Dr. Lydia Tena has served as the Northwest Campus Dean at El Paso Community College

(EPCC) since 2000. During her tenure as the Northwest Campus Dean, she has led the campus

growth from 1,200 students to the current enrollment of 3,500 students, the creation of the Jenna

Welch and Laura Bush Northwest Campus Community Library in 2003 in partnership with the

City of El Paso and the Public Library system, the establishment of the Northwest Early College

High School in partnership with the Canutillo Independent School District in 2008, and has

overseen numerous campus expansions. As part of her District Role, she also served as the Early

College High School Administrative Liaison for the EPCC college district from 2006 to 2016

and was involved in the creation of ten ECHSs at EPCC. She also served as the Achieving the

Dream (AtD) Leader College Liaison for the college district from 2006 to 2016. During her

tenure as the Achieving the Dream (AtD) Leader College Liaison, she coordinated the college’s

Student Success activities and authored the college’s submission for the AtD Leah Meyer Austin

Institutional Student Success Leadership Award and the national Examples of Excelencia Award

from Excelencia in Education which were both awarded to EPCC in 2011, and was involved in

writing a Community College Times article submission regarding the Teachership Academy

which was published in November, 2011, and the Achieving the Dream/Public Agenda Cutting

Edge series publication case study regarding EPCC’s Faculty Data Team which was published in

January, 2012.

Dr. Tena has also served in various administrative roles at the college since 1990 in both division

and campus positions and holds Tenured Professor status at EPCC. She has been honored with

the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) President’s Staff

Excellence Award in May, 2010 and the Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC)

President’s Association, Cheesy Nelson State Leadership Award in July, 2006. Dr. Tena has

served on several national panels with Achieving the Dream, participated in numerous college

presentations at state and national conferences, and hosted various site teams visiting the college.

Dr. Tena has served on numerous Professional Associations’ Board of Directors and has held

positions as VP and/or President for several state and national associations including serving as

the President, in 2006-2007, for the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) which

is an affiliate council to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). She has

also served on several local boards with the El Paso Community Scholars, the Habitat for

Humanities, and the El Paso Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Tena’s formal education includes a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a

Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at El Paso. She also

has a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from New

Mexico State University.

DR. LYDIA TENA

October 21, 2016 Presidential Search Committee Northeast Lakeview College Alamo Colleges 1201 Kitty Hawk Rd. Universal City, Texas 78148 Dear Search Committee: Please accept this letter of application for the Northeast Lakeview President position. I am very interested in this position and bring 32 years of Community College experience that includes 26 years in various administrative positions starting as a Division Chair, Dean, and for the last 16 years as Campus Dean for the Northwest Campus of El Paso Community College (EPCC). I also have six years of Community College full-time teaching experience in face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. Because of my passion for enhancing students’ success and my great interest in this position, I submit the following information for your consideration. I currently serve as the Northwest Campus Dean at EPCC which has a student population of over 30,000 in a five campus college district. This position is similar to a Campus President position in other college organizations of comparable size. In this position, I serve as the college and community representative for the Northwest Campus which serves both a rural and urban service area in far West El Paso. I oversee all campus facilities, faculty and staff in 30 Instructional Programs that include both Academic and Career and Technical programs, the Learning Resource Center, and the Counseling Department. In this campus role, I have worked very diligently with the College President, Cabinet members, and the Campus Team in order to help the campus transition from a center to a campus and to bring all college services to our students allowing us to triple the enrollment to the current enrollment of 3,000 students per semester from the original 1,200 students when I started in this position in 2000. I am very proud of the team that we have been able to create at the Northwest Campus and the many accomplishments that we have attained in the growth of the campus, excellent service to the students as documented in the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) survey results, community partnerships that we have established, and strong relationships with external funders during my sixteen-year tenure at the campus. I would endeavor to bring this winning track record and would love to share this experience with personnel at Northeast Lakeview College and the local community. Along with the Campus Dean responsibilities, I have also served the college district in several district-wide roles including the oversight of the Distance Learning Department, as the Early College High School (ECHS) Administrative Liaison, and as the Achieving the Dream (AtD) Leader College Liaison. I have overseen the Distance Learning Department since 2008 and have been responsible for several migrations in the Learning Management System from WebCT to Blackboard Learn 9 and have increased online and hybrid enrollments to over 9,000 students per semester. I have overseen the development of Course Design standards and Course Rubrics to continue to enhance the delivery of online classes in order to improve student success. As the ECHS Liaison, I have been involved in the creation of nine ECHS throughout the college district with an additional one to be opened next year. I have worked with our college team, the local school districts, and the external funders in the creation of these ECHS. As the AtD College Liaison since 2005, I have been heavily involved in initiatives focusing

