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Upcoming Events
October 27-31
Respiratory Care Week
October 28
Community Conversation: Education Funding Panel - B101 7:00 pm
October 30
Farewell Reception for Sheila Bonnand - Library 3-5 pm
October 31
Bookstore Costume & Pumpkin Carving Contest
November 2-8
National Allied Health Professions Week
November 3
Continuing Student registration begins for Spring 2009
November 4
Election Day - No Classes Building Closed
November 11
Veteran's Day - No Classes Building Closed
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| Outreach ~ Professional & Continuing Education |
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Outreach Web Page
Nov. 3, 5, 6, 10, 12
Nov. 7, 8, 9
Nov. 13, 18, 20, 24, 25
Nov. 14
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 Bonnand Departing
Sheila Bonnand, Senior Librarian at MSU-Great Falls for the past eight years, will be leaving Great Falls for a position at Montana State University as a Research Librarian. Please join us for a farewell reception on Thursday, October 30 from 3-5 pm in the Campus Library.
From Interim Dean Joe Schaffer: "Sheila truly has been the catalyst for moving the College's library to the integrated student resource center it has become. Her commitment to her vocation, focus on student learning, and dedication to the College as a campus leader is admirable and will be deeply missed. We wish her the best of luck and look forward to the things she will accomplish at MSU."
"We could not have hired more strategically when we hired Sheila Bonnand," says past Dean Mary Sheehy Moe. "Over the years she has transformed the library, making it truly the heart of the learning environment. She established an extraordinary relationship with faculty, such that regard her today as a colleague and partner in the learning enterprise. She made sure administrators understood her positions, and she took the time to understand theirs. She may leave MSU-Great Falls but her mark on the campus will prove to be indelible."
Sheila earned her Master's in Library Science from the University of Arizona and came to MSU-Great Falls from Yakutat School District in Yakutat, Alaska. She also worked as a Librarian at the Wilson Library for Western Washington University in Bellingham. |
| The Spooky Halloween Soup Tour
The Halloween soup tour is back for MSUGF employees on Friday, October 31 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. There will be a soup contest. Ballots will be available at each location. Desserts from Ghostly Dental Sciences will be in G117. The costume parade and judging will be held from 12:30 - 1 pm. The winner of the soup contest will be announced at this time.
Visit the following areas to sample bubbling soups:
Haunted Health Sciences
Creepy Construction Trades
Scary Student Services
Magical Administration Offices
Eerie Arts & Sciences |
| Respiratory Care Students Raise Money for Montana Children
During Respiratory Care week (October 19-26), the Respiratory care students raised over $190 for Campus Huff n Puff, which is a summer camp for Montana Children with Asthma and other lung related diseases.
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| National Allied Health Professions Week is November 2-8
National Allied Health Professions Week is intended to raise awareness about the important, often-overlooked role allied health professionals play in providing quality health care throughout the nation. |
Panel Offers Information on Public Education Funding, Positions from Legislative Candidates
MSU - Great Falls announces the next installment of the Community Conversations will focus on public education funding at it relates to all levels here in the Great Falls area, to include the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, K-12, and higher education. The event will take place Tuesday, October 28 at 7 PM on the campus of MSU - Great Falls.
Public education funding has been a contested issued in Montana over the last few legislative sessions and will undoubtedly be of great interest this coming January as the session reconvenes. What are the needs of our educational institutions here in Great Falls and how are local legislative candidates approaching this topic? These questions will be addressed as area administrators, local candidates, and the public offer their views.
Joining a panel to discuss this issue will be the Superintendents from the Great Falls Public Schools, Cheryl Crawley, and the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, Steve Gettel, as well as Joe Schaffer, Interim Dean of MSU - Great Falls. After these individuals share their perspectives as it relates to funding and their institutions, local legislative candidates will be invited to give their own outlook on education funding within a 1 to 2 minute time frame. Afterward, the floor will be open to questions and comments from the audience, which is the focal point of this series.
Community Conversations is a lecture series recently established by MSU - Great Falls to highlight important issues affecting the residents of Great Falls and Northcentral Montana. The aim of these events is to foster better understanding and knowledge amongst our citizenry as a means of advancing our community's future.
All of the Community Conversations take place in room B101, a lecture hall located inside the south entrance of campus. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or for input on future conversation topics, contact Tom Figarelle at 771-4412. |
 Medallion Awards Won at NCMPR Conference
MSU - Great Falls won a Gold Medallion Award for the billboard advertising the new Carpentry program, which was designed by Rhonda Kueffler. A Silver Medallion was awarded for the MSUGF Program Cards. Rhonda designs the template, Lanni and Natalie research the programs, write and edit the text. The NCMPR Regional Conference was held in Yakima on October 23-24. It was truly a professional development opportunity and a team building trip for Pam Parsons, Rhonda Kueffler, Lanni Klasner and Natalie Nefzger! |
 Monthly Great Folks Award Winner
September's Great Folks Award Winner was Karen Vosen. Congratulations!! Karen received the Great Folks award from Ryan Schrenk for her hard work of delivering 13 orientations to over 300 students, and for merging and mailing over 1200 letters to online students. Karen was presented a Gift Certificate to the COTtage bookstore by Dean Schaffer. |
| United Way 2008
Article Submitted by Scott Karaffa
This year's United Way campaign raised $5000 through the MSU-Great Falls campus. Thank you to everyone who participated and a big thank you to the following for their donations for the prizes.
MSU COTtage Bookstore
MSUGF Dental Department
Mountain Tire
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