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CPCC announces priority registration. Students currently enrolled in the spring 2008 term will be assigned an early registration date based on credit hours earned and program status. This change will help students get the classes they need as they near graduation.
For more information, please read the priority registration Q&A.
The deadline to submit nominations for the Innovation and Entrepreneur awards has been extended to Thursday, March 27, 2008.
Please submit all forms and supporting documentation electronically by emailing to Kim Heffernan by the date listed below.
§ Innovation award: Nominations due by March 27, 2008, and awarded at fall conference. The award is designed to recognize a significant innovation designed and implemented by College staff/faculty. Characteristics that should be addressed refer to quality, efficiency, cost effectiveness, replication, creativity, currency and vision. The $1,000 award is given to the department. Past winners include Crossroads Café, eProject Express, Career Services, Larry Fisher and Laurie Walker, and CPCC Television. (Awarded once a year)
§ Entrepreneur award: Nominations due by March 27, 2008, and awarded at fall conference. The purpose of the award is to provide recognition for identifying and implementing entrepreneurial activities of the College. The criteria include the project’s creativity in identifying a problem and providing a solution that brings value to the student or customer. The award includes a one-time stipend of $1,000 to the winner. Past winners include Terri Manning, Lili Johnson, and Steve Corriher. (Awarded once a year)
All forms are online at the CPCC Forms page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kim at 6672.
Plans are underway for graduation ceremonies on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at Cricket Arena, 2700 East Independence Boulevard. The Adult High School/GED ceremony is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. The College ceremony is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
All CPCC faculty and staff and all guests will need to go through a security check, so please allow adequate time.
According to the full-time instructor job description, one of the responsibilities of a full-time faculty member is to participate in activities which enhance the College’s service to students and to the community. Participation in graduation ceremonies is one way faculty meet this responsibility.
Because the College conducts only one graduation ceremony each year, all faculty are expected to march in cap and gown in the ceremony unless they are assisting with graduation as a member of the graduation committee or as a volunteer or unless they are participating in or assisting with the Adult High School/GED ceremony. If a faculty member is unable to participate in the graduation ceremony, the faculty member is expected to inform the division director. Exceptions to active participation in the graduation ceremony will be handled on an individual basis at the division level.
Regalia are on sale now at the CPCC Majors Bookstore. Faculty are reminded that rental orders need to be placed by April 18, 2008, and purchases of the Class Keeper Graduate Fabric need to be ordered by April 7, 2008, in order to arrive in time for the ceremony.
Mark Helms is coordinating volunteers for the College graduation, and Florence Patterson is coordinating volunteers for the Adult High School/GED graduation.
The annual Student Excellence Convocation recognizes the achievements of CPCC’s exemplary students. This year’s ceremony is Sunday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Halton Theater.
Faculty, please nominate from your department, one curriculum degree or diploma student by completing the nomination form. The nominating process is quick and easy.
The form can be electronically submitted or faxed to 704.330.6225. The Office of the VP for Enrollment and Student Services will notify selected students.
Nominations are being accepted until Thursday, March 20. For more information, please contact Nichole Patterson at 704.330.6039.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced March 13 that CPCC will receive $745,957 from the President’s Community-Based Job Training Grants. The funds will be used to establish the Center for Non-Destructive Examination Technology Training (NDE Center), a partnership of the Electric Power Research Institute, Duke Energy, regional community colleges, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and the local Workforce Development Boards.
The College competed with 341 other institutions for these funds, and is one of only 69 awarded grants totaling $125 million. The grant will be used to expand course offerings of the Non-Destructive Examination program, strengthen student’s math and science skills for high technology careers, and provide scholarships for high school students and incumbent workers.
If your goal is to reduce the overall size of your mailbox or of a specific folder in your mailbox, one strategy is to read and respond to messages, and then file or delete them based on their size.
