Rethinking Your Clients: Credit and NonCredit Collaboration is a WinWin for All

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Rethinking Your ClientsCredit and Non-Credit
Collaboration is a Win-Win for All

• Presenters
• Dick Bickerstaff
• Carla Gantz
• Columbus State Community College

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Introductions

• Dick Bickerstaff, Chair, Engineering Technologies
• Carla Gantz, Training and Performance Consultant,
  Business and Industry Department

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About Columbus State Community College

• Columbus State Community College has been
  dedicated to meeting the educational needs of our
  community for more than 40 years.
• The College has grown from an initial enrollment
  of 67 students in 1963, to its current thriving
  campus of more than 23,000 students.

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About Columbus State Community College

• Our Community Education and Workforce Development
  division offers contract training and consulting,
  continuing education classes, licensure courses
  and personal enrichment courses.
• Columbus State's Career Technical Programs
  division offers two-year career programs in more
  than 55 areas of business, health, public
  service, human service, and engineering
  technologies.

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About Columbus State Community College

• Our small, friendly downtown campus is
  conveniently located near downtown Columbus, on
  80 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds.
• In addition to the main campus, Columbus State
  operates 9 Off-Campus Centers in the suburban
  neighborhoods

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Need is Clear

• One common view of Columbus State to our Business
  and Industry Partners and Clients is essential

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Symptoms

• Multiple calls on J.V.S., High School, Company,
  Industry
• Three competing quotes for Spanish training all
  from Columbus State
• No single point of contact at college
• Lack of someone who knows how the pieces of the
  puzzle fit together
• Management Support no mechanism
• Faculty/Curriculum perceived inflexible

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The Answer

• Collaboration
• Success Stories of how the combination of
  capabilities of two departments aided in making
  Columbus State seamless and successful in winning
  quotes
• Championed by Provost
• Champions within College Departments

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Success Stories

• Department Collaboration
• Tosoh Innovative curriculum combination
• Diamond Innovations Targeted selection of new
  hires, credit machining class
• Superior Die, Tool and Machine Apprenticeship
  programming

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Success Stories

• Students/Faculty
• Comtex would have never been found
• Horton Emergency Vehicles motivated student
• The Gap motivated employee

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Success Stories

• Business and Industry Department
• Rimrock non-credit class
• Anheuser Busch 2 year technician program,
  curriculum
• Honda pilot intern project

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Success Stories

• Special Projects
• DOL Grant for IST Lab
• Lean Manufacturing Summit
• Manufacturing Consortium
• Future NSF Grant

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Success Stories

• Companies
• Tosoh innovative programming
• Diamond Innovations Targeted Selection of new
  hires, technical programming
• Superior Die and Tool apprenticeship
  programming

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Things to Note

• Business and Industry have training needs
  Columbus State has solutions
• Look past the credit/non-credit discussion
• Identify clients needs, know you have the answer
• Identify appropriate college source after meeting
• Dont overlook experts at college
• Dont overlook college course content

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Challenges

• Faculty entrenched in own world
• Thinking outside the box for collaborating
• Chemical Operator Program
• Solutions may already be available, just need
  buy-in
• Single source expertise

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WIN-WIN

• Forging a relationship where everyone wins!
• Providing the best possible experience for our
  customers the students and the workforce!
• Allows for new opportunities to grow and serve
  our community!
• And Make Money!

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Questions??
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Thank You

• Dick Bickerstaff, Chair, Engineering Technologies
• Columbus State Community College
• 550 E. Spring St.
• Columbus, Ohio 43215
• 614-287-2677
• dbickers_at_cscc.edu
• Carla Gantz, Training and Performance Consultant
• Columbus State Community College
• 550 E. Spring St.
• Columbus, Ohio 43215
• 614-287-5492
• cgantz_at_cscc.edu