“Students First” Campaign
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I
would like to express my sincere appreciation to all college and district
employees who are participating in our “Students First” campaign, which is
designed to provide as many on-campus parking spaces as possible for
students. I am grateful that many of you are using the Gillespie Field
parking lot and riding on the shuttle buses. We are working on improvements
with the shuttle bus company and attached to
this email is a revised shuttle bus schedule. In addition, many of you
are using other means to get to work, including carpools, bicycles, and rides
from spouses, relatives and friends. As a reminder, all GCCCD employees who are
using alternative commute solutions to campus Monday through Thursday and do
not have a car on campus are eligible to win a prize in the “Students First”
Raffle. Raffle tickets are available from bus drivers or in the College
Business Office. Tickets can be dropped into one of the mail boxes
located at the Transit Center, District Office or College Business Office. Raffle
winners will receive either a $25 gift certificate redeemable at participating
stores at Grossmont Center, or a different weekly prize each Thursday. All
winners will be eligible to win a grand prize to be presented at the end of
this semester.
Our thanks to students who served free coffee to bus riding
faculty, staff and administrators. Coffee sponsors included Grossmont Schools
Federal Credit Union, Grossmont College President’s Office, Grossmont College
Foundation, Grossmont College ASGC and Starbucks Fletcher Hills. The “Students
First” campaign involved months of planning and emerged through collegial
consultation from the Parking Alternatives Taskforce and Facilities Committee
to Planning and Budget Council. Parking information can be found on Grossmont’s
website at: www.grossmont.edu/faculty_staff,
or the District’s website at www.gcccd.edu/faculty.staff/onsite_parking_grossmont_colle.htm.
Thank you again for your assistance and cooperation while
our new three-story parking structure is under construction.
Tell Us Your “Alternative Commuting
Solution”
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Rick
Griffin, College and Community Relations, is collecting success stories about
employees who are doing their part to save parking spaces for students by using
innovative commuting solutions. For example, did you know that Shirley Pereira,
Mathematics instructor, and Jeff Lehman, Chemistry instructor, are among
several faculty members who are riding bicycles to work? Meanwhile, after
getting dropped off by her 18-year-old son, Dawn Heuft, administrative
secretary in the District Business Services office, rides nine miles to her
Lakeside home on her 21-speed bicycle. Beth Duggan, Theatre Arts instructor, is
commuting from her La Mesa home on her eye-catching three-wheel
motorcycle (two wheels in the front and one in the back). Beth says her
three-wheeler, complete with a trunk, has an MPG rating of about 40 miles per
gallon. Tina Pitt, Vice President, Academic Affairs, is having her husband,
Michael, do the morning drop-off and evening pick-up routine. E-mail your story
to rick.griffin@gcccd.edu.
Enrollment
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Enrollment remains very strong for the 2008 Fall Semester.
The latest numbers show a 4.0 percent increase
in headcount and 2.5 percent increase in units over last fall. The
number of students exceeds 18,000, that’s 700 students more than we had on
campus last fall! We are near, and may exceed, our highest enrollment
ever! Thank you to all our faculty and staff for working so hard to
accommodate as many students as possible. We couldn’t serve all these
students given budget and other constraints without our concerted and heroic
efforts! Special thanks to our Student Services and Tech Mall staff
for effectively dealing with the added complications of a new registration
system and the need for every student to have a new college ID.
Health/Physical Sciences Building
Groundbreaking
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All
are welcome to join in the new Health/Physical Sciences Building Groundbreaking
at
10 a.m. this Friday, September 12. This
two-building complex will house health professions programs, science labs and
classrooms including physics, orthopedic technology, forensics, cardiovascular
technology, respiratory therapy, occupational therapy and nursing programs, as
well as faculty and technician offices. The buildings have been designed
utilizing an open courtyard concept. Projected completion is spring
2010. Scheduled speakers at the groundbreaking will include
representatives from faculty and students, as well as the Prop R
Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. The Health/Physical Science Building is one
of several capital improvement projects made possible by the Grossmont-Cuyamaca
Community College District’s $207 million Proposition R bond
measure approved by East County voters in 2002.
ROP Culinary Arts Dinners
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The Regional Occupation Program (ROP) Culinary Arts Dept. is
inviting you to enjoy a five-course dinner and, at the same time, help raise
travel funds so that students can attend the Culinary Olympics this fall in
Germany. The five-course dinners,
featuring appetizer, soup, salad, entrée and dessert, will be prepared by
culinary students. Dinners will be presented from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. every
Thursday starting September 25 through November 20. The cost is $15 per person
and space is limited. Reservations can be made by contacting Michele Martens in the ROP office at (619)
644-7549 or michele.martens@gcccd.edu.
Vegetarian dinners are available with 48-hour advance notice.
