JCCC 07-08 Report to the Community

07 | 08 Report to the Community

Johnson County Community College

JCCC Board of Trustees Shirley Brown足VanArsdale chair Benjamin B. Hodge trustee Lynn Mitchelson vice足chairman Melody Rayl trustee Jon Stewart trustee Don Weiss treasurer

Virginia Krebs trustee emeritus

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Students from local schools are introduced to the visual arts at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art on campus.

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Terry Calaway congratulates a graduate.

A message from the president

My first year as president of Johnson County Community College was

remarkable. And busy! We opened two new buildings; surpassed our fundraising goals; honored students, faculty and staff; sent our athletic and academic teams to national tournaments; initiated a new sustainability effort; and introduced new academic programs. I’ve learned what our faculty and staff think through Town Hall meetings, where discussion is open and questions are welcome. And through lengthy discussions with faculty and staff, we’ve looked at new ways to organize our work groups.

With our staff and faculty and our lobbyist, I’ve spent time in Topeka talking with our legislators, the Board of Regents and the state Postsecondary Technical Authority about what’s best for JCCC and Johnson County. With our trustees and Foundation staff, I’ve worked with our Foundation board of directors to raise funds for student scholarships and programming. And I’ve met as many members of the community as I could this year, through civic organizations such as Rotary, chamber meetings and one­on­one visits.

I’ve learned a lot this year, especially about the commitment of our trustees, faculty and staff to the educational process, the success of our students, and the support of local business. Because I’ve also seen how much the local community values the college, we make sure the community receives good value in return for the support they give us. I’m proud to share the college’s commitment to the community and to represent it in the county, throughout the state and nationwide.

I am always interested in hearing from members of the community, to learn what you think and what you need so that Johnson County Community College continues to be a valuable asset to the community. Thank you for your contribution to our success of this year. I look forward to the next!

Sincerely,

Terry A. Calaway President 4

As you can see in the pages of this report, Johnson County Community College has been able to undergo some major changes without sacrificing excellent performance in the classroom and the community. Following some challenging times, it was the board’s intention to restore an atmosphere that encouraged free expression and honest feedback.

A major step in that direction was the hiring of the college’s new president, Dr. Terry Calaway. His boundless energy and vision have given new momentum to the college’s planning, programming and interaction with students and the community. New initiatives are underway, new goals have been set and new ideas and innovations have been introduced. As you read this report, you’ll see what an exciting year it was for JCCC and how much the community is affected by what goes on here. You’ll see what a success 2007­2008 was and how much we have to look forward to in 2008­2009.

On behalf of the JCCC board of trustees, thank you for your continuing support of Johnson County Community College and our students, faculty and staff. The board of trustees is dedicated to serving the community in the best way we can.

A message from the chair, board of trustees

Sincerely,

Shirley Brown­VanArsdale Chair, JCCC board of trustees

Students find time to study on campus.

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Classes move outside when the weather’s fine.

The Vision, Mission and Values of Johnson County Community College

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Vision JCCC will enhance its leadership role among community colleges in the United States. The college will continue to enrich the quality of life for those it serves through creative solutions to educational, economic and community challenges.

Mission Learning comes first at JCCC. The college ■

delivers lifelong educational programs and services that are convenient and accessible

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provides professional training opportunities

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provides opportunities for personal growth and cultural enrichment

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maintains a caring, supportive environment

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stimulates economic development

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is accountable to its stakeholders

The Classroom Laboratory Building and the Billington Library

Values As an institution of higher education, Johnson County Community College supports a statement of values identified by the Carnegie Commission as applicable and enduring for all communities of learning.

More specifically, we believe that Johnson County Community College should be:

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a place where all faculty, students and staff share goals and work together to strengthen teaching and learning;

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a place where freedom of expression and civility are practiced, encouraged and protected among all groups;

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a place where every person is respected and where diversity is pursued;

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a place where individuals accept their obligations to the group and where well­defined governance processes guide behavior for the good of the institution;

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a place where the well­being of each member is supported and where service to others, internally and externally, is encouraged;

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a place whose ideas and resources are shared with other members of the educational community — locally, regionally, nationally and internationally; and

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a place in which the institution’s rituals affirming both tradition and change are shared and where the accomplishments of its staff and students are recognized.

We believe in the dignity and worth of each individual and the fundamental right of each person to realize his or her fullest potential; therefore:

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JCCC programs and services should be affordable and accessible to all who can benefit from them;

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programs and services need to be comprehensive in order to meet the diverse lifelong educational needs of the community; and

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high quality should be the hallmark of all programs and services and should not be compromised by growth or reduction.

We believe that the college is held in trust for the people of Johnson County; therefore:

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the college assets are a community investment and accountability and responsibility must be exercised in fiscal management and in maintaining those assets for future generations;

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the college must exercise prudence in the management of the nonmonetary assets entrusted to it, seeking maximum return on the community’s investment of time, trust and intellectual capital;

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the college should assure quality, continuous improvement, currency and the achievement of defined purposes and outcomes through continuous assessment of all programs and services;

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the student learning goals established by the college instructional programs should be continuously refined and measured;

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the college should assure that students achieve the learning outcomes established by its instructional programs; and

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JCCC should provide leadership in making Johnson County a better place to live and work.

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The Regnier Center

The Regnier Center

Serving the community

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The Regnier Center opened for classes in August 2007 and was dedicated in a ribbon­cutting ceremony, followed by a reception, in September.

The Regnier Center, dedicated to business and technology, is a three­story, 155,000­square­foot structure housing: • The Center for Business and Technology’s training rooms, assessment

center, computer labs and classrooms, including the Harvey S. and

Beverly R. Bodker Executive Classroom for classes and seminars in

management skills and leadership.

• The 5,000­square­foot Capitol Federal Conference Center, available for

conferences, multimedia presentations, exhibitions, special events and

banquets.

• The Ad Astra Scheduling Suite, where staff oversee the scheduling of

rooms on campus for continuing education classes and events.

• A Center for Entrepreneurship, housing both the credit entrepreneurship

program and the Small Business Development Center.

• Classrooms and labs for courses and training in information systems,

information technology, interactive media, computer science and data

processing.

• A 5,400­square­foot biotechnology laboratory suite with a teaching lab, research lab, classroom, prep room, tissue culture room, faculty office and sophisticated equipment including a DNA sequencer, a thermocycler and high­pressure liquid chromatograph.

• Offices for the college’s Information Services staff, who provide computer network, academic and administrative support to students and faculty campus­wide.

Also housed within the Regnier Center is the Shull Foyer, named in honor of Dick and Barbara Shull, which serves as a meet­and­greet lobby for the first floor.

The Regnier Center is named for Victor and Helen Regnier. In June 2003 the college received a $5 million challenge gift from the Victor and Helen Regnier Charitable Foundation to support construction. The Regniers developed housing and commercial properties in Johnson County for five decades; their foundation is codirected by the Regniers’ three children – Robert, Cathy and Victor Jr.

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art In October 2007, the new Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art opened at JCCC with a gala fundraiser, where patrons could meet artists whose work is included in the museum collection.

More than 1,100 tickets to the event were sold, raising $225,000 to support museum programming. The museum opened to the public a week later with more than 2,700 people in attendance the first day.

A 41,000­square­foot free­standing building, the Nerman Museum houses a museum store, a café, art storage and nine galleries for temporary and permanent exhibitions. The first and second floors are connected by two monumental stairways – one cascading and one a switchback.

The first floor houses three temporary exhibition galleries, while six galleries are on the second floor – three permanent, three changing.

The second floor also houses the Tearney Education Center, containing two classrooms – one a studio classroom for children K­12, the other for adults; the M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Auditorium; the Lichtor conference room; and administrative offices.

The museum is linked to the Regnier Center by a two­story glass and metal atrium.

The museum is named for Jerome and Margaret Nerman, whose lead gift in 2003 helped to establish the museum. The museum also houses more than 100 works from the Oppenheimer Collection, established

by Tony and Marti Oppenheimer, together with the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation.

Café Tempo With the museum the college opened Café Tempo, a 110­seat upscale dining space between the Nerman Museum and the Regnier Center. The café offers omelets, quiche and pastries for breakfast and salads, soups, panini sandwiches and desserts for lunch. In the evening, the café offers college and private

catering. The executive chef for Café Tempo is Tim Johnson, previously at Webster House Restaurant for 12 years before joining the college’s Dining Services staff.

Campaign for the Community The JCCC Foundation concluded its capital “Campaign for the Community” in September 2007 by announcing it had raised $20.2 million to support construction, scholarships, programs and events, faculty and curriculum at JCCC. The amount surpasses the fundraising goal of $15 million set three years ago. This was the first time in the college’s history that JCCC had asked for private dollars to help fund construction at the college, specifically of the Regnier Center and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. “When we established the $15 million goal three years ago, some were concerned that we had established a much too aggressive goal. As we met with individual supporters and corporate donors who were supportive of the campaign, we realized the value that has been placed on JCCC within our community,” said Bob Regnier, chair of the capital campaign committee.

The Cohen Series In September 2007, the JCCC Foundation received a gift of $1.3 million from Jon Stewart, college alumnus, trustee and then president of Metcalf Bank. Stewart designated the gift to initiate a speaker series in honor of the late Barton P. Cohen, president of Metcalf Bancshares, vice chairman and general counsel of Metcalf Bank, and an attorney with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, and a strong supporter of JCCC. The inaugural event in the series of annual presentations, known as the Cohen Community Series, was a presentation by political pundit George Will in April 2008. Proceeds from the series support scholarships, programming and training at JCCC.

JCCC in Douglas County In spring 2008, JCCC opened a site in three rooms of the Lawrence Centennial School. JCCC is expanding outreach efforts into Lawrence after being invited to serve county residents by the Douglas County Career and Technical Education Consortium, with the approval of the University of Kansas.

