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Designs for Distinction
2004 - 2009 Strategic Plan
FY06 Achievements
(as of March 1, 2006)
Objective I. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
excel in teaching and learning.
- Completed program review of Accounting,
Computer Networking, Computer Science, and Engineering
- Completed and submitted the GIS program review report
- Established goals for student learning for all academic
programs, Student Services, and Continuing Education/Customized
Training
- Updated the Student Learning Assessment Planand Assessment
of Student Learning Handbook
- Created an assessment of student learning page on
the ARCC Website
- Awarded first scholarship to Lance Lund for the Pacific
NW Great Teacher Seminar
- Jim Biederman received the Excellence Award from
NISOD
Objective II. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
excel in student development and support services.
- Achieved .6% increase collegewide in
FTE for Fall 2005 enrollment
- Launched a very successful pilot online orientation
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Launched “Ask US”, a database using RightNow
Technology, which provides online automated responses
to students’ most frequently asked questions
- Added Library web services page and electronic reserves
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Established an e-mail policy & launched college-assigned
email addresses for all students
- Hired Noel-Levitz consultants to guide the development
of a recruitment plan
- Received $91,276 MnSCU grant for Aspire Program at
Cambridge Campus
Objective III. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
be the college of choice for faculty and staff.
- Established new positions in admissions,
advising, alumni relations, registrar, switchboard,
TRIO, and
the following faculty positions: math, music, biology,
English (for 06-07), and psychology (06-07)
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Established a position for and hired a Diversity & Multicultural
Affairs director to assess needs of the college
in this area and recommend improvements
- Conducted extensive faculty and staff training in
assessment
- Conducted contract training and launched bi-weekly
supervisory training
- Developed a faculty mentorship program that provides
opportunities for faculty members to obtain summer
employment at non-State of Minnesota employers
and be paid by ARCC
- Joined forces with Anoka-Hennepin Credit Union to
allow ARCC employees to become members of the credit
union, in addition to the Affinity Plus Credit
Union.
- Redesigned the Staff Development Plan to improve
support of tuition waivers
- Improved parking lot lighting, installed surveillance
cameras, and hired security guards
- Conducted the first phase of name change research
and found that the benefits of a college name change
outweigh the risks. Hired a name change consultant
to research possible names (in process)
- Broke ground for the $10.4 million addition to the
Campus Center at Cambridge
- Improved an existing street-side entrance to the
Performing Arts Center
- Expanded the TDC parking lot from 70 existing spaces
to 130
- Doubled the size of the visitor parking lot at Coon
Rapids
- Installed and rolled out a college-wide phone system,
centralizing the switchboard
- Bought flat screen computer monitors for all staff
who do a great deal of computer work
Objective IV. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
become a higher education portal.
- Launched the portal program in Fall 2005
with the following:
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Bachelor’s in elementary education at North
Branch (SCSU)
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Bachelor’s in elective studies (SCSU)
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Bachelor’s in special education (SCSU)
- Bachelor-level courses: community development, gerontology,
public admin. (SCSU)
- Graduate- and certificate-level informational media
(SCSU)
- A Center for Graduate Teacher Education (SCSU)
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Accelerated bachelor’s in nursing & bachelor’s
in business administration (Metro State)
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Master’s in Informational Media (SCSU)
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Completed plans to launch Master’s in Higher
Education Administration cohort to launch Fall
2006
- Drafted recruitment plan for Special Ed Project
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.
- Worked year-round to plan, collect information,
assess, and draft the self-study in preparation
for a Fall
2006 accreditation visit
- Updated the Academic Master Plan
- Launched the accelerated BSN program with Metro State
and North Hennepin CC
- Will graduate our first students from the Associate
in Fine Arts-Music and Associate in Fine Arts-Art
programs in spring 2006
- Developed an articulation agreement in music with
Augsburg College
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Launched the Associate in Fine Arts-Art & developed
an articulation agreement with Winona State University
and Minnesota State University-Moorhead
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Received approval and launched Integrative Health & Healing
AS and Certificate programs
- Graduated 17 of the 20 enrollees in our LPN-RN mobility
program at ATC
- Developed a CNET articulation agreement in MIS and
Computer Forensics with Metro SU
- Awarded the following SIP Grants for FY06:
- Recruitment and Orientation Multimedia Presentation
- E-Service Solutions, using RightNow Technology
- Market research for AA Degree Working-Adult Cohort
- Nursing curriculum evaluation project
- Student Assessment and Class Management System Training
- Drafted the institutional change request for delivering
the AA Degree online
- Added online classes in PHIL 1115, SPCH 2220, ENGL
1104, PSYC 2270, SOC 1111, ANTH 2251, MUSC 1111
Objective VI. Anoka-Ramsey Community College will
strengthen institutional advancement with increased
visibility and involvement in the community.
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Partnered in a new NSF ATE proposal with St. Petersburg
Community College (Florida) & Edmonds Community
College (WA) to serve needs of Medical Device Industry
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Received & launched the following Minnesota
Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) grants:
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$399,998 with Minco Products for manufacturing processes,
emerging regulations, principles of lean manufacturing,
executive leadership, & sales.
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$399,982 with Boston Scientific Corporation to establish
automation curriculum for employees and for ARCC
students in biomed tech program. Boston Scientific
will donate a robot named “ALICE” and
a platform to the college.
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$49,833 with Acorn Cardiovascular to help Acorn to
develop training programs in operating room procedures,
heart failure history, treatments and guidelines,
Acorn therapy goals, & regulatory and quality
compliance.
- $145,854 with Industrial Door and Industrial Spring
to provide training in production technologies,
CAD design for garage doors, customer service, PC and
PLC operation, and Job Shop Lean. ARCC may partner
with Ridgewater College to develop a specialized
program in metallurgy and metallurgical testing.
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$308,807 with rms to provide training to increase
their ability to develop greater tolerances in production
and maximize machine efficiencies, inspections, quality
control, GD&T, mathematics, PC and PLC programming,
and regulatory standards for the medical device
industry.
- $313,146 with ev3 to develop new curriculum for the
medical device industry, including electronic learning,
learning tools, Lean/Six Sigma Hybrid, document
management, technical writing for FDA compliance, biomaterial
technologies, and risk management.
- Received the following MJSP grants in partnership
with other institutions:
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$399,994 = accelerated BSN with Metro State, North
Hennepin CC, North Memorial Health Care, Regions
Hospital, & Mercy-Unity
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$399,000 = e-learning rapid response curriculum with
Metro CE/CT Consortium & Xcel Energy
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$222,968 = computer skills & customer service
training to Anoka County Workforce Center with
Anoka Technical College
- Participated in the MnSCU alumni names/address update
project and sent an alumni survey and a calendar
to approximately 32,000 alumni via the updated
addresses
- Restructured resource development position to become
Director of Institutional Advancement
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Established a position and hired the college’s
first alumni relations director
- Established Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)
on both campuses
- Established a CE-CT office on the Cambridge Campus
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Established the Midwest Preservation Institute in
partnership with a community advisory committee,
including preservationists, historical societies,
architects, & the City of Anoka
- Established a direct mail newsletter, The Achiever,
to replace the course catalog mailing
- Both campus foundations achieved their highest-ever
employee giving totals in the annual campus campaigns
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