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**Our College, Your Voices**

Our College, Your Voices brings you an inside look of Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana’s largest public post-secondary institution. Hosted by Kara Monroe, the College’s Provost and Senior Vice President, you will learn how Ivy Tech is building pathways for student success and a stronger Indiana.

Latest Episodes:

174: Meet Ft. Wayne Chancellor Kim Barnett-Johnson Oct 14, 2021

Show notes

Meet our new Ft. Wayne Chancellor Kim Barnett-Johnson.

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

173: Colorful Conversations ECED Oct 07, 2021

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Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

172: Ivy Tech Finance Pt 2 Sep 30, 2021

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As many of you may recall, episode 120 last fall was with Systems Office Finance. That conversation was initially sparked by Lanette Gonzalez from our Valparaiso Service Area who was a Strategic Rotation Lead for Goal 6 – Finance when this series of episodes was conceived. Lanette now serves as a member of the team for Strategy 6.6.

Today along with Lanette Gonzalez, I am pleased to be joined by our new Senior Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Dom Chase. With the positive feedback received from the previous episode, we thought it would be beneficial to bring our Finance team back to discuss the new and exciting initiatives occurring in the world of Finance for our college.

Our guests today are:

Dom Chase, Senior Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Systems Office
Lanette Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Humanities, Valparaiso Service Area

Calls to Action from today's episode:

Visit the Our Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) dashboard that Dom mentioned: https://www.ivytech.edu/35748.html
Need to catch up on part 1 of this series? Check out Episode 120 at https://ourcollegeyourvoices.libsyn.com/finances-at-ivy-tech
Need to learn more about Ivy+, visit http://www.ivytech.edu/tuition. If you're an Ivy Tech faculty or staff member, updated days and times for various Ivy+ learning sessions as well as links to internal learning tools come out in most Thursday newsletters.

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

171: IvyConnect Sep 23, 2021

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Today we will be diving into IvyConnect with three key members of our Systems Office IT Team. IvyConnect represents the people, process and tools whose mission is to transform constituent engagements into lifelong relationships leveraging the Salesforce platform.

The college's vision with IvyConnect is to deliver a set of services that provide a frictionless constituent experience by improving operational efficiencies and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Today's guests are:

Matt Etchison, Chief Information Officer and Sr. Vice President, Systems Office
Stephanie Richter, Executive Director of IvyConnect, Systems Office

We are excited for all that IvyConnect will encompass! Watch for more information to be shared statewide as this new platform rolls out.

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

170: Meet the New Indianapolis Chancellor Dr Lorenzo Esters Sep 16, 2021

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We are pleased to announce our new Indianapolis Chancellor, Dr. Lorenzo Esters. Dr. Esters joined Ivy Tech officially on May 17 and took responsibility as Chancellor officially in July. Get to know Dr. Esters in this episode and learn about his vision for the new campus.

Follow Ivy Indy Proud on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IvyIndyProud.

Visit Ivy Tech at www.ivytech.edu to register for classes.

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

169: ASAP Mental Health Sep 09, 2021

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ASAP is Ivy Tech's accelerated associate degree program where students graduate with their associate degree in just 11 months. In the summer of 2020, ASAP applied for and received a grant from Circle of Ivy to provide stress management curriculum and materials to students.

During the most recent academic year, the Stress management kits were provided to all ASAP students statewide and mental health programming was incorporated into Flexible Friday curriculum delivered by trained mental health professionals.

The statewide mental health programming was delivered via synchronous Zoom meetings which continued to strengthen students' sense of belonging within the statewide learning community. Students were equipped with stress management strategies and tools necessary to successfully persist in their accelerated curriculum and complete their first college degree in 11-months.

This week's guests are:

Paula Birt, Assistant Vice President K-14 Initiatives & ASAP, Systems Office
Beth Chaney, ASAP Director, Kokomo/Logansport
Stephanie Drudge, ASAP Director, South Bend/Elkhart
Heather McDonald, ASAP Director, Columbus
Adam Werling, ASAP Coordinator, Muncie

If you'd like to learn more about Circle of Ivy, please visit https://giving.ivytech.edu/circle-of-ivy/. If you'd like to learn more about ASAP, please visit https://www.ivytech.edu/asap/

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

168: Advising Levels Sep 02, 2021

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Goal 5 of Ivy Tech's Strategic Plan is all about continuing to grow as a great place to work. This week's podcast is all about a new way to recognize employees - specifically academic advisors - for their service to the College.

