BPCC First News - 2008

November 12 – 13, 2008
Coach Rick Voorhees and Data Facilitator Sherri Huffman conduct second site visit at BPCC for 2008-2009 academic year. This visit focuses on the academic advising intervention.

October 2-3, 2008
Coach Rick Voorhees and Data Facilitator Sherri Huffman conduct first site visit at BPCC for 2008-2009 academic year. This visit focuses on an overview and status report on the entire initiative since submission of the interim report.

October 2, 2008
Chancellor Carleton and BPCC 1st hosts Principals and Superintendents from local high schools to share information on the BPCC 1st initiative and parish student pipelines.

September 15, 2008
BPCC 1st featured on the back cover of the Office of Student Life’s campus-wide student calendars with the same information appearing on BPCC’s Digital Television Announcement System in every building on campus. Click here to see the cover art.

September 1, 2008
Dr. Sherri Huffman becomes the new data facilitator for BPCC 1st thanks to the efforts of Coach Rick Voorhees.

July 31, 2008
1st Interim Report on Grant Progress Submitted to Lumina Foundation for Education.

July 21 – 22, 2008
Dr. Jennifer Hurd, Author of the Campus Companion: Finding Your Way textbook adopted for use in BPCC’s EDUC 099 student success course, conducts a two-day curriculum planning workshop with student success course instructors Marjoree Harper, Linda-Hunter Scott, and Brenda Woods and Dean of Behavioral and Social Sciences Dee Dee Mitchell.

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.

June 18 – 20, 2008
Marjoree Harper, Student Success Course Intervention Lead, Brenda Woods, and Linda Hunter-Scott attend the National Student Success Course Conference in Hawaii.

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.