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Additional business covered by GCCC Trustees
Published 2/10/2012 in Local News
By The Telegram
The Garden City Community College Board of Trustees took the following action on Wednesday:
* Approved the purchase of 100 replacement computers and monitors, at a total cost of $88,200, and $21,779.03 for the third year of a three-year Microsoft licensing agreement. The hardware will come from CDW-Government of Vernon Hills, Ill., the lower of two bidders; and the licensing is being provided by Zones, Inc., Auburn, Wash.
* Received an outline of facility usage policies from the president, explaining public availability of GCCC classrooms, meeting locations and other sites.
The Endowment, Bill Kinney and Broncbuster rooms in the Beth Tedrow Student Center are each available for $50 per hour, as are classrooms. For lecture halls, rental is $100; with a charge of $250 hourly for one of the college gymnasiums or the auditorium of the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Set-up and tear-down costs begin at $100, with custodial charges at $30 per hour and technical support at $50 per hour. Technology usage fees in connection with campus facilities range from $50 to $100 hourly, depending on needs.
The policy and charges were designed to make campus facilities available to the public at reasonable rates, but also cover costs, said GCCC President Herb Swender. Facility usage is coordinated through a single campus scheduler. The policy also is designed to define hours of availability, protect college equipment and property, exclude tobacco inside campus buildings, as well as exclude alcohol from the campus, and stipulates that opinions expressed by individuals or organizations using GCCC facilities are not representative of the college. Fees may be waived for public entities or partner organizations.
* The board also heard from Patsy Zeller, director of nursing and allied health, and Cynthia Johnson, allied health project specialist. Zeller outlined advances made in the college's two-year registered nursing program, one-year practical nursing program, paramedic-to-RN bridge program and allied health program. The allied health curriculum serves people who want to become certified nurse aides, certified medication aides, EKG technicians, phlebotomy technicians, pharmacy technicians, rehabilitative aides or home health aides, as well as individuals who want to work in medical terminology or respiratory therapy, or gain IV certification.
Zeller noted the program's efforts to recruit students, build an interactive website for potential students and work with young people at the high school and earlier levels on health care career goals. Though not at capacity, the program can simultaneously serve 20 practical nursing and 40 registered nursing students, along with 10 individuals each in the paramedic-to-RN program and an LPN-to-RN program.
* Swender informed the board that the GCCC Automotive Technology Program is going to remain in operation, with adjustments and adaptations, rather than closing as previously planned.
* The board discussed a regular monitoring report on personal enrichment, one of four objectives linked to the college mission statement, during which the president said that GCCC's programing in that area should reflect the community.
* Trustees learned that it's possible, due to legislation advancing in Topeka, that Kansas concealed carry handgun permit holders may gain the legal right to take firearms onto college campuses.
* The group received an economic development report from Trustee Ron Schwartz, who also shared an observation from Dr. Lauren Welch, a retired surgeon and former board member, who told Schwartz that GCCC graduates have a high acceptance rate at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
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