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Icche Newsletter Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education Leadership in Lifelong Learning Volume 3, Issue 2 April, 2008 ICCHE NEWSLETTER ILLINOIS COUNCIL ON CONTINUING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS ISSUE: REGIONAL CONFERENCES Regional Conferences 1 SLATED FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 18! Keynote Speaker 1, 6 working luncheon. Keynote Message from President 2 oin colleagues from throughout the state speaker will be Tricia Kro- 2, 4 Presidents’ Panel as the Northern and mer, of Olivet Nazarene Uni- J versity, followed by a panel What’s Happening 3, 5 Southern Regions hold their annual workshops later this discussion. 4 month, on Friday, April 18. For additional information, Charles Evans Grant or to register, contact Innovative Initiative 5 Northern Region meetings [email protected]. will focus on “Remediation: Progressive Ideas & Best The theme of the Downstate Practices,” how best to Region Workshop will be strengthen adult students’ “Best Practices: Show Me OFFICERS academic skills to prepare the Money (Don’t Be the them for college-level Biggest Loser!” The down- Rick Carter courses and eventual de- state conference will run fast and networking President gree completion. To be held from 10 am to 2 pm at the luncheon. Western Illinois University at the University Center of University of Illinois- Springfield. A key feature Lake County in Grayslake, IL Contact Valerie Thaxton will be a panel discussion. Christopher Wilkerson from 9:30 am to 2 pm, cost for additional information: is $20, which includes conti- Cost will be $15, which will President Elect/Vice [email protected]. nental breakfast and net- include continental break- President ☼ Wright College Carol Reiseck K EYNOTE SPEAKER Immediate Past President ISSUES CHALLENGE Concordia University Chicago The 2008 Annual Confer- good but an economic neces- other countries have such a ence Keynote Speaker, sity. strong impact on the U.S. Holli Pryor-Harris Roberts T. Jones, President economy, we don’t have a Secretary of Education Workforce He saw his topic, “The Em- system in place to prepare Policy, LLP, knew that his Illinois Institute of ployer’s View: Global Compe- our workforce for global audience was already con- Technology tition and Liberal Education” competition. vinced of the importance as “America’s Challenge in a of continuing higher educa- William Sutton Citing population trends that tion. His message to IC- Changing World.” show developing countries Treasurer CHE was that we need to growing at a far greater rate University of Illinois reposition the discussion According to Jones, much of than the U.S., Jones as- within the political realm America is still mired in out- serted that while we cannot so that legislators under- dated stereotypes of American compete globally on the size stand that support for edu- dominance in a global econ- of our labor force or the cost cation is not just a moral omy. Because we weren’t pre- pared for a world in which (Continued on page 6) ICCHE NEWSLETTER Page 2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT It is my honor to offer greet- ICCHE provides us the con- ings to the Illinois Council on tacts and resources necessary Continuing Higher Education to extend our reach through- (ICCHE) members and out the entire state of Illinois friends as the 2008 President. and beyond. We benefit from our participation in ICCHE. The ICCHE organization is unique in the way it brings all I personally encourage all Illinois educational institu- ICCHE members to actively tions (Community Colleges, participate throughout the Private Institutions, and Pub- year by attending the regional lic Universities) together. meetings near you in the ICCHE provides information spring, the membership and for both non-credit programs institutional representative and academic credit degree meeting at Starved Rock in Rick Carter programs. Together, we build the fall, and the Annual IC- Western Illinois University on strengths that only differ- CHE Conference in February. ICCHE President ences can provide, and we form life-time friendships and You are welcome to propose by telephone 309/298-1929. commitments. presentations, participate in “Together we build on workshops and panels, or It is a great honor to serve as As you know, our roles in submit a program nomination strengths that only your president and I look continuing education often for an award. differences can forward to seeing you at the have us working with all 2008 ICCHE events. provide…” branches of our campuses. Feel free to contact me via email ([email protected]) or ☼ P RESIDENT’ S PANEL SPARKS LIVELY EXCHANGE The Presidents’ Panel is a changing demographics of World Report’s 2008 Top cornerstone of the ICCHE the Illinois student body, Baccalaureate Colleges Annual Conference. This the dynamic changes in (Midwest), began the dis- year’s panelists included technology, and the chang- cussion. Chester S. Gardner, CEO of ing needs of employers; the University of Illinois and 2) what his institution