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SBCCOE Minutes Regular Meeting of May 8, 2019 STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION Meeting Minutes May 8, 2019 Colorado Community College System 9101 E. Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230 Board Room – 2nd Floor I. CALL TO ORDER (10:29 a.m.) A. Pledge of Allegiance B. Roll Call Dr. Byron McClenney, Chair, called the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education (SBCCOE) to order at 10:29 a.m. MST, at which time a quorum of the board members were present. Members Present: Dr. Byron McClenney (Chair) Dr. Russ Meyer Pres Askew Hanna Skandera Giugi Carminati Daniel Villanueva (telephonically) Rollie Heath Kelly O’Dell (SFAC) Terrance McWilliams Members Absent: Dr. Landon Mascareñaz SSAC Representative II. GENERAL BUSINESS A. Approval of Minutes Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to approve the April 10, 2019 regular session meeting minutes. Rollie Heath seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. B. Approval of Agenda Rollie Heath made a motion to accept the agenda for the May 8, 2019 regular session. Dr. Russ Meyer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. III. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Dr. Byron McClenney asked the board members if, after having had a full discussion of all the consent agenda items in the work session, there were any other comments to add. There were none. 2 A. Update to Non-Resident Tuition Rate for BAS Dental Hygiene Program B. Request Approval of Pikes Peak Community College Advisory Council Nominee: Mike Juran for Appointment to a Full Term, Commencing May 8, 2019 and ending May 7, 2023 C. Request Approval of Pikes Peak Community College Advisory Council Nominee: Brandy Williams for Reappointment to a Full Term, Commencing May 8, 2019 and ending May 7, 2023 Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Terrance McWilliams seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. IV. REPORTS A. Board Chair, Dr. Byron McClenney: • Thanks to Board members for their attendance at the annual commencement ceremonies. B. Audit Committee Report, Daniel Villanueva: • Reported on the progress of the Audit Plan. • Clery Act Compliance Audits • Accounts Receivable Audit Follow-Up • Quarterly Monitoring • Career and Technical Act Audits • Perkins Monitoring Reviews • Office for Civil Rights Monitoring • Other Projects . NJC Purchasing Audit . Training . Risk Assessment Update C. Student Representative: • The SSAC representative was unable to attend because of end of semester exams. D. Faculty Representative, Kelly O’Dell: • Reported that the State Faculty Advisory Committee (SFAC) discussed several topics during their monthly meeting. • Issues related to faculty evaluations • Food and housing support for students • Inequity for time off for religious minorities E. System Chancellor, Joseph Garcia: • Recognized Dr. Kerry Hart for taking on the role as interim President at TSJC and read from a few notes he has received in support of Dr. Hart. • Spoke about joining President Lee and many others from the Northeastern Junior College campus and community along with the Equity and Inclusion Council to sign the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion Pledge. • Recognized Fiona Lytle, our lobbying team, and all that engaged to make this a successful Session for CCCS. 3 • Announced he would attend several meetings in the coming weeks. • The fifth session of the Governor’s Fiscal Policy meeting. • The Board meeting of the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI). • The Colorado Workforce Development Council quarterly meeting. The Chancellor is the Chair of the Education and Training Steering Committee, which also makes him a member of the Executive Committee and the Business and Experiential Learning Commission (BEL Commission). This is an opportunity to engage directly with the Governor’s appointees on issues that matter to the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). • Indicated that he will participate on a panel titled, “Rural Community Colleges: Why They Matter and Why They Are Endangered” at the “Future of Public Higher Education” conference sponsored by Inside Higher Education in Baltimore, MD in July. • Reported on the receipt of several gifts recently. • The Foundation has received a gift of $45,000 from the Colorado Garden Foundation. This gift will provide the match to COSI for Lamar Community College (LCC) and Otero Junior College (OJC) for each of the next three years. • HealthOne has awarded us a gift of $18,375 to support Four HealthOne Faculty Fellows in Nursing at Front Range Community College (FRCC) and Arapahoe Community College (ACC). This gift provides funds for professional development for our faculty. The gift will also provide for five HealthOne scholarships at our metro colleges once the gift is matched by each college foundation. • We received a gift of $10,500 from Virtuoso Sourcing to create four Virtuoso Sourcing scholarships. Their staff are also volunteering as scholarship readers for the Foundation. • The Credit Union of Colorado Foundation awarded $7,500 for scholarships. Credit Union of Colorado continues to be a wonderful champion for