Apr 05, 2022 Regular Meeting

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, IT IS 4:00 PM.

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT OCCULT ORDER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS COLLEGE, APRIL 5, 2022 AT 4:00 PM.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DALLAS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WEBSITE, REGISTERED TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION, WILL BE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET.

AUDIO RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING ARE BEING MADE AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD WEBSITE AFTER THE MEETING AT A LATER DATE.

CHANCELLOR, CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE

[2. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]

>> MADAM, THIS WAS POSTED TO GOVERNMENT CODE.

>> TRUSTEE BOYD, SINCE YOU WERE THE LAST ONE TO SIT DOWN WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?

[LAUGHTER] >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

WILL YOU LEAD US IN PRAYER TOO?

>> PLEASE! CHRIS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SORRY CAN'T DO THAT.

>> NEXT WEEK MAY BE.

>> ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

ANY CITIZENS DESIRING TO ADJUST THE BOARD? [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM WILL BE SOME PRESENTATIONS ON SOME OF OUR STUDENT CHAMPIONS.

[5. Special Presentation: Dallas College Student Championships]

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR CHAMPIONS FROM NORTH LAKE AND EASTFIELD JOINING US TODAY.

AND I WILL ASK DOCTOR BEATRICE JOSEPH TO COME UP WITH INTRODUCTIONS.

>> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.

-- I WAS LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? TO SHARE WITH YOU, SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS. THE DALLAS COLLEGE NORTH LAKE LASER DEFEATED -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE 83 €" 80, WINNING THE 2022 DIVISION III MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND EASTFIELD HARBOR -- BEES WON THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.

I LIKE TO THINK THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING OUR AESTHETIC PROGRAMS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JONES.

ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? THERE YOU GO.

SHE WAS RECOGNIZE AS WELL FOR PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE COLLEGE AT ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MS. JONES AS SHE SHARES WITH THE BOARD, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR JOSEPH AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING US HERE.

BUT ALSO FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALSO FOR RECOGNIZING OUR NORTHLAKE TEAM AND ALSO OUR EASTFIELD TEAM.

AS YOU KNOW, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT HAVE TWO TEAMS MAKE IT TO THE NJCAA WE ARE EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO THE COACHES AND PLAYERS BUT ALSO THE DALLAS COLLEGE AS AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR I WAS EXTREMELY PROUD DURING THE TOURNAMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THE OFFICIALS COME UP TO ME AND LET US KNOW THE HOUR EASTFIELD TEAM WAS GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR THE TOURNAMENT.

SO WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD AND I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE TYPE OF YOUNG MEN THAT WE HAVE ON BOTH TEAMS. AGAIN, HAVE TWO TEAMS TO MAKE IT TO THE TOURNAMENT AND TO POSSIBLY HAVE TWO TEAMS TO MAKE IT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, WAS INCREDIBLE.

BUT IT'S ALSO GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENT ATHLETES THAT I KNOW THAT THEY WILL CARRY WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AS WELL.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY, WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL OF THE ACCOLADES AND ACHIEVEMENTS WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO TEAMS ADMITTED TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT BUT WE ALSO STILL HAVE THE BASEBALL TEAMS ARE ALSO COMPETING.

THERE COULD BE MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS, HOPEFULLY TO COME IN THE FUTURE BUT FOR TODAY, WE JUST EXTREMELY PART OF THE TWO TEAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND TO SHARE THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT ALSO FOR

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THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND HAVING OUR TEAMS HERE TODAY.

[APPLAUSE].

WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NORTHLAKE CAMPUS PRESIDENT.

SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO REGARDING OUR NORTHLAKE TEAM, THANK YOU.

>> HELLO, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, CHANCELLOR.

I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE, THIS IS OUR VERSION OF MARCH MADNESS.

AND BOY DID WE MAKE A SHOWING! I WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NORTHLAKE BLAZER TEAM AND COACHES.

AND ALSO TO THE EASTFIELD, HELICAL AND THE KILLER BEES BUT MAYBE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE NO, IT'S A SPORTS MASCOT RIGHT! HARVESTER BEES.

IS MY LEISURE TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR COLLEAGUE, THE HEAD COACH OF THE NORTHLAKE BLAZERS, TIM MCGRAW.

AND IF YOU BELIEVE ANY AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU MAY RECALL SEEING COACH MCGRAW AT THIS VERY PODIUM BEFORE.

HE HAS A UNIQUE TALENT TO HAVE APPEARED IN THIS PLACE FOUR TIMES AS A NATIONAL CHAMPION.

SINCE 2006.

HE LED A TEAM TO THIS LEVEL FOR DALLAS COLLEGE MANY TIMES.

AND IF YOU ADD THE TIMES HE'S TAKEN A TEAM TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, THAT WOULD BE SEVEN TRIPS IN THAT TIME.

HE IS QUITE ACCOMPLISHED IN ADDITION TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, COACH MCGRAW WAS ALSO NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR FOR NJCAA AND THAT WAS RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF A 2021 HALL OF FAME DESIGNATION FOR COACH MCGRAW.

SO -- [APPLAUSE] SINCE IT HAPPENED KIND OF DURING COMING BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD SMALL FANFARE.

BUT REALLY, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT COACH MCGRAW, IS WHAT HE DOES OUTSIDE OF SPORTS FOR HIS STUDENTS, HIS ATHLETES, HIS COLLEAGUES AND THE CAMPUS.

HE IS POSITIVE, HE IS VISIBLE AND HE IS SO ENCOURAGING! AND HE'S KIND OF A CAMPUS CHEERLEADER.

AND THAT MEANS EVEN MORE.

TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HAVE DEVELOPED THIS SUCCESS COACH MODEL AROUND CASE MANAGEMENT, WRAPPING OURSELVES COMPLETELY AROUND OUR STUDENTS, A THROUGH Z, THE REGION 60.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS OUR ATHLETIC COACHES AND ADS HAVE DONE VERY WELL.

FOR YEARS, THEY TREAT EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AS A PERSON, A STUDENT, ACADEMIC AND ATHLETE.

WITH NO FURTHER ADO, COACH TIM MCGRAW.

COME INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM!

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I DID WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING A VISION, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES DID NOT HAVE A VISION FOR ATHLETICS.

SO WE DON'T TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED ALL AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL.

IT WAS NICE MENTIONING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT LAST WEEK, SOMETHING WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

ONE OF OUR FORMER VOLUNTEER STUDENT ASSISTANT COACHES, 20 YEARS LATER, WAS NAMED THE HEAD COACH FOR THE LOUISIANA TECH.

THE BULLDOGS, SO THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL TO SEE HOW FAR HE HAS COME IN 20 YEARS.

WE LOVE THESE MEN, THEY HAVE BEEN SO COURAGEOUS ALL THE WAY.

THIS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL BECAUSE WE HAD TO BEAT THE TOUGHEST OPPONENT WE'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH.

WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS APPOINTMENT BEFORE AND OF COURSE, YOU ALREADY KNOW WAS COVID.

AND COVID REALLY MADE IT HARD ON EVERYONE.

AND IT DEFINITELY WAS HARD FOR THE KIDS.

WHERE IS -- WE DEDICATED THE SEASON TO HIM, HE PLAYED AT WILEY HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO YEARS AGO, HIM AND HIS TEAM -- THEY WROTE TO AUSTIN THEY WERE IN THE 6A AND THEY GOT THERE JUST IN TIME FOR THEM TO CANCEL THE STATE TOURNAMENT SO THEY DIDN'T GET TO PLAY.

THAT IS SAD CONSIDERING A 250 SCHOOLS YOU'RE IN THE TOP FOUR AND YOU DON'T GET TO FINISH THE JOURNEY.

SO WE TOLD HIM, WE DEDICATE THE YEAR, WE DEDICATE THE YEAR TO YOU.

AND SO, HE PLAYED FOR US LAST YEAR.

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THOSE IN THE TEAM LISTEN WHILE THEY LISTEN TO OUR MISTAKES AND GET THROUGH IT ANYWAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IS THAT ALL I AM SUPPOSED TO SAY?

>> INTRODUCE THE TEAM.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE CLASSIFICATIONS OF PLAYERS EITHER SILLY BOYS, SORRY BOYS, OR HERO BOYS.

OBVIOUSLY, TWO OF THE THREE ARE REALLY GOOD.

I LOVE.] YOU KNOW WHY? STRAIGHT -- [APPLAUSE] ] MADE GREAT PROGRESS PLAYED WITH US BOTH IS VERY PROUD OF HIM.

] IS THAT NOT THE COOLEST NAME YOU'VE EVER HEARD? YES SIR?

>> TELL US WHERE THEY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

>> VERY GOOD, YOU ARE FROM THE HOUSTON AREA AND WHICH RANCH? OKAY, EVERY HOUSTON SCHOOL IS EITHER A RANCH OR CREEK OR LAKE OR POND OR SWAMP OR WHATEVER.

[LAUGHTER] A SWAMP! AND IT IS CALLED COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BUT IT WAS IN -- TEXAS.

] SAN ANTONIO FROM SOUTHWEST? [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, I DON'T WANT TO CALL THE WRONG SCHOOL ON YOU.

BRAYSON HAD AN TEAMMATE NAMED DREW THAT PLAYED FOR GONZAGA.

GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS YEAR HIS YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT GUY.

[LAUGHTER] HE PLAYED AT PIERCE HIGH SCHOOL IN RICHARDSON.

-- JOHNSON, WOULD YOU PLAY? AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL? IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

WE RECRUIT THE WHOLE STATE.

BECAUSE KIDS LOVE TO GO WHERE THEY ARE NICE.

WE HAVE SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, WE ALSO MENTIONED WILEY HIGH SCHOOL.

] HOOPING MACHINE WHAT HIGH SCHOOL DID YOU GO TO? [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S RIGHT.] THEY ARE ROOMMATES, ONE IS DARIAN AND THE OTHER IS.].

GREG CRAWFORD, INCIDENTALLY SOMEHOW, LED THE NATION IN TURNOVERS AND STILL IS THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN THE NATION.

[APPLAUSE] HE DID, HE LED THE NATION OF FREE THROWS MADE AND HE MADE SOME, HE WAS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

SO, THAT IS A CREDIT TO ALL OF THESE GUYS FOR ALWAYS TELLING HIM ACT RIGHT, HUSTLE, ALL OF THEM COACH GREG.

WE ALL COACH GREG.

AND SO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS TERRENCE SANDER, HIS NEXT YEAR'S NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH! WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

IS THAT ENOUGH? I COULD GO ON ALL DAY! [LAUGHTER] MY DAD WAS A BAPTIST PREACHER SO YOU GOT THE PICTURE!

>> WE ARE GOING TO DO A PHOTO TOGETHER.

>> SINCE I'M FROM DUNCANVILLE, YOU'LL KNOW WHO THAT IS THEY WERE AT THE SAME TOURNAMENT HAD TO GET BACK ON THE BUS AND COME HOME TOO.

BUT THEY DIDN'T COME HOME THIS YEAR EXCEPT WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> COURT IS ADJOURNED!

[LAUGHTER] >> BLAZERS ON THREE.

>> SILLY BOYS!

