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for the Employee Appreciation/Awards Dinner.

President’s College Update

For period October 7, 2017

to October 20, 2017 * Submissions for next update are due Friday, November 3, 2017


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Employee Appreciation/Awards

Dinner

Saturday, December 2nd @ 5:30pm

The 2017 Employee Appreciation/Awards Dinner is scheduled to take place on Saturday,

December 2nd at the Ralph Phillips Conference Center in Shelby, Ohio.

This year’s event is free to Staff, Faculty, and Adjunct Faculty.

Employees will be able to pay $18 to bring a guest (one per employee).

A cocktail reception will begin at 5:30pm with dinner served at 6:00pm followed by the

awards presentation at 7:00pm. Entertainment during the cocktail reception and throughout

dinner will be provided by Pau Martin’s PM Jazz, as we have done in years past. There will

be an open beer & wine bar provided compliments of the North Central State College

Foundation.

Due to seating limitations, all Employees and their guests will require a ticket to participate

in this year’s event.

Employee Tickets and Guest Passes are available for pickup at the Cashier’s Office

until Friday, November 3rd. Please only pick up a ticket if you plan to attend.

The Cashier’s Office will accept cash, check, or credit card for the purchase of your guest

pass. Ticket pickup and Guest Pass sales will conclude at 5pm on Friday, November 3,

2017.

See President’s Office Report for listing of those celebrating milestone anniversaries this

year.


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Business, Administrative &

Student Services

Controller

Working with the Auditors

Facilities Management

Good News

The Kehoe Center Cooling Tower project continues with the contractor moving equipment

on site.

Accomplishments

Facilities continues to work on the Emergency Operations Plan. The Campus Emergency

Response Team (CERT) will meet October 24.

Working on a draft of the Capital Appropriation Bill FY2019-2014.

Working on the controlling Board Request for the submission of the IT equipment

purchase.

Reviewed applications for the part-time utility worker.

Increased safety and security awareness throughout the campus.

Goals

Continue to work on increasing safety and security awareness throughout the campus.

Complete tours within the next two weeks to EHOVE and Lexington for the Civil Review

Finding list.

Human Resources

News

Insurance open enrollment and Flexible Spending Account re-enrollment is underway.

Deadline to enroll, make changes, etc. is 11/21/17.

The United Way of Richland County and United Fund of Shelby campaigns have kicked-

off the week of 10/2/17. The campaign will run through November 17, 2017 and the goal

is $6,000. After 3 weeks, $4,133 has been pledged.


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17-18 Holiday Schedule:

2017/2018

Holiday Schedule

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday

12/20 12/21 12/22 12/23 12/24 12/25 12/26

Vacation,

Personal

or Unpaid

Vacation,

Personal

or Unpaid

College

Paid

Paid

Holiday

Paid

Holiday

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday

12/27 12/28 12/29 12/30 12/31 1/1 1/2

Vacation,

Personal

or Unpaid

Vacation,

Personal

or Unpaid

College

Paid

Paid

Holiday

Paid

Holiday

Accomplishments Bethany Gardner hired for Teacher Assistant, CDC (part-time)

Goals Current position searches underway:

o PTA Faculty/Program Director

o Chemistry Faculty

o Adjunct Liaison

o Teacher, CDC

o Nursing Simulation Lab Coordinator

o Physics Faculty

o Career Pathway Coordinator

o Utility Worker (par-time)

o Kitchen Assistant, CDC (part-time)

o Webmaster

Information Technology Updates

Good News

Possible Donor for Kehoe Center’s DAS: The Foundation has found a potential donor

to put a cell phone distributed antenna system on the ground floor of the Kehoe Center.


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Kehoe Center Network Issues: Kehoe Center experienced intermittent network issues

that disrupted internet access. The network issues were remediated when the distribution

network switches were connected to the new single-mode fiber backbone in the building.

Phase II of IT Project: Bid packages were received from different IT vendors. The

review committee has met and reviewed the quotes for IT network equipment. Two

vendors have been chosen to supply the network equipment for the College.

Accomplishments

Upgraded Classrooms: Classrooms KH-135, KH-220 and KH-222 located in the Kehoe

Center have new HD short throw projectors installed.

