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President’s College Update

For period October 10, 2016

to October 21, 2016 * Submissions for next update are due Friday, November 4, 2016


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Business & Administrative Services

Controller No Report

Facilities Management

Good News The IT Data Project inspections were approved this week with only final punch list

items remaining in the project. Cleaning in the new Data Center is taken place at this

time to get the office ready for moving in.

Goals The selection committee to select the architect/Engineer for the Kehoe Infrastructure

project selected three firms for interviews. The interviews will take place the first

week of November.

Facilities projects during winter break.

Move IST lab from the ground and first floor to second floor Kehoe Center

Migration of new Data Center in Fallerius

Reconfigure room 115 Fallerius for classes

Human Resources

Good News

2016/2017 Holiday Schedule

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday

12/21 12/22 12/23 12/24 12/25 12/26 12/27

Vacation, Personal or

Unpaid

Vacation, Personal

Or Unpaid

Paid Holiday

Paid Holiday

College Paid

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday

12/28 12/29 12/30 12/31 1/1 1/2 1/3

Vacation, Personal or

Unpaid

Vacation, Personal

Or Unpaid

Paid

Holiday

Paid

Holiday

College Paid


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Staff and faculty will receive 3 premiums holidays from the COG. There will be no insurance

deductions for the pay periods of:

o 10/7/16

o 10/21/16

o 11/4/16

o 11/18/16

o 12/2/16

o 12/16/16

Accomplishments

New Hires

o Melinda Roepke – Assistant Dean of Health Sciences/Director of Nursing

o Mary Price – Part-Time Teacher Assistant, Child Development Center

o James Benjamin – Part-Time Custodian

o Brett Perdue – Part-Time Custodian

Goals

Current position searches underway:

o Administrative Assistant, Financial Aid

o PTA Faculty/Program Director

o Dean of Liberal Arts

o Financial Aid Specialist

o Assistant Director, Facilities

o Administrative Assistant, Urban Center

o Success Coach, CCP

o Office Assistant, Crawford Success Center

o Vehicle Operator for Mobile Training Unit

o IT/Cyber Security Faculty

Information Technology Updates

Good News

Required Login for Classroom Computers: Lectern computers in the Fallerius Hall F-

111, and F-121 now require faculty to use their “synchronized” username and password

to login.

Data Closets: The IT department has begun installing the new distribution networking

switches in the data closets in all the buildings on main campus. The new distribution

switches will operate at 10Gb/s. Application switches will be installed in the future in

these closets which will deliver 1Gb/s of bandwidth to each desktop computer.


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College Phone Network Update: The IT department and ShoreTel are looking at

bandwidth requirements for the number of calls that could be in operation at the same

time on campus. The system is being designed to handle large call volumes or 70% of the

phones in operation at the same time.

Accomplishments

Data Closets Upgrade: The data closets are being upgraded to handle high speed data.

The first phase has been accomplished in the data closets on main campus.

Fallerius Hall Classrooms: Two non-computer classrooms in Fallerius Hall now require

instructors to login to computers.

Goals

Kehoe Center Computer Labs: The IT department goal is to begin securing computer

labs by having students using their login credentials to gain access to computers.

Kehoe Center Network Closets: The IT department goal is to begin installing new

network switches in the network closets that will be connected to new high speed single

mode fiber.

Kehoe Center Network Core: The IT department plans to have the network core

installed by the middle of November 2016.

Institutional Research Good News

Completed research project correlating course non-success (WDF) with immediate stop out

by program major. Whole idea is to identify “milestone” courses by major that

advisors/students should be aware of.

Helping convene work group on scaling use of College Student Inventory risk assessment.

Creating sample report formats to better assist advisors.

Accomplishments

Completed data uploads for TAACCCT grant.

Finished fall IPEDS reporting.

Finished second round of fall CCP billing reports.

Provided data and guidance helping lead to large tutoring grant for Health Science.

Working with various departments on program reviews.


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Assisting local Workforce Development Board with data for new strategic plan. Note college

serves on Board and receives training funds.

Goals

Developed data/presentation with Deb Hysell for fall Student Success Leadership Initiative

on Oct. 28.

Financial Aid Office

Good News

Representatives of our office met with senior administrators along with the directors of

admissions and the student success center to discuss ways to develop closer working

relationships.

USED encourages, but doesn’t require, college presidents to “sign” their institution’s

annual FISAP report electronically. NCSC must be one of the nation’s more proactive

schools because, although fewer than 20% of presidents used the electronic signature this

year, Dr. Diab started signing our FISAP electronically three years ago.

