We are pleased to announce our new Lafayette Chancellor, Dr. Aaron Baute. He was born and raised in Lafayette and began his career at Ivy Tech in 2004 as an adjunct instructor. Over the years he served in various roles at the Lafayette campus including faculty, program chair for Business Administration, department chair for the School of Business, and division dean of Technology. Most recently Dr. Baute was the Vice President of Business, Logistics, and Supply Chain. Dr. Scott Hanback, chair of the Lafayette campus board said it best, “Dr. Baute has extensive knowledge of the area’s business and industry, K-12 institutions, and Purdue University. I know that he will hit the ground running on the first day and build on Dr. Bathe’s legacy.” Thanks to my guest - Dr. Aaron Baute – Chancellor, Lafayette Campus If you are at our Lafayette campus, stop by and say “hi” to Chancellor Baute! Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

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175: Meet Aaron Baute, the New Lafayette Chancellor

Meet our new Ft. Wayne Chancellor Kim Barnett-Johnson. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

174: Meet Ft. Wayne Chancellor Kim Barnett-Johnson

Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

173: Colorful Conversations ECED

As many of you may recall, episode 120 last fall was with Systems Office Finance. That conversation was initially sparked by Lanette Gonzalez from our Valparaiso Service Area who was a Strategic Rotation Lead for Goal 6 – Finance when this series of episodes was conceived. Lanette now serves as a member of the team for Strategy 6.6. Today along with Lanette Gonzalez, I am pleased to be joined by our new Senior Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Dom Chase. With the positive feedback received from the previous episode, we thought it would be beneficial to bring our Finance team back to discuss the new and exciting initiatives occurring in the world of Finance for our college. Our guests today are: Dom Chase, Senior Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Systems Office Lanette Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Humanities, Valparaiso Service Area Calls to Action from today’s episode: Visit the Our Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) dashboard that Dom mentioned: https://www.ivytech.edu/35748.html Need to catch up on part 1 of this series? Check out Episode 120 at https://ourcollegeyourvoices.libsyn.com/finances-at-ivy-tech Need to learn more about Ivy+, visit http://www.ivytech.edu/tuition. If you’re an Ivy Tech faculty or staff member, updated days and times for various Ivy+ learning sessions as well as links to internal learning tools come out in most Thursday newsletters. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

172: Ivy Tech Finance Pt 2

Today we will be diving into IvyConnect with three key members of our Systems Office IT Team. IvyConnect represents the people, process and tools whose mission is to transform constituent engagements into lifelong relationships leveraging the Salesforce platform. The college’s vision with IvyConnect is to deliver a set of services that provide a frictionless constituent experience by improving operational efficiencies and enabling data-driven decision-making. Today’s guests are: Matt Etchison, Chief Information Officer and Sr. Vice President, Systems Office Stephanie Richter, Executive Director of IvyConnect, Systems Office We are excited for all that IvyConnect will encompass! Watch for more information to be shared statewide as this new platform rolls out. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

171: IvyConnect

We are pleased to announce our new Indianapolis Chancellor, Dr. Lorenzo Esters. Dr. Esters joined Ivy Tech officially on May 17 and took responsibility as Chancellor officially in July. Get to know Dr. Esters in this episode and learn about his vision for the new campus. Follow Ivy Indy Proud on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IvyIndyProud. Visit Ivy Tech at www.ivytech.edu to register for classes. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

170: Meet the New Indianapolis Chancellor Dr Lorenzo Esters

ASAP is Ivy Tech’s accelerated associate degree program where students graduate with their associate degree in just 11 months. In the summer of 2020, ASAP applied for and received a grant from Circle of Ivy to provide stress management curriculum and materials to students. During the most recent academic year, the Stress management kits were provided to all ASAP students statewide and mental health programming was incorporated into Flexible Friday curriculum delivered by trained mental health professionals. The statewide mental health programming was delivered via synchronous Zoom meetings which continued to strengthen students' sense of belonging within the statewide learning community. Students were equipped with stress management strategies and tools necessary to successfully persist in their accelerated curriculum and complete their first college degree in 11-months. This week’s guests are: Paula Birt, Assistant Vice President K-14 Initiatives & ASAP, Systems Office Beth Chaney, ASAP Director, Kokomo/Logansport Stephanie Drudge, ASAP Director, South Bend/Elkhart Heather McDonald, ASAP Director, Columbus Adam Werling, ASAP Coordinator, Muncie If you’d like to learn more about Circle of Ivy, please visit https://giving.ivytech.edu/circle-of-ivy/. If you’d like to learn more about ASAP, please visit https://www.ivytech.edu/asap/ Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

169: ASAP Mental Health

Goal 5 of Ivy Tech’s Strategic Plan is all about continuing to grow as a great place to work. This week’s podcast is all about a new way to recognize employees - specifically academic advisors - for their service to the College. The Vice President for Student Success and Assistant Vice President of Academic Advising formed a team consisting of Chancellors, Directors, Advisors, Vice Chancellors of Student Success, and Human Resources in Fall 2019. The goal of the team was to develop Advising levels similar to Faculty levels. The team reviewed advising turnover rates and compared other institutional structures for advising promotions. They developed, as an outcome, advising levels. The Advising levels create a pathway for advisors to advance in their position by providing evidence of continued professional development, outstanding performance, and service to the College and community. The goal of this project is to be both a retention and professional development tool. Thanks to our expert panel: Cory Clasemann, Vice President for Student Success, Systems Office Susan Hawkins-Wilding, Assistant Vice President of Academic Advising, Systems Office Jodie Beatty, Vice Chancellor for Student Success, Sellersburg Campus Angie Shafer, Director of Academic Advising Columbus Campus This new program will begin rolling out in September so watch for more information. And, we do plan to do this for other employee groups so stay tuned to more information on that. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

