Post on 26-Jun-2015
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The Southern Virginia Higher Education Center
Revitalizing Southern VA through educational access & innovation
Community-based
• 20+ year track record
• Early community recognition of nexus b/t education & economic development
• 2001 move to new facility, financed & equipped with no state monies
• 2006 state agency designation
• SCHEV Report recommendations expand role to program development & innovation
Collaborative
• Environment where rural citizens can get an education
• Facilities, technology, support services
• Nine educational partners
• From GED to PhD
• 2009 unduplicated headcount of 3124
• Students from 16 VA counties & 4 cities
• Degree programs – 82% Non-degree – 14% Dual enrollment – 4%
Tech driven
• Center for Nursing Excellence: CNA, ADN, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner
• Advanced manufacturing labs configured in smart factory approach
• 21-station design-industry standard digital MAC lab
• Southern Virginia Educational Network (SVEN)
• Free WIFI and 200 station open computer labs
Innovative
• Business of Art & Design signature programming
• Modeled after VCU’s da Vinci Center & Georgia Institute of Technology
• Focused on Knowledge Economy creative & collaborative skills
• Holistic, project-based
• 2+2+2 educational pathway
• National juried competitions
• International component
Research & Development
• R&D Center of Advanced Manufacturing & Energy Efficiencies
• Big “D” little “R”
• CCAM & RR tie-in
• Smart Factory approach
• Blacksburg “toy”
• Wine barrel
• Scramjet
Impact of budget reductions on SVHEC2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 2 0 1 0 TOTAL cumulative
3% 10% 10% 23%$43,004 $43,004 $43,004 $43,004
$194,166 $215,166 $215,166
$212,675 $212,675
$43,004 $237,170 $470,845 $470,845Impact of additional cuts
in 2011-12
Literacy Coordinator reduced to 10 hrs/wk
Literacy Coordinator funded by NGF-grants
Building owner forgave rent on new lab space
Eliminate 1 FT Operations position
Evening Student Support Specialist reduced to25 hrs/wk
CREED Program Coordinator eliminated
Eliminated all PT Student Support Specialist positions
Reduce operating hrs: no weekend/early a.m.
classes
Non-credit Coordinator position funded w/ tuition-generated NGF
Gave back 2 new positions: Program Coordinator & Marketing Specialist
Moved 1 FT IT position to Student Support
Reduce FT workweek (and salaries) to 36
hrs
Deferred purchase of Mobile Computer Lab for Workforce Services
25% job sharing of Student Support responsibilities by 2 FT positions in other departments
Eliminate Center for Nursing Excellence
Non-personnel operating expenses cut
Additional non-personnel operating expenses cut
Eliminate Business of Art & Design
Programming
Executive Director Search funded w/ NGF
Eliminate all Non-credit Programming
Questions?
Dr. Betty H. AdamsExecutive Director
bettyadams@svhed.org