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| Mark Your Calendar |
March 23-27
Disability Week
March 24 and 27
D2L Training
March 28
Health Fair
March 30
Legislative Forum, B133, 12 pm
March 31
PTA Open House, A213, 5:30-7:00 pm
April 6
College Bound, HH, 6:45 - 9:30 pm
April 7
Employer Expo, UGF, 11 am - 4:30 pm | |
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| News from MSU - Great Falls
Your Community College!
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Monday, March 23, 2009 |
Greetings!
This week is Disability Week and there are many activities planned.
- Monday through Thursday, 10:00-2:00
- Special Olympics Fundraiser: "Mile of Quarters" Buy a "foot" for $3.00! It takes 12 quarters or $3.00 to make One Foot. If you have the heart to help, Special Olympics athletes have the heart to play. Show them your support by buying a Foot! Stop by the booth near the Cafeteria Commons area.
- Tuesday through Thursday
- History of Disability Display in the Atrium. Stop by the Atrium and check out the display!
- Wednesday, 11:30-1:30
- Community Resource Fair in South Court. Stop by and see what community resources are available for people with disabilities.
- Thursday, 3:00
- Forum with Guest Speakers, Student Panel, ADA Compliance Checklist, and Ice Cream Social in R 173! All are welcome to attend!
Hope to see you at some of these events!
Kathy Meier
Director of Disability and Learning Support Services | |
PTA Open House
Submitted by Andrea Johnson
I wish to extend an invitation to all of you to the Physical Therapist Assistant Open House! This is being offered to prospective students, parents, teachers, prospective employers, the PTA Advisory Committee, and any other interested parties. The "Open House" is from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the PTA classroom / laboratory in Room A213 on the MSU- Great Falls campus as 2100 16th Avenue South in Great Falls, Montana on Tuesday, March 31. Program graduates and students will be asked to attend to share their experiences in the PTA Program.
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Health Fair This Weekend
On Saturday, March 28 the annual Health Fair will be on campus in Heritage Hall. As in the past, students in the Practical Nursing Program will be doing pressure checks for anyone attending. Students have taken blood pressures on children, adults, the elderly, and even dogs. In addition, there will be coloring books entitled "So you want to be a nurse," available for children. Outreach has generously donated the crayons to go along with the coloring books. Stop by on Saturday to check out the fair and support our students. |
Annual Employer Expo
The 16th Annual Employer Expo is on Tuesday, April 7 from 11:00 am to 4:30 pm at the McLaughlin Center located on the University of Great Falls campus. The Expo welcomes all job seekers to meet with prospective employers, have their resumes critiqued by local employees and access the Internet for job opportunities. The event is sponsored by the University of Great Falls, MSU-Great Falls College of Technology, Great Falls Job Service Workforce Center, Great Falls Tribune, Central Montana Radio Network, and Malmstrom AFB Family Support Center. |
| Respiratory Care Passes Accreditation
Director of the Health Sciences Division, Greg Paulauskis, and Program Director of Respiratory Care, Leonard Bates, announce the successful accreditation of the program by their professional organization, CoARC. The letter of accreditation reads:
Thank you for submitting your 2008 Annual Report of Current Status. Based on the outcomes you reported, your program has met or exceeded all currently set "thresholds" for success on each of the required outcome measures. This is an accomplishment of which you, your staff, and institution should be proud. No further action is required on your part. Please continue your current program "Resource Assessment" and "Outcomes Assessment" activities in preparation for your next Annual Report due September 15, 2009. |
D2L Professional Development Sessions
Submitted by Ryan Schrenk
If you are interested in getting up to speed on D2L, then check out http://distance.msugf.edu/Instructor_Resources/SpringandSummer2009_D2LPDSchedule_Jan6.pdf for dates, times and locations. You can work on this slowly over the semester or do a cram session in May. The next training, Communication Tools (Discussions, E-mail, Pager, and Chat), is on March 24 from 6-8 pm in B126. The session is repeated on Friday, March 27 from 3-5 pm in B134. If you would like to attend any of the sessions, please RSVP to Karen Vosen at 771-4440 or kvosen@msugf.edu. You can also stop by the Distance Learning office to sign up.
