2009-2010 Johnson County Community College

Annual Report to the Community

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JCCC board of trustees

Melody Rayl

Jerry Cook

Stephanie Sharp

Bob Drummond

Jon Stewart

Lynn Mitchelson

Don Weiss

The academic year 2009-2010 sped by for faculty, staff and students at Johnson County Community

College. The college was part of the Achieving the Dream initiative, which focuses on student

success. We spent the year compiling data that we can study to assist us in seeing where we have

performance gaps that can be addressed to help our students achieve their goals in the classroom. We’ll

use that information to improve our developmental courses in English, reading and mathematics as well as

our assessment processes in class.

Also this year we opened a new addition to the Science Building that houses bright new facilities for our

emergency medical science and dental hygiene programs. We broke ground and began construction on

a new health care education center in Olathe. And we started raising funds toward a new

culinary/hospitality center on campus.

In addition, as you can see in these pages, faculty and staff continued to be recognized for their

achievements. Students on the debate team, the student newspaper and the athletic teams brought

home trophies. And the college went through a quality check-up visit from a team representing the Higher

Learning Commission as part of its accreditation process.

Financially, the college’s budget was tighter in 2009-2010, just as it was for the other educational

institutions in the county. After a prudent look at expenses and alternative sources of revenue, this year’s

budget was 6 percent less than the year before. While the trustees raised students’ cost per credit hour

slightly, they did not increase the mill levy. Budget tightening will continue to be part of our future.

As always, we are proud to be part of Johnson County, and we want the county to be proud of the college

and the contributions we make to the community. Thank you for your support of Johnson County

Community College and your contributions to our success in 2009-2010.

Sincerely,

Terry A. Calaway

President

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A message from the president

In these troubled economic times, much has been made of the nation’s community colleges and the

part we play in educating America’s workforce. Community colleges educate nearly half of all U.S.

undergraduates. Many of our students go on to earn a bachelor’s degree at a four-year school or learn

new skills to prepare for new jobs – many of them unknown even 10 years ago.

We appreciate the renewed attention, and we’re well aware how much Johnson County is affected by

what goes on at Johnson County Community College. You’ll be proud to see the successes of 2009-2010,

as outlined in this annual report, and what we look forward to in 2010-2011.

Because they are local institutions governed by locally elected trustees, community colleges like JCCC

can change curriculum and add programming to meet the needs of local businesses now and in the

future. As the economy struggles to recover, the high-quality education that JCCC provides plays a vital

role in supplying the educated and trained workforce needed in our local community.

On behalf of the JCCC board of trustees, thank you for your support of Johnson County Community

College and our students, faculty and staff. The board of trustees is dedicated to serving the community

in the best way we can.

Sincerely,

Don Weiss

Chair, JCCC board of trustees

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A message from the chair, board of trustees

VisionServing our community

Changing lives throughlearning

MissionLearning comes first at JCCC.

n Centered on student success

n Dedicated to exploringinitiatives that support thecollege’s innovative spirit

n Focused on communityleadership

n Committed to continuousimprovement

ValuesJCCC is committed to,demonstrates and isaccountable for:

n Innovation

n Integrity

n Excellence

n Leadership

n Collaboration

n Lifelong learning

n Sustainability

n Dignity and self-worth

n Diversity

n Stewardship

Strategic goals1. Focus institutional resourceson student success.

Initiativesn Identify and emphasize

appropriate and rigorousoutcomes in the curriculum.

n Establish institutional coreabilities for all graduatingstudents.

n Expand our network of supportservices to engage studentsmore actively in the JCCClearning experience.

n Assess learner outcomes atthe course, program andinstitutional level.

n Improve instructional andsupport activities, utilizingappropriate data andevidence.

n Increase lifelong learningopportunities by expandingthe partnerships betweencredit and noncrediteducation.

n Employ technology to improveand deliver quality learningexperiences.

2. Strengthen cultural andenvironmental initiatives thatpromote a responsible andenlightened community.

Initiativesn Ensure that diversity, equity

and inclusion are keycomponents in all JCCCprograms and initiatives.

n Champion environmentalsustainability in the curriculumand in the collegeinfrastructure, transforming thephysical campus into a living,learning laboratory.

n Promote global awareness byexpanding curricular andextracurricular offerings.

n Encourage and supportstudents, faculty and staff whovolunteer in communityactivities and engage inservice learning.

n Present cultural activities thatbroaden patrons’ aestheticexperiences.

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The Vision, Mission and Values of Johnson County Community College

3. Position JCCC as a dynamicleader in public policy, strategicplanning, and workforce andeconomic development.

Initiativesn Extend lines of communication

and leadership amongbusinesses, nonprofitorganizations, educationalinstitutions and governmentalentities in order to buildprograms and partnershipsthat advance the economy ofthe community.

n Develop a college functionthat ascertains, interprets andresponds to community needsfor information and dataanalysis, fostering a culture ofevidence.

n Assess and respond to theeducational needs oftraditionally underservedpopulations.

n Serve as a leader inadvancing educational policyat the regional, state andnational levels.

n Analyze the regional andnational environment andassure the college is preparedto address challenges toinstitutional success regardingfunding, program quality,accreditation and employeedevelopment.

n Aggressively advocate for thecollege at the legislature,Kansas Board of Regents andKansas PostsecondaryTechnical Education Authorityto assure the needs ofstudents, employers and thecollege are understood andrepresented.

4. Instill at JCCC a culture ofcontinuous quality improvementthat maximizes sound resourcemanagement and encouragescreative innovation.

Initiativesn Strengthen programs

designed to expand theprofessional and personalpotential of all faculty and staff.

n Encourage strategic risk-taking that is based on criticalthinking and is in the bestinterest of the community.

n Expand and promote the useof data and evidence indecision making.

n Enhance communication withboth internal and externalconstituents.

n Develop and improveprocesses that supportinstitutional accountability.

n Assure that all businesspractices are regularlyevaluated.

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In June 2009, JCCC was one of20 community colleges in

seven states invited to joinAchieving the Dream:Community CollegesCount, a national initiative tohelp more community collegestudents succeed. The initiativeis built on the belief that broadinstitutional change, informed bystudent achievement data, iscritical to significantly improvingstudent success rates. JCCChas made a two-yearcommitment to focus its effortson closing performance gapsamong students in targetedpopulations.

In July, JCCC was named “agreat college to work for”through the Chronicle of HigherEducation’s 2009 Great CollegesProgram. The program includesboth four-year and two-year educational institutions.

JCCC, along with Delta College,University Center, Mich., andMiami Dade College, Miami, Fla.,was named to the program’shonor roll for large communitycolleges (10,000 students ormore) as the three institutionscited the most in individualrecognition categories.

JCCC was specificallyrecognized in the categories ofjob satisfaction; faculty-administration relations andcollaborative governance;facilities, security and workspace; work/life balance; andconnection to the institution andpride.

The Great Colleges to Work Forprogram recognizes institutionsfor best practices and policies in26 categories for four-yearcolleges and in 15 categories forcommunity colleges. Withinthose categories, colleges areclassified based on enrollment.

The program recognizescolleges for specific bestpractices and policies, such astenure clarity, collaborativegovernance, work/life balanceand compensation and benefits.

JCCC has an agreement with theUniversity of Kansas to expandUKanTeach, an innovativeprogram that helps prepare mathand science teachers. Theagreement is the first of its kindin the nation. UKanTeachidentifies students majoring inmathematics or science andhelps them earn a degree andteaching certificate in four years.Under the agreement, the firsttwo classes of the program willbe offered at JCCC as well asKU. Students would then transferto KU to finish their degrees. Inthe first two classes, studentswork with master teachers andvisit classrooms to observe andlearn about important aspects ofteaching, such as lesson plansand working with students. Thestudents work in elementaryschools for the first class andmiddle schools for the second.With the combined effort of thetwo institutions, UKanTeach willbe able to produce about 80 newscience and math teachers eachyear.

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Serving the community

In September 2009, JCCC dedicated an addition to theScience Building that allowsthe dental hygiene andemergency medical scienceprograms to expand.

On the first floor, the new 4,918-square-foot EMS training centerhouses classrooms with thelatest digital media; staff offices;storage; maintenance andcleaning space for mannequins;lockers and a simulation lab.One room of the lab simulates astudio apartment where studentscan practice 911 calls. The labalso has a fully functionalambulance patient compartmentallowing students to “transport”the patient in a realisticenvironment. The mobile EMSsimulator bleeds, breathes andhas seizures, high bloodpressure and other diresymptoms and will react totherapy.

On the second floor, the 6,293-square-foot dental hygiene clinicallows for more students, roomfor more patient chairs andequipment, more X-ray machines, greater space forcharts and student computerwork, new locker rooms and anADA-compliant darkroom forstudents. Each set of two chairsin the new 16-chair operatoryshares an X-ray machine. A largerecords room gives students

space to make appointments,complete paperwork and usecomputers to researchinformation, such as patients’medications. Windows on threesides give a vista of green trees,sure to prove calming forpatients with dental-chair jitters.Students use digital X-rays,ultrasonic scalers, panoramicfull-mouth X-rays and an intra-oral camera/video that can beprojected on a computer screen.Digital recordings can be printedor placed in the patients’ chartsor e-mailed to a dentist or dentalschool for further consultation.

In October, the HiersteinerChild Development Centerdedicated a new outdoor playarea filled with nature-basedoutdoor learning centers,including water play features,embankment slides, musicalinstruments, a tire swing, ahollow log and a woodenplayhouse. Outdoor activities forthe children developsocialization, fine and largemotor skills, imagination, use ofthe senses, respect for natureand cognitive skills. The projectwas supported with a $20,000gift from the M.R. and EvelynHudson Foundation.

Groundbreaking for JCCC’s newOlathe Health EducationCenter took place in December2009. In December 2008, JCCCand Olathe Medical Centersigned a letter of intent for thedevelopment of a health serviceseducation center on the OMCcampus. The medical centerdonated to JCCC 5.8 acres ofland on which to build an alliedhealth education center.Construction began in early2010, and the center will openfor classes in fall 2011. Costs forthe new center are $15 million.

Courses and programs to beoffered at OHEC includepractical nursing; certified nurseassistant; rehabilitation aide;dietary manager; medical billing, coding and transcription;phlebotomy; ECG technician;pharmacy technician and medical laboratory technician.

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G.I. Jobs included JCCC in its2010 list of MilitaryFriendly Schools. The listhonors the top 15 percent ofcolleges, universities and tradeschools that are doing the mostto embrace America’s veteransas students. Criteria for makingthe Military Friendly Schools listincluded efforts to recruit andretain military and veteran students, results in recruitingmilitary and veteran students andacademic accreditations.Schools on the list range fromstate universities and privatecolleges to community collegesand trade schools.

The list was compiled through exhaustive research during whichG.I. Jobs polled more than 7,000schools nationwide. Methodology,criteria and weighting for the listwere developed with theassistance of an AcademicAdvisory Committee consisting ofeducators and administrators fromCarnegie Mellon University, theUniversity of Toledo, DuquesneUniversity, Coastline CommunityCollege and Lincoln Technical Institute.

In January 2010, the JCCCtrustees named Dr. Wilbur“Wil” Billington as a trusteeemeritus. The trustee emeritusdesignation is intended torecognize former trustees whohave demonstrated significantcontributions to the college andthe community as a trustee.Billington was a member of thecollege’s first board of trustees,serving from 1967 until 1975. Aschairman of the board, Billingtonand his fellow trustees producedthe college’s “Blue Book,” aworking philosophy that helpedguide the selection ofadministrators and the development of the college’scurriculum for the followingdecades. JCCC’s library is alsonamed for Billington inrecognition of his years ofsupport of the college.

