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June 2, 2015
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Congratulations Walking Tournament Participants and Supporters! On behalf of the Baker College of Clinton Township Student Leadership Council, thanks to those that actively participated (and/or donated funds to support) the 2nd Annual Let's Walk Tournament. The Tournament was a resounding success! It featured nine teams of faculty, staff and students that competed for performance medals and trophies. Congratulations to our HUS Team on their 2nd place finish! The final results of the Tournament are as follows:
HUS, CRJ and ECE News
Port Huron - Clinton Township
Week 9 - Spring Quarter
First Place Finish - Team "Fast and Furious (Foreign)" Second Place Finish - Team "“We HUStle” Third Place Finish - Team "The Justice League" Best Dressed Team - "Personnel Trainers" Best Dressed Team Honorable Mention - “Fast & Furious” (Domestic) Best Team Name - "The Justice League" Outstanding Dean Award—Dr. Iris Lane (Health Sciences)
First Place Finish "Fast and Furious (Foreign)”
Second Place Finish "We HUStle” (Our HUS Team)
Third Place Finish Team and Best Dressed “The Justice League”
Baker College 2nd Annual Let's Walk Tournament
(Link to Walk video)
Let’s Walk Tournament Pictures
Dr. Iris Lane, 2015 Outstanding Dean Award For most divisional participants - Health Sciences
More Let’s Walk Tournament Pictures
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Beginning Fall 2015, Baker College is implementing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative for all on-ground classes. This means that students will be bringing a device to class. Devices are defined as portable lap tops or touch screen tablets. Cell phones/smart phones do not fulfill this requirement. This is an exciting opportunity for collaboration and connectivity with other campuses, teams, students, faculty, and employers. The device, as a tool to enhance classroom learning, will allow students to take notes, connect to Blackboard, access Google products, access eBooks, collaborate with others, access academic resources, and conduct research - all without you or your students needing to leave your classroom! As part of this initiative the campus bookstores, through Barnes and Noble College, will be selling a variety of devices to students, staff and faculty. The Bookstore will stock a Hewlett Packard 15.6” laptop and an Asus 10.1” Transformer Convertible tablet. For details on these two devices, please go to the EdTech Guide, BYOD tab at http://guides.baker.edu/edtech. Other devices can be ordered via their online store. The Instructional Design and Educational Technology team also has a variety of effective resources currently available on the EdTech Guide at http://guides.baker.edu/edtech. Feel free to contact me or your Program Director if you have any questions regarding the BYOD initiative.
Responsible Use of Technology - See Mini-Workshop Below As we encourage student to use mobile technology & social media in the classroom, it is also important to discuss responsible use of these tools with students. Let’s increase the likelihood that our students will not engage in poor “Netiquette” by using their devices in inappropriate ways, such as making negative online posts about faculty and other students, engaging social media when not related to the classroom lesson, and incessant texting during class. I am scheduling a special two-hour, mini workshop on “Encouraging responsible use of mobile technology and social media on campus” for interested HUS/CRJ/ECE faculty. This mini-workshop will give you a crash course on understanding social media, learn how as a faculty member you can avoid being a target of digital conflict/cyberbullying, encourage positive use of technology in the classroom, and ensure students/faculty are aware of the Baker College Social Media Policy. The special MiniWorkshop will be held Friday, July 17th at 3:00pm - 5:00pm in the Community Room on the Clinton Township campus. This workshop is strictly voluntary and space will be limited. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to janet.joiner@baker.edu before 12:00 noon 7/13/15.
Important tips regarding submitting final grades Please make sure to use the correct grading scale. Everyone in our Division should be using the “Standard Grading Scale” which appears first on the syllabus template. You should NOT use the “Health Sciences Grading Scale.” Although the deadline for submitting final grades is Monday, June 15th at 9:00am, please take a moment to double check mathematical calculations and each student’s grade you enter before you click the final “Submit” button. If students are concerned about when final grades are posted, best practice is to tell students that grades are viewable late Tuesday or early Wednesday after classes end even though we know final grades post as soon as you enter them it helps to give yourself some flexibility in the event a grade needs correction, etc. Note: Just because grades are entered and calculated through Blackboard, does NOT mean that instructors have completed submitting grades. All instructors must still go to SOLAR/ORBIT and enter final grades (on the same page where attendance is entered). Make sure to keep clicking through the screens until you receive the message “Thank you for submitting grades”. Please note that all grade changes need to be forwarded to my attention. Grade change requests must be completed for each individual student. For example, if an instructor inadvertently uses the wrong grading scale (discussed above), he or she would need to complete and submit a separate grade change request for each and every student whose grade was miscalculated. Due to privacy issues, grade change requests for one student cannot contain grade information for another student. To minimize the need for grade change requests, please double check all assignments and calculations before submitting final grades.
My Help Website The new Baker College My Help website is now available for your use! This site includes resources and helpful materials for students, faculty and staff on a variety of topics that effect our roles and responsibilities. Here is the pathway to get there: Blackboard > (top right corner) My Help
Baker Night at the Ballpark Detroit Tigers Game Friday, July 3rd Given the level of interest in tickets for the Friday night, July 3rd Detroit Tigers game at Comerica Park, we have decided to take advance reservations for these tickets. You are asked to only reserve tickets (4 ticket maximum) if you are absolutely sure you will attend. We have 100 tickets available and this will be a big night for families as there will be a fireworks show immediately following the game at Comerica Park. If you are interested in attending this game, email me your ticket reservation before 5:00pm this Friday. Again, please only reserve tickets you know you will use. For those of you planning to attend the Detroit Tigers game tomorrow night (Wednesday, June 3rd), we look forward to seeing you there. Go Tigers and Go Baker!
Mark Your Calendars! Important Dates for Spring Quarter June 13 - Spring Quarter Ends June 13 - Clinton Township Graduation at Bethesda Church 11:00am June 15 - Spring Grades Due 9:00am June 15 - Port Huron Graduation at McMorran Place 6:30pm June 22 - Summer 2015 Syllabi Due
Evening Academic Office Coverage for HUS, ECE, and CRJ * Monday - Janet M. Joiner, Dean of HUS, ECE, and CRJ AND Wynonia Ward, HUS Internship Coordinator
Tuesday - John Wilk, Director of CRJ AND Katherine Pickens, HUS Program Director Wednesday - Mike Buggy, CRJ Program Director Thursday - Mary Jane Merren, ECE Program Director
The above administrators will be available in the CT Academic Office Monday - Thursday until 6:15pm CT Academic Office, Main Campus (586)-790-9587
Janet M. Joiner, PhD, LMSW Dean of Human Services, Early Childhood Education and Criminal Justice Baker College of Clinton Township & Port Huron CT Office Phone: (586)790-2814 - FAX (586) 791-6611 janet.joiner@baker.edu