Cape Fear Community College
2001-2005 College Goals and
Planning Priorities for FY 2003-2004
Progress Report
Goal
#1 Deliver quality programs and effective
instruction that result in students achieving identified learning outcomes.
1a. Create an Information Technology
Department to include the Computer Engineering Technology, Computer Information
Systems, Cisco, and Network Administration and Support curriculum programs.
The creation of an Information Technology Department was approved but required hiring additional faculty. Due to budgetary limitations, this planning priority was postponed.
1b. Beginning fall 2003, offer
Network Administration and Support and Electronic Commerce associate degree
programs and Marine Propulsion Systems and Film and Video Production diploma
programs.
Electronic Commerce and Network Administration and Support associate degree programs required hiring additional faculty. Due to budgetary limitations, both programs were postponed however, E-Commerce was offered as a concentration in the Business Administration associate degree program.
Using existing resources, a Film and Video diploma program and an Electronic-Commerce certificate program were initiated fall 2003. The Film and Video program will graduate its first class May 2004 and a second class August 2004.
A proposed Marine Propulsion Systems diploma program required hiring additional faculty and was postponed due to budgetary limitations.
1c. Secure a full-time faculty
position fall 2003 to support a Film and Video Production associate degree
program.
Due to budgetary limitations, hiring a full-time faculty position fall 2003 to support a Film and Video Production associate degree program was postponed.
1d. Complete the application process for a Surgery Technology associate
degree program.
The Surgery Technology program application process was postponed due to space and budgetary limitations.
1e. Incorporate related electronic commerce courses as electives in Cape
Fear Community College associate degree programs and consider developing additional
diploma programs.
Using existing resources, a new Electronic Commerce concentration under the Business Administration Associate Degree program was offered for the first time during 2003-2004.
The Business Administration Advisory Committee and the CFCC Curriculum Committee considered and agreed that electronic commerce courses should be included as electives in other associate degree programs however, this was not achieved due to restrictions in the North Carolina Community College Curriculum Program Standards. In addition, several college planning priorities requiring the hiring of additional faculty were postponed due to budgetary limitations.
1f. Begin the process of obtaining accreditation for the Sonography program
with the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
During 2003-2004, a full-time Sonography instructor was hired and will begin the multi-year accreditation process with the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
1g. Maintain high student pass rates on the licensure and certification
examinations for vocational and technical programs.
Graduates of the following programs
achieved high pass rates on state and/or national licensure and certification
examinations:
Dental Hygiene - 100% pass rate on both the State and National Board exams
Dental Assisting - 100% pass rate on Infection Control and Radiation Health and Safety
Sections of the National Board examination. This is a voluntary exam and is not required for
employment as a dental assistant.
Associate Degree Nursing students - 97 % pass rate
Practical Nursing - 100% pass rate
Radiography - 100% pass rate
Emergency Medical Technician - 91% pass rate
Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) - 82% pass rate
Real Estate - 100% pass rate
Cosmetology Apprentice (1200 hours) - 100% pass rate
Cosmetology (1500 hours) - 82% pass rate
Esthetics - 93% pass rate
Manicuring - 82% pass rate
Truck Driver Training - 100% pass rate
Landscape Gardening - 82% pass rate
Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration -100% pass rate
1h. Increase course offerings in the Early Childhood Education program
to assist the local public schools in fulfilling mandates for the education
of teacher assistants.
In an effort to assist the local public schools in fulfilling mandates for the education of teacher assistants, Cape Fear Community College held several meetings with New Hanover County and Pender County teacher assistants providing them with information on enrolling in CFCC education courses to meet state training requirements.
1i. Apply for the highest possible
5-Star rating with the State Division of Child Development for the Cape Fear
Community College Child Development Center.
The Cape Fear Community College Child Development Center applied for and received the highest possible 5-Star rating with the State Division of Child Development.
1j. Examine the latest technology available for each program in the Engineering
Department and take steps to ensure the technology used in the curricula is
the most current and up-to-date.
The Mechanical Engineering program
acquired a Rapid-Prototyping Station allowing students the opportunity to
build parts they designed with INVENTOR 7, a 3D-CAD software program.
The Machining Technology program
added a new CNC Machining Station to be used in the CFCC Huskins classes at
Topsail High School.
The majority of the Engineering
Department labs were equipped with new flat screen, state of the art computers.
The Computer
Engineering Department's Novell instructors upgraded their certifications
to NetWare 6.x and ten new servers were installed to support this technology.
1k. Expand the Engineering Department's renewable energy project to provide
students with the very latest technology and the opportunity to work hands-on
with fuel cells, photovoltaic panels and wind generators.
