Michael J. Grant CampusSuffolk County Community College
Dr. James M. Keane
Executive Dean and Campus CEO
Today’s Agenda….
State of the UnionEnrollmentPlant UpdatesFall Academic Support Program UpdatesBudget / StaffRetention
Spring “To-Do’s”
Enrollment Spring 2014Spring 2014
FT: 3,980 PT: 5,189T: 9,169 (College: 25,493)
FTE’s: 5,861 (College: 16,352)(Up HC 122…. Up FTE 192)
Sections Offered: 1160Utilization: 95%
Honors Cottage Renovation:
Furniture Upgrades
Art Upgrades:
Nesconset Student Art Project Installation
Captree Class Photo Project (Temp. Installment)
Plant Updates
HSECNew Stair TreadsPainting
DOVER1 New Fryer and 1 major rebuild2 new “grab-and-go’s”Painting of Kitchen and HallwaysOutside Screening and Power washed
Dover Updates – Spring 2014
Boars Head TastingMenu DesignHealthy Thursday’sFaculty / Staff Lunch
Summer Renovation
Support Program Growth & Development:
Welcome Center and Testing ProcessFaculty Advising Center Writing StudioAcademic Skill CenterESL (for credit)Honors
Welcome Center:• January-December 2013 total visits: 5,672
• Info Sessions:Semester Information Sessions Offered Approximate Attendees Spring 2013 85 750 Fall 2013 190 2,300 Spring 2014 74 to date 675 to date
• Testing:Number of students scheduled for CPT 1/2013-present
5,227
Number of students tested 3,522 Number of students who “did not show for test”
1,705
Academic Advising and Mentoring Center (AAMC):
Student Visits (Fall 2013) – 1,654 Assisted students with class selections, reading SAIN reports, mapping out their degree program, references and referrals, connecting with Professors in area of interests.
Student visits (since Opening):Fall 2012 – 289Spring 2013 – 1019Summer 2013 – 945
Writing Studio:Number of Visits: 2,364Number of individual students: 662Disciplines represented in Attendance Records: 41Hosted two professional development workshops for Studio staffCreated workshops for students based on assessment data: one on 7 Deadly Sins of grammar and one on Research Paper Writing. Attended by 70 students in total. Conducted several assessments and pioneered new methods Conducted outreach to publicize Studio servicesCompleted draft of AES Unit Review
Academic Skill Center:Overall hours of usage for the center increased 25.4% over Fall 2012Student visits increased 37.5% over Fall 2012New Veterinary Technology tutor, Lauren Gallagher (a graduate of our program) who amassed 94 hours of tutoring with 202 student visits as compared to previous semesters where we had less than 30 hours and 30 visits. Added more tutoring hours throughout the semester to meet the additional demand in Math, Accounting, and Chemistry.Despite the loss of the Business Mentoring program. The supplemented accounting tutoring kept pace with last fall’s numbers.
Math Center:
Area
Number of
StudentsNumber of Visits Hours
Number of
StudentsNumber of Visits Hours
Number of
StudentsNumber of Visits Hours
Number of
StudentsNumber of Visits Hours
Number of
StudentsNumber of Visits Hours
Accounting/ Business 105 379 562 113 538 862 98 379 605 -6.7% 0.0% 7.7% -13.3% -29.6% -29.8%
Biology/ A & P 38 85 86 63 139 191 67 152 193 76.3% 78.8% 124.4% 6.3% 9.4% 1.0%
Chemistry 109 378 683 95 335 531 120 459 784 10.1% 21.4% 14.8% 26.3% 37.0% 47.6%
Economics 7 16 24 20 37 41 9 11 11 28.6% -31.3% -54.2% -55.0% -70.3% -73.2%
Physics 9 15 35 12 22 42 14 44 68 55.6% 193.3% 94.3% 16.7% 100.0% 61.9%
Vet Sci NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 202 NA
Math 788 3189 4560 953 4183 5872 943 4339 5802 19.7% 36.1% 27.2% -1.0% 3.7% -1.2%
Total 1056 4062 5950 1256 5254 7539 1251 5586 7463 18.5% 37.5% 25.4% -0.4% 6.3% -1.0%
Center for Academic Excellence - Sciences and BusinessUsage for Fall 2013
Fall 2012 Spring 2013 Fall 2013Percent Change from
Fall 2012Percent Change from
Spring 2013
Honors: Revised ProgramDeveloped a “comprehensive SAIN Report” spreadsheet to improve the efficiency of scheduling Honors courses, and to track Honors students toward graduation.
Instituted the Honors Program Lecture Series with speakers from institutions outside SCCC.
Instituted Transfer Workshops to help Honors students develop a strategy for applying to transfer colleges.
Conducted more than 40 advising sessions with Honors students.
Finished development on an electronic file system for Honors students’ application and advising material.
ESL: (For Credit):
Enrollment Enhancement:Updated Placement GuideCreated Program BrochureRevised college-wide ESL exit exam Screened prospective students prior to the admissions
Spring 13 Sections Spring 14 Sections (offered to date)Grant 15 19Ammmerman 12 14East 7 6
Potential Impact of Support Programs…Good News:
Continuing Student Retention is Up
Better Placement:CPT Retesting:
18 out of 35 Improved placement
English Retesting:63 students who took the writing sample:
23 remained in ENG010 (approximately 37%)1 placed ESL0171 placed ESL01838 placed up into ENG101 (approximately 61%)
Overall Challenge:Costs…..
Approx. $150,000 in part time staff needs to be funded
2014-2015: Budget and Finance
2014-15: Campus Budget
Current Grant Campus Budget: $35,151,982.00Salary & Fringe: $31,338,738Utilities, Rent & Contractual: $2,563,836OTPS: $1,249,408
(Not inclusive of contractual increases)
Campus Budget Trends:
1's Total, $31,338,738Personnel expenses represents 89.15% of
overall budget
2's Total, $116,600Furniture, Office machines,
Instructional Equipment, etc.represents 0.33% of overall
budget
3's Total, $1,132,808 Supplies, Software, Repairs, Memberships,etc expenses represents 3.22% of overall
budget
4's Total, $2,563,836Utilities, Rent & Contractual expenses represents 7.29% of overall budget
Next Steps & Announcements ….Spring “To-Do’s”
Room AllocationsWebpages5 year Plans New Honors ClassroomSagtikos Faculty OfficesDover
Searches:Chem. Depend. CounselingVet. SciencePA Vet ScienceDirector of AdmissionsAsst. Director of Pant Ops.
Awards:Evening Common Hour Program
“Long Island Creative Program Award” at the LICSPA Conference
New Appointment:Dr. Gregory Ryan,
Coordinator of CTL
Thank You!