CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
The Construction Technology Program Advisory Committee met on Thursday, November 01,
2007 at 6:00 p.m. at Maysville Community & Technical College.
Members present were:
1.
Tracy Royse, Assistant Professor
2.
Jessey Evans, A. W. Graham Lumber
3.
Woody Graham, A. W. Graham Lumber
4.
Keith Butler, Butler Construction
5.
Terry Teegarden, Hardymon Lumber
6.
Rose Teegarden, Hardymon Lumber
Faculty Advisory present were:
1.
Chalmer Cloud, EKBC
2.
John Earl King, RWC Program Coordinator
3.
Dennis Swartz, RWC
Member absent were:
1.
Mike Mason, Mike Mason Realty
A copy of the agenda is attached. The following items were reviewed and the suggestions from
observations made by the committee were:
Old Business Issues discussed were:
First Aid still not up-to-date, router table, and panel saw still not purchased. These previous
issues need to be taken care of immediately and a report of purchases and updated safety will be
expected at the Spring advisory meeting by the Advisory members.
Item 1. First Aid for Carpentry Lab
Conclusion: Kit still has not been updated. This was discussed at the Spring 2007 meeting and
needs to be taken care of immediately.
Item 2. Router table needed & a panel saw
Conclusion: Tracy will get quotes and pay for router table from the general budget. Quotes for
the panel saw estimated at $1000.00, funds will be sought through nonrecurring funds process to
make this purchase,
Recommendation and Justification: Safety for the instructor and students is the number one
priority no excuse for this oversight.
Action required: Immediate attention is needed in the area of safety.
Scheduled Follow-up and feedback: #1 priority—First Aid Kit updated
Item 2. Router table and panel saw purchases made before Spring 2008 advisory meeting.
New Business Discussed:
New Advisory members: Keith Butler owner of Butler Construction and Terry and Rose
Teegarden with Hardymon Lumber were introduced and welcomed to the advisory.
New curriculum for the program has been implemented for the Fall of 2007. Program name has
changed to Construction Technology. By changing the title it allows not only carpentry but other
aspects of construction that widens the gulf of courses we can offer to students. A Construction
Carpenter diploma is offered through the Construction Technology program. Certificates
include: Carpenter Helper, Construction Forms Helper, Residential Carpenter, Residential
Roofer, Residential Site Layout Assistant, Rough Carpenter, and Basic Carpenter. Curriculum
and competencies for these program courses have all changed. New curriculum and
competencies information were handed out to the advisory committee members for their review.
Tracy Royse held a dual credit meeting with local area high schools to recruit for new students
for Construction Technology program. Contacts for the dual credit include: Melanie Jamison,
MCATC; Debbie Vice and Rita Dials, Fleming County Schools; and Randy Fryman, Bracken
County Schools. The enrollment for the high school dual credit cannot begin until the Fall of
2008 when the courses start from the beginning of the 2 year plan.
Co-ops with Business/Industry need to be strengthened. Continue seeking Co-ops that are job
related with job site training and instructions with reliable contractors from the local surrounding
regions.
New Business Issues discussed were:
Item 1. Universal guard for table saw
Item 2. Fire Blanket
Item 3. Storage areas need improvements
Recommendation and Justification: Safety for the instructor and student’s is the number one
priority.
Action required: Immediate attention is needed in the area of safety.
Scheduled Follow-up and feedback: Update safety for Instructor and Students safety.
Adequate guards for equipment and a fire blanket suggested.
Schedule for next meeting.
In April/May, Spring of 2008 an advisory meeting will be held preferably on a Wednesday or
Thursday as this will works best for the Advisory Committee members.
