Enrollment Services Division Council Newsletter
El Camino College
April 2014
Graduation Initiative
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The Graduation Initiative is working on recruiting students for the Summer Math Academy.
o The primary mission of the Summer Math Academy 2014 is to equip students with the
information and tools necessary for success in the mathematical sequences of classes they
take at El Camino College to graduate or transfer.
o A secondary goal is to provide students with another opportunity to save semesters taking
non-degree applicable or non-transfer level pre-requisite math classes by scoring higher on
the Mathematics Placement Test (MPT). By making the MPT scores significantly higher for
placement into higher level courses than the general student population, the Academy will
facilitate student success for its students testing into higher level classes.
Idania Reyes will attend the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity’s Annual Professional
Development Institute on April 7-11, 2014. This conference is a professional learning community
where she will learn about successful programs of study that lead to postsecondary transition/transfer,
as well as provide additional resources on how to increase the participation of URM
(underrepresented minority) students, which is one of the primary goals of ECC’s Graduation
Initiative grant. In addition, she will learn about implementing best practices for ensuring the success
of special population students, as well as, participate in the beginning of a series of visioning
activities to create a new future for equity in education which are related to our grant objectives.
April Activities:
o “What Learning Style Are You?” – April 2, 2014, 2:00pm-3:00pm in the Reading Success
Center (Library, East Basement)
o Reading Strategies “Tips for Organizing Your Texts” – April 15, 2014, 3:00pm-4:00pm in the
Reading Success Center
o “Reading Success Center Showcase” – April 29, 2014, 10:00am-2:00pm in the Reading
Success Center
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Financial Aid
2014-2015 Processing Timeline
 The first Missing Information Letter (MIL) email blast was sent out to 3,135 student records on April
1st. Approximately 50% of the Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) were received to
date. The Financial Aid Office (FAO) will continue to send out batch email blasts every Monday to
students who complete 2014-2015 FAFSAs.
 The FAO anticipates increased student foot traffic starting either Friday or next week.
 Starting on 4/7/14, FAO will accept Board of Governors Waiver (BOGW) paper applications for
2014-2015.
 The FAO will be closed all day Friday, April 25, 2014 for staff training.
 The ECC FAO and Compton Center FAO will email important updates to all currently enrolled and
new students in preparation for the 2014-2015 Award Year beginning with the fall 2014
semester. Updates include information on:
o Financial Aid Disbursements – students may receive their financial aid disbursements by ECC
Debit Card, direct deposit, or paper check.
o Consortium Agreements – no longer available at ECC.
o Financial Aid Shopping Sheet – financial aid award letter students can use to compare and
make informed decisions about where to attend school.
o Financial Aid Priority Deadline – students must submit all required documentation by June 1,
2014 and meet eligibility requirements to receive their disbursement during the first week of
the fall 2014 semester.
o Financial Aid Television – free online videos posted on FAO web pages for ECC and the
Compton Center that provide financial aid information.
o Financial Aid Online Fillable Forms – PDF fillable forms available on the ECC and Compton
Center FAO web pages.
o Financial Aid Computer Lab – students are allowed to print financial aid documentation and
receive financial aid assistance provided by FAO staff and student ambassadors.
Student Development/ASO/ICC/AGS
Student Development
 Preparations are underway for 2014 Commencement.
 Brittany Hubble, President of Inter-Club Council has been chosen to be the 2014 Student
Commencement Speaker.
Associated Students Organization
 ASO has a new president and vice president:
o ASO President- Joy De Guzman
o ASO Vice President- Jasir Soomro
 ASO Elections will be held April 7th-9th on the Library Lawn between 9am-2pm and in the
Activities Center between 4pm-6pm. The results will be posted Friday, April 11th in the Activities
Center.
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A planning committee has been meeting for Academic Awards which will be held on April 16th in
the East Dining Room at 5:30pm.
ASO/ICC will be having a joint Banquet on Saturday, April 26th in the East Dining Room.
ASO will be attending the Student Senate for California Community Colleges Spring General
Assembly May 2nd -May 4th in Los Angeles.
Inter-Club Council
 The Spring ICC Blood Drive was a success. They registered 430 potential donors and collected 339
pints of blood!
 ICC had a great turn out for Warrior Games on Friday, April 4th. It was a fun time of competition
between ECC clubs, emphasizing spirit, pride, unity, and friendship.
Social Justice Program
 On April 24th the documentary Food Inc. will be shown in the Social Justice Center from 5pm-7pm.
