2013-14 Annual Report

Creating Community Connections 2013–14 ANNUAL REPORT The College of Lake County is governed by a seven-member board of trustees, elected from among the citizens of Community College District 532, to ensure accountability. In addition, a CLC student is appointed each spring for a one-year term, casting advisory votes. The 2013/14 Annual Report was produced by the Office of Public Relations and Marketing. 2 Letter from the Board of Trustees 2 Letter from the President 3 CLC | Strong Health-Care Careers 4 CLC | University Partnerships 6 CLC | High Schools 8 CLC | Manufacturing 10 CLC | The World 12 CLC | Sustainability 14 CLC | Foundation 16 Donors to the College of Lake County Foundation 18 College of Lake County Foundation Financial Statement 22 College of Lake County Financial Statement 23 College of Lake County Foundation Board of Directors and Ambassadors 24 3 Letter from the Board of Trustees It goes with the territory that governing boards must focus a lot of their energies on fiscal issues. That certainly is true for the College of Lake County board of trustees. The economy has strengthened, and that is a very good thing. For community colleges like CLC, however, a better economy means that students are working more and enrolling in fewer classes. Though we are still one of the highest- enrollment community colleges in Illinois, fewer students mean less tuition revenue. That combined with continuing uncertainties about state funding and limited local property tax growth means that we must make every dollar count. We are doing that in many ways. We are going after external grant funds, which in the last three years, have brought in $16.5 million. We are also examining expenditures carefully and reallocating funds to top priorities like our investment in student success initiatives focusing on raising graduation and transfer rates. Through conservative fiscal practices, CLC has received an Aaa bond rating—the highest—from Moody’s Investment Services. Moody’s vote of confidence is very important for financing educational improvements in our facilities and it is one of the reasons we are able to move forward with our $148 million Sustainable Campus Master Plan without going to taxpayers with a referendum. As a board we continue strive to give students an outstanding education at an incredible value. We look forward to another year and are excited about our upcoming construction and program additions. Amanda D. Howland, M.A., M.S., J.D. Chairman of the Board College of Lake County Board of Trustees Richard A. Anderson Philip J. Carrigan, Ph.D. Jeanne T. Goshgarian William M. Griffin, Ed.D. Amanda D. Howland Barbara D. Oilschlager Lynda C. Paul Annabella Tidei Secretary Vice Chairman Chairman Student Trustee 2 Letter from the Board of Trustees Letter from the President Getting students to graduation and into good careers that will support them is no longer just the business of colleges. In today’s complex world, it’s a task that requires us to partner with many others: the K-12 educational system, universities, employers and philanthropic foundations. We can’t keep academic programs current, let alone anticipate future workforce needs, without the feedback and support of employers. We can’t increase graduation rates without the help of K-12 colleagues in preparing students for college-level work. And without the support of external funding sources—grants from state, federal and philanthropic sources, we can’t afford to keep a college education both high in quality and widely available. For this reason, we dedicate this year’s annual report to the theme Creating Community Connections. Jerry W. Weber, Ph.D. President, College of Lake County Jerry W. Weber, Ph.D. President 3 CLC | Strong Health-Care Careers How CLC is preparing students for the workforce through collaborations with employers Excellent Pass Rates Partnerships with Lake County’s hospitals are essential on Health-Career to the quality and accreditation of our programs. Credentialing Exams Without partnerships with hospitals and other health-care providers, the College of Lake County could not offer degrees and certificates CLC Pass Rate National Pass Rate in programs like nursing, medical imaging, surgical technology and medical assisting. These providers offer the clinical site experiences required by accrediting agencies. Dental 100% Hygiene 86% Clinical site experiences are mandated for good reason. In health 87% care, bad judgment or missteps can have life-threatening Nursing 83% consequences. Becoming a confident, skilled health-care professional requires more than lectures and laboratory Surgical 100% Technology learning experiences. Though these teach theory and techniques, nothing builds essential competencies like Health 100% on-the-job, real-time experience with real patients. Information Technology 90% Depending on the health-care program, students spend Medical 100% between 50 and 66 percent of their degree program at a Imaging 90% clinical site. This experience is important not only to students Medical 90% but also to our community. Access health care services in Assisting 90% any Lake County hospital, and it is very likely that your nurse, X-ray technologist or other practitioner is a CLC graduate. In 2014, Massage 90% 313 CLC students graduated from our eight health-care career Therapy 67% preparation programs. 