The Electronics Engineering Technology
and Instrumentation Process Controls Technology programs expanded the CFCC
Engineering Department's renewable energy project by installing a 1.5 KW Fuel
Cell, a 900 WATT Wind Generator and four 150 WATT Photovoltaic Panels. These
new technologies will serve as the foundation for a new Renewable Energy Technology
program. If approved, this new program will be the first of its kind in the
community college system.
1l. Develop an online self-quiz to help CFCC college transfer students
assess their understanding of the college's online advising website, the Statewide
Comprehensive Articulation Agreement and the transfer agreement with UNCW.
This planning priority has been delayed until next year due to recent changes in transfer program standards and minimum course requirements for students transferring to a UNC institution.
1m. In a joint effort with University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW),
develop and administer a survey to CFCC college transfer graduates who subsequently
enroll at UNCW for the purpose of collecting their opinions about their transfer
experience, academic preparedness for transfer and the quality of instruction
received at UNCW as compared to CFCC.
The CFCC Arts and Sciences Department developed a CFCC Transfer Student Survey to collect opinions regarding their transfer experience to UNCW. The survey was released to the UNCW Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to be administered to fifteen former CFCC students in good academic standing at UNCW and fifteen CFCC transfer students ineligible to return to UNCW. To date, the Vice Chancellor has not been able to administer the survey but plans to do so as soon as possible.
1n. Conduct a joint workshop for CFCC arts and sciences faculty and UNCW
faculty who teach basic studies core courses to share materials and assess
course content to ensure they are parallel.
A joint articulation workshop of CFCC and UNCW faculty was held March 16, 2004 at UNCW. Eleven CFCC faculty, three department chairs, and the Dean of Arts and Sciences attended the workshop. Course outlines, the performance of transfer students, an overview of the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement, and exploring joint community involvement for students and faculty of both institutions were discussed during this workshop. An outcome of the workshop was that UNCW has been satisfied overall with the quality of CFCC transfer students.
1o. Assess the minimum oral competency requirements for students enrolled
in the communications core courses, assess students' writing proficiency in
English 111 courses, and assess students' understanding of three major sociological
concepts in Sociology 210 courses.
Cape
Fear Community College speech faculty assessed students' oral communications
competencies the end of spring semester and English faculty administered the
English 111 Common Reading and Writing assessment in April to assess students'
writing proficiencies as well as the English 111 Common Proofreading Assignment
the end of spring semester. The tabulated results of these assessments will
be available by first summer session. To assess students' understanding of
three major sociological concepts, questions
were administered to all Sociology 210 classes taught by full-time faculty
fall semester. Results indicated that near the end of the semester, 82 percent
of the students enrolled in Sociology 210 demonstrated an accurate understanding
of the three major sociological concepts assessed.
1p. Increase the number of college transfer courses to provide students
a greater variety of choices and to prepare students for their respective
majors by adding eight new music, ten new art, and five new drama courses
to the Humanities and Fine Arts Department. In addition, a new anthropology
course, history course and psychology course will be added to the Social Behavioral
/Sciences Department and a new biology course and physical education course
will be added to the Math, Science and Physical Education Department.
Thirty-seven (37) courses were added to the College Transfer program curriculum for the 2003-04 academic year to provide students more variety and to prepare transfer students for their respective majors. The additional courses included music, art, drama, anthropology, history, psychology, biology and physical education. In December 2003, the Arts and Sciences Department presented to the college curriculum committee forty-two (42) new transfer courses and one developmental science course that are to offered to students within the next three years.
1q. Review program standards for drama and art pre-major programs and propose
changes to the Statewide Transfer Advisory Committee to better prepare students
for transfer as art and drama majors to East Carolina University and the University
of North Carolina at Wilmington.
CFCC is seeking approval from the North Carolina Community College System to offer an Associate in Fine Arts program. If approved, a Drama pre-major will be subsequently submitted to NCCCS for approval with a tentative date for implementation fall semester 2004. The primary transfer institution for the drama pre-major will be East Carolina University. CFCC continues to work with UNCW on the transfer general education core requirements for drama pre-majors transferring to UNCW.
1r. Explore establishing a one-credit hour library instruction course for
college transfer students to increase their proficiency in utilizing the CFCC
library.
Pending new librarian positions are funded for 2004-2005, the LRC will make a proposal to the college curriculum committee to add a one-credit hour library instruction course to the college transfer curriculum.
1s. Develop and implement high profile student projects such as the Remote
Operated Vehicle (ROV) and solar housing design initiatives to exhibit in
the community to showcase CFCC engineering programs and the learning opportunities
available to students.