Accomplishments

Federal aid awarded for ’16-‘17:

Cumulative as of

October 20, 2016

Pell #Pell FSEOG Loans

$5.02M 1112 $62.3K $2.9M

Amanda met with success center advisors and with academic liaisons to explore how

financial aid is impacted by actions of advisors and vice versa.

Jim presented at financial aid nights at Mansfield Senior and St. Peter’s high schools.

These programs have started earlier this year as a result of moving up the beginning date

for FAFSA filing.

Amanda updated the financial aid office web pages including an explanation of prior-

prior year tax return usage.

Amanda updated fall financial aid awards to reflect administrative class withdrawals.

Jim revised a number of office forms for use with 2017-2018 aid processing.

Amanda coordinated an effort with the success center to identify missing financial aid

processes for students scheduled for spring semester orientation.

Jim is reporting updates of federal aid loan records to reflect actual enrollment of students

who were awarded full year loans, but only attended one semester.

Goals


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We are working with the human resources department to fill two positions in our office.

We have identified candidates we want to interview for our financial aid specialist

position and Doug is scheduling these.

Child Development Center

Good News

Our program welcomes three new hires; Christina Jones, Kitchen Assistant, Mary Price,

Teacher Assistant and Erin Connolly, Classroom Substitute!!

Our preschool grant budget from Ohio Department of Education Early Childhood Education

is approved and our program will be enrolling four-year old preschoolers who turned four

after August 1st. Please refer families to the Child Development Center and we can assist

families with enrollment.

Accomplishments

Submitted Ohio Healthy Program documents to maintain our status. Our program must

ensure staff are trained in The Healthy Children, Healthy Weights curriculum, menus

demonstrate adherence to OHP standards, a new healthy policy and a healthy family

engagement activity.

Goals

Enroll eight preschool children through the ODE ECE grant.

Ralph Philips Conference Center

Good News

Have been invited to give a short presentation at the SCORE meeting at the beginning of

December

Also speaking at the Tri- County Wedding Association in November

Accomplishments

Got some pointers for boosting website on Google from the Boot Camp Business Series

Initial talks with Cheryl Carter about the UC Final Friday VIP showcase in May 2017


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Goals

Continue to promote holiday bookings to local businesses

Consult with Mind Body Align about community kitchen opportunities

Academic Services Academic Services Director

Good News

The assessment committee headed by Justin Tickhill has taken the lead in the discussion

surrounding professional skills assessment within programs. Feedback from faculty came in

quickly and was thoughtful, detailed, and very useful for the committee as we go forward

with the recommendations from our community partners.

Accomplishments

The team for the strategy forum has been selected and plans are being made to guide our time

in Chicago at the beginning of February.

Goals

Academic Services short term goals include the submission of compliance reporting in

relation to faculty credentials, CCP offerings, Perkins evidence of accomplishments, and

additional Title IV certificate requests. Additionally, we are investigating less time

consuming ways of getting consistent data on student and employee satisfaction.

Business, Industry, and Technology, Education, Professional

and Public Services

No Report

eLearning & Innovation

No Report


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Health Sciences

Good News

Health Sciences Halloween luncheon carry in another success thanks to Betty Hager and

Aubrey Place.

Ted Chapman has successfully submitted two progress reports to ACOTE (OTA

Accreditation).

Accomplishments

Faculty have received their and program summary data on retention and success with plan for

improvement by November 2, 2016.

STEM Academy Processes sent to selected high school principals and guidance counselors

plus to Thomas Mansperger and Monica Durham for final comments.

Discussed with Keith Stoner marketing for this program starting in January 2017.

Goals

Working towards filling positions of PTA Program Director/Faculty & Nursing Faculty.

Liberal Arts

Good News

The next Honors College colloquium event will be Friday, November 4, at10:00 a.m. with

Nancy Darbey from the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society. Nancy is a former

NSCS adjunct instructor and has published a book on the history of the Mansfield

Reformatory.

Deb Hysell and Tom Prendergast will present “Increasing Success in Gateway Courses” at

the Student Success Leadership Institute #6 at Lorain Community College on October 28.

Sara Rollo has joined the ODHE Mathematics Panel charged with reviewing and revising the

remediation-free placement standards for Ohio.

Accomplishments

Part-time curriculum worksheets have been sent to faculty for review and revision by

October 24.

Retention and success data have been sent to full-time faculty.

Goals

Complete part-time curriculum worksheets for all division programs.


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Update division/department web pages by the end of the semester.

Complete policy and procedure related to exploratory major and credential review.