[APPLAUSE] >> BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

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>> I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING TO DOCTOR.] PRESIDENT OF OUR EASTFIELD CAMPUS.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON! TRUSTEE, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CHANCELLOR.

WE TOO ALSO HAD A GREAT SEASON.

HARVESTERS, COME ON IN! [APPLAUSE] WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING SEASON AS YOU HEARD EARLIER.

WE TOOK FOURTH PLACE AT THE NJCAA TOURNAMENT AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE STUDENTS, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THEIR HARD WORK, THEIR ATTITUDE, THEY BEEN SO PERSISTENT AND DETERMINED TO HAVE A GREAT SEASON.

SO WE ARE THRILLED.

LAST WEEK, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN EVENT ON OUR CAMPUS AND WE HAD A REALLY NICE TIME JUST HONORING THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

BUT ALL OF THIS COMES WITH GREAT LEADER.

WITH SOMEONE THAT HAD BEEN AT EASTFIELD FOR 19 YEARS AND A LEADERSHIP ROLE OF ATHLETICS.

HE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB, AND THAT IS COACH ANTHONY FLETCHER.

WOULD YOU COME UP? [APPLAUSE] HE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A COACH AND HE MADE IT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FIVE OUT OF THE PAST 10.

MORE PORTLY, HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A GREAT LEADER.

HE IS A ROLE MODEL, HE'S A MENTOR, I CAN GO TO HIM AT ANY POINT IN TIME AND HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT OUR ATHLETES NEED.

AND HE IS TREMENDOUS IN A GREAT ADVISORY.

COACH ANTHONY WILL COME AND SHARE A FEW REMARKS.

HE WILL INTRODUCE OUR TEAM AS WELL AS TELLING YOU ABOUT THE AWARDS WE ALSO RECEIVED.

WE ALSO WANT TO SAVE THE BLAZERS, CONGRATULATIONS! IT WAS REALLY A THRILL FOR US BOTH TO BE ON THE YOU KNOW WATCHING THE GAME AND I WAS TEXTING THE PRESIDENT SHE WAS TEXTING ME BACK SO ANYWAY, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF BLAZER BLOOD IN ME BUT ANYWAY, WE ARE TRULY PROUD OF DALLAS COLLEGE.

[APPLAUSE] >> HELLO EVERYONE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ATHLETICS, IT CHANGES LIVES.

WE ARE ONE POINT AWAY FROM BEING DALLAS COLLEGE VERSE DALLAS COLLEGE.

ONE POINT.

THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANTED.

[LAUGHTER] SERIOUSLY! SERIOUSLY.

BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER COLLEGES THAT SAY WE ARE THE BEST COLLEGE ATHLETICS IN THE COUNTRY.

NO, IT IS DALLAS COLLEGE.

IT REALLY IS.

OKAY? AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.

I'M GOING TO START WITH THESE GENTLEMEN SO WITH THIS GROUP, WE GOT GUYS FROM ALL OVER.

FIRST, SPENCER FROM ARKANSAS.

ALL AMERICAN.

HE WAS ALSO FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR.

[APPLAUSE] ANTHONY HUNTER, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

HE WAS ALL REGION.

[APPLAUSE] DQ BURN REDSHIRT, TRANSFERRED FROM -- HELPED US IN PRACTICE.

[APPLAUSE] TYLER JONES, -- HIGH SCHOOL.

MY ALMA MATER.

[APPLAUSE] JAMARI ROBERTSON, FORT WORTH TEXAS, ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN.

[APPLAUSE] DONALD ANDERSON, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

[APPLAUSE] -- JACKSON, DALLAS.

KEYSHAWN WEAKLEY, JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.

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[APPLAUSE] WILL HAVE WILSON FROM ARKANSAS.

PLAYED FOR US IN 2009, THERE WAS HAVE COACH RICH, DALLAS TEXAS, HE'S BEEN WITH US 16 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] I AM SUPER PROUD OF THIS GROUP.

THEY WORK REALLY REALLY HARD! WE BEAT NORTHLAKE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.

YEAH WE DID.

THERE WERE A LOT OF ONE-POINT GAMES.

A LOT OF THEM BUT I'M SUPER PROUD OF THESE GENTLEMEN BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DIDN'T WIN AT ALL BUT WE PLAYED TO THE FINAL FOUR.

THE MOST COACHES AND PLAYERS AND NEVER GET THERE.

THEY DREAM ABOUT IT, THEY THINK ABOUT IT, THEY STRIVE TO GET THERE AND NEVER GET THERE.

THEY NEVER SEE IT.

THESE GENTLEMEN STILL DON'T KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE WHERE THEY WENT.

AS THEY GET OLDER, THEY WILL.

THEY WILL KNOW.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[APPLAUSE] >> PLEASE JOIN US UP FRONT FOR A PICTURE.

[APPLAUSE] >> WE ARE NOT DONE YET.

WE HAVE AMAZING STUDENTS AND COACHES.

YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY SO WE ARE GLAD TO GET TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

AND IF YOU COURT LAST MONTH WE HAD A FEW STUDENTS THAT WERE HERE AND SPOKE.

ONE OF THOSE WAS A VETERAN STUDENT.

AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR VETERANS SERVICES TO HER EXPERIENCE HERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE.

AND SO, WE RECENTLY HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOL, MILITARY FROM THE COLLEGE.

I ASKED DOCTOR JOSEPH TO COME UP AND SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT THAT AND THEN HAVE SOME OF HER, SHARE SOME OF HER TEAM WHO WORK WITH OUR VETERAN STUDENTS.

[INAUDIBLE] >> THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LOT OF WORK OF STAFF THAT WORK HARD TO SERVE OUR MILITARY STUDENTS.