A group of Grossmont College students are planning to travel
this October to Erfurt, Germany, to compete in the International Culinary
Olympics. The event has been held since 1900 and is known as the Culinary
Olympics because it is held every four years. Considered one of the world’s
most prestigious culinary events, this year’s Culinary Olympics is expected to
draw more than 6,000 chefs from 70 different countries. It will be the
third time Chef Joe Orate, Culinary Arts coordinator, will escort our students
to the Culinary Olympics.
For menus, please see ROP attachment.
Web Staff Directory
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Don’t
forget to get your photograph taken for the Web Staff Directory. More than 450
employees already have made the effort to add their handsome faces to this
directory, which will be available only over the Intranet. If you’re
still waiting for your photograph to be taken, please contact our college
photographer, Stephen Harvey (ext. 7377), for an individual appointment. Also,
photography can be scheduled so that entire departments can be pictured all at
the same sitting. Your cooperation is much appreciated.
No State Budget Yet
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More than two months into the fiscal year and 80 days past
the legislative deadline, there is still no California State Budget. The delay
in the Legislature could cost California more than a billion dollars, according
to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Meanwhile, the Governor has announced his
opposition to any temporary spending measures in response to a proposal that
would provide interim
financing for several health and human services, but not for community
colleges. Our best information at this time from Community College League of CA
and the State Chancellor’s Office is that while there are several compromise
proposals on the table, there is no agreement.
The indications are still no COLA, a restoration of
categorical funds to the levels of 07/08, and potentially 1.67% in growth funds
available. Due to the 3% deficit factor implemented across the district
and increases in expenses, the college implemented a 5% reduction plan along
with travel and hiring freezes. We will continue to keep you posted as
more information becomes available.
Sodexho – Food Services
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Please
welcome the new Chef/Manager of food services, Kim Collins. Kim has
worked for Sodexho for five years and comes to us with new and exciting ideas
to meet the culinary needs of students and staff. Look for Chef Specials
in La Vincita (Italian Cuisine) as well as in the Smart Market and Stacks
Deli. Weekly specials are sent out on Mondays via email.
For your Grossmont College catering needs, please call Food
Services at x 7681 after calling Genie Montoya for your catering authorization
at x 7620.
Board Policies, Administrative Procedures and
Operating Procedures
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As a quick reminder to our veteran employees and perhaps a
lesson to our newer employees, the information below clarifies the difference
between a board policy, administrative procedure and operating procedure.
We send this information out annually to ensure that all our employees are
aware of where they can find current information regarding policies and
procedures.
A Board Policy (BP) is a written
statement that embodies the interest and philosophy of the Governing Board and
exists to provide parameters of governance concerning a particular area or
issue of the District. The majority of the Board members must approve a
board policy (GCCCD AP 2410)
An Administrative Procedure (AP) is
a statement of the process to be used in implementing a corresponding board
policy. APs are approved by the Chancellor. (GCCCD AP 2410)
An Operating Procedure (OP) is a
statement of process that may not directly implement
a specific Board policy, but does pertain to the functioning of more than a
single department.
To electronically access any of these documents, employees
may, using MS Word on the District system, go to the “M: Drive,” and click on
“Public.” From there,
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For Board Policies, click on “Governing Board
Policies” and then click on “New Board Policies.” (Note: “Old Board Policies,”
as an option within the menu, exists currently for the sole internal purpose of
references used in administrative procedure development. This option will
be deleted at some point in the future.)
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For Administrative Procedures, click on
“Administrative Procedures.”
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For Operating Procedures, click on “Operating
Procedures.”
Upcoming September Events
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Upcoming Events
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September 10, 1 p.m. – Women’s Water Polo
vs. Palomar
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September 10, 2:15 p.m. – Men’s Water
Polo vs. Palomar
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September 10, 7 p.m. – Women’s Volleyball
vs. Golden West
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September 12, 10 a.m. – Health/Physical
Sciences Building Groundbreaking
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September 12, 3 p.m. – Women’s Cross
Country, Palomar Invitational
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September 13, 9:30 a.m. – Grossmont
College Scholarship Awards Breakfast
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September 13, 6 p.m. – Football Game vs.
College of the Desert
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September 15 – Constitution Week – “RUTV”
Paintings by Leslie Nemour and “Floating & Falling”
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September 16, 6:30 p.m. – Governing Board
Meeting, Cuyamaca College
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September 17, 1 p.m. – Women’s Soccer vs.
Mira Costa
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September 18, 6:30 p.m., Room 220 - Free
public lecture with David Hume Kennerly, former White House photographer
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September 21, 3 p.m. - Grossmont Symphony
Orchestra, St. John of the Cross Catholic Church
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September 27 – October 4 - Banned Books
Week
Domestic Violence
Awareness Month
Resource information and
purple ribbons are available in Health Services Office
