@PimaNews

January 21, 2009

Contents

• College Updates
  • Informal "Let's Chat" Sessions with Provost Suzanne Miles
  • Blackboard Vista Student Help Site
• Best Practices - PCC Truck Driving Program
• Pima People
• Upcoming Events

College Updates

Informal “Let’s Chat” Sessions with Provost Suzanne Miles
Dr. Suzanne Miles and members of the Provost’s team will hold informal “Let’s Chat” sessions for Spring 2009.  Sessions are from Noon to 1:00 pm for the following dates and locations.

• West Campus – Wednesday, April 15, 2009 (Cafeteria)
• Northwest Campus – Wednesday, April 22, 2009 (Cafeteria)
• Downtown Campus – Wednesday, April 29, 2009 (Cafeteria)

Blackboard Vista Student Help Site
The College has begun using Blackboard Vista, a new learning management system.  To help students transition to the new system, there is a new website: http://cc.pima.edu/~bbstudents.

Best Practices—PCC Truck Driving Program
PCC’s Truck Driving Program offers three certificates for direct employment.  “The program began in September 1999 and enrolls approximately 100-150 students per year,” states Ramona Garcia, Program Coordinator.

The Class A Vehicle Driver Certificate provides students with the skills required to obtain a commercial driver’s license.  The Professional Truck Driver Certificate provides in-depth training for positions in the trucking industry.  Training includes a paid externship with a local trucking employer.  The Commercial Truck Driver Certificate covers everything in the Class A Vehicle Driver training course plus an additional 40 hours of behind the wheel driving instruction in preparation for solo driving positions.

Pima People

• West Campus Speech faculty member, Cynthia Meier, received the Arizona Daily Star's Mac Award for Best Actress of 2008.
• On Saturday, January 10, three Pima Community College music students participated in the first annual Arizona Intercollegiate Concert Band.  The performance was held in Mesa, Arizona, as part of the Arizona Music Educators Association State In-Service Conference.  Alexandria Quinn, flute; Jason Ancrum, tenor saxophone; and Jacob Hintze were the musicians selected from PCC.

Upcoming Events

• January 22: PCC Community Education Lecture Series presents “National Heritage Areas: Celebrating Heritage and Empowering Communities” at 6:30 pm at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road.  The presentation is by Vanessa Bechtol, Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance
• January 22: First 5-week Session Begins
• January 23: Workshop for students transferring to the University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Downtown Campus, LB 171, 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
• January 28: PCC Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Constructed Works exhibition gallery talk, 11:30 am-12:30 pm and reception for the artists, 5:00 pm. Call the Gallery at 206-6942 for more information
• February 2: 14-week Late Start Term Begins
• February 8: College Goal Sunday, Desert Vista Campus, 2:00 to 4:00 pm.  Volunteer opportunity to assist high school students attend college
• February 25: Graduation Application Deadline
• February 25 – March 8: PCC Theatre Arts presents the musical “Footloose,” at the Center for the Arts Proscenium Theatre.  Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 pm, and Sunday at 2:00 pm.  Opening celebration, “80’s Night,” February 26 at 7:30pm
• February 26-27: Rodeo Holiday
• February 27: First 5-week Session Ends
• February 28: Second 5-week Session Begins

Ongoing Events

• January 20 – March 6: PCC Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery presents the Constructed Works exhibition, featuring Alice Leora Briggs, Vicki Ragan and David Adix. Contact the Gallery at 206-6942 for hours and more information.

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