RELEASE DATE:  July 14, 2008

CONTACT:  Audrey Bailey,  (919) 807-6963

 

CALDWELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HOSTS THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES

 

RALEIGH - The State Board of Community Colleges meets on the road this month for its regular meeting and bi-annual planning retreat. Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute hosts the Board at its Watauga Campus located at 294 Community College Drive in Boone.

 

The issues sessions begin on Wednesday with a presentation by System President R. Scott Ralls, who will present his strategic emphases for the North Carolina Community College System.  This is his first planning retreat since taking office May 1 of this year.

 

The Thursday sessions include a comprehensive review of the recently approved State Budget and an overview of future budget requirements.  Ralls, Kennon Briggs, vice president for Business and Finance, and Linda Weiner, Assistant to the President for Engagement and Economic Development

for the system will lead that discussion.

 

Following a tour of the Watauga facility,Caldwell CC & TI President Ken Boham share highlights about his institution as the featured speaker at the Thursday Issues Luncheon.  Board committee meetings follow the issues luncheon.

 

Items of interest on the Board’s Friday agenda include a request to approve two new

presidents, one for Craven Community College in New Bern and one for Central Carolina Community College in Sanford.  

 

The full agenda follows.

 

STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Ms. Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, Chair

July 18, 2008

 

Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

Watauga Campus, Instructional Facility

294 Community College Drive

Boone, NC  28607

 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

ISSUES SESSION

Strategic Emphases                                                                             2:00 p.m.         Room 112

    Dr. Scott Ralls, NCCC System President

 

Thursday, July 17, 2008

ISSUES SESSION

Issues to be Re-visited from Wednesday’s Session                              8:30 a.m.          Room 112

    Richard Sullins, Executive Director of State Board Affairs

Review of the 2008-09 Budget and Future Budget Requirements      9:00 a.m.          Room 112

    Dr. Scott Ralls, President

    Kennon Briggs, Vice President of Business and Finance

    Linda Weiner, Assistant to the President for Engagement

    and Economic Development

Tour of the Watauga Facility                                                             11:10 a.m.

Luncheon and Presentation                                                                12:00 noon       Room 112

“Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Highlights”

    Dr. Ken Boham, President

    Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

 

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

 

Financial and Capital Needs Committee                                          1:30 p.m.    Room 111

Policy Committee                                                                                 1:30 p.m.          Room 113

Program Services Committee                                                                1:30 p.m.          Room 112

Accountability and Audit Committee                                                     3:00 p.m.          Room 111

Personnel Committee                                                                            3:00 p.m.          Room 113

Chairman’s Agenda Review                                                                  4:00 p.m.          Room 113

 

Friday, July 18, 2008

BOARD MEETING                                                                          9:00 a.m.          Room 112

 

9:00 a.m.          -     Call to Order

-         Ethics Awareness and Identification of Conflicts or Potential Conflicts of Interest

-         Welcome by Dr. Ken Boham, President of Caldwell Community College and

Technical Institute

-         Approval of Minutes of the June 20, 2008 Meeting

-         Approval of Agenda

-         Approval of Consent Agenda
(Consent Agenda items are listed on the Consent Agenda

and are designated by [CA] on Full Agenda)

-         Reports

NC Association of Community College Presidents, Dr. Patricia Skinner, President

NC Association of Community College Trustees, Mr. George D. Regan, President

NC Comprehensive Community College Student Government Association

 

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

POLICY COMMITTEE, Dr. Stuart B. Fountain, Chair

 

For Action

 

§         Initiate Rule Making to Add 23 NCAC 02C .0801 “Intercollegiate Athletics” (Attachment Pol. 1)  

 

PROGRAM SERVICES COMMITTEE, Ms. Norma B. Turnage, Chair

 

For Information

 

§         General Occupational Technology (GOT) Approval by System President (Attachment Prog. 1)

§         Special Termination Approvals by System President (Attachment Prog. 2)

 

For Future Action

 

§         Curriculum Standard Revisions (Attachment Prog. 3)

§         2008-09 Cooperative-Innovative High School Programs Approvals (Part II) (Attachment Prog. 4)

§         Addition of Program(s) to the Special Applications Approval List (Attachment Prog. 5)

 

For Action

 

§         Curriculum Program Application (New to the System) (Attachment Prog. 6) [CA]

§         Curriculum Standard Revisions (Attachment Prog. 7) [CA]

§         Curriculum Program Applications (Fast Track for Action) (Attachment Prog. 8) [CA]

§         Continuing Education Master Course List – Course Approvals (Attachment Prog. 9) [CA]

§         Courses of Instruction to Captive/Co-opted Groups (Attachment Prog. 10) [CA]

A.     Curriculum Program of Study Revisions

B.     Basic Skills

C.     Continuing Education

 

FINANCIAL AND CAPITAL NEEDS COMMITTEE, Mr. Herbert L. Watkins, Chair

 

For Information

 

§         System Office Contract Report as of June 30, 2008 (Attachment FC-1)

§         2008 Budget Update (Attachment FC-2)

 

For Action

 

§         The 2008-2009 State Financial Aid Allocation Tables for Targeted Assistance (High Demand/ Low Enrollment Programs) and Less Than Half-time Enrolled Students (Attachment FC-3) [CA]

§         2008-09 Scholarship Allocations (Attachment FC-4) [CA]

§         Allocation Request to Fund Three Regional Centers for Teaching Excellence 2008-2009 (Attachment FC-5) [CA]

§         2008-2009 Professional Development Activities Grants (State Leadership Activities) (Attachment FC-6) [CA]

§         Service Agreement with DTI Associates, Inc., for the Student Achievement in Reading (STAR) Project (Attachment FC-7)

§         Licensure Agreement with ACT for NC Community Colleges to Become WorkKeys Solution Providers (WSP’s) Assessment Sites (Attachment FC-8)

§         NC REAL Enterprises (Contract Renewal) (Attachment FC-9) [CA]

§         Use of 2007-2008 Board Reserve Funds (Year-End Report) (Attachment FC-10) [CA]

§         Request for Approval of an Installment Purchase Contract – Blue Ridge Community College (Attachment FC -11)

§         Approval of a Lease Agreement Between Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and Castle & Cooke Company, and Budget Allocation to Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (Attachment FC-12)

§         Construction/Property/Bond Authorization Report (Attachment FC-13) [CA]

 

ACCOUNTABILITY AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, Ms. Anne-Marie Knighton, Chair

 

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, Dr. Linwood Powell, Chair

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

 

CHAIR’S REMARKS

 

§         Next Meeting 

200 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC  27603

Thursday, August 14, 2008 

State Board of Community Colleges Issues Session & Standing Committees Meetings

Friday, August 15, 2008

State Board of Community Colleges Meeting

 

ADJOURNMENT