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I want to thank everyone who played a part in the successful ArtsFest event held last week at CPCC. This week-long celebration of the creative arts was an opportunity for our College to shine.
More than 2,000 participants had an opportunity to experience an extraordinary array of literature, music, visual arts, history, and cultural events on our beautiful Central Campus. I was extremely impressed with the number of students who participated in the festival, and I want to personally thank our faculty for the vital role they played in making this event a success. I’m so proud that we could host what I believe is becoming one of the finest celebrations of the arts in Charlotte.
Employee Health and Fitness Day May 15
National Employee Health & Fitness Day™, administered annually by the National Association for Health & Fitness, encourages employees to become active and healthier. At CPCC, Professional Development and the Spirit Committee are sponsoring CPCC’s second annual
Employee Health and Fitness Day on Thursday, May 15.
CPCC Employee Health Fitness Day will be a festive, noncompetitive series of health and fitness events in which employee participation is encouraged but voluntary. On this day, numerous departments, services, and programs will facilitate various events between 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. on the Central Campus Quad. In addition, the Spirit Committee has agreed to provide nutritious snacks. Professional Development credit will be available for those who participate in learning activities.
I hope that you will dress appropriately, allowing you to participate in activities including yoga, dance, stretching, volleyball, and walking relays. Take some time on May 15 to exercise, learn, and show your spirit with your co-workers!
—Dr. Tony Zeiss
CPCC has a new registration process, and we need the help of faculty and staff to inform students about these changes. Although we will be reaching students in various ways, information that students receive in the classroom about priority registration will undoubtedly have the most impact.
Instructors will soon be receiving priority registration information cards to give to students, along with some answers to questions that may be asked.
Our combined efforts to inform students about this change will help to ensure their success during this new process. Thank you for sharing this information with your students, and together we can help them Get There!
Graduation is May 13, 2008. is the time to order graduation regalia! Sales price list.
Rental orders need to be placed by April 18 to arrive the week of April 28. Purchases of the Class Keeper Graduate Fabric need to be ordered by April 7 to arrive before graduation.
Any order placed after the cutoff dates could be subject to shipping fees and may not arrive in time for graduation.
If you have any questions, please contact the Central Campus Majors Bookstore at 6649.
College Fellows is accepting individual and team applications for: (1) Learning Fellow, (2) Applied Research Fellow, and (3) Community Fellow. Selected Fellows can receive release time to work on research project, stipend to use for expenses associated with project, and a laptop computer to use during the project.
For more information, visit College Fellows online or contact Anne McIntosh or Debbie Bouton.
Upcoming workshops on College Fellows—please register through LearnerWeb:
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April 10 |
11:00 |
North |
Anne McIntosh |
TS241 |
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2:00 |
Harris |
Steve Osler |
Harris #2-2101 |
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2:00 |
Levine |
Bobbie Everett |
Library Lab |
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2:15 |
Central |
Harry Phillips |
LRC404 |
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May 20 |
11:00 |
North |
Anne McIntosh |
TS241 |
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11:30 |
Harris |
Steve Osler |
Harris #2-2101 |
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1:00 |
Central |
Rita Rodabaugh |
LRC404 |
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2:00 |
Harper |
Steve Gore |
HA-301 |
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2:00 |
Levine |
Bobbie Everett |
LV2308 |
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§ Maha Gingrich welcomes cardiologist Dr. I. Ravi Rao as her guest on Charlotte, A City of International Success. His success story debuted earlier this week on CPCC TV.
§ Margarita Lizarra with United Family Services joins host Edith Valladares McElroy for the next edition of Perfiles Latinos de Charlotte. The show premiered on Wednesday, April 2.
§ Trail of History host Gary Ritter explores Charlotte’s textile roots. The show continues through the month of April.
