Goal I. Access To Higher Education
The Northeast Lakeview College's new campus site work continues its development. Building, parking lot, and utilities excavation are underway; along with pier drilling and general foundation footprint preparation. Provided favorable weather conditions, foundation construction should begin in early July on the Library (LRC), Academic I, Physical Plant, and Science buildings. 100% construction documents have been completed and received on these buildings.

The Northeast Lakeview College construction team continues the values engineering process on the Career Technology, Wellness, and Student Commons buildings to ensure CIP budget compliance on each building.

Northeast Lakeview College held an Adjunct Faculty Recruitment Fair on Saturday, June 9th. In preparation for the Fall 2007 semester, NLC recruited for more than 20 departments and disciplines. NLC Academic Chairs were available to accept transcripts and resumes and answer questions. Over 130 individuals attended the fair.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
On June 6 & 7, Dr. Beth Lewis, Vice President of Academic Affairs, participated in the Air Force Civic Leaders Group which toured Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota and Nellis AFB in Nevada. The event, organized by the public affairs office at Randolph AFB, provided Dr. Lewis and 26 other community leaders from the Randolph-Metrocom area the opportunity to visit with the key personnel at the two bases while they showcased some of the unique training offered at each base, such as SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) training at Ellsworth AFB and fighter pilot training and surveillance aircraft at Nellis AFB. The Randolph Civic Leaders Group was accompanied by Colonel Rich Clark, Commander of Randolph AFB.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
Northeast Lakeview College’s original land owner, Alois Kruse, visited the college on June 8th. Along with his son, Clarence Kruse, and grandson, Clayton Kruse, Alois shared family history and discussed the development of the Kruse Farm, the 251 acres of land that is now the construction site for the new Northeast Lakeview College campus. Born in 1913, Alois Kruse is the oldest living family member from the Kruse Farm. Alois Kruse and his family are pleased that an institution of higher education is being built on his family’s property.

Goal I. Access To Higher Education
Northwest Vista College and the Alamo Community Colleges hosted the Westside Family Education Fiesta on Saturday, June 16, at the Westside Education and Training Center. This family friendly event combined refreshments, door prizes and activities for children with valuable information on college admission, courses, scholarships, workforce training, continuing education, children’s programs, and degree and career planning. Assistance with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) was also provided. Northwest Vista College gave out free tickets to the San Antonio Missions baseball game on Sunday, June 24.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
NVC’s Staff Council hosted an Election Lunch on Thursday, June 7. Staff Council representatives were elected for the 2007-08 school year and information on its monthly meetings and annual service activities was shared with all participants.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
NVC hosted the Citizens’ Bond Committee on Monday, June 11, at 4:00 PM. Members of the committee were updated on the latest construction developments in the Capital Improvement Program. Committee members were also able to see the ongoing site development for Juniper Hall Academic Center and Redbud Learning Center.

Goal I. Access To Higher Education
Students enrolled in PAC’s Upward Bound Program received a presentation from author and Holocaust survivor Hanna Davidson Pankowsky, 78, in the Performing Arts Center June 14. The students are currently reading and discussing “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Freedom Writers,” and the presentation offered a unique opportunity to gain insight into the books and the World War II atrocities from one of the few survivors of the Holocaust now living in San Antonio.

Goal II. Student Success
City of San Antonio employee Samuel Holmes, who is also a part-time PAC student majoring in Landscape and Horticulture Science, oversaw the transplanting of 5 cedar elm trees that were marked for destruction in the construction zone for the Convocation Center. The trees, estimated to be 20-years-old, were relocated to Palo Alto Terrace Park, located at 9700 Celeste. Prior to the transplant, there were no trees in the park. Holmes credits his job with the City to the courses he has taken at Palo Alto College.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
PAC adjunct Jackie Dansby has been named the new president of the San Antonio Women’s Celebration and Hall of Fame. The San Antonio’s Women’s Celebration began in 1984 as a result of then-Governor Mark White’s “Women in Texas Today” week. The San Antonio program was formalized in 1987 to recognize and honor outstanding women in the San Antonio community in various categories. Dr. Guzmán, PAC President, was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame in 2006.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
PAC’s Assistant Professor of Communications, Dr. Denise Barkis Richter, is leading 13 students representing three Alamo Community Colleges on a study abroad program in Spain. The students are enrolled in COMM 2311: News Reporting and Writing, and HUMA 2323: World Cultures and Global Issues. Dr. Richter and her students will be “blogging” their experiences during this educational endeavor; to read about their experiences, visit the PAC Homepage under Campus News and click on “Study Abroad Blog: Spain.” The students arrived in Spain June 12 and will return July 2.

Goal I. Access To Higher Education
The St. Philip's College leadership met with the leadership of the San Antonio Independent School District to discuss opportunities and strategies for establishing programs to enhance and facilitate a seamless transition to St. Philip's College. Dr. Adena Williams Loston hosted participants from SAISD to include Cora Johns, Area II Superintendent; James Howard, V.P. of SAISD Board for Area II; Darnell McLaurin, Community Involvement Specialist; Dr. Derrick Thomas, Principal of the Martin Luther King Academy; Melonie Hammons, Principal of Sam Houston High School; and Charlotte Gregory, Principal of Davis Middle School. The meeting was held in the Upper Deck which serves as the live teaching laboratory for the Culinary Arts Program. The group was served a meal prepared by Culinary Arts students.

