- Reading and Writing Workshops Slated This Week (TODAY)
- Barnes & Noble Closed Friday (TODAY)
- Spring Fling Dance (TODAY)
- Wal-Mart Job Fair (TODAY)
- Academic Success Center Spring Break Hours
- Library Spring Break Hours
- Faculty & Staff Discussion Regarding Sports
- Share Your ‘Cellfie’ and Save a Life April 16 (Date change)
- Komen Race for the Cure-Join the NWACC Team (Updated)
- Requesting Promotional Items for 2015-16
- 2015-2016 Work Study Position Request
- Flipping the Script Writing Contest
- LIFE Program
- Orphan Train – Book Club for March
- Honorary Degree Nominations
- Speaker Broadcast with Arianna Huffington
- Study Abroad Course in Belize
- Now Available: Degree Works Training for Faculty and Staff
- College Algebra Workshops for Spring
- ALPFA Symposium
- Call For Golden Eagle Nominations
- Respiratory Therapy Applications
THIS WEEK AT NWACC:
Reading and Writing Workshops Slated This Week
Basic Writing: Verbs — Tense and Voice
- Friday (March 20) 9:30 a.m. BH 1020
Reading Workshop: Reading Literature Closely and How the Internet Can Help
- Friday (March 20) 10:30 a.m. BH 1019
A related flier is attached.
Barnes & Noble Friday Hours
Barnes & Noble Bookstore will be closed on Friday, March 20, for inventory.
Spring Fling Dance
Wanna Be Hipster – Join NWACC students on Friday, March 20, at the WalMart Auditorium, Shewmaker Center, from 6:30-8:30, for a hip swinging good time – Line Dance, Swing, and Freestyle! Clean fun for all!
Wal-Mart Job Fair
A Wal-Mart job fair will be held Friday, March 20, at the Global People Center (720 SW E St. Bentonville) from 8:00-3:00. Many positions are available. Some entry level full-time positions starting at $12 plus per hour in the Human Resources call center. Polish up that resume, dress professionally and good luck! Please let students who may be interested know.
Academic Success Center Spring Break Hours
The Academic Success Center (ASC) Spring Break Hours are as follows:
Burns Hall Computer Lab will be closed March 21 and open March 23-27, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The Tutoring Center will be closed March 21-27. Both the Tutoring Center and Computer Lab will be open regular hours on Saturday, March 28, from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Tutoring services at the Washington County Center will be closed Spring Break.
Regular semester hours will resume March 30.
Library Spring Break Hours
The library will be CLOSED the first weekend of Spring Break, Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22.
The library will be OPEN Monday-Thursday, March 23-26, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The library will be OPEN Friday, March 27, from 8 a.m.-12 noon.
The library will be CLOSED on Saturday, March 28, and OPEN Sunday, March 29, from 1-5 p.m. The majority of our resources are available via the library website.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Faculty & Staff Discussion Regarding Sports
Faculty and staff are invited to attend a discussion with administration regarding sports at NWACC. The discussion will take place on Thursday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m. in the Becky Paneitz Student Center Room 108 A&B.
Share Your ‘Cellfie’ and Save a Life- April 16
The Student Ambassador and Activities Board (SAAB) will be hosting a blood drive on Thursday, April 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in 108 A and B of the Becky Paneitz Student Center. A free cholesterol screening is included. Contact Becky Hudson to sign up at rhudson1@nwacc.edu to sign up. Come out and help save a life. A related flier is attached.
Komen Race for the Cure-Join the NWACC Team
Your support saves lives!
- 75% of all funds raised support breast health services for local uninsured and underinsured families.
- 1:8 women in America will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
- 36 breast cancers were diagnosed using Komen Ozark funding in 2014.
- 429 new people are expected to be diagnosed in 2015 in our 10-county area.
- 97 people are expected to die from breast cancer in 2015 in our 10-county area. Join our team and help save lives!
- This year’s event will be held on April 25 beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Pinnacle Hills Promenade.
- Be one of the first 5 members and your registration fee will be sponsored by Dr. Ricky Tompkins. if you would like to register please email me right away to let me know and I will give you a code to bypass the payment if you are one of the first 5.
- Learner Services will also be sponsoring 5 participants. It is also on a first-come basis.
To register go to www.komenozark.org. Click on register and then find a team. You will have to type NorthWest Arkansas Community College in the search box. For more information, contact team captain Becky Hudson at rhudson1@nwacc.edu
Requesting Promotional Items for 2015-16
It’s that time of year to request promotional items as a part of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Attached are a related memo and a related request form template.
2015-2016 Work Study Position Request
It is time again to begin requesting work-study positions for the 2015-16 aid year. We will be approving and allocating budgets within the next few months. The Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program encourages the part-time employment of undergraduate students who need the income to help pay for their cost of education, and encourages FWS recipients to participate in community service activities.
If your department is looking for part-time extra help, this will be a great opportunity to help our students. All current positions are reviewed at the end of the aid year and those positions that use less than 70% of their budgeted funds will be in jeopardy of having hours cut or position eliminated the following aid year. Any position left vacant for 45 calendar days will lose their allocated funding for that year.
To Request a Work-Study Position: Log on to MY NWACC Connection
- Employee
- My Work
- Under My Processes, open the hyperlink for “Request a Work Study Position” Deadline to request positions is April 17.
Flipping the Script Writing Contest
I’m pleased to contact you about an upcoming event: the Flipping the Script: Giving Women and Minorities a Lead Role Writing Contest, hosted by Insatiable Ink (NWACC’s Creative Writing Club) and The Low Valley Review.
