State of the CollegeFall 2016

MCC meets the needs of students and stakeholders by

leveraging the collective creativity, experience, and

commitment of the college community and its partners.

Kudos

• Robert Godere, QCW–Electrician, graduated summa cum laude, May 2016 from Post University, BS Degree, Environmental Management.

• Nancy LaRoche-Shovak and Kerry McNiven received the Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (coARC) on behalf of MCC.

• Carla Adams was the recipient of the 2015-2016 Board of Regents Teaching, Research and Scholarly Excellence Awards.

• Lucy Hurston `93 is a recipient of the 2016 New Haven Chapter of Links honoree award. Links is dedicated to improving lives through services to youth, the arts, national and international trends and services, and health and human services.

• 100% pass rate for Radiation Therapy and Radiography students!

• CT Community Colleges ranked 9th best for 2016 by WalletHub.com

New Hires

Name Position

Susan Alston Executive Director, MCC Foundation

Lisa Baxter-Rincon Secretary II, Continuing Education

Phillip Burnham, Linda Devlin & Latisha Nielsen SSS Specialists

Alexis Echevarria Telecommunications Operator

Kevin Fox Maintainer

Takia Lugo & Joy Thompson Registration Services Assistants

Erin O’Neil Administrative Assistant, Advancement

Rosemary Ryan Program Director, Dental Program

Yamilet Santiago Secretary II, Facilities

Jami Williams HR Associate

Internal Moves & Search Updates

Moves

• Sharale Golding, Interim DD, STEM Division

• Beverly Ferrigno, Human Resources

• Grisselle Gonzalez, Marketing

Searches in Progress

• Manger of AA, Diversity and Inclusion

• IT Technician II

• Web Designer/Developer

• Disabilities Specialist (PT EA)

To Be Filled

• Three faculty lines:

• Economics

• Fine Arts

• Bio/Chemistry

• Two Division Directors

• Academic Dean

RetireesName Position Effective

Date

Years of Service

Jackie Mullen Secretary II 5-1-16 29 years

Tom Zownir Professor of Chemistry 6-1-16 38 years

Janet AlampiDirector of Business & Industry

Services7-1-16 10 years

Richard Clark Professor, Surgical Technology 7-1-16 17.5 years

Desreen Petgrave HR Specialist 7-1-16 29 years

Anthony Sousa Custodian 7-1-16 9.5 years

Rick Harden Professor, Fine Arts 8-1-16 18 years

Wilfredo Agudo Police Officer 9-1-16 31 years

System Updates

• System Office Workgroups• Financial Aid

• Purchasing/Contracts

• Human Resources

• Compliance/Equity Issues

• Enrollment and Retention Strategies

• Branding/Marketing

MCC Strategic Planning Goals: 2016-2017

• Academic Excellence:

Guided Pathways, assessment, advising

• Student Success and Enrollment Management:

EM strategies, advising, First Year programs

• Partnerships:

Community engagement, academic partnerships

• College Culture:

Communication, governance, diversity, respect

• Stewardship:

Balanced budget, infrastructure, safety, philanthropy

The college’s reputation, human resources, physical spaces, capital assets,

technology infrastructure, alternative funding sources, and accreditation are all

critical components of student success.

MCC continually seeks to develop new resources and

explores and adopts sustainable practices.

Stewardship

Facilities

• Advanced manufacturing project near completion

• Sitework project underway for roadways and bus loop

• Exterior lighting project underway• New brighter and less expensive LED lights

• Interior wayfinding installation underway

• MCC included in the system office’s biennium budget for the new building project

• New carpeting in SSC, LRC and AST hallways• Planning phase for new carpeting in classrooms

Campus Police

• Arming preparation

• Implementing technical upgrades to enhance communications

• Facility security improvements

• Planning for parking area camera system for improved safety

• Conducting safety training programs for students

Information Technology

• Twenty-first century classroom project

• Redundant VOIP phone system installed

• Office 365 for faculty and staff

• 158 new VDI systems deployed throughout campus

• Network security improvements

Human Resources/Labor Relations

• Investing in online job application management software

• Employee Training: • FirstNet Online Training Center

• CoreCT Self Service Timesheet• To go live in Fall 2016

• Implement training to enhance employee knowledge of benefits, policies and procedures, promotion and tenure preparation, etc.