MILITARY FRIENDLY IS A NATIONAL SURVEY THAT MEASURES A SCHOOL COMMITMENT EFFORT AND SUCCESS.

CREATING SUSTAINABLE AND MEANINGFUL BENEFIT AND SERVICES FOR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS.

1700 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED.

DALLAS COLLEGE WAS ONE OF 650 THAT WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE BRONZE LEVEL FOR THE

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AND THEY PROMISED ME THAT NEXT YEAR IT WOULD BE GOLD.

I AM NOT COMPETITIVE OR ANYTHING BUT -- I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE, WHICH IS HELPING OUR STUDENTS, OUR VETERAN STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL.

THESE TWO SEPARATE AREAS FUNCTION SEAMLESSLY IN ORDER TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL FROM START TO FINISH.

LET ME INTRODUCE DOCTOR SHIRLEY HIGGS AND DOCTOR HAGGERTY CONTRIBUTING TO THE BRONZE RECOGNITION THIS YEAR.

DOCTOR HIGGS, DOCTOR HAGGERTY?

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING! CHANCELLOR, -- BOARD CHAIR AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.

WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO LAND HERE.

AND THANK YOU BECAUSE WHAT Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, THE REAL SECRETS AND THE DETAILS OF THE DAILY ACTIVITY OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE BECOMING EDUCATED AND USING THEIR BENEFITS AND DALLAS COLLEGE IS NOT AN EASY TASK.

WE ARE DEALING WITH THE VA, WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE VA GOT THEIR OWN MARCHING ORDERS SO DALLAS COLLEGE, WE CANNOT MOVE VA UNTIL LAST FALL.

HAD TO HAVE EVERY PIECE OF PAPER SIGNED, EVERYTHING IN A ROW.

AND THEN THEY TOLD US WHEN WE CAN MOVE IT WAS RIGHT, TWO WEEKS BEFORE CLASS STARTED.

SO WE HAD TO WORK WITH STUDENTS IN AN OLD MODEL, NEW MODEL, EXPLAIN THE PEOPLE WHY THE BENEFITS ARE NOT DONE YET BUT WHAT I COULD TELL YOU ALL AFTER LONG-TERM HERE IN DALLAS COLLEGE IN 38 YEARS THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING PIECE OF WORK I HAVE HAD LAND IN MY LAP.

AND TRUST ME, WE HAVE DIVERSE TEAM OF VITAMINS, NONVETERANS ALL TYPE OF EXPERTISE GOING INTO THIS NEW MOVEMENT WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AS WE TRANSFER WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE ARE USING A TEAM APPROACH AND IS WORKING, IT'S EXCITING AND CHALLENGING.

AND TRUST ME, THEY KEEP ME TOSSED UP BUT I COME BACK DOWN AND I COME BACK.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT LEADER, JOHN ROBINSON, STAND UP! [APPLAUSE] THE GREAT THING ABOUT JOHN, HE KNOWS TO STAY OUT THE WAY! WHEN I NEED HIM, I CALL HIM.

NOTHING ELSE WILL DO IS INTRODUCE EVERYONE MYSELF.

I'LL HAVE THEM COME INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SEE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE CLEAN UP THE OLD HABITS TO THE NEW WAYS THAT WE CAN REACH ALL THOSE VETERANS AND UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS AS WELL AS WHEN THEY DO GET THEM WE HAVE A PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM RETIRING AND HELP THEM WITH OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AN OPPORTUNITIES.

WITH THAT SAID, INSTEAD OF ME CHOOSING EVERYONE, COME UP INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ON THE COMPLIANCE TEAM.

>> I GOT TO THE BACKUP NOT BE LAST.

THEY REVERSE ORDER SO I'M FIRST! I WORK FOR DOCTOR SHIRLEY HIGGS ON THE COMPLIANCE TEAM.

THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE PERMITTING MS. PHILIP, WORK WITH DOCTOR HIGGS AS WELL.

20 YEAR COAST GUARD VETERAN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MY NAME IS KIM ARCHER WORK BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE ALSO A VETERAN.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, MY NAME IS RHIANNA GREER, COMPLIANCE MANAGER AT THE EAST FULL CAMPUS.

AND I'M NOT A VETERAN BUT I HAVE A GREAT TEAM!

[LAUGHTER] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS DANIEL -- WORK UNDER DOCTOR HIGGS I'M A MARINE CORPS VETERAN.

>> I AM MARISSA PIñA MANAGER AT SENIOR VALLEY CAMPUS I'M NOT A VETERAN BUT I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS THAT ARE!

[LAUGHTER] >> HELLO, JAMIE GREGORY -- CAMPUS 15 YEAR NAVY VETERAN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US!

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS -- ROBINSON I'M ALSO A VETERAN OF THE AIR FORCE.

I MET THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CAMPUS.

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>> HELLO, I'M JESSICA HODGES, MANAGER AT THE RICHMOND CAMPUS AND I'M NOT A VETERAN BUT I COME FROM A FAMILY VETERANS SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US!

>> I'M GERALD ENDERS, MANAGER FOR COMPLIANCE AND VETERANS WITH NORTHLAKE COLLEGE AND YES, I AM A VETERAN.

>> YOU WANT TO COME ON UP?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

WHEN IS DOCTOR DENA HAGGERTY, I AM THE DEAN OF DRIVING LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BRING FOR YOU, JOHN TERREL, A SENIOR MANAGER FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENT SERVICES.

AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY GIVE THEM THE FLOOR BECAUSE I'M SO PROUD OF THEM TO GET THIS DISTINCTION FOR OUR COLLEGES.

