@PimaNews

November 5, 2009

Contents

• College Updates
  • Important: Reset Your Password
  • Serve on the Ad Hoc Review and Advisory Work Group Review Personnel Policy Statement (Common Policy)
  • Provide Input on Changes to the Personnel Policy Statement (Common Policy)
  • Learn About Gmail, the New Student Email System
  • Public Auction
• Best Practices: Tech Swap Program
• Upcoming Events
• Ongoing Events

College Updates

Important: Reset Your Password
Pima Community College is implementing a new program for managing and authenticating users.  This requires all users, including students, faculty, and staff, who have not reset their password since May 2009 to do so by January 1, 2010. If you do not change your password, you will not be able to login to PCC systems after January 1st, 2010 and you will have to click on the “Activate Your Account” link on the MyPima login page to set up access.

Use the following process to reset your password:

1. Log in to MyPima with your current username and password
2. Click on the “Change Password” link in the upper left corner of the screen
3. Follow the instructions

Serve on the Ad Hoc Review and Advisory Work Group to review the Personnel Policy Statement for College Employees (Common Policy)
Under the provision provided in Board Policy-4001, an ad hoc work group will be convened to review personnel policies and fringe benefits suggestions and provide recommendations for revisions to the Common Language policy.

If you are interested in serving, contact Donna Gifford, Assistant Vice Chancellor, at dgifford@pima.edu, by November 12, 2009. Please include your name, job title, location, and contact telephone number.  Individuals selected to participate will be notified by Human Resources by November 20, 2009.

Provide input on language changes to the Personnel Policy Statement for College Employees (Common Policy)
Board Policy-4001 permits individual employees and employee groups to provide input to the personnel policies and fringe benefits common to all employees. 

Please submit your suggestions for changes via email to humres@pima.edu.  Include in your suggestion the policy reference (if applicable) and the language you believe should be included or revised.

Your suggestions will be forwarded for review to the Ad Hoc Review and Advisory Work Group, comprised of non-exempt and exempt staff, and faculty.  This group will review suggestions received by November 30, 2009 and develop recommendations for revision to the Common Policy.

Recommendations will be reviewed by Chancellor’s Cabinet and those recommendations affirmed by Cabinet will be submitted to the Board of Governors in June 2010 for inclusion in the 2010/11 Personnel Policy Statement for College Employees.

Learn About Gmail, the New Student Email
PCC student e-mail is getting an upgrade. The new system goes live in January and includes applications that enhance students’ ability to work cooperatively with each other and faculty.  Please encourage students to attend one of the following informational sessions on Gmail and Google Apps:

Public Auction
Pima Community College will hold a Sealed Bid Public Auction of surplus equipment and supplies at the M&S Warehouse, 6680 S. Country Club Rd., from November 16-17, 2009. The Auction is 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

If you have any questions, please call Raul Bejarano at 206-2653 or the Central Warehouse at 206-2650.

Best Practices: Tech Swap Program

There are innovative ways of providing professional development opportunities to your support staff, even with little or no additional budget for the activities. PCC developed the Tech Swap program to address the needs of the institution and offer training to IT technicians and specialists.

The program is completely voluntary and provides entry level IT staff with cross-training throughout the district. Each technician spends a day at a host campus to assist in projects, deployments and trouble-shooting. It allows the technician to get to know colleagues, learn how technology is managed at other locations and, in general, learn more about the college. It is also an opportunity to brainstorm on different approaches and solutions to the technology-related issues that arise on a regular basis.

The schedule allows for an exchange of techs to take place once every six weeks.  The date is usually a Friday, but can be adjusted based on the needs of the location.  The visiting tech reports to the local supervisor for a schedule of the day’s activities or responsibilities.  The local supervisor oversees the activities and assigns and monitors tasks for the visiting tech.  The visiting tech may have a special interest in learning about a technique or method in use at the assigned campus.  Or, the local supervisor may have something unique to show the visiting tech. 

An expanded version of the program allows campuses to swap techs for a full week.

Upcoming Events

• Nov. 4-15: PCC Theatre Arts presents See How They Run, West Campus Black Box Theatre. For information and tickets, call 206-6986
• Nov. 9: Spring Semester Web Registration begins for continuing students
• Nov. 11: Veterans Day Holiday (College closed)
• Nov. 12: Student Withdrawal deadline
• Nov. 16: Spring Semester In Person Registration begins for continuing/returning students
• Nov. 20: Senior Anti-Crime Workshop, Desert Vista Campus Rooms C-106, C-107, C-108, 8 a.m. - noon. Register here
• Nov. 20-21: PCC Performing Arts department presents Opera and Musical Theatre Scenes, CFA Proscenium Theatre, West Campus, Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. For information call 206-6986 or visit www.pima.edu/cfa
• Nov. 26-29: Thanksgiving Holiday (College closed)
• Nov. 30: Spring Semester In Person Registration begins for new students
• Dec. 14-20: Final Exam Week
• Dec. 20: Fall Semester Classes end
• Dec. 21: Winter Intersession classes begin, held at the West Campus
• Dec. 24-Jan. 1: Winter Break (College offices closed Dec. 24 at noon)
• Jan. 4: Winter Intersession Student Withdrawal deadline
• Jan. 8: Winter Intersession Classes end
• Jan. 8: Fee payment deadline for Spring 2010 Semester

Ongoing Events

• Oct. 17-Nov. 24: PCC Photography faculty Ann Simmons-Myers exhibit, Temple Gallery (330 S. Scott Ave.)
• Oct. 26: Walking Dreams – Prints, Paintings, Photography at the Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. For more information, call 206-6942 or visit www.pima.edu/cfa
• Nov. 4-15: PCC Theatre Arts presents See How They Run, West Campus Black Box Theatre. For tickets and information, call 206-6986 or visit www.pima.edu/cfa

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