Also in January, JCCC receivedthe Ben Craig Vision awardfrom the Overland Park EconomicDevelopment Council. The awardis given to those who have madea significant impact on the Overland Park community.

In February 2010, JCCC wasnamed to the 2009 HonorRoll compiled by theCorporation for Nationaland Community Service,which recognized more than 700 colleges and universities forexemplary, innovative and effective community serviceprograms. Honorees were chosen based on a series ofselection factors, includingscope and innovation of serviceprojects, percentage of studentparticipation in service activities,incentives for service, and theextent to which the school offersacademic service-learningcourses. Highlighted for JCCCwere a mentoring project conducted by the studentnewspaper, The Campus Ledger,with students at Chester FranklinElementary School; the dentalhygiene program’s mobile dentalhealth clinic, Oral Health onWheels; the American IndianHealth Research and Educational Alliance Pow Wowthat was held at JCCC in May2009, focusing on improving thephysical, mental, emotional andspiritual health of American Indians; and the cosmetologyprogram’s projects with cancerpatients, SafeHome andWomen’s Employment Network.

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Also in February, the trusteeschallenged the JCCCFoundation to raise $3 millionover 18 months to support theconstruction of a culinary/hospitality center oncampus. If the Foundation is ableto raise $3 million, then thetrustees pledged to givefavorable consideration towardthe construction of a newculinary/hospitality center oncampus, which could costaround $10 million. However, ifthe Foundation does not meetthe challenge within the18-monthperiod, the college may choosenot to support the project. Themonies will come from thecollege’s capital outlay fund andcapital reserves, which arerestricted to capital projects.

The incentive for this action camethrough the “Wysong Challenge,”a set of initiatives intended to distinguish JCCC’s hospitalityprogram at national and globallevels. Former Kansas SenatorDavid Wysong and his wife,Kathy, announced in May 2008 a$750,000 challenge gift to helpraise funds in support of JCCC’shospitality program, whicheventually includes theconstruction of a new facility.

“We’re grateful to the Wysongsfor their generosity,” said Terry A.Calaway, JCCC president. “Thisinitial gift gives the Foundation a

solid basis as they focus theirefforts on raising the remaining$2.25 million.”

The proposed new center couldpossibly be located on thenorthwest corner of the campus,near the western CollegeBoulevard entrance. The newfacility could accommodate a 30percent enrollment increase inthe program and expandedcurricula, especially in nutrition,“green” and noncredit coursestargeting individuals and theindustry. It would also free upnine classrooms and 10 facultyoffices in the Office andClassroom Building on thecollege campus, where theprogram is currently housed.

“The community would benefitthrough greater opportunities forworkforce development andincreased workforcepartnerships, which attract newbusiness to the area,” Calawaysaid. “A new facility wouldstrengthen JCCC’s highlyacclaimed culinary program andthe college as a whole.”

Over the past few years, JCCC’sculinary program had the National Student Chef of the Yearin 2009; won the National JuniorChef Culinary Team competitionin 1997, 1999 and 2002; had sixinternational gold medals for students in 2007; and had theNational Culinary Olympic Team

in 2000. JCCC’s is the largestapprenticeship program in theAmerican Culinary Federation; itschef apprentices are employed in79 locations throughout the metropolitan area as part of theireducation. JCCC culinarygraduates include well regardedlocal chefs and nationally knownchefs such as Kevin Rathbun, ofKevin Rathbun Steak and GrogBar in Atlanta, who was namedChef of the Year for 2009 by ChefMagazine.

In March 2010, Dr. Terry A. Calaway, JCCC president, gavethe college’s third annualState of the College address. Calaway talked aboutDaring to Dream in DifficultTimes, focusing on ways thecollege is able to help studentsaccomplish their goals and helpthe community as a catalyst forbusiness growth.

In May 2010, the trustees agreedto name the Black Box Theatre inthe Carlsen Center in honor ofHarvey S. Bodker, president ofBodker Realty and a long-timesupporter of the college and theJCCC Foundation. The BodkerBlack Box Theatre is usedexclusively by the college’sacademic theatre departmentand can be configured in anumber of ways so students canexperience different kinds oftheater productions.10

In July 2009, LindyRobinson, dean of business,

was appointed to a state boardposition for the MissouriRestaurant Association, which isthe state chapter of the NationalRestaurant Association. She willbe working with the MembershipService Training committee alongwith the MRA EducationalFoundation. Robinson is alsochair-elect of the AmericanCulinary Federation EducationFoundation ApprenticeshipCommittee, comprised ofprofessionals with experience inculinary, management, educationand government. She alsoreceived one of four ACT CuttingEdge Awards, presented inrecognition of leadership andservice to the culinary profession,at the American CulinaryFederation Central RegionalConference in March 2010.

In August, Dr. Bill Osborn,JCCC associate vice president ofinstruction, received theExemplary Service Award fromthe Kansas Council for WorkforceEducation. The award recognizesservice to the organization, whichpromotes excellence and growthin career and technical educationat the postsecondary level inKansas. It is awarded to one ofthe group’s board members,officers or regional directors eachyear.

Dr. Dick Stine, professoremeritus, speech, was added tothe college’s Wall of Honor inAugust. This recognition honorsretired JCCC faculty, staff andadministrators for distinguishedservice to the college. Stineretired in spring 2008 after 37years of service to JCCC.

In September, JCCC wasrecognized by Minority Accessas an institution committed todiversity. Dr. CarmalettaWilliams, executive director,Office of Diversity, Equity andInclusion, accepted the awardduring Minority Access’ TenthNational Role Model Conference,HOPE for a Healthy, Diverse andJust Environment, in Washington,D.C. Minority Access is anonprofit educationalorganization that supportsindividuals, academicinstitutions; federal, state andlocal government agencies; andvarious corporations to diversifycampuses and work sites byimproving the recruitment,retention and enhancement ofminorities.

Patrick Dobson, adjunctassistant professor, history,published a new book, SeldomSeen: A Journey into the GreatPlains, through the University ofNebraska press.

Dr. Sean M. Daley, associateprofessor, anthropology, servesas a faculty representative for theMorris K. Udall Foundation,Tucson, Ariz. The UdallFoundation works within thearenas of environment,environmental conflict resolution,American Indian health andAmerican Indian public policy.The Udall Foundation offers anumber of scholarship andinternship programs.

The College Scholars Programshowcases JCCC facultyexcellence in research fields thatgo beyond the classroom tomake scholarly contributions toknowledge within the professor’sacademic discipline. Thescholars each make twopresentations – one for thepublic and another for students –and work with either students orfaculty. The 2009-2010 CollegeScholars and their publicpresentations were Dr. WilliamMcFarlane, associateprofessor, anthropology, PickingUp the Pieces: UnderstandingPost-Collapse Societies on theEdge of Mesoamerica; 11

Faculty and staffawards and honors Lindy Robinson

Dr. Sarah Boyle, associateprofessor, history, Making theWhole World Home-like: Womenand Politics, 1880-1920; Dr.Margaret Kincaid, adjunctassistant professor, science,Understanding the Role of theDynein/Dynactin Motor inNeurodegenerative Diseases;and Eve Blobaum, assistantprofessor, sociology, Of Milo andMemories: The Impact of RuralFlight on Community Identity inPost-Depression Rural America.

Steve Wilson, professor,mathematics, is the central vicepresident of the AmericanMathematical Association ofTwo-Year Colleges. AMATYC isdedicated to improving teachingand learning of mathematics inthe first two years of college.

Janalee Isaacson, professor,nursing, was selected as the2009 Distinguished Alumni fromthe University of Kansas Schoolof Nursing.

In November, faculty and stafffrom JCCC were honored forawards received from the NorthAmerican Council for Staff,Program and OrganizationalDevelopment (NCSPOD).

The college received theInstitutional Merit Award for itsCertified Emergency ResponseTeam (CERT), led by KathyWing, administrative assistant,human resources. The awardrecognizes excellence in thedelivery and impact of staff,program and organizationaldevelopment programs.

Dr. Jay Antle, associateprofessor, history, and executivedirector, Center for Sustainability,received the Education forSustainability Award, whichrecognizes the innovations andsuccess of NCSPOD memberswho integrate sustainabledevelopment (environmental,economic, social and cultural)into education and learning.

Nine JCCC faculty were selectedto receive Distinguished ServiceAwards, bestowed in recognitionand reward of teachingexcellence.

n Dr. Dennis Arjo, professor,philosophy

n Libby Corriston, professor,mathematics, and director,Math Resource Center

n Maureen Fitzpatrick,professor, English

n Dr. James Leiker,associate professor, history

n Dr. Lynne Overesch-Maister, professor, foreignlanguage

n Mark Raduziner, professor,journalism and mediacommunications

n Dr. David Seibel, professor,science

n Marilyn Senter, professor,English

n Dr. Brian Wright, associateprofessor, political science

Dr. Jim Sikora, academic dean,University of Great Falls, Mont.,served as the external judge.

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Dr. Sarah Boyle

In January 2010, JeffreyCouch, director, Global EnglishInstitute, was appointed to theNAFSA Association ofInternational Educators’ Region IIExecutive Team for 2010-2011. Itis the leading association ofindividuals worldwide advancinginternational education andexchange and global workforcedevelopment.

In April, JCCC’s Café Temporeceived a silver medal in the“retail sales – stand alone”category of the NationalAssociation of College andUniversity Food Services 2010Dining Awards (placing amongmid-size colleges anduniversities).

Six adjunct faculty members wonthe Lieberman Adjunct FacultyAward, which recognizesoutstanding performance by anadjunct faculty member. They areJim Hillen, adjunct professor,foreign language; Lisa Cudd,adjunct associate professor,mathematics; Traci Dillavou,adjunct associate professor,speech; Dorothy Naeymi,adjunct professor, speech;Gregg Oakes, adjunctprofessor, chemistry; and KatyRegnier, adjunct associateprofessor, business and legalstudies.

Jeanne Walsh, assistantdean, nursing, was reappointedto the Kansas State Board ofNursing for a second term byKansas Gov. Mark Parkinson.Her four-year term will end inSeptember 2014.

Darcy McGrath, dean,workforce, community andeconomic development, ispresident-elect of the NationalCouncil for Continuing Educationand Training, an affiliate councilof the American Association ofCommunity Colleges. In a year,she will be president.

Through a gift from BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway, fivefaculty members wererecognized in May foroutstanding performance.Recipients were David Davis,professor and chair, English; Dr. Nancy Holcroft,associate professor, biology; Dr. Diana Ingham, associateprofessor, interior design; Dr. William McFarlane,associate professor,anthropology; and Dr. LynneOveresch-Maister, professor,foreign language.

Mary Deas, associateprofessor, mathematics; DavidKrug, associate professor,accounting; and Dr. JamesLeiker, associate professor,history, received 2010Excellence Awards from theNational Institute for Staff andOrganizational Development.

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Dr. James Leiker

The JCCC debate teamwas awarded the prestigious

McClintock Award, which is presented to the nationalchampion community collegeteam, at the Cross-ExaminationDebate Association (CEDA) National Tournament in March2010. The CEDA nationalchampionship is based on theteam’s success during the entireseason in competition with four-year colleges and universities aswell as other community colleges.This was the first championshiptitle for JCCC in eight years; itwas the fourth year in a row JCCChad been in the top three incommunity college sweepstakes.JCCC debaters were awardedseveral national recognitionsduring the tournament. EmilyUmphrey was awarded theOutstanding New CompetitorAward for debaters in their firstyear of competition who do nothave prior debate experience.Caitlin Breslin and DaltonLawson were selected to theAll-American Debate Team, whichincludes 30 debaters whorepresent the best ofintercollegiate debate.Throughout the year, the JCCCdebate team was consistentlyranked as the top communitycollege, maintained a top 20national ranking that includesfour-year colleges, and finished inthe top 25 nationwide for the year.

