Campus News   |  Faculty& Staff News  |  Student News  |  Projects Update   In This Issue … February 1, 2008 Look To The Future ... Black History Month Events ... AHA's Wear Red Day ... Register for Maricopa Moves 4 ... Experimental Arts Festival Opening Reception and Exhibit ... Dr. Don N. Page Lecture ... District -Wide Blood Drive ... Relay for Life Kickoff Event ... Martin Luther King, Jr. Festival Information Booth ... Political Speech: What are the Rules for Maricopans ... Copyright, Fair Use and Intellectual Property Dialogue Day ... Late Start Classes ... PTK International Honor Society Award ... MCCCD Creative Writing Competition Winners from PVCC ... Nine Pumas Qualify at Track Season Opener ... Plant A Tree Campaign ... Blackboard Courses ... College Safety ... SIS Update ...   Campus News   Look to the Future As you may know, members of the college community are in the process of developing a strategic plan for 2008-2012. The Strategic Planning Committee co-chaired by Laurie Pemberton and Jeff Lace, with representatives from faculty and staff, have been meeting regularly to conduct environmental scans and review internal and external trends in education, business and industry in the valley and nationwide that have direct impact on our future plans for PVCC. Two student forums were also held this week. PVCC’s Strategic Planning Committee is developing goals for our college’s future. Planning will continue for the next several months and all members of the college community are invited to participate in developing the college’s plans for the next five years. In particular, we would like to encourage our students to participate in a student online survey. There are only four questions. The survey is available at the following web site: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RB8H714fTVSHF70dM_2bW8rA_3d_3d Black History Month Events February is Black History Month, and many events will be held throughout the District and the MCCC campuses. Here at PVCC an opening ceremony will take place at the KSC 208 from 11am – 1pm next Monday, February 4. Keynote speakers will be Mr. Umar Sharif and Mr. Tony de Shay. A First-come- First- served luncheon will be open to the public. On February 7, LA Harbor College Theatre will perform Whitewash and Are you Positive? at the Student Union giving two performances, one at 2pm and the other at 3:30pm. A full list of the month-long events which include a student panel, poetry, movies, discussion, dance and theater performances will be available on our PVCC Webpage, as well as on the Student Life Calendars and CPA Calendars. We will continue to keep you updated on further events in each week's NFTF. AHA's Wear Red Day Today, February 1, is Wear Red Day in support of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) fight against heart disease. Men and women from the MCCC system are encouraged to participate by wearing red to work and donating $5 to our Heart Walk Team Captain. We are proud to join with the AHA to help raise funds for research and education on heart disease, the number one killer of both men and woman. Register for Maricopa Moves 4 Maricopa Moves, Maricopa’s Family Picnic, will be held at Kiwanis Park on February 9 from 9am - noon. Campus competitions, carnival games, raffle prizes and a children’s playland are some of the entertainments planned. Come out and support our very own PVCC volleyball, basketball and tug-of-war teams in the Maricopa Moves Campus competitions. For more information and to register for the events contact Lisa Cvach, PVCC Employee Fitness Specialist at lisa.cvach@pvmail.maricopa.edu.   Experimental Arts Festival Opening Reception and Exhibit   Please join us at the Opening Reception for the Phoenix Experimental Arts Festival Art Exhibit at the CPA on Friday, February 8 at 5:30pm. This is the third year for the event, which was founded here at PVCC.  Light refreshments will be served and there will be a chance to meet the artists who are exhibiting. Admission to the reception is free. The Festival runs February 8 – February 9 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available through the Center for the Performing Arts Box Office, open Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5pm and one hour prior to show time. Dr. Don N. Page Lecture I am pleased to announce a very special lecture session to be hosted at PVCC in collaboration with the prestigious Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies and the Phoenix Astronomical Society (PAS). Dr. Don N. Page, renowned physicist and cosmologist mentored by Stephen Hawking, will be presenting his lecture Does God So Love the Multiverse? which explores the intersections between physics and religion. Dr. Page will be speaking on Thursday, February 7 at 7pm in the PVCC Library. This is a free public lecture, and is a joint effort to provide leading-edge scholarship offerings to residents, students and scholars in the community. This event sets the stage for a potential long-term partnership with the Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies, so please join me in encouraging attendance and support. District-Wide Blood Drive This is a reminder that the Professional Staff Association of PVCC will be doing its part to support the district-wide blood drive by sponsoring a local blood drive on February 7 from 11:00am – 5pm on campus in the KSC 208. Please contact Heather Kruse with any questions. Relay for Life Kickoff Event The American Cancer Society’s kickoff event for this year's Relay for Life of North Valley will be held at the KSC 208 from 6pm-7pm on Tuesday, February 5. Campus teams are now being formed. If you are interested in this worthy and fun event please call  Jennifer Strickland at 7-6794 or e-mail her at jennifer.strickland@pvmail.maricopa.edu. The Relay itself will take place Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12. Faculty & Staff News   Martin Luther King, Jr. Festival Information Booth Ken Clarke, PVCC Assistant Director for Financial Aid organized a community information table at this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Festival. Student volunteers from the Black Student Unions of the MCCCD and staff distributed admission and financial aid materials representing all 10 Maricopa Colleges to the crowds. The objective was to remind local residents about Maricopa colleges in their respective communities. We thank Ken and all those who volunteered at this event for making an impact on behalf of PVCC and our sister colleges. Political Speech: What are the rules for Maricopans Our Chancellor, Rufus Glasper, reminds us that we are “starting a year of great political impact, including local, state and presidential elections.  