AAC Communication Log 06/10/2015
Item
Responsible
&
Contact
Elsie Hall
Begin
Date
Jennifer
Davis
Sum
2015
Delivery of
New Employee
ID Badges
Continues –
New ID Cardreader System
Goes Live Aug.
17
Deans
Aug
17
Use of Tobacco
Products Only
Permitted in
Designated
Areas
Jennifer
Cornish
Summer
Course
Evaluations
A-Building
Relocation
End
Date
Notes
Course Evaluations for Summer Term are open
from Sunday, July 26 - Saturday, August 8
Fall
2016
 5/28: Web Strategy moves to SRC111
 5/28: Marketing moves to PPD102
 5/29: HR Procurement Senior Analyst (Charlotte
Gensler) moves to PPD103B
 6/4: Purchasing moves to TW208 (Wanda Helms will
be located in TW204B)
 6/4: Audit moves to BT101
 6/5: Contracts and Grants moves to G202
 6/5: Communications moves to I-211D and I-211G
 6/8: Accounting moves to J-121
 6/9: Payroll moves to TW207
 6/9: Business moves to TW104 (Loretta Montoya and
Kimberly Rocheford)
 6/15: Budget moves to the Oxford house
 6/15: Marketing Director (Jennifer Brower) moves to
LSA206
 6/18: Media Productions moves to the ATC warehouse
space
 6/19: HR moves to ST10 + ST11
 July (date TBD): Outreach moves permanently to
SSC203
Departments and schools across CNM are in the process
of receiving an Employee ID Badge Distribution packet.
Instructions for distributing the badges, as well as a
Statement of Responsibility that employees must sign
before taking possession of the new ID badge, will be
included in the packets. The multi-phase Access Control
Project is in the process of implementing technology to
improve college safety and security, and emergency
preparedness. Select doors across the college (ones
currently with slide-card readers) are being prepared for a
new door lock and ID card-reader system that will go live
Aug. 17. Badges can be distributed any time after they
are received. Current ID badges that are used by
employees to open slide-card door locks will not work
after Aug. 17. Read more about the project.
CNM is committed to providing a healthy environment in
which to learn, work and visit. Therefore, smoking and
the use of tobacco-related products of any kind, including
e-cigarettes, are prohibited on all CNM campuses, except
in clearly-marked designated smoking areas. Designated
smoking areas are identified by signs and markings on
the sidewalk/pavement and can be found on these
campus maps, including new locations on Main Campus
due to construction. There are designated smoking areas
at all CNM locations.
CNM’s Native American Task Team are seeking 15
volunteers to help with the “Honor Your Heritage” 5K
Fun Run and 1 Mile Walk on Sunday, June 14. The event
will take place at Montoya Campus. Volunteers will
assist with registration, mid-race and post-race
refreshments, and event assignments. Volunteers must be
18 years of age or older. If you are interested in
volunteering, contact Dee Bluehorse at
dbluehorse@cnm.edu, or call 224-4000, ext. 51292. A
mandatory meeting for all volunteers is set for Thursday,
June 11, from 4-5 p.m. on Main Campus in the Student
Services Center, Room 205.
As part of their New Student Orientation experience, new
CNM students will be encouraged to “Be Curious” as
they set off on their journey through their first year of
college. To spark some curiosity, faculty members are
encouraged to share a 15-20 minute TED-type talk
during the sessions. One faculty talk will be presented
per session, and there are 16 sessions scheduled
throughout the summer for Fall Term incoming
freshmen. Click here for more information and to view a
schedule of available orientations.
Volunteers
Needed for
Native
American Task
Team’s ‘Honor
Your Heritage
Fun Run and
Walk’
Dee
Bluehorse
Faculty: Share
Your Passion
for Learning at
New Student
Orientation
Katie
Boyles
Extended
Hours for ITS
Service Desk
on Saturday
ITS Service
Desk
The ITS Service Desk will be extending its service hours
on Saturday, June 6. The ITS Service Desk will be open
to support classes and any students needing help with
technology from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. To view the full
schedule of daily hours for the ITS Service Desk, click
here.
CNM, WNMU
Announce New
Student
Transfer
Partnership
Roberto
Vasquez
CNM and Western New Mexico University are preparing
to sign a transfer agreement that will lock in current
tuition rates and create a seamless transfer pathway for
CNM students to pursue bachelor’s degrees at WNMU,
whether online or in Silver City. Read more.
