Vol. XXXV, No. 13

April 10, 2006

This Week at Valencia.

Wednesday, April 12

College Executive Council, 9:15 a.m., Winter Park Campus, Room 123

Collegewide Curriculum Committee, 2 p.m., East Campus, 3-113

Learning Evidence Team, 2:30 p.m., East Campus, 5-112

Thursday, April 13

West Campus Career Staff Council, 2 p.m., HSB-211

Commencement Ceremonies

Commencement ceremonies will be held on Saturday, May 6, at Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee. The commencement ceremony will begin at 10 am. Please allow adequate travel time.

All ceremony participants are to wear full academic regalia and report to room number 157, between 9 and 9:30 a.m. at the Silver Spurs Arena. Staff will be available at the main entrance to direct you to this room.

Please remember that a ticket is necessary for each family member, including children, regardless of age. If you wish to obtain tickets for guests, please contact Paula Kerr at extension 1506.

News from Procurement

Procurement encourages departments to submit quotes with their requisitions. This gives you, the user, a good idea of the cost of the goods or service and it gives Procurement a benchmark from which to work to finalize the purchase. This may or may not end up being the "official" quote. If the submitted quote is not utilized as the official quote (the one that we use), then Procurement will solicit additional quotes. If you choose for whatever reason not to submit a quote with your requisition, Procurement will get them for you.

Purchasing objectives are to acquire materials and services of the right quality, in the right quantity, at the right price, at the right time, from the right source. What has changed is the definition of "right." The old definition of right price was the lowest unit price on the purchase order. The new definition or right price is the lowest total cost of ownership. "Right quality" has moved from maintaining consistency of quality to an expectation of zero defects from suppliers. "Right quantity" has changed from a traditional economic order quantity to increased frequency of delivery by improving the transportation and planning processes. "Right time" still stresses continuity of supply under both viewpoints. "Right source" has changed from developing alternate sources of supply to promoting a competitive atmosphere in performance and pricing and to develop strategic alliances with a reduced set of suppliers that are mutually beneficial.
The overriding objective is to develop purchasing strategies and policies that facilitate and support the achievement of the college's mission and objectives.

If you have questions on any of these criteria, please call us at ext. 5532.

On another note, stamping or writing envelopes with the department's mail code, like the example displayed below, helps Mail Services to distribute letters back to the sender whenever they are returned by the U.S. Postal Services because of a new, incorrect or undeliverable address. It also prevents Mail Services from opening the correspondence looking for a name/department to return the mail to.

Don't Forget - The Wellness Fair is 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

DreamWeaver Intermediate - Go 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. Friday, April 14, 1-5 p.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-116, registration code: TDWO.

DreamWeaver Advanced - Attend this session to advance your DreamWeaver skills to the next level with cascading style sheets using one set of styles for all your
Web pages. Learn how to create dynamic content using JavaScript and DHTML. Tuesday, April 18, 1-5 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-221, registration code: TDWAW; or Friday, April 21, 1-5 p.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-116, registration code: TDWAO.

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. Wednesday, April 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., East Campus, Room 5-112, registration code: PCOB6.

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

Kudos

Congratulations to the class of 2006 faculty members whose names have been forwarded by Dr. Shugart to the June meeting of the Board of Trustees for tenure consideration. Their significant time, energy and talent to complete the college's tenure process is to be applauded. Kudos to the following faculty members for this achievement: Diane Ashe, Jim Belcher, Joel Berman, George Brooks, Esther Coombes, Kris Dougherty, Rich Gair, Bob Gessner, Troy Gifford, Yolanda Gonzalez, Carin Gordon, Lee Groubner, Tracy Harrison, Heith Hennel, Clay Holliday, Ed Holmes, Junny Hu, Renee Jardon, Shari Koopman, James Leonard, Jackie Lindbeck, Pierre Lubold, Jill Sebacher, Sarah Melanson, Joe Menig, Kurt Overhiser, Aaron Powell, Yasmeen Qadri, A. J. Quackenbush, Jack Rogers, Tami Rogers, Suzanne Salapa, Margie Szoke, John Tobia, Sidra Van De Car, Sylvana Vester and Wendy Wish. Many thanks to the over 100 deans and senior faculty members serving on ILP/Portfolio Review Panels. Their dedication has been an invaluable part of these achievements.

Marilyn McLatchey, East Campus Humanities professor, will be offering an afternoon writers' workshop and an evening literary reading of "Wine and Words" on May 13 in a program sponsored by the Atlantic Center for the Arts and open to the public. For details go to http://www.corvidwriters.org/.

Thank you

Heartfelt thanks to my many Valencia friends and colleagues for your acts of kindness and comforting words at the recent loss of my beloved mother.
                                                      - Helen Clarke

Please update your mailing lists.

Angela Weidman and Angela Goins, mail code 4-31, are no longer employed by Valencia. Please remove them from any distribution list your department uses.

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 in the Marketing and Media Relations office. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding each Friday's distribution. Mary Jane can be reached at ext.1017,mc 4-34 or mjjones@valenciacc.edu