A Maricopa Community College www.dist.maricopa.edu							Thrusday, October 27, 2004
		Dr. Corina Gardea President 1202 W. Thomas Road Phoenix, Arizona 85013 Readers' survey PC News: news@pcmail.maricopa.edu Email: corina.gardea@pcmail.maricopa.edu Phone: 602-285-7433 Visit us on the Web: www.phoenixcollege.edu					Table of Contents   PC Participates in WalkingWorks   National Student Mathematics League Competition   Creative Writing Workshop   PC host 6th Annual Grandparent's University   PC is included in Arizona Engagement Campaign   Items approved at the October 26, 2004 Governing        Board Meeting   Building B Elevator Approved   Amnesty International Sponors Caravan for Justice   Enrollment Figures as of October 26, 2004   United Way FAQ   PC Birthday Corner   Prop 401 Question of the Week 1. The Maricopa District is participating in WalkingWorks. This program is brought to you by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. The online interactive walking program is designed to help Maricopans "step up" their level of physical activity by integrating walking into our daily routines.The program is open to all Maricopa employees including adjunct faculty and temporary staff.  The minutes logged by all MCCCD campuses from May until September are 343,980 or 14,852 miles. PC contributed 31,899 minutes of activity or 1,385 miles.  2.    National Student Mathematics League Competition Round one will be Wednesday, November 3rd 3:00 to 4:00 PM Building B, Room 202 1st place will receive a $75 check 2nd place will receive a $50 check 3rd place will receive a $25 check Deadline to register is Monday, November 1st, 2004  Registration forms available now in A-230 3.                       Saturday, October 30                        Writing News & Feature Stories               Creative Writing Workshop with Christy Skeen               Creative Writing Center - B 159, 9 a.m. - Noon                                       602-285-7347                                     Free Admission 4.  Phoenix College will host the 6th Annual Grandparent’s University: The Dynamics of Grandparenting In the 21st Century on Saturday, Oct. 30. The conference, which will take place in the Willo Room, is structured for those grandparents raising grandchildren as well as kinship caregivers.  The Dynamics of Grandparenting In the 21st Century conference will offer workshops with knowledge-based materials that identify various issues, including the stress and joy of caring for grandchildren. The conference will also provide for opportunities to learn, discuss and explore the various challenges that families face.  Workshops include:  ~The Grandparenting Experience Today: Challenge and Opportunity  ~Early Brain Development: What’s all the Fuss About?  ~Legal Custody Issues  ~Parenting/Adolescents  ~Intergenerational Story Hour  The cost is $15 per adult (includes lunch). For more information, please call (602) 274-5022.  5. Phoenix College is included in Arizona Engagement Campaign. <>Arizona State University is leading an education campaign in collaboration with The College Track, producer of a documentary series which explores educational access and attainment of students in a 3-part series to air on PBS Channel 8 beginning October 31st.The highly acclaimed series examines issues faced by students struggling to become the first in their families to attain a college education. Beyond airing the series, ASU has convened a coalition of members representing organizations and educational institutions, to include Phoenix College, in bringing to light the struggle of students who fall victim to the sorting machine that leaves them off the college track. Together, the coalition makes up the Arizona Engagement Campaign whose objective is to bring to light the struggle of students in college attainment, while focusing collective energy and resources on one high school toward student success. Carl Hayden High School has been chosen as the focus of this coalition and Phoenix College plays an important role in the success of this project. Make sure to tune in to The College Track: America’s Sorting Machine on KAET-TV, Channel 8 for the following segments:                     View this series on KAET-TV, Channel 8           Program One: Sunday, October 31, 2004 at 3:00pm                                    Who's In, Who's Out           Program Two: Sunday, November 7, 2004 at 3:00pm                                    Expect the Best           Program Three: Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 3:00pm                                    Get In, Stay In 6. PC related items approved at the October 26th Governing Board Meeting: New Employment Billy G. McDaniel Residential Faculty EMT/Fire Science Elizabeth Flores Specially Funded Educational  Trainer- Spanish Short-Term Employement Patricia Stradleigh OYO Health Care Education 7. Phoenix College has  received approval to install a second elevator at the west side of Building B, next to the current elevator. The new elevator will provide the additional service needed to accommodate faculty, visitors, and students taking classes in the multiple computer classrooms located on the second and third floors of buildings A & B.  8. On Thursday, Oct. 28 beginning at 6:30 p.m., the Mexico Solidarity Network and Amnesty International Caravan for Justice, a bi-national effort to raise awareness about the devastation surrounding the murders and disappearances of more than 380 women in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico will be on campus in the Bulpitt Auditorium.  Guest speakers with the Caravan will include Ramona Morales, mother of femicide victim Silvia Elena Rivera Morales, who was killed in 1995 and Jessica Marques, representative of the Mexico Solidarity Network. Marques will discuss the influence of globalization and neo-liberal economic policies on these femicides.  Visit the International Caravan for Justice as it stops in Phoenix, on its way to the twin border cities of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. Participants with the Caravan will conclude their journey with a border march from El Paso to Juarez on Nov. 1, the Day of the Dead.  For more information, please call Phoenix College Amnesty International advisor, Bonnie Ewald at 57123.    9.             Enrollement Figures as of October 26 2003 2004 % Total Headcount 13,230 12,779 -3.4% Total CR Hours 88,163 87,417 -.84% Total FTSE 5,877 5,827 -.84%   10.                       United Way FAQ       Q. What is United Way's "Results That Matter" Fund? A. Quite simply, the Results That Matter Fund is the best way to address the issues that matter most in our community with a single contribution. It helps more people with different needs than any other charitable contributions that can be made in the valley. Trained, knowledgeable volunteers carefully evaluate and invest funds in local results- driven programs. And when you give to the Results That Matter Fund, you help provide lasting solutions to the most critical human care needs in our community.     11.                 Happy Birthday Name Date Ronnie Gammage 10/24 Camilla Westenberg 10/25 Annette Duran 10/26 Elizabeth Ligon 10/27 Barbara Hildalgo 10/28 12.               Prop 401 Question of the Week What do you  think is the most critical issue facing Phoenix College...and in the near future? Keeping up with the population growth of our community as well as the continuous need for workforce training and retraining.
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