BIT Program
Coordinator
Named Winner
of New Mexico
Book Award
Andres
Armijo
Andrés Armijo, program coordinator in the CNM School
of Business & Information Technology, has been named
the winner of the Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Award for his
book, “Family History in the Rio Abajo,” published by
Rio Grande Books. Read more.
Mental Health
First Aid Class
Preparing
Faculty, Staff
and Students to
Recognize
Signs of
Distress
You’re Invited
to Practice
Mindfulness in
SRC Each
Wednesday
Starting May
27
Rudy Garcia
More than 200 CNM faculty, staff and students can better
recognize and help people showing signs of mental
health distress thanks to a Mental Health First Aid class
taught by CNM Dean of Students Rudy Garcia and Jim
Johnson, psychology professor in the School of
Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences. Read
more.
Melissa
Franklin
Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a
“Mindfulness Practice Hour” each Wednesday from
1:30-2:30 p.m. on Main Campus in the Student Resource
Center, Richard Barr Boardroom, which overlooks the
grassy field with a view of the mountains. For more
information, email Melissa Franklin at
mfranklin9@cnm.edu.
Governing
Board
Approves Use
of Alcoholic
Beverages for
Academic
Purposes in
Culinary Arts,
Hospitality &
Tourism
Programs
Be Aware of
Internet
Browser Issues
Related to
Timesheet
Approvals
Faculty
Feedback
(Early Alert)
Victoria
Martinez,
Donna
Diller
At its monthly meeting May 12, the CNM Governing
Board revised policy to permit the lawful use of alcoholic
beverages for academic purposes in the Culinary Arts
and Hospitality & Tourism Programs. Read more.
Loretta
Montoya
Sydney
Gunthorpe
Sum
2015
Faculty Focus
Day
Convocation
Erica Reed,
John Wright
Alexis
Kerschner
Denise
Montoya
Fall
2015
Fall
2015
Some timesheet approvers may be getting error messages
while trying to approve timesheets. If this is the case,
please try the following: If you are using Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10, it is recommended that you try
using either the Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome
browsers.
The next step in the pilot for Faculty Feedback is
happening this summer. All of SAGE and some faculty
from CHSS, MSE and HWPS are participating in the
next level of the pilot. The goal is to have a full
implementation for Fall 2015.
Thursday, August 27
Location: Main Campus
Friday, August 28
Location: Convention Center
On Tuesday, the CNM Governing Board approved a new
Domestic Abuse Leave policy that is effective
immediately. The new policy allows an employee to take
up to 14 days of unpaid domestic abuse leave, on an
intermittent basis, for up to eight hours in one day. The
leave may be taken in order for the employee to meet
with law enforcement officials, consult with attorneys or
victim advocates, or to attend court proceedings related
to the domestic abuse of the employee, a minor child of
the employee, or a person for whom the employee is a
legal guardian in accordance with state law. For more
information on the new policy, see Section 8.21 in the
Employee Handbook, or call Human Resources at 2244600.
Parking will be tight this summer near Max Salazar Hall
(MS) and Student Services Center (SSC) during a major
construction project that will get underway May 8. But
the end result – a beautiful latticed canopy-covered
walkway extending from University Blvd. and ending in
a student-friendly entrance to the buildings – will be
worth the wait, says Marvin Martinez, facilities project
manager. Read more.
All email accounts in Academic Affairs have been
migrated to Microsoft Exchange Online.
Governing
Board
Approves New
Domestic
Abuse Leave
Policy
MS
Construction
Marvin
Martinez
Migration to
New Cloud
Email
Environment
Complete
ITS Service
Desk
Smith Brasher
Marvin
Martinez,
Donna
Diller
Fall
2015
L Building
Myrna
Marquez,
John
Cornish
Bill Havins
Fall
2015
CTL New
Faculty
Orientation
College is not a
commodity
Finland
Education
Reform
Samantha
Sengel
Tamra
Mason
July
23
Smith Brasher will be closing at the end of the Fall 2015
semester. Some BIT faculty and staff will be moving to
KC101. The main office for BIT will be located in the K
Building at the Montoya Campus. The construction will
take approximately two years.
The L Building at Main Campus will reopen for the Fall
2015 semester. The Grand Opening celebration will
occur on Friday, September 18th.
Orientation for new FT and PT faculty sponsored by the
CTL.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2
015/06/09/college-is-not-a-commodity-stop-treating-itlike-one/
http://singularityhub.com/2015/04/04/finlands-latesteducational-move-will-produce-a-generation-ofentrepreneurs/