Our Mission Statement upholds the value of developing Civic responsibility among students as well as faculty and staff. However, as employees of the Maricopa Community Colleges, we must also be conscientious about the role we play as stewards of public resources.” I join with the Chancellor to encourage you to attend the one hour presentation Political Speech: What are the rules for Maricopans on Wednesday, February 6 from 3pm – 4pm at SMCC Student Union or Thursday, February 7 from 1pm – 2pm at the CGCC Student Center. Copyright, Fair Use and Intellectual Property Dialogue Day "What MCCCD Faculty Needs to Know" Dialogue Day will take place on February 8, from 9:30am – 2pm in the Rio Salado Conference Center, sponsored by the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction. This Dialogue Day will cover the basics of Copyright Law and provide information regarding use of materials, as well as the copyright permissions process. Additionally the Intellectual Property rights pertaining to MCCCD faculty will be clarified and discussed. Late Start Classes Please remind your students that almost 200 classes covering a broad range of topics are still available for ‘Late Start.’ Also available for ‘Late Start’ are PVCC’s individualized study programs in GIL (Guided Independent Learning), in which students work with experienced faculty in self-designed mentor situations; and OEO (Open Entry Online) computer classes. Further information can be found at www.paradisevalley.edu/sc.html. Student News   PTK International Honor Society Award I am pleased to announce that PVCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Omicron Chi, has received the Pinnacle Award from the national headquarters organization.  This award recognizes chapters whose membership has grown ten percent or greater over the previous calendar year.  This is the third time our college has won this recognition.  The actual prize is a fee waiver to attend the national PTK convention. This year, we will be sending one adviser, Dr. Paula Vaughn, and five students.  The students attending will be:  Scott Mason, Marina Haley, Laurie Bachand, Rebecca Martos, Cynthia Fuqua.  Furthermore we are pleased to announce that our PTK chapter has reached the “Five-Star” chapter designation for the second year in a row.  This is the highest level granted by the national organization, and symbolizes the attainment of higher standards in quality programming and accomplishment of goals. MCCCD Creative Writing Competition Winners from PVCC We wish to congratulate everyone who entered the Maricopa Community Colleges Creative Writing Competition. Special recognition to the following PVCC winners: Rose Fields, The Wagon is Ready (Second Place/Poetry), Diana Kootz , I Had Never Slept With a Bayonet Under My Pillow (Honorable Mention/Poetry), David Taylor, For Amor De La Nina (Honorable Mention/Essay), Zona Lawrence, At Last (Third Place/One-Act Play). We are proud of our winners and acknowledge the work of our faculty members who support our students and facilitate their creative writing. Nine Pumas Qualify at Track Season Opener On January 26, PVCC Track and Field opened their indoor track season by hosting the annual Puma Indoor Invitational. Nine of our Pumas qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Indoor Nationals: Matt Rowell, Eric Harasyn, Jeremy Sudbury, Marissa Maki, Erica Rutley, Lauren Cruzan, Jamilyn Michaud and Laura Faris, and defending pole vault outdoor national champion Kyle Fugit.  For full race results visit Direct Athletics at www.maricopa.edu/cctf/tnfnews.html#. The Pumas will head towards NAU and the Mountain T Invitational in Flagstaff on February 2. Plant A Tree Campaign Join Phi Theta Kappa and OIKOS environmental club in their Plant a Tree Campaign. Their goal is to raise money towards planting new trees around campus which will provide shade for all during our hot summer months. Pick up information outside the SLC or on OIKOS website and bring your donation to the Phi Theta Kappa Tree Fund to the cashier’s office in the KSC building. Projects Update   Blackboard Courses In preparation for New Student System 'go-live' in February, Instructional Technology reminds us that if there are any spring 2008 classes that will use Blackboard that have NOT been flagged and created in Blackboard, they must be flagged by the end of the business day today, February 1. No new courses will be created in Bb from February 2 through February 19. Any questions contact Sam Fraulino at 7-7786 or by e-mail: sam.fraulino@pvmail.maricopa.edu. College Safety College Safety, in conjunction with Facilities Services, continues to work with Johnson Controls on the new Fire Alarm System. The new system will have unique features, including a voice evacuation feature which will allow College Safety the ability to announce alerts to building occupants. SIS Update Paul Golisch, Dean of Learning Technology, has advised us that we are on target for February 19 for 'go live.' Integration testing is going well thanks to Jo Ann Caufield and the integration testers. Business Processes have been updated, with a special thanks to Maggie Cullop. Working many hours to set up proper security roles are Stella Naples and Dr. Shirley Green. Over the next few weeks marketing materials (signs, tee shirts, banners and brochures) will be posted, worn and distributed, thanks to Institutional Advancement.  Cordially, Mary Kay Kickels President Do you have an interesting program, or outstanding accomplishment or student to highlight? If so, e-mail the News Desk at pvcc.news@pvmail.maricopa.edu A publication of the Paradise Valley Community College Office of the President 2007 © Maricopa County Community College District