It is with great enthusiasm that we announce our new GAS logo. Congratulations to Vikki Maystruk, Kari Draker-Fortis, Sharon Archibald, Deborah Long, Soobia Siddiqui and Clive Russell for winning the contest and for using your creativity to design the school’s new logo!
Category Archives: Faculty
Pass on to your students: Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards
The Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards is now receiving applications.
The Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards (formerly the Women’s Opportunity Awards) assists women who provide the primary source of financial support for their families by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects.
To visit the website and apply, go to http://www.soroptimist.org/awards/live-your-dream-awards.html
To Read about the criteria, please go to:Â http://www.soroptimist.org/awards/eligibility.html
Newsletter – Fall 2016
The GAS Newsletter is now available. Download Newsletter Start-up Fall 2016
New Placement Forms and Guide
Our Placement guide and forms were updated and are now available for faculty and coordinators to use for placements in the Fall 2016. Please check the Faculty Resources / Placement Forms and Guides to learn more about it.
A link to the tab is provided below:Â https://department.flemingcollege.ca/school-gas/placement-forms-and-guide/
Help choose our logo: vote!
Please go to https://goo.gl/forms/Lzy2gY91R66Er5iw1 to vote on our school’s new logo. The deadline is Friday, September 16th at 4 p.m.
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Spots Still Available for Faculty Orientation
If you haven’t registered for the GAS Faculty Orientation at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gas-faculty-orientation-tickets-27191260793
There are still spots available in our three sessions:
- Option 1: Faculty Orientation – Tue., Sep. 20th, 2016 – 2 – 4 p.m. – Room  D1114
- Option 2: Faculty Orientation – Wed., Sep. 21st., 2016 – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Room B3101
- Option 3: Faculty Orientation – Fri., Sep. 23rd, 2016 – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Room B2345
Library Workshops
Starting this fall, the Library is launching a series of voluntary workshops for students on a variety of key topics, such as: database searching, evaluating sources, ePortfolios, avoiding plagiarism, and more. Students may register for as many as they like; anyone completing 5 workshops will earn the Information Literacy Certificate, which is CCR eligible. We hope you will consider recommending these workshops to your students. Click here for more information on the workshops and about information literacy in higher education.
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The Library offers a wide variety of workshops and presentations on topics research to research, information/digital literacy, citations and academic integrity, and much more. Now is the time to reserve your preferred timeslot. With this popular service, Library staff will provide a Library Skills / Information Literacy workshop for your students during class time. Click here to view our topic menu and book your workshop.
All menu options can be customized to course or assignment.
Placement: New WSIB Letter to Employers
A new WSIB Letter to Employers is available. Please download it and include them in your Placement packages. This new WSIB Letter replaces the previous one.
The Teaching Hub
This semester, The Learning Design & Support Team is launching The Teaching Hub where we will collect & share weekly stories, ideas, tips, guides & more about being a faculty member at Fleming College. It is not just a post on a web page, however. It is our community for Teaching & Learning in which we can all share & grow.
Please check it out and get involved! Click the link below:
https://fleminglds.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/teaching-hub-post-one-week-zero/
New Whisleblower Policy
Please be advised that the college has a new Whistleblower Policy, which was approved by our Board of Governors in June. The policy has been put in place to ensure College operations are conducted ethically and with integrity. It encourages members of the College community to report improper activity and wrongdoing without fear of retaliation or reprisal.
You are invited to view the policy here:
https://department.flemingcollege.ca/hr/working-at-fleming/policies-and-procedures/
(Finance and Facilities policy #4-428)