@PimaNews

May 14, 2026

College Updates
- Final @PimaNews of Semester; Summer Schedule
- Feedback on Mandatory Advising Due May 31
- Market on the Move Distribution Today
- Cababi Awards Today at Downtown Campus
- Biometric Screening for Healthy Rewards Ends Today
- Sign Up Your Teens for Pima for Youth Summer Programming
- Celebrate Our Students at HSE Graduation June 4
- Help Us Amplify Student Voices
- Media Production Extends Turnaround Times
- Browse Final Library Newsletter of 25-26
- Minor Policy, Procedure Updates to View
- Federal Work Study Position Request Period Open
- Review Proposed Employee Handbook Revision
- Start Planning Your 2027-2028 Sabbatical Proposal
- Call to Present at Teaching Strategies Workshop
- Pima Foundation Golf Tourney, May 30
- Find Career Opportunities on Pima’s Jobs Webpages
- Share Your Suggestions with ODR
- 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

Final @PimaNews of Semester; Summer Schedule
This is the final @PimaNews of spring semester. @PimaNews begins its summer schedule of every-other-week publication, starting May 28.

Feedback on Mandatory Advising Due May 31
Employees are invited to provide feedback on the College’s new Mandatory Advising initiative for new credential-seeking students, planned to start for fall semester 2026. Your input will help shape a student-centered and sustainable approach that supports student persistence, retention and completion.

Please complete feedback through this survey by May 31. This will inform planning, communication strategies, operational processes and cross-college collaboration.

Market on the Move Distribution Today
Today, Pima employees can get fresh produce at affordable prices at Market on the Move, the final distribution of the 2025-2026 season. Use the drive-thru west of the Downtown Campus Advanced Manufacturing Building and pay $10 for a box of fresh produce.

What: Market on the Move (MOM)
When: 9-11 a.m., today
Where: west parking lot and sidewalk by ST East Building, Downtown Campus
Details: Boxes are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis

If you prefer a smaller, more student-focused box, you can pay $5 at the walk-up station near the ST Building.

Cababi Awards Today at Downtown Campus
Celebrate the creative work of your colleagues from across the College at the Cababi Art & Literary Magazine Award Ceremony, 5-6 p.m., today in the Amethyst Room at Downtown Campus.

Printed issues of the 2025/26 issue, plus cupcakes and soda, will be available. Writers will read from their selections and Cababi artists will discuss their influences and processes. Cababi features works by Pima employees at all levels.

Biometric Screening for Healthy Rewards Ends Today
Employees in the Pima Healthy Rewards Program can have a biometric screening and earn Pima Healthy Rewards points by requesting a biometric screening at-home test kit or a voucher to visit a local lab anytime through May 15. The flyer has details. You can register here.

If you have questions, contact the Employee Service Center Benefits Team, esc-benefits@pima.edu or 520-206-4945.

Sign Up Your Teens for Pima for Youth Summer Programming
This summer, take advantage of Pima for Youth’s wide range of hands-on programming for teens 13-17 across PCC’s Centers of Excellence. Your teens can learn life skills and connect to a variety of College programs and careers through engaging one-day to one-week experiences. View programs here and register online.

Celebrate Our Students at HSE Graduation June 4
Pima employees are encouraged to celebrate our graduates at this year’s High School Equivalency Graduation, 6:30 p.m., June 4 at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall at Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave.

If you or someone you know has recently passed the GED test and received their HSE diploma, and would like to attend, RSVP here.

If you have questions, email adulted@pima.edu.

Help Us Amplify Student Voices
Pima’s marketing is 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.

Media Production Extends Turnaround Times
The College’s Media Production team is currently managing a high volume of requests during a period of staffing transition. As a result, turnaround times for new projects may be longer than usual, typically three weeks or more.

The team will make every effort to accommodate time-sensitive needs; however, expedited or rush requests cannot be guaranteed at this time. To help ensure the best possible support, we encourage you to submit detailed project requests as early as possible when planning upcoming work with specific deadlines.

If you have questions or would like guidance on timing or project planning, please email marketing@pima.edu.

Browse Final Library Newsletter of 25-26
The last issue of the College’s Library newsletter for the 2025-2026 school year has dropped! You can browse featured resources on Sustainability or Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. Plus, find out what student employees appreciate about the Library and much more.

Minor Policy, Procedure Updates to View
These minor updates to Board Policies and Administrative procedures are available to view until May 15, but are not open for comments:

BP 2.06: Assessment & Development of College Facilities
BP 2.07: Architect Selection
BP 6.05: Copyright
AP 6.05.01: Copyright Practice and Compliance

Federal Work Study Position Request Period Open
If you want to hire a Federal Work Study student employee for your department for 2026-2027, submit your request here.