DOCTOR HIGGS WAS SAYING THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE INVOLVED BUT WE KNEW THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE AT THE FOREFRONT AND WE WANTED TO SERVE THEM WELL.

ESPECIALLY OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY CONNECTED SERVICES FAMILIES.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAM.

THEY ARE A TEAM THAT IS COMPRISED AS DOCTOR HIGGS WAS SAYING, VETERANS AND THOSE IF YOU WILL, CIVILIAN BUT WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM SO JOHN?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MY NAME IS JOHN TERREL, SIX OR AIR FORCE VETERAN AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT FOR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENT SERVICES WERE COUPLED WITH THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE FOR VETERANS GOING FORWARD AS WE TRY TO MATCH OURSELVES AND BECOME DALLAS COLLEGE AND BEST OF THE VETERAN AND MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENT POPULATION.

IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME ALLEGING JUICE MY TEAM FOR YOU.

WE ARE BASED IN -- WE REPRESENT TWO TEAMS WITH VANESSA DURAND FROM NORTH CAMPUS, JOHN MONK FROM -- CAMPUS CHICO AUSTIN FROM BROOKHAVEN CAMPUS, BILL YOST FROM RICHLAND CAMPUS, ISHMAEL FROM EAST FULL CAMPUS, MONTEL WILLIAMS FROM OKEMAH, MATT FROM -- AND MY SUPERVISOR, ].

IT TAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ON THIS TEAM, WHICH ONES ARE VETERANS, IF THEY CAN RAISE THEIR HANDS? THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE] >> AS YOU COME UP WITH GET A PHOTO, LET ME SAY, WHAT YOU SEE REPRESENTED HERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE HOUSE.

THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER.

AS PART OF THE SET OF HOUSE THE COMPLIANCE SIDE AND SIDE THERE WAS A JOHN IN THE FINEST TEAM, ALL SORTING THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS WITH THE VA, AND COMPLIANCE ASPECT OF THE VETERANS BENEFITS AND THEN THE STUDENT SERVICES SIDE AND TEAM THAT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS TO SERVE THEM THIS TEAM WORKS VERY WELL TOGETHER AND VERY CLOSE TOGETHER AS YOU CAN SEE.

>> AND I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE'VE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL VETERANS BENEFIT AFFAIR THIS LAST YEAR.

AND IT WAS THESE KIND OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT DID ALL THE WORK TO GET THE WORD OUT AND SO, I THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AND NEXT YEAR WE WILL JUST MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER.

AMEN! [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] IF I CAN ASK DOCTOR JOSEPH TO COME ON UP ONE MORE TIME!

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>> ONE LAST TIME.

>> THERE IS ONE MORE GROUP OF HER TEAM THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.

WE KNOW ONE OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS IS NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK.

AND A FEW YEARS AGO NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK CREATED THE PARTNER AGENCY FEEDING NETWORK WHICH WE WERE A FOUNDING MEMBER OF AND SO, LAST YEAR 125 MILLION MEALS WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THIS PARTNER AGENCY FEEDIN NETWORK AND OF THAT, DALLAS COLLEGE PROVIDED 1.2 MILLION POUNDS TO STUDENTS AND TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND SO IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN, THERE'S A TEAM OF FOLKS TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK RECENTLY AWARDED THE PARTNER AGENCY FEEDING NETWORK THEIR LEGACY AWARD, SO AS BEING PART OF THAT NETWORK, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND RECOGNIZE THE TEAM THAT WORKS EVERYDAY WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH BASIC CARE AND NEEDS.

DOCTOR JOSEPH?

>> THANK YOU CHANCELLOR.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HARD-WORKING TEAMS, YOU TALK ABOUT RAIN OR SHINE, THEY ARE OUT THERE, YOU'VE SEEN THEM DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND WE WERE CLOSED DURING COVID, THEY WERE OUT THERE IN THEIR VESTS, PUTTING THE BOXES AND PEOPLES CARS, SERVING THE COMMUNITY, SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND NOT ONLY PROVIDING THEM WITH FOOD, BUT ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WHEN THEY WERE READY TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

SO I AM A NUMBER ONE FAN OF THIS VERY DEDICATED GROUP.

AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS GROUP WON THE AWARD, WHICH IS A AWARD NAMED AFTER THE LATE CEO FROM THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK.

AND IT WAS CREATED IN HER MEMORY FIVE YEARS AGO.

DESPITE THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THIS NETWORK HAS FACED, IN THE LAST YEAR, OUR PARTNERS KEPT THEIR DOORS OPEN AND WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO THE PODIUM, DOCTOR CRUZ, DEAN OF THE STUDENT CARE NETWORK.

SO HE CAN INTRODUCE HIS VERY HARD-WORKING TEAM.

DOCTOR CRUZ?

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CHANCELLOR.

WE ARE READY DEDICATED AND BLESSED TO BE IN THIS POSITION HELP THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.

THINK OF ONE FULL TEAM AND I THINK WE KNOW OUR ASSOCIATE DEAN KIND OF WOULD CALL HER MOM KATHY WERE HERE BUT REALLY, WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE AMOUNT OF FOOD IN THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE INCREASED ALMOST 4 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD SERVING THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ACROSS OUR NOT THE STUDENT PUBLISH BOTH COMMUNITY AND WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, THIS REWARD IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF THE HARD WORK THEY DO.

I WANT TO THANK SCOTT AND HIS TEAM FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'VE NOW INCURRED THE JOB OF HAVING TO PICK UP THE FOOD AND BRING INTERCAMPUS IS SO WITHOUT HIS TEAM AND FACILITIES WE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL.