Review and revise division lab fees for 2017-18 by November 15.

Develop retention and success plans by November 2.

Tech Prep

Good News

We will begin updating the bilateral articulation agreements for the spring of 2017. Thanks

to Jim Hull & Kelly Gray for updating all of the agreements for their division and Dan

Wagner for his division. This will be accomplished by either conference call with the school

or visits to the schools. This process will be on-going for the next several months.

Accomplishments

Presented at the National NCPN (National Career Pathway Network) Conference in

Indianapolis Indiana on the Tech Prep working going on in Ohio to prepare career technical

pathways for students. Attended and provided support to the fall OCTA (Ohio Career

Technical Administrators) conference in Dublin, OH. Attending Pioneer CTC’s

superintendent meeting to present on career pathways and college opportunities for CTE

students.

Goals

To update all 100+ articulation agreements with our secondary and adult CTE programs in

the NC State service area and a few beyond our service area.

Assist the college, adult center and secondary CTE provided to submit their CTANs for ODE

approval. Then educate all partners on how to assist the students to receive CTAN credits.

Tutoring Resources Center

No Report

Urban Center and Outreach

Good News

The Mansfield Senior High visits to the Urban Center continue to go very well. We’ve

adjusted the content in the spirit of continuous improvement to make the time with us


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increasingly meaningful and product. This week alone, we had 22 students apply to NC

State. We’re getting them to the door. Admissions, we’re counting on you to bring them on

in! Through our diligent efforts, we’ve secured about 55 applications to North Central State

College. We have another 75‐100 students yet to visit for the one‐day intensive. Once we

conclude serving the seniors, we will begin hosting on‐site visits for the entire junior class at

Senior High.

Carter is also hosting Community Boot Camps at the UC to introduce parents and guardians

to our on‐line tools in an effort to equip them to better support their students’ journey to

college. She continues to make presentations to local church congregations during the

evenings and on Sunday mornings when necessary.

The Urban Center will be highlighted at this year’s Halloween Parade on Saturday, October

29th.

The Urban Center Advisory Board will be meeting on Monday October 31, 2016.

On November 10th, leaders in the Faith Community will join Dr. Diab and Cheryl Carter at

the UC for a dinner program designed to encourage clergy to adopt advanced education and

training as an agenda item and a regular part of their messaging to families and students.

Crawford Success Center

No Report

Student Services Admissions, Recruitment, and Gateway Services

Good News

The following activities were from Oct. 10th through Oct. 17th

o Holmes County College Fair

o Visit Pioneer Career Center

o Medina County College and Career Fair

o Visit Hillsdale HS

o Visit Crestline HS

o Visit Madison Comp HS

o Col. Crawford campus visit

o CCP Session at Pioneer

o CCP Session at Plymouth HS

o Visit Wooster HS

o Visit Clear Fork HS

o Wayne County Collee Fair

o Visit Black River HS


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o Visit Seneca East HS

o Knox County Career Center campus visit

o Ashland County Community Academy

o Visit Lexington HS

o Knox County Career Center Advisory Board

Accomplishments

“Fall Counselor Coffee” held on Friday October 7th was a huge success. 48 high school

counselors and 1 middle school counselor attended.

o CCP – Discussed changes and improvement in the process. Over all they were very

pleased how they were treated by NCSC.

o Tuition Freedom Scholarship – Gave updates and possible changes for 2017-18

o FAFSA – Discussed Prior-Prior Year (PPY) filing

o ACT-SAT – Discussed State funded testing

o Gave personnel changes at North Central State College

The Fall Open House was held on Sunday October 2nd at the Health Science Building.

Sixteen families attended the event which covered admission, financial aid, timelines and an

opportunity to talk with faculty in the Health Science areas.

Fall Open House – The next open house for Business, Industry & Technology, Education and

Public Services will be on Sunday October 23rd from 1-3:00PM. If you know of anyone who

might benefit from the program, registration is available on-line at

www.ncstatecollege.edu/openhouse

Goals

Review the application process for CCP students making the application and obtaining

supporting documentation much easier.

Review and make adjustments to the Tuition Freedom Scholarship program.

Review new and more effective ways to contact and communicate with prospect and

applicants.

Student Records

No Report

Student Success Center and Transition Services

Good News

http://www.ncstatecollege.edu/openhouse


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Internship Meet & Greet: The Internship Meet & Greet has been scheduled--- please “Save

the Date” for 12/9/2016. The event will be held in Eisenhower Student Union. There will be

Resume Bootcamp Workshops (Kehoe, Library, Fallerius) throughout the month of

November.

