2014/2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE

2014/2015ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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2 2014-2015 Accomplishments | Irvine Valley College

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Congratulations on continuing to provide our students with the finest education possible. We celebrate the accomplishments and dedication of our faculty and staff. We recognize so many who deliver outstanding efforts and achievements on behalf of our students. Congratulations to all! Thank you for all your hard work!

I commend you for all of your hard work in 2014-2015.

Here’s to another successful year!

Respectfully yours,

Glenn R. Roquemore, PhD

Irvine Valley College | 2014-2015 Accomplishments 3

IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE VISION, MISSION AND GOALS

COLLEGE VISION

Irvine Valley College is a premier educational institution that provides students avenues for success through exceptional services and dynamic partnerships.

COLLEGE MISSION

Irvine Valley College is committed to student success. The College is devoted to student learning and success through exemplary and integrated teaching and support services, effective stewardship, and continued accessibility in a diverse community.

IVC 2014-2020 STRATEGIC GOALS

Goal 1: IVC will foster an environment characterized by creativity, innovation, respectful interactions and collaboration.

Goal 2: IVC will promote students’ success by enhancing the teaching and learning environment.

Goal 3: IVC will advance economic and workforce development through regional partnerships with educational institutions and industry and by strengthening career technical education.

Goal 4: IVC will strengthen long-term financial health and institutional effectiveness through integrated planning and re-source allocation.

IVC 2014-2020 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1.1 Recognize and support innovative ideas that improve collaboration and respectful interactions district-wide.

1.2 Improve district climate in the areas of optimism, commitment, and respectful collaboration.

1.3 Improve the representative process through active engagement and communication.

1.4 Increase professional development opportunities that potentiate employees’ talents and interests.

1.5 Improve training for all employees to increase district wide understanding of organizational structure, resources, pro-cesses and procedures.

2.1 Increase student completion rates (degrees, certificates, and transfer) while preserving access, enhancing quality, and closing achievement gaps.

2.2 Increase employee professional development opportunities that focus on student success outcomes.

2.3 Increase opportunities for student engagement inside and outside the classroom, evidenced by co-curricular participa-tion, student services, and instructional support.

3.1 Formalize collaborative partnerships with the business community and regional educational institutions to support workforce development.

3.2 Improve alignment between workforce development offerings and regional job opportunities.

3.3. Provide relevant, innovative, and appropriate workforce training.

3.4. Improve student career preparation and readiness through experiential learning opportunities that allow students to explore career options, acquire work experience in their chosen field, and develop professional contacts.

4.1 Systematically assess the effectiveness of planning and resource allocation district-wide.

4.2 Improve processes and procedures for efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness district-wide.

4.3 Develop and initiate multi-year financial planning.


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTPresident Roquemore

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YEAR

• On December 4, 2014, IVC President Dr. Glenn Roquemore was invited to join President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with hundreds of college presidents and higher education leaders, to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college. The White House College Opportunity Day of Action was held to help support the president’s commitment to partner with colleges and universities, business leaders, and nonprofits to support students across the country to help our nation reach its goal of leading the world in college attainment. IVC was recognized for its partnerships with UCI and with local high schools, including Beckman High School.

• President Roquemore, along with Saddleback College President Dr. Tod Burnett, Chapman University President Dr. James Doti, and UC Irvine Chancellor Dr. Howard Gillman, all participated in IVC’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Casa Del Sol Team Orange County Solar Decathlon on October 24, 2014. IVC hosted and was the central coordinator of the ceremony. Over 300 supporters were in attendance.

• President Roquemore, working with President Burnett and the vice presidents of both colleges, was instrumental in leading the historic Service Area Agreement effort.

• President Roquemore, working with the SOCCCD Facilities Department, received approval and design criteria on the construction of the first College of the Future building at ATEP.

• IVC is now Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) grant eligible. This program provides grants and related assistance to Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions to enable such institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders and low-income individuals. IVC is now eligible to apply for $1.5 million in grants.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• The annual Presidents’ Cup men and women’s games were held at IVC on February 6, 2015. IVC proudly took home the Presidents’ Cup trophy.

• President Roquemore traveled to Washington, DC with District Public Affairs Director Tere Fluegeman and consultant Dana DeBeaumont, September 7-10, to meet legislators and discuss education, ATEP, and IVC.

• President Roquemore led the refurbishment of an iconic mural, relocating it to the library. A rededication of the mural will take place at a later date.

• On March 3, President Roquemore presented the opening session at the newly titled Preview Day in the PAC. This event welcomed thousands of incoming students to campus and was structured to be more informative and educational.

• On May 21, President Roquemore conferred $1,000 Presidential Scholarships on two very deserving local high school students, Huiru Chen and Alfred Ton. Both are from Beckman High School, and will attend IVC in Fall 2015.

• President Roquemore finalized the Liberal Arts building design criteria.

• President Roquemore established the conversion of lawn areas to sustainable plants.

• On March 6, President Roquemore hosted the fifth annual High School Principals’ Breakfast at IVC.

• President Roquemore continues to serve on a prestigious national advisory board, the Presidents Academy Executive Committee (PAEC). He serves with 13 nationally elected community college CEOs who advise the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) on CEO leadership development opportunities and makes presentations at the AACC and the Association of Community College Trustees annual conferences.


• President Roquemore attended/participated in numerous committees and activities coordinated by the Irvine Chamber of Commerce. He also developed the Economic and Workforce Development Committee, which he co-chairs with Cynthia Lenahan from Edwards Life Sciences. He also serves on its Economic Vitality Council.

• On April 19, President Roquemore, along with Dean Corine Doughty and Kathy Johnson of VitalLink, presented at the AACC Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

• President Roquemore, along with President Burnett and Long Beach City College Superintendent-President Eloy Oakley, sponsored the 2015 AACC Workforce Development Institute in Newport Beach.

• President Roquemore participated in the Presidents Academy Executive Committee (AACC) 2015 Presidents Academy Summer Institute, in Austin, Texas, July 19-21.

• On March 8-12, President Roquemore served as team chair for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges for an external evaluation visit to College of Alameda. Sandy Jeffries, also a member of this accreditation team, visited College of Alameda.

• On April 29, two separate IVC campus-wide forums were held in an effort to increase campus-wide communication and campus updates, and provide an opportunity for open Q & A dialogue.

• President Roquemore presented at the Newport/Irvine Rotary meeting at UCI on March 18.

• On April 28, President Roquemore presented on the Solar Decathlon, College of the Future and a recap on the College Day of Opportunity Whitehouse Summit.

• On May 1, President Roquemore attended the Cal State Long Beach Leadership Forum.

• On February 24, he attended Irvine Mayor Choi’s State of the City address.

• On October 29, 2014, President Roquemore attended the city of Irvine Educational Partnership Fund Scholarship Recipients Reception, at which IVC students were recognized.

• President Roquemore conferred dozens of resolutions, commendations and recognitions on deserving faculty, staff, students and community volunteers at monthly board meetings during the year.

• President Roquemore sponsored many faculty/staff events: The classified staff breakfast during Fall 2014 flex week on Aug. 15, 2014; the campus holiday party on Dec. 11, 2014; a table for five at the Orange County Business Council 2014 Annual Dinner on Feb. 19, 2015; co-sponsored the Tenure Celebration of new faculty on April 22, and table of 10 at the Concordia University Gala on May 9.

• President Roquemore continues his involvement in the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA), as an advisor on the development of a new professional development program for new college presidents entitled Colleagues in Conversation. President Roquemore is also active on the Commission on Finance and Legislative Advocacy.

• President Roquemore serves on the following committees and community association boards:

> Orange County Business Council board, chairing its taskforce on community colleges

> Southern California Army Advisory Council

> Exchange Club of Irvine: Member

> Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges: selected to chair two comprehensive visits in 2015

> Irvine Sister Cities Foundation Association member

> Sigma XI Research Society of America member

> Tustin Chamber of Commerce member

> U.S. Army Advisory Council: founding member, nominated for 2014-2015 chair


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTIrvine Valley College Foundation

• More than 400 students from the Irvine and Tustin Unified School Districts participated in the 28th Annual Astounding Inventions Competition. Students were awarded over $9,800 in prizes. Two students (one each from Irvine and Tustin) were awarded pro bono patent research and filing for their inventions from the Astounding Inventions event sponsor, Knobbe/Martin.

• More than 300 guests attended the 30th Anniversary Foundation Awards Dinner at the Lyon Air Museum. Highlights of the evening included a champagne reception, a “Boogie Woogie” revue by students from the IVC Department of Theatre, a piano soloist for dinner entertainment, a fantastic gourmet dinner catered by the Turnip Rose, and spirited live auctions conducted by Steve Churm, master of ceremonies. The highlight of the evening was the Fund-A-Scholar live auction featuring IVC students. Medal presentations were made by IVC President Glenn Roquemore to the Celebrating Excellence award winners:

> Community Award: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

> Alumna: Nicolette Ward

> Administrator: Karima Feldhus, PhD

> Classified Staff: Alice Griffin

> Current Student: Michael Chan

> Current Veteran Student: Benjamin Bischer

> Faculty: Cale Crammer

• The 30th IVC Foundation Scholarship Awards Ceremony was held on May 21 at the Live Oak Terraces. Students, donors and guests enjoyed a breakfast buffet while 396 scholarships totaling $202,325 were awarded. In total for the year, 548 scholarships totaling $372,806 were awarded.


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTCommunications and Broadcast ServicesMARKETING, WEB, PUBLICATIONS, NEW MEDIA, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND VIDEO PRODUCTION


• The Marketing Department was the central coordinator of the Casa Del Sol Team Orange County Solar Decathlon Groundbreaking Ceremony at IVC in October 2014. The team coordinated more than 300 VIPs, including representatives from UCI, Chapman, Saddleback College and IVC. This included a great deal of coordination with the city of Irvine, as Christina Shea, Irvine City Council and chair of the Orange County Great Park Board of Directors, served as master of ceremonies. Also in attendance: Alex McDonald, UCI student, project manager; Dr. Tod Burnett, Saddleback College president; Dr. James Doti, Chapman University president; Dr. Howard Gillman, UCI provost and chancellor; Dr. Glenn Roquemore, IVC president. IVC Marketing was instrumental in working behind the scenes on many last-minute and important details that required careful orchestration involving partners and elected officials including: Irvine Mayor Steven Choi; Emile Haddad, Five Point Communities CEO and president; and Dr. Pedro Pizarro, Southern California Edison president. Guests included the South Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees, SOCCCD chancellor and other elected officials, as well as Team Orange 2015 members including UCI Henry Samueli School of Engineering Dean Dr. Gregory Washington.

• The Marketing Department was instrumental in organizing the most profitable and best attended IVC Foundation dinner in the college’s history, netting over $39,000. The Marketing Department created sponsorship package categories, wrote letters and proposals to be sent, built a gala website, organized the Celebrating Excellence awards process, found a new venue (Lyon Air Museum), and oversaw logistics with the committee. Other details included securing more than 100 high-quality silent and live auction prizes; securing and coordinating logistics with Master of Ceremonies Steve Churm from the Orange County Register; developing a script and timeline for the event; and developing an entirely new program for Celebrating Excellence awardees.

• Working with the district, Saddleback College, and all three vice presidents, as well as the dean of Academic Planning, the IVC Publications and Marketing team, along with IVC Technology Services, have finally brought forward the new e-catalog process, in which students will be able to use a database-driven electronic version of the college catalog. Diane Oaks chaired the e-catalog work group. This has been an ongoing effort since 2010 and is finally moving forward in 2015.


• The marketing staff executed the groundbreaking event for the Liberal Arts building, which welcomed about 100 guests, including faculty, staff, students, trustees, elected officials, vendors, community members and other key stakeholders, on August 12, 2014.

• Marketing assisted the Office of the Vice President for Student Services with the logistical planning and execution of the Mega Outreach Day.

• Marketing assisted the IVC Foundation Office with the 28th Annual Astounding Inventions event. Diane Oaks worked with Foundation Board Member David Martin to secure Knobbe Martens Olsen & Bear LLP as the new title sponsor in the absence of the executive director of the foundation. Brittany Ramchandani interviewed and Sonya Bangston filmed elementary and middle students from Tustin and Irvine unified school districts.

• The Marketing Department assisted with the planning of the High School Principals Breakfast, held March 6, 2015.

• At the high school Preview Day, the Marketing Department implemented the use of an online registration form to collect data on the participants. Marketing worked with the offices of Student Life, Outreach, Matriculation and Technology Services to put the form in use.

• The Marketing Department supported the September 11 event, Veterans Day event, Scholarship Ceremony and Commencement Ceremony through print publications and other areas.


• The department wrote and designed roughly 10 resolutions, commendations and certificates for Teachers of the Year, Model United Nations, Speech and Debate, classified employees, athletics champions, etc., as well as monthly board report items for the President and the trustees.

• Brittany Ramchandani, Brenda Constantino, Nathan Quach and Jamie Cargo executed a marketing website plan to add a dimension to the ivc.edu homepage. They developed the “Explore IVC” page to provide prospective students information on attending IVC.

• The Marketing and Publications team supported the Smoke-Free Work Group and the launch of IVC’s smoke-free campus campaign, forming a communications sub-work group comprised of Brenda Constantino, Brittany Ramchandani and Jamie Cargo, to implement a communications plan and create materials that needed to be disseminated across the campus. These included signage, a website, flyers and other materials, which were successfully launched on May 26, 2015. The Breathe Easy, IVC tobacco- and smoke-free campaign was advertised across Irvine Valley College, letting all constituent groups know that IVC had converted to a tobacco-free, smoke-free campus.

• In 2014-2015, Diane Oaks served as one of the three co-chairs of the SSAMMO committee.

• This year, working to integrate important student success messaging, Brittany Ramchandani and various designated student services staff created key Sherpa marketing messages; about 40 messages were sent. For example, messages were sent regarding registration appointment times, High School Student-Parent Transfer Night, the Presidents’ Cup, Freshman Advantage admission messages, and messages on veterans services. Brittany and the marketing office work to coordinate and utilize these tools to effectively communicate timely messages to students.

• Candice Yacono served on a work group to craft and submit a substantial Student Equity Plan to the state.

• Webmaster Nathan Quach created and updated multiple websites to keep up with IVC’s expanding services and programs. Among them are Accreditation 2017 and the newly designed Financial Aid Office website. Launching later this year will be the Students Services website portal. The IVC website has been redesigned to include responsive design, allowing the website to be viewed on devices such as tablets, smart phones and desktops without sacrificing content structure.

• In addition to producing the usual fine arts events and concerts, and overseeing content for faculty using the Mediasite recording platform, Sonya Bangston also coordinated and produced several Transfer Center and Counseling Department workshops, English and Math Assessment videos, and also a “How to Navigate MySite” demo, available to all students via the Admissions and Records Matriculation website. This past year she also shared involvement with the creation of the memorial video tribute honoring the life of our dearly departed Performing Dance Ensemble Director Marie de la Palme.

