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Aims Community College Board of Trustees Meeting - May 7, 2025

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Welcome to the May 7th, 2025 board of

trustee meeting. You'll join me in the

Thank you. We're going to hope my voice

holds out. Got a little laryngitis. So,

um, if it starts

squeaking, just point. I can't do

anything about it. Um, okay. First up,

we have approval of the agenda. I would

ask for a motion and take a vote.

First motion. I make a motion to approve

the agenda as presented. Thanks, Jean. I

motion. Thanks, Heidi. All those in

favor say I. I. Great. Thank you. Um, we

have a relatively long consent agenda

and I would like to read the items um

through that. Um, on 4 A, minutes of the

April 9th, 2025 district board meeting.

B. Renewal of non-probationary faculty for

for

2526. C. Renewal of probationary faculty for

for

2526. Revised policy faculty due process

dismissal. E. Repeal policy

3-150 institution

partnerships. F. Repeal policy 3-730.

Solicitation on

campus. G. Repeal policy

3-900 public

information. H. Repeal policy

4-801 faculty reduction

enforce. And the two new ones I. New

policy 408, flags and outdoor

enforce. I would ask for a motion to

approve the consent agenda. I move to

approve the consensus agenda as

presented. Thank you, Janine. Second

that. Thanks, Heidi. All those in favor

Next up is public

comment. No public comment

today. Next up from that we have our presentations

presentations

um for excellence at a Shannon

Students. Yay. Good afternoon board. We

are just what nine days until

commencement and I Woo! It's coming

fast, isn't I? I have the awesome

privilege of introducing you to one of

our rockstar graduates. In fact, Isaac

Morales will be walking across two

graduate stages this month. That's

because he's concurrently enrolled at

Ames and at Colorado Early College. In

addition, you can see on the screen,

he's a student athlete at Roosevelt High

School as well. And if that wasn't

enough, Isaac has also served as the

campus activity student director of

alcohol and other drug prevention here

at the college. Um, and as my

introduction to to Isaac today, I'm

going to tell you a short story because

it really wowed me. Uh, as I've gotten

to know him, I learned to this one. In

the fall, he enrolled in calculus one.

And in his associate of science degree

and later his architecture degree degree

at CU, he doesn't need to take calculus.

Rather, he enrolled in the class because

he wanted to get to the highest level of

math possible. Who does that, Isaac? Is

what I said. Um anyway, midway through

the semester in the fall, his test

grades were not at the level he would

expect of himself. To put it simply, he

was struggling and during a meeting with

the professor, he was told the only way

to earn an A in the course, which is

what he expects of himself in every

course, he would need to score perfectly

on the last three exams. So, I was

waiting with baited breath on this story

at the end of fall. And guess what? He

dug in deeper. He found more learning

resources to supplement the class

learning. He scored 100% on the next two

perfect scores. And then he got to the

final exam and he imagine he didn't pull

off perfection. He landed with his first

college B. And but here's what I love

about Isaac in the fall. He said to me,

"I'm taking calculus 2 in the spring."

And I was like again, really? And so I

just asked him just now, just now. And

uh he just got his uh final exam grade

back. He scored a perfect 100% in Cal 2

and he's ending with an A+ in the class.

Can we just be like, are you kidding me?

So, I thought y'all would enjoy that and

I I thought you'd enjoy hearing more

about um Isaac's experience here on campus.

Okay. Well, thank you so much, Shannon,

for that introduction. Um up on the

screen are just some of my hobbies and

interests. Uh I really like to do all

sorts of things from figure drawing to

playing pretty much any sport possible.

Um up there is also a picture of me and

my wonderful family. Um, but today I'll

be sharing my experience of what it is

like to be a concurrent enrollment

student here at Ames Community College.

So, a little bit about my background.

I've been at AS for two years now and am

a senior in high school. Before Ames, I

was homeschooled from kindergarten all

the way up until my junior year of high

school. Um, making the transition from

homeschooling to college was a big step,

especially since I had never even

attended a traditional school before.

Ames was one of my first times I

experienced a teacher classroom setting

and I was still very young at the time.

So in my first year I was more timid than

than

most. Fortunately I wasn't your

stereotypical awkward homeschooler. I

could hold a conversation and relate to

people fairly well. Um but still that

first year for me was just a time of

adjustment where I was just trying to

find where I could fit in and how I

could get involved. However, getting

involved was more challenging than I

expected. As a younger student

especially, I quickly realized how how

different my life was from most of my

peers. While they were navigating

careers and parenthood, I was still

balancing high school, still focused on

maintaining a high GPA and on how well I

performed at soccer games and track

meets. My days were split between

college coursework, high school sports,

and a job with constant commutes between

Ames Community College and Roosevelt

High School. This initiated a divide

between the two. I felt as though it

wasn't my place to get involved at AS

because I wasn't technically a college

student in some people's eyes, even at

the time when I was taking 19 credits a

semester. It felt like others might not

trust me or take me seriously because I

was barely 16. And so at the high

school, while I was succeeding in sports

by earning achievements and leadership

positions on the team, at going into my

second year, I was still only a passive

observer, going to classes and then

going home. At first, I believed I would

only be able to succeed in one or the

other. It was either focus on my last

year of high school sports to maximize

the results I wanted or to further my

engagement at AS with clubs and college

academics. Then at Ames, when an

opportunity for the competitive student

leader positions opened, I took a chance

and applied and was hired in the student

life department as a campus activities

programmer for substance use and recovery.

recovery.

For me at the time, substance use was a

very unfamiliar

subject. But because my supervisors in

student life entrusted me with this

position and believed that I could

succeed, I put in all that I could for

the position, researching, attending

conferences, and seeking out help so

expectations. Through this position, uh,

as a campus activities programmer, I

have gotten to be about as involved as

you can be on campus. Campus activities

programmers oversee and plan events

using student fees to give back to the

students. In this position, I've had the

chance to plan and host events like

mocktails and student resources, THC

education, colors of recovery, flourish

and thrive, as well as as well as others

programs designed to educate students

about substance use and increase overall

student engagement on campus.

I had finally found the outreach I

desired in this position by being able

to host an event with some upwards of a

100 students attending. However, even

without as big turnouts for some events,

my job is to outreach on a more personal

level with students, connecting with

them one-on-one for as little time as I

might see them for. Because our goal is

to help them get involved and create a

more welcoming, engaging campus culture.

I went from striving to get involved on

campus to now getting to help students

get involved at their campus.

Despite the chaos of having two

different roles and the difficulties of

balancing college and high school with

the perception that I might only be able

to succeed in one, I found a way to give

100% of whatever I had left to both. And

now, as I am preparing to graduate from

college and high school, I can't help

but be excited to walk across the stage

to conclude high school and the start of

my college journey. I'm excited for my

future at CU Boulder and proud to not

only be leaving Ames with a degree, but

with many lasting connections that will

help me in continuing my

education. Proud of it. I am proud of

achievements, whether that be

highlighted as student of the month or

winning intramural volleyball games at

the Ames Perk and proud to be leaving

with an overall amazing experience here.

I am proud of the work I've put in and

thankful for everyone who has helped me

Thank you. I get to give it to you. You

need to keep it. That's really

important. On behalf of the trustees and

Dr. Bournesting, we need to congratulate

you. Uh you're the epitome of the type

of student that we want at Ames

Community College. You're somebody who

comes here to strive not only to be

academically successful, but as

evidenced by both your high school and

college career, you want to be part of

everything that you are uh

being participating in. Excuse me. And

it's something you should be very proud

of. And you said that I know that

everybody in this room is really really

proud of you and you need to be truly

excited as you walk across both stages

and run at the state track meet here in

a few weeks. That that's really really

exciting. My only concern is that you're

going to school in Boulder. You still

have a chance to go to school in Fort

Collins. So I think I think we can

strive to do that. I bet we can find

somebody to help you here. But on behalf

of all of us here, we're all excited for

Congratulations, Isaac. Thank you. Thanks,

Shannon. Great story. 19 credits. You

made me cringe.

cringe.

Um, next up, we have our representatives

to the board. First up would be our AFA

for faculty. Um they are looking to um

fill those positions and so we won't

have a report on that today but we do

have David Mott from our AIM staff association.

All right. Good afternoon. Thank you

Chair Shock members of the board Dr. B

cabinet colleagues. I guess first before

I start, I'd like to as um a proud

father of five homeschool students, I

know none of my kids are that the

stereotype. So I definitely think the uh

stereotype is changing. So I think um

you know, intelligent, cogent,

articulate, sociable, high performing. I

think that's the new stereotype for

homeschool students. So guys, good job,

buddy. Keep it up. All right, we're

jumping in. It's hard to believe we're

already here. It's already the end of

end of the year. You know, it's been

gone so fast. I know I can speak for

everybody that the time has been flying.

So I want to jump in. Uh the theme for

my presentation today is

recognitions. But before I jump into

that, I want to start with just a quick

highlight of of last event from last

month. The I guess the recognition

event, the staff appreciation popcorn

event, though it's always very popular

at I don't remember the exact number.

Several hundred bags of popcorn were

distributed. I think 30 some odd

different flavors. There was like a

cheeseburger and nachos flavor and all

kinds of stuff. So if any of you didn't

get that, you missed out. So look for

that next year.

Uh, all right. And then I just want to

highlight an up one upcoming event. This

is totally new. We don't normally do a

lot of ASA stuff over the summer, but

we're floating the idea. And right now

we're proposing a uh we're going to call

it the ASA grill and chill June 26th

somewhere probably near student commons.

We don't working out all the details,

but it'll be a lunch that ASA will

provide for staff members Thursday the

26th. So staff members, look out for

more info on that coming soon. Okay. All

right. I wanted to uh jump into some

recognitions. I just got this yesterday.

Isabelle Wolf was selected to be a

recipient for the impact award from

Thompson School District. And so I

believe she was actually awarded that

this morning. There was a ceremony. So

wanted to highlight that from

Isabelle uh on behalf of the Thompson

School District. So good job Isabelle.

And then um ripples. There were a lot of

ripples in your in your packet and um I

just want to highlight a couple names

because they appeared multiple times.

Lena Sandaval and Amanda Edwards both

received multiple ripples this month.

So, congratulations to both of them. And

then I wanted to pause and spend a

little bit more time than normal this

month uh because I mentioned last month

that we had have elections right now for

ASA leadership and so obviously if we're

electing for open positions that means

we have outgoing members from the

leadership team. So I wanted to quickly

take a moment to highlight those members

who are departing and want to appreciate

them. So I'll list some names and and

what their role has been. So Natalyia

Delgado is our Fort Lupton rep. Chris

Gomez was our treasurer. Mc Murphy was

secretary. Aaron Moshi was our part-time

rep. And Laura Flood was our

president-elect. And so the first four

were all multi-year, multi-term members,

been serving for a long time. U you know

multiple term, multiple years. lots of

experience there, lots of uh

contributions that they've made to ASA

over the years. So, absolutely wanted to

recognize them and thank them for that

experience. So, Laura was new to the

team this year and um will not be

returning. So, wanted to thank Laura as

well for her contribution. Very

significant. And um with that, I want to

remind I mentioned last month, but

nominations are still open. Uh you do

not have to you have to be a staff

member to serve on a leadership team.

You don't have to be a staff member to

nominate a staff member for leadership

team. So, putting that out there. uh the

link for the nominations will be in the

daily tomorrow. So if you see that and

again think of uh someone who would be

interested or fit well in that team,

please uh please let us know on that.

And lastly for me, I just since it is

our last meeting for the year, I wanted

to take a moment to express my gratitude

to the board and um you know to

everybody that has contributed to ASA

over the last year. You know, this is my

first year being involved on the

leadership team and jumping right into

the president role. know it was maybe a

little bit of a learning curve, a little

bit of jumping out of the nest, you

know, or whatever. So, um, I learned a

lot and I'm excited for next year in the

direction that that ASA is heading and I

definitely want to thank the board and

this for the setting and the opportunity

for me to share. Appreciate it. So,

Thanks, David. Any questions or comments?

comments?