JCCC’s focus in Lawrence is on technical/vocational education and workforce training that doesn’t duplicate what KU offers. The initial classes offered in Lawrence were Business Math, Introduction to Writing, Fundamentals of Math, Technical Math, Job Search Skills, Career Life Planning, Industrial Safety, Workplace Skills, and certified nurse aide and certified medication aide labs.

State of the College The state of American community colleges in general and of Johnson County Community College in particular were addressed in February 2008 in two presentations delivered as the State of the College: The New American Community College at JCCC. Dr. John E. Roueche, director of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin, talked about “The Community College of the 21st Century,” and Dr. Terry A. Calaway, JCCC president, presented “Johnson County Community College: The New American Community College.”

The event also launched a new President’s Scholarship Fund to recognize outstanding academic achievement as well as provide much needed assistance to students in financial need; to date, more than $14,300 has been raised to fund President’s scholarships.

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Climate commitment Dr. Terry A. Calaway, president, signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment in March 2008. Signing the commitment pledges the college to the development of a comprehensive plan to achieve climate neutrality as a campus and symbolizes JCCC’s commitment to environmental sustainability on campus and in the community. JCCC was the second community college and the fourth institution of higher education in Kansas to sign the commitment.

JCCC is committed to playing a part in this transformation, as the college examines its own green practices and incorporates sustainability into the curriculum and workforce training. A committee of faculty, staff and students is studying sustainability efforts at JCCC, 10

including its dining services and facilities, its use of water resources, and waste minimization and recycling, as well as ways to incorporate sustainability into the curriculum.

Campus police force Following months of study, the JCCC board of trustees approved the establishment of a campus police department in April 2008. At the beginning of the fall 2008 semester, the college issued firearms to those officers who are Kansas peace officer standards and training (POST) certified. In March 2008, certified officers were trained in the use of OC (pepper) spray and a baton.

All officers are outfitted with bulletproof vests, and the department purchased a police car equipped with a built­in radio, lights, siren, public address system and a cage.

In December 2007, Overland Park police officers conducted an “active shooter” training exercise for JCCC Public Safety officers. During the spring semester, the Overland Park Police Department offered the college the services of a school resource officer.

JCCC’s certified officers are a highly experienced group. Most retired after 30 years on a local police force in Overland Park, Kansas City, Mo., or another city in Johnson County. Combined, they have 677 years of experience in police work.

The college had been studying the possibility of making the change from a public safety department to a police department since September 2007.

The Master Chef Guest Lecture Series The Master Chef Guest Lecture Series introduces the trade secrets of renowned chefs to the community and JCCC culinary students. Kevin Rathbun, owner of the acclaimed Kevin Rathbun Steak and Krog Bar in Atlanta, and a former JCCC culinary student, entertained and informed as the first chef in the series in January, teaching a master cooking class and helping students prepare a four­course dinner as a fundraiser for culinary scholarships. The Master Chef Series will continue in March and October each year.

■ Cooking with Class A new television series called Cooking with Class showcases chefs – JCCC graduates, faculty and supervising chefs for JCCC student apprentices – demonstrating techniques that gourmet cooks can use at home.

The series airs on the college’s cable station on Time Warner, Comcast and Everest.

Demonstrations and recipes, such as risotto with Parmesan cheese, chocolate­covered profiteroles, and Parisienne gnocchi, can also be found at http://video.jccc.edu.

■ Sponsorship of the JCCC culinary team JCCC’s culinary team is the only such team to win first place three times at the National American Culinary Federation Championships. Monies from the Wysong Challenge will help the team compete in international competitions, such as the one in Singapore in April 2008, where the team earned a gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

■ Health through Food As an academic institution, JCCC’s hospitality management program is committed to teaching, advocating and implementing the Slow Food Movement, which encourages people to eat food that is grown locally, in an ■

Children plant seeds at the edible schoolyard.

The Wysong Challenge The Wysong Challenge is a set of initiatives intended to distinguish JCCC’s culinary program at national and global levels. Because JCCC’s well­known hospitality management program has the ability to provide leadership in sustainable agriculture, healthy eating and training for the growing number of professionals needed in the hospitality and food industry, Kansas Sen. David Wysong and his wife, Kathy, announced in May 2008 a $750,000 challenge gift to help raise $1.5 million in support of the JCCC program. The Wysong challenge, funded by the Wysong Family Foundation, will support these initiatives:

environmentally friendly manner; prepare food in a tasty, healthful way; and enjoy food in a relaxed manner that emphasizes the pleasures and traditions of food.

This philosophy is exemplified in a partnership between JCCC and Kansas State University that has resulted in a sustainable agriculture (market farming) entrepreneurship certificate program, to be introduced in spring 2009. The program, which has already received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, will train new growers and improve the skills of existing growers in both agriculture and business in order to expand the availability of locally grown food.

■ The edible schoolyard In May 2008, the children at the college’s Hiersteiner Child Development Center planted an edible schoolyard – tomatoes, sugar snap peas and melons – in a hoophouse, an unheated greenhouse, as a way to harvest healthy attitudes toward food choices and local, sustainable agriculture. Research in the Berkeley, Calif., Unified School District indicates that when children see where foods grow and help to plant and care for them, they are more likely to eat them. Produce from the edible schoolyard will be used in the children’s school lunches.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius attended the ribbon­cutting, helping the children plant blueberry bushes. The program will serve as a model for partnerships between culinary programs and pre­K to high schools working together toward healthier school lunches.

The edible schoolyard is also supported by a generous contribution of $13,000 from the George and Patricia Semb Science Education Fund and a grant from the Sunflower Foundation.

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Faculty and staff awards and honors Sam Crawford, retired physical science professor, had his name added to the JCCC Wall of Honor in the Virginia Krebs Community Room in the Carlsen Center.

Retired JCCC faculty, staff and administrators are recognized on the Wall of Honor for distinguished service to the college. Crawford taught chemistry at JCCC from 1970 to 1992. He was known as “Mr. Wizard” because of the science demonstrations he gave for children in Johnson County. He was a member of the education division of the American Chemical Society and chaired the workshop division of 2YC3, the Two­Year College Chemistry Conference, bringing the 2YC3’s national conference to JCCC in 1982. Crawford also started an annual meeting at JCCC for college and Johnson County high school chemistry teachers and revitalized the Kansas College Chemistry Conference for college and university chemistry teachers.

Over the summer, Angel Mercier, arts education program director, served on the Dance Review Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. She was one of nine panelists from all areas of dance.

Julie Cooper, director, financial aid, received the Hall of Fame award from the Kansas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators for her years of service to the students and the KASFAA organization.

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Dr. Sally Winship leads the Workforce, Community and Economic Development branch.

Two counselors were honored by the Kansas Academic Advising Network. Kris Downing received the Advising Publication Award, given for the most creative and unique uses of publications that support academic advising, for the Big Green Book: Money Management Survival Guide.

Ann Schwartz won the Supportive Advisor award, given to individuals who exemplify a commitment to advising and who are true advocates for students and advisers.

Dr. Sally Winship, vice president, Workforce, Community and Economic Development at JCCC, was elected to the National Council for Continuing Education and Training (NCCET) board for a three­year term as president­elect, 2007­2008; president, 2008­2009; and past president, 2009­2010.

Kathy Yeager, business solutions consultant for the Center for Business and Technology at JCCC, was elected to the NCCET board as director, Midwest region, for the 2007­2009 term.

Jeffrey Couch, program coordinator, Intensive English Program, was the Kansas state representative, Region 11, of NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Samira Hussein, associate professor of business administration, was the 2007 Distinguished International Alumni Award recipient at the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Mo.

Charles R. Rogers, artistic director, received the sixth annual North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents Award for Excellence in Presenting the Performing Arts. The NAPAMA Award is given each year to a distinguished presenter in recognition of his or her dedication to the future of presenting the performing arts, professionalism, respect for colleagues and high ethical standards. The award included a citation for excellence, and the performing arts center received $1,000 toward its endowment for presenting – the only such monetary award in the presenters’ industry.

Stephanie Sabato, associate professor, graphic design, received a 2007 Fellow Award from the American Institute of Graphic Artists.

The Fellow Award program is a means of recognizing mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community as well as in their local AIGA chapter.

The Missouri West/Kansas American Society of Interior Design annual dinner awarded Diana Ingham, associate professor, interior design, the national ASID Chapter Medalist Award. She was one of 11 people in the United States to be presented with this award in 2007.

The Medalist Award is second only to becoming an ASID Fellow as the highest award bestowed by ASID.

Sally Edwards, professor, mathematics, serves as the regional representative for the American Mathematical Association of Two­Year Colleges Teacher Prep Committee.

Mike Martin, professor, mathematics, serves the American Mathematical Association of Two­Year Colleges (AMATYC) as an academic chair of the Innovative Pedagogical Strategies Committee.

This committee subsumes previous Technology in Mathematics Education and Distance Learning committees and expands to include other innovative practices in the mathematics classroom.

Jeanne Walsh, assistant dean, nursing, was unanimously elected to serve as vice president of the Kansas State Board of Nursing for 2007­2008.

Lindy Robinson, dean, business, serves on the American Culinary Federation National Apprenticeship Committee. The committee looks at all culinary apprenticeships throughout the United States and three international apprenticeships to ensure the apprenticeships stay current with the industry. It also looks at any changes from the Department of Labor.

Stephanie Sabato conducts class in the Fountain of Knowledge on campus.

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Dr. Carmaletta Williams with Dr. Maurice Bryan, associate vice provost for Diversity and Equity at the University of Kansas Pat Jonason, professor, Reading/Academic Achievement Center, received the 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award from the College Reading and Learning Association. Only one award is given every year to recognize a member who exemplifies teaching and learning as a lifelong journey; who provides students with a clear model of enthusiastic, knowledgeable and compassionate teaching; and who encourages students to persevere and achieve independence.

Larry Thomas, professor, art, was selected as one of the artists to be included in an exhibition titled AD ASTRA PER ASPERA: To the Stars Through Difficulties.

