Erin Dickerson’s Prayer
Gracious and Holy Lord,
The new year brings with it 365 new possibilities, a hope for the future, inspiration for what may be, and anticipation for what You have in store for us. As we look forward to this year ahead of us, we give You thanks for what we have learned and for how we have grown over the past year. Help us to move forward into 2022 with a sense of joy and optimism for this life and these opportunities you have granted us.
Amen.
Chuck Dickerson Memorial Scholarship
The Chuck Dickerson Memorial Scholarship was established in 2018 by the family of Chuck Dickerson. Chuck was an eternal optimist and entrepreneur who believed in service to his family and community. Chuck lived his life by the optimist creed, remaining too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. The scholarship is for children or grandchildren of current or past members of the Centerville Noon Optimist.
The next deadline for submission is 3/4/2022.
Scholarship Criteria
- Be a graduating high school senior
- Be accepted to a two- or four-year college or university
- Demonstrate a commitment to community service
- Be the child or grandchild of a current or past member of the Centerville Noon Optimists
Direct link to the scholarship is https://daytonfoundation.academicworks.com/opportunities/5624
A list of other scholarships are at https://daytonfoundation.academicworks.com/opportunities
Announcements
- Christy Gariety announced that the Adopt-a-Family for the holidays was very successful. We donated 52 gift cards and $1,140.00 in checks. CNO members really opened their hearts and wallets for this project. She is happy to be a part of this program.
Social Event
1/16/2022 at Noon, University of Dayton Flyers vs St Louis Billikens, women’s basketball game. The price is $4.00 per ticket. Details are here. Participants will gather between 11;30 and 11:45 in the lobby ahead of the game.
Dr. Steve Johnson, President of Sinclair College
CNO member Amy Barker, the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sinclair Community College, introduced Dr. Steve Johnson, the President and CEO of Sinclair Community College for the last 18 years. Dr. Johnson has been honored as Humanitarian of the Year by the National Conference for Community and Justice. President Johnson serves on the board executive committees of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges, the League for Innovation in the Community College, the Sinclair Foundation, and the Dayton Development Coalition. Dr. Johnson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin.
Sinclair has over 3000 employees and $160 million in annual operations. It is the 15th largest employer in the region and has been voted the best place to work in the area for several years.
Dr. Johnson’s slide deck was titled, “Sinclair Overview 2022.” You can view the slides here. There are many details in the slide deck not included in this article.
Sinclair Community College is celebrating its 135th year. It was established as a private college in 1887 by David A. Sinclair. Sinclair’s plan was, “Find the need and endeavor to meet it.” The purpose of the college was to create skilled citizens to succeed in local jobs and life. In 1966 the college became a publicly supported community college.
The college enables thousands of people a year to access a college education that they would have otherwise not have been able to.
The Centerville Campus of Sinclair is valued highly by local health care providers. It is becoming very important for health care education in the Dayton region.
Tremendous Growth
Since 2010 students earning a Sinclair Degree or College Credit Certificate has increased 138% to 7822 students in 2021. Students dual enrolled as High School Students have gone from 700 to 8218 students in the last 10 years.
Enrolment of prisoners has gone from 87 to 5500 students in the last 10 years. They earn certificates that make them job ready. It is much cheaper to educate prisoners than to support them in prisons at $35,000/year.
Sinclair Community College offers 300 majors while the average college has 100. Sinclair is one of the largest community colleges in the U.S. Key categories offered include Healthcare, Business, Engineering Technology and First Responders. See the slide deck for the number of students in these categories and sub-categories.
Accolades for Sinclair Community College
- “Best Online Community College in Ohio” -Premium Schools, a Higher Education Ranking and Research Institution. This group of 900 schools of which Sinclair is a founding member ranks schools on their ability to graduate students, not just accept them.
