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Published for faculty & staff of North Shore Community College – Danvers, Lynn, & Beverly, MA
Volume 43, No. 31, May 5, 2014
New Dean of Liberal Studies Named - Dr. Laurel Messina has been
named the Dean of Liberal Studies, effective immediately. Dr. Messina has
served as Assistant Dean of Liberal Studies since 2003. Under her leadership, a
Professional Development program for Adjunct Faculty began six years ago and
continues through the support of the CTLA. Her leadership and attention to
supporting faculty in their efforts to achieve best practices in the classroom are
assets to the college community. Congratulations, Laurel!
--Maureen O'Neill, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
2014-2015 Governance Election and Appointment Results
The Governance Subcommittee of the Coordinating Council announces the results of the Spring 2014
elections and appointments. We want to congratulate the following individuals on their election or
appointment to the committees noted:
Coordinating Council: Patricia Lavoie, Dianne Palter Gill, Loreen Tirrell, Steven Chisholm
Academic Policy Committee: Cristy Sugarman, Judson Lane, John Duff, John Kreeft, Ann Koshivas,
Nathan Chio, Judith Carter, Nancy Tufo
Classified Staff Steering Committee: Christen Spacer, Janease McCloud, Mari Connolly
Curriculum Committee: Dianne Palter Gill, Claire-Marie Hart, Mel Potoczak, Dianne McDermott
Cerasuolo, Susan Maciewicz, Cari Keebaugh, Janet Kimball
Diversity Leadership Council: Gerard Sullivan, Kerry Breeze, Breanna Edwards, Thanh Giddarie
Faculty/Staff Steering Committee: Cathy Anderson, Carlos Marin, Billy Jackson, Kristine Demchenko,
Cynthia O’Donnell
Information Technology Committee: Jeff Wardwell, Karen Pangallo, Tammy Nguyen, Mary Beth
Nelson, Irene Fernandez-Palacios, Jane Saunders
Professional Development Committee: Joanne Sullivan, Kim Bevan, Starr Williams, Tiffany Magnolia,
Anne O’Shea, Gina Curcio, Patricia Lavoie, Lorena Martinez-Diaz
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Student Development Committee: Joanne Avallon, Susan Anderson, Anne Jerome, Susan Sullivan,
Anne Tabet, Donna Rosato
Committee members serving in their second year of a two-year term are not listed above. The complete
list of all committee members is attached to the Bulletin and is also located in gmail under
sites/Governance.
All Committee members should plan on attending the May 16th Recognition Breakfast event, as standing
committee meetings will be held immediately following the breakfast to elect a Chair and Coordinating
Council Representative for the next academic year. All old and new Coordinating Council representatives
should plan on attending the Coordinating Council meeting on May 19th at 3 pm on the Lynn Campus,
Room LW 326.
The College extends its thanks for the commitment made by these staff for serving as members of the
governance structure. This is a significant endeavor in our continuing goal of shared decision-making and
open communication.
--Madeline Wallis for the Governance Subcommittee
Save the Dates!
Open Forums to meet the 3 finalists for the Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dates: 5/19, 5/20, 5/21
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: MS119, LW225
--Madeline Wallis, Vice President, Human Resource Development, [email protected]
GIC OPEN ENROLLMENT - The GIC open enrollment period will take
place from Wednesday, April 9 through Wednesday, May 7. Please
see the notice attached to the bulletin for information on the changes
you can make during this open enrollment period. Click here to view
the GIC Health Fair Schedule.
In addition, there will be a special open enrollment for Life Insurance from April 9 to an extended
end date of June 13 for coverage effective October 1, 2014. Take advantage of this special life
insurance open enrollment to protect your family in the event of your death. During this open
enrollment, eligible state employees actively at work and employees on an approved military leave can:
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Enroll for one, two or three times salary; or
Increase coverage by an additional one to three times salary (up to a maximum of 8 times salary).
Proof of good health is not required. Be sure to use the special life insurance open enrollment form.
The Group Insurance Commission (GIC) would like your input. They want to hear from you about
GIC health plan features and communications that are most important to you. Please take a few minutes
to complete the member survey. Thank you for your feedback!
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I will be at the Lynn Campus with brochures and forms, and to answer questions on Thursday, May 1st
from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and again on Tuesday, May 6th from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. On both
dates I will be in the Student and Enrollment Services conference room, LW-102.
Please contact me at x5558 if you have any questions.
--Patty Bradford, HR/Payroll, [email protected]
A friendly reminder from Payroll: Please refrain from changing your time on
the Monday after the pay period ends when you have to make any corrections.
You should wait until Tuesday when this occurs because it can cause you to be
underpaid. If you do change your time on Friday after the time has been
approved, please notify your supervisor right away so they can reapprove.
