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Institutional Effectiveness - Five administrators from Texas A&M University’s Division of Finance, Office of Budgeting and Analytical Services, and the Office of Employee Services recently visited Richland to learn about the college’s approaches to performance excellence, including setting measures and targets, tracking key performance indicators, and aligning strategic goals with budget processes; performance management; and professional development. Kay Eggleston, Richland Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Economic Development; Fonda Vera, Richland Dean of Planning and Research for Institutional Effectiveness; and Roy Bond, Richland Associate Dean for Organizational and Staff Development, hosted the representatives from TAMU’s Continuous Improvement Team.
Community and Economic Development - Richland College hosted the Dallas City Council on May 7 for its second special community meeting, with a focus on sustainability. Mayor Tom Leppert presented President Steve Mittelstet a proclamation honoring Richland College for its local and national leadership in sustainable community building through its performance excellence strategy, as recognized by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Prior to the City department presentations on progress with their sustainability initiatives, Dr. Mittelstet welcomed the Council on behalf of the students, faculty, and staff of Richland College and RCHS and introduced GREENRichland co-chairs David Henry and Eddie Hueston. Richland’s presentation stressed all three elements of the sustainability “triple bottom line” (social equity and justice; robust economy; healthy planet) in both its operations and its focus on embedding sustainable community building skills throughout its curriculum for civic responsibility - as well as various sustainability priorities at DCCCD colleges and District offices. In the commendations and questions which followed regarding Richland’s high-quality instruction and affordable tuition, Dr. Mittelstet praised Richland’s faculty and the DCCCD Board of Trustees for their systematic tax revenue and tuition increases that ensure quality, while maintaining both rates in the bottom 3-4 community colleges in the state, linking these strategies to the “social equity” and “robust economy” aspects of sustainable community building. Council members praised the successful RCHS innovation as one more example. City Manager Mary Suhm, during the pre-session dinner buffet in the band hall, complimented Richland staff for the excellent logistics and accommodations planning with City Hall, led by Whitney Rosenbalm, Jennifer Owen, and Bethany Wright and Richland’s Police, Theater Technicians, Facilities/Grounds, and Humanities personnel. Mayor Leppert, City Manager Suhm, and Dr. Mittelstet pledged to continue and augment their many sustainable community-building partnerships.
Student Success - Congratulations to four talented Richland student writers who took DCCCD honors in the recent League for Innovation writing contest. Richland is the only college to place in each of the four contest categories: Fiction First Place - Katie Beagle ($100 prize) for “In the Pattern of the Grain;” One-Act Play Second Place - Michael Bush ($50 prize) for “Pitching Corn;” Essay Second Place - Georgia Rives ($50 prize) for “The Dying Season;” and Poetry Third Place - Paula Newman ($30 prize) for “The Pack.”
Employee Success - Konley Kelley, Richland Assistant Dean of Corporate Services, and Carolyn Jefferson, Mountain View Senior Training Consultant, presented a two-hour pre-conference session and a 90-minute breakout session at the recent Texas Administrators of Continuing Education conference in Austin. The pre-conference session provided a snapshot of DCCCD contract training using responses from a survey completed by peers at DCCCD campuses. The breakout session focused on selling techniques, including a mock sales call, and both sessions received very positive feedback. The collaboration is indicative of cooperative relationships among DCCCD Contract Training Council members.
Richland Collegiate High School graduates Catherine Dennis, Salsabeal Hassanin, Stephanie Herd, Benjamin Luong, Charles Manion, John McKnight, Ihsan Yassine, and Joshua Welch were collectively awarded $240,000 in academic scholarships from the University of Texas at Dallas. The scholarships range from the categories of Academic Recognition $2,000 per year; Academic High Recognition $4,000 per year; Academic Distinction $1,000 per year for on-campus housing; and Academic Honors covering all tuition and fees, as well as $3,000 per year cash stipend, and $1,000 per year for on-campus housing.
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