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Where learning leads to a better life!

CHANCELLOR’S WEEKEND MEMO November 6, 2009 Number 707

Chancellor’s Message 1 Executive Vice Chancellor 1 Assessment 2 Student Services 2 Construction Update 2 Administration/Finance 2 Public Relations 3 Organizational Development Institute 3 School of Continuing Education 3 Institutional Effectiveness 4 Website Hits 4 Campus Presidents’ Corner 5 Financial Aid 6 Coat Drive 6 LRC Book Drive 6

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR

Dr. Kay McClenney, Director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement met with the Michigan Community College Association’s Presidents Committee on the use of data to improve student success. The review of her find-ings regarding national initiatives and research on student success serves as a good foundation as work continues on the development of a P-20 data system in Michigan. Tom Howell, Director of the Center for Educational Performance and In-formation, also briefed the committee on the “Docufide” initiative that will offer e-Transcript service to all Michigan public and private high schools and colleges.

Drs. George Swan, Sandra Robinson and Delbert Gray along with Justin Baylor and Professor Gregory Smith met with representatives from the Michigan Film Office, U.S. Department of Labor, and Detroit Workforce Development Department to dis-cuss development of a model industry-standardized training program at the Corpo-rate College at the Eastern Campus. This initiative continues the efforts in the Dis-trict to provide training and preparation for careers in the film industry.

Dr. Swan and James Robinson participated in an “Ideation” session in the develop-ment of a regional energy efficiency program in response to a U.S. Department of Energy request in collaboration with the City of Detroit, DTE Energy, IBM, Johnson Controls, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and the Detroit Investment Fund.

♦ The Brown and Juanita C. Ford Art Gallery conducted several tours this week with local students to view the Alice Smith: A Woman of Steel Art Exhibit. The work of Ms. Smith refers to the spiritual tradition of the Diaspora of people of African descent and the Middle Passage. This exhibit will continue to run until November 28, 2009.

This week, the District was very honored to hold a special community Meet and Greet event with newly-appointed Wayne County Sheriff, Benny N. Napoleon, at the Down-river Campus. More than 150 Downriver residents and lo-cal officials were on hand to shake hands with Sheriff Na-poleon and listen to him speak about his plans for increas-ing safety within Wayne County. He also spoke about how we as individuals can play a crucial role. Thanks to Anthony Arminiak and his staff for making this a successful event.

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STUDENT SERVICES

Mirror installation in all restrooms.

Entry mats are installed at the circular drive entryway.

Carpet installation in the green room is completed.

♦ Ralph Hardin presented his developing research project entitled The Emerging Scholar…The Forgotten African-American Male in College: A Demographic Study with New Data and Lens at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Advancing the Next Generation of Higher Education Scholarship and Scholars. The purpose of this research was to present an updated demographic look at African-American males of the 21st century in the area of higher education, economics, and labor markets in the State of Michigan.

CYCLE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CASLO)

The District held its fourth Annual Academic Assessment Awareness Day at the Downtown Campus. Professor Howard Shapiro, Associate Vice-President for Undergraduate Programs and General Education, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University spoke on “Designing Assessments Based on Student Learning Outcomes.”

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE– PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE ♦ This week, the Administration and Finance Division, continued its series of District Alignment presentations. The purpose

of these weekly presentations is to bring staff from the campuses to the District Office for an overview of the District proce-dures and updates related to budget, finance procedures and an overall discussion of the direction for the District. This presentation is then followed by a comprehensive HLC alignment presentation.

I’d like to share a complimentary letter from a student of Mrs. Maria Rodriguez, Biology Instructor at the Downtown Campus: “I am writing in regards to my Biology 155 instructor, Mrs. Rodriguez-Lopez. She is very passionate about biology and is always encouraging her students to do their best. She is a very good in-structor who demands excellence.”

Dr. Debraha Watson has been selected to serve as a peer-reviewer for the Pro-gram to Evaluate and Advance Quality (PEAQ) of The Higher Learning Commis-sion of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

November is National Novel Writing Month. To get inspired to write your own novel visit the Learning Resource Center and read a novel today!

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK "The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who

has the vision today.” -- Robert Schuller --

CONTINUING EDUCATION ENROLLMENT ♦ During the week of October 25-31, 2009, the District

served 1,214 students by partnering with 10 community organizations. The numbers served at each campus are as follows:

Campus Students

Downriver 97

Downtown 433

Eastern 209

Northwest 475

Western 0

♦ This week the Organizational Development Institute (ODI) held workshops on Banner Training, Microsoft Advanced Word and Understanding and Servicing Students with Disabilities. We are preparing to develop the Spring 2010 ODI workshop schedule and we need your feedback. This week a six-page survey is being e-mailed to all District employees. This survey is vital in the planning and developing the ODI workshop offerings. Please complete your survey electronically and submit back to Stefanie Smith at ssmith5@wcccd.edu.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Next Week’s ODI Workshops:

Customer Service in a College Setting Wednesday, November 11th from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

District Office Building, 1st Floor Conference Room

LRC: What’s In It For Me? Thursday, November 12th from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Northwest Campus, Welcome Center, W202

Microsoft Excel 2007 Advanced Friday, November 13th from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

District Office Building, Room 112

SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION ♦ Donald Guinn represented the District at the Henry Ford High School Partnership

Dinner. Mr. Guinn presented the District’s School of Continuing Education’s Youth Enrichment Series. Information regarding the District’s career programs and the School of Continuing Education’s programs were also disseminated.