Thank you for your work and um

preparation and I will tell you I

remember your first meeting to today and

um you know we all grow in different

ways and I just want to congratulate you

as well um of the great work you're

Okay, next up we have our SGAA, our

student government association, Jeff thatch.

Good afternoon, members of the board,

chair shock, Dr. B, faculty, staff, and

my fellow students. Before I get

started, I'd like to invite SGA Vice

President for Administrative Services,

Mariah Crawford, to read a statement

I'm gonna stand on my tippy toes because

I don't want to mess with

that. I was not blessed in the height

department. Um, good afternoon, Chair

Shock, members of the board, and Dr.

Bournestein. I'm writing to bring a

concerning situation to your attention

regarding one of the approved vendors on

AS Community Colleg's approved vendor

list. Recently, a student leader from

Student Life organized an incredible

award ceremony recognizing the

contribution of Ames Clubs. As part of

the preparation, the student placed an

order for custom awards through Award

Alliance, a vendor listed on our

approved vendor list. One of the awards

was for best affinity group which was to

be given to the LGBTQ affinity group.

However, Award Alliance refused to

fulfill this particular award, citing

that their religious faith belief

doesn't allow them to promote the LGBTQ

movement. This refusal caused

unnecessary stress for the student

leader who had to pivot quickly to an

alternate vendor or imprint under tight

time constraints to ensure the awards

would be ready for the event. When this

issue was brought before the AIM Student

Government Association, we voted to no

longer use Award Alliance for any

purchases funded through student life or

student fees as their actions are in

direct conflict with our values and

those of the college. Ames Community

College proudly upholds the values of

authenticity and truthfulness,

community, equity and professional

respect, inclusiveness, performance

excellence, and effectiveness.

A vendor's refusal to serve a recognized

student group based on sexual

orientation, stands in stark contrast to

these values, particularly equity and

inclusiveness. Allowing this vendor to

remain on the approved vendor list sends

a message to LGBTQ students and allies

that they are not fully supported or

represented by institutions that serve

them. Therefore, we respectfully request

that Ames Community College remove award

alliance from its approved vendor list

and instead prioritize vendors like for

imprint that align with and uphold the

college's core values. Thank you for

Thank you, Mariah.

Got to get tall again.

All right. Happy May. We are officially

at the end of another year and another

graduation around the corner. The buzz

on campus is real and members of our

student body are pouring their energy

into final projects and exams pushing

through to the finish line with that

familiar mix of stress, determination,

and hope. Now, I know this is a busy

time for everyone, so I promise to keep

this short. Just a few words of

reflection and a whole lot of gratitude.

Before I go any further, I'd like to

invite any members of the student life

team who are present here today to please

please

stand. There they are. All right. These

up. These are just a few of the change

makers. The ones who show up early, stay

late, and make this college more than

just a place to learn. This year,

they've gone above and beyond to uplift

our students and expand what's possible.

from pushing the menstrual equity

project to the finish line and getting

eal pad dispensers installed across our

women's and all gender bathrooms,

offering students free discrete access

to period products to forming a brand

new student parent group that give

students who are also caregivers a space

to connect and build community. Your

impact has been both powerful and deeply

human. You guys can sit down. I'm not

going to make you sit stand up the whole time.

time.

You've added heart to our campus and it

shows in the details like the newly

installed shadow box in the student

commons where graduates can leave their

names on paper arts serving as a symbol

of pride and a message to future

students. You belong here and you can do this

this

too. To the SGA team, Mariah, Alicia,

Camila, Ajid, David, and Noelia. Thank

you. Thank you for letting me serve as

your president. It has been one of the

greatest privileges of my life. I'm so

proud of the work you've done and I will

miss you more than I can

say. I also want to thank our campus

activities programming board members,

Alex, Jen, Noelia, Isaac, Samuel, Corey,

Emily, and Maria, as well as our ARK

team, Anna, Chris, Charlene, and Antonio

for bringing students together in fun,

inclusive, and meaningful ways. Your

events remind us that connection matters

and that joy is a vital part of the student

student

experience. While it's hard to say

goodbye to a team like this, I'm also

incredibly excited for what's next. I

look forward to working with next year's

team to watching new leaders grow, new

ideas take shape, and new possibilities

unfold. The future of student life at

Ames is bright, and I can't wait to be a

part of it. And to all of you, board

members, Dr.

faculty and staff. I look forward to

continuing our work together next year

to make Ames not just a great

institution but a great community. Thank

you for your time, your support, and

your belief in students like

August. Are there any questions? Any

questions? No. Again, thanks for all

Okay, we'll move into our action

items. First up is action item 7A. Um,

fiscal year

202526 faculty consultation agreement

with Chuck Jensen, our vice president of

administrative services and John Mangen

Mangan. Sorry, I probably just butchered it.

it.

Um, building construction site

management faculty.

Thank you, Chair Shock. Uh members of

the board, Dr. Morenstein, cabinet,

colleagues, uh you have before you

action item 7A. This is our fiscal year

2526 consultation

agreement. Uh each year in accordance

with policy 210, consultations are held

between represent representatives from

the as faculty association AFA and

college administration to address

matters related to specific conditions

of employment. As you'll notice note in

the memo, uh included agreement are

items related to salary increases,

medical premiums paid by the college and

a and the fact that we're going to

conduct a formal market assessment of

faculty salaries during the 2526

academic year and also uh faculty

consultation will also discuss uh

procedures related to personal leave

hours for full-time faculty and a

faculty prepared plan to increase

attendance at collegewide events.

I'd like to express my gratitude to the

team of administration and the faculty

that have participated. It's a it's a

committee that meets every couple of

weeks. There's a a lot of commitment of

time from people and so uh definitely uh

my appreciation to uh to them. Uh Jeff

Klein is the co-chair and he's been a

wonderful chair co-chair for a number of

years and uh shout out to him also. Uh

at this point I'll turn it over to uh

John to uh share some thoughts from uh

good afternoon to uh chair shock and the

trustees. Um again as Chuck introduced

me John Mangan. I'm instructor in the

construction management program. Had the

privilege to give a tour of the ATC

building for you uh a few weeks back. As

Chuck mentioned, the uh consultation

process, unique process here at AS um

the uh the team is comprised of four

faculty members. Myself, um Jeff Klein

as co-chair, Allison Easley, um as uh

our third faculty member, and we have a

vacancy right now. And then uh four

administration members, deans Terry

Anderson and Scott Riel, Dr. Aaylor, and

of course Chuck. So, as as Chuck

mentioned, uh large part of what we did

this year, uh centered around the the

discussion of uh pay and different

things like that, and we're we're

looking forward to continuing that

conversation here in the upcoming year

with uh more information. Um that being

the the pay analysis that uh is in the

works. So, Chuck said that we meet uh

every few weeks. It's really uh at the

behest of Chuck. So, it's more weekly

than bi-weekly, but uh it just depends

on the workload and things like that,

but it's a it's a great team. Um and I

mean that as the faculty side and the

The fiscal impact of course is was

included in the salary and benefits

presentation and the administrative

recommendation is uh approval of the

fiscal year 2526 consultation agreement.

The college and board have received

legal advice to revise policy 210

um the faculty and administration

consultation procedure

210-01 faculty consultation.

Therefore, the board will amend the

consultation memo to add the revision of

the policy 210 and procedure 210-01 to

the 2025 2026 work product, working

directly with the colleg's legal council

and completing this work no later than April

April

2026 through the regular college policy

Any other questions?

If not, I would ask for a motion to

amend the 2025 2026 faculty consultation

agreement as stated above. And I'm happy

to read that again if you'd like me to

to approve the 2025 faculty consultation

uh uh policy as you just explained as

amended. So as amended sorry to to jump

in but we would need two separate

actions. Uh so trustee O'Hara, we would

need you to make a motion to amend it as

stated and then a separate motion later

to approve as amended. So your your

motion would need to be just to amend

it. Okay. I I would revise my motion

uh to approve the

amended or the faculty consultation uh

a faculty consultation policy uh amendment.

Second. Would you like me to read it

again? We good. Okay. All those in favor

say I on amending the consultation memo

to add the revision.

I. Thank you. And as Jerry said, we have

a second um action or motion is to

accept read this approve the

202526 faculty consultation agreement as amended.

amended.

I move to approve the 25

202526 consultation agreement as

amended. Thank you. Is there a second?

And I second that. Thank you. All those

in favor say I. I. Thank you. Thank you

for your work and thank you for the consultation

team. Okay. Next up we have 7B. We have

fiscal year 202526 budget approval with

Chuck Jensen. I was going to go sit down.

down. [Music]

[Music]

Chair Shock, members of the board, Dr.

Morrison, colleagues, you have before

you action item 7B, the approval of the

fiscal year 2526 budget.

uh happy to report that there is no

changes since the presentation made at

the previous uh work session. And so you

have before you the proposed fiscal year

2526 budget and uh the total all funds

is 222

million85,000 and

$222. And so uh the administrative

recommendation is to approve the fiscal year

year

2526 budget. And with that I also want

to again uh express my gratitude and

hard work of the fiscal team Paul Lynn

the assistant vice president the rest of

the fiscal team and all the departments

across the college uh that worked hard

as we put this budget together

throughout the last number of months.

And so um I stand for any questions. Any

questions? If not, I will ask for a

motion to

approve as

presented. Um, with great gratitude for

all the work of the fiscal team and

everyone that worked on this, I make a

motion to approve the 202526 budget as presented.

presented.

Is there a second?

I second it. Thank

you. Got a third. All those in favor say

I. I. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Thanks, Chuck. And

next up, we have our fiscal year 2025

2026 appropriation with Chuck. Chair

Shock, members of the board, Dr.

Morrison, colleagues, you have before

you action item 7C. Uh this is required

for uh for

CRS22-44-103 that the board of trustees

shall approve an appropriation for each

fiscal year. Uh the for fiscal year 25

or 2526 there's a little typo there. I

apologize for that. For fiscal year 2526,

$222,885,022 is the appropriated to

support the operations of the college

and that the college is authorized to

make expenditures and incur obligations

for the purpose therefore thereof. Uh

the appropriation will be revised if

shortfalls occur in revenue projections

and or if changes occur in projected

expenses. Administrative recommendation

is recommend approval of the fiscal year

25 26 appropriation. Stand for questions.

questions.

Questions? If not, I'll entertain a

approve. Um I move that we approve um

action item 7C, the 202526

appropriation. Thank you. Second.

Second.

Second. Thank you. All those in favor

say I. I. Great. Thank you.

Very good. Thank you. Appreciate it.

Next up, we have action item 7D, our new

cloud systems administration certificate

with Dr. David Aaylor, our VP of

academic affairs.

Good afternoon, Chair Shock, trustees,

Dr. B, cabinet, and guests. Uh, we are

proposing a new cloud systems

administrative certificate. Cloud

computing is a field that has grown

considerably in the last five years. The

CIS department has had an introduction

to cloud computing course for five

years. And now we find that employers

are wanting our students to have

additional skills related to this topic.

Cloud computing, excuse me, basically is

defined as the delivery of computing

services including servers, storage,

databases, networking, software,

analytics, and intelligence over the

internet or the cloud to offer faster

innovation, flexible resources, and

economies of scale. The administrative

recommendation is to approve new cloud

systems administrative certificate.

If not, I'd entertain a motion to approve.

I move to approve the recommendation

um to initiate the cloud system

administration certificate. Thank you.

Is there a second? I second that. Thank

you. All those in favor say I. I.

have several information items um for

the events calendar and upcoming work

session with Jerry Harvey, our board

liaison. Thank you, Chair

Shock. You'll find in your packet the uh

list of upcoming events. Um, I wanted to

update one of them for you because we've

gotten another RSVP for it, but for the

groundbreaking ceremony on May the 20th

for the student health center, uh, just

to add a an RSVP there, uh, for it shows

their trusty O'Hara and Trusty Trustell

as well as trusty window. So, those are

the RSVPs received for that event. And I

have a new event that is not on here

because I just received it yesterday.