At the end of the season,Debaters Choice Awards allowscompetitive debaters fromacross the country to vote ontheir favorite tournament, bestcoach, best judge, best debatersand proposed rule changes.JCCC was recognized as one ofthe top three teams for novicedebate, which honors debaterswho didn’t pursue this activity inhigh school and so are new tothe program.

Terri Easley is the debatecoach; Justin Stanley is theassistant debate coach.

In October 2009, sixadministration of justicestudents brought home 10trophies from their regionalcompetition for policemanagement, corrections,criminal law, physical agility andthe Volkswagen push. FrankGalbrecht, assistant professor,won first place in academictesting for police management,criminal law, juvenile justice andphysical agility.

In November, the GreaterKansas City RestaurantAssociation (GKCRA)recognized 13 area studentsselected to receive a financialscholarship funded through theassociation’s EducationFoundation. Eleven of the 13students were from JCCC.

Also in November 2009, the JCCCModel United Nations teamreceived two awards for theirpolicy position papers on Cubaand Jamaica at the AmericanModel United Nations conference.Sixteen JCCC students competedagainst 150 other universities andcolleges from North and SouthAmerica. The award recognizedthe students’ pre-conferencepreparation. Position papers serveas a blueprint for buildingconsensus and formulating andnegotiating workable draftresolutions to resolve internationalissues. In February 2010, the teamreceived three outstandingdelegation and two honorablemention awards for its portrayal ofthe United Kingdom and Australiaat the 2010 Midwest Model UnitedNations conference. In March, theteam received an honorablemention award for its portrayal ofNigeria at the National ModelUnited Nations conference. Dr. Brian Wright, associateprofessor, political science, is theteam’s adviser.14

Student awards and honors

The Campus Ledger, JCCC’sstudent newspaper, won firstplace in an onsite contestsponsored by the AssociatedCollegiate Press. The Best ofShow award was given for overallexcellence in newspapers at two-year schools at the ACP’sNational College JournalismWorkshops. The newspaper wasalso named a Gold Medalist bythe Columbia Scholastic PressAssociation. Jennifer Harriswas the editor in 2008-2009;Anne Christiansen-Bullersis the adviser.

Vince Medellin, Ledgercartoonist, was named one ofthree finalists in a nationalcartooning contest sponsored bythe Associated Collegiate Pressand Universal Press Syndicate.The strips were judged on readerimpact, community importance,artistic quality and originality andclarity of message.

The Ledger was also named aPacemaker finalist by theAssociated Collegiate Press, oneof 10 selected nationwide fromtwo-year schools.

Students from The CampusLedger were also honored by theColumbia Scholastic PressAssociation with anunprecedented 16 certificates inits Gold Circle Awardscontest. The awards, honoring

individual work by collegejournalists and designers acrossthe United States, included sixfirst-place accolades. Thecontest is judged withoutdivisions, so Ledger studentswere judged alongside othersfrom both two-year and four-yearschools. The national contesthistorically draws more than8,000 entries from more than1,700 CSPA-member schools.

In April at the Kansas AssociatedCollegiate Press Associationconference, The Campus Ledgerwas awarded both the goldmedal, reflecting overallexcellence, and the All-KansasAward, reflecting the best ofshow in the two-year schooldivision. Staff members received40 individual awards, and 2009-2010 editor Matt Gallowaywas first runner-up as Journalistof the Year.

JCAV, a student-produced TVnews and magazine program,produced 10 JCAV newsepisodes, seven JCAV CampusUpdates and five Cavalier sportsreports – live cable shows ofsports events. JCAV studentswon five 2010 KansasAssociation of Broadcastersstudent awards, competingagainst all public and privatecolleges and universities inKansas.

During the 2009-2010 academicyear, JCCC also introduced anew Internet radio station,ECAV.

Student Matt Katzenmeierand his partner, AmandaBeeler, advanced to the finalround of the Irene Ryan ActingScholarship audition in January2010, part of The KennedyCenter American CollegeTheater Festival for Region 5,hosted at JCCC.

Student Megan Walkowiakrepresented JCCC on the All-Kansas Academic Team,sponsored by the Phi ThetaKappa international honorsociety, the Kansas Associationof Community College Trusteesand the Kansas Council ofCommunity College Presidents.

A four-student team from JCCC’sentrepreneurship program wonfirst prize in the Business EthicsCase hosted by Kansas StateUniversity’s Students in Free Enterprise organization in Febru-ary 2010. The students wereKerop Ferandez, JenniferMeskie, Rebecca McCullyand Daman Tsai. JCCC com-peted against four-year schools,winning $2,000. Barbara Mil-lard, assistant professor,entrepreneurship, is the teamsponsor.

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Matt Galloway

Also in February, JCCC graphicdesign students received fourgold, 15 silver and 20 bronzeawards at the AmericanAdvertising Federation-Kansas City Addy Awards.JCCC students accounted for 39of the 50 entries. The winners ofthe gold awards were KevinRudolph, Jared Brustad,Jeremy Kramer and JoeWheeler.

In March, JCCC’s AcademicExcellence ChallengeTeam placed third overall inregional competition againstother Kansas communitycolleges. Team captain TimNeedham placed secondoverall individually; TrentBrining placed seventh.

Two JCCC alumni, NguyetNguyen and James “Kevin”Storm, won titles at theAmerican CulinaryFederation CentralRegional Conference inMarch. Nguyen, a JCCCgraduate with an associate’sdegree in food and beveragemanagement and a pastry/baking certificate, was namedthe ACF Central Region PastryChef of the Year. She currently isthe assistant pastry chef at theWestin Crown Center Hotel inKansas City. Storm, who has anassociate’s degree from JCCCand a grand diploma fromLaVarenne Ecole de Cuisine inParis, was named the ACFCentral Region Chef of the Year.He has been executive chef atthe Bellerive Country Club, St.Louis; Indian Hills Country Clubin Mission Hills; and theUniversity Club in St. Louis.

Five JCCC students received theprestigious Benjamin A.Gilman InternationalScholarship to fund their studyabroad experiences duringspring 2010. The Gilman is anationally competitivescholarship sponsored by theU.S. Department of State andfunded by Congress that seeksto expand study abroadopportunities for students oflimited financial means. Over thepast two years, JCCC hasbecome the leading communitycollege in the nation forrecipients of this scholarship.Justin Gust and KevinO’Reardon spent the semesterin an intensive Spanish-languageprogram in Guadalajara, Mexico.Mia and Jona Jonjic studiedChinese language, history andculture in Nanjing, China. LaraSchanzer traveled to theFrench Alps to study in a Frenchlanguage program.

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n JCCC student-athletes earned21 NJCAA Academic All-America honors, setting a newschool record. Academic All-America honors are awarded tostudent-athletes with a gradepoint average of 3.6 or betterwith 45 accumulated hours.

n JCCC sophomore guardCrista Bechard of thewomen’s basketball teambecame the 1,000th athlete inthe school’s history to earn All-America honors.

n JCCC head men’s basketballcoach Mike Jeffers won his400th career game as acollegiate head coach.

n JCCC head softball coachKelly Latendresse won her150th career game. She hasled her team to the nationaltournament in each of her fourseasons as coach.

n The JCCC sports teamscombined for a 520-225-1record and a winningpercentage of .698.

BaseballJCCC’s baseball teamregistered its third straight 40-win season while capturing theEast Jayhawk Conferencechampionship. It was theCavaliers’ first conference titlesince 1984. The team alsofinished No. 12 in the final

NJCAA coaches poll, markingthe third straight season JCCChas appeared in the final poll.On the field, Cavalier fanswitnessed one of the greatesthitting seasons in team historyby sophomore Davis Morgan,who set season records forhome runs, hits and RBI. Theteam also had 11 playersselected as all-conferenceperformers and two earned All-Region VI honors. The baseballteam is coached by KentShelley.

Men’s basketballThe JCCC men’s basketball teamwas not able to defend itsnational title in 2009-2010, butdid put together an excitingseason. JCCC reached theNJCAA Region VI title game forthe 11th straight season, themost of any school in thetournament’s history. JCCC wasalso the top scoring team in theconference, averaging 79 pointsa game. The Cavaliers alsofeatured three of the top 10scorers in the conference –David Luster, Ronnie Boggsand Kyle Speed. The men’s basketball team is coached byMike Jeffers.

Women’s basketballThis was a dream season for theJCCC women’s basketball team.JCCC piled up victories andclimbed the polls on their way toa ninth-place finish at the NJCAAD-II national tournament. JCCCbegan the season with a record14-game win streak. They alsoset team records for wins at aconference (15), wins in the regular season (27), wins in aseason (30), best season winning percentage (.857),fewest losses in a season (5),most rebounds in a season(1,560), fewest turnovers (491),and best team defense (49.5).The Lady Cavaliers opened theseason ranked 16th and quicklymoved into the top 10. Theyremained a top 10 team for 12straight weeks, reaching the No. 2 spot the final week of the season, the highest ranking inteam history. JCCC also finishedsecond in the conference race,its highest finish since the 1990-1991 season. All five starters –Melissa Nelson, CristaBechard, Taylor Bird, LizSmith and Emily Blakesley– earned postseasonrecognition. Head coach BenConrad was voted the EastJayhawk Conference Coach ofthe Year and earned the DistrictB Coach of the Year award.

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Cross countryThe JCCC harriers addedanother outstanding chapter toits rich history in 2009. The men’steam posted a ninth-place finishat the NJCAA cross countrychampionships, the 17th top-10finish in the program’s history.They capped the year with a runner-up finish at the NJCAAhalf marathon championships, anevent hosted by JCCC. Thewomen’s team saw its string ofconsecutive top-10 finishes atnationals end at seven years, butJCCC still posted a strong 15th-place finish. They ended theirseason with a sixth-place effort inthe half marathon. The crosscountry teams are coached byMike Bloemker.

Golden Girls Dance TeamAt the United PerformingAssociation AmericupChampionships, the Golden GirlsDance Team earned secondplace in collegiate hip-hop andninth place in collegiate jazz,placing eighth overall forcollegiate grand champion. Teammembers also won individualawards, and coach Erin Finewas named one of the top fivedance coaches of the year.

GolfThe JCCC golf team missed itsbid to compete in the NJCAAchampionship by four strokes,ending a 14-year streak. Oneplayer qualified for thetournament; sophomore TrevorJohanson represented JCCCand finished in a tie for 69th. Johanson had one of the topseasons in team history in 2009-2010; his 75.1 stroke average isthe fourth best ever. He finishedin the top five in nine of his 12tournaments, including one victory. In the conference race,the Cavaliers were in contentionall year before settling for arunner-up finish. The golf teamcoach is Lafayette Norwood.

Men’s soccerJCCC’s men’s soccer team didn’tlose a game in the KansasJayhawk Conference, finishingtheir conference slate 9-0-1. Thatgave JCCC the outright title forjust the second time in theprogram’s history. The teamposted a 13-6-1 record overall.Individually, a record 11 playerswere selected as all-conferenceperformers, and head coachFatai Ayoade was named theconference coach of the year.

Women’s soccerJCCC’s women’s soccer teamcompleted its greatest season inits 11-year history, finishingsecond at the NCJAA nationaltournament. The Lady Cavaliersposted a 19-7-0 record,including a school record 18shutouts. Their 19 wins also tieda school record for a season.Eight student-athletes wereselected as All-Kansas JayhawkConference performers. JCCCwas also well represented on theAll-Region VI team, with sevenstudent-athletes earning thehonor. The JCCC women’ssoccer team is coached by JimSchwab.

