Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges

Annual Conference -- Friday, October 22, 2010
Theme:  Teaching and Learning in the Social Media Age
Mark your calendars now and plan to join us at Central Ohio Technical College on Friday, October 22, 2010.  Click on the above COTC link to access specific conference information, including lodging and directions, as well as conference agenda and registration.  Moreover, learn more about our keynote speaker Dr. Cynthia Selfe.  The OATYC Newsletter is also a good source of conference information.

We have more than 20 presentations for you on the day of the conference.  For questions, please contact conference chair Kim Goudy 740-366-9436.

Teaching Awards
We will celebrate and recognize all 25 teacher of the year and adjunct teacher of the year nominees during the conference luncheon.   Congratulations to last year's winners: Deb Geis, Nursing Instructor at Rhodes (Teacher of the Year) and Judy Giffin, Mathematics Instructor at Rhodes (Adjunct Teacher of the Year). 

Teaching Grant 
We are pleased to announce the 2010 winner of the teaching grant: Jim Simonson of Sinclair Community College.  Jim's winning proposal is titled "Engaging Students with Animation: Using Adobe Flash to Enhance Learning, Incorporate Humor with Dry Subjects, and Increase Comprehension of Difficult Topics."  To see a copy of the complete proposal, click here.  Congratulations, Jim!  We look forward to hearing more about your project at the conference this fall.

Journal
The OATYC annually publishes a refereed journal.  Please consider submitting your research and/or conference paper to our refereed journal.  Submissions are accepted year-round, and proposals are blind reviewed for acceptance.  Submission information is available. 

Newsletter
The latest newsletter, Fall 2010, is available as an electronic copy and focuses on our 43rd Annual Conference being held on October 22, 2010, at Central Ohio Technical College. 

University System of Ohio
The University System of Ohio was launched in August 2007 to promote Ohio's network of public colleges and universities--which includes 13 universities with 24 branch campuses, a public medical school, and 23 two-year technical and community colleges--working in a collaborative, cooperative environment across the state. 

OACC
Information for trustees of Ohio's two-year colleges is provided by the Ohio Association of Community Colleges which was founded in 1993 as a forum for sound trustee training, communication, and trustee-president cooperation.  The OACC Faculty Symposium is being held on March 4 and 5 of this year in Dublin, OH.  See the web site for more information. 

OFSCTC
The Ohio Faculty Senate of Community and Technical Colleges, established in 1995, is made up of representatives chosen by the faculty from each two-year college in Ohio.   The OFSCTC, which meets five times annually in the offices of the Regents, provides the voice and perspective of the two-year faculty to the Chancellor and Regents on the relevant issues facing higher education.

AACC
The American Association of Community Colleges is the primary national advocacy organization for community colleges, with the mission of "building a nation of learners." 

Historical Slide Show
Please enjoy a short historical slide show of photos showing the growth of Ohio's two-year college system. This slide show was compiled for our 40th anniversary conference (2007) by Board member Vicki Rostedt and her team at Summit College of the University of Akron.