Carroll Community College
Summer 2009, No. 43




Contents

College Receives Grant to Expand Nursing Program

President’s Column

Self-Study Emphasizes College’s Mission

College Mission

Mission-based Institutional Goals

Annual Campaign Supported by 92 Percent of College’s Faculty and Staff

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Mission-based Institutional Goals
Goal I: Access and Affordability
Ensure that all who may benefit from the learning experiences offered by the college are welcome, through appropriate admissions practices, affordable tuition and fees, financial aid, and a supportive environment.
Goal II: Core Competencies
Encourage all degree-seeking students to develop competencies in critical analysis and reasoning, information literacy, oral and written communications, scientific and quantitative reasoning, and technological competence.
Goal III: Student Learning and Achievement
Promote student learning and achievement through effective teaching, a supportive learning environment, data-based enrollment management strategies, and activities to encourage student engagement and responsibility.
Goal IV: Baccalaureate Preparation
Prepare students for successful completion of the baccalaureate degree through rigorous transfer programs, appropriate advising, and effective articulation agreements.
Goal V: Career and Job Skill Development
Provide career preparation and job skill enhancement through credit programs, noncredit entry-level career training, professional continuing education leading to industry licensure and certifications, and career development and counseling services.
Goal VI: County Business Development
Support county business development through provision of customized training and business services including assessment, consulting, training plan development, and performance improvement programs provided under contract.
Goal VII: Educational Partnerships
Develop educational partnerships with business, industry, community organizations, and governmental entities to further economic and workforce development.
Goal VIII: Cultural Awareness
Embrace an increasingly diverse and changing world, encouraging students, faculty, and staff to value diversity, cultivate global awareness, promote social justice, and welcome new ways of working and learning.
Goal IX: Community Enrichment
Promote community enrichment through cultural programming, lifelong learning offerings, and accessible facilities.
Goal X: Employee Development
Create an intellectually stimulating and professionally rewarding environment that encourages employees to grow as individuals and team members, to act with integrity at all times, to seek out and implement best practices, and to embrace the college’s core commitment to be a student- and learning-centered institution.
Goal XI: Effective Resource Use
Employ financial, human, information, physical plant, and technology resources effectively and efficiently to fulfill the college’s mission.

Goal XII: Campus Community

Establish and nurture a sense of community among students, faculty, and staff.

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On May 14, 2009, 22 students from Carroll Community College visited the FBI Academy. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Wayne Livesay accompanied the group, as did an FBI special agent from the FBI Baltimore Field Office. Livesay is a graduate of the Academy, which is located on the 60,000-acre Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia.

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