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July/August Employee Newsletter
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VC Night at the Ballpark a hugesuccess for employees, students
Victoria College students and employees gathered at Riverside Stadium recently for an evening of food, fun, and baseball. The evening began with free pizza, drinks,and lots of raffled gift cards including Amazon, Burger King, Sonic, iTunes, and HEB. The evening’s big winner was Angelica Alvarado, who won a $50 gift card to Lowe’s. Festivities inside the stadium started with a “Best Argghh!” Contest. Members of the VC Pirates women’s volleyball team, women’s basketball team, and the men’s baseball team competed. Despite being a team of only two, the men won “Best Argghh!” Contest by popular acclaim. Prior to the game, graduates from VC’s first Physical Therapist Assistant class were introduced along with current PTA students and PTA Program Director Laura Crandall. Employees
and students also celebrated the PTA Program for its official accreditation at the end of the spring semester. Two of this year’s “What’s Your Story?” scholarship winners, Martha Montemayor Martin and David Petty, were introduced, and all VC Foundation donors were thanked for supporting VC’s scholarship programs. After VC alumni Andy Heger sang the national anthem and VC Foundation Board Member Elgin Jannsen threw the first pitch, the Generals began their game against the McKinney Marshals. Inning breaks featured games including the mascot race won by General Buckshot (Captain Vic wasn’t ready for the race and didn’t get to compete), a Rootbeer Chugging Contest, a Fitness Challenge, and the always hilarious Dizzy Bat Race. The Marshals beat the Generals 8 to 4.
Captain Vic high-fives a woman in the stands at VC Night at the Ballpark at Riverside Stadium.
July/August 2012
Colleagues: Last fall I let you know that Victoria College was examining how our staff positions are classified. You might recall that we engaged consultants from the Texas Association
of School Boards to assist us with a study of our positions. TASB completed its work and submitted a report to us a few months ago. The Administrative Council then reviewed and revised that report. The outcome of this work was recently shared in a workshop with the Victoria College Board of Trustees. It is my plan to submit it to them in August for their approval. Terri Kurtz will be sharing the details of the plan with you later, but I can give you a general outline now. We will categorize staff employees into two groups: professional/administrative and support services. The professional/administrative employees group will consist of our exempt employees, and the support
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From the President Dr. Tom Butler
Upcoming EventsConvocation Breakfast/Kick-offMonday, Aug. 137:30 a.m.Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts214 N. Main Street
Beginning of the Year DinnerThursday, Aug. 166 p.m.Club Westerner1005 W. Constitution Street
When new students apply to Victoria College, their first stop is usually in VC’s Welcome Center. The Welcome Center is part of the Admissions & Records Office located in the Student Services Building.
Whether they’re on campus to apply as new students or need to obtain a copy of their transcripts, students are greeted with the friendly faces of Miros Gonzales and Illiana Rodriguez. Missy Klimitchek serves as VC’s Registrar, overseeing all of VC’s state reporting and matriculation requirements In addition, she works with VC’s various academic departments to help develop academic calendars and conduct registration, along with auditing student records for degree and certificate requirements. The admissions staff also includes admissions analysts Betty Ramirez, Kaye Shook, Michelle Washington, and new part-time admissions analyst Christina Vargas.
The friendly Admissions & Records Office is always willing to help students get a great start at VC.
Sue Prudhomme has been the Director of the Museum of the Coastal Bend on campus at Victoria College since April 2007. Victoria College’s recent acquisition of the Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts has resulted in a new title and a new job description for her—she is now VC’s Director of Cultural Affairs. Along with continuing to serve as the Director of the Museum of the Coastal Bend, her duties have expanded to include serving as operations manager for the Welder Center facility. Additionally, she’ll be working to develop fundraising opportunities and work with Theater Victoria and community users to maximize usage of the Welder Center. Just after VC took over operation of the Welder Center in early June, Sue started by learning about the facility’s daily operations, as well as daily operations, technical needs, and front-of-house operations during events. “We’ve revamped rental rates and usage policies, revised the website, and spent a lot of time ensuring that we can meet the needs of Welder Center users,” she said. With these details now complete, Prudhomme is looking forward to the
many benefits she expects will result from VC’s acquisition of the Welder Center. “I think it’s important that VC now has a presence downtown, and in addition to offering the facility for public use, VC now has a state-of-the-art venue in which to present lectures, concerts, and other events that serve the cultural needs of our community,” said Prudhomme. VC’s new facility has already seen its first big event. On Saturday, July 14, the Welder Center hosted the 2011-2012 Adult Education Graduation and U.S. Naturalization Recognition Ceremony. The Welder Center will also be home to this year’s Fall Convocation.
Employee spotlight: Sue Prudhomme
Sue Prudhomme has been promoted to VC’s Director of Cultural Affairs.
