MELA Minutes 2023-2024

Ms. Kim Steinman; Ms. Carla Malone; Ms. Samantha Latham

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Pearl River Community College

Ms. Michelle Mitchell; Ms. Christine Davis

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Ms. Alicia Shows

Dr. Krista LeBrun; Dr. Arianna Stokes; Dr. Christa Wilhite

MS Community College Board

Office

College/Association

Name

President

East Central Community College

Ms. Jeri Lynn Parish

Ms. Tequila Sunrise

President Elect Itawamba Community College

Secretary

Jones College

Mr. Jason Cooley

1.

Preliminaries A. Call to Order: Ms. Jeri Lynn Parish, ECCC 10:01 a.m. B. Roll Call: Mr. Jason Cooley, Jones College C. Approval of August 16 th Minutes:

1. Motion to approve: Buffy Matthews, MGCCC 2. Second to approve: Amanda Hood, Co-Lin 3. Approved

D. Approval of September 13th Agenda:

1. Motion to approve: Kim Steinman, Northwest 2. Second to approve: Denise Gillespie, Itawamba 3. Approved

2.

New Business

1. MCCB Reports

1. Kell Smith welcomed everyone back to MCCB and expressed gratitude for the work done in online learning. He also acknowledged the great work of Christa, Krista, and Ariana in online learning and the importance of the eLearning components and Departments across the state. 2. Jason Carter discussed the funding for education technology, specifically the edtech fund and MSVCC assessments. He mentioned the historical allocation of funds and the potential