Agenda
FALL CONFERENCE 2007
North Carolina ’s Higher Education Highway
Pathway to the Future
SUNDAY: (October 7 th)
2:00 - 7:00 p.m. Registration ( Vendor area open!)
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. REGIONAL MEETINGS
Western Region— Room 225
Central Region — Room 224
Eastern Region — Room 226
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Opening Session in Salons A, B, C
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception in Salon D
7:00 –10:00 p.m. Entertainment in Salon D
MONDAY: (October 8 th)
Vendor areas open all day.
8:00 - 11:30 a.m. Registration will continue
7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Free buffet breakfast (those staying at Embassy Suites)
9:10 – 10:00 a.m. Session I
10:10 - 11:00 a.m. Session II
11:20 - 11:20 a.m. Break (Voting ends)
11:30 - 1:00 p.m. NCCCFA Luncheon and Annual Meeting
1:10 - 2:00 p.m. Session III
2:10 - 3:00 p.m. Session IV
3:10 - 4:00 p.m. Session V
4:00 – 4:20 p.m. Break
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. GENERAL SESSION in Salons C & D, Dr. Bill Randall
TUESDAY: (October 9 th)
7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Free buffet breakfast (those staying at Embassy Suites)
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. SPECIAL SESSION in Salons C&D
Dr. Mark Milliron
10:10 - 11:00 a.m. Session I
11:00 - 11:20 a.m. Break
11:20 - 12:10 p.m. Session II
1 2:20 - 1:10 p.m. Session III
Have a safe trip home!
Conference Sessions
NCCCFA Regional Meetings
Sunday, 3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Paving the Way in Higher Education
Campus Representatives or other interested faculty meet with their Regional Directors to receive and share information, arrange for NCCCFA campus visits, ask questions and organize efforts.
Opening Session
Sunday, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in Salons A, B & C
NC’s Higher Education Highway – Pathway to the World
President H. Martin Lancaster, North Carolina Community College System
People who never leave North Carolina work in the global workforce. These workers are trained by the community colleges. Those whose work requires more than a two year degree increasingly are beginning at the community colleges before transferring to universities. See page 6.
General Session
Monday, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. in Salons C & D
Vision for the Future World in Distance Education
Dr. Bill Randall, Associate VP for Learning Technology Systems, NCCCS
Future e-Learning Infrastructure, Teaching/learning Tools, & Resources – Today
In the past three years, North Carolina has been a showcase of collaboration among our top political & educational leaders, public & private organizations, and practitioners in the field. This collaboration has resulted in unprecedented funding to establish uniform e-learning resources for the entire NCCCS. This presentation will focus on these new resources, their availability to community college instructors, and how they will benefit our students and instructional programs. See page 8.
Special Session
Tuesday, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. in Salons C & D
Vision for the Future World in Education
Dr. Mark Milliron, President & CEO of Catalyze Learning International
Catalytic Conversations: A Look at the Road Ahead
We certainly live in interesting, change-filled times. Between increasing globalization, expanding technology use, rising insight expectations, and an emerging education imperative, we have much to do to prepare ourselves for the road ahead. This presentation seeks to catalyze key conversations about these and other hot topics. Moreover, it will challenge us to tackle these topics with less hyperbole and more thoughtful explorations of the issues and opportunities coming our way in the months and years to come. (See page 9)
Adelante Education Coalition: Increasing Access to
Higher Education for Latino/Hispanic and Migrant Students
Rosie Rangel, Adelante Education Coalition/Student Action with Farmworkers
Mauricio Castro, Adelante Education Coalition/Student Action with Farmworkers
This workshop introduces the NC Community College faculty to the Adelante Education Coalition and their work supporting the Latino/Hispanic community’s efforts to access college in NC. Information on open enrollment admission and in-state tuition is provided through a video and PowerPoint presentation and leads to an interactive discussion with the faculty of different community colleges about the current climate surrounding these topics at their schools.
Monday, 2:10 – 4:00 p.m. in Salon D
Assessment Outcomes: What You & SACS Can Live With
Bob Costa, Rockingham CC
With measurable objectives requirements flying over us via Albatross Airways, faculty wonder if anyone else knows that we are already one-armed paper hangers. This discussion attempts to brainstorm how teachers can satisfy SACS and be able to go home at night. Discover steps to extracting the most useful data with high efficiency. Data from SACS current standards on assessment outcomes can be considered by faculty for possible course management changes . Listen to how 2 different community colleges addressed these challenges and have recently received reaccreditation approval from SACS. Recommendations on practical implementation of assessment outcomes will be conveyed and discussed. We're optimistic that you will leave this workshop with lower anxiety and higher hopes about effectiveness.
