INSIDE
CPCC: The Intranet Service of CPCCINSIDE
CPCC: The Intranet Service of CPCC
Read this issue in printer friendly Adobe Acrobat PDF file
Search past issues of the Communicator by keyword or by issue date.
CPCC is a national leader in workforce development.
The Communicator is the official newsletter of CPCC. Please submit news items to CPCC Office of Community Relations
before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. If submitting from outside the CPCC email system, please identify yourself with name, department, phone, and email address in your email message. Anonymous submissions will not be published. Late items will be held for the following issue. All submissions are subject to editing. If you have questions, contact Bill Perkins, 5090, or via email. Not on CPCC’s email system? Sign up for email broadcast messages from the Communicator.
Read email broadcast messages archived by month
Bill Perkins, editor, Marketing Services
Beginning this summer, the CPCC class schedule will have a whole new look and name. Over the past several months we have been working to bring you an improved publication that highlights our numerous services and degree programs in an easy-to-read format while demonstrating our commitment to setting the standard in environmental sustainability.
The new Course Guide is smaller in size and a great reference in planning for registration. Remind your students to visit their faculty advisor, academic advisor, counselor or transfer advisor early.
The Corporate and Continuing education classes that were in the back of the former schedule will now have their own publication! All of the great CCE classes will be in one handy schedule with the same detailed descriptions and information as before.
The Human Resources Office would like to remind all employees that the annual PDP process is almost upon us.
PDPs must be submitted for all full-time employees who were hired on or before October 15, 2008 (employees hired after October 15, 2008, will receive their first annual PDP in April 2010). All PDP’s must be received in Human Resources no later than Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
PDP Forms are available on the internal forms section of the Human Resources website. Please be advised that minor updates to the Classified and Administrative/Professional PDP’s have been made to include evaluator/employee ID numbers. Supervisors are required to use these new forms.
In an effort to provide the necessary resources to supervisors and employees to conduct an effective PDP, Human Resources will be offering multiple sessions of HR-PDP-101 Performance Development Plan (PDP) Training for Supervisors and Employees throughout March and early April (registration is available through LearnerWeb). You may also access this workshop online by visiting the LearnerWeb library “online catalog” section. Participants will receive professional development credit for attending either the live or on-line workshop.
Any questions about the process should be directed to Kelly Natoli at 6878.
Do you have an innovative idea that will facilitate improvement, change, or growth in your division or unit of the college? If so, please consider completing an Innovation Grant application. Typical grants are $2,000 and provide start-up and support funding for your project.
Application forms are located on the Professional Development website under Forms and Funding. Complete the form including- a summary of the project and an estimated budget. Obtain the required signatures, and submit the completed application in hard copy or electronically to Diann Back (LV 3434).
The Innovation Grant Committee reviews all applications on a regular basis. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year.
In an effort to better serve the College and to help protect the environment, Environmental Health and Safety, with assistance from Facilities Services, will begin recycling used or spent ink jet and laser toner cartridges on April 1, 2009.
This effort will result in the reduction of landfill space and will help conserve natural resources by reducing the amount of petroleum and energy required to produce these plastic products.
Here’s how the program will work:
NOTE: If you already have a large number of spent cartridges in your office, please call Environmental Health & Safety at 6103 or 6580 for a one-time bulk pickup.
Questions about this new program should be directed to mike.bozart@cpcc.edu or by phone at 6103. Thank you and your department for recycling!
The annual Student Excellence Convocation recognizes the achievements of CPCC’s outstanding students. This year’s ceremony is Sunday, April 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Halton Theater.
Faculty, please nominate from your department one curriculum degree or diploma student by completing the Student Excellence nomination form located on the Learning unit website.
Return the completed form electronically, by mail to Nichole Patterson in Disher Building – 101, or fax 704.330.6225. The Office of the VP for Enrollment and Student Services will notify selected students.
Nominations will be accepted through March 27.