0 20 40 60 80 100 One measure of the strength of our partnerships is the success of our students on professional credentialing exams—they consistently score above the national pass rate (see graph at left). 4 At Advocate Condell Medical Center, a trauma center, student Destiny Barfield (seated) works with patients needing a wide range of X-ray procedures. Megan Smothers (left), her clinical instructor, graduated from the college’s medical imaging program in 2007. Smothers is a former student of CLC Professor Lynn Wiechert (right). 5 Frank Koster (left) and Dylan Moe, graduates of CLC’s two-year pre-pharmacy program, are in the final year of Rosalind Franklin University’s four-year PharmD program. Pharmacists must be knowledgeable about all aspects of drugs, their dosing and delivery, including proper immunization techniques. 6 CLC | University Partnerships How CLC is providing paths to bachelor’s degrees College of Lake County students have unlimited transfer options, going on to institutions ranging from major Midwestern universities to iconic Eastern Ivy Leagues. Many of our students, however, prefer continuing their education within a commuting distance from Lake County or elsewhere in Illinois. Partnerships have been developed to meet their needs. Rosalind Franklin University’s College of Pharmacy Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science’s doctorate of pharmacy (PharmD) program guarantees an admissions interview to qualified students CLC students are well-prepared for in CLC’s pre-pharmacy program. Six former CLC students are currently enrolled Rosalind Franklin University’s in the College of Pharmacy, located in Lake County just east of CLC in the city of Pharm D program, says Janeen North Chicago. These students are well on their way to becoming pharmacists, a Winnike, assistant dean for student profession that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as having an average affairs in the College of Pharmacy. annual salary of $120,700. College of Engineering at the University of Illinois This year, 17 students have been accepted into our Engineering Pathways program leading to guaranteed transfer for qualifying students to the University of Illinois College of Engineering, ranked one of the nation’s top “CLC is one of only seven five engineering schools by U.S. News and World Report. community colleges in Illinois to have this Engineering University of Wisconsin-Parkside Pathways agreement with Qualifying Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree graduates in marketing, the U of I.” management, business administration or entrepreneurship/small business management are guaranteed transfer to UW-Parkside’s College of Business, — Robert Twardock, Economics and Computing as juniors. CLC Engineering Professor University Center of Lake County Located on the Grayslake campus, the University Center provides the closest option for bachelor’s degree completion. Twenty colleges and universities offer degree programs through the University Center, including 37 bachelor’s degree completion options. 7 “We can’t increase graduation and transfer rates alone. We need CLC | High Schools our high school partners. This Committed to student success spring we’re forming a high school partnership to work on college readiness solutions.” —Dr. Jerry Weber, CLC President For all colleges, increasing graduation and transfer rates won’t happen overnight. But CLC is seeing signs that we’re on the right track. In one year, our graduation and transfer rate rose from 41 percent to 46 percent. This improvement is a start we can build on. In the 2014-15 academic year, we are implementing $2.2 million in student success strategies, paying for them with budget reallocations and a new student success fee. The initiatives, which are backed by research on best practices, consist of adding a new academic coaching department, increasing tutoring support and expanding dual credit and college readiness activities through partnerships with area high schools. We have hired five academic coaches to work with students who place in developmental courses in math and English, and we have placed dedicated tutors in some developmental math courses and increased tutoring services in our math and writing centers. Preliminary data for the fall 2014 semester show some promising results: passing rates in developmental math classes rose 8 percent over last year. We have also created a new team focused on managing our dual credit and college readiness outreach to high schools. Dual credit allows students to earn both high school and college credit in free courses. Since 2005, we have increased our dual credit offerings more than seven fold, and in the 2014-15 academic year, we are offering 141 dual credit courses in partnership with 13 high schools.

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