Monday, 2:10 – 4:00 p.m. in Salons F and G
Bringing Personal Instruction to Online Courses with Wimba
Seana Downing, Wimba
Want to achieve instructional objectives that cannot be reached with CMS’s? Wimba turns your computer into a hub where people teach people, allowing you to reach such objectives as fostering instructive dialogue, creating hands-on interaction, and ensuring access to as many students as possible. This presentation gives examples of how to use Wimba to add the value of real-time interaction to online courses. Instructors can better assess the needs of their distributed students, and students can get timely answers to specific
questions as they arise.
Tuesday, 12:20 – 1:10 p.m. in Salon F
Blended Units of Study with Curriculum Pathways®
Ralph Moore, SAS
Through a partnership with SAS, Curriculum Pathways has been made available to instructors and students at the member campuses of the NCCCS. These curricular resources are being used in both developmental and traditional, core-subject classes. Find out about these online resources and ways to incorporate them into your instruction to provide a blended learning experience for your students.
Monday, 2:10 – 3:00 p.m. in Salon A
“But I don’t have time for that!”
Culture, Connections and Critical Thinking through Portfolios
Shannon Hahn, Durham Technical CC, FLICC
This workshop presents the use of portfolios as an effective tool for promoting cultural awareness, fostering interdisciplinary connections, and encouraging critical thinking in the foreign language classroom, especially where class time is limited. The portfolio content to be presented is specifically designed for Spanish language courses, but the overall concepts could easily be adapted to other disciplines.
Monday, 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. in Salon A
Campus Faculty Associations: Getting Organized
TBA
Get practical information on organizing a campus faculty association or reorganizing an existing association to have a positive, proactive effect on your college. Examples of constitutions and organization structure allow participants to select what suits their campus. Ask and have answered questions about how to make your campus organization efficient and effective.
Monday, 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. in Salon G
Campus Faculty Groups – Planning to Succeed
Barbara Morrison, Bladen CC (retired)
Learn a simple format for effective campus faculty association planning that will insure success. The 6 Ps: Proper prior planning promotes positive performance. A one session workshop can provide direction and definition for activities that make a campus association a positive and proactive part of the campus team.
Monday, 2:10 – 3:00 p.m. in Room 225
Create Unique Tests Using an Electronic Spreadsheet
Tam Hutchinson, Wilkes CC
This presentation gives participants specific commands that work in Microsoft Excel and Open Office that can be used to select a specific number of questions from a pool of questions the instructor provides. Changing textbooks can mean starting over with the test generation process. This approach allows adaptation for different texts without having to "start from scratch" and allows students to take completed tests home for further study because the instructor can easily generate unique tests for ensuing semesters.
Tuesday, 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. in Salon G
Developmental Education: Research for Intervention and Innovation
Michael Preuss, Rockingham CC
Participants will learn how to develop, implement and evaluate cycles of reflective investigation to improve instruction. Several simple and effective means of conducting classroom based and department based research with the goal of improving instruction will be described and illustrated. Illustrations will be based upon best practices literature and research conducted at Rockingham Community College in the last two years.
Tuesday, 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. in Salon D
The Difference Between an Instructor and a Teacher
Lane Anderson, Alamance CC
Participants will learn the intangibles of effective teaching, which transcend mere instruction. The result should be a “recentering” process within each individual while encouraging a renewed sense of purpose, meaning, and joy in teaching. Learn to be more effective in motivating adult learners to internalize and practice learning objectives.
Monday, 1:10 – 2:00 p.m. in Homewood South Carolina Room
Early Childhood Education Specialist
Kay McWhirter, Cleveland Community College
Do you need an Early Childhood Higher Education Specialist? Are child care providers demanding education but have no time for instruction? This session will explain how Cleveland County developed an innovative nontraditional Early Childhood Instructor position to meet the needs of our child care providers. Find out how Cleveland County Partnership funded this position, essential community calibration, and student
response.
Tuesday, 12:20—1:10 p.m. in Salon G
Faculty Grants: A Little Help from Your Friends
Barbara Morrison, NCCCFA
Grant Recipients
Each year, NCCCFA offers up to $1000 in each region in grants to faculty members of NCCCFA who develop innovative projects that will enhance the learning opportunities for students. Information on applying for faculty grants and examples of the proposals may remind you of that thought you had some time ago about a great project, but one for which no funding seemed available.
