End of the Year Report, 2005
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Dr. Marjorie Lewis, President, Cypress College Dr. Jerome Hunter, Chancellor, North Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees: Jeffrey P. Brown; Barbara Dunsheath; Leonard Lahtinen; Michael B. Matsuda; Molly McClanahan; Donna Miller; Manny Ontiveros 2005-06 Student Trustees: Elsa Garcia, Cypress College; Victoria Rizo, Fullerton College 16 By the Numbers Introduction 1 ENROLLMENT HISTORY CYPRESS COLLEGE STUDENTS BY GENDER study released by the University of California, Berkeley Survey Research Center dur- A ing the academic year found that increasing college attendance will yield three times its cost in economic returns for California taxpayers. The report details how investments in education are expected to return three dollars in net benefits (specifically, more taxes for the Fall 2005 state and less spending for social services and prisons) for every dollar put into education. Female Though the conclusion of the study isn’t surprising, it does bring to mind the importance of 56.7% documenting and validating the work we do. 7,405 Male 42.5% his year, Cypress College placed an even greater emphasis on collecting and respond- 5,547 Ting to data than at any other point in the college’s history. That is a result of not only Unknown seeking to improve what we provide to students, but being accountable to the taxpayers as 0.8% well. Among the efforts in this area, an emphasis was placed on developing Student Learning 99 Dr. Margie Lewis, Outcomes and a significant effort was made towards completion of our Educational Master Cypress College Plan. We of course also continued progress toward the goals established in our Strategic Plan and worked on addressing the recommendations of the accreditation team. President CYPRESS COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BY ETHNICITY ith the college’s fortieth anniversary celebration underway this year, I have spent Fall 2005 Decline / UnknWown some time reflecting. January 11, 2006 marked the anniversary of the day I be- American Indian/Eskimo .6% came president of Cypress College seven years ago. Since the average tenure for college presi- Other Asian/Pacific Islander dents is something like four years, being here for seven is somewhat noteworthy. In fact, of 18.9% the nine community colleges in Orange County, I am the most “senior” president. Other Filipino 1.6% ogether we have accomplished a great deal in these seven years. We have revamped African American Hispanic Caucasiancurriculum and teaching methodologies; we have hired nearly 80 new faculty mem- 5.3% T bers; we have hosted two accrediting team visits; we have developed two strategic plans; we Caucasian White; Non-Hispanic 32.4% have survived a serious budget crisis; we have embraced technology in instruction and in Decline/Unknown our everydayHispanic work lives; we have embarked on a major facilities improvement plan that is 6.0% Black/ African American transforming the campus; and, most importantly, we have changed the lives of thousands of Filipino 8.5% students by helping them make their dreams of educational achievement come true. Hispanic 26.6% American Indian/Eskimoe have continued the Cypress College tradition of collegial relationships and a cooperative, “can do” spirit. We are known as a friendly campus where people go CYPRESS COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BY AGE WFilipino out of their way to help students and colleagues alike. We are also known as a place that likes African American to celebrateDecline and /have Unkn fun,own a fact that leads me back to the college’s fortieth anniversary. Fall 2005 Other American Indian/Eskimo Under 20 27.8% he college opened its doors on September 12, 1966, after having been “constructed” 3,629 Tin just 74 days. Over the next few years buildings were completed, faculty and staff 20 to 24 36.0% were hired, programs were developed — the college grew to become one of California’s com- 4,697 prehensive community colleges. Now, here we are 40 years later. As we celebrate our found- 25 to 29 12.4% ing, I am amazed by the number of alumni I meet in the community. It seems as if I rarely 1,624 leave campus without meeting someone who attended Cypress College. Invariably, the former 30 to 49 19.7% students have fond memories of a particular faculty member, whose guidance helped shape 2,567 their life. 50 plus 4.1% 533 2 Ye a r i n Development 15 /LRC. Those four letters — the initials for the Library/ removed to make room for the Student Center — though the LLearning Resource Center — could easily sum up a wide second-level connection will be restored when the building is Economic Development Ten Best range of happy emotions felt as the college opened its first new completed. Cypress College made significant gains in economic