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Dec. 11, 2025

College Updates
- @PimaNews Schedule
- College Winter Break
- AICPP Meeting Dec. 16
- Help Us Amplify Student Voices
- Local Minimum Wage Increases to $15.45 Per Hour on Jan. 1
- Market on the Move Event Dec. 11
- Library Newsletter
- Obituary: Bettye Wheeler
- Testing Center Hours for Finals Week
- Nominations for Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY)
- Holiday Toy Drive
- D2L Course Purge Dec. 19
- Cababi Art & Literary Magazine Accepting Submissions
- Pima Scholarship Opportunities for Spring 2026 Now Open
- Share Your Suggestions with ODR
- Get Help with Your Community Engagement
Pima Arts News
Pima Athletics News
Employee Wellness
- Sign Up for Virtual Workshops and Challenges

College Updates

@PimaNews Schedule
This is the final issue of the fall semester. The next issue will be published Jan. 15.

College Winter Break
The College closes for Winter Break on Dec. 24 and re-opens Jan. 2. Enjoy the holidays!

AICPP Meeting Dec. 16
The next AI Community of Practice & Play meeting is 2 p.m., Dec. 16, sharing practical and powerful tips for leveraging college-supported AI tools.

Kelly O’Keefe will share methods for using AI to support thoughtful instruction, as well as an AI-enhanced workflow for creating properly-aligned MLOs.
Evan Goldberg will demonstrate how to use Google Gemini Canvas to “vibe code” interactive learning tools that can be imported into D2L.

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.

Local Minimum Wage Increases to $15.45 Per Hour on Jan. 1
The minimum wage requirement for Tucson rises to $15.45 per hour on Jan. 1. Wages for Pima’s temporary employees paid under the Unclassified Pay Schedule will be updated at that time to comply. If you have questions regarding the change, contact Human Resources, hr@pima.edu.

Market on the Move Event Dec. 11
Get fresh produce at affordable prices! The public, along with Pima staff and students, can pay $10 for a box of fresh produce during Market on the Move by using the drive-thru west of the Advanced Manufacturing building at Downtown Campus. Market on the Move runs monthly, except in January.

What: Market on the Move (MOM)
When: 9-11 a.m., Dec. 11
Where: Downtown Campus, 1255 N. Stone Ave.
Details: Find more information or volunteer for a Pima MOM here.

If Pima students and employees prefer a smaller, more student-focused box, they can pay $5 at the walk-up station near the ST Building. The $5 boxes are not available to the public.

Library Newsletter
The Library's latest newsletter is out! Beat end-of-the-semester stress with Library resources and services, including a curated list of food assistance opportunities, research help – both human and AI, stress-busting crafting events, tips on registering for classes next semester that have zero textbook costs and more.

Obituary: Bettye Wheeler
Elizabeth “Bettye” Wheeler, a former dean of Communications, passed away on Nov. 9 in Poway, California. She was 80. She served Pima for more than a decade, first as an adjunct ESL instructor, then full-time and most recently as dean of Communications, where she oversaw ESL, as well as Aviation and Culinary Arts. She retired from Pima in 2010.

Testing Center Hours For Finals Week
College Testing Centers will be open:

Dec. 12, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Dec. 13 (only Downtown open), 8-2 p.m.
Dec. 15-16, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (except Downtown, open noon-7 p.m. both days)

Note:

Dec. 8-16 (Finals Week), No Accuplacer, BIO, CHM or Calculus placement tests administered.
Students can take the EdReady reading, writing and math at home.

Nominations for Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY)
Nominations for the College’s best student workers are being accepted through Jan. 30. This is a great opportunity to highlight the amazing work your student employee does and to show your appreciation. All student employees across the College are eligible for nomination! Here is the form.

Holiday Toy Drive
Pima’s Police Department is holding a Holiday Toy Drive through Dec. 15. Please drop off new, unwrapped toys for children ages newborn-17 at any College Police Office. Your gifts will benefit the El Rio Preschool and Children’s Services.

D2L Course Purge Dec. 19
Courses taught in Spring 2022 and earlier will be deleted permanently on Dec. 19 per the College’s Information Assurance Plan. This does not affect Sandbox, Development or Master courses. To keep content, copy materials into a newer course or dev shell, or export files to your computer. Need help? Request a dev shell or contact D2L Support, 520-206-2342. Please, back up any needed content before the purge.

Cababi Art & Literary Magazine Accepting Submissions
Cababi Art & Literary Magazine is accepting submissions for the 2025-2026 issue through Jan. 15. Cababi is the official Pima publication that features art, literature and special projects by full-time and part-time faculty, staff and administrators. Cababi accepts submissions in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, all visual arts and live performances.

Share Your Suggestions with ODR
The Office of Dispute Resources (ODR) welcomes your ideas and feedback. If you have suggestions that are not formal complaints, email pcc-suggestions@pima.edu. ODR staff will review and share it with the appropriate department. Learn more on the ODR page in MyPima or call 520-206-4686.

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 Arts News

Here are ongoing and upcoming Pima Arts events:

Through Dec. 12: “The Skin We Live In: Paintings, Prints, Photography, Drawings” Exhibition, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, West Campus Center for the Arts, dandres@pima.edu
Through May 27: “Adam Gilliland – Osculation” Exhibition, Desert Vista Campus Art Gallery, dandres@pima.edu
Through Aug. 30: “Many Truths” student art exhibition, The Art Gallery@Downtown Campus, mcarreras@pima.edu
Through Oct. 31, 2026: “Michael Cajero – Dying Is an Integral Part of Life: Father” Exhibition, West Campus Health Science Art Gallery, dandres@pima.edu

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

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

Pima Athletics News

Head to West Campus Saturday afternoon to cheer on the Pima’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams:

Dec. 13: Pima Men’s Basketball vs. Glendale Community College, 2 p.m., West Campus Aztec Gymnasium
Dec. 13: Pima Women’s Basketball vs. Glendale Community College, 4 p.m., West Campus Aztec Gymnasium

To see the latest scores, news and more for all Pima sports, visit pimaaztecs.com.

Employee Wellness

Sign Up for 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 your item. Back issues are available on the @PimaNews webpage. The newsletter also accepts submissions about Pima employee accomplishments.