Annual Report to the Community

Johnson County Community College2010-2011

JCCC board of trustees

2L to R: Jerry Cook, Bob Drummond, Greg Musil, Melody Rayl, Stephanie Sharp, Jon Stewart, Don Weiss

A message from the presidentThis annual report to the community takes a look back at Johnson County Community

College during the academic year 2010-2011. It covers the accomplishments of our

students, faculty and staff as well as the college as a whole; charts the progress of

programs, services and facilities; and updates you on our budget and fiscal circumstances.

Highlights for the year include the naming of Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy, one of our science

professors, as Kansas Professor of the Year; the success of our national champion debate

team; the completion of a new health education facility in Olathe; and the beginning of a new

culinary center on campus.

But as the saying goes – the past is prelude. However good a year it was – and it had its

challenges as well as its triumphs – 2010-2011 is a foundation on which to build for 2011-2012

and beyond. The challenges propel us to innovate and find new paths. The triumphs give us

patterns to emulate and data for new directions.

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This look at academic year 2010-2011 shows that JCCC has both a lot to be proud of and a

lot to look forward to. Thank you for your support of and interest in Johnson County Community

College.

Sincerely,

Terry A. CalawayPresident

A message from the chair, board of trusteesAs you’ll see in this report describing life at Johnson County Community College in

2010-2011, the college is emphasizing the use of data in making decisions. I think you’ll

find that the data supports these premises:

JCCC changes lives through learning. The evidence? Our student

success stories as shown in these pages. Students came to JCCC and found the support

and teaching they needed to succeed.

JCCC is the crown jewel of Johnson County. The awards and honors

listed on these pages are proof enough. And the arts offerings through our Performing Arts

Series and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art add value to and enhance the quality of

life in our community.

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JCCC is committed to quality. That’s evident from our quality improvement

projects, our participation in programs like Achieving the Dream (now Dream Johnson County)

and the reputation of our programs, from culinary to debate.

JCCC is a good steward of public funds. We’ve reduced expenditures

while maintaining quality of services. We respond to community needs with our programming

and by giving back to the community that supports us.

Johnson County deserves only the best, and the trustees are proud that JCCC is able to

serve such a fine community. On behalf of the board of trustees of Johnson County Community

College, I want to thank you for your continued support of the college.

Sincerely,

Don WeissChair, JCCC board of trustees

VisionServing our community

Changing lives through learning

Missionn Learning comes first at JCCC

n Centered on student success

n Dedicated to exploring initiatives that support the college’s innovative spirit

n Focused on community leadership

n Committed to continuous improvement

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 resources on student

success.

InitiativesIdentify and emphasize appropriate and rigorous outcomes in the curriculum.

Establish institutional core abilities for allgraduating students.

Expand our network of support services toengage students more actively in the JCCClearning experience.

Assess learner outcomes at the course,program and institutional level.

Improve instructional and support activities,utilizing appropriate data and evidence.

Increase lifelong learning opportunities byexpanding the partnerships between creditand noncredit education.

Employ technology to improve and deliverquality learning experiences.

2. Strengthen cultural and environmental initiatives that promote a responsible andenlightened community.

InitiativesEnsure that diversity, equity and inclusion arekey components in all JCCC programs andinitiatives.

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The Vision, Mission and Values ofJohnson County Community College

Student Story

Cassie WoiderskiWhere there is a will there is a way.Cassie Woiderski reminded herself of thissaying when enrolling at Johnson CountyCommunity College.

“Two years ago when I found myself as asingle parent, working for an hourly wageand about to turn 50, I took a hard look atthe dissatisfaction in my life,” Woiderskisaid. “The biggest dissatisfaction was theinability to enjoy a quality of life that required a greater income and a professionthat would allow me to have more time off.”

Woiderski said she gave 30 days’ notice ather job and became at college student inJune 2009. She graduated in May 2011with an associate’s degree and transferred to

the University of Kansas School of Nursing.

“I sat fear on the backburner and decidedif this was really what I was supposed tobe doing then I just had to go after everyresource possible,” she recalls. “So Icame to JCCC and inquired about thoseresources. I was steered through the literature by the counselors step-by-step.”

Once on campus, Woiderski continued touse campus resources to help her succeed.

“I am so impressed with the faculty atJCCC,” she said. “I’ve had professorswho have encouraged me and who haveallowed me to express myself. Also, I’vespent hours in the Math Resource Center.They have the best staff of tutors and resources to help anyone learn math fromthe ground up.”

Champion environmental sustainability inthe curriculum and in the college infrastruc-ture, transforming the physical campus into aliving, learning laboratory.

Promote global awareness by expandingcurricular and extracurricular offerings.

Encourage and support students, facultyand staff who volunteer in community activi-ties and engage in service-learning.

Present cultural activities that broaden patrons’ aesthetic experiences.

3. Position JCCC as a dynamic leader in public policy, strategic planning and workforce and economic development.

InitiativesExtend lines of communication and leadershipamong businesses, nonprofit organizations,educational institutions and governmental

entities in order to build programs and partnerships that advance the economy of the community.

Develop a college function that ascertains,interprets and responds to community needsfor information and data analysis, fostering aculture of evidence.

Assess and respond to the educationalneeds of traditionally underservedpopulations.

Serve as a leader in advancing educationalpolicy at the regional, state and national levels.

Analyze the regional and national environ-ment and assure the college is prepared toaddress challenges to institutional success regarding funding, program quality, accredita-tion and employee development.

Aggressively advocate for the college atthe legislature, Kansas Board of Regents andKansas Postsecondary Technical EducationAuthority to assure the needs of students, employers and the college are understoodand represented.

4. Instill at JCCC a culture of continuous quality improvement that maximizes soundresource management and encouragescreative innovation.

InitiativesStrengthen programs designed to expand theprofessional and personal potential of all faculty and staff.

Encourage strategic risk-taking that isbased on critical thinking and is in the best interest of the community.

Expand and promote the use of data andevidence in decision making.

Enhance communication with both internaland external constituents.

Develop and improve processes that support institutional accountability.

Assure that all business practices are regularly evaluated.

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Student Story

Leon JonesLeon Jones’ full-time job provided littlepersonal satisfaction. He wanted something more fulfilling so he enrolledat JCCC to consider his options. 

“I came to JCCC with no real expectationsand no goals,” Jones said. “I just wantedto sharpen my skills and explore a hobby.What I discovered were opportunities tobecome not just a good student, but alsoa well-rounded student.”

Jones said JCCC professors allowstudents to express creativity withinassignments.

“I uncovered new personal strengths thatmade me a better person,” he said. “Theinstructors became my friends, and the

friends I made became my family.”

Before attending JCCC, Jones spent several years as an air traffic controller.Even though the job paid well, it neversatisfied him. Photography, though, wassomething feeding his soul.

“I’ve always heard good things about thephotography program here and the college in general,” Jones said. “Theproximity and cost also sold me.”

Jones took one class this fall to finish the JCCC requirements for an associate’s degree in liberal arts. He also is continuing his education at the Kansas City Art Institute.

“I’m excited to turn a photography hobbyinto a rewarding career,” he said. “JCCCprovided the focus I needed.”

In July 2010, JCCC was one of only eight institutions to receive a grant to promoteservice-learning and community

engagement at the college. The grant ispart of a $1.1 million national initiative, “Community Colleges Broadening HorizonsThrough Service Learning,” sponsored by theAmerican Association of Community Collegeswith funding from the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for Na-tional and Community Service.

Service-learning is a teaching and learningstrategy that combines community serviceand classroom instruction, with a focus oncritical, reflective thinking and personal andcivic responsibility.

JCCC and the other grantees received$3,000 for one year, beginning in July 2010, to develop and enhance curriculum-based service-learning initiatives in environmental education or new media. Specifically, fundingfrom the Horizons grant provided service- learning opportunities for students in JCCC’searly childhood education and children’s literature classes. Students researched children’s literature, designed hands-on activities and created outdoor learning spacesin order to provide environmental educationand reconnect children with nature at two localsites – Olathe Head Start and JCCC’s Hiersteiner Child Development Center.

G.I. Jobs included JCCC in its 2011 list ofMilitary Friendly Schools. The list honorsthe top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most toembrace America’s veterans as students.

Criteria for making the Military Friendly Schoolslist include efforts to recruit and retain militaryand veteran students, results in recruiting military and veteran students and academicaccreditations. Schools on the list range fromstate universities and private colleges to community colleges and trade schools.

The Higher Education Task Force and U.S.Center for Citizen Diplomacy announced inSeptember 2010 that JCCC was selected asone of 10 U.S. colleges and universi-ties that serves as an outstandingexample of how to engage Americansin citizen diplomacy and address themajor global challenges of the 21st century.JCCC was honored for its Las Pintas International Service-Learning Project, which

works with the community center El Centro Integral Comunitario in Santa Rosa, within thelarger town of Las Pintas, Mexico.

Begun in 1988, JCCC’s international service-learning project has assisted the people of Las Pintas with health care, dentalcare, after-school programs, training of localhome-health promoters, family counseling, financial support for children to attend gradesK-12, and community education. The projecthas helped JCCC’s nursing, dental hygiene,Spanish language and early childhood education students gain critical hands-on experience in a developing community.

As an exemplary program, the Las Pintasproject was showcased at the U.S. Summit forGlobal Citizen Diplomacy in Washington, D.C.,in November 2010.

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Serving the community

Student Story

Erika Garcia-ReyesErika Garcia-Reyes is resourceful. As afirst-generation college student with manyquestions, she has to be.

What’s more, as a Cav Leader assistingnew and prospective JCCC students, sheshares her experiences to help others withsimilar questions.

“I share with other students the answers Ifound for all those small questions I oncehad,” Garcia-Reyes said. “I tell them what’sbeen easy for me and what is a little difficult. I let them know it is different foreveryone, but there’s always someone atJCCC who can help. All you have to do isask.”

When Garcia-Reyes was thinking about

going to college, decisions related to thisunfamiliar adventure not only affected her but her family as well. In the end, deciding factors that brought her to JCCCincluded affordability, flexible classschedules and the ability to stay close toher cultural community.

What Garcia-Reyes has accomplished inone year of college makes her familyhappy. Plus, being able to work on campus between classes is very helpful,she noted. It allows her to spend eveningtime with her three-year-old daughter.

“My family feels very proud, not only that Iattend JCCC but that I work here,” she said.“They see me always in school, always trying to do good and to have all these resources available to me. JCCC keeps megrowing as a person and as a student.”

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Artat JCCC won a 2010 Honor Award forExcellence in Architecture from theKansas chapter of the American Institute ofArchitects. Kyu Sung Woo Architects Inc. andGould Evans Associates were the architects;JE Dunn Construction was the contractor.

In fall 2010, the JCCC bookstore completed an addition of 5,000 squarefeet to its warehouse. The addition provided much needed warehouse space onthe southwest corner of the Student Center thatdoubled the number of buyback and reserva-tion pickup windows and created a flexiblepublic-use space with seating and WiFi accessibility. The eight buyback windows and seating area are also available for StudentServices use, such as enrollment and financialaid overflow, or for other special college programming needs. The convertible public

space also adds another study space for students in the Student Center. Cost of thebookstore warehouse was approximately $2 million, funded by the Postsecondary Education Institution loan fund from the state of Kansas.

Recent innovations for the bookstore include a textbook rental trial and expandinge-book program, recycling and sustainabilityefforts, and collaboration with the Billington Library to provide textbooks on reserve.

JCCC was selected as the 2010 Corporate Citizen of the Year by theOlathe Chamber of Commerce because of its economic impact on the county and on Olathe,especially in recognition of the college’s construction of the Olathe Health EducationCenter.

Work continued on the new OlatheHealth Education Center (OHEC) underconstruction on the campus of Olathe MedicalCenter. In 2008, the medical center donatedto JCCC 5.8 acres of land on which to buildan allied health education center. Construc-tion began in early 2010, and the centeropened for classes in fall 2011.

Courses and programs to be offered atOHEC include practical nursing, certifiednurse assistant, rehabilitation aide, dietarymanager, medical office, billing and coding,transcription, phlebotomy and ECG technician.

The health occupations classes moving toOHEC were formerly housed in classrooms atKing’s Cove, Merriam. That facility will remainopen to house general education courses that were offered at Bishop Miege North inRoeland Park; the college closed the BishopMiege North site in summer 2011.

