerning Salina Area Technical College (“the College” or “the institution”). During its meeting on November 3, 2016, the Board voted to grant initial accreditation to the College. The College is accredited to offer certificates and Associate’s degrees subject to HLC review under applicable substantive change policy. This action is effective as of the date of the action. In taking this action, the Board considered the Assurance Argument submitted by the College, the report of the comprehensive evaluation team, the report of the Institutional Actions Council Hearing Committee, and the College’s response to these reports. The College is assigned to the Standard Pathway for its initial ten-year cycle. An institution in its first cycle of accreditation undergoes a comprehensive evaluation and is considered for reaffirmation of accreditation in Year 4 of the ten-year cycle. If reaffirmation of accreditation is granted in Year 4, the institution moves to Year 5 and continues on the Standard Pathway until it completes the ten-year cycle. The College will host its first review for reaffirmation of accreditation in 2020-21. The Board based its action on the following findings made with regard to the College:

The College has demonstrated that it meets the Eligibility Requirements, the Assumed Practices, and the Criteria for Accreditation, including all Core Components without any concerns.

The College has demonstrated that it is currently in compliance with all Federal Compliance Requirements.

The Board action resulted in changes to the affiliation of the College. These changes are reflected on the Institutional Status and Requirements Report. Some of the information on that document, such as the dates of the last and next comprehensive evaluation visits, will be posted to the HLC website. At this time, the Commission will reassign the College from its liaison Dr. Anthea Sweeney, Vice President for Accreditation Relations, to Dr. Thomas Bordenkircher, Vice President for

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Accreditation Relations. Please be assured that Dr. Sweeney will work with Dr. Bordenkircher to create a smooth transition. In addition, HLC policy INST.G.10.010, Management of Commission Information, anticipates that the HLC will release action letters related to the granting of accreditation to the public. The Commission will do so by posting this action letter on the HLC website. Commission policy COMM.A.10.010, Commission Public Notices and Statements, requires that HLC prepare a summary of actions to be sent to appropriate state and federal agencies and accrediting associations, and published on its website. The summary will include the HLC Board action regarding the College. The College may choose to prepare statements to its constituencies regarding this action; I ask that you copy your HLC Staff Liaison, Dr. Bordenkircher, on any such communication. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I thank you and your associates for your cooperation. If you have questions about any of the information in this letter, please contact Dr. Bordenkircher. Sincerely,

Barbara Gellman-Danley President cc: Chair of the Board of Trustees, Salina Area Technical College Jennifer Callis, Accreditation Liaison Officer, Salina Area Technical College Thomas Bordenkircher, Vice President for Accreditation Relations, Higher Learning

Commission Anthea Sweeney, Vice President for Accreditation Relations, Higher Learning

Commission Karen Peterson Solinski, Executive Vice President for Legal and Governmental Affairs,

Higher Learning Commission Blake Flanders, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kansas Board of Regents