Kehoe Center Network Core Configuration: Members of IT worked on the weekend to

upgrade the configuration of Kehoe Center’s network core located on the fourth floor.

The reason for the upgrade was to define a more coherent star topology for the network.

Goals

Air Conditioning for Kehoe Center MDF: The IT department is working with facilities

to get a separate air conditioning unit for the fourth floor MDF (main data facility)

located at the Kehoe Center. Presently during the winter months the door to the MDF

room has to remain open because of the heat produced from network equipment.

Cell Phone DAS for the Kehoe Center: The IT department is working with the

administration in hopes to get funding to install a cell phone DAS (Distributed Antenna

System) on the bottom floor of the Kehoe Center.

Institutional Research

Good News

Worked with Monica Durham and other Success Team members on laying out next steps

toward student support redesign strategy following ATD Conference.

Accomplishments

Completed IPEDS fall reporting.

Completed data gathering for Title III summit and ongoing program reviews.


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Goals

Complete program review cycle for Fall 2018. Complete program review summary sheets for all academic programs.

Financial Aid Office

Good News

We expect to begin processing aid for the 2018-2019 academic year within the next

couple of weeks. The feds began processing ’18-’19 FAFSA’s at the beginning of this

month.

Over 80 spring semester scholarships funded by the NC State Foundation have just been

awarded. The recipients have been mailed offer letters and acceptance forms.

Accomplishments

Amanda has updated settings in Colleague needed to process aid for ’18-’19. We still

need to have one more piece of Ellucian software installed to be able to award ’18-’19

aid.

Amanda and Caroline sent letters to students who will be new to the College in spring.

The letters explain what steps each student must complete to be awarded aid.

Federal regulations dictate that colleges receiving federal student aid be audited each

year. Auditors were on campus last week; much material relating to the awarding of aid

was presented to them.

Goals

The second half of fall semester’s student loans will come to the college next week.

The college will soon complete another round of dropping students for non-participation.

This will require us to recalculate aid eligibility for a number of students.

Jim will conduct a financial aid information session at Buckeye Central High School next

week.

Ralph Phillips Conference Center Good News

Local photographer will be providing gratis aerial drone coverage of wedding ceremony at

Kehoe this weekend


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Local DJ provided a portable sound system at no charge for a rental customer as a service to

the College and myself

Accomplishments

First week to have five paid rentals in the same week

Gained another repeat company client

Goals

To learn new job duties and be able to be a helpful and efficient team player in that area

Student Services Admissions, Recruitment, and Gateway Services Good News

The follow activities were from October 9th to October 20th

o 13 On campus appointments

o Visit Knox County Career Center Cosmetology Classes

o Visit Wynford HS

o Visit Highland HS

o Visit Mt. Vernon HS

o Visit Bucyrus HS

o Visit East Knox HS

o Visit Ontario HS

o Visit Monroeville HS

o Visit Wooster HS

o Medina County College Fair

o Knox County Advisory Board Meeting

o Madison College Ready Class

o Rittman HS

o Seneca East HS

o Lexington HS

o Holmes County College Fair

o Norwalk HS

o Galion HS

o Northwester Career Exploration

o Col. Crawford HS

o Coshocton HS

o St. Peter/s HS

o Ridgedale HS


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o Elin HS

o Smithville HS

o Chippewa HS

Accomplishments

ADMIT STATUS SP2018 SP2017 SP2016 SP2015

Early Learning High School ELHS 136 125 6 2

First Year (freshman) FIRST 123 144 142 150

International INTL 3 2 2 0

None of the Above NOTA 19 16 17 23

Returning Transfer RETR 15 14 23 18

No College Since NCSC RTNC 73 57 69 62

Transfer Student TRNFS 69 65 104 85

Transient Student TRNST 4 6 8 16

Workforce Development WORKF 0 0 0 0 TOTAL

442 429 371 356

Applications for Spring 2018 as of October 20, 2017

o Overall applications are up 13 for Spring 2018

Events for Fall 2017

o October 19 – Preview Night * Health Sciences

o October 24 – Preview Nigh * Business, Industry & Technology

o October 26 – Preview Night * Crawford Success Center

o October 20 – Fall Counselor Coffee * Crawford Success Center

Goals

Review and make adjustments to the Tuition Freedom Scholarship program.

