Monthly Highlights
July and August 2006
Jay Bozievich and Pat Riggs-Henson were voted chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Lane Community College Board of Education for 2006/07 at the board's July 19 meeting. Bozievich has held the Zone 2 seat since 2003. Riggs-Henson returned to the Zone 3 seat in 2005, having previously served from 1989-98.
President Mary Spilde received her fifth straight outstanding performance evaluation since becoming president in 2001 at the July 19 Lane Community College Board of Education meeting. She was given high marks in each of seven areas including leadership and strategic direction, educational outcomes, board relations, financial management, staff supervision, communication, and governance. Her communication skills earned a perfect score, and she was strongly commended for compassionate leadership in an extremely difficult budget year.
Carol Waterhouse was named Outstanding Classified Employee of the Month for July. She has worked at Lane since 1994 in a variety of instructional areas, including serving as administrative support specialist in Academic Learning Skills since September 2002.
Amy Bennett was named Outstanding Classified Employee of the Month for August. Amy started as a timesheet employee in Food Services in December 2000 and became a contracted employee in July 2001. She is an administrative specialist for the Center for Meeting and Learning.
Sculpture instructor Lee Imonen and retired sculpture instructor Harold Hoy have outdoor work included in the West Edge Sculpture Invitational Exhibition in Seattle. The exhibit is up through October 29.
Local option levy ballot language was approved by the Lane Community College Board of Education on July 19.
Governor Ted Kulongoski pledged $480 million for the state's community colleges, if re-elected. That's $52 million more than this biennium's appropriation. However, the State Board of Education suggested an even greater amount of $529 million. President Mary Spilde reported this and other information at the July 19 meeting of the Lane Community College Board of Education. Her monthly board reports are available online at http://www.lanecc.edu/presoffc/communication.htm.
The Lane Community College Board of Education identified four areas of improvement as a result of its annual evaluation on July 19. 1) Strategic Planning: Narrow the board's focus and conduct work sessions on specific long-term goals; 2) Develop a simple, effective new board member orientation process; 3) Increase community involvement; and 4) Explore appropriate opportunities for staff to interface with the board.
Lane's Energy Management program was mentioned in an August 6 Boston Globe story, "Tech program to train energy efficiency experts." Lane's Energy Management program is the model for a similar program being developed at New Hampshire Community Technical College.
The Center for Meeting and Learning is featured in the August issue of the online national newsletter for college and university events professionals. Visit:
http://www.acced-i.org/imis_web/StaticContent/3/Pub/aug06/home.htm.
High School Connections is a the new name of three consolidated services at Lane for high school students: RTEC (Regional Technical Education Consortium), the Lane County partnership headquartered at Lane that offers technical courses on campus and in the schools; Expanded Options, the result of a new law (Senate Bill 300) which allows some high school students to attend community colleges; and Pathways, a new statewide program to better guide all students to fulfilling careers. Laurie Swanson-Gribskov is director, Pam McClelland is administrative specialist, and Ruth Wren is part-time administrative support specialist. Karen Edmonds, High School and Community Relations coordinator, works closely with the office.
Excerpted from the staff newsletter and media sources by Joan Aschim, Marketing and Public Relations, (541) 463-5591, July-August 2006.