Tuesday, 10:10 – 11:00 p.m. in Room 226
FLICC, Foreign Language Instructors in Community Colleges Meeting
Clara Vega, Alamance CC
Erin O'Brien Anderson, Wake Technical CC
Christina Wood, Rockingham CC
Raul Herrera, Wake Technical CC
This session is the fall meeting of FLICC members to address different issues concerning foreign language teaching and its impact at the community college level.
Tuesday, 10:10—11:00 a.m. in Salon G
Future e-Learning Infrastructure, Teaching/Learning Tools, & Resources: Discussion
Bill Randall, NCCCS
The NCCCS is developing a robust and integrated 21st Century e-learning infrastructure that offers instructors a new array of tools and resources. These resources include broadband connectivity, online learning objects and modules, collaboration tools, online help desk, staff development resources, and enhanced capacity to develop digital instructional content. This session will describe, in more detail, what these resources are and how they will integrate to enhance instruction and learning across our System.
Monday, 3:10 – 4:00 p.m. in Salon E
Grantwriting 101 for Regular People
Deborah Louis, Asheville-Buncombe Technical CC
A comprehensive introductory overview of that magical and mystical parallel universe of locating grant opportunities and successfully applying for them, both for ourselves as individual educators, and researchers, and for programs and projects that will advance the missions of our departments and institutions. Guidance on how to evaluate funding opportunities, types of support available, meaning of "grantspeak" keywords, standard components of an application/proposal, what funders look for, how to cultivate relationships with funders--and what happens when they say YES!
Monday, 10:30 – 11:20 a.m. in Room 226
Grantwriting 102 for Regular People
Deborah Louis, Asheville-Buncombe Technical CC
Specialized focus on that even MORE magical and mystical parallel universe of FEDERAL grants! Find out how to get funding for your special projects. Handouts distributed will serve as continuing reference tools long after participants return home.
Tuesday ,10:10 – 11:00 a.m. in Room 225
Great Teachers Retreat - Rally and Reunion
Benita Budd, Wake Technical CC
Following the informational session on the North Carolina Great Teachers Retreat, this session provides an opportunity for past participants to brainstorm, network, and share ideas. NCGTR alumni may reinforce networking among participants, and continue the collaborative opportunities.
Monday, 3:10 – 4:00 p.m. in Homewood South Carolina Room
Highway Assistance:
Helping Students on Their Journey from NCCC to UNC
Laura Bilbro-Berry, East Carolina University
Anne Barker Faulkenberry, East Carolina University
Wachovia Partnership East (WPE) was established to address the teacher shortage that plagues the rural areas of eastern of North Carolina. The partnership represents a collaborative effort by the university and local community colleges. The workshop will address the components of the partnership and how it represents a way to provide successful transition and support for students.
Monday, 10:30 – 11:20 in Salon F
Increasing Availability of 2+2 Engineering Programs
in NCCCS Institutions
Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University
John Garner, East Carolina University
Many community colleges may have an interest in providing a 2+2 engineering opportunity to students but are concerned about the need for specialized courses. The new ECU Engineering program is able to work with both AS and AA students to maximize transfer credits and support close degree collaboration. The result is the opportunity to collaborate with most community colleges to develop a 2+2 engineering capability.
Monday, 1:10 – 2:00 p.m. in Room 226
Integrative Liberal Studies at UNC Asheville.
Ed Katz, UNC Asheville
This workshop features an overview of UNC Asheville’s Integrative Liberal Studies (ILS) program, an interdisciplinary, four-year liberal arts curriculum, required of all UNCA students. Particular attention is paid to how ILS works within the context of the North Carolina Comprehensive Articulation Agreement.
Tuesday, 11:20—12:10 in Salon E
It's Not Your Father's Office!
Philip Vavalides, Guilford Technical CC
Microsoft has radically changed MS Office and faculty need to know how to handle documents presented by students in this new format. This presentation will provide an overview of the new MS Office, including the various versions available, the new interface of ribbons, tabs, contextual menus, groups, galleries, the Office button, the new way graphics are handle, the new printing options and many other exciting features.
Monday, 2:10 – 4:00 p.m. in Salon B
Legislative Roundtable
Participants to be announced.
Many legislators understand the importance of the community college system in training and retraining the workforce, in providing two years of college that are affordable and convenient , providing for the learning needs of the state’s communities. Legislators have come to listen and share our concerns about the community colleges in North Carolina.
