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Innovation in Teaching & Technology

August 11th

Wright College

2014

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Tableof Contents

Conference at a Glance 3

Discipline Meetings 4

Concurrent Session 1 5 – 8

Concurrent Session 2 9 – 13

All-Day Clinics 14

Campus Amenities 15

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Conferenceat a Glance

8:00 – 9:00 Registration Science Building Lobby

Light Refreshments Faculty Dining Room and Cafeteria, Science Building

9:00 – 9:30 Strategic Initiatives Update

Gymnasium, Events Building

9:30 – 11:30 Discipline Meetings Multiple Rooms

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch Distribution Faculty Dining Room, Science Building

Eating Areas Faculty Dining Room, Cafeteria, Science Building; Atrium, Events Building

12:45 – 1:45 Concurrent Session 1 Multiple Rooms

2:00 – 3:00 Concurrent Session 2 Multiple Rooms

3:00 – 3:30 Dessert Social Faculty Dining Room

On-Going

9:30 – 3:30 Drop-in Technology Oriented Clinics

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Discipline Room Discipline Room

Addictions Studies/Social Services/Human Services A-207 Hospitality A-304

Advanced Manufacturing and Process Technology A-229 Humanities A-319

African American Studies A-211 Library A-324

Architecture A-209 Mathematics Lecture Hall: E-213

Associate of Fine Arts and Studio Arts A-217 Mortuary Science A-325

Associate of Music A-218 Nursing S-247

Associate of Theater A-301 Paralegal S-202

Biology A-221 Physics and Engineering S-209

Business A-307 Political Science S-213

Chemistry A-309 Psychology S-312

Child Development A-311 Radiography S-316

Computer Information Systems A-327 Reading S-317

Cosmetology A-312 Respiratory Care S-318

Criminal Justice A-314 Sociology and Anthropology S-314

Dental Hygiene A-317 Speech Communication S-315

English Lecture Hall: E-215 Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics A-320

ESL S-313 World Language A-328

Discipline Meetings9:30 – 11:30

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Concurrent Session 112:45 – 1:45

Room Presenter Presentation Description

A-207 Adrian Guiu Have you got a worldwide view?

How do we connect the various disciplines and areas of study? Is there a way to bridge the gap between the different disciplines, like science and humanities, in order to offer students a more continuous and unitary picture of reality and society, and to allow them to be better citizens of their communities and the world, workers, and ultimately, human beings? This is intended as an interdisciplinary discussion with faculty from different disciplines on how to better integrate the goals of our teaching. Perhaps better communication facilitated by technology be a catalyst for this purpose?

S-312 Gail Gordon-Allen Using iPads to Promote Critical Literacy Skills

Workshop participants will engage in hands-on activities, as they discover how iPads can be incorporated into their curriculum to captivate students’ attention, while teaching them critical reading and writing skills. Moreover, participants will be introduced to assessment techniques that can be administered on iPads, capturing student data in order to determine their advancement toward becoming critical readers and writers.

A-209 Freda Richmond Reimagining Remediation: A Summer Bridge to Credit College

Level UP is a free 4 to 6 week quick start program to accelerate the pathway to college-level courses for students who need remediation. Through a blended model of teaching and technology focusing on Math, Reading, and Writing, Level UP prepares students to retake the COMPASS exam. Since 2011, City Colleges of Chicago has offered Level UP to hundreds of students who have saved time and money preparing for college credit courses. This session will review the Level UP programmatic components, student results and highlight success, challenges and opportunities.