Review new and more effective ways to contact and communicate with prospect and

applicants.

Registrar Good News

Reviewed nominations for Outstanding Staff of the Year on 10/19/17. The nomination

committee came to a consensus on which employee to receive the honor this year. The

recommendation is being forwarded to the Presidents Staff

We are adding an additional statement about withdrawal and refund dates to the Financial

Obligations section on the Educational Planning tool. We are including a link that students

can use to look up the 100%, 50% and last day to withdraw dates for any of their classes.


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The Curriculum Committee meets on 10/20/17. We will be discussing the creation of a new

course (MATH-0060) and will continue discussion of a syllabus supplement.

Attended WebEx meeting regarding the statewide Credit When Its Due Program on

10/17/18. Temporary changes were made to the process of distributing potential degree

eligible student lists to 4 year institutions. For this fall, while some logistical issues are being

worked out with the Student Clearinghouse, the ODHE will distribute the lists to the 4 year

institutions. The 4 year institutions will contact students to notify them that they may be

eligible for obtaining an associate degree. The 4 year institution will send transcripts to the

appropriate 2 year college for evaluation of credits and the applicability to a 2 year degree. If

requirements are met, the 2 year institution will award the associate degree to the student and

also notify the 4 year institution.

Accomplishments

The registrar submitted institutional I-17 updates to SEVIS. Once the updates are approved,

we will print, sign and submit our I-17 form for recertification.

Fall mid-term were posted and students with less than C grades were notified by mail. Those

students were encouraged to contact their advisors and/or faculty member for assistance. 595

students were sent letters and there were 808 grades that were less than a C. Here is a

breakdown of grade distribution:

C- 203

D+ 105

D 144

D- 77

F 279

Administrative withdrawals were also processed at the same time as mid-term grades.

Students were issued WNP (Withdrawn due to Non Participation) grades and they were

notified by mail. 92 students received at least one WNP grade. 154 WNP grades were issued.

Goals

Priority registration begins on November 1st. The registrar will be meeting with IT on

10/25/17 to assign online registration dates for current students.

Student Success Center and Transition Services

Good News

Sherri Shafer, Part-time Academic Advisor, will join the SS&TS team on October 24. Her

office will be located in the Student Success Center (136 KH). Feel free to stop by to say

hello!


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Accomplishments

Student Advising Visits: 109 visits completed during the weeks of 10/01 – 10/15/2017

Student Testing Visits: 11 visits completed during the weeks of 10/01 – 10/15/2017

Student Disability Services Visits: 7 visits completed during the weeks of 10/01 – 10/15/2017

General Applicant Nudge Calls: 148 personal phone calls placed to applicants during the

weeks of 10/01 – 10/15/2017

Guidance Counselor Breakfast: Advising & NEXT GEN ACCUPLACER presentations

conducted on 10/20/17

Full-Time Career Position: Review of resumes began Search Committee formed.

Resume and Interviewing Presentations: 3 capstone presentations conducted

Advising Weeks Classroom Visits: 6 classroom visits completed.

Goals

CONNECT TO COLLEGE: New Student Orientation – SPRING 2018 DATES:

o THU 11/09 @ 9 AM – 12 PM & 1 – 4 PM

o TUE 11/14 @ 9 AM – 12 PM & 1 – 4 PM

o FRI 11/17 @ 9 AM – 12 PM

o WED 11/29 @ 9 AM – 12 PM & 1 – 4 PM

o TUE 12/05 @ 1 – 4 PM

o MON 12/11 @ 9 AM – 12 PM

o THU 12/14 @ 1 – 4 PM

o TUE 1/09 @ 9 AM – 12 PM & 1 – 4 PM

Full-Time Career Position Vacancy – Review resumes week of 10/16/2017 and form

Search Committee

Advising Week Campaign: Classroom visits scheduled and campus-wide outreach

conducted during weeks of October 16 – 20 AND October 23 – 27

Resource Fair: Disability Services attending event held on 10/24/17 at St. Peter’s HS

Targeted Outreach to Students in Direction Program: Increase advising contact

Enrollment Process “Nudge” Calls – Complete phone calls and direct recently accepted

students who plan to attend spring term to the next step in enrollment process.

