WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT #512
COUNTIES OF COOK, KANE, LAKE AND McHENRY, STATE OF ILLINOIS
Minutes of the Committee of the Whole Meeting of Wednesday, December 18, 2013
CALL TO ORDER
The Committee of the Whole meeting of the Board of Trustees of
Community College District No. 512 was called to order by Chair
Hill on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 4:50 p.m. in Room
W216 of the Wojcik Conference Center, 1200 W. Algonquin Road,
Palatine, Illinois.
ROLL CALL
Present: Members Canning, Dowell, Gallo, Hill, Kelley, Mundt,
Stone, and Student Member Lietzow
Absent: none
Also present: Kenneth Ender, President; Ronald Ally, EVP
Finance and Administrative Services; Patrick Bauer, Chief
Information Officer; Bret Bonnstetter, Controller; Phil Burdick,
Chief Communications Officer; Maria Coons, Senior Executive to
the President and VP Workforce and Strategic Alliances; Tom
Crylen, Executive Director of Facilities Management; Joan Kindle,
Associate Provost; Mary Knight, Chief Advancement Officer; Judy
Marwick, Provost; Sheryl Otto, Assistant Provost; Sheila QuirkBailey, Chief of Staff and VP Planning and Institutional
Effectiveness; Roger Spayer, Chief Human Resources Officer;
Evelyn Seiler, Board Support; Kim Pohl, Media Relations
Manager; Melissa Cayer, citizen.
DISCUSSION OF
FOLLOW UP ITEMS
Dr. Ender introduced a scholarship program, Harper Promise,
designed to encourage high school students to earn a scholarship to
Harper beginning in their first year of high school by focusing on the
workforce characteristics identified in the recent employer scan. He
explained it is still in the development phases and that it is
necessary to plan for the program starting with the 2015 budget
cycle. This community engagement toward the pursuit of higher
education will involve a committee which includes business leaders
from the District to help guide the effort and to coordinate
employment opportunities for the scholars utilizing the Work Keys
assessment credentials as pre-qualifiers.
Dr. Ally reviewed the main points of the five-year financial plan the
Board received last week, explaining the projections used in the
models for Board discussion.
Dr. Ender briefly discussed an anonymous letter he and the Board
received this past week.
FORMAL ACTIONS
None taken.
ADJOURNMENT
Member Kelley motioned, Member Dowell seconded, adjournment
at 5:55 p.m.
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Chair
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Secretary