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A Publication of Mid Michigan Community College ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Kaliegh MMCC Nursing Student Commencement 2013 MOVINGMOVING FORWARDFORWARD Construction Updates Page 4 Fully Online Degrees Page 6 Rapid Training Programs Page 16 midmich.edu | 989.386.6622 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 MID MICHIGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Connections LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT A publication of Mid Michigan Community College It’s time to move forward. TABLE OF CONTENTS The past few years for Mid Michigan Community College have been exciting MMCC Lakers Update Inside Front Cover – we have planned big and reached far. We’ve defined who we are, and we’ve Mt. Pleasant Campus Construction Pg. 4-5 prepared ourselves for who we want to be. We challenged ourselves to move forward New Fully Online Degrees Pg. 6-7 into our vision of a Mid that best serves our students and local communities. 3D Printer for CAD Program Pg. 8-9 In this issue of Connections, you’ll read about the major construction projects that Capital Campaign Update Pg. 10 will soon be completed in Mt. Pleasant, along with the community partnerships Gifts to the Foundation Pg. 11-13 that made them possible. You’ll learn about expanded programs that serve high school students who take college classes, customized training programs Laker Distinction Scholars Pg. 14-15 that respond directly to area manufacturing demands, and Mid’s new approval to offer fully online degrees and programs. Short-Term Technical Trainings Pg. 16-17 These accomplishments serve as vivid examples of our commitment to Dual Enrollment Initiatives Pg. 18-19 move forward and meet new demands. As the economic and employment landscapes shift, the college must respond. As technology advances and new Students of Promise Pg. 20 educational models and deliveries appear, the college must adapt. While continuing to operate leanly and save for its future, Mid must continue to keep Foundation Financials Pg. 21 pace with these changes. MMCC Financials Overview Pg. 22 Mid will undergo another major change in 2014, when the college welcomes a new president in July. For the past seven years, I have had the honor and MMCC Events 2014 Inside Back Cover privilege of serving as the President of Mid Michigan Community College. MMCC LAKERS MAKE THE TOURNAMENT RODENBO JOINS LAKERS These years have gone by quickly, faster than any others in my life. My time A Northern Tradition 2014 Back Cover at MMCC has been invigorating and rewarding, because Mid’s Board of It was an exciting season for the Mid Michigan Community The MMCC Lakers women’s Trustees, faculty, and staff have been eager to innovate, and our communities College Lakers men’s basketball team, who made it to basketball team is excited to have embraced the high quality education and services we provide. Perhaps the NJCAA tournament. After starting the season 5-12 and welcome Matt Rodenbo as the most of all, you have warmly welcomed both my husband, Jim, and me since enduring a few tough losses, the team went on a 10 game new head coach for the 2014-15 we arrived seven incredibly short years ago. Thank you for making us feel Editor-In-Chief: Jessie Gordon, [email protected] comfortably “at home” here in the heart of Michigan. winning streak and finished the season 15-13 including the season. Rodenbo most recently Graphic Design & Photography: Gregory Gunther Design Assistant: Peter DeRoche post season. coached the very successful Clare Change is inevitable, and Mid has proven that we are forward-thinking in our varsity girls’ basketball team. Mid Michigan Community College affirms its commitment to the approach to change. As I move forward personally, as leadership at the college The Lakers hosted, and won, the Region XII playoff game principles of equal employment and educational opportunity, and of non-discrimination in the provision of services to the public, shifts, as new buildings open and new initiatives launch, I am confident that against Lorain County Community College. As Region XII Prior to his coaching at Clare through its compliance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Mid’s focus on moving forward will serve the community well. Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments, Section 504 Champions, they moved on to the District 2 playoffs where Schools, Rodenbo spent five of the Rehabilitation Act, the American with Disabilities Act, the It’s hard to say “goodbye.” But I step away knowing that Mid has transitioned they made it to the second round. years coaching boys’ basketball Age Discrimination Act, the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, and the Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act. into a regional resource that will bolster a strong economy and provide a for Alma Public Schools and talented workforce. Students from all over the state come here because they It’s been rewarding to see Mid’s athletic programs launch Mid Michigan Community College shall not discriminate in three years as the varsity boys’ employment or educational opportunities, or exclude participation Get More at Mid. I certainly did! and find success, and we look forward to future wins. The in the services provided as an institution, because of race, religion, basketball coach for Coleman High School. color, national origin, age, sex, family or marital status, height, MMCC Lakers men’s and women’s basketball teams will be weight, disability or any other status protected by law. His teams at Clare have been extremely successful, winning the past back in action in late Fall 2014. Hope to see you at a game! three Jack Pine Conference Championships and earning district and MMCC is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association, 30 North LaSalle Street, regional titles in the MHSAA post-season tournaments. Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504, 1-800-621-7440, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org. Several departments and programs are accredited by agencies specific to their disciplines. Carol A. Churchill, MMCC President Recruiting for next season is going on now. To learn more about MMCC athletics, visit midmich.edu/athletics. MID MICHIGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3 TWO LOCATIONS – ONE COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE MMCC provides vital education and training to about 6,500 With the purchase of 44 acres The first project, theCenter students each year. These students come from 72 out of the 83 in Mt. Pleasant, the college for Liberal Arts and Business, counties in Michigan. While our reach is broad, most of MMCC’s staked out a space to build a will provide state-of-the-art students come from four counties. Clare and Gladwin County new campus, while developing classrooms and learning spaces residents represent about 31% of the students served, and about a strategic plan to move out of for the courses currently being 39% of MMCC’s students come from Isabella and Gratiot Counties. the Pickard building. offered at the Pickard building. In addition to classrooms, the MMCC has two campuses to serve this broad geographic area Through the help of funds building will include expanded effectively. Located inHarrison and Mt. Pleasant, these campuses from the State of Michigan library services and provide convenient access to quality higher education, no matter and generous donors, MMCC academic support. where a student lives. built the Herbert D. Doan Pickard Building The Morey Technical Education Center (Technical Drawing) Center for Science and Health The second project, the The Harrison Campus, first built in the late 1960’s, has offered Technologies in 2008. The Morey Technical Education comprehensive services to students. Over the years, the campus FAREWELL TO PICKARD BUILDING Center for Student Services Center, equips MMCC to has been expanded, renovated, and reconfigured to keep pace was added in 2011 to begin the offer technical training to THE MOREY TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER with changing service models and technological advances. Most MMCC says goodbye to its site on Pickard Street in transition to the new site and students and businesses in The design of the tech center was carefully engineered recently, the college renovated a building to make room for the Mt. Pleasant, which it renovated from an office move vital functions out of the the region. The technical with flexible spaces that will serve present and future new Center for Medical Imaging Studies. This project capped building to instructional space in 1993. The building has Pickard building. center directly responds to training needs in basic and advanced manufacturing off a decade of updates that have resulted in a state-of-the-art served MMCC well, but it can no longer support workforce development needs principles and technologies. While there will be dedicated campus ready to serve students for years to come. the college’s needs. This fall, two building with a centralized location for areas for welding and computer aided drafting, other projects, also supported by a technical training. areas are open and meant to respond to short-term While MMCC has been offering classes in the Mt. Pleasant area The operations housed at the Pickard building will move combination of state funds, training needs. since 1969, the college did not have a home until it purchased an to the new Center for Liberal Arts and Business when it college funds, and donor When construction in Mt. office building on Pickard Street in 1993. For the last 21 years, eth opens in Fall 2014. Once the transition is complete, the support, will finally allow Pleasant is complete, the The facility will also house the Small Business Pickard building has served as an adequate space for classrooms. Pickard building will be sold. MMCC to offer comprehensive region will be served by two Development Center (SBDC) – supported by the Small However, it never truly accommodated the college’s needs, and services on its new Mt.