General Assembly - August 21st

ACC's General Assembly will be held on Friday, August 21st in the Renaissance Hotel at the Arboretum. Breakfast will be served at 8 am and the program will begin at 9 am. Directions and parking information can be found here.

Enrollment for the workshops begins August 1st. You can go to the Workshop and Event Registration database at that time and see what is being offered and enroll.

For more information email or call 223-7997.

Summer Enrollment Fair

Austin Community College will host our Annual Summer Enrollment Fair Thursday, July 16, 2009, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Highland Business Center, Board Room, Room 201.0. Representatives from ERS and the other vendors will conduct a presentation on the major changes of Plan Year 2009 beginning at 10:00 am. Representatives from your service area will attend as well as representatives from PayFlex, and the new dental plan (Humana). The carriers will be available onsite to answer questions along with ACC Benefits Staff. Austin Community College has also invited representatives from two local gyms (Curves and Gold’s Gym).

Employees who are not able to attend the fair can also receive assistance from an Human Resources Representative during campus visits. Click here for more information.

Workshops

In addition to our usual offerings, here is a list of some additional workshops offered in July and August. Just click on the name of the workshop to get more information or enroll.

The Basics of Persuasion: Strategies for Servant-Leaders
7/9/2009, 9:00am-10:30am, HBC 214

Professionalism: Equity and Office Harmony
7/14/2009, 2:00pm-3:00pm, HBC 214

How to Quit and Make it Stick
7/14/2009, 12:00pm-1:00pm, SAC 1140.2

Addressing Workplace Issues Using the Servant-Leadership Management Philosophy
7/16/2009, 10:00am-11:30am, HBC 214

Adjunct Group Benefits Enrollment Session FY 2010
7/21/2009, 9:00am-11:00am, HBC 301.9
7/28/2009, 3:00pm-5:00pm, HBC 301.9
8/1/2009, 9:00am-11:00am, HBC 301.9
8/5/2009, 5:00pm-7:00pm, HBC 301.9
8/7/2009, 9:00am-11:00am, HBC 301.9

The Power of Perception in the Workplace
7/22/2009, 9:30am-11:30am, HBC 103.2

Photoshop Basics
7/31/2009, 1:00pm-2:30pm, HBC 212

Photoshop Intermediate
8/7/2009, 2:30pm-4:00pm, HBC 212

What I Wish I Would Have Known Before Cancer
8/4/2009, 11:30am-12:30pm, EVC 8110

Adding Pizzazz to Your PowerPoint 1
8/5/2009, 9:00am-11:00am, HBC206

SurveyMonkey: An online survey tool
8/7/2009, 1:00pm-3:00pm, HBC 212

EHS: CPR/AED
8/14/2009, 9:30am-4:00pm, HBC TBA
8/27/2009, 9:30am-4:00pm, HBC TBA

Workshops Online

Develop your web development skills with these online workshops:

To view more online workshops go to http://www.austincc.edu/hr/profdev/eworkshops/index.php.

Some Workshops Still Open for Software Day

There are still some workshops available on Software Day which will be held on July 10th at HBC, offering ACC employees a chance to upgrade their computer program skills. If the workshops you wanted are filled, look for some of these workshops to be offered again in August.

You Too Can Be On YouTube, 2,
Adobe 9.0 Form Creation,
Your Own Private Twitter and Other Collaboration Tools,
Create Surveys Fast and Easily with SurveyMonkey,
Captivate: An Easy, Dynamic eLearning Authoring Tool,
Adding Pizazz To Your PowerPoint,
Plan, Produce, Publish Your Perfect Podcast,
Dreamweaver Basics, Dreamweaver Intermediate,
Microsoft Basics, Excel Basics, Adobe Contribute

For Information call 512-223-7997.

New Addition to Professesional Development

Jerod Morales has joined the Professional Development and Evaluation Programs staff as a Professional Development Technology Specialist (the big guy in the picture - not the little one). Jerod worked as a Media Technology Specialist at Riverside for two years and later on free-lanced as a Web Developer in Austin. He freely admits to being a technology geek and has been seen reading technology magazines in his spare time.

Jerod was raised in Denver City, not to be confused with Denver, Colorado, as it is a small town in west Texas. "There are really no trees and no grass either. It is pretty much just brown," said Jerod. But he broke free at 18 and dashed off to the big city of Lubbock to study Electronic Media and Communications at Texas Tech. From there he made his way to Austin, but not before he dallied awhile in New Mexico, where he met his wife April. Well the picture tells the story as seven months ago, he and his wife had baby Eli. While he is still involved with hobbies like running, playing guitar, and piano, life has calmed down a bit from his days when he jumped off a mountain hang-gliding in Rio de Janiero.