beyond category

Creation & Innovation at Cuyahoga Community College

Beyond Category

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If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

State of the Arts Going beyond expectations in creative communications

The Backbone of Northeast Ohio Filling the continuing need for qualified health care workers

Sweet Aroma Teaching the spirit of hospitality

Distinct Corporate Development Career enhancement for company success

Star Power Supporting student scholarships

Broadening Our Reach Pioneering extraordinary educational opportunities

Inventive Magic of Faculty A passion for teaching excellence

Train and Gain Vital partnerships for economic growth

World Wise Commitment to the earth’s future

Life-changing Expectations Lighting the way for youth

Yes, we teach that. Degree and career programs spanning all areas of learning

Mission-driven Financials Raising the standard for responsible stewardship

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Beyond Category truly epitomizes the definition of Cuyahoga

Community College. While we are proud of our teaching, learning and

training mission, the College has evolved into an even greater entity

of creation and innovation.

It is that futuristic look that has enabled the College to extend its

services to students and the community while exploring new horizons.

We are proud of the unique and distinct initiatives that have spun

from our organization. Our faculty, staff and students have forged new

pathways to take us “above and beyond.”

Beyond Category is an encapsulation of some of the many exclusive

programs and partnerships that have become part of the fabric of

Cuyahoga Community College.

Jerry Sue thornton, Ph.d.

President, Cuyahoga Community College

American composer and jazz great

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington

called his music “American Music”

rather than jazz and his genius

stretched into other genres--blues,

gospel, film scores and popular

and classical music.

At Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®)

we are constantly evolving so that we

may defy description as well.

At Tri-C®, we collaborate, we innovate

and we inspire. The College is

important to everyone in the community,

no matter their age—from summer

camps and enrichment activities

for elementary students, to college

classes for high school students and,

of course, to adults returning to (or

starting) college. We’re also proud

to offer workforce development and

corporate leadership programs and

classes for our senior adults.

In these pages, we hope you enjoy

learning about our faculty, staff,

students and community partners who

help create and re-create innovative

curricula, develop and impart forward-

thinking skill sets for students, design

and build state-of-the-art facilities

and educational tools that help

develop and drive the economy of

Northeast Ohio.

Above all, Cuyahoga Community

College, a leader in academics and

workforce training, is a community

college beyond category.

Beyond Category

Ellington described those who impressed him as “beyond category,” a fitting description of his own intellectual abilities.

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Creation & Innovation at Cuyahoga Community College Beyond Category

Mixing board in the Center for Creative Arts

Class is in session. The band has set

up, the microphones placed, the sound

check completed and the cameras

ready to roll. You may not notice two

tiny cables that connect dozens of

microphone and video lines to five

separate recording studios in different

parts of the building—six if you include

the digital console on the soundstage.

Small student recording teams in each

of the studios capture, shape and

mix the sounds generated by some of

the best talent in Northeast Ohio.

No other school in the country has

facilities this advanced.

“At Cuyahoga Community College’s

Center for Creative Arts, ‘Tri-C’

means creativity, collaboration and

community,” offers Tommy Wiggins,

designer and manager of Recording

Arts & Technology program. “Every

day, students and faculty come to

this special place to create, work

collaboratively on projects and

establish community within and

outside its walls.”

With its multitude of meters and

faders, knobs and dials, the expansive

machine resembles the circuitry

required to launch a spaceship.

In truth, the machine is a showpiece

soundboard at the College’s majestic

Center for Creative Arts. It was

purchased from a recording studio

in Seattle after it was field tested by

rocker Ozzy Osbourne. The only other

one to be found in all of Northeast

Ohio similar in size and quality is an

even larger state of the art console

also at the Center. This equipment

– the industry gold standard – is

an example of the “best practices”

recording arts and technology that is

housed here.

“at Cuyahoga Community College S

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ClaSS iS in SeSSion.”

Center for

The incredible $30 million Center for

Creative Arts extends across nearly

two acres along the southern edge

of downtown Cleveland, providing

students with access to cutting-

edge technology. Whether it’s the

versatile Black Box studio, designed

to accommodate both television

and theater classes, or the half-

dozen film editing labs, or the 450

Mac computers used by fledgling

animators and video-game designers,

the school’s sophisticated equipment

match its forward-thinking curriculum.

Since opening in 2009, the College’s

Center for Creative Arts has housed

all of the school’s arts offerings.

Shimmering hallways connects

dance studios and music rooms,

high-definition editing suites and

digital mixing labs. And in a unique

partnership with the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame and Museum, the Center

also houses the museum’s library and

archival storage spaces.

