Increase enrollment and retention by 3%/ Helping Students Learn
· Faculty Senate coordinated fall/spring in-services with a primary focus on improving teaching and learning.
· Redesigned developmental block classes, added ROPES; worked to develop reading skills for nursing students.
· Added ESL courses to curriculum, more than doubled ESL enrollment; presented strategies to faculty.
· Calculus III and Differential Equations offered in conjunction with SCCC and DCCC
· Received grant from KDE as a pilot site to pay for chemical disposal
· Art and Science Departments worked together to develop 3D mosaic of geologic time line on display in SCMA
· Over 30 marketing/management students logged more than 1500 community services hours
· Provided approximately 2,130 hours of tutoring in the major disciplines
· Proctored approximately 4,298 out-of-class tests, an increase of 3% in 2005, following an increase of 50% in 2004
· Documented 235 student study sessions as requested by coaching staff
· Administered 1,534 COMPASS exams; 29 CLEP exams (up from 16 in 2004-2005); 44 RETA exams (up from 23 in 2004-2005); 276 Nelson Denny exams; 824 WorkKeys exams; 25 Correspondence exams
· Men’s soccer team finished inaugural season with 12-3-1 overall record, and a conference record of 6-2-1
· Women’s soccer team finished inaugural season at 4-10, with a conference record of 3-7.
· Opened new learning facility at East Garden Village; hosted open house/ribbon cutting; expanded ESL by 75% at EGV
· Increased Community Services enrollment in personal enrichment classes by 17% (305 total participants)
· Increased total of scholarships awarded to UB and TS seniors by 15% ($90,000 total); 84% of the UB participants increased their Nelson-Denny reading score by one grade
· Offered 69 B&I professional development courses for 459 participants; coordinated 36 Challenge Course sessions for USD 457 and GCCC (Aug. – Jan.) for 416 participants
· Collaborated with the local One Stop Center, local school partners, business and public to meet training needs.
· Meats Judging Team won 2005 Reserve National Championship for the third time in five years; won Reserve Championship at the Southwestern, Beef Empire Days and Cargill Meat Solutions High Plains Contest; 2006 team won the National Western Meats Contest; Block & Bridle Club grew to a membership of over 50 students
· Total CJ credit hours increased 31.8% from 2004-05 to 2005-06, with 121 CJ majors, the largest number in 10 years
· Fire Science total credit hours increased 276.9% from 2004-05 to 2005-06, with 51 fire science majors
· Achieved NLN accreditation; PN program achieved 85% pass rate; AD program achieved 81% pass rate on NCLEX; retained 85% of ADN freshmen (up from 60%); retained 85% of the ADN Freshmen students
· Ammonia Refrigeration trained 154 operators for 462 credit hours during Fall 2005; celebrated successful 10 years
· Offered summer seminars to Cosmetology students who were close to completing, increasing retention
· Achieved enrollment goal by increasing student count by 4.8% in fall semester and 3.4% in spring semester
· Fall 2005 enrolled first-time freshman class increased by 29.8% (107 students) over Fall 2004
· Launched CAN DO Program
· Administered screening assessments to students on eating disorders, depression, and alcohol use
· Collaborated with ESL instructor to infuse career exploration into ESL courses
· Student Health program use increased 10%; total visits in 2004 were 856; total visits in 2005 were 957
· Provided 2,884 hours of academic, personal, career and financial aid counseling to 200 selected SSS participants; 70% low income/first generation or with a disability, 66% with a disability and low income
· 82% of the SSS non-graduating, non-transferring students were retained and continued toward completion of their academic programs; 86% of SSS students graduated, transferred or continued at GCCC in good academic standing
· 38 SSS students graduated/transferred to four-year institutions; 13 students transferred to four-year institutions,
9 participants graduated and entered the workforce
· SSS provided 302 hours of peer tutoring to 32 participants and 106 hours professional tutoring to 29 participants
· Conducted seven Early Enrollment Days; student attendance increased 16% and guests by 15.8%
· Scheduled 150+ individual prospective student campus tours with individual appointments
· Attended 43 College Planning Conferences in KS, CO and OK / 198 high school visits / over 1,800 students
· SGA added a Public Relations Committee chair and increased Executive Council from 12 to 19 members
· Completed construction of a new landscaping and seating project in front of the Administration Building
· SIFE received Telegram coverage twice and assisted with Downtown Vision project
· Accelerated FAFSA processing via student web access
· Implemented electronic meal plan tracking software to include three separate meal plans
· Shifted more printing to the new Xerox Nuvera Docutech 120 printer to increase number of publications, flyers and copies produced for campus and printed over 2.3 million requested impressions
· Implemented policy for parental permission requirements for minor students prior to enrollment
· Installed electric handicap accessible doors on DPAC entrance, Penka Building west entrance and installed doorbell in
Super Circuit entrance
Improve internal and external communication/Leading and Communicating
· Hired Business Liaison who contacted 118 businesses to determine training needs
