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AAUW Used Book Sale
October 14-25, Great Falls Public Library Medical Assistant Week
October 19-23
WellCheck
October 21, 6:30 - 10:00 am, Heritage Hall
Food Drive Begins
October 22
Fit Fridays
October 23, 12 - 1 pm, G117 Halloween Soup Tour
October 30, 11:30 am - 1 pm, Various Locations on Campus
Harvest Carnival
October 30, 4-7 pm, Heritage Hall
Fall Building Hours
M-F 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
Sat 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Sun 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm | |
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| News from MSU - Great Falls
Changing Lives - Achieving Dreams |
October 19, 2009 | |
Medical Assistant Week
National Medical Assistant Week is October 19 - 23. Medical Assistants are at the heart of health care, performing administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, and other health practitioners running smoothly. The duties of medical assistants vary from office to office, depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner's specialty. In small practices, medical assistants usually do many different kinds of tasks, handling both administrative and clinical duties and reporting directly to an office manager, physician, or other health practitioner. Those in large practices tend to specialize in a particular area, under the supervision of department administrators. For more information contact Jacki Elam, Program Director at 771.4411. |
| WellCheck is this Week
WellCheck is on October 21 from 6:30 - 10:00 am in Heritage Hall. There are still slots available during WellCheck for FREE 10 minute massages and Med Gem resting metabolic rate testing ($25). Please call Wellness at 268-3717 to schedule your appointment. |
Food Drive!
Submitted by Kelli Engelhardt
Beginning Thursday, October 22 there will be three Food Bank barrels on campus ready to receive your generous donations of non-perishable food items. The barrels will be located in the Atrium, by the Cafeteria, and in South Court. Fight local hunger - there is an increasing need in our community. |
Halloween Soup Tour
Get your costume ready and think of a soup to bring. It is time for the Halloween Soup Tour. It is on Friday, October 30 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, with the costume parade, judging, and dessert from 12:30 - 1:00 pm. Travel to various locations on campus to sample the various soups, and then vote for your favorite.
If you would like to bring a soup, bread, or crackers, please let HR know by October 23. |
Patricia selected to ASID
Patricia Nelson, Interior Design Faculty at the COT in Bozeman, has been selected to serve as Director at Large for the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Intermountain Chapter. Patricia will be attending the Annual Meeting in Sun Valley, ID, with Advisory Board member, Deb Larson, and some students.
ASID is a community of people driven by a common love for design and
committed to the belief that interior design, as a service to people, is a
powerful, multi-faceted profession that can positively change people's
lives. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community
building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design
profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design
to positively change people's lives. Its more than 40,000 members engage in a
variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 48 chapters
throughout the United States and Canada. Julie Myers, Interior Design Program Director, are ASID members and listed in the Intermountain ASID Directory.
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| HOSA Meeting
The meeting is a chance for students to network with health science faculty and students. The topic is 'Why Selection a Career in Health Sciences is a Good Investment.' Find out about the job market for healthcare providers. Explore the salaries and career opportunities within various healthcare disciplines. Find out what scholarships are available for health science students. The Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) meeting is on Thursday, October 22 from 12 - 1 pm in B139. Snacks will be provided.
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Fire Inspection -- Kudos to our Maintenance Staff!
Submitted by Mary Ellen Baukol
I would like you all to know our campus passed with flying
colors the fire inspection on Friday, October 16. The fire guys complimented our staff on
maintaining a clean and clutter-free building. They said ours was one of
the cleanest buildings in Great Falls. We had NO violations noted. Thank you all and be sure to thank the maintenance staff for
their hard work in keeping our building clean.
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Change of Graduation Venue and Date
Submitted by Judy Hay
I have some exciting news to share with you about this spring's graduation ceremony - We will be holding the ceremony at UGF's McLaughlin Center and changing the date of the ceremony to May 8 to accommodate ourselves to their ceremony and activities. The reception will be here on our campus.
This is an exciting move for us to be able to use our campus for the most important event of the year! This gives us a chance to celebrate with our students and let them share our campus (their home for the last few years) with their families and friends.
Please mark your calendars and tell your friends! We will be looking forward to a new and wonderful way to share this wonderful day with our students, their families, and their friends. |
Montana in the Fall
Sumbitted by Natalie Nefzger
If you've been wondering where Natalie was last month, here is the answer. The Montana High School Tour! 3 Weeks, 19 Fairs, and over 1000 miles. This was a really exciting year. I had more conversations with quality prospects than ever before. It was great to be out in the Big Sky State connecting with students, reconnecting with guidance counselors, and sharing all the exciting things that have happened on our campus in the last year. It's also a great opportunity to find out what new programs have launched at other great schools across the state. Here are two major highlights from the tour . . .
1. I filled my prospect scanner plus brought home over 100 paper cards. Each recruiter used new technology to capture prospect data on a scanner and have electronic files sent to our emails once the tour was over. I gathered 375 names that had genuine interest in being a part of this fast growing excellent educational setting plus paper cards!
2. The other highlight from the tour was the near collision with a deer, on the highway, on my bike.
The end to this tall tale is this, MSU-Great Falls is building an excellent reputation around the state for offering exciting degrees that launch students out into the workforce in less than four years. Students liked to hear about our small classes and transferrable credits too. They also like knowing that they can earn certain degrees offered at the college of technology in Bozeman.
The tour is just the thing to keep us motivated and energized to keep doing the good work we do each day at MSU-Great Falls.
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 Lethbridge Trip
Sumbitted by Jeri Pullum
Four MSU-Great Falls representatives got a chance to look inside a wind nacelle (the housing for wind turbine equipment), watch it rotate and tilt, observe the various components up close and discuss best practices during a visit to Lethbridge College's Wind Turbine Training Program last month.
Mel Lehman, Heidi Pasek, Jason Harding and Jeri Pullum spent a day in Lethbridge last month to pick up information about the college's program and equipment. Lethbridge offers a 26-week, non-credit, intensive wind tech program that allows students to take the BZEE international wind tech certification test. (There is no U.S. certification at this time.) Although most commercial wind turbines are at least 1.5 mw, the college uses smaller but still commercial scale turbines (250-300kw) for training. The photo shows the inside of one of the school's nine training nacelles. The school also has a climbing-safety and ladder-rescue training tower, blades for learning blade repair and plenty of equipment for learning about electrical and mechanical systems, hydraulics and brakes. |
Windows 7 is on our horizon
Submitted by Jon Nitschke
A weekly technology column in the Wall Street Journal by Walt Mossberg addresses the upcoming Windows 7 operating system that will be released on Thursday, October 22. Ken Wardinsky says that we can look for Windows 7 on campus next summer or next fall. Instructors will need time to adapt their coursework and to find textbooks with the updated information. Vendor software that we use with the system will also take some time to be updated and compatible with the new operating system. If you are buying a new computer, you may find that it comes with Windows 7 loaded for you.
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