North Central Missouri College Trustees set the tax levy for 2003, approved a new position and heard a report on the TRIO program during a meeting held Tuesday evening on the campus.
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North Central Missouri College Trustees set the tax levy for 2003, approved a new position and heard a report on the TRIO program during a meeting held Tuesday evening on the campus.
Trustees set the tax levy at 36.57 cents per $100 assessed valuation, based on an assessment of $71,092,909, up from $65,453,570. The levy is expected to generate approximately $250,600. Last year?s levy was 38.41 cents.
On the recommendation of NCMC President Dr. Walter Nolte, the board approved a new full-time customer service assistant position to serve the financial aid and student accounts offices. Dr. Nolte said the position will be funded by pooling the money each office had allocated for part-time personnel. The person hired for the position will perform front-line customer service for both offices with the main responsibility being telephone and walk-in assistance regarding financial aid and student bills. The college will begin advertising for the position.
Marcie Cutsinger, director of Student Support Services on the campus, gave a report on the TRIO program. Mrs. Cutsinger said the goal of student support services is to increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants and facilitate the process of transition from one level of higher education to the next. Last year, there were a total of 160 students participating in the TRIO program, which requires participants to be low-income, disabled or first-generation college students or any combination of the three. The program employed 20 tutors last year, which include peer tutoring and professional tutoring. In addition, the program involves counseling, mentoring, the availability of study skills classes and workshops, cultural enrichment activities and tours of campuses to which students may wish to transfer. In addition to Mrs. Cutsinger, the SSS staff includes Margo Webb-Otto, tutor coordinator; Tyson Otto, program coordinator; and Linda Flentje, counselor.
In personnel issues, the board approved several adjunct instructors, including Barbara Thurmon of Chillicothe, who will teach math courses and Todd Rodenberg of Chillicothe, who will teach business management classes. Three persons were hired to serve as instructors in the adult education/literacy department, including Lucylee Harp of Trenton, Karen Satterlee of Chillicothe and Brenda Thorne of Trenton. The board also accepted the resignation of Janet Wilson as a teacher aide at Head Start A.
In other business, Dennis Sager was present to formally receive the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award medal and the board approved new organizational charts for the college.
During administrative reports, Dean of Instruction James Gardner reviewed results of the CAP test, which is taken when students graduate, and noted that the college score seven-tenths of a point above the national average on may and six-tenths of a point above the national average in science/reasoning. Dean of Student Services Joanna Anderson said Marie Moulin, who administers the test for NCMC, had offered incentives to the students to try their hardest on the test, which had paid off. Mrs. Anderson also reported that 120 students are living in the residence hall, including two international students. Enrollment figures are not available yet, but Mrs. Anderson said enrollment is up over last year.
Sharon Barnett, chief fiscal officer, reported that due to changes in the scope of the AEL program, the classroom has been moved to a room in the maintenance building.
Dr. Nolte presented information comparing state appropriations for the past four years, which showed a total decrease from FY2001 to FY2004 at 18.5 percent so far. He also reported, in the absence of Development Director Steve Maxey, that the Robert Bailey Memorial Scholarship has been established at NCMC, which will be given to a Trenton High School graduate planning to attend the college. In addition, he said a gift of over $46,000 has been received from the Rachel Hoover Estate and a committee is being formed to plan a new capital campaign in light of a new master plan being adopted. He also noted that Julia Blackmore Ashbrook and John Woodrich are new members of the NCMC Foundation. It was also noted that a new public relations tool, a weekly column, is now appearing in seven newspapers, including the Republican-Times, and on four radio stations.
An executive session was held to discuss legal matters, real estate and personnel. While action was taken during the session, the board elected to exercise its right to not release that information for up to 72 hours.
The next meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, which is a change in the regular meeting date.