>>I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR
MEETING OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021.
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 551 OPEN MEETINGS OF THE TEXAS
GOVERNMENT CODE AND IT'S 3 P.M. EXACTLY.
SO I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO JOINED
US TODAY AND I'M NAN MCRAVEN, I AM CHAIR OF THE COLLEGE AND
STEPHANIE, I'LL GO TO YOU, PLEASE.
STEPHANIE G, TRUSTEE SINCE --
>> DR. COMSTOCK: NORA DE HOYOS COMSTOCK, VICE CHAIR FOR
THE BOARD THIS YEAR. >> CHAIR: AND NICOLE.
>> MS. EVERSMANN: HI, I'M NICOLE EVERSMANN, THE BOARD
SECRETARY. >> CHAIR: GREAT.
THANK YOU, NICOLE. AND GIGI. >> MS. BRYANT: HI, GIGI
EDWARDS BRYANT, PLACE 2. >> CHAIR: GREAT, AND JULIE.
>> MS. NITSCH: HI, JULIE ANN NITSCH, PLACE 9.
>> CHAIR: IS THAT ALL OF US I THINK?
WELL, THANK YOU. WE'LL START THE MEETING WITH
RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE
TONY HERE WITH US AND THE UNITED FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
AND TONIGHT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE ADULT
EDUCATION SCHOLARS CHECK PRESENTATION AND I THINK
DR. MALCOLM, ARE YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM?
DR. MALCOLM? >> NAN, I SEE THAT TRUSTEE
WALKER HAS JOINED US AS WELL. >> CHAIR: DANA WALKER, AND
BARBARA HAS, TOO. MS. WALKER WOULD YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND YOUR GUEST, PLEASE.
>> MS. WALKER: YES, HE'S QUITE VOCAL. I'M DANA WALKER
AND THIS IS MY SON PAXTON. HE MAY BE IN AND OUT OF THE
MEETING. >> CHAIR: GREAT, PAXTON,
THANKS FOR JOINING US. BARBARA, I SEE YOU'VE JOINED.
WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE.
>> DR. MINK: YES, WHO AM I INTRODUCING MYSELF TO?
>> CHAIR: WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON THE ZOOM
TONIGHT AND I WANTED TO BE SURE THEY KNEW WHO THE
TRUSTEES WERE. >> DR. MINK: YES, BARBARA
MINK. I WAS A FOUNDING FACULTY
MEMBER BACK WHEN WE STARTED AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD
SINCE 2000 AND I LOVE TO LIVE AND BREATHE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. >> CHAIR: AND SHE DOES.
AND SHE DOES. WELL I SEE THAT DR. MALCOLM IS
ON THE CALL AND AT THE MEETING AND DR. MALCOLM, I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
>> AND MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE.I WENT IN AND I COULDN'T GT
INTO THE RIGHT LINK. SO ESTHER HAD A TO COME NEXT
DOOR AND HELP ME GET IN. IT REALLY IS EXCITING FOR ME
TO BEGIN THIS CHECK PRESENTATION AS I GET TO WEAR
TWO HATS. MY HAT OF BEING AN ACC STAFF
MEMBERS, BUT ALSO MY HAT OF BEING A UNIVERSITY FEDERAL
CREDIT UNION BOARD MEMBER. AS MOST OF YOU WILL RECALL IN
MID 2019UFCU DONATED $70,000 TO ACC TO LAUNCH A NEW
PROGRAM, A UFCA ADULT EDUCATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM AND
THAT PROGRAM WAS TO HELP ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR ADULT EDUCATION COURSE WORK.
AND THE MONEY WENT TOWARD COVERING THE COST OF THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE STUDENTS
THE FINISH THEIR WORK AND MAY USE THE EXCUSE, BUT I DON'T
HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE TEST.
WE TOOK THAT AWAY. AND SO BEYOND THAT, IT ALSO
THEN ONCE THEY PASSED THAT TEST GAVE US THE ABILITY TO
PAY FOR THEIR FIRST TWO CREDIT COLLEGE COURSES.
IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR AND
THROUGHOUT TO DATE WE'VE HAD 161 SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN
AWARDED WITH 70% OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW TAKING
CREDIT COURSES SUCCESSFULLY AND IN THE FALL OVER 70% OF
THEM COMPLETED THEIR COURSE WORK, WITH EITHER AN A, B OR
C. 90UFCU SCHOLARS HAVE
REGISTERED FOR AT LEAST ONE COURSE THIS SPRING.
AND BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO HELP ADULT
LEARNERS ACHIEVE SUCCESS, THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO CONTINUE
THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TURN
THIS OVER TO TONY BUDET WHO ALL OF US KNOW WHO IS THE CEO
AND HEATHER MCKISSICK WHO IS WITH COMMUNITY IMPACT AND
THEY'LL DO A VIRTUAL CHECK PRESENTATION. HEATHER.
>> >> MOLLY BETH, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.THANK YOU FOR INVITING US O BE A PART OF THIS AS I LOOK AT
THIS SCREEN. I SEE MANY FACES THAT I KNOW
WELL, A LOT OF FRIENDS ON THIS SCREEN AND APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH ACC.
