Goal I. Access To Higher Education
The Joint Participation and Use Agreement and Lease for the Judson Independent School District’s (JISD) Early College High School was approved at the ACCD Board Meeting on September 18th. The Early College High School will be built on the new Northeast Lakeview College campus and is scheduled to enroll its first students in Fall 2009.

The Judson ISD Early College High School Steering Committee held its first Leadership Council Meeting on September 21st. The committee, made up of both Judson ISD and NLC officials, will meet the day following JISD Board meetings.

Goal II. Student Support
In celebration of Spanish Heritage, Northeast Lakeview College featured “Youth Folklorico” on September 19th. Sponsored by the Office of Student Leadership & Activities, the young dancers entertained students, faculty, and staff with a variety of Mexican dances. This is the first of several events planned at NLC for Spanish Heritage.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
Dr. Eric Reno, Northeast Lakeview College president, attended the Judson ISD “Inaugural Parent Advisory Conference” at Wagner High School on September 22nd. Through various break-out sessions, JISD parents and the community learned about important education issues like understanding graduation requirements, filling out the FAFSA form, and career and college opportunities.

Goal I. Access To Higher Education
On Saturday, September 22, 2207, Northwest Vista College hosted the John Jay Science and Engineering Academy’s AWESoME Girls Summit (Advancing Women Education in Science, Mathematics and Engineering). This marks the third year the AWESoME Girls Summit was conducted by the Northside Independent School District magnet school, and the second year in a row the initiative is held at NVC. The program objective is to expose female high school students to opportunities in science, mathematics, and engineering; encourage female students to pursue higher education in these fields; and increase participation of women in science, mathematics, and engineering.

This year, 77 girls in grades 9-12 participated. Female professionals in science, mathematics and engineering careers engaged participants in interactive workshops, exposing the young participants to the importance of these fields in real life terms, while enabling participants to explore new advances and techniques. The presenters represented the following organizations: Entex Resources, LLC; Southwest Research Institute; Ford, Powell & Carson, Inc.; University Health System; Cutshall Consulting, LLC; University of the Incarnate Word; SeaWorld of Texas; Brehm, Havel & Company; St. Mary’s University; and Northwest Vista College.

The Summit was initiated with grant funds received from the Mathematics Association of America/Tensor Foundation Program, and has been sustained through the generous contributions of Pape-Dawson Engineering and Vickery & Associates. This year’s program began with an inspiring welcome by NVC’s Dean for Performance Excellence, Julie Pace. Students had the opportunity to attend presentations on architecture, statistics, nursing, aerospace engineering, gaming and/or marine aquaria. NVC’s Anna Harwin and Aimee Kypreos gave presentations on statistics and mathematics. Students had one-on-one interaction with the presenters during lunch. Cyndi Rankin, Jay Science and Engineering Academy Assistant Director and coordinator of this project, was very pleased with event outcomes, and reported that the response from the student participants and teacher chaperones was very positive.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
Northwest Vista College has been awarded $10,000 by the American Masterpieces: Dance-College Component, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with Dance/USA. Grant funds will be used to implement the Performing History: Discovering Reciprocal Influences in Contemporary Dance program, to include a residency in which Anna Sokolow’s choreography; “Frida” will be restaged by Jim May in 2008. Jayne King, NVC Assistant Professor/Dance Instructor, is the Project Director for this initiative, which has been funded on the centenary of Frida's birth. The project will collaborate with the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the Escuela Nacional de Danza Clásica y Contemporánea del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, to conduct outreach activities that will include lecture-demonstrations and performances.

Goal I. Access To Higher Education
PAC has entered into a partnership with the Edgewood Independent School District to articulate 17 dual credit courses at Edgewood Fine Arts Academy. PAC is offering courses in Drawing Concepts, Graphic Arts I and Graphic Arts II to 24 high school students during the Fall 2007 semester. Courses in music and dance will be offered next year.

Goal II. Student Support
PAC is developing a Center for Achievement and Transition (CAT) that will integrate Career Services, Transfer Readiness, Job Placement Services and Graduation Advising. CAT staff members will work in tandem with the Welcome Enrollment Center, Student Development, Records & Registration Office, Faculty Advisors, local university representatives, and the local workforce community to ensure that students are receiving adequate information, preparation and opportunities. The Center is scheduled to open during the Spring 2008 semester.

Goal III. Workforce Development
John Aken, Interim Lead Instructor of Aviation technology, has contacted the Texas Department of Transportation to explore the possibility of PAC teaching the Airport Manager State Certificate program. This is a state mandated certificate that is required for all airport managers in Texas.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
PAC’s Intensive English Program (IEP) hosted 18 international students and their teachers from the Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base, Sept. 19. The students, who will return to their home countries as English language instructors, visited the PAC campus to learn effective strategies in language instruction. This is the second year the College has hosted the international students.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
PAC’s Corporate and Community Education Department and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are in the final week of a joint three-week radio promotion on Magic 105 FM. The 60 second radio spot highlights the “Access to Technology” educational program for Chamber members seeking to master the latest technological tools available in today’s marketplace.

Goal I. Access To Higher Education
The SPC Recruitment and Retention team registered and enrolled 1006 dual credit students, up from 763 last fall. This is one of the highest numbers of dual credit enrollments in St. Philip’s College history! This year celebrates a more than 30% increase in dual enrollment thanks to intense recruiting efforts by St. Philip’s College staff.

The Phoenix Middle College Program at St. Philip’s College is celebrating the highest enrollment since the program’s inception in 1997 with a total of 112 students entering the program.

