Trash in Halls

Please do not leave trash or unwanted items in the hallways. If you need assistance disposing of unwanted items, please send Victor Quintana an email. His staff will assist you as soon as they are able.

Please do your best to discontinue the practice of leaving items in the hallways and spread the word to others if you see trash in hallways. This is just one small way we can help ourselves be Best in Class.

Marla Rodriguez
Public Relations Office

SUMMER GRADUATION

TO: ADVISORS, INSTRUCTORS, COUNSELORS
FROM: CHARLENE SALAZAR, STUDENT RECORDS
DATE: JUNE 23, 2009

Please turn in names for the Summer graduation. Please use the Graduation template in the staff update. Names must be turned in by July 1, 2009.
Charlene really appreciates your attention to this matter.

Thanks,

Charlene
Student Records

End of Year Celebration

Thank you to those of you who attended the Executive Director presentation at the End of the Year Celebration. Your participation shows that we can be Best in Class despite all challenges! See the photos from the day http://www.flickr.com/photos/27633409@N02/

We are eager to hear your feedback about the presentation and your ideas. Please feel free to comment using this blog. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click post a comment.

FRANK AGUILAR
EILEEN ASHFORD
MARK ASHFORD
GARFIELD BACA
BRADLEY BOHLAND
MELANIE BROOKSNELSON
GAYEDINE BUJANDA
MARISA CANTAROVICI
COBI CHANEY
KINDRA CHAPMAN
JOHN CLEARY
KATHLEEN COLLINS
KATINA CORDOVA
KATHLEEN CRAUN
BARBARA CRAWFORD
JUDITH CURTIS
RICARDO DENA
PETRA ESTRADA
KAREN FLETCHER
CHRIS FOSTER
DARLENE FRASER
JANICE GALVIN
ESSIE GARRETT
JANICE GENOVA
JOHN GIBBONS
LOU GILHOOLY
BARBARA GONZALES
KATHERINE GOODSPEED
JOSEPH GREEN
DEBRA GRIEVE
ZINEB HAMMOUMI
DANA HARPER
FAYEANNE HARTZ
SCOTT HEDBLOM
CHRISTINE HILL
HUETHUY HOARE
PATRICIA HOFFMAN
JOSEPHINE JANSEN
CAYENNA JOHNSON
DIANE JONES
TALLIE JONES
JAMES KESSLER
EARL KOLARIK
IRENE KUONI
JOY LAPP
DIANNA MARRIOTT
CHRIS MARSHALL
ROBERT MARSHALL
KRISTI MARTIN
SHARON MCCREARY
OCIE MCDONALD
KIMBERLY MCKAY
LYDIA MELVIN
CHRISTOPHER MILLIUS
GENEVIEVE MONTOYA
MERCEDES MONTOYA
MARY MURPHY
ANDREA NAVESOCHOA
ELAINE NAVES
VICKY NOLAN
SLAVICA PARK
TERRY PARTRIDGE
DAVID PEREZ
LYDIA PEREZ
SUSAN POMERLEAU
LEOCADIA PRADO
CATHRYN PRAVOSLAVNOV
VICTOR QUINTANAIII
JANICE RAYMOND
RANDALL REDD
JOSEPHINE REYES
MARLA RODRIGUEZ
MARLORES ROOZING
ANNA ROSS
PHILLIP RUMMEL
REBECCA SAENZ
ANITA SALAZAR
SHARON SALVO
NICHOLAS SARCHET
KEVIN SATTERFIELD
CHRISTINE SINOPOLI
JANICE SINOPOLI
MARY SNAPP
BRENDA STEVENS
KATICA TERZIC
CORINN THOMAS
RYAN THOMAS
LAVONYA TODD-WASHINGTON
CONNIE TRIPP
THOMAS TROTMAN
LAURA VASQUEZ
MARTA VASQUEZ
LISA VOELZ
GERALD WILLIAMS
TIM INZANO
JACQUELINE KHAROUF
MARILYN BOWLDS
TOMMY FLOWERS
CONNIE ROSS
KEVIN MOHATT
ERIC FRONEBERGER
MARGEY MINCOSLAVICH
KATHRYN FIGARO-REIFSTECK
MESKEREM BERKA
PATRICIA MOORE

A Great Big Thank-You

Can you believe we’ve finished another year of school! Thanks for the efforts of so many people we could celebrate our successes at our end of year party yesterday. I’d like to extend a special recognition to…

Chef Kristi, Tim and culinary students for the excellent food preparation and presentation
Chef Kristi and Michael for decorations
Randy Redd for setting up the music
Victor, John, Garfield and any other crew members who set up the tents
Frank for creating flyers and dubbing music
Anna and Marisa for passing out tickets
Les for affirming our strengths but giving a realistic picture and the necessity to look at how we do business

I know there are others who contributed behind the scenes. For you too, we say thank you.

