DID YOU KNOW?

CCC serves nearly 10,000 learners annually.

CCC generates $15.10 for each taxpayer dollar invested.

CCC has invested $12 million into Coconino County through educational grants, since 1991. 

Economic Impact - $167 million in annual economic growth.

More than $10 million in financial aid and scholarships is distributed to CCC students.

When the college was founded in 1991, CCC served 1,000 learners. Today, the College serves 10,000 learners a year!

80% of students surveyed say CCC met their individually defined educational goals.

Filling vital occupations - In Coconino County, CCC graduates make up:  

51% of the fire fighters  

43% of law enforcement officers

42% of registered nurses and paramedics

CCC tuition is less than one-third the cost of the average four-year state university.

MISSION:

DID YOU KNOW?

CCC serves nearly 10,000 learners annually.

CCC generates $15.10 for each taxpayer dollar invested.

CCC has invested $12 million into Coconino County through educational grants, since 1991. 

Economic Impact - $167 million in annual economic growth.

More than $10 million in financial aid and scholarships is distributed to CCC students.

When the college was founded in 1991, CCC served 1,000 learners. Today, the College serves 10,000 learners a year!

80% of students surveyed say CCC met their individually defined educational goals.

Filling vital occupations - In Coconino County, CCC graduates make up:  

51% of the fire fighters  

43% of law enforcement officers

42% of registered nurses and paramedics

CCC tuition is less than one-third the cost of the average four-year state university.

MISSION:

DID YOU KNOW?

CCC serves nearly 10,000 learners annually.

CCC generates $15.10 for each taxpayer dollar invested.

CCC has invested $12 million into Coconino County through educational grants, since 1991. 

Economic Impact - $167 million in annual economic growth.

More than $10 million in financial aid and scholarships is distributed to CCC students.

When the college was founded in 1991, CCC served 1,000 learners. Today, the College serves 10,000 learners a year!

80% of students surveyed say CCC met their individually defined educational goals.

Filling vital occupations - In Coconino County, CCC graduates make up:  

51% of the fire fighters  

43% of law enforcement officers

42% of registered nurses and paramedics

CCC tuition is less than one-third the cost of the average four-year state university.

MISSION:

April 2013   

A combination of state budget cuts, rising costs and limited revenues has left the College in a budget crisis and prompted the panel to recommend the CCC District Governing Board ask voters for a seven-year property tax increase.  

The College has already taken cost-cutting steps including initiating a sustainable financial plan in 2008, creating more than 100 initiatives designed to slash nearly $4 million from the budget. CCC reduced staff by 15 percent, eliminated many certificate and degree programs, implemented energy saving initiatives such as switching to a 4-day week in the summer and most recently closing the Williams campus.

Meanwhile, tuition at CCC continues to be at the highest level of any community college in Arizona at $2,700 per year for a full-time student. The state has also cut CCC's funding from 40 percent of the College's general fund in 2000 to 11 percent this year. The high tuition rate is directly related to the low property tax levy and the state funding cuts.  

In 1991, Coconino County voters approved the investment in higher education and created Coconino Community College. Over the past 20 years, the College's mission has expanded, but CCC's property taxes have been tightly limited -- the lowest in of any community college in Arizona. CCC receives $38.75 per every $100,000 of property value, while the next lowest, Mohave Community College, receives about $110 per every $100,000 of property value.

The change being recommended by the Panel to the District Governing Board is to ask voters to increase the property tax cap to generate between $5.5 million to $6.5 million more, over the next seven years. The higher funding would stabilize the College's finances and allow it to offer some new programs and support a modest growth in enrollment.

For a property owner, with $100,000 in assessed value, the College's portion of the property tax is estimated to rise somewhere between $29 and $42 per year. The monthly cost increase is between $2.40 to $3.50 per month.  

The District Governing Board has the final say on whether to move forward with a request to voters. The District Governing Board's May 28 meeting begins at 4 p.m. with a work session at the CCC Lone Tree Campus.

The District Governing Board will review and discuss the recommendations at its May meeting. Action on the recommendations is scheduled for the District Governing Board's June 25 meeting.  

All District Governing Board meetings are open to the public and the public is encouraged to attend. There is an opportunity for public comment at the beginning of each meeting.

For more information about the Citizens' Review Panel recommendation or Panel members, visit: www.coconino.edu/pr/community .

Employees of the Year awards were announced at the Spring Employee Development Day. Administrative/Professional Employee of Year was Siri Mullaney. Este Pope was also nominated for this honor. Classified Employee of Year was Tammy Schieffer. Justin Reynolds, Daniel Begay, Carol Gallegos and Karen Morefield were also nominated for this honor. Bob Voytek took home the honor of Leadership Employee of the Year.Linda Barker, Robert Sedillo, Suzzane Green and Este Pope were also nominated for the honor. Trevor Welker was awarded Creativity Employee of the Year. Scott Talboom, Doug King and Craig Darr were nominated for this honor.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - This year's Coconino Community College Palette to Palate fundraiser was a success. Organizers said it had the highest attendance in the 11 year history of the event.

Participating restaurants and beverage suppliers included:  Artisan's Kitchen, Campus Coffee Bean, Coppa Café and Bistro, Cottage Place, El Capitan Fresh Mexican Grill, Golden Eagle Distributors, Josephine's Modern American Bistro, Main Street Catering, Mountain Oasis International Restaurant, Pita Jungle, Southern Wines, Steel City Deli and Grill, Tinderbox Kitchen and Western Gold at the Little America Hotel.

Cottage Place went home with the honors for Best Hor d'oeuvres and Best Dessert. El Capitan won for Best Presentation.  

The signature art piece, which was created by student Angie Bray-Widner, ultimately went home with Cottage Place owners Frank and Nancy Branham, after a fierce bidding war with CCC Chief Technology Officer Joe Traino. The signature art piece will hang in Cottage Place, along with an additional four signature art pieces from previous years.

Up to 50 Page and Fredonia high school students seeking to enroll in Coconino Community College will benefit from $4,500 in funds granted by Coconino County District 5 Supervisor Lena Fowler.

"Providing a sound education is vital for all of our children, and even more so for our rural communities," Supervisor Fowler said. "These funds are an investment in the futures of our Northern Arizona children that wish to strive for continued success in college. In today's competitive world, a post-secondary education is a necessity. By investing in our children, we are investing in our communities."

The Coconino County Board Supervisors approved issuing $4,500 in Community Grant Funding to CCC. The funds will benefit Page High School and Fredonia High School students taking dual-enrollment college courses.

The money will be used to help students at both schools with college tuition costs. While many college courses are free for dual-enrollment students, many cannot afford the reduced $25 per credit tuition fee.

There are currently 35 sections of dual-enrollment courses at Page High School and four sections of courses at Fredonia High School. Scholarships offered with the aid of the County will be awarded though the Coconino Community College Foundation.

Paul Holbrook and Jerry Baker were both presented Leadership Awards by the Chapter during the Spring Induction Ceremony.

April was a busy month for Coconino Community College's local chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society. The Holiday Gift shop sale sold lots of Baskets for gardening and Easter and raised enough funds to help defray expenses for attending the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Convention in San Jose, CA.

More than 30 new members were inducted at the Phi Theta Kappa Spring Inductions this year.  Eight staff and/or faculty at CCC received the prestigious OWL award:  Dr. Ronald McFarland, Kim Sonier, Samuel Piper, Sandra Dihlman Lunday, Marianne Arini, Paula Pluta, Jeremy Martin, and Connie Fletcher.

The group also held their first murder mystery dinner theatre and raised $700 to support chapter activities.   Steel City Deli and Grill catered the event.