THE INSGC COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP (INCCP) PROGRAM REPRESENTS AN UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE INDIANA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND VINCENNES UNIVERSITY. BOTH IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND VINCENNES UNIVERSITY OPERATE MULTIPLE INDIANA CAMPUSES WITH UNIQUE STRENGTHS TIED TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRIES. IVY TECH WAS FOUNDED IN 1963 AND SERVES AS INDIANA S LARGEST PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION (AND THE LARGEST SINGLE-ACCREDITED COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMIN THE US) WITH OVER 200 000 STUDENTS SERVED ANNUALLY. VINCENNES UNIVERSITY (VINU) WAS FOUNDED IN 1801 AND IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TWOYEAR DEGREE SERVING INSTITUTIONS IN THE US. VINU AS THE STATE S ONLY RESIDENTIAL 2-YEAR TRANSFER INSTITUTION IS EQUIPPED TO FOSTER STUDENT SUCCESS IN A MUCH LESS INTIMIDATING ENVIRONMENT THAN A TYPICAL LARGE STATE INSTITUTION.BOTH VINCENNES AND IVY TECH HAVE RECENTLY UNDERGONE SUBSTANTIAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES MAKING THIS STYLE OF PARTNERSHIP FEASIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN INSGC HISTORY. PREVIOUSLY NEITHER IVY TECH NOR VINCENNES OPERATED WITH CONSISTENT ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS WITH THE FOUR-YEAR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. VINCENNES HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED ITS AVIATION TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER STEM EDUCATION OFFERINGS AS PART OF A MAJOR STATEWIDE CAPITAL PROJECTS EMPHASIS. PRIOR TO 2014 A COORDINATED COLLABORATION WITH IVY TECH HAD BEEN ATTEMPTED AND CONSIDERED UNWORKABLE. IN JANUARY 2014 IVY TECH ANNOUNCED ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT MAJOR RESTRUCTURING AND REORGANIZATION IN ITS 50-YEAR HISTORY. THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PERMITS FOR THE FIRST TIME INSGC COLLABORATION WITH ACOORDINATED STATEWIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. AS A RESULT OF THE IVY TECH REORGANIZATION AND VINCENNES EXPANSIONS INSGC CAN EFFECTIVELY COORDINATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE INTEGRATION OF 2-YEAR AND 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS WITH THE REGIONAL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ADVANCED MATERIALS AEROSPACE AND ROBOTICS EMPLOYMENT SKILLS NEEDS OFINDIANA INDUSTRY.A TOTAL OF SIX COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS SITES (FOUR IVY TECH AND TWO VINCENNES) WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF STEM DOMAIN AREAS SUITED TO THE LOCAL ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE EMPHASES OF MAJOR INDUSTRY NEEDS OF THOSE REGIONS. OUR FOCUS IS ON A BROAD CONCEPTUALIZATION OF STUDENT SUCCESS INCLUDING EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT RETENTION MENTORING AND COMPLETIONOF ASSOCIATE S DEGREES IN STEM FIELDS WHILE ENABLING STUDENTS TO MAKE SUITABLE CHOICES BETWEEN STEM WORKFORCE EMPLOYMENT AND LOW-RISK TRANSFER TO FOUR-YEAR STEM UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS. INCCP WILL TARGET 10 STUDENTS PER REGION PER YEAR RESULTING IN AT LEAST 60 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS PER YEAR OBTAINING SIGNIFICANT STEM SCHOLARSHIP AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES. ALTHOUGH STUDENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SECOND YEAR OF ACTIVITY IT IS EXPECTED THAT AT LEAST 15 YEAR 1 PARTICIPANTS WILL TRANSITION TO A STEM WORKFORCE POSITION OR TRANSFER TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION. THOSE COMPLETED STUDENTS WILL BE REPLENISHED WITH 15 MORE STUDENTS RECRUITED DURING YEAR 1 FOR YEAR 2 ACTIVITY. THUS WE ANTICIPATE THAT AT LEAST 75 INDIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES AND STEM-RELATED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM. THESE STUDENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED AND ENCOURAGED BY UP TO TWO SUCCESS COORDINATORS (COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY OR STAFF DIRECTLY TASKED TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN CAREER MAPPING STEM WORKFORCE PREPARATION AND SUPPORTING CONNECTIONS TO INDUSTRY INTERNSHIPS) AT EACH OFTHE SIX REGIONS. SUCCESS COORDINATORS AT EACH REGION WILL OBTAIN LOCALLY-RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING (INCLUDING NASA STEM EDUCATION CURRICULUM MATERIALS) BY WISDOMTOOLS A NASA SUMMER OF INNOVATION PROVIDER WHO WILL APPLY THEIR SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR K-12 TEACHERS AT-RISK INDIANA SCHOOLS