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Career Program Team
Anthony Arminiak developed an environmental scan with the new careerprogram team to exlplore new program opportunities.
Taylor High School National Honor Society Induction
The Downriver Campus hosted the Taylor School District National Honor Society Induction andAwards Ceremony at the Heinz C, Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center.
February 2-8, 2019 Number 1176
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Community Partnerships
Professional
Development
Staff at the Northwest Campusparticipated in a teleconference/webinarto explore opportunities to enhance theon campus registration process forstudents through the implementation ofan automated queuing system.
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New Podcast
Available!
Our latest podcast featuring MarcCorriveau, Vice President of CorporateGovernment Affairs for the Henry FordHealth System, provides insight into thecurrent topics impacting the healthcareindustry.
To listen to any of the podcasts from theWCCCD Critical Conversations Podcastseries, log onto the college's website atwww.wcccd.edu and scroll down to selectthe "Podcast/Videos" button located onthe homepage.
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The Website Committee convenes on a weeklybasis to discuss website update requests, analyzedata, and discuss project updates. During themonth of January 2019, the committee completed61 website update requests and corrected 32broken links.
Bedtime Tech Tips
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• Page views – 522,651• Returning Visitors – 62.1%• New Visitors – 37.9%• Average Session – 3:41 minutes
January 2019
Website Analytics
Top Ten Most Viewed Pages
1. Homepage2. Distance Learning3. Academic Programs4. Faculty and Staff Resources5. Northwest Campus6. Academic Schedules7. Downriver Campus8. School of Continuing Education 9. Emergency Alert System10. Student Services
Top Five Countries
1. United States2. Canada3. India4. Nigeria5. Philippines
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District-wide Welcome Week
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Student Services Functions - Professional Development
The Division of Student Services is committed to developingthe knowledge and skills of each professional staff member.Learning is embraced as a lifelong process. WCCCD studentservice professionals strive for achieving excellence andbest practices in personal competence as well as thefunctional areas of the Division.
Guided Pathways
An interdisciplinary staff meeting was held between theDivisions of Student Services, Educational Affairs, andInstitutional Effectiveness addressing Pillar One and PillarThree of Guided Pathways.
Staff Recognition
Congratulations to Maali Luqman onbecoming a fellow of the W.K. KelloggFoundation Community LeadershipNetwork with the Center for CreativeLeadership.
Division of Student Services
Student Support Services
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs hascreated a website to help veterans andeligible family members choose anaccredited Institution of Higher Learning(IHL). WCCCD has been selected as oneof the institutions.
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Recruitment and Outreach
APPOINTMENTS
VISITS
Ben Carson
Cass Tech
CMA
East English
Frontier Int’l Academy
Lincoln Park
M.L. King
Osborn
River Rouge
Southeastern
Western In’l
Ben CarsonCentral
CMAFrederick Douglas
Frontier Int’l AcademyHarper Woods
John Glenn
Lincoln ParkM.L. KingOsborn
River RougeRiverview
Southeastern
Students at Southeastern High School preparedto begin the Spring 2019 semester by completingtheir dual enrollment applications.
Staff greeted students during WCCCD’s WelcomeDays. They provided information on supportservices, organizations, athletics, upcoming flexregistration and transfer partnerships at UniversityCenter.
Division of Student Services
Student Success Center
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Genealogy with
Tony BurroughsEastern Campus
Reggae Music HistoryDowntown and Eastern Campuses
Film Fest!Students getting popcorn
for the viewing of the movie Black Panther
Northwest Campus
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Student Activities
WCCCD Lady Wildcats are on a three gamewinning streak which moved them into secondplace in the Eastern Division Conference.
Student Executive Council member David Martinanswers questions about supports services offeredat the Downriver Campus.
Phi Theta Kappa member Anthony Barrowanswers questions about supports servicesoffered at the Downtown Campus.
Division of Student Services
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Division of Educational Affairs
Students in Professor S. Seville’s Foundations in Nursing class are preparing for the future. TheFoundations course also celebrates the successful completion of pre-requisites and entry of newstudents into the Nursing Program.
Faculty Lounge Provides
Opportunites for Engagement
and Networking
Faculty engaging in scholarly discussions of pedagogyisimporant in a multi-campus District. The faculty loungesupports administrative instructional needs of faculty tomeet, greet and engage in conversations acrossdisciplines. Instructors Sunanda Corrado (Anthropology),Terrell Thomas (Political Science), and McArthur Mickens(Mathematics) and CharMaine Hines share time betweenclasses.
Summer 2019 Schedule Development Meeting
Foundations in Nursing
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Division of Educational Affairs
In an effort to reduce the costs of a student’s education, the Divisions of Administration andFinance and Educational Affairs met to discuss textbook options for our students and newprograms through Cengage Publishing.
Learning Resource Center
Each campus LRC will be hostingseveral workshops throughout theMonth of February. The sessions areintended to promote student success.Visit our LRC events webpage for moreinformation.
