The Weekly News: Week 16
Well done, Clark College!
It’s Day Five of the ctcLink conversion,
and I’m so proud of our ctcLink team that has put in such long days this week
to help the college through the transition. This has been a herculean task
requiring patience, perseverance, flexibility, creativity, humor and grace.
Please, as you see them, join me in thanking them for their extraordinary work:
- Susan Maxwell, myClark ctcLink Project
Director - Sabra Sand, Director of Business Services
and Financial Management Pillar Lead - Mirranda Saari, Associate Dean of
Enrollment Services and Registrar and Campus Solution Pillar Lead - Guisela Eberle, Human Resources Assistant
Director and Human Capital Management Pillar Lead - Genevieve Howard, Associate Vice President
of Instruction and Instructional Lead - Andy Barsotti, Director of Data Services
and ITS Lead - Tanya Kerr, ctcLink Internal Controls and
Business Analyst (Campus Solutions and Financial Management) - Jennifer Ward, Program Manager for myClark
ctcLink - Shanda Haluapo, Associate Vice President of
Planning and Effectiveness and myClark ctcLink Executive Sponsor
This really is a team sport. I thank
everyone who has made this our No. 1 priority this week. I know it’s been
consuming. The long-term benefits to our staff and our employees will be
significant.
We also have student resources you can help share with
students as they log onto their new and improved MyClark. It’s vitally
important they’re in the system by next week. Registration for winter term
starts next Friday. Thank you to our faculty, our staff, our Student
Ambassadors, and Tech Hub crew for helping students make the jump onto our new
platform.
Well Done, Penguins Soccer Team!
Congratulations
to our amazing Clark College women’s soccer team! They concluded their 2019
regular season on Saturday, October 26. They have gone 64 league games without
a loss, dating back to October 2014; claimed their fourth Southern Region title
in a row; and have earned a bye for the first round of the NWAC soccer
tournament.
We
are set to host the NWAC quarterfinal round at Kim Christensen Field at noon on
Saturday, November 9. We will be host to the winner of the Tacoma CC vs.
Columbia Basin CC game set for next week. You will be hearing more about
showing your Penguin spirit with a new cool scarf that will be available soon.
Go Penguins!!
Columbia Writers Series next week
This looks like an
interesting lunchtime event next Thursday on campus: The Clark College Columbia
Writers Series kicks off its 2019-2020 season with “The Female Gaze” featuring
2019 National Book Awards Fiction long-listers Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Sabrina
& Corina) and Kimberly King Parsons (Black Light).
This event, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Thursday,
November 7, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in PUB 161.
The event includes a reading and discussion
on building buzz around debut short story collections and highlighting the many
faces of contemporary female identity in literature. It will feature brief
readings, a moderated conversation, and question-and-answer session followed by
a book signing.
“The Female Gaze” is presented by the National Book Foundation and Clark College in a new partnership. Information about the Columbia
Writers Series is available at www.clark.edu/cc/cws.
Reflections from this past week
Once again, I want to share my appreciation
for the Clark ctcLink team who have done an amazing job throughout the goLive
conversion. I am inspired by the dedication of the leadership team and the
problem-solving that I’ve seen across the campus in Finance, HR, Student
Services, Instruction, Planning and Effectiveness, and IT throughout the week.
Change is hard, and this amazing team has risen to the challenge. The whole
state community college system has been watching us to see how this is done.
Congratulations again, Penguin Nation. You’ve got this!
Thanks, Oswald, for stopping by in your
“penguin burger” costume to share some treats with us yesterday. I enjoyed
seeing some very creative costumes as I walked across the campus yesterday.
I’m looking forward to celebrating
Indigenous cultures at our Annual POWWOW tonight with the Dreamcatcher
Scholarship recognition and Grand Entry with drummers and dancers. It should be
a great way to end the week.
Finally, I’ve walked 152,926 steps this Walktober around the college and on
the weekends in my neighborhood. Don’t forget to turn in your steps to vneal@clark.edu to help Clark win the
Walktober Challenge. Keep on walking, Penguin Nation!