development through the 2005-2006 Americana, the college’s largest fund building since 1976. The Library/Learning Resource Center is a academic year. Grants resulted in a total of $3.8 million awarded to Cypress College dur- 1 raising event, had its best year, netting two-story building, adjacent to the pond, that unifies the Library he Cypress College Complex also opened. The building ing the year, including a new $450,000 Quick Start Grant that will began in July 2006 and a $125,000 and drawing 720 people. and a number of learning-support services, such as the Learning T— a renovated and re-named incarnation of the former $1.7 million Nursing Cooperative Grant in partnership with California State University, Long Library/Administration Building — now utilizes the first two Beach. Among the grants administered during 2005-2006 were the Vocational and Technical Over $273,000 in scholarships was Center and a general campus computer lab. Education Act (VTEA), Tech Prep, Title V — Hispanic Serving Institutions Grant, Advanced distributed, the highest total ever for floors for student services such as Financial Aid, Disabled Transportation Technologies Initiative (ATTI) Grant, Nursing Workforce Initiative (NWI) the Cypress College Foundation. 2 he building also marks a dominant and easily Student Programs and Services, EOPS, Care and CalWORKS. Grant, Nursing Cooperative Grant, Multimedia Grant, and the new Quick Start Grant. The identifiable location on campus There was also the addition of the college also worked on a Cooperative Title V Grant with San Jacinto College that, if approved, Emergency grants and book loans T would bring an additional $450,000 to Cypress College, annually, for each of the next five years. totaled $20,000 — also the highest for the Library — something that alone Cypress College Vision first-ever year-round counseling In-kind contributions for the Marine Service Technician program totaled approximately 3 amount ever. helped contribute to increased use of center. Students can now go to one $80,000 in value. Included were marine engines, stern drives, specialized tools, and training A premier learning environment for student the services inside. It opened on January central spot on campus to see an materials. Additionally, the Automotive Technology program received financial support and in- success and community enrichment. kind donations from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., in the approximate amount of $64,000. The Foundation’s annual Golf Classic 30, 2006. academic advisor at any time of the netted $30,000, making it the college’s Directions to Reach our Vision Throughout 2005-2006, the Cypress College Advanced Transportation Technologies year, not just during enrollment Initiative (ATTI) Center continued to build its infrastructure capacity to support instruction most successful tournament. 4 Cypress College staff and students recognize the importance and ignificantly, the opening of periods. Counseling services still and training related to alternative fuels, intelligent highways, electric, hybrid and hydrogen interdependence of diversity, innovation, technology, and fuel cell vehicles. Training opportunities were developed with the California Highway Patrol, The Foundation awarded 28 “mini the L/LRC may represent a remain available, by academic major, S staff development. These threads are reflected in all of the California Pacific Cummins, Orange County Transportation Authority, City of Los Angeles grants” — the highest total in the tipping point — in which the campus following: in each of the college’s individual Environmental Services Department, City of San Diego Department of Environmental Services, 5 program’s 5-year history. is completing more projects than it is buildings. National Automotive Technician Education Foundation, Southern California Air Quality Direction 1 — Instruction Management Board, Southern California Transit Training Consortium, and others. ATTI devel- beginning. More than 100 “mini grants” have Designing, enhancing, and delivering comprehensive instruction to oped curriculum and training materials for these entities and also provided the same to other promote academic excellence and student learning he Complex is adjacent to community colleges for replication of the training statewide. been awarded since the program was established 5 years ago. 6 rogress on a number of other Direction 2 — Student Support Services Tthe Student Center and will During 2005-2006 a new Internship Program was initiated. Thirty students were paired constructions projects also Developing and providing comprehensive student support services to with business and community organizations in order to complete on-the-job internship training. P work in concert with that building. Foundation director Raúl Alvarez was foster a positive and effective learning