• Vincent Cooper produced short news segments of several live IVC events, such as the September 11 event and the Solar Decathlon groundbreaking ceremony, that were aired on Los Angeles network affiliate television stations. During this past academic year, a handful of his video projects were viewed by state, national, and international audiences. He received the President’s Leadership Award for his influence and direction of the IVC Classified Senate, along with his initiative in tripling the funding for classified professional development. He is the advisor for the IVC Film Club.

• Working with the Office of Student Services, Jamie Cargo and Nathan Quach have been updating the Title IX website with more information on what sexual assault is, and what happens if a student is a victim or accused of committing it.

• The department provided ongoing support for the Student Success and Support Programs, the new Student Ambassador Program, IVC clubs and co-curricular programs, including Psi Beta, Speech and Debate, and Model UN, IVC’s fall and spring forums, as well as other events.

• Diane Oaks attended the annual Irvine Chamber Business Outlook Breakfast, the Tustin Public Schools breakfast and the Saddleback College Gala.

• Diane Oaks continues to be active in communicating with IUSD, TUSD, the Irvine Chamber, and many members of the community, including IVC’s university partners, media, and other local elected and community leaders.

• The department hosted the annual CCPRO awardwinner selection process.


OFFICE OF COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESTechnology Services


• Ten classrooms on campus received new media equipment this summer (A 205, A 309, A 311, BST 101, BST 104, BST 119, BST 209, BST 212, BST 214 and PAC 144). Each classroom is being upgraded with new projectors, voice lift microphones, document camera, lecture capture and a new control system.

• Computers in the Student Success Center, BST 216, Lib 101, Matriculation, B 118, DSPS Testing Room and Reading Center have all been upgraded. Both the iMacs and PCs purchased were i7, 256GB SSD Drive and 16GB memory. Twenty-six new computers have been installed to replace old machines for faculty and staff.

• Secured basic aid funding for:

> A two-year project that will replace all classroom technology. This will include items similar to the project above.

> Online tutoring and scheduling system (SARS Replacement) assessment. This project will bring tutoring to our distance education students. During this assessment we will look at SARS replacement and online meeting tools.

> New student print replacement. This will enable students to pay by credit cards, replace all printers and copiers, and enable printing to any student printer in the district.


• Upgraded the projection system for the main stage area in the PAC. The new projector is capable of full HD. The light boards, sound board and video boards are coming soon.

• Launched a Duplicating Request website. Some of the features of the newly designed, user-friendly site include receiving an email notification when your order is ready for pick-up as well as THE ability to cancel your order.

• Provided major revisions to the online Resource Request Form. IT enhanced the Manager, VP and Committee rating and review system.

• Upgraded all faculty and staff Cisco phones in Spring 2015.

• The process for installing new data fiber between the buildings is nearing completion. This new fiber will take our capabilities from 1GB to 10GB between our buildings. At this new speed, we can begin to deploy virtual desktops, which require high speed throughput across the campus.


OFFICE OF COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESCampus Police


• VC Police Department employees Sgt. Todd Schmaltz, Officer Tony Mancini and Dispatcher Mary Leatherman received the Valor of Merit award at the Annual California College and University Police Chief’s Association Conference. The awards were given for their actions leading to the apprehension of a suspect wanted for assault with a deadly weapon at IVC.

• The IVC Police Department, the Irvine Police Department, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad conducted a joint training exercise at the Child Development Center (CDC). The objectives were to respond to an unknown trouble call; coordinate and test interoperable communications for responding agencies; test our mass notification system to shelter in place; make notifications to campus officials and to CDC parents; utilize unified command coordination; and test response for a hostage/bomb incident using standard operating procedures. The Field Command Post Exercise was successful and was the first deployment/utilization of the IVCPD command post vehicle in a large-scale exercise.

• Parking Services transitioned parking permit purchases from an over-the-counter process to a 100% online environment for students and staff. This transition allowed Parking Services to better serve customers who visited the police station, and to increase the efficiency of the division by permitting employees to focus on other projects.


• The Police Department coordinated IVC’s participation in the statewide 2014 Great California ShakeOut to test the college’s response to a major earthquake. The emergency preparedness exercise incorporated campus-wide staff involvement including building evacuations and activation of the campus Emergency Operations Center. The exercise was successful in both evacuating all campus buildings and identifying future improvements for disaster response.


OFFICE OF COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESFiscal Services


• The Office of Fiscal Services worked through college and district planning committees to develop recommendations that would allocate $61.3 million in basic aid funds district-wide in 2015-16. Contingent upon approval by the Board of Trustees, these recommendations would allocate funding for the following major areas:

> $12 million for various district-wide technology initiatives (see the Technology Services section for major projects included in this category)

> $4.6 million for a new parking lot for the first IVC ATEP building

> $400,000 for the planning phase of the new Health Center/Concessions Building (total project cost: $5.2 million)

> $330,000 for phase one of the campus-wide electronic access/key fob project (total project cost: $1.3 million)

> $90,000 for a new parking lot next to the PAC (total project cost: $3 million)

> $758,000 for ATEP site operations

• Updated the college’s long-term budget planning model which includes a comprehensive analysis of various planning assumptions, as well as all sources and uses of funds. The model has been shared with and widely accepted by various planning and participatory governance group settings.

• Successfully led another budget development cycle by facilitating 255 resource requests for a total of $5 million, in addition to the basic aid projects above. These requests include existing programs and strategic initiatives in the areas of instructional equipment, technology, facilities and staffing. Funding recommendations are being finalized during the summer.


• The Bursar’s Office processed over $4 million in monetary transactions including over 11,250 payments and refunds for students. The office sold over 3,800 ASB stickers, and invoiced various foreign embassies for nearly $1.3 million in international student payments. The office accepted and processed deposits for the following areas:

> Community Education ($669,280)

> Foundation ($1,111,040)

> Campus Police ($847,063)

> ASIVC ($742,736)

> A&R/International Students Center ($1,042,429)

> Child Development Center ($185,397)

> ATEP ($4,136)

> Financial Aid/Veteran’s Office ($109,926)

> Performing Arts Center ($76,401)

> Facilities Management ($100,357)


OFFICE OF COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESFacilities and Maintenance


• The Grounds Department has accomplished a great deal during the past year in its concentrated efforts to further beautify the campus. Many of the once barren and overgrown planters and areas near the perimeter roadways have received a generous share of well-designed hardscape along with drought-resistant native plants. It is important to remember that these areas are the first and last contact points for students, parents, faculty and staff. The beautiful appearance of the campus provides an important piece of the lasting impression as it relates to the quality of students’ education experience.

• We recently opened a brand new gravel parking lot on the west side of the PAC to accommodate our student overflow parking at the beginning of each term. With a total capacity of nearly 400 vehicles, this parking area will afford the college ample parking for students and staff during school events as well as providing overflow.

• The new A 400 Liberal Arts building is progressing on schedule and will reach final completion status in August 2015. The move-in will begin in October 2015.


• The department completed the site preparation for Casa Del Sol, the solar house Team Orange County will be constructing as part of the Solar Decathlon. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in October 2014 and the solar house is expected to be finished by October 2015.

• In Spring 2015, the college received full Basic Aid funding to begin the long-awaited campus-wide exterior keyless entry system. The first design has been submitted and is under review.

• Completion of SSC roof repairs and upgrades, including the painting and repair of lobby atrium and parapet walls.

• The BSTIC building received a new HVAC upgrade in the winter of 2014.

• Completion of Design/Build Architect and Contractor selection process for IVC’s first building at ATEP.

• Completion of numerous furniture and office upgrades in SSC.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Business Sciences


• In Fall 2014, 109 students were Candidates for Degree, 29 students received an associate degree, 35 students received an associate in science degree, 64 students received an associate in science for transfer degree, 53 students received Certificates of Achievement and 182 students received Certificates of Proficiency.

• In Spring 2015, 299 students were Candidates for Degree, 62 students received an associate degree, 38 students received an associate in science degree, 114 students received an associate in science for transfer degree, 67 students received Certificates of Achievement and 151 students received Certificates of Proficiency.


• On May 9, 2015 at the OC Mini Maker Faire, over 40 IVC Business Students (MGT 1) participated in the operation of five pop-up enterprises as part of an Applied Learning Project (ALP) within Introduction to Business courses taught by Dr. Dan Scott. The ALP consisted of three phases: Opportunity Exploration; Business Model development; and Implementation and Feedback. During the ALP, participants experienced a portion of the analysis and decision-making elements that characterize the development and delivery of a business idea. The teams confronted basic issues such as working as part of a team, planning, organizing, business model development, product development, marketing, purchasing and managing sales. Students received guidance and support during the project as they worked with members of the IVC Foundation, the Facilities Planning Committee, the OC Health Department, and local businesses.

> The five “Pop-Up” enterprises were:

> Waterless Car Wash: This booth provided information that promoted “waterless” car washing, a demonstration of waterless car washing, and sold waterless car wash products donated by Prolong

> Activity Booth and Opportunity Drawing: This booth will provided participants with the opportunity to play themed games, e.g. bean bag “Recycle” toss, Balance Bean and purchase opportunity tickets for donated prizes

> Boba Drink Station: This drink station sold a selection of Boba milk tea drinks.

> Frozen Banana: This dessert station sold frozen banana that coated in chocolate and sprinkled with nuts or candy pieces.

> Snow Cone: The refreshment station sold a shaved ice snow cone and then apply the syrup of their choice to the cone.

ACCOUNTING

• The Accounting Society provided industry expert presentations featuring: Bret Johnsen, CFO of SpaceX, Kelly Anderson, CFO of Mavenlink, Jennifer Coyne, manager at Nigro, Karlin, Segal, Feldstein & Boino LLC, Becker CPA review representative, Roger CPA review representative, James Pak, former VP Global Equities Dividend Team – Pimco, and Mike Applegate, Time Value Software.



BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

• Awarded a DSN Small Business mini grant for the Entrepreneurship program to create synergies and collaboration with other IVC disciplines, business partners, and high schools.

• Exhibited Applied Learning Projects at the OC Mini-Maker Faire on May 9, 2015. Forty-five IVC students participated in the event by developing six small business ventures.

• Developed and offered a two-day summer entrepreneurship workshop for middle and high school students.


• Received approval for a revised Retail Management Certificate program by the Curriculum Committee, after recommendations from the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC).

• Developed and received approval by the Curriculum Committee for several updated courses including: MGT 120 Principles of Business Management, MGT 135 Principles of Marketing, MGT 282 Retail Management, MGT 288 Human Resource Management, and ENTR 211 Business Models: The Design and Delivery of Value.

• Held Entrepreneur Roundtable Discussions on December 5, 2014, and January 16, 2015.

• Attended the IVC Foundation Dinner on April 11, 2015.

• Participated in committees including the IVC Student Learning Outcome Committee (Fall 2014 and Spring 2015) and the RE/MGT Hire Committee (Committee Chair, Spring 2015).

• Participated on the Advisory Board for Doing What Matters, Retail, Hospitality, & Tourism (RHT) on September 9, 2014.

• Served as board chairman with planning and organizing a regional Retail Reveal Event. We promoted the IVC Retail Program and three students from IVC were hired with a retail company.

• Participated in the WAFC SoCal Regional Advisory Board Meeting on October 10, 2014, and March 21, 2015.

• Faculty Advisor for the BLS Club, which held the largest guest speaker event featuring young entrepreneurs in the community.

• Attended conferences: NACCE Conference, Phoenix, AZ (Oct 12 – 15, 2014) and 3CSN Workshops – Cultivating a Growth Mindset (August 15, 2014, West LA College and September 19, 2014, Fullerton College).

• Joint presentation at IVC – Growth Mindset, January 13, 2015. Jerry Rudmann, Michael Cassens, Roopa Mathur and Dan Scott.

• Joint presentation at Saddleback – Growth Mindset, April 17, 2015. Michael Cassens, Roopa Mathur and Dan Scott.

• Attended, participated and facilitated the speakers panel at the Vital Link CTE OC Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Meeting.

• Participated in the CTE panel representing Entrepreneurship for high school counselors throughout Orange County.

• Participated in IVC’s Senior Day and presented our Entrepreneur program to incoming students.

• Conducted an entrepreneur workshop to promote the program in the IVC Career Center.

• Partnered with Saddleback College entrepreneur program to develop and promote the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp on April 25, 2015.



COMPUTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT


• Celebrated numerous student completions, various student successes such as internship opportunities, upgraded/new jobs, and transfer to four-year universities in 2014-2015.

• Presented various workshops for students such as “Get LinkedIn” and “Got Soft Skills?”.

• Awarded grants for NetLab+, which introduces students to the latest information technology using virtual computer networking labs and curriculum.


• Presented and participated in the IVC Saddleback Student Success Summit in April 2015

• Participated in the Annual Cengage Learning Computing Conference in March 2015

• Participated in the Engagement Forum (Professional Development) at Long Beach City College in March 2015

• Participated as a member of the CTE Panel for the High School Counselor Conference

• Participated as members of the monthly regional OC ICT/DM Advisory Meetings hosted by the Deputy Sector Navigator (2014-2015)

• Conducted CIM Advisory with the ICT/DM Advisory Meeting in December 2014

• Conducted “Hour of Code” event with Microsoft’s Adam Tuliper with IVC students in Spring 2015.

• Attended the MiraCosta ACCJC Accreditation Workshop in October 2014

• CIM faculty organized and participated in Microsoft Training for ICT Education in October 2014 at the Microsoft Office in Irvine.

• Participated in Internet Marketing for the 21st Century in October 2014

• Participated as part of the Waitlist Design Team Spring-Fall 2014

• Participated in the IVC Team for the Growth Mindset workshops; presented this at both the Fall and Spring Professional Development Weeks to IVC and Saddleback faculty.

• Participated in the Great Teachers Seminar – learned and implemented great teaching strategiesin August 2014

• Participated in the NSF-funded WomenTech Educators Training Workshop, hosted by Mid-Pacific ICT Center in which we created recruitment and retention plans to help increase the number of women in CIM in June 2014.

• Participated in the Mid-Pacific ICT Summer Professional Development Week inJune 2014

• Received approval of updated CIM programs (four associate of sciences, four Certificates of Achievement, and two Certificates of Proficiency)

• Participated in California’s Course Identification program as a Faculty Discipline Review Group for ICT/CIM courses at all CCCs.



PARALEGAL

• Held the first IVC Legal Clinic advisory meeting in March 2015

• Held paralegal student Family law forms training in March 2015

• Hired new adjunct Civil Litigator Scott Newman


• Held Fall Paralegal Program Advisory in December 2014

• Conducted a three-part, Pre-Law Informational Seminar Series in conjunction with Trinity Law School


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Fine Arts

VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT


• Development for the new Interactive Media Arts (IMA) including nine new courses, first advisory and three new certificates.

