@PimaNews

February 4, 2009

Contents

• College Updates
  • Budget Q & A Sessions
  • Pima Community College Auction
  • Interim Final Rule for Form I-9 Delay
  • New Faculty & Adjunct Faculty Certification Website
  • Reminder: Accreditation Workshops
  • Special Pricing for Adobe Products for Personal Use
  • Microsoft Home Use Program
  • Training: Instructor-led Banner Workshops
• Accreditation Update
• Pima People
• Upcoming Events
• Ongoing Events

College Updates

Budget Q & A Sessions
Dr. Roy Flores, Dr. Suzanne Miles, and Dr. David Bea will hold two question-and-answer sessions about the current budget situation.  All faculty and staff are welcome to attend either session:

Pima Community College Auction
Pima Community College will be holding a Public Auction of surplus equipment and supplies at the M&S Warehouse, 6680 S. Country Club Rd., on February 23rd and 24th. The Auction time is from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on Monday and Tuesday. All items must be picked up by 4:00 pm on Wednesday, February 25th.

If you have any questions, please call Raul Bejarano at 206-2653.

Interim Final Rule for Form I-9 Delay
Employees who process new-hire paperwork: please continue to use the Form I-9 with a revision date of 06/05/07. The revision date is found in the lower right-hand corner of the form. The interim final rule affecting the Form I-9 has been delayed until April 3, 2009.

An accompanying Handbook for Employers (M-274) will be published by the effective date of the rule. For more information, please go to www.uscis.gov/pressroom.

New Faculty & Adjunct Faculty Certification Website
The College has created a new website designed to help new faculty and adjunct faculty successfully complete the certification process.  The website can be found at http://www.pima.edu/certification.

Reminder: Accreditation Workshops
The Accreditation Workshop series will continue through April 2009.  Seating is limited, so please make sure to register early!

To register, contact Carrie McLaughlin at 206-4522.

Special Pricing for Adobe Products for Personal Use
PCC now offers special pricing on some Adobe products. Discounts up to 80% off commercial prices are available on thirteen Adobe products. Currently enrolled or employed students, faculty and staff are eligible to participate in the Adobe Student Licensing Option.  Students will need to provide proof of current enrollment, such as a current Student I.D. or I.D. with current class schedule. Faculty and staff will need to submit employment verification, such as a current paycheck stub along with a photo I.D.

Information on this plan can be found on the college website. Contact the Helpdesk at 206-4900 or Helpdesk@pima.edu if you have questions.

Microsoft Home Use Program
Microsoft has a new program that offers faculty and staff an inexpensive opportunity to purchase the Microsoft Office suite of products for either the Macintosh or Windows systems. The program is titled the Home Use Program (HUP) and is different from the Work at Home (WAH) program currently offered. The Home Use Program is open to all employees, administrators, staff, faculty and adjunct faculty. Applications include the Office Enterprise suite of products, SharePoint Designer and Project, and are not restricted to work-related activities.  Employees who have purchased any Microsoft products through the Work at Home program may continue to use those products.

Information on this plan can be found on the college website.  Contact the Helpdesk at 206-4900 or Helpdesk@pima.edu if you have questions.

Training: Instructor-led Banner Workshops
The Office of Professional Development is offering instructor-led Banner workshops. For a complete schedule, click here.

Training is still available in ED for Introduction to Banner and Data Standards, Admissions and Registration and Student Services. Development of online learning for Banner Finance modules is continuing.

Accreditation Update
The following is an excerpt from an article by Theresa Riel in the East Campus ECHO.

As one of the East Campus representatives on PCC’s Student Learning Outcome Committee, I would like to bring the campus up to date on what the committee has been doing. The following is a summary of the committee’s activities to date, and the recommendations for this fiscal year:

1. SLO Committee members met monthly to plan, implement and monitor progress. The faculty co-chair of SLO serves on the General Education Committee. The administrative co-chair of the General Education Committee serves on the SLO Committee. (I am faculty co-chair on both of these committees!)
2. SLO Facilitators met weekly to plan workshops, review Discipline Leader applications, and develop reporting forms, handouts and workshop materials.
3. Provided SLO Workshops to college constituency – four Overview Sessions for full-time faculty, four Overview Sessions for adjunct faculty, and two Overview Sessions for administrators.
4. Provided SLO Special Presentations to local and national audiences – two presentations to Faculty Senate, one orientation at New Faculty Academy, and a motivational presentation at All Faculty Day. A SLO Team presented “A Faculty Driven Assessment Plan” at the North Carolina Undergraduate Assessment Symposium; and a SLO Team presented “Developing a Culture of SLO Assessment” at the NASPA Conference.
5. Provided SLO Training Sessions – four Training Sessions for Discipline Leaders, plus numerous individual follow-up and training.

Article continued next week.

Pima People

• Charlette Padilla, Business/Fashion Merchandising Faculty at the Downtown Campus, published an article in the International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management. The article is titled, "Exploring Urban Retailing and CBD Revitalization."
• Correction: Pima Community College designer, Conrad Mendez, is a finalist in the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) Paragon Awards Competition, not Julie Hecimovich as reported last week.

Upcoming Events

• February 8: College Goal Sunday, Downtown & Desert Vista Campus, 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Volunteer opportunity to assist high school students attend college
• February 11: Ms. Rosa Parks Living History Makers Awards, Rigo’s Restaurant (S. 4th Ave & E. 36th St.) at 5:30 pm. RSVP to (520) 903-2838
• February 19: Health Care in Pima County Community Forum, West Campus, 6:00 pm
• 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 7:30 pm
• 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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