Department highlight: Admissions & Records
Employee News If you have not already completed the SANS “Securing the Human” security awareness training video, please note that it is still available for you to access online. The training consists of 27 modules, each averaging three to four minutes in length. The topics include items such as:• UsingEmailSecurity• UsingYourBrowserSafely• Passwords• SmartphoneSecurity• WirelessActivity• SocialNetworking
Workforce & Continuing Education, Sherri Pall, Van Advertising Wrap ($3,300)
Financial Literacy Committee, Kim Obsta, “Money Management 101” for EDUC 1300 classes ($1,100)
Academic Foundations, Babette Lowe,Summer Math Refresher Program ($3,630)
Instruction, Melanie Yosko & Catherine Heath, Creating/Hosting a Professional Development Conference ($5,000)
Adult Education, Tiffany Johnson, attend COABE National Conference ($2,500)
Respiratory Care, Chris Kallus,2 Apple iPad’s ($2,000)
VC Calhoun County Center, Sherre Clegg, WiFi Access Point ($980)
AHEC, Jody Sanders, The Health Career Academy and The Health Career Exploration program supplies and materials ($1,350)
The following recipients also applied for Faculty & Staff Grants, but were funded by additional Perkins funds.
Allied Health, Barbara Sanderson,Stretcher for the Vocational Nursing Program in Hallettsville
VC Gonzales Center, Jackie Mikesh,Science Lab Equipment for Gonzales Center
Biology, Sharon Hyak, Science Lab Equipment for Health Sciences Center
EMS and Respiratory Care Programs, Carl Voskamp, Basic Manual Ventilation Trainer
VC Foundation Faculty & Staff Grant Recipients
Employee News HR Benefits Update
United HealthCare Services will replace the current third party administrator for HealthSelect – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, starting September 1, 2012. New insurance ID cards will be sent out before September 1, 2012. Please review the questions and answers email from March 8, 2012. Contact HR for more information.
Employees make a difference
Daryl Smolik, David Martin, and Ed Perez make up VC’s HVAC/Electrical Department, and they are a very dedicated crew. I recently found out that their efforts are also held in high regard by Schneider Electrical, a renowned energy consulting firm. In November 2010, Schneider Electric prepared a Preliminary Energy Audit Report for VC, and said: “Finally, I wanted to tell you that after performing Victoria College’s audit, your campus has pretty much become our benchmark for how a community college can/should operate. We constantly perform these audits at other higher education facilities, and
Compliments from one VC employee to another
“I received a phone call from a nursing student over at the Health Sciences Center. She said that she came out from her class in the heat and her car had a flat tire. She said that she started working on it and Rudy Maldenado and David Dunham came out of nowhere and changed the tire for her. She was very surprised at the generosity of these two guys and wanted someone to know what they had done. Great job!”
- from Keith Blundell
Victoria College is the gold standard by which we judge whether there is opportunity for savings or not. Your efforts to keep your energy usage at such a low amount is a benefit to the students, faculty, and most importantly to the taxpayers. I just wanted to let you know my perspective after studying your facilities and many others around the state.” Such praise from an energy efficiency expert is the highest praise that I can think of for a job well done. Daryl, David, and Ed certainly deserve the accolades for this job well done.”
- by Robert Duffie
Employees have fun at VC Night at the Ballpark!
New Employees
Keith Carter Campus Security
Officer
Lorenzo Garcia Groundskeeper
Terri Kurtz, EditorKaty Long, Copy EditorJulian Cavazos, Graphic Designer
VC Campus Connection is a publication of Victoria College.
©Victoria College
Birthdays
August2—Heath Giesbrecht
4—Sarah Cavazos
5—Monica Medina
7—Anita Brunsting
7—Jackie Mikesh
7—Vince Ortiz
7—Diana Pagel
10—Bridgette Marshall
11—Eddy Boles
11—Konnie Prince
11—Dave Ticen
13—Jeremy Gould
14—Stacy Barth
14—Asalia Martinez
14—David White
15—Ricky De La Garza
15—Cameron Dedear
15—Betty East
15—Elizabeth Garza
16—Rebecca Holm
16—Ronnie Reese
18—Joyce Miller
18—Cynthia Vivian
20—Karen Duffie
20—Mary Nieto
20—Hank Pahmiyer
23—Ralph Beeman
23—Daryl Smolik
27—Heidi Ajrami
27—Keith Blundell
27—Babette Lowe
27—Gwen McDonald
27—Susie Terry
30—Shelly Ninke
September2—Karen Hagan
6—Melissa Chadd
6—Alyssa Hale
6—LeAnn Wagner
11—Satwik Dasgupta
11—Kristi Pfeil
12—Nathan Heuer
12—Danette Johnson
14—Renee Deaver
15—Daniel Robinson
16—Paula Crawford
19—Victoria Moreno
20—Lynda Rosenquest
22—Katy Long
23—Suanne Bolech
24—Carol Walters
28—Mary Stahoviak
Felix SantanaBuilding Maintenance
Technician
Brett ReichartDirector of Police Academy & Coordinator of Criminal
Justice Program
services group will consist of our nonexempt employees. Within each category we have placed positions into groups based on similar knowledge, skill, and ability requirements of the positions. In some cases we have renamed positions to reflect their similarity. For each group we established a minimum and maximum pay, based on the job market analysis completed by TASB. In a very few cases, an employee’s current salary was below the minimum for his or her group, and we plan to increase those salaries to the new minimum. I want to emphasize that this is not only a small number of employees, but a small increase as well. For the most part the groups we created matched up well with current compensation. I should also say that no one will have their pay reduced as a result of this new plan. We will implement the plan Sept.1, although we have already been using the new classification plan for new hires. After Terri provides all of the details of the plan, you may have questions. Please feel free to ask any questions, either of Terri or of me.
Thank you.
Tom Butler
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Ernest WilhelmGroundskeeper
Victor CavazosWelder Center Custodian
& Facilities Assistant
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From the President