0 Table of Contents Timeline 3 A Note from the Provost 5 Prologue 6 West Campus History 7 Epilogue 26 West Campus Memories – Submitted by “The Originals” 29 Academic Advisement & Career Services 36 Academic & Campus Services 38 Bursar 41 Business & Information Technology Division 43 Corrections Education 49 Phi Beta Lambda 53 Campus Police 54 Campus Store 56 Dean of Student Services 57 Enrollment Services 59 Facilities 61 Financial Aid & Scholarships 62 Liberal Arts Faculty and Staff Remembrances 64 Liberal Arts & Communication Division 74 Native American Studies 77 Red Fork Film Festival 77 Child Development Academic Program 80 Child Development Center 82 Library 85 Provost Office 88 Science & Mathematics Division 89 Veterinary Technology 93 1 Student Activities 97 Student Health Services 101 Technology Learning Center (TLC) 103 Excellence Awards 108 Grants and Additional Outside Funding 110 TCC Foundation Grants 112 WC Provost Established TCC Foundation Funds 113 New Buildings, Additions and Remodeling 114 Fitness Center 114 Child Development Center Remodeled Playground 114 New Science/Mathematics Building 114 Outdoor Spaces for Teaching/Learning 117 Cross Timbers 117 Garden Plots 118 WC Henge 119 Kamama Garden 120 Appendices 122 A WC Groundbreaking B Cross Timbers C WC Commitment Statement D Quarry E First Library Book Ordered F WC Dedication G Parateacher Training Program H Outreach Sites I Glenpool J WC Anniversary Celebrations K Second Chance L Bridging the Gap M George Kaiser N CHLD Academic Program Enrollment Totals O Children of the Territories: Diversity, Ethnicity and Legacy P Red Fork Native American Film Festival Q Week of the Young Child: Family Fun Fair R NAEYC Accreditation S Veterinary Technology Program Board Exam Results T Critical Thinking Initiative U New Science & Math Building V Native American Flower Garden W The Henge – A Sundial Thank you Terri Brewer, Provost Executive Assistant, for assembling “Our Story…The First Twenty Years.” 2 West Campus History: The First 20 Years Timeline Land gift from Stephen Jatras (1990) Groundbreaking Ceremony (Thursday, June 30, 1994) First Provost, Dr. Peggy Dyer, Hired (October, 1994) Creation of West Campus Commitment Statement and Motto (Fall, 1995) First WC Classes Offered in Community Facilities (Fall, 1995) Classes Offered at First Presbyterian Church (Spring, 1996) Move from CC to WC (Wednesday, May 22, 1996) TJC name changed to TCC (1996) First Classes Offered at WC site (Fall, 1996) WC Dedication Day (Friday, October 18, 1996) Baptist Collegiate Ministries (1997) Child Development Center Opens (January, 1997) National Science Foundation “Exemplary Activities in Teacher Preparation Award from the Division of Undergraduate Education” (1998) Phi Theta Kappa – Beta Theta Epsilon Chapter Established (1999) Veterinary Technology Program starts in Shopping Mall (1999-2000) Veterinary Technology Center Dedication Day (May 12, 1999) Scholars for Excellence in Childcare Scholarship Program (2000) Veterinary Technology Center Dedicated (2001) Bridging the Gap Scholarship Program (2003) First Red Fork Film Festival (2003) WC Fitness Center Dedicated (Monday, June 30, 2004) 3 First Legislative Funding for Child Development Program - $192,000 Annually (2005) Dedication of the Glenpool Community Campus (2007) Started Corrections Education Program at Dick Conner Correctional Center (2007) First Week of the Young Child Saturday Family Fun Day (2008) Child Development Program received first NAEYC Accreditation in Oklahoma (2008) New Science/Mathematics Building (2009) Started Classes at Glenpool Community Center (Fall 2008) Established TCC Foundation Second Chance Scholarship (2009) Established Dr. Jan Weaver Veterinary Technology Scholarship (2009) Cross Timbers Nature Trail (2010) WC 15th Year Anniversary Celebration (2010) First WestFest (2010) EXCELerate (2010) Dick Conner Correctional Center, HLC Accreditation (2011) Glenpool Community Campus Open House (2012) HLC Accreditation for the Glenpool Community Campus & Osage Nation Department of Education (2013) The Henge – A Sundial, Dedicated (November, 2013) Kamama Garden established (2014) Seedling Symphony (2015) WC 20th Year Anniversary Celebration (Wednesday, October 14, 2015) DISCLAIMER This “TCC West Campus: The First Twenty Years” is written using the memory of one or more people and selected research from printed documents. The document is written to the best of our ability at this point in time. If a few facts prove to be inaccurate or memories are foggy, please forgive. 