Adjournment
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Construction Technology Agenda
Meeting Facilitator:
Tracy Royse
6:00 – 6:15 pm
Welcome
6:15 – 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 – 8:30 pm
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Maysville Campus/Tech Bldg
Type of
meeting:
Tour of Labs & Program Discussions
Advisory Committee
Stanley Click, Division Chair
Program Coordinators
PROGRAM DISCUSSION ROOM LOCATION
Construction Technology-------------------------------------Construction Carpentry Lab
Agenda Items
Introductions of New Committee Members – Tracy Royse, Assistant Professor, MYC
New Curriculum
Equipment Updates
Recruitment Updates
Business/Industry Needs/Suggestions
Coop
OTHER INFORMATION/NOTES
Next meeting date Spring 2008
April or May 2008, Wednesdays or Thursdays
Adjourn
April 25, 2007
Energy Systems
Advisory Meeting
Present for meeting
Jeff Schaefer EKP
Steve Barnoski DP&L
DR Angela Fultz MCTC
Mike Quillen MCTC
Terry Pasley MCTC
Ed Parker MCTC
Dina Horton DP&L
David Collins MCATC
Bob Weigott EKPC
Curriculum: Ed talked about the process and the approval of the AAS degree and the certificate
program. He stated it was official as of the Fall term.
One of the areas we want to improve is the safety course. Dina a new hire at DP&L will give us a
full feed back on areas that need improvements. She will report back to the committee at the
next meeting.
COOP tasks list. Steve and Jeff volunteered to develop a complete task list for the coop students.
This will allow the students to gain the most from their coop class and will help to identify areas
where we can improve the program.
Steve brought up the need to have certain books available for the students to do research.
Ed will contact the library to see if they can order books and to have them available for the
students. It was asked if there could be three copies two to stay in the library and one for limited
check out. Ed will report back on the books.
Terry talked about the idea of getting more courses on line to better meet our student’s needs.
One of the problems is a lot of our students are day workers and want every course available at
night every term. We are working to accomplish as much as possible as this is a new program
and the balancing of the needs of the students is being explored.
DR Julian talked about trying to have all the students complete the program after they are hired.
We have had 11 students hired and we are working to get them to complete the program. Dina
stated it was hard as she was working 12 hour shifts. We are trying to make the course available
to meet the school’s needs and the students.
We also talked about trying to compare the companies training with our courses so the students
will be better able to get credit for work experiences.
Edward Parker
Maysville Community & Technical College
Electrical Technology Program
Advisory Meeting Minutes
April 18, 2007
7:00pm to 8:30pm
The Electrical Technology Advisory Committee met Wednesday April 18, 2007 at
approximately 7:00 pm. In attendance were Lew Holmberg (KDMK), Kenny Holbrook
(KDMK), Steve Walker (Perk’s Inc.), and Stephen Perkins (Service of Morehead).
Topics of discussion included teaching a more systematic approach to troubleshooting
electrical circuits and using certain techniques to provide continuous improvement for
the program members. It was discussed how technicians today need to have a more
logical thought process developed in order to treat and prevent technical problems
dealing with the maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical circuits. Committee
members from KDMK were impressed by the new motor control trainer and fault
insertion capabilities, but saw a need for more updated PLC trainers and equipment
stressing that every piece of equipment they used in their factory was PLC controlled.
The meeting for Electrical Technology lasted from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Welding
Advisory Committee Meeting
April 18th. 07
We began with dinner for all programs in the Multi-Purpose room. After dinner everyone broke
out into their particular area for the meetings. Our Welding Advisory Committee members were
as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Stan Stamper
Ashley Applegate
Ben Colier
Keven Dales
Stanley Click
Dean Howard
(Hauffman Enclosures, Mount Sterling, Ky.)
(Self employed, Flemingsburg, Ky.)
(Pipefitters Local#248, Ashland, Ky.)
(Toyo Seat, Flemingsburg, Ky.)