Having so many facilities in one place

allows for extensive cross-curricular

activity. Arts faculty commonly pair

classes so students can gain even

more benefit from their studies. For

instance, an hour long rehearsal by

one of the jazz ensembles may be

recorded by students in the audio

department. Or students taking a

class called Acting for the Camera may

be filmed by schoolmates learning to

operate television cameras.

This collaboration is an enormous

success – enrollment in the Arts

division has increased by 36 percent

over the past two years. Students are

discovering that their high-tech training

connects them to their classmates

and, even more importantly, to the

industries – and jobs -- beyond their

classrooms.

The splendid $30 million Center for Creative Arts extends across nearly two acres along the southern edge of downtown Cleveland, providing students with access to cutting-edge technology.

Shimmering hallways connect dance studios and music rooms, high-definition editing suites and digital mixing labs.

Arts faculty commonly pair classes so students can gain even more benefit from their studies.

Sound Studio in the Center for Creative Arts

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CreatiVity, CollaBoration & Community

Tri-C is ranked third nationally

in providing degrees in health

professions and related sciences.

The nursing program is the largest

in the state and in the top 10 in the

nation for entry-level care workers.

“Because of the aging population,”

says Patricia Gray, vice president

of health care education initiatives,

“the indication is we are going to

need more people associated with

rehabilitation.”

The College’s many and varied health

care programs are helping the region

move toward economic recovery.

Many of the state’s finest hospitals—

Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals,

MetroHealth and St. Vincent Charity

—have a sizable number of Cuyahoga

Community College graduates on

their staffs.

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In Northeast Ohio, health care is a $5.7 billion industry. Years ago, Cuyahoga Community College recognized the fast-growing need for qualified health care workers in this region and began building the facilities and recruiting the staff to address that need.

“We’re really in tune with the health

care community,” says Gray. “We try

to meet all of their needs—not just

for professionals but also to train

existing personnel.”

By 2014, all hospitals will be required

to use electronic health care records.

Cuyahoga Community College, as

the leader of a Health Information

Technology consortium of seventeen

colleges, is using grant money to

create a curriculum for electronic

medical recordkeeping.

The College also has two preventive

care centers open to the public that

allow students in diverse programs

to work together. Our campuses offer

high-tech simulation labs to

provide real-life environments for

training. Often actors are hired to

create different scenarios that help

students hone their communication

and diagnostic skills.

“We wanted to develop lab areas in

which students could participate,

says Gray. “We also wanted to provide

free occupational and physical

therapy to the community.”

The College has a gleaming collection

of industry-standard medical equipment.

These devices are paired with the

school’s cutting-edge curriculum to

prepare its health care students for a

waiting job market.

“Most people don’t know the extent

of health care training that is available

right here in Northeast Ohio,” says

Sandy Robinson, vice president for

academic affairs. “They would be

amazed at what we have to offer at

Cuyahoga Community College.”

With Northeast Ohio’s dynamic health

care climate, health career graduates

of Tri-C will find that a myriad of

employment opportunities awaits.

“We’re really in tune with the health care community,” says Gray. “We try to meet all of their needs—not just for professionals but also to train existing personnel.”

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The faculty’s strong relationships with

the local restaurant community help

students gain entrée to and network

with prospective employers and allow

the Center to respond quickly to local

restaurant needs. Not long ago,

students began working with the City

of Cleveland on its innovative food

cart project. A collaboration with

Ohio City farms will supply cooking

classes with homegrown produce.

Furthermore, the College has

agreements in place with Johnson &

Wales University and Kent State

University that promote easy transfer

for our students.

Well-positioned next to the Hospitality

Center is Pura Vida, the newest

venture by Chef Brandt Evans,

Owner/Chef of Blue Canyon fame.

Not only is the restaurant a “good

neighbor” to the College Center, but

Chef Brandt shares his counsel and

expertise with students and has

gladly hired graduates or extended

internships to students when the

need is there.

Forte believes Cuyahoga Community

College is one of the finest culinary

schools in the United Sates, as

evidenced by the program’s enrollment

being up thirty-five percent in 2011.

“We brag about the success of our

students,” says Forte. “We can help

open doors for them, but they

succeed because of their knowledge

and experience.” Hospitality

Management is a growth industry in

Cleveland in light of the downtown

building boom and the anticipated

new hotels and restaurants that will

cater to the increasing number of

visitors to Cleveland.

“Our students are in great demand,”

says Greg Forte, Dean of Cuyahoga

Community College’s Hospitality

Management program. “They are

well-prepared for the emerging

directions in the Hospitality industry.”

Given the area’s economic challenges,

this is not a boast but rather an

inspirational statement. It serves as

a constant reminder to the program’s

students that the hard work and

commitment they put forth combined

with the expert training they receive

will be greatly rewarded. Students are

exposed to all the elements of

hospitality, both current and

anticipated.