Staff members are welcome to attend.
 In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's
food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has
been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our
government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food
supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put
profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American
farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have
bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant
soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new
strains of Ecoli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an
estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with
widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic
level of diabetes among adults.
 On May 1st there will be a presentation in the Social Justice Center titled: “The Perilous Plight of
Refugees: The Refugee Experience and Mental Health.” This presentation will be given by one of
the Psychology Club’s Advisers and faculty member, Dr. Renee Galbavy.
Assessment/Testing
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Assessment/Testing is in the process of completing one of their Student Area Outcomes (SAOs), as
the metrics needed for it are now available.
Vicki Lockridge is working to devise a check-list methodology for processing data for the CON
screens, as well as compiling a list of questions for ITS to answer regarding the process.
The Testing Lab XP computers were recently upgraded to Windows 7-compatibility, until they can
be replaced with new ones—perhaps in May. A few kinks have arisen, and they are working with
ITS to correct or alleviate them. There have been printing problems and the online calculator needs
to be disabled.
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Assessment/Testing started using a new math flowchart (revised by the Math Division) on 3/17/14.
The Accreditation Report Draft was reviewed by Vicki Lockridge, who found several errors
regarding assessment information. Corrections were forwarded to Dr. Jean Shankweiler.
Testing “exploded” during the month of March, in conjunction with the Student Success deadline of
3/31/14. The office tested a total of 1,519 students, which was 876 more than February 2014 and 851
more than March 2013!
First Year Experience (FYE)
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FYE has had eight information sessions to date with 218 participating as well as six group
information sessions with 118 participating.
FYE Community K (English 1A) is now closed.
April Information Sessions: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 / Tuesday, April 15, 2014 / Tuesday, April 22,
2014 (All beginning at 4:30pm – 6:00pm).
FYE Group Counseling Sessions: Thursday, April 10, 2014 from 3pm-4:30pm / Tuesday, April 24,
2014 from 3pm – 4:30 pm.
FYE End of Year Luncheon – Tuesday, April 29, 2014 from 12:45pm-2:00pm – East Dining Room.
Outreach and School Relations
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Through March, Outreach was able to assign Outreach Counselors to 22 high schools. In April, more
high schools, particularly those out of the district, will be assigned Outreach Counselors to complete
educational plans.
Outreach’s SB 1456 efforts to provide testing/assessment to our feeder high schools will surpass
1,000 students having been assessed by April 10. In-district students who test through Outreach are
also receiving orientation credit for priority registration. OASR will have completed 42 test sessions
this spring.
There are 6,432 students currently in our Prospective Student Database. Contact Robin Dreizler if
your program wishes to use this database for program recruitment.
Our high school contact listserv is approximately 555 high school counselors and administrators and
has been updated for the Spring 2014. If you would like information regarding how to market your
program or services by accessing this listserv, please contact Robin Dreizler or Julieta Ortiz.
Applications to become a Student Ambassador for 2014/15 will be available starting April 14th.
Priority deadline is May 16, final deadline is May 30. Applications will be available at the
Information Desk and SSVC 206.
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Enrollment Services Division Office
 The Enrollment Services Division office staff maintains job information for the ECC Job Website
database to provide students and alumni opportunities to apply for full- and part-time positions available
both locally and out of the area. Currently, there are over 80 positions listed. Jobs remain on the website
for 30 days unless extended by employers or positions are filled. Students need to log in to MyECC using
their student ID numbers. On the main page, there are several “Need A Job” links that will take them to
the job listings.
SCA Area Council – April 8, 2014
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Accreditation Update – The Accreditation Forum was held on March 27th. No new input for the 2014
Institutional Self-Study draft from those who attended but comments/changes are being sent to the
Accreditation Co-Chairs. The edits will be completed this month; Cabinet will review the self-study
in May which will go before the Board in June.
Nursing Program Update – The ECC Nursing program will withdraw from the Accreditation
Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) accreditation process at this time to address and
resolve the recommendations needed to meet ACEN standards. ACEN accreditation is optional not
mandatory. The disadvantage is that nursing students will not be able to work in federal institutions
without ACEN accreditation.
New Computers – Browsers on the new computers do not interface with OmniUpdate. As a short
term fix, ITS will install Google Chrome on one computer per office until Omni finds a way to work
with the new version of Windows Explorer or if we switch to another web page vendor.
Proposed Student Activities Fee – Starting spring 2015, students will automatically be charged a
$10.00 activities fee when they apply, but will be given the option to opt out of paying the fee.
