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Monday, October 23, 2006 Progress report submitted to WASC A report on COM’s progress addressing WASC’s recommendations for improvement has been submitted to the accrediting organization by the Superintendent/President’s Office. The report documents the great progress that COM has made over the past year. The full report is attached to this email and also is available on the college Intranet and is listed under the Accreditation heading titled Progress Report to WASC (10/12/06). Representatives from WASC will be on campus November 13 meeting with groups and individuals of their choosing. A meeting schedule will be included in an upcoming Monday Briefing. Many thanks to all who have participated over the last year in addressing WASC’s recommendations and special thanks to Dr. Bernie Blackman, accreditation liaison, for his help preparing the report.
COM approves new Environmental Science Certificate The College of Marin Curriculum Committee has just approved the Basic Certificate in Environmental Science. With this addition COM joins the list of community colleges with officially-recognized environmental science programs. The new certificate unites other existing COM programs in related areas, such as the Natural History Certificate. It is anticipated that additional complementary certificates will be developed making COM a recognized leader in environmental science curriculum. Suggested future certificates include: ecological restoration, green building, land management, and agroecology.
Modernization Projects for the week Clean up
Maps showing dumpster locations available on COM Website, Measure C Updates, Calendar of Events page.
District Modernization Committee Meeting The next District Modernization Committee meeting will be held on Monday, October 23, 2006, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in OH 108 at the Kentfield Campus. District Modernization Meetings are open meetings. At the beginning of each meeting time is set aside for open discussion from visitors. Please contact your constituent representative on the DMC to discuss issues or concerns about the Measure C Bond Program. For more information contact Elizabeth Tucker at 457-8811 ext. 8139. Modernization: Sample restroom partitions installed at KTD Four bathroom stalls have been replaced in the Student Services Building women’s Restroom 245, and two stalls have been replaced in the Student Services Building in men’s Restroom 140. Based on discussions of viable restroom partition products in late spring, the Interiors Subcommittee recommended that products be installed on a test basis. The products have been donated by the manufacturers through local sales representatives (Stephen Stipher arranged for Stipher & Associates to donate the Columbia product in the women’s restroom and Stacey Ver on behalf Edwards & Associates arranged for the Bobrick product to be installed in the men’s restroom). For more information contact Elizabeth Tucker at 457-8811 ext. 8139.
Mark your calendars for our Holiday Party! You are invited to the campus holiday party on Thursday, December 14, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Willie's Café, 799 College Avenue. Hors d'oeuvres will be served and there will be no-host cocktails.
KUDOS! The paintings of Linda Lieberman, ESL credit instructor, are showing at the Mill Valley Public Library in a solo show entitled “Local Color: Marin Views.” Mostly composed of plein air paintings, the show will run through November 29, 2006. The Mill Valley Public Library is located at 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. Call 389-4292 ext. 203 for hours and directions. ASCOM President Hoa-long Tam took initiative and volunteered extra weekend time to help make student identification cards (ID). The Associated Students of College of Marin have generated $7,385.75 in Student ID funds this year, which is an all time record.
Free tutoring is available for COM students Please share the following information about the Tutoring Center with your students:
If you would like to arrange a five-minute presentation for your class, please contact Becky Reetz, Tutoring Center Coordinator at (415) 485-9620 or dial ext. 7620 from a campus phone or email becky.reetz@marin.edu.