The Hospitality Center sits in the

heart of the energy and revitalization

of Euclid Avenue. Its sprawling ground

floor resembles the sophisticated

interior of a contemporary bistro.

An expansive window on one wall

provides views into a teaching

kitchen, one of three at the Center.

A wide corridor separates a row of

high-end commercial appliances and

several cooking stations. Every detail

was planned with the school’s

aspiring chefs in mind.

The Hospitality Management program

offers degrees in three disciplines—

lodging and tourism, culinary arts,

and restaurant management.

“We teach our students about the

spirit of hospitality,” says Forte. “They

learn how to take care of people.”

According to Forte, there are few

better places to learn than Cleveland,

Ohio, which he terms a remarkable

food town. “Truly, between New York

and Chicago, nothing touches

Cleveland’s food scene.”

“Students in the Hospitality Management Program at Tri-C are in great demand. We open their minds, change their paradigms, and expand their palates.”

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The Hospitality Management program offers degrees in three disciplines—lodging and tourism, culinary arts, and restaurant management.


If leadership and learning are

indispensable to each other, as John

F. Kennedy once said, then it’s only

natural that the two would unite as

the driving forces behind the

Corporate College® at Cuyahoga

Community College. Since its

inception in 2003, Corporate College

has provided high-quality training to

employees of Northeast Ohio’s finest

companies.

“We help organizations become more

productive, more innovative and more

profitable through an investment in

their most important asset—their

employees,” says Greg Surtman,

director of business development at

Corporate College.

Corporate College’s rolling admission

schedule allows individual workers to

sign up for specific classes when—or

even before—the need arises.

Additionally, organizations can rent

the College’s cutting-edge facilities to

host anything from board meetings to

trade shows. And companies can

register for Corporate College’s contract

services—customized programs

designed for their specific needs.

“We’re the one place that captures

many different kinds of training for

the area’s best businesses,” says

Susan Muha, Executive Vice

President of Workforce and Economic

Development. “We produce a superior

product in half the time and at half

the cost.”

More than 50 area corporations,

including Cleveland Clinic, University

Hospitals and STERIS regularly use

Corporate College. Another hundred

businesses tap into the College’s

the firSt of itS kind:A Corporate College in a Community College.

expertise at least a couple of times a

year. The Cleveland Indians credit the

school’s programs for helping the

team create a more enjoyable overall

fan experience. And in 2006, when

new voting machines were introduced,

the Cuyahoga County Board of

Elections charged Tri-C with the task

of creating a curriculum to train the

seven thousand poll workers in the

new equipment’s technology.

Surtman calls the College’s training

programs its best-kept secret. He

believes a Corporate College strength

is providing leadership resources for

employees as they are promoted by

their companies. “We can help

managers who often haven’t had any

formal training in leading people,” he

says. “We provide the right tool sets

and methodology.”

The school has service contracts with

about 75 expert instructors—referred

to as a “talent bench”—who can be

matched with any employer training

needs.

Corporate College measures success

in various ways: Are the employees it

trains more efficient? More productive?

Are customers more satisfied?

When a company returns for another

round of training, Surtman knows

Corporate College has made a

difference, helping Ohio’s top

employers empower their workforce

now and into the future.

More than 50 area corporations, including Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and STERIS regularly use Corporate College. Another hundred businesses tap into the College’s expertise at least a couple of times a year.

The school has service contracts with about 75 expert instructors—referred to as a “talent bench”—who are called upon as needed.

Since its inception in 2003, Corporate College has provided high-quality training to employees from Northeast Ohio’s finest companies.

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TOP L–R: Mr. Robert Lewis, Mr. Mark McCormack, Dr. Maya Angelou, Mr. Harry BelafonteSECOND L–R: Mr. Hank Aaron, Ms. Cokie Roberts, Senator John Glenn, Mr. Ed BradleyTHIRD L–R: Mr. Sam Donaldson, Ms. Oprah Winfrey, Mr. Peter B. Lewis, Mr. Edward NortonFOURTH L–R: Mr. Tim Russert, Mr. Tom Brokaw, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret), Mr. Bob CostasFIFTH L–R: Mr. George Stephanopoulos, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Right Honorable Tony Blair

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As you can see on the facing page,

the keynote speakers at the Cuyahoga

Community College Foundation

Presidential Scholarship luncheon

have been among the most famous

people in the world. Interestingly, the

money they help raise is earmarked for

scholarships in their areas of influence

and expertise. For instance, Oprah’s

appearance benefited students in

our communications cirriculum and

Colin Powell’s went towards veteran’s

programming.

The benefit luncheon, traditionally a

sold-out event, is the place to see

and be seen -- attended by more

than 1,200 community and business

leaders who have helped to raise more

than $8.6 million for the Foundation’s

scholarship funds.