SO MANY MEANINGFUL WAYS. I KNOW IT'S MEANINGFUL TO YOU,
BUT IT'S ALSO MEANINGFUL TO US BECAUSE IN MANY WERE
PERSPECTIVES OUR MENTIONS OVERLAP.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS RAISE THE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL
HEALTH IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT
PEOPLE NEED FOR FINANCIAL HEALTH, THERE IS THREE
CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THAT. ONE IS POST SECONDARY
EDUCATION THAT IS STRONG, MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN NEAR
LIVES. YOU GUYS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN
THAT, BUT PEOPLE ALSO NEED HELP WITH EMPLOYMENT,
PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF MIDDLE SKILLS JOBS.
IN MY FORMER ROLE IN THE AUSTIN CHAMBER, THE UNEMPLOYED
IN AUSTIN DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE KINDS OF JOBS WE CREATE IN
OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS PROGRAM AND OTHERS
THAT YOU'RE SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF ARE HUGELY IMPACTFUL
IN RAISING THE ABILITY OF MUCH OF OUR POPULATION TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THOSE JOBS WE CREATE AND TO REALLY ENJOY THE
AUSTIN THAT YOU AND I KNOW. AND THE THIRD COMPONENT IS
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT
OUR COMMUNITY IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN.
WE MAKE MORE MORTGAGE LOANS THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND SO CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT THAT MARKETPLACE AND IN
MANY WAYS BE HELPFUL. BUT THIS ABILITY TO PARTNER
WITH YOU AND CONNECT WITH ADULTS WITH RESPECT TO THIS
EDUCATION AND GET THEM READY TO GO AND GENERATE THAT LIFT
THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE, IS HUGELY MEANINGFUL TO THEM
OBVIOUSLY, BUT ALSO TO US. AND YOU'RE HELPING US, YOU'RE
PARTNERING WITH US AND HELPING BOOST THAT FINANCIAL HEALTH
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE A BIG PART OF.
WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE RELATIONSHIP, FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND OTHERS AND JUST VERY HAPPY THAT YOU
INVITED US HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT MEANS
QUITE A BIT TO US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] >> HEATHER, WERE YOU GOING TO
SAY ANYTHING? >> ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU
SO MUCH, MOLLY BETH, AND TO THE ACC STAFF FOR FORWARDING
US THE AMAZING TESTIMONIALS FROM THESE UFCU SCHOLARS AT
ACC WHO EACH HAS SUCH A UNIQUE STORY TO TELL.
IT REALLY HELPS US FEEL GREAT ABOUT NOT ONLY SUPPORTING YOUR
INSTITUTION, BUT IT REALLY PUTS A FACE TO THAT GIFT AND
HELPS US ALSO UNDERSTAND THE INDIVIDUAL LIVES THAT WE'RE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO
YOU AND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO US AS AN ORGANIZATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION
THAT OUR COLLEAGUE MIKE CLIFFORD IS HERE WITH US TODAY
AS WELL. MIKE IS ALSO A BIG FAN OF ACC AND WANTED TO BE
HERE TO ALSO SHOW HIS SUPPORT. >> CHAIR: THANK YOU.AGAIN, THA.
MOLLY BETH. >> AND SO THEY HAVE PRESENTED
US WITH ANOTHER $50,000. >> CHAIR: OH, WOW, OKAY.
YEAH. YEAH.
THANK YOU. >> AND WE HAVE EVEN GREATER
PLANS FOR IT WHEN WE'RE ABLE DO THINGS IN PERSON AGAIN TO
GIVE THE STUDENTS EVEN BESIDES THE IMPACT OF GETTING
FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES AND GETTING SOME OF THEIR COURSES
PAID FOR AND THE TEST, BUT SOME REAL CELEBRATIONS WHEN
WE'RE DOING GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE
FUTURE. AND I DO -- HEATHER MENTIONED THE WONDERFUL
TESTIMONIALS AND I'LL READ YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ONE
OF THEM THAT I THOUGHT -- THEY ARE ALL GREAT BUT THIS ONE
SAYS I AM 17TH I RECENTLY COMPLETED MY GED.
WHEN I FIRST ENTERED MY GED CLASS I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET
DONE WITH SCHOOL. I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD AFFORD
TO GO TO COLLEGE, SO I NEVER PLANNED TO GOING.
AND SHE GOES ON THROUGH, BUT SHE ENDS WITH LOOK AT ME NOW,
I CAN PROUDLY SAY I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT.
UFCU, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO
TAKE THAT FIRST STEP IN COMPLETING A COLLEGE DEGREE.
AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THANK YOUS WE DID SEND THEM.
>> CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND TONY, IF YOU AND YOUR TEAM
WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS,
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU, BUT IF YOU NEED TO JUMP OFF, WE ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT.SO THANK YOU FOO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THE
LEADERSHIP YOU'VE SHOWN AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
SO THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE MOST WELCOME.
>> CHAIR: GREAT. THANK YOU.
SO SPEAKING OF YOUR FORMER ROLE ON THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE BOARD AND CHAIRING IT, WE HAVE THE GREATER AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.