High profile student projects
continue to showcase CFCC programs to the community.
Mechanical Engineering students
re-engineered the Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV) this year and will enter
the ROV in the 3rd Annual National ROV Competition to be held at
the University of California at Santa Barbra (UCSB) in June 2004. The new ROV design utilizes high technology
and meets all of the required design specifications for the competition.
CFCC welding students participated in the re-engineering of the Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV) and showcased their skills by fabricating and welding the tank used for testing the ROV.
Students in the Boat
Building program are currently working with the Mechanical Engineering students
to construct the body for an electric car. Boat Building students are preparing
to build a 30-foot steam powered launch to display at the various wooden boat
shows in North and South Carolina.
The Boat Building program
annually hosts its own Wooden Boat Show on campus the 1st Saturday in August.
The CFCC Boat Building program is showcased annually at the Maritime
Day Festival, Wilmington Nautical Festival, Charleston Wooden Boat Show, Georgetown
Wooden Boat Show, and the Beaufort Wooden Boat Show.
Industrial Systems Technology
students designed and manufactured two hydraulic log splitters using the skills
acquired in Metal Working 131, Basic Welding 112, Blue Print Reading 111,
Hydraulic Pneumatics 110, and Pumps and Piping courses. When completed, the
log splitters will be entered in the Salvation Army Wood Lot Competition this
summer.
The Cape Fear Community College Student Chapter of the Instrumentation Society of America (ISA) competed in the District 2 Student Quiz Bowl in Washington, D.C. in April 2004. Representing CFCC were three instrumentation and one electronics student who defeated a team from Penn State's "Pennsylvania's College of Technology" to win the District 2 Quiz Bowl.
District 2 includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and West Virginia.
April 2004, CFCC Architectural Technology students competed against ten colleges in the statewide Sustainable Design Contest held at the Research Triangle Park. Cape Fear students took first and second place in the competition beating the North Carolina State University School of Design, the East Carolina University Department of Construction Management, the North Carolina A and T Architectural Engineering program and, Appalachian State University. Students prepared design drawings of a residence accompanied with models, other graphics and data to support their projects. Sustainable designs are those that can be produced economically and safely for all time without impacting the environment and well being of future generations.
1t. Plan and implement a fifth Firefighter Seminar and a Firefighter Cadet
Academy through the Continuing Education Department to meet emergency services
certification training requirements as a result of increasing national security
alerts.
A Firefighter Seminar,
co-sponsored by the CFCC Continuing Education Department and the Wilmington
Professional Firefighters Association, was held to provide firefighters the
opportunity to meet their certification training requirements.
An Emergency Rescue Technician
(ERT) Training Academy was offered from October through December 2003. The
248-hour academy consisting of 22 courses allowed students to complete all
of the required North Carolina Department of Insurance classes for ERT certification.
1u. Determine the feasibility of offering a Personal Care Assistant (PCA)
course through Continuing Education to help meet the demand for more entry-level
adult care providers in the service area.
A Personal Care Assistant course was developed by the Continuing Education Department and offered fall 2003, however, the course did not materialize due to lack of interest. This course will be offered again fall 2004.
1v. Increase the number of hours for the Pender County Nurse Aide I &
II programs from 160 to 192 hours to prepare skilled nurses aides for the
workplace.
The hours for the Pender County Nurse Aide I
and II programs were increased to 192 for classes located at the Burgaw Campus,
however, the hours for the Nurse Aide classes at the Hampstead Campus remained
at 160 hours to accommodate UNC-W students enrolled in the class.
1w. Develop and implement a Continuing Education non-credit skilled trades
certificate program in Electricity and Plumbing to provide students a short-term
training option and to increase the local pool of skilled tradespersons.
In an effort to provide more short term training options to students and increase the local pool of skilled tradespersons, the Continuing Education Department offered a new Electric Theory and Practice I course fall semester 2003 and a new carpentry course spring 2004 using the Wheels of Learning curriculum. Plans are in progress to offer a variety of short-term construction trades classes such as a second Electric Theory and Practice I and Electric Theory and Practice II fall semester 2004.
1x. Develop and implement a Project Management curriculum that will be
the first of its kind offered in a North Carolina community college to help
meet an immediate need for skilled and experienced project managers for local
industry.
Using Focused Industrial Training funds to contract with an experienced project manager, a new Project Management curriculum was developed and scheduled for a local company fall 2003. Scheduling conflicts and production priorities necessitated postponing implementation with this company however, a Project Management course was offered to the public fall 2003 and two more were offered spring 2004.