“The Cuyahoga Community College

Foundation is unique for a community

college. Everyone involved—from

Foundation Directors to guest

speakers—is committed to

showcasing and supporting the

best this College has to offer,” says

Gloria Moosmann, Vice President

of Resource Development for the

Cuyahoga Community College

Foundation.

More than half of Tri-C students are

the first generation in their families

to attend college. “Our scholarship

recipients tell us how financial support

means so much to their futures,”

Moosmann adds. In addition, the

College’s career development and

services transition initiative, which

helps retrain thousands of unemployed

workers, is also funded with external

donations. More than 85 percent of

the College’s graduates find jobs in

Northeast Ohio.

The Cuyahoga Community College

Foundation raises millions of dollars

each year for youth programs serving

7,500 children in greater Cleveland.

The Foundation also secures

financial support for the annual Tri-C

Jazzfest Cleveland event, itself a fine

example of how the College serves

its community. For more than 30

years, the top names and legendary

personalities in jazz have brought their

talent and insights to our area. What

started as a two-day event has grown

into a year-round jazz educational

symposium that culminates in a multi-

day festival every April, showcasing the

likes of Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis,

Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy

Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie

Hancock, Gregory Hines, Tito Puente

and hundreds more. Tri-C Jazzfest

Cleveland is just one more example

of how the College and its Foundation

support educational programs well

beyond the traditonal and certainly

way beyond category.

The benefit luncheon, traditionally a sold-out event, is the place to see and be seen -- attended by more than 1,200 community and business leaders who have helped to raise more than $8.6 million for the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation’s scholarship funds.


The Westshore Campus, the first in NE Ohio to be built in four decades, is a real tipping point for the local economy, positioned for growth in the fastest growing area of the County.

The College’s patient simulators

come in a variety of shapes, sizes

and genders, mirroring the diversity of

Cleveland’s population. Fifteen of

them — even an “infant” peering up

from its Plexiglas bassinet — lie

silently on hospital beds, awaiting

attention. Nursing and E.M.T.

students use these models to

practice medical procedures, such as

inserting a syringe and drawing blood.

The simulators rest comfortably

inside a glass-walled room that

resembles a hospital ward on the

second floor of Cuyahoga Community

College’s Westshore Campus.

Nestled in a wooded area in the

dynamic suburb of Westlake, just a

few blocks away from the bustle of

Crocker Park, it is the first of three

buildings planned to focus on

careers in nursing and the health

care industry. Future buildings will

concentrate on engineering,

mathematics and information

technology curricula. Each is a growth

industry, enabling graduates in these

fields to identify and attain careers,

even amid challenging economic

conditions.

Educators at Cuyahoga Community

College understand the struggle to

earn a family-sustaining wage—the

minimum salary needed to support a

family of four. The goal of many

programs at the College is to help

students achieve that income level

immediately upon graduation.

“This campus is a real tipping point

for the local economy,” says Dr. J.

Michael Thomson, Westshore’s

president. “Since 1973, the job

market has been in two places—

white and blue collar. But now there

are middle skill jobs. They require

more than a high school education

but less than a baccalaureate degree.”

The many students attending the

Westshore campus could have

attended many other institutions of

higher learning, but chose Cuyahoga

Community College.

The College’s faculty members are

keenly aware of recent realignments

in Northeast Ohio’s labor force.

The school’s broad range of programs

are designed to fill the changing

needs within the community.

“This campus provides a transition

for students,” Thomson says. “It’s a

place where they can live, learn and

earn locally.” The Westshore Campus

has an incredible variety of offerings

for the local residents, each close by,

but also way beyond reasonable

expectations.

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The idea was simple, but brilliant.

Associate Professor Dan Levin told

his students to go to the Cleveland

Public Library’s historical collection

and find a Cleveland urban landscape

photograph dating between the 1920’s

and the 1970’s. Then, paying careful

attention to the position of the camera,

the probable focal length of the lens

employed, the lighting, and the time

of day, each student was told to take

a ;photograph from the exact same

point of view as the original. The

result was “Re-Photographic Survey:

Picturing Cleveland Then and Now,” a

fascinating study of progress--or the

lack of it.

“The project was about so much more

than student art,” says Dr. Belinda

Miles, who serves as the College’s

executive vice president of academic

and student affairs. “The students

had to do a great deal of research.

They became immersed in the

historical community and were able to

really see the juxtaposition of the

ages, and generation, the differences

and also the continuum across time.”

It was the type of challenging

assignment that the College’s faculty

members often develop. A unique

and lively curriculum is more likely

to engage students in academics.

For example, recent Ohio Professor of

the Year honoree Ormond Brathwaite,

who teaches chemistry at the East

Campus, will take a team of students

to St. Lucia to tutor locals in science.

