Vol. XXXVI, No. 07

February 26, 2007

This Week at Valencia

Wednesday, February 28

Valencia Foundation Board of Trustees mtg., 12 noon, West Campus, HSB-105

Thursday, March 1

Atlas Access mtg., 9 a.m., Osceola Campus, 1-258

College Learning Council, 2:30 p.m., DTC, 1 st Floor Conf Rm. A/B

District Board of Trustees Meeting Summary

At the start of the Feb. 20, 2007, District Board of Trustees meeting, Valencia President Sanford Shugart recognized Corporal Jennifer Fulford-Salvano of the Orange County Sheriff's office as the American Association of Community Colleges 2007 Outstanding Alumni. Fulford-Salvano will receive the award on April 16 in Tampa as part of the AACC's annual convention. She earned her A.A. degree from Valencia in 1993, and later returned to earn her Basic Law Enforcement Academy Certificate from the Criminal Justice Institute, where she is currently employed as an adjunct instructor. In 2004, Fulford-Salvano responded to a burglary-in-progress call placed by an eight-year-old boy who was hiding with his siblings in his mother's van from three armed men who had ambushed the house. Although she was struck a total of ten times, including an injury to her shooting arm, she was able to retrieve her weapon with her other hand and continue firing until both gunmen fell to the ground, while keeping the children safe. For her heroic actions, Fulford-Salvano received the Presidential Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor (the only woman ever to have received the nation's highest award bestowed upon public service officers), the National Sheriff's Association Deputy of the Year award, Police of the Year by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and PARADE magazine, and dozens of other awards at the local, state and national levels.

Corporal Jennifer Fulford-Salvano of the Orange County Sheriff's office

Also recognized was Dr. Ruth Prather, provost of East and Winter Park campuses, as one of the outstanding graduates of the University of Florida 's doctoral program in higher education leadership.

Reports

Osceola Campus - Dr. Silvia Zapico, provost of the Osceola campus, gave a brief overview of Osceola Campus enrollment and programs. She said that 5,541 students attended the Osceola Campus over the past year, with 40% of those of Hispanic descent. Fifty faculty, 28% of whom have earned PhDs, and 150 adjunct faculty currently teach at the campus. General education courses taught by Osceola faculty on the grounds of Poinciana High School have been very popular, Dr. Zapico said, with a current enrollment of 145 students. She also reported that she had met with Osceola County Schools Superintendent Blaine Muse recently to discuss moving the Poinciana High program to Liberty High School , which Mr. Muse approved. Dr. Zapico then welcomed Kevin Mulholland, dean of Humanities and Communications, who introduced professor Ronald Colburn, theatrical director of the Platform Players, a theater troupe made up of Osceola Campus students. The troupe presented a reading to the board that dramatized real student experiences at the Osceola Campus.

Osceola Student Government Association Report - Casey Evans, Osceola SGA parliamentarian, gave the board a brief presentation on SGA events both past and future at Osceola Campus including the upcoming "Rally in Tally" that a number of students will attend to voice their support for a sales tax exemption on text books.

Quarterly Financial Report - Keith Houck, vice president, Administrative Services, stated that enrollment is up for the spring term, with fewer non-resident students than in year's past. He provided the board with an outline of concerns identified by the Auditor General's report and said that all issues cited in the report were either resolved or soon-to-be-resolved.

Construction Report - Mr. Houck said that the program/schematic phase on Mod 10 on West Campus has been completed, the design of Mod 8 on West has been put on hold until May pending possible budgetary support from the legislature, and the educational specifications for Building 4 on Osceola are being drafted.

Faculty Development - Kaye Walter, executive vice president and chief learning officer of Academic Affairs, recognized Rhonda Glover, assistant vice president of Institutional Research and Learning Assessment, who was attending her final board meeting before retiring from the college. Dr. Walter also introduced her replacement, Jeff Cornett, director of Institutional Research. Dr. Walter then introduced Patrick Nellis, director of faculty development, and Helen Clarke, director of the Teaching and Learning Academy . Mr. Nellis and Ms. Clarke discussed faculty development as it supports the college's Strategic Learning Plan, key programs including tenure-track, the associate faculty program and a new incentive for post-tenure faculty.

Strategic Planning Update - Susan Kelley, vice president for Institutional Advancement and co-chair of the College Planning Council, said that the college was on target to produce a new strategic plan by November 2007. She said that a draft situational analysis was being presented for discussion collegewide and within the local community. Identifying strategic issues and goals will be the topic of an upcoming "big meeting" on March 2.

Spring Term Enrollment - Joyce Romano, vice president, Student Affairs, reviewed final enrollment data for the 2007 spring term with the board. Overall FTE enrollment was up 5%, she said, with headcount up 4%. Helping our enrollment, Dr. Romano said, were flex start courses which allow students to begin their coursework on five different start dates per term. Vice Chairman Lew Oliver commented that this was a tremendous way to make college more accessible to students.

