Kirkwood Community College


Kirkwood Community College

Kirkwood Community College

Since its founding in 1966, Kirkwood Community College has been dedicated to providing lifelong learning opportunities in eastern Iowa. Kirkwood is a comprehensive community college, with over 110 college credit programs in arts, sciences and career preparation fields. Many of these programs transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Kirkwood also completed over 70,000 course registrations in our Continuing Education programs in the past year, providing practical knowledge and life-enriching experiences for all ages.


Kirkwood's award-winning programs and national reputation have drawn students from all ages and all parts of the world. (Amazingly, studies show that in the last three years alone, Kirkwood students have taken their transfer credits to colleges and universities in 50 states and dozens of foreign countries!) We are also proud to be the host campus for Community Colleges for International Development. This consortium of over 100 two-year institutions seeks out creative projects and solutions that span the globe in search of partnerships and alliances for the good of higher education.


Kirkwood is a leading member of the prestigious League for Innovation in the Community College. This invitation-only group of 19 two-year colleges explores creative solutions and future-oriented processes to answer the needs of the community college cohort throughout North America. We were one of the founding colleges in the League and were recently re-accredited to this exclusive group.


In addition to its 585-acre main campus, Kirkwood operates ten learning centers in the seven-county college service area, providing 'close-to-home' classes, career counseling and other Kirkwood services. The average age of a Kirkwood student is about 24 - coincidentally, the approximate average class size in all credit programs. From an on-campus child care center to the Heritage Agency on Aging services to older Iowans, Kirkwood truly offers 'Learning for Your Lifetime.'


John L. Henik

John L. Henik

John L. Henik


Professional Experience


August 2000 to Present

Dean
Department of Business and Information Technology



1998 to 2000

Resource Center Director
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406


College administrator for developing and implementing programs and services for the college is the hub for the development of one-stop services through both the college, Iowa Workforce Development, JTPA, Promise Jobs and other agencies who are members of the Coordinated Service Providers Consortium.


Major administrative responsibilities include developing seamless, integrated delivery system for all services provided by the coordinated providers. As products and services are integrated at the downtown Resource Center, models are developed to expand integrated services to the college's rural centers.


Major administrative responsibilities include working closely with multiple service providers to explore new ways to deliver and integrate services into a seamless deliver system. Project examples include the rollout of Galileo; a new Internet based information and referral system and a series of career directions workshops delivered from the Resource Center to the rural centers through the college's instructional television classrooms.


My past experiences with technology, has been a great asset to this position as we build the technology infrastructure at the Resource Center to include high speed fiber links to our main campus which provides voice and data connections as well as video for our three instructional television classrooms.


1988 to 1998

Jones County Director
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406


Off-campus administrator for Kirkwood's Monticello Center and all other college programs offered in Jones County.  Major administrative responsibilities include a college credit program that serves over 250 - 300 students per year and a high school completion & G.E.D. program which serves over 150 students per year.  All programs make extensive use of technology such as interactive television classrooms and computer networks to aid the distant learner.  Major administrative responsibilities include providing complete college services to the off-campus student such as financial aid, enrollment services, academic advising, counseling, developmental education, placement testing, retention programs and student activities.  Responsibilities also includes active community involvement and developing strong college relationships with local business and industry.



1985 - 1988

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Science
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa


Planned and implemented instructional and training agricultural programs for Kirkwood's International Agricultural Program.  Most students were participants of the Central American Scholarship Program.  This program was part of Georgetown University's Academy for Intercultural Training.  The curriculum focused on agricultural production and marketing with a strong emphasis on leadership and student development.  Travel included trips to Washington, D.C., where the students had a private meeting with the President at the White House and International travel to the Central American Country of Guatemala, for a leadership conference.


1980 to present

Business Owner


Co-manage and operate a successful family farming operation. Currently own a farm. Production focus in corn and soybeans with a major portion of the acreage in the Federal Conservation Reserve Program. Before joining Kirkwood Community College full-time, the farm business included an extensive livestock operation in swine and beef.


College Committees


Professional Experience


Education

May 1994

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Master of Arts in Higher Education


May 1980

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Production


Certification

Holds a Professional Administrative License in the State of Iowa with a Post Secondary endorsement for the area of instructional administration, teaching and evaluation.