Bert's Alerts - July 17, 2015
In the Spotlight
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College of Western Idaho (CWI) welcomed hundreds of new students to campus on Wednesday, July 15, for the inaugural Explore CWI Event, which took place at both Ada County Campus and the Micron Center for Professional Technical Education. The goal of the event was to provide all the resources needed for individuals to go from application to registration in one day. The activity was made possible thanks to tremendous support and participation from departments and programs all around the College. Thank you to everyone who helped host the event and make it successful.
Rave Reviews
“I would recommend the Pharmacy Tech program to anyone interested! Joshua Deiss is the bomb! He used our class time wisely and encouraged creativity in the homework arena. I appreciated his humor and teaching style. I loved this class! WORTH IT!”
-Hannah Redd Foxit, Facebook
“Just finished my Medical Assistant Workforce Development class with Donna Heathman and it was fantastic! I'm beyond excited to begin my career as an MA.”
- Kristina Marie Turley, Facebook
Employees are asked to encourage students, business partners, and supporters to share online reviews of their experience with CWI. Visit cwi.edu/reviews to learn more
News Highlights
Red Hot Summer Deals at CWI Bookstore
The College of Western Idaho (CWI) Bookstore is running some great deals right now at both Nampa locations. Stop in at the Micron Center for Professional Technical Education and check out the cool CWI merchandise at rock bottom prices. All clearance merchandise (already marked down 25-50 percent) is an additional 30 percent off; everything from t-shirts (several styles from $3-$6) to fleece zip-ups, yoga pants, and more.
Visit the Academic Building store and get 75 percent off everything (except software, technology, and food/convenience). It’s a great time to stock up on your CWI gear before the back to school rush.
Facilities Update: New Carpet and Pavement
The College of Western Idaho (CWI) Facilities Planning and Management Department is excited to announce updates to multiple projects around campus this summer.
CWI's Ada County Campus Pintail Center and the Nampa Campus Academic Building received a recent update with new carpet installed in common areas. The Academic Building carpet installation is in preparation for a Micro Market food service similar to the one available at the Pintail Center. It is anticipated that the Micro Market will be fully completed and open for business in August.
Anyone visiting the Academic Building will also notice the north parking lot has been seal coated and restriped. Meanwhile, the first phase of the Canyon County Center parking lot project is also complete. The south lot will be open for parking on Friday, July 17. This means the north lot will be closed as work begins on the second phase of the project. Due to the second phase having limited space, a small portion of the south lot will be fenced off for construction staging. All cars located in the north lot need to be moved by the end of the day Friday (July 17) or they will be towed.
If you have any concerns or questions don’t hesitate to contact Facilities Planning and Management.
myCWI Update Set to Start July 17
College of Western Idaho’s (CWI) employee and student intranet, myCWI, will undergo an important update on Friday, July 17. The site is currently running SharePoint 2010 software and will be upgraded to SharePoint 2013 and the Ellucian Portal 4.1 software.
Starting at 5 p.m. on July 17, the existing myCWI site will go into read only mode:
- You will not be able to edit sites, add/edit/remove documents
- You will be able to access documents/forms and save them to your computer, however you will not be able to upload the changes until the new site goes live
- You will be able to access ‘My Toolkit’
The upgraded myCWI will be available and fully functional the morning of July 20. More information, including training documents, important dates, and scheduled demos is available on the myCWI User Group.
If you experience any issues with myCWI or if you need assistance, please contact the help desk at 208.562.3444 or https://helpdesk.cwi.edu.
Blackboard Archival Reminder
College of Western Idaho (CWI) would like to remind employees that Blackboard content from the semester prior to summer 2014 will no longer be available on the Blackboard Archive site after July 31. CWI conducted its annual Blackboard update and part of the process included moving archived content to an external hard drive. The change is intended to support data integrity on Blackboard. Faculty will still be able to access Blackboard content prior to summer 2014 through a Helpdesk ticket. Faculty are encouraged to export any content for which they want 24 hour access prior to July 31.
Please contact CWI’s Center for Teaching and Learning with any questions or concerns.
HR Updates
Welcome New Colleagues
Hing Potter: Coordinator, Student Life
Employment Opportunities
There are no new job postings at CWI this week. Employees can access internal job postings by visiting cwinternal.silkroad.com/ or view all external listings on cwijobs.silkroad.com. Jobs are posted as they open throughout the week.
Note: This is the official communication newsletter for the College. Content is driven by contributions gathered from all areas of CWI. If you have news you would like to submit for this, please use a Marketing Help Desk ticket.