Vol. XXXIV, No. 21

June 6, 2005

This Week at Valencia.

Wednesday, June 8:

College Executive Council, 8:30 a.m., DTC

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

"Still Life" a play by Emily Mann, 7:30 p.m. June 10 & 11; 2 p.m. June 12, Black Box Theatre, East Campus

Symbiosis: Works on Paper by Rachael Simmons, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, East Campus runs through August 5

Circles of Belonging

Recently a group of faculty and staff members trained by the National MultiCultural Institute, delivered the first series of Circle of Belonging workshops as part of Valencia's new diversity initiative, designed to promote inclusion, inquiry, and influence in the workplace. Special thanks to our presenters: Gisela Acosta, Gordon Barcalow, Anthony Beninati, Priscilla Gray, Mary Hardaway, Brenda Hicks, Gloria Hines, Debi Jakubcin, Gerald Jones, Betsy Kaniecki, Jocelyn Morales, Yasmeen Qadri, David Sutton, Chanda Torres, and Nicholle Trapp.

Watch for the Circles of Belonging coming this Fall to a campus near you.

The latest from Leadership Valencia

Introduction to CPS - Come learn how this formative assessment tool can bring new life and interaction into your classroom. Users must bring their course textbook and blank diskette. Join us on Monday, June 6, 2-3:30 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-221, registration code TICPS.

Smoking Cessation - This workshop is designed to provide methods that assist participants work through issues they may encounter when trying to stop smoking. Join us on Tuesday, June 7, 2:30-4:30 p.m., East Campus, Room 3-113; registration code GSC1 or Tuesday, June 14, 2:30-4:30 p.m., West Campus, Room 9-123, registration code GSC2.

Photoshop Heart and Soul - If you need to take your Photoshop skills to the next level, take this intensive course on Photoshop. Seamlessly blend images together, apply effects selectively to specified areas, and make tiles for web page backgrounds. Learn the heart and soul of image manipulation selections, Quick Masks, Alpha Channels, Adjustment Layers, and Layer Masks. Join us on Tuesday, June 7, 1-5 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-220, registration code TPHS607.

Banner Refresh: Reviewing Advising Functions - This workshop provides training for staff who provide advising to students and are authorized by his or her department supervisor to add and remove holds, provide pre-requisite permission for courses and override academic standing. Training topics will include documenting student visits, adding and removing holds, entering pre-requisite permission and overriding academic status. Note: Participation is limited to staff who have access to student forms in Banner. Join us on Tuesday, June 7, 9-11 a.m., East Campus, Room 5-213, registration code TRAFE or Thursday, June 9, 2-4 p.m., West Campus, SSB-142, registration code TRAFW.

Reading Circle: Life Launch - A Life Launch is the beginning of a new chapter of your life. Each Life Launch requires a fresh new vision, new plans, and inner courage as you shift gears from yesterday's commitments to tomorrow's possibilities. Attendees of this reading circle will receive a copy of Life Launch: A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life and have a chance to speak with co-author Pamela McLean. Join us on Thursday, June 09, 1-3 p.m., Winter Park Campus, Room 115, registration code GRCLL.

Advanced CPS Techniques - Come see how to bring ready-made standards, test banks, and presentations into your CPS file. Participants must bring their course textbook and a blank diskette for storing their data. Participants must have a working knowledge of CPS before attending this workshop. Join us on Monday, June 13, 2-3:30 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-327B, registration code TACPS.

Introduction to PowerPoint 2003 - Discover the ease and flexibility of designing PowerPoint presentations. Get basic hands-on instruction and learn how to enhance your class with creative visuals. No previous PowerPoint experience needed. Note: Individualized sessions are also available, for more information please call: Osceola Campus, extension 4812, West Campus, extension 1949, or East Campus extension 2425. Join us on Monday, June 13, 5-6:30 p.m., at West Campus, Room 6-327B, registration code: TIPP1 OR Tuesday, June 14, 5-6:30 p.m., at Osceola Campus, Building 2 Room 116, registration code TIPP2 OR Friday, June 17, 9-11 a.m., at Osceola Campus, Building 2 Room 116, registration code: TIPP3

Banner Refresh: Reviewing Transfer Articulation - Topics will include reviewing transfer coursework, and transfer equivalency catalogs and introduce you to the new EDI system. Note: Hands-on participation is limited to staff who have access privileges to query student Transfer Articulation forms in Banner and who have a general understanding of system navigation. Join us on Monday, June 13, 9-11 a.m., at East Campus, Room 5-213, registration code: TRTAE OR Wednesday, June 15, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at West Campus, SSB-142, registration code: TRTAW

Turn-it-In - Turnitin.com is an online resource for educators and students concerned with developing quality writing and research skills. Specifically, it provides a reliable, efficient, and powerful deterrent to digital plagiarism as well as it gives instructors the ability to aggregate student works into digital portfolios. Come see how this tool can help ease your workload when it comes to managing student papers. Join us on Wednesday, June 15, 2-3 p.m., at West Campus, Room 6-327B, registration code: TTII OR Thursday, June 16, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., at Osceola Campus, Building 2 Room 116

Interaction Skills for Success - Every choice you make affects your on-the-job interactions, which plays a vital role in being successful. During this workshop the 10 Basic Beliefs- the foundation for all interactions- will be taught and reviewed through videos, discussion, role playing, self- assessment, and interactive activities in which each person will build skills in using the esteem, empathy, and involvement of Key Principles to help meet personal needs. Through this, participants will learn about personal and practical needs and explore the struggles people face in meeting others' needs and how making the right choices leads to success. Join us on Friday, June 17, 8:30 a.m.-12 noon, at Sand Lake Center, Room TBA, registration code: PISFS

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 call Donna Dudash at ext. 3128.

Career Staff Recognition Announcement correction

Bebi Ali, West; Gwen Ball, Sand Lake; Dang Dang, West; Candy Davis, West; Nazario Garcia, East; Dris Hallock, West; Bruce Wright, West were listed incorrectly under the Retirees section. They were recognized for 20 years of service at the Career Service Service Recognition Dinner on May 24.

Still Life Gives a Real Picture of War's Fallout

The Valencia Character Company will present Emily Mann's moving docudrama, Still Life, on June 10-12 and 15-19, with curtain times at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Still Life is based on a series of interviews conducted by the author in 1978, shortly after the end of the Vietnam War. Interviews of a soldier, his pregnant wife and an older female friend reveal each one's perspective on war (specifically Vietnam, though the parallels to Iraq are uncanny). The larger issues the play poignantly examines are the affects of war on soldiers, families and friends, and the warrior's struggle with values very different from those at home.

General admission is $6. Seniors, students, and Valencia staff and alumni are $5. The show will take place in the Black Box Theater on the college's East Campus, 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail in Orlando. The play contains adult themes and language, and is not suitable for children. For reservations or further information, please call the box office at (407) 582-2900.

Kudos

Myrna Caban, Intensive English Program Coordinator/DSO, Center for Global Languages, recently attended The MetLife Foundation Reading America Training in Scottsdale, Arizona. She will be collaborating with the Orange County Library System on an 8-week series of programs funded by a MetLife Foundation and Libraries for the Future grant. For more info, visit http://www.lff.org/programs/readingamerica.html.

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, Staff Assistant in Marketing and Media Relations. 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.