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Motivating Students Series
Negative feedback can lead to a
negative class atmosphere. Be specific when giving negative feedback and tie
comments to a specific task or performance—not to a specific student.
Cushion negative comments with positive compliments about aspects of the
task that students did well and be sensitive to "offhanded" remarks that
might engender feelings of inadequacy. Often students want to know the
"answer"—"what was it I should have said or done to make it right?" Avoid
pleas from students for the "right answer" which can rob them of the
opportunity to think and problem-solve for themselves. Ask for suggestions
of possible approaches to the problem, suggest sources, and encourage them
to build on existing skills. Always praise students for small, independent
steps. —Submitted by Employee Development
(11.19.08)
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Flu Shots
November 20
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WFD-108
Music Students
Recital
November 25
12:30 p.m.
Music House
Thanksgiving Holiday
College CLOSED
November 26 through 28
World AIDS
Day/Iredell County Health Dept. on Campus
December 1
Montgomery Student
Center & Mooresville Center
Holiday Band
Concert
December 1
7:30 p.m.
Mac Gray Auditorium
Holiday Chorus
Concert
December 2
7:30 p.m.
First ARP Church
Phi Beta
Coffeehouse
December 3
Second Fret
Coffeehouse & Music Hall
Music Students
Sing "Messiah"
December 4
12:30 p.m.
Rotary Auditorium
MCC Jazz Band
Concert
December 4
7 p.m.
Montgomery Student Center
"Walk-in" Messiah
December 7
3 p.m.
First ARP Church
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| From the President's
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| January 23, 2008 |
Few tasks we undertake last a full decade but that has been my experience
with the "new" College Information System which is famously (or infamously)
known as "CIS." In 1997 the North Carolina Association of Community College
Presidents asked then President Vick Hackley to appoint a committee to begin
the planning for a system-wide computer information system to replace the
then existing IPPS system which had gown up piecemeal at the beginning of
the computer era in the 1980s. Along with several of my colleagues, I was
appointed to the planning committee, which shortly thereafter became known
as the CIS Project Steering Committee. President Ed Wilson was named chair
and served in that role for two years during the planning process for the
new system. When Ed became president of the President’s Association, I was
appointed chair of the CIS Steering Committee with responsibility for
overseeing the development of the new system and then over the next eight
years the implementation of the new "System" for all 58 colleges. Needless
to say, this has been quite a ride over these ten years and especially the
eight years since 1999 when I became chair. As of December 31, 2007, we
completed the
original plan and concluded the master contract with ACS/Datatel with all 58
colleges going "live" with the student and accounting modules of the system.
Concurrently at the end of November 2007, all 58 colleges had (in spite of a
few bumps along the way) successfully made the transition to Release 18 on
the Datatel System. The North Carolina community colleges, thanks to the
extraordinary work of many, many folks "on the ground" at the colleges, have
completed the implementation phase of this enormous project. In fact, the
CIS Project is the largest and most comprehensive information technology
implementation in higher education ever undertaken and completed in the
United States. It has been an exciting and rewarding decade for me
personally and professionally to have been involved in this project. |
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