Monthly Highlights
December 2005 Highlights
LANE WAS THE FIRST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN OREGON and only the second of any Oregon college to sign the Talloires ("tal-whar") Declaration. The declaration is a 10-point action plan for achieving environmental sustainability. President Mary Spilde signed the document and presented remarks to a gathering of about 50 supporters on December 7. Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and Eugene Water and Electric Board General Manager Randy Berggren also spoke. More than 300 colleges and universities worldwide have signed the declaration. For information about sustainability at Lane, see http://www.lanecc.edu/sustainability/
LANE JOINED CAMPUS COMPACT, a national coalition of more than 950 college and university presidents representing some five million students, dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement and service learning in higher education (see http://www.compact.org/ ).
LANE'S TUITION RATE was adjusted for inflation as per board policy at the Board of Education December meeting. 2006-07 tuition will be $69.50 per credit hour for residents. The corresponding increase for international and out-of-state students will be $239 per credit hour and noncredit rates will increase by four percent.
BUDGET PRIORITIES for 2006/07 were approved by Lane's Board of Education in December. The priorities include (1) enrollment management with an emphasis on K-12 and recruitment; (2) Mandates regarding assessment; (3) Efficiencies; and (4) Unit/Council plans for innovation, curriculum development and enhancing classrooms. See more budget development information at http://www.lanecc.edu/budget/0607/index.htm
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP was approved by Board of Education action in December, including the appointment of 670 individuals from the community and college to serve on Lane's 47 advisory committees. New this year are the Native American Advisory Committee and the Athletics Advisory Committee.
LANE'S LIBRARY now offers the Summit catalog online which offers students and staff access to more than 27 million library items from over 30 colleges and universities. Users can make direct requests for items, which are usually delivered within two to five days. The library also added a new ESL collection. More information is available in the Library's online newsletter, “Inklings,” at http://www.lanecc.edu/library/inklings/news.htm
THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT will offer a new eight-week course winter term, Call Center Customer Service Training. Enrollees will learn the critical skills needed to qualify for jobs with local call center and customer service employers.
LANE'S BIZCENTER added three new services. Lisa Anderson will provide Latino business advising services in Spanish; Dick Sloan will offer business development and operations consulting services; and Ann Hathaway will offer customer experience evaluation services.
LANE'S FORENSICS TEAM competed at the University of Portland's Dugaw Iverson Forensic Invitational Tournament in December. The team moved from novice competition to advanced competition in senior divisions. Two first-year competitors made it to finals, a great achievement for seasoned students, not to mention first-year competitors. Sarah O'Neill won sixth place in persuasive speaking and Kendra Taylor took first place in after-dinner speaking. Both students earned one of three needed qualifications for receiving an invitation to the national tournament in April.
THE LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMPLOYEES FEDERATION elected officers for 2006-2008: President Bob Baldwin, Vice President Alen Bahret, Treasurer Bert Ewing, Recording Secretary Linda Allen, Corresponding Secretary Susan Tatar, Membership Chair Marcia Bell, Grievance Chair Glenn Goss, Chief Labor Delegate Danny Avalos, and Committee on Political Education (COPE) Chair Helen Mikkelsen.
Excerpted from Lane Weekly and news sources by Joan Aschim, public information officer, Marketing and Public Relations, (541) 463-5591, December 2005.