Vol. 3, Issue No. 14
August 24, 2015
From the Hawk's Nest is distributed twice a month, and we need your input! Please send your ideas for stories on upcoming events, reports on attendance at conferences, awards and honors received, photos or information on outstanding employees or students to Elizabeth Belcher, ebelcher@newriver.edu or Kelly Taber, ktaber@newriver.edu.
The deadline for the next issue is 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
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Fall Semester Begins!
Students arrive for classes this week! Send us photos capturing your first few weeks back to school to communications@newriver.edu or to our Facebook or Twitter.
Please encourage students to pick up their Academic Planner and Student Handbook at the Welcome Back Table and/or Student Success Center on your campus. Let's make this a great year!
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Convocation Kicks Off with Positive Mojo
A host of new initiatives were announced at Convocation held on August 18 at the Raleigh County Campus.
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Convocation organizers wore Director of Positive Mojo t-shirts. (Left to right) Lori Midkiff, Executive Secretary to the President, Lora Adkins, Executive Secretary for Academic Affairs, Professor John Walkup, and Janie Smith, Executive Secretary for Student Services.
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President Washington spoke and answered questions from faculty and staff during Convocation.
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Ongoing initiatives and updates discussed included strategic and facilities planning; implementing an employee and student suggestion program; the Higher Learning Commission Persistence and Completion Committee; student activity planning; the Tobacco-Free Future Taskforce; the Arts and Sciences building on the Greenbrier Valley Campus; streamlined personnel application submission and review process; key distribution and building access; the free Chronicle of Higher Education institutional subscription now available from the library's webpage; budget issues; and legislative priorities.
Dr. Allen Withers, Vice President for Student Services, and Leah Taylor, Vice President for Administrative Services, led a training about Title IX policies.
In addition, the New River CTC Foundation raised more than $1,750 during an auction following lunch that will go toward the
Rahni Borders Classified Staff Scholarship, which benefits all campuses.
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Karen Harvey, New River CTC Foundation Executive Director, led an auction for the Rahni Borders Classified Staff Scholarship.
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New River CTC Mobile App Now Available
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Dr. David Ayersman, Vice President of Technology and Library Services, led a session at Convocation about the mobile app.
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The New River CTC free mobile app, MyNewRiver, is now available for both iOS and Android devices.
The app can be downloaded to your mobile device using the following links:
Android
Apple
This project has been led by Dara Fann with collaboration from CampusEAI, the vendor for our portal solution.
Contact David Ayersman at dayersman@newriver.edu if you have questions or suggestions about the app.
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| Faculty Summit Starts Off New Academic Year
Dr. Amy DeSonia greeted New River CTC faculty during the Faculty Summit held on August 19.
Major initiatives launched at the Faculty Summit included new faculty mentoring; revised full-time faculty evaluation process; the strategic plan for revitalization of workforce, continuing, and community education; enhancement of shared governance; and work to align programs, services, scheduling, policies and procedures to implement a cohesive, integrated Guided Pathways Model.
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| West Virginia State University Articulation Agreement
A signing ceremony will be held on Tuesday, August 25 at the Raleigh County Campus regarding 2+2 transfer credits for Business and Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement and Corrections programs at New River CTC and West Virginia State University.
New River CTC graduates will now have more options to further their education (see Articulation and Transfer Agreement list).
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Entrepreneurial Mindset Professional Development Event Held August 14
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Gary Schoeniger gave a keynote speech for the entrepreneurial mindset professional development opportunity.
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Faculty from New River Community and Technical College, as well as individuals from peer institutions in Virginia and Kentucky, participated in a professional development opportunity led by Gary Schoeniger, founder of
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Dr. Washingon addressed event attendees at the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center.
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Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative and co-author of "Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur".
His keynote address and break-out sessions focused on cultivating an entrepreneurial culture and igniting an entrepreneurial mindset in students.
The event was sponsored by New River CTC, Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation, and New River Gorge Regional Development Authority through the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
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Clifton Montgomery, Purchasing Specialist at the Raleigh County Campus, is a 1999 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and has more than five years of experience working in the finance department with a contractor for the Internal Revenue Service.
Jamie Weaver, Instructor of Foundational English at the Raleigh County Campus, received an MA in English Composition and Rhetoric from Marshall University and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago. She has taught both English and arts courses at the college level, and in 2014 she was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach academic and creative writing at the University of Bucharest in Romania. In addition to teaching, Weaver is a nationally and internationally exhibited book artist.
Andrew Young, Instructor of Foundational Math at the Greenbrier Valley Campus, previously worked for South Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. He received his undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC and a graduate degree in Math from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.
Welcome Clifton, Jamie, and Andrew!
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