Faculty Council Report - Tom Byrnes, Faculty Council president, discussed the Faculty Council's efforts with regard to professional development, tenure evaluation, the Institutional Effectiveness Team and student evaluation software.

Valencia Foundation Report - Valencia Trustee Raymer Maguire reported on a recent Foundation board retreat in Daytona Beach , where Dr. Shugart challenged the board to set high goals for themselves for future fundraising.

President's Report - Dr. Shugart discussed legislative priorities for the current session including a request for a $100 million appropriation to the Community College Program Fund, and $5 million in recurring funds for the Central Florida Higher Education Consortium to be used as start-up funds for the college's "Direct Connect" program with UCF. Dr. Shugart said that his work on Governor Charlie Crist's transition team has concluded, and that he has been invited to serve on a task force to align curriculum between high schools and colleges so that students are better prepared to go to college upon graduation. He also was invited by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to serve on a university and college cost containment task force leading to a national summit in May.

Consent Agenda - Approved under a consent agenda were the following new business items: budget amendment request for fiscal year 2006-07, capital outlay budget for fiscal year 2006-07, additions, deletions or modifications of courses and programs, Valencia Enterprises courses and fees, Human Resources agenda, submission of grant proposals and property deletion.

Academic Regalia for Commencement

Valencia will pay for faculty, administrators and professional staff regalia if ordered by March 9, 2007 . Orders must be made in person at your campus Business Office. Payment for regalia orders received after March 9 will be the direct responsibility of the employee. If you ordered regalia last year, the Business Office staff will have information that you must confirm is accurate. If you did not order regalia last year, you will need to provide the appropriate information, such as cap/gown size, degree level, field of study, and the university from which you graduated. Campus Business Offices are at the following locations:

•  East Campus - Building 5, Room 214

•  Osceola Campus - Building 1, Room 155

•  West Campus - Student Services Building , Room 101

•  Winter Park Campus - Room 206

•  Downtown Center personnel should contact Patty Nicholas (x3465)

Career Staff News

YOU, one of the many career staff employees, are of significant value to Valencia Community College -to the students, faculty, administrators and your peers. You help shape thousands of lives every day. Please join Dr. Dean Kohrs on March 6 for his presentation You are More Important Than You Know and hear how he reflects upon and reminds us of the critical importance of the career staff in setting the tone for student experience and success at Valencia . Join us for one of the following:

•  9 a.m . - East Campus, Room 5-112

•  11:30 a.m . - Winter Park Campus, Room 225/226

•  1:30 p.m . - West Campus, HSB 220

•  3:30 p.m . - Osceola Campus, Room 3-239

News from Procurement

Memberships & Miscellaneous - the P-card is an excellent tool to pay for memberships, professional journals and other small dollar expenses. The card is easy to use and reviewing your transactions a breeze! You can even access your account information from your home computer. If staff in your department doesn't already have this nifty tool, please complete and forward your P-Card application to Procurement at 4-42. The application can be found on our web-site: http://valenciacc.edu/procurement/ProcurementCard.asp

Valencia Copy Centers Receive State of the Art Equipment - Procurement Services has negotiated a new contract with IKON that will provide brand new, state-of-the-art equipment to the copy centers on East and West Campuses. The new equipment mainly consists of Canon iR7105's Image Runners, which is one of the best high speed, high volume, print machines in production. The Canon iR7105's are equipped with all of the extras that will provide improved efficiency and productivity. Implementation of this new equipment will also define methods and new document related workflow processes that will reduce or eliminate unnecessary steps and help migrate towards an electronic system of job requests.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to utilize the copy centers to the fullest extent possible. The time savings and high quality products produced as a result of the new equipment, and most importantly, the friendly, professional copy center staff, will make all of your duplicating/printing needs a breeze to accomplish.

Installation of the new copy center equipment is scheduled to begin the week of March 19, 2007, directly after spring break. Please contact Gwen Davis, East Campus or Cynthia DuPree, West Campus to find out more about how your copy centers can make life easier for you.

Last Call for Applications for Endowed Chairs for Learning Leadership Program

Applications are now being accepted for the 2007-08 Endowed Chairs for Learning Leadership Program. The program provides resources to full-time teaching faculty for the advancement of instruction and learning. This year the Valencia Foundation is offering 40 chairs, altogether totaling $130,400. The guidelines and application package with complete program details can be found on the foundation's website at   or by calling Becky Gallup at extension 3218. Application packets must be received in College & Community Relations by February 28 at 5:00 p.m.

Valencia Wellness, a Healthy Move Forward

One of the new wellness initiatives at Valencia is the Weight Watchers program on campus. There is a friendly competition between the East and West campuses and at last count East had lost a total of 249.60 pounds and West had lost a total of 199.80.