The Director of Community and Public Relations at St. Philip’s College met with the administration at Southwest Campus. Twelve faculty and staff members actively participated in a Marketing and Outreach seminar at SWC and discussed marketing strategies to attract and recruit students to the Southwest Campus.

Goal II. Student Success
The Tutoring Services Department has established a new satellite tutoring location in the Tiger Café (SPC Cafeteria). Brief math tutoring is available to all students during peak lunch hours, Monday through Thursday. During the first four days of operation, 13 students were assisted.

The Automotive Technology leadership is currently working with Clark High School representatives to align the program curriculum with post-secondary programs, with Tech Prep as the ultimate goal. The Department will offer a Tech Prep workshop for area high school instructors in July. The Automotive Technology Department is currently offering dual credit at McCollum High School.

The Kinesiology Department is using on-line tutoring to improve retention and course completion rates in First Aid classes. Funding is provided through Educational Support Services. Data has shown that access to tutoring results in successful early intervention to bring about student success.

Goal III. Workforce Development
Representatives from Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts (THCA), met with representatives from the Canary Islands regarding a faculty and staff exchange program.

The Automotive Technology Department has begun a partnership with American Honda Motor Company from Los Angeles, California, to award four SPC Automotive students fully paid summer internships to work at their plant in Los Angeles.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
The St. Philip's College Child Development Center (CDC) and SPC’s Interpreting Services has begun a new initiative for the children who attend the CDC. Signing Storytime is held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and features a reading from an American Sign Language book intermixed with a brief sign language lesson. The program is offered in groups of three to seven children, ages 21 months to five years of age.

St. Philip’s College has been selected to participate in the Foundations of Excellence National Select Cohort for 2007-2008. This initiative is sponsored through the Policy Center on the First Year of College and will see St. Philip’s College embark on an intensive, year-long self-study process of the services, resources, and activities offered to first-year students. In addition to this thorough self-study process, student surveys and data analysis will be available to cohort members. The ultimate result of this process will be a comprehensive action plan that will impact the way that St. Philip’s College interacts with its First-Year Students.

The Instructional Technology Department is on target to fully implement the new Track-It software which will be used by the SPC Help Desk to track service requests as well as helping with asset management, software licensing management, and other service related tasks. IT staff members are also receiving additional training on application management within the Microsoft Active Directory environment

St. Philip’s was awarded a second grant by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for $55,000 to provide a summer bridge program for students who completed high school in 2007 but have not passed all sections of the TAKS. First Time In College staff will be responsible for implementing the program in collaboration with the previously awarded summer bridge grant of $45,000 for rising 10th and 11th grade students.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
The president held a Good to Great Leadership Retreat Follow-Up Session on March 13 in the Heritage Room at St. Philip's College. The goal of the intensive half-day meeting focused on priorities and processes for the four strategic directions: New Program Development, Faculty and Staff Collaboration and Coordination, College Access and Community Involvement, and the Culture of Student Success. In addition, time was spent on fine tuning draft processes and procedures for resource allocation of previously agreed upon objectives and initiatives. Emphasis will continue to be placed on the importance of open communication, engagement, action and respect.

Goal I. Access to Higher Education
San Antonio College has announced the new Truett L. Chance Scholarship, which offers $750 to qualified SAC sophomores for the Fall Semester and renewable for up to four successive fall and spring semesters.

Goal II. Student Success
The San Antonio College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team competed in the SIFE USA National Exposition in Dallas May 6-8 and won the following recognitions: 1st Runner-Up in the opening round of competition in the 2-year Division and 3rd. Place in the Sam’s Club Entrepreneurship competition presented to “the SIFE teams that were most effective in teaching entrepreneurship skills through outreach projects in their communities.” The SAC SIFE Team was also one of 11 finalists (out of 40 teams competing) for their one-minute PSA educating people about video piracy, in a competition held by the Motion Picture Association of America in partnership with SIFE.

The San Antonio College Global Ambassadors Club, a chapter of People to People International, went on their first international humanitarian mission — a week-long service learning trip to Monterrey and Linares, Mexico. The club taught English and raised funds to help purchase school supplies and books for underprivileged school children in Linares. In Monterrey, the Global Ambassadors visited museums, restaurants, and a farmer’s market to help them absorb Mexican culture. The Linares Chamber of Commerce gave the students a banquet and a tour of the town. This summer the club will make a special presentation on the SAC campus about their trip. They are planning a trip to China in December..

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
The San Antonio College Math Department hosted the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges’ (AMATYC) Southwest Regional Conference June 15-16. The keynote speaker was Dr. Joseph Gallian, President of the Mathematical Association of America. Out of town participants stayed at the St. Anthony, but all sessions were held at SAC as the host institution. President Robert Zeigler welcomed the participants at the opening session in McAllister Auditorium, and other sessions were held in McCreless Hall, with a luncheon in the Fiesta Room.