Goal I. Access to Higher Education
The Northeast Lakeview College Student Services Department held a College Transfer Fair on March 27th. 18 Texas universities (11 public, 7 private/ independent) were in attendance.

Dr. Beth Lewis, Vice-President of Academic Affairs attended the Judson ISD school board meeting on March 22nd where the Early College Partnership (ECP) High School was discussed. In conjunction with Northeast Lakeview College, Judson ISD continues to finalize plans to begin the construction of the Early College High School on the new Northeast Lakeview College campus site.

Goal II. Student Success
In recognition of Women's History Month, Northeast Lakeview College ENGL 1302 students hosted a poetry reading entitled “Women’s Empowerment.” Facilitated by Anetia Ports, NLC instructor of English, the student’s read poems that discussed and promoted empowerment for women and gender equality.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
Northeast Lakeview College held a Blood Drive on March 26th. Faculty, students and staff participated in the day long event which collected over 40 pints of blood.

Goal II. Student Success
The Career and Transfer Services (C.a.T.S.) Center at Northwest Vista College sponsored Major Mania on Wednesday, March 21. This career fair gave students an opportunity to meet with representatives from various NVC areas and learn about different careers and majors.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Northwest Vista College hosted syndicated columnist Heloise. The Texas native shared with students the story of her journey to becoming one of the most popular newspaper columnists in history. Her presentation was entitled, “The Story Behind Heloise: A Lesson for Women in Business.”

Goal III. Workforce Development
Northwest Vista College hosted the Texas Administrators of Continuing Education (TACE) South Region Meeting. Continuing educators from San Antonio College, Palo Alto College, St. Philips College, Northwest Vista College, Laredo Community College, Austin Community College, Southwest Texas Junior College, and Brazosport College gathered to participate in the Whale Done! workshop, a partnership between NVC and SeaWorld of Texas.

Goal II. Student Success
Two PAC professors led a group of ACCD students to Oaxaca, Mexico, over Spring Break to conclude a Summer I 2006 course that was cut short due to civil unrest in the region. This was the third student group that ACCD’s Office of International Education has sent to Oaxaca. Sites visited included Monte Alban, Mitla, Yagul, the Rufino Tamayo Museum, Centro Cultural de Santo Domingo, various artisan villages, and a center that aids child workers and street children.

Goal III. Workforce Development
PAC’s Science and Technology Division showcased its Industrial Automation Technology; Logistics; and Business Management programs to 32 local business and industry representatives during an “Open House” held March 27. The event showcased the degree and certificate program that caters to the expanding manufacturing industry in San Antonio through computer-based training, lectures and hands-on activities, providing the basic foundation needed in the multi-skilled industrial maintenance field.

Goal IV. Capacity to Serve
PAC’s Learning Resource Center hosted a College of Du Page Press teleconference entitled “Library Transformation: Making it Happen” March 23. The teleconference featured noted librarians discussing library transformation, not as an abstraction or buzz word, but as something real with practical examples. Guest lecturers also discussed what needs to happen in facilities, budgets staffing management and leadership to make transformation a reality.

Goal I. Access to Higher Education
Campus tours were conducted for Gary Job Corps, Boerne Academy, and Martin Luther King Academy students. Approximately 50 potential students visited the college. 

A presentation was conducted for approximately 95 students for Career Day at Winston Elementary School.

Goal II. Student Success
Twenty-six students attended a recruitment presentation for the Alamo Community Colleges Student Leadership Institute held on March 21, 2007 in the Heritage Room.  The program provided an overview of the Student Leadership Institute, including the benefits and requirements. This session was one of four held the same week and is part of a broader recruitment strategy to ensure that as many students as possible are aware of the benefits of participation in the Student Leadership Institute. 

St. Philip's College hosted a workshop with Carolyn Rackley, Education Testing Services Assessment Solutions Advisor, on Thursday, March 29th, for the Achieving the Dream Core Team, QEP faculty, Planning and Research staff, and Student Affairs staff.

St. Philip’s College-Southwest Campus hosted the 35th annual Skills USA competition on March 22-24, 2007.  There were 285 participants from 24 schools in the state of Texas.

Goal III. Workforce Development
Final approval was received from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for a new AAS award in Diagnostic Medical Sonography and an Advanced Technical Certificate in Long Term Care Nursing Home Administrator. 

Rafael Brisita was invited to the Department of Labor apprentice graduation at Lockheed Martin. Classroom training for the aerospace apprentices takes place at St. Philip’s College/Southwest Campus.

A meeting was held with Toyota to finalize the curriculum for the Tool and Die Program that was requested for the new initiative at the National Training Center in Kentucky, in cooperation with the National Science Foundation.

Goal IV. Capacity to Serve
Dr. Al Barringer, vice president for administration at Southwest Campus, was invited to serve as a member of the 2007 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Goal I. Access to Higher Education
San Antonio College is listed in all of the rankings of the nation’s Top 50 Community & Junior Colleges for Hispanics, as reported in the March 12, 2007 issue of Hispanic Outlook for Higher Education. Specifically, San Antonio College is listed as:

— #22 among colleges awarding The Most Associate’s Degrees to Hispanics (394 degrees, or 42% of all degrees awarded),

— #12 among colleges with the largest Hispanic Enrollment (9,019, or 45% of total enrollment), and

— #3 among colleges with the Most Full-Time Hispanic Faculty (90 total, or 22% of all faculty).

Goal II. Student Success
The following five members of the Mexican-American Engineering Students organization were selected by the National Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) for a summer research program at an institution in the UT System, as noted: Adrian Alfonso (UTSA), Miguel Gomez (UT Austin), Emilio Gonzalez (UTSA), Anthony Torres (UTSA), and Nelly Zapata (UT Austin). The program allows students to preview a graduate program within the UT system while earning credit hours at their home institution. The purpose is to increase the quantity and quality of minority students pursuing degrees and careers in science, mathematics, engineering and technology summer research program.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
San Antonio College representatives participated in a Style Show, Luncheon and Bazaar held by the Sembradoras de San Antonio to raise funds for student scholarships and other benevolence in the San Antonio community. This included a $500 award to the “Forty & Eight” honor society originally created by the American Legionnaires, which provides scholarships to San Antonio College Nursing students, among other worthy causes. SAC Adjunct Faculty Coordinator Javier Patron accepted the award on behalf of the society.