MID-YEAR REPORT December 2019 College Update HIGHLIGHTS INSIDE Enrollment, Retention & Engagement With the second half of the 2019–2020 Initiatives Remain Top Priorities academic year fast approaching, I’d like to Investing in Educational Excellence: take this opportunity to share the latest New Faculty & Administrative Hires news regarding CCAC’s major initiatives New Partnerships & Programs Expand Educational Opportunities and other accomplishments, including the Capital Improvement Projects: Enhancing recent launch of our fundraising campaign, CCAC Programs, Services & Image Pioneering Pittsburgh’s New Workforce, Office of Sponsored Programs & Sponsored in addition to student engagement and Research: Recent Grant Awards community outreach activities as well CCAC Educational Foundation: Recent Grants & Gifts as information on recent awards and CCAC Highlights: Awards & Other Distinctions recognitions presented to members Autumn Events Showcase the College of our college community. CCAC’s Community Outreach Extends Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Far & Wide CCAC President On November 18, I was pleased to join County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Highmark Health and Chair of the Highmark Foundation Daniel Onorato, Chair and President of the PNC Foundation Sally McCrady, Allegheny General Hospital Chief Nursing Officer Marge DiCuccio and CCAC Board Chair Frederick Thieman to publicly launch Pioneering Pittsburgh’s New Workforce—a $65 million fundraising campaign designed to support CCAC’s collaborative workforce initiative that was first announced in September 2017. Chief of Staff to Representative Jake Wheatley Keyva Clark, CCAC President Held in the Milton Hall Rotunda on Allegheny Campus, the launch Quintin Bullock, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, CCAC Board Chair Frederick included the announcement of a $5 million lead gift from Highmark Thieman, Chair and President of the PNC Foundation Sally McCrady, Allegheny Health to fund a 10-year investment in workforce development. In General Hospital Chief Nursing Officer Marge DiCuccio and Executive Vice addition, the PNC Foundation has made a generous $2.5 million President of Corporate Affairs for Highmark Health and Chair of the Highmark grant in support of CCAC’s workforce initiatives. Thanks to these Foundation Daniel Onorato gather for a group photo during the public launch and other significant gifts from Colcom Foundation, Duquesne of Pioneering Pittsburgh’s New Workforce—CCAC’s $65 million fundraising Light, the McElhattan Foundation, Peoples Gas and Pitt Ohio, campaign. CCAC is well on the way toward meeting its fundraising goal, classrooms and labs, collaborative areas, and a new culinary school with more than $44 million already committed by county, state, as well as provide programming space for the creative arts and EMT, foundation and corporate partners. CNA, AEMT and paramedic training. The cornerstone of CCAC’s system-wide initiative is the construction The new center is currently in the construction document phase, of a new 60,000-square-foot Workforce Training Center on Allegheny and the project is expected to be put out for bid in late January/ Campus. As reported previously, this new facility will house programs early February, with construction anticipated to get underway in for in-demand fields such as cybersecurity, information technology, late spring 2020. If all goes according to plan, the center will be autonomous and process technology, machine learning, advanced completed in November of 2021, with the first classes to be held manufacturing and robotics. The center will also feature experiential in the spring of 2022. 1 MID-YEAR REPORT (continued) In addition to the workforce center, the campaign will provide $20 million for upgrades to workforce development capacity across all campuses, including the renovation of Chalfant Hall on Allegheny Campus, which will become CCAC’s new Faculty Innovation Center. The center will feature a digital learning lab and a testing lab, among other instructional spaces, and will provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to CCAC faculty at all levels and stages of their careers. The campaign will also include $5 million for new college-wide programming. Architectural rendering of the southwest view above Ridge and Brighton avenues of the new Workforce Training Center. A feasibility study for the renovation of Chalfant Hall has been completed and is ready for review. Design phases for bidding the project for construction are expected to be finalized in late spring or early summer, with the newly renovated building available for occupancy in November 2021. Although the building might not be ready, the Faculty Innovation Architectural rendering of the