Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/presidentsannua199599unse Report r o m the P r e s dent rx. \ J J A c a d e m 19 9 5-1996 A. Dr. Pat McAtee 2 Board of Trustees 3 Administration 4 Student Success 5 Teaching Excellence 11 Outstanding Tiger Alumni 14 Cultural Arts 20 Athletics 23 Outreach Programs 27 Business and Industry 29 Quality Initiatives 30 Community Involvement 31 School-to-Work '. 32 Resource Development- Fiscal Year 1995-1996 33 Enrollment Analysis 34 Financial Aid Analysis 36 Endowment Association Donors 37 On the Cover: Cowley At A Glance 39 wo of Cowley's outstanding students: The Bottom Line 40 Hoffman, the 1996 KACC Outstanding Won-Traditional Student of the Year and Rowley Student of the Year. hbi Ray the 1996 KACC Outstanding ttudent Athlete of the Year. Cowley County Community College & Area Vocational-Technical School 125 S. Second • Arkansas City, Kansas 67005 • (316) 442-0430 • 1-800-593-2222 This publication was produced by the Office of Public Relations, Stu Osterthun and Rex Soule. Photography by Fred Rindt. Dr. P a f McAfee The cover of this annual report has been graced by a photograph of outstanding Cowley students for a number of years. And this report is no exception. In fact, 1995-96 marked the sixth consecutive year Cowley students were awarded by the Kansas Association of Community Colleges. In each of the past six years, Cowley students have earned at least one of the four awards presented by the KACC. This past year, Paula Hoffman, a non-traditional student from Winfield, and Dibi Ray, a sophomore from Plainview, Texas, reaped KACC awards. There are 70,000 students who attend community colleges in Kansas, and we are proud that two of the top students got their edu- cation from Cowley. Throughout the years, Cowley County Community College and Area Vocationa Technical School has been blessed with quality instruction. That is truly evident in the fact that 34 Cowley faculty members have received Teaching Excellence awards by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development in Austin, Texas, the past nine years. The 1995-96 academic year was a special one at Cowley. Here are just a few highlights: • The Brown Center for Arts, Sciences and Technology was officially dedi- cated in September 1995. This magnificent facility already has been used heavily by the college and community, and will be increasingly utilized as a regional resource in the future. • Cowley's baseball team captured the Region VI championship and nar- rowly missed a berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association World Series. The Tigers broke several season and individual records during their 51-13 season. • The college's relationship with local and area business and industry contin- ued to strengthen as it strived to become the center for training and retraining of the area workforce. • Full-time enrollment increased as the college continued to position itself to educate for the future. • The Southside Education Center, an outreach site in Wichita, was officially dedicated in February 1996. The center will provide residents of southern Sedgwick County educational opportunities previously not available to them. • And the first set of Quality Leadership Awards were presented to staff, faculty and admin- istrators for their hard work and dedication to making Cowley a better place for our customers. With all the outstanding accomplishments during the year, we still have to step back and realize that there is tremendous work left to be done. We want Cowley to be the very best in everything — from instruction to athletics. Rest assured that we will continue to work hard to con- tinuously improve all areas of the college. (Ui/mcu^ CCCC President 2 Board r u s t e e s Ron Godsey Term Expires 1999 \ I b e r t Bacastow P a t t i Hunter Term Expires Term Expires 1997 1999 Dennis Shurtz Terry T i d w e Term Expires Term Expires 1997 1999 ob Storbeck Term Expires 1997 3 Administrative r eam id K e g n i e r Vice President of Business Services Maggie Picking Lynn S t a n a k e r Vice President Dean of Student Affairs of Instruction Tom S a i a Conrad jimison Dean of Administration Associate Dean Director of Athletics of Instruction Charles White T e r r i Morrow Associate Dean Associate Dean of Vocational Education of Development and College Relations 4 " " Success^ Paula Hoffman and Dibi Ray are two very different students, yet both share common ground. Hoffman and Ray: Not only did they become the first students in decades to serve as