Title III

Good News

Faculty who have logged sessions into Advisor Trac have increased from Year 2 to Year

3! Kudos and more to all the faculty who have been using this tool to record sessions with

their students!

Although the number of students seen has declined just a bit (from 749 in Year 2 to 674 in

Year 3), the number of logged sessions nearly doubled – from 575 in Year 2 to 1099 in Year


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3. (Based on academic year). Faculty inputting notes provides a great history for the staff

and advisors to use when also meeting with the student, so the student doesn’t need to retell

their story each advising session. It’s a win-win all around!

The grant paid for 4 people to attend the AtD conference in New Orleans, on changing the

advising system. Tom P., Cathy C., Tara Hines, and Monica Durham were in attendance.

The 3 liaisons attended the NACADA conference in St. Louis.

Accomplishments

Bev finalized two documents with Reid Caryer in the AG office. They were advising

policies. One on procedural documentation of notes was suggested to be rescinded from the

manual and put instead into some other format for distribution. He did not feel it was needed.

in the policy manual. The policy was edited and resubmitted to President’s Staff for approval.

This information was also shared with the Success Team/Steering Committee.

Liaisons attended FYEX classes, talking to students in their division, teaching them how to

read the curriculum sheets, discussing careers, answering questions, etc.

Goals

Bev will be debriefing attendees to the conferences (for reporting purposes) on what they

learned at their conferences and how the information will be used or shared at the College.

Continue running reports on the number of active advisees per advisor, number of student

contacts per advisor, numberof mediated course drops, number of STAR notices, and others

for the formative evaluation and annual report.

Academic Services Academic Services Director

Good News Curriculum committee approved a change to the transfer degrees listed below, to include

Geology 1030, Historical Geology. This change opens the door for the possibility of any

number of fully online degrees. Kudos to Liberal Arts and the Curriculum Committee.

AABA, AACM, AACJ, AAED, AAEN, AALA, AAPH, AAPY, AASW, AASO, ASAC,

ASMG, ASCJ, ASFS, ASMH, and ASPS


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The Assessment Committee is set to introduce a professional skills student self-assessment

tool. The tester site for the tool is at the following link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NCSCHMSVPROFSKILLS

Please feel free to test the tool to see what students may use when assessing their own

professional skill attainment. By testing this tool you will help us to refine the

questions/placement etc…

Accomplishments

Faculty in Liberal Arts, Asst. Dean Hysell, and Lori Zeigler worked hard over the last month

to re-submit the following courses to the Ohio Department of Higher Education for “transfer

assurance guide” approval. Many of the transfer guides at the state changed within the past

year, and needed updating. This is quite an achievement. We are awaiting ODHE decisions

on all of the courses below. Kudos for all of the hard work!

CHIN 1010 & CHIN 1030

COMM 1010

ENGL 2180 & 2190

GEOL1010

CISS 1020

HIST 1050

HIST 1070

PSYC 2100

HMSV 1050

SPAN1010

Lori Zeigler worked with ODHE to update their records in relation to the courses we should

have for guaranteed transfer. This change paves the way for students to transfer much easier

to other institutions.

Goals

Final Submission of the system’s portfolio to HLC.

Business, Industry, and Technology

Good News

Dan Wagner is now a member of the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council Certification

Committee.

The TAACCCT III grant officially ended on September 30. The team was proud to

announce that the consortium, which included NC State, met all 22 deliverables and met or

exceeded 4 out of 5 performance outcomes.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NCSCHMSVPROFSKILLS


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Accomplishments

Programming for the LIFT grant has begun. Those that complete the program will earn a

CPT certification.

The Workforce team just finished a 6-day Supervision II training at Nanogate last week.

Basic Supervision courses are planned for November at the Kehoe Center and Crawford

Success Center.

Health Sciences

Good News

Sara Woodruff and husband Logan celebrated the birth of a son Friday, October 13, 2017, at

10:32 pm. Little Liam Woodruff was 7 lbs, 6 oz, 20.5” long.

Accomplishments

18 future students and families participated in the health science preview night Thursday

October 19th.

