AAC Communication Log 10/14/2015
Item
Suncatfe at
Main Campus
Responsible
&
Contact
Phil Bustos
Begin
Date
End
Date
Spr
2016
Notes
Just wanted to let you know that due to some delays
in the buildout and counters the Suncatfe (Café
between MS and SSC) will not be open until spring
semester. On the bright side it will help the food
trucks to not have the competition at this point.
Suncatfe will be fully operational spring term.
CNM Hosting
Events Focused
on Water Issues
in the Desert
Molly
Blumhoefer
CNM will host several educational events focusing
on water issues in the desert during September and
October as part of the college’s Campus as a Living
Lab initiative. Read more.
Potential
Construction
Disruptions on
Main Campus
During
Technology
Loop Project
Implementation
Richard
Mazon
Open/Switch
Enrollment
Period for
Health Care
Benefits Runs
Oct. 15 to Nov.
15
Lori
Bennison
Computer Lab
Imaging
Schedule for
Spring Term
Available
Michael
Schalip
The Central and North parking lots around Buildings
A and N will have all asphalt back in place by Oct.
16, freeing up additional parking spaces. Excavation
to install new fiber optics is under way in the Upper
SSC parking lot behind Student Services and next to
Max Salazar Hall and Ken Chappy Hall, should be
completed by Oct. 19. Work in the area behind
Smith Brasher Hall along Roosevelt Park on the
western boundary of the campus will continue
through Oct. 19. Excavation will begin this week at
the corner of Coal Ave. and University Blvd. near
Smith Brasher Hall. See map for more details.
If you need to make changes to your health care
benefits or enroll in a flexible spending account, the
Open/Switch Enrollment period will take place from
Oct. 15 through Nov. 15. If no changes are made,
your current health benefits will continue for the
new plan year. You must re-enroll in the flexible
spending account to continue it for the year ahead.
For more information about health benefits and
flexible spending accounts, visit the Human
Resources website or call 224-4600.
ITS will soon be preparing the CNM computer
classrooms and labs for the upcoming Spring Term.
ITS staff encourages all CNM faculty and lab staff
to review this schedule. If you have concerns,
provide feedback by contacting the ITS Service
Desk at itsservicedesk@cnm.edu, or call 224-4495.
As always, any changes or updates to instructional
software must be discussed with or requested by the
appropriate Academic Chair or Associate Dean for
that program and communicated to the lab
supervisor responsible for the various computer labs
and classrooms.
Oct
15
Nov
15
CNM
Joe Gieri
Executive
Team Approves
Revisions to ISEmail in The
Source
* Defining the required standards for email retention
* Defining how CNM sensitive and restricted
information may be transferred via e-mail
* Designating the disposition of inactive email
accounts
* Defining the required standards and methods for
College-wide electronic communications
This information is provided as a summary only.
Please refer to The Source for details. The most
recent version of policies and procedures may be
accessed at this link. If you would like more
information about the revised IS-1008, please
contact Information Technology Services (ITS).
The U.S. Department of Labor announced on
Wednesday that it is awarding CNM with a $2.9
million grant as part of its $175 million American
Apprenticeship Grants. Read more.
CNM Awarded
$2.9 Million
Grant to Create
IT
Apprenticeship
s
Distance
Learning
Department
Offering
Quality Matters
Rubric Course
Donna
Diller
Patricia
Miera
There are two sessions available: Sept. 15-29 and
Oct. 13–27. To register, access the new CNM Talent
Management (employee training) site by logging in
to myCNM, click on the “Employee” tab, then click
on the “Employee Learning” link under the heading
“CNM Talent Management.”
CNM Starts
Chapter of
National Adult
Education
Honor Society
CNM Now
Offers
Interpretation
and Translation
Services
Anita Evans
The CNM Office of Adult Basic Education (ABE)
has started a chapter of the National Adult Education
Honor Society (NAEHS). Read more.
Rodney
Ulibarri
CNM is now offering interpretation and translation
services to facilitate communication with Spanish
speaking students, employees and members of the
community. Rodney Ulibarri, part-time Spanish
faculty member, has been hired as CNM’s first
official Spanish translator. He is available 20 hours a
week to translate academic, marketing and
employment information. You can also call upon
him to interpret for Spanish speakers during
enrollment and advisement sessions, meetings,
trainings or events. You can reach Ulibarri at CNM
Spanish Translation Services: 224-4000 Ext. 50466;
email spantrans@cnm.edu; or Skype,
CNMenEspañol. His fall schedule is Mondays and
Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tuesdays and
Thursdays, noon– 3 p.m. and Fridays, 8 a.m.–noon.
Some AT
Faculty Start
Fall Term in
Renovated
Office Spaces
John
Bronisz
Some faculty in the School of Applied Technologies
started the Fall Term in greatly improved office
space in Ted Chavez Hall, Room 107, on Main
Campus. Three rooms were combined and renovated
into one large space, enough to accommodate 23
faculty members. Read more.