Thank you,
--NSCC Payroll Team
Positions currently available at NSCC
(See the college website for full descriptions)
Audio Visual Equipment Technician II
FT Faculty, Nurse Education
FT Faculty, Practical Nursing
Help Desk Coordinator (EDP Systems Analyst II) Information Systems
Interim Director, Upward Bound
Maintainer I, Facilities
Payroll Supervisor (Staff Associate), Human Resources & Payroll Office
PT Corporate Trainers, Microsoft Office Suite
PT Program Coordinator, Challenges, Choices & Change
Staff Assistant, Human Resources & Payroll Office
Summer Instructors, Upward Bound
Summer Learning Leader, Upward Bound
In addition to the college website, position descriptions are posted in the Danvers Berry Building, outside
the Human Resources Office, Room 341
Please feel free to call Pat DePamphilis on ext. 4106 to obtain further information about a posted
position.
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Updated Graduation Application - Attached to this week’s Bulletin is an updated graduation
application reflecting the addition of a June conferral date. This June date coincides with late finishing
programs, such as Practical Nursing, and aligns with students completing requirements at the close of
Summer Session One. Students with a potential June graduation date are allowed to walk at
Commencement and will be included in the Commencement Program provided they applied by March 7th.
Please recycle any outdated applications and replace with the attached.
Thank you~
--Mel Potoczak, Associate Registrar, [email protected]
Veterans Services would really like to give a huge shout-out to ALL the NSCC
Staff and Faculty that came to our Texas Roadhouse Fundraiser night.
It was a great night and we raised $713.00 for the Center - below is the
breakdown. We posted the raffle winner names on our FB page if people would like
to see who won.
Dinner Sales Profit: $400.00
Raffle Ticket Sales Profit: $253.00
Donation from 50/50 raffle winner: $60.00
In addition, the Veterans Club raffled off Red Sox/Yankee tickets prior to and at the event. They were
able to raise over $550.00 !!!
--Kristine Babcock, Veterans Services Coordinator, [email protected]
A New Look, Name, and Location for the TAC Newsletter
The TAC (Technology Across the Curriculum) newsletter, Mousetales, has
been reinvented as the EdTech Edge and is now available on a link located
on NSCC’s public site at:
http://www.northshore.edu/faculty_staff/resources/tac.html. This year’s
issue includes reports on projects by TAC faculty as well as articles on
Open Educational Resources, New Instructional Technology Resources and
Services, Active Learning Classroom Prototypes, and Free Electronic
Databases. We are excited that now the newsletter will be able to take
advantage of technology in a way that was not possible when the
publication was located in NSCC’s student portal. The innovations by NSCC
faculty, staff, and administration in the arena of academic technology will
now be available to the general public. We wish to thank Ejyo Katagiri
who did the layout for the EdTech Edge and Sam McGilloway as well as
Chris Dufort who posted the newsletter on the public site.
--Terri Whitney, Dept. of English and Coordinator of Technology Across the Curriculum
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SAVE THE DATE for the next Classified Staff Steering Committee Meeting, on Tuesday, May 13, 2 4:00 pm in DB 208. Any questions please get in touch with Susan J. Downey, Chair of CSSC, ext. 5529
or [email protected]. Thank you.
TRiO Plant Sale and Fundraiser - On May 7 TRiO will hold its annual plant sale in
Lynn and a bake sale in Danvers to raise funds for programming. This is the 4th year of
the plant sale and proceeds help to fund events like our Graduation and Recognition
Luncheon for which grant funds cannot be used.
In addition, we will have a candy sale in Lynn to help sponsor one of our students,
Daybelis De La Rosa Paulino in the Best Buddies Challenge. Best Buddies® is a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-toone friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (IDD).
Founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant, international organization that
has grown from one original chapter to almost 1,500 middle school, high school, and college chapters
worldwide.
We appreciate your support of these two fundraisers. Thank you.
--TRiO Staff
20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional
development in twenty minute snippets.
For the week of May 5: How Can I Use Technology to Create Custom Automated Feedback?
Directions for Accessing the Link to the Presentation and Supplemental Materials
Select the URL link below to access the presentation and to print the supplemental materials. (You may
also copy and paste the URL into your browser’s address bar.) Supplemental materials are available to
view and print now.
https://sites.google.com/a/northshore.edu/mmm/
New presentations go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday.
The series is being brought to you by Academic Technology along with the Center for Teaching, Learning,
and Assessment – we would appreciate your input!
-Andrea Milligan, [email protected]
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START YOUR WEEK!
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Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CTLA)
SUMMER FACULTY EXTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE! – Faculty externships are available
this summer! An externship experience offers faculty the opportunity to deepen their
understanding of the field in which they teach. It may also provide faculty with the
opportunity to explore new content areas for curriculum development and/or student
workforce readiness and career preparation.
Are you interested in a Summer Externship? Please see the attached Information and
Application Forms. Applications are due on May 16, 2014. For more information, please contact
Andrea DeFusco-Sullivan at x5420 or [email protected].
--Andrea DeFusco-Sullivan, Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Apply to Become a Service-Learning Faculty
Full and part-time faculty members who are interested in having service-learning be a part of their
teaching are encouraged to submit the attached Service-Learning Faculty Application to Cate Kaluzny.
Applications will be accepted until May 15, 2014 for the academic year 2014-2015.
