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October 24, 2012
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Go Brain, Go Show
Submitted by Rhonda Kueffler
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Kayla Logan is 1st year. graphic design student at GFC.
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WOW! What a fantastic gathering at the first Go Brain Go Show last Friday night. The show featured the work of over a dozen local professional graphic designers, people who make their living as graphic designers, but who also have a passion for other art forms beyond the work day.
Students from Graphic Design and Web Design programs came with excitement and walked away with exhaustion. So much talent, energy and good advice in one room made the night a memorable one for everyone involved.
The success of this Go Brain, Go Show wouldn't have been possible without the following participants and supporters. Thank you so much to:
- Jason Beam, he was the "idea" man behind the Go Brain, Go Show. Not only did he come up with the idea, he gathered the designers, solicited the sponsors, spearheaded the printed materials and kept everyone on track and moving forward.
- The Participating Designers: The room was filled with smiles, laughter and wise advice-you all were the "inspiration" of the show! Your time, expertise and showing of your pieces were just what the students needed for encouragement in Web & Graphic Design programs and the design profession.
- Our sponsors: Walker Design Group for the Water Bar and Wendt Integrated Communications for the Snack Bar! Your generosity and support for the Web & Graphic Design programs and the design community are amazing.
- GFC Administration: Dean Susan Wolf, Heidi Pasek, Jeff Brown and Pam Parsons - your presence sent out a positive message to the Web & Graphic Design students and the design community.
- Other Supporter: Crystal Jeffrey (a recent graduate of the programs) for the logo and print designs, Marija Carte (a current student in the program) for the development of the website and Twitter page, and Jason's wife Tara and mother Margie for helping with the water/snack bar.
Child Development Center: Enrollment Kickoff
The enrollment kickoff for the child development center is November 7. Students and employees will be given priority with a special enrollment period of November 7 through December 1.
Plan to attend one of the Parent Information Sessions on November 7 or 8 to learn the enrollment process, explore curriculum, meet management staff, and see a typical classroom. Each session will include a Question & Answer period.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
- 12:00 - 1:00 in Room B139
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm in Room B101
Thursday, November 8, 2012
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Room B136
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm in Room B136
- 5:30 - 6:30 pm in Room B137
Honoring Our Veterans & Military
Student Central is collecting unused holiday greeting cards for The Holiday Mail for Heroes Program. During "Honoring Veterans & Military Week", November 13-16, students and staff will have the opportunity to sign the cards, which will ultimately be sent to active duty military and veterans. Other activities include a graffiti wall, hospitality room, and recognition of staff/faculty who are veterans, military or spouses.
GFC Faculty & Staff: Are you a veteran? Military member? Spouse of a veteran or military member? The college recognizes these individuals during Veteran's Week. Please email Julie Freshly at julie.freshly@msugf.edu with your "military connection"!
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eLearning Brown Bag Lunch:
Using TurnItIn with D2L Dropbox
 This Friday, October 26, eLearning will give an informal presentation on how to use these two products from TurnItIn as part of an integration with D2L. TurnItIn provides:
- Plagiarism Detection-returns an originality report indicating the level of possible plagiarized content
GradeMark-a commenting system for grading papers that allows customized or standardized comments
Two new features in Grademark include rubrics and grammar checking capabilities.
This is a casual brown bag lunch event, so grab some food and come down to G45 at 12:00 PM to see how these resources work. Or, if you are off campus, log on to http://aura2.msugf.edu/d2lday/.
Description: TurnItIn compares student submssions with a national database and online resources to provide an originality report. GradeMark allows instructors to leave comments on student submissions within the document, including a library of commonly used comments that can be dropped into place. These resources are available through a D2L integration.
 Canned Art Food Drive
We would like to invite you to participate in a Canned Art Food Drive to benefit the Campus Food Pantry for our students. What is Canned Art? A sculpture made of non-perishable food, not necessarily limited to just canned food items. We encourage areas around campus to 'canstruct' their sculpture(s) in order to generate donations for the food pantry. Anyone may participate by canstructing a sculpture, contributing items, or both.
The goal of our Canned Art Food Drive is to stock the Campus Food Pantry for the Christmas holiday and for students returning in January. Participating areas can determine when to begin their canstruction and will collect food until the end of the semester. Areas will be responsible for disassembling their creations by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 14, and volunteers from each area will need to help sort and stock items in the food pantry. Be sure to include a labeled bin for donations and keep safety in mind when designing and canstructing your sculpture. Be creative, but please keep it appropriate.
Items accepted:
- Non-perishable food items as long as they are not out of date and the labels are intact.
- Canned Food: fruits, vegetables, juice, meat, and sauces.
- Boxed Food: rice, pasta, quick meals
- Non-food items (toiletries such as toothpaste, shampoo, soap) as long as they are not out of date and the labels are intact.
Items that cannot be accepted:
- No glass containers.
- No alcoholic beverages.
- No perishable items (fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, milk).
- No exposed food or opened items.
- No out of date items.
- No permanent adhesive (i.e. glue) used during the can-struction process.
- Food labels cannot be covered or severely damaged.
Thank you for choosing to participate in the Canned Art Food Drive. We greatly appreciate your support of the Campus Food Pantry and our students in need.