To achieve this goal, you can use Outlook to monitor individual message sizes. For example, you can sort your messages so that they appear in order from largest to smallest. If you want to know the exact size of each of the large messages in your Mailbox, you can see them by displaying the message in Table View. After you find big messages, you can then decide whether they're worth keeping (considering their size).
For options other than deleting, please see CPCC's MS Office 2007 page.
For support with this or any other IT Service, contact the ITS Help Desk at 5000.
You won't want to miss this event! Corlis Hayes, a Communication instructor at CPCC, will be performing "The Delaney Sisters" and monologues from the "Colored Girls" with some of her students and local actors! Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome: students, faculty and staff! Bring your classes! Sign up on Learner Web for Professional Development credit!
Questions: Contact karen.schwabe@cpcc.edu
As a result of a recent CPCC Innovation Grant, “Sustainable Landscapes & Wildlife Habitats,” Central Campus has become the first of our six campus locations to be officially certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Wildlife Habitat. This means that there are now elements in place that offer food, water, cover, and a place to raise young for a variety of wildlife species.
In a multi-divisional project involving the Futures Institute, the Center for Sustainability, Facilities Services, CPCC Horticulture, CPCC’s Phi Theta Kappa, Student Services and a host of volunteers, Central Campus has achieved formal certification. There’s more to come for the Central Campus Wildlife Habitat, but the basic requirements have been met.
Special thanks go to Cindy Johnston, Ernie McLaney, Mark Helms, Eddie Howell, Tom Bass, Johnnie Roach, Kathy Terry, Jeff Friar, Scott Diegmann, Randy Sigg, and Christy Napier for their efforts in making this happen. Steve Gore and his Welding Technologies crew are making finishing touches to two outdoor NWF certification signs to be placed on the ground of Central Campus.
To learn more about our campus wildlife habitats, go to http://www1.cpcc.edu/cfs, or speak with your campus dean.
Watch for more campus locations to become certified in the coming months!
March is National Nutrition Month®, a campaign designed to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
It's a fact: the food and physical activity choices you make today—and every day— affect how you feel, not only today, but in the future. Eating right and being physically active are keys to that healthy lifestyle.
Take the interactive American Dietetic Association Fact vs. Fiction quiz and see what you know.
Need a little encouragement? Charlotte’s Fit City Challenge pulled together favorite tips to help families make sound eating choices:
§ The month of March has been busy recruiting in the local high schools. In collaboration with the Testing Center, we have provided Saturday Testing for our College Connection students twice this month. We have also wrapped up presentations in all the CMS schools.
§ Beginning next week, we will be at the high schools on a daily basis, registering them for the upcoming Fall Semester. We look forward to taking a team of CPCC staff, which includes counseling, advising, registrars, and financial aid, to help in the process.
§ Also, we will be attending the National College Fair again this year on March 30 at the Merchandise Mart. Colleges from across the U.S. will be participating, as well as local colleges in the area. Please feel free to provide us with information for our display table.
A piece of video equipment was found by CPCC Security and was turned in to Lost and Found by Security.
Please call 704.330.6584 to identify and claim this item.
UNC Charlotte professor Dr. Helene Hilger will be speaking on “Sustainability and 21st Century Design” on March 24, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. in Tate Hall, Overcash Center. This is one in a series of conversations on the future of technology. Students, faculty, staff, and classes are welcome. Hilger is a member of the Lee College of Engineering’s Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty. Her personal home page.
Sponsored by Information Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies divisions and The Futures Institute. For more information, contact Don Jessep.
The Transfer Resource Center is hosting a Livingstone College representative on Tuesday, March 25, on the Central Campus from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the Central High Building. For more information, please contact the Transfer Resource Center, at 6454.
To see the complete list of university recruiters who will be visiting on Transfer Tuesdays, visit the Transfer Resource Center website.