Monday, 1:10—2:00 p.m. in Salon E
Maximizing Center Resources with TutorTrac Software
Kelly Corder, Redrock Software Corp
This presentation provides an overview of items to consider when designing a tracking system. An interactive demonstration of TutorTrac software is provided. Participants will be able ask questions and discuss the relevance of tracking software in their centers. Specific case studies will be examined and discussed.
Tuesday, 12:20 – 1:00 p.m. in Room 226
Meet NC-NET ( North Carolina Network for Excellence in Teaching)
Nancy Massey, NCCCS
Elizabeth Brown, NCCCS
North Carolina Network for Excellence in Teaching provides a statewide collaborative online professional development system for North Carolina community college faculty. Learn what NC-NET can do for you to improve your teaching, provide you with resources, and help focus your own career development.
Monday, 3:10 – 4:00 p.m. in Salon A
A Model for Developing the Adjunct Program
Virginia Armiger Grant, Gaston CC
This session presents methods and practices to be used in overseeing, training, assessing, and supporting part-time faculty to improve instructional quality and enhance professional development of adjuncts. Content will include sources, resources, methodology, multiple intelligences, critical thinking for non-traditional adult learners.
Tuesday, 11:20 – 12:10 p.m. in Room 226
Multimedia and Distance Learning: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Timothy Haley, Sandhills CC
If distance learning students wanted to watch you stand behind a podium and lecture, they would have signed up for a classroom section. What works in the traditional classroom does not always work online. Yet technology is making it easier to create audio and video recordings of classroom lectures including the ubiquitous PowerPoint presentation. This session takes a candid look at instructional technology practices that work for distance learning students and more importantly – those that don’t.
Tuesday, 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. in Salon B
NCCCFA Student Scholarships
Benita Budd, NCCCFA
NCCCFA reinvests in education each year by offering a $1000 scholarship in each of the three regions of the state. NCCCFA members may nominate deserving students who will continue in a community college for the next year. Application procedures and forms are available in this session as are answers to questions.
Monday, 10:30—11:20 in Room 225.
NCGTR: Revitalizing Spa for Community College Faculty
Kay Crouch, Caldwell CC & Technical Institute
This session will focus on the current status of the North Carolina Great Teachers Movement as evidenced by the annual state-wide retreat as well as spin-off applications. Discussions will include single-college Great Teachers Retreats and Seminars, regional retreats, and institutional “ Great College” Seminars used as a form of organizational development.
Monday, 2:10—3:00 p.m. in Homewood South Carolina Room
North Carolina State Employees Health Plan
Representative of the North Carolina State Employees Health Plan
Learn the facts about the state health care plan, types of coverage available, recent changes in providers and benefits, and opportunities to change your plan during the open enrollment periods. Find answers for your questions.
Tuesday, 11:20 a.m.—12:10 p.m. in Salon B
Tuesday, 12:20—1:10 p.m. in Salon B
Overview of the Community College Survey of Student Engagement
Vonna Viglione, NCCCS
CCSSE provides information on cutting edge evaluation tools and objective data for community colleges. CCSSE is the only validated survey instrument that is based on the community college experience for students. This presentation gives an overview of the survey, a summary of the most recent year's findings and a discussion of how colleges use the information to plan for institutional effectiveness and to measure perceptions of students and faculty on core elements at the college .
Tuesday, 11:20 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. in Salon C
Partnering for Academic Success: A Collaborative Effort between WCU & SCC
Fred Hinson, Western Carolina University
Alan Kines, Western Carolina University
Janina DeHart, Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University offers the Academic Success Program [ASP] as an opportunity for students to begin their college experience early--during the summer--to prepare them for success in college and beyond. This year the program was expanded , in collaboration with Southwestern Community College, to provide a more comprehensive program to more effectively meet the needs of provisionally admitted students. This workshop outlines the collaboration and provides an overview of the components of the program, including admissions procedure and student selection .
Tuesday, 11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. in Salon A
Paving the Digital Divide: Technology in Higher Education Institutions
Johnny Shull, Central Carolina Community College
This workshop presents the findings of a survey of community college, UNC, and private university instructors to determine the use of technology in the classroom at their respective institutions. Participants will be asked to consider the implications of technology use, and the effectiveness of technology. Workshop participants will have an opportunity to provide input based on the actual findings of the survey.
