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| Upcoming Dates | Open Enrollment Benefits MeetingFriday, April 16 9-10 am, R281
Student Awards Day Friday, April 16
Deadline for Dean's Awards
Friday, April 16
Library Basket Raffle
April 12-16: Drawing 4/16/10
Interior Design Gala April 21-22 Great Falls 7th Grade Tours
April 29 - Need Tour Guides!
Employee Year-end Luncheon
April 30
Well-Awards Deadline
April 30
Commencement - Bozeman
Friday, May 7
Commencement -
Great Falls
Saturday, May 8
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| News from MSU - Great Falls
Changing Lives - Achieving Dreams | April 12, 2010
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Inaugural Meeting of the Dean's Advisory Council
Joe Schaffer, Dean/CEO, of MSU
- Great Falls College of Technology has set the date, April 30, for the first meeting of the College's
newly formed Dean's Advisory Council. Schaffer established the Dean's
Advisory Council with the purpose of ensuring a strong community voice in
guiding the work of the College. Council members are vitally interested in the
future of the College and will advise the Dean on strategic issues and
opportunities facing the College.
The
following community members have been appointed to the Council:
Sara
Becker, AAF Great Falls; Peggy Beltrone, Cascade County Commission; Joan
Bennett (Governor appointment); Steve Bennetts, Great Falls High School;
Glenn Bliss, General Distributing Company; Bill Bronson, City Commission;
Ingrid Callahan, Education Director, MAFB; Sue Dickenson; Dr. Bryan Dunn
(Governor appointment); Deb Evans, Great Falls Teachers Federal
Credit Union; Laura Goldhahn, Benefis Health Systems; Mark Semmens, D.A.
Davidson Company; Mike Waldenberg, Central Plumbing; David Warner, Student
(Governor appointment); and Will Weaver, former Dean/CEO of the
College.
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April is Volunteer Month
Submitted by Kim Woloczyn, Program Director, Dental Hygiene
April is Volunteer Month and the MSUGF dental students are actively contributing to the community. Check
out the display cases in South Court designed by the second year dental
hygiene students for a project in DH 230 Community Dental Health course. Students researched the mission and vision of each agency along with the need
for volunteers to sustain its operations. Four agencies were highlighted;
Rescue Mission, Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
For MSUGF students who are signed up with
AmeriCorps, these agencies offer a way for students to give back to their
community along with fulfilling AmeriCorps hours required to receive the
monetary benefit.
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Electronic Health Records Training on the Horizon
Submitted by Lynn Ward, Program Director, Health Information Technology
Kate Peterson, Adjunct Faculty, Health Information Technology, will represent MSU - Great Falls at the Montana Health Information Management Association meeting in Helena. In addition to promoting our programs, she will introduce the attendees to the Electronic Health Records grant that has been awarded to Montana. MSU - Great Falls is cited as a subcontractor with the grant. The purpose of the grant is to develop programs to train clinicians, HIM personnel, IT personnel, and other end-users to understand the best ways to tailor an EHR system that suits the needs of their particular health agency. More information will be available shortly.
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Open Enrollment for Choices Benefits
Submitted by Lisa Albert, Human Resources
Choices Open Enrollment 2010 is
here! Workbooks and information packets were distributed in
mailboxes to eligible employees on April 8. Please contact Lisa if
you did not receive this information. - Online Enrollment begins
today. Access is through Banner Web [My Info] and will be open April
12 through May 7 at 5:00 pm. See
complete instructions at http://www.msugf.edu/facstaff/HR
and watch your mailboxes for information regarding online enrollment help
sessions. Everyone who reenrolls online will be eligible for a
prize drawing.
- The Choices Open
Enrollment meeting with OCHE and Benefit representatives will be Friday,
April 16, 9:00 - 10:00 am in R281 and is open to active employees and
retirees. A presentation on MAPP (Medicare Advantage Pilot Program) for
eligible retirees will follow at 10:00 am.
Open Enrollment closes
on Friday, May 7 at 5:00 pm.
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 Brian Cayko Hired
Brian Cayko has been hired as the Director of Clinical Education and as a Respiratory Care Program Faculty. This is a full-time, tenure-track position teaching respiratory therapy.
It is Brian's responsibility to develop,
plan, and coordinate the clinical activities of students and clinical instructors
at all clinical facilities. He also provides classroom, laboratory, and
clinical instruction for students working toward a degree in Respiratory Care. Brian earned his Bachelor of
Science in Biological Sciences from MSU in 2002 and chose to enroll at MSU -
Great Falls shortly after to work toward an Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory
Therapy. Since then, he has worked as a Respiratory Care Practitioner and also
earned his MBA in Health Care Administration. He began working at the college
in 2008 and is active in Respiratory
Care professional organizations both at the state and national levels. He is a
faculty advisor for the MSUGF student honorary, Phi Theta Kappa, and a Health
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Wind Turbine at Work
This is a great video of our new wind turbine provided
by Rusty Harris (Endurance Wind Power) and Gary Harcourt (Great Rock
Windpower). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEYhPR3_P90The output of the turbine is now being monitored. It will be connected to the Skilled Trades building to provide power and will also be used to provide electricity for some of the cooling systems for the main campus building. It is generating interest in education in Sustainable Energy Technology and will be used as a training tool for upcoming classes. |
Cast Your Vote in Suicide Prevention Art Contest
Submitted by Judy Hay, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Our campus is participating in an
art contest to promote suicide prevention. The contest includes entries
from some of our students that we have displayed in the cafeteria. Our
campus has the opportunity to vote on our entries such that we choose one to
compete at the state level with the winners from several other campuses in the
University System. Please view the pieces in the
cafeteria, but also go online until the end of day April 20th to this link to vote on the pieces: https://thor.msugf.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=4e58dc91880a4ceb9a53a08abd7d7c62&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmontanamentalhealth.org%2fprism.htm The first prize in the state will
receive $1000, and other places also receive cash prizes. The winning
poster will be used to promote suicide prevention through the Mental Health of
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APRIL TO-DO LIST___ Consider nominating an instructor for the first annual Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence. Details for nomination are available at www.msugf.edu. The deadline for nominations is April 16, 2010. ___ Nominations are invited from MSU - Great Falls employees for
the 2010 Innovation award. Employee teams or individual employees may be
nominated. The deadline for nominations is 5:00 pm April 16,
2010. For further information and the official 2010 Guidelines: http://www.msugf.edu/Dean's%20Innovation%20Award.pdf ___ The deadline for submitting a design for the Art for the Atrium project is April 15. For more information contact
Julie Myers. ___ Employees, submit your Well-Award credits and if they total a
minimum of 15 you will receive your $100 award. Access information through our webpage at www.montana.edu/wellness, and then select WellAwards. For further information, contact Human Resources. ___ Faculty and Staff who are planning to take part in the Great Falls Commencement Ceremony on May 8 should contact Courtney Brooks or Steve Halsted in the Bookstore to reserve regalia - caps and gowns are available. |
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