MCC Daily Tribune

Faculty Senate Professional Development Week Continues

Below are today's Faculty Senate Professional Development Week sessions. Please download the attached Professional Development Week program for each session's login information. All sessions take place via Zoom.

Today's Sessions

Update with the Deans

830am-930am

Presenters: Kim McKinsey-Mabry (Dean, Business and Community Engagement), Margaret Kaminsky (Dean, STEM and Health), Medea Rambish (Dean, Academic Foundations), and Michael Jacobs (Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences)

During this panel discussion the academic deans will have a chance to share updates on the projects and initiatives within the Academic Services division as well as each of the Schools. There will also be an opportunity for Q &A (participants are encouraged to submit questions in advance).

"Update on the Single Moms Success Design Challenge and Related Family-Friendly Initiatives"

10am-11am

Presenters: Mary Ann DeMario (Institutional Research and Single Moms Success Design Challenge), Heather Cruz (Associate Vice President, Student Services), Victoria Boese (Administrative Services), Kim DeLardge (Enrollment Management), Julianna Frisch (Assistant to the President, Strategic Initiatives), Meghan Glaser (ESOL/TRS), Vilma Patterson (Student Services), and Rosanna Yule (Director, Community Relations)

"It truly is hard to be a parent while going to college especially working on top of it all. I hope this... helps MCC determine what really can help parents out when trying to accomplish so many things at one time. We need it." - MCC Single Mom Learner

More than 18% of MCC's student body are "Student-Parents," college students with dependent children. More than half of those Student-Parents are Single Mom Learners. MCC's "SMLs" are disproportionately first generation college students, not college ready at entry, and living below the poverty line. Nonetheless, our SMLs have an extraordinary drive and a unique incentive to earn a college degree: to elevate their lives and the lives of their children. In spring 2019, MCC was one of only four community colleges in the nation to receive the Single Moms Success Design Challenge (SMSDC) grant. "A core team of MCC faculty and staff has spent the past year and a half gathering information from and about our SMLs." Using a human-centered design approach, they are designing supports to help increase SMLs' rates of graduation and/or transfer to a four-year college.

Health by Humor Sponsored by the MCC Wellness Council

1130am-1230pm

Join the discussion lead by the MCC Wellness Council and special guest host John Delate on the health benefits of humor in the workplace! It will be an entertaining, interactive hour leaving you laughing for more!

Providing Chairside Assistance to Pre-Allied Health Students

1pm-2pm

Presenters: Jennifer Kinslow (Advisement Specialist, Advisement and Transfer Services) andBecky Babcock (School Specialist, School of Health Sciences and Physical Wellness)

At this workshop, we will discuss the cognitive and psycho/social essential functions required for our allied health pathway students. Using case-study scenarios, small groups will create strategies for having difficult and transparent conversations with students. This includes parallel planning, summer course candidacy, mapping semester plans, and reviewing admission program requirements. Each student is unique based on academic history/preparedness, outside commitments, and motivation. Help students plan to meet their non-cognitive needs as they prepare for admission into competitive health programs. Participants will gain confidence in their ability to support their advisees in the process of defining, evaluating, and modifying their goals.

Employee Annual Training - Sexual Harassment Prevention, Keeping Children Safe on Campus, and Workplace Violence Prevention

230pm-330pm

Presenter: Kristin Lowe (Director, Human Resources)

Please join your colleagues in this opportunity to complete 2020 annual Human Resources training requirements in three topic areas: Sexual Harassment Prevention; Keeping Children Safe on Campus; and Workplace Violence Prevention. This training is grounded in MCC's values - integrity, excellence, empowerment, inclusiveness, collaboration and stewardship - which help guide our behavior as MCC students and employees. The 60 minute session will cover information mandated by federal and state law, as well as SUNY and MCC policy, to ensure compliance and to engage employees in the on-going and collective effort to foster and maintain a culture of respect on our campus. Information will be presented via PowerPoint slides and reinforced through case study review and discussion.

Grants 101: Seeking Funding for College Projects

4pm-5pm

Presenter: Lisa Dahl (Grants Manager, Strategic Resource Development & Grant Management)

Grants are a valuable way to obtain external resources to support the College's mission and strategic goals--to enrich, strengthen, and improve college programs. Attend this session to learn how the MCC grants process works. Learn grants jargon, how projects are developed, and the proposal writing process. Meet the grants staff and learn how they can assist you with proposal development to increase award potential and project viability. Topics include how to identify and review potential funding sources; how to build your project and budget; steps in proposal writing and submission; project performance monitoring to meet milestones and timelines; and the importance of evaluation, reporting, and post-award compliance.

Attached Files:
(Internal only; employees must log in to view.)

2020 Professional Development Week Program.pdf

Joseph Scanlon
Anthrop/History/Poli. Science/Sociology
06/02/2020