SoftballThe JCCC softball team cappedanother amazing season byposting a fifth-place finish at theNJCAA Division II tournament. Itwas JCCC’s seventh top-5 finishat nationals. The Cavaliersfinished the season with a 48-11record. The 48 wins set apersonal high for coach KellyLatendresse. The LadyCavaliers were also championsof the Kansas JayhawkConference. Two key players forJCCC this season, sophomorepitcher Lacey Dixon andfreshman outfielder AmberParkison, were honored asNJCAA second-team All-Americans. 18

TennisJCCC’s men’s tennis team tiedfor eighth place at the NJCAA Division I tennis championships.This was the program’s 20th top-10 national finish. Prior to nationals, the Cavaliers won an11th region title after theyoutplayed and upset top-seededCowley College. JCCC reachedthe finals in all nine spots, winning six titles. The JCCCwomen’s tennis team registeredits 12th top-10 national finish thisyear, placing 10th at the nationaltournament. Four athletesreached the quarterfinal round intheir respective brackets. Prior tonationals, the Lady Cavaliers finished second in the regiontournament. The tennis teamsare coached by Glenn Moser.

Track and fieldJCCC’s men’s track team had amuch better indoor season thanoutdoor in 2010. At the indoornational meet, seven JCCC athletes garnered 10 NJCAACoaches All-America honors,which helped JCCC to a 16th-place finish out of 31 teams.Outdoors, JCCC finished in a tiefor 26th place, with threeindividuals earning NJCAACoaches All-America recognition.JCCC’s women’s track and fieldhad solid showings in both theindoor and outdoor nationalchampionships. Indoors, JCCCfinished 14th overall. Outdoors,the Lady Cavaliers registered a12th-place team finish; four individuals earned NJCAACoaches All-America honors.Mike Bloemker coaches thetrack and field teams.

VolleyballJCCC entered the 2009 NJCAAD-II tournament vying to reachthe final match for the fourth timein five years but fell shy, finishingsixth overall. This championshipmay have been the toughest fieldin the tournament’s history, as 13of the 16 teams that qualifiedwere ranked in the NJCAA top20, including the Cavaliers at No. 5. Sophomore JordanLockwood was JCCC’srepresentative on the all-tournament team; among otherhonors, she was also the JCCCfemale athlete of the year. TheJCCC volleyball team is coachedby Jennifer Ei.

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campus was reviewed inSeptember by the KansasQuality Rating System, astatewide, 5-star rating systemfor center-based and home-based early childhood programs.The HCDC earned a 5-starrating. KQRS assessed theprogram on five components:learning environment, familypartnerships, training andeducation, adult-to-child ratiosand accreditation.

In November, JCCC underwent acomprehensive quality check-upvisit from a team representing theHigher LearningCommission of the NorthCentral Association ofColleges and Schools. TheHigher Learning Commission isone of six accrediting agencies inthe United States that provideinstitutional accreditation on aregional basis. JCCC has beenaccredited by the Commissionsince 1975.

The quality check-up visit waspart of JCCC’s participation in theAcademic Quality ImprovementProgram (AQIP). AQIP providesan alternative process throughwhich an educational institutioncan maintain its accreditationfrom the Higher LearningCommission. AQIP differs fromthe traditional accreditation

process in that it focusesexclusively on processes, not onend products.

AQIP calls on institutions to undergo a systems appraisalevery four years, which allows thecollege to get expert, objective,third-party feedback on itsstrengths and opportunities for improvement. In turn, what thecollege learns from the systemsappraisal helps faculty and staffdetermine the next targets foradvancing quality at JCCCthrough action projects and otherplans.

The AQIP team visited the campus to review successfulprocesses and measure howsuggestions made in the systems appraisal report havebeen addressed. The team reviewed the college’s ongoingability to meet the commission’scriteria for accreditation.

JCCC offered a new energyperformance and resourcemanagement program for thefirst time in fall 2009. The 64-credit-hour associate’s degree programprepares students to work in theemerging alternative energytechnology field. A new 25-hourresidential energy auditingcertificate is offered in both atraditional and an acceleratedformat that may be completed in12 weeks. Residential energy

auditors inspect residences andperform diagnostic tests andnumerical analysis in order torecommend energy- and cost-saving measures to home owners.JCCC received $83,500 from theKansas Department of Commerceto develop the program.

The college also offered its 7-credit-hour business plancertificate program in an accelerated format for peopleinterested in starting their ownbusinesses. Students could complete the certificate in onesemester by taking classesevery Friday; the certificate encompasses courses inIntroduction to Entrepreneurship,Opportunity Analysis andFastTrac Business Plan.

JCCC has new articulationagreements with

n Baker University for abachelor’s degree in businessinformation systems.

n DeVry University, wherebygraduates with associate’sdegrees may transferapproved credit hours intoDeVry’s bachelor of science inbusiness administration,bachelor of science intechnical management,bachelor of science incomputer information systems,and bachelor of science innetwork and communications

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management programs, aswell as other programs andconcentrations, subject toprogram structure and electivecourse availability.

n The University of CentralMissouri, allowing for theseamless transfer of JCCCstudents who earn anassociate of applied sciencedegree from the college’s hoteland lodging managementprogram into UCM’s bachelorof science degree program inhotel and restaurantadministration.

n The University of Missouri-Kansas City, whereby studentswho have earned an associateof arts from JCCC maycomplete a bachelor of artsdegree in early childhoodeducation from UMKC.

n Air Force and Army ROTCunits stationed at theUniversity of Kansas allowstudents to earn theirassociate’s degree at JCCCand begin officer training ineither the Air Force or Armyand then transfer to KU.

n Park University, wherebystudents who have earned anassociate of arts degree inadministration of justice atJCCC may complete abachelor of science degree incriminal justice at Park.

n Pittsburg State University,whereby JCCC students whohave completed an associateof arts or associate of sciencedegree will be able to transferup to 64 college credits to PSUtoward a bachelor of sciencedegree in education with amajor in a secondary/PK-12 teaching field.

n Savannah College of Art andDesign, which will acceptJCCC’s associate of generalstudies degree toward therequirements for a bachelor offine arts degree inphotography.

n Friends University, wherebyJCCC students who earn anassociate’s degree may enterFriends with junior standing.

JCCC also established new2+2 agreements with KansasState University. The agreementsmake it possible for students atJCCC to earn associate’s de-grees and then transfer credits tocomplete a bachelor’s degreefrom K-State through distancelearning, so they never need toleave the county. The agree-ments allow the credits earned atJCCC for an associate of arts de-gree to be applied to a bachelorof science degree in generalbusiness and an associate of ap-plied science degree in food andbeverage management or hotel

and lodging management to beapplied to a bachelor of sciencedegree in technology manage-ment. The two institutions alsoupdated and re-signed theagreement for the associate ofapplied science degree in foodand beverage management tobe applied to a bachelor of science degree in food science,science option.

A new Kansas StudiesInstitute at JCCC promotesresearch and teaching on theculture, history, economics andnatural environment of Kansas.

“This is an initiative to more firmlyestablish Johnson County Com-munity College as part of theKansas community,” said Dr. James Leiker, director,Kansas Studies Institute, and associate professor, history.

The KSI’s first event was aKansas Studies Series, six continuing education classestaught by JCCC faculty onKansas topics during the fall2009 semester, co-sponsored byKSI and JCCC’s CommunityServices. The series, featuringtopics such as Kansas ecology,weather, water, art, ethnic groupsand history, as well as the DustBowl in literature, was repeatedin spring 2010.

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In November, the Instituteintroduced the inauguralpresentation of the KansasLecture Series with Wes Jackson,president, The Land Institute. InMarch, KSI, in conjunction with thecollege’s Performing Arts Seriesand its office of Diversity, Equityand Inclusion, presented Flyin’West, a play about Nicodemus,Kansas, an all-black town settledby former slaves in 1877, whichwas performed by JERICProductions. In addition, AngelaBates, executive director,Nicodemus Historical Society,gave a lecture on Blacks andBlack Towns in the West – TheNicodemus Story.

The KSI is also producing a 30-minute video on sculptor M.T.Liggett, Mullinville, Kan. WhileLiggett has been the subject ofprevious television interviews,including one on the DiscoveryChannel, this program focuseson the artist and his prairie-populist politics. The work isbeing completed by Bob Epp,senior educational technologyanalyst; Larry Meeker, JCCC Foundation board member; Dr. Allison Smith, associateprofessor, art history; andMartha Varzaly, adjunct professor, English.

Also in the works is adocumentary featuring topicsfrom the Kansas Studies Series,filmed and distributed by JCCC’sVideo Production department.

JCCC’s KSI is unique amongcommunity colleges. Only Sinclair Community College,Dayton, Ohio, has a similar program for Appalachianstudies. The KSI reaches out totwo audiences – Johnson Countyresidents who don’t know muchabout Kansas beyond themetropolitan area and residentswho have moved to the suburbsfrom rural areas and want tocontinue a connection to home.

The Commission on Accreditationof Allied Health Programsawarded initial accreditationthrough 2013 to the newpolysomnographytechnology associate degree program at JCCC. Thereview recognized the program’scompliance with nationally established standards andcommended program faculty andstaff on their commitment toquality education asdemonstrated by the statedprogram goals. Accreditationmeans that graduates of thepolysomnography program areeligible to sit for the national certification examinationadministered by the Board ofPolysomnographic Technologists.

Johnson County Adult Educationwas chosen one of three Kansasprograms to participate in a National Diffusion of theStandards-in-ActionInnovations developed by theOffice of Vocational and AdultEducation. The innovations willenable the program to deliverprofessional development to instructors on organizingcurriculum and instruction tohelp students achieve theirgoals. Participating states areVermont, Nevada, Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Kansas andMontana.

JCCC’s interpreter trainingprogram is one of seven in theUnited States to receiveaccreditation from theCommission on CollegiateInterpreter Education (onlytwo community colleges areaccredited at this time). Thecollege has the only interpretertraining program in the state; itwas one of the first in the countrywhen it was established in 1980with funding from a federal grant.

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JCCC’s interior design program isaccredited by the NationalKitchen and BathAssociation, which each yearrequires two submissions ofstudent work from the Kitchen andBath Design class to evaluateaccreditation status. JCCCreceived an academic excellenceaward in April at the Kitchen andBath Industry Show. The award isgiven to KNBA-accredited programs whose annual studentre-accreditation submissions arejuried at 93 percent and above.The submissions came fromstudents Jan Karlin and MaryLilleston.

Career Pathways provides aframework for careerdevelopment, giving students theopportunity to take academicand technical classes relevant totheir career goals. Within each ofthe 16 career clusters there arepathways that further define specific types of careeropportunities students can pursue. In turn, within eachpathway there are sets of specialized knowledge and skillsthat students must master inorder to be competent in the career they are studying. CareerPathways provides a seamlesscourse of study between secondary and postsecondaryeducation, which isnonrepetitive, sequential,

developed jointly between educators at each level andeases student transition from oneeducational institution to thenext. Increased attention isplaced on the articulation fromhigh school into community colleges and, throughagreements, from community colleges into universities.

Career Pathways encouragesstrong, comprehensive links between secondary and postsec-ondary institutions in Johnson,Douglas and Miami counties. Atotal of 2,657 students, enrolled inthe 13 high schools in those coun-ties, fit the definition of a CareerPathways student; 527 CareerPathways graduates attendedJCCC in fall 2009.

Career Pathways students are involved in many JCCC campusactivities throughout the year.

Students may enroll in collegegeneral education classes at off-campus College Close toHome sites in high schoolsthroughout the county, includingGardner-Edgerton High School,DeSoto High School and EudoraHigh School and at KU EdwardsCampus, Bishop Miege North inRoeland Park and the LawrenceCentennial School in DouglasCounty. More than 3,300 students took classes at these lo-cations in 2009-2010.