Connie M. Ross
Dean of Instruction
College of Design Industries
Emily Griffith Opportunity School
1250 Welton St.
Denver, CO 80204
720-423-4866 ph
720-423-4762 fx
www.emilygriffith.edu

No Parking in Welton Street Parking Lot

To All EGOS Staff

To those of you who park in the Welton Street parking lot, please do not park there on Thursday, June 18, 2009. The end of school year activities will take place in the parking lot.

Thank you,
Connie Ross

End of Year Celebration

Please join us for our annual End of the Year Celebration to mark another successful year. It’s a Hawaiian Luau in the courtyard Thursday, June 18 from 11-2. Please attend a presentation by Executive Director Les Lindauer at either 11 or 12:30 in order to receive your umbrella as your ticket for lunch. You will also receive your new parking pass at this event. So don’t miss the celebration!

Marla Rodriguez
Public Relations

Fall Registration

Fall Registration will be open, Monday June 15, 2009. Thank you to Thuy and Marisa who entered in all of the courses for the fall term.
If you have any problems, please see Tisha Corbett.

Thank you.


Tisha Corbett
Emily Griffith Opportunity School
Institutional Research
1250 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80204
720-423-4859 (phone)
720-423-4762 (fax)
www.egos-school.com
learning is lifelong journey........

LPN Graduation

The faculty and graduates of the Emily Griffith Opportunity School Practical Nurse Program would like to extend an invitation to the many individuals who have supported the students in their journey to become nurses.

A graduation ceremony for the Class of July 2009 will be held from 11:00-12:30 pm on Tuesday July 14th at Denver Elks Club 2475 West 26th Avenue Denver, CO 80211. A cake and punch reception will follow. Please try to join us for this memorable occasion and opportunity to congratulate the graduates on their hard work and future endeavors.

Thank You,

Tamara Parks

Kelly Horan Donation Fund Fundraiser Event

Kelly Horan was a graduate of the LPN program last summer. She was in a terrible car accident and still facing more surgeries. There will be a Kelly Horan donation fund fundraiser event at Mi Cocina Mexican Restaurant in Littleton June 8 from 3pm - 9pm.

Donations for THE KELLY HORAN DONATION FUND are accepted gratefully at any US Bank location.

Mi Cocina Restaurant
1600 W. Belleview Ave.
Littleton, CO 80120
303-798-5300

Just by coming out and having lunch or dinner YOU are supporting a good cause.

Minutes From SFCC Meeting

Statewide Faculty Curriculum Council
Minutes from the May 8, 2009 Meeting
Lowry, Building 959, President’s Conference Room

I. Bulletin Board:
AEC 101, 102, 121, 123, 131—credit hour reductions, yes
CAD 215—No, no discipline chair approval, too much duplication from another course, most of the discipline voted against it. A question was asked: What can the faculty member who wants this change do? The answer: take it up at the 2-2 conference with the discipline.
CAR courses and CON courses—recommend that the discipline meet at the 2-2 (or during the summer) and work on duplication and deletion matters. Darrell will help coordinate and facilitate this.
CTC 108 and 121—table, have they been posted for 30 days? Question for Geri: Can a Dean be a Discipline Chari?
EIC 125—table, need TSJC input
ENY courses—table, possible duplication and overlap issues. The group is meeting on Monday. Make them an item for the Aug. meeting.
FIN 243—yes
FLD 210—yes
--moved on to some other matters and then returned to the Bulletin Board—
HIT courses—Ginny explained the accrediting agency requirements for this discipline that they are seeking to meet. She also said there is not much time left to get this done and that it is a costly process. Joan read an e-mail from her HIT person who did not want these changes. Possible numbering and duplication issues were raised. It seems there are two different accrediting agencies—one for a certificate and one for a degree. Lengthy debate ensued. There were different interpretations of the results of a meeting that was held by the discipline on this matter. Ginny was surprised to hear the objections. There was also lack of agreement on who the discipline chair is for HIT. There was a motion made and seconded to have the groups meet at the 2-2 conference and work out these issues. The motion passed unanimously.
FST courses—yes
GUS courses—table, need TSJC input
JOU 102, title change—yes
MGD 220 and 252—yes
PHY 107—yes
PLU 242—yes
ARC courses—deletions, still needs the 30 days, item for Aug. meeting
PHO courses—continue to table until the Aug. meeting. They have been discussed at the March and April meeting. SFCC wants Geri’s input.
PER 264—yes, had been approved in the Ap. Meeting.