The exhibit was a juried exhibition of Kansas university and college art faculty. Thomas was the only community college art faculty member to be included in the show.

Other art faculty selected for the exhibition were from the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Emporia State University and Wichita State University.

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Ten JCCC faculty were selected to receive Distinguished Service Awards, bestowed in recognition and reward of teaching excellence.

■ Dr. Betty J. Bullock, associate professor, sociology ■ Dr. Vincent Clark, professor, history ■ Dr. Monica E. Hogan, associate professor, English ■ Dr. James Leiker, associate professor, history ■ Mark Raduziner, professor, journalism and media communications ■ Dr. Larry Reynolds, professor, speech ■ Dr. David Seibel, professor, science ■ Marilyn Senter, associate professor, English ■ Dr. Marilyn Shopper, professor, science ■ Dr. Brian Wright, associate professor, political science Recipients are awarded $5,000 over a two­year period. Dr. Marilyn Carlson, director, Center for Research in Education on Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, Arizona State University, served as the external judge.

Dr. Carmaletta Williams, professor, English, was named JCCC’s first executive director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Her position is charged with fostering diversity among students, faculty and staff and building diversity awareness within the college and the community.

Three faculty members were selected as recipients of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award: ■ Janalee Isaacson, professor, nursing ■ Kathy Carver, Zamierowski Family Endowed Professor for Nursing and Medical Simulation ■ Theresa McChesney, assistant professor, mathematics The three were selected by a group of peers of the Faculty Development Advisory Committee, who paid special attention to the dedication, commitment and devotion to the teaching profession that these individuals demonstrated.

Ruth Randall, interim dean, Liberal Arts, was selected as a faculty scholar for the 2008 Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar Conference in Mississippi.

She also attended the 2008 Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Institute in San Francisco, where she and other PTK Faculty Scholars led groups of honor students in seminar discussions.

Dr. Marilyn Rhinehart, vice

president, Instruction, received a Distinguished College Administrator Award from Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two­year schools. She was nominated

by JCCC’s PTK chapter and was selected for the award because of her outstanding support of PTK over the years. She was also elected president of the National Council of Instructional Administrators, an affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges.

Terri Easley, assistant professor, speech, and debate coach, received the Volunteer of the Year award from Debate­Kansas City, the Urban Debate League. The award was voted on by students and teachers of the 30 member high schools and middle schools.

JCCC’s Dining Services won a gold medal in the Catering­Special Event category of the National Association of College and University Food Services 2008 Dining Awards.

Dining Services received first prize among mid­size colleges and universities for its Nerman Gala, an event that served more than 1,100 patrons at the opening of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art on Oct. 20, 2007. Jay Glatz is manager, Dining Services.

The winners of the Lieberman Teaching Excellence Awards for Adjunct Faculty were: ■ Sally Bennett, adjunct professor, English ■ Helga Beuing, adjunct professor, foreign language ■ Darla Green, adjunct associate professor, design and hospitality ■ Fran Kanter, adjunct professor, learning strategies ■ Patti Ward, adjunct professor, psychology ■ Dr. David York, adjunct associate professor, speech The external judge was Dr. Teresa Paper, dean of the college, Scott Community College, Bettendorf, Iowa. The awards are made possible through a gift honoring George and Floriene Lieberman.

Dr. Steven Johnson, Sinclair Community College, and Shirly Kleiner

Through a gift from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, five cash awards of $1,000 are made each year to recognize outstanding faculty performance at JCCC. Each instructional division selects nominees; then five recipients are selected from these nominees by an external judge. This year the judge was Dr. Steven Johnson, president, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio.

The recipients were: ■ Lynne Beatty, professor, science ■ Dr. Csilla Duneczky, professor, science ■ Dr. Monica E. Hogan, associate professor, English ■ Shirly Kleiner, chair/professor, accounting ■ Mary Rack, professor, mathematics Anita Tebbe, chair/professor, legal studies, was asked to serve a fourth year as chair of the American Bar Association’s national approval commission. The commission chairs site visits to paralegal programs throughout the nation, examining the programs to ensure they meet and maintain ABA standards.

JCCC’s paralegal and legal nurse consultant programs have been ABA­approved since 1980.

Carl Heinrich, athletics director, was named an Astro Turf Athletics Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Heinrich was the central district winner at the junior college/community college level.

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Student awards and honors The Campus Ledger, the student newspaper of Johnson County Community College, won several prestigious honors from journalism organizations in 2007­2008, including: ■ A Pacemaker Finalist designation from the Associated Collegiate Press, an award given to the top college newspapers in the country for overall quality.

■ A Gold Medalist rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The medal rating reflects the judge’s overall score of 945 out of 1,000 points, including an All­Columbian, or “best of best” rating, in The Ledger’s reporting and coverage of campus events.

The Gold Medalist rating was the result of an extensive evaluation of the entire year’s publications.

■ Second place in the Best of Show contest at the National College Media Convention, sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Advisers. The Campus Ledger placed second in the division for two­year schools with 17 or more pages per issue.

■ The All­Kansas award by the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press for the second year in a row.

To receive the award, the paper must score outstanding marks in all categories judged, including writing, visuals and design.

Members of The Campus Ledger also received 24 individual awards.

The online edition of JCCC’s student newspaper received a bronze medal from the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press.

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Student members of the JCCC chapter of Lamba Alpha Epsilon/American Criminal Justice Association were high percentage champions at their regional conference, a competitive event for chapters within a nine­state region.

Members competed in four academic events as well as crime scene investigation, firearms and physical agility. The high percentage award is given to the team that scores the most points per team member. Members also received individual awards in criminal law, juvenile justice, corrections, police management, crime scene processing and physical agility.

In February, JCCC students Brent Havercamp and Viktoryia Schnose were named to the All­Kansas Academic Team, sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees and the Kansas Council of Community College Presidents. In April, Schnose was named to the All­USA Academic Team for Community and Junior Colleges and was also named a New Century Scholar. Last year, JCCC student Tren Qu was also named to the All­USA Academic Team. This is the first time a community college has had a student named to the first team for two consecutive years. Schnose was one of 1,700 nominees for the award; only 20 students were named to the first team. Approximately 12 million students attend community colleges in America.

The JCCC Model United Nations team won awards at the last 10 conferences in Washington, D.C., Chicago, St. Louis and New York City, placing JCCC among the best MUN programs in the country. The team won three awards at the National Model United Nations conference in March 2008. JCCC won two outstanding awards for their portrayal of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The outstanding delegation award is the Model United Nations’ most prestigious award, recognizing

the overall performance of a team across all committees. JCCC students were evaluated on their skills at representing the Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s policy position; performance in formal and informal speaking, and proper use of rules of procedure. JCCC was the only community college among the short list of other schools that received the award.

JCCC also won an outstanding position paper award for representing the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Again JCCC was the only community college to receive a position paper award among a short list of other colleges and universities. In addition, JCCC, in combination with Wichita State University, won an honorable mention award for representing the Philippines.

The JCCC Model United Nations team won three outstanding delegation awards for its portrayal of Cuba and Peru at the 2008 Mid­West Model United Nations Conference in February 2008. This accomplishment is attributable to the team’s head delegate, Trent Brining, for his work representing Cuba’s policy positions

JCCC debate team wins top honors. before the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The issues before ECOSOC included the “Information and communication technologies and development, protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and promoting access to freshwater.” One of only two community colleges, JCCC competed with students from more than 100 other universities and colleges from across North America.

In addition, the team hosted the Metro Kansas City Model United Nations (MKCMUN) in April 2008.

MKCMUN is a complex simulation that can provide a rewarding educational experience for high school and middle school participants. The conference is gaining a reputation for excellence; more than 300 students from 16 high schools, including schools from Wichita, participated.

A wall of honor on the second floor of the Office and Classroom Building on campus recognizes the accomplishments of the Model U.N. team during the last two years.

Dr. Brian Wright, associate professor, political science, is the team’s adviser.

The JCCC debate team competed in 12 tournaments during the 2007­ 2008 season and won top honors or placed at 10 of them. The team of Zac Hartkopp and Brad Jacobs earned four final­round appearances and had three undefeated prelimination records at tournaments, one of the few teams in the country to accomplish this.

The JCCC debate team competed at the Cross­Examination Debate Association (CEDA) National Tournament in March 2008.

The team was awarded a McClintock Community College Sweepstakes Award given for the most points accumulated during the regular season. This is the second year in a row JCCC has earned this award.

At the 2008 Phi Rho Pi Community College National Tournament in April 2008, JCCC won the silver award.

The team of Hartkopp and Jacobs accumulated a winning prelimination record with wins over Kansas City Kansas and San Jacinto North community colleges. This team advanced to the semifinal round where they defeated Kansas City Kansas Community College on a 3­0 decision.

The team then advanced to the final round and earned the silver award on a 2­1 decision.

In addition to winning the silver award for team debate, JCCC was also recognized with sweepstakes awards. These awards are based on points accumulated during the national tournament. JCCC won the silver award in the Hindman division for debate sweepstakes.

In overall sweepstakes, which includes individual events and debate points, JCCC earned the bronze award in the Hindman division for overall sweepstakes.

JCCC’s debate team won more awards and honors in 2007­2008 than in any other season in the past 10 years. The debate coach is Terri Easley, assistant professor, speech.

The Golden Girls Dance Team competed in the Nation’s Best Dance Competition. The Golden Girls were first­place national champions in the Collegiate Hip­Hop category.

They also received the highest overall team score to become the collegiate grand champions out of all teams in attendance.

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JCCC graphic design students received awards for design projects entered in the American Kansas City Ad Club 2007 ADDY design competition. Fifteen of the 32 student ADDY awards were given to JCCC graphic design students who competed against students from regional universities such as KU, K­State and UMKC. JCCC graphic design students Ben Armour, Jacob McDaniel, Raun Meyn, Silvia Thomann and Jim Dore received district ADDY awards; Armour and McDaniel earned national gold medals for their ADDY submissions. Work by Julie Fulton, Sergey Gregoryan, McDaniel, Jared Nietfeld and Whitney Shaffer was accepted for the semifinal round of competition in New York City for the 2008 Adobe (software company) Design Achievement International.

The AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists) Jurors Choice Award for student work was given to JCCC graphic design student Julie Sledgister for her short film titled Summer Hand. Awards for the AIGA student competition were also presented to Armour for photography, Casey Denbleyker for CD packaging and Jessica Johnston for magazine design.

Jacquie Thomas, a student in the interior design program and an interior designer for Lifestyles Custom Homes & Remodeling, won for Best Kitchen in the under­ $30,000 category and Honorable Mention All­Star for Best Bath Remodel in the over­$40,000 category in the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) REMY awards. In addition, she won a gold award in the student division at the International Interior Design Assocation Mid America Design Awards. Student Rebecca Taylor won the top honor for her essay at KBIS, the National Kitchen and Bath Association annual meeting.

Her article was published in KBB Kitchen and Bath Business.

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JCCC culinary team brings home awards.

The culinary team earned a gold, two silver and two bronze medals in the Food & Hotel Asia Culinary Challenge held in April 2008 in Singpore. The biennial FHA is Asia’s largest food and hospitality event. The JCCC team won five medals under the “Live Practical Hot Cooking” category. Competing against other students, Katee McLean and Joe Jackson won the gold medal in the “Two to Tango” class. In the same class, Nguyet Nguyen and Kevin Nicholls won a bronze, and Katie Palmer and Ed Cockman won a bronze. Competing against professional chefs, Johnathon Stockdale won a silver medal in the individual “Field and Forest” class and Thomas Haggerty a silver in the “Neptune’s Catch” class.

This year there were about 780 competitors from around the world.

Felix Sturmer, associate professor, hospitality management, is the JCCC team coach; Lindy Robinson, dean, business, is the team manager.

During the American Culinary Federation Central Regional Conference in Kansas City, both the JCCC Culinary Knowledge Bowl team, coached by Chef Jerry Marcellus, associate professor, hospitality management, and the JCCC culinary team, coached

by Sturmer, won gold medals. The hospitality program was also given an award for being one of six exemplary programs within the central region.

Robinson was presented with a Presidential Medallion for her work with the apprenticeships.

Student Bryce Klein was accepted to study hospitality management in Germany next year as part of the Congress­Bundestag Youth Exchange program. The program, which is jointly funded by the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag, is designed “to strengthen German­American ties by bringing together the younger generations of both countries.” Students spend one semester at a German university with a semester­long internship at a German business connected to the student’s field of study.

Three JCCC students received prestigious Freeman Awards for Study in Asia in fall 2008. Jacob Estes and Mathew Brown will study at J.S. Oberlin University in Machida, Japan, and Christopher Petrus will study at Nanjing University in China.

The goal of Freeman­ASIA is to increase the number of U.S. undergraduates who study in East and Southeast Asia. Award recipients are expected to share their experiences with their home campuses to encourage study abroad in East and Southeast Asia by others and to spread greater understanding of Asian peoples and cultures within their home communities.

Student Nathan Grosch won a second­place award in the National Student Literary Competition, conducted by the League for Innovation in the Community College, for a short story titled Adventures in the Ordinary.

JCCC’s baseball team went to the NJCAA World Series.

National Alliance of Two­Year College Athletic Administrators Cup Award In 2007­08, JCCC won the National Alliance of Two­Year College Athletic Administrators Cup Award, which recognizes program excellence in two­year college athletics at the national level. In addition to this year’s first­place, JCCC has a sixth­place, second­place and two third­place finishes in the five­year history of the award.

At the conclusion of the 2008 spring season, all 18 NJCAA­ sanctioned teams at JCCC qualified for postseason or championship play.

Fifteen of those teams qualified for their national tournament, with 11 teams finishing in the top 10 in the country, and seven in the top five.

Seventeen of the 18 teams were ranked at some point before, during or after the season. JCCC teams won four conference titles and finished runner­up five times. The Cavaliers won five Region VI championships and had two second­place finishes.

Individually, JCCC athletes earned 57 All­American honors and 76 All­Region VI honors; 129 were named as All­Conference athletes.

In addition, JCCC had nine individuals earn Academic All­America honors.

Baseball

Athletics

JCCC’s baseball team reached the NJCAA JUCO World Series in 2008 for the first time in the history of the program. The college won the region title over Kansas City Kansas Community College to earn a berth in the World Series. The Cavaliers lost twice but enjoyed the experience.

The team ended the 2008 campaign with an overall mark of 41­18, tied for ninth nationally. JCCC produced two NJCAA All­Americans in 2008.

One of those players was sophomore Doug Otto, who also earned All­Tournament at the World Series, won a Rawlings Gold Glove Award at shortstop and was voted the MVP of the East Jayhawk Conference, all firsts in JCCC baseball history. The Cavaliers are coached by Kent Shelley.

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JCCC’s men’s basketball team went to regionals.

Men’s basketball

Cross country

Softball

The JCCC men’s basketball team won its third straight regional NJCAA Division II basketball championship in 2007­08, but just missed its bid to return to the NJCAA Division II national tournament, falling 76­67 to cross­town rival Penn Valley Community College in the District 10 championship. The Cavaliers finished 21­12 overall. JCCC finished No. 14 in the final NJCAA D­II poll.

Their 21 victories were the most since 2001­02 and tie the second­best season total in the 17­year tenure of head coach Mike Jeffers. Individually, JCCC had one All­American, three All­Region VI players and two All­Conference performers.

The JCCC women’s and men’s cross country teams ran top­10 finishes at the NJCAA cross country championships. The women’s team finished seventh overall, while the men’s team posted a ninth­place finish. The teams capped their seasons with top efforts at the NJCAA half­marathon championships.

The women placed second overall and the men third. Sophomore Christa Heideman earned All­American in both cross country and half marathon. The teams are coached by Mike Bloemker.

It was another amazing season for the JCCC fastpitch softball team. The Cavaliers captured the Region VI Division II title and advanced to the national tournament. Led by head coach Kelly Latendresse, JCCC posted a fifth­place finish in the tournament, finishing with a 37­11 record. JCCC had two individuals earn NJCAA All­Tournament honors, two named All­Region VI and eight selected as All­East Jayhawk Conference performers. Latendresse was honored as the National Fastpitch Coaches Association District Coach of the Year.

Women’s basketball The 2007­2008 season ranked as one of the greatest ever. JCCC posted a school record 28 wins and finished fifth at the 2008 NJCAA Division II national tournament. In addition, three players earned All­American accolades. Five individual records and five team records were set during the season, and nine individual records were set in the JCCC record books at nationals. At the end of the season, head coach Debbie Carrier stepped down after 12 years. She finished with a career mark of 239­165. Her 239 wins are the most in team history.

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Golf The JCCC golf team posted a 14th­place finish at the 2008 NJCAA golf championship. The Cavaliers finished with a team total score of 1,255, the 10th­best total posted by a JCCC team in a national tournament.

In conference play, the team finished second overall in the standings; sophomore Mike Elafros was the top medalist for the season, winning the overall points championship.

The golf team is coached by Lafayette Norwood.

Men’s soccer The 2007 JCCC men’s soccer team did not have the type of season they envisioned when the campaign opened in late August 2007. Hopes of a region title and a trip to nationals ended with a first­round loss to No. 1 seed Barton County Community College. The Cavaliers finished the season 6­13­2, but that record doesn’t reflect the heart and character of the team. Despite the team’s disappointment, they reached some milestones in 2007.

Head coach Fatai Ayoade won his 100th game as the Cavaliers head coach, and two team members garnered postseason accolades.

Women’s soccer

Men’s tennis

The JCCC women’s soccer team posted an amazing record of 19­3­1 in 2007, and the sophomore class was 37­4­3 in their two seasons at JCCC. Additionally, the Cavaliers completed an unbeaten Kansas Jayhawk Conference season and captured their sixth conference championship in the program’s nine­year history. JCCC sophomores Emily Leeper and Rachelle Luster were named to the 2007 NJCAA All­American team. Both players leave JCCC ranked as the top two scorers of all time. The JCCC women’s soccer team is coached

by Jim Schwab.

The JCCC men’s tennis team posted its second­best NJCAA Division I finish in history, placing fifth in the 25­team field at the 2008 NJCAA tennis championships.

The Cavaliers best D­I finish was fourth in 2007. Individually, the highlight of the tournament was the play of sophomore Zach Alholm and freshman Pierre LeGrange at No. 3 doubles, and freshman Taj Harrison and sophomores Dylan Gatton and Adam Rens at No.1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles respectively. The men’s team also placed second at the Region VI championships with Gatton at No. 2 and sophomore Keith Pipkin at No. 6.

track history. Additionally, the team produced nine NJCAA Coaches All­Americans.

The women’s track and field team posted an 11th­place finish at the NJCAA indoor championships.

A total of eight JCCC athletes earned 11 NJCAA Coaches All­American honors. Two of those honors were for Christa Heideman, who placed third in the mile run and fourth in the 1,000­meter run. That increased her career All­American total to 13 at JCCC, making her the most decorated athlete in the school’s history. Both teams are coached by Joe Weis, who stepped down at the end of the outdoor campaign after serving six seasons as head coach.

Women’s tennis

Volleyball

The JCCC women’s tennis team earned a berth in the NJCAA national tournament, placing in the top three at the Region VI championships. For the Lady Cavaliers, this marked their 20th overall and 14th straight appearance.

At nationals, JCCC finished 14th overall. Glen Moser is the head coach of both tennis teams.

2007­2008 proved to be another magical year for the JCCC volleyball team. Ranked No. 2 in the NJCAA to open the season, the Cavaliers found themselves in that spot at the end of the campaign. JCCC reached the championship match at the NJCAA championship, falling to the No. 1 team all year, Kishwaukee Community College.