For more information, contact Nichole Patterson at 704.330.6039.
Prudential will be mailing 401k and 457 statements to participating employees’ home addresses at the end of March. This will be the first 457 statement from Prudential, so please be sure to review your information carefully.
If you have additional questions, please contact Prudential at (866) 624-0151.
The Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System is partnering with Prudential Retirement to provide information at conferences across the state. The conferences provide an orientation for new members, pre-retirement planning information for members closer to retirement and educational information for personnel officers and others who handle retirement matters. Registration is not required.
Some locations may charge a parking fee.
Conference will begin at 9:30 a.m.
The charge of the Diversity Committee is to ensure the College provides a supportive, caring environment for students, employees and guests. In order to help the CPCC community learn more about this committee, a Diversity Committee display board has been created and is now on display in the Central Campus Library for you to view.
We encourage you to give us your feedback by putting suggestions and comments in the box provided with the display or through our website at http://inside.cpcc.edu/diversity/
Additionally, the display will be rotating throughout the area campuses during the upcoming weeks.
The schedule is as follows:
§ CPCC’s office of Outreach and Recruitment was one of over 150 colleges and universities who participated in the National College Fair this past weekend. Several thousand potential college students attended the fair in order to interact with admission representatives from a wide range of postsecondary institutions and discuss course offerings, admission and financial aid requirements, college life in general, and other information pertinent to the college selection process.
§ Recruiters continue to partner with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to provide afterschool placement testing. In April they will revisit the high schools to register students in the final phase of the College Connection process.
On Monday, April 6, the Service Learning Center will be hosting a presentation by the Invisible Children Organization on child soldiers and the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda.
All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend this presentation. For more information on the organization, please go to www.invisiblechildren.com and/or check out this link to see a video on the organization and what they do!
Please contact Marcy LaBossiere with any questions you may have or call 6445.
The Institute for Entrepreneurship is hosting a “Biotechnology for the Non-Scientist” workshop on Friday, April 17, from 1–3 p.m. in the Hall Professional Development Building on Central Campus in Room 215.
N.C. is ranked number #3 as a national leader in the biotechnology field, but what does that mean for communities across the state? Come learn what “biotech” means and how it is relevant to your business, your community and your life.
The biotechnology and life sciences workshop led by Paul Knott of the NCCCS BioNetwork be a brief introduction to the science behind the industry; describe biotech-related products, businesses, and jobs; and conclude with a discussion of how these all fit together for the future of Mecklenburg and the Charlotte area.
This workshop is free and open to the general public, students, faculty, and staff.
To pre-register, contact Customer Service at 704.330.4223. The workshop code is SBX-8000-501.
Employees may register in LearnerWeb for professional development credit.
Before contacting a real estate agent, consider the Sharing the Green Program for CPCC employees.
You may be eligible to receive a cash back bonus. Whether you are looking to sell or buy, it is worthwhile to give your financial health a check-up by attending the following seminar:
This seminar will be presented by a representative of the Allen Tate Company. Please call Human Resources at 6631 to register.
The 14th Annual 5K Charlotte Skyline Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2009.
It’s not too late to sign up to be a volunteer for Skyline Run. The assignment list is getting shorter; however, the need is still GREAT.
We need you to gather your family and friends, contact Patricia Williams or 6518 and sign up to help with this FUN event.
Thank you to those who have already committed to volunteering!
Thanks for your help.
Patricia Williams,
Skyline Run Volunteer Coordinator
The
Harris Conference Center recently hosted a two-day meeting for San Francisco-based Energy Foundation,
a partnership of major donors interested in solving the world's energy problems.
Their mission is to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy—new
technologies that are essential components of a clean energy future.
Do you have lots of books you no longer need taking up space in your office? Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for two-year colleges wants those books. Phi Lambda, CPCC’s chapter of PTK, is working with an organization called Better World Books to recycle those books and use the money earned to support the Invisible Children Organization, which is working in northern Uganda to halt the use of child soldiers and put an end to genocide there.