Monday, 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. in Homewood South Carolina Room
Podcasting 1-2-3: Launch Instructional Effectiveness
to Astronomical Levels
Rick Leinecker, Rockingham CC
Sure, any techno-geek can podcast. But how can you get the entire faculty podcasting so that students move to an incredibly high level of achievement? Answer: “with software that streamlines the process”. This presentation shows how to get faculty, regardless of their technical abilities, to easily podcast their classroom material. Proprietary software written by a software engineer will be demonstrated and provided free of charge. After this presentation, attendees will be able to move into a new arena of instructional effectiveness .
Monday, 2:10—4:00 p.m. in Salon C
Presidents Roundtable
Dr. Jim Burnett, Western Piedmont CC
Dr. Scott Ralls, Craven CC
Dr. Mary Rittling, Davidson County CC
An open discussion with campus presidents from across the state.
Monday, 10:30—11:20 a.m. in Salon E
Publish Your Own Textbook
Robert Conrow, Carolina Academic Press
This workshop gives instructors practical methods for getting their work published. Participants are encouraged to discuss the projects they are already working on, such as books, coursepacks, or simply ideas for books. The publishing process is described—from inspiration to textbook completion—along with the professional and monetary rewards that can be expected. Carolina Academic Press has been successfully publishing textbooks written by North Carolina Community College instructors for many years. Samples of these books will be on hand .
Monday, 9:10-10:00 a.m. in Room 226
Tuesday, 12:20 -1:10 p.m. in Room 225
Retirement: Facts, Questions and Answers
Cheryl Campbell, Fayetteville Technical CC
About one-third of the experienced system office staff, senior administrators and faculty in North Carolina are facing retirement in the next few years. Information on when you can retire and your retirement options is available from an experienced advisor with the latest information from our state retirement system.
Tuesday, 12:20—1:10 p.m. in Salon E
SACS Explains Learning Objectives
Dr. Belle Wheelan, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Every community college in North Carolina will have a SACS visit….before you know it. Knowing how to properly prepare for the visit will lessen stress and ensure success. Learning Objectives are important in evaluating our programs and their effectiveness. Learn about Learning Objectives from a SACS leader.
Monday, 1:10 – 2:00 p.m. in Salons F & G
*NOTE: Assessment Outcomes: What You and SACS Can Live With is a two hour discussion session in the same salons immediately following Dr. Wheelan’s workshop.
SEANC Membership Services
Jimmy Gilbert, SEANC
This session presents the benefits of membership in the State Employee Association of North Carolina. Information on and discussion of current issues are provided .
Monday, 3:10—4:00 p.m. in Room 225.
SMARTHINKING
David Cashwell, SMARTHINKING
This session provides information on online tutoring and writing services that help students succeed. Learn how your students can take advantage of services that will help them.
Tuesday, 11:20 a.m. —12:10 p.m. in Salon G
Student Ownership in Active/Discovery Learning
Bob Pontious, Brunswick CC (Pontious is 2006 Excellence in Teaching Award Winner.)
This workshop is designed to share practices to involve students in active/discovery learning and build their ownership of learning and sense of belonging to a community of learners. Techniques of cooperative learning, team building, and the use of activities and humor will be modeled through hands-on activities. Time will be left for questions and discussion.
Tuesday, 10:10—11:00 a.m. in Salon E
Summer Institute 2007: UNC-NCCCS Highway Work
John Enamite, Caldwell CC and Technical Institute
Ann Russell, Bladen CC
Faculty leaders from the NCCCS and UNC collaborated to provide an opportunity for forty-eight representatives from community college and university campuses to talk together about perceptions, concerns and solutions to the mobile student body of North Carolina’s institutions of higher education. Feasible suggestions resulted and are being implemented. Information about this unique collaborative effort and how you can become involved is available in this session.
Monday, 2:10—3:00 p.m. in Salon E
Transfer Advisory Committee Explains Comprehensive Articulation Agreement
Dennis King, Asheville-Buncombe Technical CC, Co-Chair Transfer Advisory Committee
Kathui Baucom, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Rick Swanson, Sandhills CC
The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement [CAA] between the North Carolina Community College System and the University of North Carolina was developed ten years ago. The Transfer Advisory Committee [TAC] has worked diligently to keep the agreement in force, viable and truly comprehensive. Confusion can occur, but it can also be dispelled as the TAC provides information and answers questions on CAA.