• The Digital Media Art Program (DMA) co-hosted an Advisory Board Meeting with the Interactive Media Art Program.

• Attended Maker fair in San Francisco as professional development


• IMA has two 3D printers and is preparing to integrate the Oculus Rift into courses.

• IMA students worked with amputee/comedienne Damien Merlina to create an interactive prosthetic. The team reimagined an arm and its use for an artist.

• “Call of Duty” senior character artist visited the IMA game design class to judge 3D prints.

• The IMA is a SIGGRAPH – Education papers reviewer.

• The DMA Program is undergoing a program update with funding from the California Career Pathways Trust.

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• DMA Professor Terry Chatkupt completed a sabbatical project during the Fall 2014 semester.

• Professor Chatkupt presented a live music performance/experimental video screening of his sabbatical project at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex Intimate Theatre at Cal State Los Angeles on May 23, 2015.



DANCE DEPARTMENT


• Produced six Main Stage concerts, including:

> Two highly acclaimed Performing Dance Ensemble (PDE) concerts regarded as surpassing the four-year institution level, and featuring two guest artists premieres, four dance faculty premieres and a repertory from the ensemble

> Two lecture/multimedia performance outreach concerts to local high school students that included a High School Dance Day with master classes with IVC dance faculty; selected excerpts and full-length pieces from PDE concert; interactive multimedia presentations “Dance – The Interdisciplinary Art” and “Dance – The Art of Do’s and Don’ts”; promotional materials about our campus, admissions processes, department schedules, financial aid, and benefits of coming to IVC.

> Two full Dance Department concerts with three performances each with featured guest artists, dance faculty and student works that included all levels of dance program students. This series included one guest artist premiere, one guest artist work restaged, five faculty premieres, six faculty restaged works and eight student work premieres.

> A fall informal concert with student full-length and in-progress choreography from choreography class; and student Choreographic Proposal Auditions for Main Stage production the following term.

> A spring informal concert with students from dance classes with many performing for the first time; auditions for student choreographic proposals for the Main Stage production for the following term; and announcements for upcoming events and auditions.

• In memory of Marie de la Palme, the Dance Department collaborated with her family and the Office of Marketing, Communications and Broadcast Services in creating an 11-minute video biography shown in all formal dance concerts; video selection and distribution of selected works by Marie shown at IVC music concert and professional performances in Los Angeles; and photo selection and distribution of other materials for tributes to Marie during professional performances in Los Angeles and Opening Flex Week activities.

• Awarded two dance scholarships to an incoming freshman and a current student; created the Marie de la Palme Memorial Scholarship


• Attended two American College Dance Festivals, promoting the technical and artistic talents and strength of the department on an intersegmental level – twoyear, four-year, and graduate level dance programs. Students were recruited to transfer programs and networked with professionals in the field. A panel of three professional adjudicators noted the artistry and technique of PDE dancers.

• Various faculty, spearheaded by the chair, met with various local professionals in the field to discuss ways to improve students’ job preparedness.

• Forty-seven new courses were written and submitted. Twenty-one revised courses were submitted. Twenty courses were approved.


FACULTY AND ACCOMPANISTS ACHIEVEMENTS

• Don Bradburn:

> Honored guest at a symposium/conference hosted by USC and the German government on Russian Arts and Artists in Los Angeles

> Presentation of 14 pages of photos of Soviet Era ballet defectors Nureyev, Makarova, Gudonov and Baryshnikov included in a published journal by USC that will be introduced at the event

• David Warrick Jones, producer:

> Completed a four-year project producing an album available for distribution for Nebraska Falls

• Ronnie Ciago, percussionist:

> Performed in a concert with Omar Akrim, Grammy winner for New Age Music

> Toured China to perform live

> April 2015, recorded on a new album in Los Angeles with Bill Ward from Black Sabbath

• Victoria Barrett:

> Adjudicated at the Utah Shakespeare Festival competition (in the dance division) and taught a master class. This is a three-day competition for all things Shakespeare; acting, lighting, and staging of all kinds, including dance, stage fighting, and music.

• Gabe and Mindy Copeland:

> Director of Tap Overload, a company with the goal of producing tap shows and other media content for mainstream audiences

> Producers and creators of tap dance film shorts for YouTube: www.youtube.com/tapoverload

• Marica Pendjer:

> Director of Motion Tribe – taken over after the death of Marie de la Palme – supervising the restaging of Marie’s works in Los Angeles and at IVC

> Director of Resident Communications at the Irvine Company

• Angelika Nemeth:

> A featured workshop instructor, performer, and competition judge both nationally and internationally since 1990, most recently, in June 2014, at the Mediterranean Delight Festival in Loutraki, Greece.

> Performer and choreographer for group pieces for nine IVC dance concerts, most recently in Fall 2014.

> Artistic director and choreographer for annual World Dance Celebration concerts at Orange Coast College since 2009, most recently in May 2015. The morning concert is a school outreach program for elementary, middle and high school students. The evening show is for the general public.

> Performer for the 34th year in the annual Orange Coast College Faculty Dance Concert in Fall 2014

> Director for 25th year of annual 45-minute presentation on Middle Eastern dance for Tustin Tiller Days in October 2014 during Yoga Sutra Seminars with Robert Birnberg, Loyola Marymount University faculty. The Yoga Sutras, compiled 2,300 years ago by the Indian sage Patanjali, is the foundational text for the philosophy and science of yoga.

> Monthly Seminars at Be The Change Yoga in Irvine, with several sessions, as well as a yoga workshop on the 5 Elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether, with Diana Pipaloff at Yoga Shakti in Irvine. Held monthly February-June 2015.

> July 2015-Dececember 2016, 300-hour yoga teacher training at Yoga Shakti


• Kathryn Milostan-Egus:

> As chair, she is integral in all departmental work and administrative load previously accomplished by three full-time faculty including: being artistic director of all productions, author and/or supervisor to all curriculum (see above), coordinated and conducted advisory panel meeting, creation of budget forecasting documents, created new administrative documents to improve scheduling, outreach, publicity, and supervision of all 10 part-time instructors and four accompanists.

> Taught 30-hour Gyrokinesis® Teacher Training at Ektaa Center in Irvine

> Founder and president of InsightHELPS Foundation Inc., resources for elite athletes to those with neurological disorders.

> Completed all paperwork and received federal nonprofit tax-exempt organization status

> Created There is Hope Presentations to Parkinson’s Organizations

> Donates a weekly training session at local senior living facility for Parkinson’s caregivers and clients

• Significant progress with Parkinson’s patients with their mobility, speech and sense of smell, moving according to individual needs

• Trains caregivers to keep exercises going in between sessions, while also learning how to stay safe themselves

> Presenter at the American College Dance Festival Association – Intersegmental Curriculum Meeting between the dance faculty at two-year, four-year and graduate level programs

> TOP/CIP code status for dance

> New state curriculum requirements – 51% ruling

> Creation Intersegmental work groups

> Creator of the multimedia presentation – “Dance – The Interdisciplinary Art”

> As director, she spearheaded the collaborative 11-minute video tribute to Marie de la Palme, selecting and directing the vision, timing and placement of music and photos and the multimedia presentation “Dance – The Art of Do’s and Don’ts,” in which she choreographed one segment and directed the overall vision.

> Completed a three-day “Fascia Works” Conference on the newest developments in anatomy and its applications to body therapies

> Completed a three-day Recertification Update for Gyrokinesis® Pre-Trainers at Up Studio in Long Beach to be able to hold Gyrokinesis® teacher trainings (pre-trainings) and became certified to teach new formats as per new curriculum “Metamorphis,” a breathing and rejuvenation course, and “Happy Moves,” which includes the use of music

> Conducted research of local two- and four-year institutions to inform future plans for the IVC department and state-wide dance departments under new state curriculum regulations



MUSIC DEPARTMENT


• Sent 38 students (majors and non-majors) to the Music Association of California Community Colleges State Conference in San Diego. The conference participation was funded in part by ASIVC.

• Sent five students to National College Band Directors National Association Small College and Community College Intercollegiate Band at Vanderbilt University in March 2015. This was the 17th consecutive year IVC wind and percussion students have been accepted to CBDNA Intercollegiate Ensembles. The conference participation was funded in part by ASIVC.

• IVC Master Chorale performed at Cal State Fullerton Collegiate Choral Festival in March 2015. The performance was funded in part by ASIVC.

STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Eleven music majors transferred to seven different universities.

• They were accepted at 10 different institutions as well as one to the United States Marine Corps Music program.

• They were awarded 13 scholarships from the transfer institutions, and three of our music major transfer students are double majors.

• Jonathan Cortez-Valdez, trumpet, enjoyed the world premiere performance of his composition Nova at the March 2015 Wind Symphony concert and received a second performance in June 2015 at Woodbridge High School, his alma mater.

• Sina Karachiani, piano, won first prize in the Music Association of California Community Colleges (MACCC) Composition Contest for his composition Sonata for Contrabass and Piano, performed by himself on piano and IVC music alumnus Tim Jensen, contrabass. The first movement was performed at the MACCC State Conference on November 19, 2014. Sina enjoyed the world premiere performance of his Octet for Brass Instruments at the April 2015 Student Composer Recital, conducted by fellow music student Nancy Stealey. Sina enjoyed the world premiere performance of Wind Symphony piece Breathing of Night at the May 2015 IVC Wind Symphony concert.

• Emily Luong, piano, enjoyed the world premiere performance of her arrangement for strings of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, at the May 2015 IVC Symphony Orchestra concert.

• Kirk Mendaros enjoyed the world premiere of Trumpet La Corridas de Toros de Neón at the May 2015 Wind Symphony concert, conducted by music student Jake Marsh. The second performance was at the IVC Scholarship Ceremony the same month.

• The IVC Master Chorale, Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony read over 30 student compositions, arrangements and composition excerpts in three reading sessions.

• IVC probably has the most active and departmentally integrated and cooperative student composition program in the California Community Colleges.


ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Bill Clyne, guitar and composition, received an Honorable Mention in the Associazione Ravel Composition Contest in Bergamo, Italy, for his work Refuge for Chorus and Orchestra.

• Jonathan Gerrard, guitar and composition, lecture presentation: Haydn, Zappa, and the Importance of Being Earnings-Driven at the UC Santa Cruz Eureka! Musical Minds of California Graduate Conference in May 2015. He received a 2015 UC Irvine Medici Grant to present and study in Paraguay for Summer 2015.

• Anthony Gilleland, percussion, placed in three categories at the Central California Day of Percussion:

> First place — timpani category

> Second place — snare drum category

> Fourth place — ensemble (CSU Fullerton Percussion ensemble)

CLASSIFIED STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Mark Petersen, senior laboratory technician, SOTA:

> Presented with the Anna L. McFarlin Sports for All Service Award, which is given annually to two members of the IVC community who have provided meritorious service to student-athletes.

FULL-TIME FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Dr. Susan Boettger, director, Keyboard Area:

• Summer 2014

> Director and Master Class teacher for Young Artists Concert Tour of 70 people to go to Helsinki, Talinn and St. Petersburg, including two concerts and master classes at the St. Petersburg Conservatory as the executive director of the Junior Chamber Music program. Taught daily master classes and coached students to prepare for the concerts.

• Ongoing

> Coordinator of the IVC Piano Master Class Series for piano majors. Guest teachers included Dr. Andrew Park, from Azusa Pacific, Ning An, a Steinway Artist, Roza Yoder, a renowned pedagogue, Svetlana Smolina, a Steinway Artist, Awadagin Pratt, aYamaha Artist and two-time performer at the White House, Steven Vanhauwaert, a Steinway Artist, and Dr. Janice Park, from Chapman University.

> Coordinator of the IVC Keyboard Series, involving eight concerts, including IVC faculty and guest artists from around the world.

• Fall 2014

> Performed in the Faculty Benefit Recital on the IVC Keyboard Series called “What Are Composers Writing Now?” with renowned violinist David Lisker and cellist Joon Sung Jun. Narrated by Patric Taylor.

> Adjudicator and director of the Junior Chamber Music (JCM) Auditions of 421 students from Southern California. Placed them into small ensembles according to age, level and location.

> Founder and director of JCM Debut Artists program for the top five chamber music ensembles in Southern California. The Clemens Quartet was featured on “From the Top” at the Kennedy Center and won first prize in the Enkor Chamber Music Program in Germany. The Incendium Quartet won first prize in the Fischoff International Chamber Music Program at the University of Notre Dame.


> Coordinated the near sold out IVC Keyboard Series concert featuring Young Steinway Artist Umi Garrett, who has been featured on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.”

> Founder and director of Composers Direct!, a JCM program to commission new works for chamber music. Collaborated with the UCLA Composition Department to match graduate student composers with young ensembles to premiere their works.

• Spring 2015

> Director and Master Class teacher for a musical tour for 40 young artists to the Idyllwild Academy of the Arts. Taught daily master classes and coached several ensembles at the academy.

> Presenter at the statewide conference for CAPMT (California Association of Professional Music Teachers) at Cal State Los Angeles on “The Power of Team Teaching and Team Learning.”

> Performed on the IVC Keyboard Series concert “IVC and Junior Chamber Music Together in Concert,” a collaboration between IVC faculty and JCM faculty, which includes professors from UCI, Chapman, USC, Colburn, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton and UCLA.

> Performed on the 15th Annual Piano Feast Benefit Recital for the IVC Keyboard Series.

> Presenter at six large gala concerts at UCI, the Colburn School and Cal Lutheran University, celebrating chamber music education through the JCM program.

> Organized and lead a Chamber Music tour to Helsinki, Talinn, and St. Petersburg as executive director of the JCM Program.

> Presented a session at the CAPMT State Conference titled: Importance of Teamwork in Music Education through Chamber Music.

• Dr. Daniel Luzko, Music Theory and Composition:

> Conduced the H2O Ensemble from Paraguay in New York, New Jersey and at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in April 2015.

> Invited guest lecturer on “Music and Techniques of here Polish composers: Witold Lutoslawski, Krzysztof Penderecki and Henryk Górecki” at Chapman University, sponsored by the CU Music Composition Area in April 2015

> Enjoyed the world premiere performance of the complete Violin Concerto with the Orchestra Sinfonica de la Ciudad de Asuncion in Paraguay, with colleague Iman Khosrowpour, violin, in June 2015. The Concerto is dedicated to legendary Paraguayan Music professor Jose Luis Miranda. At the same concert, Daniel will conduct The Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé and Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, with Paraguayan pianist Daniel Ayala. The concert was sponsored by the American Embassy in Paraguay and the Philharmonic Society of Asuncion, Paraguay.