§ Please encourage transfer students in your classes to attend a Transfer Talk March 25. UNC Charlotte orientation assistants (many of whom are former transfer students themselves) are coming to CPCC to answer questions from our students about life as UNCC 49’ers. On Tuesday, March 25, the Transfer Talk begins at 5:30 p.m.in Overcash 216, includes free pizza, and will be followed by a presentation from UNCC Admissions at 6:45.
§ On Wednesday, March 26, the Transfer Talk begins at 12:30 p.m. in Central High Room 301 and includes free pizza for everyone attending.
§ A third Transfer Talk will take place on April 22 at Levine Campus at 12:30. This is a great opportunity for CPCC students to get an insider’s perspective on UNCC.
Several CPCC staff and faculty members participated in the district and national conferences held last week in Savannah, Georgia, by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR).
Adam Brooks, instructional developer for eLearning, and Farhad Javidi, faculty member for Simulation & Gaming Development, conducted training sessions on Second Life, social networking, and blogging during the NCMPR District 2 eMarketing boot camp on March 9.
The Marketing Services department received the following awards at the NCMRP District 2 Medallion Awards ceremony, which was conducted during the boot camp event:
At the NCMPR national conference, Marketing Services staff members Lynne Kilgore and Richard McDevitt conducted a presentation on GIS prospecting techniques. The presentation chronicled the College’s success using this technology to boost enrollments in the Engineering Technologies and Information Technologies programs.
Marketing Services staff members Mary Karriker and Mark Little conducted a roundtable discussion of CPCC’s recent re-branding initiative that led to the current “Get There“ branding tagline. And Mark Little staffed a poster session information booth that shared information on the Marketing Services department’s account planning model.
§ Meg Austin, Patricia Brown, Jack Monell, and all the Criminal Justice Career Academy Cadets made a very impressive presentation at the NC CTP conference on March 5, 2008, in Greensboro. The students demonstrated their understanding of the criminal justice system in a mock trial wherein the audience was the jury and determined the outcome of the “case.”
Bob Witchger, associate director of College Tech Prep for NCCCS, was enthusiastic and complimentary, saying he had heard from many who attended how engaging the presentation was.
Laura Bazan, Special Projects/ACA, sends kudos to everyone in the Criminal Justice program for their hard work and dedication to Cooperative High School Programs.
The
Harris Conference Center welcomed over 20 first-time guests from Corporate Benefits Advisors last week. The purpose of the meeting was to bring employees together for an all day computer-based training session on a new database.
“An Orientation to Interpreting in the Civil Legal System for ASL and Spanish Interpreters” is the second workshop in a series of five related to interpreting in the legal system. The characteristics of legal language as it is used in the civil legal system will be discussed to explore implications for translation and interpretation. This is a 10 contact hour workshop = 1.0 CEU.
The presenter is Anna Witter Merithew, the assistant director for the DO IT Center and a former CPCC instructor. Formerly, Anna was the chairperson for the Department of Interpreter Education at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). Anna is also a co-founder of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT) and she has served two terms as the association's vice-president between 1998-2000. She has 28 years of experience in the field of interpreting as both a practitioner and educator.
Sponsored by the Interpreter Training Club and Greg Harrison Memorial Fund.
Refunds will be made available if request for refund is received by March 25 , 2008. Refund requests after March 25 cannot be processed. For more information, contact Pam Morris.
CPCC and CMS were awarded the Grimsley “James” Stogner College Tech Prep Silver Award for Excellence in Partnership by the N.C. College Tech Prep Consortia at the annual conference in Greensboro on March 5.
CPCC and CMS were given this award to honor:
…innovative approaches toward partnering with business and other educational institutions….Consortia have envisioned the results of reforms that can occur as a result of their work; initiated activities; sought, given, shared, and synthesized information; tested for consensus; and summarized their activities for dissemination.”
You can support ArtsFest by attending and encouraging student attendance. If you choose to bring your classes to an event, be sure to leave a note on the door of your classroom, since the auditors will still be on campus for the duration of the event.