Uh, so it will be in your um in your

Friday weekly email. Uh but it is for

the United Way um pull up the

information here. United Way Community

Leaders Lunchon on May the 30th from

11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the downtown uh

Double Tree here in Gley. Uh and there

are enough tickets for two trustees and

a plus one. So again, I'll send out this

information your Wednesday or your your

Friday email, but I wanted to give it to

you today as well. Next

up, yes, trust you here.

I thought

you Yes, if you if you can, you're

being dead. Perfect. I will put you down for

for

that. And trusty trust, I'll put you

down for

those. All right. Next, uh we'll move on

to the annual agenda. Since we're on a

summer break after today's meeting, uh

we'll actually move into uh item B here

um and just talk about our June

retreat. So, we have the June retreat

scheduled uh for the board, June 3rd and

4th. So, a two-day retreat. Uh both days

will start at 8:30 and go until 4 pm. Uh

from 8:30 to 9ine each day. It'll be um

kind of the time to come in and get

settled, get some light snacks, and

everything will start um promptly at

9:00 a.m. each day. The first day is

going to be with Dr. Bournestein and

cabinet uh to go over higher ed trends

as well as the 2024 uh to 27 strategic

plan year one wrap-up. Um so that's

going to be the main focus of day

one. After uh the first day, uh there

will be a um kind of a social event

afterward uh here on the third floor

balcony. So you'll be staying afterward

uh for some heavy ordurves out on the

balcony. And then day two, so June 4th,

will be facilitated by Dr. Cindy Miles.

She facilitated last summer as well. Uh

so she'll be facilitating day two which

will be focused on the board's formal

self-evaluation as well as the president

CEO's formal evaluation

evaluation

and then from there going into planning

for the next year. So uh president's

goals as well as the board priorities

for the coming year. Um that brings me

into my reminder. Last Friday you

probably received an email from ACCCT uh

with the links to complete those

evaluations, your board self evaluations

and the CEO evaluation. So, if you have

not done so yet, please follow those

links and complete both of those before

the date right uh before May the 18th.

That is when the portal is going to

close. So, if you have not done so yet,

please complete those surveys before May

18th. And I'll send out reminders

periodically as well. Any [Music]

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Yeah, but both days are scheduled to go

Thank you, Jerry. Of course. Next up, we

have our CEO president's report with Dr.

Leah Borston. Thank you, Chair Shock.

First question, uh, in your packet, you

have lots of materials associated with,

uh, highlights from divisions. Are there

any questions on those materials that

our cabinet members could answer for you?

Hearing none. Moving on. Uh this is the

time of year we uh would like to hear

from the Ames administrative group uh

led by chair Terry Anderson, dean of

allied health wellness and co-chair of

the Ames administrators group. So Dean

Anderson. Yes. Uh good afternoon, Chair

Shock, uh trustees, Dr. Borenstein. I'm

glad that you were able to have me today

to give you kind of a year end update

and wrap up of what uh we were able to

do this year in the AS administrator

group. This is our second year. Um we

had our last meeting of the year

yesterday. Um and we all um had some

time to reflect it and feel like it was

another really successful year as this

is as a newer group. Um but a really

important group as we are kind of tasked

and charged with

um creating and and stewarding the the

the positive culture throughout the the

institution. Um and it is a great

opportunity for um us as administrators

and leaders to come together and and

really get an understanding of where we

are at as an institution. Uh this year's

focus was on um the impact um of

appreciation, gratitude um and

recognition at the college and what what

that really meant. Um what mechanisms do

we have to be able to do that for our

teams? As as we all know, there are lots

of amazing things um that are happening

at Ames, lots of amazing accomplishments

that are happening and lots of amazing

people that um are doing those things

throughout the entire institution. So,

how are we um as leaders, how are we as

an institution are doing to be able to

um recognize and appreciate all the

individuals that are doing a lot of

those things. And so, we we really took

a lot of time this year to analyze that.

took a lot of time to to figure out what

are some of those formal mechanisms or

or informal mechanism that we have to do

that. Um, and are there some

opportunities for us to to kind of grow?

Are there opportunities for us to try to

make some changes um so we can better um

continue to to recognize um all the

great things that are happening? Um and

so we made a couple small changes, made

a couple small recommendations

um throughout the college um to make

some of those those um formal mechanisms

a little bit more robust um and a little

bit more utilized um throughout the

college. And so we're really excited to

be able to see how um some of those

things will continue to grow um in years

to come. Um and so the last couple

months of the the year, our last couple

meetings, we took some time to really

explore what um we may want to um take

on as what we call a learning agenda

item for the group for next year. Um we

are really trying to look at as as in

regards to the idea of um kind of

stewarding positive culture throughout

the college. What are both some things

that could potentially just be great

leadership and learning opportunities,

but at the same time um understanding

kind of the current environment and

temperature of the college and what may

be some timely um items or initiatives

that we can we can learn together on. Um

and so some of the things that we've

been looking at or exploring um are

concepts around change management um

concepts around cultivating um

psychological safety um for ourselves

and our teams and individuals throughout

the college. Um, and then also we're

we're looking into the idea of we have

an amazing um opportunity with our

speaker series coming up and some

amazing speakers that are that are

coming in and how can we maybe um

piggyback off some of those themes um

and do some learning around that. And so

um we're really excited for the

opportunities we have to continue to

grow um and develop um as as a group.

That's one of the funnest things that I

enjoy the most with this um group is is

just the ability to get together with

other administrators and learn and grow

uh together. Um and and so we are we

take a couple months off during the

summer um for the chairs to get together

and plan out the next year. Um we have a

um transition in chairs kind of every

year. Um and so we we're in a tri chair

model. Um this year we had our um past

chair which was Zach McFarland. He'll be

rolling off. Um this year I will roll

into the role of um um past chair. Um

Dr. Andrea Deosmo will roll into the

role of um chair and then our incoming

chair will be uh Dr. Lar Picowski for

the upcoming year. Um and so we're

excited. We want to continue to grow and

continue to see some really great things

that this uh group will be able to do

for the college and and we truly thank

you and appreciate all the support that

you all um provide for us um as we

continue to to move forward with this

Does it look like it? All righty. Nice

Next, I'd like to invite Dr. David

Aaylor, vice president of academic

affairs, to come up and talk about

public safety, education, and

transportation division overview. And I

believe this is the final academic

overview for this year. So, you've

managed to o you've managed to overview

them all. Is that correct? Yes, we did.

Thank you.

Thank you uh chair shock board Dr. B

guests uh this is my pleasure to share

with you information about the pet

division public safety education

transportation this division is led by

Dr. Susan Morland and she has several of

our uh department leads with us here

today so that if there are hard

questions that I can't answer, they'll

out.

Okay. So in this division we have 14

programs. We have actually a bachelor's

degree, 18 associate degrees, and 52

certific certificates. We have 27

full-time faculty, 307 part-time

faculty, and 29 part-time staff. the

headcount. I I were really happy to show

this in all of the division reports, but

we're up over 21% from last spring in

headcount and we're up over 13% in uh

full-time student full-time equivalent

from 2024. So, doing some really good

work and having good expansion within

the division.

We're also in this division pioneering

excellence in several areas. We are the

first public safety bachelor's degree in Colorado.

Colorado.

We also lead Colorado in unmanned

aircraft systems

um AAS degree enhanced

uh let's see it is air traffic

collegiate training initiatives what

that stands for beyond visual line of

sight and we are considered the top

flight school in Colorado so we're very

proud of that when pe when students go

on the web to look at flight schools

We show up there nationally as one of

the very best and and we we think we're

the best in Colorado and the nation.

Exclusive in Colorado is our Ford Asset

Automotive program where we partner with

Ford dealerships and we're training

students to graduate with advanced

certifications in the Ford training

program and the uh International Fire

Services Accreditation Congress

accreditation is uh a a high point for

us being a leader. In

Colorado, there's a a national comp

actually actually international

competition called Skills USA and we

have won that in automotive collision

for many many years. Uh this year our

unmanned aircraft systems team is also

advancing to national competitions. So,

we're very proud of our students and our

faculty and programs um in success in

Skills USA competitions. The third

bullet on the slide here is innovations

and partnerships. And there's a a large

list here and um I have information if

you want me to go into detail on these

but uh you can see there's a variety of

organizations that we participate and

partner with. um they cross all of the

programmatic areas in the division and

illustrate our excellence and innovation

in our programming and the quality of

our instruction in our programs. And I'd

be happy to expound on any of those if

you would like or all of them if you

Any

questions? It's impressive. I the

numbers just are staggering to me.

We have we have fantastic faculty and

staff at AS.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Dr.

division. Making his way to the podium

is Zach McFarland, chief marketing and

communication officer. This is also a

time of the year where we uh offer a

marketing communication annual report

and auditing report and so I'll turn it

over to Zach. Thank you. Uh Chair Shock,

members of the board, Dr. B. Jerry, uh

good to see you and I appreciate the

time. It's it is my annual Mark I'm

updating. I'm always the last person

between my last presentation at the

board between us and essentially summer

break. So I like to throw as many slides

as you as possible and that would be I

think 22 or 23 today. So I'll try to uh

keep your meeting efficient chair shock

and get through this. Um marcom four

areas are in marcom marketing and web

communications events and brand. Uh

marketing and web. We think about

students like Isaac. That's kind of the

the the purpose of marketing and web

right is to make sure um that we're out

there reaching out to prospective

students and creating opportunity for

them to work through the funnel and end

up here at Ames. That's marketing,

communications. Um that goal is going to

be awareness and perception. Really

making sure that our community knows

about Ames, knows everything that we

have going on um through press releases,

publications, you know, things like

that. And so that's the the function of

communications. Um events, everything

from the welcome center, um bringing in

the external community here to the

welcome center and to the college at

large to running internal events,

managing our room reservation

reservation system and things like that.

And then the brand um really keeps

everybody you know aware of our brand

guidelines and then when Dr. B asks turn

our turns our logo into a pickle or

whatever uh happening for AIT right now.

So really just looking at our brand and

making sure that we're adhering to those

guidelines and keeping the brand

consistent so that when people interact

with it they know what to expect which

is a really fun job for them. um

marketing and web. We continue to

maintain a a a large website by Google

standards, right? We're looking at

1.67 million sessions um over the course

of the year. Um 5.5 million page views,

760,000 total users. Um this is each of

those are a little bit up from last year

which uh continues to just show that

we're continuing to hone in our strategy

especially with search engine

optimization um and running uh more

digital advertising that's very specific

to our web and getting people um to the

appropriate web pages. Uh degree pages

um outside of our homepage degree

specific pages continue to be um where

most of our traffic ends up to to kind

of take a look at everything that that

AS offers. um web actions. When we think

about the web, it only really matters if

somebody's doing something when they

when they get to a page. Otherwise, it's

just a vanity project, right? And what

we've seen here um are pretty good

results across the board. Exactly what

we're looking for. Um you know, 95,000

total actions. Um we've got 48,000

people clicking on the apply now button,

especially on degree um specific pages.

uh start a resume application clicks

30,000 2700 uh70 request information

form fills and I'm going to get to some

pretty exciting stuff on that which is a

phrase I never thought I would say it's

uh but it's it is good exciting stuff on

request for information um that we've

been working toward for a long time and

we see that plus 50% there which comes

with a lot of intentionality on the

marketing and web teams part and I'm

going to show you that and then catalog

clicks 13,000 you know down seven that's

not something that we're going to you

know worry about until it becomes an

issue. Um really we're trying to push

them to more specific areas of the site

so it's not super surprising um to the

web team to see maybe that that catalog

is down because we're we're we're really

pushing very specific search uh traffic

on degrees uh themselves with uh key

terms. Uh looking at Google ads, Google

we all know continues to be probably the

the main place that we go when we're

looking for anything. um the the

marketing and web team continues to um

invest more money into our Google

accounts and and this is all consistent

with what you see in just increasing

that investment, right? 7 million

impressions. We're up 20% on

impressions, 23% on clicks. That means

that they're not just getting

impressions, right? But people are

actually clicking through those ads,

which means that we're matched up pretty

well um from what the ad is to what

they're actually searching for and are

interested in. And then once they get

there, they're converting on the site.

we can track all the way down to that.