JCCC’s College Now is acredit program for county highschool sophomores, juniors andseniors or ninth-grade studentsidentified as gifted with a currentIndividual Education Plan. College Now students enroll inselected college classes, suchas composition or U.S. history, offered at and in cooperationwith the high school. Thecourses reflect the college’s content, objectives and assign-ments and are taught on the highschool campus by qualified highschool teachers. During fall2009, College Now enrollment to-taled more than 2,500 studentsin 24 different locations. In thespring, more than 1,500 highschool students were enrolled inCollege Now classes.

Ninety-eight percent of CollegeNow students continue their education at colleges and univer-sities, and 97 percent of CollegeNow students said their coursestransferred for credit to collegesother than JCCC. Nearly 98 per-cent of students wouldrecommend the program to afriend.

Through the Quick Step pro-gram, high school students canbe enrolled in more than 150 col-lege courses. Instruction isprovided by JCCC faculty and isusually held on the college cam-pus. For fall 2009, 829 Quick 23

Step students from area highschools were enrolled in JCCCcourses. In the spring, 621 stu-dents were enrolled in QuickStep courses.

JCCC also offers a unique program in the high schoolscalled Quick Step Plus, orQS+. Students can earn credit inhigh school math and college al-gebra simultaneously throughJCCC’s self-paced math offer-ings. A high school instructorteaches the course and gives thehigh school grade, while a JCCCprofessor oversees the self-paced aspect of study,administers all assessments forcollege credit, and gives theJCCC grade. In 2009-2010, 958students were enrolled in 88 sec-tions of the course in 21 areahigh schools. Ninety-two percentof enrolled students earn trans-ferable credit for college algebrawith a grade of C or higher.

JCCC and the Metropolitan Community College district inKansas City, Mo., have developedcooperative agreementsthat allow Johnson County resi-dents to enroll in selected careerprograms at MCC while payingthe same cost per credit hourrates that Johnson County resi-dents pay to attend JCCC.Conversely, Missouri residentsmay enroll in selected career pro-grams offered at JCCC at residentMissouri tuition rates. BetweenJCCC and MCC there are 32 co-operative programs offered tomore than 350 students from bothJohnson County and Missouri.

Students in nontraditionalcareers are studying in a field inwhich more than 75 percent of the workforce is of the oppositegender. Examples are men innursing and women in informationtechnology. JCCC systematicallyworks to inform students, parents,counselors, teachers, thecommunity and business of theoptions, advantages andavailability of nontraditionalcareers for male and femalestudents. More than 500 studentsparticipate in activities focusingon nontraditional careers eachyear.

Through its On Your Siteprogram, JCCC offers creditclasses onsite at localbusinesses. The courses can beused to train or retrainemployees in specific skills, or acompany can offer employeesgeneral education courses thatcount toward a college degree.During the 2009-2010 academicyear, classes in industrialsafety/workplace skills and metal fabrication were offered at theJohnson County correctional facility in Gardner. Classes ininterpersonal communicationwere offered at the Lawrence Energy Center.

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early 400 runners partici-pated in the second

Start2Finish 5-K Run-Walk,co-sponsored by JCCC and theUniversity of Kansas EdwardsCampus, in July 2009. Race pro-ceeds support scholarships forJCCC students who continuetheir education at KU EdwardsCampus through Start2Finish, aneducational partnership betweenthe two institutions. Runnersstarted at JCCC, ran south onQuivira Road and finished therace at the KU Edwards Campus.

The second SustainabilityExpo and Dinner in Septembershowcased local farmers, meatproducers and vendors of specialty products. Dinner guestshad the opportunity to meet withlocal farmers and private foodproducers to discuss the field-to-plate process and efforts towardsustainability. Food from vendorsand grown by students in JCCC’ssustainable agriculture programwas incorporated into the five-course meal.

JCCC’s Healthcare SimulationCenter hosted a conference,Fresh Perspective:Focusing on Reflection, forhealth care educators and professionals in September,emphasizing the use of video andaudio for simulation debriefing.The keynote speaker was LiatPessach-Gelblum, director of

International Training andCurriculum Development, MRSIsrael Center for MedicalSimulation.

At Criminal Justice Day inSeptember, students were ableto examine a SWAT team unitand armored personnel carriers,among other activities. The eventwas intended to inform the community about safety issuesand resources and inform potential students about careeropportunities in administration ofjustice.

The second annual StrokeForum: From Victim to Victor also took place inSeptember. Co-sponsored by theAmerican Stroke Foundation andJCCC, the forum featured anaddress by a stroke survivor anddiscussions on recent researchin treatment and rehabilitation.

Japanese culture came alive inSeptember at the GreaterKansas City Japan Festival,presented on the collegecampus by the Heart of AmericaJapan-America Society and theJapan Festival Committee.Events included performances ofbuyo and shamisen dancing andtaiko drumming.

JCCC and a consortium of 11school districts in Johnson, Douglas and Miami countiessponsored a Career andTechnical Expo in Septemberto help make students, parentsand the community aware ofpostsecondary options that donot require a four-year degree,such as animation, earlychildhood education and legalstudies.

In October, JCCC hosted aLatino Youth Day, offering information on admission,financial aid, scholarships andinternational and immigrant student services as well as aperformance by Son Venezuela,games, food and an introductionto the college’s LUNA (LatinosUnited: Now and Always) club.

The second annual AutismSpectrum Disorder: Beyond the Diagnosis IIconference was sponsored inOctober by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.Michael J. Carley, author of Asperger’s from the Inside Out,who serves as the executive director of the Global andRegional Asperger’s SyndromePartnership, delivered the opening address.

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The science departmentpresented Evening with theStars in October. Jay Manifoldof the Astronomical Society ofKansas City spoke on Asteroids,Global Catastrophic Risk andHow to Save Civilization.

Steve Lopez, author of TheSoloist, spoke in November aspart of the college’s Scholar-in-Residence program. The Soloistwas the selection for the 2009community-wide initiative UnitedWe Read, sponsored by theKansas City Library and Informa-tion Network. The book toucheson themes of homelessness,mental illness, racism and musicand was the basis for the film ofthe same name.

Also in November, VeteransDay was observed with a weekof activities, including apresentation by Dr. Joe Law, anexpert in post-traumatic stressdisorder and a decorated veteranof two tours of combat in Vietnam.

The 12th annual Mary AnnThompson MemorialCancer Symposium was heldin November. Presenters includedDeauna-Limayo, a myelomaspecialist; Teresa S. Miceli, amember of the InternationalMyeloma Foundation NurseLeadership Board; and MichaelKauffman, who discussedmyeloma clinical trials andstudies with carfilzomib.

In February, JCCC’s fashion merchandising and designstudents presented their springfashion show, Viva la Fashion,featuring clothes designed byJCCC students.

Also in February, Dr. CarmalettaWilliams, executive director, Office of Diversity, Equity andInclusion, and Fred Krebs, historyprofessor, presented The Souls ofBlack Folk: Beyond the Veil, aboutblack author W.E.B. DuBois.

The Science Olympiad washeld on campus in February. TheScience Olympiad competitionsare like academic track meets forstudents grades 6-12. During theday, about 40 local schoolscompeted in two divisions –junior high/middle school andhigh school – in meteorology,chemistry, biology and more.

An exhibit of Indonesianbatiks belonging to Ann Dunham,President Barack Obama’smother, was displayed on campus in March. The exhibit of22 textiles was sponsored by theEmbassy of the Republic of Indonesia, the Consulate Generalof the Republic of Indonesia inChicago, the IndonesianCommunity of Greater KansasCity, St. Louis Artists’ Guild Boardof Governors, Art Dimensions andJCCC’s International Educationoffice.

The third Lose the TrainingWheels camp, a program thatteaches children and adults withdisabilities how to ride aconventional bike, wasconducted at JCCC in March.The camp offers speciallyadapted bikes that help special-needs children and adults learnto ride a bike without trainingwheels in five days.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko,Russian poet, actor, director,screenwriter, political activist andteacher, gave a poetry readingas a scholar-in-residence inMarch.

As a scholar-in-residence, also inMarch, Rachida Kerkech,chair of the English department,Ecole Normale Superieure,Rabat, Morocco, gave a publicpresentation on Moroccanwomen’s legal rights. She spoketo students and faculty aboutwomen’s issues in Moroccanliterature.

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In April, the college hosted an industrial technologyshowcase to acquaintprospective students witheducation and employmentopportunities in industrialtechnology fields. Prospectivestudents had the opportunity totalk to faculty about pre-engineering, automotive technology, computer-aideddrafting, electronics technology,metal fabrication (welding), civilengineering technology, electricaltechnology, energy performanceand resource management, andHVAC (heating, ventilation and airconditioning).

The Student Environmental Alliance again celebrated EarthDay in April. The studentspromoted awareness ofenvironmental issues, ideas andactions.

In April, the Cohen CommunitySeries raised more than $40,000for scholarships through apresentation by MarcusBuckingham, the world’sforemost authority on helpingpeople maximize their strengths,rather than simply improving theirweaknesses, to increase workefficiency and personal growth.Buckingham was the third personto appear in the series,inaugurated in 2008 in honor ofthe late Barton P. Cohen,president of Metcalf Bancshares,

vice chairman and general counsel of Metcalf Bank, anattorney with Blackwell SandersPeper Martin LLP, and a longtimesupporter of the college.

JCCC hosted the second annual multicultural night,a fundraiser for JCCC’s partnerhigh school and a medical clinicin the war-torn region of northernUganda. The event included dinner, a silent auction and aninternational cultural artsperformance. The evening wasco-sponsored by the InvisibleChildren United, a JCCC studentorganization, and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Steve Kraske, politicalcorrespondent for The KansasCity Star and host of Up to Dateon KCUR-FM, received theHeadline Award from JCCC’sjournalism and mediacommunications program in April.The Headline Award recognizespersons who have madesignificant contributions tojournalism in the area.

The fourth annual AmericanIndian Health Research andEducational Alliance PowWow was held at JCCC in May,focusing on improving thephysical, mental, emotional andspiritual health of AmericanIndians.

The Office of Diversity, Equityand Inclusion also hostedVisions of the World: Indiain May, which included Indiancuisine, entertainment focusingon Indian culture and a numberof speakers addressing the Indian community abouteducation, Indian culture andvolunteer opportunities.

Over the summer, JCCC offerssports camps and learning,art and career optionsclasses for youth on campus. Anew Summer Institute for the Artsincluded a visual-theater artscombo class, an introduction tochamber music, two teacher workshops and the HeartlandChamber Music Festival oncampus. The institute wasorganized by the JCCCPerforming Arts Series ArtsEducation program in partnershipwith Starlight Theatre Academy,Heartland Chamber MusicAcademy, Nerman Museum ofContemporary Art, MidAmericaNazarene University and theKansas Department of Education.

Throughout the year, JCCChosted campus visit eventsfor high school juniors and seniors and home schoolstudents as well as presentationsfor prospective adult students. Inaddition, the college also offeredcollege planning events forparents. 27

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programs at Johnson CountyCommunity College in 2007-2008 are working and satisfied,according to a survey conductedby JCCC’s office of InstitutionalResearch and published in 2009.The students surveyed hadcompleted career programs atJCCC in 2007-2008, earningeither a degree or a certificate.

The surveys are administered bythe college’s Office ofInstitutional Research, whichconducts follow-up studies eachyear of students who completeda JCCC career program duringthe previous academic year andof their employers. A total of 320former students and 84employers completed surveys.

