Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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From the President's Desk
Did You Know? Archive
Employee Birthdays
Faculty/Staff Profiles

Scholarships

Academic Calendar

Board Briefs

Power of One Archive

QEP Quips

MCC Inclement Weather Policy

Archive

Veterans Day Ceremony
Health Fair
Student Services Center Dedication
Fall Alumni Reunion
An Evening To Remember
Memories of Hurricane Hugo
Fall Convocation and Club Fair
Watermelon Party
CNA Graduation
Retirement Reception

December 3 through 9
Linda Wiersch7th

Tammie Goodwin8th

Deadline for article submissions to Mitchell Columns is every Tuesday at 9 a.m. E-mail articles to  printgraph@mitchellcc.edu

Multi-Cultural Education
As an open-access public institution that serves a multicultural population of students from a diverse community, the employees and students at Mitchell Community College must strive continually to examine and improve our policies and practices to be more inclusive. Adopting the principles of multicultural education is an ideal way to achieve that aim. According to George Mason University professor Paul Gorski, "Multicultural education is a progressive approach for transforming education that holistically critiques and addresses current shortcomings, failings, and discriminatory practices in education. It is grounded in ideals of social justice, education equity, and a dedication to facilitating educational experiences in which all students reach their full potential as learners and as socially aware and active beings, locally, nationally, and globally. Multicultural education acknowledges that schools are essential to laying the foundation for the transformation of society and the elimination of oppression and injustice." www.edchange.org/multicultural/
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—Submitted by Diversity Task Force (11.04.09)

Focus on Diversity Archive

 

Searching Message Attachments
When you know you received an attachment that contains important information for your current project, but you can’t remember who sent it to you or what the message itself contained, you can use GroupWise to search the contents of your attachments, not just the attachment list. Follow the steps below to simply search the contents of your message attachments.

  1. Select Tools. Find or click the Find button (looks like a magnifying glass) on your GroupWise main toolbar.

  2. Click the Find tab.

  3. Make sure the first text box is labeled Full Text.

  4. Enter the text from your attachment you’d like to search for.

  5. Select any other criteria to further narrow your search.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Double-click the correct message when it appears in the Find Results window.

—Submitted by Joyce Roseberry (11.18.09)

GroupWise Tips Archive

 

Make A "Health" Drawer
Your filing spaces are your friends. Most cubes have lots of little drawers. Make one of them a "health" drawer. Add a Ziploc bag or two with healthy non-perishable snacks in it (maybe dried veggies), a few bags of herbal, non-caffeinated tea (switch over from coffee midday to help you sleep better at night), and a travel-size hand-sanitizing gel for use regularly when there’s a cold going around the office (did you know most colds are transmitted through shared objects like doorknobs?) A decorative canvas bag can store an extra pair of athletic shoes in case you can take a 10 minute walk or stretch break over lunch.
—Submitted by the MCC Wellness Committee (11.11.09)

Health & Wellness Corner Archive

 

Foundations of Invitational Education
Invitational theory maintains that the best way to maximize human potential is for people to create and maintain places, policies, processes, and programs that promote it. Policies refer to the procedures and rules (written or unwritten) used to regulate individuals and organizations. Policies, like places, convey values and expectations. They need to be known (i.e. transparent), administered evenly (i.e. fairly), and focus on positive reinforcement that says we care rather than negative that says we really don’t.
—Submitted by Employee Development (12.02.09)

The Inspirting Corner Archive

Board of Trustees Meeting

December 2

7 p.m.

Kirkman House

 

MCC Jazz Band Holiday Concert

December 3

7 p.m.

Shearer Hall

 

"Walk-In" Messiah

December 6

3 p.m.

Shearer Hall

 

MCC Band Holiday Concert

December 7

7:30 p.m.

Shearer Hall

 

Free Career Exploration Workshop

December 8

2 p.m.

Testing Center (Student Services Center)

 

MCC Ambassadors Applications Due

December 18

 

Below are photos from the 2004 North Carolina Thumb & Finger Style Guitar Players, Inc. Sixth Annual Convention which was held November 5 & 6 at Mitchell Community College.

Click thumbnails to enlarge photos.

 

Mitchell Columns is the campus newsletter of Mitchell Community College published by the Printing & Graphic Design Services Center, containing timely information of interest to faculty, staff, students and friends of the College.

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