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on Student Success at El Paso Community College and have worked directly with the College President in working with the Student Success Core Team, have served as the college representative serving on panels or conducting presentations or webinars, have hosted numerous visiting college teams, and have served as the college’s contact person with AtD. I have overseen the student success activities throughout the district and authored the college’s submissions that have resulted in the college receiving numerous national awards including the 2011 AtD Leah Meyer Austin Institutional Student Success Leadership Award, the 2011 National Samples of Excellence Award from Excelencia in Education, being recognized as a Top Ten Finalist for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence in 2015, and being the recipient of the 2016 Student Success Award from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). This work has also been the subject of several case studies, doctoral dissertations, and articles/briefs produced by MDC/ATD. I would bring these experiences to enhance my work with staff and faculty at Northeast Lakeview College and the Alamo district in helping to continue the focus on student success. As I have done at El Paso Community College, I would strive to develop strong relationships with faculty and staff at Northeast Lakeview College and the college district. I would continue to expand on the extensive experience I have gained in working with private foundations, such as Gates, Greater Texas Foundation, Educate Texas, Community Foundations of Texas, and Lumina, as well as federal agencies to help expand the programming and other college activities. I am certain that the professional relationships which I have established with other college administrators and college presidents throughout the country would serve me well in my role as President at Northeast Lakeview College.

I strongly feel that my leadership style and background would fit this role at Northeast Lakeview College well and hope that you will consider my application to join your administrative team as your next President. In reviewing my application materials, I hope that you will see that I am the visionary leader you are looking for to help continue to expand the services provided to the students and the community and to continue to focus on student success. I have included an updated Curriculum Vitae further documenting my experience as requested in the announcement for your consideration. In response to the Position Profile, I submit the following background and experience for your consideration:

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION: I have earned a Doctor of Education degree in Community College Administration from New Mexico State University, a fully accredited university.

EXPERIENCE: My senior administrative experience includes having served as the Northwest Campus Dean for the last sixteen years. Other administrative experience, over a 25-year span, has included serving as a Division Chair, Division Dean, and Dean of Instructional Programs. I also have six years of full-time teaching experience at the community college level where I have received Tenured Professor status and also have ten years of experience in an urban community college teaching online and hybrid courses as an adjunct Professor since 2005 to present.

LEADERSHIP: My leadership style would greatly support the Alamo Way and would provide me the opportunity to share my experiences leading the Achieving the Dream and Foundations of Excellence efforts for the last ten years as well as to incorporate the Baldrige methodology and Covey Principle Centered Leadership techniques. I possess a collaborative style that has enabled me to motivate and inspire those with whom I work toward a shared vision focusing on student success. Through the development of strong teams, I have been able to establish a campus environment where everybody’s input is valued, and where student success and

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institutional effectiveness is moved forward as the team’s focus. My leadership style is one of inclusiveness and team building and I am a strong consensus builder that values others’ opinions and abilities and values honesty and fairness in all actions and interactions. I strive to be a visible leader who is approachable and who values open dialogue to help create a shared vision and have been able to develop very strong relationships with college personnel throughout the college district, local school district administrators, external funders, and other educational administrators across the country. I consider myself to be highly energetic, flexible and possess a proven record of leading teams as an Instructional Administrator for over twenty-six years and have extensive experience in leading both Academic and Vocational/Technical programs. I have strongly supported faculty in academic and workforce and technical programs at the campus to provide them the facilities and materials to better serve their students. I have also served as the Interim Dean for Nursing at EPCC for over two years and am very familiar with the requirements for the RN and LVN programs. I have worked closely with faculty to design and implement the curriculum and have supported their professional development to enhance their teaching methodologies in order to enhance the success of students in their programs. This focus on teaching, learning and student success has produced great successes due to faculty involvement and buy-in. I have also been involved in creating a strong Program Review process which has been in place for the last fifteen years at EPCC. I have had the privilege of helping design, in collaboration with faculty, numerous innovative strategies for enhancing the teaching-learning process that has led to student retention and success. I also have extensive experience working with the Developmental Education Initiative, Achieving the Dream, Statway, Texas Completes, and other student success initiatives and I feel that I bring a solid background in working with faculty and national funders to help meet the needs of our students.

