Anyone who's been on a college campus knows that academic life tends to heat up at this time of year. Thanksgiving is staring students and faculty right in the eye. Term papers and final exams aren't far behind. The start of academic advising and registration for Winter and Spring only adds to the excitement.
But what about the administration? The people who work most closely with me don't have to grade term papers or give final exams, but they and I have been busy, nonetheless. Here's a quick rundown of some of the exciting things that we've been doing over the past two weeks to accomplish our Mission:
- As part of our strategic agenda on "Infrastructure," our Board of Trustees officially adopted an updated Facilities Master Plan.
- As part of the Facilities Master Plan, we secured the approval of the Clinton County Legislature to replace the antiquated heating plant in The Moore Academic and Administration Building.
- Also as part of our Facilities Master Plan, the co-chairs of The Clearly Clinton Campaign met with key leaders to begin raising $7.5M for our proposed 21st-Century Learning Commons.
- As part of our strategic agenda on "Globalism, Internationalism and Diversity," Vice President for Student Affairs Steve St. Onge and Director of Admissions Tobi Hay traveled to China to expand our student recruitment efforts there.
- As part of our "Professional Development" agenda, Associate Vice President for Advancement Steve Frederick and Foundation Board Chair Ron Marino participated in the Council for Resource Development in Washington, D.C., where they learned how to establish public-private partnerships to advance our Mission.
- In support of our "Branding & Marketing" agenda, a new taskforce began the process of developing a request for information (RFI) from consultants who want to help us in this effort.
- In support of our "Access" and "Success" agendas, Vice President Cheryl Reagan and Willow Nolland, Coordinator of Educational Partnerships and Academic Services, continue to make progress toward accreditation of our College Advancement Program (CAP), which allows high school students to enroll in CCC courses.
As if those strategic activities weren't enough, we've also been busy with a few other things over the past two weeks:
- SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and the leaders of six other SUNY campuses were here at Clinton at the beginning of the month to showcase our progress on the SUNY Strategic Plan and its Six Big Ideas.
- SUNY Trustee Eunice Lewin made her first visit to our campus the following week.
- On November 11, the CCC Veterans Club organized a community-wide program to honor those who have served our country in the armed forces.
- Also on Veterans Day, Congressman Bill Owens was on hand when students from Bailey Avenue Elementary School presented a hand-made banner to thank our veterans for their service.
- Later that day, twenty new members were inducted into the Alpha Pi Tau Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.
- Vice President for Administration & Finance Tom Moffett and his staff are busy with our independent auditors as they wrap-up their annual review of the College.
- And Director of Human Resources Adrienne Boyd-Wiley is juggling several searches to fill key vacancies in our faculty and staff.
And the month is only half over. Whew!
Clinton Community College is a busy place these days. There are many people at all levels of our operation who are contributing to our success. Many of them are pictured on our Facebook page. Are we perfect? Of course not. But we don't have to be perfect; we just have to be better today than we were yesterday. And that certainly keeps us from getting bored.
That's what I think. Please let me know what you think by sending me an e-mail at presidentsblog@clinton.edu.
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