CCCC to become part of consortium

During a meeting which was late getting started because of a lack of quorum, the Cloud County Community College board of trustees approved the authorization to allow the college to become a part of the Kansas Consortium for Correctional Higher Education.
With only three trustees in attendance to begin with, the board lacked a quorum.
Board Chairman Larry Henry was contacted by telephone to adopt the agenda.
Trustees Ellen Anderson and Tom Tuggle would join the meeting via Zoom video conferencing.
The Kansas Consortium for Correctional Higher Education was formed by the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) to serve as the coordinating organization for the delivery of college instruction in KDOC correctional facilities.
The consortium partners with the KDOC and the Kansas Board of Regents as the steering committee for higher education in Kansas correctional facilities.
Cloud County Community College (CCCC), by signing the Consortium Constitution, is declaring its intent to become part of a collaborative organization of institutions of higher education, the KDOC and the Board of Regents.
As a member of the consortium, CCCC will be able to provide future services through the Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program to be hosted at the correctional facility.
The college will be eligible to apply for the United States Department of Education's Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative.
The Second Chance Pell is a Pell grant for students who are incarcerated.
CCCC was one of five community colleges in Kansas to be selected by KDOC and the Board of Regents to participate in the consortium.
Dr. Adrian Douglas, CCCC president, informed the board that the consortium is interested in a number of programs offered by the college, but right now is concentrating on the CDL program.
When it is decided which programs the college will offer in the correctional facility, it will be presented to the board for a vote.
In other action taken during the meeting, the board approved the Percussion Computer-Managed Instruction (CMI) subscription as the college's web content management system for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021 at a one-time cost of $21,000.
The system is used to create and maintain the college's external website. The internal content is maintained by marketing and appropriate content providers such as academic departments and functional offices.
Waiving policies CY and E4 to allow the consumption of alcoholic liquor in the Dunning-Hamel Baseball Training Facility on October 18-20 for a baseball alumni event that is on October 19 was approved.
Kansas statute allows the board of trustees of a community college to exempt the consumption of liquor on campus in accordance with policies adopted by such board.
The board also approved the 2020-21 academic calendar.
The first day of classes for the fall 2020 semester will be August 19. The final day of the spring 2021 semester will be May 13.
Included in the consent items approved by the board was the hiring of a network administrator and an assistant softball coach.
Jasen Pelkey, Manhattan, was hired, effective September 25, to the full-time, KPERS-covered position a of network administrator.
Pelkey is currently working as an information technology technician at the college. He received a bachelor of science degree in computer information from Devry University and a master of information systems management from Keller Graduate School of Management.
The board approved hiring 2015 Concordia High School graduate Tristen Leiszler as the assistant softball coach, effective October 1.
Leiszler received her bachelor's degree from Tabor College in May, 2019. She is also an assistant cross country coach and assistant girls' basketball coach at Concordia High School.
Douglas informed the board of the resignation of Laura Leite, coordinator of online education and business & industry.
“Laura has done a tremendous job in making contact with businesses and industry and creating courses to meet their needs. She has been instrumental in securing over $300,000 in grants since joining us,” Douglas said.
The position is being posted.
During his report to the board, vice president for academic affairs and student success Pedro Leite announced that the enrollment count, as of September 20, is down.
Tuggle asked Leite what percentage enrollment was down, and he said two and a half percent.
Amber Knoettgen, vice president of administrative services, said that adds up to 437 credit hours.
Leite said the drop in enrollment is not as sharp a decline as that in previous years.
“We put the brakes on the decline and we stepped on the gas on the recruiting,” Leite said.
The board met in executive session for 25 minutes with Douglas, Leite, Knoettgen, human resources director Chris Wilson and college attorney Justin Ferrell for negotiations.
No action was taken following the executive session.