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Board Highlight for February 3, 2010:

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Cooperative Education

Laurie Swanson Gribskov, Dean for High School Connections, Cooperative Education, and Apprenticeship and Paul Croker, Dean for Advanced Technology, and Kristin Gunson, Regional Coordinator for Career Technical Education from Lane Education Service District were the featured panel on January 14 Lane Workforce Partnership Youth Committee describing the progress, innovation and future of the RTEC Center on campus. This effort represents significant collaboration with the local school districts and Lane Workforce Partnership over the past 5 years.

International Student Program

Lane’s International Student Program enrollment continues to grow. For Winter 2010 the international student program includes 144 students, include 26 students enrolled in ESL. The total includes 85 men and 59 women from 35 countries.

Countries with highest enrollment are South Korea, 35; Japan, 25; China, 15; Taiwan, 13; Vietnam, 6; Yemen, 5; Kuwait, 5 and United Arab Emirates, 5. Top majors include Business ( 30) and Arts & Design (7) and health careers (5).

Student Enrollment and Financial Aid Services

Bert Logan, Director of Financial Aid at Lane has been elected President-Elect of the Oregon Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators for 2010-11. His term as President will be effective in 2011-12. The Oregon Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) is the professional organization for student financial aid administrators in Oregon, numbering approximately 600 student aid professionals in all segments of higher education.

Student Life & Leadership

The recent ASLCC voter registration drive was the most successful in the state and registered more voters than any other community college or university in the state.

Twenty four  ASLCC Senate members and other student leaders attended the Northwest Student Leadership Conference in Portland Jan. 29 -31.  Students received training on organization and upcoming political issues affecting students at the state and national level.  Following this conference, ASLCC will select representatives to attend the National Legislative Conference in Washington DC over spring break.

Student Life & Leadership Development is sponsoring a Benefit concert for the Women in Transitions Program to be held on February 7 in the Performing Arts Center at 3:00. Tickets are available on-line or at the door.

The Northwest Corridor High Speed Rail Summit, will be here at Lane in the CML on March 9, 2010.  Greg Evans is coordinating this event with the City of Eugene, ODOT and others.  This will be the first conference of its kind to talk about the issues affecting the implementation of high speed/commuter rail from Eugene through Vancouver, BC.  Officials involved in transportation in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia will attend.   Also, OSPRIG and ASLCC will have roles in the conference from the perspective of advocacy for sustainable transportation solutions.

The Third Annual African American Parent and Family Conference will be held in the CML, Saturday, March 20th.  The SLLD will host and co-sponsor with the NAACP, Bethel, 4-j, and Springfield School Districts for this event.  Greg Evans and  Arbrella Luvert are lead coordinators.