II. Peter Beal explained and defended his request to create a HNR (honors) prefix. Many of the SFCC members explained how their college is already doing the interdisciplinary honors concept that Peter suggested, through other means. Some members brought up the question of possible transfer issues if that prefix was used. The motion to approve this prefix was defeated. Peter will take the SFCC comments back to his campus.

III. Linda Bowman gave CCCS/CCHE updates (Geri’s son was graduating from CU-Boulder that morning):
1. Sen. King’s transfer bill was not passed by the General Assembly. Most four-year colleges and the Department of Higher Ed fought against the bill. It was a close vote in the senate—16-18. There were 15 lobbyists from the four-years working against the bill. Geri, Linda, and others were very hard in support of the bill.
2. The concurrent enrollment bills passed. Ninth and tenth graders can participate. Quality standards were stressed. These bills were supported by the P-20 Council.
3. The Amendment 50 enacting legislation passed.
4. The merger of PCC and San Juan Basin passed.
5. SB212 meetings are still ongoing. It is important that community college faculty continue to involve themselves in this process.
6. There will be a math summit this summer. Geri will get the word out.
7. Don’t contact GT members [?] on your own. There is a system in place that should be followed.

IV. Scott handed out a copy of “Rules of Engagement for gtPathways Reviews” from Vicki Leal at CDHE. He will send it electronically to SFCC members.

V. Debra Nickell gave the group some handouts explaining the requests for changes in the Physician Assistant (PA) Program. SFCC was very impressed. The changes will be posted in June and acted on at the August meeting.

VI. 2-2 conference:
1. CMC requested that the group consider a change in the proposed dates. Their campus has scheduled an all-campus meeting on one of the dates. SFCC looked at other options and tried to accommodate the request, but concluded that the scheduled dates would stay the same (Sep. 18 and 25).
2. Joan handed out a breakdown of disciplines for the two conferences. The group made several comments and suggestions. Joan will send the information out. (On May 14, Joan sent this information to the faculty at each college—thanks.)
3. The group discussed several possible topics for the conference.

VII. Wendy Kilgore from the system office showed the group how to access the CCNS on Banner. There is a link in Banner to CCNS. This is under construction and should be ready in June. She will look into how Aims and CMC can have access. She will also look into several requests for possible searches that would be helpful—like what college is teaching what course. Sherrill will continue to be the one to input the information. SFCC seemed to be impressed with this addition. The whole thing should be more stable.

VIII. The meeting adjourned.

IX. The next SFCC meeting is scheduled for August 21, 2009.

Minutes respectfully submitted by,
Fred Boettcher
SFCC Secretary

Post Office Parking

To all staff who park at the Post Office parking structure:

Recently a couple of staff members have received parking tickets at the Post Office parking garage. We have informed the management company to not issue parking tickets on the Opportunity School parking level and that we would issue our own citations. It is very important to have your 8.5" x 11" parking permit visible on your dash board. If you have a hanging tag make sure that it is clearly visible and hanging from your inside rearview mirror.

Thank you,

Brad Vickers
Director of Administrative Services
Emily Griffith Opportunity School
1250 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80204
O: 720.423.4705
F: 720.423.4762
Brad_vickers@dpsk12.org

Chair Cleaning

Phil Rummel will be cleaning chairs on Monday, June 8, 2009. Please have your chair to him by Noon on Monday, June 8. Be sure your name is on your chair.

You may pick your chair up on Tuesday, June 9.

Thank you,
Phil Rummel