They're actually taking action on the

site as well. And these are really good.

This flows really nicely from impression

to clicks to conversions. Exactly what

we we would be expecting there when we

think about people metriculating through

a standard

marketing out of home and print

advertising. None of that's to say that

we don't focus on out of home and print

even though we we have increased our

investment in digital. Um we're we're

still we're still out there. You

probably see us on the billboards, you

know, when you're driving, you know,

down 257 and stuff and and we want to

maintain a very robust presence in all

channels because, you know, we really do

have a range of students that are, you

know, everywhere from Google all the way

to driving down and seeing a billboard

that says, you know, 91% of people

graduate as debtree. We've got a lot of

feedback on that one as attention

grabbing and and something that people

go and research. But we're looking at,

you know, 86 million out ofome

impressions a year. um 346, you know,

breaking that down, 346,000 coming from

Spotify, 2.6 in more traditional radio

channels, KUNC, things like that. 1.3

million in TV. We we hear a lot of

feedback. People have been seeing our TV

commercial more and more regularly. Um

and so, you know, we continue to we we

started that about two years ago. We

continue to just kind of insert

ourselves into TV and figure out the

right time slots for people to see and

and to get more traction on that. Uh

movie theaters, I hear about movie

theaters quite a bit. In fact, uh, in

the listening in the cabinet listening

tour, someone said that they saw an Ames

ad and stood up and clapped right before

their movie because they were so excited

to see it. So, uh, and then, you know,

print advertising, that's everything

from, you know, newspapers to very trade

specific magazines that we we kind of

push Ames content to. So, we still are

out there very heavily um, in print and

and out of home

advertising. What we got CRM? This is

the exciting part I mentioned earlier.

uh a couple years back, if you were on

the website and you you you found

welding and you said, "Hey, I I want to

I don't know. I'm going to let me

request a little bit more information on

any of those programs, your experience

would have been anything from

overcommunication to to maybe even

nothing, right? We didn't have a really

solid process. There was a lot of

opportunity for growth in how we

communicate to people who are literally

raising their hand and saying, "Hey, I'm

really interested in what you have to

offer and I'm specifically interested in

this thing." Um uh about a year ago we

selected a new CRM customer relationship

management system called element 451. Um

members of our team and worked together

um to implement that over the year. Part

of that implementation over the year

from a marketing perspective was the

creation of drip campaigns. And what a

drip campaign is is an automated email

campaign where when you click request

information and fill in your

information. You all know this. you're

going to get you get a series of emails

that then communicates, you know,

different information to you to just

keep you interested, right, in in what

in what we're selling, which in these

instances primarily our degree programs.

Um, and so this is actually data just

from January. We just launched this. And

so from January on on our website, we've

had 952 total requests for information

received. You know, 6 uh 6240 to total

RFI emails have been sent. Those all

required uh there's some AI here so it's

not as complicated as it was in the past

but that required people to sit down and

custom create email content for every

degree program and in a drip campaign

different levels of content with

different highlights to keep students

prospective students continuing to roll

through the funnel. So this is a

monumental task and we start to see the

results. um top three programs for

people, you know, uh to to express that

interest, healthcare, aviation, EMS, and

then our open rates are right around 28%

on those emails. Industry average, it

depends on where you look, 30 to 40. So,

that's a good indicator for us that

we're we're close and we need to maybe

look at that content a little bit to

make sure that we're we're matched up

with what people are actually looking

for, which would increase open rates.

you start tweaking headlines and things

like that to see if they'll, you know,

if we can tweak uh how many people open

and then clickthrough rate. So going

from the email to the site and doing

something about 14% and the industry

average for click-through rates in this

realm is about 6 to 15. So we're sitting

really um really good on clickthrough

rates. So this has been a monumental

initiative in partnership with uh say

soon to be student affairs and and it's

exciting to start to see that now

students end up on the site. They they

get to a degree page. They see really

relevant content that we've worked on

through the website redevelopment.

They're going to see a degree specific

video, a student testimonial, and I'll

show you an example of one of those in a

minute. And then they're going to be

able to continue metriculating through

that content to either apply or request

information. And it just continues

giving them more information. That is a

very mature process that a couple years

ago we had a lot of opportunity to um to

change and so it's exciting to see that

and it's now exciting to see students um

actually metriculating through that. Uh

this is an example of what they get. You

know here's some email it's going to go

to their mobile and and a part of

element 451 in that integration is we

actually are texting them. Now a lot of

prospective students I I hate it when

people text me but a lot of prospective

students actually really prefer to get

text messages and act on that

information quickly on their phone.

Right? So we we're spreading this out

across multiple mediums throughout that

implementation which again um is is

really cool to see. Um never thought I

would think this was exciting too. This

is an actual strategic plan line item

and that line item was utilize data to

establish targets for brand awareness

and perception marketing strategies.

Those two things can be a little hard to

measure sometimes. Brand awareness and

perception. Um we've partnered with ID5.

they've done a lot of research for us in

the past um to to really start to hone

in on how we want to measure that. Um

you know what we're looking at here is

the second part of that project which is

the creating custom dashboards where we

can really quickly go in and see how

we're doing on those measurements. And

so we have these custom dashboards. This

data is all fake. Um, we're still

waiting um for the results of some

surveys uh that we've conducted, student

surveys, uh surveys of of parents of

prospective students out in the in in

our marketplace in our service area.

Once those are done, and I believe we're

actually completed on those, we're just

waiting for analysis and then input.

We're the marketing team will be able to

pull up these dashboards and see these

in real time. And then there's other uh

metrics uh like web uh anything that's

related to digital advertising that's

all automated. So that's a real-time

image in any time frame we want, which

is going to make it far more efficient

for us to be able to go in and just see

how we're doing and what levers we might

need to pull if we want to increase

interest in certain areas. So, uh, this

is a pretty exciting database project

that, um, is coming to completion here

in about, you know, the next month or so. uh looking ahead for marketing and

so. uh looking ahead for marketing and web uh continuing brand surveys, the the

web uh continuing brand surveys, the the surveys I just mentioned, we're really

surveys I just mentioned, we're really looking at replicating those yearly um

looking at replicating those yearly um so that we're continuing to look at at

so that we're continuing to look at at items like awareness, perception, how

items like awareness, perception, how how we're doing in the marketplace,

how we're doing in the marketplace, competitor analysis, things like that.

competitor analysis, things like that. And then growth programs um we've had

And then growth programs um we've had some really good meetings with academic

some really good meetings with academic affairs. Andrea Dosmo uh has set up a

affairs. Andrea Dosmo uh has set up a few of those with us. Dr. Andrea Dosmo,

few of those with us. Dr. Andrea Dosmo, I apologize. And u and it's been fun to

I apologize. And u and it's been fun to work with them. What we're looking at

work with them. What we're looking at doing here is taking a lot of the

doing here is taking a lot of the information that I just showed, that

information that I just showed, that type of information, really matching it

type of information, really matching it with academic information as they go

with academic information as they go through program review every fall, and

through program review every fall, and then looking at what programs based off

then looking at what programs based off of established criteria are actually

of established criteria are actually ready to grow. Some programs don't need

ready to grow. Some programs don't need to grow. They might have waiting lists,

to grow. They might have waiting lists, other factors. Some programs are really

other factors. Some programs are really ready to grow. And we want to use a lot

ready to grow. And we want to use a lot of data to assess that so that the

of data to assess that so that the marketing team uh student affairs

marketing team uh student affairs academics are all kind of in lock step

academics are all kind of in lock step together pushing and rowing the boat in

together pushing and rowing the boat in the same direction saying hey here's our

the same direction saying hey here's our designated programs. Let's put a little

designated programs. Let's put a little bit more weight in our efforts behind

bit more weight in our efforts behind those and see if we can actually get

those and see if we can actually get those uh programs to grow. So that's an

those uh programs to grow. So that's an exciting project. We've made a lot of

exciting project. We've made a lot of progress on in the last year. As

progress on in the last year. As academic affairs goes through program

academic affairs goes through program review this fall. We'll start matching

review this fall. We'll start matching up with them and seeing if we can get

up with them and seeing if we can get some legs on that. um communications,

some legs on that. um communications, social media, um social media is a mess

social media, um social media is a mess right now. You'll see some really

right now. You'll see some really interesting uh numbers here. Facebook

interesting uh numbers here. Facebook especially when we get to X uh formerly

especially when we get to X uh formerly Twitter, that one it looks worse than it

Twitter, that one it looks worse than it is. Uh but what you're seeing in

is. Uh but what you're seeing in Facebook, less engagements, less

Facebook, less engagements, less impressions, audience growth

impressions, audience growth significantly down. People are just not

significantly down. People are just not going on Facebook anymore. Um that

going on Facebook anymore. Um that channel, especially with younger

channel, especially with younger populations, is not as robust as it was.

populations, is not as robust as it was. So, they're losing audiences. And we

So, they're losing audiences. And we follow suit with that. we're no

follow suit with that. we're no different than everybody else having to

different than everybody else having to manage Facebook channels. The other

manage Facebook channels. The other change that Facebook has made um is the

change that Facebook has made um is the monetization o of what you see, right?

monetization o of what you see, right? And so back in the day, it used to be

And so back in the day, it used to be pretty organic. You would see all your

pretty organic. You would see all your friends posts. If you go on there now,

friends posts. If you go on there now, it's a lot of paid content. And so what

it's a lot of paid content. And so what you see, especially in engagements, is

you see, especially in engagements, is our organic content's not showing up as

our organic content's not showing up as regularly in people's feed. Um we have

regularly in people's feed. Um we have to pay for that content now. And so what

to pay for that content now. And so what we hope to see in the next year when I'm

we hope to see in the next year when I'm presenting this information again is,

presenting this information again is, you know, we'll adapt and we start

you know, we'll adapt and we start paying for more content to show up and

paying for more content to show up and and we start balancing kind of those

and we start balancing kind of those engagements. Um Instagram continues to

engagements. Um Instagram continues to be popular. Um you see some of the same

be popular. Um you see some of the same uh problems with impressions, you know,

uh problems with impressions, you know, but we still get a lot of really good

but we still get a lot of really good engagement in Instagram and they're not,

engagement in Instagram and they're not, you know, shedding people as quickly as

you know, shedding people as quickly as Facebook and X and Twitter, right? X and

Facebook and X and Twitter, right? X and Twitter. uh you start to see exactly

Twitter. uh you start to see exactly what you see in the news a little bit of

what you see in the news a little bit of you know X is just kind of bleeding

you know X is just kind of bleeding people out. Um audience growth here uh

people out. Um audience growth here uh that's a really awful statistic right

that's a really awful statistic right negative 466% but it's why we don't pay

negative 466% but it's why we don't pay too much attention to statistics. We

too much attention to statistics. We only started with like 180 people and so

only started with like 180 people and so we have very low numbers um in X. It's

we have very low numbers um in X. It's not really a main channel for us. U so

not really a main channel for us. U so so our audience growth is down because

so our audience growth is down because our numbers are pretty low. So that

our numbers are pretty low. So that looks a little bit more egregious than

looks a little bit more egregious than it is. Um, Tik Tok, younger audiences

it is. Um, Tik Tok, younger audiences are sitting on Tik Tok. Obviously,

are sitting on Tik Tok. Obviously, that's uh an area we want to be in given

that's uh an area we want to be in given our demographics. Um, we've taken a lot

our demographics. Um, we've taken a lot of time and energy just to continue to

of time and energy just to continue to grow that audience and and hone in on

grow that audience and and hone in on our Tik Tok strategy and it's been

our Tik Tok strategy and it's been working. Um, and then LinkedIn, a lot of

working. Um, and then LinkedIn, a lot of really good professional content goes in

