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Conference photos The 2008 Annual Conference has been archived here.
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OCCA was honored to have Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education open the conference. She, along with Pat Callan (National Center for Public Policy & Higher Education) and Ken Patchett (Google), rounded out the conference. Each of the 20 break-out sessions was packed with topics supporting the conference’s “Ensuring a Sustainable Future” theme.
Click on the links below to view PowerPoint presentations of some of the breakout sessions (in Adobe PDF format). So You Think You Want To Be a President? Preston Pulliams, District President, Portland Community College Rita Cavin, President, Linn-Benton Community College Jim Harper, District 4 Board Member, Portland Community College Applied Baccalaureates – What Does This Mean for Community Colleges Some community colleges are now offering specific baccalaureate degrees. This session reviewed the development of this new paradigm, discussed the rationale and summarized some of the concerns and challenges that community colleges faced in other states when offering baccalaureate degrees. Loretta Seppanen – Assistant Director of Research & Analysis, Washington State Board for Community and Technical College Vision for the Future: Preparing Students to Create and Live in a Sustainable World This session provided ideas about how to integrate practices that support and improve the health of systems that sustain life and equip and educate students and staff to participate in building a socially diverse, just and sustainable society. Susie Cousar – Faculty, Health & Physical Education, Lane Community College Jennifer Hayward – Sustainability Coordinator, Lane Community College Margaret Robertson – Faculty, Advanced Technology, Lane Community College Utilizing Community Partnerships to Develop Real World Applications and Policy Support Knowledge or solutions to problems cannot be accomplished in isolation nor with ingrained methods that have been tried and failed. The development of new solutions and new paradigms for problem solving and partnerships are critical for success. Patrick Lanning – Dean, Instructional Services, Chemeketa Community College Renee Stoops – Director, Sustainable Plant Research and Outreach, Chemeketa Community College Comprehensive Enrollment Management to Promote Fiscal Sustainability Having courses and programs available for students with limited resources is critical for the economic development and well being of the region and state. Managing operational details of scheduling and using data to guide decisions is a critical piece of the puzzle Sonya Christian – VP Academic and Student Affairs, Lane Community College Don McNair – Executive Dean, Academic Affairs, Lane Community College Craig Taylor – Director, Institutional Research, Lane Community College Creating a Message: Skills2Compete Last year, Oregon launched a national Skills2Compete Campaign to change the debate around postsecondary education and skills training to create a national guarantee that every U.S. worker will have access to the equivalent of at least two years of education or training past high school—leading to a vocational credential, industry certification, or one’s first two years of college. Oregon’s Skills2Compete Campaign was presented, along with ideas about how you can use the materials and message. Agnes Balassa – Western Regional Field Director, Workforce Alliance Student Success Indicators An in-depth look at Oregon community college student performance and emerging practices for improving student success. Participants learned about one state’s experience with defining what success means for community college students, and the framework for and indicators of student success. Cam Preus – Commissioner, Community Colleges and Workforce Development Laura Massey – Institutional Effectiveness Director. Portland Community College Ensuring a Sustainable Future by Maximizing Student/Customer Value While Minimizing Waste Information about how one college is attempting to become a lean learning organization by creating more value for its students/customers with fewer resources. Larkin Franks - Vice President – Instruction, Mt. Hood Community College Dave Shields - Board Member,Mt. Hood Community College Michael Martyn - Principal, SISU Consulting Group John “Ski” Sygielski - President, Mt. Hood Community College |
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