TECHNOLOGY: I strongly encourage faculty at the Northwest Campus to utilize technology in their classes and support the necessary training to allow them to do so. We take great pride in providing the state-of-the art technology to our faculty and staff at this campus and soliciting the funding necessary to do so has been one of my top priorities. I have also been involved in the campus enhancement to convert all classrooms on the campus into “smart classrooms” with smart podiums to provide faculty the technology they need to enhance their teaching. Along with this campus experience, I have also overseen the Distance Education Division at El Paso Community College since 2008.

MANAGEMENT: In all decisions that I make as a college representative, I strive to exercise good

and fair judgment by maintaining an open mind and gathering the necessary information to make the best decision I can. I also strive to maintain a focus on serving our students and on how these decisions will affect them. I adhere to ethical principles in all my actions and reflect this in my personal life as well as in my career. I have over twenty years of experience building and managing college budgets and external funding from a variety of sources. As the chief administrative and academic officer on the Northwest campus for the past sixteen years, I have responsibilities for all facility renovations/expansions. I have been involved in transitioning our campus into a full-service campus from a center while expanding the facilities and staffing. In order to do so, we added the library building and the classroom and laboratory building in the fall 2002 semester which included the creation of smart classrooms and video conferencing facilities. I also participated in preparing and overseeing a grant proposal to the Department of Education to expand the Mathematics laboratory and to create a Chemistry Laboratory and Preparation room at the Northwest Campus. The grant was awarded to the college in October, 2008 in the sum of $780,000 and this renovation was completed in 2009. I oversaw the expansion of the Northwest Campus cafeteria facilities from design to completion in late 2010. I also oversaw the development of a grant proposal to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Campus Library Expansion. This funding was awarded to the campus in 2009 in the sum of $60,000 with a matching allocation from the college for a total of $120,000 and this expansion was completed in 2011.

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COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS: My personality and nature is characterized by others as very positive and optimistic and I strive to create this environment with our campus Leadership Team and for it to permeate the campus as well. My Management/Leadership style is firmly based on my belief in promoting a culture of inclusion where all team members feel valued and are contributors to the decision-making process and the establishment of a shared vision. I possess the ability to bring diverse groups together to share a common vision through the work with our campus leadership team, the creation of multiple partnerships with area schools/businesses, leading the AtD efforts at EPCC, and in my role as an academic administrator for over twenty-six years. I am a very engaged leader who leads with great passion towards a shared vision of service to the students. As a professional and as an individual, I possess a high level of integrity in both my professional and personal life which I bring to every action, interaction, and decision. I possess a strong moral background and high integrity and strive towards high achievement in all that I do focusing at all times on student success which has been the driving force in my career from the classroom to my current position as Campus Dean. Because of this passion, I have devoted my career within the community college environment where the service to students is paramount and have been able to build strong relationships build on trust within the college and community, with colleagues across the country, as well as with external funders. I consider myself a self-reliant and very ethical individual who treats all individuals fairly and with great respect and who functions well in both team and independent settings. One of my greatest rewards comes when I have earned the trust of those with whom I work and formed the strong relationships that has allowed us to resolve problems and provide the high quality services that our students deserve.

Because of my education, experience and the list of accomplishments I have listed in this letter, I feel that I am a good fit for what you are looking for in your next President at Northeast Lakeview College. Being a first-generation college student, I am very aware of the needs of the students we serve in community colleges and the futures that can be shaped by providing education to all who seek it. Because of this, I have prepared myself to seek this position where I would serve a key role in helping students succeed and to attain their educational goals. Thank you for providing me this opportunity to present these materials for your review. It would be an honor to be invited to meet with you to give you a firsthand look at what I could bring to Northeast Lakeview College as your next President. Sincerely,

Lydia Tena, Ed.D.

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DR. LYDIA TENA

EDUCATION

1998 New Mexico State University – Las Cruces, NM

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) - Educational Management and Development in Higher Education Administration 1986 The University of Texas at El Paso – El Paso, TX Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) – Concentration in Management 1976 The University of Texas at El Paso – El Paso, TX Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA), Management Major 1973 Thomas Jefferson High School – El Paso, TX Diploma

LEADERSHIP AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

El Paso Community College El Paso, TX

Northwest Campus Dean and Dean of Instructional Programs August 2000 – Present

Serve as the Northwest Campus Dean (equivalent to a Chief Operations Officer/Campus President at other institutions of similar size) with responsibility for the entire Northwest campus and its daily operations. The Northwest Campus, with an enrollment of 3,500 credit students, is part of a five campus college district with an overall enrollment of 30,000 credit students per semester. I also serve as the Dean of Instructional Programs for the Northwest Campus and oversee all academic, professional, and support staff, and 30 instructional programs. I serve as the primary contact for the campus within the college district and the community, and oversee forty-five institutional budgets totaling $5.3 Million and various grant budgets that total $3 Million.