Their second­place finish is their second­best finish in championship play. JCCC finished the season 28­5 and defeated 13 ranked teams.

The Cavaliers completed an unbeaten Jayhawk East Conference season and captured its 19th conference championship. It is the Cavaliers’ first title since 2003 and the fifth under head coach Jill Stinson, who stepped down after 11 years with a 299­119­1 record.

Adding to the team’s success, two individuals were honored for their performance in the championship event. Sophomores Jackie Swab and Stephanie Wright were selected to the 2007 NJCAA All­Tournament team.

In addition, Swab and freshman Sydney Pemberton were each selected to the 2007 NJCAA Volleyball All­American team.

Women’s and men’s track

JCCC’s women’s soccer team was conference champion.

The men’s track and field team recorded a fourth­place finish at the 2008 NJCAA indoor track and field championships. This was the team’s second straight top­5 finish at indoor nationals. JCCC finished with 60 total points. Individually, JCCC had three athletes win national championships, the most in one championship meet in men’s track history, indoors or outdoors, Additionally, the team produced 16 NJCAA Coaches All­Americans.

Outdoors, the men’s track and field team recorded a seventh­place finish at the 2008 NJCAA indoor track and field championships.

This was the team’s second straight top­10 finish at outdoor nationals and the tenth in the program’s history.

Individually, JCCC had two athletes win national championships, which tied the most in one outdoor championship meet in men’s

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Grants JCCC received a sustainability grant.

Meeting community needs

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In 2007­2008, the college received $2,554,901 in grant funding; more than half of the grant monies came from the state of Kansas. Examples of grants the college received include: ■ The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture approved and funded a grant for $49,900 for JCCC and the K­State Department of Horticulture. K­State will receive $19,900 and JCCC $30,000. Within JCCC, the grant will be shared by the hospitality management, entrepreneurship and horticulture programs to fund the development of a one­year sustainable agriculture (market farming) entrepreneurship certificate program using existing curriculum and modifying and/or developing new curriculum in horticulture and culinary arts.

■ JCCC also received a grant from the Kansas Board of Regents to support the college’s nursing program. For the second year, the nursing program received a grant of $144,200, which continues to fund part­time instructors hired last year.

A supplemental grant of $32,000 was also used for nursing faculty.

■ JCCC was awarded $21,218 from the Sunflower Foundation for its edible schoolyard at the Hiersteiner Child Development Center. The edible schoolyard combines an active learning classroom with family­based components to increase the use of wholesome food in meals and snacks at the center and at home.

Online degrees approved In September 2007, JCCC received accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission to offer three degrees online: the associate of arts, associate of general studies and associate of applied science in business management. The Higher Learning Commission is the accrediting agency for degree­granting educational institutions in 19 states in the North Central United States.

Nursing program reaccredited JCCC’s registered nursing program received a maximum eight­year accreditation from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission in January 2008. After an NLNAC site visit in October and the submission of a self­study, program evaluator report, college catalog and other publications, a 25­member evaluation panel reviewed the program in eight areas – mission, governance, faculty, students, resources, curriculum, instruction and integrity. The findings of the panel were sent to the commission, which made the final decision for accreditation. JCCC’s program was cited for the following strengths.

■ Skill, commitment and caring

of the faculty as evidenced

by overwhelming praise from

students, clinical staff and

graduates of the program

■ Personnel, printed materials and processes that guide students through the admissions process ■ Use of the clinical evaluation tool which facilitates timely, comprehensive feedback to students regarding their clinical performance ■ Grants, endowments and gifts

from the community

■ First endowed faculty position

for simulation

■ Commitment of administration and faculty to technology and simulation ■ Community support in the form of nursing program scholarships, an endowed chair, funding for a new simulation lab and assistance with faculty

Paralegal program receives ABA approval The American Bar Association House of Delegates granted reapproval to JCCC’s paralegal and legal nurse consultant (LNC) program, extending the programs’ approval to the year 2014. JCCC received its first ABA approval in 1980, the first paralegal program in Greater Kansas City to receive the distinction.

JCCC has received subsequent ABA reapproval ever since.

The ABA standards and guidelines pertain to a program’s organization, administration, curriculum, faculty, admissions, placement, library and support facilities. JCCC is the only ABA­approved paralegal/LNC program in the metro area, awarding a paralegal associate’s degree, paralegal certificate, LNC certificate and LNC entrepreneurship certificate (LNC students must be registered nurses prior to admission).

Health clinic opens JCCC’s long­awaited health clinic opened on campus in February 2008. The clinic is staffed by a nurse practitioner and an LPN and is overseen by a physician.

The clinic can treat students, faculty and staff for colds, flu, strains and sprains, immunization needs, TB skin tests and other general health needs.

Healthcare Simulation Center A Healthcare Simulation Center became operational for the spring 2008 semester. With the simulation center, the nursing program is able to increase the number of registered nurses entering the profession each year. Additional courses can be offered in phlebotomy certification, post­anesthesia care, acute and emergency care, operating room nursing certification and RN first assistance, as well as a transition course for paramedics wanting to become nurses.

The 1,500­square­foot center has the look, feel and equipment of four general medical­surgery rooms and a large suite that can function as an operating room, labor/delivery room, emergency room or multi­bed recovery room. Each of the four rooms has infusion pumps for intravenous fluids and medications; vital sign monitors, including telemetry capability to measure abnormal heart activity; lines with real gases like oxygen; human waste disposal systems; sinks; power columns; and communication lines for calling hospital codes. Even ambient sounds for a hospital, such as operator pages, are programmed into the center. Playing the parts of the patients are sophisticated patient simulators that can be programmed with hundreds of symptoms of acute and chronic diseases/disorders and that respond physiologically to treatment.

An audiovisual system films students in every aspect of their work so faculty can evaluate their progress.

Donors to the center are the Educate, Enrich and Enable Fund, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation; Mary Katharine Goldsmith; the Kansas Board of Regents; Olathe Medical Center; Victor E. Speas Foundation, Bank of America, trustee; and Drs. David and Mary Zamierowski.

The Healthcare Simulation Center opened in spring 2008.

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Oral Health on Wheels brings health care to the community.

Nick Haines receives the Headline Award Nick Haines, KCPT Public Television executive director, public affairs and news, received the Headline Award from JCCC’s journalism and media communications program in May 2008.

The Headline Award recognizes persons who have made significant contributions to journalism in the area.

New polysomnography program In 2008, JCCC initiated a new polysomnography/sleep technology program leading to an A.A.S. degree.

Polysomnography is rapidly evolving as a discrete health profession requiring specially trained technologists.

A local sleep study center brought the need to the attention of the college, triggering the subsequent formal need assessment and curriculum development. JCCC’s is the first polysomnography degree program to be offered in either Kansas or Missouri.

PSG technologists are employed in sleep disorder centers, which may be located in medical centers, hospitals or clinic/office settings. PSG technologists perform sleep diagnostics working in conjunction with physicians to provide comprehensive clinical evaluations required for diagnosis of sleep disorders.

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Oral Health on Wheels JCCC unveiled its Oral Health on Wheels, a 40­foot mobile dental clinic, in May 2008 as a way to give JCCC dental hygiene students experience in the public health sector and provide oral health care services to the underserved. The two­chair mobile unit is equipped so that supervised JCCC students can perform routine screenings and preventative care – cleanings, fluoride treatments, X­rays, referrals, sealants and nutritional guidance.

The target population for the JCCC mobile unit is underinsured and uninsured children and children and adults with physical disabilities.

Donors to the mobile clinic are Delta Dental; M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation; the P&G Company; Reach Healthcare Foundation; and Shumaker Family Foundation.

Second Life In 2007, JCCC bought an island in Second Life, a 3­D world imagined and created by its residents.

Twenty pioneering JCCC faculty and staff are working with analysts in the Educational Technology Center (ETC) to build a virtual JCCC. JCCC’s Second Life campus features artwork and brick sidewalks

familiar to first­world JCCC students.

What students won’t find as familiar are the beach, a Spanish­speaking coffee shop and a museum of modern art showcasing students’ digital artwork. Parts of the island are public, parts private.

ETC is building a library of basic classroom components so instructors can pick and choose things they want in their classrooms – from a traditional chalkboard for showing PowerPoint presentations to an elaborate science lab complete with Bunsen burners and test tubes for performing chemistry experiments.

On Your Site Through its On Your Site program, JCCC offers credit classes onsite at local businesses. The courses can be used to train or retrain employees in specific skills, or a company can offer employees general education courses that count toward a college degree. During the 2007­2008 academic year, classes in industrial safety/workplace skills and metal fabrication were offered at the Johnson County correctional facility in Gardner.

College Close to Home Students may enroll in college general education classes at off­ campus College Close to Home sites in high schools throughout the county, including Blue Valley High School, Gardner­Edgerton High School, KU Edwards Campus, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, De Soto High School, Eudora High School and Spring Hill High School, and at Bishop Miege North in Roeland Park and the Lawrence Centennial School in Lawrence. More than 1,600 students took classes at these locations in 2007­2008.

College Now and Quick Step JCCC’s College Now is a credit program for county high school juniors and seniors or students identified as gifted with a current Individual Education Plan. College Now students enroll in selected college classes, such as composition or U.S. history, offered at and in cooperation with the high school. The courses

reflect the college’s content, objectives and assignments and are taught on the high school campus by qualified high school teachers. During fall 2007, College Now enrollment totaled 2,550 students in 23 different locations. In the spring, 1,507 high school students were enrolled in College Now. Ninety­eight percent of College Now students continue their education at colleges and universities, and 97 percent of College Now students said their courses transferred for credit to colleges other than JCCC. JCCC’s Quick Step program is also for high school juniors and seniors or students identified as gifted with a current Individual Education Plan from a public school district. Through the Quick Step program, students can be enrolled in more than 150 college courses. Instruction is provided by JCCC faculty and is usually held on the college campus. For fall 2007, 745 Quick Step students from area high schools were enrolled in JCCC courses. In the spring, 658 students

were enrolled in Quick Step courses.