This writing contest is meant to promote the Bentonville Film Festival as much as it is to encourage the reading and writing of stories, essays, and poems. The contest opened on March 9, and is open to the NorthWest Arkansas community and Arkansas community at large.
Contest closes on Friday, April 24. Writers are invited to submit original works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry focused (in some way) on women and minorities. Poets can submit up to 3 poems.
There is a 5,000 word limit for works of fiction and nonfiction. Winners will receive a framed awards certificate and be invited to read their work with writers published in the forthcoming issue of The Low Valley Review. The awards reading will be held during the Bentonville Film Festival. Time/date/location TBA
Winners will also be considered for online publication by The Low Valley Review. For submission guidelines, please visit The Low Valley Review web site: http://thelowvalleyreview.com/
LIFE Program
Do you know what the LIFE program is?
Take a few minutes to watch this video to learn what we are doing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QviaI6JD7BY
Applications are available (attached) for our summer program that will take place June 16, 17, and 18! (March 31)
Orphan Train – Book Club for March
Join us to discuss Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train Tuesday, March 31, 3-4, in BH 2243.
Copies are available in the bookstore and schesne@nwacc.edu has a few copies to loan. See http://nwaccbookclub.blogspot.com/ for more (March 31)
Honorary Degree Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 NWACC Honorary Associate Degree. We invite you to complete and submit the attached nomination form by Monday, March 30.
You also can find additional information at the following link: https://www.nwacc.edu/web/presidentsoffice/honorary-degree-nomination-form
Please send completed nomination forms to Miranda Smith, Executive Assistant to the President and Board of Trustees, at msmith28@nwacc.edu. (March 30)
Speaker Broadcast with Arianna Huffington
Come join us in learning how to “redefine success and properly manage time” with Arianna Huffington and her video broadcast “Thrive”.
Arianna Huffington, Pulitzer Prize winner, is the founder, president, and editor-in chief of The Huffington Post. She has been awarded New York Times best-selling author with “Thrive” so this broadcast is an event you don’t want to miss!
Live event was March 17. Replay event is April 1, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in room 108 of the Becky Paneitz Student Center.
A related flier is attached.
Study Abroad Course in Belize
NWACC’s Dr. Jacques Hill is leading a University of Arkansas study abroad course to Belize from May 11 to June 6 of 2015. NWACC students are invited to enroll. The course is a Community Development Course with an Ecology emphasis. The course will provide students with community service hours.
Participants will conduct biodiversity inventories in rainforests and mangroves, explore barrier islands, and work in local grades schools to educate children on environmental issues such as beach erosion, biodiversity, and water quality. Students will also go snorkeling on Caye Caulker and explore Mayan Ruins in the mountains of San Ignacio. Students will receive 6 UA credits. Please contact Dr. Hill if you are interested in going: jhill5@nwacc.edu
A related flier is attached. (March 31)
Now Available: Degree Works Training for Faculty and Staff
Learn how to utilize Degree Works to help with advising students.
- Run audits
- Build academic plans for degree completion
- Run what-if scenarios for major changes
- Calculate GPA
Click on the training session you would like to attend and submit your name and Id number. You must sign up two days prior to each session in order to attend.
Wednesday 3/18/2015 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Friday 3/27/2015 9:00am to 11:00am
Friday 3/27/2015 1:30pm to 3:30pm
For more information contact Brooke Holt at 619-4298 or Janie Todd at 619-3120. (March 27)
Developmental Math Workshops for Spring
Intermediate Algebra, Beginning Algebra, and Pre-Algebra level Workshops for Spring 2015
Attached is a schedule for the spring 2015 workshops designed for developmental level math and algebra courses. Although these workshops have a targeted level for the most part, any level student is welcome who needs to work on the topic (at the targeted level).
College Algebra Workshops for Spring
This spring the Math Center will offer a series of workshops for College Algebra students. Other students are also welcome. Topics will include: graphing calculator, regression analysis, how to study math, test anxiety, word problems, exponential & log functions, the ROWOPS program, and final exam reviews. Please see the attached schedule for the specific times and locations of the workshops. If you have questions, please contact Tess O’Brien at tobrien@nwacc.edu.
ALPFA Symposium
ALPFA is hosting an event on April 17 that is aimed at helping students choose a pathway to success.
This event is open to all NWACC students and will include a leadership panel, breakout sessions with professionals, lunch, and a career fair that will help students find their path to success.
A related flier is attached. (April 17)
Call For Golden Eagle Nominations
Do you know a student who is actively involved in student clubs/organizations or in the community? Does this student also show personal growth and development perhaps by taking on leadership roles? Does this student demonstrate a commitment to his or her education? Does this student plan on continuing at NWACC for at least one semester in the 2015-16 academic year? If the answer is yes to all of these questions, this student may be eligible for the Golden Eagle Award!
Please review the attached criteria for nomination and selection before submitting your nomination on the attached form. There will be two more Golden Eagle Award recipients for this academic year (March and April). To be considered for the April award, nominations must be received by noon on Friday, March 27.
If you have any questions, please contact Juanita Franklin at jfranklin1@nwacc.edu. (March 27)
Respiratory Therapy Applications
The Respiratory Therapy applications are now available on the RT page of the NWACC website. Applications will be taken through June 1, 2015. Students accepted will begin Fall 2015.
To apply, students will need their NWACC user name and password. There are no paper applications.
For further questions regarding the Respiratory Therapy application, please contact HPapps@nwacc.edu
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