- “2021 Best Places to Work” -Dayton Business Journal
- “Sinclair is recognized again by Forbes as one of Ohio’s Best Employers” -Forbes
- “Storm Ready” -National Weather Services. Sinclair has achieved Storm Ready status for preparedness for major storms for the 10th year
- “Voter Friendly Campus” -Campus Vote Project, received for innovative efforts to engage students
- “Best for Vets Colleges” -2021 Military Times
- “Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction”
FAA Drone Study
Sinclair College is the first community college in the nation selected for the FAA’s unmanned Aircraft Systems (aka drones) Center of Excellence Core Research team. The FAA is researching how airspace is shared between manned and unmanned aircraft. Sinclair is one of 25 schools participating in this research. Sinclair has 300 UAS devices.
Finances
Sinclair has no debt. Dr Johnson has no memory of Sinclair ever having debt. Sinclair’s Financial Viability Index Score is 5.0 (the highest mark) while the average is 3.7 for other institutions for higher learning. Sinclair has never been below a 4.
Sinclair’s share of the Ohio Community College Funding Pool is increasing. The share each school receives is performance based.
Helping other Colleges
Sinclair has 106 partnership agreements with Wright State University.
Numerous colleges in the nation and other countries come to study how and why Sinclair is so successful.
Thank You
Thank you, Dr. Steven Johnson for updating us about Sinclair Community College.
New Member Readings and Inductions
No New Member readings this week.
Welcome Guests!
| Guest | Guest Of |
| Adam Murka | Speaker Guest |
| Bob Myers | Gary Hansen |
| Dean Lundgren | At-Large (AOF) |
| Dr. Steve Johnson | Speaker |
| Mike Creech | Gary Hansen |
Happy Bucks
| Member | Reason |
| Sue Brubaker | The food today was really good. |
| Tom Novak | Let Steve Johnson know we appreciate the space Sinclair donates for CNO to store all the flags. |
| Deanna Nesbit | Bengals are going to the playoffs. |
| Deanna Nesbit | Leaving for a trip to Hawaii with her husband this weekend. |
| Mitchell Bodenmiller | The Ohio State Buckeyes won the Rose Bowl. |
| Roberta Taylor | Let Steve Johnson know she has been a happy employee of Sinclair for 20 years. |
| Stan Fronzaglia | Winning the partners club 50/50. |
| Gary Smiga | Sinclair was the first to sign up for college promise. |
| Charlie Goodwin | Son Charles passed his boards in hematology and oncology. |
Sergeants at Arms
| Member | Infraction |
| Jerry Stahley | Trouble finding his badge. It was not in the exact same place, but it was still in the correct place alphabetically. |
| Gary Hansen | Didn’t greet his guests at the door. |
| Amy Barker | Forgot to turn in badge last week. |
| Mike Bevis | Analyzing food choices of others at his table. |
| Stan Fronzaglia | Didn’t buy a 50/50 today. He should have since he won the Partners Club 50/50 drawing. |
| Charlie Tapp | Charlie won a betting pool based on the score of Monday Night Football. The Steelers scored in the last seconds and knocked Sergeant Larry England out of the winnings. |
Membership Anniversaries
| Member | Joined | Years |
| John Carroll | January 3, 2012 | 10 |
| Greg McAfee | January 7, 2008 | 14 |
| John Speers | January 7, 2008 | 14 |
| Jim Rumford | January 1, 1990 | 32 |
| Bob Duffy | January 1, 1988 | 34 |
| Will Cale | January 1, 1976 | 46 |
| Paul Stull | January 1, 1970 | 52 |
Birthdays
| Bill Williams | January 11 |
| Jesse Gaither | January 11 |
| Candace Rinke | January 11 |
| Rob Jones | January 13 |
| Bob Duffy | January 15 |
| Barbara Santo | January 17 |
CNO Donations – 2013 through December 2021
Click here to see a summary of donations the club has made since 2013
Thank You Notes Received
CLICK HERE to see this Week’s Thank You Notes