(Welding Instructor, Rowan Campus MCTC)
(Welding Instructor, Rowan Campus)
We began our meeting with again thanking our members for their participation with us. We
expressed our knowledge of their time restraints and how valuable an entire evening for this
meeting is. Our first discussion was about the shortage of qualified Welders now and the
expectations of an even bigger shortage in the future. Stan Stamped stated Hauffman has trouble
hiring experienced welders who will stay with them. He said “this is a good problem, there are
so many jobs that people can choose where they want to work”. Ben Colier stated the unions in
most of the United States are having problems manning their work due to a lot of work and the
shortage of welders. Ashley Applegate suggested this should be a good time for enrollment in
the Welding program and asked how our numbers are now compared to a few years ago when
the demand was not as strong. Ben shared with us the results of a few students whom we had to
test for the Union and all had passed the welding exam. No one had any other serious concerns
and our meeting was ended.
Maysville Community & Technical College
Automotive Advisory Meeting Minutes
October 11, 2007
Attendance:
Tony Wallace
Bernard Stone
Doug Forman Jr.
Timothy Newton
Steve Stamper
Automotive Program meeting began with dinner at 6:00pm with all technical programs at the
Rowan campus.
At 7:00pm all programs went to there own program areas for the advisory meeting.
The meeting started with a discussion about the possibility of a new school in few years and
whether we should ask for any large equipment that would have to be mounted to the floor. The
committee decided that before any more large equipment is bought we should wait to see if the
new school is going to be built or not.
The next topic was about starting an internship in the spring semester. This would allow the
students to get more on the job training and would not cost the dealerships any money. Students
would go and work with technicians at dealerships for part of their lab work.
All committee members agreed it would help the students. They ask Tony to check with other
schools that were already doing this and see what all was involved. They wanted to make sure
the students had insurance and that that dealerships were not liable for anything.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00pm, Tony said he would notify them when the next meeting would be
held.
MINUTES
Maysville Community & Technical College
Office Systems Technology Advisory Committee
February 11, 2008 – DeShas Restaurant – Maysville, Kentucky
The meeting was called to order by Mollie Appelman at 11:30 a.m.
In attendance
Advisory Committee Members present: Jamie Routt, MCTC; Katie Trimble, Mason Co. ATC;
Doi Woodall, Vocational Rehabilitation; and Tracey Florer, Bracken Co. High School
Absent: Tim Brannon, People’s Bank; Sabrina Hampton, EPT; Marsha Mitchell, Fleming Co.
Hospital; and Yolanda Burns, DP&L
MCTC Guests: Justin Pate, Associate Dean of Academics and Sherry Vice, Business Division Assistant
Welcome
Mollie Appelman welcomed and introduced members and MCTC guests. She thanked each of them for taking the
time out from their busy schedules to attend the OST Advisory Committee meeting.
OST Curriculum & Program Update
Mrs. Appelman updated the members on the OST curriculum and enrollment.
Debbie Sauer stated that 10 OST students participated in OST 295 Work Internship during the Fall 07 semester and 5
students are currently enrolled in OST 295 for the Spring 07 semester. She thanked thel advisory committee
members for allowing OST students to work in their offices. Several interns have secured permanent employment as
a result of their work experience.
MCTC Academic Information
Justin Pate stressed the importance of the advisory committee to the OST program at MCTC. He stated that the
advice we receive from our advisory committees are reflected in our curriculum and program updates. Justin stated
that MCTC will be experiencing SACS accreditation in October 2008 and there is a possibility that the SACS committee
may wish to speak to advisory committee members. He stated that MCTC is working on a Quality Enhance Plan as
part of the SACS visit and explained “The First Year Experience” is our QEP topic. Justin explained dual credit and
expressed its importance to high school student enrolled in college courses. He also talked about the popularity of
on-line classes and some of the changes anticipated in on-line learning in the future. Justin spoke briefly about
proposed budget cuts and stated that various committees at the college are looking at ways to tighten the budget
without students being affected.
Committee Member Input

Doi Woodall stated that many vocational rehab students would benefit from an employability skills class.
Debbie told her about BA 250 Employability Skills and stated that the college would be willing to work with
vocational rehab on setting up a class to meet their specific clients’ needs.

Katie Trimble and Tracey Florer stated that several of her students are enrolled in dual credit classes. This
gives many students the incentive to continue their education. Many high school students are graduating
with 12-15 college credit hours.