1y. Increase the variety of training for Small Business Center clients
by offering a minimum of two new occupational extension courses each semester
to help improve the success rate for start-up and existing businesses.
Fall 2003, the CFCC Small Business Center (SBC) offered two new occupational extension courses, Introduction to QuickBooks and Starting Your Own Business. Due to demand, both courses were offered to SBC clients again spring 2004.
1z. Design a subject specific compensatory education course to help increase
the independence and employability skills of students enrolled in the Compensatory
Education program.
The CFCC compensatory education staff participated in training with community supported employment agency personnel and designed and implemented a subject specific compensatory education course to help increase students' independence and employability. Students were taught job interviewing skills and job search techniques. They each made two job site visits and were introduced to agencies that could help them with job searches. As a result, a compensatory education student was successful in obtaining employment.
1aa. Actively market the Compensatory
Education program to increase enrollment by 10% and provide services not readily
available in the area for adults with developmental disabilities.
A survey was developed and administered by the Continuing Education Department to determine services needed but not readily available to adults with developmental disabilities. The CFCC Compensatory Education staff met with the transitions program instructor with New Hanover County Schools, ARC of North Carolina, United Cerebral Palsy, and the Pender County Southeastern Mental Health providers to analyze the survey results and begin collaborative efforts to provide services to this target population. As a result, a presentation was developed to market the CFCC Compensatory Education program, a CFCC orientation session was implemented for exiting high school students with developmental disabilities, and a new compensatory education class was established in Pender County.
1bb. Develop and implement two on-site workforce literacy classes for Adult
Basic Education (ABE) and GED students to upgrade their basic skills to remain
employed or promoted.
No progress was made towards
this planning priority but it will be carried forward for next year.
Other Accomplishments:
A new Retention Pond Certificate program was developed and will begin fall 2004 as part of the Landscape Gardening curriculum.
The CFCC instructional deans initiated a process for reviewing credentials of all Cape Fear Community College faculty to ensure they meet the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges credentialing standards. Further, instructional supervisors implemented a new college personnel evaluation process in an effort to rate faculty fairly and accurately.
In March 2004, three Cape Fear Community College Interior Design students competed in the Carolina Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers annual Otto Zenke Design competition. One CFCC student took third place and received a $250 cash award and two CFCC students received Honorable Mention for their entries.
Goal
#2 Provide adequate facilities to
support the rapid growth of the college and improve the maintenance, safety,
and security of all campuses.
2a. Dredge the Cape Fear Community College basin and replace the college's
boat ramp to provide on-campus launch instruction for Marine Technology students.
Dredging was not completed due to budget limitations however, this will remain a priority as resources become available.
2b. Continue preparations to move Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Machining Technology, Welding, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation
and Electronics Engineering to the second building to be constructed on the
North Campus.
The Instructional Council has met and discussed the relocation of programs from the Wilmington Campus to the new Engineering Building under construction at the North Campus. These discussions include the utilization of space to be vacated at the Wilmington Campus once existing programs are moved to the North Campus fall 2005 in an effort to achieve as seamless a transition for the students as possible.
Planning is underway for a new North Campus Safety Training Center to house Fire, Truck Driving, and Basic Law Enforcement Training.
2c. Begin discussions
with faculty and staff to develop plans for a third building to be constructed
at the North Campus.
Discussions
and review of construction plans have been conducted with CFCC faculty and
staff regarding a new Truck Driver Training Facility to be located at the
North Campus. Construction of this
facility is ongoing and targeted for completion spring 2005.
Discussions
are underway with college staff, county officials, and city staff to jointly
plan and construct a Safety Training Center at the North Campus.
2d. Business Services
and Maintenance will work together to upgrade and improve parking facilities
for faculty, staff, students, and visitors.
CFCC parking lots located on the Wilmington Campus
were re-striped, additional lights were installed, and rail ties were added
to provide distinct parking spaces in unpaved areas.
New parking Lot X was established adding 20 more spaces
for faculty and staff, two special parking spaces were added to Lot A and,
new signage was installed in Parking Lots A, B, L, and auxiliary.
2e. Provide assigned
parking spaces for North Campus employees once Lot NA-1 is numbered.
Parking
spaces for the North Campus Parking Lot NA-1 were numbered and parking spaces
were assigned to full-time faculty and staff.
2f. Expand parking at the Downtown Campus with the addition of 40 spaces to Parking Lot R located behind the Schwartz Center and expand parking at the North Campus with the addition of 233 spaces.
Parking Lot R behind
the Schwartz Center was enlarged to accommodate an additional 37 parking spaces.
