Announcements for Summer 2013

New Announcements

Crier will resume publication this fall

Crier will resume publication at the start of the Fall 2013 semester. For campus news, events and updates during the summer, visit the CCRI website, www.ccri.edu.

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Events

• Instructional technology workshops for faculty
• Evaluating student progress

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Ongoing News and Events

Instructional technology workshops for faculty

The Instructional Technology group announces the following workshops to be held in June. All CCRI faculty are invited to attend. Please visit the Faculty Technology Workshop website for the detailed workshop schedule, descriptions, and registration. Workshop topics include:

• Getting started with Blackboard
• What's new in Blackboard
• Learn the essentials for creating and delivering online assessments
• Video captioning with Camtasia Studio
• Blackboard best practices

In addition, save the date for Faculty Technology Day to be held Tuesday, Aug. 27. Plan to join your colleagues for a day filled with teaching, learning and technology. Program details and registration will be shared by email this summer. For more information, or to suggest session topics, contact MaryAdele Combe, manager of instructional support. One on one and small group training are available by appointment at each campus.

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Travel and agency reimbursement

The college’s fiscal year ends on June 30. To ensure all FY2013 activity is charged to the proper budget year, please submit all travel reimbursement and agency purchase claims for activity through June 30 to the Controller’s Office no later than July 12. Travel and agency reimbursement checks will be issued by July 22. If you have any questions, please contact Jo Anne Robitaille in the Controller's Office at 825-2150 or jrobitaille@ccri.edu.

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Evaluating student progress

Have you ever given an exam and been disappointed by your students’ performance? Have you ever had students tell you they didn’t know what to study for the test? Would you like to enable students to be more successful on exams while maintaining your standards? If your answer to any of the above questions is affirmative, please join the Faculty Learning Community on Evaluating Student Progress. We'll meet from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at the Knight Campus in Warwick (room location TBA) and continue meeting regularly throughout the Fall 2013 semester. For more information, contact Assessment Coordinator Jeanne Mullaney.

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Common Reading Project book selected

The Common Reading Project book for the 2013-14 academic year is "All Souls" by Michael Patrick MacDonald. It is a memoir about his early life in a South Boston project where mostly Irish Catholics resided. Theft, drugs, violence and death affected his family and neighborhood. Even though life was difficult, "Southies" formed a strong bond and identity in order to survive. Assistant Professor Beth Anish, English Department, has invited MacDonald to speak at the Knight Campus's Irish Studies Conference in the fall. For more information, contact Professor of English Alicia Lyon.

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