Board Report – April 2012
We have begun to give regularly-scheduled tours of the Downtown Campus for downtown residents, community organizations, business owners and project supporters. If you or someone you know would be interested in a tour, please contact Brett Rowlett.
We met with Blanton Turner staff last Friday to begin working together on operational and marketing plans for the Downtown Campus. It was a good kick off for all the work that's ahead of us.
The Meyer Memorial Trust is conducting a site visit here on April 13 to consider our grant application for $267,000 to fund smart classrooms at the Downtown Campus. They want to know more about Lane and our project. Tentative dates for trustee review are May 14-16, and we should have their decision by May 17.
With pleasure we presented three Faculty Recognition Awards winter term. They went to Wendy Lightheart in Mathematics, Cynthia Adams in Social Science, and Ken Loge in Media Arts. Congratulations to all three for inspiring our students and helping them succeed.
In Washington, House Republicans introduced their comprehensive Workforce Investment Act reauthorization bill. The legislation combines three previous Republican bills, which consolidate many existing workforce programs, enable states to designate funding and services, and restructure workforce investment boards. The bill counters the reauthorization bill introduced by House Democrats, which includes funding authorization for President Obama's proposed $8 billion Community College to Career Fund.
Student government is in the middle of its spring voter registration drive. I'll let Mario share updates on totals with you, but I would like to remind everyone who needs to register to vote or update their voter information, the voter registration deadline is April 24 for the May 15 Primary Election.
Some upcoming events:
- I'm looking forward to Earth Week and will kick off our celebration of sustainability with a ribbon-cutting at the Solar Station on Thursday, April 19 at 10 a.m. The rest of the day will offer tours of sustainability features on campus. On April 20-21 our Peace Symposium will explore the theme of "People Powered Democracy Confronts Corporate Rule."
- Our annual Advisory Committee Gala will be April 26 in the CML.
- We will again accept expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs at our third National Pharmaceutical Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Center for Meeting and Learning. Thanks to Public Safety Manager Jace Smith for arranging this increasingly popular public service in coordination with the DEA.
- We will hold Spring Conference on May 4 and the college will be closed.
- Finally, the dedication ceremony for the Ragozzino Performance Hall has been rescheduled.
I'm advised that all but one of the recipes for the new Taste of Lane cookbook have been gathered and are in the design layout process. I guess this is a subtle hint to get my favorite recipe to Tracy pretty quickly. Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management are very excited about the cookbook's debut at the Harvest Dinner.
Perhaps you noticed the new signage on campus that I mentioned last month? New signage includes the Olympic Trials billboards, the Track and Field sign, and the Student Success Starts Here sign. We look forward to completing the electronic work for the Student Success sign.
By the end of spring term we will have completed approximately 50 videos showcasing each of our Career and Technical programs as well as Co-operative Education, Career Pathways, and more. These videos will link from the new Career and Technical webpages, also in development. This month we would like to show you the Early Childhood Education video.