168: Advising Levels

In the spring semester of 2021 from April 7-16, the Strategy 5.2 Committee invited all employees throughout the state to participate in Ivy Tech's first statewide Idea Dash. The HMW question was “How might we improve brand advocacy for Ivy Tech among faculty and staff?”. The virtual sessions were scheduled over a two-week period for a duration of 2-3 hours and accommodated 20 participants per session. Findings from the extensive Ivy Tech branding study were shared with the participants through a video to offer insights into how the public perceives the value of an Ivy Tech education and where Ivy Tech can improve its efforts in recruiting and retaining students. Meet the Panel Dr. Allyn Decker, Vice Chancellor, Warsaw Trent Hawker, Assistant Director of Talent Development, Systems Office Justin Dammeier, Executive Director, Educational Technology Dr. Leighann Rechtin, Communication/General Studies Department Chair, Lawrenceburg Dr. Christine Peterson, IvyOnline Health Sciences Faculty Lead; Asst. Prof. Paramedic Science Shabbir Qutbuddin, Director of IT Sector Partnership, South Bend/Elkhart Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.  

167: Idea Dash

Ivy Tech is partnering with DigArc to improve the quality of our curriculum and catalog management system. The improvements should result in better integration between these two tools (e.g. you’ll be able to click on class numbers/names in the curriculum to link directly to the course outline of record), better integration with existing tools like Banner and our Degree Audit tool, and more transparency for faculty and staff into the curriculum approval processes at the College. The new tool, which is scheduled to launch in Feb 2022, will replace the Google Docs/Drive tools used today as well as the internal approval process used following curriculum committee meetings. This week’s panel will share how this tool implementation is going and what changes you can expect. Thanks to our guests: Sarah Ferguson, Director of Academic Projects, Systems Office Drew Lurker, Director of Student Records, Systems Office Vearl Turnpaugh, Assistant Vice President for Curriculum, Systems Office  Dr. Russ Baker, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Systems Office Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.  

166: New Curriculum Management System

On July 1, 2021, Ivy Tech Hamilton County will become Ivy Tech’s 19th campus. This C3 (Ivy Tech’s classification for small campuses) will serve about 1200 students in the 4th largest and fastest growing county in the state. New programs will align to top industries including IT, STEM, Agriculture, Manufacturing, as well as specific programs designed for transfer. The campus team is small but mighty and they talked in the episode about how they are building a culture of family and caring from the ground up. Thanks to my guests: Dr. Stacy Atkinson – Chancellor, Hamilton County Campus Dr. Rachel Kartz – Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Hamilton County Campus Jessica Metz – Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services and Student Success, Hamilton County Campus Dr. Dan Clark – Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement, Hamilton County Campus Please like the Ivy Tech Hamilton County Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/IvyTechHamiltonCounty) to stay updated on progress and happenings at the campus!  Tell your friends about us! Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

165: Meet the Hamilton County Team

Today we will be discussing the college’s decision to move from Ellucian’s Banner platform to Workday for our HCM, Finance, Payroll, (ERP) and Student Information System (SIS).  We will discuss the “why” and what the benefits are for faculty, staff, and students with the new platform.  In addition, we will discuss how the college came to the point to choose a new platform and the details behind why this is such an important and large undertaking for the college. Today’s Guests are: Eric Gillespie, Assistant Vice President of Enterprise Service Delivery, Systems Office Matt Etchison, Chief Information Officer and Sr. Vice President, Systems Office Call to Action: We will end today with the reminder that Ivy Tech is embarking on a 5-6-year journey to be at the forefront of technological innovation with its new ERP/SIS Workday platform. Such initiatives take time and patience from everyone but the end result will be radically better than what we currently ha Change can be difficult, but change can also be for the better.  We are asking for everyone to engage and contribute in a positive and meaningful way to this project and know that your help as faculty, staff, and students will make the new ERP/SIS platform better for everyone. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

164: Workday/ERP

Ivy Tech conducted a major brand research study in late 2020 and early 2021. Our guests today will share what we learned from that research. Additionally, we talked briefly about how each employee can be a better brand advocate by focusing on outcomes in addition to the exceptional message we have to share around quality and access to education. Thanks to today’s guests: Jeff Fanter, Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Systems Office Tom McCool, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications, Lafayette campus Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.

163: Brand Research

Tutoring is a critical function that supports student success at Ivy Tech. Tutoring has historically been campus-based and face to face. Through COVID, campus tutoring centers have expanded services and added ways that they serve our campuses. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.  

162: Tutoring at Ivy Tech

In the June 2021 Town Hall, some changes in leave policy were shared. We thought this was a good topic to revisit as we start back to classes in the fall and everyone is back in the full swing of a regular academic year. Ivy Tech has generous time-off benefits for both potential employees as well as for current employees. Thanks to today’s guests: Mike McNichols – Vice President of Human Resources, Systems Office Sara Morris – Assistant Vice President of Employee Benefits and Experience, Systems Office As noted in the episode, if you have questions about your current leave accrual, you can see this in IvyTime. You can read more about these policies in our Employee Handbook on MyIvy. Get in Touch You can connect with Kara Monroe on Twitter @KNMTweets Reach out with show ideas, comments, or questions via Twitter or at our email address - ourcollegeyourvoices@ivytech.edu. Leave us a voice mail at 317-572-5049. Respond to the Call for Action, ask a question, give a shout-out to a colleague, or an episode suggestion. Check out show notes, listen to past episodes, and get instructions on how to access the podcast on our website at http://www.ivytech.edu/podcast.  

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