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A weekly publication for the staff & faculty of
Valencia Community College
Vol. XXXV, No. 17
May 8, 2006
This Week at Valencia.
Wednesday, May 10
College Executive Council, 9:15 a.m., DTC
Collegewide Curriculum Committee, West Campus, 2 p.m., 6-202
Learning Evidence Team, Osceola Campus, 2:30 p.m. TBA
Thursday, May 11
West Campus Career Staff Council, 2 p.m., West Campus, HSB-211
Educators-in-Industry Institute
The Tech Prep Educators-in-Industry Institute is a great way to explore
current industry trends by visiting top employers in the Central Florida
area. It also provides great networking opportunities to form long-lasting
professional associations with teachers, administrators and counselors
from Orange and Osceola District schools and Valencia Community College.
Over 800 educators have participated in the institute since Tech Prep
began this program in 1992.
The institutes are four days in length. The first 3 ½ days
are spent visiting seven businesses in key industry areas. The final
afternoon is a workshop to discuss
what was learned and how we can incorporate it in our teaching or
interactions with students. Two institutes will be held in June:
Institute 1: June 5, 6, 7, 8
Institute 2: June 12, 13, 14, 15
Limited space is available. Email bandrews@valenciacc.edu
for more information or to sign-up.
Tutors Needed!
The West Campus Tutoring Center is in need of tutors for all subject
areas except math.
Interested students can apply at the tutoring center, located in SSB-248.
For more information, please contact Ronald Woodruff, ext 1249
News from Procurement
The college has experienced several vendor scams over the years through
e-mail and phone solicitations. If you are ever in doubt, please call
the Procurement Office for verification. The most notorious scams
involve copier toner cartridges and credit card information. A salesman
will call a department knowing exactly what copier and model they
have. They will want to send you the toner you need, only to be billed
2-3 times higher than the original cost. Most of our copiers already
have toner included in our service contracts. No vendor has been instructed
to contact staff regarding their inventory of toner cartridges, copiers
or printers. Ordering is done through the Procurement Office.
E-mails appearing to be from JPMorgan or Chase Manhattan have been
popping up in P-Card users’ in-boxes requesting credit card
verification information. Do not respond to these types of e-mails.
JPMorgan Chase has assured us that they will never send an e-mail
to card holders requesting this type of information. Correspondence
from our P-Card bank, JPMorgan Chase, will first be with the Procurement
Office.
College Policy (6Hx28:04-04) states that “agents, sales persons
and solicitors shall not be permitted on campus to distribute literature,
solicit funds, or sell to faculty, staff, students, or campus organizations
without specific approval by the president or an authorized designee.”
If you are having a problem with a supplier, please let the procurement
office know so the behavior can be documented.
Foundation News
Congratulations to the following distinguished professors, who have
been awarded a Valencia Foundation 2006-2007 Endowed Chair for Learning
Leadership:
Joan Alexander - Bank of America Chair in Business
Management
Beverly Bond - Ira Vinson Henderson Chair in Nursing
and Allied Health
Jacalyn DiMartino - Dr. P. Phillips Foundation Chair
in Free Enterprise
Debra Ann Drobney - Howard L. Palmer Chair in Foreign
Languages
Jean Marie Fuhrman - University Club of Orlando Chair
in Humanities
Richard Gair - Abe and Tess Wise Chair in the Study
of the Shoah
Bill Gombash - Sue Luzadder Chair in Communications
Daniel Gutierrez - Patricia Havill Whalen Chair in
Social Sciences
Pauline Lizotte - Lockheed Martin Chair in Science
Brian Macon - Lockheed Martin Chair in Mathematics
Julie McCaughtry - Ira Vinson Henderson Chair in
Nursing and Allied Health
Lana Powell - John and Florence MacLeod Chair in
Business
Tami Rogers - Maguire Family Teacher Endowed Chair
The foundation is reopening the application process for the remaining
19 chairs that were not awarded and which have a total value of $42,390.
The guidelines, application and list of available chairs can be found
on the foundation’s website at http://www.valencia.org/
. The application deadline is May 31 and questions can be directed
to Becky Gallup in College & Community Relations, ext. 3218.
Kudos
Marilyn McLatchey, humanities professor, East Campus,
has been awarded the prestigious Vachel Lindsey Poetry Award. Her
poem, Sanriku, will appear in a forthcoming edition of Willow Springs
Literary Journal.
Paul Matson, East Campus Plant Operations superintendent,
has met the requirements to be recertified as an Inspector & Management
Planner as required under TSCA Title II/AHERA.
Staff Council News
The Collegewide Staff Council is comprised of the chair and co-chair
for each campus plus representatives to various governing councils.
The Collegewide Staff Council will address career staff employees'
concerns, encourage their development, and provide a collective voice
for the individual campus staff councils.
Continue to watch the Bulletin for more information about upcoming
events and opportunities for career staff development. You can also
visit our website at http://valenciacc.edu/staffcouncil/.
Front row - Cathy Campbell, Joanna Branham, Debi Jakubcin
Middle row - Dafne Dionisi, Priscilla Gray, Michal Ewing, Darlene
Powers, Mary Jane Jones
Back row - Kenneth Moses, Brenda Britt, Patti Nicholas, Alexandra
Cordero, Rubin Aquino
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
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