northeast view on Ridge Avenue of the new Center is rapidly taking shape thanks to the combined efforts of Workforce Training Center. Dr. Ebony English, Endowed Professor for Teaching & Learning, Michael Rinsem, Endowed Professor for Technical Curriculum, and Millie Rodriguez, Dean of the Virtual Campus—all of whom will have offices within the historic structure. In her new role, English is working to facilitate the creation of leading-edge curriculum and instructional methodologies for faculty and students through the Center for Teaching & Learning, with the goal of placing into the hands of faculty the knowledge, skills and tools needed to apply advanced pedagogical techniques to our classes and programs across the college. In October, English updated the Board of Trustees on the center’s progress, which will further these goals. As she noted in her report, the 10,495-square-foot Faculty Innovation Center will foster continued faculty collaboration, enhance educational expertise, support continuous program improvement, increase a culture of scholarship, promote educational excellence and provide opportunities for faculty innovation. Architectural rendering of the northwest view at the intersection of Ridge and Brighton avenues of the new Workforce Training Center. As Endowed Professor for Technical Curriculum, Rinsem has also been busy advancing the goals of his new position, which is designed to facilitate collaboration with business and industry leaders and to foster interdisciplinary research collaborations to develop the curricula and assist CCAC faculty in their efforts to create programs needed to address the workforce needs in the region. Professor Rinsem’s presentation to the Board of Trustees in November highlighted some of these efforts, such as how CCAC is preparing students for Industry 4.0—the new generation of advanced manufacturing that includes cybersecurity and other new technologies. Key partnerships that he is working on include the Allegheny Conference Manufacturing Focus Group, the College in High School program, and Carnegie Mellon University and Mill 19, where there is potential for a CCAC presence in the high-tech space on Hazelwood Green. Other new partners include Leetsdale Industrial Park, where CCAC’s Plastics Manufacturing Technology students will intern, and the Pittsburgh Aerial view of the new Workforce Training Center. Super Computing Center, which will offer CCAC access to resources and provide curriculum potential for big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and much more. 2 MID-YEAR REPORT (continued) Enrollment, Retention & Engagement Initiatives Remain Top Priorities In my November report to the CCAC Board of Trustees, I provided a five-year overview of the college’s enrollment figures, which showed that CCAC has benefitted from stable fall enrollment since 2015 (see graph below). When taking a look at individual program enrollment, it is not surprising that General Studies—with 4,465 students enrolled during the fall ’19 semester—continues to remain CCAC’s preferred choice of major, especially given the number of transfer options available to students upon graduation. Other programs with strong headcount include Nursing (961), Business Management and Business (705 and 428, respectively), Liberal Arts & Sciences (443), There is potential for a CCAC presence in Mill 19 on Hazelwood Green, Criminal Justice (381), Psychology (302), Computer Information which will offer a high-tech resource for manufacturers in the region. Systems (298), Child & Family Studies (272), and Biology (206) as well as many programs in the skilled trades apprenticeship programs. As the public launch made clear, many of the region’s major employers are working with CCAC to develop a pipeline of skilled employees—including students from diverse backgrounds who have not yet experienced our region’s economic boom—to meet the , needs of industry today and in the future. In addition to some of the , partnerships listed above, the Highmark Foundation is funding a , pilot program for Allegheny General Hospital employees, Pittsburgh Public Schools CTE program participants and North Side residents , to complete CCAC’s two-year Registered Nurse (RN) program. This , RN pilot program will support a dedicated retention coordinator to , provide guidance to students balancing the competing priorities of work, school and families. Classes for admitted students will begin , this January. , 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 HEACUNT , , , , , Created to address the region’s critical workforce needs while providing residents of our region with education and training that lead to family-sustaining careers, the RN pilot program and A further review of enrollment trends yields some interesting, other similarly