really good professional content goes in there. Um really what we're seeing uh

there. Um really what we're seeing uh the stuff that hits for us um job

the stuff that hits for us um job postings uh which employee services you

postings uh which employee services you know helps with us uh information about

know helps with us uh information about capital projects program and workforce

capital projects program and workforce updates really that type of content we

updates really that type of content we we've we've really got some traction in

we've we've really got some traction in within LinkedIn which makes sense um for

within LinkedIn which makes sense um for who those uh people on LinkedIn are. uh

who those uh people on LinkedIn are. uh media mentions. Again, uh we've really

media mentions. Again, uh we've really focused on continuing to get earned

focused on continuing to get earned media placements where they are just

media placements where they are just covering news for us. We're not paying

covering news for us. We're not paying for it. They're covering it because we

for it. They're covering it because we have a lot going on. Um uh Natalie

have a lot going on. Um uh Natalie Stevens has been really working with a

Stevens has been really working with a lot of the outlets to continue to push

lot of the outlets to continue to push our our strategies out. And you see the

our our strategies out. And you see the the benefits 1390 media mentions. That's

the benefits 1390 media mentions. That's up 42% from last year. um continues to

up 42% from last year. um continues to be the Tribune, Reporter Herald, Fort

be the Tribune, Reporter Herald, Fort Leon Press, and BIS West, which isn't a

Leon Press, and BIS West, which isn't a surprise given our service area. So, a

surprise given our service area. So, a lot of really good traction. You'll see

lot of really good traction. You'll see a couple of the stories here. The other

a couple of the stories here. The other thing I think is interesting about this

thing I think is interesting about this picture on the tablet is you'll see that

picture on the tablet is you'll see that story that we earned and then you also

story that we earned and then you also see paid media placement for the the

see paid media placement for the the speaker series right there. And that's a

speaker series right there. And that's a core strategy of ours is making sure

core strategy of ours is making sure that we're when we're in these places,

that we're when we're in these places, right, that we're we're showing up in

right, that we're we're showing up in multiple ways and giving people multiple

multiple ways and giving people multiple ways to kind of continue to interact

ways to kind of continue to interact with AIM. So, it's that's an exciting

with AIM. So, it's that's an exciting picture to see. Um, looking ahead for

picture to see. Um, looking ahead for the communications team, uh, we're

the communications team, uh, we're really looking as in the news, uh,

really looking as in the news, uh, really curating all of the mentions that

really curating all of the mentions that we get in media, making it easier for

we get in media, making it easier for people to find out. That matters for a

people to find out. That matters for a lot of our partners. I think about like

lot of our partners. I think about like an Alquist 3D, really having a place

an Alquist 3D, really having a place where we can point people to, including

where we can point people to, including yourselves, and say where it's right

yourselves, and say where it's right there. You can see everywhere that we're

there. You can see everywhere that we're mentioned, and it's not managed via

mentioned, and it's not managed via email, which is kind of how we manage it

email, which is kind of how we manage it right now. Um, and then internal

right now. Um, and then internal communications. um really an increased

communications. um really an increased emphasis on just making sure that we're

emphasis on just making sure that we're talking, you know, internally to to

talking, you know, internally to to employees in the right mediums, the

employees in the right mediums, the right message, the right message and

right message, the right message and tone. Um we really want to assess that

tone. Um we really want to assess that um and make sure that we're really

um and make sure that we're really optimizing how we're communicating

optimizing how we're communicating internally because there is so much

internally because there is so much happening at Ames. We want to make sure

happening at Ames. We want to make sure that we've at least done our job in

that we've at least done our job in making sure people can get that

making sure people can get that information and know um really what's

information and know um really what's going

going on. events. Exciting update. I'm I

on. events. Exciting update. I'm I messed that up. I'm gonna I don't know

messed that up. I'm gonna I don't know what I'm

what I'm doing. I'm there. U complete events

doing. I'm there. U complete events team. This is the first time that the

team. This is the first time that the events team has been complete. And that

events team has been complete. And that is a very exciting thing because of some

is a very exciting thing because of some of the numbers that I'm going to show

of the numbers that I'm going to show you on how many events are actually

you on how many events are actually being run. We at as recent as the fall,

being run. We at as recent as the fall, we have been down to one person at

we have been down to one person at various times running everything. And so

various times running everything. And so to have that picture on the screen, this

to have that picture on the screen, this fabulous events team run by Christina

fabulous events team run by Christina Edwards there in the front, it's really

Edwards there in the front, it's really exciting to see. It's exciting to

exciting to see. It's exciting to interact with them and the energy that

interact with them and the energy that events people typically bring to their

events people typically bring to their jobs is is awesome to have around the

jobs is is awesome to have around the marketing and communications team as

marketing and communications team as well. So a full events team. I think

well. So a full events team. I think Christina is here. Congratulations. That

Christina is here. Congratulations. That relieves a lot of stress for her, I'm

relieves a lot of stress for her, I'm sure. um welcome center only 147

sure. um welcome center only 147 internal events four fewer than last

internal events four fewer than last year 73 external events. This does not

year 73 external events. This does not include I had this note um this does not

include I had this note um this does not include meetings, conference rooms,

include meetings, conference rooms, classes, anything like that. This is a

classes, anything like that. This is a full event and it also is not that is

full event and it also is not that is not days. Many of these events are

not days. Many of these events are multi-day events. That's the number of

multi-day events. That's the number of actual events externally here in the

actual events externally here in the welcomes just the welcome center. Um, a

welcomes just the welcome center. Um, a couple quick notes on the welcome

couple quick notes on the welcome center. We did a phased opening. If you

center. We did a phased opening. If you remember, we limited the number of

remember, we limited the number of events, the type of events. We are

events, the type of events. We are actually at full capacity. We're out of

actually at full capacity. We're out of our phased opening. And so, we take

our phased opening. And so, we take everybody who who comes and and uh and

everybody who who comes and and uh and it's going pretty well from an external

it's going pretty well from an external community standpoint. Um, all other

community standpoint. Um, all other spaces, all campuses, this is a this is

spaces, all campuses, this is a this is a big number. It's crazy for and the

a big number. It's crazy for and the events team works with all of these,

events team works with all of these, right? 470 events. That's 185 more than

right? 470 events. That's 185 more than last year. Um, one thing to note, again,

last year. Um, one thing to note, again, data can be interesting. Uh, this is not

data can be interesting. Uh, this is not to this is not to say that there's 185

to this is not to say that there's 185 new events this year. We've worked

new events this year. We've worked really hard, the events team has worked

really hard, the events team has worked very hard in, uh, bulking up our EMS

very hard in, uh, bulking up our EMS system, our room tracking system, and

system, our room tracking system, and ensuring that the college knows that

ensuring that the college knows that they're here for support. And that is

they're here for support. And that is reflected in a lot of these numbers that

reflected in a lot of these numbers that people are actually using the room

people are actually using the room reservation system. They're actually

reservation system. They're actually asking events for help. and and so it's

asking events for help. and and so it's not 185 new events but they are managing

not 185 new events but they are managing uh 407 internal events across all

uh 407 internal events across all campuses a year for that team so it's a

campuses a year for that team so it's a pretty substantive number

pretty substantive number um this was this is a big deal right uh

um this was this is a big deal right uh AIM speakers we've been working pretty

AIM speakers we've been working pretty hard on this um that is uh starting this

hard on this um that is uh starting this fall one ticket four great speakers uh

fall one ticket four great speakers uh really for me and when I presented on

really for me and when I presented on this in December you know I did a bit on

this in December you know I did a bit on this but it's to me this is really

this but it's to me this is really showing our mission vision and purpose

showing our mission vision and purpose in action and right here in the welcome

in action and right here in the welcome center, especially in giving our

center, especially in giving our community opportunities that maybe they

community opportunities that maybe they didn't have before and really wanting to

didn't have before and really wanting to keep it, if you look at those price

keep it, if you look at those price levels for all four speakers at at a at

levels for all four speakers at at a at a price that many different people in

a price that many different people in our community could attend and make it

our community could attend and make it palatable for them. Um, we have four

palatable for them. Um, we have four speakers coming. Dr. Amy Cuddy,

speakers coming. Dr. Amy Cuddy, December, I'm sorry, uh, September 24th,

December, I'm sorry, uh, September 24th, uh, second most watched TED talk of all

uh, second most watched TED talk of all time on on the power of presence and and

time on on the power of presence and and how you present yourself. Um, Leif

how you present yourself. Um, Leif Babin, uh, he was in the battle of

Babin, uh, he was in the battle of Rammani, uh, co-authored Extreme

Rammani, uh, co-authored Extreme Ownership with Jaco Willink, who's a

Ownership with Jaco Willink, who's a huge name. Um, that's a number one

huge name. Um, that's a number one bestseller, former Navy Seal, a very

bestseller, former Navy Seal, a very prominent speaker. Dr. Myron R, um,

prominent speaker. Dr. Myron R, um, pretty excited about this. I was

pretty excited about this. I was thinking about Isaac. I'm like, he seems

thinking about Isaac. I'm like, he seems to be on Dr. from my rolls path because

to be on Dr. from my rolls path because he went from NFL all the way to

he went from NFL all the way to neurosurgery, you know, and he's going

neurosurgery, you know, and he's going to present he did that in what he would

to present he did that in what he would say would be 2% increments of growth at

say would be 2% increments of growth at a time and he's going to come and

a time and he's going to come and present that method to to all of our

present that method to to all of our audience. And then Ambassador Sully

audience. And then Ambassador Sully Solenberger, uh, Miracle and the Hudson,

Solenberger, uh, Miracle and the Hudson, he'll come talk about uh, team

he'll come talk about uh, team leadership and growth and how to

leadership and growth and how to actually achieve that. So, a very

actually achieve that. So, a very exciting lineup. The questions coming. I

exciting lineup. The questions coming. I know how many tickets have we sold. Uh

know how many tickets have we sold. Uh we have sold to this point I think we've

we have sold to this point I think we've been live about three weeks. Is that

been live about three weeks. Is that it's about three weeks and we're at two

it's about three weeks and we're at two just shy of 200 tickets sold and 400

just shy of 200 tickets sold and 400 committed um to other entities like

committed um to other entities like we're holding some for students and

we're holding some for students and stuff like that. We have 1583 total

stuff like that. We have 1583 total seats um that that we are looking to

seats um that that we are looking to sell. We hear two things about

sell. We hear two things about this. Awesome, right? Like so cool that

this. Awesome, right? Like so cool that this is happening and I'm really not

this is happening and I'm really not thinking about September yet. So, I'll

thinking about September yet. So, I'll get back to you, you know, and so we're

get back to you, you know, and so we're we're we feel pretty good about where

we're we feel pretty good about where we're at um at selling. We hear good

we're at um at selling. We hear good things about the experience and the and

things about the experience and the and the speakers that we have, and we're

the speakers that we have, and we're just kind of in wait and see mode and

just kind of in wait and see mode and have some strategies in place to, you

have some strategies in place to, you know, can if ticket sales lag, we'll

know, can if ticket sales lag, we'll we'll adopt our strategy and stuff. So,

we'll adopt our strategy and stuff. So, we feel pretty good. Um and we're

we feel pretty good. Um and we're excited to to obviously see that and uh

excited to to obviously see that and uh and and we're we we have two years that

and and we're we we have two years that we're going to give this a shot. We

we're going to give this a shot. We already have three of the the next one

already have three of the the next one booked and and we're we're finalizing

booked and and we're we're finalizing fourth. So, there's an exciting year too

fourth. So, there's an exciting year too coming as well. So, that's the speaker

coming as well. So, that's the speaker series and the events team is working

series and the events team is working incredibly hard on it. Um, it gives me a

incredibly hard on it. Um, it gives me a lot of anxiety. Uh, I I try not to ask

lot of anxiety. Uh, I I try not to ask them for sales numbers every day because

them for sales numbers every day because I I don't I don't like it. So, um, but

I I don't I don't like it. So, um, but it's good. I think it's going great. Uh,

it's good. I think it's going great. Uh, what is what are they doing? Internal

what is what are they doing? Internal catering. We're just continuing to round

catering. We're just continuing to round out the services that events offers and

out the services that events offers and putting it on the same team. Internal

putting it on the same team. Internal catering's been external to that team.