Results of these studies providevaluable insight into theeffectiveness of the college’scareer programs and assistadministrators and faculty inplanning to meet the needs offuture students and of businessand industry.

Eighty-seven percent of therespondents reported they wereemployed in a job related to theirprogram of study at JCCC. Sixty-eight percent indicated they wereemployed full time. Averagehourly wages were most typicallybetween $10 and $16.

Most respondents who wereemployed full-time in a relatedjob said they were satisfied withtheir work. More than 85 percentrated their working conditions,amount of job responsibility andtheir job in general as excellentor good. Virtually all respondentsindicated they had progressed intheir career field since attendingJCCC and reported mostfrequently that they had gainedknowledge and experience,increased skills and obtained ajob.

The students’ employers werealso satisfied. More than 90 percent of employers surveyedrated the overall job preparationof their employees who were educated at JCCC as very goodor good.

Most of the responders’ objectivein completing their careerprogram was one of thefollowing: prepare to enter thejob market, 31 percent; improveskills for a present job, 14percent; and transfer to anothercollege or university, 9 percent.Ninety-six percent of therespondents indicated they hadachieved their educationalobjective completely or partially.

Ninety-three percent of surveyrespondents indicated theywould attend JCCC again.Ninety-six percent indicated theywould recommend JCCC tofriends.

Between 80 and 96 percent ofrespondents indicated they werejustified with these aspects ofJCCC as a whole: class size,content of courses, variety ofcourses, facilities andequipment, class scheduling,helpfulness/faculty attention,quality of instruction and careerpreparation.

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or fiscal year 2009-2010, thecollege’s management

budget, representing the actualamount available to spend in ayear, was $210,159,366. It wascomposed of the operatingbudget, totaling $134,442,428 (a6 percent decrease from the2008-2009 budget) and thebudgets for all other funds suchas capital outlay, auxiliary andrestricted funds, totaling$75,716,938. The college’soperating budget was built on ananticipated 3 percent decreasein assessed valuation from thecounty, a 13 percent decrease infunding from the state, and a 3 percent increase in enrollment.

The mill levy assessed for thecollege did not change for 2009-2010 but remained the same, at8.784 mills. The averagehomeowner paid about $243 inannual assessment for thecollege.

However, the cost-per-credit-hour for students increased by$4 for Kansas residents and $10for students from outside thestate. Johnson County residentspaid $69 a credit hour, Kansasresidents $84 a credit hour andnonresidents $159 a credit hourfor classes.

There was no increase in theoperating budget except inareas where increases could notbe controlled, such as utilitiesand insurance. Capital expenseswere based on need, and therewas no increase in staffing.

About 51 percent of JCCC’s operating funding came fromcounty taxes; the rest came fromstudent tuition, motor vehicletaxes and state aid.

JCCC ranks …91st percentile for part-time, first-time students in fall 2005completing a degree orcertificate within three years

89th percentile for full-time, first-time students in fall 2005transferring within three years

89th percentile for part-time, first-time students in fall 2005completing or transferring withinthree years

84th percentile for full-time, first-time students in fall 2005completing or transferring withinthree years

Figures from the National CommunityCollege Benchmarking Project

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Accountable to the community

2009-2010 Revenues

2009-2010Expenditures

Ad ValoremTaxes 51%

Tuition 20%

Other 7%

State Grant17% Salaries and

Benefits 78%

Current Operating 20%

Capital 2%

Local Motor Vehicle Taxes 5%

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Technology at JCCCJohnson County CommunityCollege was again listed amongthe top 10 digitally savvycommunity colleges in thelarge college category by theCenter for Digital Education andConverge Magazine. JCCC wasalso in the top 10 in 2005, 2007and 2008.

The Center for Digital Educationand Converge magazineselected 36 community collegesas outstanding examples oftechnology delivery in highereducation. The DigitalCommunity Colleges Surveyidentifies and spotlights collegesthat provide a high level ofservice to their students andfaculty through informationtechnology.

Schools were placed in threecategories based on size ofenrollment. At the survey’sconclusion, the top 10 in each ofthe three categories werenamed. The survey examinedareas of technology ranging fromonline registration, distancelearning, tutoring and advisoryservices, technology training forstudents and faculty, and Web2.0 social and collaborativecapabilities.

“JCCC is proud of receiving thisaward,” said Dr. Dana Grove,executive vice president,educational planning anddevelopment/chief operatingofficer at JCCC. “It represents tothe public the dedication andtalent of our information servicesstaff and the effective proceduresthey have implemented to supportthe continual improvement ofstudent learning.”

Yearly statistics A total of 10,029 students wereenrolled in summer 2009 classesat JCCC, up 9.7 percent from the9,141 enrolled in summer 2008.This was the highest summerenrollment the college had everrecorded. The number of credithours in which students wereenrolled was 43,911, a 10.6percent increase from theprevious summer’s total of39,710, also a record. Thelargest increase was in full-timestudents.

For the fall 2009 semester,20,401 students were enrolled atJCCC on the 20th day of class,an increase of 7.0 percent fromthe total of 19,062 in fall 2008.The number of credit hours inwhich students were enrolledwas 173,267, an increase of 7.8percent from the fall 2008 total of160,750. These were the highestenrollment figures the collegehad ever recorded. By the end ofthe fall semester, 21,453students had enrolled incredit classes.

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Spring 2010 semester enrollmentwas 19,223 on the 20th day ofclasses, a 6.3 percent increasefrom the spring 2009 total of18,086. The number of credithours students were enrolled inwas 158,493, an increase of 8.2percent over the spring 2009total of 146,530. These were thehighest totals JCCC had everrecorded for the spring semester.

In 2009-2010, 22 percent of localhigh school graduates attendedJCCC.

In 2009-2010, JCCC graduated1,015 students with associate’sdegrees or vocationalcertificates. Five studentsgraduated with civic honors.Darwin Lawyer, a counselorat JCCC for more than 30 years,and Trent Brining, presidentof the Student Senate, were the commencement speakers.

More than 400 students passedthe General EducationalDevelopment exam to obtaintheir Kansas high schooldiploma.

More than $40 million in federal,state and institutional student aidwas distributed to students forcollege and living expenses in2009-2010. This was an almost50 percent increase in demandfor aid to attend JCCC over theprevious year.

In 2009-2010, more than 14,800people took classes through theCenter for Business andTechnology. In addition, 560groups (52,000 people) used theevent spaces in the RegnierCenter and the NermanMuseum.

The Brown & Gold Club,sponsored by JCCC’s StudentLife and LeadershipDevelopment division, serves thecounty’s senior citizens. Morethan 4,950 members enjoyed theclub’s many educational andcultural opportunities. The clubsponsored five free concerts forthe community at large; morethan 3,200 patrons attended. Theclub contributed $5,500 to helpJCCC students.

In fall 2009, 53 percent of allJCCC students were female, 58percent were full-time students,and 74 percent lived in JohnsonCounty. The average age ofJCCC students was 25.9.

JCCC is Kansas’ third largest institution of higher educationand the largest of its 19community colleges. Yet it hasthe lowest mill levy.

JCCC returns about $2.70 to thecommunity for every tax dollar itcollects, a return on investmentof nearly 3 to 1, and has a totalannual tangible economic impacton the county of about $182million. In addition to thebusiness volume it generates,JCCC also contributes asignificant number of full-timejobs to the Johnson Countyeconomy. An estimated 6,734full-time jobs may be attributedto the college through its directand indirect economic activity.

It’s estimated that JCCC’spartnership with BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway andthe city of Overland Park adds$50 million to the county’seconomic base.

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What a difference aclass makesNicole Connelly was takingfive classes and feelingoverwhelmed.

“I found myself barely passing allmy exams,” she said. “It was ahuge struggle.”

Connelly had put off takingcollege classes until her mid 20s.

Her “ah-ha” college momentcame after the semester shestruggled when taking fiveclasses. She decided to take aclass to sharpen her learningtools.

A learning strategies course,taught her self-managementstrategies necessary for college.

“I now walk into my classesfeeling more confident andknowing that I am ahead of thegame. With my new study skills, Ifind myself more engaged inclass because I am familiar withwhat the teacher is saying, and Iam not scrambling to takeeverything down in my notes.”

“I was too afraid of college whenI graduated from high school,”she said. “I now know that schoolis so valuable … It’s priceless,and it is totally worth it. Going toschool fills me up!”

Making choices withJCCC workshopWhen Lynae DeGravelgraduated from high school witha career choice in mind, little didshe know she would change herdecision even before taking herfirst college class.

“I wasn’t sure what path I wantedso I talked to a counselor,” shesaid. “The Choices Workshopwas recommended.”

JCCC’s Choices Workshop helpsstudents make satisfyingeducational decisions throughself-assessment and careerexploration that supportindividual educational and lifegoals.

“I thought it would be someonetelling me what field I need to gointo, but it wasn’t that at all,” shesaid. “The workshop providesyou with a list of many careersaccording to your self-assessment test scores. Theworkshop leaders encourageyou to talk to a counselor to seewhat you need to do to reach thegoal you want.”

DeGravel realized she wanted toteach, particularly elementaryeducation. Seeing how her facelights up as she talks about herfuture career further supports thefact that she’s made the rightchoice.

Passing it onWhat Nick Gentryexperienced from JCCC’s facultymembers is what he hopes tobring to a high school classroom.

“I would not be where I’m attoday – with a master’s degree ineducation and prepared to teachhigh school business – if not forJCCC,” Gentry said.

After managing a Sears store, hewanted to do something differentthat would touch people’s lives.So, at 42, he enrolled at JCCC.

At an early age his father andeven his principal told him thathe wasn’t very smart.

“My principal tried to get me intoauto mechanics, and that’s notwhat I wanted to do,” he said. “Ididn’t think I was going toamount to anything. But throughmarriage and opportunity, I wasable to prove that wrong.”

Now with a master’s degree andready to teach high school,Gentry wants to repay what helearned at JCCC by encouragingstudents to never give up.

“Knowledge changes your wholeviewpoint on life, he said.“Teaching styles have changed.There are now different ways oflearning for all types of learners.”

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Student stories

Mom’s turn to finishFor Rosella Hyland, a collegedegree was a long time coming.An associate’s degree in generalstudies gave her a sense ofaccomplishment for somethingshe started years ago.

“Now my three children are incollege or have graduated fromcollege. So we all came togetheras a family and decided it wasMom’s turn to finish,” she said.

Getting back in the swing ofthings was not as easy as onemight think.

“I felt like I could do anything …anything except math,” sheadded. “So once I came back Ihad to take the assessment test.”

Her first math class was online.

“I found that if given the time andthe forum where I could gothrough an assignment multipletimes I could grasp the conceptsand retain them,” she noted. “Iactually enjoy math now.”

For Hyland, she thinks her fear ofmath was a self-esteem issue.

She encourages others by tellingthem to “always remember thatyou are going to school foryourself,” she said. “If youapproach it from that angle, youwill make sure you get out of iteverything that is yours.”

Displaced workerfinds a futureCharles Porter Jr. is the firstto point out that he definitely is anontraditional student. Untilrecently, he had a job he thoughthe would have for 30 years andthen retire. His plans changed.

Acting on a desire to learn signlanguage, he applied to theinterpreter training program.

“If all the instructors at JCCC arelike the instructors I experienced,then hurrah!” he said.

As a student, he worked in theStudent Success Center.

“I showed (students) the long listof career programs andcertificates at JCCC. Each time,the many options availablealways amazed me,” he said. “Ilet other students know that theinstructors and counselors knowyou … you’re more than just astudent … and you’re never tooold to learn. I can vouch for that!”

In August, Porter received a callfrom an instructor at JCCC withan opportunity that seemed to fithim perfectly.

