Vol. XXXV, No. 33

August 28, 2006

This Week at Valencia.

No meetings scheduled for this week as we welcome new and returning students to the fall term

Leadership Valencia is Back!!

Estate Planning: What Everyone Needs to Know - Estate planning and procrastination often go hand-in-hand. This workshop will help you understand the benefits such as maintaining control over your estate, how this helps your heirs, ways to avoid or minimize probate and methods that help you save on estate taxes. The four basic documents - wills, healthcare surrogate, durable power of attorney and living wills -will be discussed. We will also weigh the costs and benefits of a will versus a revocable living trust and discuss planned charitable giving strategies that benefit you today and your charity tomorrow. Note: Sponsored by the Valencia Chapter of American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC). Brunch will be provided. Friday, September 8, 9-11 a.m., Winter Park Campus, Rooms 225-226, registration code: GESTATE.

Formation is For Everyone - Join us for ongoing, relaxed lunch conversations around Parker Palmer's essay, "13 Ways of Looking at Community." Our first meeting will be to introduce Parker Palmer and Formation. Thereafter we will have alternating lunch meetings on East and West campuses throughout the year, each time talking with others about one of the 13 ways. This is a time for faculty, staff and administrators to practice ways of speaking and being heard that allow a group to become a deeply respectful and caring community-in-learning where each person has a voice. Tuesday, September 12, 1-2 p.m., East Campus, Room 4-212B, registration code: LFORM1 or Thursday, September 14, 1-2 p.m. West Campus, Room 9-140B, registration code: LFORM3.

The Oxford Round Table Experience - Learn about major issues in contemporary bilingual educational policy and second language teaching methodology that were discussed at the 2006 Oxford Round Table. Tuesday, September 12, 1-2 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-202, registration code: LORT.

Oracle 11i for Beginners (2 day session) - This class is for any staff member who will be responsible for entering requisitions into the Oracle financial software system. Instruction will be given on how to check your budget and run reports. Directors and Budget Managers are encouraged to participate in this two-day workshop. Thursday and Friday, September 14 and 15, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Winter Park Campus, Room 219, registration code: TOR1.

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 the session with an increased understanding of and appreciation for similarities and differences. Thursday, September 14, 4-8 p.m., Criminal Justice Institute Auditorium, Room 100, registration code: PCOB1.

Oracle 11i Refresh - This class is offered to anyone who has attended the Oracle 11i beginners class and would like to know more about the system. Open ended discussion on the "how to" shortcuts, exporting Oracle into Excel and other tasks will be addressed. Fine tune your skills in a matter of hours. Friday, September 15, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Winter Park Campus, Room 219, registration code: TREG.

What's New in WebCT 6 - This orientation will cover the key features of WebCT Campus Edition 6. The latest version of WebCT retains much of what you love about working with WebCT, but also delivers unprecedented advancements in ease of use and cutting-edge teaching and learning functionality. The enhancements in WebCT 6 make course preparation, delivery and management easier and more efficient when you apply the many new tools available. Friday, September 15, 1-3 p.m. East Campus, Room 4-149, registration code: TWCT915.

To register for any Leadership Valencia workshop visit online at http://valenciaccedu/leadership/regstr.asp.

News from Procurement

Office Depot online ordering - some of you have reported that you are experiencing difficulty with online ordering from Office Depot. Although the exact cause for the problems has not been determined, there are some things that you can do that may help. A build-up of cookies (not the tasty ones) on end-user computers can cause errors to occur. Please clean out the cookies on your hard drive. If you need assistance, contact OIT at ext. 5555. If you still have an issue once you have cleared your cookies, please call the Office Depot E-Commerce Support Desk at 1-800-269-6888 at the time you place the order. They can view Internet details to help resolve the issue.

Using State of Florida contracts - when requesting purchases from State of Florida contracts, please have the vendor reference the contract number on their quotation and enter the contract number on your requisition. Procurement will verify the contract number, items ordered and expiration date to insure proper documentation for audit reviews.

General ledger codes - ever have a question about which general ledger code to use? You can obtain a list of general ledger codes and descriptions for what they should be used for by going to the Valencia Website and clicking on the Faculty & Staff tab. Then under Employee Resources choose Chart of Accounts. When that page comes up, click on General Use and a PDF file will open with the information. It can be downloaded for printing. If you have further questions about general ledger codes, please contact the Finance/Budget Department.