This year we have added a Saturday, March 29, event from noon-6:00 p.m. with bands, dancing, one-act theatre performances, artisans, gaming, a climbing wall, food, and fun for the whole family. Come out, enjoy, and bring your family and friends!
ArtsFest is still in need of volunteers throughout the event week. If you would like to volunteer your time, please visit the ArtsFest website and click the VOLUNTEER link at the top of the page.
A big thank you to all of the administration, faculty, and staff who have dedicated their time and effort and talent to CPCC’s Celebration of the Creative Arts!
CPCC Summer Theatre will hold auditions on Monday, March 31, and Tuesday, April 1, from 5:00 p.m. for children ages 7 to 14; from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and for interns ages 15 to 17 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Tate Recital Hall of the Overcash Center.
Roles are available for children in Annie Get Your Gun and Aladdin. Interns may appear in Annie Get Your Gun, Aladdin and Crazy For You. Annie Get Your Gun specifically needs three kids: Jessie – Annie’s sister, 14, Nellie – Annie’s sister, 12, and Little Jake –Annie’s little brother, 10. In Aladdin the kids will play a variety of roles ranging from street urchins to cloud people. These kids will range in age from six up.
Interns need a prepared song of 16 bars, a monologue and should be dressed for a brief dance audition. Children need a prepared song only and to be dressed to dance. An accompanist will be provided. Bring your sheet music with you. No recordings or unaccompanied singing.
You do not have to be a current CPCC student to participate. College credit is available to those 16 or older.
Rehearsals for Annie Get Your Gun begin in mid-April in the evening. All other shows require the actor to be available for daytime rehearsals that will begin in mid-June. Interns interested only in technical work will report at the same time for interviews with our technical director.
For more information, call Tom Hollis at 6835 Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Or email your questions to Tom.Hollis@cpcc.edu.
The annual Creative Loafing Theater Awards are just weeks away, and CPCC Theatre has 27 nominations and some sure winners. We invite you to join with us in congratulating or students, staff and faculty for this well deserved recognition of their hard work and dedication to their craft.
Winners will be announced in a future issue of Creative Loafing.
For a complete list of the nominees, visit the Creative Loafing website.
What’s the greatest classic work of writing you’ve ever read? BookMarks returns Friday, April 18, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in LRC 404, and the library is looking for reviews for the next edition of the BookMarks newsletter.
Our theme is “BookMarks: The Classics,” so we are looking for reviews of books that are considered classical works or hallmarks in their respective fields. Start reading or reread a great classic and submit your review.
Look for more details on April 18 BookMarks in a future issue of the Communicator.
§ Please join the Be Well committee in congratulating the following employees for completing the March American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid training: Vivian Jenkins, Malik Rahman, Cory Coombs, and Kimberly Franceschini. They now know how to manage illness and injuries until professional health officials arrives.
§ A special thank you goes to Cynthia Smith, Chair, Health and Physical Education and certified CPR instructor. The Be Well committee appreciates her willingness to volunteer her time and instruct five courses this past year. Thanks to Cynthia’s training, over 38 employees from across the College have completed the American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid certification classes.
§ In collaboration with Cynthia Smith, the Health and Safety Department, and the Emergency Response teams, the Be Well committee will continue to offer CPR and First Aid certification training in the future, with a goal of having several trained employees at all campuses.
Future dates will be listed in LearnerWeb.
If you have a close relative who will graduate from college this spring, please send the information to the CPCC Office of Community Relations in this form: Name of student, relationship to CPCC employee, name of CPCC employee, name of college or university with degree awarded; for example, Jane Doe, niece, John Doe, UNCC, B.A.
A list will be published in the Communicator issue on May 1.
Career Services wishes to thank all CPCC faculty who encouraged their students to attend the March 5 Career Fair. The fair was open to our students and the community, and 2,175 job candidates connected with nearly 100 employers. 73% of the employers said they would hire a CPCC student as a result of the fair. The other 27% indicated they would probably hire a student and not one said they would not!
