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amount). Division Chairs allocate the funds; in most cases, instructors travel rotationally since the expense usually exceeds the individual amount to attend a conference, training, or seminar. The budgets for both the Vice President and the Dean of Educational Services contain staff development accounts for educational purposes such as in-house workshops, seminars, and webinars for full-time and part-time faculty. The budgets for Safety, Human Resources, Student Services, and Information Technology also include monies for staff development. In the 2008-2009 academic year, the Dean of Educational Services’ office spent over $33,000 in staff development. Following are additional examples of resources supporting a solid learning environment: 1. WNCC has a curricular improvement plan instituted in the spring of 2009 which provides innovative grant stipends for course development and improvement (with specific guidelines). According to the VSET survey, 96% of the full-time faculty responding believe they have the opportunity to participate in the development of the courses they teach. 2. The WNCC environment is conducive to faculty exploration and implementation of new learning methodologies. WNCC began offering online courses with four in the spring of 2000. In the fall of 2008 there were 54 online course offerings. Blended Instruction, a combination of online learning & face-to-face instruction, is also available to the faculty as an option for course offerings, along with WebCT/Blackboard support for any class. 3. WNCC provides internal training opportunities through webinars and workshops, such as ones on assessment, veterans’ affairs, student service, disabilities, or safety. Access is arranged during the lunch hour (lunch provided) whenever possible. WNCC acknowledges the importance of supporting teaching as the ultimate institutional mission in its overall effort to be an excellent educational provider, as shown by the various support strategies in place to allow instructors to grow professionally and to access resources which will improve their classroom teaching and student learning results. Core Component 3c: The organization creates effective learning environments. WNCC strives to create successful learning environments for students and faculty members through a combination of services and facilities support. The College evaluates its facilities and their usage to improve and expand the learning opportunities, which includes managing space and resource allocation. Campus Learning Environments and Support Systems Supportive learning environments are created at WNCC campuses through direct support, such as counseling services, academic advising, career assistance, internships, a first-year experience course, computer access and services, as well as through distance-learning availability. Other key factors are provisions for safety and security and the availability of multiple learning environments. Counseling Services Counseling services for students are available in the main building at Scottsbluff. Similar services are also offered at the Alliance and Sidney campuses through weekly visits by the Counseling Western Nebraska Community College Page 109
Director. The Counseling Director is licensed to meet the immediate needs of most students. In more serious cases, referrals are made to outside agencies or service organizations for individual attention. Accommodations for students with disabilities (including physical and learning) begin with contact with the Counseling Director, who serves as the College’s Disability Services Officer. Academic Advising Academic advising is done by a Student Services advising staff member when a student first enrolls at WNCC. Students are assigned a faculty advisor after completing their first semester, someone who has experience, training, and education in the student's academic field of interest. WNCC has a Transfer Advising Specialist who assists with the transfer of credits for students in pursuit of continuing educational opportunities. The Transfer Advisor also creates and maintains articulation agreements with regional colleges and universities. Career Assistance and Internship Center The goal of the Career Center is to provide students with comprehensive career services to help supplement their classroom experience and to help them in making wise vocational choices, in addition to helping them search for employment. The Career Center has numerous resource materials including computer programs, books, and videos. The Center maintains part-time and full-time job listings, career and lifestyle exploration and assessment tools, along with training in job skills and interviewing techniques. Internship and cooperative education opportunities are also facilitated through the Career Assistance Center Director. The Career Center annually publishes the Graduate Placement Report (discussed in Criterion 2, pg. 89) that summarizes the information gathered through surveys of graduates. The report lists the number of graduates who have obtained full-time employment and those who are continuing their education after leaving WNCC. First-Year Experience Course As part of the first-year experience, a one-hour course called Achieving College Success is once more being offered by the institution, the first section being offered in the spring term of 2009. The primary audience is intended to be those students who are taking at least one developmental education level course. Students seeking a degree in business are required to take a specific version of the course geared to business students (Freshman Seminar). Both are “for credit” courses, and the overall as well as individual student success in the courses will at some future point be tracked for correlation with individual success in completing subsequent courses. This tracking has not yet occurred because the course is only being offered during 2009 as a pilot, so not enough students have taken it to establish comparative data. Students participating in the Scholarships in Information Technology and Engineering (SITE) program complete the “Introduction to SITE” course, which covers college orientation, study skills, time management, and team building, along with the exposure to career opportunities in fields relating to information technology and engineering. Cougar Bookstore WNCC's Cougar Bookstore serves five campuses—Scottsbluff, Sidney, and Alliance, in addition to HATC and the University of Nebraska's College of Nursing; the bookstore is College-owned and self-supporting. The Bookstore carries required textbooks, school and art supplies, and Page 110 Western Nebraska Community College
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Western Nebraska Community College
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Introduction A yellowed newspaper p
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MISSION STATEMENTS ................
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Chapter 7 CRITERION 3: STUDENT LEAR
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EMERITUS DISTINCTION ..............
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LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES TABLE 3-
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DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 DI
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CRITERION TWO Co-Chairs Dan Kinney
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History and Geographic Service Regi
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Chapter 2 Summary of Accreditation/
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The Self-Study Process and Report C
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8. The use of course-level specific
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WNCC has a booth at the Scottsbluff
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Below are the same results reported
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The above support systems, however,
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HATC’s end-of-year enrollment is
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Service Area Day Time Independent L
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3. Elect to file a written Grade Ap
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The College has been in complete co
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Contractual Relationships WNCC faci
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Criterion 1: Mission and Integrity
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memorable. When a new institutional
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The passage of Initiative 424 in Ne
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dual-credit enrollment, the require
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Distance Learning Advances in techn
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to create a bond. Many courses are
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Chapter 11 Institutional Snapshot C
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