Push for Pencils Campaign Goes Collegewide

Collegewide Staff Council kicks off the 2nd annual A Gift for Teaching supply drive on September 1. The drive, "Push for Pencils," will be a collegewide endeavor drawing sponsorship and participation from AAWCC, Faculty Association, SGA, PTK, FACC, Professional Staff Council, Valencia Volunteers, Alumni Association, Student Development, Valencia 's bookstores along with all faculty, staff and students.

Our goal is to help a local non-profit organization, A Gift for Teaching , meet the needs of the community by collecting school supplies for distribution in its free store for teachers. A simple donation of basic supplies such as new pencils, crayons, glue, paper and books will give students the tools they need to achieve success. Shop at any Valencia bookstore for the supply drive and receive a 20 percent discount when you show your VID card on the top four items: pencils, crayons, glue and paper.

Beginning September 1, contributions can be dropped off at any campus bookstore or library. The Downtown Center collection boxes will be available at elevators on the second, third and fourth floors. Valencia Enterprises donations will be collected in the lobby next to the Security Desk. Updates on additional locations will be given as they become available.

If you hate the shopping scene, consider a monetary donation instead. For every $1 received at A Gift for Teaching , $10 worth of supplies goes back to a classroom in Orange , Seminole and Osceola counties. Tax-deductible contributions can be made in the Valencia Business Office on any campus.

Let your heart rule your generosity. For more information about A Gift For Teaching, please visit their Web site at: . For more information about the Push for Pencils supply drive, contact Priscilla Gray at or call ext. 6816.

Visions and Voices Series Presents Acclaimed Novelist, Poet and Children's Author Julianna Baggott

On Thursday, September 14, novelist, poet and children's author Julianna Baggott will give a reading at Valencia Community College 's West Campus library. The reading will begin at 1 p.m. followed by a book signing at 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend this free event sponsored by Valencia 's Visions and Voices series.

Baggott is the author of four novels including the national bestseller Girl Talk and the forthcoming Which Brings Me to You: A Novel in Confessions coauthored with Steve Almond, as well as three books of poems, two of which are due out in 2006 and 2007: Lizzie Borden in Love: Poems in Women's Voices and Compulsions of Silk Worms and Bees . Baggott's debut novel for young readers, The Anybodies , written under the pen name N.E. Bode, was published by HarperCollins in spring 2004 and is in development with Nickelodeon Movies at Paramount Pictures. The Somebodies , the third in the series, will make its debut in fall 2006.

Her work has appeared in the pages of Glamour, Ms., Poetry and The Southern Review magazines and has been read on NPR. Richard Russo, who won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Empire Falls has said of her: "Julianna Baggott enjoys living on the knife edge between hilarity and heartbreak and that makes her a writer after my own heart."

Baggott received her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1994. She currently teaches creative writing at Florida State University .

The Osceola and West Campuses are Looking for Tutors!

The Learning Center at Osceola Campus and the West Campus Tutoring Center are in need of tutors. Osceola Campus needs tutors in ALL subject areas and the West Campus Tutoring Center is in need of tutors for all subject areas except math.

For additional information on Osceola Campus, located in building 3, room 100, please contact Professor Guevara at ext. 4112 or Marilyn at ext. 4146.

For additional information on the West Campus T utoring Center , located in SSB-248, please contact Ronald Woodruff at ext 1249.

Christian Campagnuolo Joins Valencia as Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Media Relations

Christian Campagnuolo was chosen to lead Valencia Community College 's marketing and communications efforts. Campagnuolo joined the college on August 14 as the new assistant vice president of marketing and media relations.

Campagnuolo previously held the post of vice president of strategic marketing and communications at Visionworks, an Orlando-based ad agency. Prior to that, he worked for five years as a brand manager for the Walt Disney Company. Campagnuolo holds a Master of Business Administration from Rollins College Crummer School and a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Adelphi University in New York . You can contact him at ccampagnuolo@valenciacc.edu, ext. 1016 or mail code 4-34.

New Full-time Employees

Kadhra Edgerly, instructional assistant, Biology, West, mc 4-3, ext. 1226
Sheryl Williams, security officer, West, mc 4-28, ext. 1000.

Kudos

Dr. Jared Graber , dean of Business, Behavioral & Social Sciences, West Campus served as a panelist at the SACS Commission on Colleges 2006 Summer Institute on the topic of Linking Accreditation, Quality Enhancement, and Student Learning. The panel discussed the synergy that can occur when institutions strive to achieve maximum benefits from accreditation efforts. Linkages were described between accreditation requirements and initiatives to promote student learning and quality enhancement.