Accomplishments

One Call: A phone call was completed on 10/21/2016 targeting students in the Directions

program. The message focused on priority registration beginning on November 2nd and the

importance of meeting with their Student Success coach prior to this date.

Student Advising Visits: 139 visits completed during the week of 10/01 – 10/15/2016.

Student Testing Visits: 27 visits completed during the week of 10/01 – 10/15/2016 (Testing

and Specialized Support Services/Disabilities Services)

Student Career Visits: 3231 visits completed during the week of 10/01 – 10/15/2016

(includes classroom and mass email outreach).

Goals

Accuplacer Pilot Prep Proposal: To better prepare students to take Accuplacer (a rise in the

number of students not testing “college ready” in reading has been noted), a proposal is being

developed that provides students with options to study and prepare for the placement exam.

The pilot program would focus on students who need to retake the assessment. The goal is to

help students increase their re-test scores, place into college-level classes and help the student

advance at a faster rate/time to degree completion. (Important Note: This would not replace

the need for Solutions Required. If a student tests one time and scores into Solutions, the

student will still need to complete the Solutions program before being able to re-test in

reading through the program.)

FYEX Class Visits: Success Coaches are scheduled to attend FYEX 0060 classes during the

week of 10/24. During the class time, general group advising will be conducted along with a

review of the new Student Planning tool.

New Student Orientation: Connect to College Spring 2017 sessions will be held on the

following dates and times: 11/8 at 9 AM and 2 PM; 11/15 at 2 PM; 12/6 at 9 AM; 12/8 at 2

PM; 12/13 at 9 AM; 12/15 at 2 PM and 1/10/17 at 9 AM.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) support group: Exploration of the development of an

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) support system for NC State students is underway. The

goal is to move forward for spring 2017 in collaboration with OSU-M Disability Services

and local community partners.

TRIO Student Support Services

Good News


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Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser. We raised $175 from Buffalo Wild

Wings. We will have another fundraiser on November 7 at Chipotle on Possum Run Road.

We will earn 50% from orders. Please support our efforts! More information coming soon.

Accomplishments

Ashley attended and participated in the My Brother's Keeper initiative created by President

Obama. The program was held at Senior High. Several NCSC students attended the event.

Goals

Although a due date has yet to be announced, the TRIO office is working diligently on our

Annual Performance Report for the U.S. Department of Education.

TRIO is would like to increase the number of students in our program by 10 every two weeks

until we meet our goal of 140. We need about 50 more students to meet that goal.

FAFSA Fridays are back. TRIO students are invited to drop by the TRIO office on

November 4, 18 and December 9 to receive assistance with completing the FAFSA

application. Each session will be in room 121, Kee Hall.

Transfer Tuesday is November 15. This program is a collaborative effort with Title III and

TRIO. There will be at least one school represented at the Urban Center, Crawford Center,

Kehoe, and Main Campus. Please contact Brandon Gaddy or Brian Wirick with questions.

Title III (submitted by Bev Walker)

Good News

First meeting is set for last week in November of the Success Taskforce, to be led by Dr.

Reed. Goals will be to make suggestions for improvements in Academic Alert use and

student retention, Mediated Course Drop and New Student Orientation. Four faculty, 3

liaisons, SSTC advisor and other staff are included in the meeting.

Accomplishments

Received approval from Dept. of Ed liaison to continue to provide 24 hours of paid training

for faculty with some moving around of funds.

New Registration /Advising Software for students to use for Priority Registration- Posters

printed and up; How-to-video created and released on the website, under “help”, in Canvas,

and to faculty; faculty have been asked to show the video and distribute “how-to” flyers in

their classes; Barb K. completing a schedule of tutors and PTK to assist with Registration

Help the first week of Nov; liaisons inputting academic plans for their advisees, so

registration days will go more smoothly; working with Monica for SSTC advisors to do the


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same; marketing posted information on Facebook. Everything on track… Cathy and I know

there will be “glitches” and confused students during Priority Registration, but every attempt

is being made to be proactive. Thanks to Terri Myers, Keith S., Cathy C., Mike Cole who

have been instrumental in creating all the materials, printing and distributing. And to all the

faculty for their participation!

Over 140 Career Awareness Surveys completed by students for the grant! Super response!

Thanks to all ENGL 1010 faculty who took the time for their students to complete it, and to

Kimberly L. who distributed all the materials.

Cathy and Sheila and Edmund now have Ellucian Mobile up and running. Students can use

their IPad or phone to register for classes or to view their class schedule. Bev and Cathy will

work with marketing in Spring to do a media blitz to students on this. This term the goal is to

just get through registration with the new registration software.

