AAC Communication 09/10/2014
Item
Responsible
&
Contact
Begin
Date
New EAP
Services
Human
Resources
07/01
Fire Alarm
Upgrade
Projects
New Era for
Theatre at
CNM
Jenny
Davis
09/14
Erica
Volkers
Fall
New
STEMulus
Center
Website
Labmaps
Shows
Availability of
Computer
Labs
Samantha
Sengel
Fall
Gina
Rodriguez
Now
New Bb App
for Fall 2014
Audrey
Gramstad
Fall
CNM Summer Jennifer
In-person
McDonald
New Student
Orientation
Changes to
Policies and
Procedures
Now
CHSS to Host
Major Mixer
for Students
09/12
Erica
Volkers
Now
End
Date
02/15
Notes
CNM Human Resources is providing the opportunity for
employees to learn more about the new Employee
Assistance Program (EAP) provider and their services.
Representatives from Deer Oaks EAP will be visiting
CNM sites to provide more details on the services they
provide and how to access the services.
The E, TC, W, SSC, N, P, K, and J buildings on the Main
and Montoya campuses are receiving fire alarm upgrades
as part of the 8 Building Fire Alarm project.
A new era is about to be unveiled for CNM’s Theatre
Department. A new state-of-the-art theatre scheduled to
open for the Fall Term will set the stage for the debut of
CNM’s Associate of Arts Degree in Theatre. Read more.
CNM’s STEMulus Center, scheduled to open Sept. 5, has
a new website that embodies the bold new educational
approach the center is taking to educate tomorrow’s
workforce.
A valuable tool to help students find open computer labs
is just a click away. It’s Labmaps, a web page
(labmaps.cnm.edu) which shows maps of each of CNM’s
open computer labs and where they can find an available
computer. Students can pull up this link not only on a lab
or home computer but on their smartphone or tablet.
Labmaps is also displayed on a screen at the entrance of
SRC203.
All CNM faculty and students will have free access to
Blackboard Mobile Learn to connect you to your CNM
courses that use CNM Learn. The app can be
downloaded at the iPhone App Store or Google Play.
(http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Mobile/Products/
Mobile-Learn.aspxt) Once you've downloaded the app,
search for Central New Mexico Community College.
Enter your CNM username and password, and you can
view course discussion, grades, blogs, journals, tests,
tasks, content and roster.
If CNM campuses seemed busier this summer than usual,
it may have been the 2,029 new students visiting for New
Student Orientation. This was the first year that in-person
orientations were offered on a large scale. Read more.
The CNM Governing Board recently approved some
changes to CNM policies and procedures, which included
changes to the Equal Opportunity Policy, Education
Benefits and the policy for Reporting Observed,
Suspected, or Apparent Misconduct. Read more.
The College of Communication, Humanities & Social
Sciences will host a “Major Mixer” for students from 3 to
6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12 at Main Campus in the
breezeway of the Student Resource Center.
New AT AD
John
Bronisz
Fall
New SAGE
AD
LouAnne
Lundgren
Fall
All
Employees
Required to
Take Training
Titled:
‘Preventing
Discriminatio
n and Sexual
Violence for
Faculty and
Staff’
Julie Fisher Fall
Campus
Sexual
Violence
Elimination
(SaVE) Act
for students
Project
Graduation
Inspiration
Julie Fisher Fall
Erica
Volkers
09/23
Campus as a
Living Lab
Faculty
Liaison
Food Truck to
Begin Serving
Lunch
Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Carson
Bennett
Fall
Victoria
Martinez
Fall
Academic
Instructional
Program
Manager
Kickstart
Workshops
Help Students
Improve
Academic
Skills Online
Gina
Rodriguez
Fall
Shelby
Villegas
Fall
Amy Ballard, the new Applied Technologies (AT)
associate dean, had a surprise Monday when she arrived
at her new office. Read more.
Kenneth Chavez, the new School of Adult & General
Education associate dean, joined SAGE as faculty and
been serving as interim since last year.
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of
2013, an amendment to the Jeanne Clery Act, mandates
Title IX training for all higher education employees. In
response to this mandate, you will receive emails from
“Workplace Answers” providing you access to the
training titled Preventing Discrimination and Sexual
Violence for Faculty and Staff. The intent of the
amendment and training requirement is to help bolster
the response to and prevention of sexual violence in
higher education. Watch for these emails and follow the
instructions. The first email will be sent today, with
reminders every two weeks until the training is
completed. Please note, registration for this course is not
required. Supervisors please use the revised Mandatory
Tracking form accessible from the bottom of the
Employee Training website for new hires.
The college is required to make best efforts encouraging
students to complete the training.
The training will be embedded on the Welcome page in
myCNM , in the Safety and Security channel and will be
sent to students via Sun Cat Times beginning the week of
September 22nd.
If you have graduation caps and gowns at home, dust
them off for Sept. 23, when CNM faculty and staff are
encouraged to wear their graduation regalia to work as a
way to help inspire students to graduate.
