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Comments invited on draft eLearning Plan

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The eLearning Council has prepared a draft 5-year eLearning Plan and invites comments from the campus community. The plan builds on strong linages with the college’s Strategic Plan, Academic Master Plan, and Student Affairs Plan and seeks to articulate a college-wide eLearning vision based on national and regional trends and consistent with ADA compliance, accreditation standards, state authorization, and academic integrity. Comments can be made directly to this site or sent to ekaterina.stoops@bellevuecollege.edu.
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Follow-up Report to the President on Reinventing Governance

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Following an initial presentation to President’s Cabinet, President Rule charged the Reinventing Governance Task Force (RGTF) to solicit comments from around the campus and report back. The RGTF organized ten open comment sessions and synthesized the responses. That feedback was included in A Follow-up Report to the President on Reinventing Governance 6-9-15. More information on this process will be announced in the near future.

Question of the Week: Governance or Management?

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The Reinventing Governance Task Force has considered the differences between governance–significant decisions that require broad input and consensus–and management–day to day operational decisions that can be made according to established processes.

Based on your experience, what are some current or recent examples of decisions that could be considered governance and what are some current or recent examples of decisions that could be considered management?

 

Open Comment Sessions Scheduled

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Find out more about governance at Bellevue College and contribute to the discussion.

The Reinventing Governance Task Force invites all members of the campus community to attend open comment sessions on the topic of a new governance structure for the college. A new governance structure will affect how decisions are made and how information is shared.

Main Campus
Thursday, May 7, West Boardroom
10-11:30am / 12:30-1:30pm / 2:30-4pm / 4-5pm

North Campus
Wednesday, May 13 / 9:30-11am / Rm 1100

RSVP to OurFuture@bellevuecollege.edu or drop in on a space-available basis.

More information can be found at: http://commons.bellevuecollege.edu/ourfuture/.

Campus Invited to Comment on Governance Report

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The coordinated strategic planning processes, conducted during AY 2013-2014, resulted in new strategic, academic master, and student affairs plans. Governance and planning emerged as immediate issues of that work. As a result, President Rule established a Reinventing Governance Task Force (RGTF) and charged its members to examine governance models from other institutions and determine the parameters for a successful system. The RGTF met for a total of seven sessions in January, February, and March.

Following the submission of A Report to the President from the Reinventing Governance Task Force, President Rule asked that the RGTF continue its work by soliciting comment from all campus constitutencies. Please take a look at the report and provide feedback. The How to Participate page provides various ways to comment.

 

 

Question of the week: Anticipating change

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What changes do you anticipate in the Bellevue College service area over the next 1-10 years that will impact the college, and how might BC need to respond to those changes? [Use the speech bubble to the right or the reply link below to respond]

 Service Area

The BC service area covers the school districts for Bellevue, Mercer Island, Issaquah, Skykomish and Snoqualmie Valley. The outlined area in the NE corner of the map is the Bellevue College district. The color represent population density.

Hill Group to assist with Student Services planning process

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Two representatives from Hill Group, a management consulting firm based in Pennsylvania, have completed a two-day visit to the BC campus to work with Student Services on a major planning project. John Talcott and Jordan Pallitto will focus on an approach that emphasizes equitable access and social justice. In addition to its work with Student Services, the Hill Group will coordinate closely with the Strategic Planning Committee so that planning is integrated campus-wide. Talcott and Pallitto will be on campus again twice this fall with anticipated completion of the Student Services plan during the Winter Quarter.

What is the Internet of Things?

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The “Internet of Things,” also referred to as the “Web of Things” or the “Internet of Everything,” is the evolving vision of more and more devices connecting to smart networks and interacting with humans and with each other through the Internet. June 2012, the Internet switched over to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) to prepare for the increasing number of devices with unique IP addresses that want to transmit and receive data. In addition to the expanded Internet, key technology enablers include device miniaturization, more powerful and lower cost microprocessors, and smart sensors, location devices and actuators. Currently applications are focused primarily around smartphones as hubs of connectivity. However, an increasing number of “smart devices” and “smart sensors” are taking on an IP address and connecting to the Internet resulting in ever more complex systems and interactions. –Michèle Royer, Ph.D, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, BC

For an infographic on the Internet of Things, click here