Cathy has worked with IT to create a report in Report Manager, so that we can now track

how many students have at least a 2-term academic plan. We will be tracking this more

closely in the future.

Goals

To get through Priority Registration Days using the new software with minimal glitches and

student problems.

To encourage liaisons more to create academic plans for their advisees, in order to give

students a plan through graduation and to expedite advising meetings with students.

Public Affairs Marketing, Public Relations & Creative Services

Good News

We have successfully concluded the search for a writer/social media specialist pending final

review of references, etc.

Accomplishments

Teri continues to excel at completing the ads, etc. required of our very complex media plan for fiscal

2017!

Goals

Promoting

o Second college open house on October 23rd

o Business Cohort being formed for Spring ‘17

o CCP nights with area schools begin week of Oct 17th

o Prior prior FAFSA availability


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Grants & Government Relations Good News

Learned we were approved for funding for a Richland County Foundation grant to cover

Tuition Freedom Scholarships for Richland County students from career centers. We

requested $120,514. Funding will be contingent upon success of these TFS students over the

next two years.

Accomplishments

Submitted a revised budget for a Choose Ohio First scholarships grant. If funded, we would receive

$628,000 for student scholarships over the next two academic years. We received letters of

partnership from Ashland University and the University of Findlay. The Ohio Department of Higher

Education requested all applicants to submit additional budget information.

Submitted a Mentor-Connect grant proposal, along with Abby Levitt and Justin Tickhill. The grant

will set up a faculty mentoring program to help the faculty prepare an NSF ATE proposal which

would be due in October 2017.

Participated in an OACC government relations call with other government relations personnel.

Provided update to president’s staff.

Goals

Complete annual report for USDA Rural Business Development Grant this week.

Foundation

CSC Celebration (November 2, 2016) The NCSC Foundation will host donors, prospective

donors, and community members at the Crawford Success Center to give a year one update,

and share the vision for the upcoming year and beyond.

Goals

17th Annual NCSC Foundation Scholarship Luncheon (October 28, 2016) The NCSC

Foundation will host scholarship donors and recipients for lunch to celebrate student success

and thank donors for their support. Invitations to students and donors will be sent the week of

October 5th.

North Central Ohio Hall of Excellence (April 21 or 28, 2017) Based on speaker availability

The NCSC Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2017 North Central Ohio Hall

of Excellence. Nominations are due to the Foundation by November 30, 2016.


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President’s Office

Goals

Work continues to finalize arrangements for the 2016 Employee Appreciation Event that is

scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 3rd at the Ralph Phillips Conference Center.

A cocktail reception will begin at 5:30pm with dinner served at 6:00pm followed by the

awards presentation at 7:00pm. Entertainment during the cocktail reception and throughout

dinner will be provided by Paul Martin and PM Jazz, as we have done in years past. The

event is free to employees and this year, employees will be able to pay $18 to bring a guest.

Further details will be provided as soon as they are finalized. Please SAVE THE DATE and

make plans to attend.

Good News

At the 2016 Employee Appreciation Event on December 3rd, the following employees will

be recognized for their years of service to the College:

25 years Kimberly Lybarger 10 years Darcy Carns

25 years Jeff Taylor 10 years Lou Ellen Huff

20 years Ross Justice 10 years Joyce Karbula

15 years Scott Bendle 10 years Tom Kluding

15 years Monica Durham 10 years April Wilson

15 years Doug Hanuscin 5 years Koffi Akakpo

15 years Pat Herb 5 years Cindy Cornell

15 years Michael Niese 5 years Lynn Jones

10 years Jennifer Bache

Accomplishments

At its October 18th meeting, the President’s Cabinet approved the following policies and

procedures/practices (see online Policies and Procedures Manual):

o 3357:13-14-082 Section Numbers for Scheduling (Note: while the current procedures

for assigning section numbers was approved, discussion continues in order to

improve clarity and data analysis applications)

o 3357:13-14-69 Academic Probation Policy

At its October 19th regular meeting, the Board of Trustees, approved the new slate of officers

for 2017-2018. Installation will take place at their January regular meeting on January 18,

2017. Assuming their new roles will be: Ms. Elisabeth Morando, Board Chair; Ms. Pamela

Mowry, Vice Chair; and Mr. Matthew Smith, Secretary.

https://www.ncstatecollege.edu/cms/media-custom/PDF/_Fdrive/Policies%20Manual/Final%20PDFs/policiesmanual_toc.pdf

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