Responsibilities and duties include:

Provide educational leadership to faculty and staff in all credit academic and Career and Technical programs offered at the Northwest Campus, various laboratories that support the instructional programs, thirty Full-time Professors, approximately one hundred Adjunct faculty, twenty full-time staff, and approximately thirty part-time staff.

Oversee campus facilities and serve as the primary contact person for the campus within the college district and the community.

Provide administrative leadership to the Library that serves as a college library and as the Northwest Community Library through a partnership with the City of El Paso and the El Paso Public Library system to provide community programming and services.

Provide administrative leadership to the Counseling Department that is comprised of two full-time counselors, two part-time counselors, one full-time advisor, one full-time and two part-time staff.

Provide administrative leadership to the Distance Learning division that is in charge of all courses and services provided through distance delivery for the college district. This division is comprised of five full-time staff and seven part-time staff.

Achieving the Dream (AtD) Leader College Liaison January 2006 – August 2016 Serve as the AtD Leader College Liaison for EPCC reporting directly to the President. Achieving the Dream is a multi-year national initiative to help more community college students succeed. The initiative is

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particularly concerned about student groups that traditionally have faced significant barriers to success.

Responsibilities and duties include:

Report directly to the President

Serve as Achieving the Dream (AtD) Leader College Liaison and Student Success Core Team Leader for the college district.

Serve as the college’s contact person with AtD, Lumina Foundation personnel, AtD Coaches, and other external entities.

Assist the President in leading the Student Success Core Team comprised of faculty, staff, and administrators from Student Services, Institutional Research, Information Technology, Finance, and Instruction who are charged with overseeing all Student Success initiatives. This team is chaired by the EPCC President, and I assist him by setting the agenda, coordinating the meetings, conducting the meeting in his absence, and following-up on activities discussed at the meetings.

Interim Dean for Nursing April 2007 – December 2007, and August 2008 – July 2009 Served as Interim Dean for Nursing at the Rio Grande Campus for two separate terms while a permanent Dean was hired during which time I provided Administrative leadership for the Nursing Department and oversaw five institutional budgets totaling $1,800,000. Responsibilities and duties included:

Provided educational leadership to the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN) programs offered at the Rio Grande and Mission del Paso Campuses.

Provided administrative leadership to the RN and LVN laboratories to support the instructional programs, twenty full-time Professors, approximately ten Adjunct faculty, five full-time staff, and three part-time staff members.

Provided administrative leadership to the Rio Grande Health Clinic to help provide medical services to the community and clinical experiences for the RN and LVN students. This clinic is staffed by one Nurse Practitioner, a visiting nurse from the University of Texas at El Paso, two full-time staff, and two part-time staff members.

Provided administrative leadership to the Counseling department at the Rio Grande Campus that is comprised of six full-time counselors, one part-time counselor, one full-time advisor, and three full-time staff and one part-time staff member.

American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program August 2005 – August 2006

Participated in the ACE Fellows program which is an intensive one-year leadership development program designed to prepare senior leaders by providing the opportunity to spend an extended period of time at another college working directly with the college President.

Externship Experiences:

Reported to Dr. Charlene Nunley, President, at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland during the fall 2005 semester and shadowed her to all college and community functions.

Held monthly meetings with Dr. Nunley to discuss issues at the college and for mentoring purposes.

Participated in cabinet meetings.

Participated in board executive meetings and regular board meetings.

Interviewed top administrators at Montgomery College regarding college initiatives.

Participated as part of a seven-member team of ACE Fellows who visited three universities in Spain and three universities in England to assist in their implementation of the Bologna Process

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through the sharing of information regarding methods used by Higher Education institutions in the United States to establish a more student focused and student participatory system.

Internship Experiences:

Shadowed Dr. Richard Rhodes, El Paso Community College President, to college and community functions during the spring 2006 semester while returning to my regular duties as Campus Dean of the Northwest Campus.

Held monthly meetings with Dr. Rhodes to discuss issues facing the college and as a mentoring process.

Participated in cabinet meetings to share experiences and knowledge gained during the externship semester at Montgomery Community College.