Rock the Vote Data We can all be very proud, 86 registered voters were added to the pool prior to election day (85 from Montana and 1 in Wisconsin!). This is a fantastic contribution to encouraging civic engagement on our campus. Thank you to the eLearning & Library Services Team for their work on this project. Below is the final data for GFC's 'Rock the Vote' voter registration widget. |
Applications by Ethnicity
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White (not Hispanic)
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67
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77.9%
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American Indian / Alaskan Native
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4
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4.7%
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Decline to State
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4
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4.7%
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Black (not Hispanic)
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3
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3.5%
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Multi-racial
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3
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3.5%
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Hispanic
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2
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2.3%
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Unknown
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2
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2.3%
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Other
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1
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1.2%
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Applications by Gender
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Female
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64
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74.4%
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Male
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22
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25.6%
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Applications by Age
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< 18
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0
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0.0%
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18-29
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50
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58.1%
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30-39
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28
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32.6%
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40-64
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8
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9.3%
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65-up
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0
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0.0%
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Applications by Party
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None
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31
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36.0%
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Democratic
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22
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25.6%
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Republican
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20
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23.3%
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Independent
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11
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12.8%
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Libertarian
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1
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1.2%
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Other
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1
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1.2%
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Congrats to the Dental Divas
eLearning is proud to announce the completion of the Basic SMART Notebook Course by our Dental Faculty. Cheryl Stanley is a SMART Certified Trainer and has determined that the following participants have completed Basic SMART Notebook Training for SMART Board TM interactive whiteboards on October 19, 2012:
Kim Woloszyn
Holly Schott
Robin Williams
Gail Staples
Carmen Perry
Jocelyn Juelfs
Upon completion of this course they each received a certificate verifying their studies as well as a Pointer Hand to "point out how SMART" we think they are. Please join us in congratulating them on their success.
If you have a group that would like to request this training, please contact Cheryl Stanley at cheryl.stanley@msugf.edu to set up dates and times.
More Accolades . . .
Health Information Technology graduates for a 100% pass rate on their RHIT exam and Lynn Ward, HIT program director, for providing the high quality instruction that prepared these students so well.
Dennis Devine, Ed Binkley, Ken Wardinsky, and Pam Parsons for successfully completing Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Higher Education provided by Emergency Management Institute - US Dept of Homeland Security and FEMA.
It's AAUW Used Book Sale Time
Fiction, non-fiction, biography, nearly new, classics, children's ... You'll find it all in the thousands of books that will be sold beginning Wednesday at the AAUW Great Falls Used Book Sale beginning Wednesday on the third floor of the Great Falls Public Library. Most books sell for $2. For serious collectors, valuable items are priced slightly higher or are available via auction. The second week of the sale all the regular items sell for half-price. And the final two days are the popular sack sales.
Sale Dates:
October 24-28
Hours:
Wednesdays-Thursdays: 12-7
Fridays: 12-5
Saturdays: 11-5
Sundays: 1-4
Proceeds from the sale support scholarships, local libraries, HANDS, Children's Museum of Montana and AFS. Questions? Contact Jeri Pullum jpullum@msugf.edu.
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Building Hours - Fall Semester 2012
August 27th - December 14th 2012
Great Falls College MSU
Monday - Friday.................7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday............................12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM
Sunday..............................12:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Holidays - Closed
Labor Day - Sept 3rd Election Day - Nov 6th
Veteran's Day - Nov 12th Thanksgiving - Nov 22nd 23rd
Weaver Library (closed 9/2-3, 11/6, 11/12, 11/22-23)
Monday- Thursday..............8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday................................8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday ............................Closed
Sunday...............................12:30 PM - 9:00 PM
eLearning (closed 9/1-3, 11/6, 11/12, 11/22-24)
Monday- Thursday..............8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday................................8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday ............................1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday...............................Closed
Bookstore/Café
Monday - Thursday.............7:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday.................................7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday - Sunday...............Closed
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Great Falls College MSU is a two-year comprehensive college. Our Mission is to foster the success of our students and their communities through innovative, flexible learning opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds, and aspirations resulting in self-fulfillment and competitiveness in an increasingly global society.
2100 16th Avenue South, Great Falls, MT 59405
Telephone: 406.771.4300
Toll-free: 800.446.2698
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Upcoming Events
October 22-26
Respiratory Care Week
October 26
Harvest Carnival for
students/ employees/ families
Sponsored by Student Government
5:30-8:30 HH
October 27
Woodturning Fun
Carpentry Bay - Trades Bldg
1-4 pm
Students/ Employees invited
October 29
Red Cross Blood Drive
HH - 11 am to 3 pm
October 30
eLearning Webinar Lunch Series
Learning Styles in the Online Environment
Noon-1pm Room B136
Interior Design Students
Bake Sale
October 31
Harvest Soup Tour
Employees
November 6
Election Day
No Classes/Campus Closed
November 7 & 8
Interior Design Site Visit
NKBA
Child Development Center
Parent Information Sessions
November 8
Book Talk and Breakfast
with eLearning
Book: Drive by D. Pink
8:30-9:30 Rm A124
November 11
Veterans day
November 12
No Classes/Campus Closed
in honor of Veteran's Day
November 13
eLearning Webinar Lunch Series
Teaching Heath Care Online
Noon-1pm Room B136
November 13-16
Veteran's & Military Week
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Data QA
Did you know?
61% of surveyed students are very satisfied with financial aid advising at Great Falls College. An additional 33% are somewhat satisfied.
Source: Financial Aid 2011-2012 Snapshot.
Co-Curricular Snapshots are now available for nine
co-curricular areas.
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