The Weekend College is a great opportunity for people who desireto improve their job skills, earn a degree, and further their education,but may have family obligations, jobs, and other factors that preventthem from going to college during the week. WCCCD has WeekendCollege courses available at all our campuses.
The Learning Resources Center Task Force met to finalize future LRC programs.
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Division of Educational Affairs
Mango Spanish
The Language Institute presented thefirst in a series of workshops onMANGO Spanish. Participants willmeet every Wednesday in February tolearn basic Spanish.
STEM
Initiative
Students in ProfessorSharmeen’s BIO-155course were selectedto receive gogglesand a lab coat as partof an initiative toincrease awarenessand interest in thefield of science.
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Division of Educational AffairsDistance Learning
What makes an online course great?D Thoughtful and methodical design
D Interactive, collaborative environment D Accommodate a variety of learnings
D Careful pacing
Three Pillars of
Student Learning
Content EvaluationInstruction
Distance Learning
Course Site Reviews
Distance Learning is working on course sitereviews for online courses. Reviewing the onlinecourses helps ensure that information is current,and that instructors are not missing any keycomponents for students. Items reviewed include:
• CRN• Instructors Name• Announcement Board• Course Syllabus• Weekly Calendar• Course Materials Link• Discussion Boards• Faculty Information • Technical Support Information • No Empty Navigation Links
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Division of Educational Affairs
Dental Hygeine
Program
Staff in the Dental HygieneProgram met to discuss theweek’s activities.
Dental hygiene students brave the ice storm to ensure that appointments for our community members were kept.
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Division of Educational AffairsHealth Science Center
Simulation Lab
The NUR210 psychiatric nursing students participated in a simulation lab scenario that mimickeda real life psychiatric paranoid schizophrenia episode with a standardized patient.
Practical Nursing Students
The Practical Nursing Students participated in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Annual Teen Central Winter Carnival.
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Division of Administration and Finance
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Division of Human Resources
Human Resources Compliance Reviews
Employee Tuition Waiver
and Reimbursement
The Division of Human Resources is currentlyreviewing and reconciling its processes andprocedures for Employee Tuition Waivers andreimbursement.
Benefit Compliance Audit
The Division of Human Resources, incollaboration with the Division of Administrationand Finance is currently reviewing, reconciling,and auditing all their eligible employees benefitsfiles.
The Employee Benefits Reconciliation Verification of Employment Status
Beneficiary Verification
Verification of Dependent Status
Reconciliation of Employee Contribution
Verification of State Guidelines
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Dr. Abby Freeman attended theSinai Grace Guild CDC Board Meeting.
Jackie Grow, MSU/WCCCD IAT Coor-dinator was nominated and electedagain this year as the Education Advi-sor for the Southeast Michigan Nurs-ery and Landscape Association.
Michael Poole attended the National School Board Association’s
Legislative Conference.
Allan Cosma attended the MarketingAdvisory Board Meeting at
Chandler Park High School.
Building Community Relationships
Considine Center
Staff attended the 50th Anniversary Celebration ofReverend Jim Holley’s Historical Little Rock
Baptist Church, the foundation of the Considine Center servicing WCCCD’s GED students.
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Building Community Relationships
Edgar Vann attended theAnnual Downtown Detroit
Partnership luncheon.
Michael Poole attended the GrossePointe Chamber of CommerceBusiness After Hours networkingevent.
Sandra Thompson isplanting wintervegetables with thechildren fromJohnson ElementarySchool in Taylor.
Jackie Grow, MSU Program Coordinator for the HorticulturePrograms at WCCCD attended Michigan State University’s(MSU) study abroad trip to Belize.
Dr. Sandra Robinsonmet with TyroneHinton, Economic andCommunityDevelopment Directorfor the City of HarperWoods.
Mark Carter attended theMichigan Economic Forum,pictured with CongresswomanBrenda Lawrence and formerWayne County CommissionerEdna Bell.
Anthony Arminiak andTim Durand attendedthe State of Southgateaddress with MayorJoseph Kuspa.
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Division of Administrationand Finance
Deferred Maintenance
Downriver CampusBookstore Signage Installation Project
Eastern CampusBusted Water Pipes! Water Clean-up Project
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Well that’s Michigan!
50 degrees one day... and an ice storm
the next!
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Division of Institutional Effectiveness
The Value of Associate Degrees and Certificates
The Division of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) conducts local research to assist the District with improvingthe programs and services offered to students. According to the Center for Analysis of PostsecondaryEducation and Employment, “Associate degrees provide a significant boost to earnings on average.Women earn $7,160 (26%) more per year, and men earn $4,640 (18%) more per year. Certificatesboost earnings on average by $2,960 per year for women and $2,120 for men.” Below you will findsome sample data from this report as earnings gains vary by state:
Source: https://capseecenter.org/research/by-the-numbers/earnings/
Below you will find data points from WCCCD students who completed
the 2017-18 Graduate Exit Survey:
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Community Partners
Building Relationships
The School of Continuing Education and WorkforceDevelopment welcomes the Hartford Village SeniorCommunity! We are proud to respond to our seniorcommunity members by providing various Silver CircleProgram offerings including:
Zumba
Yoga
Texting for Seniors
Painting for Mature Learners
Computers for Seniors
Retaining Students
and Student Success
The SMART and Trio programs partnered to offer studentsan opportunity to learn about the value of creating visionboards, the benefits of goal setting, and the power ofvisualization towards goal achievement.