The Vice President for Student Success and Assistant Vice President of Academic Advising formed a team consisting of Chancellors, Directors, Advisors, Vice Chancellors of Student Success, and Human Resources in Fall 2019. The goal of the team was to develop Advising levels similar to Faculty levels.

The team reviewed advising turnover rates and compared other institutional structures for advising promotions. They developed, as an outcome, advising levels. The Advising levels create a pathway for advisors to advance in their position by providing evidence of continued professional development, outstanding performance, and service to the College and community. The goal of this project is to be both a retention and professional development tool.

Thanks to our expert panel:

Cory Clasemann, Vice President for Student Success, Systems Office
Susan Hawkins-Wilding, Assistant Vice President of Academic Advising, Systems Office
Jodie Beatty, Vice Chancellor for Student Success, Sellersburg Campus
Angie Shafer, Director of Academic Advising Columbus Campus

This new program will begin rolling out in September so watch for more information. And, we do plan to do this for other employee groups so stay tuned to more information on that.

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

167: Idea Dash Aug 26, 2021

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In the spring semester of 2021 from April 7-16, the Strategy 5.2 Committee invited all employees throughout the state to participate in Ivy Tech's first statewide Idea Dash. The HMW question was "How might we improve brand advocacy for Ivy Tech among faculty and staff?".

The virtual sessions were scheduled over a two-week period for a duration of 2-3 hours and accommodated 20 participants per session. Findings from the extensive Ivy Tech branding study were shared with the participants through a video to offer insights into how the public perceives the value of an Ivy Tech education and where Ivy Tech can improve its efforts in recruiting and retaining students.

Meet the Panel

Dr. Allyn Decker, Vice Chancellor, Warsaw
Trent Hawker, Assistant Director of Talent Development, Systems Office
Justin Dammeier, Executive Director, Educational Technology
Dr. Leighann Rechtin, Communication/General Studies Department Chair, Lawrenceburg
Dr. Christine Peterson, IvyOnline Health Sciences Faculty Lead; Asst. Prof. Paramedic Science
Shabbir Qutbuddin, Director of IT Sector Partnership, South Bend/Elkhart

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

166: New Curriculum Management System Aug 19, 2021

Show notes

Ivy Tech is partnering with DigArc to improve the quality of our curriculum and catalog management system. The improvements should result in better integration between these two tools (e.g. you'll be able to click on class numbers/names in the curriculum to link directly to the course outline of record), better integration with existing tools like Banner and our Degree Audit tool, and more transparency for faculty and staff into the curriculum approval processes at the College.

The new tool, which is scheduled to launch in Feb 2022, will replace the Google Docs/Drive tools used today as well as the internal approval process used following curriculum committee meetings. This week's panel will share how this tool implementation is going and what changes you can expect.

Thanks to our guests:

Sarah Ferguson, Director of Academic Projects, Systems Office
Drew Lurker, Director of Student Records, Systems Office
Vearl Turnpaugh, Assistant Vice President for Curriculum, Systems Office
Dr. Russ Baker, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Systems Office

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

165: Meet the Hamilton County Team Aug 12, 2021

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On July 1, 2021, Ivy Tech Hamilton County will become Ivy Tech's 19th campus. This C3 (Ivy Tech's classification for small campuses) will serve about 1200 students in the 4th largest and fastest growing county in the state. New programs will align to top industries including IT, STEM, Agriculture, Manufacturing, as well as specific programs designed for transfer. The campus team is small but mighty and they talked in the episode about how they are building a culture of family and caring from the ground up.

Thanks to my guests:

Dr. Stacy Atkinson – Chancellor, Hamilton County Campus
Dr. Rachel Kartz – Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Hamilton County Campus
Jessica Metz – Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services and Student Success, Hamilton County Campus
Dr. Dan Clark – Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement, Hamilton County Campus

Please like the Ivy Tech Hamilton County Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/IvyTechHamiltonCounty) to stay updated on progress and happenings at the campus! Tell your friends about us!

Get in Touch

You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets

Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu.

Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion.

Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

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