catering's been external to that team. that's coming onto the team and that's

that's coming onto the team and that's going to give them an opportunity to

going to give them an opportunity to just kind of serve holistically the

just kind of serve holistically the college for everything from internal

college for everything from internal catering to event space. Um looking at

catering to event space. Um looking at better attendance tracking speaker

better attendance tracking speaker series is a great example. We actually

series is a great example. We actually do want to know who's coming, why

do want to know who's coming, why they're coming, what would the

they're coming, what would the experience was so that we can continue

experience was so that we can continue um to to you know make those events

um to to you know make those events everything they can be. So we're looking

everything they can be. So we're looking at mechanisms to continue to make our

at mechanisms to continue to make our tracking a little bit better. Um and

tracking a little bit better. Um and then department relocation. Uh we have

then department relocation. Uh we have the events team and I I'm remissed not

the events team and I I'm remissed not to say the events team that's the events

to say the events team that's the events team but events here at as actually is

team but events here at as actually is comprised of the events team uh safety

comprised of the events team uh safety and security facilities and operations

and security facilities and operations and IT. Those four teams work together

and IT. Those four teams work together very well um to put on all of those

very well um to put on all of those events. It's not just a one team

events. It's not just a one team function. One thing we've noticed is

function. One thing we've noticed is they need a space here in the welcome

they need a space here in the welcome center to coordinate those day of

center to coordinate those day of events. And so the the the events team

events. And so the the the events team is actually moving to Cornerstone with

is actually moving to Cornerstone with Markcom and we're creating kind of an

Markcom and we're creating kind of an event hub here where they're currently

event hub here where they're currently located. So the day of we have everybody

located. So the day of we have everybody in one place communicating everything

in one place communicating everything and making sure that those events go off

and making sure that those events go off without a hitch. And so that's what uh

without a hitch. And so that's what uh that's what Oh, I had a video and I

that's what Oh, I had a video and I messed it up, didn't I? I'm going to

messed it up, didn't I? I'm going to show you a quick video. It's only a

show you a quick video. It's only a minute and 20, so we're still going to

minute and 20, so we're still going to get out of here at a reasonable time. Um

get out of here at a reasonable time. Um this is a what we're looking at here is

this is a what we're looking at here is one of our student testimonials. Uh the

one of our student testimonials. Uh the team has worked with proper films for a

team has worked with proper films for a couple years down in Denver. Um every

couple years down in Denver. Um every degree page has a degree overview video

degree page has a degree overview video um that is a faculty member talking

um that is a faculty member talking about the unique elements of the degree

about the unique elements of the degree and we have been working to make sure

and we have been working to make sure that every degree page has a student

that every degree page has a student testimonial so that prospective students

testimonial so that prospective students can go and get the perspective right

can go and get the perspective right from the students and showcase the

from the students and showcase the facilities. I I wanted to show you this

facilities. I I wanted to show you this example. Um he uh minute 46 I lied to

example. Um he uh minute 46 I lied to you. Sorry. uh the this student actually

you. Sorry. uh the this student actually presented he was one of the students at

presented he was one of the students at uh excellence in a and so we were able

uh excellence in a and so we were able to oftentimes if you see me taking notes

to oftentimes if you see me taking notes I'm not not paying attention like we got

I'm not not paying attention like we got to get that person on a video and this

to get that person on a video and this is the result of one of those it's an

is the result of one of those it's an awesome video this project has been very

awesome video this project has been very fun to work on um really just showcasing

fun to work on um really just showcasing our students to the community so I think

our students to the community so I think he's going to pop that in and then I'll

he's going to pop that in and then I'll I'll stand for questions my name is Toby

I'll stand for questions my name is Toby Howell I am pursuing a fire science

Howell I am pursuing a fire science associates degree here at Ames Community

college. When I first started at AS, I was just trying to get my AMT, but after

was just trying to get my AMT, but after going through the classes, I found out I

going through the classes, I found out I really enjoyed it a lot more than I

really enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I

thought I would. AS gives you real training on

would. AS gives you real training on what real firefighting looks out in the

what real firefighting looks out in the real world. With the sim city being in

real world. With the sim city being in place now, it gives students more

place now, it gives students more opportunities to train, not feel so

opportunities to train, not feel so congested, and have a lot of

congested, and have a lot of opportunities with different situations

opportunities with different situations such as hose

such as hose deployment, setting up ladders, anything

deployment, setting up ladders, anything like

like that. When you hop out of that truck

that. When you hop out of that truck with all your teammates, definitely is a

with all your teammates, definitely is a little bit of adrenaline rush with the

little bit of adrenaline rush with the lights flashing and the loud trucks

lights flashing and the loud trucks going and everybody's yelling about what

going and everybody's yelling about what to do. get to kind of calm down in the

to do. get to kind of calm down in the moment and work with your team members

moment and work with your team members to do your assigned task that you're

to do your assigned task that you're supposed to do for that certain

supposed to do for that certain scenario. The faculty that are here are

scenario. The faculty that are here are real firefighters. So, they come in and

real firefighters. So, they come in and they give you their real life experience

they give you their real life experience on what to expect. It's not child's

on what to expect. It's not child's play. It's for real. They teach you how

play. It's for real. They teach you how it's going to go and if you mess up,

it's going to go and if you mess up, they let you

they let you know. In a firefighting world, it can be

know. In a firefighting world, it can be very competitive to get a job. So having

very competitive to get a job. So having this community around me gives me the

this community around me gives me the motivation I need to continue to push to

motivation I need to continue to push to become a firefighter to get my goals and

become a firefighter to get my goals and see that my friends around me are

see that my friends around me are getting fire jobs and that the people

getting fire jobs and that the people here want me to succeed in life. So

here want me to succeed in life. So having that community of someone who

having that community of someone who wants you to succeed makes it a whole

wants you to succeed makes it a whole lot better.

Super cool. And we have a lot of those and we have a lot of uh degree specific

and we have a lot of uh degree specific ones too where we've been able to

ones too where we've been able to highlight our awesome faculty kind of in

highlight our awesome faculty kind of in a similar style just presenting the

a similar style just presenting the program to students and making sure that

program to students and making sure that when you land on degree pages you have

when you land on degree pages you have multiple ways that you can take in that

multiple ways that you can take in that information text video you know etc. So

information text video you know etc. So uh that is actually it now thank you and

uh that is actually it now thank you and and I'm here for any questions you have

any questions or comments. First of all thanks to you and your staff for doing

thanks to you and your staff for doing an outstanding job. You should be all

an outstanding job. You should be all very proud of yourselves and you do a

very proud of yourselves and you do a good job of representing yourselves as

good job of representing yourselves as well as the institution. I have several

well as the institution. I have several questions. If if I go to Nikki and I'm

questions. If if I go to Nikki and I'm in this Would never happen in an

in this Would never happen in an electrical area and I need help with a

electrical area and I need help with a program or an event and I go to her and

program or an event and I go to her and I ask to put something on, does it cost

I ask to put something on, does it cost the department to put a program on with

the department to put a program on with her or is that just that's we're we're a

her or is that just that's we're we're a team? Generally, we're a team especially

team? Generally, we're a team especially for space like we're a team. uh that's

for space like we're a team. uh that's not accounting maybe for anything you

not accounting maybe for anything you might have to rent for that event. That

might have to rent for that event. That would be an additional cost. But here

would be an additional cost. But here we're a team and we're not we're not

we're a team and we're not we're not charging internal departments for those

charging internal departments for those events or the help. Secondly,

events or the help. Secondly, then is there a way or a means for you

then is there a way or a means for you to compare us to other community

to compare us to other community colleges and junior colleges with the

colleges and junior colleges with the number of social

number of social media I don't know contacts that they

media I don't know contacts that they get compared to us? And then do you look

get compared to us? And then do you look and then study what they've done if

and then study what they've done if they're more successful or keep building

they're more successful or keep building on what we've done that is successful?

on what we've done that is successful? Absolutely. It it's when when I was

Absolutely. It it's when when I was showing those dashboards and I mentioned

showing those dashboards and I mentioned a few of the studies that are happening.

a few of the studies that are happening. One of those is what would be called a

One of those is what would be called a competitor analysis though they might

competitor analysis though they might not be competitors. That's just the

not be competitors. That's just the terminology for it. And what we do there

terminology for it. And what we do there to assess how and if you think about

to assess how and if you think about awareness and perception let's say how

awareness and perception let's say how we how do you actually assess if people

we how do you actually assess if people are aware how they perceive you uh other

are aware how they perceive you uh other colleges are one of the benchmarks for

colleges are one of the benchmarks for that. So we go look at them and say

that. So we go look at them and say exactly what you said how are they doing

exactly what you said how are they doing how many posts how many interactions and

how many posts how many interactions and engagements are they getting on social

engagements are they getting on social posts and we take that information as a

posts and we take that information as a part of that study and start to drive

part of that study and start to drive our own metrics based off of that. So,

our own metrics based off of that. So, we'll see the results of of all of that

we'll see the results of of all of that here within the month. Okay. Thank you.

Um, well done as always. It's amazing how everything has just increased and

how everything has just increased and improved and you've done a magnificent

improved and you've done a magnificent job.

job. Um, have you seen an increase in traffic

Um, have you seen an increase in traffic with the clicks or whatever you want to

with the clicks or whatever you want to call? Um, and I think I have the wrong

call? Um, and I think I have the wrong terminology of the the student success

terminology of the the student success grant that the foundation has put out.

grant that the foundation has put out. Um, where they students are, I think,

Um, where they students are, I think, allowed to get I think it's $1,000 the

allowed to get I think it's $1,000 the first year. Have you seen an increase? I

first year. Have you seen an increase? I haven't looked at that specifically, but

haven't looked at that specifically, but that's something that we could

that's something that we could absolutely go and track back on. So, let

absolutely go and track back on. So, let me let me do that and I'll get you

me let me do that and I'll get you numbers. Yeah, we can actually tell how

numbers. Yeah, we can actually tell how many people have landed there, what

many people have landed there, what they're doing. Yeah. Yeah. No, I love

they're doing. Yeah. Yeah. No, I love it. Um, and then the other thing is I'm

it. Um, and then the other thing is I'm really excited to see you on LinkedIn

really excited to see you on LinkedIn more. I see you more and more on

more. I see you more and more on LinkedIn and I think with the workforce

LinkedIn and I think with the workforce development um that will start um

development um that will start um bringing in even more. Yeah. So, you

bringing in even more. Yeah. So, you guys are right on track. So, appreciate

guys are right on track. So, appreciate that. A lot of a lot of that work

that. A lot of a lot of that work employee services has kind of uh worked

employee services has kind of uh worked with us and other people to to really,

with us and other people to to really, you know, flesh out our job postings and

you know, flesh out our job postings and make sure that we're continuing to be on

make sure that we're continuing to be on there. And then Taylor's our our social

there. And then Taylor's our our social media uh

media uh manager. You know, anyone she works with

manager. You know, anyone she works with wants to take her. So don't don't tell

wants to take her. So don't don't tell her that. Is this public? Uh so it's

her that. Is this public? Uh so it's phenomenal. Yeah. Wonderful job. Thank

phenomenal. Yeah. Wonderful job. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.