A couple of special notes on the sessions:
1. Online live and archived Adobe Connect sessions will be held for each one.
2. There is limited seating in the computer labs, so please RSVP.
3. Certificates of completion for all six sessions will be printed for any participant who takes part in the complete series. |
Legislative Forum
The last Community Legislative Forum is on March 30 at noon in B133. The forums are a chance to learn about the latest developments of the 2009 legislative session and visit face-to-face with area legislators to dicuss the issues affecting our area. Please submit a pre-prepared question to our Great Falls Legislators on a topic of your interest. Questions submitted by 5 PM on Wednesday is be answered at Friday's forum. Please e-mail your questions to thomas.figarelle@msugf.edu. |
Adjunct Junction
Ruthann Knudson (Ph.D. 1973, Wash. St. U.) is an anthropologist, archaeologist, and interface manager with nearly a half-century of experience. She currently teaches The MSU - Great Falls' course NAS201, Montana's American Indians. She has been a tenured university professor (Idaho), vice president of an international geotechnical and environmental consulting firm (Woodward-Clyde Consultants), and National Park Service superintendent (Agate Fossil Beds National Monument). She has taught at the U. Minn., U. N. Colo., Wash. St. U., Wright St. U., and U. Idaho. She is Executive Director of the Friends of the Museum of the Plains Indian, Vice Chairman of the North Central Montana Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc., and is active in First United Methodist Church, Great Falls. She gives presentations on Montana Paleoindians and the History of the Museum of the Plains Indian as part of the Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau, and conducts and publishes research on North American Paleoindians. She gardens and cans, loves gourmet cooking and needlepoint, and enjoys driving around the country finding hidden places.
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| DJ Classes on Campus
KGPR will be offering a DJ training workshop, which will cover all aspects of operating a Public radio station with an emphasis on broadcasting. The class culminates with the production of an off-air cd created by each of the participants. The class begins Thursday, April 2nd, from 7-8pm and will run for 5 weeks. Class cost is $50 per person. For more information call 268-3739. |
Ice Breaker Registration
The 30th Annual Ice Breaker Road Race will be held on Sunday, April 26, 2009. This could be a great event for a Shape Up Montanan group. Registration is Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Park and Recreation office at 1700 River Drive North. Special registration will be held at Scheel's in Holiday Village Mall on April 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration will be held at the Civic Center Convention Center on Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday (Race Day) at the Convention Center, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A late fee of $2 per registrant will apply beginning Monday, April 20. Early registration is from March 16-April 19.
Online registration is available at www.signmeup.com. Entry fees are $12 for 10 and under, $18 for 11 and older, $50 for a family of four (2 adult/2youth), each additional youth in the same household is $10. For more information contact the Park & Recreation office at 406-771-1265 or at www.icebreakergf.com. |
Cyber Security Tips
Using anti-virus and anti-spyware software is an important part of cybersecurity. But in an attempt to protect yourself, you may unintentionally cause problems.
Isn't it better to have more protection?
Spyware and viruses can interfere with your computer's ability to process information or can modify or destroy data. You may feel that the more anti-virus and anti-spyware programs you install on your computer, the safer you will be. It is true that not all programs are equally effective, and they will not all detect the same malicious code. However, by installing multiple programs in an attempt to catch everything, you may introduce problems.
How can anti-virus or anti-spyware software cause problems?
It is important to use anti-virus and anti-spyware software. But too much or the wrong kind can affect the performance of your computer and the effectiveness of the software itself.
Scanning your computer for viruses and spyware uses some of the available memory on your computer. If you have multiple programs trying to scan at the same time, you may limit the amount of resources left to perform your tasks. Essentially, you have created a denial of service attack against yourself. It is also possible that in the process of scanning for viruses and spyware, anti-virus or anti-spyware software may misinterpret the virus definitions of other programs. Instead of recognizing them as definitions, the software may interpret the definitions as actual malicious code. Not only could this result in false positives for the presence of viruses or spyware, but the anti-virus or anti-spyware software may actually quarantine or delete the other software.
How can you avoid these problems?
* Investigate your options in advance - Research available anti-virus and anti-spyware software to determine the best choice for you. Consider the amount of malicious code the software recognizes, and try to find out how frequently the virus definitions are updated. Also check for known compatibility issues with other software you may be running on your computer.
* Limit the number of programs you install - Many vendors are now releasing packages that incorporate both anti-virus and anti-spyware capabilities together. However, if you decide to choose separate programs, you really only need one anti-virus program and one anti-spyware program. If you install more, you increase your risk for problems.
* Install the software in phases - Install the anti-virus software first and test it for a few days before installing anti-spyware software. If problems develop, you have a better chance at isolating the source and then determining if it is an issue with the software itself or with compatibility.
* Watch for problems - If your computer starts processing requests more slowly, you are seeing error messages when updating your virus definitions, your software does not seem to be recognizing malicious code, or other issues develop that cannot be easily explained, check your anti-virus and anti-spyware software. |
Mountain Dew on Sale
One Liter Mountain Dews (Regular, Diet, and Code Red) only $.99 each with no limit on the number purchased! | |
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