Administrative reports dominated a meeting of the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees, held Tuesday evening on the campus.
NCMC President Dr. Lenny Klaver gave a legislative report, updating the board on pending bills that would affect community colleges. He also updated the board on the Green Hills Head Start program, which is administered through the college. With the recent retirement of Dr. Beverly Hooker as director, he said Janet Gott and Sue Ewigman have been serving as co-associate directors while the search for a new director is ongoing. Dr. Klaver noted that he would be in Kansas City on Wednesday to meet with Head Start officials to discuss the status of the two proposed construction projects. One project is in Trenton while the other is in Brookfield.
Dr. Kristen Alley, associate vice president for student affairs, presented information on the National Student Clearinghouse Student Tracker File report, which found a total of 159 graduates (40 percent) transferring to other institutions from the Fall 2017, Spring 2018 and Summer 2018 semesters. Of those students who transferred, the majority, 40 percent, went to Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, with 14 percent moving on to attend Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. The University of Missouri-Columbia got 14 percent of students who transfered while 3 percent went to Western Governors University (on-line), 3 percent went to Missouri State University in Springfield and 2 percent went to Park University in Parkville. The rest transferred to other colleges and universities.
The three-year follow up for Fall 2015, Spring 2016 and Summer 2016 showed 18 percent of the graduates transferred and completed a bachelor’s degree. Again, the majority of students, 30 percent, graduated from NWMSU, with 25 percent graduating from MWSU, 11 percent from Western Governors and 8 percent from Truman State, with the rest from other colleges and universities.
Vice President for Aca-demic Affairs Dr. Tristan Londre updated the board on several activities that have occurred on campus recently, including a faculty inservice that focused on the Higher Learning Commission’s quality initiatives. He said a career and transfer fair with around 40 vendors was planned for today (Wednesday, Feb. 27).
Trustees approved the purchase of a hardware and software maintenance agreement at an annual cost of $43,163.57 from Hewlett Packard Enterprises of Roseville, CA. The agreement will provide telephone as well as onsite support for the college-owned servers and storage located in the data centers. Also approved was the annual renewal of ProofPoint, data leak protection appliance software, from OPTIV of Overland Park, KS, at a cost of $10,553 and the purchase of an Amatrol Mechanical Drives I training system and hand tool set at a cost of $15,518.
Trustees agreed to transfer Kadi Gamble of Brimson from Head Start Family Engagement Specialist to Campus Store Associate-Retail Operations at a pay rate of $11.33 per hour. Her new position is effective on March 11. Two adjunct instructors were approved, including McKay Lannigan of Cameron, who will teach dual credit English courses as needed primarily in Cameron, and (Marie) Gene Arnold of St. Joseph, who will teach behavioral health support courses through the North Belt Center beginning with the fall 2019 semester.
In other business, trustees were introduced to the college’s residence hall assistants and learned about activities on the campus as well as changes in food service. Dr. Alley told trustees that a counselor, Grace Carder of Preferred Family Healthcare, will be serving the campus and said the search for a new TRiO assistant appears to be close to completion.
The board held an executive session to discuss personnel, with no announcement made.
The next regular board meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26.
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