CNM’s New
Friday Fitness
Fundays Give
You Fun
Opportunities
to Engage in
Healthy
Activities,
Beginning Sept.
25
You’re invited to join fun and healthy activities such
as volleyball, ultimate Frisbee, aerobic exercises,
stretching/foam rolling and chair yoga during
CNM’s new Friday Fitness Fundays (F³), which will
be held once a month starting on Friday, Sept. 25,
from 2-4 p.m. on the grass lawn next to the Student
Resource Center (SRC). Various local fitness
facilities will be joining the festivities to provide
information about what they have to offer the CNM
community. Future dates and information will be
provided at the event and in future editions of News
Link. Together, we can make the healthy choice an
easy choice!
Information
Sessions Set for
Business
Administration
Fast Track
Degree
Program
CNM is offering “Info Sessions” to learn about
CNM’s Business Administration Fast Track Degree
at various locations for your convenience. RSVP is
only needed for the STEMulus Center location
because of parking. RSVP to Andrés Armijo at
aarmijo59@cnm.edu. There is plenty of parking at
Smith Brasher Hall, so no RSVP is required there.
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Tuesday, Sept. 22 -- Smith Brasher Hall,
Room 104, Main Campus, 5-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 14-- STEMulus Center,
Suite 25A, downstairs in the Galeria. 20 First
Plaza NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
12:15-1 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 27 -- Smith Brasher Hall,
Room 104, Main Campus 5-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 11 -- STEMulus Center,
Suite 25A, downstairs in the Galeria. 20 First
Plaza NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
12:15-1 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 17 – Smith Brasher Hall,
Room 104, Main Campus, 5-6 p.m.
An open house for the Business Administration Fast
Track Degree program will be held Oct. 7 from 5-6
p.m. at the STEMulus Center. Click here to RSVP.
Nominations
Being Accepted
for Individual
Excellence
Awards
Rebecca
Turner
Nov
02
PARCC
Placement
Recommendati
ons for CNM
Chris
Cavazos
Spr
2016
Schools,
Departments
Invited to
Participate in
CNM Fall
Festival
Elizabeth
Fatta
Oct
26-28
If You Speak
Spanish, Wear
New ‘Yo Hablo
Español’
Buttons
Main
Campus
Connect
Office
Dual Credit
Students will be
impacted spring
2016
Available to all
students fall
2016
Nominations are now being accepted for Individual
Excellence Awards. If you know a CNM employee
who has provided excellent service to the CNM
community, nominate him or her for an excellence
award. Any employee, student or community
member can make a nomination. The deadline to
submit a nomination is Nov. 2. For more
information, click here or call Rebecca Turner at
224-4617.
To summarize and relate to Central New Mexico
Community College, the placements and guidelines
proposed are:
English and Reading-ELA/literacy Level 4 or 5 at
grade 11, no placement test required and student is
eligible for English 1101, and meets the IRW 0980
(currently English 0950 and Reading 0950)
prerequisite requirements for all other courses.
ELA/literacy Level 3 or below, college placement
test is required.
Mathematics-Algebra II or Mathematics III Level 4
or 5, student is eligible for Math 1110, Math 1315,
Math 1320 and Math 1330, and meets the Math
1310 prerequisite requirement for all other
courses. Students wishing to take classes above the
level of Math 1330 are required to take the
placement test. This is strongly recommended for
students at Level 5 on the Algebra II or Mathematics
III PARCC.
Algebra II or Mathematics III Level 3 or below,
college placement tests required.
CNM departments and schools are invited to
participate in the first CNM Fall Festival by staffing
tables and providing students with information and
resources about their programs and departments at
the first CNM Fall Festival that will take place at
Montoya, Westside and Main campuses Oct. 26-Oct.
28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Departments interested in
participating need to submit their application to
Libby Fatta, Student Events and Program Manager,
at efatta@cnm.edu, by Sunday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. to
be considered for the event. The Fall Festival
provides students the opportunity to network with
other students and gain more knowledge about CNM
and student resources.
If you speak Spanish and are willing to help
Spanish-speaking students, stop by the Main
Campus Connect office and pick up a “Yo Hablo
Español” button to wear around campus. They are
available at the front desk of the Main Campus
Connect office in the Student Services Center.
Updates on
Food Service in
Sun Catfés at
Main, Montoya
and Westside
Chris
Cavazos
The Sun Catfés are now open and offering a variety
of food items. There are a number of snacks,
including nachos (currently only available at
Montoya and Westside), pastries, ice cream,
cookies, and an assortment of chips and crackers
from Frito-Lay to Keebler. For those looking for
healthier fare, there is also fresh fruit and fruit cups,
Greek yogurt, and a variety of healthy snacks such
as Stacy’s Pita chips, Kashi Hummus crisps,
and several types of nuts and sunflower seeds. In
addition to snacks, the Sun Catfés are also offering
hot and cold foods. An assortment of hot Villalobos
burritos are currently offered at Main and Montoya
campuses, and will be coming soon to Westside
Campus. Fresh subs and salads from local Dion’s
locations are also available at all of the Sun Catfés
daily starting at 10:30 a.m. Starting Sept. 28, pulled
pork sandwiches will be available from the Whole
Hog Café. The Sun Catfés will also be providing
additional options, such as pizza, hot dogs, and
pretzels, in the upcoming weeks. Frazzle slushies are
currently available at Montoya Campus and will
soon be coming to the Main and Westside locations.
