INTERNAL RELATIONS
October 16, 2008
Ron Hitchcock, Jack Horner, Janine Johnston, Wendy Schissel, Hollis MacLean Wenzel, Marilyn Zook
Question posed: What must Mt. Hood Community College do to become a world-class education and training partner in your community, your life, your business?
Make MHCC the “hub” of the community
Create a speakers bureau of community/business members for classes
Identify “superstars” among faculty and get them into the community
Create formal and informal internships for students with community organizations
Make entire district feel it is part of MHCC
Make MHCC an “incubator” for ideas and pilot projects—e.g. every school district has same key needs as on our list for Teaching and Learning, ours are not unique but if we work with the districts we create synergy through sharing and “scaling up”
Get out to high schools and bring high schools to campus
Build on what is here—for example,
Recognize that our physical space/setting allow us to “demand respect”
Natural Resource Management—so appropriate where we live
Nursing program
CASS program
Show off MHCC facilities/setting—make them valuable thru events such as
Lunchtime concerts open to public
“A Taste of MHCC” mini-courses, short performances, exciting lectures, etc. open to public once a month—reminiscent of “Strawberry Shortcake” of MHCC’s former days
Advertise intensively the “economy of scale” for students attending MHCC in comparison to 4-year or private schools
Feature bachelor’s degree completion on campus [partnership with EOU]
Brand MHCC—“When I go into X, I want to go to MHCC”
Broaden concept of MHCC—not just transfer school
Host an annual non-profit organization conference so like-minded individuals can get together and share knowledge and ideas with students/faculty
Host events directed at children, featuring early education—kids are a way to get to parents, too
Don’t work as a sole entity—build community partnerships instead of thinking in terms of doing community “outreach”
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