• Stephen Rochford, director, Instrumental Music Area, conductor, IVC Wind Symphony:

> President, Southern Section Music Association of California Community Colleges (MACCC); co-coordinated the MACCC State Conference in San Diego from November 12-14, 2014; co-managed the 90 piece MACCC State Conference Intercollegiate Band; managed the Conference Faculty Recital; coordinated the Composition Master Class; presented a session: Transitioning from Part-Time to Full-time Faculty; represented MACCC at the annual meeting of the California Music Educators Association StandUp4Music Coalition at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Convention and Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Winter Conference, January 2015


> Continues to serve as/on:

• MACCC representative to the California Music Educators Association StandUp4Music Coalition

• College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) National Task Force on Small Colleges and Community Colleges

• CBDNA Western/Northwestern Divisions, “Bridgeworks” Composition Consortium

• California state representative for Two Year Colleges, Western Division, CBDNA

• Taught a clinic rehearsal with the Trabuco Hills High School Orchestra (with Iman Khosrowpour, conductor, IVC Symphony Orchestra) and Wind Ensemble, March 2015

• Presented a session to new faculty about the IVC Foundation, PROIVC and Fundraising and the Importance of Participating in Faculty Governance & Service on October 27, 2014

• IVC Instrumental Music Area (IMA) was a sponsor in support of the Irvine and Woodbridge High Schools Irvine Invitational Field Tournament.

• Represented the IVC IMA by presenting, with Iman Khosrowpour, the IIFT Music Sweepstakes Trophy and the High Woodwinds Sweepstakes Trophy

• Dr. Matthew Tresler, director, Choral and Vocal Music:

> Twelve performances with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in New Mexico in Summer 2014

> In September 2014, performed Beethoven 9 at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC); concerts at the University of Texas, Austin with Conspirare; recorded a forthcoming CD with Conspirare, “The Poet Sings: Pablo Neruda,” Goshen, Indiana

> In October 2014, was clinician at Bethany Lutheran Church Choirs in Long Beach and performed with LAMC in “Voices of Light”

> In November 2014, coordinated the Festival Choir for the Annual Conference of MACCC

> In December 2014, performed “Messiah” and “Rejoince!” with LAMC; performed at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the LA Music Center

> In January 2015, performed Beethoven Missa Solemis with LAMC and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Bach St. Matthew Passion with LAMC

> In February 2015, won the 2015 Grammy award for Best Choral Recording for appearance on the Conspirare CD “The Sacred Spirit of Russia”; performed with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in Santa Fe, Denver and the National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Salt Lake City

> In March 2015, was a singer for “Minions”

> In April 2015, performed Tan Dun “Water Passion after St. Matthew” with LAMC

> In May 2015, was adjudicator and clinician for Heritage Festivals in Anaheim; performed Music of Whitacre and Part with LAMC


PART TIME FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Christine Azzoni Dow, piano:

> Performed a Faculty Recital at IVC in April 2015; at the 14th Annual Piano Feast Concert at IVC in May 2015; at the Family Concert Series at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda in June 2015; and at the Music At Noon at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church in in Pasadena in June 2015.

• Stan Breckenridge, History of Rock and Roll, Distinguished Fulbright Scholar

> Published a second edition of “Music Taste or Waste: Critical Listening Skills for Students, Teachers and Parents” and a third edition of “African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film and Dance.”

> Composer, “To Be or Not To Be Sarcoidosis: A Documentary”

> Performed with Klaudia Kowalik on “Jazz Is Alive!” in 2015 and on “For the Love of Jazz” in 2014.

> In February 2015, he gave the keynote address for the Black History Month Celebration at Cal State Fullerton, sponsored by the Office of President Garcia and the African American Faculty and Staff Association.

> In January 2015, he gave a keynote address and performance for the Polish-US Fulbright Scholar Gala in Warsaw, Poland; was selected resident faculty for the DC Internship Scholars Program of Cal State Fullerton, which happened Summer 2015; and gave a lecture-demonstration for a student advisory board of the US Office of the Consulate General in Krakow at the residence of the US Consul General Ellen Germain.

• Tim Hall, applied trumpet:

> Performed “Billy Budd,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Renee Fleming, and “Bluebeard’s Castle” with the Los Angeles Opera; “Romeo Juliet” with the National Ballet of Canada; “Carmina Burana” with the Los Angeles Master Chorale; “Swan Lake” with the Australian National Ballet; “Pictures at an Exhibition” and the Antonin Dvorak Cello Concert with Yo Yo Ma and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra; Bach B minor Mass with the Long Beach Chorale and featured performance with Herb Alpert in June 2015.

• Iman Khosrowpour, conductor, IVC Symphony Orchestra, Applied Music violin and viola, Music Appreciation:

> In June 2014 he was named conductor of IVC Symphony Orchestra; performed various chamber music concerts in Germany.

> In November 2014, he taught a clinic rehearsal with the Trabuco Hills High School Orchestra and Wind Ensemble; represented the IVC Instrumental Music Area by presenting the IIFT Music Sweepstakes Trophy and the High Woodwinds Sweepstakes Trophy.

> In December 2014, he performed Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with IVC’s Ill-Tempered Chamber Players and performed a solo recital in Tokyo.

> In February 2015 performed in a faculty recital at the PAC.

> In March 2015 was an adjudicator for Northwood High School orchestra ensembles.

> In April 2015 was the featured performer for a Holocause Memorial Concert and Ceremony at Chapman University honoring Eli Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

> In May 2015, his private violin and viola students were top prize winners in the Musical Arts Competition of Orange County. One of his private violin students was the concerto soloist with the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Concert for Violin and Orchestra by Max Bruch. He also conducted the most important and difficult Symphony No. 8 by Franz Schubert for the first time with the IVC Symphony Orchestra.


> In June 2015, he performed in the world premiere of colleague Daniel Luzko’s complete Violin Concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of Asuncion in Paraguay.

> In July 2015, he founded the Irvine Music Festival and was the artistic director in it inaugural year.

• Gary Matsuura, Applied Music: saxophone:

> Selected by the Yamaha Corporation as an official Yamaha Performing Artist.

> His ensemble, the CCA JAZZ QUINTET, released a CD, “11 Shades of Jazz,” which features 11 new jazz compositions by the members Gerry Schroeder and Ron Kobayshi, sharing piano duties, Jack Prather, bass, Kris Berry, drums, Albert Alva, tenor saxophone, and Gary, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones. The making of this CD can be viewed on YouTube by searching “CCA JAZZ QUINTET.”

• Yi Suan Kate Lin, staff accompanist:

> Performed for the Ability First Benefit Concert in a piano duo with her husband, Warren Lee, and was an invited guest soloist at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

• Steve Pfeifer, Applied Music: string bass:

> His daughter is about to turn 1 year old.

> He performed for the first time with the Pacific Symphony in a side-by-side concert with Wild Up; the Sergei Prokofiev String Quintet with Definiens in Idyllwild; and he West Coast premiere of Ted Hearne’s “Law of Mosaics” with Wild Up and students at the Colburn Conservatory.

> His trio, The Upside, won the Beverly Hills chamber music competition and began completed arrangements of Igor Stravinsky’s “Ragtime” and Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo A La Turk.”

• Carla Reisch, Music History:

> Completed her fifth year in the Academic Senate as part-time faculty representative and served as a delegate to the CCA conference in April.

• Richard Sears, jazz piano:

> Featured at the Stanford Jazz Festival, performing with legendary drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath; recorded a trio record to be released this fall on the jazz record label Fresh Sound New Talent; performed with Chick Corea, Mark Tuner and Billy Hart

• John Schneiderman, Applied Music: guitar:

> Performed three concerts for the International Annual Russian Guitar Seminar and Festival: The Russian Guitar Festival - The Englert Theatre

> Featured guest leader/conductor and concerto soloist on the baroque lute and baroque guitar with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for their final baroque concert of the season in May 2015

> Featured artist interviewee for “This Is Classical Guitar,” speaking on his career and early music, early guitars, baroque lutes, Russian folk guitar and banjo and US folk music.


• Dan St. Marseille, director, IVC Jazz Ensemble:

> Featured guest soloist for the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) and city of Irvine Jazz Day in the Palm Court in the Great Park on May 9, 2015

> Performed as soloist and taught clinics with all four IUSD high schools

> Adjudicator for the Vanguard University Jazz and the Irvine High School Jazz festivals

> Guest clinician and soloist for the Riverside Community College Jazz Festival Day where he worked with the performing high schools in May 2015

> Recorded his sixth CD as a leader with Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, pianist Bill Cunliffe, bassist Roger Shew, and Paul Kreibich on drums. Titled “Invitation,” it is due to be released Fall 2015

> Appointed director, Contemporary Music Conservatory Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA)

> Nominated for a Grammy Foundation Music in the Schools teacher award

> With the OCSA Jazz Ambassadors at the Reno Jazz Festival

> AAAA Band Division fifth place and AAAA Jazz Combo Division second place



SPEECH/FORENSICS DEPARTMENT


• At the Phi Rho Pi National Championship Tournament in Cleveland, the Speech and Debate team took double gold team sweepstakes in debate and overall in its division, as it has for the past five years. No other community college has done this.

• At the National Parliamentary Debate Association National Champions, the team was the top community college in the year-long sweepstakes. The forensics team has won the title for the last four years. No team has ever had this long of a winning streak.

• The forensics team fielded the largest community team in the country. The team had over 115 students compete over the course of the season. The team won hundreds of awards, including numerous sweepstakes such as the league novice championships at Saddleback College from April 25-26.


• Ayden Loeffler was distinguished as the top debater in parliamentary format at the California Community College Forensics Association State Championship.

• Kristina Reitveld was distinguished as the top debater in international public debate format at the Phi Rho Pi National Championships.

• The debate team of Fatima Alamire and Jacee Courter took a gold award in team debate at the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament with an undefeated record.

• The team administered three successful outreach tournaments to young debaters ages 12 to 17.

• The team hosted the British National Debate Team for the 10th time.

• The team hosted the Irish National Debate Team for the first time.

• The team awarded 16 Debate Champions scholarships.

• Seven forensics students were selected for the All-Academic Team of the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association.


FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Chair Gary Rybold wrote an instructor guide on the Irvine Valley Project. The pedagogy of the IVCP substantially increases the quantity and quality of speaking opportunities in the classroom. The guide can be found at Professor Rybold’s faculty page: www.ivc.edu/faculty/grybold/Pages/Profile.aspx. He has also been invited to write an article for the European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL Testing. The article focuses on second language instruction strategies to increase critical thinking skills during oral communication. Professor Rybold is coordinating the 2016 China Debate Tour. The tour will visit three or more cities and have IVC students partner with Chinese students to form “friendship teams.” The tour is scheduled for May 25 - June 11, 2016.

• Professor Edwin Tiongson completed his second year of coursework towards an EDD in Education Leadership at Cal State Fullerton. He will continue his preliminary dissertation work investigating communication apprehension and IVC, the innovative pedagogical approach to teaching the basic course in Communication. He is working on hosting duties for the Phi Rho Pi National tournament, the largest full-service community college national forensics championship. Over 50 programs and 600 participants are anticipated to attend the tournament in April 2016.

• Julianna French completed her second year as a full-time instructor. She attended over a dozen tournaments with the national championship forensics team. Additionally, she was asked to serve as the tab staff at eight tournaments throughout the forensics season. She ran tabulation for such tournaments as the PSCFA Warm-Up and Janesse Davidson Memorial Tournament in the fall, as well as the PSCFA Cool-off and Tabor-Venitsky Forensics Tournament in the spring. Julianna French is expecting her first child in early August. She is excited to meet her baby girl.



THEATRE DEPARTMENT


• This year Scenic Designer Mike Collins held scenery construction workshops for local high schools. Twenty-five students worked on design projects with him, building and painting set pieces for a variety of projects including set pieces and props for the musical “The Little Mermaid.”

• Professor M. Scott Grabau made numerous improvements to the department curriculum including rewrites of the Theater Arts Associates Degree for Transfer and the Associates Degree in Theater Arts. In addition, three new courses were approved for IGETC Arts transfer credit. Scott also secured significant new additions to the PAC’s stage lighting equipment inventory, which will provide students with access to more modern equipment as well as enable fully lit shows in the Studio Theater and the Main Stage simultaneously.


• Jehann Williamson took time off from directing and choreographing Main Stage showstoppers to welcome the debut of her son, Kieran. Working in smaller venues, she and vocal director, Kent Helwig, collaborated to provide roving entertainment for the staff holiday party. Over the summer, she returned to choreographing on the Main Stage for the highly anticipated production of “Hairspray.”

• The fall began with a bang as Kent Helwig served as vocal director for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The show was great fun and played to standing room only audiences in the IVC Studio Theatre.

• Additionally, Kent, with the help of Jay Williamson and Randy Woltz, created vocal arrangements of traditional carols and contemporary songs tailored to the range and voice type of our singers for the a cappella Dickensian Christmas Carolling at the college’s Christmas party in the PAC. The trio continued working with IVC’s outstanding theatre students when they created a small a cappella 1940s revue ensemble that delighted all attending the Foundation Award Dinner at the Lyons Air Museum in April.

• New full-time costumer Nancy Bracken created over 300 costumes this season for the Department of Theatre and Department of Dance productions. Nancy is instrumental in the development of the Costume Shop at the PAC.

• New this year to the Department of Theatre, Michelle Upton has wowed audiences with her amazing make-up designs. Her designs for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the fall production of Mary Shelley’s ’“Frankenstein” were breathtaking.

• Since 1990 Ron Ellison has functioned as chair of the Department of Theatre. This year’s upcoming production of “Hairspray” marks the 110th IVC production that Ron has produced and or directed. He is excited about the 2015-16 theatre season and hopes faculty and staff will join him in supporting our outstanding Theatre Arts students. This season will include works by Neil Simon, Moliere and Stephen Sondheim.

• Paul Burt, a new theatre instructor and stage director, has had a busy year. Not only did he direct a large scale production of “Frankenstein,” written by IVC alumni Kyle Seitz and performed on the Main State in the PAC, but has worked throughout Southern California with several local theater companies, including Mysterium, Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse and Alchemy. On multiple occasions Paul was called last minute to replace actors who encountered health issues and could not perform, including a production of “A Christmas Carol” where Paul stepped into the role of the greedy icon Scrooge on two weeks’ notice.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Humanities and Languages

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT


Professor Alvarez:

• Professor Alvarez’s 2009-10 sabbatical project, tentatively titled, “The Barricades of Heaven: a Literary Field Guide to Orange County,” has been accepted for publication by Heyday Books and received substantial institutional support from UCI and Chapman University. It is slated to appear in Spring 2017 and will be used as a textbook at both universities. She is proud to note that it features many contributions from IVC’s literary journal, The Ear.

• The Community of Writers, the summer writing conference which Professor Alvarez has co-directed for over a decade, has been awarded the 2015 Barbary Coast Award for literary achievement. The award will be given in a ceremony in San Francisco in October during the Litquake festivities.