DOCTOR BRAD WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND I KNOW HE'S BEEN UP THERE IN 30 DEGREE WEATHER WITH ME AND THE REST OF THE TEAM SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT.

I'M GOING TO CALL THE ASSOCIATE DEAN TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE HER TEAM AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

>> SOME OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, WOULD TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.

WE INVITE YOU TO COME BACK.

[LAUGHTER] ALONG WITH ME, I HAVE -- MEDINA RICHLAND CAMPUS, WE HAVE LEE KITCHENS AT THE RICHLAND CAMPUS, WE HAVE A VERY NEW ADDITION, KIMBERLY, SHE IS ALSO AT RICHLAND.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE DEAN MARTINEZ AND SHE'S A EASTFIELD.

JENNY SNYDER AND SHE IS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW.

ALONG WITH JESUS LOPEZ AT MOUNTAIN VIEW.

I'M GOING TO TURN THIS WAY.

WE HAVE -- AT NORTHLAKE, THEN ANOTHER BRAND-NEW ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY, --

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AND THEN WE HAVE WENDY GARNER! I WENT BLANK.

THAT ONE WAS, I KNOW HOW TO SAY GARNER.

[LAUGHTER] SORRY! AND THEN WE HAVE MY DEAR BRITTANY, SHE IS AT BROOKHAVEN.

THEY ARE ALL OUT THERE.

MATTER FACT, TODAY WAS A DISTRIBUTION.

SO THEY WERE OUT THERE AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN, RAN, GOT DRESSED AND CAME HERE SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM, THEY BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO COME WHEN IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE APPRECIATE THIS.

IT'S THAT THAT THE FOOD BANK HAS RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP REAL QUICKLY.

>> WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE.

SEVERAL OF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO GO THIS SUNDAY FOR THE ANNUAL -- A GREAT CELEBRATION OF OUR CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY.

AND WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT THE LAST YEARS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND SO WE CAME ROARING BACK THIS YEAR, -- HAS REALLY HELPED LEAD THIS THROUGH THE YEARS ALONG WITH A GREAT TEAM OF FOLKS.

BUT IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING CELEBRATION AND SO MANY OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE, SO MANY OF THE CHEFS IN DALLAS HAVE COME THROUGH OUR CULINARY PROGRAM AND TO SEE HER STUDENTS OUT THERE WORKING HARD, PREPARING THOSE GREAT MEALS, STEVE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND PUTTING ON A GREAT EVENT.

IF YOU COULD SHARE LITTLE WITH US ABOUT THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

CHAIR AND TRUSTEES, CHANCELLOR, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AMONG THESE FANTASTIC RECOGNITIONS AND THE THEME THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE COMMON AMONG ALL IS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

AM A NAVY VETERAN, I WAS A COOK IN THE NAVY! [APPLAUSE] I LOVE HEARING THAT SO YOU KNOW, BITS AND BYTES IS HERE BECAUSE OF THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT THE FACULTY DID FOR SO MANY YEARS, YOU REMEMBER THAT

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THE CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY WAS TO CELEBRATE THE WORK WE DO IN THE CULINARY HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

WE HAD OVER 600 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

WE HAD 57 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS.

COME AND WORK WITH THE CHEFS AND I PROMISE EVERYONE WALKED OUT WITH A POCKET FULL OF BUSINESS CARDS.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN MY MILITARY SERVICE WAS THE WAY TO INCREASE YOUR EARNING POTENTIAL IS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THUS THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE IN THE FOOD AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES EARN RELATIVELY LOW WAGES.

BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, VERY QUICKLY, THEY CAN MOVE 20 TO 25 PERCENT HIGHER PAY FROM THE WORK WE DO.

SO THE WORK WE DO, THE FUNDS THAT WE RAISE, AND AT BITS AND BYTES AND OTHER SPONSORED PROGRAMS THAT WRAP AROUND THE CULINARY PROGRAM, HELP INCREASE STUDENT AND INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT COME HELP STUDENTS CAREERS, WE ARE ACTUALLY SENDING FIVE STUDENTS ALONG WITH A STAFF MEMBER TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- PROGRAM THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE.

>> CAN WE GO?

[LAUGHTER] >> FOOD SUSTAINABILITY AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO, LET'S ALL GO! [LAUGHTER] ALSO, WE FIND THERE WERE AMERICAN CULINARY FEDERATION MEMBERSHIPS FOR THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY GRADUATE.

WE HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS.

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE THREE MORE YEARS OF INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE NEXT LEVEL CERTIFICATIONS.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW WE ALSO PAY FOR OTHER ENHANCED PROGRAMS LIKE SUSTAINABILITY KITCHEN PROGRAM, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR OF THE TERM COMPOST ALSO.[INAUDIBLE] IT'S A BIG ECOSYSTEM AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

AND BITS AND BYTES 2023, WHICH WOULD BE OUR 14TH ANNUAL EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 16.

OF 2023 SO PLEASE, PROGRAM THAT INTO YOUR CALENDAR I LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE -- SORRY, GO AHEAD.

>> I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I ATTENDED, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS VERY WELL PLANNED AND EXECUTED, IT WAS IN A GOOD LOCATION, HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

>> AND LIKEWISE.

IT WAS MY FIRST TIME TO ATTEND, I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED THE WAY WAS ORGANIZED, IT REALLY WENT OFF WELL.

THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS ARE NOT USUALLY AS OPEN AND CONVENIENT.

THERE WASN'T ANYBODY WAITING, THERE WAS ALWAYS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR EVERYBODY AND THE SETTING, IT WAS REALLY GREAT.

AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF YOUR UNITS AND THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE.

IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING JOB, JUST A TOTAL REFLECTION ON THE QUALITY OF DALLAS COLLEGE.