The capacity of the North Campus Parking Lot NA-2 was expanded to handle
an additional 259 cars.
2g. Reactivate
the Student Government Association's "Campus Improvement Project" to continue
the tradition of the CFCC graduating class donating a permanent gift to the
college to enhance campus grounds and/or facilities.
For their "Campus Improvement Project" this past year,
the Student Government Association donated a foosball table to provide recreational
equipment for the CFCC Student Activity Center and enhance campus facilities.
2h. Install a
new chiller and boiler in the McLeod Building with automation controls in
a central location.
New
chillers and boilers with automated centralized controls were installed for
the McLeod Building with computerized monitoring systems located in the maintenance
area.
2i. Install a
new 10-ton air conditioning system for Computer Services to protect the college's
network electronics.
A ten-ton air conditioning
system was installed in the computer services area to provide cooling and
control temperatures for protecting the college's network electronics.
2j. Institutional
Services will work with the architects and contractors to complete the McLeod
Building elevator tower project on schedule.
The new elevator tower
in the McLeod Building was completed spring 2004.
2k. Receive bids,
award the contract and begin construction of a second building on the North
Campus.
Bids
were received and the contract was awarded for construction of an Engineering
Building on the North Campus that is scheduled for completion summer 2005.
2l. Upgrade equipment and make cosmetic improvements
to the welding program shop located in the 'W'
building.
The
"W" Building which houses the welding program is still in need of cosmetic
improvements. Once resources are available,
maintenance staff will address these.
Other Accomplishments:
In planning for the future development of its campuses,
the Planning and Research Office conducted a campus-wide 'Facilities Needs
Survey' and compiled the results into a document summarizing the current and
future space needs for all college support service areas.
Computer Services made improvements to support the rapid growth of the college: (a) installed an additional Internet carrier at the Wilmington Campus to increase capacity and speed (b) extended fiber backbone to the Office Annex Building including the Auto Body Building eliminating the slow phone connection to this location (c) extended fiber backbone to the Dock House and the Dan Moore adding both to the College's high-speed network (d) upgraded the Wide Area Link to Burgaw to a T-1 line tripling the network speed and enabling network printing (e) hosted network connections for the HVAC system to expand its monitoring and control capabilities (f) implemented Software Update Server (SUS) which automatically distributes Microsoft security patches (g) implemented MAC address filtering in sensitive locations to prevent unauthorized hardwire entry to the internal network (h) implemented internal port filtering to protect against the proliferation of viruses if an outside perimeter is breeched (i) initiated wireless security sweeps to identify rogue wireless networks which would compromise internal network security (j) replaced 240 outdated computers in eight labs (k) created a new learning lab at the Wilmington Campus (l) created a testing Lab (m) set-up two Macintosh labs to support the Film and Video and Photography curricula and (n) networked two photo ID machines between the Wilmington and North campuses.
To support the increase in enrollment, effective class
scheduling and use of space and increased student access was achieved. A total
of 132 more curriculum course sections were scheduled fall 2003 and spring
2004 as compared to the previous academic year. Access to continuing education
courses also improved for example, the Emergency Medical Training (EMT) program
provided 56% more training sections during 2003-2004 due to the availability
of classroom and lab space at the North Campus.
The CFCC maintenance
Department completed a host of projects for the upkeep and maintenance of
CFCC facilities: (a) replaced VCT tile in the lobby of the Schwartz Center
(b) pressure washed concrete slabs on the McLeod and Galehouse buildings to
match the exterior appearance with the new elevator tower (c) stabilized the Science Building chiller enclosure
to avoid damage to the building air handler (d) installed hardware for the
McKeithan Center public address system to make the system operational (e)
replaced the sidewalk in front of the Galehouse and McLeod Buildings (f) replaced
blue window panels on the Galehouse building facing Front
Street to match the new elevator tower windows (g)
steam cleaned all carpets in the Science,
Galehouse, General Administration, Health Sciences, and Learning Resource
Center Buildings (h) repaired the Burgaw Campus roof (i) installed additional
lights at the Hampstead Campus to resolve safety issues (j) replaced store
front doors on the Galehouse Building and (K) stripped and polished the terrazzo
floors in McLeod Building.
3. Incorporate the appropriate use of technology
for students, faculty and staff and
provide training in accessing and applying the technology.
3a. Provide introductory Geographic Information System
(GIS) software use and applications experience for Marine Technology students.
ArcView software was ordered for the Marine Technology lab and the United States and World Geographical Information System (GIS) data sets have been received to provide introductory GIS training to Marine Technology students.
