Vol. 7, Issue No. 19
October 21, 2019
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From the Hawk's Nest, New River CTC's employee newsletter, is distributed twice a month, and we need your input!
Have story ideas or photos for From the Hawk's Nest? Send them to
the
Office of Communications
for the next edition.
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"
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Around campus & in our communities
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Welding student Allison Cyrus with instructor Brad Veneri beside her beautiful creations made from old silverware.
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New River CTC faculty and staff act as judges during local business plan competition
Business Students from Independence, Liberty, Shady Spring and Woodrow Wilson High Schools came together to build businesses from nothing to a store replica in just four hours in the High School Business Symposium.
Held at
Academy of Careers and Technology
each year, the Symposium is organized for high school students to learn more about the process of running a business and developing a new one. Students compete through a fast-paced workshop designed to introduce them to marketing, finances, teamwork and problem solving.
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce member business representatives act as the “Board of Directors” (Judges) through the business campaign development. Students are advised, critiqued and awarded through the stages of the process as they develop a complete business and marketing plan.
The Fall Session of the Symposium featured a new business concept theme different than those from previous years. Organizers wanted to see what ideas would come from a focus on coming up with an idea for a business that would be located in one of West Virginia’s tourism regions and that would benefit that area of the state. Some of the business ideas included a watercraft customizing business in Summersville, a Harpers Ferry Museum, a Morgantown Blue Lot Food Truck and Apparel Shop, a Bobsled riding park and more.
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The Browning Social Services Club took part in this year's Chili Night in uptown Beckley on October 5.
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Kelly Taber came in 3rd in her division during the recent Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber's Rocket Run taking place during the Rocket Boys Festival in Beckley.
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Congratulations to those who have worked toward achieving the following two recent accomplishments!
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The EMS Programs recently hosted the WV Office of Emergency Medical Services (WVOEMS) for a site visit and received a perfect score. The program has been awarded five-year accreditation as a Basic and Advance Life Support (ALS) Initial and Continuing Educational Institution in West Virginia, which is valid until September 26, 2024.
This was a huge undertaking and Travis and crew worked hard to ensure that the program was ready for the endorsement. Outstanding!
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The Practical Nursing program underwent an audit by the West Virginia Board of Nursing on October 10.
Once again, JoAnna Perry and team ensured that the program was not only ready, but surpassed expectations as the Nursing Board reported zero findings during their out brief. To achieve zero findings takes much effort and attention to detail which can be very tedious and time consuming. Well done JoAnna and Team. Excellent!
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We as a College join with you in celebrating these achievements. These achievements are a testament of the hard-working dedicated faculty and staff we have across our College that give of themselves to ensure we have top-notch excellent programs. Thank you for all you do!
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The College's new EMS Program Mobile Simulation Lab received a new look. The lab gives students an opportunity to experience working in an ambulance and also will be used to promote the College program.
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Fall 2019 Practical Nursing Program students and faculty.
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The Diesel Service Technology Program recently received a donation of three diesel trucks for use in student training. The trucks were donated by RT Rogers Oil Company of Hinton. Students will use these trucks to learn more about engines, repair, preventative maintenance, electrical wiring and other training aspects provided through the diesel program. RT Rogers Oil company has also donated other equipment and training materials over the past two years.
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"THE GREENBRIER GINKGO” PUTS ON ITS SHOW SOON AT NEW RIVER CTC
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Located on the north side of the main sidewalk entrance to Greenbrier Hall on the New River Community and Technical College Greenbrier Valley Campus is the largest and oldest Ginkgo tree on public property in West Virginia.
“The Greenbrier Ginkgo” was brought to the former Greenbrier College for Women’s campus in 1920’s by Dr. Henry B. Graybill and his wife who were returning from a number of years as missionaries in China. A second Ginkgo tree he brought is on private property two blocks north of the campus.
The leaves remain green longer than most hardwood trees, then turn a bright yellow and at a time only the Ginkgo tree knows when, the leaves fall within a matter of hours, forming a golden halo at the base of the tree.
Born in Amsterdam, Virginia, he and his siblings were orphaned by his age of five and he was sent to Lewisburg to be raised by an aunt and uncle, Henry and Fanny Bell, who saw that he was educated in private schools, including Lewisburg Female Institute and Lewisburg Classical School, graduated from Lee Military Academy and Washington and Lee University in 1902. His diploma was in Latin and a thesis in chemistry.
He met and married Susan Little Griggs, a graduate of Vasser, in 1909.
Returning to the USA, he brought with him at least two Ginkgo trees, traveling by auto from Washington state, with the trees, and planted one on the then Greenbrier College for Women’s campus and the other two blocks north.
Known for his teaching and informal trips with the college girls to hike on Kate’s Mountain, swim and hunt worms, then fish in the Greenbrier River, dinners at his home for the girls, and was best known for his love of his garden and the variety of plants he nurtured there. He died April 4, 1951, in his yard, digging some roots of bamboo for a friend.