• Labor Relations:• Refinement of dual

employment process

• Refinement of retirement preparation process

• Initiate ongoing monthly meetings with stewards and keep open communication on campus matters

• Employee Handbook

FinanceStrategies for 2016-217

Maintain a balanced budget

Grow credit enrollment and programs

Long-term schedule planning

Maintain state-of-the-art information technology and infrastructure

Strong legislative relationships

Implement energy savings initiatives

Build a culture of philanthropy

Limited refilling of vacant positions and

organizational/structural changes

FY 2017 Budgted Revenues and Transfers In ($56,371,341)

FY 2017 Budgeted Expenses and Transfers Out ($56,371,341)

Make an Impact

Fundraising, Grants, and Campaign Gifts• Foundation net assets nearly doubled in eight years to more than

$6 million [up from $2.3M in 2008] – 408 new investors • MCC Foundation grew by $1.8 million in one year• Raised 90 percent of the $14 million campaign fundraising goal if

we include grants received• EOFW: $211,864

Alumni Affairs• Created distinguished alumnus of the year• Implemented alumni strategic plan• New alumni newsletter

MCC Foundation awarded more than $300,000 to support scholarships

2015-2016 Annual Fund Campaign

• Awarded more than $245k to support programs

• 99 employees participated

• This is the last year for the Phil[anthropy] Campaign! Goal is 100 percent employee participation

Raymond F. Damato Funds

• $100k College Decides

• Retention Scholarships

• Library support

• Culinary

• STEM

• Early Childhood Center

• Allied Health: VERT

• Music

Special Events

• Campaign 2020: Public launch, Sept. 23, 2016

• Alumnus of the Year/Homecoming Dinner, November 15, 2016

• Hall of Fame – February 12, 2017

• EOFW – April 28, 2017

College Decides on Spending $100K

How we can spend $100k

• Scholarships (credit and non-credit)/Transportation/Book funds

• Recruitment materials

• Charging hubs

• New furniture

• Mobile Advising carts/laptops

• Symplicity Software

• Professional development

• Allied health: Washer/dryer

• Open Education Resources (future funding)

• Light pole Banners

Leveraging other funding

• Scholarship grant assistance: Damato

• Library/Café planning: Damato

• Better signage AST & A&B wings: Bond

• Culinary updates/upgrades: Bond and Damato

• Solar panels: Bond

• Wine cellar: Foundation

• Master plan updates: System

• Instructional needs: Perkins, OE, Capital Campaign

• Sidewalk on Hillstown Rd: Town funding

College Culture

“We don’t see things as they are,

we see things as we are.”

Anaïs Nin

MCC intentionally builds our capacity for shared leadership, shared

understanding, and shared responsibility, fostering a culture of

innovation, diversity and inclusion.

MCC is a student body who acknowledges racial and ethnic

inclusion concerns – and does something about them.

Communication: Marketing & PRMarketing

• FY15-16 Branding and Recruitment advertising campaign

• 36,890,000 total impressions

• Media mix was varied -heavy reliance on digital marketing

• Continued with existing ads for fall 2016 recruitment

Public relations

• Increased local and national media coverage; partnering with corporate andnon-profit organizations

• Focus on your/student accomplishments

• Held community roundtables

• Media placements in:• The Hartford Courant• Hartford Business Journal• Journal Inquirer• Community College Times• And more…

Marketing: 2016-2017 Plan

• Undertake redesign of all college forms

• Move branding and recruitment campaign toward focus on student experience

• Support system-wide projects such as marketing consolidation, TAP marketing, CRM implementation

• Incorporate CE marketing into branding/enrollment campaign

• Continue to tweak marketing mix to include more video, and more measurable, targeted online vehicles

Governance

• Last overhaul 2007; last update, 2015

• All sections of document will be reviewed

• Cross-divisional team will coordinate• Experts such as governing body chairs will be tapped by

committee as needed

• First steps: college-wide survey and interview of governance group members

Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Staff Development• Affirmative Action Plan

approved

• Document processes to eliminate inherent bias

• Sexual Violence Report due to the General Assembly in October

• Faculty Fellowship Program initiated its 2nd class with nine new fellows in the spring; 15 graduated last year

• Implemented Let’s Talk series which will continue in 2016-2017

How to Live Wisely

“What does it mean to live a good life?

What about a productive life?

How about a happy life?

How might I think about these ideas if the answers

conflict with one another?

And how do I use my time here at college to build on

the answers to these tough questions?”

- How to Live Wisely by Richard J. Light, NYT, July 31, 2015

Enough is Enough Video

Partnerships

MCC is a good neighbor meeting the needs of our students and

stakeholders by leveraging the collective creativity, experience,

and commitment

of the college community and our regional partners.

Partnerships

MCC on Main

• Development of strategic business plan

• Collaborative initiative between several areas of the college, foundation and town

Credit-Free @ MCC on Main

• CE, under Dean Haber, responsible for the daily operation

• Developed policy and procedure manual

• Administered CREATE ASAP in partnership with Excursions

Academic Partnerships

• College Career Pathways: 5,482 credits awarded saving families $1.1M

• STEM Institute hosted four programs for high school students

ICEO

• Meg Finley, Faculty Fellow

• President’s Higher Ed Community Service Honor Roll

• Data collection on academic community engagement

• Carnegie designation

Student Successand Enrollment Management

MCC understands that what

happens outside the

classroom is just as important

as what goes on inside the

classroom, and is committed

to providing a quality

educational experience.

