Fall 2000, No. 2

Contents

President Announces Strategic Initiatives for FY2001 and FY2002

New State Scholarships to Benefit Transfers from Carroll

Book Fair Set for November 11th

Self Study Completed, Team to Visit November 12-15

Enrollment Increases Over 13 Percent

Stock Gifts Make End-of-year Tax Sense

The Learning- centered College

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Book Fair Set for November 11th

Every year the Random House Book Fair to Benefit the Carroll Community College Foundation has grown larger and better. This year’s Book Fair will take place on Saturday November 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the college’s main campus at 1601 Washington Road in Westminster. Participants will enjoy attending literary workshops, meeting guest authors in the Meet the Authors session, and choosing books for holiday gift giving from the large selection available for purchase. Autographed copies of books from the authors attending are a fine addition to the home bookshelf or for gift giving.

   This year’s Book Fair will once again feature Channel 2News Anchor Stan Stovall as our Honorary Book Fair Chairman.

   In addition to book sales, author signings, and workshops, the Fair also boasts exhibitors, a children’s story time, Random House story time characters, Coffee House poetry readings, readings from the winners of our children’s and adult writing contests, and a Silent Auction of signed and first-edition books. New this year is Music in the Great Hall, intermittent performances by student musicians, and a documentary film on Southern writers produced by award-winning Agee filmmaker Ross Spears. The film, “Let Freedom Ring,” explores the work of Walker Percy, William Styron, Ernest Gaines, Alice Walker, Alex Haley, Reynolds Price, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Clyde Edgerton, Pat Conroy, and many more, in the context of the rapidly changing post Civil Rights Movement South.

   Among the most exciting news for November 11 is the guest author provided by Random House. For those aficionados of horror and suspense, the name of Peter Straub will strike a familiar chord. Author of the classic Ghost Story, Mr. Straub’s latest work is Magic Terror: Seven Tales, which offers readers the chance to view the many sides and styles of Mr. Straub as he takes the reader through many psychological shadow worlds. Mr. Straub will be appearing at 1:30 p.m. to discuss his book and to autograph copies for the audience.

Self Study Completed, Team to Visit November 12-15

   The college community has completed an 18-month process of self-examination in preparation for a reaccreditation team visit in November. Led by a collegewide Steering Committee that began work on March 18, 1999, and accomplished through the dedicated work of seven Core Study Groups, the college has produced Focus on Effectiveness, a 159-page (excluding appendices) analysis of the college’s strengths and weaknesses culminating in 22 recommendations for the future.

   The college was initially accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 1996. Middle States requires a Self-Study and team visit five years after initial accreditation. Dr. Larene Hoelcle, Vice President of Human Resources and Planning at Genesee Community College in Batavia, New York, will lead the visiting team.

Enrollment Increases Over 13 Percent

   Full-time-equivalent enrollment (FTE) in fall 2000 was up 13.2 percent from last fall. Fall 2000 enrollment of 716 FTEs represented an increase of 84 FTEs from the 632 realized in fall 1999. (These FTE figures are the measure of enrollment used by the state for funding the college, and include course hours of part-time as well as full-time students.) Full-time students taking 12 or more hours accounted for the increase, at 1,048 exceeding a thousand for the first time in college history. Enrollment of students from Carroll County high schools increased over 15 percent.