Halloween Festivities on Campus 

Join Us for "The Raven" Recitation

The Learning Center will sponsor two very special guests at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 31 (Halloween) in the study area outside the door of The Learning Center. Marjie McClellan, an Edgar Allen Poe devotee, will recite "The Raven" and answer questions from students and faculty. Following her performance, Jason Beam, a graphic design adjunct, will give a spirited reading of Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." Please attend this darkly fun event; arrive early to grab a seat. Costumes optional.

Learn Access-in-a-Day

The Outreach Department is offering a full day of Access database training on November 18, so REGISTER EARLY to reserve your spot. It is open to staff, faculty, students and community. It will be taught by Michelle Storrusten.

Access is a relational database with many uses at the College, in business or for personal use, such as:

- Tracking the condition or status of assets or inventory.
- Keeping track of your customers' key information, buying habits,

- Tracking the progress of team activities.
- Managing events, donors, members, and donations.
- Keeping track of projects, tasks, and people assigned to them.
- Managing quotes, create invoices, and run your business.
- Tracking inventory, create invoices, and run your business.
- Establishing your price and keeping track of your competition.

In this hands-on class, you will learn the basics of database design including tables, fields, records, and relationships. You will also learn to import and export data, create queries, reports, and forms.  REGISTER TODAY.  Call Deb Richerson at 771-4303 for information and to register. Faculty and staf of MSUGF get 50% off the course fee for non-credit courses. If this course would be a benefit to your work, it may be justified as a departmental expense.

Community Care Transitions Coalition

On November 1st, at 7:00pm, members of the Great Falls Community Care Transitions Coalition will be on campus to address the desire to improve the coordination of care and patient self-managment for chronic illnesses. These transitions can be from hospital to home, hospital to nursing home or home health, hospital to community case manager etc.  Mountain-Pacific Quality Health is under contract with Medicare (CMS) to assist selected communities to develop a comprehensive community network that will seek to improve transitions in care. 

  Campus Corps Corner  

 MSU-Great Falls' Campus Corps met with other Campus Corps members throughout the state in Billings this weekend at Montana Campus Compact's annual BEC (Building Engaged Citizens) Conference. The conference was focused on engaging tribal communities in service, and members not only learned a lot of skills centered around facilitating that engagement but found ways of transferring those skills to fit their local communities. Members also tackled "Big Picture" problems in our nation, brainstorming ideas from engaging Veterans to tackling healthcare and environment issues. Not only was BEC an affective learning tool, but it was great to network with neighboring Campus Corps groups to learn about all the good work they are doing for our state.

Our own Campus Corps members will be using their new skills in Great Falls soon, so keep an eye out for upcoming Campus Corps events!

To get involved, contact T.C. Knutson in Student Central at 771-4324

or campuscorps@msugf.edu. Come and see how much fun Campus Corps and helping the community can be!

Around Campus 

Prepare Your Retirement Plan at Work with VALIC Financial Advisor Brian Olsen on Wednesday, November 2nd for a Lunch and Learn in G117 from 12-1pm. Register online at my.valic.com/seminars with Registration Code: MTRGRE11AC. You can also call Brian at 781-8446. Questions can also be directed to MSUGF Human Resources: Lisa Albert 268-3701; Brianne Feulmer at 268-3712 or Mary Kay Bonilla at 771-5123.

Veteran's Week will be celebrated November 7-11 on campus. Veteran's Specialist Julie Rummel announced that during the week of Veteran's Day, we will have several activities going on to honor our Vets. These activities include: graffiti wall, cards for people to write notes to send to veterans, a "glove tree" that will be decorated with gloves to give to homeless vets, and the hospitality room (with food, beverages, and informational resources for veterans). The building will be decorated to honor our veterans. All of our student vets will receive an invitation to come to the hospitality room. In addition, some students on campus are working to put together a Students Veteran's Club.  

Do you know how to use a fire extinguisher?? If not, the local fire department will be here on November 10 at 10:30 AM to demonstrate the correct use of fire extinguishers.  Everyone is invited to attend and have a chance at operating a fire extinguisher.  They'll be set up outside the old Auto Body shop. Please thank Jason Harding for setting this up.  

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