you. Yeah. Thank you. I like that the brand is known now. You

I like that the brand is known now. You guys have done a phenomenal job building

guys have done a phenomenal job building off of the basic foundation to where we

off of the basic foundation to where we are today. And when you do see a

are today. And when you do see a billboard or you even just see Ames,

billboard or you even just see Ames, people are relating. And so you guys

people are relating. And so you guys have done a phenomenal job with that. I

have done a phenomenal job with that. I appreciate that. You know, the the first

appreciate that. You know, the the first P of the four Ps of marketing is

P of the four Ps of marketing is product. Um, and I've said this before,

product. Um, and I've said this before, our product is easy to sell. You know,

our product is easy to sell. You know, we have so many amazing things going on

we have so many amazing things going on here. Um, it would be a tragedy not to

here. Um, it would be a tragedy not to communicate about it, not to get people

communicate about it, not to get people to interact with it. And, um, I I'm also

to interact with it. And, um, I I'm also remiss I I think I have probably the

remiss I I think I have probably the easiest job on the team of coming up

easiest job on the team of coming up here and presenting what is ends up

here and presenting what is ends up being a lot of other people's work. You

being a lot of other people's work. You know, we have Hunter and Christina here

know, we have Hunter and Christina here today. Uh, the people I get to work with

today. Uh, the people I get to work with every day on the marketing and

every day on the marketing and communications team really care about

communications team really care about Ames first and foremost. They care about

Ames first and foremost. They care about marketing and communications. They're

marketing and communications. They're very passionate about their field. Um,

very passionate about their field. Um, and they're incredibly smart and

and they're incredibly smart and talented and and that's a that is a

talented and and that's a that is a combination that you get, you know, in

combination that you get, you know, in the way we have it right now, rarely in

the way we have it right now, rarely in your career to have everybody on the

your career to have everybody on the team um kind of ha check those boxes.

team um kind of ha check those boxes. So, it's actually really fun to come to

So, it's actually really fun to come to work. we have a great thing to

work. we have a great thing to communicate. Um, and then to get to work

communicate. Um, and then to get to work with that team and and present what

with that team and and present what they're really working hard on um is

they're really working hard on um is truly an honor and and I do think

truly an honor and and I do think they're doing phenomenal work. Um, and

they're doing phenomenal work. Um, and they're doing it um oftentimes without

they're doing it um oftentimes without having to even be told, you know, they

having to even be told, you know, they just they they come up with new ways to

just they they come up with new ways to to continue to communicate about things.

to continue to communicate about things. So, thank you,

So, thank you, Kane.

Kane. I just wanted I just wanted to comment

I just wanted I just wanted to comment on uh the sophistication of your

on uh the sophistication of your marketing programs. I've had the

marketing programs. I've had the opportunity to work in a number of

opportunity to work in a number of national health care systems. We sure

national health care systems. We sure could have used a marketing program like

could have used a marketing program like this to build our patient base. Uh

this to build our patient base. Uh congratulations on staying at the

congratulations on staying at the cutting edge of marketing. I appreciate

cutting edge of marketing. I appreciate that. Thank you very much.

All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, Zach. Congratulations,

Thank you, Zach. Congratulations, marketing, communication, and events

marketing, communication, and events team.

team. Before I move on to the recognition of

Before I move on to the recognition of new employees, you have um by your seat

new employees, you have um by your seat um a magazine called Pathways to

um a magazine called Pathways to Recovery: Navigating Your Journey.

Recovery: Navigating Your Journey. You may recall last year um our SGAA

You may recall last year um our SGAA uh well two years ago our SGA president

uh well two years ago our SGA president uh was Danielle Irwin and then last year

uh was Danielle Irwin and then last year Danielle was vice president of uh in

Danielle was vice president of uh in SGA. Uh Danielle is now working with us

SGA. Uh Danielle is now working with us as she goes to UNC. She along with uh

as she goes to UNC. She along with uh Erica Jones who is our executive

Erica Jones who is our executive director for um I don't know if I'm

director for um I don't know if I'm going to get her title exactly correct

going to get her title exactly correct but it's uh behavior and mental health.

but it's uh behavior and mental health. So, our counseling

So, our counseling department, they actually researched and

department, they actually researched and wrote this. We are in the process. We

wrote this. We are in the process. We encouraged SGAA to um actually spend the

encouraged SGAA to um actually spend the 60 or $100 to get this

60 or $100 to get this copywritten. This is amazing and

copywritten. This is amazing and outstanding. And again, it is driven by

outstanding. And again, it is driven by our students slashalums.

our students slashalums. they um are taking this to conferences

they um are taking this to conferences and are utilizing this for our current

and are utilizing this for our current students. And um I don't know if I can

students. And um I don't know if I can even say this, but I'm going to I would

even say this, but I'm going to I would venture to say that this would be a

venture to say that this would be a great tool for any individual employees

great tool for any individual employees and community um as they're uh thinking

and community um as they're uh thinking about recovery and and moving forward.

about recovery and and moving forward. So,

So, um really proud of uh Danielle and Erica

um really proud of uh Danielle and Erica and um everyone involved in this piece.

and um everyone involved in this piece. It's it's quite outstanding. So, uh you

It's it's quite outstanding. So, uh you have that and there are others. There

have that and there are others. There are more of these if you want more of

are more of these if you want more of the again right now they're not

the again right now they're not copywritten. Uh so, we're trying

copywritten. Uh so, we're trying to limit our dispersion of that till

to limit our dispersion of that till they are copywritten, but uh it's quite

they are copywritten, but uh it's quite exciting. So I just wanted to draw your

exciting. So I just wanted to draw your attention

attention there. And now recognition of new

there. And now recognition of new employees. So are there uh any

employees. So are there uh any supervisors who would like to introduce

supervisors who would like to introduce new employees or employees who are

new employees or employees who are shifting to new positions? If you could

shifting to new positions? If you could please line up uh over here by the flags

please line up uh over here by the flags and Dr. Powski is taking the podium. I'm

and Dr. Powski is taking the podium. I'm talking to give them time to come

talking to give them time to come up. We have a whole department

the whole department. Not all of them are

Not all of them are mine. Um, chair shock, trustees,

mine. Um, chair shock, trustees, cabinet, and guests. Um, as you'll

cabinet, and guests. Um, as you'll recall last month down in Fort Lupton, I

recall last month down in Fort Lupton, I shared with you a highle overview of the

shared with you a highle overview of the reorganization of the safe division into

reorganization of the safe division into the division of student affairs. I would

the division of student affairs. I would like to take a brief opportunity now to

like to take a brief opportunity now to introduce you to the folks who will be

introduce you to the folks who will be serving in our leadership roles within

serving in our leadership roles within that division of student affairs.

that division of student affairs. starting on May 19th. So, first is Dana

starting on May 19th. So, first is Dana Kohler. I don't have any clue. Look at

Kohler. I don't have any clue. Look at that. Um, Dana Kohler will assume the

that. Um, Dana Kohler will assume the role of assistant vice president for

role of assistant vice president for student affairs and enrollment

student affairs and enrollment management, which again has oversight of

management, which again has oversight of admissions, financial aid, high school

admissions, financial aid, high school programs, registration, and records, and

programs, registration, and records, and testing. Dana currently serves as the

testing. Dana currently serves as the executive director of enrollment

executive director of enrollment management, which is what we're going to

management, which is what we're going to change the name to admissions. um and

change the name to admissions. um and joined the Ames family in July of 2020,

joined the Ames family in July of 2020, previously having worked in

previously having worked in undergraduate admissions at the

undergraduate admissions at the University of Northern Colorado. She

University of Northern Colorado. She holds a bachelor's in journalism from

holds a bachelor's in journalism from that school in Fort Collins, Colorado

that school in Fort Collins, Colorado State University, as well as a master's

State University, as well as a master's in educational leadership and policy

in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Northern

studies from the University of Northern Colorado. So,

Dana, next I have Erica Jones. Uh Erica will assume the role of executive

will assume the role of executive director of student accessibility and

director of student accessibility and well-being with oversight of care case

well-being with oversight of care case management, mental health counseling,

management, mental health counseling, student accessibility services and

student accessibility services and Arty's pantry. Erica currently serves as

Arty's pantry. Erica currently serves as the director of care and counseling and

the director of care and counseling and joined Ames in September of 2019 after

joined Ames in September of 2019 after having worked as a clinical coordinator

having worked as a clinical coordinator for the Plat Valley Youth Services

for the Plat Valley Youth Services Center for the Division of Youth

Center for the Division of Youth Corrections. She holds a BA in

Corrections. She holds a BA in psychology and a MA in mental health

psychology and a MA in mental health counseling and is also a licensed

counseling and is also a licensed professional counselor in the state of

professional counselor in the state of Colorado.

Erica Rachel Verettto will assume the role of executive director of student

role of executive director of student success with oversight of advising the

success with oversight of advising the transition center which also includes

transition center which also includes Ames to UNCC high school to Ames Risher

Ames to UNCC high school to Ames Risher bridge scholars and transfer services.

bridge scholars and transfer services. Uh Rachel currently serves as the

Uh Rachel currently serves as the director of the transition center and

director of the transition center and actually joined Ames back in 2005 as a

actually joined Ames back in 2005 as a staff associate in the Ames Community

staff associate in the Ames Community College Foundation. She's also held

College Foundation. She's also held several other positions at Ames since

several other positions at Ames since that time. She holds a bachelor's in

that time. She holds a bachelor's in women's studies from the University of

women's studies from the University of Minnesota and a master's in higher

Minnesota and a master's in higher education and student interference

education and student interference leadership from the University of

leadership from the University of Northern Colorado.

Rachel Bernie is right behind me. Uh Bernie Cordova will assume the role of

Bernie Cordova will assume the role of director of all programs and services

director of all programs and services with oversight of access and opportunity

with oversight of access and opportunity programs as well as our two TRIO student

programs as well as our two TRIO student support services grants. She'll also

support services grants. She'll also work alongside me for division and

work alongside me for division and institutionwide efforts such as firstgen

institutionwide efforts such as firstgen Ford, the seal of excellencia and other

Ford, the seal of excellencia and other HSI activities and so forth. Bernie

HSI activities and so forth. Bernie currently serves as the director of our

currently serves as the director of our two TRIO student support services

two TRIO student support services grants, Classic and STEM, and joined the

grants, Classic and STEM, and joined the Ames family in October of 2020. Prior to

Ames family in October of 2020. Prior to that, she holds several roles in student

that, she holds several roles in student affairs at Front Range Community

affairs at Front Range Community College. She holds a bachelor's in human

College. She holds a bachelor's in human services and a master's in higher

services and a master's in higher education at student affairs leadership

education at student affairs leadership from the University of Northern

from the University of Northern Colorado.

Bernie, and Shannon's back here and did not know I was going to do this. Um, but

not know I was going to do this. Um, but I would be remiss if I did not acknow

I would be remiss if I did not acknow acknowledge Shannon McCazzlin. Shannon

acknowledge Shannon McCazzlin. Shannon will continue to serve as Ardino

will continue to serve as Ardino students with oversight, a student

students with oversight, a student conduct, student advocacy, student life,

conduct, student advocacy, student life, the mosaic, career services, and veteran

the mosaic, career services, and veteran services. Shannon has served in a

services. Shannon has served in a variety of roles in student affairs at

variety of roles in student affairs at AS for the last 27 years and is truly

AS for the last 27 years and is truly the foundation of our team and the

the foundation of our team and the division. for me personally, she's also

division. for me personally, she's also a consistent partner in championing

a consistent partner in championing student success and an ally in setting a

student success and an ally in setting a positive experience for our team. So,

positive experience for our team. So, not new, but thank you Shannon as

well. So, these five will be our new kind of senior leaders in the student

kind of senior leaders in the student affairs division. Thank you.