§ CPCC Snapshot explores the latest on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway with guests Dr. Tony Zeiss and experts from Park and Recreation and Mecklenburg County Resources. Later this month, Sheriff Chipp Bailey talks about the partnership between his agency and CPCC. For programming schedule visit www.cpcc.edu/tv
Do you manage or track someone else's schedule? Obviously, you would rather not enter someone else's activities on your own calendar, but you'd still like to keep track of them in one place.
Keeping multiple calendars is easily done in Outlook. With just a couple of clicks, you can see multiple schedules on one screen. Learn more about multiple calendars .
For further information, check out the CPCC MS Office 2007 project page.
For support with this or any other IT service, contact the ITS Help Desk at 5000.
The following openings are now available at CPCC. Details about qualifications and a complete job description are available on the Human Resources website. Please look under the “Employment” section for a list of job openings, as well as instructions on how to apply. Résumés cannot be substituted for an application. For faculty positions, copies of transcripts are required with applications; original transcripts required at date of hire. A separate CPCC application is required for each position.
Administrative Clerk Senior, Part time, position #5ADSRSO-HNC-2. This part-time position will perform a variety of standard clerical and administrative tasks which may include, but are not necessarily limited to, responding to telephone inquiries and requests, reviewing documents, resolving discrepancies, gathering information, data entry into computer system, other typing and filing in support of Levine Campus Administrative Services Department's daily operations. Requires a high school diploma or GED and office work or customer service experience. Must be able to communicate well and dependable with availability to work extra required hours. Basic computer skills including MS Word, Excel, and other office skills are preferred. The position is located at the Levine Campus in Matthews. Please mail résume to Attention: Lewis Jefferies, CPCC, P.O. Box 35009, Charlotte, NC 28235-5009 or email to Lewis.jefferies@cpcc.edu. Please call 704.330.4205 for answers to your questions. Closing date: open until filled.
Internal & External Position(s)
Administrative Clerk, Position #4TESTAS-FNC-4, REQ #301. This position performs a limited number of basic clerical tasks which may include greeting and directing callers and visitors, filing, typing, and entering information into computer in support of Department's daily operations; greet and assist customers or patrons by answering inquiries, providing information, or aiding in use of equipment; enter information into computer system; may review entries for accuracy; answer phone; may take message or refer call to appropriate person; may provide basic information; arrange merchandise and straighten work/sales area; send form letters, brochures, and other prepared correspondence as instructed; perform various office tasks including typing, filing, and opening and sorting mail. Minimum qualifications: high school diploma or GED and six months of office experience. Closing Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008.
Internal Posting(s) Only
Director, ESS Budget, Position #4ENRLDN-FEA-4, REQ #298. This position performs a variety of complex administrative tasks related specifically to budget management of the Enrollment and Student Services (ESS) Unit. Utilizes the administrative information system to perform budget preparation, salary and other expenses analyses. Provides direct oversight for grant budgets in ESS. Position also performs budget management, tracking and reporting for the ESS Unit’s annual budget process. Reviews all budget submissions to ensure all expenditures are in accordance with state, federal and county guidelines; monitors state and county budget expenditures to assure all funds are fully utilized during the fiscal year; performs financial analysis, providing projections and assessments of financial trends and data. Processes necessary transactions; assists the vice president in developing budgets for the unit; coordinates assigned activities with ESS departments and provides highly complex staff assistance to the Assistant to the Vice President for ESS; provides information and responds to inquiries concerning the budgets; advises departments on policies and procedures relating to budgets and other financial issues. Minimum qualifications: bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance or business administration and four years of increasingly responsible experience in developing and administering accounting or financial work. Closing Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008.
The Transfer Resource Center is hosting the following universities on Tuesday, April 8: Catawba College and University of Phoenix. They will be 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.
§ On January 29 in Tate Hall, Dr. Tony Zeiss was a panelist for a special Business North Carolina roundtable discussion of the challenges of growth in the Charlotte region. In case you missed the event, the April 2008 issue of Business North Carolina includes the roundtable’s discussion of the key issues. You may read the article online.