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On behalf of Sabrina Hampton Mollie stressed that many new employs are not equipped with adequate
communication skill. Sabrina told Mollie that so many of the applicants at EPT lack the personal
communications skills necessary to work in an office. She stressed the importance of face to face
communications and telephone communications.

Jamie Routt stated that the student development office has supervised several of the OST interns and they
have been well pleased with them.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Business Administration Advisory Board
The Maysville Community and Technical College Business Administration Advisory Board met
December 5, 2007 from 8:00 – 9:30 AM at Frischs Restaurant in Maysville, KY.
Those attending the meeting included: Darren Mack (Wal-Mart, Maysville), Jeremy Noble
(Dayton Power and Light, Maysville), Tiffany Pitts Reeder (Community Trust Bank,
Flemingsburg), Lisa Wellman (Carmeuse Lime, Maysville), Tara Thornberry (MCTC), Lorrina
Blevins (MCTC), Kim Bloomfield (MCTC), Laura Denton (MCTC) and Sherry Vice (MCTC).
Tara Thornberry, Division Chair of the Business and Information Technologies Division, began
the meeting with a warm welcome and introductions. Each person attending introduced
himself/herself as well as the company he/she represents.
Tara gave a quick overview of the program. There was a general discussion about the program,
the degrees offered, and the Accounting and Management options. She also talked about the
many certificates that a student can obtain while working towards their two-year degree.
The Advisory Board members discussed the possible addition of an ethics course, BA 290, to the
Business Administration curriculum. Questions were posed as to whether an ethics course was
needed and if so what other course should the ethics course replace in the Business
Administration curriculum. The following responses were given to the questions pose:
 Laura Denton felt there wasn’t any need for a separate course on ethics and that some
degree of ethics should already be taught in each of the Business Administration courses.
 Jeremy Noble thought that perhaps a seminar on ethics would be sufficient.
 Lisa Wellman stated that ethics is different in each option, accounting and management.
She felt that ethics should be taught more in-depth in the existing courses in the Business
Administration curriculum.
 Kim Bloomfield felt that we should “beef” up teaching ethics in the existing courses.
A question concerning the level of math skills needed by employees was posed to the Advisory
Board. Would MT 122, Intermediate Algebra, meet the math skills needs of
employers/employees? The board responded to this question with these suggestions of skills
needed: a need for more advanced math skills (not just percentages and decimals), the basic
skills of checkbook balancing, check and deposit slip writing, purchase orders, budgeting, and
other business-related tasks.
Suggestions from the Board concerning community needs and possible solutions to those needs:
Culture/language needs (both Japanese and Spanish) – Offering a CED course related to basic
business language for both Japanese and Spanish was suggested. Lorrina Blevins will look into
this possibility.
Resume` Issues regarding the creation and submission of online resumes`- A suggestion of a
workshop offered through CED related to resume` writing and other pre-hire skills was
suggested. Darrin Mack and Lisa Wellman reported most of their prospective new-hires have
difficulty with completing resumes, both online and paper versions. Lorrina Blevins said that
CED has conducted a similar workshop for Clopay job candidates. Note* Sherry Vice and
Angie Potter will be offering a job skills workshop through CED in the spring.
Jeremy Noble felt there is a need for a workshop related to organizing and conducting business
meetings. He also voiced the need for help regarding video and phone conferencing. Tara
suggested that Debbie Sauer cover these items in more detail in the Business Communication’s
course.
Tiffany Reeder said that customer relations/service was an issue at the bank. There was a
suggestion for a CED course related to this issue as well as covering customer service in more
detail in the existing courses.
Future meetings – It was the consensus of the advisory board to meet each semester, twice in the
academic year. Morning meetings or lunch meetings both are acceptable.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:30 AM. Tara Thornberry closed the meeting by
thanking everyone for their attendance and their wonderful ideas.
Minutes submitted by Sherry Vice, Division Administrative Assistant for Business & IT
Division