Thomas M. Bennett, Trustee

Parkland College, Champaign, IL

 

Parkland College  

2400 West Bradley Ave. 

Champaign, IL 61821 
 

Home Address:

540 Clover Court

Gibson City, Illinois 60936

Phone: 217/784-8540

 

Email: tmbennett@mchsi.com

ACCT At-Large Board Member

Tom was elected for a three year term to the ACCT Board in Seattle, Washington, 2005.  Tom takes this responsibility seriously as he works with other Board members to address ACCT issues.  One of the first things he has done is to be Co-Editor of a Central Region Newsletter that will improve communication between ACCT trustees in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.  This newsletter's first issue was emailed to ACCT State Chairs and State CEOs in late September, 2005 and is the first time a newsletter has been ever created for our region. 

As a member of the ACCT Board, Tom looks forward to working with others as a team to:

  • Tell our communities, our business leaders, and our government officials about how community colleges are making a difference to millions of people across the country.

  • Strengthen access and affordability for all that want to attend a community college.

  • Improve the ease and level of communication within our ACCT membership.

  • Support and enhance the ability of students to transfer to four year institutions.

  • Promote diversity within our membership and community college systems.  Diversity makes us a stronger organization and better prepared for change.

  • Show how we add value and are accountable with taxpayer dollars.  We can not afford to have an "entitlement mentality."

  • Look for new ways to focus on ethics and core values for our students.

  • Encourage the review of emergency procedures of our schools to make sure they are current and effective.  These procedures also need to include ideas on how we can help our sister schools quickly if they have a major crisis.

Click here to view the ACCT Central Region Newsletters created by Co-Editor Tom Bennett.

 

 

Click here to view the brochure that Tom used for his 2005 ACCT campaign.

For more information, please view the links "About Thomas M. Bennett" and "Philosophy".