May All College Meeting Notes

  May 10, 2013  |   

[image 1]The All College meeting on May 10, which was hosted by the library staff, opened with updates on major NVC initiatives.

Jimmie Bruce, vice president of Academics, gave an update on SACS (the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools – NVC’s accreditation body). In January of this year, NVC received a letter indicating that three areas require additional documentation to demonstrate compliance with SACS. Those areas are institutional effectiveness: educational programs; student achievement; and student complaints.

[image 2]Jimmie said teams across the college have been working on these three areas. The E-Team will finalize the report in August and send it to SACS in September.

Robert Lund of College Services introduced the new Innovation Portfolio in SharePoint. This is where employees can submit an innovation idea.

[image 3]Three students from NVC’s Digital Video & Cinema Production program recently received the privilege to create a video designed to help raise awareness and support for Communities in Schools. This program empowers at-risk students to stay in school and help them achieve their goals. This video (here’s the link) was created for the Communities in Schools’ luncheon to help raise awareness and support. The students who participated in the production are: John Viruzo, Peter Northrop and Josh Barrera.

[image 4]Announcements:

  • Mark your calendars for the NVC Graduation on May 18 at the Freeman Coliseum at 7 p.m.
  • Systems Thinking and Process Improvement Training is July 11-13 from 1 to 5 p.m.
  • Please take the Employee Giving Survey at this link in order to improve the annual campaign.

[image 5]Celebrations:

  • Several students were awarded prizes for their participation in the annual Get Your Degree Writing contest.
  • Yvonne Guerra of Enrollment Services was awarded the Employee of the Month for May.
  • Several work study employees of NVC Rec Sports were given gift cards for having the winning “float” in the Shortest Fiesta Parade in April.
  • The Degree Completion team was given the Wildcat Award.
  • Renata Serafin, NVC PR director, was recognized for receiving the 2012 Public Relations Professional of the Year award from the San Antonio chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Here's the PowerPoint from the All College meeting: [file 1]