Carson Bennett is taking the year off as an English
instructor in the School of Communication, Humanities
& Social Science (CHSS) to serve as CNM’s Campus as
a Living Lab Faculty Liaison. Read more.
The CNM-Street Food Institute food truck, which is
operated by CNM Culinary Arts students, will begin
serving lunch again on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11
a.m.-2 p.m. in the Smith Brasher Hall parking lot,
beginning next week. Students and employees get a 15
percent discount.
Don McIver has been named the new Academic
Instructional Program Manager for CNM’s Assistance
Centers for Education (ACE). He began his career at
CNM as an English/Reading tutor.
CNM Connect has launched new “Kickstart Workshops”
to help students improve academic skills such as time
management, test anxiety, learning strategies, study
skills, test taking and note taking. They are accessible to
students from any Internet connection by going
www.cnm.edu/kickstart. For more information, email
smccorkle2@cnm.edu or call 224-5476.
Presidential
Fellows
Prepare for
Exciting Year
Walgreens to
Give Free Flu
Shots at CNM
Locations
Sydney
Gunthorpe
Fall
Rudy
Garcia
Fall
Solar Fiesta
2014
Diane
Burke
09/27
Artist Floyd
D. Tunson
Visits CNM
for
Presentation
on Sept. 25
Paula
SmithHawkins
9/25
Fire Drills
Scheduled
During First
Three Weeks
of Fall Term
New faculty
space in KC
Will Duran
Fall
Myrna
Marques
Fall
AMREP and
MHS
Sydney
Gunthorpe
Fall
Faculty
Feedback
(Early Alert)
Sydney
Gunthorpe
Fall
Sum
CNM's three new Presidential Fellows plan to begin
work on advancing the college's efforts in three important
areas -- Instructional Technology, Competency-based
Curriculum, and Retention and Graduation. Read more.
Walgreens will be giving flu shots at CNM locations over
the next couple of weeks. Here’s the schedule:
South Valley Campus -- Sept. 8, 9 and Oct.
13 (South Valley Rm. 22)
Rio Rancho Campus -- Sept. 10, 11 and Oct.
1 (Lobby at the front door by Student
Services)
Workforce Training Center -- Sept. 15, 16
and Oct 22 (Lobby)
Westside Campus -- Sept 15, 16 and Oct 22
(Michael J. Glennon Building in the Atrium)
Main Campus -- Sept. 22, 23 and Oct. 27
(Student Services Center, Room 108 and
Jeannette Stromberg Hall, Room 208)
Montoya Campus -- Sept, 24, 25 and Oct. 29
(cafeteria)
Flu shots are free for students. Faculty and staff will need
to have their insurance billed for the shots. If faculty or
staff members don’t have insurance, their shots will be
free. Walgreens will be at the various sites giving flu
shots between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
You’re invited to attend a free, one-day consumer trade
show and educational event on Sept. 27 from 8 a.m.-5
p.m. at the Workforce Training Center devoted to
renewable energy and sustainability
The public is invited to attend a presentation by
Colorado-based African American artist Floyd D.
Tunson, who for over four decades has been among the
most highly regarded and influential artists in the Rocky
Mountain region. He and curator Blake Milteer will give
a presentation on Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. on Main Campus in
Smith-Brasher Hall, Room 100.
The Safety & Security Office will coordinate mandatory
fire drills on all campuses at various times during the first
three weeks of the Fall Term. Read more.
After reviewing all current faculty spaces and
incorporating the Faculty Space Survey, the KC faculty
offices (KC 101) are open. Overall completion is
scheduled for early October.
AMREP and Moriarty High School fall schedules will
begin Monday, September 15, 2014.
The pilot phase of Faculty Feedback is underway.
Eleven SAGE faculty have volunteered for the first pilot.
The next phase will be all of SAGE.
Fall/Spring
Intersession
Eugene
Padilla
Fall
Spr
The dates for the next intersession are Sunday, December
28, 2014 – Saturday, January 17, 2015.
Workspace
Erica
Design Trends Volkers
http://www.fastcompany.com/3032792/the-future-ofwork/6-workspace-designs-trends-to-increase-yourproductivity
Too Big to
Fail?
Stephen
Mathewson
http://nyti.ms/1ygfrUQ
Would
Graduate
School Work
Better if You
Never
Graduated
From It?
Education
Dept. Will
Test Use of
Student Aid in
Programs Not
Based on
Credit Hour
CBE article in
Community
College Week
Donna
Diller
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/wouldgraduate-school-work-better-if-you-never-graduatedfromit/54015?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Donna
Diller
http://m.chronicle.com/article/Education-Dept-WillTestUse/147865/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Donna
Diller
http://ccweek.com/article-4133-move-over-moocs.html
CBE
Programs
Donna
Diller
http://www.mathematicampr.com/~/media/publications/PDFs/education/compe
ntency-based_program_models.pdf
