President’s Vision for ACC
Alpena Community College is a learning environment renowned for outstanding quality of service. In 2012, to an even greater extent than at present, the following traits will characterize the college:
- Learners of all varieties are welcomed so courteously and assisted so
competently that they return to ACC again and again.
- Campus and website visitors to ACC find their way so easily that they
never get lost.
- From word of mouth to high technology, learners find ACC so visible that
no one could miss it.
- Campus facilities at ACC are so attractive and functional that all users
are comfortable, safe, and uplifted.
- Technology users are so impressed that it really feels like the 21st
century at ACC.
- ACC employees are so well equipped, trained, and rewarded that they
reach their highest potential.
- ACC employees are so helpful to one another that no one hesitates to ask
for what is needed.
- Course scheduling, admissions, placement, financial aid, registration,
and business services are so customer-friendly at ACC that enrollment
swells.
- Instructors at ACC are so revered for their knowledge and so skilled in
delivering instruction that students and fellow employees consistently rave
about them.
- The culture of evidence at ACC is so pervasive that instruction improves
because learning is documented.
- The management of change at ACC is so trusted that important
opportunities are seized.
- The desire to improve at ACC is so strong that complacency never sets
in.
- Learners are so well prepared at ACC that they achieve remarkable
success in future employment, education, and personal pursuits.
- Learners gain such a global perspective at ACC that they grasp the big
picture and act accordingly.
- Employers are so rewarded for their influence on ACC’s curriculum that
they give of their best to advance it.
- Benefactors are so impressed with ACC’s stewardship that they look for
ways to give more.
- Partners and alliance members are so rewarded for their association with
ACC that they expand joint enterprises for mutual benefit.
- The community prospers so well because of ACC that citizens uphold the college in every way.
Please feel free to contact me regarding these and other campus- or education-related topics at joyntono@alpenacc.edu.
See also:
A Message from the President,
President's Update to the College Community,
and the
ACC Annual Report.