According to Dr, Miles, it is a real

testament to Professor Brathwaite

and an honor for the College as well.

And Andrew Bajda, a faculty member

at the Metropolitan Campus, has led

a successful class project that is

meeting the need for fresh and

attainable food in the heart of the

city: a successful food co-op in the

central neighborhood. Students are

learning best business practices to

manage the project.

Professors spend long hours devising

imaginative and absorbing curricula—

the kinds of lesson plans that spark

a student’s drive to learn. “This is a

very different type of school,” says

Miles. “As I like to say, it’s not your

grandmother’s community college.”

Instead, the College’s faculty offers

22nd century sensibilities far beyond

the traditional college concept.

Our faculty are creative thinkers and educators. While focused on the College mission, they strive to stimulate the imagination of students.

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In today’s job market, the Workforce

and Economic Development Division

(WEDD) at the College is crucial to

Northeast Ohio’s community.

Nearly two years after Ford Motor

closed its Brook Park plant, leaving

hundreds of Ohio workers unemployed,

the company announced that it would

use the site again to assemble its

new EcoBoost engines. The new

product was automated and had a

higher technology bar in order to

produce it effectively.

“The bottom line is that a closed

plant was now open. This was great

news for the City of Brook Park and

for Ford,“ said John Gajewski,

Cuyahoga Community College’s

Executive Director of Manufacturing

and Construction Trades.

“However, with Ford poised to bring

hundreds of workers back, it was

clear that many had not been trained

in the new technologies the assembly

of the engine required. We provided

training in technologies such as fluid

power, basic machining and robotics

to more than 800 workers—a real

example of fulfilling the mission of

Cuyahoga Community College.”

WEDD has had a number of

successful collaborations with local

businesses. Several years ago,

pharmaceutical manufacturer

Ben Venue was expanding and

needed specialized training for

dozens of its workers. Ben Venue

asked the College to help, and it

responded with new courses in the

production of drugs and medical

devices. This was a harbinger of

things to come.

The bigger story is the booming

Bioscience industry in Northeast

Ohio, which is projected to grow at a

rate of 7 to 10 percent a year,

compounded, said Gajewski “With

Ben Venue, we trained employees

who needed certification, not

bachelor’s degrees.

“The bottom line is that the auto plant was now open as a result of Cuyahoga Community College training provided to more than 800 workers – a real example of fulfilling our mission.”

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“The bigger story is the booming

Bioscience industry in Northeast

Ohio, which is projected at a growth

rate of seven to 10 percent per year,

said Gajewski. “With Ben Venue, we

trained employees who needed

certification but not a full college

degree. Most of this growing industry

was in the production of drugs or

other medical devices.”

Similarly, the College’s instructors

teach targeted evening courses at

Swagelok—and have done so for

ten years.

“We are ahead of the curve,” says

Susan Muha, the College’s executive

vice president of workforce and

economic development. “We know

what skills our workers will need

in the future. Then we give them

the right amount of training at the

right time.”

In the school’s Unified Technologies

Center, near downtown Cleveland, a

band of horizontal windows bisects a

rear wall. Visitors can gaze down into

an enormous workspace, called the

Advanced Manufacturing and

Engineering Center, where a group of

students is learning to operate one of

the many pieces of high-tech machinery.

Nearby are additional training centers

for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

In contrast to many private educational

programs, Cuyahoga Community

College offers accelerated

certification at a fraction of the cost.

The College has a simple philosophy

when training workers: mastering a

higher skill set shouldn’t require a

vast investment of time and money.


The College Workforce Division mission is to understand the future direction and trends of business beyond today’s established models.

Since 2002, the College has successfully executed the first five

phases of its Energy Control Measure (ECM) program, with the next

one expected to complete in the late Spring of 2012. Energy saving

from these efforts totaled over $3 million in each of Fiscal Years 2010

and 2011, and have totaled over $17 million since the completion

of the first phase in 2002. The savings provided by these ECM’s will

continue to save the College money far into the foreseeable future.

After 20 years, for example, savings will have exceeded $60 million. numBer of BuildingS that are

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Cuyahoga Community College has

become a national leader in

sustainability and energy efficiency, in

part because its leaders are always

on the lookout for best practices in

energy conservation.

“When I joined the organization,

sustainability was just starting to

make an impact, and colleges were at

the forefront because they could be

great examples to the community and

because there are real cost savings

to be had,” explains Peter MacEwan,

Vice-President of Facilities

Development and Operations.

The organization’s overall

commitment to sustainability is more

important than any single act—once

the College made the decision to go

green, the policy was institutionally

embraced. In November 2010,

Cuyahoga Community College

president Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton

joined a consortium of other

progressive-thinking leaders and

committed the school to a path that

would lead to carbon neutrality

within 25 years.

