Bert's Alerts - July 22, 2016

Earlier this year, CWI launched an education and awareness campaign – Community.Workforce.Innovation with the intent to further the awareness of CWI and highlight the benefits we provide our community.

Strategies include:

• Use of personal stories
• Alignment of messages and data points that resonate as most important to our community
• Engagement of partners and supporters
• Interaction and involvement of CWI students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Board of Trustees

A variety of campaign materials and outlets are being used to help spread the message. A copy of the plan, materials, and advertising clips can be viewed on the Communications & Marketing page on myCWI.

Along with support from President Glandon and the Board of Trustees, CWI’s marketing team will be offering an information and training session during the week of In-Service. 

On July 27, College of Western Idaho (CWI) is inviting the community to explore the in-demand careers available through Professional Technical Education (PTE). This event will highlight certificate and degree opportunities available in Drafting Technology, Heavy-Equipment Technology, and Machine Tool Technology.

Wednesday, July 27

5-7 p.m.

Micron Center for Professional Technical Education

5725 E. Franklin Road, Nampa – View Map

PTE programs, like Drafting, Heavy Equipment, and Machine Tool, are designed to provide comprehensive training in just nine to 24 months. CWI partners with industry to ensure that students are trained with the skills that employers are looking for.

Instructors, advisors, and enrollment specialists will be at the event to talk with attendees about career options, give tours, and provide program specific details.

Learn more about your opportunities for careers in these in-demand fields:

• Drafting Technology
• Heavy Equipment Technician – Diesel Technology
• Machine Tool Technology

Please call 208.562.2452 or email trevihardy@cwi.edu for more information about the event or with any questions about Professional Technical Education at CWI.

The myCWI Advisory Committee would like to remind everyone that the roll out of the new and improved myCWI for employees will happen in early August. Training is currently under way for site owners that manage high level publishing sites. Site owners are working towards implementing the new page layouts as well as modifying some of the content within those sites. As site owners continue these modifications you may start to notice a few of the changes within each site.

Again, the committee would like to thank everyone that provided feedback during their initial project phases, it was greatly appreciated. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your myCWI representative or email the committee at mycwicommittee@cwi.edu with any questions. 

Courtney Colby Bond has been selected as College of Western Idaho's (CWI) July Staff of the Month for 2016.

Bond has been with CWI for three years and is the Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning. She has a master’s degree in Adult and Distant Education. She exhibits the core values, Innovating for the 21st Century and Serving all in an Atmosphere of Caring.

Her nomination notes that she has been a tremendous asset at CWI and is quick to recognize the needs of instructors, staff, and students and then take proactive steps to develop programs, training, and opportunities to improve and grow. An example was her dedicated effort in building a web-based training program on Title IX which was provided to all employees at CWI. In addition, she developed extensive training on the transition of curriculum to CWI's current General Education standards. Her training is timely, professionally developed, and provided in a manner that allows for thorough understanding and application.

With the departure of the previous online facilitator, Courtney quickly stepped up to oversee this important program but didn’t just assume the title of the position, rather she sought to understand how online instruction was currently being provided to CWI instructors, what was needed to ensure the best training possible, and how she could best meet the needs of CWI staff, instructors, and students. With that knowledge she expanded the responsibilities of the current instructional designers, revamped the training to be modular based, and worked to align the curriculum with proven pedagogy in higher education. She is always willing to give advice on creative ways to meet the many objectives our courses seek to achieve and does all of this with a willing attitude and infectious laugh.

Bond has been married for 12 years and has a seven year old daughter and nine year old son. She tries to stay active in supporting their education, running the Sienna Book Fair and as a Cub Scout Den Leader over the last year. She and her husband are typically found working on their “fixer-upper”, which may or may not be finished anytime soon.

Beginning July 1, 2016 the College of Western Idaho has decided to follow the GSA and State of Idaho mileage rate of $0.54 for reimbursement. The Local Mileage form has been updated to reflect the new rates. Please ensure you are using the most current form on the Business Office site on myCWI.