“I was asked to be an interpreter/coach for two eighth-gradersfrom the Kansas School for theDeaf who are playing football,”Porter said. “For me, it’s mydream job!”

Providing balanceAs a single mother who worksfull-time, yet is determined to receive a college education,Lindsey Smith uses onlineand evening/weekend classes atJCCC to help balance work, family and school.

“Because of my work scheduleand having a young son, I had tolook for college classes at night,on weekends or online,” Smithsaid.

Taking four classes online andone at night plus working a full-time job and a weekend job isdemanding.

“Knowing that later on I will beable to provide for my son iswhat gives me hope,” Smith said.“I always remember: study hardnow, play later. I know I will berewarded in the future … I know Ihave to keep my prioritiesstraight.”

Helping Smith to achieve hergoals are JCCC teachers whounderstand all that Smith isjuggling.

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Center for Businessand TechnologyIn 2009-2010, the Center forBusiness and Technology was theprofessional development trainingchoice for 55 area businessesand 14,868 individuals in JohnsonCounty and the Greater KansasCity area. Lifelong learningprograms included:

n Licensing and CEUs for professionals in health care,real estate, mediation, earlychildhood education, banking,payroll, human resources, andLean and Six Sigma processimprovement tools.

n Customized training anddevelopment for organizations,including solutions forleadership, management,mentoring and coaching atvarious levels.

n Public classes and contracttraining in computerapplications and informationtechnology.

n Special events such asAdministrative ProfessionalsDay™, National HigherEducation BenchmarkingConference, and monthlyLunch & Learns.

n Assistance to local companiesapplying for KansasDepartment of Commercegrants that will pay forworkforce training for newlycreated jobs or jobs requiringnew skills.

Health and Human ServicesThe Health and Human Servicescontinuing educationdivision offered symposiumstargeting health care providers,care givers and patients withAlzheimer’s, dementia,Parkinson’s, stroke, cancer,poverty and addiction, as well aschildren with disabilities. Keynotespeakers at each event werenationally and locally recognizedexperts on how to manage andbattle the devastating effects ofthese conditions and issues.

The division introduced newphlebotomy technician and ECGtechnician courses. Thephlebotomy courseencompasses lectures on thecampus followed by more than100 hours of clinical time atOlathe Medical Center, wherestudents work with OMC’sphlebotomy staff to successfullycomplete 100 live unassisted,documented blood draws toqualify for a national certificationexam. The programs will behoused at the new Olathe HealthEducation Center when it opensin fall 2011.

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Workforce and Economic Development

Kansas SmallBusinessDevelopment CenterSmall business owners receivedmanagement consulting,technical assistance and trainingfrom the Kansas Small BusinessDevelopment Center (KSBDC).The U.S. Small BusinessAdministration, the KansasDepartment of Commerce andJCCC fund the KSBDC. TheKansas Small BusinessDevelopment Center consultedwith 447 existing or aspiringsmall business clients in 2009.These clients created 138 newjobs and obtained $4.14 millionin loans. Marathon Moving &Delivery LLC and The BBQShack, clients of JCCC’s KSBDC,were selected as Emerging andExisting Businesses of the Year,respectively. Each wasrecognized at the annualceremony at the state capitol inTopeka. The JCCC KSBDC alsotrained 1,020 individuals onsmall business-related topics.

Community ServicesIn 2009-2010, the CommunityServices division served morethan 10,500 communitymembers through variousprograms including personalenrichment classes; the careerservices program, offeringworkshops, individual careercounseling and weekly job clubs;services for older adults, such asGreat Decision and CurrentIssues forums; summer youthprograms; Divine Dining, a seriesof culinary classes with differentthemes, ranging from NorthernFrench cuisine to Americanbarbeque; Friday Discoveries, aone-day class for youth offeringtopics in math, science, arts andcrafts; contract languageservices for area businessesneeding translation services; andadult basic education.Motorcycle training sessionswere also new this year.

More than 3,000 adults preparedfor the GED exam, learnedEnglish or improved theiracademic skills through the sixJohnson County Adult EducationProgram centers. JCAE issponsored jointly by the collegeand the Johnson County Library.A Kan-Go grant helped morethan 200 students prepare forand enter into postsecondaryeducation or obtain their workskills credentials. In addition, theMigrant Family Literacy Programprovided preschool and literacyservices for 75 families in theOlathe school district, and theFamily Resource Centerprovided services for familiesliving in the emergency shelter,transitional homes and publichousing. The program providesbasic life skills, employmentcounseling, parenting and after-school tutoring to children andadults in Olathe.

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or almost 20 years, JohnsonCounty Community College

has offered one of the largestmulti-discipline performing artsseries in mid-America. TheSeries offers performances bynational and internationallyknown artists and companies inthe Carlsen Center’s 1,250-seatYardley Hall and 400-seat PolskyTheatre.

Highlights of the 2009-2010series were performances byguitarist Tommy Emmanuel;comedian Paula Poundstone; thePaul Taylor Dance Company; atap-dancing tribute to GregoryHines called Thank You,Gregory; the sibling pianists The5 Browns; and the orchestraPhilharmonia of the Nations.

More than 21,800 tickets weresold to one of the 22performances in the PerformingArts Series; another 64,693attended events presented byvarious college departments andcommunity organizations. Localpresenters and communitygroups present 20 percent of theevents in the college’sperformance spaces.

In September 2009, EmilyBehrmann became the newgeneral manager of thePerforming Arts Series at JCCC.Previously, she was the programdirector of annual campaigns

and major gifts for the JCCCFoundation. Her goals are topresent excellent entertainersand artists that appeal to a widerange of audiences and toincrease attendance and fundingfor the series from individualsand the business community.

Performing ArtsEducationEach year, the college’sPerforming Arts Educationprogram provides area studentsand teachers with low-cost orfree services designed to helpthem explore their own creativity,glimpse the performing world ofprofessional artists, and developtalents and critical thinking skills.The arts education programincludes master classes, teacherworkshops, residencies,curriculum development,lecture/demonstrations andperformances.

In 2009-2010, Performing ArtsEducation offered eight schoolshows, featuring artists Sones deMexico, who shared the Mexicanculture with song, music anddance; Spencer’s Theatre ofIllusion, an award-winningmagician duo who presented anexclusive interactiveperformance for specialpopulations; and Raggs, alovable group of caninemusicians seen on television.

Petra Puppets presented ascience show, It’s Alive!,featuring characters such as thestomach, brain and heart, andthe National Theatre of the Deafpresented the Little Theatre ofthe Deaf’s production of Storiesin My Pocket for the Deafcommunity. More than 3,400students attended.

An additional 10,130 studentsattended more than 150outreach activities, includingmaster classes, workshops, lecture/demonstrations, after-school classes, summer classes,pre-performance activities andseminars at JCCC and in thecommunity. The wide variety ofperforming arts opportunitiesconnected visiting artists withnumerous JCCC campusorganizations, including theHiersteiner Child DevelopmentCenter, where the children joinedin music and dance from Mexico.A first-time co-sponsorship withJCCC’s Health and HumanServices division broughtmagician Kevin Spencer for atwo-day workshop using magicin physical rehabilitation andteaching tools for children withADHD. At Lincoln College PrepMiddle and High Schools, morethan 870 students engaged in aninteractive performance with theDance Theatre of HarlemEnsemble. Free performances36

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were offered to residents at arearetirement homes; and masterclasses were held at local dancestudios and community centers.

Partnerships continued witheducational and communityorganizations such as the PaolaCommunity Center and LeawoodArts Council with three co-sponsored performances at thecenters, the Olathe schooldistrict and its after-schoolprograms, and the NermanMuseum of Contemporary Artwith the Stages and Studiosprogram. Partnerships beganwith the Kennedy Center,Starlight Theatre Academy andthe Heartland Chamber MusicAcademy. Finally, in 2009-2010,PAS Arts Education beganyearlong offerings in theater foryouth and the Summer Institutefor the Arts, which featured anine-day chamber music festivalwith more than 90 area, nationaland international students.

Academicperformances JCCC’s music department offersstudents the opportunity tocompose, study and performmusic as part of a choral groupor concert or jazz band. JCCC’smusical ensembles – ChamberChoir, MadRegalia, ConcertBand, the Midnight Blues JazzChoir and the Midnight ExpressJazz Ensemble – performconcerts throughout the year.

JCCC’s academic theatredepartment offered theseproductions in 2009-2010: CloserThan Ever, a musical revue inwhich each song told a story;Almost Maine, a look at life andlove in a small, mythical town infar northern Maine; Ming Leeand the Magic Tree, a children’splay based on a Chinese fable;and Antigone, the Greek tragedyby Sophocles. The college’sacademic theatre programprovides a variety of roles andtechnical work for students andcommunity members.

In addition, each semester thecollege presents the Ruel JoyceRecital Series (named for thelongtime jazz bassist whoheaded the local musiciansfederation from 1977 until hisdeath in 1989) and a JazzSeries. The concerts, featuringlocal classical and jazz artists,are cosponsored by the JCCC humanities and musicdepartments, CommunityServices and the Richard J.Stern Foundation for the Arts.

In January 2010, JCCC banishedthe winter blues with a newthree-day jazz festival – JazzWinterlude: Kansas CityStyle. Audiences enjoyed twofull days of jazz and a Sundaybrunch listening to local jazzmusicians play a range of styles,from Dixieland to swing, bebopto big band.

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lmost 70,000 individualsvisited the Nerman Museum

of Contemporary Art in 2009-2010. The museum at JCCC isthe largest contemporary artmuseum in the four-state regionand the only contemporary artmuseum in Kansas.

Since 1980, JCCC has beencollecting contemporary art fromaround the world, each yearadding new pieces to thecollection. Today, the works ofapproximately 950 regional,national and international artistsare represented in JCCC’srenowned collection, whichfeatures a diverse range ofpainting, photography, clay,sculpture and works on paper.Much of the college’s collectionis installed in “collection focus”areas in the corridors, dininghalls and other highly visible andaccessible locations aroundcampus, sparking aspontaneous engagement withart for students, faculty, staff andvisitors. New focus areas openedin 2009: contemporary Latino artcan now be seen in the westwing of the second floor of theRegnier Center on campus, whilecontemporary American Indianart can be found in the east wingof the second floor of that samebuilding. In addition,contemporary paintings thatreference the landscape were

installed on the first floor of theRegnier Center.

In November 2009, the museumreceived a gift of $1,000,000 toestablish the Barton P. andMary D. Cohen ArtAcquisition Endowment forthe Nerman Museum ofContemporary Art. The giftrepresents the first donor-designated endowment for thecollege’s museum. Prior to theopening of the Nerman Museum,the Cohens donated funds toestablish the Barton P. and MaryD. Cohen Gallery there. A projectspace for area artists, the CohenGallery quickly became one ofthe most popular galleries of themuseum. Its focus reflects theCohens’ long passion andsupport for the work of artistsfrom the region.

Funds generated from the BartonP. and Mary D. Cohen ArtAcquisition Endowment will beused annually to purchase art forthe museum/college. Theensuing collection, to be namedthe Bart and Mary CohenCollection, will focus uponcontemporary art, and it will beintegrated within the museumand campus collections.