Each term free exercise classes are offered to all administrators, faculty and staff. They very per campus and even though they all started in January for the spring term, you can jump in anytime the classes are in session. For more information contact the campus:

•  East Campus-ext. 2281

•  Osceola Campus-ext. 4104

•  West Campus-ext. 1408

Upcoming Leadership Valencia Workshops

Introduction to GroupWise 7.0 - Learn new features of GroupWise 7.0.  Discuss topics such as managing groups and address books, viewing multiple screens, and effectively using your calendar. February 27, 2-4 p.m., Winter Park Campus, Room 134, registration code: TGW3 or March 6, 2-4 p.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-246, registration code: TGW4.

Circles of Belonging - Ever wonder what makes a person tick? Individual experiences play a huge part in shaping the way 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. March 8, 4-8 p.m., East Campus, room 3-113, registration code: PCOB4.

Streaming Your Assessments With Respondus and StudyMate - Bring your quizzes and testbanks and get ready to learn how to quickly and easily develop, edit, and publish quizzes, self tests, flashcards, crossword puzzles and many other interactive assessment tools to your WebCT component. Note: For WebCT Users Only. March 2, 1-4 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-326A, registration code: TSWRS3.

Formation is For Everyone - Bring your lunch and join us for ongoing, relaxed conversations around Parker Palmer's essay, "13 Ways of Looking at Community." 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. February 27, 1-2 p.m., East Campus, Room 4-212B, registration code: LFORM4.

PowerPoint Advanced - Get beyond the normal everyday presentation with Advanced PowerPoint. Transfer structured MS Word outlines directly to formatted slides in one step. Break out of the linear presentation model with Multiple Slide Masters and Action Buttons. Tailor your own content. Add video, sound and Flash interactive movies, even create and manipulate 3-D objects. Create everything you need for an interactive kiosk or self-loading CD-ROM. Share your presentation via e-mail, Word, Web page or as image files. February 27, 1-5 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-326A, registration code: TPPA or March 1, 1-5 p.m. East Campus, room 4-122, registration code: TPPA2.

Identity Theft - As of April 2003, 11.8 million Americans have been victims of identity theft. If you do not own a shredder in your home and/or place of work, if you still carry your social security card in your wallet, if you do not check merchant copies of your debit/credit card receipts, and if you still use the mailbox red flag, then you will want to attend this session. February 28, 2-3 p.m., East Campus, Room 8-105D, registration code: GIT.

Introduction to PowerPoint - This session will provide participants with basic PowerPoint presentation skills, including entering and editing backgrounds, text and images. Also covered will be slide transitions, custom animation, and printing options. March 2, 1-2:30 p.m., East Campus, Room 4-122, registration code: TIP1 or March 7, 1-2:30 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-326A, registration code: TIP2.

Florida Retirement System (FRS) & the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) - This first workshop provides an in-depth look at the FRS and DROP programs. Some of the topics will include your options under each one as well as how your retirement benefit is calculated and how your DROP money accumulates. Discussion will include the benefits that Valencia allows retirees to continue and the tax implications of your benefits. March 6, 3-4:30 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-202, registration code: GFRS.

Phone and E-mail Etiquette - This session will focus on utilizing phone and e-mail for great service. Learn tips on phone and e-mail etiquette with ideas on how phone and GroupWise features can assist you  Note: This session is sponsored by Career Staff Council. March 7, 2-4:30 p.m., East Campus, room 8-221, registration code: PPEE.

To register for any Leadership Valencia workshop or more information please visit http://valenciacc.edu/leadership.

Achieving the Dream (AtD), Supplemental Learning (SL) Update:

The Supplemental Learning Leadership Team is looking for excellent students to be trained as Supplemental Learning Leaders. Many of our best SL leaders have been recommended to us from instructors and staff such as yourself. For the summer semester, we are offering SL in MAT0012C, MAT0024C, MAT1033C, MAC1105, ENC1101, and POS2041. We will need SL leaders for each class that is offering an SL component. SL leaders participate in class, and they offer weekly "SL sessions" for students enrolled in SL courses.

Do you know of a great student who would make a great SL leader? Please contact your campus Supplemental Learning Coordinator:

•  East - Libby Gore, ext. 2385

•  Osceola - Al Groccia, ext. 4182

•  West - Russell Takishima, ext. 1724

•  Winter Park - Linda Hidek, ext 6817

Want to learn more about Supplemental Learning or how you can get involved? Check out our website: http://www.valenciacc.edu/dream/suppLearning.asp

Thank you

I was very moved by the outpouring of well wishes for my retirement. The phone calls, emails, cards, gifts, submissions to my scrapbook, and visits touched my heart. Then there was my Retirement Party. A sincere thank you to my HR family who organized and contributed to the party. I was overcome with gratitude for those of you who took the time to attend. It was wonderful to see each of you. I hope you had as much fun as I did! Thank you, everyone, so much for everything. I miss Valencia . Now back to the 7 day weekend!

Sue Bouchard