CLEVELAND, Ohio--Cuyahoga Community College President Michael Baston spent the first 100 days of his tenure listening, learning, and engaging with his community, meeting nearly 2,000 people.a letter and report recently released to Tri-C students, faculty, staff, and familiesHe promised to use the discussions to guide the college as Tri-C transitions to what the report calls “a centralized one-college model that will provide a more coherent approach to programs of study.
“We will focus on simplifying recruitment and enrollment processes, as well as our organizational hierarchies and naming conventions, to make it easier for students to find the help they need and for faculty and staff to more effectively direct those seeking assistance,” the report said. The idea is to demonstrate that Tri-C education contributes to lifelong prosperity. The report says the college will promote that idea with a new marketing campaign that will launch in spring 2023. “Additionally, we will empower and equip students, faculty, and staff to become more effective brand ambassadors so that they can amplify these messages and emphasize Tri-C’s role as an economic engine and force for change in Northeast Ohio.
Students, faculty, and staff will get the opportunity for additional brainstorming and to recommend their best ideas for advancing the three themes at the Ideas Festival, which will be held at each campus and the Jerry Sue Thornton Center during Campus Days from Jan. 11-12, 2023.