Convocation Spring 2022 Program

Celebrating Our Past Embracing Our Future

Spring 2022

CONVOCATION Wednesday, May 18 | 9 a.m.

Metropolitan Campus or Virtual

Welcome to the Spring 2022 Convocation.

It is with great excitement that we welcome our faculty to our first hybrid Spring 2022 Convocation. These past two years have been a time of constant change, unpredictability and uncertainty for our faculty, staff, students and community.

Our Tri-C family supported each other in responding to this changed environment, while rising to meet the challenges created during COVID, through dedication, innovation and professionalism.

This year’s Convocation is focused on Celebrating Our Past while Embracing Our Future, and we as a College have much to celebrate and look forward to over the coming years. Each one of you is a part of the legacy of Tri-C which, for more than 59 years, has been providing high quality, accessible, inclusive and affordable educational opportunities to over 900,000 residents of Northeast Ohio. Your commitment to students, especially during COVID, is unparalleled and we deeply appreciate your contributions to our mission and your community.

We also take this time to look forward to new challenges, successes and ways we can continue to support all students in our community, helping every student achieve their educational and career goals. With our foundational principles of access, equity and success, we can confidently look forward to continuing to open doors, remove barriers, provide support and create opportunities for students to succeed at Tri-C and beyond graduation.

Together, our Tri-C community will continue to make this institution a place where futures truly can begin for generations of students to come.

Sincerely, Alex Johnson President Karen Miller Provost and Executive Vice President, Access, Learning and Success Michael Boyko Professor, Criminal Justice and President, American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Cuyahoga Community College Chapter Robert Johnson Professor, Counseling and Chair, Joint Faculty Senate Council

Agenda 9 - 10:30 a.m.

Morning Program (Hybrid) In person at Metropolitan Campus Auditorium or CLICK HERE to join virtually.

Welcome Denise McCory Metropolitan Campus President Provost Remarks Karen Miller Provost and Executive Vice President, Access, Learning and Success Learning Management System (LMS) Review Update George Kanieski Assistant Professor, English Tom Kemp Executive Director, Online Learning and Academic Technology Delia (Dee Dee) Pfister Associate Vice President, Academic Professional Development, Online Learning and Academic Technology, Articulation and Transfer AAUP & JFSC Remarks Michael Boyko Professor, Criminal Justice President, American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Tri-C Chapter Robert Johnson Professor, Counseling; Chairperson, Joint Faculty Senate Council (JFSC) A Conversation With Dr. Johnson Alex Johnson College President Edward Foley Professor, Business Administration; Faculty Co-Moderator Andrew Pegman Professor, English; Faculty Co-moderator

10:45 a.m. – noon

Brunch With Dr. Johnson (In Person) Metropolitan Campus Center, Ground Floor Food Court Join Dr. Johnson for a farewell brunch in his honor. Take a moment to give him your best wishes, and be sure to sign his digital farewell card.

1 - 2:30 p.m.

Adjunct Engagement Session (Hybrid) Metropolitan Campus Center, room 201 or CLICK HERE to join virtually In this fun and informative session, Adjunct Services managers will provide updates on current initiatives and celebrate the role adjunct faculty have played in supporting that work. Join us!

1:30 - 3 p.m.

Full-time Faculty Counterparts Meetings (Virtual) Check your email for the meeting link from your faculty counterpart chair.

1:30 - 3 p.m.

Full-time Faculty Drop-in Help Session with Curriculum, Assessment and Transfer (Virtual) CLICK HERE to get answers to your Ohio Transfer and curriculum questions.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Full-time Faculty JFSC/AAUP Meeting (Virtual) Check your email for the meeting link (full-time contractual faculty only).

College Administration Board of Trustees Helen Forbes Fields, Chair Ann M. Frangos, Vice Chair J. David Heller

The Rev. Cory C. Jenkins Phoebe Lee Geralyn M. Presti

Andrew E. Randall Victor A. Ruiz Ted Tywang

President’s Cabinet Alex Johnson President

William H. Gary Sr.

David Kuntz

Executive Vice President Workforce, Community and Economic Development Division

Executive Vice President/Treasurer Administration and Finance

Karen Miller Provost and Executive Vice President Access, Learning and Success

Todd Kitchen

Janice Taylor Heard

President, Eastern Campus

Interim President, Westshore Campus

Denise McCory

Lisa Williams

President, Metropolitan Campus

President, Western Campus

Jenny Febbo

Claire Rosacco

Vice President, Integrated Communications

Vice President, Government Affairs and Community Outreach

Ronna McNair

Renee Tramble Richard

Chief of Staff/Executive Assistant to the President

Vice President, Legal Services

Megan O’Bryan Vice President, Development and President, Tri-C Foundation

Spring 2022 Convocation Committee Paul Abiola Peter Anderson Shannon Brown Rebecca Carte Casey Clark Karen Cross-Hatten Kara DePaul Adam Dilulio Kevin Dwyer Ralonda Ellis-Hill David Haiduc Brian Hall

Christine Hickey Todd Kitchen Adrienne McCarthy Denise McCory Lisanetta McDade Sandra McKnight Ronna McNair Elisa Meadows Jessica Noeth Amy Parks Zohreh Parsian Aimee Pearce

Delia Pfister Andrew Powell Caroline Rado Pamela Regrut Lisa Schneider Charles Smith Stacey Souther Standish Stewart Leanne van Beers-Werneke Terrii Wachala Benjamin Wilson