Employers commented on how well-prepared and professional our students were and also remarked that they appreciated faculty efforts to get students involved. Whether you encouraged your students to attend the fair, distributed career fair flyers to your class, or gave extra credit, you helped students take advantage of the opportunity to network with employers and further their career aspirations. This support is what helps give CPCC such a great reputation and encourages employers to partner with us.
In addition to thanking the faculty for their contribution to the success of the Career Fair, we also wanted to thank some additional volunteers who donated their time and energy to make sure everything ran smoothly. Johnnie Roach, Jackie Dickey, and Wendy Coley’s help was greatly appreciated, and we regret that our last Communicator submission did not include their names.
On behalf of all the students and employers, thank you for helping them connect and get a job!
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State Employees Association of N.C. District 13 is now accepting applications for SEANC scholarships. The deadline for entries is 5:00 p.m. April 15, 2008. Applications are available on the SEANC website, then click on the "SEANC logo - Scholarship Foundation."
Applications are also available in College Administration Building 4, Room 201. For questions, contact Angela Eddie, 704.330.6908.
Completed applications should be mailed to Jan Beecham at 9201 University City Blvd., 380-M Cone University Center, Charlotte, NC 28223.
Mark your calendars now for a Charlotte performance by The Carolina Chocolate Drops: Saturday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m., in the Northwest School of the Arts auditorium, 1415 Beatties Ford Road.
Tickets are priced to be family-friendly: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (62 years+), and $6 for students. Buy them at Charlotte Folk Society events or online.
Think of traditional African American music, and the genres that come to mind are gospel, blues, and jazz; few people think of old-time string band music. But the antebellum combination of banjo and fiddle used to be a tradition in most black rural communities in the South. The Carolina Chocolate Drops, a band of three young and talented musicians, are recognized as leading the revival of this venerable musical tradition. The Chocolate Drops will come to Charlotte fresh from a tour of Europe.
In the meantime, you can see and hear them in the movie The Great Debaters, starring and directed by Denzel Washington. For more information, visit the Charlotte Folk Society online.
Each CMS senior is required to do a Senior Exit Project prior to graduation. Northwest School of the Arts is currently in need of 50 volunteers to assist us with the Senior Exit Projects. The Senior Exit Presentations will take place April 1 and 2 from 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Each volunteer will be on a panel with two other volunteers. All Northwest seniors will be assigned a panel in which to present their project. Each presentation lasts for 8-10 minutes. The panel members will listen to the presentation and ask the seniors questions pertaining to their presentation.
If you or anyone else you know are able to commit to one or both of these dates, please contact Patty O’Boyle, 980.343.5500 or patty.oboyle@cms.k12.nc.us
Please note that parents of senior students at Northwest are ineligible to volunteer for the panel.
§ In celebration of Administrative Professionals Week, the Charlotte Chapter-IAAP presents Hats Off to Women, a spring fashion show and ladies’ tea featuring clothing from Coldwater Creek, Saturday, April 19, from 2:00 till 4:00 p.m. at Black Lion, 10605 Park Rd. Catered by Delectables by Holly. All attendees will receive coupons fro Coldwater Creek and Black Lion favors and door prizes too! $25 per ticket. Contact Patricia at 6566 for tickets.
§ 16-ft. Old Town Appalachian canoe—$800. Retail $1,100. Whitewater river canoe used only a few times. Contact Danyse Kingsbery, 6430. Reviews.
§ Compaq computer with Windows XP, CD/DVD burner. Installed Microsoft Office 2007. Can set up for wireless with modem. Needs more RAM. Only serious individuals email renee.prim@cpcc.edu.
§ 1994 Ford Mustang, red, standard V6, excellent condition, engine rebuilt. Call 704.363.3343.
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