Feb. 10 News Round-Up
Wyden’s U.S. Senate work causes Josephine County town hall postponement: KDRV, Feb. 10, 2024
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Jenzabar Important Project Update
Feb. 9, 2024 was an exciting day for the ERP implementation project. Jenzabar staff spent a week authenticating our data and returned it to us to begin our portion of the data validation. The issues identified by Jenzabar were less than we expected. This indicates that Jenzabar understands our data and that the mapping and translation tables we developed are working as expected. This achievement...
Summer of Soul Movie Screening
You might have heard of Woodstock, but did you know that same summer of 1969, New York City hosted the Harlem Cultural Festival? The huge musical celebration, sometimes referred to as Black Woodstock, featured some of the most talented Black musicians of the time, including Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Gladys Knight. The entire event was filmed and the footage was recently rediscovered and made...
Music as a Tool for Justice
Diversity Programming Board is proud to welcome Donovan Scribes from the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project Music as a Tool for Justice: A Reflective Conversation Liberty and justice for all? In this conversation, we’ll examine what the word “justice” means and examine how it’s applied in Oregon. With the aid of local and national hip-hop music videos and lyrics, we will examine the history of our...
Braiding Sweetgrass Book Group on Feb. 29
The RCC Diversity Programming Board is sponsoring a common read of Braiding Sweetgrass, and it’s not too late to join! Our next gathering will be on Feb. 29 from 5-7 p.m. at Riverside Campus. We’ll share a meal and participate in a book discussion led by David West, an enrolled member and elder of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. If you would like to join us,...
Let’s Welcome Norma Pantoja
Let’s welcome Norma Pantoja, our new Admissions & Recruitment member who is also our Latino Outreach & Recruitment representative! Norma was born in California but moved to Mexico at the age of six due to her father’s illness. When she returned to California in 2001, she discovered that a language barrier and a lack of skills with electronics were major challenges for her. Years later,...
Great Colleges Employee Engagement Survey
The survey will be open until Feb. 19 We are pleased to share that we have partnered with ModernThink to administer the Great Colleges Employee Engagement Survey this year as part of their Great Colleges To Work For program. The People, Culture & Safety Division selected this survey to replace our annual employee engagement survey after careful consideration of employee feedback, and the benefits of...
New Transcript Service
We have made an important upgrade to our transcript services at RCC and transitioned to utilizing Parchment as our provider for transcript requests, enhancing efficiency and convenience for our students. With Parchment’s integration into our system, the process of ordering and processing transcripts has become seamless. Transcript processing no longer requires manual PDF uploads by our Registrar staff. Instead, transcripts are now processed automatically, ensuring...
Faculty Textbook Affordability Opportunities
RCC is dedicated to enhancing accessibility by promoting affordability of course materials. Please explore these opportunities to learn more about utilizing Open Educational Resources as an alternative to traditional textbooks. Be sure to check the Rogue Report regularly for updates on new opportunities. Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources: Other ways to get involved: For more information, email Laura Haga at lhaga@roguecc.edu.
Chat with Randy
You are invited to attend an in-person “Chat with Randy.” These informal meetings with President Randy Weber are open to RCC faculty and staff from all departments and are an opportunity to hear college updates, ask questions and share ideas. Meeting DetailsFeb. 13, 20241-2 p.m. at Table Rock Campus, A-184 We encourage you to join in person, but if not, you may join remotely. For...