Cross-Divisional Enrollment Strategies

• EM and Bursar developed individualized system; resulted in fewer cancellations for non-payment.

• Veteran outreach

• Damato Scholarship Grant Assistance Program

• EMC using demographic and enrollment trends to inform recruiting strategies.

• Highest enrolled winter intersession with more than 490 students in more than 570 seats

• Highest enrolled summer session with 2,100 students

Student Success

• Enrollment Management• Acceptance Day for new

students

• Pipeline Partnerships• Hartford Scholars and Career

Beginnings: summer melt

• YWCA Career Women at MCC

• Uber Partnership• Discounts for first-time users

• Code: MCC2016

• Fitness Center• Access for students

• Food pantry and clothing closet

• Degree completion within 150%; rose by 2%• F2F retention up 5% (in ‘15)

“A student who experiences college feeling unsafe – culturally, academically, economically,

socially – does not have the luxury of being challenged in the classroom because all of their

energy is directed to trying to survive”

John Warner in Inside Higher Education 8/22

Successful First Year

• STARS

• Advising enhancements

• Smart Start (formerly REACT)

• Mentoring programs – Brother-2-Brother, Sister-2-Sister, and Veteran-2-Veteran

• Celebrated Hispanic Heritage, African American, and Asian Pacific Islander months. Native American Month added for this year

• Launched FIRST cohorts as collaboration with AA and First Year and New Student Programs

“share your humanity rather than

your authority”

John Warner

Academic Excellence

MCC is faculty and staff that

motivate students to achieve

by sharing life lessons and

who, in turn, are inspired by

those students and their

stories.

Accomplishments

• Integrated General Education into all degree programs

• Completed 11 TAP pathways – published in 2016-2017 college catalog

• Biology, chemistry, communication, criminology, English, history, mathematics, political science, psychology, social work and sociology

• Met the 60 credit normalization

• Revised/reviewed 46 programs. Achieved 93 percent compliance with only three programs at 62 credits

• Developed Guided Pathways advising sheets for all degree and certificate programs

• All faculty and staff have the sheets available through Blackboard

Goals for 2016 - 2017

• Reorganization of Divisions along Guided Pathways• Development of common first

semester

• Realignment of the website to reflect the Pathways

• Campus-based transitional strategies program (Smart Start)

• Themed FIRST cohorts to align with Guided Pathways

• Visiting professorship• In planning

• Open Education Resources• Pilots

• Outcomes Assessment• General education courses

• TAP programs

• Program evaluations

Reorganization

Liberal & CreativeArts

• English, Language and Humanities

• Fine Art, Communication and Design

Social Science, Business &

Professional Careers

• Business, Paralegal and Hospitality

• Criminal Justice and Social Science

• Social Service, Education and Behavioral Sciences

STEM

• Engineering, Physical Science and Mathematics

• Health and Life Sciences

Academic Affairs Departments and Programs function as always

Academic Success: Extension & Credit-Free

Credit Extension

• Increase in winter intersession students: 493 students in more than 570 seats

• Summer 2015–Summer 2016 increase with more than 2,100 individual students

Programs

• Professional Development Courses (spring 2016)

• POST recertification courses for State Marshals (summer 2016)

• Veterinary Assistant Program internships

• NAVTA-accredited Veterinary Asst. program – only school in CT and one of three in New England to be accredited

• EMT program in partnership with Glastonbury Volunteer Ambulance Association (fall 2016)

MCC is more than 6000 non-credit

students a year – from ages 5 to 95 –

who explore new interests, gain new

job skills, meet new friends, travel the

country & experience the myriad

benefits of lifelong learning.

Academic Success: Corporate and Community Training

Career Pathways Grant

•3-year grant from HFPG in partnership with CREC

•Provides ESL/Medical Office Assistant certificate program for up to 6 cohorts of students

•Students can earn up to 6 MCC credits

IBEST/Second Chance Pilot Program

•Regional partnership with CWP, CREC and others

•Pre-manufacturing program for ex-offenders as part of the State of CT’s “second chance” pilot

•Students can earn up to 4 MCC credits

“What a wise person teaches is a small part

of what they give.

The totality of their life,of the way they go about it in the smallest details,

is what gets transmitted.” - Dr. Dave Jolly as quoted in The Road to Character (2015) by David Brooks

MCC is a leader: has vision, is never afraid to challenge the status

quo, is first to volunteer, embraces change, sets the standard and

is willing to share best practices.