3b. Provide access to Smart Carts in all vocational
classes. .
All Cape Fear Community College vocational classes
now have access to Smart Carts.
3c. Increase usage of the Technology Training Center
for professional development and training classes for faculty and staff.
The Learning Resource Center Technology Training Center offered fifty-nine (59) in-service classes on Microsoft Office, Blackboard and Groupwise and as of March 2004, a total of 240 CFCC faculty and staff had participated in this training. Twenty-one additional classes plus Dreamweaver and MEDLINE/PubMed classes will be offered to employees through the end of June.
3d. Successfully
manage the new College Information Systems (CIS) project by coordinating training
and information distribution campus-wide, holding weekly meetings to evaluate,
plan, and coordinate the necessary steps for implementation and attend project
manager meetings and participate in weekly conference calls.
Implementation of the student application in the College Information System (CIS) project was revived October 2003. The College CIS project manager and key computer services staff continue to participate in conference calls twice a week concerning project management and conversions. A Student Application Workgroup consisting of student development, business services, curriculum administration, and continuing education staff meet once a week to discuss issues, challenges, and to share information.
The project manager disseminates
training information including training dates, schedules remote consulting
sessions, and ensures college employees attend all available training sessions
taught by Datatel. From March 2004 through December 2004, the Technical Training
Room in the Learning Resource Center is reserved Wednesdays to allow college
staff to work on the CIS project without interruption.
Round 1 mock testing of
the CIS student application was successfully completed March 2004. The second
round of testing is scheduled for April 2004, and Round 3 testing in June
2004. The student application is targeted for full implementation by fall
semester 2005.
3e. The Learning Resource Center staff will research,
evaluate, and recommend ways for faculty and staff to utilize the new Media
Distribution System.
The CFCC Learning Resources Center staff will meet with vendors before the end of the 2004 spring semester to decide on best methods for training employees on the use of the Media Distribution System.
3f. Maintain
the college's network with sufficient speed and capacity by converting the
Downtown Campus network to run on a single protocol, lP (Internet Protocol)
and separate the network into logical segments.
Work is in progress to segment
the college's network to isolate traffic and increase speed.
3g. Ensure reliability of network services by moving
GroupWise to a new and more powerful server and upgrade GroupWise to version
6.
GroupWise W-mail software
was upgraded to version 6 and moved to a more powerful server to increase
speed and capacity.
3h. Upgrade the Novell Operating System on the network
servers to version 6.
Work is currently in progress
to upgrade the college network to a single network protocol (Internet Protocol)
using Netware 6 to increase speed.
3i. Continue to implement the new College Information
System by continuing data conversions and testing for the student applications,
replacing the current document imaging system with Open Text and installing
and configuring a server for the new Electronic Commerce program.
CFCC will implement a new
document imaging system when the North Carolina Community College System selects
this new system.
A new server was configured
and installed to support the Electronic Commerce curriculum program and electronic
procurement allowing purchase orders to be emailed to vendors. Training is
underway for full implementation of E-procurement later this year.
A new server was installed
for Web Advisor that will provide student registration and information services
through the Internet. Implementation of Web Advisor is targeted for late 2005.
The college is implementing
Campus Cruiser to provide portal services and access to academic information
for every student with an email address. The college plans to test Campus
Cruiser during summer 2004 with full implementation fall 2004.
3j. Protect computing assets with an anti-virus e-mail
server and install an e-mail software program to filter for SPAM and viruses.
Email software to filter
for SPAM and a more robust Anti-Virus checking software were installed to
protect the College's computing assets.
3k. Improve computer services by manning the HelpDesk
at all times, upgrading the Blackboard server, redesigning the college web
site and upgrading the website server.
Computer services were improved
by migrating Intranet services to a new server for increased speed and capacity.
The college web site was redesigned to be more attractive and easier to navigate.
New web sites were developed for the Huskins Program, the college bookstores,
and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department. Resource links were added
to the student web site to make security tools such as anti-virus, spy-ware
and, anti-SPAM software available to students.
Computer Services coordinated
the transfer of the athletics website to GoSeaDevils.com resulting in better
scheduling capabilities and user management.
A Help Desk coordinator
was hired to expand service capabilities and ensure better response. Help
Desk hours were increased and services are provided beginning at 7:30am before
classes convene and during lunch. ZEN software is being used more efficiently
to clear Help Desk issues faster, decrease follow-up calls, and ensure satisfactory
completion of requests.
The
CFCC Distance Learning Website was re-organized and updated. Improvements
to the website include links for student and faculty resources and a video-clip about Online
Learning provided by the National Science Foundation.