commencement speakers on May 4, 1996, but the pair were honored by the Kansas Association of Community Tradition in academic Colleges as outstanding students. excellence continues Hoffman from Winfield and Ray from Plainview, Texas, were honored to be selected as com- mencement speakers. "Speaking at graduation is one of the biggest honors I've ever received," said Hoffman, certainly no stranger to receiving awards. "This is a tremendous honor that I'll never forget." Hoffman has had awards come her way all year. She was named September Student of the Month last fall, then was named Cowley's Student of the Year at the honors and awards banquet April 11. Shortly thereafter she learned that she had been named the Outstanding "Speaking at graduation is one of the biggest Non-Traditional Student of the Year for all of Kansas by the Kansas Association of Community honors I Ve ever received. This is a Colleges. tremendous honor that I'll never forget. "It's difficult for me to believe," Hoffman, 34, said of the KACC award. "On campus I do -Paula Hoffman what I need to do and am committed and that doesn't make me any different than anyone else." Hoffman's award focused on recognizing the combination of successful academic accomplishments with vocational and real-life activities. "I had no idea I was even nominated. I'm real Ray, the starting point guard for the Tiger men's basketball team, also is an award-winner. pleased and proud of myself. I work pretty He was named the KACC Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year. The awards give Cowley two hard in the classroom. of the top four awards presented annually by the KACC. It also marks the sixth consecutive year -Dibi Ray a Cowley student has captured one of the four awards. "I had no idea I was even nominated," said Ray, a two-time All-Jayhawk Conference East Division selection. "I'm real pleased and proud of myself. I work pretty hard in the classroom." Both Hoffman and Ray do, as their grade-point averages attest. Hoffman is a perfect 4.0; Ray holds a 3.66 GPA. Hoffman is a pre-physical therapy major, while Ray is studying health and physical education. Hoffman said receiving the KACC award, as well as the others, "aided my self- confidence. I started with goals I set to reach for myself. This shows I've accomplished a great deal." Ray always was a good student. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1994 with a 4.7 GPA on a 5.0 scale. "My mom pushed me a lot," he said of his mother Ora Harris. "The big thing that influenced me was she had to go back to school to get her teaching certificate when she was 37 or 38 years old. She had three kids to raise, so it wasn't real easy." Ray said his mother instilled good study habits in him that he has kept throughout Cowley. "I study when I'm supposed to," he said. "It's paid off. Most players on the team have mandatory study hall. I don't need any prodding to study." Ray will continue to be a Tiger next season, only for the University of Missouri. Coach Norm Stewart saw Ray play at the Jayhawk Conference all- star game in Arkansas City on April 14 and signed him shortly afterward. "It's really going to be a great opportunity," said Ray, who was third in Region VI in assists this past season with seven per game. "I was getting recruited by other schools, but they wanted to sign me right away. Coach (Mark) Nelson said wait until after the all-star game." 5 Student Succes Students of the Monti- Paula Carrie Hoffman F r o e I i c h Winfield, Kansas Havana, Kansas September 1995 January 1996 Dan Havner Flo A p r a i z South Haven, Kansas Arkansas City, Kansas October 1995 February 1996 Barbara Cheryl Pack D r o u h a r d Arkansas City, Kansas Danville, Kansas March 1996 November 1995 r r A r i e Jones Debbie C a Wichita, Kansas Winfield, Kansas December 1995 April 1996 6 Student Succes Two Cowley students named to All-Kansas Two students were named to the All-Kansas Academic Team. Academic Team Paula Hoffman, a sophomore from Winfield, and Florencia Apraiz, a sophomore from Argentina and a 1994 graduate of Arkansas City High School, were chosen after being nominated by Cowley's Phi Theta Kappa academic honor society. Hoffman, a pre-physical therapy major, carries a 4.0 grade-point average. Apraiz, a business administration major, also carries a 4.0 GPA. All 19 Kansas community college presidents voted to engage in a collaborative initiative with Phi Theta Kappa, international honor society of the two-year college, to launch the first ever all All-Kansas Academic program.