• This year, four of Professor Alvarez’s poems appeared and were accepted for publication in the following journals: Codex Journal, Zocalo Public Square, Truthdig and Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature.

• In September, Professor Alvarez was included in the inaugural show of the new OC reading series “Tongue and Groove” at Fullerton’s Continental Room. She read alongside UCI Professor Ron Carlson and novelist Samantha Dunn.

Professor Serpas:

• As co-chair of the National Conference on Acceleration in Developmental Education, instructor Summer Serpas helped the annual conference in its move to California after seven years in Baltimore. She worked with the directors of the Accelerated Learning Program from the Community College of Baltimore County and the California Acceleration Project to plan the conference.

• IVC faculty presented at five sessions at the National Conference on Acceleration in Developmental Education: “What the…?: Listening, Observing, and Intervening to Identify and Address Affective Issues in the Accelerated Classroom” (Jamie Dingman, Kurt Meyer, Rebecca Kaminsky and Melissa Knoll); “From Here to There: How to Develop a Thematic Course and Progression of Assignments for the Accelerated Classroom” (Rebecca Kaminsky and Summer Serpas with Tricia George and Julia Rybould-Rodgers from Allan Hancock College); “The Instructional Sequence in Action: Windows into Accelerated English” (Melissa Knoll with Bridget Kominek and Mike Mangan from Fullerton College and Julie Ewing from Lake Tahoe College); “Beyond the Pilot Stage: Supporting Faculty to Expand Successful Accelerated Courses” (Summer Serpas with Jeanne Costello and Kim Orlijan from Fullerton College and Leslie Henson from Butte College); and “ESL Program and Curricula Acceleration: Irvine Valley College’s ESL Program Redesign” (Rebecca Beck and Jeff Wilson).

• Presentation at the RP Group’s 2014 Strengthening Student Success Conference: “Beyond the Pilot Stage: Supporting Faculty to Expand Successful Accelerated Courses” (Summer Serpas with Jeanne Costello and Kim Orlijan from Fullerton College and Leslie Henson from Butte College)



WORLD LANGUAGES

American Sign Language


• There are noticeable improvements in student retention with sign language courses at Irvine Valley College. We usually garnered interest from students taking SL 21 courses but we don’t see a continuation having them take the following SL 22 course. In Fall 2014, we had one SL 22 course with 18 students. In Spring 2015, we had two SL 22 courses with 60 students. This translates to a triple increase in retention for students interested in learning more about the language. There are numerous requests for SL 23 and SL 24. We will be submitting course developments in the fall. We expect that the number of students enrolling in the courses to be steady in the next year.

• We submitted a resource request titled, “Excellence in Learning through Technology for Foreign Language Students.” The request includes a total of 40 iPads, protective cases, and an iPad cart to be used in the classroom for activities, individual work projects, and tests. We wanted to make the classroom experience more readily accessible to an ever-growing technical-savvy generation. The request was approved and the purchases are pending. It is expected that they will be used during the Fall 2015 semester. They can also be used for other foreign language courses as well. We are excited about the resource being available for the program.

• The professional ASL teaching community has little or no knowledge about what we offer here at IVC. We didn’t have a full-time faculty to work with the community in the past. Now that we do, we are actively involved in community events such as workshops and related events. We attended the ASLTA-LA (American Sign Language Teachers Association – Los Angeles Chapter) three-day professional training in January, adopting new materials for classroom instruction. We also attended the ASL teaching conference hosted by Crafton Hills College and San Bernardino Valley College in March. We have attended ASL gatherings in Brea, ASL Poetry nights in Los Angeles, and a Deaf Expo in Pomona. We continue to keep in touch with numerous ASL faculty members at other colleges for networking and advancements in ASL instruction.

French


• Having completed the range of French classes at IVC, students Christian Torres and Julianne Harmon are transferring to French programs at UCI and UCLA with the goal of majoring in French and linguistics.

• The French Club became official in Fall 2014 under the guidance of the very dedicated French Club Student President Morgan Paulsen. The club was very active throughout the year with biweekly events: members attended the San Diego French Festival on September 30, 2014, organized a “Happy Finals and Happy Holidays” madeleines and hot chocolate send-off event on December 17, met at Moulin Bistro in Newport Beach for conversation in French, and hosted a Saint Valentine’s Open Mic Night on February 13 in collaboration with the English Club.



Spanish


• Professor Beatrice Tseng completed her sabbatical project: “Integrating Culture, Grammar and Vocabulary in the Spanish Program Through Games and Power Point Presentations.” The goal of her sabbatical was to enhance students’ grasp of vocabulary, grammar and culture presented in Spanish classes through cultural Power Point presentations, and communicative and cooperative games. The Spanish Department has adopted a new textbook, “Tu mundo.” To enhance the cultural information presented in each chapter, Professor Tseng created 15 cultural Power Point presentations introducing and further describing each country and a set of 15 Jeopardy games based on the culture, grammar and vocabulary of each chapter to be played as a review the day before a chapter exam. This set of Jeopardy games is available to all instructors who are teaching with “Tu mundo” by accessing her website at http://www.ivc.edu/faculty/btseng/Pages/JeopardyTM.aspx .

• Beatrice with Jeanne designed a hybrid Spanish 1 course that will be piloted this fall.

• Jeanne beginning work on the second edition of Tu mundo, a comprehensive beginning Spanish text with fully online platform for content and assignments.

Japanese


Professor Ishii:

• Worked as an assistant producer of the Kimono Festival on February 8, an event sponsored by IVC, the city of Irvine and Irvine Rotary Club. The event was a great success and the PAC was filled with an enthusiastic audience. Some 50 Japanese people performed a spectacular kimono show. I received certificates from IVC, the Rotary Club and the city of Irvine. From the auction at the event, we raised over $20,000 and donated a portion of the money to victims of Great Northeastern Earthquake and Tsunami.

• I published a biography depicting life in the US. “Ochazuke Onnna to Steeki Otoko” illustrates the different ways of thinking, manners of expressing oneself, and the legal systems of the US and Japan. The book focuses on a single mother raising two small children while trying to be independent. It demonstrates the difficulty of finding a job in a foreign country without support from relatives and during constant legal battles caused by divorce. The book, written in Japanese, is donated to IVC Library.

• For my sabbatical project I created 10 videos about the kimono culture, history, dyeing techniques, weaving process, and demonstrations of dressing in different types of kimono and obis. They are on the Language and Learning Resources’ Japanese website, under Kimono Showcase (http://academics.ivc.edu/LLR/japanese/pages/kimonomovies.aspx). Additionally, I presented the Kimono Showcase on September 12 with a guest speaker. The video of the presentation is broadcast on IVC TV Channel 33 and also is available in the website.

• I was selected to be vice president of the Orange County Japanese American Association and organized a Japanese speech contest for students taking Japanese courses at Orange County high schools. There were nine contestants and the speech contest was a great success.

• One of the students in the Japanese class and a Japanese student entered the HTCC at UCI and gave a poster presentation of Anime influence in American culture.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Kinesiology, Health and Athletics

Athletics


• Irvine Valley College athletic teams won state championships in women’s volleyball, men’s tennis and women’s sand volleyball. It is the second time in school history that IVC has won three state championships in a year.

• Three Irvine Valley teams also earned fifth-place state finishes. Those teams were women’s golf, women’s basketball and men’s volleyball.

• There were five individual state championships turned in by Irvine Valley athletes. Leleaga Meredith won the individual state golf title, the team of Max Rumeau and Valentin Baize captured the men’s tennis doubles state title and the teams of Marisa Doran and Kobi Pekich, Annie Mitchem and Emily Reinking and Samantha Holdgredge and Hailee Earnest each won individual pairs state titles in women’s sand volleyball.


• The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced that women’s volleyball player Annie Mitchem was picked as the AVCA Two-Year College National Player of the Year for the second season in a row. The 6-foot-2-inch Mitchem ended the season leading the nation in hitting percentage (.517), fourth in blocks per set (1.24) and third on her team in digs per set (2.46).

• Irvine Valley’s women’s volleyball team had a perfect record of 27-0, losing just seven sets all season. The season culminated in the team’s first California Community College Athletics (CCCAA) State Championship. Irvine Valley also won the Orange Empire Conference title. Annie Mitchem was named Orange Empire Conference most valuable player and all-state, Marisa Doran was picked first team all-conference and first team all-region and coach Tom Pestolesi was chosen as the conference and the Southern California Coach of the Year.


• Irvine Valley’s men’s tennis team went 18-1 and captured the program’s first ever CCCAA state championship. IVC, which won the Orange Empire Conference and the Southern California playoffs, defeated the North’s top team, Foothill, 5-2, in Ventura. IVC finished second in the state in 2014.

• Irvine Valley’s women’s basketball team won the Orange Empire Conference title for the first time since 1998-99, made the Southern California playoffs regional final and finished with a record of 27-4. Sophomore Breanna Turner and freshman Jordan Coleman were named honorable mention All-American, Turner was picked as the Orange Empire Conference player of the year and first team all-state and coach Julie Hanks was chosen as the conference coach of the year.

• Irvine Valley’s baseball team reached the playoff Super Regionals for the first time since 2008 and finished with a record of 23-18 overall. Sophomore pitcher Justin Zielinski smashed a school record for complete games and was named first team all-conference and all-state.

• Irvine Valley’s women’s soccer team had one of its best seasons. The Lasers ended with a 12-4-6 record overall, went 9-3-4 in conference for third place and made the Southern California playoffs for the first time in 20 years. IVC also beat powerhouse Cypress for the first time in program history. Sophomores Emely Portillo and Tiana Salazar and freshman Evelyn Lucatero were each named firs team all-conference.

• Sophomore women’s volleyball player Kobi Pekich was named the Orange Empire Conference Fair-Play Character Champion award winner. The award is given to the student athlete who displays sportsmanship, respect, caring, fairness, civility, honesty, integrity and responsibility. She was selected after showing the ability to juggle school, indoor and sand volleyball, as well as community service.

• Women’s volleyball player Annie Mitchem and men’s tennis player Guillermo Ucelay were named Irvine Valley’s female and male athletes of the year, respectively. Women’s volleyball player Marisa Doran and men’s volleyball player Cole Murray were picked as the school’s scholar athletes of the year.

• Irvine Valley had 91 athletes from its 13 sports named scholar athletes in 2014-15.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Library Services


• New library recruitments!

> Technical Services – Carol Adams Huff

> Circulation & Reserves – Joshua Gladieux and Leah O’Donnell

• New library technologies

> IVC Library has successfully migrated and implemented new web-based library technologies to enhance user experience and improve library workflow. This upgrade has three components:

1. A new integrated library system, OCLC WorldShare Management Services, which facilitates improved workflow and user services.

2. A new catalog and search interface, OCLC WorldCat, which leverages the largest library catalog on Earth, to provide our IVC community access to a wider range of resources.

3. A new Course Reserve module which provides better organization and search functionality for items in Library Textbook Reserves.

• In Fall 2014, the library began offering Saturday hours during regular semesters to support increasing student demand.


• Banned Books Week event, September 21-27, 2014

> On a hot Wednesday afternoon on September 24, 2014, students, faculty and staff gathered in front of the IVC Library to celebrate Banned Books Week. The English Department and the Library worked together to organize this celebration of literature. English instructors Virginia Shank, Lisa Alvarez and Kurt Meyer, and their students read key passages that showcased works from Ray Bradbury and other banned books authors (See photo #1).

> As part of the festivities, librarian Celina Lee organized a display of books from Ray Bradbury and other authors using materials from the IVC Library collection (see photo #2). Library patrons were encouraged to interact and post their favorite books on large poster sheets. It was exciting to see a wide variety of literature genres posted by our patrons.

> Following the event, the library took the book titles contributed by library patrons and placed orders on titles that are not in the library collection. These new books are expected to arrive in Fall 2015.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONStudent Success Center


• The Student Success Center served over 3,000 IVC students for over 18,000 tutorial sessions this year. Students also spent over 39,000 hours working in the computer lab.

• The Student Success Center launched ~24-7 online tutoring free to IVC students.

• Student Success Center tutors Shinda Bermane and Gary Bui were crowned Homecoming queen and king.


• The Student Success Center hosted hundreds of eigth-graders and high school students who visited IVC.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering


• IVC continues to improve on all metrics related to the NSF iUSE grant, which is led by the UCI Engineering Department. UCI and IVC performed advanced planning on long term growth related to IVC engineering course and class size, with a full freshman/sophomore engineering experience.

• New engineering classes ENG 100 (Engineering Research) and ENG 20 (MATLAB for Engineers) were offered in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. The classes are fully articulated with UCs and CSUs. Classes filled up before classes started.

• Offerings of ENGR 30 (Statics) ENGR 54 (Material Science) and ENGR 70 (Network Analysis) continued with strong enrollment. Plans are made to offer these classes again next year. There seems to be a demand for the engineering classes. We will need bigger classrooms for more offerings.


• New curriculum for ENG 80 (Engineering Dynamics) and ENG 91 (Engineering Thermodynamics) is completed and these two classes will be offered in Fall 2015.

• Engineering students helped launch water rockets for students who came to IVC as part of the Astounding Inventions Science Competition, sponsored by the IVC Foundation. ASEC was awarded $200 to run the water rocket launch.

• IVC engineering students obtained a few internships with Irvine-based tutoring companies, Space X and others.

• ASEC students presented more than a dozen presentations at the SCCUR and HTCC conferences this year. Abstracts and presentations included modeling space junk, SOLIDWORKS modeling of various suspension systems, and aerodynamics of aerial advertising One presentation on mathematical modeling of EBOLA spread got the best abstract award at HTCC.

• IVC’s ASEC Robotics Team won first place for its design of TARRo, “Triage Assistance Rescue Robot,” in UCI’s judging of designs submitted by local school teams for a ground-based rover. The team is working in a temporary robotics lab set up at ATEP. The project was showcased at the OC Fairgrounds.

• Engineering students built and launched high-powered rockets at Lucerne Dry Lake Bed. They also visited the Armstrong Lab and a few fellowships were awarded for the summer of 2015.

• Engineering students are still going strong with their 3D printing group. The club is raising funds by selling their 3-D printed artwork at various locations.

• Engineering students hosted a STEM transfer day that was well attended. Counselors and faculty from Chapman University, UCI, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Long Beach and Cal Poly Pomona attended and gave advice to IVC STEM students.

• ASEC students ran monthly STEM experiments for their club members including projects that required networking with Life Sciences and Physical Sciences. Experiments included gene splitting, rocket building, bridge building and other projects that required a multidisciplinary approach. They also assisted in the grand opening of the Solar Decathlon site. However the project progress was not fast enough for the students to stay involved after the fall semester.

• Math Modules got revitalized to be offered in Spring 2015. In Fall 2015, there will be a pilot class offering as a hybrid class for the first time.

