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Elizabeth LeTourneau-Lee, whoreceived Harper's Awatd JotExcellence in 1988, served asthe keynote speaker duringCommencement exercises lastmonth. LeTourneau.Lee graduat-ed from llarper's nursing programand now works in Hospice carein Arizona.

A Publacation for Employees of William Rainey llarper CollegeVolume 9, Number 5

June/.ruly 1994

Before the procession duringGommencement exercises,Student Development counselorBarbara Olson gets a helpinghand from Solveig Bender. Olsonreceived the DistinguishedFaculty Award during the cere-mony, recognizing her contribu-tions to student suceess, insideand outside the classroom.

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Focus On:Strotegic Plonning

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Jim Blosky

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2 The insider June 1994

Horper hos long recognized the

importonce of ochieving systemoticquolity improvement ocross the

College. We ore committed to our stu-

dents, ond to ossure thot they receivequolity services, we ore olso commit-ted to providing higher productivity,better informotion monogement,responsible finonciol occountobilityond effective systems to deol withchonge. Our commitment to continu-ous quolity improvement extends into

oll oreos of the compus-from ourclossrooms to our odministrotiveoffices ond service oreos.

The third stoge of our TQI progrominvolves tools troining, ond 30 stoffmembers porticipoted in the first ofthese workshops. This group hos

selected o number of ongoing pro-

iects, including exponding Horper'sTQI hondbook, orgonizing odditionoltroining ond serving os o resource tothe rest of the College community.

A lO-member TQI guidonce teom willnow work with other foculty ond stoffmembers to further implement quolityinitiotives on compus.

Additionol sessions of the oworenessseminor ore sloted for the foll. For

more informotion on Horper's commit-ment to quolity or the progrommingihot we offer, pleose contoct the officeof Strotegic Plonning ot extension6655.

Horper's totol quolity improvement(TQl) progrom is coordinoted by the

Office of Strotegic Plonning, whichhos defined quolity os "the process ofenobling frontline stoff/foculty to con-stontly improve progroms ond ser-

vices bosed on the needs ond percep-tions of the student."

While oll foculty ond stoff were invit-

ed to ottend o brief orientoiion, Z8

went on to porticipote in on owore-ness seminor thot introduced portici-ponts to bosic TQI principles ond the

book Seven Habits of Highly Effective

People. These porticiponts, nowcolled Teom Quolity, developed theirquolity mission stotement, whichworks to:oChompion ond model Totol Quolitylmprovement to the Horper community,oServe os o support group for Teom

Quolity members,oProvide ond process informotionobout TQl,rFocilitote the TQI process, ond.Exemplity synergy.

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Horper's Office of Strotegic Plonningis committed to ossisting oll employ-ees to respond to the future by provid-ing quolity leodership troining, locolplonning processes ond improved sys-

tems plonning. "To do this," soys BillHoword, the office's deon, "we must

constontly ossess our community ondstudent needs, our Preferred Future

ond the resources qvoiloble to the

College."

The office hos developed threeopprooches to College renewol-Priority, Quolity ond Productivity.Eoch will help the College meet its

vision by identifying unit, system-wideond institutionol gools. (A visuol onpoge two illusirotes these strotegies.)

ln the Priority cotegory, units of the

College, defined os o specific pro-grom, deportment or service oreo,will develop, in coniunction with the

progrom review process, five-yeorplons thot include spoce, copitol,stoffing, budgeting ond quolity

improvements. These plons will guidelocol decisions os well os being used

to develop system-wide plons thot willguide the entire institution in determin-ing fuiure spoce, technology, enroll-ment, employee development, the col-endor, ond budget ollocotions.

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On the College-wide level, the officeworks with teoms in implementing the

Preferred Future stotement for the

College. All of the l2 elements of the

Preferred Future ore now in develop-ment. A number hove specific goolsond strotegies.

ln the Productivity cotegory, the officeis coordinoting the operotionol onoly-sis effort, which is currently document-ing o cost onolysis of the frontlineunits. ln oddition, the office ossists in

projects such os identifying institutionoleffectiveness indicotors ond preporingmoster colendor informotion for the

College.

For informotion on the Quolity cotego-ry, pleose see this month's President'sMessoge.

Over the next few yeors, the Office ofStrotegic Plonning intends to directlylink unit plons with system-wide plon-ning efforts in oreos such os focilities,enrollment ond copitol through the use

of the emerging compus-wide comput-er network.

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Joyce Schoonover and Bill Howard of the Office of Strategic Planninglook over strategies for Gollege renewal.

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Mike Carroll, left, and Bill Punkay, right, of the TM/PS faculty, developthe five.year unit plan lor mechanical engineering technology withassistance from Bill Howard.

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Who else butJim Blosky could iitter-bug his woy through the wildernesswhile on the rood to o cove explo-rotion in lndiono?

Jim, coordinotor of continuing educo-tion studies in the Wellness ondHumon Performonce Division, ioinedthe deportment in l9B6 ond sincethen hos seen enrollment ond closs

offerings triple. From iitterbugging tophysicol fitness to outdoor odventures,the closses run the gomut of continu-ing educotion physicol educotionofferings. "We offer experientiolleorning in on outdoor setting," Jimsoys. "These courses expond the

whole concept of physicol educotion.We incorporote the principles of odulteducotion, ond by listening to whotporticiponts hove to soy, we conodopt the closses to meet theirneeds-in other words, personolizedclosses. "

Jim soys the progrom is growing ondwill soon include odditionol tours-such os o trip to Europe. !n oddition,the golf progrom will be exponded to

include o golf leorning center, ondmore courses will be directed towordthe corporote community-to incorpo-rote teombuilding initiotives through

recreotion.