Since 2001, the College has already

reduced its carbon footprint by 30

percent despite adding new buildings.

That’s because each new structure is

created to achieve the U.S. Green

Building Council’s Leadership in

Energy and Environmental Design

(LEED) silver or gold status. For

example, the new Westshore campus

building has curved walls because

they maximize the exposure to light

and solar energy. Also, rainwater is

captured and re-used and special

close-in parking space are reserved

for fuel-efficient vehicles.

The College also has a master plan

to reduce its overall energy use and

to reinvigorate a district-wide recycling

program. Projects are on track to pay

for themselves within ten years.

“The plan for the College was not just

in identifying sustainability for the

infrastructure on the campuses, but

also making it part of the curriculum

and as an outreach mechanism to

the community,” says MacEwan.

Indeed, by making nearly 90 percent

of its new buildings recyclable, the

College hopes to persuade

surrounding communities to embrace

its eco-minded philosophy.

At the College’s various campuses,

there are many energy-saving

projects. There are rooms designed

with a demand ventilation system

that senses when there’s a prolonged

absence of movement and lowers the

heating or cooling accordingly. The

College has a new generation of lighting

that has decreased energy output by

nearly half.

“I always tell people the College

building plan remains tremendously

busy though budgets are tight and

funding is flat,” MacEwan states.

“Yet our utilities have stayed flat or

decreased, even with the addition of

the new buildings. It’s amazing really.

Our investments are paying off in

enrollments.” It’s safe to say the

College is being energized far beyond

its sustainability efforts.

“As thought-leaders and innovators, Colleges should be great examples of ecological responsibility to the communities they serve. Plus, there are real cost savings to be had.”

The College also has a master plan to reduce its overall energy use and to reinvigorate a district-wide recycling program. Projects are on track to pay for themselves within ten years.

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The Cuyahoga Community College

Youth & Early College programs,

which begin in kindergarten and

continue past high school, serve about

7,000 students, more than any other

institution of higher learning in Ohio.

The College’s High Tech Academy has

a rigorous set of courses that help

students develop academic, technical

and leadership skills. The Youth

Technical Academy, which serves

more than 400 students from 18 high

schools, fosters students’ interest in

mathematics and science by using a

robotics-heavy curriculum created by

Carnegie Mellon University.

There’s also a Science, Engineering,

Mathematics and Aerospace (SEMA)

Academy designed to increase the

participation of traditionally

underserved students in fields such

as engineering and technology. The

College has seen its SEMA project

duplicated at 22 schools across the

country.

“Most of our more innovative

programs were developed here,” says

Butler. “We introduce students to an

array of careers they might not have

thought about otherwise.”

The College’s six-week Freedom

Leadership Academy, for students

ages seven to 14, works to get kids

excited about reading and to teach

them to value others. On the other

end of the age spectrum, the

Advanced Technology Academy

focuses on technical training for

students out of high school but not

yet employed.

“A major problem we face in K-12 is

disengagement – many students see

no connection between their lives and

the classroom,” says Butler. And yet

changes can occur. Butler recalls one

summer when a faculty member took

four young men in their late teens

and early twenties on a trip to Harlem

during a course on Langston Hughes

and his poetry. The men got to walk

the streets that Hughes walked. “Of

the four participants, most had never

before left Cleveland, never been on

an airplane, never stayed in a hotel.

It was a very productive, life-changing

experience.”

Across the College’s dozens of

programs, all externally funded, nearly

75 percent of students continue their

education past high school. Students

who participated in the programs this

past year received more than $2

million in scholarship grants. As an

added benefit, a student can earn his

or her associate degree before

graduating from high school, which

allows them to enter most four-year

colleges as juniors. This has practical

applications: it lowers a student’s

debt, because he or she spends only

half the time at a four-year institution.

“I was amazed to see a whole room

of dropouts who were there for

academic re-engagement,” says

Butler. “One student recently said to

me, ‘Don’t ask me what I want to be

until you tell me what I can be.’ These

students want us to show them the

way.” The College’s summer youth

programs are bringing young people

beyond the City of Cleveland to a

higher consciousness.

“One student recently said to me, ‘Don’t ask me what I want to be until you tell me what I can be.’”


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Social and Behavioral SciencesAnthropologyEconomicsGeographyPolitical SciencePsychologySocial ScienceSociologyWomen’s StudiesUrban Studies

accounting

apprenticeship ProgramsThese programs are in partnership with various trade unions. Admission requires students to be currently working in a registered apprenticeship program through a trade union.