ExhibitionsExhibitions at the museum in2009-2010 focused on a varietyof content and media.

n Two exhibitions – WORD• Archie Scott Gobber,Christopher Leitch, Jim Sajovicand Light Text • Hank WillisThomas – were on viewSeptember through November2009 in three of the museum’ssecond-floor galleries. WORDjuxtaposed three Kansas City-based artists for whom the useof text is integral to their works,highlighting their varyingconceptual and visualapproaches to the use ofwritten language. Light Textpresented a new group ofneon works by Thomas, a NewYork-based artist known for hisphoto-based pieces.

n Aberrant Abstraction, featuringKeltie Ferris, Chris Martin,Cordy Ryman and AgatheSnow, opened in November2009 in the musem’s first-floorgalleries. The exhibitionhighlighted four contemporaryartists and their varyingapproaches to abstraction,often using unorthodoxmaterials, blurring thedistinction between paintingand sculpture and referencingperformance and sitespecificity.38

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n In December, visitorscontemplated Hand Print Press• 15 Years, a collective ofregional printmakers. HandPrint Press has been a force forpromoting printmaking in theKansas City area for the past15 years. Each of the nineportfolios the press hasproduced demonstrates thediversity of artistic expressionof member artists as well as thebroad range of processes usedby printmakers working today.

n In February 2010, the museumoffered Faraway Nearby • Addressing Suburbia,featuring 50 works by artistsChris Ballantyne, Sheila PreeBright, Don Lambert, PahoMann, Matthew Moore, AmyStein, Greg Stimac, Brian Tolleand Michael Vahrenwald. Theirworks examine the origins,preconceptions, sustainabilityand social implications of thesuburban landscape.

n Habitations • Jessica Kincaidand Worldscapes • MaryWessel opened in May and ranthrough July. Habitationsoffered seven major beadedworks depicting architecturalspaces based upon artistKincaid’s dreams.Worldscapes showedphotographer Wessel’s large-scale abstract works createdby using a cameraless processknown as the photogram.

n In June, Nari Ward • Re-Presence featured Ward’sdramatic sculptures made fromdiscarded materials found inurban neighborhoods thatcomment on issues related toconsumer culture, poverty,race and support for those withphysical and mental illnesses.This major exhibit was Ward’sfirst one-person exhibition in anAmerican museum.

The collectionSince July 2009, the NermanMuseum added 81 artworks tothe permanent collection. Recentacquisitions included ceramics,paintings, works on paper, glass,textiles, sculpture andphotography. During the year, 13donors gifted 31 works to themuseum/college. The donorswere Don and Daisy Brown, MaryD. Cohen – Barton P. and Mary D.Cohen Charitable Trust, BruceHartman, Sari Haenisch, DouglasDrake and Elisabeth Kirsch,Diane Kappen, Fred Krebs, Gwenand Peter Norton, Marti and TonyOppenheimer and theOppenheimer BrothersFoundation, Matt Rowland, DeanE. Thompson, Dean Valentine andAmy Adelson, and Robert Xidis.Marti and Tony Oppenheimer andthe Oppenheimer BrothersFoundation helped acquire 15new pieces for the museum’spermanent collection.

In addition, several works fromthe permanent collection wereloaned to major museums andinstitutions in the United Statesand abroad.

Arlene Shechet’s ceramic workWhat I Heard, 2007, traveled tothe Tang Museum at SkidmoreCollege in Saratoga Springs,N.Y., for a solo exhibition titledArlene Shechet: Blow By Blow,Sept. 1, 2009-Feb. 15, 2010.  

Keltie Ferris’ painting, ManEaters, 2009, was loaned to theKemper Museum ofContemporary Art, Kansas City,Mo., Oct. 23, 2009-Feb. 10,2010, for a solo exhibition titledKeltie Ferris – Man Eaters.

Nicola Lopez’s work on papertitled Eye of the Storm, 2006, wason view in a solo travelingexhibition titled Nicola Lopez:Urban Transformations at theChazen Museum of Art,Madison, Wis., from Oct. 17,2009-Jan. 2, 2010. The artworklater traveled to the MesarosGallery at West VirginiaUniversity, Morgantown, W.V.,from Jan. 21-March 5, 2010.

Angel Otero’s painting 10 KaratStill Life, 2009, was loaned to theCity of Chicago’s Department ofCultural Affairs for his soloexhibition Angel Otero: Paintingfrom Jan. 23-March 28, 2010. 39

Beard Gods II, 2007, a paintingby Leidy Churchman, was onloan to the Greater New Yorkexhibition at P.S. 1 ContemporaryArts Center from May 10-Nov. 2,2010.

Dana Schutz’s paintingSwimming, Smoking, Crying,2009, was on loan to the DouglasHyde Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, fora solo traveling exhibition titledDana Schutz June 18-Sept. 15,2010. It later traveled to Rovereto,Italy, for an exhibition at Museod’Arte Moderna e Contemporaneadi Trento e Rovereto Oct. 23,2010-Sept 1, 2011.  

A major conservation projecttook place on a large-scalesculpture in 2009-2010. In May2010, Dennis Oppenheim’sPerformance Piece, 2000, wasreinstalled in its original locationoutside the Student Center. Thelarge 20-foot sculpture made offiberglass, stainless steel,bronze, firebrick and paint wasdeinstalled in summer 2009 forrefabrication. Oppenheimconsiders Performance Pieceone of his most important works;it was recently reproduced onthe back cover of his major bookpublished in Germany.

Art educationIn 2009-2010, the museumoffered educational programs forstudents, children, educatorsand visitors of all ages. Museumpublic programs (lectures,presentations, workshops, films,etc.) reached more than 7,580individuals in the community.

n The museum’s free artappreciation tours broughtmore than 1,020 adults fromthe community throughexhibitions and installations in2009-2010. Docents and staffled more than 160 tours for thecommunity (including morethan 1,100 children from 38local schools).

n In 2009-2010, 57 individualsfrom the communityvolunteered more than 1,675hours, assisting with visitorservices, events andeducational programs. Most ofthe guided tours were led bydedicated volunteer docents.

n In addition to its popularContemporary Creationsclasses for children ages 8 to11 conducted in the summerand on Saturdays throughoutthe academic year, the museumlaunched a new series of EarlyExploration classes for childrenages 5 to 7. During eachsession, students explored anddiscussed selected works of

art, developing critical thinkingskills and expanding culturalawareness, and then createdoriginal works of art in themuseum’s studio classroom.More than 500 studentsparticipated in 84 classsessions through bothprograms.

n The museum partnered withthe JCCC Hiersteiner ChildDevelopment Center on a pilotprogram for preK-secondgrade that included a docentvisit to two classrooms, a pre-visit map activity and ahands-on tour of the museum.

n A new series of Friday gallerytalks called Noon at theNerman was initiated in fall2009 in collaboration with thecollege’s art historydepartment. Theinterdisciplinary programprovided students, faculty andstaff an open opportunity toexamine works of art on view inthe museum and the collegecampus. Each week a memberof JCCC’s faculty or staff spokebriefly about a different work ofart. With 23 presentations for atotal of 440 individuals, theseries has become a popularaddition to the museum’sregular programming. Dr. Allison Smith, associateprofessor, art history,coordinated the speakers. 40

Third ThursdayVisiting Artists’PresentationIn collaboration with the JCCCacademic fine art and art historydepartments, the museumoffered a series of ThirdThursday Visiting Artistspresentations. Each of the freeprograms featured two KansasCity-based artists paired withJCCC faculty moderators. Theprograms were made possible inpart by an Ovation Grant fromthe Arts Council of MetropolitanKansas City.

n The presentation in Septemberfeatured ceramicist andsculptor Laura DeAngelis andMatt Dehaemers, who createssculptural installation works inpublic spaces. Moderatorswere Laura Harris-Gascogneand Mark Cowardin, bothJCCC associate professors,fine arts.

n In October, guest artists wereRobin Case, a painter andmixed media artist, and JaimieWarren, a photographer andperformance artist.Moderators were Dr. AllisonSmith, associate professor, arthistory, and Larry Thomas,professor, fine arts.

n Rain Harris, an artist whoworks in a variety of 3-Dmedia, and Anne Lindberg,who creates intricate lineardrawings and ephemeralmultimedia installations, werethe guest artists in November.Moderators were Harris-Cascogne and Cowardin.

n Elijah Gowin, a photographer,and Marcie Miller Gross, whoworks in fiber installations,presented in February.Moderators were Mary Wessel,adjunct associate professor,photography, and DebraHillen, adjunct professor,fashion merchandising anddesign.

n In March, Amy Myers, whocreates monumental drawings,and sculptor Todd Cero-Atlwere the guest artists.Moderators were Thomas andHarris-Cascogne.

n In April, guest artists werepainter James Brinsfield andMaria Velasco, who createscollaborative installations andsite-specific public art.Moderators were AnthonyBaab, adjunct assistantprofessor, fine arts, and BrianHogarth, adjunct assistantprofessor, art history.

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hrough its fund-raisingefforts, the JCCC

Foundation supports studentscholarships, academicprograms and the visual andperforming arts at the college.As of June 30, 2010, theFoundation’s endowment was$14,907,084 and its total assetswere nearly $23 million. SandyPrice, executive vice president,human resources, Sprint, servedas the 2009-2010 Foundationpresident. In addition to otherFoundation activities notedthroughout this report, thesewere significant milestones for2009-2010:

ScholarshipsMore than $543,000 inFoundation scholarships helpedmore than 670 students withtuition, books and programneeds in 2009-2010.

Some Enchanted EveningIn 2009, Some EnchantedEvening, the Foundation’s black-tie gala, generated more than$300,000 for its scholarshipprogram. Terry and PeggyDunn (Terry is president andCEO of J.E. Dunn ConstructionGroup Inc., Peggy is mayor ofLeawood) were honored as theJohnson Countians of the Yearfor their support of educationand the arts. Brad and LibbyBergman served as co-chairsfor the evening. Over the past 23years, Some Enchanted Eveninghas raised more than $4 millionfor the Foundation’s scholarshipprogram.

Nerman MuseumIn 2009-2010, members of theNerman Museum contributedmore than $16,400. Combinedwith other donations and grants,more than $57,000 in privatefunds helped support exhibitionsand visual arts educationprogramming in the museum. InOctober 2009, the museumhosted Beyond Bounds – Glow,its biennial fundraiser begun in1992. Chaired by Gloria andDick Anderson and Candyand Fred Merrill Jr., BeyondBounds raised nearly $135,000to support museumprogramming.

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The Performing Arts SeriesContributions from Friends of thePerforming Arts Series at JCCCand grants and gifts fromcorporations and foundationsraised more than $175,600 tosupport the performing arts in2009-2010. In addition, theArthur and Alma YardleyEndowment provided $130,000to help underwrite the series.

Dollars for ScholarsIn April 2010, the Dollars forScholars auction earned nearly$50,000 in net profits. More than200 volunteers, includingstudents, friends, alumni, facultyand staff, helped raise funds tosupport scholarships andprograms. Sandy Price servedas honorary chair for the event.

Employee givingNearly 250 faculty and staffmembers supported a widevariety of programs andscholarships every monththrough the Foundation’semployee giving program. Inaddition, 332 employeescontributed more than $82,000through event tickets, purchasesand donations of cash and gifts-in-kind to support numerousfundraising initiatives.

Planned givingUnder the leadership of JohnC. Davis and the PlannedGiving Committee, the groupcontinued its collaboration withthe Johnson County BarAssociation to present “Ethics forGood,” a continuing legaleducation program attended bymore than 400 area attorneys.

Polsky Practical PersonalEnrichment SeriesThis series of educationalpresentations is underwritten bythe Norman and Elaine PolskyFamily Supporting Foundationwithin the Greater Kansas CityCommunity Foundation withJohnson County CommunityCollege. The series includes anumber of topics that are notbeing offered in a formalacademic setting, such aspersonal investing, insurance,banking, health, politics andeducation.

President’sScholarshipThe State of the College addresseach spring reinforces supportfor the President’s ScholarshipFund, which recognizesoutstanding academicachievement by Johnson Countyhigh school graduates. As ofJune 30, 2010, $22,000 hadbeen raised for the initiative.

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