· Formalized Automotive Technology Internship Agreement with local repair shops and dealers
· Implemented Senior Citizen Discount Day in Cosmetology; conducted first-ever in-house Cosmetology competition
· Faculty Senate liaison worked with faculty, Board of Trustees, President’s Cabinet and Internal Governance committees
· Faculty Senators worked with campus to complete 10 smart classrooms; monitor technology in classrooms; meet the technical and training requests of faculty as well as inventory and begin re-organization of Teaching/Learning Center
· HPER helped develop and implement weekly attendance/grade reports for student organizations, scholarship groups
· Produced the annual GCCC Central Plains Regional Rodeo, drawing over 1,000 people and $600,000 to economy
· Completed first year of column publication in Garden City Telegram, adapting to public input
· Added 48 weekly GCCC employee radio interviews to existing 100 yearly broadcast interviews
· Maintained TV-based public awareness advertising campaign, while reducing project budget 12 percent
· Completed 270 website updates and seven major web projects, plus posting all administrative policies
· Completed Spanish language segment of GCCC broadcast jingle
· Earned one national and three regional awards for publications, news writing and advertising
· Adopted Lasergrade test provider, offering 35 nationally certified exams
· Presented recruitment information at nine GED orientations to 144 students
· Served as executive officers and/or members in 27 state and national organizations
· Coordinated Red Cross Bloodmobile at GCCC with SGA participation
· Provided Bloodborne Pathogen Training to 71 students and employees
· Processed 995 applications for admissions and 25% more EduKan applications
· Provided spreadsheets with prospective students’ information to 86 activities advisors and coaches
· Processed 2,012 official transcripts for a total of $9,641 and 2,002 unofficial transcripts, as of 1/31/06
· Student loan default rate reduced from 8.4% in 2003 to 7.7% in 2004 with default management intervention
· Provided work study training/orientations for 94 work study students and 55 supervisors
· Converted all faculty and staff telephones on campus to digital, with the exception of five which are cordless
· Printed over 500 printing jobs, including two versions (Spanish/English) of Finney County Economic Development information fact sheet, plus 68 promotional pieces for Business & Industry and Continuing Education Community Services. Also produced athletic programs with new format and advertising sections
· Completed 1,027 office supply requests by use of Track-It and walk-in service for the campus and produced and distributed an electronic version of the office supply items available in campus central supply
· Installed key pads for more secure use of Social Security numbers
· With enormous effort across the division, combined transactions from two computer systems to prepare information for 3,986 1098-T forms for 2005
· Continued extraction of attendance, grades, assessments, and associated comments from SM3, enhanced to include separation of defined cohort groups. Initial test of automated versions of this using Crystal direct from SM3 have been completed and should be fully functional by March 06
· Implemented “My Document” redirection to server for faculty access in classrooms
· Developed and implemented upward evaluations for supervisors
Successfully complete the first cycle of AQIP accreditation/Planning Continuous Improvement
· Faculty Senate created a proposal for the Teaching & Learning Center to be implemented in phases.
· Faculty facilitated America Counts for college students tutoring math to K-9 school children
· Video projects were completed for the Broadcasting partnership
· Implemented athletics drug policy
· Football attained the highest GPA in the conference in Spring with 2.83; Football earned a team GPA of 2.99 in the Fall
· 5 Academic football All-Americans; 3 football All-Americans (1 NJCAA, 2 Grid-Wire
· Team softball of GPA of 2.94; Region VI softball runner-up; Softball had 1 all-American and 3 all-region players
· Women’s Cross Country placed 3rd in Region VI; Women’s Cross Country 7th place finish in NJCAA
· 1 women’s All American; 1 women’s Academic All American; Nominated academic All American women’s team
· 12 Academic All-Americans total
· Rodeo completed 2004-05 year with a 2.83 team GPA; highest ranking Men’s Rodeo Team in GCCC history
· Assisted with coordination of two-year course line schedule
· Completed first full year of payroll processing for 896 employees with the new administrative system, Datatel
· Continued to work with conversion teams and the Project Management team in implementing additional Datatel modules, including accounts receivable, cashiering, registration, housing and fixed assets
· Assisted in drainage project at east campus; installed four drain ditches and one in front of Williams Stadium
· Hauled dirt to the east campus to level area of the hammer throw cage
· Installed new drainage pipes under the road to the ditch around the baseball academy. A drainage line was also put in near the PE building to increase the drainage in the parking lot. Removed rock area at north end of FA parking lot and removed dirt island at the north end of PE parking lot. Dirt and mulch were added, along with a water source, for future landscaping. Parking lots were repainted, as well as crosswalks