• Curriculum for a new Math for Elementary School Teachers class is launched. The class will be offered in Spring 2016.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Physical Sciences and Technologies


• Last year IVC was awarded a NASA California Space Grant (CALSPACE) in partnership with UC San Diego and several other colleges around the state. Alec Sim and was the IVC PI and Zahra Noorozii CO-PI. The NASA CALSPACE award is two years in duration and serves as a seed grant. Faculty and students are provided with training in the use and implementation of Arduino micro-controllers, electronics development, and basic engineering practices. The application of the CALSPACE program at IVC came in two stages. First students interested in the CALSPACE program enrolled and completed ENGR 100, an introductory undergraduate research course. Students developed the necessary skills to design, integrate and build complex systems using engineering design methodology; the final project was an automated solar tracking system. Guest speakers such as Dave Berger of NASA Armstrong gave presentations last spring. Eleven students were selected to participate in the summer program (two students from the course received NASA internships separate from the CALSAPCE program). Alec Sim and Zahra Noorozi, of IVC physics and engineering, respectively, have worked together in both ENGR 100 and the Summer 2015 CALSPACE program in partnership with NASA Armstrong to assist in the development of the next Mars airplane (PRANDTL-M). Students have engaged in the development of an autonomous flight control system, avionics, science sensors, camera systems, communications, and data reduction for this project. In addition, students assisted in on-site (NASA Armstrong) testing of PRANDTL-M systems. The PRANDTL-M project has received national attention and was recently discussed in Aviation Week. This work is part of an ongoing effort to develop undergraduate research at the college level. This spring, ENGR 100 continued with new research in structural design, autonomous flight systems and frame fabrication. Students will return to classes this fall and give presentations at local conferences (SCCUR and HTCC).

• The Chemistry Associate of Science for Transfer Program was written and submitted. Students who met requirements of the degree will be guaranteed entrance into a California State University.

• Reviewed IVC’s Organic Chemistry curriculum. Two new chemistry courses were submitted, Chemistry 13 and Chemistry 13L, meeting requirements of the new CSU chemistry transfer degree.


• Another successful Mad Chemist show was presented during the Astounding Inventions Event.

• Submitted a funding request, which was later awarded (May, 2015), allowing a substantial upgrade to the Chemistry Department’s 60 megahertz NMR spectrometer. This upgrade allows for greater ease-of-use by chemistry students.

School of Life Sciences and Technologies


• In collaboration with local industry and other regional colleges, launched a biotechnology program, with emphasis on biomedical devices.

• Hired a new full-time instructor, Justin Wright, who will not only be teaching courses in our core sequences for majors and non-majors, but assisting in our development of applied ecology/environmental sciences program.

• In collaboration with the Office of the President and the director of Facilities and Maintenance, initiated a pilot program to convert existing outdoor spaces on campus into an array of environmentally sound and educationally valuable assets.


• In collaboration with faculty, the BEES Garden Club hosted several plant sales and fundraising events in support of the Life Sciences Greenhouse plant collection and various projects at the BEES Garden, including a pond restoration.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Psychology

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YEAR FOR JERRY RUDMANN

• The curriculum for Psych 3L Physiological Psychology Lab is written and awaiting the various levels of approval. We have acquired the necessary lab equipment so that we can offer the course to students as soon as the curriculum is approved. This includes: 10 dissection microscopes and tools for sheep brain dissection, 10 compound microscopes and slides of neurological material, and 10 physiological response boxes that allow students to measure heart rate, respiration, EEG, skin response, and response time to stimuli. The lab will allow students to investigate the link between brain and behavior, and give them practice collecting and analyzing experimental data.

• Psi Beta students continued the CONNECT classroom peer-mentor service project in several sections of introductory psychology and behavioral statistics. CONNECT is a student-driven service learning project and research study aimed at increasing the rate at which incoming students succeed and persist at IVC.

• Four psychology instructors (two full time, two adjuncts) attended the Western Psychological Association Conference in Las Vegas. They accompanied 14 psychology honors students who presented their research in a Psi Beta student research poster session.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

• Twelve psychology students presented research posters and oral presentations at the IVC/Saddleback Research Conference, as well as HTCC at UC Irvine.

• Psi Beta students presented 10 Heroic Imagination Project workshops on Mindset and the Bystander Effect at IVC and several local high schools.

• Psi Beta’s chapter earned Psi Beta’s Chapter Excellence award for 2014-15.

• Two Psi Beta students were recognized for submitting winning research papers to Psi Beta’s national student research competition. Harmonie Strohl’s paper, “Stress Management as a Mediator between Self-transcendence and Academic Success,” won first place, and Audrey Lim’s paper, “High Learning Professors: Distinguishing Characteristics and Ability to Form a Working Alliance with Wtudents,” won third place.

• Professor Jerry Rudmann was elected board president of the Association of College Honor Societies. ACHS certifies the legitimacy of America’s honor societies.

• The Psychology Department has nearly completed development of a new learning outcome assessment process designed to gauge transfer readiness of psychology majors. The final product will generate summative department level reports and formative individual student reports.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONSchool of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Political Science


• The Model United Nations Program broke records at national conferences in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. At MUN Nationals in Washington, D.C. (Fall 2014), the team won 12 awards, the most awards won by a single school in the history of that conference. At MUN Nationals in New York (Spring 2015), the team won 15 awards, once again breaking its own and conference records.

• The Political Science Department awarded two Political Science Scholarships, two Model United Nations scholarships, and four political science writing awards in April 2015.

• The Political Science Department assembled a team of colleagues to draft a proposed new, interdisciplinary Global Studies Program for submission in Fall 2015. Departmental faculty wrote curriculum for the new program’s two core courses—Global Studies 1 and Global Studies 2—which were approved in Spring 2015. The new program proposal will be submitted in the fall.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

• Cale Crammer was recognized by the Irvine Valley College Foundation for Faculty Excellence. The department hired five new adjunct faculty: James Cemo, Shirin Sahani, and Stefan Kehlenbach, who began teaching in Fall 2014, and Steven Cauchon and Donnie Bessom, who began teaching in Spring 2015.

• Joon Kil and Traci Fahimi attended the CID/DIG meeting for Area Studies/Global Studies in October 2014.

• The Model United Nations program hosted its own conference at IVC, with 185 delegates from area schools in attendance.

• Joon Kil attended the Western Political Science Association conference in March 2015.

• The department conducted its comprehensive program review in Fall 2014.

• One of our students presented a political science paper at the 15th annual HTCC Student Research Conference for California Community Colleges in March 2015.

• Two of our adjunct faculty became first-time parents in Spring 2015. Shirin Sahani had a daughter, Aleeya, in February, and Cale Crammer had son, Rory, in April.

• The Model United Nations hosted two Global Policy Forums—in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. The forums debated the US’s global power, drone strikes, the role of non-state actors, and the effectiveness of economic sanctions. Roughly 200 people attended.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONHonors Program


• The IVC Honors Program was comprised of about 400 members during the 2014-15 school year. The program offered 56 honors sections in a variety of disciplines over the course of the year. A record 115 students completed the Honors Program this year, fulfilling the program requirements of a minimum of 15 honors units and 5 honors courses with overall and honors course GPAs of 3.25 or better.

• Honors Program graduates continued to be admitted to prestigious transfer institutions at impressive rates, including Columbia University, Northeastern, University of Texas-Austin, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCI, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona, CSU Long Beach and CSU Fullerton. Seventy-three Honors Program students were admitted to UCI, and a record 42 students were extended UCI’s Honors to Honors Transfer Agreement, which offers transferring students automatic admittance to UCI’s Campuswide Honors Program, guaranteed housing, a Regents’ Scholarship, and other benefits. Forty-eight Honors Program members were accepted to UCLA, and 33 to Berkeley. IVC Honors Program graduates were admitted to UCLA at a rate of 73%, well above the overall average acceptance rate of 28%. Berkeley accepted 53% of IVC Honors Program applicants versus 23% of transfer applicants overall.

• The IVC Honors Program further expanded its sponsorship of IVC students at several local and regional research conferences in 2014-15. Overall, 154 students were accepted to present their faculty-mentored research at four conferences, and students won $2,060 in research awards. Students’ conference research projects this year included topics in anthropology, art history, biology, economics, engineering, film studies, geography, history, japanese, legal studies, literature, mathematics, physics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Nine students had research abstracts accepted for publication.


• On November 15, 2014, the IVC Honors Program hosted the Thrd Annual IVC/Saddleback Student Research Symposium. Fifty-five students from IVC and Saddleback shared poster displays and oral presentations of their research in a range of disciplines. The event featured a keynote address by Dr. David Dixon, assistant professor of physics at Saddleback College, who spoke on “Pathological Physics: Tales from ‘The Box.’” Awards were presented for the top research posters and the top research abstracts. Poster Awards went to Amanda Hale for “Improving Entomopathogenic Nematode Viability,” to Alexander Pham for “Case Study: Alameda County Drug Disposal,” and to Cody Strohl for “The New Robotic Age: The Consequences of an Automated Economy.” Outstanding Abstract Awards went to Kayla Orlinsky and Milena Tintcheva for “Outbreak Imminent: A Math Model Illustrating the Emerging Problem of Ineffective Quarantine Measures due to Overcrowding in Hospitals,” to Karina Pauletti for “This Rat’s Better Off Dead!: The Role of Media in the Negative


Depictions of Islam after 9/11,” to Monica Kirollos and Katayoun Yazdi-Nejad for “The Effect of Low Light Level Stimulation on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Cultures,” to Melissa Mokhtari for “Damming the Amazon: The Social Costs of Hydroelectric Dam Development in Northeastern Brazil,” and to Zeina Mousa for “Disney’s Arabland: The Simplification and Stereotyping of the Arab Culture in Aladdin.”

• In November 2014, the Honors Program sent 29 IVC students to present their research at Cal State Fullerton at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR), an annual conference for community college, four-year college/university, and high school California students. IVC was one of the few community colleges to participate in this competitive conference and had by far the largest contingent of students among represented community colleges.

• In March 2015, the Honors Program sent 59 IVC students to the 15th Annual HTCC Student Research Conference at UCI. The IVC contingent represented the largest number of presenters from a single college, and IVC students took home several prestigious awards, including two of only five Outstanding Abstract Awards presented. These $500 awards went to Kayla Orlinsky and Milena Tintcheva for their project “Promoting a Cure: Using Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Results to Predict the Infectiousness of the Ebola Virus,” and to Shawn Kim for “Genetic Exploration of Conserved Unknowns in C. elegans.” In addition, IVC students received the only two UCI Grant Awards, presented by the UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Zeina Mousa won for her presentation “A Prize to be Won: The Sexualized and Objectified Image of the Arab Woman in Disney’s Aladdin,” and Shawn Kim won for “Genetic Exploration of Conserved Unknowns in C. elegans.”

• On May 2, 2015, the Honors Program sponsored attendance of five IVC students at the highly competitive Bay Honors Symposium at Stanford University. Fatima Alamire presented “Hydropolitics: Waging a Water War”; Melissa Mokhtari presented “Damming the Amazon: The Social Costs of Hydroelectric Dam Development in Northeastern Brazil”; Kayla Orlinsky and Milena Tintcheva presented “Protecting our Nurses: Using Mathematical Modeling to Illustrate how the Problem of Hospital Overcrowding Could Propagate Ebola”; and Bahareh Sorouri presented “Neurolaw on Hold.”

• Six Honors Program members were mentored by Professor Roy McCord throughout the 2014-15 school year in research projects related to photonics-based instrumentation in stem cell and diabetes tissue engineering. The team is part of McCord’s FemSTEM pilot project, which is designed to promote women in STEM careers. The research projects were conducted both on campus and in the Prodo Labs campus in Irvine. FemSTEM team members are Chiara Delos-Reyes, Monica Kirollos, Angela Park, Rae-Nicole Rios, Kaydee Soo and Katayoun Yazdi-Nejad. Several team members presented their findings at research conferences.

• The IVC Honors Program inaugurated the IVC Student Research Team, led by IVC Honors Program members Kayla Orlinsky and Rahil Hamza. The team led workshops throughout the year for IVC students interested in presenting research at local and regional conferences. Other team members included Milena Tintcheva, Melissa Mokhtari, Reagan Smith and Sara Ali.

• Nine current and former IVC Honors Program students had their research abstracts published in “Building Bridges,” the conference proceedings from the 2014 HTCC Student Research Conference, released in February 2014.

• Honors Program members Kayla Orlinsky and Cameron Abrams received an Honors Transfer of California Exemplary Achievement Award and $250 for their exemplary academic record, perserverance and contributions to the Honors Program.

• Honors Program student Kayla Orlinsky was selected for the 2015 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-California Academic Team for her outstanding academic achievement and service to college and community.

• The Honors Program awarded $1,800 in Honors Program Exemplary Achievement Scholarships to transferring students Cameron Abrams, Noël Hong, Kayla Orlinsky and Christie Yamasaki, and to continuing students Ana Beltran-Castillo, Wyeth Binder, Michelle Phi and Reagan Smith.

• Through the cooperation of Honors Faculty, the Honors Advisory Committee and the Curriculum Committee, the Honors Program transitioned to a new curriculum entailing discrete course outlines for 32 honors courses. This new format brings the program into line with UC expectations and will better serve students by making honors courses clearer to transfer institutions.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONCareer Technical Education and Workforce Development

GRANTS OFFICE


• Irvine Valley College and its K-12 and community college partners within Orange County, in collaboration with the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE), have received grant funds from the California Department of Education (CDE) for the California Career Pathways Trust (CCPT) grant program. The $500,000 award will be allocated toward IVC’s Advanced Manufacturing, Bio-Technology, Digital Media, Engineering, Environmental Energy, Information Communication Technology, and Photonics programs.

• IVC instructor Emalee Mackenzie has received a grant award that provides mentoring and guidance in training IVC faculty in the latest tissue culture techniques to develop a tissue culture course and to complete the curriculum for a biotechnology certificate and associate in science for transfer degree program. This $20,000 award is from the MentorLinks program, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project administered through the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).

• IVC faculty Matt Wolken has received an award through UCI for the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (iUSE) from the National Science Foundation. The goal is to develop cross-enrollment opportunities in engineering and computer science for community college students; develop and articulate introductory engineering and computer science courses; establish community college cohorts for transfer to UCI; and offer a summer bridge program for community college students. This $151,564 award is over a three-year period.


• The IVC Grants Office receives funding from a variety of sources including federal and state agencies. New grant awards/allocations in the 2014-15 fiscal year totaled $1,799,411.

• IVC has received an additional $238,000 to provide fiscal management for the CA Career Café, which is now in its sixth and final year of funding. The Grants Office managed a total $3,157,229 in funds over the six year period for this project.

