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Spring 2012
Newsletter:
(Vol 2 - Issue 2)
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Dean's Message
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Division Mission and Goals
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Hiring New Faculty Members
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New Adjunct faculty
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Congratulations are in Order
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Course Syllabi Submission
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Use Your Mt. SAC Email
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Food & Drink Classroom Policy
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Several Reminders
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Syllabi & Official Course Outline of Record
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Mock Trial Recognitions
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Moodlerooms is Coming
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Accounting and Finance Club News
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New Fashion Club
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CyberWatch Center
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Invite to Part-Time Faculty Orientation
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Div. Office Staff Responsibilities
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Computer Lab Contact Info
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Nutrition and Food Corner
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Division Contact Info
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eLearn Server Inactivation
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This is the third online issue of the Business Division Newsletter
for Spring 2012.
It is also available in pdf format.
Click the following link to download / print a hardcopy:
Spring 2012 Newsletter
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Dear Colleagues:
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The Business Division is composed of a dynamic team of faculty, managers and staff who are innovative and resourceful. Our team is working on diligently assessing and improving Student Learning Outcomes to ensure quality instruction and to increase student access and success. Your engagement in assessing our Student Learning Outcomes helps contribute to the accomplishments of our college, students, and members of our community.
We are thrilled to start the spring semester newsletter with the news that the Business Division will be hiring three new full-time faculty positions. We are actively working on the development of the Small Business Development Center that will be partnering with our San Gabriel Valley industry members and local higher education institutions to provide quality assistance to local area businesses.
As you read through this newsletter, I hope you'll find some information that will be helpful to you in the upcoming semester. Enjoy your Spring Semester and keep up the great work that you do!
Sincerely,
Dr. Joumana McGowan, Dean of Business
P.S. Please see important invite for all faculty!! Click on the 'Invite to Part-Time Faculty Orientation' tab above.
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The mission of the Business Division is to provide quality instruction
and to encourage and empower students to achieve their career and educational goals
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Use state-of-the-art technology in the classroom and provide faculty with appropriate resources and equipment for instruction. Prepare students for working in a dynamic environment.
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Develop partnerships with local businesses and advisory boards to strengthen job opportunities and internships and to guide curriculum development.
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New Building.
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Plan division-wide meetings or activities to ensure that business division faculty are aware of all campus-wide matters and resources to keep them well informed about academic, campus, career and personal support services available on-campus.
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Scheduling that meets our students' needs by providing day, evening, afternoon, weekend and online courses.
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The Business Division is pleased to announce that we will be interviewing for these full-time tenure track faculty positions during the Spring 2012 semester to be effective Fall 2012:
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Professor of Business Law for the Business Administration Department
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Professor of Computer Information Systems (Focused on Networking and CyberSecurity) for the CIS Department
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Professor of Child Development for the Child Development Department
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Please check the HR website for more information:
HR Faculty Hiring
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We welcome the following new Adjunct Faculty Members to the division:
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Brian Holloway
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Accounting and Management
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Carrol King
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Accounting
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Henry Quintero
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Accounting
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Bruce Brown
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Economics
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Ricahrd Ashbran
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Business Law
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Timothy Durfield
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Business Law
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Robert Uriarte
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Business Law
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John Cameron
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Computer Information Systems
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Hatim Mouissa
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Computer Information Systems
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Jesus Antonio Sanchez
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Computer Information Systems
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Alexia Sokol
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Computer Information Systems
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Shelley Doonan
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Hospitality & Restaurant Management
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Lisa Fang
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Hospitality & Restaurant Management
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Tarum Kapoor
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Hospitality & Restaurant Management
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Sofia Khachmanyan
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Fashion Design and Merchandising
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Chris Crocker
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Nutrition and Food
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Hollie Gelberg
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Nutrition and Food
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Please remember to submit electronic copies of your course syllabi before the end of the second week of classes (Friday, March 9th, 2012). If you have any questions about submitting syllabi, please contact Mary Ann Mulvihill at Ext 5190 or Christi Inouye at Ext 4600.
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PLEASE NOTE: The email address for sending the syllabi to the division
office is: BusDivSyllabus@mtsac.edu
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PLEASE NOTE: The naming convention for the syllabus file you send as
an attachment to your email is: Course# dash CRN#.extension
For example:
BUSM20-23409.doc or BUSM20-23409.pdf or BUSM20-23409.docx
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Using your Mt. SAC Email
Be sure to check your Mt. SAC email regularly
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Don't forget that all college email communication must be done using your Mt. SAC email account.
That includes emails between you and the division and between you and your students.
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Please remind your students that no Food or Drinks are allowed in the computer classrooms and our Business Division Computer Lab.
