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• 25 Years—Linda Hair, Daniel Matt, Myrelo Nicholson, Rhonda Petruzzi, Ethel Russell, Marianne Sozio • 20 Years—Gerri Black, Thomas Clark, William Dougherty, Dolores Giannini, Robbin Haynes, James MacNair • 15 Years—Daymis Alicea, Christine Gamboa, Maryann McCall, Mary Jane Santilli • 10 Years—Pamela Baker, Robert Benner, Barbara Clark, Joseph D’Agostino, Darick Garrison, Maurice Trent Jones, Marcia Kleinz, Cheryl Knowles-Harrigan, Lydia Lehr, Virginia Macrie, Svetlana Marzelli, Lucille McGlynn, Michael Wozniak, Karen Zaniewski Summer Hours Begin May 29 Summer hours (flex time) will begin Tuesday, May 29. The college is closed Monday, May 28, for Memorial Day. Regular hours resume Monday, Aug. 20. Support personnel normally working 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. will work 8 a.m.-4:37 p.m. or 8:30 a.m.-5:07 p.m. During the four-day work week, support staff work 32.5 hours per week, a 2.5 hour reduction. Consult with your supervisor regarding your precise reporting and dismissal times. Management, counselor and librarian personnel should maintain a 37.5 hour schedule per week during this period. Leave time taken during summer hours will be charged at hours paid, not hours worked. A vacation week during summer hours is charged at 35 or 40 hours not 32.5 or 37.5, respectively. One leave day is charged at 8.75 hours for staff and 10 hours for management/counselors/librarians. Planned Summer Vacation Requests Due June 7 Planned Summer Vacation is designed for 12-month employees who, because of work responsibilities, may have difficulty using excess vacation hours before June 30. If your vacation balance is above the allowed balance, you must submit a leave request form to human resources by Thursday, June 7. Mark PSV box on the leave request form. Staff can carry over the following vacation hour balances: 35 Hour/Week Support Staff – 182 hours (26 days) 40 Hour/Week Support Staff – 208 hours (26 days) Administrative/Supervisory Staff – 272 hours (34 days) Deans/Executive Directors – 320 hours (40 days) Counselors/Librarian – 256 hours (32 days) If you do not use excess time, it will automatically be deducted and you will lose it. Balances are available on your check stub or from Brenda Kuhar at ext. 5604. Atlantic Cape Review Awarded for Journalistic Excellence The Atlantic Cape Review, the college’s student-run newspaper, has been recognized for journalistic excellence by the New Jersey Collegiate Press Association’s Collegiate Newspaper Contest 2011-2012. The staff submitted entries and won three awards in the two-year college circulation division. Corinthea Harris, ACR’s business manager, won second place in the News Writing Category for her article, “Pizza lures crowd but SGA doesn’t hold them.” In the Feature Writing category, Devon Schmolk, staff writer, won first place for his article, “Breast cancer weakens bodies but strengthens souls in Cape May County;” and student reporter Tyler Carman won second place for his story, “Is graffiti art or vandalism?” The winners will be honored at the New Jersey Collegiate Press Association’s Awards Seminar and Awards Luncheon April 21 in South Brunswick. Mary McWilliams is the faculty advisor. The Atlantic 2
Cape Review is published monthly during the academic year by Atlantic Cape students. Atlantic Cape Plans Administrative Professionals Week Event April 25 The college will celebrate Administrative Professionals Week with an event sponsored by administrative office procedures students. The event, “Admins, the pulse of the office,” will be held 5:30-7 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, in Cafeteria B at the Mays Landing Campus. The evening will include exhibitors, refreshments and a presentation at 6 p.m. titled, “Secrets to Coordinating a Successful Office Team,” by Brittine Pratt, coordinator, office of the President. Administrative professionals handle a wide variety of duties in management and technology for businesses, corporations, government and public and private organizations. Service-learning projects are incorporated for students to share their administrative and computer skills as volunteers in the community. The International Association of Administrative Professionals, formerly known as the National Secretaries Association, originally organized this annual event in 1952 as “National Secretaries Week.” The event is open to the public. For more information, contact Professor JoAnne DeCicco Barbieri at ext. 4988 or barbieri@atlantic.edu, or visit www.atlantic.edu/ost. Volunteer Instructors Needed for Summer Enrichment Program at Cape May The college will hold a Summer Enrichment Program for children in grades 4-8 at the Cape May County Campus from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., the week of July 16. Members of the college community who can volunteer their time and skills to teach English, math and science to these students should contact Torrina Bennett-Michael at ext. 4858, tbennett@atlantic.edu, or Patricia Gandy at ext. 4827, pgandy@atlantic.edu, for details. The Summer Enrichment Program is a great opportunity for employees to contribute their time to a worthwhile cause. Scholarships will be awarded to economically disadvantaged students from Cape May County schools. The students will be selected by their teachers and school administrators. The college hopes to extend an enjoyable experience to students in its endeavor to promote lifelong learning. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Executive Director to Speak at Commencement Dr. Rod A. Risley of Jackson, Miss., executive director of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and secretary of the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation Board of Trustees, will deliver the keynote address to Atlantic Cape’s class of 2012 at the school’s 45 th annual commencement, 11 a.m., Thursday, May 17. Dr. Rod Risley For the past 25 years, Risley has been an advocate for community colleges students. He is an expert in the areas of student engagement, retention and transfer students. During his tenure as executive director of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Risley has received accolades for his research in the correlation between student success and honors education, leadership development and service learning. Risley has also played an active role in developing the Community College Completion Challenge and the Community College Completion Corps. Two initiatives, the Phi Theta Kappa Leadership Studies Program, funded by a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant; and CollegeFish.org, a transfer planning website, were spearheaded by Risley and aimed at community college student success. 3
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