Vol. XXXIV, No. 13

April 11, 2005

This Week at Valencia.

Tuesday, April 12:

Faculty Senate, 1:15 p.m., West Campus, 1-151

Osceola Campus Faculty/Staff, 1:20 p.m., Osceola Campus, 1-232

Spring Band Concert, 7:30 p.m., East Campus Performing Arts Center

Wednesday, April 13:

College Executive Council, 8:30 a.m., Osceola Campus, 2-223

College wide Curriculum Committee, 2 p.m., East Campus, 5-112

Learning Evidence Team, 2:30 p.m., Osceola Campus, TBA

Thursday, April 14:

Faculty Senate, 1 p.m., East Campus, 3-113

Spring Coffeehouse, 7 p.m., East Campus, 5-112

Friday, April 15:

Tenure Candidate Reception, 4 p.m., DTC

Florida Play Competition, April 13, 14, and 15, 7:30 p.m.; April 16, 2 p.m., East Campus Black Box Theater

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding", April 14 and 15, 8 p.m.; April 16, 2 p.m., West Campus 5-111

The latest from Leadership Valencia

Communication Tools: Online communication and collaboration can be important aspects of your online course. WebCT offers several built-in tools to help you build an online community through synchronous and asynchronous tools. Topics covered include the importance of online communications, advantages and challenges to using online communications, using WebCT communication and collaboration tools. Prerequisite is prior knowledge of WebCT or attendance at one of the following two sessions: What is WebCT? or Getting Started with WebCT. This workshop will be presented by Matt Ames on Monday, April 11, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-220, registration code TWCT411.

Assessment Tools in WebCT: In this course, participants will work with Respondus in WebCT. Respondus allows you to easily create multiple choice, matching, true/false, and paragraph questions as well as integrate tables, fonts, and images as part of the questions and answers without knowing HTML. Prerequisite: Prior knowledge of WebCT or attendance at one of the following three sessions: What is WebCT?, Getting Started with WebCT, or Communication Tools. This workshop will be presented by Matt Ames on Wednesday, April 13, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-220, registration code TWCT413.

Taking Advantage of Your Students' Brains: This interactive program will help teachers organize their material to take advantage of how their students' brains work. Cognitive concepts include physical memory development, multi-sensory stimuli, elaborative rehearsal, active learning, and the Zone of Proximal Development. This workshop will be presented by Ivan Applebaum on Tuesday, April 19, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., West Campus, Room 3-229, registration code LBRAIN.

Oracle 11i for Beginners: This introductory class for the Oracle 11i online financial system is offered to new employees and first time users of the Oracle 11i financial software system. This two-day class includes instructions on creating requisitions, looking at budgets, printing reports, and general purchasing procedures. This workshop will be presented by Brian Bastin and Mary Ellen Davies on Wednesday & Thursday, April 20-21, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Winter Park Campus, Room 219, registration code TORBEG3.

To register for any Leadership Valencia workshop, mail a completed registration form to DTC-1, fax to ext. 3134, or register online at http://valenciacc.edu/leadership/regstr.asp. For additional information please e-mail Heather Coxe at hcoxe@valenciacc.edu .

Don't miss "A Funny Thing Happened"

Stefani Koorey, Professor of Film Theater and Humanities, West Campus, brings "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding" to life this week. The play, by the Roman comic playwright Plautus, is the madcap story of a dirty old man who wants to have his slave marry Casina, his ward, so he can, as tradition allows, have first night rights with her. Meanwhile, the old man's wife wants her slave to marry Casina so their son can have those rights. It is a classic battle of the sexes and, as you suspect, the old man gets his just deserts! Our show is April 15-17, and 22-24, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday, in Building 5-111, West Campus. Admission is Free.