JCCC also offers a unique program in the high schools called Quick Step Plus, or QS+. Students can earn credit in high school math and college algebra simultaneously through JCCC’s self­paced math offerings. A high school instructor teaches the course and gives the high school grade, while a JCCC professor oversees the self­paced aspect of study, administers all assessments for college credit, and gives the JCCC grade.

The QS+ partnership was piloted in fall 2000 when a high school instructor approached the college’s mathematics department about offering college credit for college algebra. The partnership began with 20 students enrolled in one section. In 2007­2008, 673 students were enrolled in 68 sections of the course in 18 area high schools.

Ninety percent of enrolled students earn transferable credit for college algebra with a grade of C or higher.

JCCC has an island in Second Life.

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Speakers These presenters spoke to students, faculty, staff and the community at JCCC in 2007­2008: In October 2007, Lewis Diuguid, vice president of community resources at The Kansas City Star, discussed his latest book, Discovering the Real America: Toward a More Perfect Union, about the diversity of the real America that includes people with many backgrounds, cultures and characteristics.

Dr. James Loewen, historian, sociologist and author of Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, talked about racial exclusion across America in November 2007.

In January 2007, the Center for Entrepreneurship presented its first Family Business Forum featuring a seminar by Drew Mendoza, managing principal, The Family Business Consulting Group.

Mendoza addressed steps to assure prosperity for the family and the business, regardless of size. The event was funded by a grant from the Coleman Foundation.

Bank of America hosted a reception after the event.

Notable speakers and events

George Will spoke at JCCC in April 2008.

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In honor of Black History Month in February, the Organization of Black Collegians presented Overcoming Obstacles, a lecture given by Dr. Carmaletta Williams, JCCC’s executive director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, on African Americans who have overcome obstacles to the benefit of the race and the country.

In April 2008, Dr. Mounira Soliman, assistant professor, comparative literature, Cairo University, Egypt, spoke as a scholar­in­residence. She presented two lectures, Reading Beyond the Veil: Prominent Women in Islamic History and The Representation of Islam in the Writings of Arab Women.

Criminal Justice Day was held at JCCC in September 2007.

Humorist and author Gina Schrek presented Practicing Safe Stress as the Nell Mitchell Wellness speaker in April 2008. Mitchell, an Overland Park resident and physical education instructor at Paseo High School, left $1 million from her estate to the JCCC Foundation to be used for physical education scholarships and promoting wellness in the community.

Also in April 2008, George F. Will, political columnist and best­selling author, delivered the inaugural Cohen Community Series presentation, The Political Argument Today.

Events These events and celebrations took place at JCCC during 2007­2008: In September 2007, JCCC hosted a Career Destinations open house, designed to help middle school students, high school students and their

parents learn about career opportunities.

More than 50 career professionals in business technology, health care, science, computer science, animation, game development, information technology, industrial technology, design, architecture, automotive technology, railroad technology and more presented information.

Also in September 2007, JCCC sponsored a Criminal Justice Day with displays in the Commons Courtyard and the Gym circle drive.

Dennis Fritz, author of Journey Toward Justice, was the featured speaker. The purpose of the day was to inform the community about safety issues and community resources and inform potential students of administration of justice career opportunities.

The ABE/GED/Project Literacy program held a Family Night that

included dental checks by JCCC dental hygiene faculty and students; blood pressure, weight, height and body mass index checks from nursing program faculty and students; and cholesterol screenings from Johnson County Public Health.

In March 2008, JCCC’s fashion merchandising and design students presented their spring fashion show, Elements of Fashion – Earth, Wind, Fire & Ice. The event raised $2,000 for the Kelsey Smith Foundation, created to proactively protect youth and young adults.

Greg and Missy Smith, parents of Kelsey Smith, who was abducted and murdered in June 2007, presented in March 2008 a safety awareness training about ways to avoid unsafe situations. Greg Smith is a former officer with JCCC’s department of public safety.

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A Lose the Training Wheels camp, a program that teaches children and adults with disabilities how to ride a conventional bike, was conducted at JCCC in March 2008. The camp offered specially adapted bikes that can help special­needs children and adults learn to ride a bike without training wheels in five days.

The 24th annual Parkinson’s Symposium for health care workers, Parkinson’s patients and their caregivers addressed the treatment and management of Parkinson’s disease and its symptoms in April 2008.

JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance celebrated Earth Day with Going Green 2008 in April. The students promoted awareness of environmental issues, ideas and actions.

An open forum regarding the selection of judges in Johnson County was held at JCCC in April 2008. In November, Johnson County voters decided to retain the current merit system rather than change to an election process for county judges.

The Kansas Court of Appeals also held a session on the JCCC campus in April.

Also in April, JCCC hosted a Technical Careers Showcase to acquaint prospective students with education and employment opportunities in industrial technology fields, including automotive technology; civil engineering technology; drafting technology; electrical technology; electronic technology; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; metal fabrication; and railroad welding.

The spring fashion show took place in March 2008.

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The mathematics department invited representatives from the engineering departments at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University to talk to students and parents in April. In addition, panelists discussed numerical skills employers look for when they interview candidates and types of mathematical reasoning skills needed in today’s jobs.

A free French film series, Paris in April, was shown in April 2008 at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. The Nell Mitchell Wellness Fair, featuring wellness activities, information booths and screenings, was held in April 2008.

The second annual American Indian Health Research and Educational Alliance Powwow was held at JCCC in May 2008, focusing on improving the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of American Indians.

Pianist­singer­songwriter Jon McLaughlin performed at the college in May. In June 2008, JCCC hosted the third annual Midwest Spring Alliance of the National Council for Continuing Education and Training. With a focus on workforce development, training and programming, the two­day conference brought together leaders from community colleges nationwide.

Also in June, JCCC hosted the League for Innovation’s Learning College Summit, which brought together community and technical college educators from across the country in a working retreat that investigated ways colleges have successfully improved student learning.

Throughout the year, JCCC hosted campus visit events for high school juniors and seniors and home school students as well as presentations for prospective adult students. In addition, the college also offered college planning events for parents. An academic majors fair to help current JCCC students choose a major took place in September 2007. College Goal Sunday, held in February 2008, helped students with financial aid.

In 2008, the Community Services division served more than 23,000 community members through various programs including personal enrichment classes; a career services program offering workshops, individual career counseling and weekly job clubs; services for older adults, such as Great Decisions and Current Issues forums; summer youth programs and the new Friday Discoveries, a one­day class offering topics in math, science, arts and crafts; contract language services for area businesses needing translation services; adult basic education; programs for non­English­ speaking adults; and an Intensive English Program.

The Gallaudet University Regional Center addresses the educational, transitional and professional development needs of deaf and hard­of­hearing people from birth through adulthood, as well as their families and the professionals who work with them.

Lose the Training Wheels camp was held in March 2008.

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Accountable to the community For fiscal year 2007­2008, the college’s management budget, representing the actual amount available to spend in a year, was $189,207,406. It was composed of the operating budget, totaling $132,928,376, and the budgets for all other funds such as capital outlay, auxiliary and restricted funds, totaling $56,279,030.

In this budget, the trustees lowered the mill levy the college assesses county taxpayers by .14 mills, reducing the levy from 8.872 to 8.732 mills. The board was able to reduce the mill levy because of increases in state aid and assessed valuation as well as higher income from investments. The average homeowner paid about $241 in annual assessment for the college.

The cost per credit hour for students did not change in 2007­2008, but remained at $63 a credit hour for Johnson County residents, $78 a credit hour for Kansas residents, and $144 a credit hour for nonresidents of the state.

The college’s operating budget reflected new full­time teaching positions needed to accommodate enrollment growth in science, automotive technology, nursing, English, health occupations and the Academic Achievement Center.

Other new positions called for in the budget were in internal auditing services, human resources, audiovisual services, the Student Success Center, admissions, public safety, maintenance, custodial services, information services and the museum.

Operating costs were again limited to an increase of 2 percent, except in areas where greater increases could not be controlled, such as utilities and insurance. Capital expenses reflected computer purchases, remodeling costs for spaces vacated by faculty and staff moving to the new Regnier Center and the Nerman Museum, costs for expanding the Police Academy and media classroom upgrades.

About 52 percent of JCCC’s operating funding came from county taxes; the rest came from student tuition, motor vehicle taxes, state aid and out­of­district tuition.

2007­2008 Revenues ■ 52% | Ad Valorem Taxes ■ 6% | Local Motor Vehicle Taxes ■ 16% | State Aid ■ 9% | Other ■ 17% | Tuition

2007­2008 Expenditures ■ 71% | Salaries and Benefits ■ 20% | Current Operating ■ 9% | Capital

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Technology at JCCC JCCC’s Information Services branch installed more than 770 computers in the new Regnier Center before classes opened in August 2007. Branch staff completed 12 major system upgrades; implemented Microsoft’s SharePoint 2007, a new way for college faculty and staff to collaborate; implemented Web Time Entry, which eliminated the need for paper time cards; and implemented a failover site for the college’s Web site.

Information Services negotiated a campus­wide Oracle license, resulting in a savings of more than $250,000 over a three­year period, and implemented a system that allows staff to remotely deploy software and software patches, allowing them to complete the Office 2007 software deployment in four months, a task that used to take four years.

Information Services staff also implemented the use of VMWare to create virtual servers, eliminating the need for physical servers, resulting in an annual energy savings of $56,000 and a budget savings in hardware and software of $467,000.

Yearly statistics Summer 2007 credit class enrollment was 8,535 students, a decrease of 1.7 percent from summer 2006. Fall 2007 credit class enrollment at JCCC was 18,913, a decrease of not quite 1 percent from fall 2006.

Spring 2008 credit class enrollment was 17,760, up 2.6 percent from the spring 2007 total of 17,312.

