Cabinet Connections June 2022

Cabinet
Connections

Updates from LSC-Tomball President’s Cabinet

Office of the President

Below is the most recent edition of Cabinet Connections, the monthly update Dr. Lee Ann Nutt
to you from the LSC-Tomball President’s Cabinet wherein each member [email protected]
provides updates about what is going on in each of their divisions. We
hope you find this to be a useful way to stay abreast of the issues we are
discussing at the Cabinet-level. Please read it carefully and do not hesitate to
reach out to our offices if you have questions about something or would like
further information. One Wolf! One Pack!

• Commencement 2022 was an extraordinary event! My sincerest thanks, again, to Shannon
Marino for her vision and leadership and to the many people involved in making the entire
evening happen. Mark your calendars for May 12, 2023 – same venue – for Commencement
2023.
• About 20 people participated in a Campus Utilization and Modernization workshop
on May 24. We audited the main campus with an eye toward short term and long-term
improvements. We are working over the summer to implement some of the ideas so that by
Fall, the campus feels refreshed. Some things will take more time and money, but updating the
LSC-T main campus is a top priority.

@NuttsforTomball

Office of the Vice President, Instruction

• Dr. Jerica Nickerson has been announced as the new Dean of
Instruction for LSC-Creekside Center. She will begin on August 1.

• Dr. Dwight Smith, vice chancellor for Academic and Workforce Dr. Christina Hagerty
Success, sent out an email to all full time faculty on June 22, updating the
campuses on the work of the Faculty Workload Guidelines Review Team [email protected]
as of June 14. We have added this update to the VPI D2L Community
Group.

• The Faculty Evaluation Task Force is set to meet on Monday, June 27, to review the
FT Faculty Assessment Form and align the form with our Faculty Qualities of Excellence
(FQEs).

Office of the Vice President, Student Success

• The "Welcome Back" event held on June 8 was a success. Many
new students and their parents registering for summer and fall also
experienced a taste of the "Welcome" that LSC-Tomball has to offer. More
than one current student stopped, asked, surprisingly, "What is this?" and
took time to visit and talk with the faculty, staff, and service representatives
at the tables. The Bacterial Meningitis and NSO options were a great Terese Craig

addition to the event, not to mention great food and ice cream, which was [email protected]
a hit.

• TRiO Talent Search hosted their first STEM Camp June 13-15. They had 25 students
attend. Day One included programming a robotic ball. Day Two focused on the
engineering field. Students participated in an egg drop, building a tower out of
marshmallows and spaghetti, and creating a solar oven. They concluded the camp with a
trip to NASA where students toured the grounds and built rockets.

• Student Success will host Super Saturday events on July 16, August 20, and 27.

• Outreach & Recruitment visited the Tomball Farmer’s Market on June 4 and had a
great time connecting with the community! We had the opportunity to speak with some
interested members and showcase programs, services, and resources offered at LSC-
Tomball. We look forward to having a continued presence in the community!

• Outreach and Recruitment visited Between Jobs Ministries on June 22. They will visit
again on July 13 from 9 am – 1 pm. Please contact Dr. Irene Briggs,
[email protected], for more information or to join with future events.

• Outreach and Recruitment hosted an Open Doors visit for Ignite Youth on June 23. Ignite
Youth is a group from Anointed Faith Family Church.

• Outreach and Recruitment collaborated with Yolanda Gonzaga in CLASS on a visit to
Tomball Emergency Assistance Ministries (TEAM) on June 28. We look forward to visiting
more often and welcome anyone interested to join us for future events.

• Outreach and Recruitment will offer Application Days every Tuesday from 3 – 6 pm in the
Commons. Team members will be available to provide one-on-one assistance and guidance
through the admissions application. To coincide, Financial Aid workshops will be available
in S114 during the same time period. For more information, please contact Jonathan Torres:
[email protected].

• New Student Orientation: Walk & Talk Tours will be available one day per week with
multiple sessions. If you would like to participate or provide service/resource/program graphic
flyers, please contact Kyra Joseph: [email protected].

July Session Times:
• July 5 – 11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm
• July 13 – 11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm
• July 16 (Super Saturday) – 10 am, 11 am, Noon, 1 pm
• July 19 – 11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm
• July 27 – 11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm

• Outreach and Recruitment will be visiting the Tomball Farmer’s Market again on July 9 from
9 am – 1 pm. Set up will begin at 8 am as we plan to connect with community members and
showcase LSC-Tomball. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Dr. Irene Briggs.

Office of Administrative Services

• Danny Blakley was announced as the Director of Facilities on May 16. Dr. Jerrel Wade
Prior to this role, Danny served as a Senior HVAC Tech at LSC-Tomball
and had previous experience at Houston Baptist University. [email protected]
• Eric Gonzales will start as the Director of Business Operations on
July 1. Eric will join the Timberwolf family from LSC-Montgomery, where
he served as a Division Operations Manager.

Division of Stratergy and Innovation

• LSC-Tomball Days of Service are back. A fall date has been scheduled
for Wednesday, September 21. More information will come about specific
opportunities closer to the start of the semester, but please consider
planning for your teams, departments, and students to participate.

• Lone Star College will be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary year Dr. Jackie Thomas
over academic year 2022–2023. All major events will be fiftieth
anniversary-themed and the college will receive a year-long installation [email protected]

commemorating how LSC has grown and how it has contributed to the community.
Be on the lookout for more information.

• The Summer of Innovation Series is a staff career development series in
collaboration with Title III grant. It is designed to bring a fun and interactive
professional development opportunity to staff to learn more about how to be
innovative in their career goals and advancement. The series kicked off on June
15 with a workshop on Making Compassionate Choices to Effect Positive Change.
The series will continue with in-person and virtual opportunities in the areas of 'Up-
skilling' by Alejandra Solis, 'Practical Project Management' with Terri Garcia and
Wendy Palmgren, and a demo and tour of the Innovation Lab in the library. Register
through myWorkshops.

Faculty Senate

• We would like to thank Dr. Margaret Jelinek Lewis for serving as Faculty
Senate Vice President during the 2020-2022 term. Your leadership has
helped us all through two challenging, yet rewarding, years.

• As of June 1, Heather Clesi is serving as Secretary and Lindsay Scott is
serving as Vice President.
Ginger Fray
• Dr. Nutt will be hosting a formal luncheon/welcome address on
Monday, August 22 from 11:30 am to 1 pm. This event will be different [email protected]

from the grab and go type lunch that we have had in the past, so please mark your
calendars and plan to attend.

• Our first Fall 2022 Faculty Senate meeting will be after lunch on Monday, August
22 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm in the Beckendorf Center. I so look forward to seeing you
all there.

• The Faculty Senate officers are planning several activities for the fall. More details
to come in August!

• Graduation 2023 will be held at the Tomball ISD Stadium on May 12! Volunteers
will be needed to help set up the night before, so mark your calendars.

Professional Support Staff Association

• PSSA has elected a new board. Effective in the fall, the new officers
will be Amy Cook, President; Jorge Torres, VP; Isabelle Chen, Secretary/
Treasurer; and Tamica Roberts, Historian.

Christi Biggers

[email protected]

For more information about Tomball by Design visit: Future President’s Cabinet
LoneStar.edu/TomballByDesign Meeting Dates:

• July 12

• July 26