Thursday, January 15, 2015

Spring 2015

Faculty Meeting Notes: 


Spring 2015 Faculty Meeting Agenda
1-16-15

Important Dates:
Equipment Check-Out Day starts Monday February 2nd
Student Information Form Link will close on February 2nd – Only available in class
Spring "Precision Student Discount Week": 1/26/15 thru 1/30/15 M-F
MLK Day - School Closed. Monday, January 19th
Spring Break: Monday, March 16th – Sunday, March 22nd

Print Show Spring 2015
Prints due - Monday, May 11th
Print judging - Tuesday, May 12th
Show set up - Wednesday, May 13th
Print Show - Thursday, May 14th
Semester Ends - Sunday, May 16th

Hourly for 2015: 
Hourly phone number 223-4463 or in room 3125 for general assistance.
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  If students are withdrawn from your classes please send a note to corresponding lab/camera class faculty as well as Lori & Cristine East so they can make sure any equipment checked out to that student is returned.

New this Semester:
Login with Active Directory, instructions will be handed out at meeting. If you need a copy, email Cristine East.

Computer Lab Support Form: http://bit.ly/1u79SVD

Survey Questions added to Student Information Form
Department Announcements/Communications will be emailed directly to students, using their ACCmail accounts as collected from the Student Information Form.

Instructions on how to use new projectors/screens at 11:30am today: Do NOT attempt to clean or write on the new screens.

Coming Soon:
Department Google Calendar: “Team Meetings” and other Department events will be posted to the department calendar.

Digital Syllabi: Beginning Summer 2015, syllabi will be distributed digitally on Google Drive. Faculty will distribute to students via Blackboard.


Sean
Introduction to New Group
Explanation of areas
Review of previous special programming, The Winter Reviews
Hahnemühle Gallery (3118)
4 In Conversation guests. 5th, Kate Breakey, Feb 2015

Frank Curry
Precision Exhibition
ACCME Studios

Christine Harris
New Website
Blackboard

Ms. Kathryn
Community Outreach including FB alumni group
Faculty + Alumni + Student success and accolades
New Website

New Department Website  - Still in DRAFT but we plan on launching the new and improved site ASAP. We will Beta test with faculty before we 100% launch. Please do not send this to your students until we are ready to launch.
Draft website address:  http://sites.austincc.edu/photo
Please look at your new bio page and make sure the wording is, as you want it. We added the bio information from the faculty bio request form discussed at the last faculty meeting. If you didn’t fill out the form or want to make changes please fill out the attached “Faculty Bio Info”. Faculty Bio Form.  LINK


Other Info:

Spring Syllabi will be distributed to your classrooms by the start of classes, Tuesday, January 20th.