Oversaw all activities of the Achieving the Dream initiative at El Paso Community College

Project Assistant to the Vice President of Instruction January 2000 – August 2000 Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Vice President of Instruction.

Coordinated and chaired regular monthly meetings for the Enrollment, Retention, and Graduate committee on behalf of the Vice President.

Developed an Enrollment, Retention and Graduate plan-of-action for all instructional programs.

Collaborated with non-instructional areas to develop a comprehensive Marketing and Retention plan for the college.

Division Dean, Public Service and Technology July 1997 – August 1999 Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Provost at the Valle Verde Campus.

Provided administrative leadership in a decentralized administrative structure with campus-based responsibility and district-wide responsibility for five of the programs in this division.

Provided administrative leadership for three major federally funded grant projects dealing with Sign Language Interpreter and Human Services.

Provided administrative leadership to twenty-eight full time faculty, approximately fifty adjunct faculty, and twenty staff members in this division.

Division Chair, Business and Computer Based Occupations August 1993 – July 1997 Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Vice President for Occupational Programs.

Provided administrative leadership to this division in a decentralized administrative structure.

Provided administrative leadership to thirty full-time faculty, approximately seventy part-time faculty, and fifteen staff members in this division.

Division Chair, Business Programs and Services January 1992 – August 1993 Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Executive Dean at the Valle Verde Campus.

Provided administrative leadership to this division in a centralized administrative structure with district-wide responsibility for credit course offerings in these programs.

Provided administrative leadership to the Business Programs Continuing Education programs.

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Provided administrative leadership to twenty-eight full-time faculty, approximately seventy part-time faculty, and twenty staff members in this division.

Coordinator, Academic Computing Service November 1991 – January 1992

Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Vice President for Information Technology.

Coordinated the general purpose computer laboratory facility usage by all district-wide college departments.

Coordinated scheduling with the division chairs throughout the college district and coordinated equipment/software purchases for this facility.

Managed approximately twenty laboratory assistants at three campuses.

Coordinator, Title III Resource Development Mentoring Project August 1991 – January 1992 Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Director for Resource Development.

Coordinated a district-wide training project to enable faculty to prepare grant applications.

Established computerized boilerplate information that could be utilized for a majority of grant proposals.

Survey Developer, SACS Self Study Office June 1991 – August 1991 Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Self Study Director.

Prepared self study surveys to be administered to faculty and administrators in response to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) criteria in preparation for the SACS site visit.

Compiled the survey results to be utilized in the college’s self study report.

Acting Division Chair, Computer Based Occupations September 1990 – May, 1991

Responsibilities and duties include:

Reported to the Dean for Occupational Programs.

Provided administrative and educational leadership to a division comprised of ten programs in the Computer Field in a centralized administrative structure with district-wide responsibility for credit and continuing education courses.

Supervised thirty full-time faculty, fifty part-time faculty, and twenty staff members in this division.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

El Paso Community College - El Paso, TX Online Adjunct Professor, Education Department August 2005 – Present Course taught:

Education 1300: Mastering Academic Excellence. This is a freshmen seminar course to assist students in acquiring a foundation to successfully transition to the college learning environment. This course is required of all students pursing the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees.

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Teach online and hybrid classes using Blackboard Learn 9 (previously used WebCT). Full-time Information Processing Professor August 1999 – August 2000; January 1984 – August 1990 Courses taught:

Taught all courses in the Information Processing discipline

Was granted tenure after five years of teaching full-time and attained Professor status

New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM Adjunct Faculty, Educational Management and Development January 2007 – May 2007

Graduate Course taught:

EMD 580 – Administration of Adult and Continuing Education.

This course is part of the Master’s in Educational Management and Development program.

ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS

Achieving the Dream (AtD)

Network Advisory Board Member (2 year term – 2016-2018) American Council on Education (ACE)

Fellows Program - Class of 2005-06

Council of Fellows Board Member, 2006 to 2012

Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

Practitioners Wisdom Panel member, 2008

El Paso Children’s Grief Center

Board Member, 2013-2015 El Paso Community Scholars

Board Member, 2003 to 2006 El Paso Chamber of Commerce

Workforce and Education Committee member, 2005 to 2006

Education Committee member, 2006 to 2010 Leadership El Paso

Class of 2004

League for Innovation in the Community Colleges

Project SAIL Advisory Board member, 2004 to 2010

Project SAIL Curriculum Review Board Member, 2005 to 2010 National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE)

Taskforces: Diversity Taskforce Co-Chair, 1994-1995; Alternative Learning Taskforce Member, 1996-99

Board Positions: Vice-President for Programs, 1997-99; Board Member-at-large, 1999-2005, 2008-2009.