4 A Note from the Provost Become Your Best at West Dr. Peggy Dumas Dyer As the TCC West Campus celebrates its 20th Anniversary, campus leaders have paused to reflect on the major events, activities, and stories that have shaped its history and culture. There has been an effort to obtain remarks from the pioneers, the West Campus Original employees, hired in fall 1995, as well as the newer employees to capture a sense of history "The way we were in 1995" and "The way we are in 2015," along with major accomplishments of faculty and staff. It is our hope this twenty-year historical document will lead others, in the future, to keep the written history recorded as the legacy of the Tulsa Community College West Campus continues to be shaped. It has been my honor and pleasure to serve as West Campus Provost for these twenty years. My husband and I raised our children, Millie and Rachel, in this community and both attended West Campus. For sure, it has been the employees who have shaped this campus into a place where employees, students, and the community are proud. Thank you for the memories. The best is yet to come. Peggy 5 Prologue By: Dr. Peggy Dumas Dyer, Provost Tulsa Tulsa was the largest metropolitan area in the United States without access to public higher education. Tusa Junior College was to fill that gap. So, prior to the opening of the TJC Metro Campus, there was a lot of local interest about the new opportunities TJC would bring to the community. I remember attending a dinner held at a restaurant on the second floor of a building located southwest of Sears at 21st & Yale. The room was filled to capacity because everyone was excited to hear the speaker, Dr. Alfred Philips, who had been named TJC's first President. During his presentation he said, "By the year 2000, Tulsa Junior College will have four campuses geographically located within its service area and an enrollment of 30,000 students." It was a clear and distinct sentence. He had submitted his TJC Master Plan to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to achieve that vision. When the dinner was over, I was walking down the stairs with a friend. I overhead a man just behind me say in a joking manner, "That guy is just a dreamer!" I stopped on the narrow stairwell. This caused everyone behind me to stop, too. I looked back at him and said, "Dreams can come true." The stairwell chatter became silent as I turned around and continued my descent to the first floor. As my friend and I were walking to our car in the parking lot, she said, "Let's just see what happens." Though he was retired from TJC, in 1995, Dr. Philips saw his vision for TJC come true as he had predicted at that dinner so many years before. The construction of the West Campus was the fourth campus. TJC had a total student enrollment of 30,000 counting non-credit continuing education students. In fact, the vision was fulfilled five years earlier than he predicted. My friend and I lived long enough to see it. I wonder where the guy in the stairwell was in 1995. I had been a TJC Adjunct Instructor for several semesters before I was hired full-time as Director of Special Programs at the Metro Campus. President Philips always attended and met the Adjunct Instructors at an orientation prior to classes beginning. So, I casually knew him and he knew me. When I was named West Campus Provost, I had the opportunity to get to know him better by attending special TJC evening events. It was at one of those events that I shared that dinner story with him. This tall, polite gentleman responded by smiling and shaking his head. As I shook his hand, I thought, "Yes, dreams do come true." Everyone should have a dream and work hard to achieve it. The key was to hire people who had the same dream and a passion to fulfill it. Dr. Dean VanTrease became the second TJC President who carried Dr. Philips’ vision forward. As West Campus Provost, I wanted to fulfill his vision for the West Campus. That experience on the stairwell became the reasoning for the West Campus Commitment Statement, described later, which was created by the WC Originals. 6 West Campus History By: Dr. Peggy Dumas Dyer, Provost Tulsa Junior College Vision Dr. Alfred Philips was hired as President of Tulsa Junior College (TJC) in 1969. His vision was there would be four campuses located in the Tulsa County geographical service area that would serve 30,000 students by the year 2000. The first campus, Metro Campus, was located in a downtown building owned by an area oil company, Sinclair Building. From the first day of class, in 1970, there was an overwhelming response by the Tulsa community. That first semester enrollment was 2,796, which was significantly more students than anticipated. I recall President VanTrease talking about announcing to students to "bring your lawn chair” because TJC had run out of chairs and desks. Quickly, TJC secured rented classroom space in the State Office Building located at 7th and Houston. Later, the entire Sinclair Building was purchased and remodeled. After the Metro Campus was established, the City of Tulsa offered land to TJC if TJC would build its second campus in the northeast part of the city. That gift secured the Northeast Campus location in 1978. By the mid-1980s the city had tremendous growth in the south part of Tulsa.