Monthly Highlights
January 2005 Highlights
BUDGET PROJECTIONS were presented by President Mary Spilde to all staff and to the college board on January 12. Projections show a deficit of $2.9 million for 2005/06, and $4.3 million 2006/07. Projections are sure to change, the president advised. She noted that several unknowns affect the forecast for FY06. The president proposed cost containment, one-time reductions, and enrollment and retention efforts to address next year's; and moving major program reductions or tuition and fee increases to FY07, with a decisionmaking process to be presented for board approval this spring, and decisionmaking to begin in the fall.
TUITION RATES for the 2005-2006 academic year were announced following Lane Community College Board of Education action on inflationary adjustments as per board policy. Beginning summer term 2005, tuition for resident students will be $67 per credit hour; non-resident/international students, $230 per credit hour; and extended learning (non-credit) students $3.64 per contact hour.
DENNIS SHINE was named Outstanding Citizen of the Year by the Lane Council of Governments at its annual appreciation dinner held at Lane on January 27. He was honored for his extensive volunteer work in the community focusing on human rights and social justice. Shine serves on the LCOG board, and on the Lane Community College Board of Education.
JIM GARCIA, diversity coordinator at Lane, was presented the leadership award at the 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. community celebration, by the City of Eugene Human Rights Commission . MARK HARRIS, substance abuse prevention program coordinator at Lane, received a leadership award at the event, presented by the Associated Students of Lane Community College and the LCC Black Student Union.
ANGELA MILLER was named Outstanding Classified Employee of the Month for January. She joined Lane in October 1992 and currently serves as a public information specialist with Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning. She produces the class schedules and college catalog.
FLIGHT TECHNOLOGY EARNED A SAFETY AWARD for 250,000 hours of safe flight instruction provided without injury, from the Federal Aviation Administration.
FUNDRAISING FOR THE LONG HOUSE continued to make progress. The Foundation has received more than 1,000 gifts from 99 donors. The campaign has raised nearly one-half million dollars. About $376,000 more is needed.
LANE MICROBUSINESS won a $60,000 grant from Lane County for a project to assist 20 low-income business owners with growth. Lane MicroBusiness is a nonprofit organization that works closely with Lane, and is the result of a collaboration between Lane Community College 's Business Development Center , OUR Federal Credit Union and the Saturday Market. Grant funds will be used to help with job creation and increasing household income.
Excerpted from Lane Weekly and news sources by Joan Aschim, public information officer, Marketing and Public Relations, (541) 463-5591.