JCCC’s Foundation met the “Wysong Challenge” by raising $3,291,032 to support theconstruction of a new hospitality andculinary academy on the college campus.The “Wysong Challenge” was a set of initiativesintended to distinguish JCCC’s hospitality program at national and global levels. FormerKansas Senator David Wysong and his wife,Kathy, announced in May 2008 a $750,000challenge gift to help raise funds in support ofJCCC’s hospitality program, which eventually included the construction of a new facility.

In 2010, the college’s board of trustees challenged the Foundation to raise $3 millionover 18 months to support the construction ofsuch a facility. If the Foundation was able toraise the money, then the trustees pledged togive favorable consideration toward its construction. The monies would come from the

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Student Story

Gina SkilesOver the course of several months, Gina Skiles tried in vain to work up enoughnerve to register for JCCC classes. However, she found success on her third attempt.

“I was going through some life change,and I decided to give college a try, eventhough schoolwork was always a chal-lenge for me because I’m dyslexic,” Skilessaid. “Several times I made it halfway intothe building in hopes of registering, but Iturned around and went home. On thethird time, I just kept walking and endedup at the registration desk.”

Skiles recalled how scared she was andhow her dyslexia created self-doubt. It’s

been 20 years since Skiles was in a classroom. She didn’t go to college afterhigh school graduation. Instead, she gotmarried, worked full time and raised fourchildren, one with special needs.

“The success I found in my first class motivated me,” Skiles said. “I developedthe confidence I needed to do well.”

Skiles talked about her learning disabilitywith her professors, who were helpful andunderstanding, she said. Through JCCC’sAccess for Students with Disabilities office, she was able to take advantage ofbooks on tape and extended testing times.

Skiles encourages others faced with similar situations to give college a try.

“You don’t know what you can do unlessyou try,” she said.

college’s capital outlay fund and capital re-serves, which are restricted to capital projects.

DLR Group, Overland Park, is providing architectural, engineering and food serviceconsultant services for the new academy. The$10-million, free-standing facility will serve upto 700 students enrolled in the college’s nationally recognized hospitality managementprogram and provide space for noncreditclasses and community activities, includingnew opportunities for workforce developmentand partnerships. Construction of the 40,000-square-foot building will begin in 2012, andthe academy will open for classes in fall 2013.

“We’re grateful to all our donors for theirgenerosity,” said Terry Calaway, JCCC president. “But we must give special recogni-tion to the Wysong family for giving us such asolid basis on which to raise funds.”

Over the past few years, JCCC’s culinary

program boasted the National Student Chef ofthe Year in 2009; won the National Junior ChefCulinary Team competition in 1997, 1999 and2002; saw students win six international GoldMedals in 2007; and provided the NationalCulinary Olympic Team in 2000.

JCCC’s is the largest apprenticeship program in the American Culinary Federation;its chef apprentices are employed in 79 locations throughout the metropolitan area as part of their education. JCCC culinarygraduates include well-regarded local chefs and nationally known chefs such asKevin Rathbun, of Kevin Rathbun Steak andGrog Bar in Atlanta, who was named Chef ofthe Year for 2009 by Chef Magazine.

In June 2011, Trustee Lynn Mitchelsonstepped down after 15 years of service on thecollege’s board of trustees. Mitchelson, whodid not seek re-election in 2011, was honoredwith a community reception.

In July 2011, JCCC was recognized as oneof the best colleges in the nation towork for, according to a survey conductedby The Chronicle of Higher Education. JCCCwas recognized as such in three categories:professional/career development programs;facilities, workspaces and security; and jobsatisfaction. The college was also recognizedas a great college to work for in 2009.

The results are based on a survey of nearly44,000 employees at 310 colleges and universities. In all, only 111 of the 310 institutions received “Great College to WorkFor” recognition for specific best practicesand policies. Results are reported for small,

medium and large institutions, with JCCC included among the large institutions with10,000 or more students.

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Student Story

John StumpSpending just five minutes with John Stump helps one easily understandhow grateful he is to be attending classesat JCCC. In fact, unrehearsed, Stumpquickly and proudly recalls key dates thathelped change his life.

“I remember walking across the stage a yearago last May 12, and the president of thisschool handed me my diploma for my GEDand said, ‘Welcome, and would you pleasecome to my college?’ ” Stump said. “I said,‘I’d be honored to come to your college.’ ”

Stump said he remembers how nervous andanxious he was when he started his first dayat JCCC. For someone who hadn’t been toschool since 1972 when he dropped out of

10th grade, Stump said he was questioninghis decision to go to college.

Another important date was at the end ofthat same semester when Stump receivedthree As and two Bs. He received a letterfrom JCCC congratulating him for makingthe Dean’s List, one of only three percentof students who received this high academic recognition.

“That letter from Dr. Calaway inspires meto come each day,” Stump said. “I want tobe here. I want to learn.”

“I’m just not going to school. I am part ofthis school,” Stump added. “I’m part ofsomething tangible that I can touch, feeland see. This is college. This is as real asit gets.”

The Center for SustainabilityActivities for JCCC’s Center for Sustainabilityin 2010-2011 ranged from composting towaste reduction and brought the center its fairshare of recognition.

In fall 2010, the stormwater treatmentsystem on the southeast side of theJCCC campus was recognized as a notewor-thy green project in the Kansas City area. The Mid-America Regional Council listed theproject as one of its Sustainable Success Stories. The acknowledgment, which MARCbestows monthly for green projects, creditedBowman Bowman Novick, Inc., and Burns &McDonnell, the firms that designed and im-plemented the system for the college.

“In addition to making Overland Park’sstreams cleaner, this project is an example of green infrastructure for students and the general public,” MARC stated in its

description of the project on its website. “Thissystem demonstrates stormwater capabilitiesof natural systems and provides JCCC and itsstudents educational and learning opportuni-ties.”

Before the system was created, oil fromcars and other pollutants mixed with rainwaterrunoff from parking lots on the southeast sideof campus and flowed into Indian Creek. Thenew system, which includes native vegetation,bioswales and a wetland, filters pollutants fromthe water and slows the release of the waterinto the creek.

Most of the $650,605 project was paid forby stimulus money provided by the AmericanReinvestment and Recovery Act. Of thatamount, the college contributed 20 percent.

The system was also recognized by theKansas City chapter of the American PublicWorks Association with a “Public Works Project of the Year Award” in the environmentcategory (less than $5 million).

In April 2011, JCCC’s Center for Sustainability won the silver Edison GreenAward. The award recognizes efforts to reduce participating communities’ carbonfootprint, create green-collar jobs throughnew innovation methods and improve community health and self-sufficiency. TheEdison Awards are sponsored by TV’s Discovery Channel, The Nielsen Companyand Spencer Trask and are associated withthe Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey.

Now on the northwest corner of the campus is a two-and-a-half-acre, four-seasonvegetable farm used by students in the

college’s sustainable agriculture entrepreneurship program. The students practice a broad range of tasks facing a market farmer – planning, planting,harvesting, delivering, marketing, selling andbookkeeping. The farm has become a four-season operation with crops available toJCCC’s Dining Services, the college’s culinary program and students, faculty, staff and thegeneral public through a farmers’ market. Thegoal is for the farm to become a communityoutreach site for people interested in the localfood movement to try different growing methods and for school districts interested in farm-to-school lunches.

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Student Story

Gleb GluhovskyTwenty years ago, Gleb Gluhovsky beganhis health care career at JCCC. Now he’san emergency medicine physician assistant for hospitals in the Kansas Cityarea.

“One of the reasons I wanted to go to atwo-year school, and I encourage othersto do the same, is because professors atJCCC are keenly interested in success ofstudents,” he said. “Students are morethan a number in a giant class. You engage with others in small classrooms,and professors encourage you to becomepart of study groups.”

Gluhovsky first attended JCCC after his family emigrated from the former Soviet

Union. He enrolled in English as a SecondLanguage classes and went on to completean emergency medical technician certificate.

“The English as a Second Language aswell as the reading and writing improvement classes were essential andeffective,” he said. “After a semester, I was able to converse in English and takegeneral-level classes.”

Gluhovsky then decided to become aphysician assistant. Before he began thetraining, he returned once again to JCCCto fulfill prerequisite requirements.

“If you have a will to learn, JCCC helpsyou succeed,” Gluhovsky said. “There’sabsolutely nothing that stands in the wayof your success as long as you’re willingto apply yourself and use the resourcesavailable to you.”

Supporting the farm is JCCC’s new foodcomposting program, one of the few inthe United States incorporating solar power toturn a continuous cycle of food waste to soilamendment and back to food. The programwill enable students to learn about the positiveenvironmental impact that composting hasand reduce the costs of waste removal. Thecollege is using an in-vessel composting pro-gram, which is an industrial form of composting biodegradable waste that occursin enclosed reactors. During the first phase of the program, three tons of food waste andcoffee grounds were collected from the college’s main kitchen each month. As foodwaste from other kitchens on campus isadded, the amount of food waste compostedcould double. The program provides morethan $4,000 in savings and free compost touse on college grounds and the farm.

In the face of rising electricity costs, in December 2010 the board of trustees invested $1.1 million in energy efficiency at JCCC. Many of the college’smechanical systems are being upgradedalong with retrofits of the college’s lighting.When completed, JCCC will save at least$150,000 each year in energy costs, withmore savings generated as electricity ratescontinue to increase.

In addition, changes to printing systems in the college library reduced theamount of paper and toner used there by 40 percent. Overall, the college has realized atotal reduction in printer/copier paper usageof around one truckload, which represents asavings of approximately $21,000, attributableto many factors, such as double-sided

printing and charging for printing above 200 pages. The use of recycled toner duringthe past year has produced approximately$51,000 in savings.

Finally, in summer 2011, JCCC became the site for two of 10 electric vehiclecharging stations being placed aroundthe Kansas City metropolitan area through agrant from the U.S. Department of Energy.The Kansas City Regional Clean Cities Coalition is working with KCP&L to administerthe grant, which is funded through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.JCCC’s charging stations are located in thelower level of the Carlsen Center west garage,near the entrance to the building.

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Heather Seitz, associate professor, biology,was one of 23 exemplary biologists chosen toparticipate in the 2010 American Society forMicrobiology (ASM)/NSF Biology Scholars Program Research Residency. The BiologyScholars Program is a national leadership pro-gram established in 2008 to empower facultyto improve student learning in the laboratoryor classroom based on evidence; the scholarslead colleagues in national efforts to sustainundergraduate biology education reform.

Angel Mercier, program director, artseducation, received the 2010 Pinnacle Award– Excellence in the Arts. Presented annuallyby the Johnson County Library Foundation,the Pinnacle Awards recognize four individu-als who have contributed significantly to the

business, cultural and educational excellenceof Johnson County.

Cherie Kennedy, professor, business office technology, received the Kansas Councilfor Workforce Education 2010 Exemplary Serv-ice Award for service to KCWE. Kennedy hasserved the organization as a regional directorand as its webmaster. She also co-hosted thefirst KCWE Drive-in Workshop for Kansas busi-ness administrative technology postsecondaryfaculty, focusing on soft skills and sharingideas and projects among participants.

JCCC’s College Scholars program pres-ents members of the college’s own faculty, show-casing their research and scholarly contributionsto knowledge within their academic discipline.

As the first College Scholar of the year,Deborah Williams, associate professor,environmental science and biology, gave

presentations focusing on the EndangeredSpecies Act, purposely choosing two verydistinct endangered species. One was thegray wolf, a “charismatic” popular species,while the other was a more “obscure” species– the Devil’s Hole pupfish. Her presentationhighlighted how legal and ecological issuesaffect endangered species.

The next College Scholar, Dr. Dennis Arjo,professor/chair, philosophy and religion, gavetwo presentations on child rearing. In the first,he talked about the changes in child rearingand education, from ancient Greek philoso-phers who had no qualms in asserting thatchildren come into the world in need of civiliz-ing to modern ideas about children as morallyadmirable. The second presentation examined

psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg’s theoriesabout children’s behavior, heatedly debated inthe 1960s and ’70s, that pit “conservative”methods of teaching right and wrong withmore permissive strategies allowing childrento “think for themselves.”

In February 2011, Dr. StanislavSvojanovsky, adjunct professor, science,JCCC; research associate professor, theUniversity of Kansas Medical Center; andinstructor, department of electrical engineeringand computer science, KU, gave presentationsrelated to his research – microarray genomicexpression analysis and neural network drugdesign. In his public presentation, Svojanovskyprovided an overview of the microarraytechnology development and its application incurrent biomedical research, looking at itsmultiple steps from data acquisition throughstatistical analysis and biological interpretations.

