Vol. XXXV, No. 12

April 3, 2006

This Week at Valencia.

Monday, April 3

Mambo Mania, 6 p.m., East Campus Performing Arts Center

Wednesday, April 5

Design & Operations -Deans only, 1 p.m., West Campus 7-108C

Alumni Association Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., DTC A/B

Thursday, April 6

College Learning Council, 2:30 p.m., West Campus, 6-202

Friday, April 7

Student Development Group, 9:30 a.m., East Campus, 4-133A

News from Procurement

Personal purchases for Dell computers are made available to all faculty, staff, and students at a discounted price. The link for purchasing is located on the Procurement Web site at: . Please note that this pricing offered from Dell is not Valencia's contract pricing. Dell offers a discount to students and staff of higher education institutions all over the country and this has no correlation with Valencia's formal contract.

The Procurement Web site has been updated and new information is added daily. Please visit for topics such as expenditure of funds, bidding requirements, service contracts, freight and postage, equipment, etc.

The Procurement department is always available to visit your department for discussion on purchasing procedures, college policy, Florida statues and guidelines. Contact Leadership Valencia for a "workshop on demand" with Procurement. Have team, will travel!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the Wellness Fair coming to your campus!

Tuesday, April 11 - West Campus, HSB-105, 8-11 a.m. and Osceola Campus, 1-232/234, 1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 12 - East Campus, 5-112, 8-11 a.m. and Winter Park Campus, Rm. 224-226, 1-4 p.m.

Thursday, April 13 - DTC, first floor conference room, 8-11 a.m.

Leadership Valencia

Journeying Toward an Un-divided Life: Formation Trust Circle - Formation work is creating open and trustworthy spaces where individuals work alone, but together in a quiet, focused space to find reconnection with the inner self. Join presenters Mary Allen and Jane Renfroe this year for an ongoing, monthly gathering of a circle of trust. A Hidden Wholeness by Parker J. Palmer will serve as our road map for this journey together. This is not your traditional, analytical book group, but rather a space where each participant can explore his/her own responses to how the ideas in the book intersect with our lives. NOTE: The cost for this retreat is $ 250.00. It includes overnight accommodations, all meals and materials. Friday, April 7, 1 p.m. -Sunday, April 9, 1 p.m., Canterbury Retreat, Oviedo FL, registration code: LFORM0407.

Who Moved My Cheese? An A-mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work - Based on the best selling book Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life-whether it is a good job, a love relationship, money, health, or spiritual peace of mind. Discover for yourself how to deal with changes and achieve less stress and more success in your work and life when someone 'moves your cheese'. Friday, April 7, 10 a.m.-12 noon, East Campus, Room TBA, registration code: PCHEESE.

DreamWeaver Introduction - This workshop offers an introduction to DreamWeaver and provides an overview of Web basics. Learn how DreamWeaver creates Web pages and how Web pages and HTML work. This course will cover the fundamentals, text, hyperlinks and images Friday, April 7, 1-5 p.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-116, registration code: TDWIO.

Circles of Belonging - Ever wonder what makes a person tick? Individual experiences play a huge part in shaping the way in which we interact with others and view the world around us. This in-depth interactive workshop will examine how diversity of experience impacts our interpersonal communications and relationships. Through discovery and discussion learn more about yourself and the people around you. Participants will leave with an increased understanding of and appreciation for similarities and differences. Tuesday, April 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-202, registration code: PCOB5.

DreamWeaver Intermediate - Go to the next level of Web design with this intermediate DreamWeaver skills course. Attend this workshop to learn how to save time and effort when formatting text by creating reusable styles. Enhance your creative design using lists and layouts with tables, frames, and layers. Tuesday, April 11, 1-5 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-221, registration code: TDWW or Friday, April 14, 1-5 p.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-116, registration code: TDWO.

FrontPage Advanced - Get deeper into FrontPage with advanced topics and tricks. Take your styles to the next level with cascading style sheets and themes, using one set of styles for all your Web pages. Create dynamic content with forms, Web components, active server pages, and data-driven Web sites. Get the lowdown on the top tips and ideas for Web page design in the 21st century. Thursday, April 13, 1-5 p.m., East Campus, Room 4-204, registration code: TFPA.

To register for any Leadership Valencia classes and for more information go to http://valencia.cc.fl.us/leadership.

Hello and Goodbye

A warm Valencia welcome is extended to Terri Covington, coordinator, Grants and Contracts, Resource Development and Government Relations, East, mc 3-32, ext. 2910.

Kudos

Colin Archibald delivered an invited presentation to the Florida IT Educators' Summit entitled "Statewide Course Numbering System SCNS Mysteries Revealed" and has been appointed to the ACM's Special Interest Group for IT Education (SIGITE) committee that will create the model curriculum for a two year degree in IT. When he is not thinking about IT curricula you can often find Colin working with retired racing greyhounds that are up for adoption. He invites everyone to come to a PetsMart during the Spring National Adoption weekend May 5-7 to meet a retired racing greyhound.

Over spring break several Valencia administrators, faculty, and lab assistants were busy with the 18th Annual International Conference on Technology for Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) held in Orlando on March 16-19. The conference, sponsored by Addison Wesley, was hosted by Valencia Community College and co-chaired by Jody DeVoe and Paul Flores. Ruth Prather, provost, East and Winter Park Campuses, was on hand at the opening session to welcome the conference attendees. Liz Gombash conducted a preconference session entitled "Successful Grant Writing Strategies". James Lang presented a session entitled "When is Graphing Calculator not a Calculator?" Margie Szoke presented a session entitled "Using the TI-83 Graph Link to Develop Activities at the College Preparatory Level." The conference committee was able to provide scholarships for two middle school teachers to attend. It took many volunteers to keep the conference running smoothly and a hugh thanks goes to Julia Becker, Steve Browdy, George Fink, Libby Gore, Lee Graubner, Mert Hollister, Deanna Hollister, Judy Jones, Lori Ann Keegan, Maryke Lee, Martine Levy-Nelson, Serena Migliorini, Luis Negron, Patrick Murphy. Kurt Overhiser, Rick Pal, Julie Phelps, Barbara Reuter, Joe Rich, Mandy Saxman, Margie Szoke, Faustina Wright and Wakeel Zainulabdeen.

Submissions to the Bulletin are encouraged, so please e-mail your achievements, awards, recognitions, and relevant information for the college community to Mary Jane Jones, Staff Assistant in Marketing and Media Relations. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding each Friday's distribution. Mary Jane can be reached at ext.1017, or mjjones@valenciacc.edu.