MSJCLinks - February 2011

Accreditation

Accreditation update: Self study, where are we?
Significant collaboration occurred between faculty, classified staff, administration, and students during the past year to develop draft outlines and narratives for each of the Accreditation Standards.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/Accreditation-Update-February-2011.aspx

Student Learning Outcome and Assessment Video
Please note that there were no Ted Blakes or Ching Guus injured in the making of this video and all persons have given permission to be used and/or mentioned by name in the video.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/Student-Learning-Outcome-and-Assessment-Process.aspx

Accreditation Climate Survey Results
Mt. San Jacinto College provided faculty, associate faculty, classified professionals (full time and part time) and administrators an opportunity to complete an Accreditation Climate Survey in fall 2010. See the results.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/Accreditation-Climate-Survey-Results.aspx

Title V Grant Update
Nearly six months after Mt. San Jacinto College received the grant, many activities and program initiatives have begun.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/Title-V-Grant-Update.aspx

College News

State Budget talks and MSJC
Board Highlights from January 2011
http://www.msjc.edu/PublicInformationOffice/Pages/Board-Highlights-January-2011.aspx

January 2011 Budget Update Presentation
http://www.msjc.edu/BudgetWatch/Documents/January%202011%20Budget%20Update%20Presentation.pdf

MSJC’s Daryl Wilkes to be recognized at the Feb. 12 MSJC Foundation Gala
Daryl will receive the 2011 Employee of the Year award and if you know Daryl, you know why.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/Daryl-Wilkes-to-be-recognized-at-the-Feb-12-MSJC-Foundation-Gala.aspx

MSJC Automotive Repair Training Center opens in Perris
MSJC provided resources for a smart room for instruction and equipped the shop with sixteen computers. Tools, cars, Online University access and equipment provided by American Honda.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/MSJC-Automotive-Repair-Training-Center-opens-in-Perris.aspx

Student Government contributes to new bus shelter on SJC
Bus shelters with benches were installed at the roundabout on the San Jacinto Campus on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.
http://www.msjc.edu/PublicInformationOffice/Pages/New-bus-shelter-at-San-Jacinto-Campus.aspx

Work Hard, Play harder series continues
Let’s start off 2011 with a rockin’ good time! Join us for Rock Band (or Guitar Hero depending on availability) and ROCK the NEW YEAR! Open to Faculty, Staff, Administrators and Students. http://www.msjc.edu/InstitutionalPlanningandEffectiveness/Documents/WHPHSFebruaryEvent%20Rock%202-15-11.pdf

Faculty Forum

MSJC’s Valerie Reed part of KTLA TV’s Black History Month Feb. 9, 2011
Mt. San Jacinto College faculty member Valerie Reed will be one of the guests interviewed as part of KTLA TV’s Black history month special. Turn your televisions to KTLA at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9 to see Reed, who is on MSJC’s Diversity Committee, and one of her former students, Judy Franco, on the program.
http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/8514b3df-d96e-4392-b8a5-a91b18458728/Community/KTLA-5-Celebrates-Black-History-Month

MSJC’s Lissette Castro trains for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society triathlon
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society triathlon is scheduled for May 1, 2011, at Lake San Antonio.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/Faculty-member-trains-for-Leukemia-and-Lymphoma-Society-triathlon.aspx

Human Resources Corner

Congress Passes Tax Relief Bill With 2% Employee Social Security Tax Reduction
Effective January 1, 2011, the employee portion of social security tax withheld will be reduced from 6.2% to 4.2%.
http://www.msjc.edu/MSJCLinks/Pages/Congress-Passes-Tax-Relief-Bill-With-Employee-Social-Security-Tax-Reduction.aspx

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