In-Service 2022
Breakfast – 7:30 AM
Please enjoy a grits bar brought to you by Middle of the Island in the Wilson Center beginning at 7:30 a.m.
Welcoming Presentations – 8:30 A.M.
Wilson Center Performance Hall
Breakout Session 1 – 10:30-11:15
Blackboard Ultra
Presenters: Brantley McKeithan and Jennifer McBride
Union Station – Room 342
Focus is on setting up the gradebook and building content in a Blackboard Ultra course. Facilitators will answer specific course questions as time allows.
Microsoft Excel
Presenter: Greg Files
Union Station – Room 469
This is an introductory Excel session that includes beginner formulas. We will be in a computer lab, so bring your Excel projects! Get helpful tips and advice.
Using Soft Docs
Presenter: Donna Grier
Union Station – Room 303
There are currently 96 electronic forms in Etrieve Central serving students and employees, ranging from grade and program changes to annual and part-time contracts. Discuss Etrieve Central’s user interface, best practices, and get answers to your questions.
All About Accessibility
Presenter: Carolyn Levine, MS, CRC
Union Station – Room 170
Get an overview of accessibility services available to CFCC students. Topics include: how the ADA defines disability; laws that govern accessibility services at post-secondary institutions; reasonable accommodations and how they are implemented at CFCC; and the rebranding of CFCC’s Student Accessibility Services. Get tips and resources for working with students with disabilities and a quick reference guide on handling student accommodations requests.
Health and Wellness
Presenters: Allison Nye and Andrew Harrison
Union Station – Room 470
Learn easy and informative fitness concepts such as behavior changes; how to plan and develop fitness goals; time management; consistency; Process > Outcomes; and Healthful apps (MyFitnessPal, MapMyrun, trackable devices, etc.)
Breakout Session 2 – 11:30-12:15
Education Beyond Access
Presenter: Travis Corpening
Union Station, Room 470
Engaging Students of Color: Institutions across the country have recently created e orts to make underrepresented populations feel as though they are, and always have been, a welcomed piece to their inclusive community of students. However, what if being welcomed wasn’t enough? Learn these students’ experiences, analyze how to be more inclusive and considerate of their racial identity, and get tools to change how they experience CFCC.
Empowering Students through Consistent, Authentic and Equitable Communication
Presenter: Dr. John Hrebik
A Building – Room 308
Discover ways to promote authentic and consistent communication with students in the classroom and online. Learn practical strategies for nurturing equitable teacher-student relationships through written response and interactivity. We’ll examine the importance of crafting written communication (responses to student writing, emails, Bb announcements, etc.) that is consistent with our physical and virtual voices in the classroom.
Supporting Mental Health in College Students
Presenters: Rodney Young, Mia Karhu, Mackenzie Reaves, Beth Smedley, and Emily Varnell
Union Station – Room 170
While college can be exciting, it can also be stressful for students’ mental health. Our trained counseling staff will give you the tools to identify and respond to some common student situations. Get simple steps from Mental Health First Aid to equip in de-escalating potential confrontations and get resources for making appropriate referrals to support student mental health.
Using Soft Docs
Presenter: Donna Grier
Union Station – Room 303
There are currently 96 electronic forms in Etrieve Central serving students and employees, ranging from grade and program changes to annual and part-time contracts. Discuss Etrieve Central’s user interface, best practices, and get answers to your questions.
Benefits Fair – 12-2 PM
CFCC’s Employee Health Fair will be hosted in the third-floor lobby of Union Station from 12 PM – 2 PM.
Lunch – 12:30 p.m.
Please enjoy lunch brought to you by Middle of the Island at 12:30 p.m. in Daniels Hall on the 5th floor of the Union Station building.