Free Anti-Virus software downloads were made available to all online
students through the Blackboard log-on page.
3l. Prepare Basic Skills Department for conversion
to the new College Information System by improving the security and the accuracy
of records handled by the department.
The Continuing Education Basic Skills Department has
implemented a mock audit procedure to improve security and accuracy of records.
This audit procedure allows basic skills records to be reviewed periodically
to ensure compliance, allows review of instructors' paperwork, provides the
means to ask instructors questions about classroom procedures and allows coordinators
to review the results of the mock audit and give feedback to instructors.
The Basic Skills Department developed an extensive
new instructor training and support system to assist them in providing accurate
and complete data on each student.
The Basic Skills staff attended
all the required College Information System (CIS) training scheduled to date
and have implemented internal staff changes to meet challenges associated
with implementing the CIS system. The department analyzed the flow of the paperwork
to determine how CIS project tasks could be better organized. Changes included
matching employees' expertise with the tasks of entering data in the new College
Information System, identifying erroneous data, and providing feedback to
various basic skills programs regarding the quality of the data.
Other Accomplishments:
All CFCC Health Science Programs and their various admission requirements became available to students on the College's website. There were 1,792 hits made to the ten different health sciences web pages during the month of February. Students have commented on the ease of access to information since the development of these web pages.
The Landscape Gardening program used Smart Cart technology to create programs of study in Horticultural Pest Management, Turf Management and Landscape Design and a photo library was created from Internet resources for pest identification.
The Landscape Gardening
students designed and created a completely automated greenhouse plant production
system, water gardens, lawn bowling court, a plant identification garden and
a carnivorous plants garden at the North Campus.
The
CFCC Boat Building program faculty and students hosted on campus and attended
a weeklong workshop in resin infusion systems for closed molding fiberglass
boat building. Beginning in 2005, resin infusion will be required for compliance
with MACT Law low emissions standards. Training in this technology will be
incorporated into the Boat Building curriculum.
Goal
#4 Enhance the teaching and learning
process through the provision of adequate, up-to-date equipment and learning
resources that are accessible to users and in formats consistent with prevailing
technologies suitable to the college's needs and goals.
4a. Provide Smart
Board technology in the Learning Resource Center bibliographic instruction
classroom.
Smart Board technology has been added to the Learning Resource
Center Bibliographic Instruction classroom and to the Technology Training
Center.
4b. Enhance the
Learning Resource Center web page by providing current and subject-specific
links.
The Learning Resource Center web page has been redesigned and specific subject links were made available to users May 2004.
4c. Complete an
automated inventory of all holdings of the Downtown Learning Resource Center
(LRC) collection.
The Learning Resource Center staff completed an inventory of the entire Downtown Campus library collection including books, videos, DVDs and CDs with over 2300 records corrected and a North Carolina collection added. The Dewey book collection will be inventoried and incorporated into the LRC collection during 2004.
4d. Automate LRC
acquisitions and serials sections with the Horizon software and train the
staff in the use of these products.
The LRC acquisitions and serials functions were not automated with the Horizon library software package due to budget limitations for travel and training.
4e. Establish
guidelines for services provided by the college's new television studio that
will be used for instructional, documentary, promotional and distance education
productions.
Due to the turnover in the TV and Video Production position, this planning priority has not been addressed. This position was filled again April 2004 and it is anticipated that guidelines for services provided by the college's television studio will be developed before the end of spring semester 2004.
4f. Provide basic
graphics production services through the CFCC Media Center.
The Media Center is currently
providing Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Publisher basic graphics production
services to CFCC faculty and staff.
4g. Implement a color reproduction service in the
Learning Resource Center for library users.
Using CFCC mini-grant funds, the Learning Resource Center purchased a combination color copier / printer and a digital smart card camera to provide color reproduction services for patrons. This new equipment allows reproduction of color prints from books, magazines, journals and digital images and serves as a back-up fax machine. A combination color copier/printer is on order for the North Campus LRC as well.
4h. The Learning Resource Center will promote and market the Bibliographic
Instruction Classroom to departments and faculty who have not previously utilized
this facility for instruction.
Increased promotion of the LRC Bibliographic Instruction classroom resulted in nearly an 18% increase in the number of classes held in this classroom for 2003-2004 as compared the 141 classes held 2002-2003.
4i. Equip the Media Center with the newest media production equipment and
software for delivering quality instruction.
The CFCC Media Center is equipped
to provide color transparencies, video recording, DVD recording, satellite
downlinks and video conferencing to enhance the quality of classroom instruction.