Students voted to charge this fee – contributions from the Bookstore to the Auxiliary Fund have
decreased by 50%. The fee will undergo strict guidelines and policies and procedures on how it is to
be managed will be developed. Fees will be used for services that directly benefit students.
Compton Center Update – Still in the process of hiring a Dean of Student Services. Trish Bonacic
will become the Interim Dean (to replace Margaret Ramey who is scheduled to leave in April) until a
new person is hired.
Team Reports:
 Admissions & Records - The evaluators have been swamped with petitions. A&R is still trying to
recover from the loss of Dave Snowden.
 Counseling – Forty-seven schools will participate at the University Fair on April 10th from 10am-1pm
on the Library Lawn. Upcoming tours are scheduled to Cal State University Fullerton, University of
Santa Barbara and Inglewood Court. A resume writing workshop is scheduled on April 9th.
Applications are being reviewed for two open counseling positions. Counselors are conducting
workshops at the high schools, providing orientation and education plans and informing students they
must take the assessment test.
Contributors:
Theresa Clifford, Lorena Garcia, Lucy Nelson, Julieta Ortiz, Idania Reyes, Ngoc Tran and Breanna von
Stein
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Calendar of Events – April
Date
Event (Department)
Time
1
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
1
Ed Planning
2-3:30
2
Individual Campus Tour
9am-10am
2
MHS 5th Annual College Fair
11:30am - 2pm
4
Bud Carson Middle School
10am-12pm
4
John C. Freemont
College/Career Fair
Information Table
Place
Comments
Morningside HS Career Center
Animo Pat Brown
Meet at Information
Desk
Mayfair Middle/High
School
East Dining Room
Tour
10:00am12:00pm
TBD
Fremont HS
College Fair
San Pedro HS
Table
10am - 3pm
MLK MonumentCompton, CA
Inglewood HS
College Fair
7
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference
Ed Planning
8
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
9
College Fair
9
Campus Tour
8:30am10:30am
11am-12pm
9
MyECC 101
9
9
Vista HS College and Career
Fair
College Feria
9
4
5
9am-12pm
11:50am12:40pm
3pm-6pm
Morningside HS Career Center
San Antonio
Continuation School
Meet at Information
Desk
Lloyde HS
Table/Presentation
Presentation/Tour
College Fair
Tour
Presentation
Table
5pm-7pm
Vista Continuation
HS
Woodrow Wilson HS
Montgomery County Fair
9am-8:3pm
Gaithersburg, MD
College Fair
10
Placement Test
9am start
Fremont HS
Test
10
Individual Tour - Sheri Molina
9am-10am
Meet at Info Desk
Tour
10
10am 12:30pm
10am-1pm
ECC
10
Gardena HS Information
Session and Tour
Montgomery County Fair
Gaithersburg, MD
Information session and
Tour
College Fair
10
Presentation
9:45am-11
San Pedro HS
Presentation
11
Prince George's County Fair
TBA
College Fair
11
Information Table
TBD
Prince George,
Virginia
San Pedro HS
11
Individual Tour
1pm-2pm
Meet at Info Desk
Tour
11
Spring College Fair
12pm-3pm
Diego Rivera
Learning Complex
Table
Table
Table
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Calendar of Events – April
Date
Event (Department)
Time
Place
12
Expo Teen Fair
12pm - 2pm
Expo Center
14
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
Inglewood HS
15
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
15
MyECC 101
TBD
Morningside HS Career Center
Redondo Union HS
17
MyECC 101
17
Scholarship Awards Ceremony
12:15pm1:15pm
4pm-6pm
Lawndale High
School
On Campus
21
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
Inglewood HS
22
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
25
Information Table
TBD
Morningside HS Career Center
San Pedro HS
27
Orange County Fair
TBA
28
MyECC 101
2pm-3pm
Anaheim Convention
Center
Animo Pat Brown
28
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
Inglewood HS
29
Ed Planning
9am-12pm
29
MyECC 101
2pm-3pm
Morningside HS Career Center
Animo Pat Brown
30
3rd Annual RFK College Open
House
Camp Kirby College and Career
Day
14th Annual Blueprint for
Workplace Success
3pm-5pm
30
30
Robert F. Kennedy
Community Schools
TBD
8am-1pm
Comments
College Fair
Presentation
Presentation
Varies
Table
College Fair
Presentation
Presentation
Table
Presentations
Rogers Park
Gymnasium,
Inglewood
Table