All College Meeting Notes

  September 16, 2012  |   

[image 2]The first All College Meeting of the fall semester on Sept. 14 welcomed a packed house of employees.

The meeting started with SeaWorld San Antonio’s Chris Jordan, director of Entertainment Operations, giving $3,000 to support the Jack Stone Award for New Music.

Faculty member Sally First kicked off the Employee Giving Campaign by encouraging the audience to participate in the campaign that ends Dec. 1. She said just a little helps and employees can pick from a variety of NVC and Alamo Colleges scholarships to donate to or a United Way charity.

[image 1]The parents of Ashley Lynn Degerstrom were also on hand to make a contribution to help build the scholarship honoring their daughter, who was a former NVC student and was tragically killed.

NVC president Jackie Claunch talked about the upcoming Baldrige examiners visit during the week of Oct. 8. For the second year in a row, NVC is again the only education institution selected for a site visit. Jackie said for new employees who are unfamiliar with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, she will be hosting an orientation soon. To learn more about NVC’s Baldrige Quest, click here.

Lisa McDaniel, NVC coordinator of Communication, announced the launch of VISTApix – a new online software to get marketing photos of the college. Five people were selected from a drawing to win framed photos of the college. They are: Christine Crowley, Susan Palmer, Simon Van Dijk, Vanessa Flores and Jose Olivares.

Announcements:

  • Celebrate Vista – Homecoming 2012 kicks off Oct. 2. To learn more, click here.
  • The MAS Golf Tournament takes place Oct. 5. To get more info, click here.
  • Hispanic Heritage Month is this month with a variety of activities. To learn more, click here.
  • See how you fit into the NVC Strategic Plan. If you haven’t completed your one goal form, go to AlamoShare to do it.
  • Mary Dixson, dean of Interdisciplinary Programs, told faculty if they want to help with voter registration, deputy registrars can go to their classes to register voters. She added a lot students have the misconception that there’s a fee to register to vote, when it’s free.
[image 3]Celebrations:

  • Employees of the Month for the summer are:
  • Jackie Claunch congratulated the NVC Veterans Affairs Team for winning four consecutive times the G.I. Jobs magazine “Military Friendly Schools Award.”

 If you missed the All College Meeting, here's the Power Point presentation: [file 1]