Planning Retreats
Two collgewide
Leadership Planning Retreats were held on April 11 and May 15. Discussions have
covered changes, updates and feedback to the college’s annual planning cycle,
as well as longer term cycles. Our recent
accreditation findings required that the college’s planning process and
committee structure be streamlined and better understood by all
constituents. As such, much work has been done to date and follow-up will
continue. Stay tuned for more details on the college’s accreditation
website as well as during flex week.
The group
has agreed upon an emphasis on student learning/services outcomes, basic skills
and innovative partnerships and workforce development through 2009-2010.
Accreditation
Work is progressing on accreditation
reports in preparation for a Fall 2008 visit to our campus by the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The follow-up report will be
disseminated for review in September and will be due to AACJC by October 15th.
Since our founding in 1961, we have been fully accredited on a continual basis
by WASC.
Off-Site Parking
The Parking
Alternatives Task Force is continuing its work on parking plans for faculty,
staff and administrators that will go into effect in August. Construction
begins in June on a new three-story parking structure in Lot #5. A
groundbreaking ceremony will be held on June 18 @ 10:00 a.m.. During the
year-long construction period, faculty and staff will be parking at Gillespie Field
in El Cajon and riding a shuttle to the campus because there will be 800 fewer
parking spaces on campus. A reminder letter will be sent to employees at home
during the month of August with more details. Information will be
available during flex week convocation and also on the college’s website.
Everybody’s cooperation during this time will be greatly appreciated.
Flex Week
Monday,
August 18th will the first day of Fall 2008 Professional Development
Week. A schedule of workshops has been circulated. The final schedule will be
posted on the Professional Development Committee website during the Summer (www.grossmont.edu/staffdevelop).
Web Staff Directory
Work will continue throughout the
summer on a Web Staff Directory, an online pictorial directory that will feature
individual employee photos of full-time employees. Access will be available
only over the intranet. Our college photographer, Stephen Harvey, is available
to shoot on a flexible schedule. It would be helpful if entire departments are
shot at the same sitting so please contact Stephen to help Grossmont College
launch a 21st century staff directory.
WBITE Delegate
Linda
Snider, Business Office Technology instructor, was selected by the California Business
Education Association to serve as a delegate to the 9th annual Western Business
and Information Technology Educators (WBITE) Professional Development
Institute, which was held late May. WBITE is a professional business education
association that includes business teachers from 10 states and seven
territories.
Nursing Celebration
All
previous graduates of the Grossmont College School of Nursing and friends are
invited to celebrate 40 years of excellence in nursing education and attend a
40th anniversary alumni reunion reception and the 2008 School of Nursing Pinning
Ceremony graduation on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Please join us at 3 p.m. in the
Main Quad with the induction of previous nursing graduate Dr. Dorothy Wiley, a
public health researcher and nursing professor at UCLA, to the Grossmont
College Walk of Fame (this celebration is presented by Grossmont College
Foundation). At 4 p.m., a reunion reception honoring 5,000 previous School of
Nursing graduates will be held in the Student Center. Then, at 5:30 p.m. in the
Main Quad, please attend the 40th graduating class’ Pinning Ceremony as we
welcome 70 new members to the profession. For information, phone (619) 644-7300
or send an e-mail to grossmont.nursing@gcccd.edu.
Upcoming Events
Grossmont
Middle College High School Graduation, June 2 @ 5:30 p.m., Main Quad
Walk
of Fame Ceremony, June 4 @ 3 p.m., Main Quad
Nursing
Alumni Reception, June 4 @ p.m., Student Center
Nursing
Pinning Ceremony, June 4 @ 5:30 p.m., Main Quad
Commencement,
June 5 @ 5:30 p.m., Main Quad
OPT
Graduation, June 6 @ 6:30 p.m., Main Quad
For those
of our Grossmont College family headed to distant shores this summer, or those
just determined to have a relaxing summer, safe travels and best wishes for a
wonderful summer season!
