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Aug. 21, 2025

  • College Updates
    • Help Us Amplify Student Voices
    • Pima Launches New Tool For Students
    • Campus Success Coaches Earn National Recognition
    • 2025 Asset Inventory Begins Sept. 2
    • Training for Federal Work Study Supervisors and Potential Supervisors
    • Policy Review
    • AICPP Sessions Continue Through August
    • New Way to Share Suggestions with ODR
    • Start Planning Your 2026-2027 Sabbatical Proposal
    • Get Help with Your Community Engagement
  • Pima People
  • Pima Arts News
  • Pima Athletics News
  • Employee Wellness
    • Sign Up for Virtual Workshops and Challenges

College Updates

Help Us Amplify Student Voices
Pima’s marketing is evolving — we’re putting real students front and center to showcase their unique Pima journeys and let their voices shine. Know a student or alum who’d be a great fit? Encourage them to fill out this short form! They can share as much about themselves as they’d like and let us know which marketing projects interest them. With your help, we can feature more students and highlight the wide range of academic paths, interests and goals that make our Pima community so diverse. If you have questions, contact marketing@pima.edu.

Pima Launches New Tool For Students
Student Affairs is launching a new outreach tool. AskPima is an AI-based chatbot powered by EdSights. Starting Aug. 26, AskPima will text a new student pilot group to check in, answer questions and share resources — helping Student Affairs to support student success. AskPima can respond to a wide range of college-related questions, providing real-time information in areas such as belonging, wellness, financial stress and academic engagement. Email pcc-askpima@pima.edu for more information.

Campus Success Coaches Earn National Recognition
Teasha Decaire, Christina Gartelos, Pedro González, Francisco Lizárraga and Pepper Boyer — all ACTP-certified academic coaches — recently received the first-ever Association for the Coaching & Tutoring Profession (ACTP) Learning Center of the Month Award. The team was commended for its 90% retention rate and innovative strategies to enhance student success, such as this coach video. Learn more here.

2025 Asset Inventory Begins Sept. 2
The 2025 Asset Inventory opens Sept.2 and must be completed by Nov. 26 —  inventory is not considered complete until submitted in Banner > Inventory Self-Service.

Training for Federal Work Study Supervisors and Potential Supervisors
The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will host spring FWS supervisor training through October. If you are interested in joining this virtual training, sign up now: FWS Supervisor Training (FY26).

 Policy Review
The following items are available for the 21-day review and comment period:

BP 4.03:  Enterprise Risk Management

AP 4.03.01:  Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program

AP 9.01.012:  Electronic Email (Email)

AICPP Sessions Continue Through August
Through the summer and the start of the fall semester, the AI Community of Practice and Play is shifting focus to support the college-wide release of Gemini, NotebookLM and Grammarly with repeating orientations that cover the basics of these new tools.

Here’s the schedule for these introductory sessions. 

August

  • Aug. 21, 4 p.m.  (first day of fall semester classes)
  • Aug. 22, 8 a.m. 
  • Aug. 25, 4 p.m.
  • Aug. 26, 4 p.m.
  • Aug.  29, Noon

Click here to join the meetings.

New Way to Share Suggestions with ODR
The Office of Dispute Resources (ODR) has launched a new email address, pcc-suggestions@pima.edu, where you can send ideas or feedback that is not a formal complaint. ODR staff will review and pass along suggestions to the appropriate individuals or departments for consideration. For more information, visit the ODR page on MyPima or call 520-206-4686.

Start Planning Your 2026-2027 Sabbatical Proposal
It’s not too early for full-time faculty members to begin preparing your sabbatical proposal for the 2026-2027 academic year. The submission deadline is Oct. 20.

The Sabbatical Program offers eligible full-time faculty the opportunity for extended professional development that benefits students, colleagues, the College and community. Faculty members may apply for their first one-semester (six-month) full-pay or half-pay sabbatical after completing five consecutive academic or fiscal years of full-time service at the College. For guidelines, visit MyPima > Intranet Home > Academic Services > Faculty Professional Development. If you have questions or need assistance with your application, please contact a member of the Faculty Professional Development & Sabbatical Committee.

Get Help with Your Community Engagement
The Community Engagement dashboard is accessible on MyPima. There you can:

  • Learn more about Pima’s collegewide community engagement and the resources available to you.
  • Report your community engagement for posting to the collegewide calendar.
  • Sign up for volunteer opportunities to share your subject-matter expertise.
  • Share your volunteer opportunities and outreach photos.

If you have questions, contact Joi Stirrup, jstirrup@pima.edu.

Pima People

“Over Again,” a short film written and directed by Jeff Brack and co-produced by PCC’s Julie Bonner (Digital Arts), just won Best Drama Short at the Long Beach International Film Festival. This award-winning production was a true collaboration between professionals and emerging talent — with PCC students, faculty and University of Arizona alums.

  • Robert Loomis, of PCC’s Film Program, helped secure a campus location for filming and recruited student filmmakers to work on set.
  • PCC students Mike Korchmaros, William Hubbard and Nick McKenna joined the production as production assistants, gaining real-world experience.
  • The film’s audio team included PCC grad Darren Barton (sound mixer/recordist) and PCC student Shawn Christ (boom operator).

Pima Arts News

Here are some ongoing and upcoming Pima Arts events:

  • Through Sept. 6: “Southern Arizona Arts Guild Exhibition,” West Campus Visual Arts Gallery

Unless noted, Pima Arts programs and exhibitions are free to the public.

Stay up-to-date on Pima Arts events by checking the Pima Arts Calendar. If you have questions, contact 520-206-6986 or centerforthearts@pima.edu.

Pima Athletics News

Support Pima Athletics at this week’s home women’s soccer scrimmage:

  • Aug. 23: Women’s Soccer vs. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (scrimmage), West Campus, Aztec Field, 5:45 p.m.

For the latest updates and news, visit pimaaztecs.com.

Employee Wellness

Sign Up for Virtual Workshops and Challenges
Sign up online for Employee Wellness virtual workshops and challenges.

Visit the Employee Wellness Intranet page to access free resources and tools. Employees also are encouraged to visit the Employee Wellness website for additional resources, news and information on the Pima Healthy Rewards Program and wellness-related activities that qualify for Pima Wellness Activity points.


@PimaNews is an electronic newsletter for employee news of Pima Community College. The Marketing Office publishes this e-newsletter every Thursday, except when the College is closed for a holiday or break, during the semester and every other week during the summer. Please send announcements and news items – 75 words or fewer – to pimanews@pima.edu by noon on Monday. Check any links before sending. Back issues are available on the @PimaNews webpage. The newsletter also accepts submissions about Pima employee accomplishments.

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