• IVC received a renewal award for its Deputy Sector Navigator grant in Energy Efficiency and Utilities to address industry needs and educational capacity in the Energy and Utilities sector. This $330,000 award will be used to build new industry and education collaboratives that will create opportunities for curriculum development, regional career pathways, employment and help drive long-term economic growth.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONOnline & Extended Education


• Collaborated with Saddleback College in coordinating the now annual Student Success Summit. This collaboration included nearly 150 participants and presenters and featured vendors and invited speakers. The keynote speaker this year was Mr. Brad Philips and Vice Chancellor of the California Community College Chancellor’s Office Dr. Theresa Tena provided a workshop.

• Distance Education (DE) achieved several milestones this past year, with amazing work from the Distance Education Task Force and under the leadership of Dr. Roopa Mathur and Dr. Amy Stinson, faculty co-chairs:

> Completed and approved via the college’s consultation process the first DE Faculty Handbook

> Updated and approved the DE Online Education Curriculum Form

> Completed the Administrative Unit Review process, including unit outcomes for assessment and improvement

> Fully vetted the district regulation on distance education

> Completed and approved the Online Education (OE) Strategic Plan, including strategic enrollment management and professional development as critical goals and

> Will be the Online Education Committee (OEC) beginning fall 2015.

• Community Education has responded to emerging regional and community needs through initiatives such as:

> Transition in Independent Living and Employment (TILE) program has:

o Convened a Board of Directors, including Dr. Cathleen Greiner

o Initiated a second cohort

o Placed student participants in jobs, internships and apprenticeships

o Sponsorship from a significant business entity in Irvine

o Completed a short video celebrating the students and their achievements, as well as the collaboration with Irvine Valley College

> Adding new courses in personal finance and retirement

> Including personal interests in community service

> Continuing to partner with WIA/WIB to offer career training programs to students online

> Initiating strategic partnerships that are sustainable and scalable, such as piloting certificates in Health and Wellness and Navigating the Global Economy



• The College for Kids @ IVC continues to support educational offerings to include STEP, Computer Science, Languages, Sports and Fitness and various content specific camps, serving nearly 1000 young people annually. There is a renewed focus on technology, computer coding and reading.

• The IVC Emeritus Institute (EI) serves a breadth of community participants throughout the service area. Accomplishments this year include:

> Successful and ongoing community partnerships for Emeritus programs in 14 off-site locations in five South County communities

> Emeritus participants serving their communities and garnering recognition for creativity, through examples including

o Cecilia Kim’s selection as Emeritus Faculty of the Year. Her class also performed at the Barclay Center, as it has annually, during the holidays. Cecelia has been teaching at IVC for nine years and her experience and excellence as a musician and chorale leader are well known in the region.

o Annette Hernandez and her EI participants continue to both amaze and garner award winning recognition for beading creations at the Orange County Fair.

o Pat Schader and many of her students participated in the Festival of Children; she and students serve on the board of the charity ART4KIDS INC., and helped her present this art event for 200 children.

o Donna Hanna-Chase’s student was honored as a runner up in the national Citra-Solv collage contest: Spirit of Water (beautiful!)

o Celebrated the contribution of the Emeritus Institute to a community of lifelong learners by acknowledging instructor Beejay Janiga, who has taught for IVC for 24 years and is a former USO performer. She attended the Foundation Awards Dinner and kept up with the younger entertainers.

• The regional Testing Center (TC) at IVC continues to offer exams for professional certification, career development and public employees; it will add the MCAT exam to the roster this year. Online academic exams from universities across the county are offered through the center as an authentication location and IVC faculty are increasingly using the TC, as well.


OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONResearch, Planning and Accreditation


• Completed a competitive application to participate in the White House’s Commitments to Action on College Opportunity and supported President Roquemore as he represented IVC at the first lady’s second College Opportunity Day of Action in Washington, D.C.

• Completed a critical waiver application that qualified IVC to apply for major federal grants such as the Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and Title III grants.

• Supported the successful development of the 2015 Student Equity Plan


• Lisa Wang presented on IVC’s Student Equity Plan at the 2015 RP Conference.

• Amid ever-increasing demands for planning and data, Lisa Wang and Craig Hayward completed 135 research requests in 2014-2015.

• Brooke Choo and Craig Hayward co-presented on the results of an innovative tutoring study at the 2015 RP Group conference.

• Craig Hayward was co-presenter for four sessions at the 2014 Strengthening Student Success conference, including a session with Jerry Rudman and Brooke Choo on the IVC CONNECT program, a session on using high school transcript data to assess and place incoming students, a session on the California Acceleration Project, and a session on the affective precursors to academic achievement.

• Gainful employment disclosure statements are now posted online, as required by federal law

• Research conducted numerous surveys, including a survey of veterans regarding PTSD symptoms and support options, the second annual Professional Development survey, a survey of Distance Education students, a survey of International Students, and a survey of students who have completed a workshop designed to get students off of academic probation.

• The research team moved from A114 to A120.

• Completed the ACCJC annual report in March 2015.

• Hosted the Southern California summit for Multiple Measure Pilot Colleges.

• Craig Hayward presented an invited session on the impact of acceleration on gatekeeper English and math completion at the 2015 ASCCC Academic Academy.


• Craig Hayward won an Excellence in Statewide/Regional Region award from the RP Group for co-authoring an evaluation of accelerated English and math coursework titled “Curricular Redesign and Gatekeeper Completion: A Multi-College Evaluation of the California Acceleration Project.”

• President Roquemore presented Craig Hayward with a President’s Award recognizing his “excellence in planning, data support and visionary leadership.”

• Craig Hayward and Lisa Wang facilitated an action-packed strategic planning and budgeting retreat in Summer 2014.

• Summer Serpas, Carrie Goulding and Craig Hayward presented on accelerated basic skills English at IVC and Saddleback College.

• Research created personalized data reports for our high school partners and brought in guest speakers from Cal-PASS Plus to the annual High School Principals’ Breakfast.

• Completed our second annual submission to the AACC’s Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA)

• Provided the Outreach Office with contact information for hundreds of local high school students who had applied but had not completed matriculation.

• Analyzed how many incoming students are taking advantage of enrollment priority via the Freshman Advantage Program.

• Created report that provides contact information for students who have not yet completed the required Comprehensive MAP.

• Welcomed two new research team members: Loris Fagioli, who is focused on SSSP work, and Bruce Feinstein, who is filling the research and planning analyst position Lisa vacated when she took over the senior research and planning analyst position.


ATEP

• IVC’s Robotics Team won first place for its design of TARRo, “Triage Assistance Rescue Robot,” in the UCI’s judging of designs submitted by local school teams for a ground-based rover. The UCI Rescue Robotics Competition asked teams to design a 25-pound device that could autonomously locate and identify up to 30 “victims” placed in a 10,000-square-foot disaster zone. IVC’s six-person team was drawn from many of the college’s engineering, science and computer programs and was led by Jose Antelo and Jordan Carnaggio, with the participation of Emily Sin, Jonivan Artates, Logan Hurtado and Xochitl Alvarado. The team’s faculty mentor is Professor Jack Appleman who was assisted by Professors Matthew Wolken (Engineering), Brian Monacelli (Photonics), Brett McKim (Design), Alec Sim (Physics), and Zahra Noroozi (Engineering). The team was organized under the auspices of the Applied Science and Engineering Club (faculty advisors Ilknur Erbas-White and Jack Appleman) and received funding and administrative support from Dean Corrine Doughty, Dean Lianna Zhao, Ms. Merry Kim, and Mr. Matt Suarez. The team is working in a temporary robotics lab set up at ATEP and is encouraging IVC students and staff to visit on Mondays and Fridays to find out more about their project, which is planned to continue for the next two years as they improve their design from version 1.0 to a fully operational version 3.0.

• Conducted advisory committee meetings for the Biotechnology, Digital Media Arts, Electronics, Electrical, Photonics, Sustainability and Resource Management, Business Information Management, Engineering, and Museum Studies. As a result of the advisory meetings, all programs listed above submitted Perkins program improvement applications for fiscal year 2015-16.

• Submitted to the California Community College Chancellor’s Office the following program approvals for Certificates of Achievement, Associate of Science or a combination of the two certificates and degree options:

1. Administrative Assistant

2. Web Authoring

3. Local Area Network: CISCO

4. Computer Applications

5. Photonics

6. Biotechnology


• Of the 25-plus students who enrolled in the Photonics Technology Program, more than 20 students found new work or advanced their existing careers in the optics and photonics industry. Hiring managers and engineers from the industry have been in direct contact with IVC faculty to request IVC Photonics Technology students for their technician job openings.

• The IVC Photonics Technology Program was asked to host and present information about our educational program at the December meeting of the Optical Society of Southern California, the largest local section of the professional society, Optical Society of America. This meeting attracted over 70 professionals from local industry and academia.

• The IVC Photonics Technology Program successfully taught, in collaboration with industrial partners Precision Optical and Newport Corporation, both courses of the new NSF/OP-TEC curricula in Precision Optics. These courses, Quality Assurance of Precision Optics and Metrology of Optical Systems, were written by IVC faculty for the NSF/OP-TEC.

• The Advanced Technology Education Park through the Energy & Utility Deputy Sector Navigator is an Accredited Training and Education Facility (ATEF) for the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER).

• The CTE division participated in a grant partnership proposal with Saddleback College to apply for the Career Pathways Partnership Trust program in Stem Core. Additionally, IVC continues to partner with Orange County Department of Education on the Orange County Pathways Partnership Grant. Our focus is Biotechnology, Pre-Engineering, Digital Media Arts and Computer Information Management.


• The CTE division participates in the Orange County SB1070 grant led by Coast Community College District (Coast CCD). The Work Group is initiating opportunities to work with the statewide Academic Senate in addressing policy change on articulation policy and practice.

• Corine Doughty participated in a three-day trip with Southern California Edison at the Big Creek San Joaquin River Hydroelectric Project, on the world’s greatest hydroelectric power developments. The event took place May 13-15.

• Hired the Design Build Criteria architect firm LPA Inc. for the Advanced Technology Education Park. The firm established the design build criteria to be used on prospective buildings within the 62-acre educational, commercial/industrial framework.


OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICESVice President’s Office


• In October 2014, 62 of IVC’s employees visited 426 local organizations to remind them that IVC was their local community college. This outreach event was a total success, as it allowed tremendous partnership building. In October 2015, members of those organizations will be invited to a Mega Outreach Mixer at IVC to learn about our many programs and services.

• Student Services hosted a successful first year with its Student Ambassador program. Fifteen very talented and motivated students participated in over 177 programs and activities during the year. Many of these activities were initiated by the President and Vice President for Student Services.

> In February 2015 the IVC Ambassadors hosted a You Are Amazing Talent Show as the annual project for the program. Participants ranged from talented students to incredible faculty. The Ambassadors raised over $600 for scholarships.

> On May 14, 2015, an end-of-the-year celebration was held in the A 100 lobby to recognize the ambassadors for their contributions to an amazing inaugural year.

• Each year the Irvine Chamber of Commerce hosts a Leadership Conference. The Office of the Vice President for Student Services contributed funds again in 2015 in order to offer 10 individuals a professional development opportunity.


• In April 2015, IVC entered into a districtwide work group to focus on the development of sexual assault policies for the district. There have been many new laws created, including Senate Bill 967, which requires colleges to establish a training program for students, faculty and administrators that will heighten awareness about what sexual assult is, and offer training on how to respond. IVC is increasing website content, developing a video for our campus, and creating brochures and training materials to give to our students. At the opening day on Aug. 10, Linda Fontanilla, Liz Cipres, Nancy Montgomery and Will Glen will provide a keynote speech on sexual assault, including how to stay in compliance with regulations and how to respond when approached regarding sexual assault.

• Commencement attendance was up by roughly 30% this year, and the scholarship program had a new format for 2015. The event was held in the Live Oak Terraces, where students and donors were able to sit together. Over $200,000 in funds provided over 300 student scholarships this year. In attendance were VIPs, the chancellor, the board of trustees, and the community. The event went very well in its new venue and we look forward to holding our future events there. We are also looking at a new software, Academic Works, to help us process the more than 700 applications for the scholarship program more efficiently than the current STARS program.

• During the month of May, the Vice President for Student Services also supported the Orange County Women’s Global Conference, which 10 individuals attended.


• As a requirement of the Student Success Act of 2012, all California community colleges were required to update or create a Student Equity Plan. The workgroup members of this plan were Lisa Wang, Candice Yacono, Maria Nunez, Vincent Cooper, Kathy Schmeidler, Dennis Gordon, Robert Melendez/counselors and Linda Fontanilla. This plan, based on institutional data, looked at six indicators of student success: Access, Course Completion, Basic Skills Completion in English, Math and ESL, Transfer and Completion (SPAR rate) to determine where disproportionate impacts existed for targeted groups of students. IVC’s report was approved by the Board of Trustees in November 2014 and submitted to the State Chancellor’s Office in December 2014. With the successful completion of the plan, IVC was allocated $380,000 to support the college’s efforts to identify and mitigate the disproportionate impact found in our student populations.

• The Vice President for Student Services hosts two All Staff and Faculty update meetings each semester. Attendees also are asked to participate in hands-on activities and cross trainings, which consist of each department’s manager and staff giving a thorough overview of their operation. This has proven to be a very effective format and will be used in the future.

• In 2015 the Vice President for Student Services offered three staff or faculty the opportunity to job shadow in her office. In February 2015, Yancie Carter spent two days attending strategic planning and staff meetings, and observing several operational activities. He reported this was a very positive experience and, if given the opportunity, he would do it again.


OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICESChild Development Center


• The accomplishments listed below occurred while providing a quality learning environment for 140 children ages 2 ½ through 5 from 7am to 6pm, Monday through Friday.

• From June 1, 2014, to May 22, 2015, students participated in the Child Development Center’s Lab School 1,325 times (i.e. one student may utilize the center’s Lab School for several different courses, time slots and/or student assignments). This does not include groups of students who came in as a class.

• Parent Involvement and Events: 95 Tours were given to a total of 148 families, Annual Priority Registration, Family Picnic, Pumpkin Patch Field Trip, Fall Parent Teacher Conference Night, Multicultural Food Festival, Santa’s Visit, Valentine Exchange and Fresh Baked Treats made by children, Spring Parent Teacher Conference Night, Family Support Network /Developmental Screenings, Mother’s Day Gifts and Tea, Father’s Day Gifts and Breakfast in recognition of Mothers and Fathers.