CarpentryCement MasonryConstruction Tending and Hazardous Material AbatementDrywall FinishingElectrical ConstructionFloorlayingGlazingHealth Care and Institutional Facilities MaintenanceIron WorkingManufacturing TechnologyMillwrightingOperating EngineersPaintingPile DrivingPrecision Machining Technology 1, 4

Sign and DisplayTeledata

automotive technology

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Captioning and Court reporting

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Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) 1

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Bio-Medical

Integrated Systems Engineering Tech.Machine Tools 1

Manufacturing Industrial Engineering Tech.Mechanical Engineering Technology

hospitalityManagement ProgramsProfessional Baking 2

Professional Culinarian/Cook 2

Culinary ArtFood and Beverage Operations 2

Restaurant/Food Service ManagementLodging/Rooms Division 2

Lodging-Tourism Management

information technology ProgramsBasic Office Skills 2

Computer Maintenance Technology 1

Computer Networking Hardware Networking SoftwareProgramming and Development

interior design

marketing

Plant Science and landscape ProgramsLandscape Technician 1

Landscape Contracting 3

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Paralegal ProgramsParalegal StudiesLegal Nurse Consultant 3

Purchasing and

Supply management

real estate ProgramsReal EstateReal Estate: Mortgage Finance

liberal arts & Sciences Business and industry

applied degree ProgramsMedia Arts and StudiesRecording Arts and Technology

Visual Communications and design3D Animation 2

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Digital Filmmaking and Digital VideoIllustrationWeb and Interactive MediaPhotography

Performing artsArtDanceJournalism and Mass CommunicationTheatre Arts- Acting/Performance- Technical Theatre

Community and Public Service ProgramsDeaf Interpretive ServicesEarly Childhood EducationInfant/Toddler 1

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Workforce Solutions

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diagnostic health

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direct Patient Care ProgramsDental Assisting 2

Dental HygieneDental Office Management 3

Dietary Management 2

Dietetic TechnologyEmergency Medical TechnologyEMT – Basic 3

EMT – Paramedic 3

General Nutrition 2

Human ServicesOccupational Therapy AssistantOptical Technology 1

Physical Therapy Assistant TechnologyPhysicians Assistant 4

Respiratory CareMassage Therapy 1, 4

Massage Therapy (Advanced)Sport and Exercise Studies

Veterinary technology

nursingRegistered NurseRegistered Nurse (Accelerated Program)Practical Nurse 2

Supportive health Services ProgramsHealth Information TechnologyHealth Unit Coordinator 3

Medical Assisting 1

Medical Billing Specialist 3

Ophthalmic Medical Assisting 3

Pharmacy Technician 2

Pharmacy TechnologySterile Processing and Distribution 2

Surgical Technology

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Creative arts health Care & Community Service

All levels of public, higher education

institutions rely on taxpayer funding,

so the public should be able to

have easy access to and be able to

read—and understand—the schools’

budgets. It should be no more difficult

than skimming a simple IRA or mutual

fund statement, but it almost always is.

The College set out to raise that

standard. It reviewed industry best

practices but also studied what the

nation’s finest companies were doing

and applied those principles to its

own financial practices. “We brought

the academic and workforce sides

into the process,” says Craig Foltin,

executive vice president of

administration and finance.

Foltin believes that to be successful,

he and his team must aim for

across-the-board, consistent and

complete transparency.

The results have been historic. Not

only has the College been able to

demonstrate to taxpayers that nearly

90 percent of the its business is

going to vendors and merchants in

Cuyahoga County, but that it has

funneled more than $1.5 billion back

into the region.

Recently, the College became one of

only two institutions in the state to

receive a Double-A bond rating—the

second-highest, signifying an

institution’s financial strength.

“People would be shocked at the

level of efficiency at which we

operate,” adds Foltin. “It’s better than

most Fortune 500 companies.”

Cuyahoga Community College was

one of 11 colleges or universities

(out of more than 1,000 designated)

to receive the Distinguished

Budget Presentation Award from the

Government Finance Officers

Association. Additionally, the College

was one of only 69 colleges or

universities in the United States and

Canada to be awarded the Certificate

of Achievement for Excellence in

Financial Reporting, among more

than 3,700 government entities

so honored.

To surpass its current level of

success, Foltin knows the College

must continue to look beyond

easy-to-use print and Internet reports

to current and future innovations like

smartphones and QR codes. “We

want to do more than show and tell

the public that we’ve been good

stewards of their money,” Foltin says.

“We want them to experience where

so many of their family’s, friends’ and

neighbors’ futures begin.” The

College’s financial picture is

transparent and healthy, reaching

beyond the limits of economic

challenges to success.

“We want to do more than show and tell the public that we’ve been good stewards of their money. We want them to experience where so many of their family’s, friends’ and neighbors’ futures begin.”