>> IT IS A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM.

DALLAS COLLEGE MARKETING, THE FOUNDATION, THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOSPITALITY.[INAUDIBLE] ADRIENNE THOMPSON AND THE PROGRAMS OFFICE, VALERIE FROM THE FOUNDATION, THE LIST GOES ON.

I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED.

>> AND THE AMAZING FACULTY, LEAVING THE PROGRAM.

>> THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY I THINK THAT -- NEEDS TO UTILIZE SERVICES FOR SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES.

>> FORGET PANERA.

>> EXACTLY!

>> APPRECIATE IT.

[APPLAUSE] >> I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE QUICKLY.

ONE IS TO SAY GOODBYE AND HELLO.

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AND SO, IT'S A BIG LOSS TO DALLAS COLLEGE.

WITH HER EXPERTISE HAS BEEN SO CRITICAL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WE THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING FOUNDATION THAT YOU LEAD BEHIND AND WE WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR NEXT JOURNEY.

>> THANK YOU I WILL MISS YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> QUICKLY, I WELCOME THE FAMILIES, DOCTOR FLOYD IF YOU'LL COME UP AND INTRODUCE THE NEW VICE PROVOST.

>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, OUR VICE PROVOST FOR HEALTH SCIENCES.

THE DR. COMES FIRST IN TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE WHERE HE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE DEAN OF NURSING.

HE RECEIVED HIS DOCTORATE IN NURSING PRACTICE FROM WALDEN UNIVERSITY.

HE SPENT 14 YEARS AT TARRANT BEGINNING AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN 2008.

ANSWERING AS A COORDINATOR FOR MULTIPLE NURSING COURSES PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF VOCATIONAL NURSING.

HE HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATOR BOARD REDUCTION SHORTAGE COMMITTEE.

HE HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

WHAT RESONATED MOST WITH US DURING HIS INTERVIEW PROCESS WAS HIS COMMITMENT TO THE WHOLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THAT IS, SERVING OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVENING, EVERYONE! I AM FROM JAPAN.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JAPAN? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO TO JAPAN? IF YOU DO PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT JAPAN.

I AM SO EXCITED TO BE WITH DALLAS COLLEGE.

I WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT AND MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES WILL BE THE SCHOOL OF CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE SURE STUDENT SUCCESS WILL BE THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

[APPLAUSE] >> WELCOME TO THE DALLAS COLLEGE FAMILY.

MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY VERY SHORT REMARKS.

[LAUGHTER] >> IS THAT IT? OKAY.

ANY TRUSTEES HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS?

>> WE DON'T.

>> SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.

[LAUGHTER] I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE TRUSTEES THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE DALLAS COLLEGE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL POLICING COMMUNITY AWARDS BANQUET.

[6. Chancellor and Board Announcements]

YOU GOT THE BROCHURE SO YOU CAN SEE WHO WAS GIVEN WHICH AWARD.

I WAS LITTLE SURPRISED THOUGH THAT THE ONLY LEADERSHIP I SAW THERE WAS OTHER THAN THE CHIEF WAS DOCTORS WILLIAM AND -- IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE YOU THERE AND BE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH YOU AND SEE YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR POLICE, NOT TO SAY NO ONE ELSE IS SUPPORTING BUT HOPEFULLY, I KNOW IT IS A SATURDAY.

BUT HOPEFULLY MORE OF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT AND -- FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP.

I IMAGINE IT WAS PERSONAL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SAY.[INAUDIBLE] AND I UNDERSTAND, SEVERAL WERE.

BUT I LEARNED THAT FROM THE SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, WHATEVER IS LEFT AFTER COVERING THE EVENT COSTS, GOES TO THE POLICE PROGRAM SO HOPEFULLY THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOME FUNDING TO GO TO THE PROGRAM.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T ATTENDED BEFORE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE IN A VIVID WAY BY BEING PRESENT.

>> ANY OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE COMMENTS OR REMARKS? OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS TODAY.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.

I KNOW A LOT OF VIEWERS WATCHING THE BOARD MEETING DO NOT ALWAYS WATCH THE SESSIONS BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO.

[00:55:04]

-- THOMAS FOR HER VERY ROBUST BUDGET UPDATE.

[LAUGHTER] YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING IT IN TERMS THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND MARISOL AND HER TEAM FOR AN UPDATE ON SUSTAINABILITY.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR THE SUCCESS STORIES LIKE THE RIGHT RESOURCE GROUP THAT PROVIDES TRAINING FOR COMPANIES.

ESPECIALLY SEEING THEM GO FROM GOLDMAN SACHS PROGRAM TO NOW, FULL CIRCLE.

IT'S A GREAT JOB TO EVERYBODY TODAY.

VERY INFORMATIVE REPORTS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST UPDATE YOU ALL, IS MENTIONED DURING A REPORT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PRESENTERS WHO ARE ON THE PANEL FOR CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY THAT WE DID IT EASTFIELD CAMPUS.

AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE VICTORIA -- THE METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE AND LINDA FROM BROOKHAVEN CAMPUS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

WE HAD 80 PEOPLE THERE IN PERSON AND OVER 300 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED VIA ZOOM AND WE HAD NOT ONLY FEMALE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FEMALE EMPLOYEES WHO CAME BY DURING THEIR LUNCH BREAK TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

AND WE GOT TO CONNECT THEM WITH HOPEFULLY, ROLE MODELS AND INTEREST FOR THE FUTURE.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BITS AND BYTES, GREAT EVENT, GLITTER WAS ABLE TO BE THERE.

IT WAS GREAT SEEING GROWTH FROM THE LAST ONE P COVID TO THIS ONE.