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Michigan Institute for
Public Safety Education
Elite Technical Services Training
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Citizen Emergency
Response Team TrainingDownriver Campus
Fish and Loaves Deep
Dive Lunch and LearnDownriver Campus
Workforce
Development
Beaumont Diabetes
Prevention Program
University Center
Harper Woods Business
Association SeminarUniversity Center
AKA Sorrelles Youth Leadership WorkshopTed Scott Campus
Coaching Emergency
Vehicle Operations TrainingDownriver Campus
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Community College 101
The Leadership Class engaged in an in-depthdiscussion about how community collegeleaders can be effective in helping studentsimprove their ability to learn despite obstaclesof poverty, racism, and social marginalization.
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Intercultural Conversations
At this week’s Intercultural Conversation we began the celebration of Black History Month. Thediscussion focused on migrations from the south. Ann Rott, Detroit International Institute, RogerPenzebane and Dr Paula Whittaker Watkins, Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, andLondon Bell, London Global Institute were in attendance.
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Mary Ellen Stempfle University Center
University
Partners
The Michigan StateUniversity Extensionhosted its MasterGardener class thissemester at theMary Ellen StempfleUniversity Center.
The United MissionsAssociation met withcommunity partners andchurch leaders to discussWCCCD’s achievementsand the impact of thefaith-based community.
United Missions Association
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Downriver Campus
Town Hall Meeting
Senator Erika Geiss held the Town Hall meeting at theDownriver Campus. Congresswoman Debbie Dingall andState Representative Alex Garza were also in attendance.
The Information Center
Mending the Safety Net
The Downriver Campus also hosted the annualInformation Center Mending the Safety NetProgram.
Fire fighter studentsparticipated in theJaws of Life lab
session.
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Auto Program
Lab VehicleDecals
Completedon Newest
Lab Vehicle!
The Livonia Special Department Team donated selfcontained breathing apparatus bottles and air packs to
the Michigan Institute for Public Safety Education.
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Downtown Campus
Be Informed!
Staff distributed information to students regardingnew student orientation, Smarthinking, and testtaking skills.
Michigan
Department of
Health and Human
Services
The workshop providedstudents with informationon removing barriers thatprevent school attendance.
Yoga and Wellness Workshop for Kids
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Detroit Chapter conducted a Yoga and Wellness workshop. The partici-pants were provided with tools to maintain a healthy lifestyle and how to incorporate yoga techniquesto increase flexibility and enhance their overall wellness.
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Eastern Campus
WLT 102
Instructor AndrewWarren is lecturing onthe proper technique torun a welding bead.
Smart Thinking Goal Setting Cohort
The Eastern Campus staff met with a group of students whom are seeking to improve their lives bysetting goals. Instructor Rain Henry taught students skills which will provide a meaningful insight inachieving their goals.
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Construction Trades
Training Program-Cohort 5
The CTTP participants have received their tools andare learning to layout floor joists, construct walls, andcomplete rough framing for their hands-on carpentrytraining.
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Northwest Campus
Skilled Trade
Enrollment Assistance
Program (STEAP)
The Northwest Campus hostedthe STEAP training course.Participants had the opportunityto learn skilled trade and preparefor apprenticeships in severalfields.
Project Success Program
The Northwest Campus, in partnership withthe 100 Black Men of Greater Detroit, Inc.provided a trip to the Detroit SymphonyOrchestra for the young men in theprogram.
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Ted Scott Campus
Romulus Early
Middle College
The Ted Scott Campusconducted new RomulusHigh School EarlyMiddle College studentsACCUPLACER testing.
Early Middle College
LRC Orientation
The Ted Scott Campusconducted LRC orientations forBelleville and Romulus EarlyMiddle College students.
River of Life Cardio
Workshop
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Chancellor’s Weekend Memo
Mission
WCCCD’s mission is to empower
individuals, businesses, and communities
to achieve their higher education and
career advancement goals through
excellent, accessible, culturally diverse,
and globally competitive programs and
services.
Vision Statement
Wayne County Community College
District will be recognized as an
institution that has achieved national
and international recognition for enduring
excellence as a comprehensive
multi-campus community college district.
WCCCD will focus on continuous
self-evaluation and improvement;
preparation of a highly skilled workforce
in support of the Wayne County
economy; student academic and career
success, and leadership in strengthening
the open door philosophy of educational
opportunity.
EDITOR: Julie Figlioli
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
David C. Butty
Carolyn Carter
Aracely Hernandez
Tameka Mongo
Priscilla Rodgers
Rosita Thompson
Susan Wiley