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For the latest State Board Briefs, including a synopsis of Board Meetings, click here. For a complete directory of Board Policies click here.
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Oct. 4 Food for Thought, 11a-1p
Oct. 9 Taste of Home Cooking School
Oct. 9 Soccer vs. S. Georga College, 1p
Oct. 12 End of Mini Term I
Semester Countdown:
77 Days Left in Fall Semester
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October Birthdays |
1 Connie Briehn
1 Donna Stanley
2 Sharon Horton
2 Debra Young
3 Kristen Holmes
5 Karon Welch
8 Patricia Horton
8 Jimmy Milligan
11 Beth Johnson
12 Deborah Spann
12 Mark Williams
16 Cheril Grimmett
19 Lisa Harris
20 Elizabeth Moore
20 Teresa Ray-Connell
23 Jennie Gurley
25 Tammi Gattis
25 Diane Wilhite
26 Ed Hart
27 Barbara Adams
27 Deborah Hoover
29 Connie Merring
30 Alina Adams
30 Cindy Mallard
30 Aletta Williamson
31 Carol McKelvey |
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October 4, 2010 News and Notes |
| Update from Institutional Outreach
I would like to extend congratulations on behalf of our division to Dr. Cleveland for being selected as Interim President for Chattahoochee Valley Community College. We will miss him during this time as he assists our fellow college.
As you may have noticed, the mobile units have arrived on campus and soon we will complete the project to vacate the Bailey Center. Human Resources has now relocated to the offices in the Mathematics Building where Student Services was formerly located. Once the decks are complete for the mobile units, Financial Aid, Admissions, the ACTION Center and Business Offices will begin their move. The President's Office will complete the move. The date of the President's Office relocation will be announced at a later time. Once everyone has vacated the Bailey Center, the mailboxes will be located in the basement of the Bookstore.
Benevolent Fund- Every effort is made to ensure that flowers are delivered to employees who have experienced a loss or hospitalization according to the guidelines for the Benevolent Fund. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to provide information regarding their employees in order for announcements to be made to the campus regarding funeral details so that flowers can be purchased. In the event that a death or hospitalization occurs over the weekend or we are not informed in a timely manner, then flowers are sent to the employee when they return to work.
Events- Please remember that events of any type using any part of campus must be booked with Tina Jones in advance of the event and prior to announcing the event to the public. All space on campus including classrooms is available for use for meetings and events. A facility request is available in the mailroom.
~Melinda Edwards
Dean of Institutional Outreach
Bailey Center Relocations
Offices are in the process of relocating from the Bailey Center to other areas on campus as follows:
Ready to Work to Baseball Stadium Classroom
Enrollment Management to Student Center
Fast Track to Library 5th Floor
Planning and Assessment to Coliseum
Development to Coliseum
Marketing to Burrow Center
Business Office to Mobile Unit
Switchboard/Mail to Bookstore Basement
Judy York to Chemistry Room 3
Talent Search to General Studies
Upward Bound to General Studies
Barbara Atchley to Student Center
Human Resources to HGA
Admission to Mobile Unit
Financial Aid to Mobile Unit
ACTION Center to Mobile Unit
President's Office to Bevill Building 7th Floor
Vice-Presidents' Offices to Bevill Building 1st Floor
Dean Edwards to Bevill Building 4th Floor
LaDonna Allen to Student Center
Relocations are expected to continue through September.
Fast FactsAccording to a National Sleep Foundation poll, only one in five adolescents get an optimal nine hours of sleep on school nights. Over the course of a week, high school seniors miss nearly 12 hours of needed sleep. In a recent study in The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 15% of students who reported that they had had at least one car crash considered sleepiness the main cause. ( Source) Coach Barry Spitzer and the electrifying Wallace State soccer team are seeking some volunteer assistance at home games! Our team is looking for an individual to be the public address announcer prior to games, specifically introducing the lineups for Wallace State and theopposing team. A scoreboard operator is also needed and can be the same person as the announcer.
Also, anyone who would enjoy being a ball chaser at the games can contact Coach Spitzer to help in thatarea. A ball chaser needs to be at least 12-years-old and corrals all the loose balls that travel out of the field of play.
Each of these roles are open to anyone in the WSCC family, an employee's child, or any soccer enthusiast you may know who wants to get closer to the action!
If you have any interest or know someone who might, contact Coach Spitzer at x8370 or WSCC Staff Writer, Russell Moore, at x8443. Congratulations to Lady Lions Softball For the second consecutive year, WSCC's Lady Lions softball team led all college teams in the 2010 girls got game/NFCA Top Ten All-Academic Team rankings with a team grade-point average of 3.708. This also marks the third straight season that the Lady Lions have topped the junior college division.
Open AVC Lab
The eLearning department is reinstating an open lab in the AVC for your use in order to assist with any problems you may have with the various technologies we are using in eLearning (WebCT, Blackboard, Tegrity, etc.) The lab will be open for your use during normal business hours each Friday (unless we notify you otherwise) starting 10/1/2010. We will have laptops available for your use, and, if you have one, you can certainly bring your own. If you need to schedule another time, please contact Christine Wiggins.
End of Fiscal Year Deadlines
The Business Office will resume issuing purchase orders on Monday, October 4, 2010.
