Goal I. Access to Higher Education
Silvia Zecca, NLC Spanish instructor, accompanied a group of five NLC students to Monterrey, Mexico to participate in the Model Organization of American Studies Workshop (MOAS) held at the Universidad de Monterrey (University of Monterrey). Representing NLC, the students had the opportunity to learn and apply the parliamentary procedures of debate and caucusing. The students will now participate in the “General Assembly – MOAS Tournament” at St. Mary’s University on November 1-3rd.

Preparations are underway for “PACDAY at South Park Mall,” scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 20 different PAC departments and organizations will have tables at the Mall to distribute information on programs and activities available at the College.

Dr. Eric Reno and Dr. Eduardo Conrado are hosting Paul McKillop, a representative from Isle of Wight College in England. Mr. McKillop is visiting San Antonio to discuss the possibility of international student exchanges and to tour our colleges. He will also meet with Dr. Alba De Leon and Dr. Jon Lee to discuss academic issues, assessment and accreditation, and with Mr. John Strybos, to discuss new construction of facilities.

Goal II. Student Support
On Saturday evening, October 20, SPC hosted a Homecoming Blue and White Dance for over 200 guests. SPC students provided support throughout the evening and also organized a St. Philip's College King and Queen crowning that included a Royal Court. ACCD Board member, Denver McClendon and his wife, State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon, were on hand to welcome guests and extend greetings. Students were given an opportunity to network in a social setting with members of the College community (past and present). The former students who received the 2007 Homecoming medallions during the Blue and White Dance were a 1966 basketball player, a 1986 volleyball player, an original member of the St. Philip's College Gospel Choir and 92 year old Henrietta Stevenson whose legacy and educational ties are directly connected with Dr. Artemisia Bowden.

Earlier this week, SPC hosted a Career Fair with over 30 prospective employers, including the U.S. Army, SAPD, Auto Zone Stores, Avon, Cavender Toyota, Christus Homecare, City of Ft. Worth, Disney, Fiesta Texas, Lowe’s, SAISD, and USAA. Positions were available for full and part-time employment. Three hundred and fifty students and 41 community members attended the event.

Goal III. Workforce Development
At the Alamo WorkSource Awards luncheon on October 16th, the Westside Education and Training Center received the Alamo WorkSource award for Excellence through Community Collaboration/Partnership and Mr. Rafael Brisita won an award for Workforce Professional of the Year.

The National Council on Workforce Education published an article by Dr. Federico Zaragoza on the impact of the ACCD - DOL grant on Advanced Manufacturing Programs in the Alamo Region.

At a press conference on October 26, President Robert Zeigler, Stephen C. Fitzer, Executive Director of the Bexar County Medical Society (BCMS) Staffing Services, and Cheryl Startzell, Coordinator of the SAC Medical Assisting Program, announced an agreement to create a Mentorship Program for the college’s Medical Assisting students. The program will address the shortage of qualified medical assisting personnel while also giving trained students experience in health care settings.

Daniel Rodriguez, Senior Vice-President, North American Sales and Marketing for Lab-Volt Systems, announced a $1,500 scholarship for a PAC student enrolled in the Electro-Mechanical Technology Program.

Goal IV. Capacity To Serve
Dr. Leslie attended the TACC quarterly meeting. The group agreed to send a thank you letter to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and our local delegation.

Cheryl Startzell, Coordinator of the SAC Medical Assisting Program, has been selected as a member of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment.

The Alamo Community Colleges and Richland College co-hosted and welcomed the Community College Humanities Association National Conference on Oct. 25-27 at the St. Anthony Hotel.

NVC is participating in a Sustainability Vision Implementation Project with 14 other community colleges that are CQIN, (Continuous Quality Improvement Network) members. Dr. Claunch and the college’s CQIN representative, Julie Bajusz, attended a two day conference on Building Sustainable Local and World Community for the 21st Century and Beyond. The Conference was funded by the Johnson Foundation for the purpose of supporting this 14 college project team “to establish a multi-year scalable action plan to implement CQINs’ sustainability vision.”

Dr. Leslie and Mr. Zárate met with Mario Hernandez, President of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation to discuss opportunities for collaboration.

Dr. Debra Morgan, Dean at NVC, has been selected as one of only 32 community college leaders to attend the prestigious Executive Leadership Institute sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College. A national panel selected the group of 32 participants from a pool of applicants holding senior-level positions of leadership in community colleges throughout North America.

Martha McCabe and the Office of Legal Affairs conducted due process training for approximately 100 supervisors throughout ACCD.

Goal V. Organizational Communication
Steve Browne on KSAT-TV, and other local weather reporters, picked up Scobee Planetarium Educational Specialist Bob Kelley’s news that the Space Station could be seen crossing the sky then followed by the Space Shuttle eight minutes later on the evening of Oct. 23, then crossing closer together the evening of Oct. 24.

Dr. Eric Reno, NLC President, attended the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy
building dedication ceremony on October 17th.

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 23. This section of the Chancellor’s Weekly Report provides 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, 11/3, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Regular Board Meeting of October 16, 2007

Sunday, 11/4, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Employee Development Day, October 8, 2007