Jim is olso o mossoge theropist, ondHorper's swimming ond trock cooch-

es occosionolly coll upon him to pre-

pore othletes for competition.

He soys thot most of his spore time is

spent studying for his moster's degreeond supervising Horper's weekendtours. However, when he hos o free

moment, you'll probobly find him

reloxing ot home or working in his

flower gorden.

Born: Forest Pork, lL

Educofion: B.A. - Physicol

Educotion, University of lllinois/Chicogo, ond presently working on omoster's degree in odult educotion otNorthern lllinois University

Fomily: wife, Morsho; doughter,Jennifer, 25; sons, Gregory, 23, ondChristopher, 20

Interests: sports, fishing, outdoorweekend trips

Best qdvice my porents goveme: Don't give up; finish whot you

stqrt.

lf time ond money were not qproblem: lwould trovel to o wormclimote during the winter ond to

Alosko during the summer.

I would like ro leqrn: sign lon-

guoge ond to improve my computer

skills.

One rhing l've leqrned in life:Try to ovoid procrostinotion.

I don't core for: someone who puts

on o folse front.

Fqvorite food: pizzo ond cheezybeef from Zippy's

Fovorife movie: the Rocky series

-Joellen Freeding

Jim Blasky

The insider June 1994 5

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Art professor Mike Brown donneda self.styled T.shirt to thankGharlie Hearn and the staff of thePhysical Plant for their effortsduring the move into Building L.The building was officiatly dedi.cated during the GommunityFaire in April.

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Retiring faculty members Betty Windham, left, Margaret Scott andAudrey lnbody each received a medallion honoring her years of serviceto the Gollege.

During the Gonvocation programheld May 3, math professor TomMccabe discussed the problemsthat America will face in the 2lstcentury. For copies of hisaddress, please contact PattyRoberts at extension 6279.

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6 The insider June 1994

D ep artmental D ea elopmentsCongrotulotions ore in order for mony members of the Horper foculty ond stqff!Mqrthq Lynn Bolt, WHP, wos inducted into the NJCAA Women's Tennis Hollof Fome ot the orgonizotion's notionol tournoment held in Moy...BobCompbell, professor of engineering, TM/PS, hos published wo orticles in theTool ond Monufocturing Engineers' Hondbook. The first, "Geometric ToleroncingStructure ond Longuoge for Concurrent Engineering," oppeored in volume 6,ond the second, "Use of the ANSI Yl4.5M Stondord in Product Definition," wosfeotured in volume Z...Morfho Simonsen, professor of English, hos beenselected to porlicipote in hro progroms this summer. She wilfcrend the NotionolEndowment for the Humonilies lnstitute on South Asio Culture ond Civilizotionond the Summer lnstitute on Africon Autobiogrophy...Julionn Fleenor, ossis-tont professor of English, hos olso been selected to porlicipole in o summer NEHworkshop. She will ottend lhe Community College Humonities Associotion's"Culturol Tools: Reolities ond Representotions of Technology in AmericonSociety. "

Potrick Beoch, coordinotor of the hospitolify monogement progrcm, cohosledo notionol feleconference on preventing foodborne diseose during o broodcostheld lost month. He will olso focilitote o teleconference in August for the notionolHozord Anolysis Criticol Control Points troining initiotive. This progrom will deqlwith inspections ond evoluotions in retoil food, seofood ond processingplonts...Poulo Deeken ond Kothryn Powell of the AED foculty presented"Hi Ho, Hi Ho, lt's Off to Work We Go" ot the lllinois Workforce EducotionConference held in Chicogo lost mcnfi. The workshop focused on leorning, workond improving fie bottom line.

ln other ccmpus developments, we welcorne €hou-Lion Hqvro, who joins lhePersonnel deportment as o clerk fpist; Jomes Wolter, who will work os ocomputer operctor in l5/A5; Cetiliq Honchor, who ioins LS/FIS os on odmin-istrciive ossistcnt; Rebeccg Smith, coordinotor of Gender lssues ondCommunify Counseling, WOM PRG; ond Timorhy 3dr6r, coordinotor ofAssessment Services, Assessment Center. We congrotulote Judy longmore onher promotion to odministrotive ossistont, AE/LS; Richord Cowqn on his pro-motion to groundskeeper, PHY PLT; ond Mott Tomoszewski, on his promotionto informotion speciolist, CNS. We olso welcome bock Bonnie Meltesen, whowill serve os port-time supervisor in the Tutoring Center. Reclossificotions thismonth include Alqn Gonn, Moil Center supervisor, ond Debrq Tellschow,exercise leoder, WHP.

We olso congrotulote Stefqn Adqm, PHOTO, who eorned on Associote in

Applied Science degree in electronics technology this spring...ond BillPunkoy, TM/PS, on the blrth of his grondson, Stephen.

We send our condolences to Juonito Bossler, MCA, on the deoth of herbrother; to Bqrb Singer, AE/LS, on the deoth of her fother; to Lindo Sofo,BUS/SS-CE, on the deoth of her mother; to Cqrol Tucker, moth coordinotor,

RetireesCorner

We send our condolences to the

fomily ond friends of Mory Lou

Mulvihill, who died lost month.Mulvihill, o member of the biologyfoculty for more thonl6 yeors,retired in 1988.

TUT CTR, on the deoth of her mother;to Bill Punkoy, TM,/PS, on the

deoth of his mother; to Bob Boeke,TM/PS, on the deoth of his fother; to

Deqnno Torres, PUB, on the deothof her grondmother; ond to SorqSpeicher, PUB, on the deoth of herount.

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