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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: July 16, 2004 | (919) 807-6963 |
STATE BOARD WELCOMES NEW MEMBER, APPROVES NEW PRESIDENTS AND NEW PROGRAM
RALEIGH: It was a very full agenda for State Board of Community Colleges today (Friday) as the Board welcomed a new member and said goodbye to another, approved two new community college presidents, and approved several items of importance and interest.
| The Board welcomed Billy Acosta, a student and Student Government Association president at Central Piedmont Community College as the new student representative member. Judge Wanda Bryant of the NC Court of Appeals administered the oath to the N4CSGA president. Acosta is married and the father of two. He succeeds Carole Davis who was honored with a resolution. |  |
The Board approved new presidents for Central Carolina Community College and Vance-Granville Community College.
| Dr. Matthew Garrett (near right) takes the helm at Central
Carolina on August 1st. Garrett has been at Central Carolina
since 1987 and is presently the Executive Vice President and Chief
Academic Officer. He has spent 25 years in education, including time as an
instructor at Martin CC. "It’s all about the students," said
Garrett as he thanked the Board for their vote. He succeeds Dr. Marvin
Joyner who has devoted 41 years to community colleges, including the last
20 as CCCC president.
Mr. George R. "Randy" Parker ( far right) is the new president at Vance Granville Community College, effective September 1st. Parker began his higher education career at Lenoir Community College and will receive his doctorate in education from NC State in the fall. He is presently vice president for instruction and student services at Lenoir. He says he looks forward to following the legacy of leadership left by Dr. Robert Miller, who retired after 35 years in education, with the last five as VGCC president. |
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Other action by the State Board includes:
- Approval of an item giving the community colleges the authority to charge an increased tuition rate before the Budget bill passes the General Assembly. Both the House and Senate included a 7% increase in tuition in their proposals. In-state tuition rises from $35.50 to $38.00 per credit hour ($608.00 maximum per semester). Non-residents will now pay $211.00, up from $197.00 per credit hour ($3,376.00 maximum per semester).
- Approval of Project HEALTH (Helping Employers and Labor Transition to Health Care), a program designed to develop more health education faculty to serve more students in the community college system, with specific emphasis on the nursing shortage. Three community colleges (Bladen, Lenoir and Mitchell) will serve as demonstration sites to carry out the objectives of the proposal. Each college will receive $203,000 to finance the project. The federal funding comes from the Department of Labor.
- Approved Wayne and Central Piedmont Community Colleges as Colleague Training Centers for the College Information System (CIS). Dr. Saundra Williams informed the Board that all 58 community colleges have gone live with the Finance Module of CIS and that the required fix of the Accounts Receivable-Cash Receivable (AR-CR) Module has been installed at all Phase 1-A colleges and the system is working well.
- Approved a study of the FTE Funding Formula. The study, mandated by the General Assembly, will determine if any changes in the way funds are allocated to the colleges are needed to ensure that colleges have sufficient funds to adequately serve students when enrollment increases, and to identify for funding "high-cost" programs.
- Approved a program new to the NCCCS. Southwestern Community College (Sylva) will offer Gaming Management. The program will provide instruction to individuals who will be employed at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino.
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