To collect books, PTK has placed Better World boxes on all campuses at either the library or Student Life center.
What we’re looking for is new or gently used books. Textbooks and study guides are also accepted as long their copyright is within the last five years.
If you have any questions, please contact us at 6744.
The Center for Sustainability wants to help you reduce your carbon footprint and lower your overall energy usage. When you think about it, your daily activities at home (and work) directly affect our area’s carbon dioxide emissions.
CPCC’s Information Technology Services along with your Center for Sustainability are offering some key information that will help you and CPCC save expenses and help the environment at the same time.
That’s right, the trees in our Southeast forests are coming down to provide virgin pulp for the rest of the world. We can help reduce this and save North Carolina’s forests by purchasing only recycled paper for work and for home.
To help reduce paper waste, try these tips:
If you are concerned about the environment or waste, these tips allow you to make a positive difference in the amount of paper you use starting today
—Brought to you by the Center for Sustainability
There is a new font that reduces ink use for printing. For most printing purposes, this would work very nicely.
ITS has made this new font a choice in your MS Office font list. In your font option list, look for Spranq eco sans. Check out the secret to the new Ecofont. Studies indicate this font will reduce your ink use by 20% over the life of your toner or ink cartridge.
In 2008, CPCC spent $172,177 on toner and ink cartridges just from Office Depot. Using the eco font, we could have saved about $34,435. That’s significant!
This message was written using the Ecofont and may appear inferior to what you may be using. However, if you were to print a document, the quality would be surprisingly good.
Download this font to your home pc or laptop. http://www.ecofont.eu/downloads_en.html While this may not be the font to use in normal emails, please try switching to spranq eco sans when printing.
This font will not work for graphics or images.
The PDF edition of the Communicator now uses the Ecofont type mentioned here.
Plan to attend the Thursday Recital program in Tate Hall on March 26 at 12:30 p.m.
Roxanne Holt-Watson, pianist, Nick Lampo, cellist, and Tatiana Karpova, violinist, will perform the Rachmaninoff "Trio in G Minor," Mozart’s "Sonata for Piano and Violin" and Craig Bove’s piano trio, "Apparition."
Please check out the free literary events that are part of CPCC's weeklong celebration of the arts on April 22 and 23.
These events provide opportunities for students, staff, faculty, and the community at large to hear and interact with award-winning authors.
Please contact Shannon Blair, LitFest 2009 Chair, with any questions.
§ Everyone on the Be Well committee would like to say thank you for choosing to support Go Red For Women. With the support of the College, we were able to spread awareness of heart disease to over 400 students and co-workers helping the American Heart Association get one step closer to beating this No.1 killer of women.
A special thank you to the following volunteers and college partners:
Even though National Wear Red Day is over, let’s keep the momentum going by leading a healthy heart life style. For more information, visit the Go Red website.
§ To the editor from Janet Malkemes, CCE associate dean:
“Many, many thanks to you all for everything you did to make the March 16 'Resources for Changing Times' such a great day! Even with the rain, we had over 250 people attend, the most the Harris Campus has ever seen for a free event. Kudos to everyone for this wonderful outpouring of community spirit. We continue to receive thank-you messages from the participants who were overwhelmed by your helpfulness and the overall support they received from CPCC, our co-sponsors and other partners. There is a real need for job search and related information, and the people of CPCC are offering it in many ways and in many areas beyond this event. It has been a pleasure working with you, and I hope we have the opportunity to do this again.”
|
BIRTHDAYS |
|
|
Mar. 27 |
Carol Houston |
|
28 |
John K. Royals |
|
29 |
Hubert P. Graham Jr. |
|
30 |
Carol D. Begley |
|
31 |
Kathy H. Drumm |
|
Apr. 1 |
Peth Chin |
|
2 |
Heather A. Parusel |
The Communicator is the official newsletter of CPCC. Please submit news items by email before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. All submissions subject to editing.