Completed a tour of Mansfield Senior High School classrooms regarding the Graduate

Pathways to Success

Met with Nursing Administration at AVITA regarding clinical expansion opportunities for

the 2018-2019 academic year for both Galion and Ontario locations.

Scheduled 4 high schools for cadaver lab visits over Christmas break

Radiology students completed a 5k glow walk with proceeds assisting students to attend the

state OSRT conference in Cincinnati

Student Nurses Association completed a 5k to raise funds to benefit the Pat Kracker Breast

Cancer Fund

Goals

To complete the scheduling of high school visits for the cadaver lab

To complete visits to high schools regarding new CCP course offerings


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Liberal Arts

Good News

Several Liberal Arts faculty and staff members attended the OER Grant Information Summit,

October 19. Great benefits for students and faculty are seen in this approach. Faculty in

mathematics, English, psychology, sociology, and political science are still needed for the

first Jan.-August 2018 teams who will work with a librarian and instructional designer to

select/develop and review content. Applications for participation are due November 13.

Paula Cohen, OSU Lecturer, will give a presentation titled “What Ever Happened to

Civility?” for the Honors Colloquium on October 25th at 6:00 in 164-F.

Accomplishments

Completed the procedure for implementing milestones and monitoring students’ progress in

milestone courses and sent it to the President’s Cabinet for review. Added milestone

indicators to a draft curriculum worksheet.

Completed revision of faculty credentials procedures for review by faculty caucus and

president’s cabinet.

Developed proposal for three-week humanities study program at the University of Limerick.

GEOL 1030 Historical Geology was approved by the Curriculum Committee has been added

to the spring 2018 schedule. It was the last class needed to allow us to offer the AA in

psychology as a totally online degree.

Goals

Complete Psychology Program Review October 27.

Review electives lists and draft AA curriculum worksheets with faculty and deans/assistant

deans.

Draft MOU for student exchange program with Yanshan University.

Conduct/attend HMSV Advisory Committee meeting.

Meet with Galion HS administrators to begin planning a Liberal Arts CCP cohort program.

Revise spring schedule for priority registration beginning Nov. 1.


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Urban Center and Outreach

Good News

After multiple presentations to Mansfield Middle School staff, we have 112 student referrals

for the Graduate Pathways to Success program.

These students will take the Accuplacer and go through an interview process that includes

their parents.

On Tuesday October 24th, Carter partners with middle school principal Rob McQuate to

present the opportunity to over 200 eighth graders to ensure all have an opportunity to

express interest in this wonderful opportunity.

These presentations will be followed up on the same day with an information session for all

eighth grade parents.

In addition, Cheryl is continuing to present the NC State story to current juniors and seniors

one on one settings as well as in class settings.

Carter continues to meet periodically with parents to help them understand their student’s

options for college and federal aid options.

She is currently working with the Career Tech Director to visit all career tech classes to

present the NC State opportunity for earning college credit as a result of our articulation

agreements.

Being located in the high school has given us the ability to develop better relationships with

teachers who in turn are beginning more and more to refer kids to Cheryl to explore NC State

as an option.

Seeing Ms. Carter walk the halls each day is encouraging more and more students to interact

with her and eventually talk about their futures and the necessity of advanced education and

training. This dynamic is at the very heart of the administration ‘s vision for impacting our

city.

The Urban Center will not be participating in this year’s downtown Trick or Treat event that

attracts nearly 2000 people.

Crawford Success Center

Good News

Participating at the Bucyrus Spooktacular event 10/21

Spoke with the mayor about marketing ideas


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Dropped off Preview flyers to all 7th and 8th grade middle school students

Welcoming Crawford Works the week of 10/23

Hosting Recovery Coach training 10/21

Accomplishments

Hosted Guidance Counselor College Credit Plus Breakfast

Spoke at City Council meeting about upcoming “Preview Night” 10/26- an article was

created in Crawford County Now

Visited three out of the six surrounding high schools and discussed programming at NCSC

and CSC

2 Hour live coverage with WBCO radio station for upcoming Preview Night

Goals

Planning the kickoff for Preview Night

Planning for the 22+ Adult Ed program

Public Affairs Marketing, Public Relations & Creative Services

Good News

Not “GOOD” News in our opinion, but news nonetheless. Mark Hupp has decided to leave

NC State. His last day will be Friday, October 28th.

