Vol. XXXIV, No. 22

June 13, 2005

This Week at Valencia.


Tuesday, June 14:

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

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

Wednesday, June 15:

East Campus Staff, 9 a.m., East Campus 3-113

Career Staff Council, 10 a.m., Winter Park 246

Design & Operations-Deans & Team, 1 p.m., East Campus 3-113


"Still Life" a play by Emily Mann, 7:30 p.m. June 16, 17,18 and 2 p.m. June 19, Black Box Theatre, East Campus

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

The latest from Leadership Valencia

Smoking Cessation - This workshop is designed to provide methods that can help participants fight the urge to smoke. Join us on Tuesday, June 14, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., West Campus, Room 9-123, registration code GSC2.

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. Join us on Tuesday, June 14, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-116, registration code TIPP2 or Friday, June 17, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-116, registration code TIPP3.

Banner Refresh: Reviewing Transfer Articulation - Topics will include reviewing transfer coursework, and transfer equivalency catalogs and an introduction to the new EDI system. Note: 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 Wednesday, June 15, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., 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 giving instructors the ability to aggregate student works into digital portfolios. Join us on Wednesday, June 15, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., at West Campus, Room 6-327B, registration code TTII, or Thursday, June 16, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Osceola Campus, Room 2-116, registration code TTII2.

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. Join us on Friday, June 17, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Sand Lake Center, Room TBA, registration code PISFS.

Banner Refresh: Reviewing Student Academic History - Topics will include reviewing course history, grade change information, transcript events and student degree/graduation status. Note: Limited to staff who have access privileges to query student Academic History module of Banner Join us on Friday, June 17, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., East Campus, Room 5-213, registration code TRSAHE, or Tuesday, June 21, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., West Campus, SSB-142, registration code TRSAHW.

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.

News from Procurement

The end is coming! Year End, that is. All requisitions in the system will need to be turned into Purchase Orders by June 30, 2005. Any Incomplete or In Process requisitions will be canceled at the end of business on June 30, 2005. New requisitions for FY 2005-2006 can not be entered until Friday, July 1, 2005.

Information from Mail Services: Like other service departments at the college, Mail Services is watching expenses, while seeking methods to become more efficient in providing services to you, our customers. We are experimenting with a local pre-sort company that allows us to set our postage meter at .35 cents as opposed to the regular rate of .37 cents for regular mail. The preliminary results thus far, show that we are already saving roughly $300-$500 per month through this company.

On the expense side of the equation, a recent analysis shows that the college has spent in excess of $10,000.00 this fiscal year on just express mailings. Understandably, express mail services are necessary from time to time to fulfill the College's mission. Given this, we respectfully request that you utilize the express mail services only when your package absolutely, positively, has to be there overnight. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Please be assured that we will continue to look for ways that we can improve our service to you. Suggestions for improvement are encouraged and should be sent to Ed Ames, eames@valenciacc.edu. Mail Services has also established a web site that provides the latest mail codes, delivery times and contact personnel, at http://www.valenciacc.edu/procurement/mailservices.asp

Procurement has successfully rolled out the Procurement Card Program College Wide! If you are interested in learning more about the Valencia credit card, visit our web-site at: http://valenciacc.edu/procurement/ProcurementCard.asp. P-card holders are reminded to assess their budgets for the next Fiscal Year so that their accounts can be set up in a timely manner. An informational session will be held this month on East and West Campuses so that all questions and concerns can be addressed. Card holders and coordinators will be notified via e-mail with details.

News from the College Learning Council

The 2004-2005 College Year is the fourth year of the college's journey in collaborative college governance. As the end of the fiscal year approaches, each of the governing councils highlights its accomplishments in an annual report. Accomplishments of the College Learning Council include:

Completing work on the Valencia Sabbatical Policy. The policy was developed as a collaborative effort, with input from many different constituents. Administrators, faculty, and professional staff are included in the policy, which is different from similar policies in the past.

Reviewing the tenure process, based on feedback from the first class of tenure graduates since new tenure processes have been put in place. The Tenure Summit was held in fall, and resulted in recommendations for revisions to the tenure training manual for tenure review panels at the College.

Commissioning a Work Team for Labs and Student Support Centers. The charge of the team includes the review of existing mathematics and communications labs and support centers on all campuses; and formulating recommendations based on a college-wide vision, mission, outcomes, and assessments for the labs and centers.

Commissioning a Work Team for Alternative Delivery of Instruction at the College. The Team will establish a college-wide vision and mission, as well as policies and procedures for alternative instructional formats at the College.

Kudos

Christine Evans, Security Manager of West, DTC and Sand Lake has achieved the designation of Certified Instructor in Domestic Preparedness by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and National Center for Biomedical Research and Training. Chris has already begun delivering this training to security staff on a college-wide basis.

A poem titled "On Recognizing Saints" by Marilyn McLatchey, Professor of Humanities, East Campus, has been selected as the winner of the Annie Finch Prize for Poetry. The poem will be published in the Fall/Winter 05-06 issue of The National Poetry Review.

With the assistance and direction of Dr. Paula Gastenveld, Provost, West Campus, Hal White, Dean of Health Sciences, and Ray Taylor, Program Director for EMS, Valencia Community College has partnered with Eastern New Mexico University to provide paramedic clinical training for 21 special forces personnel from Kirkland Air Force Base, Roswell, NM. These 21 students have enrolled in Valencia's Paramedic program and will undergo intensive and critical care training at the West Campus followed by clinical internships with Orange County Fire Rescue, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Florida Hospital Orlando, and Osceola Regional Medical Center.

At the completion of the program, the students will return to New Mexico for 6 additional weeks of aero medical training and rapid helicopter evacuation exercises. Following graduation, the majority of the students will be deployed to Iraq, providing first line out-of-hospital medical care for both U.S. and coalition soldiers along with the civilian population.

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.