KIRTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORKSHOP: Working Toward A Vision
August 12, 2004, Noon to 4 p.m.
M-TEC_ at Kirtland- Gaylord
Members Present: Jan Farmer, Sally Galer, Richard Silverman, Patricia Webb,
Roberta Werle
Members Absent: Robert Bovee, Roy Spangler
Others Present: Stacey Barnes, Jerry Boerema, Karen Brown, JoAnn Comerford, Keith Gave, Kathy Koch, Ed Koliba, Doty Latuszek, Kathy Marsh, Charles Rorie, Tim Scherer
Welcome
Charles Rorie asked Jan Farmer to speak about the Summer Enrichment Program sponsored by COOR-ISD and held on Kirtland’s campus for fifth grade students who passed both the mathematics and reading portions of the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) tests while in fourth grade.
Jan Farmer declared this the largest and most successful program in the 12 years it has been offered. All students had a positive experience on Kirtland’s campus including about 80 percent of their parents who visited campus during the Saturday awards program and the Friday presentations day. Keith Gave commented on his experience as a teacher of the Journalism class full of 10 year-olds. He said it was very heartwarming, rewarding and extremely beneficial from a public relations standpoint.
Presentations
Overview
Charles Rorie spoke of the AQIP process for self-assessment and future planning wherein the number one project in the process is creating a vision for the future. In order to know where we want to go, we need to assess where we are now, which is the order for today’s workshop. He displayed an organizational chart and breakdown of employee demographics.
Instruction Vision and Program Review
Kathy Marsh spoke and displayed slides about instructional enhancements, breakdown of full-time and part-time faculty by programs, and the program review model. Program review is essential to monitor institutional effectiveness and to encourage continuous improvement. A well-defined mechanism for bringing in new programs was identified as a need that is not being met at this time.
Instructional Programs and Departments
Karen Brown presented data on high paying jobs with many openings obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor. She pointed out that seven out of twelve of Kirtland programs are directed to the fields displayed. Population projections for our five counties indicated that high school graduates will have a slight decline with an increasing need to serve the elderly (age 60 and above).
Twenty-nine percent of our students are enrolled in transfer programs. This compares with 50 or 60 percent of students at some other community colleges. She thinks our current percentage is affected in part by recent increases in the nursing program and that we historically run around 40 to 50 percent of our students enrolled in transfer programs.
Karen Brown presented information and enrollments for the programs she is responsible for followed by Jerry Boerema presenting the programs he oversees.
M-TEC
Doty Latuszek showed a comparison with the 18 M-TECs in Michigan. She noted that only four of them exist north of Bay City. All focus on workforce development which consists of individual customized training for business and industry. Kirtland and Kellogg are the only ones using an open learning environment. Her components for comparison from here on focused on Kellogg. She listed current issues facing Kirtland’s M-TEC and provided the details of the recently completed audit by the Otsego County Commission.
Student Services
Stacey Barnes provided a student profile report with five-year trends based on fall census date enrollments.
She gave a general overview of student housing. Eight houses on College Drive have a capacity of 45 with five to six students in each house. Occupancy rates were 87 percent in 2001-02, 82 percent in 2002-3 , 94 percent in 2003-04 and projected for this year is 90 percent. She provided a profile report for student housing. The majority of students in campus housing are from out-of-district and enrolled full-time. She finished with a housing budget report. Net profit has been consistently at about $25,000 per year. The five-year pay-back plan is ahead of schedule.
Athletics at Kirtland consist of women’s cross country, women’s basketball, men’s basketball and men’s golf. We are required to add one additional sport at the end of this season to comply with the intercollegiate conference requirements. Men’s cross country and women’s volleyball have been discussed, but no decision has been made.
Institutional Services
Tim Scherer gave an overview of institutional services and technology. The technology infrastructure includes the phone system, video and data systems. There are 534 computers on campus and over 15 servers. The network is a combination of wireless and fiber and we support over 50 titles of software. E-services provides technical support for the entire campus and distance education, and he listed some significant partnerships enabling us to provide internet access and programming in a cost efficient manner.
Due to time constraints, Charles Rorie suggested that the remaining presentations be given as reports for board information at the August 19 board of trustees meeting.
Adjournment
The workshop concluded at 3:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Koch, Recording Secretary