Starbucks brewed coffee is offered on all campuses,
with specialty drinks coming soon to Westside and
Main campus.
Hours of operation for all locations are 7:30 a.m. to
6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Friday. Food trucks will also continue to
serve at Main, Montoya and Westside campuses.
Show Your
CNM Pride on
Your Ride with
Suncat License
Plate
Alexis
Kerschner
Faculty
Reading
Planned to Kick
Off Leonardo
Literary
Magazine
Submission
Period
Erin AdairHodges,
Carly
Harschlip
For those of you who love to show your CNM pride,
you can now sport it on your ride! Anybody who has
a vehicle registered in New Mexico can now apply
for an official CNM license plate through the New
Mexico Motor Vehicle Division. Click here to see
the new CNM Suncat license plate and learn how to
order yours.
Leonardo, CNM’s longstanding, once- a-year
student literary magazine, is turning a new page.
Read more.
Cooperative for
Teaching and
Learning
Activities
Erica Reed
John Wright
Workshop to
Show K-12
Educators How
to Discuss Diá
de los Muertos
in the
Classroom
Free Legal
Advice,
Consultations
Available
Through EAP
Lori
Bennison
Faculty
Encouraged to
Consider Using
Open
Educational
Resource
Books in
Classes
Kat Flies
Call for Conference Session Proposals
The CTL is now accepting session proposals for the
4th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning,
scheduled for Jan. 15. Learn more about submitting
a proposal by clicking here.
Call for Lesson Demo Proposals
In addition to traditional conference sessions
addressing the theme of Becoming a Master
Teacher, the CTL wants to include in the January
conference a thread of teaching lesson
demonstrations from across all sectors of the
college. Learn more about submitting a proposal by
clicking here.
CTL Assessment Coaches
CNM faculty have the opportunity to share their
most innovative and effective learning assessment
strategies by applying to be a CTL Assessment
Coach. Learn more by clicking here.
K-12 educators are invited to attend a discussion on
teaching about Dia de los Muertos in the K-12
classroom. This workshop, to be held Oct. 17 from
10 a.m.-1 p.m. in Max Salazar Hall, Room 402, will
focus entirely on curriculum and strategies. Through
discussion and hands-on exercise, the workshop will
highlight how to use ESL strategies modeled after
the Guided Language Acquisition Development
(GLAD) teaching method. Ways to actively engage
students in the topic will be emphasized. Participants
will receive certificates of professional development
and copies of relevant curriculum materials.
Refreshments will be served. The event is free and
open to all K-12 educators, but registration is
required. To register, click here. Workshop sponsors
are CNM and the UNM Latin American & Iberian
Institute.
If your life or the life of a family member has been
impacted by a legal issue, you may need the expert
counsel of an attorney. Your EAP can help with a
free consultation with a qualified attorney either on
the phone or in person. Online support is also
available through legal forms, a library of legal
articles or even a simple will. Visit Deer Oaks online
for more information.
CNM faculty members are being encouraged to
consider using free or very low-cost online Open
Educational Resources (OER) for their courses and
programs – like those provided by OpenStax
College – in order to provide students with a more
affordable option to more expensive publisher’s
textbooks. Read more.
Montoya
Campus TRIO
Office
Expected to
Open in Early
November
Magda
Martinez
CNM will be opening a new TRIO Student Support
Services office at the Montoya Campus in early
November. It will become the second TRIO office at
CNM – the other has been at Main Campus since
2001. The new Montoya location was made possible
by a grant award from the U.S. Department of
Education. Federal TRIO program grants run on
five-year grant cycles. TRIO serves low-income,
disabled and/or first-generation college students who
are determined to succeed in college, graduate and
transfer to a four-year university. TRIO Student
Support Services at Montoya campus will include:
academic, career and personal coaching; one-on-one
tutoring in math, biology and chemistry; college
success workshops and educational activities and
events; student leadership opportunities; networking
and community support from people with similar
goals. For more information about the TRIO
program at Montoya, call 224-4372. Click here to
learn more about TRIO at CNM.
Respiratory
Therapy
Students Find
Thousands of
Cigarette Butts
in
Unauthorized
Areas –
They’re Using
Discovery to
Raise
Awareness
Amy Tixier
First and second year students in Amy Tixier’s
Respiratory Therapy class spent time last week
picking up thousands of cigarette butts on Main
Campus found in unauthorized smoking areas.
They’re going to use their findings to raise
awareness about lung health. Read more.