Improving Success Outcomes for First Year BPCC Students
- June 20 and 24, 2008
Four Academic Advising Workshops for staff were held to provide guidance on the Draft Quick Guide for Advising Students.
- June 18, 2008
Dr. Sherri Huffmann, Danville Community College Core Team Leader, Danville, Virginia, conducted a training session for the Data Team in order to establish a BPCC Data Scorecard.
- April 4, 2008
Luke Dowden and Staci Phillips presented on BPCC 1st during the LCTCS Conference Day. Click here to see the presentation.
- June 18 – 20, 2008
Marjoree Harper, Student Success Course Intervention Lead, will attend the National Student Success Course Conference in Hawaii. Two additional faculty members that will be teaching the Student Success Course this fall are also attending the conference.
- February 28, 2008
Dr. Rick Voorhees, Core Team Coach, makes a campus visit to meet with the Core Team leads. Dr. Voorhees complimented the team on a successful 13 months of work.
- February 5-8, 2008
Core Team leads represent BPCC 1st at the Achieving the Dream Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.
- December 12, 2007
BPCC 1st sponsors an academic advising workshop series for all faculty. The workshop is considered mandatory professional development.
- December 6, 2007
Data Facilitator Ken Gonzales visits the campus and meets with the Core Team to discuss the intervention and evaluation plans.
- October 10, 2007
Chancellor Carleton and Luke Dowden presented information on BPCC 1st to the LCTCS Board of Supervisors.
- October 9, 2007
Dr. Rick Voorhees, Core Team Coach, meets with intervention leaders and core team to discuss grant award from Lumina Foundation for Education. Grant Management Planis adopted by the team and approved by Chancellor Carleton
- September 6, 2007
Campus-Wide Meeting to Launch BPCC 1st and Quality Enhancement Plan.
- August 17, 2007
Lumina Foundation for Education awards Bossier Parish Community College a $225,000, 3 -year grant.
- June 2007
BPCC submits grant proposal to the Lumina Foundation for Education which includes a $100,000 cash match from BPCC.
- February 28-March 1
BPCC core team members trained by Dr. Ken Gonzales on focus group method to use in collecting qualitative data.
- January 2007
BPCC receives an $11,600 grant from the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to pursue planning process for an implementation grant proposal to the Lumina Foundation for Education.