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May 28, 2026

  • College Updates
    • Celebrate Our Students at HSE Graduation June 4
    • @PimaNews Starts Summer Schedule
    • Feedback on Mandatory Advising Due May 31
    • Sign Up Your Teens for Pima for Youth Summer Programming
    • Naloxone Stations Being Installed at Campuses
    • Request to Transfer Sick to Annual Leave by June 30
    • Staff Professional Development Fund Applications Open July 1
    • Help Us Amplify Student Voices
    • Media Production Extends Turnaround Times
    • Browse Final Library Newsletter of 25-26
    • Federal Work Study Position Request Period Open
    • Start Planning Your 2027-2028 Sabbatical Proposal
    • Call to Present at Teaching Strategies Workshop
    • Find Career Opportunities on Pima’s Jobs Webpages
    • 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

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.

@PimaNews Starts Summer Schedule
@PimaNews begins its summer schedule of every-other-week publication, starting today.

Please send announcements and news items – 75 words or fewer – to pimanews@pima.edu by noon on the Monday of publication week.

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.

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.

Naloxone Stations Being Installed at Campuses
Over the summer, staff are installing stations at all Pima campuses that contain life-saving medication to temporarily counteract opioid overdoses. 

The nasal naloxone will be in red boxes labeled “Overdose Emergency Kit,” in easy-open packaging with simple instructions enabling anyone to administer it.

Naloxone kit locations

  • Red metal Overdose Emergency Kit beside every AED device
  • Red Overdose Emergency box at every campus library front desk
  • Red Overdose Emergency box at every campus student services front desk

Naloxone is highly effective to temporarily counteract overdoses of both illicit opioids (e.g., fentanyl or heroin) and prescription opioids (e.g., oxycodone, morphine or methadone).

If you encounter someone experiencing a possible opioid overdose, immediately call 911. Then, if naloxone is available, you may administer it if you feel safe and able to do so. PCC Police officers carry naloxone and are trained to assist individuals experiencing overdose.

The stations are provided by a PCC Police in collaboration with the Pima County Department of Health Services and Arizona HIDTA.

Request to Transfer Sick to Annual Leave by June 30
To encourage the practical use of sick leave, the College allows staff and administrators to request the transfer of up to 40 hours of unused sick leave to annual leave each June. All eligible staff and administrators have until June 30 to submit their request through this form. To be eligible, you must be:

  • a regular, full-time staff or administrator
  • have passed the initial hire probation period at the time of the request, AND
  • have used no more than six days of sick leave during the fiscal year.

All eligible transfers will take place by July 31. 

Check your sick leave usage for the current fiscal year, on the MyPima Self-Service Dashboard. Click on Full Leave Balance Information. Personal leave days charged to sick leave are not considered when determining eligible leave to transfer. For details, refer to Transfer of Sick Leave to Annual Leave in the Sick Leave section of the Employee Handbook. If you have any questions, please contact the Employee Service Center, esc-payroll@pima.edu.

Staff Professional Development Fund Applications Open July 1
On July 1, the Staff Professional Development Working Group will post the new application for Fiscal Year 2027 Staff Professional Development Funds.

The SPD funds are available to eligible regular full-time nonexempt and exempt staff employees.

Do not use the FY26 form to apply for FY27 funds. FY27 applications submitted using the FY26 form will be deleted. Meanwhile, the deadline to apply forFY26 funds is 5 p.m., June 1.

Discuss your application with your supervisor before submitting it. Your supervisors must email their approval to pcc-staffprofessionaldevelopment@pima.edu. Applications will not be reviewed without an approval email.

The FY27 form will be on the Organizational Effectiveness & Development page on MyPima, in the Employee section under Human Resources, where you also can find eligibility criteria, guidelines and policies. If you have questions, email pcc-staffprofessionaldevelopment@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.

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.

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).

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 Arts News
Here are ongoing and upcoming Pima Arts events:

  • 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
Keep up with the latest Pima Athletics news at 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.
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