Designs for Distinction
2004 - 2009 Strategic Plan
FY05 Achievements (as of March 1, 2005)
Objective I. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
excel in teaching and learning.
- Established and implemented a Program
Review Process
- Purchased and trained faculty and staff on Elumen
assessment software
- Created databases for assessment in four program
areas (Physical Therapist Assistant, Business,
Social Sciences, Music)
- Attended assessment conferences, Train the Trainer,
Making Our Students More Successful
- Created an Assessment Resource Manual
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Participating in Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
conferences and conducting internal committee work
to prepare for the college’s self-study
visit from the HLC team in FY06
Objective
II. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
excel in student development and support services.
- Established a pilot online orientation
service with feedback tool
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Developed a Clubs & Organizations Guide for
student activities
- Established student email accounts for online courses
- Implemented Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS)
- Conducting Student Engagement Survey in spring 2005
- Established high school transition task force with
District 11 to address college readiness issues
Objective
III. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
be the college of choice for faculty and staff.
- Drafted a college-wide Human Resources
Recruitment Plan
- Conducting ongoing supervisory training and contract
training
- Beginning development of online employee satisfaction
survey
- Celebrated State Employee Recognition Week with contests,
college-wide breakfast for faculty and staff,
video message from the President, recognition bulletin
board
Objective
IV. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
become a higher education portal.
- Signed Letter of Intent with St. Cloud
State University to launch bachelor programs in
Fall 2005. Tentatively,
those programs and courses include teacher
education (special ed), elective studies, biology,
gerontology,
educational media, and community development.
- Formalized collaboration with Metropolitan State
University and North Hennepin Community College
for Bachelor of Science in Nursing to launch Fall 2005
- Fleshing out infrastructure for seamless student
support services
- Presenting the higher ed portal concept at a national
conference on March 5
Objective
V. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
enhance existing career and transfer programs and
establish new areas of study that respond to the
needs of the community, employers, and the state.
- Received accreditation for Business
Online with Metropolitan State University
- Received approval to offer an Associate in Fine Arts-Music
and established articulation agreements with
Minnesota State University-Mankato and Augsburg College
- Added library web links and online services
- Applying for approval to offer an Associate in Fine
Arts-Art
- Launched LPN-RN mobility program at Anoka Technical
College
- Launched new teacher education cohort with St. Cloud
State University at North Branch
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Expanded online course offerings (Philosophy 1115 & Speech
2220) and planning for more
- Replicated Biomedical Technology program to Inver
Hills Community College and Normandale Community
College
- Established the Midwest Preservation Institute in
partnership with regional historical societies,
historic architects, preservationists, city officials, Anoka
Technical College, and trades people
Objective
VI. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
strengthen institutional advancement with increased
visibility and involvement in the community.
- Lobbying to secure state funding for
ARCC-Cambridge Campus demolition/academic addition
project ($9.6
M)
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Visited area legislators to encourage bonding bill
support for the ARCC-Cambridge project and sent communiqués
such as thank you notes and valentines
- Opened a Continuing Education/Customized Training
Center on the Cambridge Campus
- Established a Small Business Development Center on
both ARCC campuses
- Implementing research regarding a possible name change
for the college
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Hired a safety & security director
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Presented ARCC’s Strategic Profile to the
Board of Trustees for the Minnesota State Colleges
and
Universities (MnSCU) System
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Presented ARCC’s Facilities Master Plan
to Office of the Chancellor staff
- Developed 3 pre-design projects and presented to
the MnSCU Board of Trustees for FY06 funding:
- Coon Rapids Campus – Music Relocation & Fine
Arts Renovation ($6,006,000): Design and
construction funding for a single-level infill;
design funding
for Fine Arts renovation
- Cambridge Campus – Workforce Co-location & Academic
Growth ($3,383,000): Design and construction
funding for a single-level addition and renewal
for Workforce
center; Design funding for an Academic Growth
addition
- Coon Rapids Campus – Bioscience & Allied
Health Center ($1,027,000): Design funding
for two-level infill
- Beginning Alumni Relations activity through
the MnSCU Name/Address Update project
- Communicated Designs for Distinction through internal
and external print and web materials (color
brochure, annual report, internal brochure, www.anokaramsey.edu
, an e-folio, and presidential speeches and
PowerPoint presentations
- Established an institutional marketing plan, based
on a unified college brand
- Increased the number of press releases and showcased
outstanding faculty, students, and customized
training customers
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Received a Computer Science, Engineering, & Math
Scholarship (CSEMS) grant ($384,648) from
the National Science Foundation for under-represented
students
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Selected for inclusion in MnSCU’s FY06 federal
earmark request to the U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services ($1m or $2.4m over three years)
- Partnered in the U.S. Dept. of Education grant related
to developing national skills standards for
the biomedical device industry
- Received 2nd year of funding ($23,000) from the U.S.
Dept. of Education for biomedical development
- Received $36,675 MnSCU initiative grant for Academic
Fitness Program (Cambridge Campus)
- Received $41,300 MnSCU grant for Biomedical online
curriculum development
- Partnering in multiple Minnesota Job Skills
Partnership (MJSP) grants:
- $49,444 MJSP grant in partnership with
Top Tool to teach process improvement,
statistical analysis,
and other workforce training topics
- Partner in a joint grant to develop accelerated
BSN and other CE training topics with Metropolitan
State University, North Hennepin Community
College, North Memorial Health Care, Regions
Hospital,
and Mercy & Unity Hospitals
- $399,000 grant as a consortium partner
with Xcel Energy to develop e-learning
rapid response
to
industry needs
- $399,846 grant in partnership with
Cambridge Medical Center and Grandview
Christian
Homes for lift training
and equipment
- $222,968 grant in collaboration with
the Anoka County WorkForce Center
to provide customer service
training and computer applications
training
- $39,669 grant in partnership with
Incisive Surgical, an emerging
company that is
releasing its first
product, a subcuticular stapler
for closing general surgery
incisions, to the marketplace
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