Sick Leave Pool Enrollment

Enrollment materials for the Sick Leave Pool were sent out April 4, 2005 to eligible full-time employees. A full-time employee is eligible to join the Sick Leave Pool if he or she:

. has been employed full-time with the College for 12 months, and

. has accumulated at least 10 days of unused personal sick leave as of March 31, 2005, and

. has not declined a previous enrollment opportunity as a regular employee of the College.

If you are eligible and elect to join, your Letter of Authorization must be received in Human Resources, by the close of business on Thursday, April 14. Three days of sick leave will be transferred from each new member's personal balance on April 22. Membership in the pool is voluntary and will be effective April 25, 2005. If you are eligible to join and elect not to, you may not receive another opportunity, but please return the form to 4-25 with the waiver information completed.

SLP enrollment packets are not sent to those employees who are current members of the SLP or to employees who have declined a previous enrollment opportunity.

Contact Sue Bouchard, ext 1780, if you did not receive your materials or if you have any questions.

5K Run will benefit cancer diagnostic services

Plans are underway for the 3rd Annual Community 5K for a Cure to be held Sunday, April 17, 2005 at Central Winds Park in Winter Springs. Thank you to those of you that supported this event last year. Together we were over 600 strong and raised $32,000!

The success of last year's event was greater than we anticipated. We are proud to report 91% ($30,000) of the 2004 proceeds have been donated to Ann-Lynn's Way, under the Breast & Cervical Cancer Program housed at the Seminole County Health Department. To date, Ann-Lynn's Way has provided over 225 diagnostic services to 154 women ranging from age 23 - 65 whom otherwise would have gone with such service. We invite you to learn more about us and our organization, committees and sponsorship opportunities by checking out our website at: http://www.community5kforacure.com. For more information, please contact Professor Tracy Harrison, West Campus, ext. 1024, or call 407-810-5401.

Kudos

Dr. Linda Speranza, Professor of Nursing, West Campus, has been chosen as a finalist for the 2005 Nursing Spectrum/Nurseweek Excellence Awards in the "Teaching" category. The Nursing Spectrum-Nurseweek Excellence Awards is a national program of recognizing extraordinary contributions nurses make to their patients, each other, and the profession. Nursing Spectrum is an RN-led communications company that celebrates nurses and the profession of nursing. Their 12 regional print publications (NurseWeek and Nursing Spectrum) reach more than one million nurses and nursing students across the U.S. The Awards Gala will take place in Ft. Lauderdale on May 25, 2005.

Dr. Tami Rogers, Susan Stone and Patricia Woodbery, Professors of Nursing, West Campus, presented a workshop on "Technology in the Classroom" at the National Student Nurses' Convention in Salt Lake City on April 9, 2005.

Dr. Jared Graber, Dean of Business, Behavioral and Social Sciences, West Campus, has been selected to participate in Harvard University's Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE), June 18 - 30, 2005. MLE is designed for experienced administrators responsible for thinking strategically about their institution's academic change agenda: new curricula, new modes of delivery, new alliances, and more diverse students. For two weeks, MLE participants live, study, talk, and attend classes together. They work with faculty and with each other-testing new ideas, and developing new strategies to help institutions become more flexible and responsive. The program helps participants assess the effectiveness of their leadership and clarify how well their institutions are positioned to meet future challenges.

Winsome Bennett, Facility Coordinator, just completed her degree program at Walden University in Minnesota. She received a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences and will graduate in July.

Bernie Royce, Professor of EMT, West Campus, has contributed to the review and editing of a new textbook, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Ninth Edition.

The Winter Park Campus was awarded a certificate of recognition by Fire Marshall Randall Mells of the Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department for providing a fire-safe atmosphere for both the patrons and their employees.

Thank you.

This is to express my very sincere appreciation to my Valencia family for the outpouring of loving support and kindness that you have shown me at my father's passing. His struggle has ended on this earth, and he is now at peace. Those of you who wish to join us as we bid him farewell are welcome to do so on April 15 at 5 p.m. at All Souls Cemetery in Sanford for a brief graveside service.

                     - Richard Sansone

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