Archives: Guide to Executive Assistant to the President (Linda Simmons) Records, 1991-2000
Title: Executive Assistant to the President (Linda Simmons) Records
Dates: 1991-2000
Collection number: A-047
Size: 24 document boxes (9.6 cubic feet)
Description: Administrative Records from Linda Simmons, Executive Assistant to the President from 1994-2002. This collection includes records for a $42.8 million general obligation bond project approved by voters in 1995 for construction and remodeling at Lane Community College. It also contains records for the Process Redesign Project (1995-1996), which reinvented the way the college operated, making the organization more cost effective, efficient, and student-oriented. This project included the design and implementation of Students First!, a gateway to all student services at Lane (renamed Enrollment Services).
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Provenance: Administrative transfer from the president's office 1/15/2003.
Processed by: Tiah Edmunson-Morton, 2005.
Citation: Executive Assistant to the President (Linda Simmons) Records, 1991-2000 (A-047), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
Repository:
Lane Community College
Archives and Records Management
Elizabeth M. Uhlig, Archivist
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97405 USA
Telephone: (541) 463-5466
Fax: (541) 463-3996
Email: archives@lanecc.edu
Biography: Linda Simmons
Linda Simmons (previous married name Waddell) began her work at Lane Community College in 1984 as the Director of Financial Aid (1984-1993). In 1994, she was named interim assistant to the president, a position that became permanent. She accepted a position as District Vice President for Academic Affairs at Cuyahoga Community College in 2002. Additionally, she spent the 1993-1994 academic year at Cuyahoga Community College as an ACE fellow. Before her employment at Lane, she was the Director of Financial Aid at Central Oregon Community college (1978-1984), Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Grossmont Community College in El Cajon, California (1977-1978), and a Financial Aid Counselor at Grossmont from 1973-1977. Ms. Simmons has a Ph.D. in Education from Oregon State University (2002), an M.S. in Counseling from San Diego State University (1977), and a B.A. in Business Administration (1972).
Scope & Content Note
The collection is divided into two series.
- Series A: Bond Records, 1993-2000
- Contains records that document the $42.8 million general obligation bond planning and construction project approved by voters in 1995. Includes information on meetings and committees, financial information, presentations, public relations, newspaper articles, results from public surveys, the Master Plan for Construction Bonds (1994), The Nelson Report (1995), and the Transcript of Proceedings for Bond Sales (1995).
- Series B: Process Redesign, 1991-1999
- This series has information on meetings and committees (Process Evaluation & Selection Team (PEST), Students First! Redesign Team, Leadership Team), financial information, presentations, public relations and newspaper articles, results from public surveys, reports, and information from other colleges.
24 document boxes of paper records and ephemera, 1 file of photographs & negatives, and 3 videocassettes.
Finding Aid
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