RCC Weekly

Issue # 57

TheRCC

Weekly

October 4, 2013

RoxMAPP Launch

On September 30 th , eighteen students from Madison Park High School
began taking their first college class at Roxbury Community College as
part of the RoxMAPP initiative. Madison Park faculty and administrators,
as well as Dean Charles Diggs, ceremoniously walked the students across

the street from

Photo courtesy of Gerald Chertavian, Board of Trustees Chair

Madison Park's doors
to the Academic
Building, Room 102. There to greet them were Governor Deval Patrick
and Mayor Thomas Menino. Several other government officials also
attended, including City Council members Ayanna Presley, Tito
Jackson, as well as mayoral candidate John Connolly.

The students are taking our College Experience course, taught by
Professor Angela MacDonald. Additionally, they are engaged in an
Accuplacer Boot Camp, under the direction of Gary Kaplan, Executive
Director, J FY Networks.

Congratulations to RCC's
Newly Certified Tutors.

Over the summer, Johanna Jacobson completed the National
Tutoring Association (NTA) Train-the-Trainer program and

satisfied the academic
requirements for NTA

Trainer certification. In
the past month, more
than twenty RCC
faculty, both full time
and adjunct, have been
trained using NTA
curriculum and all are
now certified tutors.
Congratulations to all!

For more information on NTA, visit their website at ntatutor.com

Mark Your Calendar

October 7: Symposium: The State of Community
Colleges in an Urban Setting

October 8: PTK Spirit Day

October 10: PTK Open House

October 10: Community Work Day

October 10 & 11: Sprint for Success

October 11: 40th Gala

October 22: Community Career Fair

October 29: "Careers In Quality" Panel

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RCC Partnership
Provides Campus-wide
Online Technology
Training

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RCC has recently
partnered with Atomic
Learning (AL), award-
winning provider of
online technology
training and support. Through this partnership, RCC is able
to provide learning opportunities that make it easy for
students to embrace technology and develop critical skills
for success at school, at work, and in life.

Research shows 3 out of 4 students feel their institution is
not using the technology it has effectively. 1 Students' style
of learning is different today especially in regard to
technology. Instructors not only need to understand how
to use technology in their teaching, they need to
understand how to help students use technology to help
guide their own learning.

RCC is dedicated to bringing technology training to all
learners on campus through this partnership. With Atomic
Learning, we can provide faculty, staff, and students 24/7
access to technology training resources. Featuring a
guided, step-by-step path through online workshops on
topics from MS Office, the internet and Moodle, Atomic
Learning provides valuable educational resources as well
as just-in-time training and support on over 200
applications. Atomic Learning's online resources simplify
campus technology training and support.

Students can log in using their college log-in credentials.
Faculty and staff can log in using their email address as
their user name and "learn" as their password (change the
password after logging in). If you have any problems
logging in, please contact Matt in the IT Department.
More information about AL trainings coming soon.

About Atomic Learning

Founded in 2000 by a group of technology educators, Atomic
Learning serves over 16 million individuals in more than 45 countries

worldwide. Online and on-demand, Atomic Learning's award-
winning resources for technology integration and support, student
training, and 21st century professional development create flexible
training opportunities that make it easy for learners of all ages to
embrace technology. Visit Atomic Learning online at
www.AtomicLearning.com.

1 ECAR study of students and information technology in higher education

RCC-MIT International
Fellows Presentation
Series— Fall 201 3

RCC faculty and students are invited to attend the
presentations listed below, which will be held in 3-
424. Please encourage interested students to join us.
If you have questions, please contact RCC Faculty
Advisor, Prof. Nasreen Latif.

Economics

1. Waqar Hussain Shah, Pakistan: Energy Policy and
Sustainable development

Wed. 10/16, 9:00-11:00 am

2. Chipo Gift Mubambe, Zambia: Water demand
and Supply, Management and Sanitation

Wed. 11/6, 9:00-11:00 am

Urban Economics

1. Elena V. Korotkova, Russia: Affordable Housing
and Policies

Tues. 10/8, 10:30-11:45 am

2. Latha Chhetri, Bhutan: Urban Planning and
Community/Municipal Development
Thurs. 11/21, 10:30-11:45 am

3. Cristian Navas Duk, Chile: Transportation System
and Urban Planning

Thurs. 12/5, 10:30-11:45 am

The /I

Project

COMMUNITY WORK DAY

Please join us and help make Roxbury a greener,

healthier, and stronger neighborhood.
When: Thursday, October 10, 10am— 12pm
Where: RCC Garden (Behind Building 4- Cedar
Street)

SPECIAL ACTIVITY: Yoga Class at 10:15am by Ms.
Laura Wulach. Bring your yoga mat or towel and
water bottle with you.

