SPOTLIGHT ON ACHIEVEMENT

Jessica Tipton, Associate Professor and Online Learning and Instruction Librarian, presented at the national Distance Library Services conference on November 3. Her session was entitled Utilizing Springshare's Manual LibApps LTI Tool and the Canvas Commons to Provide Library Services and Resources.

Refer to library resources to incorporate into your own classes, or email Jessica Tipton.

COMMUNITY INTERACTION

Little Pantry Helps Feed Community

Professor Jennifer Menon Parker, Human Sciences, and her husband are bringing their Overland Park community closer together by helping feed families.

EDTECH TIP

Student Study Spaces and Resources

Plan ahead and reserve a study room for yourself or your group. Need a laptop? Borrow one for use while you’re in the Library or CoLab. The laptops have YuJa and Lockdown Browser installed if you need to complete a digital proctored exam.

PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT

DEI Assessment Training Sign up - Part of the JCCC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment, conducted by MGT Consulting, includes a “Train the Trainer” event. Topics covered in this training include Awareness of, Need for, Benefits of, and Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the JCCC community. This training is open to any interested JCCC employee and will be offered twice.

STUDENT FOCUS

Students in need of a laptop or hotspot may now make their requests through the Student Basic Needs Center webpage.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Now through Dec. 18: Adoptions/Donations Needed for 2020 JCCC Gives – gifts due Dec. 2 and monetary donations due Dec. 18

Nov. 18: Deadline to Order Cav Dinner meal kit for 2 for Thanksgiving Theme

Nov. 20: Deadline for Adjunct Faculty – Lieberman Teaching Excellence Award nominations

Nov. 20: Deadline for PDD Session Proposals

Nov. 23: Last day of #1960Now, a Student-installed outdoor exhibit

Dec. 15: Deadline for BNSF Railway Faculty Achievement Award nominations

Dec. 18: Deadline to submit JCCC Faculty Symposium proposals