Tuesday, 11:20 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. in Salon D
UNC Asheville’s Liberal Arts Introductory Colloquium
ED Katz, UNC Asheville
This workshop offers an overview of UNC Asheville’s Liberal Arts Introductory Colloquium program, with special attention paid to LSIC 379, a colloquium designed to meet the needs of the transfer student. Topics will include the writing- and information-literacy intensive features of the colloquia, and the embedded faculty advisement component of LSIC 179, our freshman course.
Monday, 10:30—11:20 a.m. in Salon G
UNC Online Partnership Initiative: Connecting North Carolina Online
Kay Zimmerman, NC State University, DELTA
James Sadler, UNC General Administration
One year ago, President Erskine Bowles and President Martin Lancaster stated that the UNC and NCCCS systems would begin to collaborate and work more closely together. The University of North Carolina Online statewide partnership initiative is a result of this proposed partnership. A demonstration will include the 2+2 website, discussion of the website strategy, technical development and partnership alignment.
Monday, 9:10—10:00 a.m. in Salon E
Using MS Groove 2007 for Virtual Office Hours in Distance Education
Philip Vavalides, Guilford Technical CC
This workshop explores one of the newest additions to the MS Office. Capabilities of MS Groove 2007 include real time file and picture sharing, use of the calendar, the sketch pad and discussion boards, along with both written and verbal "chat". Faculty will learn how they can incorporate one of Microsoft's latest tools into their online environment to provide distance education students with real time access to faculty during regular office hours
Monday, 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. in Salon B
Using OneNote to Enhance Student Learning
Philip Vavalides, Guilford Technical CC
This workshop presents an overview of the uses and capabilities of MS OneNote 2007, (Microsoft's latest electronic note taking tool), which is a part of the MS Office 2007 suite and included in the Home and Student version that most students are acquiring. Faculty will understand the features of this application and demonstrate its use so that this technology can be employed by students in the classroom to improve their efficiency and skills in note-taking.
Tuesday, 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. in Salon F
Using Great Teachers Retreat Process in
Criminal Justice Training & Development
Steve Smith, Scotland County Sheriff’s Office
This session presents a brief overview of an innovative use of the Great Teachers Retreat model of professional development in criminal justice leadership training for state law enforcement agents.
Monday, 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. in Room 225
Western 2 Step Program with N.C. Community Colleges
Fred Hinson, Western Carolina University
Alan Kines, Western Carolina University
This workshop describes a new co-operative agreement (Western 2 Step), which aligns course requirements at Western Carolina University with all 58 community colleges so students will know what to expect when they transfer. The 2 Step program shows students (who have earned AA or AAS degrees or completed the general education core) exactly what community college courses fits into each of Western’s undergraduate majors and what courses remain to earn their bachelor’s degree. Western wants to attract and serve
community college students.
Tuesday, 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. in Salon A
A Work Force Development Success: Degree Completion for AAS Graduates
David Batts, East Carolina University
The global economy has increased the need for the US to produce more technology graduates. However, many AAS students think that a four year education is beyond their grasp. This presentation familiarizes community college faculty with the range of degree concentrations that are available to graduates of a technology and industrial Associates of Applied Science degree. It addresses how community college AAS graduates can seamlessly transfer to ECU Bachelor of Science of Industrial Technology degree that can be finished face-to-face or online.
Monday, 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. in Salon F
What is New with the Global Learner Consortium
Edward Tweedy, Jr., Rockingham CC
Tracey Ivey, Wayne CC
Maria Fraser-Molina, Durham Technical CC
Panel members update attendees on the latest system-wide global initiatives of the Global Learner Consortium. They solicit and share new initiatives on individual campuses.
Monday, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. in Homewood South Carolina Room
What's Your "PI" IQ? How to Win and Manage Grants
Vonna Viglione, NCCCS
External funds are often vital to college programs and to faculty careers. Grants are often based equally on the subject matter expertise of faculty and the management capacity of the college or management partner. This workshop provides an overview of the skills necessary to develop grants and will give and overview of federal programs that support community colleges. Resources are provided for the professional development of faculty who wish to become active in the grants arena.
Monday, 1:10 – 2:00 p.m. in Room 225
A Whole New Vista
Philip Vavalides, Guilford Technical CC
The features of Windows Vista that have radically changed when compared to Windows XP. This workshop examines the versions of Vista, the hardware requirements, the new Aero interface, speech recognition, other tools and utilities, the Sidebar, gadgets, and many other new and useful tools that are now available.
Tuesday, 11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. in Salon F
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