--Cate Kaluzny, Service-Learning Coordinator, [email protected]
NEFDC Spring Conference! “Moving from STEM to STEAM: What Really Works”
The New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC) Conference will be on Friday, June 6th, 2014.
Please see the attached flier for more information, and to register. The CTLA will cover registration for
a limited number of people.
-- Andrea DeFusco-Sullivan, Director, CTLA
Cummings Foundation Faculty Fellowships
Service with a Community Based Organization
Fellowships include a $1,200 stipend! Deadline May 2, 2014
Full- and part-time faculty members who are interested in working with the community have the
opportunity to develop a service project with a local community-based organization and complete a 40hour fellowship over the Fall semester.
Contact Cate Kaluzny for a Fellowship application and for any questions regarding this opportunity.
--Cate Kaluzny, Service-Learning Coordinator, CTLA, [email protected]
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SPRING WILL COME ONE OF THESE DAYS -- PROMISE!
JOIN THE NSCC’S FOURTH ANNUAL DAY OF SERVICE TUESDAY, MAY 20 – AND GET
YOURSELF IN THE MOOD!
Calling all faculty, staff and students to volunteer to help in the restoration of beautiful Pine Grove
Cemetery, a Lynn landmark that the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) recently approved for
nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
If it’s a sunny day, we will clean the grounds in the oldest section of the cemetery as well as plant flowers
in flowerbeds that have not had flowers for over 20 years. If the weather is wet, we will work to clean up
the Rhodes Chapel.
Our two work parties – a morning shift from 9:30 to 1 p.m and an afternoon shift from noon – 3:30 p.m.
– will enjoy a picnic lunch break (from 12-1 p.m.) and a chance to learn about some of Pine Grove’s
history. The cemetery trees and flowering shrubs will be in full bloom and NSCC Adjunct Professor Julia
Greene will give a short tour and highlight the interesting stories of the famous folk buried there. Lunch
is on us!
For more information or to volunteer, contact:
Lisa Milso
ext. 6242
[email protected] or [email protected]
Cate Kaluzny
ext. 5571
[email protected]
Diana Kerry
ext. 2105
[email protected]
Sign up for one or both shifts! Staff members should download and complete a Volunteer Leave Request
Form (attached), and submit it to Diana Kerry, LW 108.
--Diana Kerry, Director, Public Policy Institute, [email protected]
Save the Date! Retirement Parties
Patricia DePamphilis – Please see invitation attached to the Bulletin
Donna Toulouse - After 24.5 years of service and dedication to NSCC, Donna Toulouse is retiring.
Come and say goodbye and wish her well during her all-campus retirement party: Thursday May 29th
from 1-3 in the Student Support and Advising Center in Danvers. For more details, contact Betsy
Mariere, ext. 4125.
--Betsy Mariere, Coordinator of Advising, [email protected]
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Worthy Causes
NAMI Walk - Make a difference in the lives of people with mental illness! In 2014, tens
of thousands of concerned citizens in more than 83 communities across the nation will join
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and walk together to raise money and
awareness about our country's need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for
people with mental illness.
I invite you to walk with me and Team NSCC on Saturday May 10 or to donate to support
our team. All efforts and donations are greatly appreciated. Follow the link for more information or contact me.
--Constantine Souris, [email protected]
It’s “Bowl-A-Rama” Time Pottery Sale/Fundraiser
When: Sunday, June 8, 2014 Rain or Shine
Where: 21 Swampscott Ave., Peabody, MA
Time: 12:00p.m.-4:00p.m. Cost: $20
This year, I will be riding in my 15th Pan Mass Challenge on August 2nd and 3rd. My goal
for this year is to raise $6000 for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute by riding 170 miles
from Wellesley to Provincetown. The PMC now donates 100% of rider-raised funds
directly to the cause. To date, the PMC has raised $414,000,000!
The “Bowl-A-Rama” is an inexpensive way for you to help support cancer research and
also take home a handmade bowl (or other piece of pottery) as our way of thanking you
My cat “Ed” with pottery
for your support. The cost of $20 will include soup, salad, dessert, one hand-made
from last year.
piece of pottery of your choice and the satisfaction that you are helping fight cancer.
Additional pieces may be purchased. We will be raffling off many other handcrafted
items and will also have a 50/50 raffle. Winning raffle prize tickets will be pulled at 2:30 and we will be selling the
50/50 raffle tickets up until the date of the PMC ride. You do not have to be present to win the raffle prizes. Feel
free to stop by for a quick visit or stay the duration. If you can’t make it but would like to sponsor my ride, please go
to the link http://www.pmc.org/egifts/AO0005 to make your pledge. You can also donate by mailing a check to me
at 21 Swampscott Ave., Peabody, MA 01960. Checks should be made out to PMC/Jimmy Fund.
I continue to ride the 170 miles, not only in memory of many who have lost their battle with the disease, but also in
support of those friends and family members who are presently fighting the disease. If you would like to know more
about the Pan Mass Challenge and a more detailed account of why I ride, please visit the website www.pmc.org.
Your support is so very important. Thank you for your kindness.
Sincerely,
--Anne O’Shea, Professor, Math Department, [email protected]
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