James Mannoia, Jr. stressed Global Campus; V. James was doing to address the the need for collaboration in Mannoia, Jr, President of fact that Illinois is a net the wake of a rapidly- Greenville College; and IC- exporter of graduates. Pan- changing marketplace. CHE stalwart Christopher elists were also invited to Greenville College estab- Wilkerson of Wright College, share personal thoughts on lished an Office of Strategic pressed into service when continuing higher educa- Innovation because he has City Colleges of Chicago tion. found that markets change Chancellor Wayne Watson so fast that unless an insti- was detained on college Moderator Charles Evans tution is poised for rapid business. invited the panel to speak response, the window can in the order of their institu- close by the time they have Each panelist had been tion’s founding, so Presi- developed a program plan asked to reflect on two dent Mannoia, expressing and a business, and se- questions—1) how his insti- pride in Greenville’s 1855 cured the appropriate ac- tution was providing educa- beginning (as Elmira Col- creditation. lege) and its current place tional access in light of the (Continued on page 4) on the list of US News & ICCHE NEWSLETTER Page 3 WHAT’S HAPPENING—around the State Eastern Illinois University Year award. The award recognizes excep- tional contributions to NSLS and its member The Academy of Lifetime Learning libraries. NSLS is an organization of more (ALL) provides low-cost, high-quality, than 650 academic, public, school and spe- non-credit, short courses to mature cial libraries in north suburban Cook, Kane, learners in the area. It provides an Lake, and McHenry counties. opportunity for retired and semi- retired persons to enjoy a lifetime of Oakton will also host “Global Legacies of learning in a relaxed atmosphere, Non-Violence: From Mahatma Gandhi to Mar- without the strain of having to do out- tin Luther King, Jr., “ Apr. 17-18 at its Skokie side study, write papers, or take campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave. The 2-day aca- tests. Courses are taught by current demic conference is funded by a grant from and retired EIU faculty and staff. the U.S. Dept. of Education. The 6-7:30 PM While all of the courses to date have keynote by Dr. Clayborne Carson, Stanford U., been held in the Charleston/Mattoon is free and open to the public. area, ALL looks forward with anticipa- tion to regional expansion in the com- University of Illinois—Chicago ing semester. ALL is proud to an- External Education at UIC will offer “Writing a nounce that 25 courses are being of- Successful Research Grant Application: fered in the spring semester of 2008. Strategies for Research Investigators,” one of The Academy of Lifetime Learning many courses in the UIC Writers Series. This works in collaboration with the Coles 5-week course is offered entirely online. County Council on Aging and the Uni- Grant Writing for Research will benefit first- versity of Illinois Extension program. time funding seekers and those with previous research grant experience. Elmhurst College UIC Online announces 3 new online certifi- Elmhurst College will welcome Nobel cates: Advanced Practice Forensic Nursing Peace Prize winner and global policy Campus Certificate, Basic Community Public expert Dr. Adil Najim of Boston Univer- Health Practice Campus Certificate and Ad- sity, to speak on Sunday, April 13 at 7 vanced Community Public Health Practice PM on “Democracy and the Muslim Campus Certificate. These courses will pro- World.” Admission is free and the public vide further training and education on current is invited. For more information, call trends, topics and emerging fields. Visit 630-617-3033. www.uiconline.uic.edu for more information. Millikin University The deadline for admission to the MS in Health Informatics is 5/1/08, and 5/15/08 Millikin’s 2008 James W. Moore lecture for the Health Informatics and Admin. Nurs- will feature author, fisherman, teacher, ing Leadership IBHE Certificate and Public filmmaker, and advocate John Cronin, Health Informatics Campus Certificate. who will explore the human, political and moral dimensions in today’s envi- University of Illinois— Urbana Champaign ronmental headlines. His presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22 at The College of Agricultural, Consumer and 7:30 PM. Tickets are free, but registra- Environmental Sciences at the University of tion is required. Contact 217-424-6318 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is working on a collaborative initiative with Illinois Community for tickets. Colleges to offer several introductory agricul- Oakton Community College ture foundation courses. This initiative is de- signed to assist community colleges that can- Jane Malik, Asst. Prof. of Library Ser- not support enough full-time faculty to teach vices at Oakton is the winner of the much needed agriculture courses, but would North Suburban Library System (NSLS) Academic Library Staff Member of the (Continued on page 5) ICCHE NEWSLETTER Page 4 C HARLES V.
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