For more Information, please contact Prof. Nasreen
Latif, nlatif@rcc.mass.edu

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Roxbury Repertory
Theater

A Soldier's Play, Roxbury Repertory Theater's
2013-2014 fall production, will run October
23— November 2, with matinee and evening
shows. It is directed by our own Marshall
Hughes. This event is free for RCC students.

For more information or reservations, contact
Pam Green at 617-541-5380

Professional
Development

Coming Up Soon...

Entering Midterm Grades in MyRCC

This workshop provides an overview of the
college's grades policy and instruction on how
to enter final grades in MyRCC. Basic
navigation and updating your profile will also
be covered.

WHEN: Monday, 10/21, 2:30-4pm

WHERE: 3-207Q

Drop-in Training Sessions

These sessions are for anyone who wants to
drop in to learn more about using the
technology in our learner-centered classrooms.
If you want to know the basics, learn some more advanced
features, or just practice using the technology, come on by!

WHEN: Wednesday, 10/9, 8-10am & 12-2pm

WHERE: 3-207Q

Learner-Centered Teaching with PowerPoint

In this workshop, participants examine learner-centered strategies
that promote interactions with PowerPoint slides. Participants will
explore design options that apply polls, video, and whiteboard
capabilities. Recording and handout options to promote learning
will be discussed.

WHEN: Wednesday, 10/23, 3-4pm

WHERE: 3-207Q

Weekly Moodle Drop-in Sessions

These informal drop-in sessions are open to any and all faculty at
any level of Moodle experience.

WHEN: Every Monday & Thursday, 12-2pm

WHERE: 3-207Q

Roxbury Repertory Theater

presents

A

SOLDIER'S
PLAY

by CHARLES FULLER

Directed by: Marshall Hughes

Seriography: Mirta Tocci

Tliurs, Fri Oct 24 & 25, 10am & Spin
Th ill's, Fri - Oct 31 & Not 1, 10am & 8pm
Sat, Oct 26 & Nov 2, 12pm

Tickets: $10, Adults, $5, Students & Seniors

For Reservations and Group Rates
Please contact:
Pamela Green @ 617 541-5380
or email: pgreen@irc.mass.edu

Roxbury Community College . 1234 Columbus Ave. Roxbury, MA 02 120

Sprint for
Success

On October 9 th and 10 th ,
from noon to 6 p.m. each
day, the Language Lab will
spearhead Sprint to
Success, an academic
support initiative designed
to make College support services especially
visible to students and faculty. The Writing
Center, the Learning Center, the Math
Clinic, and the Library are joint participants
in the Sprint to Success, which will be held
on the second floor corridor of the Academic
Building.

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40th
Anniversary
Event

of

In the final week
celebrating RCC's 40
Anniversary, an Academic
Symposium: Transforming
the Urban Community
College for the 21 st
Century will be held next
Monday. Please come,
along with your students,
for a timely and relevant
panel discussion on the
future of our urban
campus. A distinguished
group of speakers has
been assembled. Even
more important than
hearing from them is
hearing what faculty, staff,
students and community
members hope for their
College.

Judy Kahalas prepared
some worksheets for
faculty who plan to bring
their classes and who wish
to prepare them. One
includes suggestions for
preparing students for
dialogue and analytical
thinking. The other is a
neighborhood survey on
RCC. She emailed the
worksheets on September
27th. If you are unable to
locate that email, please
contact Judy at
jkahalas@rcc.mass.edu.

Roxbury Community College

Symposium

Transforming the Urban
Community College for
I I the 21 st CentunJi

Please join us for an informative
discussion on ways the urban community
college can address the needs of the
community and its students.

October 7, 2013

Media Arts Build ing, Mainstage
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

You are cordially invited to participate!

Panelists:

Dr. Thomas Bailey

Director -of the Community College Research Center
Columbia University

Dr. Richard Freeland

Massachusetts Coeamis-sioner of Higher Education

Mr. Tito Jackson

Boston City Council

Prof. Ruth Kiefson

English Faculty, RCC

Dr. Linda Turner

Former Interim President, RCC
Former President, Urban College

Ms. Beatriz McConnie Zapater

Read of School , Boston Day ana Evening Academy

Moderators:

Prof. Everest Onuoha
Prof. Judy Kahalas
Prof. David Updike

Put the Community
into Community College!

Items for "The Weekly"

If you have something of interest that you would like to share with the college community,
please submit it to Jacqueline Lynch at ilvnchl@rcc.mass.edu

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