April 26, 2018
Quarters-to-Semesters (Q2S) Update
We're officially 16 months from the start of a semester calendar at Southeast Community College. Much work has been accomplished in preparation for the event. Click on the Q2S icon above or the link below and access more information about the conversion. Check back often for progress updates, and don't forget to use the Submit Questions link on that page if you can't find answers within the content on the site.
No classes offered between end of Spring Quarter, Start of Fall Semester
After careful analysis and review, the Quarter-to-Semester conversion team determined that it would be in the best interest of our students and the College to allow adequate time to make this very important transition. Therefore, no classes will be held between the last day of the 2019 Spring Quarter (June 11) and the first day of the 2019 Fall Semester (Aug. 26). Calendars on the website have been updated.
Progress Reports
Instruction
·  Detailed curriculum and course schedules are on track to be completed this spring.
·  Advising sheets should be completed prior to June 8. This important milestone will provide information to all areas of the College as we begin to plan for student intakes, financial aid, student housing, and athletics.

Student Affairs
·  Registration and Financial Aid staff participated in the first of several sessions with Ellucian consulting to discuss the conversion process.
·  An informational meeting was conducted with Admissions staff to discuss the semester conversion process, answer questions and share online resources.
·  Letters have been distributed to all high school counselors informing them of the upcoming switch to semesters.
·  Information about the upcoming conversion to semesters is being distributed through New Student Orientation, Student Ambassadors, at Discovery Days, etc.

Information Technology/Institutional Research
·  Staff are working with Ellucian on processes necessary to update Colleague for the conversion.
·  The majority of the work is currently in the planning/decision-making stage as most of the changes cannot be made until closer to the actual move to semesters.

Communication
·  Created a Q2S logo January 2018.
·  Developed and launched dedicated website in February 2018.
·  Created and posted a Conversion Guide for Students in February 2018. The guide has been modified and will continue to be updated.
·  Contacted 4,000 former students encouraging them to complete prior to semester conversion. Since sending these out, we’ve been contacted by a number of students to complete their degrees
·  Added Hub site for content specific to SCC internal information.
·  Added Q2S link on SCC mobile app.
·  Beginning to update college forms, Web pages, recruiting materials, etc.
·  SCC employees received the first major communication via email on March 1; students on March 6.
·  Information was included in the December 2017 and April 2018 editions of the Alumni News.
·  The conversion is being advertised in all Continuing Education class schedules.
·  The CAT Team receives a briefing at each meeting.
Q & A
Join us for quarterly virtual Q&A sessions. You'll get the opportunity to ask questions and engage in positive dialog as we progress toward August 2019. Can't join us live? Each session will be recorded so that you can view later. A schedule of virtual Q&A sessions will be published soon.
My Perspective
Each month we'll feature SCC students, faculty, staff, alumni, employers, and members of the general public to get their thoughts about the conversion. This month's perspective is by Bev Cummins, vice president for student affairs/Lincoln Campus director.

"Recently, a high school guidance counselor told me how excited she was to tell her students that SCC was converting to a semester calendar. When I asked her why, she described the conflict she saw in students considering attending SCC. Do they shorten their summer vacation and start college before their friends? Do they wait and watch their friends head to college in August without them? Or do they reconsider even attending SCC? She described just one of many advantages that, from my perspective, converting to semesters strategically places SCC for even greater success. Increased scheduling flexibility, longer time for students to absorb and apply concepts and for faculty and staff to plan and prepare are just a few of the many opportunities the conversion provides. While the work ahead of us to make the conversion happen may feel like a lot right now, the opportunities for growth, teamwork, inspiration, and discovery will more than make up for the long hours in the month ahead."
Southeast Community College Calendar Conversion
www.southeast.edu/Q2S