Additional distance education testing hours for fall Wednesday evening Testing Office hours in Kentfield will be extended from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday hours are from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at both KTD and IVC on the following dates:
TESTING LOCATIONS Upcoming Whooo? For an opportunity to see a barn owl, a great horned owl and the immense Eurasian eagle owl along with other feathered special guests, come to An Evening with Owls, a fundraiser for Wildcare’s Hungry Owl Project. Enjoy a catered organic dinner with wine, lively conversation, a slide show presentation that will be discussed by a most enjoyable host, COM biology instructor Joe Mueller, and a four-artist art exhibit and sale. Mark your calendar for Thursday, October 26 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross. Tickets are $50. For more information call (415) 454-4587 or visit www.hungryowl.org Student Services will host a “Welcome Luncheon” for our new Interim Dean of Student Development and Special Services, Mr. Josue Hoyos. Join us for a Pot Luck held on Thursday, October 26, 2006 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Staff Lounge, Kentfield Campus. Please stop by and give a welcoming hand shake and a friendly hello. Bring your favorite dish to share and let’s celebrate! Please RSVP as soon a possible to patricia.torres@marin.edu. Come support the Latino Student Union Halloween Dance, on Thursday, October 26, 2006 from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in the Cafeteria, Student Services Center, Kentfield Campus. Donations accepted at the door. The COM Center for Regenerative Design presents a COMmunity Profile conversation with Michelle Kaufmann, October 27, 2006 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Fusselman Hall, Room 120, at the Kentfield Campus. Michelle will share her quest to create cost-effective, thoughtfully designed, green buildings that are accessible to more people. Examples of such buildings include the Glidehouse and Breezehouse. Also, meet College of Marin Architecture Instructor Mark Gorrell as he shares his perspective on green architecture. This event will be moderated by visionary architect and Co-Director of COM’s Center for Regenerative Design (CRD) Sim Van der Ryn, and educator, author and Co-Director of CRD, Andres Edwards. Opening remarks will be presented by College of Marin Superintendent/President Frances L. White, Ph.D. For information about this event call (415) 457-8811 ext. 7727, or visit: www.greenmarin.net AGS is sponsoring a delicious Halloween Bake Sale, October 31, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Learning Center quad. Proceeds will benefit AGS. The ASEC Emeritus Center is hosting an art exhibit featuring work by COM artists, including paintings in oil, encaustic, water color, pastel, and acrylic. At each entrance to the Center you will find a list of the artists, the names of their paintings, and prices, in case you are doing your holiday shopping early this year! The center is open weekdays. A reception for the artists will be held on November 8, the last day of the show, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. For more information contact Len Pullan, lenshir@earthlink.net. The Fine Arts Gallery is featuring a new exhibit of ceramics and drawings by Visual and Fine Arts Instructor Bill Abright titled Mask. The exhibit runs through November 10. The exhibit is open to the public free of charge. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit has been designed by COM’s Fine Arts Gallery Director Andrea Antonaccio. For more information call (415) 485-9494. Join Sim Van der Ryn, Andres Edwards, Frances White and Rob Barthelman at the San Francisco Green Festival on Sunday, November 12, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., in the Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA. For more information on the Green Festival, visit greenfestivals.org or call (202) 872-5307.
Governance Committee Information Governance committee meeting dates, times, and locations are posted on the online Faculty & Staff calendar under the Calendar of Events section on the College Home Page. You will benefit from availing yourself of this calendar. Whenever you are in need of this information, your answers will be just a click away.
Flu Clinics updated schedule Friday, 10/27/06, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Kentfield Campus, DH118
Deadline to apply for IEP Scholarships The deadline to submit applications for scholarships for the spring 2007 Intensive English Program is fast approaching. Please be aware that only completed applications will be accepted at the ESL office in Kentfield or the IEP office at the Indian Valley Campus. The complete application must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 in the ESL Office, Harlan Center 123, Kentfield Campus, OR by 9:00 a.m. Thursday, November 16, 2006 in the Intensive English Program, Ohlone 19, Room 141, Indian Valley Campus. For more information, call the ESL Office at 415 485-9642 or the IEP office at 415-883-2211 ext. 8579.
How to update or create a webpage Send an e-mail request, including your name, or the name and e-mail address of the person responsible for page content in your department, and the date that you wish the information to be published, to Senior Creative Designer Hector Seguel. Please specify the following in the body of the e-mail:
Educational Excellence Innovation Fund Call for Submissions You are invited to submit a proposal for an Educational Excellence Innovation Fund (EEIF) grant. The EEIF will provide seed money encouraging College of Marin’s faculty and staff to “dream out loud” by developing innovative ideas to improve teaching and learning at the College of Marin. Faculty proposals should be submitted to U.D.W.C. per Article 8.3 of the UP.M. contract by November 1, 2006 for projects to begin spring 2007. Administrators and staff must submit their proposals to the President’s Office by November 1, 2006 for projects to begin spring 2007. The EEIF is one of the Board of Trustees’ Annual Priorities. EEIF is partially funded by the general fund and by private funds raised by COM’s President’s Circle. EEIF funds provide opportunities for excellence in teaching, learning, institutional planning, professional development, and support for academic and culturally diverse programs and services. For more information or to request an application form, please contact the President's Office.
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