Good afternoon, chair shock and board members. Dr. B and um I am Aaron Frink

members. Dr. B and um I am Aaron Frink Smith. I'm the executive director of our

Smith. I'm the executive director of our newly branded corporate solutions

newly branded corporate solutions department. We've been existing now one

department. We've been existing now one year. Very excited and happy for us. Um

year. Very excited and happy for us. Um I have two wonderful new staff members

I have two wonderful new staff members that have just been going above and

that have just been going above and beyond in our community that I'd like to

beyond in our community that I'd like to introduce. First is Stephanie Stoddcker.

introduce. First is Stephanie Stoddcker. Stephanie is our business development

Stephanie is our business development manager here through corporate

manager here through corporate solutions. She'll be working out and

solutions. She'll be working out and about in the community with companies to

about in the community with companies to network, collaborate, drum up new

network, collaborate, drum up new business, and sell corporate trainings.

business, and sell corporate trainings. She's also going to be assisting me with

She's also going to be assisting me with writing grants for the community. So,

writing grants for the community. So, I'm excited about that. Stephanie has

I'm excited about that. Stephanie has been here at AS in the past. She was

been here at AS in the past. She was here eight years ago. Um, worked at the

here eight years ago. Um, worked at the ATC and was their business outreach

ATC and was their business outreach person there. Went to CSU and then we

person there. Went to CSU and then we recruited her back. So Stephanie Staker

recruited her back. So Stephanie Staker here, business development. Very excited

here, business development. Very excited to have

her. And then we have Miss Dashika Ray. Dashika is our project manager. She'll

Dashika is our project manager. She'll be serving our clients in the logistics

be serving our clients in the logistics area. So she does all of the hard stuff

area. So she does all of the hard stuff I say. So all of the paperwork and

I say. So all of the paperwork and accounting and logistics and the who,

accounting and logistics and the who, when, and where of our corporate

when, and where of our corporate training. So could not function without

training. So could not function without her. Trasha is um here obviously. She

her. Trasha is um here obviously. She completed a b a bachelor's in mechanical

completed a b a bachelor's in mechanical engineering in India. She has recently

engineering in India. She has recently completed her master's degree in

completed her master's degree in engineering leadership and innovation

engineering leadership and innovation management. No, you can't have her for

management. No, you can't have her for the 8week. She's staying here. Um she

the 8week. She's staying here. Um she just completed I know I know Dr. Spzza

just completed I know I know Dr. Spzza um from Penn State. So she's coming here

um from Penn State. So she's coming here to do project management and she is what

to do project management and she is what I like to call our tech and software

I like to call our tech and software guru. So anything techreated if I don't

guru. So anything techreated if I don't go to Markcom it's Mr. Shika. So, she's

go to Markcom it's Mr. Shika. So, she's our full-time project manager. So,

our full-time project manager. So, welcome Dashika and Stephanie to

welcome Dashika and Stephanie to corporate solutions.

I get the privilege um a couple times a year of intro of of speaking to new

year of intro of of speaking to new employees and when I do that at new

employees and when I do that at new employee orientation I always ask how

employee orientation I always ask how many of y'all came to as sometimes it's

many of y'all came to as sometimes it's half the room. It's a 100% of the people

half the room. It's a 100% of the people you're going to meet next. Um and I

you're going to meet next. Um and I think that's pretty cool. So, Alyssa

think that's pretty cool. So, Alyssa Garcia was recently hired to be the

Garcia was recently hired to be the director of the Mosaic. She started here

director of the Mosaic. She started here uh started her education career here as

uh started her education career here as a student. We got to know her because,

a student. We got to know her because, you know, they just said, "I've been

you know, they just said, "I've been around 27 years." So, I do remember

around 27 years." So, I do remember Alyssa as a student uh during the

Alyssa as a student uh during the pandemic. She uh she completed she went

pandemic. She uh she completed she went on to UNCC, I think, and uh and and is

on to UNCC, I think, and uh and and is now enrolled at Adam State for her

now enrolled at Adam State for her master's degree in student affairs. So,

master's degree in student affairs. So, that's pretty exciting. The most the

that's pretty exciting. The most the most interesting thing about Alyssa is

most interesting thing about Alyssa is she loves all the unloved creatures, the

she loves all the unloved creatures, the things that freak us out. She has had 25

things that freak us out. She has had 25 species of tarantula in her

species of tarantula in her house. I just think whoa. But I'm going

house. I just think whoa. But I'm going to let Alyssa introduce her brand new

team. Hello. I am super excited to introduce the Mosaic program managers.

introduce the Mosaic program managers. They are fantastic. So we first have

They are fantastic. So we first have Gabriella Sanchez who is an AS graduate

Gabriella Sanchez who is an AS graduate and she most recently served as the

and she most recently served as the program coordinate coordinator for

program coordinate coordinator for finish what we started in the transition

finish what we started in the transition transition center. And we have Abby

transition center. And we have Abby Rodriguez who is also an Ames graduate

Rodriguez who is also an Ames graduate and she also served on the campus

and she also served on the campus activities program board as a student in

activities program board as a student in student life and has found her way back.

student life and has found her way back. So that is our team and we are rocking

So that is our team and we are rocking it.

Thank you everyone and welcome to Ames or thanks for staying with

or thanks for staying with us. Uh one small uh well no maybe not so

us. Uh one small uh well no maybe not so small. I'd like to share a little bit of

small. I'd like to share a little bit of something I'm going to be working on

something I'm going to be working on over the summer and I'm a little

over the summer and I'm a little hesitant because it's in the

hesitant because it's in the development. It may not happen. It may

development. It may not happen. It may happen. It's uh we're lobbing a ball,

happen. It's uh we're lobbing a ball, but this is what we do and who we are,

but this is what we do and who we are, right, as innovators. So,

right, as innovators. So, um a few years ago when we heard from

um a few years ago when we heard from Alquist 3D Printing, we heard uh Zach

Alquist 3D Printing, we heard uh Zach Mannheimr's vision not only for his

Mannheimr's vision not only for his company, but certainly bringing uh that

company, but certainly bringing uh that company to Northern Colorado, what he

company to Northern Colorado, what he would like to see in the whole 3D

would like to see in the whole 3D concrete printing industry.

concrete printing industry. One of the steps along the way was to

One of the steps along the way was to pull together a consortium of folks

pull together a consortium of folks nationally who are

nationally who are either business

either business practitioners, industry researchers,

practitioners, industry researchers, educators, general managers who are

educators, general managers who are actually doing the work.

actually doing the work. So

So yesterday I sent out a letter to uh 20

yesterday I sent out a letter to uh 20 different CEOs of organizations across

different CEOs of organizations across the country in those categories inviting

the country in those categories inviting them to Ames Community

them to Ames Community College to start a consortium.

College to start a consortium. uh and I threw out a couple of dates for

uh and I threw out a couple of dates for the first retreat to kind of think and

the first retreat to kind of think and brainstorm about what this consortia

brainstorm about what this consortia could be and establish it and basically

could be and establish it and basically invited them to be founding

invited them to be founding members. Uh within less than 24 hours,

members. Uh within less than 24 hours, I've already heard back from about a

I've already heard back from about a third of them all very excited to do

third of them all very excited to do this. And the reason I'm hesitant is

this. And the reason I'm hesitant is because we really need to see if there's

because we really need to see if there's interest. Also, is the timing right? you

interest. Also, is the timing right? you know, the industry is really new. Are

know, the industry is really new. Are folks going to see that this is

folks going to see that this is relevant? I don't know. You know, I'm

relevant? I don't know. You know, I'm throwing out a ball here, of course,

throwing out a ball here, of course, working with Zach Manhorn and Alquist,

working with Zach Manhorn and Alquist, but it's truly coming from Ames

but it's truly coming from Ames Community College. So if there is

Community College. So if there is interest, we'll be having our first

interest, we'll be having our first consortia meeting either in August or

consortia meeting either in August or September with these folks convening on

September with these folks convening on our campus in the hopes that this will

our campus in the hopes that this will become an annual convening that Ames

become an annual convening that Ames will be the place where it convenes and

will be the place where it convenes and that it grows over time and potentially

that it grows over time and potentially the vision could be um growing into a

the vision could be um growing into a conference and an annual convening. So

conference and an annual convening. So I've got big visions too about this. Uh,

I've got big visions too about this. Uh, and like I said, I'm a little hesitant

and like I said, I'm a little hesitant to say it out loud publicly, but I

to say it out loud publicly, but I thought, you know, might as well take

thought, you know, might as well take the chance and see. So, in August, I'll

the chance and see. So, in August, I'll let you know if it's either happening or

let you know if it's either happening or not. But that's what I'll be working on

not. But that's what I'll be working on over the summer. It could be pretty

over the summer. It could be pretty exciting for not only Ames, but

exciting for not only Ames, but certainly for Northern Colorado and

certainly for Northern Colorado and Colorado as a state.

Colorado as a state. So, if you have any questions, you can

So, if you have any questions, you can ask me, but I probably don't have an

ask me, but I probably don't have an answer, but that's what I'm working on.

answer, but that's what I'm working on. uh in addition to strategic planning and

uh in addition to strategic planning and everything else. So that concludes the

everything else. So that concludes the president's report for this

president's report for this one. Thank you. Lots of

one. Thank you. Lots of exciting I don't even know what to say.

exciting I don't even know what to say. I mean it just keeps rolling. So um

I mean it just keeps rolling. So um we've come to a time uh for reflections,

we've come to a time uh for reflections, comments, accolades. If anybody has a

comments, accolades. If anybody has a shout out, a place to recognize

shout out, a place to recognize accolades, um, now's the

um, considering where we are in this world right now,

world right now, um, I just want to commend everyone in

um, I just want to commend everyone in the Ames family for continuing to follow

the Ames family for continuing to follow your our mission, our vision, and, um,

your our mission, our vision, and, um, you're doing a spectacular job. Um, so

you're doing a spectacular job. Um, so you're kind of like this um, shining

you're kind of like this um, shining light, I always call it, um, around

light, I always call it, um, around northern Colorado. So I really

northern Colorado. So I really appreciate everything you're doing. So

appreciate everything you're doing. So that's what I've been meaning to say for

that's what I've been meaning to say for a

a while. Thank

comments? Okay. Um, we'll do a quick assessment of the board meeting. Since

assessment of the board meeting. Since we're reaching the end of the meeting,

we're reaching the end of the meeting, we always take a moment for self

we always take a moment for self assessment because we value

assessment because we value accountability. Do any of you have any

accountability. Do any of you have any feedback about things that worked well

feedback about things that worked well in the meeting, things that need to

improve? I'll make a comment. I'll thank the board. We have a lot of complex and

the board. We have a lot of complex and robust information. And I'll tell you, I

robust information. And I'll tell you, I think this is one of the first boards

think this is one of the first boards where each of you work independently, do

where each of you work independently, do your homework, get the information,

your homework, get the information, really work through again topics and

really work through again topics and items that we need to address. Um, and

items that we need to address. Um, and so sometimes I think it looks like the

so sometimes I think it looks like the board it's it's like it's just calm and

board it's it's like it's just calm and it moves, but I also know personally um

it moves, but I also know personally um and the work that each of you are

and the work that each of you are putting in. So, as a chair, I would like

putting in. So, as a chair, I would like to thank you for all the work because it

to thank you for all the work because it makes my life so much easier and being

makes my life so much easier and being able to um facilitate meetings and run

able to um facilitate meetings and run the meetings. So, thank

you. Anything else for the good of the order, Jerry? Anything else? Okay, then

order, Jerry? Anything else? Okay, then I would ask for a motion to adjurnn. I

I would ask for a motion to adjurnn. I so move. Thank you, Jean. Second.

so move. Thank you, Jean. Second. Thanks, Janine. All those in favor say

Thanks, Janine. All those in favor say I. I. I.

I. I. I. Meeting adjourned.

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