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November 2, 2007 |
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Mercado at PVCC… Jeffrey Birnbaum speaks… Native American Week… Free
Phoenix Art Museum admission… Learning support services positions…
Pumas head to Rust Belt… Blackboard training options… Microsoft Office
and other MCCD training support… Academic Assessment “study halls” |
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El Mercado at PVCC
Students from the Technology Institute of Monterrey (ITESM) at
Hermosillo will present the products of 10 Sonoran small businesses
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, November 5, in the Kranitz Student
Services Building. They will showcase foods, handicrafts, hats, boots,
Mexican candies, salsas, coyotes and much more. You may shop for gifts
or just stop by to learn about the students’ business education studies
and small business in Mexico.
Award-winning
journalist Jeffrey Birnbaum speaks
Mark your calendars: Jeffrey Birnbaum, TV commentator and columnist for
the Washington Post, as well as author of The Money Men,
and books on the Bush and Clinton administrations, will discuss current
events with PVCC students from 9 to 11:15 a.m., Thursday, November
14th, in the southeast corner of PVCC’s Library. Mr. Birnbaum will
deliver an informal talk, after which he will be available to answer
questions. Breakfast will be served. Please join our Honors Forum
students and others at this event.
Native
American Week
Just as a reminder, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, Freddy Johnson
will present a lecture on Dine’ (Navajo) culture, and the contemporary
Native American film Smoke Signals will screen 11 to 1 p.m.
Wednesday, November 7. Both events take place in the Student Union. The
week will be capped 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, November 8, outside in
the Amphitheater with hoop dancer Bartley Harris and traditional dancer
Dallin Maybee. Fry bread will be sold.
Free
Phoenix Art Museum admission
This is a reminder that through June 30, 2008, regular admission to the
Phoenix Art Museum is free to all who show a current MCCCD ID. This
includes students, faculty and staff. This does not include admission
to special exhibits such as the upcoming Masterpieces Replayed
exhbition in January, 2008. For further information on current
exhibitions, please call Phoenix Art Museum (602) 257-1880 or visit
them on the web at www.phxart.org.
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Learning support
services division positions
On Monday, Nov. 5, two learning support services division positions
will be posted on the district HR site. These are not new or upgraded
positions, but positions that currently exist within the division with
some realignment of functions. Under this realignment the units of
student development and academic advising will be merged into a single
department. The two positions are:
1. Director, College Student Educational Services (MAT 17 - formerly
Director of Advising and Recruiting). In order to better align services
that support the delivery of all new student programs, this role will
oversee iStartSmart, academic advising, new student recruiting, and
ACE/SUCCEED.
2. Coordinator, Enrollment Services (MAT 15 - formerly Coordinator of
Student Success Programs) - this individual will report to the Director
of College Student Educational Services and provide supervision of the
academic advising function.
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Pumas
head to Rust Belt
On Thursday, November 8, the Puma Men’s Cross Contry team heads to Ina,
Illinois, to battle the Rend Lake College Warriors, winners of four
NJCAA Cross Country Championship titles in the last six years. The
Warriors are also the current defending champions, so the event is
highly anticipated – even with all that Midwestern humidity. Let’s make
sure the Pumas know that PVCC is rooting for them. Go Pumas!
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Blackboard training options
The primary focus continues to be on the coordination and delivery of
SIS Training for PVCC faculty and staff. The support options, including
new ones, are listed below.
• Blackboard training is being
offered at PVCC in November. To see the schedule and register, go to:
http://pvc.maricopa.edu/~training/schedule/wkshp.htm
• GCC invites us to take advantage of their Blackboard training
workshops, too. To see their schedule and online registration form, go
to: http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/TED/
• Please visit the Blackboard Information Center (BIC) for helpful
resources, including many training guides at:
http://www2.pvc.maricopa.edu/online/bic
If there are any questions on Blackboard functionality, contact
business faculty member Gary Smith at 787-6701. Thank you, Gary, for
helping us out.
If Gary is not available and you need to speak to someone immediately,
call Jennifer Strickland at 787-6794; Chrystle Hall, 787-7784; or
PerceptIS, the outside company MCCCD has hired, toll free, 24/7, at
1-888-994-4433.
If you have log in Issues, such as not being able to find your course
in Blackboard, or your students are having trouble logging into your
course, call the toll free, 24/7 support number above, or Sam Fraulino
at 602-787-7786, or contact him at sam.fraulino@pvmail.maricopa.edu.
Thank you, Sam, for your help.
Microsoft Office and other MCCD training support
More training is available on Microsoft Office, CFS, MEMO Email and
other
Programs through the District Technology Training Services.
• Training workshop schedule and
registration:
http://www.maricopa.edu/training/currentregistrationform.htm
• Phone Help Line: 480-731-8287
• Drop-in Lab on Friday mornings 9 a.m. to noon at 2411 W. 14th St.,
Tempe, AZ Room 300. It is recommended you call ahead at 480-731-8287 to
make certain the appropriate trainer and resources will be on hand to
help with your specific project.
• In addition, don’t forget that PVCC Technology Training maintains
a library of training CDs and training manuals for a number of
different programs. To find out about them, call 787-7811.
Academic
Assessment "study halls"
PVCC has a creative approach to academic assessment this semester. The
Academic Assessment Team informs us that they will be offering three
“study hall” sessions where faculty and staff can come in and talk
about assessment issues. These study halls will take place in KSC 208
from noon to 4 p.m. the Fridays of November 9, 16, and 30, and in
January during Learning Week. These one-to-one sessions are the perfect
place for faculty and staff to ask a member of the assessment team any
question they might have about improving student learning.
In the past, meetings about student assessment issues were held in a
group setting. This year, the team wishes to make these sessions more
individual. The sessions are in preparation for the general education
assessments in the Spring 2008 semester, and we are certain they will
lead to better preparedness for assessments at that time.
There will be follow-up explanatory emails detailing specific times for
each general education area.
Those interested do not need to make an appointment, just show up at
KSC 208 on the correct day and time frame. Members of the Academic
Assessment Team will be there. If you have are any questions, call
Nancy Kolakowsky at 787-6646.
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Cordially,
Mary Kay Kickels
President
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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
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