Other panelists were Ronnie Bryant, president and CEO of the Charlotte Regional Partnership; Bryant Kinney, VP for regulatory and governmental affairs of Duke Energy; Clyde Higgs, VP of business development for N.C. Research Campus (Kannapolis); and David Jones, chairman of the Charlotte Housing Authority and a partner at Kennedy Covington Lobdell and Hickman, a Charlotte-based law firm.
§ Tonya Faulkner, CPCC graduate and TRiO SSS tutor, co-presented with Tommy Lopez at the Southern Organization of Human Services (SOHS) conference in Charleston, S.C., on the “The Latino Perspective.” The presentation focused on the immigration issue in the U.S. This was Tonya’s second presentation on this topic at the SOHS. She has also presented at the national level.
§ Alice Hugi and Karen Franklin, counselors in Disability Services at the Central Campus, met with clients from Carolinas Medical Center, Rehabilitation Program for Individuals with Brain Injury, to discuss opportunities at CPCC and Disability Services. Amy Mahle, their occupational therapist, wrote of the visit, “Thank you, Alice and Karen, for your presentation about the disability services that CPCC offers. Our clients thoroughly enjoyed the time spent with you both and the care and concern you exhibited when answering their questions….We hope we can return with new clients in the future.”
§ The Harris Conference Center will welcome two first-time groups this week, BDO Seidman and American Marketing Association.
CPCC's
Horticulture Department welcomes everyone to our
Spring Plant Sale on Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19. Our sale hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the greenhouse located behind the Horticulture building on Cato Campus. Proceeds will be used to support student educational activities such as field trips, lectures, etc.
Our sale showcases beautiful plants grown by our horticulture students including annuals, perennials, herbs and vegetables such as Brandywine and Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes. Also available are summer hanging baskets, mixed flowering containers, mixed herb containers and select shrubs and trees. Please remember that gardeners in Mecklenburg County can currently water plants by hand with a) containers or b) hoses with nozzles.
Be sure to enter our door prize drawing for a huge mixed herb container. Coffee and soft drinks will be available along with planting advice.
Mark your calendars for a regional environmental education event on April 19 and 21. Charlotte: Clean & Green will take place on the Central Campus quad. This is a (mostly) free event and is the first of its kind in this region.
View our CPCC-TV spots: (also posted on You Tube)
And check out our flyers posted around your campus. Please join us for an event to help you “Green Your Mind.”
This is not your father’s Earth Day!
We’re looking for percussionists to perform for our Classified Staff Professional Development Day on May 16. Do you know of a drum line that would be able to perform in the morning on Friday, May 16?
Contact Melissa Wilson at 4751 or Susan Alford at 6789.
You will have two opportunities to see Corlis Hayes, a Communication instructor at CPCC, performing The Delaney Sisters and monologues from the Colored Girls with some of her students and local actors! All are welcome: students, faculty and staff.
CPCC Summer Theatre will hold auditions for Annie Get Your Gun on April 14 and 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Halton Theater. The production needs men and women from 18 to 60+. All adult roles are paid a stipend. Auditonees need a prepared song and monologue lasting no more than 90 seconds. An accompanist will be provided.
Rehearsal begins April 21. We rehearse Sunday–Thursday approximately 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Performance dates are June 6-14.
For more information on casting requirements and auditions, please visit our website.
Dr. Maha Gingrich and her group of more than 40 dancers will perform Dances of India at Halton Theater on Saturday, April 19, at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 for school-age children and $8 for adults and can be purchased through the CPCC box office at 704.330.6534.
Free parking is available in the faculty/staff deck on Fourth Street.
In its seventh year at CPCC, Dances of India will include distinct dance styles performed to live music.
The performance will showcase the 2000-year-old traditional Indian classical dances from the southern and northern regions of India. This year, “clapping” dances from different countries will be the focal point of the performance. More than 40 performers will share the stage, wearing colorful silk and cotton costumes with elaborate jewelry depicting the native regions.
