Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Fall 2014


Flood at SPS and clean up over the summer. New floors, sheet rock, background paper,
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wedding dresses drycleaned.
New Department Website  - Still in DRAFT but we plan on launching the new and improved site mid September. The home page will have scrolling sample images and announcements. http://sites.austincc.edu/photo/ -   

Homepage: New Instagram account, department blog.
Program Info: List of degree plans and course descriptions, course schedules
About Us:  History, Faculty page: Each faculty will receive a page with similar content to the one you currently have but with a new fresh look and updated bios and images.  Please fill out the form link provided so I can collect new or updated material. Please complete by September 1st.

Galleries:
An area to feature student work by course that can easily be changed and updated as needed. Videos-we will add content and script the videos, i.e.-walk through studios and labs, faculty in lecture with class demo, student’s on fieldtrip, time laps of concept, set-up, studio shoot, lab edits and final image.

Alumni: We plan on featuring 3-4 alumni to start then create a page similar to the gallery page as the alumni page grows.
Contact us: Map, address, email and F.A.Q area.

Faculty Bio Form.  LINK
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ATPI Conference 2015 –will be in Arlington this year but plans to come back to Austin 2016

Fall "Precision Student Discount Days"-
Two days at ACC room 3112.
Tuesday September 2nd from 12pm-7pm
Wednesday September 3rd from 9am-1pm
They will bring reps from camera companies and plan on selling inks, papers and other supplies. They will set up shop on our campus as a convenience to our students.
Teachers Night at Precision - A reminder that Precision Camera & Video will be hosting our first Teacher’s Night on Thursday, August 28th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at our new store at 2438 West Anderson Lane. Representatives from Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax, MacGroup, and other major suppliers will be here to answer your questions and to present their latest products. These companies have also graciously provided many products we will be giving away during the evening. This is a chance to win some products for your program or yourself and to see the newest equipment from these vendors.
Please RSVP at
http://form.jotform.us/form/42245175243147 as we will be providing food and refreshments and need to book these ahead of time.

Adoroma Student and Educator discount program
https://www.adorama.com/pages/FSE-education?mode=edu
Semester Date:
School Closed- Monday, September 1st.

Print Show Fall 2014
Prints due  - Monday, Dec. 8th
Print judging - Tuesday, Dec.9th
Show set up - Wednesday, Dec. 10th  all day
Print Show - Thursday, Dec. 11th,  noon
Semester Ends - Sunday, Dec.14th
Parking Pass available online only – austincc.edu/parking
Hourly for 2014:  Hourly phone number 223-4463 or in room 3125 for general assistance.
Email:
Cristine East: ceast@austincc.edu
Robert Gomez: rgomez12@austincc.edu


Lighthouse: Remember to load your lighthouse information. Link located on resource page.

Withdrawing Students:
  If students are withdrawn from your classes please send a note to corresponding lab/camera class faculty as well as Lori so she can make sure any equipment checked out to that student is returned.

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Sean - THE PICTURE REVIEW- Edition Three-2014 – Sean will introduce http://thepicturereview.com/
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Bill – New requirements for health care for faculty. Affordable Care Act ACC human resources link to information http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/hr/benefits/aca.php
- Smith Victors out for fund and new LED lights
- File cabinets in 3012 to determine if you don’t need.
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Lori- Introduce new Student Information Form