Before a position will be posted, the student employee supervisor must complete the mandatory FWS Supervisor Training.

If you have questions, email fws@pima.edu.

Review Proposed Employee Handbook Revision
Based on employee input, the All Employee Representative Council proposes this revision to the Employee Handbook: Adjunct Faculty Supplemental Compensation (posted April 23; comment period ends May 21).

The revised policy is on the Employee Page in MyPima, where you may give feedback using the Feedback Form, linked in the Draft to Review section.

Start Planning Your 2027-2028 Sabbatical Proposal
Full-time faculty are urged to begin preparing sabbatical proposals for the 2027-2028 academic year. Oct. 19 is the submission deadline.

To be eligible, full-time faculty must complete five consecutive academic or fiscal years of full-time service at the College in order to apply for their first one-semester (six-month) full-pay or half-pay sabbatical. For guidelines, visit Faculty Professional Development: Sabbaticals. If you have questions or need help applying, contact a Faculty Professional Development & Sabbatical Committee member.

Call to Present at Teaching Strategies Workshop
Calling all instructors: Have you done something new and exciting in the classroom this past year or two? Did you change your teaching in a way that better supports student success? Then, please consider showcasing your talent and expertise this fall in the Teaching Strategies Workshop.

What: Teaching Strategies Workshop 2026
When: 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Aug. 15 (lunch included)
Where: Azurite Room (M390) and nearby classrooms, Downtown Campus
Details: Propose a session using this form; register to attend through Precipio
Questions: pcc-tlc@pima.edu

Selected faculty presenters and facilitators are compensated at a total of $140 (50-minute session preparation and presenting).

Pima Foundation Golf Tourney, May 30
Register today for Pima Foundation’s 30th Annual Golf Tournament at Skyline Country Club. For details, call 520-206-4809 or email golf@pimafoundation.org.

Find Career Opportunities on Pima’s Jobs Webpages
If you are looking to expand your career with the College, check out our recently posted positions on the Internal Careers Jobs Page.

FYI: Regarding Promotional (Non-Lateral) Internal Competitive Selection – An employee is placed on the appropriate step resulting in a 7.5% increase in their base pay, adjusted to the next higher step, or Step 1 of the appropriate salary range, whichever is greater, subject to the maximum of the pay range.

If you are looking for additional opportunities or know someone who may be interested in working at Pima, please visit the External Jobs Page.

Share Your Suggestions with ODR
The Office of Dispute Resources 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 People

Jade Borne, Campus Vice President, East Campus, recently was profiled in the Southeast Business Review (see page 10), a monthly publication of the Greater Vail Chamber of Commerce. He is on its Executive Board. “My service on the Board strengthens the College’s visibility and reinforces its role as the community’s college,” he says.

Pima Arts News
Here are ongoing and upcoming Pima Arts events:

Today: The Digital Arts Awards, Showcase and Reception, 6 p.m.; Awards Ceremony, 7 p.m.; celebrating top student filmmakers, animators, designers and illustrators with portfolio showcases and game demos; Proscenium Theatre, West Campus Center For the Arts
May 16, 7 p.m.: “Elements of Fashion” Spring 2026 Fashion Runway Show, directed by Dulce Douglas, featuring student and alumni collections, plus a sustainable design collaboration with Goodwill Industries; Proscenium Theatre, CFA; Tickets: $15 General Admission; $60 VIP; the first 100 PCC students receive a free ticket.
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 Sept. 4: “Marietta Bernstorff: PatchWork Women from Oaxaca, Mexico,” exhibition uniting women artists, curators, educators and community leaders from Mexico and the U.S. to address violence against women, children and Mother Earth; West Campus Visual Arts Gallery
Through Oct. 31: “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 of Events. If you have questions, contact 520-206-6986 or centerforthearts@pima.edu.

Pima Athletics News
As the 2025-2026 NJCAA sports schedule winds down, Pima does not have any home events this week, but the Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams are competing in the NJCAA Division I National Championships at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs. Here is the schedule; all times are Mountain Daylight Time:

Today: Meet Day 1, NJCAA Division I National Championships, 7:30 a.m.
May 15: Meet Day 2, NJCAA Division I National Championships, 9 a.m.
May 16: Meet Day 3, NJCAA Division I National Championships, 9 a.m.

To see the latest Pima Athletics scores, news and more, 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 your item. Back issues are available on the @PimaNews webpage. The newsletter also accepts submissions about Pima employee accomplishments.