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Faculty and staff awards and honors

▲ Angel Mercier

Cherie Kennedy

L to R: Terri Easley, Deborah Williams,

Dr. Dennis Arjo and Dr. Stanislav Svojanovsky

Dr. Joseph M. Sopcich

Charis Sawyer

Cathy Misenhelter

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Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy,associate professor, science,was named the 2010 Kansas Professor of the Year by theCarnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teachingand the Council for Advancement and Supportof Education. Mulcahy wasselected from more than 300 top professors in theUnited States.

As a faculty member atJCCC since 2005, Mucahyhas educated, supervisedand mentored undergraduatestudents, laboratory staff and adjunct faculty. She has contributed to the

development of JCCC’sbiotechnology programthrough revision, design andimplementation of curriculaand developed andimplemented online coursesfrom existing traditionalbiology courses. She alsodeveloped curricula for twonew classes – one in biology,one in biotechnology.

In continuing education,Mulcahy developed and implemented classes forhealth care professionals onthe topics of antibiotic resist-ance, bioterrorism, culturalcompetency, epidemiologyand infectious disease.

Terri Easley, associate professor, speechand debate, addressed visual rhetoric as a College Scholar in April. She explored the waysimages shape and communicate persuasivemessages. Instead of just acting emotionallyupon viewing images, she encouraged peopleto learn the tools to evaluate visual images andbecome better consumers of media. She alsolooked at the tactics and impact of the currentstate of the visual representations of women inthe image-oriented political arena.

Dr. Joseph M. Sopcich, executive vicepresident, finances and administrative services,was named to the 2011 board of directors for theCouncil for Resource Development, Washington,D.C. CRD represents more than 1,600 commu-nity college resource development officers atmore than 730 two-year colleges.

In April 2011, Sopcich was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture in Russia.

He visited Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Tyumen in the Russian Federation to discusstrends in education and training, focusing onacquainting a country without community colleges with the uniquely American institution.

JCCC faculty and staff received three awardsfrom the North American Council for Staff Program and Organizational Development.

Charis Sawyer, professor/chair, readingand Academic Achievement Center, receivedthe Exemplar Award. Institutional members ofNCSPOD may nominate a faculty or staff member or administrator who best exemplifiesprofessional development at their institution forthis award.

Cathy Misenhelter, manager, Staff Development and HR Systems, received the John Fry Individual Merit Award, whichrecognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to staff, program

and organizational development on a regional, state/provincial or local basis.

Renee Arnett, director, Career Development Center, received the InnovationAward, which recognizes achievement in aprogram, project or event that demonstratesinnovative ideas, adaptations, activities or approaches that enhance the effectiveness of staff, program and/or organizational development.

Chris Christensen, director, financial aid, attended the White House Summit on Community Colleges in October 2010 in Washington, D.C. Summit participants discussed the key role community colleges play in meeting higher education and workforceneeds.

Nine JCCC faculty received DistinguishedService Awards, bestowed in recognition andreward of teaching excellence.

n Dr. Mark Browning, professor, English

n David Davis, professor/chair, English

n Terri Easley, associate professor, speechand debate/debate coach

n Dr. Steven Gerson, professor, English

n Dr. Shaun Harris, associate professor, English

n Dr. Monica Hogan, professor, English

n Susan Johnson, professor/chair,engineering technology

n Shirly Kleiner, professor/chair, accounting

n David Krug, associate professor,accounting

Dr. Jeffrey Marshall, executive director ofthe Center for Regional Engagement at Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky.,served as the external judge.

Six adjunct faculty members won the Lieberman Adjunct Faculty Award, which recognizes outstanding performance by an adjunct faculty member. Jo Randolph, adjunct professor, interior design; Geoffrey Heathcock, adjunct professor,business administration; Madhur Mathur, adjunct associate professor, mathematics;Loretta Paldino, adjunct associate professor, English; Irene Schmidt,adjunct professor, foreign language; andDr. Anke Wells, adjunct professor, foreignlanguage, were all recipients.

Dr. James Leiker, associate professor,history, received the 2011 JCCC Innovation ofthe Year Award for his work with the KansasStudies Institute, which promotes research andteaching on the culture, history, economicsand natural environment of Kansas. The awardis sponsored by the League for Innovation in

the Community College.

Carl Heinrich, athletic director, receivedfrom the National Junior College Athletic Association the George E. Killian Award of Excellence, which recognizes those willing to serve and volunteer to support the organization.

Karen Martley, executive director, community/workforce development, receivedThe Chair Academy’s 2011 International Exemplary Leader Award, which recognizesher ability to advance academic and administrative leadership on campus.

Ron Stinson, professor, instrumentalmusic, earned the title of North American Senior Slow Melody Champion in April at theNorth American Brass Band AssociationChampionship in Grand Rapids, Mich. Stinson, a trumpet player, performed Roman, composed by Henri Senee, to win the competition. The Fountain City BrassBand, of which Stinson is a member, won second place as top ensemble at the NABBAchampionship, missing out on its bid to winfive consecutive titles.

Through a gift from Burlington NorthernSanta Fe Railway, six faculty members were recognized in May for outstanding performance. Recipients were Dr. Beth Gulley, associate professor, English; Dr. Shaun Harris, associate professor, English; Dr. Michael Hembree,professor, history; Dr. Doug Patterson,

professor, science; Bill Robinson, associate professor, mathematics; and Deborah Williams, associate professor,environmental science and biology.

Christine Buta, adjunct professor,speech; Dr. Beth Gulley, associate professor, English; and Jennifer Kennett,associate professor, mathematics, received2011 Excellence Awards from the National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development.

Renee Shortlidge, inventory/purchasingcontrol coordinator for the hospitality management program, was appointed to the American Culinary Federation national certification commission. She is a graduate ofJCCC’s hospitality management program anda certified sous chef.

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The International Academy of Visual Artsawarded a 2011 Communicator Awardto JCCC for its Changing Lives ThroughLearning marketing campaign. JCCC’s entryreceived an award of distinction in the Marketing Effectiveness – Integrated Campaigncategory. The entry focused on JCCC’s studentand faculty stories featured in recent videos as well as in print, radio and television advertising, on banners throughout campusand on the JCCC website. The “stars” of thecampaign were JCCC students and facultymembers talking about JCCC experiences.

Tyler Cundith, sports information, received 12 “Excellence in Publications”awards from the College Sports InformationDirectors of America (CoSIDA). His 12 awards,more than any other college or university in thenation, included eight “Best in the Nation” first-place honors.

Cundith worked with Randy Breedenand Ian Nance, senior graphic designers; Stacy Boline, writer/editor, Publications;and Bret Gustafson, photographer, tocreate the guides.

The award-winning entries were:n Best in the Nation, Cross Country Guide

n Best in the Nation, Golf Guide

n Best in the Nation, Track Guide

n Best in the Nation, Women’s BasketballGuide

n Best in the Nation, Men’s Soccer Guide

n Best in the Nation, Women’s Soccer Guide

n Best in the Nation, Postseason Guide

n Best Cover, Postseason Guide

n Second in the Nation, Tennis Guide

n Second in the Nation, Volleyball Guide

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Student journalists from The CampusLedger, the student newspaper of Johnson County Community College, won

18 awards, including eight first-place certificates, in the 2010 Gold Circle Awards.The Gold Circle Awards recognize individualachievement in writing, photography and design and are sponsored by the ColumbiaScholastic Press Association of Columbia University, N.Y. The contest judges work fromstudents across the United States and is notdivided by divisions, so JCCC students arejudged against journalists from both two-yearand four-year schools.

Cartoonist Vince Medellin won the Associated Collegiate Press/University UClickaward for the second year in a row.

Two JCCC fashion design students wonscholarships through a Design YourFuture/Diseña Tu Futuro competition sponsored by the Hispanic Association ofColleges and Universities. The winners wereannounced at a fashion show held during theStudent Track component of HACU’s AnnualConference in September 2010. The studentsare Kin Wa Sweeney, who received a$3,000 scholarship, and Michele Crow,who received a $1,000 scholarship.

The five finalists in the competition, presented by HACU and Gap Inc., were selected after students majoring in a fashionapparel design program at HACU-member institutions were given a chance to submittheir essay and original design entry.

In the final judging, students modeled theirown designs on a fashion runway.

Two recent JCCC graphic design graduateswon an Award of Excellence in the 40th annual University and College Designers Association design competition in November 2010. Graduates Bryan Sedeyand Josh Wilkinson and Nancy Schneider-Wilson, professor,graphic design, were honored for “Creatures of Creation.” The competition recognized thebest of the exceptional design work done topromote educational institutions.

Graphic design graduates and studentsalso won American Advertising Federation District 9 awards in March 2011. Those win-ning gold awards were Sedey, Wilkinson,Kate Munchof, Casey Rudolph and Rob Mitchell. Winning silver awards were

Jeremy Kramer, Michael Gurau, Paul Slaven, Sarah Rogers, SheilaCheasbro, Heather Turner, Janet Franson, and the Advanced Typographyclass.

Sedey, Wilkinson, Muchof, Rudolphand Mitchell then won silver awards in thestudent category at the American AdvertisingFederation national competition in June 2010.

The JCCC music and theatre departmentproduction of Godspell was one of five invitedto the Region 5 Kennedy Center AmericanCollege Theater Festival held in Ames, Iowa,in January 2011. Members of the faculty and staff and guest designers include Beate Pettigrew, director; Ron Stinson,music director; Jim Lane, scenic designer;Sean Leistico, sound designer; Kelly Vogel, guest costume designer; and

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Russell Langdon, guest lighting designer.Student Mags Wargo designed makeup forthe production. With the exception of accompanist Beth McLenaghan, the castand running crew were made up entirely ofJCCC students.

Three JCCC students received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, allowing them to study abroadduring the spring 2011 semester. n Eamon Devine spent the spring

semester in Nanjing, China.n Brianna Hodge studied eight weeks in

Buenos Aires, Argentina.n Mundia Chinonge spent the spring

semester in Accra, Ghana.The Gilman Scholarship Program offers

awards for undergraduate study abroad andwas established by the International AcademicOpportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship

provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are receiving Federal Pell Grantfunding at a two-year or four-year college oruniversity to participate in study abroad programs worldwide.

Each JCCC student was awarded the full$5,000 scholarship.

Students Maxwell Matite and EmilyMenez represented JCCC on the All-KansasAcademic Team, sponsored by the Phi ThetaKappa international honor society, the KansasAssociation of Community College Trusteesand the Kansas Council of Community College Presidents.

JCCC’s Model United Nations Team receivedfour awards for the policy position papers ofKenya and Tanzania at the 2010 AmericanModel United Nations Conference in November

(the position paper serves as a blueprint forbuilding consensus and formulating and negotiating workable draft resolutions to resolve issues). In February 2011, the team receivedthree awards for its portrayal of France at the2011 Midwest Model United Nations Confer-ence. Maxwell Matite won the OutstandingDelegate Choice Award for his work on the Security Council regarding the issue of “importance of regional cooperation in combating terrorism.” Jeremy Williams andJames Khalif both received honorable mention awards, Williams for his portrayal ofFrance’s position on the General Assembly economic and financial committee and Khalif forhis portrayal of France’s position on the GeneralAssembly special issues committee. In April,the team received an outstanding delegationaward for its portrayal of New Zealand at theNational Model United Nations Conference in

New York City. Dr. Brian Wright, associateprofessor, political science, is the team’s adviser.

The college’s debate team won the prestigious McClintock Award, presented tothe national champion community collegeteam, at the Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) National Tournament heldin Binghamton, N.Y., in March. The CEDA national championship is based on the team’searned points during the entire season incompetition with four-year colleges and universities as well as with other communitycolleges. JCCC was the top-ranked communitycollege the entire 2010-2011 season and finished by a significant margin of points. Thiswas the second year in a row JCCC won theNational Championship and fifth year in a rowJCCC was in the top three in community college sweepstakes. Terri Easley, associate

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professor, speech and debate, was the JCCCdebate coach, and Justin Stanley, assistantprofessor of speech and debate, was the assistant coach.

In April, a dozen JCCC students wereamong the 47 regional student artists whosework was chosen to be in the UndergraduateCollege Student Exhibition sponsored by theKansas City Artists Coalition. JCCC placedthe largest number of students in the exhibition. The students were Linda Gaulding, Timothy Gelvin, Leon Jones, Michael Leister, Jonelle Lyle, Rachel Peterson, Kegan Sato, Christina Smith, Reuben Stern, Stella Sudekum,LaShanna Taylor and Josh Turello.