In 2007­2008, 20.3 percent of local high school graduates attended JCCC. JCCC also served more than 155,000 people in 2007­2008 through the areas that compose Workforce, Community and Economic Development: the Center for Business and Technology, Community Services and the Carlsen Center.

In 2007­2008, JCCC graduated approximately 1,045 students with associate’s degrees or vocational certificates. Four students graduated with civic honors. Ben Craig, chairman of the board, Metcalf Bank,

and Amit Alon, president, JCCC Student Senate, were the commencement speakers.

More than 340 students passed the General Educational Development exam to obtain their high school equivalency diploma. More than 3,000 adults each year prepare for the GED exam or improve their academic skills through JCCC’s Adult Education Program, sponsored jointly by the college and the Johnson County Library. In addition, the Migrant Family Literacy Program provided services for 75 families in the Olathe school district, and the Family Resource Center provided services for families living in the emergency shelter, transitional homes and public housing. The program provides basic life skills, employment counseling, parenting and after­school tutoring to children and adults in Olathe.

About $25 million in federal, state and institutional student aid was distributed to students for college and living expenses.

The Brown & Gold Club, sponsored by JCCC’s Student Life and Leadership Development program, serves the county’s senior citizens. More than 1,100 members enjoyed free tuition for most credit classes on a space­available basis and many free social programs such as dances, entertainment opportunities, trips and a monthly newsletter.

In fall 2007, 54.5 percent of all JCCC students were female, 64.6 percent were part­time students, and 75.8 percent lived in Johnson County. The average age of JCCC students was 25.4.

JCCC is Kansas’ third largest institution of higher education and the largest of its 19 community colleges. Yet it has the lowest mill levy.

JCCC returns about $2.70 to the community for every tax dollar it collects, a return on investment of nearly 3 to 1, and has a total annual tangible economic impact on the county of about $182 million. In addition to the business volume it generates, JCCC also contributes

a significant number of full­time jobs to the Johnson County economy.

An estimated 6,734 full­time jobs may be attributed to the college through its direct and indirect economic activity.

It’s estimated that JCCC’s partnership with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the city of Overland Park adds $50 million to the county’s economic base.

AQIP In November 2007, JCCC submitted an AQIP systems portfolio to the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. The Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) provides an alternative process through which an educational institution can maintain its accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. JCCC is part of AQIP, which calls upon institutions to undergo a systems appraisal every four years. This allows the college to get expert, objective, third­party feedback on its strengths and opportunities for improvement.

In turn, what the college learns from the systems appraisal will help faculty and staff determine the next targets for advancing quality at JCCC through action projects and other plans.

In February 2008, the college received feedback from AQIP appraisers regarding what they saw as the college’s strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Strengths included its leadership in workforce development, its staff and faculty development programs and its information management system; opportunities for improvement included its need to develop new plans for assessing learning outcomes.

AQIP differs from the traditional accreditation process in that it focuses exclusively on processes, not on end products. The college’s accreditation status will be determined in two to three years when an AQIP team visits the campus to review successful processes and measure how suggestions made in the systems appraisal report have been addressed.

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Center for Business and Technology In 2008, the Center for Business and Technology celebrated 25 years of professional development training for area businesses and individuals. Located in the Regnier Center on the JCCC campus, the center offers continuing education and workforce and economic development to businesses in Johnson County and the greater metropolitan area. The center initiates strategic partnerships with businesses and educational institutions on a countywide, regional and national basis.

The center differs from other training services in that it is a “one­stop shop” serving all employees within a business, from executive training for the CEO to computer classes for the administrative assistant to grant applications and administration for the company as a whole. Its offerings include ■ Continuing education: licensing and CEUs for professionals in health and human services, real estate, mediation, education, payroll and human resources, 32

police, fire and emergency

medical technology

■ Workforce development: customized contract training and development with key companies, including solutions for leadership, management, mentoring and coaching at various levels ■ Computer training: public and

contract training in computer

applications and information

technology

■ Small Business Development Center/Entrepreneurship Center: free and confidential consulting to existing small business owners and individuals interested in starting a business. Training and workshops on a variety of small business topics are provided for a fee. The SBDC is located and works in conjunction with the credit entrepreneurial studies program at JCCC. ■ Special events: these include the Executive Speaker Series, Administrative Professionals Day™ and the National Council for Continuing Education and Training.

In addition to supporting industry training needs, the center also assists

local companies in applying for grants available from the Kansas Department of Commerce to pay for workforce training for newly created jobs or jobs requiring new skills.

The center’s services In 2007­2008, more than 28,000 people enrolled in one of the center’s 1,860 public seminars on topics ranging from management skills to computer applications.

The center connects with companies across the metropolitan area, consulting with them to manage, assess, train and coach employees based on consistent criteria. The various programs offered as part of the center’s leadership development program contain instruments that help determine training needs, assess post­training behavioral changes and evaluate the impact to the organization.

Companies and employees can take advantage of both Web­based courses and classroom learning.

In 2007­2008, 79 companies and organizations took advantage of contract training courses specifically

Administrative Professionals Day™ is offered in the spring. tailored to fit their organizational needs, either on the JCCC campus or at their location. Topics included leadership and professional development, project management, security, selling and management, computer applications and information technology.

Current clientele include many local, regional and national customers representing virtually every industry and niche of the workforce.

All of the center’s instructors are experts in their subject matter and work in the field. Combined, the professional consulting staff have more than 200 years of experience.

In addition to its extensive range of customized performance solutions for area organizations, the center introduced its new Lean Six Sigma program in 2008. Lean and Six Sigma are two quality improvement tools in the business world that have been applied separately with the singular goal of improving companies’ bottom lines. Lean focuses on using less of everything from manpower to materials to engineering time, and Six Sigma focuses on quality. JCCC will offer

three Lean Six Sigma certifications, eight stand­alone Lean Process classes, and Lean Six Sigma: the Human Side classes focusing on interpersonal skills, unique to JCCC. In the center’s computer applications area, the Member Advantage Program (MAP) continues to be a key benefit to businesses and individuals interested in large volume computer training.

Benefits to members include cost savings, early notification of events and new products, and the opportunity to participate in focus groups and advisory committees.

The center’s Health and Human Services division launched a series of symposiums targeting health care providers, caregivers and patients coping with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke and cancer. Keynote speakers at each event are nationally and locally recognized experts on how to manage and battle the devastating effects of these diseases.

Small business owners received management consulting, technical assistance and training from the Kansas Small Business Development Center housed within the Center for

Entrepreneurship. The U.S. Small Business Administration, the Kansas Department of Commerce and JCCC fund the SBDC. The Small Business Development Center consulted with and trained 1,359 small businesses in 2007.

In addition, I Support Learning, a client of JCCC’s Small Business Development Center, was selected by the Kansas SBDC network advisory board as the Kansas SBDC Success Story and was submitted to the national competition sponsored by Bank of America for the Association of Small Business Development Centers. I Support Learning was founded by Steve Waddell.

To support local training needs, the college partners with the Kansas Department of Commerce to help companies access workforce training funds. Through this partnership, companies have accessed more than $100 million from the Department of Commerce since 1983 to support local workforce development.

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The Performing Arts

Cirque­Work’s Birdhouse Factory performed in Yardley Hall.

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Johnson County Community College offers one of the largest multidiscipline performing arts series in mid­America and is recognized internationally as a leader among presenting organizations in supporting new artistic works in dance, music and theater through commissions and premieres.

The series offers performances by nationally and internationally known artists and companies in the Carlsen Center’s 1,250­seat Yardley Hall and 400­seat Polsky Theatre.

Highlights of the 2007­2008 series were the mid­America debut of Sinfonia da Camera, performing the music of Roberto Sierra and the world premiere of a new work by the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Audiences enjoyed Cirque­Work’s acrobatic Birdhouse Factory; the 3 Mo’ Divas musical celebration of 400 years of music history; Dame Evelyn Glennie’s percussion technique; and the piano virtuosity of the 5 Browns.

This past season, 25,163 people attended one of the 32 performances in the Carlsen Center Series; 58,980 attended events presented by various college departments and community organizations. Local presenters and community groups present 25 percent of the events in the college’s performing spaces.

Arts education Each year, the college’s performing arts education program provides area students and teachers with low­cost or free services designed to help them explore their own creativity, glimpse the world of professional artists, and develop talents and critical thinking skills. The program includes master classes, teacher workshops, residencies, curriculum development, lecture/demonstrations and performances. In 2007­2008, 92 different schools participated in activities.

In 2007­2008, the arts education program offered 15 school shows, featuring artists Yamato, a troupe of Japanese drummers; StepCrew, a dance troupe combining tap and

Irish dancing; the Spirit of Uganda, a group of child performers celebrating East African culture; Hugo and Ines, mime body puppeteers from Peru; Beakman, a wacky scientist seen on national television; and two history­ based musicals about Ben Franklin and Teddy Roosevelt. More than 9,110 students attended.

The more than 250 outreach activities included master classes, workshops, lecture/demonstrations, open rehearsals, seminars and panel discussions offered by performers such as the Paul Taylor Dance Company, violinist Jennifer Koh, composer Roberto Sierra, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, and Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana.

More than 8,800 students attended outreach activities in 2007­2008.

The college also participated in a fundraising effort by the Olathe school district to launch their newly formed Multicultural and English Language Learners Family Services with six events during the Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana performance and residency.

A program titled Creativity to Innovation uses creative artists to examine and develop creativity among students, particularly in classes outside the performing arts.

The initial project took place in May 2007 when Doug Varone and Dancers came to campus for a week of dress rehearsals of Dense Terrain before its premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts later that month. Varone led a creativity workshop for JCCC students in English, psychology and early childhood education classes.

The program’s goals are to enhance student learning by having artists lead students through various creative processes, foster creativity by building basic problem­solving skills, and facilitate faculty growth through a multidisciplinary approach, communication and participation.