our colleges and our students. • Announced that the Foundation is currently conducting its scholarship award process and received in excess of 515 applications from across the System. This is a 28% increase in applications over last year. In the coming month, the Foundation will award approximately 75 scholarships. • Communicated that the Foundation will commence its employee giving campaign, which offers all of our employees the opportunity to make a fiscal- year end gift to the Foundation. Historically, approximately 25% of employees across the system make gifts to the Foundation. • Encouraged the Board members to make a gift to the Foundation this fiscal year. F. Presidents’ Reports • Dr. Diana Doyle, President, Arapahoe Community College (ACC), reported: • ACC has been named by the Denver Post as one of the top large workplaces in Colorado for the third time. Workplaces are judged on 4 work/life balance, professional development opportunities, and collaboration with the community. • Dr. Betsy Oudenhoven, President, Community College of Aurora (CCA), reported: • CCA is the National Winner of the Award of Excellence for Advancing Diversity given at the annual American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) conference. • Dr. Everette Freeman, President, Community College of Denver (CCD), reported: • Thanked the adjunct instructors from CCD that attended the meeting. • CCD is increasing their presence in concurrent enrollment. Abraham Lincoln High School has approached CCD to become an early college. The application process is almost complete. • Robert Mastronardi, a CCD student, was awarded a prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship. • CCD student, David Jensen, is a blind tennis player. He has been selected to compete in the Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi. • A reception was held for the photographers that were included in the “Becoming” book that shows students studying and working in various environments. Jermaine Amado, a CCD graduate who is now a professional photographer, attended the reception. He was so inspired that he created a scholarship for photography students at CCD. • Ron Granger, President, Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC), reported: • While Danny Villanueva was on campus for the CNCC Commencement, President Granger was able to introduce him to Makayla Green, a national student of the year in Aviation Maintenance. Makayla has accepted a job at Denver International Airport working on planes for United. • CNCC has received word that they got a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for the next three years for the Drone Program in conjunction with Metro State University. • Danny Villanueva asked the Board to recognize Ron for receiving a “Hero” award from the faculty and staff at the CNCC Commencement. • Dr. Linda Lujan, President, Lamar Community College (LCC), reported: • There is a national movement to end the stigma of community college. Both Chancellor Garcia and Chairman McClenney shared stories at the LCC commencement that were very impactful. • Thanked Pres Askew for coming to Lamar to meet with Phi Theta Kappa inductees and for sharing his personal story. • LCC, TSJC, and NJC all have baseball teams in the Division 9 Conference Tournament. 5 • Mr. Nate Hoey, a bull rider from LCC, is going to the Bull Riding Finals in Caspar, WY in June. • Dr. Lujan will serve on the Rural Commission for AACC. • Dr. Tim Alvarez, President, Otero Junior College (OJC), reported: • Thanks Pres Askew for attending the OJC Commencement. More than 450 credentials with over 200 degrees were awarded to students from 16 states and 7 countries. • Recognized all the first generation students. • Challenged the students to refute the community college stigma. • Dr. Patricia Erjavec, President, Pueblo Community College (PCC), reported: • PCC has been working on developing the platform to allow the college to operate as a TRIO college. The value and importance of TRIO is shown in the student success they are seeing. Dr. Erjavec shared examples of this student success. One student in the STEM program was accepted to both the University of Colorado and the Colorado School of Mines. He could not afford to attend either school, but the School of Mines was so impressed with him that they created a scholarship for him. Lockheed Martin followed up with awarding him a scholarship for each year until he graduates from the School of Mines. Barbara Wilson, also a TRIO student at PCC, was named as a Coca Cola All American Scholar at the AACC conference. • Dr. Lance Bolton, President, Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC), reported: • Thanked Chancellor Garcia for participating in the Diversity in Hiring Forum held at PPCC. • Announced that two members of the QUAD team that was highlighted at the April 2019 Board meeting have received scholarships to continue their studies. Beka Adair has received a Fulbright scholarship to do entrepreneurism work in Tajikistan. Chelsea Barrett has received a full-ride scholarship to attend Colorado College (CC). • PPCC received a $900,000 grant from the Colorado Springs Health Foundation to help with equipping the new Center for Health Care Education and Simulation.