Alumni Association Traveling to Charleston
The WSCC Alumni Association is traveling to Charleston, SC March 25-28, 2011. Accommodations include a three night stay at the Mills House hotel, breakfast daily and transportation provided. Optional tours/events include:A Day on the Ashley-tours of Drayton Hall and Middleton Place Plantations and a Low-country buffet, A Historic Charleston and Fort Sumter Tour, A visit to the Hunley Submarine Museum and tour, and Tickets to the Fashion Week Finale event focusing on famous and emerging designers and models . Single to quad rooms are available. For additional information and to register for the trip - visit the Wallace State Alumni page by clicking here.
October is open enrollment for the Sick Leave Bank. Contact Deb Spann at x8121 for more information.
PTK Clothing Drive
The WSCC Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society will be sponsoring a CLOTHING DRIVE from October 1 - 19, 2010. Gently used/new clean clothing items of all sizes will be accepted (especially fall and winter items). Donations will be collected in the HGA Math Building Room 16 during regular school hours and will be given to the Master's Hands and/or Loft Ministries in the Cullman Area.
League for Innovation Competition
Applications for the League for Innovation's Innovation of the Year Competition will be accepted through November 30. To apply, entitle your project/method and provide a brief (500 word or less) narrative describing the innovation. Entries should be submitted to Beth Bownes-Johnson by November 30. For more information, click here.
ACCA Elections
Voting for the 2010 ACCA Elections continues through Friday, October 8 in the President's Office. This year we will be voting for a Second Vice-President. Dr. David Campbell, President of Northeast Alabama Community College and Dr. Herbert Riedel, President of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College are our candidates. This election is open to all full-time employees.
Holocaust Exhibit
The Common Read Committee and The Evelyn Burrow Museum are hosting "Darkness into Life," an exhibit of the Birmingham Holocaust Education Committee. In this sensitive assembly of narratives, photography by Becky Seitel and art by Mitzi J. Levin, viewers are provided intimate glimpses into the private memories of twenty Alabama Holocaust survivors. The exhibit will be on display in the Burrow Center September 20 through October 15, during museum hours of operation (Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.), and at other times the building is open. Students who require proof of attendance may sign in at the museum. Admission is free.
TV27 Appearances
Our Tuesday morning biweekly television spots on TV27 have resumed and we're looking for guests. If you have a program, activity or event you'd like to promote, please email kristen.holmes@wallacestate.edu, or call x8118.
Liberty National Insurance
If you would like to participate in the Liberty National section 125 cafeteria plan, now is the time to enroll. Liberty National is also offering a no cost accidental death plan to anyone interested along with our Life Insurance and supplementary health benefits. Contact Freddie Bussey at 256/339-5049 or fbusslnl@yahoo.com with any questions you may have about tax savings and products offered by Liberty National through the section 125 cafeteria plan at Wallace State. This opportunity to participate ends October 15, 2010. Please do not contact the Wallace State Business Office concerning Liberty National information.
Business Cards
The design and vendor for our business cards has changed. When you need to reorder, please make your purchase order to Alabama Web Press for $48 per box. Once you have a P.O. #, please email it to kristen.holmes@wallacestate.edualong with the correct information for your card (name, title, email, phone and fax).
Zumba Fitness
Many of you may have noticed the infomercials about the Zumba Fitness Program on television. The program is an easy to do, calorie burning, Latin inspired fitness program.
The Community Education Program is hosting this program on campus beginning October 28, taught by a certified Zumba instructor.
Classes will be taught for one hour, twice a week.
Tuesday and Thursdays, Oct. 28-Dec. 16, 6-7:00pm (13 classes total) $104.00
Classes will be held in the Banquet Hall and are open to employees, students and the community. Call Mary Hall to register at extension 8243. Registration must be made in advance.
Name the Wallace State Mascot
Wally has retired. Help us choose a name for the new Wallace State mascot by voting online through October 15. A link to the poll is on our homepage.
2010-2011 Catalogs
New catalogs are now available in the JBC basement. Spiral bound catalogs will be here soon and will be distributed through the mailroom.
Green Team
The WSCC Green Team meets on the second Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. on the 8th floor of the Bailey Center. Come and share your ideas on how to make WSCC a green campus.
Student Success Stories
We're interested in student success stories any time of year, not just at graduation. If you know a student we should highlight, please share. Just reply to this email or send to Kristen Holmes.
The new WSCC logo, lion, and seal are now available for download on the Wallace State intranet. Please be sure to use these on new materials, and update old forms and other materials when possible.
Photos NeededDo you have amazing photos you would like to share as part of our Year of the Arts Employee Digital Art Exhibit? If so, please email the photo with a brief description to communications@wallacestate.edu. Click here to view submitted photos.
     
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Wallace State Community College's Dr. Philip Cleveland named Interim President at Chattahoochee Valley Community College in Phenix City
HANCEVILLE - Wallace State Community College's Dr. Philip Cleveland has been named by Chancellor Freida Hill as Acting President at Chattahoochee Valley Community College in Phenix City, Alabama. He will serve in this position until CVCC President Dr. Laurel Blackwell retires, at which time he will become Interim President until a permanent replacement is found. Blackwell recently announced her upcoming retirement. Read More
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