Accomplishments

Attended a demonstration of a new digital signage system that will provide more capabilities

for fewer dollars. It is supported through OCIO at Ohio State Columbus

o Timing of implementation has not been determined.

Health Sciences Preview Night had 15+ attendees.


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First Crawford Counselors meeting was well attended and received.

Goals

Promoting

Preview Nights:

o Tuesday, October 24th @ Kehoe 6:00 p.m.

o Thursday, October 26th @ Crawford Center 6:00 p.m.

Grants & Government Relations Good News

We had a good turnout of enthusiastic college faculty and administrators from across the

state for the Open Educational Resources Innovation Grant kickoff on Oct. 19. The meeting

culminated months of planning and was used to inform and recruit faculty participants for the

content and review teams that will begin working to establish OER materials for 21 courses.

Had a successful meeting with USDA field representative regarding our Distance Learning

and Telemedicine grant, joined by Caree Bash, Major Price and Michele Schaad. Welcomed

Anthony Tindall, the new field rep for the DLT program for Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. We

toured Kehoe Center and visited the collaborative classroom that was partially funded by the

DLT grant. We are moving forward to closing out the grant.

Accomplishments

Attended EASE grant convening in Columbus on Oct. 11 with Jim Phinney, Thomas

Mansperger and Keith Stoner. Hosted by OACC and MDRC, the meeting briefed grant

recipients on the expected timing and wording of messages that will be distributed to current

students to encourage them to enroll in summer. NC State is receiving $50,000 to cover

administrative costs of the program and last dollar scholarships for students who enroll in

summer.

Working with Mohamed Ghonimy on an NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)

proposal with a due date of Dec. 13. Researched past funded grants, reviewed past cyber

ATE grant proposal and discussed needs for program growth and sustainability. Key will be

enlisting business and industry support for the program and proposal.

Goals

Prepare for JFS Apprenticeship grant meeting to be held Oct. 25 in Delaware.

Prepare for meetings in Washington, D.C., to take place Nov. 1-3 with federal agencies and

legislators.


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Foundation Good News:

The 2018 Emerald Club has been launched and generated $ $96,763.93 year to date.

The NCSC Foundation will once again invite Donors, Alumni, Staff, Students, and

community members to actively participate in the 2017 “Richland Gives” online donation

campaign on Tuesday Nov 28th. Richland County Foundation will do a live remote from the

OSU area, with Mansfield Rotary and Kiwannis meeting on campus that day. A “Food

Truck Rally” will be featured along with philanthropic student organizations having an

opportunity to set up informational tables. All NCSC and OSU students, staff, faculty, and

partners are invited to join the fun.

Accomplishments:

The NCSC Foundation was selected by the Shelby Foundation to receive a grant to support

the Tuition Freedom Scholars Program.

The Foundation has launched the 2018 “Hall of Excellence” planning, including save the

dates to past partners of this mission critical event.

The spring 2018 scholarships have been determined and students and donors are being

notified of the selections.

Goals

The Foundation has completed the first two strategic planning meetings with the Board and

will be targeting three goals to support the college mission.

President’s Office

On Thursday, October 18th, Dr. Diab hosted the Open Educational Resource Summit at

the Kehoe Center to discuss and bring together all the work from various partner

institutions in developing an action plan for providing Open Educational Resources to all

students across the state of Ohio in order to curb the growing cost of textbooks and other

classroom material.


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At the 2017 Employee Appreciation Event on December 2nd, the following employees will

be recognized for their years of service to the College:

45 years Ted Mecurio 15 years Karen Minnear

30 years Randy Storms 15 years James Scherpenisse

25 years Jim Phinney 15 years Keith Stoner

20 years Pam Barrett 15 years Gary Wood

20 years Kelly Gray 10 years Teri Myers

20 years Melanie Reynolds 10 years Edmund Neise

20 years Terri Shafer 5 years Sandy Hoffman

15 years Michael Cole 5 years Steven Meyers

15 years Dorie Ford 5 years Michelle Moore

15 years Debra Huguenin 5 years Tricia Winters

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