♦ Community organizations partnered with the School of Continuing Education to offer

15 community education seminars District-wide. The seminars presented were in the areas of public safety, health, cultural arts, entrepreneurship, youth leadership and financial literacy.

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INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SELF-STUDY TIP OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE HITS

Help familiarize yourself with the District’s Values by finding each word in the puzzle below.

T M Q B H R W Y R R X Y C V

M N K P M Z Q B Z T T Q X M

Q N T M D Z K T T I V E Q S

M D T E A C H I N G C R T D

L K I K Y C Y U C N Z U Z I

Z E P N Z M M R E V D R R V

B C A T T M L L K E V D T E

H M V R O E L X N T A Z G R

N T K C N E G T N K L Q R S

Z Z P W C I N R X G U C N I

N Y V X R N N D I C E M T T

R J E N B L D G V T S H Q Y

L S E R V I C E G L Y T J Y

A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y

ACCOUNTABILITY

COMMUNITY

DIVERSITY

EXCELLENCE

INTEGRITY

LEARNING

SERVICE

STUDENT

TEACHING

VALUES

Everything we do within the District is driven by our mission. Along the way, we are guided by the values that define us:

Excellence in Teaching and Learning Diversity

Student and Community Service Accountability

Integrity

For the week of October 29 - November 4, 2009, we received 21,155 visits for our website. Visits came from 30 countries and were viewed in 14 languages. Top 5 content views are: Academic Pro-grams, Distance Learning, Students, Financial Aid and Northwest Campus. We got 4,643 hits for Aca-demic Schedules while 2,935 for College Catalog.

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CAMPUS PRESIDENTS’ CORNER

♦ The District held an open house at University Square with its university partners, Walsh College and Madonna University. Attendees had the opportunity to meet with academic and financial aid advisors as well as have their application fees waived. Walsh is offering undergraduate and graduate courses leading to Business Administration degrees. Madonna University is offering courses leading to a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Development.

♦ The Downriver Campus hosted its inaugural Mega Conference Academic Quiz Bowl weekly competition. This is a high school sanctioned competition that sixteen academic teams from the Mega Conference compete in jeopardy style match. Each team consists of four students playing for each high school at a time with alternates.

♦ Community residents and students attended the second annual “Native American Symposium” at the Downtown Campus. The event provided education about the history and culture of Native American nations through presentations, dance, artifacts and ethnic foods

♦ The Western Campus is currently increasing the ability to protect students, staff and faculty through an upgrade of the security alarm systems. The original systems were installed in the early 1980’s, and will be updated with modern techno-logy that will allow the campus safety department to more efficiently monitor activities within the campus.

♦ The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society held a three-day Bone Marrow Drive at the Downtown Campus. A total of 159 fac-

ulty, staff, and community residents signed up to join the “Be the Match Registry”, the new name for the National Marrow Donor Program.

♦ The Eastern Campus-Corporate College and the Entrepreneurial Resource Center hosted the Business to Business Net-

working Roundtable. Area businesses had an opportunity to showcase their businesses and network with partici-pants. The event also featured special guest presentations from Herb Strather, a local real estate entrepreneur, and Markwei Boye, a local tax specialist.

♦ TRIO transfer program coordinator, Marcie Noutai accompanied eight TRIO students to the Detroit Economic meeting

and luncheon. The students had a once in a lifetime opportunity to engage in today’s important business and political issues. This unique opportunity was provided by the Detroit Economic Club Educational Outreach Program.

♦ Mary Pequinot and David Caddy attended the Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior’s Feeling Good Now

Conference. The conference focused on new strategies for assessment and treating depression. The counselors are documenting a rise in depression and other stresses in students due to personal crisis, the job market, and the lack of human services available.

♦ The Northwest Campus hosted a Fall Harvest Party for our student’s children. About 45 children attended the event. The

children participated in a coloring contest, a dance-athon, and story time with Pamela Broaden. The children wore their Halloween costumes and received treats.

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LRC Book Drive September 15-December 12, 2009

Donate your new or gently used books that are geared

towards our student population.

Collection boxes are located in each Campus President’s office

and by the Security Desk at the District Office Building.

If those extra coats and jackets are taking up too much needed space, hold onto them for just a little while longer because soon they can go towards a good cause!

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to bring new and gently used coats and jackets to the drop off area in the president’s office at each campus. District staff may forward their dona-tions to the Downtown Campus.

Thanks for your support!!

This year in conjunction with the WCCCD Board of Trustees and Chancellor’s Annual Gift of Giving Dinner, we are organizing a coat drive that will kick off ….

November 9, 2009 thru

December 15, 2009

FINANCIAL AID 2009-10 Update

♦ To date, 50,110 institutional student information records have been loaded in the Banner system. Last week the District Finan-cial Aid office reviewed 1,358 files.