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Message from the President
Company's
coming!
All
faculty and staff members are encouraged to be on campus Monday,
May 12 through Wednesday, May 14, 2008, to welcome the team that
will evaluate Central Ohio Technical College for reaccreditation.
Six NCA reviewers from The Higher Learning Commission
(HLC)
of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools
will visit the college to interview faculty, staff, students and
community members and look for evidence that COTC meets the
association’s five criteria for reaccreditation.
In
preparation for May's site visit, departments also should make
sure their Web site links are working and that references to
personnel are current. The site team will follow a schedule, so
faculty and staff members will know where and when they need to
be available. The
HLC
reviews an institution in its entirety. Each office and each
function will be examined for effectiveness, so it is important
for all employees to be available during the visit. Preparation
for the site visit should include reviewing the Self-Study
Report at
http://www.cotc.edu/cotc/SelfStudy/default.asp.
"Securing
the Future," our theme for the reaccreditation process, sets the
tone for the progress and accomplishments documented in our
Self-Study Report. The College's recent history, as documented
in the Report, highlights its success in translating academic
aspirations into academic excellence, thus providing students,
faculty, and community a more promising, secure future. In
addition, I believe that your collective efforts are effectively
securing the future of our college. Through your dedication,
commitment to quality and innovation, and perseverance, COTC is
a distinct, connected, and learning-focused institution that is
well positioned to take advantage of identified opportunities
and prepared to address challenges to move successfully forward
in continuing to fulfill our mission. As promised, we’ve
already begun using the information collected in the Report as a
foundation for the development of our next strategic plan.
I'd like to thank every member of
the COTC community for their contributions to the Self-Study
Report and the upcoming visit. Many of you have spent hours in
meetings to provide valuable information for the Report. Some of
you have been helpful to the HLC Steering Committee in gathering
important documents for the Report and/or the resource room.
Others are working hard to ensure that our facilities sparkle
during the visit. I am proud of our work together in
preparation for this visit.
I'd like to extend special thanks
to the HLC Steering Committee and coordinator, Jackie Parrill.
Members of the Committee have worked countless hours above and
beyond their regular duties to produce a quality Self-Study
Report and to prepare documents, facilities, staff and other
constituents for the visit in May. Their exceptional
leadership, dedication to the process, and commitment to quality
will undoubtedly lead to our successful reaccreditation.
As we finalize preparations for
our "company" on May 12 - 14, 2008, I encourage you to mark your
calendars now and plan to attend the appropriate sessions and
share your insights with the site visitors.
Sincerely,
Bonnie L. Coe, Ph.D.
President
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