Goal I. Access to Higher Education
The Office of International Programs has awarded 26 scholarships to students participating in short-term, faculty-led study abroad programs. Each $750 scholarship was funded through generous donations made to the ACCD Foundation. The students are participating in programs to Spain and Turkey.

The Department of Athletics and Natatorium Services registered over 460 children for the summer swim lessons to start on June 4.

Goal II. Student Success
The Department of Student and Community Program Development, Student Leadership Institute Tier I Program students (36) participated in the D.C. experience from May 21-26, 2007. Students met with Senator John Cornyn, Congressmen Ciro Rodriguez, Charlie Gonzalez, Henry Cuellar, Congresswoman Shelia Jackson-Lee, Mr. David Bergeron of the Department of Education, Rosa Garcia of HACU. Students also toured the Pentagon and took a bus tour of the city. Students experienced the interactive play “Sheer Madness” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Goal III. Workforce Development
The Alamo Community College District received national recognition for its workforce development programs. The MPR Associates Inc, under a Lumina Foundation grant, conducted a national study of community college workforce investment programs. The study, Working It Out: Community Colleges and the Workforce Investment Act, recognized the ACCD for leadership and innovative workforce (WIA) solutions. The methodology for selecting the colleges included a national peer nomination process. ACCD was the only Texas College selected and was cited in various sections. The MPR is a “mainstream” workforce development organization that brings a degree of objectivity and credibility to the nomination and selection process. This will give us some bragging rights! ACCD joins an elite group of community colleges who have a strong tradition in the workforce development area such as Cuyahoga, Pina, Portland, Northern Virginia, Denver, Fox Valley, Tacoma, and Maccomb Community Colleges.

he Kerrville ISD and ACCD are working toward the establishment of a new Early College and Workforce Specialty Campus. Leadership teams from ACCD headed by Chancellor Leslie and Superintendent Dan Troxell will meet on June 15, 2007 to formalize agreements. An existing building has been identified; startup technical dual credit. Kerrville would like to begin the Fall semester with approximately 152 dual credit students.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
Information Technologies hosted the Twelfth Annual Texas Connection Consortium conference on May 23-24, 2007 in San Antonio. The TCC is a consortium of 37 Texas colleges and universities who use one of the Sungard SCT Higher Education products. There were 242 persons registered from thirty Texas institutions. Over twenty of the institutions are in some phase of migrating to Banner. Dr. Charles Burmeister is Chairman of the TCC Advisory Board.

The Department of Governmental and Public Relations reported on state appropriation of $67,846,696 for each of the next two years, an increase of $2.4 million a year; new campus funding of $732,791 for 2008 and $555,822 for 2009; and $500,000 for the Student Success Pathway pilot study. This study will provide educators with information to identify gaps in curriculum and develop successful learning methodologies to assist students in their transition from high school to college or workforce success. This study will establish a model that can be expanded statewide.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
We have an increasing number of events and activities district-wide and are taking the opportunity to showcase such events on Time Warner Cable channel 98 and Grande cable channel 19. This section of the Chancellor’s Weekly Report will now provide a schedule of the programming for our regularly scheduled times of 12 – 2 pm on Saturday and 9 – 11 am on Sunday. Programming varies due to the timing of Board and committee meetings, groundbreaking ceremonies, etc. The programming for the coming weekend is as follows:

Saturday, 6/9, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
First half of the Board Retreat on 5/26

Sunday, 6/10, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Second half of the Board Retreat on 5/26