Members Absent: Tim Bowen, Jenni Creamer, Scott Harvey,
Brian Swords
Other Attendees: Meg Allan, Margaret Burdette, Pam Goodman
Length of Meeting: 1.5 hours
The minutes of the January 9,
2018 meeting were approved with a minor revision.
Ken Kopera reminded the
members of the group to send any summer project needs to him as soon as
possible. Mandy Orzechowski noted the
EIT division has a list of standard questions to be considered as part of an
equipment request. She will send those
to Lynn Lewis.
Pam Goodman presented the
findings of the Administrative Office Technology academic program review. Much discussion place and touched on:
- While there is a demand and the placement rate is high, there is a decline in enrollment.
- Consider changing the name of the program to stress the management component.
- Is the program scheduling a deterrent for students?
- How can it better adapt to a strong economy with many jobs available?
- Use its advisory committee to help determine niches for growth and design.
Next steps: Jackie, Meg, and Pam will meet to develop
general questions to help lead the advisory committee in a breakout
session. The focus of the session will
be to determine niches for growth and to help determine the target audience for
the I-BEST transition.
Galen noted that ALT will
focus some time on policy and procedure review.
During the Course Fees
Procedure review, Inclusive Access to Online Text and Resources was
discussed. It was noted that the Arts
& Sciences Division has a process that provides some structure. Tom will send the procedure to Galen to
include in the fee structure document.
Announcements:
Adam Ghiloni:
The Financial Aid Office is
finally re-staffed, which will allow more outreach to students and to the
academic divisions. Counselors have been
assigned to the divisions to provide support and to help build
relationships. Adam will e-mail the
contact information to the deans.
Chris Marino:
Reported on Banner 9 and
noted some administrative software snags.
With so many systems impacted by this upgrade, he stressed the need to
understand that the IT staff is working as hard as possible to provide
services, but must focus on the most important needs first.
On behalf of Mark Dougherty
and the Banner Portal project, Chris noted that we cannot stay on Luminis, so
we will create a baseline. Mark and his
team will move forward with the redesign.
Glenn Hellenga:
Reminded the group about the
Career Fair on February 14, in SSC 205.
Lynn Lewis:
Announced that Vet Tech
Adoption Day on March 15, and reported that Steve McDade has resigned.
Jackie Blakley:
The grand opening of the BPS
student lounge area was a great success.
She noted the great turn out of faculty and staff and students.
Mary Orem:
The staff in the Learning
Commons is reviewing a tutor certificate program. She also reported that the staff is
presenting an Introduction to the Learning Commons for students and faculty.
Tom Lawrence:
The Arts & Sciences division-wide
21st Century Skills mapping exercise was recently completed. He was very pleased with the work, and with
the connections and relationships that were developed through the exercise.
Tiffany Blackwell:
They are close to hiring a
business and industry recruiter. At a mini-
retreat with Gayle Arries and Jenni Creamer, recruitment and marketing materials
were updated.
Linda Jameison:
Reminded the group that the
catalog deadline is this week.
Gayle Arries;
Gayle noted that the Oconee
Campus marketing will kick off soon.
Galen DeHay:
At the recent meeting, the
Commissioners agreed that the college does not need any new initiatives. The current plan will be our strategic plan
through 2020.
Announced that Crystal
McLaughlin has resigned due to health issues.
We will revisit that job function to determine what we are trying to
achieve.
Noted that the search for an
AVP for Human Resources is underway. The
committee is conducting skype interviews and plans to have candidates on campus
next month.
With the recent changes in
SACSCOC criteria, general education is now under institutional
effectiveness. General education must
demonstrate continuous improvement and we will modify our cycles to include
it. A faculty group will oversee 21st
century skills and the college will continue using its current process. It was noted that a pulse check may be
needed.
At the next ALT meeting, the
focus will be updating and discussing our evolving business/industry model to
understand some modifications to roles and responsibilities.
With no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Recorded By:
Anne
Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday,
February 27, 2018 @ 1:00, in SSC 205
