2009-2010 annual report - Heartland Community College

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
PROGRAMS AT HCC INCREASE SUCCESS
A variety of activities continue to take place outside the
classroom at Heartland Community College. The 2009-
10 academic year saw an increased number of students
engage in co-curricular programs. Between the Student
Government Association, the Heartland Activities
Committee, Leadership Development activities and a
variety of student clubs, the College offered numerous
opportunities to get involved.
Student Government Association
The Student Government Association continues to
provide representation for the interests, needs, goals
and expectations of the student body to College
administrators and the Board of Trustees. During
the 2009-10 academic year, Heartland’s Student
Government Association helped coordinate recycling
initiatives across campus, petitioned for MAP grant
funding in the State Capitol, and coordinated
fundraisers for the Haiti disaster and other important
causes at Heartland and beyond.
Heartland Activities Committee
The Heartland Activities Committee planned and
presented 35 different activities during the 2009-10
academic year, including eight family movies, 11 lunch
time musical concerts, seven lunch time bingo games
and nine additional special events.
Leadership Development
Heartland’s Office of Student Engagement supports
the Illinois Community College Board’s (ICCB) pledge
to support student leadership development. Heartland
students embraced the opportunity to foster their
leadership skills at the ICCB Student Leadership
Institute, the ICCB Student Advisory Committee Lobby
Day and the Illinois Community College Student
Activities Association Fall Student Leadership
Conference.
Clubs and Organizations
There were 31 active student clubs at Heartland during
the 2009-10 academic year. The majority of these clubs
are truly student-centered, complete with student
leaders who steer the groups’ planning, activities
and organization. In fact, Heartland students also are
responsible for determining which clubs are formed.
This year alone, student interest led to the formation of
eight new clubs and organizations.
HCC Phi Theta Kappa members at Fall Fest.