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Welcome to the State of the College Address

David Gómez, Ed.D. President Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Welcome

• Greeting new faculty and staff
• Celebrating our accomplishments
• Sharing updates and opportunities

AY 2018-19 413 new part and full-time faculty and staff joined the Hostos community

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong

4,477 4,697 5,112 5,532 6,187 6,499 7,078 6,455 7,006 6,985 7,371 7,210 7,211 7,340 7,387 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000

Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019*

Headcount Enrollment at Hostos Community College Fall 2005 to Fall 2019

*Preliminary

Student Profile

• Majority minority institution – 7340
• 61.1% Latinx
• 33.4% Black
• 67.1% Female
• One of the highest percentages of students age 25 years or older

among CUNY institutions*

• 33% Student Parents

*Only the Schools of Professional Studies and Labor and Urban Studies have higher rates, not overall number, of students ≥25 years old.

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong

Student Accomplishments

• 74% of Hostos graduates transfer to four-year institutions
• Four Hostos Students Earned Kaplan Scholarships
• Supports high-achieving community college students of color transfer to top colleges and

universities to complete their bachelor's degrees.

• Hostos Hosted CUNY’s First Official Wheelchair Basketball Team Practice
• Recent Hostos graduate Destini Mitchell-Murray helped make CUNY’s first wheelchair

basketball team a reality

• STEP and CSTEP earned a total of 4 first place trophies among 5 distinguished

awards that they received at statewide STEM research conferences

• 90 students are taking part in the first iteration of CUNY Service Corps@Hostos

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong

Faculty Diversity

56.3 37.2

10 20 30 40 50 60

Faculty Diversity Hostos CUNY

More Than Half A Century of Service and Still Strong

Supporting our Students

• Rafael Toro, Goya Foods, new Foundation Board member
• Goya Foods – 750 lbs of food donated to the Hostos Food

Pantry

• The Madruga Family Scholarship
• $50,000 to support f/t and p/t students
• The Feiner Family Scholarship & Special Needs Fund
• Support for f/t and p/t students
• $40,000 gift to offset students’ living and accommodation

expenses

Supporting our Students

• The 13th Annual Golf Outing Classic, September 12, 2019
• Raised $171,000 to support Hostos students
• Broke fundraising records; exceeded 2018 by 70%
• $400 of Funding per student to be provided for over 100

students each semester for food from our cafeteria

• December 3rd is Giving Tuesday!
• Highest rate of participation across CUNY last year

Committing to Priorities

• 5,000,000

10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000 30,000,000 35,000,000 40,000,000 Instruction & Departmental Research and Academic Support Services * Student Services ** General Administration General Institutional Services M & O Plant *** Technology Fee

FY 2020 College Budget Distribution by Major Purpose and Major Object ($)

Total Personnel Service Other Than Personnel Service (OTPS)

• $1.2 million budget reduction
• Reduced CUNY support for key programs

26.5 30.4 33.3 27.8 32.0 32.3 4.8 6.6 5.8 6.6 7.6 8.9

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0 50.0

Fall 2013 N=1100 Fall 2014 N=907 Fall 2015 N=976 Fall 2016 N=900 Fall 2017 N=1030 Fall 2018 N=1141*

Percentage of Full-time First-time Freshmen in Associate Degree Programs Who Earn 20 Credits or More and 30 Credits or More in the First Year

20 And Up 30 and Up

Entering Cohort

*Preliminary

Credit Accumulation

49.6 57.0 62.6 59.2 55.9 60.3 25.3 30.5 30.5 28.6 34.2 41.5

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0

Fall 2013 N=1100 Fall 2014 N=907 Fall 2015 N=976 Fall 2016 N=900 Fall 2017 N=1030 Fall 2018 N=1141*

Percentage of Full-time First-time Freshmen in Associate Degree Programs Who Pass Gateway English and Gateway Math in the First Year

ENG MAT

Entering Cohort

*Preliminary

Gateway Course Completion

Retention and Graduation

11.90 12.60 20.60 22.10 20.00 26.7 21.2 63.7 64.7 67.2 60.5 60.4 68.0 61.2 55.6 57.9

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0

Fall 2010 N=1000 Fall 2011 N=1091 Fall 2012 N=805 Fall 2013 N=1100 Fall 2014 N=907 Fall 2015 N=976 Fall 2016* N=900 Fall 2017 N=1030 Fall 2018 N=1141*

Three-year Graduation Rate and One-year Retention Rate of First-time Full-time Freshmen in Associate Degree Programs

Graduation One-year Retention

Entering Cohort

*Preliminary

Focusing our Efforts

• Intentional, comprehensive First Year Experience
• Reaching out to students with bursar holds
• Analyze completion rates in gateway English and

Math; build on gains

• Enforcement of policies that reaffirm best practices
• Succeed@Hostos – staff and faculty are working

across divisions to coordinate timely outreach to students

Operationalizing the CUNY Placement Index

• Provost and faculty developing strategies for English

and Math

• Enrollment Group developing a college-wide

communications plan

• Leadership working closely with CUNY Central and

OIRA

• Community-based organizations kept in the loop

Looking forward

Chancellor Matos Rodríguez and CUNY publicly and privately committed to supporting our new building New faculty and staff bring energy and innovation – we will nurture these resources Students continue to amaze and inspire us We are on track to celebrate the largest graduating class to date at Hostos’ 50th Commencement ceremony in Spring 2020

Middle States Self-Study Process

• September 2019 – college-wide open forum
• Steering Committee Co-chairs Professors Kate Wolfe and Nelson Nuñez-Rodríguez
• Call for volunteers – get involved! Respond to the survey before November 5th:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HostosSelfStudyVolunteer

• Upcoming workshops focusing on ILO’s have been scheduled for:

Thursday, November 7th

• 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Friday, November 8th

• 10:00am - 12:00pm

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate

CHRISTINE MANGINO

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

ESTHER RODRÍGUEZ-CHARDAVOYNE

Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance

NATHANIEL CRUZ

Vice President for Student Development and Enrollment Management

PETER MERTENS

Interim Dean for Continuing Education and Workforce Development

ANA MARTÍNEZ ORIZONDO

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

EUGENE SOHN

Executive Counsel and Labor Designee

LAUREN GRETINA

Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator

JOSHUA M. RIVERA

Director of Governmental and External Relations

BABETTE AUDANT

Assistant Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, Strategic Planning and Assessment

PRESIDENT’S CABINET

Thank you!

and now to Faculty and Staff Tabling on the Bridge