The Navajo County Community College Governing Board convened Jan. 18, with NPC Friends and Family Director Betsyann Wilson reporting on the recent donations and scholarship awards. “We awarded a total of $49,880 for the spring semester,” stated Wilson. “With the $40,400 awarded in the fall semester for academic year 2021-2022, we have thus far awarded $90,280 so this is our biggest scholarship year yet.”

Wilson added that next semester NPC Friends and Family will have 20 AndyVon transportation grants available. NPC Friends and Family also received a little over $73,000 in donations since their holiday newsletter went out.

“One of those was a single $70,000 donation from some friends of Pres Winslow’s who have supported us so generously in the last couple of years.” Wilson explained that the donation had no restrictions and will go into the endowment fund.

Wilson also stated that a new scholarship will be opening this month called the Marsha and Louie Smith Memorial Arts Scholarship. “This is kind of a stand-alone scholarship that was funded by the late Mr. Louie Smith in memory of his wife Marsha who was an adjunct faculty at the college.”

The scholarship provides $3,000 for the 2022-2023 academic year for academically and artistically motivated students. Students do not need to be art majors but are required to submit a portfolio of their visual artwork.

The board received a construction report from Director of Facilities and Vehicles David Huish, stating that the White Mountain construction project for the Skills Center is on schedule and the Winslow Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) Head Start building is awaiting building permits from the City of Winslow.

In other business, the board:

* Received a financial position report from July 1 to Nov. 40, 2021, by Director of Financial Services Amber Hill in the absence of Vice President for Administrative Services Maderia Ellison.

* Accepted the financial audit and single audit reports for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021.

* Awarded a contract to SPS+ Architects to design the remodel and expansion needed at Winslow’s Little Colorado Campus at the cost of $83,660, which will be covered by the current year budget.

* Approved the purchase of 30 building signs from Summit West Signs at a cost of $157,202. The sum of $150,000 will be covered by the FY22 budget, with the remaining $7,202 to be covered by contingency.

* Approved the building lease agreement between the Northern Arizona Council of Government (NACOG) Head Start program and NPC. NACOG Head Start will pay $500 a month for the use of the refurbished modular building. The board also approved the educational agreement that will dictate the terms by which NACOG Head Start will collaborate with NPC’s educational programs and formally naming the facility the Clear Creek Building at NPC in Winslow.

* Approved travel for Board Member Derrick Leslie to attend the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C. The approximate cost will be $3,550, which will be paid with the college budget.

* Approved a contract for a five-year term for purchasing TargetX and Salesforce software totaling $412,173. The first 12-month term will be paid in the current fiscal year by using Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant money in the amount of $72,000 and contingency funds of $34,509 for a total of $106,509. The remaining four, 12-month terms will be budgeted each fiscal year to cover the remaining total of $305,664.

* Approved the contract with Smith Bagley Inc., doing business as Cellular One of North East Arizona to supply internet services to the Northeast Arizona Training Center and Holbrook campus for a cost of $514,000 over a five-year period.