Buy your tickets now for this popular show! Proceeds will support CPCC’s Arts and Communication Division.
The Central Campus Majors Bookstore currently has works from many of the authors of the ArtsFest on display. Stop by and view works by A. Van Jordan, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Henrietta Goodman and many others.
On sale now though April 7!
To Jeff Friar and Jeff Fair, Facilities Services, from Betty Baker, Levine administration:
“I just wanted you both to know what a great job John Martinez is doing at the Levine Campus. John always does his work with precision and pride and is always pleasant and courteous. For example; we needed a lot of furniture moved around between several rooms. It was agreed that this would happen over spring break. As diligent as John is, he started moving furniture a few days before spring break. John made this move happen and when he finished, the rooms were absolutely perfect. He is a great asset to this campus, and we are so proud to have him located here. Thanks for a job well done!”
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Victor E. Jones |
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Thomas Coleman |
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Shareka Nicole
Corry |
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Dana H. Cole |
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William Robert
Hargett Sr. |
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Omega Hall Beach |
§ 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 answers to your questions, contact Angela Eddie, 6908. Completed applications should be mailed to Jan Beecham at 9201 University City Blvd., 380-M Cone University Center, Charlotte, NC 28223.
§ District 13 served as a sponsor for the Fire & Life Safety Bowl on March 13, 2008. This year's bowl, the 30th annual, was held at the Oasis Temple in Charlotte. The event is a team competition among local elementary schools, public and private, that teach students fire and life safety practices. Prizes are awarded to the winning schools and students. Local sponsors assist in providing funding and volunteer assistance for the day.
Participating from District 13 were Crystal Carmichael, Loretta Carr, Monica Crawford, Amber Dinger, Dan Dombchewskyj, Angela Eddie, Sue Eldridge, Kathleen Francus, Kirstin Gelinas, Lewis Jefferies, Trudy Moore, Marie Walley, and Gwen Whitley. The winning schools were First Place-Oaklawn Learning Academy, Second Place-St. Ann's Catholic, Third Place-Lake Wylie Elementary and Consolation-Crown Point Elementary.
The Xi Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is collecting various items to be donated to the Robin Johnson Hospice House in Dallas, N.C. If you or your department would like to participate, please send items to Tracie Kanellopoulos in Environmental Health and Safety.
Items needed include microwavable soups, popcorn, small snack packs, sodas, magazines, books, bottled water, note pads, pens, toothbrushes, toothpaste, small shampoos, shower gels, etc. These items will be used by terminally ill patients and their families staying at the Robin Johnson house during the last days of the patients’ lives.
§ 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 from Coldwater Creek and Black Lion favors and door prizes too! $25 per ticket. Contact Patricia at 6566 for tickets.
§ 1999 Chrysler Sebring LXi Coupe, 67,300 miles. Power everything. Leather, alloys, security, café latte—$6,495. Call Bob, 704.877.8945, or Linda, 6566.
§ Huge attic sale. Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 6701 Idlewild Road, Charlotte, Friday, April 4, 5:00-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 5, 7:00 a.m.-noon. Contact Mitchell, 6576.
§ House for sale: Beautiful waterfront property in east Charlotte. 1.5 acre wooded lot; walkways, koi pond, brick home with lots of upgrades; office or hobby room; loads of storage space. Priced to sell. Contact Mitchell, 6576.
§ House in Farmwood/Mint Hill area: 3,695 sq.ft., 5 BR, 4.5 BA ranch with a basement. Log cabin feel—large wooded and fenced lot backs up to a creek and offers the ultimate in privacy. Finished basement is perfect for in-law suite, home office/theater, pool room, second living quarters, etc. Two masters, two kitchens, two fireplaces—$259,000. If interested, contact Brad Whitesell at 704.617.0139.
§ Like new 2005 Nissan Frontier truck—$16,500 or best offer. Call 704.650.1852. Photos and more information online.
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