Broadcast students in JCCC’s journalism andmedia communications program earned threefirst-place awards in the Mark of Excellence

competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. This radio, print and television competition honored the best in student journalism for 2010. Student Caleb Gabauer and former students Jason Gould and Rob Ladd earned first-place recognition for Region Seven in the competition. Gabauer and Gould earned firstplace in the television sports photography category, Gould won first place in the categoryof television feature story, and Ladd won firstplace in the category of television sports reporting. Gould went on to become the national winner in his category.

Maxwell Matite received the Jack KentCooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.Only the second JCCC student to receive thisaward, Matite was one of 60 students

nationwide selected to receive the scholarshipfrom a pool of more than 785 applicants. Thescholarship honors excellence by supportingoutstanding community college students withfinancial need as they transfer to and completetheir bachelor’s degrees at the nation’s topfour-year colleges and universities. TheFoundation awards each scholar up to $30,000annually for up to three years. Matite plannedto transfer to American University, Washington,D.C., where he will major in political science.

JCCC students Jordan Rainbolt andJames McCausland, apprentices at Hallbrook Country Club, were selected as one of the five teams for the 2011 Student Culinarian Invitational. They are mentored byEdward Adel, assistant professor, hospitalitymanagement. This invitational is a fundraisingevent at the national convention for studentswho hope to attend the 2012 World Association

of Chefs Societies International Congress inSouth Korea.

JCCC’s Academic Excellence Challengeteam won its first-ever state championship inMay 2011. With a final record of 12-1, the teambeat Cowley College in the championshiprounds of the Kansas Community Colleges Academic Excellence Challenge, held atKansas State University-Salina. Team memberNeeraj Bang received the Most ValuablePlayer award after correctly answering 99questions in the preliminary rounds. She thenwent on to correctly answer 26 questions in thetwo championship games. Other team mem-bers were Emir Caglayan, John Coler,Allison Cooper, Daniel Ferman, DevonHowe and Corey Paris.

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Summer Kelley

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In 2010-2011, 62 percent of JCCC’s student-athletes (130 of 209) maintained a gradepoint average of 3.0 or better. Nineteen

recorded a perfect 4.0 grade point. Some ofthe top teams were volleyball with 85 percentof its roster at 3.0 or better, baseball at 79 percent, softball at 77 percent, women’s soccer 70 percent, women’s track and field 69 percent, women’s basketball 67 percent,men’s soccer 63 percent, and men’s trackand field 62 percent.

Seventeen student-athletes were honoredby the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). That total tied JCCC forfifth in the country. The NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards were previouslyknown as NJCAA Academic All-American

honors. The NJCAA renamed its academicawards program this year:

n NJCAA Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence (4.00 GPA on 4.00 scale): Two students – Summer Kelley, softball,and Alex Lahasky, baseball – received Pinnacle Awards.

n NJCAA Award for Superior AcademicAchievement (3.80 to 3.99 on an 4.00scale): Six students earned SuperiorAwards: Curtis Beall, men’s basketball;Jesse Brown, men’s track and field;Kylie Cooper, women’s basketball;Samantha Dupree, women’s crosscountry; Emily Moe, softball; and Betsy Smith, women’s track and field.

n NJCAA Award for Exemplary AcademicAchievement (3.60 to 3.79 on a 4.00 scale):Nine students earned Exemplary Awards:Adam Coatney, men’s basketball;Chelsea Kiefer, women’s track and field;Andrew Miller, men’s soccer; Whitney Peavler, women’s soccer;Rachel Pride, women’s soccer; Elizabeth Smith, women’s basketball/track and field; Nicole Specht, volleyball;Alexander Todd, men’s soccer; and Tatiana Veratti, women’s soccer.

BaseballThe Cavaliers ended their campaign with anoverall record of 33-26, a good season formost teams, but a disappointment for the

Cavaliers. Expectations were high for thisteam when the season opened. The Cavalierswere defending conference champions, hadproduced three straight 40-win seasons, andwere listed preseason No. 12 by the NJCAAand No. 14 by Perfect Game USA. JCCCstarted strong, winning 21 of its first 27games. However, by the end of the seasonthe team was eighth in conference standing.

The Cavaliers had several bright spots to the season. Six members of the team were selected as all-conference performers, andtwo players were taken in the Major Leaguedraft. Jeff Soptic became the highestdrafted player in team history when he wasselected in the third round by the ChicagoWhite Sox.

Coach Kent Shelley also achieved his700th career victory this year.

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Men’s basketballThe JCCC men’s basketball team, coached byMike Jeffers, finished with a mark of 19-12and reached the Region VI championshipgame for a 12th straight year. Sophomoreguard Ryan Magdziarz earned all-conferenceand all-region honors after leading the Cavalierswith a scoring average of 18.9 points pergame. He also hit 80 3-point baskets, one behind sophomore Ryan Arel’s 81, who finished second in scoring with a 14.6 average.Also averaging double figures was freshmanJustin Leathers with 13.1 points. He joinedMagdziarz as an all-region selection.

Women’s basketballA year after setting a school record with 30wins, head coach Ben Conrad’s squad bettered that mark this year, winning 32 whilefinishing fifth in the country. JCCC also held

the No. 1 or No. 2 spot in the polls for 16weeks, including 10 as the country’s top-rankedprogram. JCCC had five different players earnpostseason honors. Sophomores Liz Smithand Taylor Bird earned all-conference, all-region and All-America honors.Tanchelle Hollingsworth earned all-region and All-American recognition. Mary Pat Specht earned all-region honors,and Amy Briggs was selected to theNJCAA all-tournament team. The sophomoreson this team finished their careers with a markof 62-10, the best two-year run in team history.

Cross countryThe JCCC men’s and women’s cross countryteams recorded solid seasons for head coachMike Bloemker. The men placed second inthe conference, fourth in the region, 10th atnationals and second at the half marathonchampionships. The women placed second inboth the conference and region standingsand eighth in both the cross country and halfmarathon national championships. NathanSloniker and Javier Segura on the men’sside and A’Brey Rogers and ShelbyClark for the women were all-conference andall-region performers.

Golden Girls dance teamThe Golden Girls dance team competed atthe National Dance Alliance (NDA) CollegiateNational Championship Competition in Apriland placed seventh in the finals competition.

The Golden Girls were just .384 points shy offirst place. A day earlier, the team placed second out of 12 teams in the preliminaryround, ensuring JCCC’s first appearance inthe NDA finals. The NDA Collegiate NationalChampionship is the largest cheer and dancecompetition, with more than 250 teams and 28divisions. Amy Sellers is the team’s coach.

GolfThe JCCC golf team, coached by LafayetteNorwood, finished the regular season inthird place after six conference tournaments.The team also had four individuals finishamong the top 15 point leaders in the conference, all earning all-conference honors. The four players were sophomoresEric Herman and Spencer Scottand freshmen Rick Hairgrove and Devin Montague.

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Men’s soccerThe men’s soccer team, coached by FataiAyoade, finished the season with an 11-9-1record, marking the 31st winning season inthe program’s 35-year history. The Cavaliersalso defeated Cowley in the first round of theregion playoffs, ending a string of four straightfirst-round losses in postseason play. Sophomore Ryan O’Keefe was the Cavs’top scorer with 23 points and 10 goals. Sophomore Zach Robertson led the teamin assists with seven. JCCC had five playersnamed as all-conference performers, and fourearned all-region honors.

Women’s soccerThe Lady Cavaliers soccer program, led bycoach Jim Schwab, finished the 2010 season with an overall mark of 16-3-0 andranked fifth in the final NJCAA poll. Schwab

also moved to within one meet of his 200thcareer victory as JCCC women’s soccercoach. JCCC had seven players selected toboth the Kansas Jayhawk Conference andRegion VI teams. Jenna Neumann ledJCCC in scoring with 43 points and 15 assists. She tied with Whitney Peavler ingoals scored with 14. Jessie Jacob allowed just 10 goals and had 12 shutouts.

SoftballEarly in the 2011 season, head coach Kelly Latendresse and her Lady Cavalierssoftball team were not having the season theprogram has been accustomed to in recentyears. The Lady Cavaliers had a 167-49record the past four years with a national tournament appearance each season. Butwhen postseason play began this season,JCCC’s record was just 24-24. The team finished 29-27 overall and lost to Labette inthe district final, just missing a fifth straighttrip to nationals. Individually, seven playerswere honored as either all-conference or all-region honors.

TennisThe JCCC men’s and women’s tennis teams,coached by Glen Moser, each qualified fortheir respective national tournaments with

outstanding efforts in the Region VI championships. The men won all nine of their matches on the final day of regionals tofinish in a tie with Cowley for the team title. Thisis the Cavaliers’ third straight championshipand 11th in team history. Niklas Sparr,Maxim Fil and Harry Lee won singles titles, and Sparr and Fil partnered to win atNo. 1 doubles. They went on to finish 10th inthe nation.

The women’s tennis team placed second atregionals, just three points behind Cowley.Marijana Gjorgjevska and Lexi Hertlingeach won singles titles, and the two paired together to win at No. 2 doubles. JCCCcapped its season by placing 12th nationally.

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Track and fieldThe men’s track season featured nine All-America performances and one of the bestsprinters in college history. Alex Sandersearned indoor All-American honors in the 55-meter dash and was an all-conference andall-region performer in the 60 meters. He alsoset a new JCCC stadium record and has oneof the fastest times ever in the program’s history. Outdoors, he recorded one of thefastest 100-meter times at JCCC and cappedthe year by helping the 4x100 team earn All-America honors.

The women’s team won the indoorconference championship and finished 14thin outdoor nationals. Freshmen Ashley Reidand Chelsea Borders were two of theleaders. Reid earned indoor and outdoor All-American recognition in the high jump andran a leg on the outdoor 4x100 relay that

earned All-America honors. Borders,freshman Maisha Mitchell and sophomoreAmira Maker were also on that relay thatset a new school record with a time of 46.94,breaking the old mark of 47.48 set in 1994.Borders also set a school record in the 100meters.

Mike Bloemker is the head coach.

VolleyballThe volleyball team, coached by Jennifer Ei, had another outstanding campaign in 2010. JCCC won the East Jayhawk Conference and region/district titlesand finished runner-up at the NJCAA DivisionII national tournament. This was JCCC’s thirdrunner-up national finish in the last four years.In addition to the team’s success, three individuals were honored for their performancesin this championship event. Sophomores Nicki Specht and Shannon Majors andfreshman Tayler Geer were named to the2010 NJCAA D-II all-tournament team. Thosethree, along with sophomores Erin Hardyand Ali Jacobsen and freshman Emily Hester, were all-conference performers. Ei was selected the conferencecoach of the year. The team finished 30-6overall.

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Health and Human Services’ dementiacare certificate program received anational exemplary award in the workforce

and economic development category from theNational Council for Continuing Education andTraining. The program was also an NCCET2010 Midwest regional exemplary program.Penny Shaffer is the program director.

JCCC was one of 10 schools chosen bythe National Council of State Boards of Nursing to participate in a landmark national study of simulation use inpre-licensure nursing programs. Thestudy aims to highlight best practices in simulation use, evaluate key simulation standards and learning experiences in eachcore clinical course during the study, and

evaluate new graduates’ abilities to translateeducational experiences into the workplace.

In April 2011, JCCC hosted a National Council of State Board of Nursing simulationteam meeting in preparation for the study.Study teams from each of the 10 schools underwent extensive training at three meetingsprior to the study’s start date. At JCCC, the second team meeting site, study teams weretrained in facilitating simulation scenarios, effective debriefing techniques and assessmenttools.

JCCC became a partner with Gap Inc. inGap for Community Colleges, part of theWhite House initiative, “Skills for America’sFuture.” JCCC students now have access tothe same comprehensive training curriculumgiven to Gap store managers. The workshopmaterial covers job search preparation such as

interview skills and résumé writing, practicalworkplace skills such as managing people andsetting priorities, and how to effectivelycommunicate in the workplace. Students willbe eligible to apply for $1,000 scholarships.

JCCC continued as part of “Achieving the Dream: CommunityColleges Count”, a national initiative tohelp more community college students succeed. The initiative is built on the beliefthat broad institutional change, informed bystudent achievement data, is critical to significantly improving gaps among studentsin targeted populations.