The College was one of only 69 colleges or universities in the United States and Canada to be awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, among more than 3,700 government entities so honored.

“People would be shocked at the level of efficiency at which we operate,” adds Foltin. “It’s better than most Fortune 500 companies.”


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Tri-C takes great pride in producing one

of the nation’s premier jazz festivals.

For more than 30 years, Tri-C JazzFest

Cleveland®, has presented legendary

artists from Sarah Vaughan to Miles

Davis, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald,

Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis,

Herbie Hancock, Gregory Hines,

Tito Puente, Smokey Robinson and

hundreds more. The festival provides

opportunities for students of all

ages to further their understanding

and appreciation of jazz. It also

increases public awareness of jazz

as a significant American art form,

preserves the history and fosters

the development of this unique and

individualistic music.


“We take pride that JazzFest is one of the nation’s premier festivals.”

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\ george Shearing \ BoBBy CaldWell

\ elliS marSaliS \ Johnny griffin

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Chris Anderson • Eddie Baccus, Sr. • Jonathan Batiste • George Benson • Bob Breithaupt • Cecil Bridgewater

Dave Brubeck • Randy Crawford • Sammy DeLeón • Bill Dobbins • Kurt Elling • Steve Enos

Dominick Farinacci • Grupo Fuego • Buddy Guy • Marion Hayden • Roy Haynes • Carlton Holmes

Glenn Holmes • Joe Hunter • Sean Jones • John Klayman • Dave Koz • Ernie Krivda & The Detroit Connection

Erin Kufel • Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble • Eddie Palmieri & La Perfecta Salsa Band II • Bill Pierce

Bill Ransom • Joe Sample • Paul Samuels • Ron Savage • John Scofield & The Piety Street Band • Cecilia Smith

Howie Smith • Chip Stephens • Dave Sterner • Sachal Vasandani • Randy Weston • Evelyn Wright

Sponsors: American Greetings, Arts Midwest, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, Dominion East Ohio, The George Gund Foundation, Joyce Foundation, KeyBank, Kulas Foundation, National City, National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council Media Sponsors: cleveland.com, DownBeat, Scene, WAVE, WENZ, WKYC-TV, WVIZ/WCPN, WZAK

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Since its establishment in 1980,

JazzFest has attracted more than one

million individuals, including 300,000

students. As the largest music festival

in Ohio and one of the country’s

premier educational jazz festivals, the

Tri-C JazzFest features workshops,

clinics, and a wide array of educational

programs, not only in April, but

throughout the year.

Before JazzFest, Cleveland had a rich

tradition in classical music and other

Western European art forms, but jazz

was all but ignored: few jazz concerts

were presented, there was no viable

jazz series and students had few

opportunities to engage with the music.

In the late ‘70s, then-president Dr.

Nolen Ellison invited ethnomusicologist

Dr. Reginald Buckner to incorporate

jazz music into the curriculum and

student life at the College. Dr.

Buckner’s suggestion that Tri-C start

a jazz festival took hold when he and

Tri-C music professor Dr. Thomas

Horning founded the Tri-C JazzFest,

which soon became a cornerstone of

the College. Now, every year, JazzFest

presents an incredible cast of jazz

musicians and clinicians, bringing

world-class jazz to Northeast Ohio

audiences.

Generous support from individuals,

corporations and foundations enables

Tri-C to offer high-quality educational

and cultural events that impact

thousands of participants. The

JazzFest actively connects artists

and students in schools, community

centers, churches and libraries

throughout Northeast Ohio.

One of the recording industry’s

most successful jazz and pop music

producers of all times, Mr. Tommy

LiPuma, Chairman Emeritus of the

Verve Music Group, is a friend and

supporter of JazzFest. A native

Clevelander, Mr. LiPuma has 33 gold

and platinum records to his credit,

30 Grammy nominations and three

Grammy awards. His keen ear for

the magic of what makes a hit has

made him one of the industry’s most

respected executives at A&M, Blue

Thumb, Warner Bros. and Elektra,

before becoming President of The

Verve Music Group.

In recognition of Mr. LiPuma’s

tremendous accomplishments, and

his generosity of spirit, talent and

resources, Tri-C named its innovative

Center for Creative Arts building the

“Tommy LiPuma Center for Center

Arts.” Mr. LiPuma is committed to

sharing his musical genius to enhance

Tri-C’s music programs, assist with

the development of young talent, and

serve as an advisor to JazzFest to

preserve the legacy of jazz.

The College appreciates and

celebrates the legacy of Mr. Tommy

LiPuma in Cleveland and at Cuyahoga

Community College.



Jerry Sue thornton, Ph.d.

President, Cuyahoga Community College

We are the community’s College.

Where futures beginSM

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