The public is welcome to visit the campus and keep tabs on the Greenbrier Ginkgo as its leaves change and drop this fall.
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Welcome to the world, Sidney!
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Josh and Abi Trail welcomed their daughter, Sidney into the world on October 2, 2019 at 1:12 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long.
Wishing them a life full of joy and happiness!
Josh is part of the New River CTC Maintenance Team, assigned to the RCC.
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SPRING 2020
ENROLLMENT GOALS:
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The Health Plan and CAMC Update
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Charleston Area Medical Center has announced it will no longer be a participating provider for The Health Plan HMO and POS plans. Working cooperatively, PEIA, CAMC and The Health Plan have reached an agreement to extend CAMC’s Health Plan participation for PEIA members only through June 30, 2020. PEIA Members who are covered by The Health Plan will have no interruption in service and will still be able to receive care from the CAMC hospital system through the end of the current plan year. Members of The Health Plan HMO and POS plans who need access to CAMC for Plan Year 2021 will need to consider their options during Open Enrollment in April 2020, and may need to make a change for next plan year. For Health Plan members in Kanawha County, Thomas Memorial Hospital and St. Francis Hospital will remain in-network with The Health Plan and are unaffected by this decision.
This change has no effect on other hospitals, hospital systems, or members of the PEIA PPB Plans A, B, C and D, who can continue to access care at CAMC as usual.
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BANNER 9 Faculty Class Listing
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The BANNER 9 Faculty Class Listing was implemented in Fall 2019. This module provides faculty members with access to view course assignments, enrollment information, course descriptions, email students and print course rosters.
Faculty Class Listing may be accessed from the Class Listing menu item inside the myNewRiver portal. For additional information, please contact Dara Fann at
dfann@newriver.edu.
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Upcoming events & dates to remember
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Coming to the Chuck Mathena Center
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When:
December 7, 2019 at 9 a.m. & 12 p.m.
Where:
Chuck Mathena Center, 2 Stafford Commons, Princeton, WV
Tickets:
$25
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Princeton Dance Studio Presents:
The Nutcracker
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When:
Friday, December 14 & 15, 2019 at 7 p.m.
Where:
Chuck Mathena Center, 2 Stafford Commons, Princeton, WV
Tickets:
$10
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You've seen the emails with the "News Release" subject line, but who else receives them? Winter 2019 and Spring 2020 open registration is right around the corner - are we advertising? I've heard about Facebook ads, why haven't I seen them for the College? These are a few questions that you may ask yourself, and the Office of Communications can answer.
News releases are sent internally to "All Users" consisting of all faculty and all staff and to our Board of Governors and Foundation Board of Directors. They are posted on our website and shared via social media. News releases are sent to media outlets that may be interested in the content, for example information on bee keeping community education classes is sent to the Market Bulletin (an agriculture publication), but this publication wouldn't be interested in information on our recent agreement signing with BridgeValley. News releases may also be sent to regional chambers of commerce or other businesses in the communities we serve depending on the content.
The College regularly advertises within the region we serve and develops ad campaigns based on the needs of the College. Current radio and television ads promote WV Invests programs with a call to apply now, and we also have some program specific television ads in circulation. New River CTC advertises on: WZTS –Cozi TV; WVVA TV; WVNS TV (CBS & Fox); WOAY; Southern Communications radio stations (WCIR, WTNJ, WBKW, WAXS and WWNR); First Media Services radio stations (Mix 102.9, 92.7,J 104.5, and WHKX); WJLS (radio); Summit Radio 92.9; Radio Greenbrier (WRLB, Rock 95, and 103.1); Mountain Plex Media 98.3 (radio) and The River 107.7 (radio). We also have two digital billboards in the Lewisburg area. We run print ads promoting enrollment and events in the Register-Herald, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph; the Fayette Tribune, the Post Report; the Princeton Times; the Hinton News; the Monroe Watchman; the Mountain Messenger; the Nicholas Chronicle; the Pocahontas Times; the Webster Echo and the West Virginia Daily News and Valley Ranger. We use digital display ads (both running on specific sites and those targeted based on key words and demographic information) and geofencing campaigns to promote the College along with ads on social media. We use online forms to collect information from those interested in New River CTC.
New River CTC runs Facebook ads throughout the year to promote College events. Facebook campaigns allow advertisers to choose the audience for ads based on factors such as: location, age, gender, interests and behaviors. If you don't meet the criteria set for the ad campaign audience, you won't see the ad even if you're using Facebook regularly.
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New River CTC does not discriminate in its educational programs or in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal or state laws. The following office has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the College’s non-discrimination policies relating to disabilities, sex or other forms of discrimination: Peter Hoeman, Director of Student Success, 304-929-5027.
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