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Several Important Reminders
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Please be aware of these important reminders from the Division Office:
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- Please remember to let the division office know when you are absent and will not be able to teach your class. (909) 274-4600
- Please inform the division office (Karen Johnson Ext 5121) if there is any change to your contact information, i.e., change in home address, phone #, etc. and remember to update it through Banner (myPortal) as well
- Remember that electronic syllabi ( sent via email ) are due to the division office by the end of the second week of classes. BusDivSyllabus@mtsac.edu Please see section "Course Syllabi" for the naming convention for your syllabus file attachment.
- Dropping Students:
- Please make sure you drop your No-Shows during your first class session through Banner.
- Be aware of the drop dates for your particular course. These dates can be found on the roster you print off from Banner. Each class dates are different
- Also, please make sure you drop students who stop coming to your class during the semester.
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As you develop your syllabi each semester for your courses, please make sure you are following and teaching according to the Official Course Outline of Record (COR) which is available to you over the web through WebCMS, the college's public course management system.
You can view and print off the official course outline of record by going to WebCMS and selecting your course discipline and number in the "Public Access" portion of the WebCMS homepage.
http://webcms.mtsac.edu/
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The Mock Trial regional tournament will be held at Claremont McKenna College on February 25th & 26th.
The Mt. SAC Mock Trial program wishes to recognize and thank the following individuals for their help and participation:
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Michael Eyre and Lloyd Martin
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Mock Trial coaches
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Wilber Fabian, Jay Lane, Kristy Mar, Kamali Lama, Chloe Chavez, Alma Martinez, and John Wiles
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Team Members
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Roberta Lahr-Dolgovin & Sue Sweetman
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Adjunct Faculty Members
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John Harrold, Laurie Harrold, and Lelilah Knox-Rios
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Local attorneys who served as judges
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Jeff Winter
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Attorney/former adjunct faculty: judging & tabulating scores
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Mary Ann Mulvihill & Linda Monteilh
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Lunch funding and facilities reservation
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Julia Torres
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Mt. SAC student
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Catherine McKee and Marty Ramey
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Mt. SAC Paralegal professors
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Moodlerooms is Coming
As you may know, Mt. SAC is rapidly moving from Blackboard (Bb) to the Moodlerooms (MR) Learning Management System (LMS).
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There is a winter pilot of about 12 classes that is testing MR currently. Come spring term, you may notice that your classes show up in both Bb and MR. That is because you have a choice of using EITHER Bb or MR for your spring classes. You must have completed either Bb Basics training or MR Basics training - part 1 and part 2 in order to see your courses in either LMS. Please note: By summer, Blackboard will be gone and we will only have MR available to supplement our classes.
Quite a few faculty have already received some basic training in MR over the winter break. There will be additional trainings available come spring semester. The dates for these workshops have not yet been set up, but you will get an announcement from POD when the dates become available. In addition, if your department (or group of faculty) can come up with a choice of dates that work for you and fit into dates available for training staff, a workshop could be set up for you. You would need a minimum of 5-6 faculty for us to arrange a separate training for you. Please let Mary Johnson know if you have some dates in mind for group training and she will work with you to get this scheduled.
Email Mary Johnson with questions at
MTJohnson@mtsac.edu
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Our club is open to any Mt. SAC student, regardless of their major. We offer a wide variety of activities that benefits all students.
Please check us out on Facebook:
Facebook.com/clubAFM
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Or email us at
ClubAFM@gmail.com
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2011 Accomplishments:
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With the help of our Professional Development funds and Our Business Division, 9 AFM Officers and 2 faculty advisors attended an Economic & Finance Conference at San Francisco State, put on by FAME. It was a great success.
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The AFM club ended the Fall 2011 semester with the most active (earning 25 or more hours of service) students since its inception in 1997, with 48 active members. 10 of those students (officers) earning 50-80 hours, and 10 students earning 30-40 hours.
What's Coming Up:
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Swim with Mike Event: Join us as we visit USC, raise money for disabled athletes, tour campus, and watch USC Football players scrimmage.
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Several speakers will cover topics such as Fraud, Careers in Accounting, Financial planning, Business Ownership, interview/resume skills, and more.
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LA Financial District Tour: This will be the AFM club's 3rd annual trip, it should be a blast!
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The Fashion students have begun a new club on campus, the Fashion Council. They are planning campus wide activities to raise the profile of fashion and interest to a broad base of students and illustrate the impact of fashion in their lives.
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A few things they are discussing are:
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Fashion in film series
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Display of students' work
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More active participation/attendance at statewide competition activities
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Logo and branding development
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Charity outreach such as AIDS walk, House of Ruth and other giving back activities
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Fund raising projects such as selling license plate holders that say Fashion Mt SAC, or big canvas tote bags with logo
Over 40 students signed up during Fall. We are holding planning meetings during winter and will be up and ready for spring. Get on board the fashion express!!