President-Elect, 2005-2006

President, 2006-2007

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Past President, 2007-2008

National Community College Chair's Institute

Class of 1993-94

Professional Administrators Development Institute (PADI), AACC

Class of 1992

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Site Evaluation Team Member: Texas State Technical Institute (TSTI),1990; Houston CommunityCollege, 1991; Laredo Community College, 1994; Tyler Junior College, 1996

Council for Women in Higher Education, 1991

Recruitment, Retention and Promotion Subcommittee, 1991

Carl Perkins Discretionary Grant Reader, 1991-1995

Senior Fellows Program, 2003

Learning Technology Advisory Committee, 2016-Present

Texas Leadership Alliance (TLA)

Advisory Board Member, January 2006-2007

Texas State Leadership Consortium for Curriculum Development (TSLCCD)

Steering Committee Member, January 2006-2012

Texas Association of College Technical Educators (TACTE)

Executive Committee Member, 1993-2002

Forward Planning Committee Chair, 1993; Research and Planning Committee Chair, 1994-1995;Marketing Committee Chair, 1997-99; Blue Ribbon Committee Member, 2002

Vice-President, 1996-1997

Texas Tech University

Steering Advisory Board member for Women’s Health Conference, 2008.

Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM)

WECM Guidelines Committee Member, 1996-1998

WECM Leadership Committee Member and Curriculum Workshop Facilitator, 2000-2006

AWARDS/SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS

National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD): President’s Leadership Excellence Award, May, 2010

Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC): Cheesy Nelson State Leadership Award, July, 2006

National Community College Chair's Academy: Certificate of Recognition, 1994 and 1995

Burlington Northern Foundation: Teaching Excellence Award, 1988

PRESENTATIONS

“El Paso Community College Formula for Success: Broad Engagement + Leadership + Focus.”ATD DREAM Conference, March, 2016.

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“El Paso Community College – Teachership Academy.” ATD DREAM Conference, February 2015.

“El Paso Community College’s Early College High School Initiatives: Partnering for Excellence.” ECHS National Conference, December 2014.

“ATD Right from the Start.” Student Success Summit, October 2014

Panelist Presentation at the Latino Higher Education Policy Summit, October 2013.

Presented the following breakout sessions at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Conference: Six Models of Early College High Schools; Teachership Academy: Now in Phase II; Student Mentoring Program at EPCC, May 2013.

Panelist presentation “Two Colleges, Two Academies, One Goal: Creating Our Own Master Teachers”, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Conference, April 2013.

Panelist presentation “College Readiness – Conquering Barriers, Improving the Technician Pipeline”, Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Conference, October 2012.

Panelist for Grantmakers for Children Study Tour, El Paso, TX, October 2012.

Panelist with Excelencia in Education President and Diverse Issues in Higher Education Editor, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Conference, May 2012.

Panelist for Grantmakers for Education (GFE) Study Tour, El Paso, TX, April 2012.

“Teachership Academy: An AtD Promising Practice.” AtD DREAM Conference, February 2012.

Panelist on the National Conference Call regarding Achieving the Dream and Public Agenda's Cutting Edge Series, "Building Institutional Capacity for Data-Informed Decision”, January 2012.

Webinar Panelist, “Conducting Site Visits.” Achieving the Dream (AtD) Leader College Webinar, December 2011.

Webinar Panelist, “Early College High Schools: The Planning Year.” Texas Education Agency College Partner Webinar, November 2011.

Excelencia in Education Panelist, Washington, DC, September 2011.

“Helping Students Reach Success: Mentoring Program.” NISOD, May 2011.

“Teachership Academy: Creating Your Own Master Faculty.” NISOD, May 2011.

“Developmental Education Initiatives at EPCC.” New Mexico State University-Alamagordo, April 2011.

“Pathways to Student Success.” AtD Strategy Institute, February 2011.

PUBLICATIONS

“Ensuring Quality through Program Review.” National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE)

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Quarterly Newsletter, August, 2008.

“Career Enhancers and Barriers among Women Administrators in Texas Community Colleges.”Doctoral Dissertation, December, 1998.

“Diversity Programs Monograph: Exemplary Programs and Self Assessment.” Co-authors J DRoss and Lydia Tena for the National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE), 1996.

“Parity 2000: Achieving Equity for Women in Higher Education.” Commission of Women inHigher Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1990.