President’s Report Everette J. Freeman, President Community College of Denver November 8, 2017 Transform the student experience. The 2017 Denver Scholarship Foundation Gala Featured CCD Student Selena Ordonez, a SEED Scholar Recipient.

We are so proud of Community College of Denver Alum Selena Ordonez who was selected to be one of the featured student speakers at the Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) Gala on Tuesday, September 26th.

She has overcome many obstacles but has stayed the course, and is now a student at Metropolitan State University of Denver pursuing a degree in psychology. Her

persistence, determination, and grit are paving the way to a great future.

Denver Scholarship Foundation Names Community College of Denver as College Partner of the Year Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) recently named Community College of Denver (CCD) their 2017 College Partner of the Year for their increased success and retention of DSF scholars. CCD was recognized for creating innovative programs to support DSF scholars, which was demonstrated by the six percent increase in DSF scholar retention and completion this past academic year. With a dedicated Resource Center model which support students with wraparound services such as the Urban Male Imitative (UMI) and Women Intentional about Success & Excellence (WISE) programs have contributed to our student success. Another contributor to program success is the partnership with the Students-Empowered-Educated-Determined (SEED) program, one of the most successful programs of its kind. Made possible by the Mordecai Family Foundation, SEED was designed to help students on their path to a bachelor’s degree on the Auraria Campus—starting at CCD and transferring to Metropolitan State University of Denver or the University of Colorado Denver.

CCD Classes Out in the Community!

Community College of Denver’s Paralegal Legal Writing course paid a visit to the Colorado Supreme Court to get an idea of where their course and degree/certificate program can take them!

CCD Celebrates Medical Assistants Recognition Week. CCD's Medical Assistant students ran a "Mini-Clinic" in the lobby of our Cherry Creek Building for students on October 19th! Students were able to get their height, weight, BMI and eyes (Snellen chart and color screening) checked. There was also patient education available for testicular and breast self-examinations. Our Medical Assistant students were kept quite busy!

Dr. Kim Hunter Reed Met with CCD Educators, Students, and Staff.

Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), paid a visit to the Auraria Campus in September to meet with Community College of Denver (CCD) educators, students and staff as part of a state- wide tour of higher education institutions.

Dr. Reed joined CCD leadership for conversation and coffee about the value of a community college education. Following that, she was given a tour of the Auraria Campus by CCD student ambassadors and had the opportunity to meet with deans and department heads to learn about CCD’s academic programs. The day also included a discussion over lunch with student leaders, during which the students were able to speak about their lives as community college students and the challenges they face. Dr. Reed’s impressions of CCD are a strong testament to CCD’s progress. Here’s what she had to say: "CCD is a campus on a mission to educate students, serve the community, and advance workforce engagement. I was honored to visit the campus last week and hear from President Freeman and his team about CCD’s inspiring vision and work. I enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the career choice assistance and student success efforts from the faculty and staff. CCD has implemented many strong support

programs, from the pairing of academic and CTE classes to tutoring, textbook lending and housing stipends. And as always, it was refreshing to hear directly from students about their goals and experiences. Congratulations on an amazing 50 years and here’s to the next!" Thank you for visiting CCD, Dr. Reed! And thank you to all the students, faculty and staff who participated and spoke with Dr. Reed!

Redefine our value proposition through accessibility, affordability, quality, accountability, resource development, and operational excellence. Community College of Denver Celebrates 50 Years!

There are times when words are inadequate in expressing the level of gratitude one wants to convey. This is such a time! CCD's 50th Anniversary Birthday Celebration was an event, for the ages.

Nancy McCallin was beaming, the half-dozen SBCCOE board members were enchanted, retirees were elated, guests were thrilled, elected dignitaries were excited, CCD faculty, staff and alumni were mesmerized.

On behalf of all of us at here at Community College of Denver, past, present and future CCDers, we can only sum up the modest words “thank you” to everyone who made the past 50 years possible. We are looking forward to everything the future holds for us over the next 50 years! 50th Celebration Video

Special thanks to Michael B. Hancock, Nancy McCallin from Community Colleges of Colorado, the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education (SBCCOE), CCD Advisory board members, Denver City Council members, Mary Beth Susman and Albus Brooks: Denver City Council President, Joe Garcia, CCD Foundation and all of the CCD students, faculty and staff for 50 awesome years!

