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Division NewsLetter
Division NewsLetter
Innovation Connections is a monthly newsletter that features Instructional Innovation Division updates and college-wide innovation and collaboration. Contact Luann Crosby, Director of Library Services, if you wish to contribute to the content.
Message FROM THE DEAN
Message FROM THE DEAN
Spring is the season for academic planning, including the development of the academic calendar two years ahead. The academic calendar is crucial for the college to ensure smooth operation and academic success, but sometimes it can be a little tricky and confusing. In recent years, I have received various inquiries regarding the nuances of our academic calendar development process and its variations. So here I’d like to unveil some of the mysteries by delving into our current practice.
meet our staff
meet our staff
Susan Jensen, Library Specialist III
Susan Jensen, Library Specialist III
Where are you from originally and/or currently?
I was born in Flagstaff, Arizona and grew up in the village on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, where my father was a school teacher in the winters, and a park ranger in the summers.
What is your educational background?
After graduating from high school, I got married and moved back to Flagstaff to raise a family. Ten years later, life threw me a curve ball and left me a single parent, so I enrolled at Northern Arizona University where I received a BFA in Graphic Design. During my internship in that program, I did some illustration work for the Museum of Northern Arizona, National Forest Service and NAU’s Art History, Physical Therapy, and Theater Departments.
What do you love doing the most in your work?
I truly love my job as a librarian at NPC, and most enjoy working on Subject Guides, Library Displays, research projects and assisting students in the library.
If you were to take a course in something, what would it be?
If I were to take a course at NPC, it would be Peterson Yazzie’s “Native American Art History”, Sylvia Jackson’s “Navajo” language class, or Eleanor Hempsey & Robin Rickli’s “Biological Anthropology and Human Origins”.
What are your favorite things to do/eat/read?
My hobbies include knitting, crocheting, gardening and reading. Topics of special interest to me are true forensic medical mysteries, science fiction, historical biographies, children’s literature, and spirituality. My favorite foods are Palak Paneer, Enchiladas, Tabouli, and Lasagna.
What goal are you dreaming about completing?
I share my household with my youngest daughter and her children, and my current most immediate goal is to support her as she attends NPC’s cosmetology program.
LIBRARY SERVICES
LIBRARY SERVICES
On Friday, April 12, drop by the NPC Library booth at Eagle Fest to craft your own embossed paper strip bookmark!
April is Financial Literacy Month which promotes the importance of financial literacy and the need for effective financial education. The theme for 2024 is “Inform, Inspire, Ignite” which seeks to spread the message that financial empowerment begins with learning, and teachers start the spark of learning that pays dividends. The April 2024 Library Newsletter lists some books available at the NPC Library which you can check out to inform, inspire and ignite financial education and financial literacy for yourself and others.
Office of accessibility and inclusion
Office of accessibility and inclusion
The semester is moving right along and so is OAI. We have been working hard to create an office space where students feel comfortable, we believe this is vital due to the nature of the information discussed when we meet with students. Helping them to feel comfortable and safe encourages our students to share their struggles and concerns with confidence.
Since the move we have been using folding tables as desks (Heather made this possible), we hope to have our official/professional desks soon. I know that once we get those desks in place the office will look fabulous!
On a less upbeat note, since moving we have had a chance to go through our inventory of assistive technology and discovered that a large part of our inventory was damaged while in storage. Apparently, the lithium batteries do not do well in uncontrolled storage environments. We have spent a number of hours recording the losses and will now move forward with replacing what we need to in order to ensure that students have access to the tools they need. It is a sad situation, but we are trying to see that good like getting the most current versions of those tools will be a plus!
UPDATE: since writing this yesterday 3/26/2024 the office furniture arrived and is now in place. (See the photo above.) Feeling pretty darn good about our space!
Instructional Technology and Curriculum Support
Instructional Technology and Curriculum Support
Click below for a link to information about the OpenLMS Moodle app; details about the new AI Teaching Resources page recently added to the eResource Center website; and Moodle tips and tricks such as how to set up notifications to stay informed about important updates, deadlines, and course announcements. Find all that and more in the April 2024 ITCS Newsletter.
EARLY COLLEGE
EARLY COLLEGE
Early College has been working hard, as usual. Graduation applications have been submitted to Rec/ Reg. We are moving forward to start course building for FA24 Dual and NAVIT classes. The Dean's office for Arts and Sciences will take over course building for TALON classes. We are starting much earlier than in the past with the goal of having all Early College students registered before the first day of the Fall semester. The Strategic Master Plan and enforcement of the Inter-Governmental Agreements (IGA) will significantly help with this.
Josh Jeffery met with the administrators at Window Rock as they would like to rejoin the Early College Programs! If you know of any other high school in the district that we are not currently partnered with, please let us know as we would love to speak with them.
We are also very excited to be attending AZ Transfer Summit in Fort McDowell later this month.
ODds and Ends
ODds and Ends
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Throughout nearly 40 plays, Shakespeare wrote quite a few lines that have since become more easily remembered than forgotten.
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The 90/90 rule involves asking yourself two very simple, straightforward questions:
Have you used this item in the past ninety days?
If not, will you use it in the next ninety?
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