In 2007­2008, JCCC students worked with four new artists in eight workshops. In addition, seniors at Maranatha Academy worked with three artists to explore their creative

process followed by hands­on workshops with the students duplicating that process.

Academic performances JCCC’s music department offers students the opportunity to compose, study and perform music as part of a choral group or concert or jazz band. JCCC’s musical ensembles – Chamber Choir, MadRegalia, Concert Band, the Midnight Blues Jazz Choir and the Midnight Express Jazz Ensemble – performed concerts in October, November, December, March, April and May. JCCC’s academic theatre department offered these productions in 2007­2008: Tabula Rasa, a new play by Whitney Reece Rowland, a former JCCC student and now a student at the University of Kansas; Urinetown, a satirical musical comedy; Agnes of God, about the eternal conflict between faith and science; and Rocky Horror Show, the strange meeting of two clean­cut squares with Dr. Frank­N­Furter in the midst of a maniacal experiment. The college’s academic theatre program provides a variety of roles and technical work for students and community members.

The production of Tabula Rasa was invited to the Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

In addition, each semester the college presents the Ruel Joyce Recital Series (named for the longtime jazz bassist who headed the local musicians federation from 1977 until his death in 1989) and a Jazz Series.

The concerts, featuring local classical and jazz artists, are cosponsored by the JCCC humanities and music departments, Community Services and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts.

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The Nerman Museum offers educational programs for children.

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art The new Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at JCCC is the largest contemporary art museum in the four­state region and the only contemporary art museum in Kansas.

The museum was designed by the internationally award­winning firm, Kyu Sung Woo Architects, Cambridge, Mass., working with the local architectural firm Gould Evans Associates.

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exhibitions. The largest temporary exhibition gallery is named for Tony and Marti Oppenheimer, Kansas City philanthropists, and will be used for major changing exhibitions. Also on the first floor is the Dean E. Thompson Gallery, the Richard I. and Jeanne S. Galamba Lobby and the James Biffar Foyer.

Six galleries are on the second floor – three permanent, three changing.

The Irma Starr Gallery is named for nationally known ceramic artist Irma Starr, who provided for the museum in her estate plan, while the McCaffree Gallery is named for Carl McCaffree, Columbian Bank. The Barton P. Cohen and Mary D. Cohen Gallery features work by area and regional artists.

The largest of the permanent collection galleries is named for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in recognition of the Foundation’s contribution. The Oppenheimer New

Media Gallery, which is specifically designed for showing electronic media, is also named for Tony and Marti Oppenheimer.

Also on the second floor of the museum are the Tearney Education Center classrooms – one a studio classroom for children’s art activities and the other for adults – and the 200­seat M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Auditorium, wrapped in beech wood and engineered with high­performance projection and acoustics. The Lichtor Conference Room is located in the museum’s administrative office suite.

The museum is named for Jerome and Margaret Nerman, whose lead gift in 2003 helped to establish the museum. The museum showcases works from the Oppenheimer Collection, established by Tony and Marti Oppenheimer, together with the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation.

Exhibitions

Art education

The inaugural exhibition for the museum was American Soil, uniting six artists (Tomory Dodge, Angelina Gualdoni, Brad Kahlhamer, Nicola Lopez, Frank Magnotta and Lisa Sanditz) whose works are informed by the landscape of America. The works address failed utopias, obsession with real estate development, rampant technology and architecture seemingly at odds with its environment or intended purpose.

In March 2008, a new exhibition opened – Distant Nearness – featuring the work of Rina Banerjee, Subodh Gupta and Bharti Kher, three contemporary artists from India.

Banerjee presented a lecture during the opening night reception, which more than 200 people attended.

Also in March, the works of 37 finalists in the visual arts category of the Shooting Stars Recognition and Scholarship Program were on display in the McCaffree Gallery. The Shooting Stars Program, sponsored by the Arts Council of Johnson County, honors high school seniors nominated by high school faculty in the Blue Valley, De Soto, Gardner­Edgerton, Olathe, Shawnee Mission and Spring Hill school districts as well as Barstow, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Pembroke High School and Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. Since 1996, the Shooting Stars Program has honored more than 630 high school seniors, awarding $160,000 in scholarships. The opening reception at the museum brought nearly 300 students, teachers and guests to campus.

In June 2008, the museum opened Unfolding Tradition: Rio Grande Textiles, highlighting the work of weavers Irvin and Lisa Trujillo of Chimayo, N.M. Irvin Trujillo, a seventh­generation weaver, was the recipient of the 2007 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

More than 400 guests attended the opening reception and artist’s lecture.

More than 71,000 individuals visited the museum in its first year.

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art also offers educational programs and materials for students, children, educators and visitors of all ages.

Since the opening, museum public programs have reached more than 5,800 individuals in the community, including 780 school children and more than 500 art teachers.

JCCC’s Billington Library has an online resource guide for individuals who want to learn more about contemporary visual art; the Nerman Museum staff provides lesson plans, artist information pages and digital images of work in the collection to school teachers upon request.

Guests to the museum may pick up free visitor orientation guides at the information desk and find general information on the museum, art on campus and student art spaces; maps of the art exhibition spaces in the museum and across campus; and tips for “contemplating contemporary art.” Interpretive labels next to individual objects enhance museum learning experiences for casual visitors.

The museum’s free art appreciation tour program has flourished because of the interest and enthusiasm of various community groups. In the first seven months of operation, docents and staff led 162 tours for the community, totaling more than 2,000 people served. Adult community groups who scheduled tours ranged from local arts groups to social organizations, art classes from other college campuses to business groups, and groups from other art museums across the country, from Los Angeles to North Carolina.

Most of the guided tours were led by dedicated volunteer docents who have completed comprehensive training. In 2007­2008, 45 individuals from the community volunteered more than 1,900 hours assisting with visitor services and educational programs.

In April, Bruce Hartman, museum director, served as the judge for the 2008 Congressional Art Competition,

An Artistic Discovery, featuring exceptional artwork from high school students in the third district of Kansas.

Submissions were on display on campus and judged at a reception hosted by Rep. Dennis Moore.

The winning piece hangs for a year in the tunnel leading to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. In June 2008, the museum began offering a new children’s program that will continue on Saturdays throughout the academic year.

Contemporary Creations classes provide students ages 8 to 11 with interactive art learning experiences and opportunities to learn directly from the diverse works of art in JCCC’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions in the museum.

During each session, students explore and discuss selected works of art, developing critical thinking skills and expanding cultural awareness, and then create original works of art in the museum’s studio classroom. More than 70 children participated during the first four weeks of class.

Artist Mark Bradford was the inaugural speaker for the Jerome Nerman Lecture Series in June 2008.

The series will become an annual event underwritten by an endowment gift from Central Bank of Kansas City.

The bank and the Tutera Family, the bank’s owners, intend the series to serve as a tribute to Jerome Nerman.

Bradford is known for transforming materials scavenged from the street into wall­sized collages and installations, evoking images of the culture and commerce of downtown Los Angeles. His lecture brought more than 200 visitors to campus.

(The Jerome Nerman Lecture Series and other museum lectures are recorded and available through JCCC’s Billington Library.)

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Dick and Barbara Shull, Marlene and Terry Calaway enjoy the JCCC Foundation’s black­tie gala.

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Through its fundraising efforts, the JCCC Foundation supports student scholarships and visual arts at the college. As of June 30, 2008, the Foundation’s endowment had reached $15 million and its total assets were more than $24 million.

Bob Regnier, president and CEO, Bank of Blue Valley, served as the 2007­2008 Foundation president.

In addition to other Foundation activities noted throughout this report, these were significant milestones for 2007­2008:

Scholarships More than $583,900 in Foundation scholarships helped 530 students with tuition, books, program needs and loans in 2007­2008.

Some Enchanted Evening In 2007, Some Enchanted Evening, the Foundation’s black­tie gala, generated $315,000 for its scholarship program. Dick and Barbara Shull were honored as Johnson Countians of the Year for their generous support of local, national and international organizations.

Mack and Kim Bowen served as co­chairs for the evening. Over the past 21 years, Some Enchanted Evening has raised more than $3 million for the Foundation’s scholarship program.

Members of the Nerman Museum

The Johnson County Community College Foundation

The number of members of the Nerman Museum increased 25 percent in 2007, raising more than $50,000. Since January 2008, the museum’s renewal and new member campaign raised $62,400.

This is the largest number of members (171) and membership dollars raised since the Gallery of Art opened in 1990. The funds, in addition to the $220,000 in net proceeds from the October 2007 gala opening of the museum, will be used to support exhibitions and visual arts education programming.

Dollars for Scholars In April 2008, the Dollars for Scholars auction earned nearly $50,000 in net profits. More than 220 volunteers, including students, friends, alumni, faculty and staff, helped raise funds to support 25 scholarships and programs.

More than 600 people attended the event. Fred and Carol Logan served as honorary chairs.

Employee giving More than 200 faculty and staff members contributed $40,380 for programs and scholarship funds through the Foundation’s Employee Giving program. In addition, JCCC faculty and staff supported the Dollars for Scholars auction with more than $18,000 in tickets and purchases.

Planned giving Under the leadership of John C. Davis and the Planned Giving Committee, planned gifts to the college increased in 2007­2008.

The group continued its collaboration with the Johnson County Bar Association to present Ethics for Good, a continuing legal education program for area attorneys.

Polsky Practical Personal Enrichment Series The Polsky Practical Personal Enrichment Series, endowed by Norman and Elaine Polsky and the Polsky Family Supporting Foundation, provides opportunities for individuals to learn about personal investing as well as insurance, banking, health, politics and personal skills such as problem solving, listening and creativity.

The series continued this year with programs on bipartisanship in Congress; entrepreneurs’ principles of success; mutual funds and stocks; health care advice; money­making strategies affecting taxes, Social Security and insurance; estate planning; the benefits of volunteering; and supporting nonprofits.

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