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The Computer Information Systems (CIS) department at Mt. San Antonio College has been awarded a $3-million grant over four years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the only NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Cybersecurity center in the western United States. The Center will be housed in Building
21D (what is now 11A).
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The Mission of the CyberWatch West Center is to increase the quantity and quality of the Cybersecurity workforce throughout the western United States.
Vision: The CyberWatch West Center is committed to improving the quantity and quality of existing cybersecurity resources and building upon these resources to develop effective training and teaching modules. The center will accomplish this by concentrating on student development; professional development; curriculum development, revision and dissemination.
CyberWatch West will also incorporate effective outreach efforts to raise awareness and build viable partnerships among academia and industry.
CyberWatch West will become a vast network of higher education institutions, businesses, and government agencies focused on building and maintaining a robust cybersecurity workforce.
The center will build strong industry partnerships within each of its primary initiatives to ensure that its focus and vision are in-line with the evolving needs of industry. Through the establishment of a multi-faceted advisory board, CyberWatch West will encourage the active engagement of its Industry Partners, informing all aspects of the center design and delivery. Our main objective is to build a successful cybersecurity workforce in the western United States.
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IMPORTANT!!!
The Business Division Dean, Associate Dean, Department Chairs and Coordinators wish to invite the entire faculty (part-time and full-time) to attend the Part-Time Orientation meeting that is scheduled for
May 11 at 12:00 p.m. in room: 6-160. Lunch will be provided.
Please calendar this and RSVP.
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Please RSVP to the division office by contacting extension 4600 by May 1.
We look forward to seeing you all in attendance.
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To serve you better, here is a partial list of responsibilities of our office staff:
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Karen Johnson: Adjunct Hiring, Faculty Banking Requests
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Linda Monteilh: Travel & Conference Forms, Office Hours List
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Mary Ann Mulvihill: Faculty Absences (Full Time and Adjunct),
Syllabus Submission & Tracking
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Bldg 17 - Room 5
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(909) 274-4701
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Mon - Thur 8:00 am - 9:30 pm
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Fri 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Sat Closed
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Nutrition and Food Corner
Make Learning Personal to Your Students
During the Winter Intersession I added a new assignment in my hybrid Nutrition for Personal Health & Wellness course. After covering the introductory chapter on eating well and exercise, I asked my students to submit the following assignment titled "Exercise or Die"!
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This is quite a dramatic name for an assignment, but hopefully after reading Chapter 10 - Exercise and Nutrition, you understand the importance and life-changing benefits of exercise. Believe it or not, there are people who do not meet the minimum exercise requirements of 30 minutes, most days of the week. Perhaps you have family or friends in your life that fit this description. Or maybe this is you!
Your assignment is to make a convincing argument to a non-exercising individual of the importance of exercise. Include 3 reasons why he/she should exercise. In addition, make 3 realistic suggestions to this person for incorporating exercise into their lives. An example of a non-realistic suggestion would be to tell your morbidly obese Uncle Fred that he should start running to train for a marathon. This is not likely realistic for a man who is 350 lbs. Uncle Fred may benefit from more realistic exercise options that you set for him.
You must make a convincing argument to earn full credit. This assignment is worth 10 points. In summary, this is what is required for the assignment:
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Convince __________ why he/she should exercise by providing at least 3 reasons why he/she should exercise. Do so in a non-threatening manner.
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Provide at least 3 realistic exercise suggestions for this person.
The response to this assignment was overwhelming to say the least. The first four assignments that I graded brought tears to my eyes, as students wrote heartfelt letters to friends and family members. One student wrote to her obese best friend with a plea for her to change her ways to become healthy. Another wrote a letter to his adult daughter and one student wrote a letter to herself encouraging small steps to make healthy changes in her life.
This clearly was one of those moments in teaching that I will always remember. So what did I learn from this?...Making learning personal to your students can be quite rewarding. So whatever the subject you teach, adding personal reflections to an assignment can certainly enhance the learning environment. Give it a try!
Wishing you a wonderful Spring semester!
Submitted by Professor Sandra Weatherilt
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
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1100 N. Grand Ave. Walnut CA 91789
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Bldg 17 - Room 15
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(909) 274-4600
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(909) 468-3936
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BusDivSyllabus@mtsac.edu
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- Spring 2011 Office Hours:
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Mon - Thur 7:30 am - 5:30 pm
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Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
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The eLearn Server has been inactivated as of December 9th, 2011. All links to your personal websites on this server from the Division's Website have been removed. If and when you get a new personal Mt. SAC website developed and wish to have it linked from the division's website, please let Rich Patterson know.
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