Each college participating in Achieving theDream identifies different needs – some focuson minority student success, for example, while

others look at adult returning students. At JCCC,college stakeholders identified developmentaleducation as the most pressing challenge. Developmental programs are those designedfor students who need help in reading, writingand/or math before moving on to college-levelcoursework. JCCC faculty and staff developedseveral strategies intended to improve studentsuccess in developmental education.

The college’s First-Year Connections strategy is a means to build relationships between students in developmental educationand college stakeholders that might contributeto their success. Using promising practices developed by the college’s division of LearnerEngagement, students who test into the lowestlevels of developmental reading and/or writingcourses are offered the opportunity to become“Dream Scholars” and participate in the First-Year Connections program.

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Another important strategy advances threecomponent activities designed to foster innovation in JCCC students’ pathway throughmathematics education. By combining newopportunities on campus and “courageousconversations” with regional stakeholders, thecollege seeks to collaboratively discover, design and deliver compelling initiatives thatsupport student success in math.

The first component activity involves theuse of software to build adaptive learning opportunities that can be customized to meetspecific needs. JCCC uses special softwareproducts to build unique math courses for students whose grade in a prerequisite classor COMPASS test score precludes them fromenrolling in their desired level math class.

The second component of this strategyleverages emerging research and promisingpractice regarding supplemental instruction

(SI). For this activity, students who enroll in special sections of College Algebra – the college’s gateway math course – have accessto and participate in special lab sections facili-tated by an “SI Mentor.” Mentors are chargedwith setting an example of excellence for stu-dents in College Algebra, facilitating studentlearning in collaboration with faculty members,and building connections between studentsand support services that enhance their success in math and other coursework at the college.

The final component of this strategy was aMathematics Education Summit held in summer2011. This summit assembled stakeholders inmathematics education from eastern Kansas todiscuss ways in which the P-16 mathematicspipeline can be enhanced and improved.

The third strategy is an experiment incommunity learning. A small group of JCCC

Dream Scholars met daily throughout thespring semester to focus on reading andwriting. The two professors who led thestudents hoped to discover how much of an impact a learning community environmentcould have on student success. Dr. BethGulley, associate professor, English, taught developmental writing while DiannaRottinghaus, associate professor, reading,taught developmental reading. With them inthe classroom was a tutor who was available tothe students outside of class at no cost.

The college completed its two-year commitment to Achieving the Dream at theend of the spring 2011 semester with a solidframework for examining achievement gaps indevelopmental education and an enthusiasmfor addressing those gaps through innovativepedagogy and support services. This framework will guide the college’s continued

work in improving student success in developmental education, this time calledDream Johnson County. In 2011-2012, DreamJohnson County will expand to include newand scaled initiatives designed to help morestudents realize their goals of completing college-level coursework, degrees and certificates.

Brenda Edmonds, associate professor,mathematics, and Dr. Lori Slavin, associateprofessor, science, became the co-directors of JCCC’s first-ever Office of Outcomes Assessment. The major goal of outcomesassessment is to document and improve student learning with respect to JCCC’s student learning outcomes. Eight campus-wide outcomes are related not to specificclass content; rather, they are broad goals related to higher education.

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“We have to do some kind of evaluation todemonstrate that students are learning thethings we are attempting to teach,” Edmondssaid. “The main role of this office is to encour-age and assist faculty with assessment projectinitiatives and to form a collection point for dataso people can use it.”

“We are looking to improve student success and curriculum. It’s not faculty evaluation,” Slavin said. “The data is collectedand analyzed by the faculty. The assessmentprocess allows us to see what is working inthe classroom and what is not.”

Most faculty are already collecting data regarding at least one of the student learningoutcomes using assessment embedded incommon assignments, portfolios, perform-ances, capstone experiences and commer-cial tests, among other measures. What has been missing in the student learning

outcomes assessment cycle has been collation of the data, faculty discussion of thedata and action – the pieces needed to implement improvement strategies.

Goals for 2010-2011 included determiningthe best way to archive data, developingpages for outcomes assessment on the col-lege’s website and awarding up to 30 $500mini-grants to faculty for resources needed toward assessment, such as equipment, software or books. In April 2011, the collegehosted a regional community college assess-ment conference to discuss best practices,challenges and solutions related to academicoutcomes assessment in community colleges.

JCCC’s Kansas Studies Institute(KSI) sponsored several events during 2010-2011, including the public premiere inOctober of Moon Tosser of the Prairie, a

30-minute documentary about Mullinville folkartist M.T. Liggett that was written andproduced by JCCC faculty and staff. The filmtakes an in-depth look at the metal sculptorwho uses scrap farm equipment as his media,a cutting torch and arc welder as his tools.The documentary was also broadcast onKCPT public television.

In November, Kansan Stan Herd, considered the world’s preeminent representational earthwork artist, talked about The Prairie Renaissance. In his presentation,Herd looked at themes of prairie art and howpainters, sculptors and now filmmakers arerethinking the concept of the prairie in theirsubject matter.

In March, Patrick Dobson, adjunct assistant professor, history, discussed hisbook, Seldom Seen: A Journey Into the Great Plains.

In April, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg,the Poet Laureate of Kansas 2009-2011, spoke on Finding Our Way Home to Ourselvesand This Land: A Reading of Poetry and Prosewith Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg. Her presence was the capstone to an all-day Kansas Writers Symposium sponsored by KSI and the English department.The goal was to facilitate a gathering of writersfrom diverse disciplines whose work centerson Kansas as a “place.” Invited writers included historians, fiction writers, poets, essayists and scientists.

KSI promotes research and teaching on the culture, history, economics and natural environment of Kansas. Dr. James Leiker,associate professor, history, is the director.

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In 2010-2011, JCCC established newarticulation agreements with theseinstitutions:

n Fort Hays State University, allowing JCCCstudents who complete an associate of applied science degree in industrial technology to seamlessly transfer to FHSU’sbachelor of technology leadership program.

n Columbia College, which will accept theJCCC associate of arts degree as satisfyingall of its general education requirements.Columbia College will also accept theJCCC associate of science, associate ofapplied science and associate of generalstudies degrees as satisfying all of its general education requirements, providedstipulated coursework is completed.

n Northwest Missouri State University, whichwill allow students who have earned an

associate of applied science degree inbusiness administration the opportunity tocomplete a bachelor of science degree inbusiness management at Northwest.

n National American University, whereby National American will admit graduates of JCCC associate degree programs into its bachelor of science in applied management program and bachelor of science in applied information technologyprogram.

n American Public University System, allowingeligible JCCC graduates junior status atAPU. JCCC students who have completedan associate of arts or associate of sciencedegree will be able to transfer credits as ablock to designated bachelor degree programs at APU.

Career PathwaysCareer Pathways provides a framework for career development, giving students the opportunity to take academic and technicalclasses relevant to their career goals. Withineach of the 16 career clusters there are pathways that further define specific types ofcareer opportunities students can pursue. Inturn, within each pathway there are sets of specialized knowledge and skills that studentsmust master in order to be competent in the career they are studying. Career Pathways provides a seamless course of study betweensecondary and postsecondary education,which are non-repetitive, sequential, developedjointly between educators at each level andease student transition from one educational institution to the next. Increased attention isplaced on the articulation from high school intocommunity colleges and, through agreements,

from community colleges into universities. Career Pathways encourages strong,

comprehensive links between secondary andpostsecondary institutions in Johnson, Douglasand Miami counties. A total of 1,236 students,enrolled in the 13 high schools in those counties, fit the definition of a Career Pathwaysstudent; 291 Career Pathways graduates attended JCCC in fall 2010. Most of the CareerPathways graduates who attended JCCC in fall2010 were enrolled in classes full time.

College Close to HomeStudents may enroll in college general educa-tion classes at off-campus College Close toHome sites in high schools throughout thecounty, including Gardner-Edgerton HighSchool, De Soto High School and EudoraHigh School and at KU Edwards Campus andthe Lawrence Centennial School in Douglas

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County. More than 2,600 students tookclasses at these locations in 2010-2011.

College Now and Quick StepJCCC’s College Now is a credit program forcounty high school sophomores, juniors andseniors or ninth-grade students identified asgifted with a current Individual EducationPlan. College Now students enroll in selectedcollege classes, such as composition or U.S.history, offered at and in cooperation with thehigh school. The courses reflect the college’scontent, objectives and assignments and aretaught on the high school campus by qualified high school teachers. During fall2010, College Now enrollment totaled morethan 2,500 students in 25 different locations.In spring 2011, more than 1,500 high schoolstudents were enrolled in College Nowclasses.

Ninety-eight percent of College Now students continue their education at collegesand universities, and 97 percent of CollegeNow students said their courses transferredfor credit to colleges other than JCCC. Nearly98 percent of students would recommend theprogram to a friend.

Through the Quick Step program, highschool students can be enrolled in more than150 college courses. Instruction is providedby JCCC faculty and is usually held on thecollege campus. For fall 2010, more than 800Quick Step students from area high schoolswere enrolled in JCCC courses. In spring2011, more than 600 students were enrolledin Quick Step courses. JCCC also offers aunique program in the high schools calledQuick Step Plus, or QS+. Students can earncredit in high school math and college algebra simultaneously through JCCC’s

self-paced math offerings. A high school in-structor teaches the course and gives thehigh school grade, while a JCCC professoroversees the self-paced aspect of study, ad-ministers all assessments for college credit,and gives the JCCC grade. In 2010-2011,1,009 students were enrolled in 90 sections ofthe course in 24 area high schools. Ninety-twopercent of enrolled students earn transferablecredit for college algebra with a grade of C orhigher.

Cooperative programsJCCC and the Metropolitan CommunityCollege district in Kansas City, Mo., havedeveloped cooperative agreements that allowJohnson County residents to enroll in selectedcareer programs at MCC while paying thesame cost per credit hour rates that JohnsonCounty residents pay to attend JCCC.

Conversely, Missouri residents may enrollin selected career programs offered at JCCCat resident Missouri tuition rates. BetweenJCCC and MCC there are 33 cooperativeprograms offered to more than 350 studentsfrom both Johnson County and Missouri.

Nontraditional careersStudents in nontraditional careers are studyingin a field in which more than 75 percent of theworkforce is of the opposite gender. Examplesare men in nursing and women in informationtechnology. JCCC systematically works to inform students, parents, counselors, teachers, the community and business of the options, advantages and availability of nontraditional careers for male and female students. More than 500 students participatein activities focusing on nontraditional careerseach year.

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In July 2010 nearly 400 runners participated inthe third Start2Finish 5K Run-Walk, co-sponsored by JCCC and the University ofKansas Edwards Campus. Race proceeds support scholarships for JCCC students whocontinue their education at KU Edwards Campus through Start2Finish, an educationalpartnership between the two institutions. Runners start at JCCC, run south on QuiviraRoad and finish the race at the KU EdwardsCampus. The run has raised more than $35,000for scholarships.

The third Sustainability Expo andDinner in September featured locally grownfood paired with Kansas wines. Dinner guestshad the opportunity to meet with local farmersto discuss the field-to-plate process and

efforts toward sustainability.

Japanese culture came alive in Septemberat the Greater Kansas City Japan Festival, presented on the college campusby the Heart of America Japan-America Society and the Japan Festival committee.Events included performances of buyo andshamisen dancing and taiko drumming.

Ex-quarterback-turned-social activist Donald McPherson talked about men’s violence against women in October, using the appeal of sports to address sexual anddomestic violence and lead men into a violence-free lifestyle. The event was co-sponsored by JCCC and the MetropolitanOrganization to Counter Sexual Assault.

Dr. Murat Kacira, a controlledenvironment agriculture engineer at the

University of Arizona, gave two presentationsin October as a scholar-in-residence. The firstwas Engineering Concerns and Opportunitiesfor Sustainable Greenhouse Systems, and thesecond was on Improving Production Qualityand Resource Use Efficiency by PlantSensing and Monitoring.

The Kansas Center for Autism Researchand Training at the University of Kansas andJCCC’s Office of Diversity, Equity andInclusion hosted a regional autismconference, Beyond the Diagnosis: AutismAcross the Lifespan, in October. Conferencespeakers were Dr. Roy Richard Grinker,cultural anthropologist and the author ofUnstrange Minds: Remapping the World ofAutism, and Dr. Steve Warren, senior scientist

and vice provost for research and graduatestudies and professor of applied behavioralscience, the University of Kansas.