St. Philip’s College is building an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program to provide greater opportunities for students with this need to have access to higher education. In Spring of 2008, a full slate of ESOL courses will be offered jointly for credit and continuing education (non-credit), depending on the students’ needs.

“College Night,” at Fox Tech High School will be held on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 @ 6:30pm. Recruiters and advisors for St. Philip’s are providing resources and information to potential students. The Allied Health and the Nursing departments will be highlighted and represented.

Goal II. Student Support
The GED program located at St. Philip’s College achieved a record completion rate. Ninety-nine (99) students completed the program, the highest for any city site. That GED program is a partnership with the City of San Antonio and is located at the Learning, Leadership and Development Center at St. Philip’s.

Goal III. Workforce Development
Alamo WorkSource has committed $150,000 to St. Philip's College to provide Job Coaching/Pre-Vocational Training at its Southwest Campus location. The program is designed to help students gain full-time employment after successful completion. Students will learn job search skills, interview skills, resume writing, and job retention skills. Last year’s preliminary report indicates 94% student completion rate and 81% job placement rate. The program is scheduled to begin on October 15, 2007.

Twenty-three employees of Goodwill Industries completed an eight hour Forklift Operator Safety Training program. The forklift operator safety training provided students with the safety skills necessary for advancement within the warehouse environment. The students were introduced to safety operation of diesel and electrical powered forklifts with an overview of OSHA and ANSI regulations. The class also covered daily inspection, safety check of the forklifts and hands-on operation.

Eleven VIA Metro employees successfully completed the HVAC Electrical Principles and Controls Review class. The training provides the employees with the opportunity for promotions and upward mobility within the organization. The employees reviewed electrical principles, OHMs and WATTS Law, series circuits, parallel circuits, combination circuits, PTCs, NTCs, control circuits and general HVAC controls and circuits.

On September 21, five employees from Toyota completed 80 hours of training in Pumps, Compressors, and Mechanical Drivers. The course is designed to help students understand the theory and operations of various types of pumps and compressors. Topics included mechanical power transmission systems including gears, v-belts, and chain drives.

Plans are underway with St. Philip’s College Southwest Campus chairs and program coordinators to develop and deliver fourteen courses requested by the Aerospace Consortium, Port Authority business tenants. Southwest Campus will begin delivery of the courses in early January 2008. Priority I courses include: FAA Airframe and Powerplant Refresher, Auxiliary Power Unit, Computerized Numerical Control, Geometric Dimension/Tolerance, Advanced Machining, Sheet Metal, and Welding. Priority II courses will be offered in the areas of Train the Trainer Forklift Operations, Leadership, Level II Radiographic Non-Destructive Inspection, Level II Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Inspection, Intermediate Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.

St. Philip's College is collaborating with Coca Cola to explore opportunities to serve students and to address the company’s immediate employment shortage needs. Discussions are underway for Coca Cola to provide internships for SPC Truck Driving program students who meet their employment profile to work as mini bulk drivers.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
St. Philip's College distance learning faculty participated in an intense workshop focused on identifying barriers to on-line delivery of instruction for students with disabilities. This workshop equipped participants with an array of tools to better address student needs.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
In the continuing effort to bring the St. Philip’s College Web site into full compliance with W3C standards, the SPC Web Site Committee is working toward having all departmental Web sites converted to the new format by November 2.

Goal II. Student Support
San Antonio College faculty and staff held a special ceremony to recognize Ms. Leticia Ogilvie as the first recipient of the Truett L. Chance Scholarship. Mrs. Trudy Kinnison, daughter of Dr. Chance, provided funds for the scholarship to the ACCD Foundation to establish an endowment in honor of her father, a former President of San Antonio College, Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, and esteemed professor and mentor. J.C. Horton, Political Science Professor, is the Chair of the Truett Chance Scholarship Committee.

San Antonio College’s Hispanic Heritage Celebration continued into its second week, including a performance by Travis Elementary School’s Ballet Folklorico, a talk by George Farias on Hispanic Roots, screenings of the film “Walkout,” performances by Los Inocentes and Sexto Sol, an Antojitos Festival low rider show, and a talk on Mexican Independence by Dr. Gilberto Hinojosa, Professor of History at Incarnate Word University.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
Dr. Horace Nash, Professor of History, has published an article titled “Community Building on the Border: The Role of the Twenty-Fourth Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-1922” in the book Buffalo Soldiers in the American West: A Black Soldiers Anthology, published by Texas A&M Press.

Carmen Reyes-Johnson, History Instructor, is co-author of a book Eyewitness to Texas History, published by Hunt Publishing Company. Her co-authors are Felix D. Almaraz (UTSA Professor of History and a San Antonio College Outstanding Former Student) and Patricia Thompson.

An exhibition of paintings titled “Red Girl 06-07” by Visual Arts & Technologies (VATC) Professor Liu Qing is on display in the VATC Gallery through October 26.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
A delegation of six Russian educators and administrators, accompanied by an interpreter, visited San Antonio College for a workshop about community colleges and distance education. Presenters included President Robert Zeigler, Executive Vice President Kris Clark, Interim Dean of Arts & Sciences Bill Richardson, Dean of Continuing Education Tim Rockey, and Director of the Instructional Innovation and Technologies Center Charlotte Wolf. After the workshop, Special Projects Coordinator Doug Caballero gave the group a tour of the college.

The Public Relations and Student Life Offices facilitated the appearance on Fox TV of a musical group Sexto Sol, who also performed at San Antonio College as a part of the the Hispanic Heritage celebration. Their appearance helped promote the college and the Hispanic Heritage events.