Coping with Disruptive Persons & Workplace Safety Workshop A Staff Development Activity for COM Faculty and Staff Flex Credit
This workshop will be presented by Officer Dan Widger of our Campus Police Department. The material is based on Dan’s 30 years of law enforcement experience and training as well as input from several other police officers and college staff. The workshop will cover the following:

• Recognizing disruptive persons, students, non-students, and employees;
• Determining who should be contacted for assistance;
• The quickest and safest ways to get emergency assistance from police, fire, and medical personnel;
• Strategies employees can use to lower your risk of assault and other violence and how to calm the disruptive person; and
• Information on updated Board Policies and Administrative Procedures related to safety.

Participants who have handled incidents with disruptive persons will be encouraged to share their experiences--what worked and what didn’t. The presentation will take 60 to 90 minutes depending on class participation. The last 30 minutes will be set aside for specific questions and problem solving.

The workshop will be repeated several times to ensure that as many faculty and staff as possible have the opportunity to attend. The workshop can also be repeated for your group upon request. E-mail Kathleen Kirkpatrick or call (415) 485-9344 to schedule additional sessions.

Workshop Schedule
(All workshops cover the same material.)

Kentfield Campus:
Friday, March 13
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Location: LC 39

Thursday, March 19
Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: LC 39

Monday, April 13 (Spring Break)
Times: 10 a.m. to noon or 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (attend either session)
Location: LC 39

Join the Campus Police from noon to 1 p.m. for an informal brown bag lunch and discussion.

IVC Campus:
Friday, March 20
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Location: Ohlone 211

Join the Campus Police from noon to 1 p.m. for an informal brown bag lunch and discussion.

Sponsored by the College of Marin Police Department and the Staff Development Office.

Nurse’s Career DayThe annual Nurse’s Career Day will take place Monday, March 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Services Building Staff Lounge, Room 111. The Staff Lounge is located in the Student Services Building, first floor, near Parking Lot #4. Recruiters from all over the Bay Area will be available with employment opportunities ready for presentation to our graduating nursing students and community members. Agencies and hospitals who will be present are: Seniors at Home, Kaiser Recruitment, San Rafael, Peace Corp, West Marin Senior Services, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Sonoma Development Center, Visiting Angels, Hired Hands, and US Army Nurse Recruiters. Approximately 35 nursing students will be in attendance. Senior care agencies will also be accepting applications. Anyone interested in a position in home care should plan on attending. Community members are welcome. Please contact Job Placement Coordinator Carol Perez at (415) 485-9410 for more information.

In our ThoughtsFormer College of Marin English Skills Professor Cecilia Cavalier passed away Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Cecilia was a longtime part-time instructor who worked at the college until last academic year. Working with Meg Pasquel she helped to initiate the Transfer Prep Academy learning communities on campus. She also played an important role on the Student Success Council when it was active. A celebration to honor her life will be held Monday, March 16, at 11 a.m. at Deer Park Villa, 367 Bolinas Rd., Fairfax. Lunch will follow the memorial service. Please e-mail Aileen using the link below if you will attend, and inform her if you will be bringing someone with you. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in Cecilia’s name to the Cesar Chavez School of Music & Art in San Rafael. This program benefits Latino youth. For more information about the center, contact Executive Director Douglas Mundo at (415) 485-2486. Please send regrets to Cecilia’s sister Aileen Krzos .

COM Counseling Department Outreach to High SchoolsAs part of continuing outreach services this spring, College of Marin’s Outreach Counselor is providing orientations at Marin County High Schools to over 300 seniors. Over the next couple of months these students will be taking the placement exams at their school which will be followed up with an individual counseling appointment so that they can meet their priority registration date of May 4, 2009, for the summer and fall 2009 semesters.

Kudos

2009 Golden Bell Nominees
Each year one part-time and one full-time faculty member are nominated to be honored at the Marin County Office of Education Golden Bell Awards ceremony. This year the Academic Senate has nominated Organic Chemistry Professor Andrew Ho and Fine Arts Professor Deborah Loft. The special recognition is sponsored by the county schools and takes place at the Annual Golden Bell Education Evening. Faculty members honored with this award are known among their colleagues for making a discernable difference in the lives of students by inspiring, mentoring, and teaching. The awards dinner will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2009, in Angelico Hall, Dominican University at 4:30 p.m. Congratulations on being awarded this honor and thank you for your dedication and hard work.

COM Fine Arts Call for EntriesRecently, our nation has experienced a rebirth of hope and has embarked on a time of transformation. COM Fine Arts Department is calling for artists to present and reflect on this complex and essential process of creation, and/or the many faces of birth that are all around us. Students are invited to submit entries for the upcoming show, re:Birth, which will be held from March 20 through April 20, 2009 in the College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield Campus.
Jurors: Bill Abright, Ceramics; Carol Lefkowitz, Drawing and Painting; Deborah Loft, Art History

Requirements: Entries must be prepared to hang or display immediately; please use hanging wire. Size is limited to 60” horizontally. Artists must be registered College of Marin students. Work must have been created within the last four years.
Entry Format:
Fee: $5 per entry; no more than three images per entry
Completed entry form
Image format: Complete submission packets are encouraged with slides and/or printouts. Only dry, completed work will be accepted for this exhibition. A self-addressed stamped envelope is required for the return of all submitted entries, excluding actual works of art.
Notification will be via e-mail and/or telephone
Open to all media

Exhibition Calendar:
March 13 Submissions accepted from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. No entries will be accepted after 5 p.m.
March 17-18 Notification
March 19 Hand deliver accepted art with a bio/resume and short statement from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
April 20-22 Retrieval of work from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Upcoming

St. Patrick’s Day Green FestivalWear your green to the St. Patrick’s Day Green Festival hosted by the Associated Students College of Marin (ASCOM) on Tuesday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Learning Center Quad. There will be live music, green information booths, natural foods and products, and more.

Ongoing

West Coast Premier of Jackie O!College of Marin Performing Arts department presents the West Coast premier of Jackie O! at 7:30 p.m. on March 13 and at 2 p.m. on March 15 in the Fine Arts Theatre. The performance is a 90-minute chamber opera in two acts composed by Michael Daughtery to a libretto by Wayne Koestenbaum. The production is directed by James Dunn with musical direction by Paul Smith and choreography by Sandra Tanner. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for students, seniors, COM staff, and alumni. For more information, please send an e-mail.

International Film FestivalCollege of Marin Modern Languages Department presents the second annual College of Marin International Film Festival, with films featuring foreign languages taught at the college. The following films, which are FREE and open to the community, will be shown at 7 p.m. in Olney Hall 96.

March 13 Happy Times (2002), Chinese
March 20 Hana Yori Mo Nao (2006), Japanese
March 27 Sweet Nothing in my Ear (2008), American Sign Language
April 3 Machuca (2004), Spanish

COM AthleticsAthletics Home Schedule for the Week of March 9:
Baseball vs. Mendocino College
Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 2:30 p.m. in Kentfield
Swimming & Diving Mariner Invite
Saturday, March 14, 2009, all day in Novato

Athletics Away Schedule for the Week of March 9:
Baseball vs. Los Medanos College
Thursday, March 12, 2009, 2:30 p.m. in Pittsburg Baseball vs. Napa Valley College Saturday, March 14, 2009, 1 p.m. in Napa

Results:
Baseball
March 3, 2009 COM vs. Contra Costa College – Canceled due to rain
March 5, 2009 COM vs. Laney College – Canceled due to rain

Have a great week!

Frances L. White, Ph.D.
Superintendent/President

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