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Child Development Center Update
The Child Development Center will be opening in early spring 2013. James Talcott Construction has until the end of December 2012 to complete the construction of the Center. They are hoping to have it complete by early December. Children's Choice Learning Centers will be running the center and are hiring staff. Furnishings are being selected this month. Keep watching the Campus News for more updates. For more information please go to www.childrenschoice.com.
Great Folks
Submitted by Lisa Albert, Human Resources
Becky Johnson is the September recipient for Great Folks recognition.  Becky went above and beyond helping students and faculty navigate the changes in My Math Lab - staying up all night troubleshooting MML and working with their support people for hours on end at the beginning of the semester. Thank you so much, Becky!
Do you know someone you would like to recognize for their outstanding service? Show your appreciation by giving them a Great Folks award! Forms can be found in HR or on the intranet. From these returned awards, monthly recipients will be chosen and all recipients will be recognized and entered into a gift drawing that will occur at the Employee Recognition Luncheon in the Spring.
Common Ground
Implementation of Student Success Course
Submitted by Mandy Wright, Assistant Director Dev Ed & Transfer
Thank you to the members of the task force members who tackled the significant project of designing and implementing a mandatory student success course, tied to orientation and advising, for all students new to the College.
Our team worked to research similar courses at peer institutions, and determined the general content of the course syllabus. We also outlined criteria for determining which students should be required to take the course, as well as discussed challenges associated with making the course mandatory. We implemented the COLS 103 course this fall with five sections and so far have received positive feedback from students. The course is slated to continue this spring.
The Common Ground team leaders met to determine which tasks were complete and which teams were finished - and it was decided that our team is done! While the course is not yet mandatory, we have completed the largest part of the task, which was creating and implementing the course. I will continue to coordinate the course and will work with the advisors and instructors who have taught the course to determine any necessary changes to the curriculum.
Testing Services Coordinator selected
Submitted by Laura Wight, Director of eLearning & Library Services
Carol Berg, a Great Falls College MSU Alumna and former Exam Proctor, begins in her new role today as Testing Services Coordinator. The Testing Services Coordinator is a new position with oversight of all administrative functions of the Great Falls College MSU Testing Center. This individual is responsible for institutional compliance with secure testing site protocol, supervises Testing Center staff, ensures the highest quality testing experience for students, faculty and testing companies, and supervises and administers tests. Carol's Office is in R270/273. Her email address for contact is: carol.berg@msugf.edu .
GFC formalizes relationship with MSU Alumni Foundation
Submitted by Tom Figarelle, GFC Development Officer
Great Falls College MSU has established a collaborative relationship with the MSU Alumni Foundation to advance its institutional fundraising efforts. The Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education approved an Operating Agreement between the two entities at the September meeting in Butte.
Under the formal relationship, Great Falls College will transition their development staffperson, Tom Figarelle, to the MSU Alumni Foundation, who will, in return, accept and manage private gifts on behalf the College. The MSU Alumni Foundation will also advance the College's planned initiatives and programs through its established stewardship and fundraising efforts.
"We are thrilled to establish a formal partnership with the MSU Alumni Foundation," said CEO/Dean Dr. Susan Wolff. "The MSU Alumni Foundation is a high performing organization whose efforts have greatly impacted the future of the Bozeman campus. We believe they are uniquely positioned to similarly advance our college community - students, faculty, and donors alike."
The MSU Alumni Foundation, located in Bozeman, is the campus-affiliated foundation of Montana State University and is an independent non-profit entity, whose mission is to create partnerships between the philanthropic goals of donors and MSU's programs and priorities.
In addition to its fundraising efforts on behalf of Montana State University and its affiliated programs and initiatives, as well as Great Falls College MSU, the MSU Alumni Foundation operates the MSU Alumni Association, MSU Innovation Campus, Advance Technology, Inc., and the Johnson Family Foundation.
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Outreach's Community Enrichment Knife Skills Class
L to R: Linda McNeill, Chef Instructor Julie Bass, Holly Gilead
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Kitchen Knife Skills is offered 4 times this semester. It is a basic class teaching the techniques of using a 9" chef's knife. Instructor Julie Bass has received training at culinary schools and also at the Cordon Bleu. Interested? There are 2 sections left this fall - on 10/16 and 11/6 at 6-9pm.
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