• Provided training for the new Ambassador Program in June 2014

• Collaborated with Campus Police on a Swat Drill at the CDC in July 2014

• Parent Handbook revised and made available on the website in August 2014

• Hired one part-time child development specialist and an administrative assistant in September 2014

• Presentation made to EOPS Advisory Committee on October 21, 2014

• Staff, children and parents went on a walking Field Trip to the pumpkin patch on campus in October 2014

• Children’s Individual Assessments completed in October 2014

• Fall Parent Teacher Conference night held in November 2014

• Observed other centers in Irvine in November 2014

• Participated in a market outreach to local businesses by representing the college and delivering cookies in November 2014

• Santa arrived with lots of good cheer in December 2014

• Provided orientation and new handbook to practicum students and staff at the January 2015 staff meeting

• Hosted a Valentines Breakfast for Parents and children in February 2015

• Two Staff Development Days for PITC Training for new 2-year-old Program in February 2015

• Community Care Licensing conducted an unannounced visit to the CDC in March 2015 and we passed with flying colors

• Spring Parent Teacher conferences held in March 2015

• Two staff members attended an all-day workshop titled “Handwriting without Tears” in March 2015


• The CDC participated in a district audit in March 2015

• Two staff members attended Pre-K Articulation meeting in April 2015

• The CDC collaborated with the Family Support Network and offered a free developmental screening, which included seven different areas of development to 65 families, including our existing families as well as the community in April 2015.

• Students from the Department of Music performed for the children and introduced them to different instruments in May 2015

• Successfully placed a work study student as a reading tutor through the Financial Aid Program

• All classrooms received new signage to educate parents on what children learn

• New banners were hung to advertise the Child Development Center to the public

• New shade structure was installed in the Red Yard

• Staff work day was held May 16, 2015, in preparation for the new school year

• Monthly classroom meetings were held and PM staff meetings as needed

• Monthly fire drills, panic button checks, bi-monthly earthquake drills including the Great Shakeout and Lockdown drills

Supportive Services

DISABLED STUDENTS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES (DSPS)


• Provided support and services for more than 900 students and proctored in excess of 2,000 exams.

• Hosted a Student & Parent Information Night for students transitioning from high school to IVC.

• Distributed a Disability Awareness Questionnaire to all faculty and management to increase sensitivity to students with a disability.


• Hosted high school transition workshops in the summer to acclimate new students to IVC.

• Hired a full-time DSPS counselor to provide additional support to students.


TRANSFER CENTER


• The IVC Transfer Center hosted the first Latino Transfer Night on February 19, 2015. With the IVC Student Equity Plan showing that Latino students are transferring at a lower rate than other groups, we planned an evening for 40 Latino students and their families that included a delicious Mexican dinner, speakers informing guests about student success services, hands-on assistance filing FAFSA and California Dream Act applications, and $25 IVC Bookstore vouchers for the first 25 participants to RSVP.

• The IVC Transfer Center embarked upon a very successful Northern California Campus Tour trip for 31 IVC students April 16-19, 2015. Student Equity Plan funding and ASIVC funding helped make this journey to Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Cruz, Stanford, Berkeley, San Francisco State, and University of San Francisco possible.

• The IVC Transfer Center’s annual Fall Transfer Fair on October 7, 2014 was one of the biggest ever with over 60 UC, CSU, private, and out-of-state universities in attendance and Krispy Kreme doughnuts to entice IVC students to participate.


• The IVC Transfer Center in partnership with the IVC Career Center hosted three “Happy Hour” events in Spring 2015, which included professionals and university programs from different disciplines popular with IVC students. One hundred, twenty-five students had the opportunity to hear from and interact with panelists representing professions in arts, communication, technology, business and health.

• The IVC Transfer Center welcomed 350 high school seniors and their parents to the annual High School Student-Parent Transfer Night on April 14, 2015. Guests were treated to a mini-fair attended by UCI, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Long Beach, ASU, Concordia, IVC Athletics, the IVC Honors Program, and the IVC Summer Bridge Program. Attendees then listened to information about various IVC activities and programs followed by a university panel and a student panel.

• The IVC Transfer Center served 624 students attending UC Transfer Admission Guarantee, CSU application, UC application, and UC personal statement workshops between August and November 2014. These workshops walked students through the application process necessary to apply for Fall 2015 admission and included one-on-one assistance after each workshop.


OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES CAREER CENTER & JOB PLACEMENT


• The Career Center hosted two job fairs in the 2014-15 academic year: one in the fall, and one in the spring. Each had over 50 employers in attendance to recruit talent from the student body. Two smaller fairs were hosted to promote seasonal job opportunities to students: one in October for the holiday shopping rush and another in May to promote summer job opportunities and internship programs. Over 70 students attended the Seasonal Job and Internship Mixer in May.

• In the spring semester, the Career Center hosted 36 workshops. Topics included Strategies for Job Search Success, Internship Match Programs, LinkedIn, and Soft Skills. A total of 51 hours of drop-in services were offered to students. Students were able to drop-in for résumé reviews, help with Career Technical Education (CTE) certificates, and interview preparation.

• The Career Center coordinated an exploration series for various CTE programs. Each workshop highlighted a different certificate program, such as Entrepreneurship, Paralegal Studies and Photonics.


• A full-time Career Technical Education (CTE) counselor was hired to provide career counseling and CTE program information to students.

• In the 2014-15 academic year, the Career Center registered 614 new employers to the college’s job posting website and over 1,300 jobs were posted for students.

• The Career Center Facebook page went live this academic year and will allow students to receive the most up-to-date information on upcoming services and events.


OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICESGuidance and Counseling

ATHLETICS COUNSELING


• Completed over 230 comprehensive Student-Athlete Academic Plans on MAP. Conducted a year-long study of advising outcomes.

• Counseled 20 F1 visa student-athletes regarding requirements for athletic eligibility, associate degrees and transfer; attended training and meetings with an IVC international counselor and the IVC International Student Program leadership.

• Met with teams of student-athletes; presented information about IVC campus resources, matriculation requirements, available materials to prepare for the assessments and the option of the Writing Sample after the initial assessment, as applicable. Provided Student-Athlete Advising Workshops and Student-Athlete Question and Answer Sessions.


• Assisted student-athletes in utilizing the new request system in MySite to file for associate degrees or certificates; recorded a list for tracking.

• Provided feedback for associate degrees in MAP as more student-athletes plan to complete an associate degree too.

• Presented and spoke with high school students and parents regarding the benefits of co-curricular learning through intercollegiate athletics for the High School Student-Parent Transfer Night 2015, and was joined by an IVC former student-athlete who returned to speak on the student panel.


ASIVC/STUDENT LIFE


• Facilitated the redesign of the Scholarship Awards Program to accommodate additional participation and increased interaction among donors and scholars.

• Enhanced student life through the development of new programs and expanded continuing programs, including Welcome Back Days, Fear Fest, Club Days, Cram Week, and the new Interclub Council Workshop for new club officers.

• Worked closely with ASIVC leadership to ensure strong participation of students in campus governance.


• Continued to support logistics for major campus programs.

• Worked with Marketing and Outreach to collect data of participants for Preview Day.

• Migrated the ASIVC budget allocation process to the campus online system.

• Continued a process that enabled requestors to present funding requests before student leaders.


ACADEMIC SENATE


• Approved the Full-Time Tenure-track Faculty Hiring Priority List for 2014-15 and approved Academic Search Committee Appointment Recommendations.

• Discussed and worked on numerous Board Policies and Administrative Regulations, through the District-wide BPAR Committee. Of particular note are

> BP and AR 4011.1 – Full-time Faculty Hiring

> BP and AR 2150 – Smoke and Tobacco Free District

• Discussed collaboratively, and participated with representatives of Saddleback College and District Services through the District-wide Calendar Committee, in recommending to the Board of Trustees the Academic Calendar 2016-17.


• Through its representatives on the Accreditation Oversight Work Group (AOWG) and the Strategic Planning and Accreditation Council (SPAC), has continued preparing for the upcoming Self Evaluation Report due to ACCJC in Spring 2017.

• Approved the Program Review schedule and the revised Program Review Process

• Approved the IVC Dispute Resolution Policy (re-instituted)

• Participated in development and implementation of the Student Equity Plan (SEP)

• Participated in development and implementation of the Student Success & Support Program (SSSP)

• Supported a pilot program for supporting Discipline-Focused Mentoring

• Coordinator/Chair positions continued:

> SLO Coordinator Cheryl Delson

> CTE Task Force Co-Chair June McLaughlin

> BDRPC Faculty Co-Chair Bob Urell

> APTC Faculty Co-Chair Bob Urell

> SSAMMO Faculty Co-Chair Brenda Borron

> IEC Faculty Co-Chair Kathy Schmeidler

> SPAC Faculty Co-Chair Kathy Schmeidler


• Approved through the curriculum process:

> New courses

> Revised courses

> Deleted courses

> New programs

> New Degrees for Transfer (AA-T and AS-T)

o Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Early Childhood Education, Economics, English, Music, Philosophy

> Revised programs

• The Center for Academic and Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ) in the Library has been used by a wide-variety of groups, including faculty, staff, committees and the Board of Trustees for their Listening Session. Both the lounge and conference room have been used extensively for formal and informal gatherings.

• Continuing to work with IVC IT on the insideIVC and outward-facing IVC web presence of the Academic Senate and subcommittee.

• Developed/updated/approved the following reports/policies:

> Distance Education Faculty Handbook

> School - Program Realignment

> Full Time Tenure-Track Faculty Hiring Priority List Development Process

> District-wide Strategic Plan 2014-2020

> Field Trips Board Policy and Administrative Regulation (in-process)

> Participated in the Planning and Decision-Making Manual revision and the included strategic planning committee reorganization

> Resolution in Support of the US Constitution and Academic Freedom

> Reversion to a special Final Exam Week schedule

• Organized/Participated in successful Professional Development activities:

> Participated in the further development and improvement of the online Faculty Professional Development System to make the C1, C2 and C3 forms paperless; will continue to work on improving the system.

> Initiated expanding this system to include

o funding from multiple courses

o professional development for classified staff

> Fall 2014 IVC Professional Development Week


> Orientation for new and interested faculty members (approximately weekly); topics and presenters included:

o Kathy Schmeidler ~ monthly: college tour; full-time isn’t just a large part-time job; virtues of investing in the job and the institution; communication; responsibilities; structure of Academic Senate and participatory governance; Planning and Decision Making Manual and committee work; IVC budget & resource request process

o Craig Justice and Kathy Schmeidler ~ monthly: the intricacies of scheduling, college finances, enrollment management, DRAC, BPs/ARs; FTES; planning and productivity

o Cori Doughty: CTE, ATEP, Workforce Development

o David Gatewood: “Student Engagement Techniques”: A Presentation of Resources for Becoming a Better College Teacher

o Cathleen Greiner and Craig Hayward: Accreditation

o Judy Hemni: Disabled Student Programs and Services, alternative media and another tour

o Diana Hurlbut: Curriculum, Programs and the associated processes

o Lewis Long: Faculty Association; contract negotiations

o Roopa Mathur: Distance Education; and with Jery Rudmann, Daniel Scott, Michael Cassens: “Mindset”

o Steve Rochford: fund-raising, program building, Foundation, and PROIVC

o Summer Serpas: accelerated program and the “getting students to read” session

o Jeff Wilson: ESL and educational research

> Spring 2015 IVC Professional Development Week

> The joint IVC and Saddleback Colleges’ Student Success Summit Spring 2015

• The Academic Senate Cabinet and other members of the Faculty participated in Professional Development Conferences and Networking Meetings, including:

> Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Plenary

> Hosted meeting of ASCCC Executive Committee at IVC

> Member of ASCCC Transfer and Articulation Committee

o Hosted meetings of this committee at IVC

> Member of ASCCC Educational Policies Committee

o Hosted meetings of this committee at IVC

> Curriculum Institute 2014

> ACCJC Accreditation Workshop 2014

> “Leading From the Middle”

• The Academic Senate Cabinet actively participated in numerous committees, including:


> Academic Senate

> Curriculum Committee

o Tech Review I and II

> Academic Affairs

o SLOTF – Student Learning Outcomes Task Force

> SPAC – Strategic Planning and Accreditation Council

o SPOWG - Strategic Planning Oversight Work Group

o AOWG – Accreditation Oversight Work Group

> APTC – Academic Planning, and Technology Committee (College Strategic Planning Committee)

> BDRPC – Budget Development and Resource Planning Committee (College Strategic Planning Committee)

o BDPRC Planning Workgroup

> IEC - Institutional Effectiveness Committee (College Strategic Planning Committee)

> SSAMMO – Student Success, Access, Matriculation, Marketing, and Outreach Committee (College Strategic Planning Committee)

> Instructional Council

> President’s Cabinet

> IVC Foundation Board of Governors

> BAARC – Basic Aid Allocation Resource Committee

> BP/ARC – Board Policy/Administrative Regulation Committee

> CIC – Capital Improvement Committee

> Chancellor’s Council

> DRAC – District Resource Allocation Committee

> District Calendar Committee

> District Technology Committee (DTC)

o District-wide Technology Plan Task Force

> District Online Education Committee (DOEC)

> DOEC Help Desk Work Group

> DWPC - District-Wide Planning Council


o DWPC-TF - Task force for DWPC planning

> BPAs – Business Process Analysis work groups, as needed

> Workday Performance/Talent Design/Architecture Sessions

> IVC Technology Advisory Task Force

> IVC Distance Education Task Force

> Perkins Budget Steering Committee Membership

> Scholarship Oversight Task Force

> Scholarship Award Task Force

> CHPLDP

> Student Equity Plan (SEP) Work Group

> Student Success and Support Program (SSSP) Work Group

> Early College/Early Start Program Work Group

> AB 86 Regional Consortium Committee - Adult Education

> Preview Day – Planning Work Group and Preview Day Activities

> BIT – Behavior Intervention Team


CLASSIFIED SENATE


• Over 75 classified employees participate in the shared governance process. Classified employees served on a variety of district-, college- and senate-level committees, task forces and work groups — a noticeable increase from previous years. Special note of thanks to Lisa Wang, Maria Nunez and Candice Yacono for their dedication in IVC’s newly developed Student Equity Plan.

• Classified Senate President Vincent Cooper was awarded $35,500 for Classified Professional Development use campus wide. The Classified and the Academic senates worked together with the Office of Research and Planning in creating a Professional Development Survey. The annual results will be used for developing workshops for all staff. This past year classified employees have been instrumental in delivering effective professional development workshops. Special thanks to Kaye McDonald, Kori Garner, Patric Taylor, Joe San Juan and Karen Martin for leading the way.

• The Classified Senate has a new home. The Senate offices are in Library 100C. The Classified Senate would like to take this time to thank Dr. Roquemore for allowing the Classified Senate to utilize this space and to Barry Miller for installing the projector and computers. New furnishings will be provided through a recently approved Resource Request Form.


• Classified Senate members took the challenge of rating over 3,000 student scholarship applications. This task takes an incredible amount of time and energy and it is truly appreciated. The IVC Classified Senate awarded $500 scholarships to five students. The funds for the scholarships were raised through the strong efforts of the IVC Classified Senate Fundraising Committee and through the generosity of monetary donations.

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