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Community College Completion Challenge
Oklahoma Association of Community CollegesTuesday, June 9, 2015
New Jersey’s Community Colleges
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Presenters Louis Venturelli, Assistant Director, Center for Student Success
Jacob Farbman, APR, Director of Communications, New Jersey Council of County Colleges
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The mission of the New Jersey Council of County Colleges is to provide statewide leadership for the advancement of New Jersey’s 19 community colleges and to perform sector coordinating responsibilities as required by state law.
In 2014, the NJCCC was awarded $500,000 by the Kresge Foundation to support a statewide Center for Student Success.
| COLLABORATION | COMMUNICATION | CATALYTIC CHANGE | | CONVENING | COHERENCE | CONTINUITY |
New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Introduction to NJCCC
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
About: Coordinated by the NJ Center for Student Success, NJC4 is a statewide completion and transfer campaign consisting of a series of campus-based completion events designed and implemented by Phi Theta Kappa student leaders, all taking place within a designated week.
Our goal: engaging students as stakeholders in their own success.
“The NJC4 Program is helping community college students develop into the kinds of leaders we know that they can be.”
- President Raymond Yannuzzi, Camden County College
Introduction to NJC4
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
How did we get started?
Interest: Digitally Survey Chapters for Statewide Interest
Awareness: Hold Statewide Conference Calls with PTK Advisors
and Student Leaders
Commitment: Distribute Chapter
Commitment Form
Inventory: Distribute Chapter
Event Form
Launch: Visit colleges, hire videographer and
promote program
Roadmap: NJ Community College Completion Challenge
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Examples of Successful Student Events
Coffee on the Quad
College Transfer Fairs
On the Spot Academic Advising
Alumni Panels
Completion Rallies
Civic Engagement Projects and Programs
Faculty Appreciation Day
Essay Contests
Halloween Activities
Pizza with the President
Campus Newspaper
Keep Your Completion Banner on Display & Follow Up with Students Who have Signed the Pledge
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
By the Numbers
October 2013
75+ NJC4 events taking place across New Jersey11,000 students pledged to complete their degrees450 faculty and staff pledged to serve as completion champions
October 2014
100+ NJC4 events taking place across New Jersey15,000 students pledged to complete their degrees800 faculty and staff pledged to serve as completion champions
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Funding NJC4Partnership with New Jersey Education Association
• NJEA represents 90,000 K-12 stakeholders, including faculty & staff at NJ Community Colleges
• Advocates for community colleges as the NJEA’s New Jersey County Colleges Association
• Funded local activities for all 19 chapters and statewide viral campaign
• Invested $15,000 in NJC4 (2013, 2014, 2015)
Partnership with Kean University
• Public 4-year Institution
• Invested $10,000 in NJC4 (2015)
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Promoting NJC4
• Created #NJC4 and asked all community colleges to use it on social media – Facebook, Instagram & Twitter
• Created four viral news segments featuring campus events
• Publicized on NJCCC, Phi Theta Kappa & NJEA websites
• Media coverage in The Star-Ledger, Philadelphia Inquirer, Press of Atlantic City, Inside Higher Education, and others
• 30-minute feature on Caucus: New Jersey (PBS)
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Tips for Success
1. Identify a statewide C4 Advisory Board
2. If available, partner with your PTK Regional Coordinator
3. Hold numerous conference calls with chapter advisors and student presidents – facilitate exchange of ideas
4. Engage other campus offices and student organizations in the program
5. Communicate your plans with statewide leadership including deans of students, chief academic officers and college presidents
6. Engage distance education students through the online pledge
7. Fundraise through state organizations for chapter programmatic support
8. Capture and tell your story
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9. Identify a Completion Challenge Theme
10. Introduce additional partnerships for sustainability, including 4-years
11. Establish a Spring Semester Completion Celebration Day
New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Tips for Success (continued)
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New Jersey Council of County Colleges
Louis VenturelliAssistant Director
Center for Student Successp. (609) 392-3434 | e. lventurelli@njccc.org
Jacob Farbman, APRDirector of Communications
New Jersey Council of County Collegesp. (609) 392-3434 | e. jfarbman@njccc.org
www.njstudentsuccess.com
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