Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Mitchell Columns will not be published on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The final issue of 2008 will be published on Dec. 10.

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November 20 through December 3

Michael Brooks—20th

Lamont Kinney—22nd

Audra Houpe—29th

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)

College CLOSED
November 26 through 28

First ARP Church
(Rehearsal, Dec. 6 @ 3 p.m.)

Roll out the welcome mat! The North Carolina Community College System Board of Trustees will be holding its monthly meeting on the Mitchell campus this Thursday and Friday, April 17 and 18. The 21-member board will be led by Chair Hilda Pinnix-Ragland during their two-day meeting. The Board regularly meets at the System offices on Jones Street in Raleigh, but a couple of times a year they meet on one of the 58 college campuses in the System. This will be the first time in the history of Mitchell that the State Board has met in Statesville. Members of the System Office staff will begin arriving on Wednesday, April 16, to prepare for the meeting. Board members will begin arriving on Thursday morning at 10 a.m. when they will have the opportunity to go on campus tours led by officers of the Student Government Association. Board Members will be parking that morning in the lot behind the Library which will be closed Thursday morning for that purpose. The Board will convene at our new Workforce Development and Technology Building at the Continuing Education campus on West Front Street at 11:30 a.m. for lunch and reports by the System Office and a presentation by Mitchell Community College. Our presentation will focus on the History of Mitchell by Bill Moose, a Powerpoint campus tour, an overview of three academic programs: physics, our QEP, and Focused Industry Training. Thursday afternoon, the board members will be involved in various committee meetings. Dinner on Thursday evening for the Board Members will feature music by the MCC Student Jazz Band and songs by Karla Causey. The actual official Board meeting begins at 9 a.m. on Friday and will be held in the Continuing Education Center Auditorium on the West Front Street campus. This will mark System President Martin Lancaster’s last official meeting of the State Board of Trustees prior to his retirement on May 1. His successor, Dr. Scott Rawls, is also expected to attend the meeting. Please offer our special guests a word of welcome.