Johnnique Blackmon Love andWilma Freelain Bonner, two authors ofThe Sumner Story, along with local historianChester Owens Jr., talked about the successful education they received at Sumner High School in Kansas City, Kan.Lewis W. Diuguid, Kansas City Star editorial board member and columnist, joinedthem to speak about student and teacher experiences as he followed students fromtheir freshman year to graduation in 1999 atWashington High School, also in Kansas City,Kan.

In November, Sam Quinones, Los Angeles Times reporter and author of

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Events and speakers

Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream: True Talesof Mexican Migration and True Tales from An-other Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the PopsicleKings, Chalino and the Bronx, spoke at JCCC.

In January 2011, Roger Ames, professorof philosophy, University of Hawaii, gave alecture, Confucian Role Ethics: Does BlindJustice Need Moral Imagination? His lecturewas sponsored by JCCC’s International Education office, Staff and Organizational Development, and the Instructional branch.

In February 2011, Dr. Tony Zinkpresented Exercise and Cognitive Function …Training for the Brain. The program wassponsored by St. Luke’s South in partnershipwith the JCCC Nell Mitchell Speaker Series.

JCCC’s horticultural sciences program inpartnership with Hermes Nursery and Landscaping hosted the first-ever

Horticultural Science Field Day in February. The event aimed at recruiting students to the field of horticulture and providing information about job opportunitiesand careers in horticulture.

JCCC hosted an academic conference,Sri Lanka: Post Civil War and PostTsunami. The panel of scholars included:Dr. Dennis McGilvray, professor of anthropol-ogy, University of Colorado-Boulder; Dr. Patrick Peebles, professor emeritus of history, University of Missouri-Kansas City;and Dr. Susan Reed, associate professor anthropology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,Pa. The topics of their presentations rangedfrom religious identities to the challenges ofdemocracy since independence to the politics of dance.

As part of the Visiting Chef Series,

Michael Smith, executive chef/owner of Michael Smith and Extra Virgin restaurants inKansas City, Mo., gave A Guided Tapeo Tour,along with a lecture, cooking demonstrationand tasting. The Visiting Chef Series, sponsored by the JCCC Foundation and thehospitality management program, was underwritten by Dr. David Meyers, professor ofmedicine-cardiology, the University of KansasMedical Center.

A symposium for health care professionals, Growing Older Successfully:Healthy Aging Symposium, was sponsored byJCCC’s Health and Human Services and theUniversity of Kansas Medical Center’sAlzheimer and Memory Program.

The Science Olympiad was held on thecollege campus in February. The ScienceOlympiad competitions are like academic trackmeets for students grades 6-12. During the

day, 46 local schools competed in two divisions– junior high/middle school and high school – inmeteorology, chemistry, biology and more.

In March, JCCC hosted a series of eventsthat examined and untangled the influencesof how women are perceived and representedaround the world. The series, 360 Degreesof Women’s Lives: Across History,Comparative Culture, the Arts, Media,Ethics and the Personal, culminated in adaylong conference on eating disorders inMay. Participants included Darryl Roberts, executive producer, America the Beautiful,and Dr. Susan Bordo, internationally knowncultural feminist scholar and author of thePulitzer Prize-nominated book UnbearableWeight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body and a new book, The Creation ofAnne Boleyn.

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JCCC’s fashion merchandising and designstudents presented their spring fashionshow, Flaunt, featuring clothes designed byJCCC students.

Brandon Gillette, a member of the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets education team, presented Ice Movement inAntarctica: Byrd Glacier. The lecture wassponsored by JCCC’s Center for Sustainability,the Center for Teaching and Learning, andStaff and Organizational Development.

The fourth Lose the Training Wheelscamp, a program that teaches children andadults with disabilities how to ride a conven-tional bike, was conducted at JCCC in March.The camp offers specially adapted bikes thathelp special-needs children and adults learnto ride a bike without training wheels in fivedays.

In April, the Student Environmental Allianceagain celebrated Earth Day. The studentspromoted awareness of environmental issues,ideas and actions.

Andrew Jenks, award-winning documentary filmmaker, shared highlights ofhis work on the MTV series World of Jenks, challenging students “to make a differenceand leave their own unique stamp on society.”In each episode of his series, Jenks bringsviewers closer to understanding someoneelse’s reality, whether it’s a platinum-sellingrecording artist or a young homeless woman.

Carbon Nation, an inspiring look at recentadvances in clean energy and green technolo-gies, with the film’s director, Peter Byck, waspresented by the Student Environmental Alliance and the Center for Sustainability. Thescreening was streamed live to other colleges

and universities across the country.

Topiary artist Pearl Fryar, whose gardenis recognized by art and botanical enthusiasts,and his wife, Metra, spoke to students.Afterward, Fryar sculpted a tree, which wasdonated to JCCC and remains on campus.The event was sponsored by the Center forEquitable Education in partnership with JCCC’sStudent Environmental Alliance and theHorticultural Sciences Students Association.

Jana Corrie, co-anchor, FirstNewsWeekend, and reporter, FirstNews, KMBC-TV-9, and Dave Helling, multimediareporter for The Kansas City Star, discussed“backpack” journalism with students inJCCC’s journalism and media communicationsdepartment. Backpack journalism refers to thetrend where one journalist covers a news story– conducts the interview, shoots and edits thevideo, voices the news story and produces

the promotional piece. After the story is complete, the reporter may be required topost it for a variety of media – television, printor the Web.

Kelly Eckerman, news reporter/anchor,KMBC TV-9, received the Headline Awardfrom JCCC’s journalism and media communi-cations department. The Headline Award recognizes persons who have made signifi-cant contributions to journalism in the area.

The Cohen Community Series raisedmore than $40,000 for scholarships through aperformance by country music star Vince Gill.Gill was the fourth person to appear in the series, inaugurated in 2008 in honor of thelate Barton P. Cohen, president of MetcalfBancshares, vice chairman and generalcounsel of Metcalf Bank, an attorney with

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Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, and alongtime supporter of the college.

The Nell Mitchell Wellness Fair, featuring activities, information booths andscreenings, promoted health and wellness activities for the community.

Those who attended Farmin’ the ‘Burbswere able to tour the 2.5-acre farm on thewest side of campus operated by JCCC’ssustainable agriculture certificate program,visit and sample the wares of farmers andpurveyors in the local farmers market and attend an outdoor screening of The Greenhorns, a documentary film exploring thelives of America’s young farming community.

JCCC offered a Free College Day againin April 2011, offering more than 220 classeson topics ranging from art to science, alongwith free music in the performance spaces.

Free College Day, held every other year, isJCCC’s way of showing off what it has to offerand saying thank you to the community fortheir support. The event had more than 2,700registrations from 1,300 participants.

In May, the fifth annual American IndianHealth Research and EducationalAlliance Pow Wow was held at JCCC,focusing on improving the physical, mental,emotional and spiritual health of AmericanIndians.

In June, a Japan Relief Event to helpthose affected by the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan featured entertainers from the local area and fromJapan. The event was sponsored by the Heartof America Japan-America Society, the JapanClub of Greater Kansas City, and JCCC’s International Club.

Again over the summer, JCCC offeredsports camps and learning, arts and career options classes for youth oncampus; four “Light Up the Lawn” concerts on the lawn in front of the NermanMuseum, sponsored by the museum, the Performing Arts Series and Student Activities;and free vintage movie musicals inYardley Hall.

Throughout the year, JCCC hosted campus visit events for high school juniors and seniors and home school studentsas well as presentations for prospective adultstudents. In addition, the college also offeredcollege planning events for parents.

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For fiscal year 2010-2011, the college’smanagement budget, representing the actual amount available to spend in a year,

was $204,997,435. It was composed of theoperating budget, totaling $140,456,180, andthe budgets for all other funds such as capitaloutlay, auxiliary and restricted funds, totaling$64,541,255. The college’s operating budgetwas built on an anticipated 5 percent decreasein assessed valuation from the county, a 1 percent decrease in funding from the state,and a 5 percent increase in enrollment.

The mill levy assessed for the college for2010-2011 remained nearly the same, at 8.799mills. The average homeowner paid about$240 in annual assessment for the college.

Cost-per-credit-hour for students increasedby $6 for Kansas residents and $14 for students from outside the state in 2010-2011.Johnson County residents paid $75 a credithour, Kansas residents $90 a credit hour andnonresidents $173 a credit hour for classes.

There were no increases in operating expenses in 2010-2011 except in areas whereincreases could not be controlled, such asutilities and insurance. Capital expenses werebased on need, and there was no increase instaffing.

About 49 percent of JCCC’s operatingfunding came from county taxes; the restcame from student tuition, motor vehicle taxesand state aid.

The past few years have presented budgetchallenges unique in JCCC’s history. Untilnow the college has weathered the economic

downturn without much change in programsor operations. However, by January 2011, itwas clear that was no longer possible. Thecollege needed to institute changes – someimmediate, some for the next fiscal year – toreduce expenditures.

Beginning in November 2011, budget administrators participated in a new processcalled “Prioritizing the Budget Strategically”(PBS) to prepare the budget for 2011-2012.The PBS process called for them to prioritizetheir programs so that resources would be allocated to areas that serve the college’sstrategic priorities. The college’s strategicplan spells out what is important in terms ofgoals and initiatives – student success, cul-ture and environment, community leadership

and continuous quality improvement .

“JCCC has the resources to do what wefeel is most important. But we no longer havethe resources to support every single endeavor that we have in the past,” said Terry Calaway, JCCC president. “Fiscal year2011-2012 will be the third year in a row thatwe’ve faced reduced revenues from the stateand the county. We’ve not raised the mill levyin several years, in respect to the financialchallenges our taxpayers are facing. We haveto make some hard decisions now to help usget through the next few fiscal years. Thosedecisions affect not only programming but –for the first time – people. For the first time,the college needs to reduce its workforce bylaying off some employees.”

College leadership developed a plan thatwould allow them to be good fiscal stewards

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Accountable to the community

2010-2011 Revenues 2010-2011 Expenditures

Tuition24%

Other 7%

State Grant 15%

Local Motor Vehicle Taxes 5%

Ad ValoremTaxes49%

Salaries andBenefits

78%

Current Operating18%

Capital 4%

while still achieving the college’s strategic priorities. For 2011-2012, the college cut $6.2 million from the budget. Of that, $1.2 million was reallocated to its strategic priorities. Cuts were accomplished in this way:

n The college froze hiring for vacant positionspaid through the general fund. Teachingfaculty positions that came open could befilled, but other positions that came opencould not. The college’s executive leader-ship would discuss each opening, andthose that are to be filled are posted inter-nally and filled from within.

n Several vacant administrative, executiveand staff positions were eliminated from thestaffing table and no longer exist at JCCC.

n There was a reduction in force of 11 additional positions, and the college investigated outsourcing some services.

n The college covered some of its debt repayment through a surplus in the campusdevelopment fund instead of the generalfund.

n The college cut $1.1 million in operationalexpenses from the general fund.

“We want to connect the budget to ourstrategic priorities, so that we strongly supportthose programs that are most important to us –classroom teaching and student success –and start to phase out those that may not bethe priorities they once were,” Calaway said.

Technology at JCCC In 2010, Johnson County Community Collegewas again listed among the top rated community colleges for digital technology by the Center for Digital Education and Converge Magazine. JCCC was also in thetop 10 in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

The Center for Digital Education and Converge magazine selected 19 communitycolleges as national leaders in using technology to provide exceptional services to students, educators and administrators. Thesurvey examined community colleges’ use oftechnology to enhance the student experienceand increase educator effectiveness, as wellas the technological tools schools had inplace to increase convenience and provide alternative learning options. Specifically, the survey noted schools’ use of online registration, distance learning, tutoring andadvisory services, technology training for students and faculty, and Web 2.0 social andcollaborative capabilities.

This time a letter grade was established ineach category for each college, which is achange from previous years. A Grade A collegehad overall comprehensive implementation oftechnology supporting the educational

institution’s operations as well as servingstudents, faculty and administrators. A Grade Acollege had met most survey benchmarks,including implementation of online administrativeinterface systems such as admissionsprocessing, registration, course offerings andcourse management, secure access to gradesand official transcripts, online lecture captureand alerting, among many others.

In April 2010, the JCCC board of trusteesapproved a tuition increase to help fund thetechnology infrastructure at JCCC. In anticipation of the funds becoming available in2010-2011, Denise Moore, vice president,information services/CIO, led an effort to implement a transparent process to reportprogress. As a result, an advisory council anda technical team were created, a network architect hired, and monthly reports providedto the board’s management committee.

