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Electronic
Newsletter (Issue #02)
February/March, 2003
The Planning and Resource Development Electronic
Newsletter is sent to you to keep you informed about planning, program
review, and grants development activities at Victor Valley College.
Program Review
Notes
from Khalid Rubayi, Program Review Faculty Facilitator
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 Program
Review Training Session - February 26, 2003
Peter Allan, Interim Vice-President of Student Learning, and
Khalid Rubayi presented certificates to those departments that
completed their Program Reviews for 2002. The Instructional
Departments that received awards were: Administration of Justice,
Chemistry, Computer Information Technology, Electronics, Learning
Resources, Philosophy/Religious Studies, and Political Science.
The picture below shows some of the Department Chairs that were
recognized for completing their program review by the Office
of Student Learning. |
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Pictured
from left to right:
Debbie Blanchard, President, Academic Senate
Dr. Fay Freeman, Director, Instructional Compliance
John Akins, Learning Resource Center
Gary Menser, Department Chair, Welding
Mark Clair, Research
Dave Dupree, Department Chair, Political Science
Ron Fields, Department Chair, Administrative Justice
Pamela Penland, Administrative Secretary I
Khalid Rubayi, Program Review Faculty Facilitator Faculty,
Electronics and Computer
Technology |
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The members of the Program Review Committee, Gary Menser, Dr.
Marc Skuster, Dave Dupree, Khalid Rubayi, and Mark Clair conducted
Program Review Training. Gary Menser began the workshop emphasizing
the importance of the Integration of Program Review, Planning,
Accreditation, Research, and Budgeting. Dr. Mark Skuster then
spoke on the Program Review Process and conducted an overview
of the Program Review Guide. Dave Dupree offered tips on completing
an Academic Program Review. He also distributed a handout entitled,
"A Few Notes on Program Review from the Department of Political
Science." Khalid Rubayi then presented tips on how the Electronics
Department complete Vocational Program Review, Electronics.
Mark Clair then showed participants how to access the DSS Query
Builder to integrate research into Program Review. The panel
then took time for a question and answer session. Forty-eight
people attended the Program Review Training session.
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The Program Review Guide has been completed and was adopted
by the Faculty Senate on February 6, 2003. A special thanks to Gary
Menser, Debbie Blanchard and the Faculty Senate, the departments that
completed the program reviews, and the Program Review Committee for
all their hard work.
More...
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Grant$ Development $$$
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| Congratulations
to Melody Ricci for receiving an Economic Development Program
Grant, California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office ($42,628)
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This
project titled "A Burst of Biotech" is intended to provide a
3-tiered level of collaboration in order to promote the biotech
industry and profession from the community college level. The
project is intended to carry the community college student from
the classroom on to a work environment in industry to perform
an internship. After gaining practical experience in the biotech
setting, the community college student will then disseminate
the information down to the high school level in order to: 1)
share their experience in Biotech industry 2) explain the community
college biotech program, and 3) demonstrate future career paths
in biotechnology to the high school student. This program will
impact not only the community college student, but the area
community as well. Students enrolled in the college biotech
program will receive practical training in the classroom, which
will be applied through an internship setting in the biotech
industry. The involvement of the companies collaborating with
the college biotech program will gain a temporary employee and
their involvement will contribute to the development of our
future curriculum, and the high school student will be exposed
to the many different avenues that a career in biotechnology
may lead to. The Biotechnology industry is "bursting" with many
diverse career paths, and our overall intent is to increase
awareness of this exciting profession and the many career opportunities
it has to offer as well as attract biotech industries to the
California high desert region. |
Planning
Look for information on Accreditation here in the next Newsletter.
Planning
and Resource Development Team:
Carol Golliher, Accreditation Faculty Facilitator
Dr. Eric Mayer, Grants Faculty Facilitator
Dr. Tom Miller, Planning Faculty Facilitator
Khalid Rubayi, Program Review Faculty Facilitator
Pamela Penland, Administrative Secretary
Scott Hicks, Student Office Assistant
Dr. Fay
Freeman, Director
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