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Athletics WNCC’s Athletic Department monitors the integrity of the athletic programs. In 2005, an employee was named to be a Compliance Officer whose job it is to ensure that the institution follows policies set forth in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) regulations. Along with the Athletic Director and the Vice President of Student Services, the Officer is responsible for monitoring athlete eligibility status, GPA’s, athletic scholarships, funds, booster club activities, and financial aid eligibility. The information for compliance for NJCAA is located in the Athletic Director’s office. The Athletic Director and Assistant Athletic Director present a yearly report to the Board. Past reports indicate that WNCC athletes have a higher overall GPA than other students (RR 35). To hold athletes accountable, grade checks are issued every three weeks by the Athletic Director to each faculty member who teaches student athletes. To maintain a scholarship, an athlete must maintain a 2.0 GPA, and if an athlete’s GPA falls below that level for two consecutive semesters, the scholarship is revoked. Also, student athletes who violate academic integrity guidelines have their scholarships revoked (RR 36). External Constituencies Communication and Notification To support its mission and uphold its integrity, WNCC makes every effort to inform its external constituents of events, activities, policies, and procedures. The Board of Governors’ minutes are documented and bound by the Board Secretary. The meetings are open to the public and minutes are available through newspaper and web publications (RR 37). The College makes available a copy of the public meeting laws at each Board meeting and hosts open budget sessions. In addition, regional officials sometimes attend Board meetings, either for their own knowledge or to provide information. Particularly in regards to the budget calculation and the local tax levy rate, the College is sensitive to the need to be straightforward with information that is rightfully available to the public. Each year, a complete budget book listing all restricted and non-restricted budget allocations, along with a complete balance ledger detailing expenses and revenue, is created and distributed to administrators, directors, and division chairs. A newspaper reporter assigned to cover the College and a local radio station reporter attend Board meetings, and, occasionally, a television reporter documents a portion of a meeting if the station manager believes that something of interest is going to occur. The Director of College Relations works closely with the media to inform the public of events at the College, as well as updates about things like closures, emergencies, or other situations such as a staged “shooter and hostage” situation carried out in 2008 at the Scottsbluff main campus building and involving nearly all of the local law-enforcement agencies. Oversight Agencies WNCC follows all federal, state, accreditation, and affiliation reporting guidelines for reporting, including agencies of the federal government associated with the TRIO programs and financial aid, as well as Nebraska agencies like the Department of Education and the Coordinating Commission Western Nebraska Community College Page 61
for Postsecondary Education. In addition, the College files necessary reports and updates to the Higher Learning Commission. Summary The College understands its mission, which it has embraced for nearly its entire existence of eighty years of continuous operation, although that mission has expanded when the mergers added more elements of vocational and career education. It has broadened again as the College seeks to meet the education and training needs of business and industry partners. Throughout the process of expansion and growth, however, WNCC has maintained its integrity. The school declares explicitly its mission and its commitment to integrity in its public documents, and it follow through on those principles in practice by the way it treats students, faculty, and staff members, as well as members of the public. The Board of Governors and the administrators at the College set the tone for focus on the role of a community college for WNCC, and the faculty members and staff follow that lead. The College is structured in a way which allows its employees to fulfill their roles, and they perform those roles professionally. Page 62 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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Allied Health Services, and Adult E
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Chapter 2 Summary of Accreditation/
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may be reticent in traditional clas
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their contact information at semest
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The chart below details sections by
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students from WNCC called “former
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Although no full-time staffed Writi
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training session to learn the SI me
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5. The Allied Health program offers
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Cosmetology The Cosmetology program
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Findings for Criterion 3 Strengths
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Criterion 4: Acquisition, Discovery
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The following table displays the ty
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providing background and practical
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8. Cougar Award Given to a student
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alternative energy education, the g
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The Associate Degree in Nursing pro
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There were statistically significan
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The body of the Pledge outlines eth
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6. The College seeks to improve the
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Criterion 5: Engagement and Service
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faculty members’ classes are regu
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8. Adopt-a-School WNCC actively par
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Upward Bound (VUB). Student Support
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Selected Results from Student and C
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As can be seen, WNCC fared well in
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Chapter 10 Summary & Request for Co
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Chapter 11 Institutional Snapshot C
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Table 11-60 Applications and Accept
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Table 11-67 Graduates by College/Pr
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Chapter 12 Appendices Chapter 12 Ap
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Appendix B Table B-76 Assessment Ac
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Appendix C Table C-77 Faculty and A
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Appendix D Figure D-78 WNCC Organiz
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Western Nebraska Community College
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