The committees prioritized a backlog of deficiencies that needed to be addressed. The result was a detailed plan that provides aroadmap of numerous phased implementationsneeded in order to build a network infrastructurecapable of supporting next-generation campuscommunications and technologies at JCCC.

Features and functionality the campus community can look forward to in 2011-2012include a second Internet connection that provides the college with connectivity in caseone path suffers a cut or disruption, improvednetwork design and reliability, and wirelessconnectivity campus-wide. Meanwhile, the college is also working toward a phone systemupgrade that will require a phased approach;completion is anticipated in 2013.

Yearly statistics A total of 10,187 students were enrolled in

summer 2010 classes at JCCC. For fall 2010,22,031 students were enrolled, while 19,931students were enrolled in spring 2011. Thesewere the highest totals for fall and spring thatJCCC has ever recorded.

In 2010-2011, 20 percent of local highschool graduates attended JCCC.

In 2010-2011, JCCC awarded 3,094 associate’s degrees or vocational certificates. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan) and studentEmily Menez were the commencementspeakers in May 2011.

More than 330 students passed the General Educational Development exam toobtain their Kansas high school diploma.

More than $50.7 million in federal, state and institutional student aid was distributed to stu-dents for college and living expenses in 2010-2011. This was a 38 percent increase in demandfor aid to attend JCCC over the previous year. 33

In 2010-2011, more than 12,600 peopletook classes through the Center for Businessand Technology. In addition, 763 groups(51,500 people) used the event spaces in theRegnier Center and the Nerman Museum.

The Brown & Gold Club, sponsored byJCCC’s Student Life and Leadership Development division, serves the county’ssenior citizens. More than 5,000 members enjoyed the club’s many educational and cultural opportunities. The club sponsored fivefree concerts and numerous other programsfor the community at large, attended by morethan 5,850 patrons. The club contributed$5,500 to help JCCC students and $4,000 tothe college’s Performing Arts Series.

In fall 2010, 54 percent of all JCCC studentswere female, 36 percent were full-time students,and 75 percent lived in Johnson County. The average age of JCCC students was 25.9.

JCCC’s mill levy in the lowest in the statefor a community college.

JCCC returns about $2.70 to the community for every tax dollar it collects, a return on investment of nearly 3 to 1, and hasa total annual tangible economic impact onthe county of about $182 million. In addition tothe business volume it generates, JCCC alsocontributes a significant number of full-timejobs to the Johnson County economy. An estimated 6,734 full-time jobs may be attributed to the college through its direct and indirect economic activity.

It’s estimated that JCCC’s partnership withBurlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and thecity of Overland Park adds $50 million to thecounty’s economic base.

Surveys showMost students who completed career

programs at Johnson County Community College in 2009-2010 are working and satisfied, according to a survey conducted by JCCC’s office of Institutional Research and published in April 2011.

Surveys are administered by the college’soffice of Institutional Research, which conducts follow-up studies each year of students who completed a JCCC career program during the previous academic yearand of their employers. A total of 415 former students and 112 employers completed surveys.

Sixty-nine percent of the respondents indicated they had completely achieved theireducational objective at JCCC. Sixty-five percent indicated they were employed

full-time; 18 percent were employed part time.Forty-seven percent of respondents indicatedthat they had taken a state licensing exam orhad earned an industry certificate since leavingJCCC; of those who had taken an exam, 99 percent reported that they had passed. Average hourly wages were most typically between $15 and $20.

The students’ employers were also satisfied. Ninety-four percent of employerssurveyed rated the overall job preparation oftheir employees who were educated at JCCCas very good or good in each of these areas: interpersonal skills, quality of work, attitude toward work, technical knowledge, conceptualknowledge and overall preparation.

Results of these studies provide valuableinsight into the effectiveness of the college’scareer programs and assist administratorsand faculty in planning to meet the needs offuture students and of business and industry.34

In 2010-2011, the Center for Business andTechnology was the professional develop-ment training choice for 113 area busi-

nesses and 12,618 individuals in JohnsonCounty and the Greater Kansas City area.Lifelong learning programs included:

n Licensing and CEUs for professionals inhealth care, real estate, mediation, earlychildhood education, banking, payroll,human resources, and Lean and Six Sigmaprocess improvement tools.

n Customized projects that included competency development models, designing curriculum, instructional guidesand assessment.

n Customized training and development for

organizations, including solutions forleadership, management, finance, projectmanagement and coaching at variouslevels.

n Public classes and contract training in computer applications and informationtechnology.

n Special events such as Administrative Professionals Day, National Higher Education Benchmarking Conference,monthly Lunch & Learns and executivespeakers.

n Assistance to local companies applying forKansas Department of Commerce grantsthat will pay for workforce training for newlycreated jobs or jobs requiring new skills.

Health Information Systems(HITECH)In spring 2010, JCCC became part of a consortium of 17 Midwest community colleges to establish intensive, non-degreetraining programs that can be completedwithin six months in health information systems. Students are trained to support theadoption of electronic health records. 

In September 2010, JCCC began deliveryof two of six programs under the HITECH umbrella. Both are a hybrid of classroom andonline delivery. Since September, two cohortshave completed the training, for a total of 51 students. Four of these students changedpositions within their company as a result of

the training, four have been placed in newjobs, and two were placed in internships. Athird cohort of students began in May 2011and were scheduled to complete their trainingin September 2011.

Health and Human ServicesThe Health and Human Services continuingeducation division offered symposiumstargeting health care providers, caregiversand patients with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,stroke, cancer, poverty and addiction, andchildren with disabilities. Keynote speakers ateach event were nationally and locallyrecognized experts on how to manage andbattle the devastating effects of theseconditions and issues.

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The division also introduced phlebotomytechnician and ECG technician programs.The phlebotomy program encompassed lectures on campus followed by more than100 hours of clinical time at Olathe MedicalCenter, where students worked with OMC’sphlebotomy staff to successfully complete100 live, unassisted, documented blooddraws to qualify for the national certificationexam.

The ECG program included 40 hours of didactic and practical training followed byclinical rotations at OMC working one-on-onewith ECG technicians in performing successfulECGs in a variety of hospital units. 

Beginning fall 2011, the programs will beoffered on campus and at the new OlatheHealth Education Center.

Community Services In 2010-2011, the Community Servicesdivision served more than 13,700 communitymembers through various programs includingpersonal enrichment classes; the careerservices program, offering workshops,individual career counseling and weekly jobclubs; services for older adults, such as GreatDecisions and Current Issues forums; summeryouth programs; and Friday Discoveries, aone-day class for youth offering topics inmath, science, and arts and crafts; contractlanguage services for area businessesneeding translation services; and adult basiceducation. Motorcycle training sessions aswell as drivers education are also offered.

More than 3,000 adults prepared for theGED exam, learned English or improved theiracademic skills through the five JohnsonCounty Adult Education program centers.JCAE is sponsored jointly by the college andthe Johnson County Library. A Kan-Go granthelped more than 200 students prepare forand enter into postsecondary education orobtain their work skills credentials. In addition,the Migrant Family Literacy Program providedpreschool and literacy services for 90 familiesin the Olathe school district. The program provides basic life skills, employment counseling, parenting and after-school tutoring to children and adults in Olathe.

Kansas Small Business Development CenterSmall business owners received managementconsulting, technical assistance and training

from the Kansas Small Business DevelopmentCenter (KSBDC). The U.S. Small BusinessAdministration, the Kansas Department ofCommerce and JCCC fund the KSBDC. TheKansas Small Business Development Centerconsulted with 511 existing or aspiring smallbusiness clients in 2010. These clients created 251 new jobs, obtained $6.3 million infinancing and increased sales by $8.3 million.

JCCC KSBDC clients, The Next Step Inc.and Weather or Not Inc., were selected asEmerging and Existing Businesses of theYear, respectively. Each was recognized atthe annual ceremony at the state capitol in Topeka.

The JCCC KSBDC also trained 955 individuals on small-business-related topics.

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JCCC’s Performing Arts Series celebratedits 20th anniversary in 2010-2011. For 20 years, Johnson County Community

College has offered one of the largest multidiscipline performing arts series in mid-America. In its 20th year, the PerformingArts Series broadened its programming strategy to attract a wider demographic. Thischange in artist selection led to increases of 20percent in season ticket sales and 46 percentin ticket sales to individual performances.

Highlights of the 2010-2011 series wereperformances by Natalie Cole, who appearedin the 20th anniversary celebration, anevening that raised nearly $40,000 for the Performing Arts Series. The event was sponsored by AT&T, Capitol Federal,

Commerce Bank, Garmin, Marriott Hotels,PGAV Architects and Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Other popular performerswere Michael Bolton and Martin Short as wellas the Broadway hit, Spamalot.

More than 23,000 tickets were sold to the24 performances in the Performing Arts Series; another 56,000 people attendedevents presented by various college departments and community organizations.Local presenters and community groupspresent 42 percent of the events in the college’s performing spaces.

Performing Arts EducationAn important part of the Performing Arts Series program is Performing Arts Series ArtsEducation. It provides area students andteachers with low-cost or free services designed to help them explore their own creativity, glimpse the world of professionalartists, and develop talents and critical thinking skills. The arts education program includes master classes, teacher workshops,residencies, curriculum development, lecture/demonstrations and performances.

In 2010-2011, Arts Education served nearly13,000 children and community members with34 public performances, including six schoolshows. 

This year, 8,900 students attended outreach activities by visiting artists.

On the JCCC campus, visiting artists connected with numerous campus organizations and departments, including student leadership; the animation, music,fashion merchandising and design, andgraphic design programs; the Kansas StudiesInstitute; Community Services; the HiersteinerChild Development Center; and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.

Partnerships continued with educationaland community organizations, such as theHeartland Music Academy, Starlight TheatreAcademy, Leawood Arts Council, Paola Community Center, Kansas Department of Education and the Kennedy Center.

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The Performing Arts Series

▲ Martin Short and Terry Calaway

Natalie Cole▲

In April 2011, the Arts Education programhosted a symposium titled Developing a Visionfor Arts Education. The goal was to assist edu-cators in developing strategies that will protectand enhance arts education programs in theirdistricts, while examining arts education values,concerns and trends. The keynote speaker wasSen. Stan Rosenberg (D-Mass.), who hasintroduced groundbreaking legislation thatmade Massachusetts the first state in the country to call for the formation of a creativityindex in public schools statewide. The sympo-sium was the culmination of a yearlong projectto assess arts education in area schools. Nineschool districts from Johnson County, KansasCity, Kan.; Kansas City, Mo.; and Leavenworth,Kan., participated. The Kennedy Center inWashington, D.C., the Kansas Department ofEducation, the Kansas Arts Commission andJCCC’s Office of Institutional Research assisted

with the development of a survey that was usedto frame the symposium’s discussion.

PAS Arts Education also extended its year-long offerings to the summer with theater foryouth and the Summer Institute for the Arts,which featured the return of the nine-dayHeartland Chamber Music Festival and threemini-camps with community partners Heartland Chamber Music Academy andStarlight Theatre Academy.

Academic performances JCCC’s music department offers students theopportunity to compose, study and performmusic as part of a choral group or concert or jazz band. JCCC’s student musical ensembles – Chamber Choir, MadRegalia,Concert Band, the Midnight Express Jazz Ensemble and the JCCC Jazz Nights – perform concerts throughout the year.

JCCC’s academic theatre department of-fered these productions in 2010-2011: a darkcomedy called A Devil Inside; a children’s play,Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, based on a folk-tale from Zimbabwe; Godspell, a musical abouta group of outcasts who through the inspirationof the Gospels are eventually transformed intoa community of individuals aspiring to help create a better world; the female version of The Odd Couple, Neil Simon’s play about mismatched friends; and Richard III, Shakespeare’s history play about the English king’s ruthless pursuit of the throne.

In addition, each semester the collegepresents the Ruel Joyce Recital Series (namedfor the longtime jazz bassist who headed thelocal musicians federation from 1977 until hisdeath in 1989) and a Jazz Series. The concerts,featuring local classical and jazz artists, arecosponsored by the JCCC humanities and

music departments, Community Services andthe Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts.

A new CD, Live from JCCC’s Yardley Hall,features the late Kansas City jazz pianist andband leader Pete Eye. The CD was recordedat Eye’s final major concert the year before,which was part of the JCCC Jazz Series. (Eye died in April 2010.) The CD may be purchased for $15; proceeds support therecital series.