CCD’s Confucius Institute Celebrates 10 Years!

Community College of Denver was honored to host a delegation from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago on our campus. Later that same week, we met with our partners and friends from the University of Jinan in China. Both groups were here to help us celebrate CCD’s Confucius Institute 10 year anniversary which took place at the end

of that week. The Confucius Institute is part of an international network of 500 centers around the world that promotes the culture and language of China. It is also the only one in the world on a community college campus!

Our time together with both delegations brought about a meaningful and valuable exchange of educational and cultural ideas. We look forward to continuing future exchanges!

CCD in the News: Denver’s Confucius Institute celebrates 10-year link to Chinese culture. By Monte Whaley | The Denver Post | October 21, 2017

Students and community member’s learn Chinese language and culture as well as Tai Chi in classes at the institute. Adopted as a baby from China, Christian Gaither had long wondered about her heritage. It turns out a key to the Community College of Denver student’s cultural roots was hiding in plain sight on the Auraria campus.

The Confucius Institute is part of an international network of 500 centers that promote the culture and language of China. It is the only center in the world on a community college campus. Read More…

CCD Looking to Make Waves with Concurrent Enrollment.

CCD has applied for accreditation through the National Alliance of Concurrent

Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP). The college has been working on this for the past

two and a half years and we are on track to become the first college or university in

Colorado to earn this distinction!

This is a college wide process that requires participation from department from across

the college to document the quality of concurrent enrollment programs. As a college, we

should take collective pride in this process

We will be notified of the final accreditation decision by late April 2018!

Brandon Protas our Director of College Pathways has been

spearheading this effort and recently returned from the

NACEP Conference. One of our concurrent enrollment

students, Oliver Martinez-Reyes, attended as well, as part of

the student discussion panel where he talked about all the

college level resources available to him and his fellow high

school students. He also spoke about the acceleration and

how critical that acceleration is as specially as an evaluation

tool. Check out the video that features both Brandon and

Oliver promoting Concurrent Enrollment!

CCD in the News: Warren Village’s College to Career program is providing a path to success for single parent, low-income families. By Tom McGhee | The Denver Post | October 20, 2017 After her first child was born, Jasmine White Struggled through periods of homelessness, only relieved by time spent in shabby housing. Postpartum depression weighed on her mind. The father of her child wouldn’t help with the bills. She was robbed, at gunpoint. Her life felt out of control. She was ready for a change and took a friend’s offer to fly her to Denver in 2015. The move sparked the change she was looking for: Today, White is well on her way to earning an associate degree at Community College of Denver, through the College to Career program at Warren Village. Read More…

Transform our own workforce experience. Congratulations to Tommy William’s and his Criminal Justice Program! Congratulations to Community College of Denver's Tommy Williams and his Criminal Justice program for being awarded Outstanding Program of Excellence by the Community Colleges of Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education. Bravo Tommy!

Congratulations to Dr. Everette Freeman!

Community College of Denver was honored by Governor Michael B. Hancock at the annual My Brother's Keeper (MBK) Initiative Denver award luncheon. MBK ensures that boys and young men of color reach their full potential. CCD is proud to continue to support this important initiative and is grateful for this acknowledgment. If you want to get involved or volunteer for MBK you can learn more at denvergov.org/mybrotherskeeper

BootUp Camps are Taking Community College of Denver by Storm.

Lynn Wilson, Associate Professor of Business & Entrepreneurship and founder of SparqU, took initiative and wrote a grant proposal to receive one of the Innovation Grants and was awarded $65,000.00! The beauty of this grant is that it looks outward towards the community and the resources we have there, which we are not taking advantage of to meet the need of an underserved population. With this grant he started BootUp Camps, which are innovative STEM-based accelerator programs, click to view upcoming classes. As for the grant, it is designed to target underserved and underrepresented communities and get them into

high demand fields through three specific pathways: Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, & Manufacturing. If you have a certified skill you will move up quite quick in the working world. So we will help students and the community get those certifications though multi day/week programs, and one day exposure programs. This will also create exposure to the public about the possibility of earning their degree and not just a certificate. While the market runs these courses for $2500, we are aiming to do the exact same thing for $500 – $1000! This fee will help to make this program self-sustaining by the time the grant runs out. The five Saturdays PC Course already has a wait list to get in!