Meeting & Agendas

Tobin was presented with a glass clock with inscription thanking him for his service to the committee from 2004 - 2011.

Loretta Edelen stated there is a MLK celebration at EVC on January 14 for 11th and 12th graders. For details: www.celebration.com. Community Outreach has been invited to participate in an African American Men and Boys Harvest Foundation event at Covington Middle School on November 18. Facilitators are needed for the event. Loretta will send the information to the committee soliciting volunteers. On February 11, 2012, the Gospel Extravaganza will take place from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. at EVC.

Our next SASC Meeting is Friday, February 10, 2012, HBC Room 103.2

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Dr. Armenta welcomed and introduced the new SASC Co-chair, Carol Townsend, who serves as a Counselor at PIN, the designated Distance Learning Counselor and adjunct faculty in Psychology and HUDE.

Carol had the each committee member introduce themselves and state the campus and area of the college that they represent.

Jennifer Mathews provided a Power Point presentation on the Youth Programs that conducted 4 sessions this summer two at EVC and two at RVS during the month of July. The Youth Programs Mission: to provide under-served youth challenging and engaging educational activities that increase their academic achievement and develops a college going culture. In addition, a CSI Science Camp was held in collaboration with St. Edwards University and Travis County Sheriff’s Department. A Girls Leadership camp was held in July in the week leading up to the Annual Women’s Conference. The program focus was on healthy relationships and image. Youth Programs also have Science Saturday workshops for ages 8 – 14 with interactive, engaging hands-on science. On December 3 there will be a “Kids in the Kitchen” Science Saturday with the Culinary Arts department. Jennifer introduced the new branding logo for Youth Programs developed with Marketing.

Jim described a service that will be available at all ACC Learning Labs and permits greater flexibility in the use of the labs’ computers. Prior to the use of Deep Freeze, the labs computers could only be used for the software installed in the labs’ computers. Students and faculty can now use other software, flash drives, and information from internet sites to complete assignments. When the user is done, Deep Freeze returns the labs’ computers to their original configurations as needed by the lab.

Carol asked the question if there is or could be a website that would list all workshops by departments that are available to students. At this point one does not exist. IRT is working on it and Student Life suggested developing applications for such a website that would be convenient for students to access. One suggestion was that the app would be a good project for someone in the ACC Leadership Academy. Richard will contact Brian Smith, SASC Marketing representative, to get his input and suggestions. A method of communicating the information to students is needed.

A handout with the present functions and goals of the committee was distributed. All committee members were asked to review the functions. In the meantime, he will look for the detail descriptions to each goal. A subcommittee will be named at the next meeting.