In January 2011, JCCC banished the winter blues with a four-day jazz festival – JazzWinterlude: Kansas City Style. Audiences enjoyed performances and a Sunday brunchlistening to local jazz musicians and theSmithsonian Jazz Masterworks Ensemble playa range of styles, from Dixieland to swing,bebop to big band. School bands attendedclinics to learn from the professionals.

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▲ Sen. Stan Rosenberg

More than 71,200 individuals visited theNerman Museum of Contemporary Artin 2010-2011. The museum at JCCC is

the largest contemporary art museum in thefour-state region and the only contemporaryart museum in Kansas.

Since 1980, JCCC has been collectingcontemporary art from around the world, eachyear adding new pieces to the collection.Today, the works of more than 1,000 regional,national and international artists are represented in JCCC’s renowned collection,which features a diverse range of painting,

photography, clay, sculpture and works onpaper. Much of the college’s collection is installed in “collection focus” areas in the cor-ridors, dining halls and other highly visible and accessible locations around campus, sparkinga spontaneous engagement with art for students, faculty, staff and visitors.

ExhibitionsExhibitions at the museum in 2010-2011 focused on a variety of content and media.

The year began with Nari Ward * Re-Presence in the museum’s first-floor galleries. This was artist Ward’s first one-personmuseum exhibition in the United States; hiswork has been included in the 2008 Prospect.1New Orleans Biennial, 2006 Whitney Biennialin New York and Documenta XI in Kassel,Germany, in 2003. Known for dramatic

sculptures made from discarded materialsfound in urban neighborhoods, Ward createsworks that often comment on issues related toconsumer culture, poverty, race and, most recently, support for those with physical andmental illness.

Ecstatic Structure * Bart Exposito,Warren Isensee, Stanley Whitneyopened in September 2010 in the museum’sfirst-floor galleries. The exhibition focused onthree contemporary painters and two funda-mental aspects of abstract painting – color andstructure. As the author Bob Nickas has written,

“… color can become a building block – coloras structure – and … can be seen as somethingbeyond composition, as intrinsic to the contentof a picture, or even as its central subject.”

Museum Interrupted * Rachel Hayes,Anne Lindberg, Miles Neidinger openedin October 2010. In celebration of the KansasCity Art Institute’s 125th anniversary, threeKansas City-based artists were each invitedto create site-specific installations within three of the Nerman Museum’s second-floorgalleries. Both Hayes (fiber, 1999) and Neidinger (sculpture, 2000) received BFA degrees from KCAI, while Lindberg was anassistant professor (1990-1999) in the Institute’s foundations department. Each artistresponded to the architecture and space of a particular gallery, and each installation dramatically transformed that space.

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The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

In November, Reanimate * Steve Gorman, an exhibition of contemporary worksin clay, opened in the Oppenheimer New MediaGallery of the museum. Gorman, a Kansas City-based clay artist, uses white earthenware andceramic stain to sculpt works that referenceplant life, animal and human forms, and evenelements of fashion.

Embarrassment of Riches: PicturingGlobal Wealth, 2000-2010 opened in February 2011 in the first-floor galleries of themuseum. The photography exhibition exploredhow contemporary media artists have depictedwealth during the last 10 years, upending theusual attention paid to images of poverty inpublications and museums and instead analyzing the cultural impact of wealth. The exhibition was not a glorification of affluenceand consumerism, but rather an examination of the transformative effects of prosperity.

In June, Leo Villareal opened in the museum’s first-floor galleries. This was thefirst-ever museum survey of the work of theprominent sculptor Leo Villareal, a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven imagery. The exhibition traced the artist’s workduring the past decade, from his earliest experimental sequencing of strobe lights tohis recent hypnotic patterning of thousands ofpinpoint LEDs. In 2006, JCCC commissioneda major, site-specific installation by Villarealfor the cantilever of the museum’s entrance.

In addition, Jessica Stockholder, professor and director of graduate studies insculpture, Yale School of Art, was the speakerfor the third annual Jerome Nerman LectureSeries in November 2010 at the museum.Stockholder is internationally renowned forher site-specific, multimedia installations.

The collectionSince July 2010, the Nerman Museum added84 works of contemporary art to the permanentcollection. Recent acquisitions include ceram-ics, paintings, works on paper, glass, textiles,sculpture and photography. Ten donors gifted29 works to the museum/college. The donorswere the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Jack Blanton, Rita Blitt Foundation,Bruce Hartman, Jedel Family Trust, Marti andTony Oppenheimer and the OppenheimerBrothers Foundation, Larry and Pam Thomas,Dean E. Thompson, Gerry Trilling and the Walker Art Committee. Marti and Tony Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer BrothersFoundation helped acquire 13 new pieces forthe museum’s permanent collection. The re-maining 55 works were acquired through theJCCC Foundation and college auxiliary funds.

Several works from the permanent

collection were loaned to major museums andinstitutions in the United States and abroad.

n Dana Schutz’s painting Swimming, Smoking, Crying, 2009, was loaned to a solotraveling exhibition titled Dana Schutz inRovereto, Italy, for an exhibition at Museod’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento eRovereto Oct. 23, 2010 to Sept 1, 2011. The painting is also in an upcoming travelingsolo exhibition at the Neuberger Museum ofArt in Purchase, New York, titled Dana Schutz:If the Face Had Wheels, September to December 2011. It will travel to the Miami ArtMuseum, January to March 2012.

n Beard Gods II, 2007, a painting by Leidy Churchman, was loaned to theGreater New York exhibition at P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center from May 10 toNov. 2, 2010.

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▲ Marti and Tony Oppenheimer

n Dean Mitchell’s work on paper titledFrench Quarter Blues, 2007, was on view in a solo exhibition titled Dean Mitchell:Space, People and Places at the CantonMuseum of Art, Canton, Ohio, from Nov. 26,2010 to March 6, 2011.

n Asad Faulwell’s painting, Mujahidat #11,2010, was loaned to the Kravets WehbyGallery, New York, Feb. 26 to April 2, 2011,for a solo exhibition titled Les Femmes D’Alger.

n Roger Shimomura’s painting AmericanInfamy, 2006, is currently on view at theJohn Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisc., for a group exhibition titled Hiding Places: Memory in Art, May 8,2011 to March 31, 2012.

Art educationIn 2010-2011, the museum offered educationalprograms for students, children, educators andvisitors of all ages. Museum public programs(lectures, presentations, workshops, films, etc.)reached more than 3,690 individuals in thecommunity.

The museum’s free art appreciation toursbrought more than 2,850 adults from the com-munity through exhibitions and installations in2010-2011. Docents and staff led more than180 tours for the community (including morethan 2,660 school children).

In 2010-2011, 52 individuals from the community volunteered more than 1,870 hours,assisting with visitor services, events and educational programs. Most of the guidedtours were led by dedicated volunteer docents.

In addition to its popular ContemporaryCreations classes for children ages 8 to 11 conducted in the summer and on Saturdaysthroughout the academic year, the museumoffers a series of early exploration classes forchildren 5 to 7. During each session, studentsexplored and discussed selected works ofart, developing critical thinking skills and expanding cultural awareness, and then created original works of art in the museum’sstudio classroom. More than 680 studentsparticipated in 90 class sessions through both programs.

A series of Friday gallery talks called Noonat the Nerman provided students, faculty andstaff an open opportunity to examine works ofart on view in the museum and the collegecampus. Each week a member of JCCC’s faculty or staff spoke briefly about a differentwork of art. With 24 presentations for a total of375 individuals, the series is a popular additionto the museum’s regular programming. Dr. Allison Smith, associate professor/chair,art history, coordinated the speakers.

Third Thursday * Visiting Artists’ PresentationIn collaboration with the JCCC academic fineart and art history departments, the museumagain offered a series of Third Thursday Visiting Artists presentations in 2010-2011.Each of the free programs featured twoKansas City-based artists paired with JCCCfaculty moderators. The programs were madepossible in part by an Ovation Grant from theArts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.

The presentation in September featuredartist and commercial photographer MikeSinclair and painter Peregrine Honig.Moderators were Mary Wessel, adjunct associate professor, photography, and Dr. Allison Smith, associate professor/chair, art history.

In October, guests were video artists Ari Fish and painter Grant Miller.Moderators were Britt Benjamin, assistantprofessor, fashion merchandising and design,and Larry Thomas, professor/chair, fine arts.

Ceramicist Cary Esser and artist and musician Michael Schonhoff were theguest artists in November. Moderators were Laura-Harris Gascogne and Mark Cowardin, associate professors, fine arts.

Fashion designer Peggy Noland andclay artist George Timock presented inFebruary. Moderators were Joan McCrillis-Lafferty, professor/chair, fashion merchan-dising and design, and Harris Gascogne.

In March, Kati Toivanen, who works inphotography, digital media, sculpture and installations, and Susan White, who worksprimarily in pyrographs (burn drawings), thornworks and video installions, were the guestartists. Moderators were Thomas and Cowardin.

In April, guest artists were ceramicistSteve Gorman and sculptor May Tveit.Moderators were Amy Kephart, adjunct associate professor, fine arts, and Thomas.

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Through its fund-raising efforts, the JCCCFoundation supports student scholarships,academic programs and the visual and

performing arts at the college. As of June 30,2011, the Foundation’s endowment was$17,334,653, and its total assets were$25,797,675. Sandy Price, executive vicepresident, human resources, Sprint, served asthe 2010-2011 Foundation president.

In September, Katherine Allen becamethe new executive director of institutional advancement, responsible for the Foundation,alumni and community relations, and resource

and funding development for scholarships, academic programs, capital projects, the Per-forming Arts Series, and the Nerman Museumof Contemporary Art. She came to JCCC afterserving as the executive director of the BlueValley Educational Foundation for five years.She replaced Dr. Joseph M. Sopcich, whobecame JCCC’s executive vice president, finances and administrative services.

ScholarshipsMore than $875,000 in Foundation scholarshipshelped 794 students with tuition, books andprogram needs in 2010-2011.

In spring 2011, Harvey S. Bodker, president, Bodker Realty Inc., established theBodker Criminal Justice Scholarship honoringJohn M. Douglass, chief of police, City ofOverland Park, for students enrolled in

JCCC’s administration of justice program.

Program supportMajor gifts in 2010-2011 helped JCCC broadcast journalism students produce publicmedia for KCPT television, created awards forJCCC faculty pursuing advanced nursing degrees and medical simulation training, andallowed academic theater students to compete in regional festivals.

Some Enchanted EveningIn 2010, Some Enchanted Evening, the Foundation’s black-tie gala, generated more

than $300,000 for its scholarship program.David Wysong was honored as the Johnson Countian of the Year for his supportof education and community endeavors. Cal and Lesa Kleinmann served as co-chairs for the evening. Over the past 24years, Some Enchanted Evening has raisedmore than $4 million for the Foundation’sscholarship program.

Nerman MuseumIn 2010-2011, members of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art contributed$28,228 in support of the museum exhibitionsand educational offerings.

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▲ Bodker Criminal Justice Scholarship

The Performing Arts SeriesThe Friends of the Performing Arts Series atJCCC, business partnerships, and grants andgifts from corporations and foundations contributed more than $141,000 to supportthe performing arts in 2010-2011.

Dollars for ScholarsIn April 2011, the Dollars for Scholars auctionearned a little more than $33,000 in net profits.More than 200 volunteers, including students,friends, alumni, faculty and staff, helped raisefunds to support scholarships and programs.BNSF Railway and Garmin were major sponsors.

Employee givingMore than 270 faculty and staff members supported a wide variety of programs andscholarships every month through the Foundation’s employee giving program.

Planned givingUnder the leadership of John C. Davis andthe Planned Giving Committee, the groupcontinued its collaboration with the JohnsonCounty Bar Association to present “Ethics forGood,” a continuing legal education programattended by area attorneys.

Polsky Practical Personal Enrichment SeriesThis series of educational presentations is underwritten by the Norman and Elaine PolskyFamily Supporting Foundation within theGreater Kansas City Community Foundationwith Johnson County Community College. The series includes a number of topics thatare not being offered in a formal academicsetting, such as personal investing, insurance,banking, health, politics and education.

President’s ScholarshipThe President’s Scholarship Fund recognizesoutstanding academic achievement byJohnson County high school graduates. As ofJune 30, 2011, $23,595 has been raised forthe initiative.

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▲ Dollars for Scholars

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