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| New ANC Board of Trustees Chairman Randy Scott (LEFT) presents outgoing Chairman Curtis Walker with a plaque of appreciation for Mr. Walker's services as Chairman of the Board from February 2020 through February 2023. |
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Members of the Arkansas Northeastern College Board of Trustees gathered for their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, where members the College’s operating budget for the 2023-2024 year.
Based on the recommendation of the Finance Committee, the Board passed the College’s Operating Budget for 2023-24. The budget reflects the College’s budget development process, which considered department funding requests in support of personnel operations, services, and equipment. There will be a $1 tuition increase for the year with in-county resident tuition to be $75 per credit hour for the first 18 credit hours only, $85 per credit hour for out-of-county residents including Missouri Bootheel, and $135 per credit hour for out-of-state residents. Despite increases in technology usage, the College will not raise its technology fee from its current amount of $15 per credit hour. ANC’s annual tuition/mandatory fee rate will remain the lowest among Arkansas’ colleges for 2023-24.
The Board also approved the Academic Calendar for the 2023-2024 academic year. Registration for both the Summer and Fall Semesters is currently underway. The new calendar shows that registration for the Fall 2023 semester will end on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, with classes for the Fall 2023 Semester beginning on Monday, August 14.
In other business, the Board approved several new employees including: Michea' Caruthers as Administrative Specialist I, Educational Talent Search (Grant-Funded), Anthony Mula as Electricity & Electronics Instructor, Terrie Kennett as Adult Education Instructor (Grant Funded), Allen Holmquist as Steel Technology Instructor (Grant-Funded), and Robert Davis as Construction Technology Instructor (Grant-Funded).
ANC President Dr. James Shemwell announced that on April 28, ANC will host the 10th Annual Best Practices Symposium on its Main Campus in Blytheville. American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Senior Vice President for Academic and Workforce Development Jennifer Worth will be the College’s special guest for this year’s event. The Symposium event is designed to celebrate various best practices across the organization, including a broad menu of presentations by faculty and staff members. Organizations typically spend considerable time and effort analyzing and correcting things that produce less than desired results (things that go wrong) but do not spend enough time celebrating and consolidating gains from best practices (things that go right). The Symposium provides a calendared date and structure to celebrate and learn from all the many things going right, as well as how best practices in one area might be leveraged in other areas. AACC Senior VP Worth is attending the event to glean knowledge about best practices at ANC, as well as learning about the Symposium event itself, to share information across the country.