A LOT MORE PEOPLE, A LOT MORE FOOD PROVIDERS.

THAT WAS GREAT.

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

>> I FORGOT TO SAY SOMETHING TO REQUEST TRUSTEE FLORAS.

>> I FORGOT WHEN I HAD THE MICROPHONE, TO THINK DOCTOR -- FOR BRINGING DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES GROUPS.

LOGOS ARE TO SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENTS, WE RARELY EVER HAVE HAD EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZED AT THE BOARD MEETING.

SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW WHAT OUR EMPLOYERS ARE DOING AND SERVICE TO STUDENTS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE GETTING AWARDED AND RECOGNIZED ETC. SO I HOPE WE CONTINUE IN THIS VEIN, REALLY GOOD TO SEE.

AND WHAT REALLY TOUCHED ME WAS MOST OF THEM WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.

HOPEFULLY THE ORGANIZATION IS BEGINNING TO SETTLE AND NOT HAVE AS MUCH CHURN AND WE REALLY FOCUSED ON STUDENT SUCCESS AS WAS EVIDENT BY THOSE THAT WERE HERE TODAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 7.

WHICH IS OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CHANCELLOR TO DECLARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA.

ANY CONFLICTS TO DECLARE? NO.

OKAY MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. Consent Agenda]

>> MOTION.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION.

8.2.

>> WHICH ONE?

>> 8.2B.

>> WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION?

>> WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS LOCATED?

>> JOHN? 3262 W.

CAMP WISDOM.

>> WILL BE LOCATED AT THE RED BURN MALL INSIDE.

IT IS IN TWO PARTS OF THE MALL.

IT'S IN THE OLD PART OF THE MALL THAT IS ADJACENT TO WHERE MACY'S WAS.

AND THEN DILLARDS I'M SORRY.

THEN THE OTHER PART OF IT ALWAYS SEPARATE THE TWO SPACES IS IN THE DILLARDS BUILDING.

RIGHT NOW, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS GREATER DALLAS HAS SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

-- HAD A HOSPITAL UNIT THAT THEY ARE OPERATING THERE AND WE WILL BE ADJACENT TO THOSE SPACES.

CLOSE PROXIMITY AS FAR AS DISD.

>> WHAT IS ADJACENT MEAN?

>> IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE MALL DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE SIDE WHERE BURLINGTON IS? SO, YOU HAVE BURLINGTON AND THEN YOU HAVE A LOADING DOCK AREA AND THEN YOU HAVE A NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING FORMULAE DILLARDS.

AND THEY ARE CREATING THE CONSTRUCTION -- WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS THAT THE NEWEST LOCATION AND OFFICE THERE AS WELL AS PARKLAND.

AND SO, WILL BE LOCATED, SORT OF IN THE CENTER OF THE MALL.

WE HAVE ACCESS FROM THE FRONT OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE.

WE'RE DISD IS CREATING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER THEM FROM THE BACKSIDE WHERE PARKLAND AND WORK FOR SOLUTIONS GREATER DALLAS, WE WILL BE IN THE CENTER OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITY.

>> SO YOU ARE ON THE BACKSIDE TO THE FREEWAY?

>> YES BUT REALLY IN THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? ALL OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? MOTION PASSES.

WE ARE GOING, I NEED A SEPARATE MOTION FOR 8.4, THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POLICY IN RELATION TO THIS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ANYONE TO TABLE 8.4A?

>> MOTION.

>> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? MOTION PASSES.

OKAY SO THEN WE GO ON TO NINE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 9.1?

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> OKAY MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION PASSES.

OKAY NOW WE WILL WANT TO ITEM 10, POLICY ITEMS FOR FIRST MEETING.

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THERE.

ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS ON EITHER ONE? VICE CHAIR?

>> IS THE FIRST READING.

I JUST THINK ABOUT THE PROCESS WITH HER A FEW MONTHS AGO ON THE GRIEVANCE OR SEIZURE.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF CONTEXT AROUND THE POLICY THAT THE BOARD WOULD BENEFIT FROM UNDERSTANDING.

MAYBE TAKING LIKE WE DID TO GO THROUGH THIS AND NOT NECESSARILY LINE BY LINE BUT ISSUE BY ISSUE.

I'D ONE ISSUE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTAND AND FOCUS ON IS THE FACULTY FREE SPEECH RIGHTS.

AND WHAT IS THE LAW SURROUNDING THAT.

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AND THERE IS A LOT OF JURISPRUDENCE OUT THERE I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION BUT WE'VE GOT TO REALLY DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

>> MAY BE A PRESENTATIONAL SUMMARY POINTS, KEY POINTS FROM THE POLICY.

WE ARE DEFINITELY AT THAT -- >> I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE RITTER.

THERE IS GLUTTONY 10.2 POLICY ITEM THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND

AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS WITHOUT -- >> WILL TALK ABOUT THE BEST VEHICLE TO DO THAT.

WHETHER IT IS A COMMITTEE MEETING WITH AN AGENDA OUR WORK SESSION OF SOME POINT BUT WE WILL FIND A VEHICLE TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT READING.

BEFORE THE NEXT READING.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON 10.1 OR 10.2? OKAY.

[9. Individual Items]

YOU COULD SEND THEM TO ROB SO HE CAN USE THAT IN TAILORING WHATEVER WE DECIDE

[10. Policy Items - First Reading]

ITEM 11.

ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, AND FORMATIVE REPORTS.

OKAY, ITEM 12 WE HAVE NEVER EXECUTIVE SESSION SCHEDULED TODAY.

WITH THAT, IT IS 5:04PM THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOW ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.