4j. Increase the North Campus library print collection by 10% to support
the curriculum programs and general education courses offered at the North
Campus.
During the first nine months of 2003-2004, the print collection for the North Campus increased from 7,447 volumes to 8,219 volumes that is approximately a 10% increase over 2002-2003.
Goal
#5 Provide increased access to educational
opportunities through distance learning.
A new Distance Learning (DL) Department Chair position
was filled August 2003. The number of Distance Learning courses increased from
28 courses in fall 2002 to 50 courses fall 2003. Students enrolled in distance
learning courses grew from 1,545 students in 2002-2003
to 2,249 students for 2003-2004. During
the 2003-2004 academic year, new distance learning courses were added in business,
humanities, science, mathematic and communications.
5a. Review the
college's compliance with the standards for distance education programs and
support services required for accreditation with the Southern Association
of Colleges Schools, Commission on Colleges.
A
Distance Learning 'Working Group' was formed, representing a variety of departments
and organizations within the college, to review and ensure compliance with
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges accreditation
requirements.
An online student course evaluation was created for
distance learning courses that includes automatic tabulation of the survey
results.
5b. Develop and offer online courses in General Biology I, Introduction
to Chemistry, Introduction to Literature and Fit and Well for Life to complete
the curriculum for an online Associate in Arts degree program.
Offering an online associate degree
program has been deferred until a full review of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools, Principles
of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement is completed and it
is determined that CFCC is in full compliance with all requirements pertaining
to distance learning.
5c. Provide training
for faculty and instructional support staff in developing hybrid instruction
by learning to transition from traditional classroom instruction to teaching
portions of the course content online.
Cape Fear Community College began
offering Blackboard Introductory and Intermediate Training to faculty and
staff to support the teaching of online courses.
5d. Expand the
number of Business Department curriculum courses offered online to increase
student access and to support the development of an online associate degree
business program for the future.
Online orientations and the addition
of distance education courses in Accounting 122, Accounting 140, Business
230, Computer Information Systems 152, Marketing 120, Marketing 223, and Word
Processing 136 were implemented to increase student access to business courses.
5e. Make distance
education websites compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
and provide training to distance education faculty and instructional support
staff regarding ADA requirements.
The college is in the process of reviewing all public
and Intranet web pages with the goal of making all web sites compliant with
the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Section 508.
Areas to improve ADA compliance for the Distance Learning web site
have been identified and work is underway to make this site fully compliant.
5f. Implement
an 'Online Course Peer Review Guide' for distance education to help faculty
assess the quality of distance education courses and instruction.
The college Distance Learning (DL) Working Group is currently preparing a "Peer Review" worksheet created by the distance learning faculty to help them effectively assess the quality of DL courses and instruction.
5g. Design and implement procedures to track the academic
performance of students enrolled in distance education courses for comparison
with the performance of students enrolled in the same courses taught in a
traditional classroom setting.
Procedures are currently being
developed by the distance learning faculty to track and evaluate the academic
performance of students enrolled in distance learning courses in comparison
with the academic performance of students enrolled in the same courses taught
in a traditional setting.
5h. Develop an
operations manual for distance education faculty and instructional support
staff that includes distance education policies, procedures, and the roles
and responsibilities of all involved with distance education initiatives.
The CFCC Distance Learning Working Group is currently establishing distance learning policies and procedures to be published and in accordance with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges core requirements and comprehensive standards.
Goal
#6 Strengthen partnerships with business
and industry, public schools, universities and others that are mutually beneficial
and that maximize resources in meeting the educational needs of the service
area.
6a. Create a new
faculty position with responsibilities for oversight and management of the
Huskins Bill and Co-operative Education programs.
A
Huskins and Cooperative Education Coordinator / Instructor position was filled
October 15, 2003. The number of Huskins classes more than doubled this year
with 40 Huskins classes offered both fall 2003 and
spring 2004. Fall 2003, the college enrolled 293 students in Huskins
classes offered at the high schools and 45 students in classes on campus.
During spring semester 2004, Huskins enrollment grew to 388 students in classes
at the high schools and to 77 students in classes on campus.
College staff worked cooperatively
with public school personnel to address ways CFCC and the public schools could
better serve high school students through the Huskins Program. As a result,
recruitment presentations, informational meetings and distribution of a Huskins
Program brochure to high school students were implemented this year.
A total of 162 students enrolled
in Cooperative Education classes during summer 2003, fall 2003 and spring
2004 combined. The College developed procedures for collecting and evaluating
the Cooperative Education Workbooks prior to FTE audits and revised the Cooperative
Education Manual to be implemented fall 2004.