A-217 Charles Ansell

Co-Presenter(s): College advisors from across the district

Advising to Pathways: Creating Education Plans to Keep Students on Track

Last year, students began working with faculty and staff to create clear, semester-by-semester education plans that show how they can get from where they are today to completion, transfer and job readiness. Choosing among ten broad focus areas of study, students at some point in their first year should narrow down their choices to one academic pathway or major, using the semester-by-semester maps faculty, advisors, transfer directors and others co-authored last fall to chart an optimal, individualized route to completion and post-completion goals – whether those be transfer and/or career advancement. This session provides faculty with opportunities to learn what college advisors recommend for students to do to plan and to stay on track. You will learn more about:

1. This education planning effort2. How to use of the semester-by-semester maps from which we

base these plans3. How to advise students to choose and stay on pathways that

meets their individual readiness levels and interests 4. The technology we are about to debut that will automate and

extend all of the above

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Concurrent Session 112:45 – 1:45

A-327 Celeste McGill Domestic Violence in a Digitally-Connected World

Many of our students today experience domestic violence and/or bullying on campuses and through social media across America. Many times, individuals that are bullied or are in domestic violence relationships do not know what steps to take to stop the bullying and/or violence. In addition, individuals who witness bullying and/or violence may feel helpless to take a stand against the behavior. This workshop will help instructors understand what they can do when presented with a domestic violence and/or bullying situation in both the classroom and social media outlets.

A-331 Joshua Thusat College-Speak: Learn Academic Vocabulary on Blackboard

Through local Reinvention at Truman College over the past several months, academic vocabulary modules (like book chapters) were created and uploaded onto a Blackboard course shell. Nearly 25 units now exist, enough for two semesters. Taken together, these units account for almost 300 of the 570 most frequent academic vocabulary words used across disciplines. The presentation will highlight the ongoing reading crisis in higher education before explaining the benefits of using corpora to identify key vocabulary words to learn. Participants will then see what one of these vocabulary units looks like on Blackboard and learn how easy it is to use. Afterwards, volunteers may sign up using their CCC email address to be added to the vocabulary course shell in Blackboard, where they can copy the vocabulary units into their own courses.

S-202 Pamela Cannamore Reigniting Your Love for Teaching

Instructors are usually genuine in their desire to help their students. However, even the daily routine can sometimes dampen the most optimistic professor. In this session, learn how to rekindle the flame and your passion for teaching. Rediscover this most noble profession!

S-213 Suocai (Larry) Su New Approaches to Teaching English

This presentation intends to inform English faculty of new scholarship and methods of teaching composition in the past few years drawing upon my experiences of attending three annual Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC). While continuing to emphasize the traditional civil, social, cognitive, and communicative roles of composition, new scholarships have appeared that embrace technology, feminism, contrastive rhetoric, identity politics, ethnography, etc. so much so that new ways of teaching composition have been adopted by universities and colleges throughout the country. Some of the widely used methods include multimodal composition, writing and community, feminist rhetoric and composition, composition and cultural and linguistic diversity, alternative rhetoric and composition, writing across the curriculum, writing and identity, genre pedagogies, expressive writing, writing and literature, etc. It is the aim of this presentation to share some of the scholarship and show how they are applied in classroom teaching through projects and writing assignment designs.

Room Presenter Presentation Description

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Room Presenter Presentation Description

A-221 Cynthia Grunden

Co-Presenter(s): Richard Chandler

Financial Aid at CCC and the National Completion Agenda

This presentation will explore the impact of the national completion agenda on federal financial aid programs. In recent years, several significant changes have been made to federal financial aid programs that directly impact the eligibility of CCC students. CCC is creating initiatives to ensure that we are good stewards of taxpayer funded financial aid, and that students are able to maximize their financial aid eligibility at CCC and beyond through careful academic planning. This session will address both regulatory changes and CCC’s response to those changes.

S-316 Julie Dockery Doris Espiritu Khalid Uddin

Connecting Classrooms to Communities (CCC): The New Approach to Integrating Civic Democracy Outcomes in Course Curricula

Civic engagement is no longer exclusive to service learning. This presentation will build off of previous work from the Spring 2014 Discipline Specific Civic Engagement Institute (hosted by Roosevelt University) to develop a template for framing engagement in civic democracy across all disciplines. The presentation will allow faculty and staff to disseminate information about what is going on at each college in an effort to share our previous civic engagement best practices and to determine how to collectively move forward to build a culture for civic engagement across the district. This presentation is open to all faculty, especially those who have implemented service learning projects, integrated civic outcomes in their syllabi, and those who wish to do so.

S-247 Martha Madkins Side by Side Assessment: Face-to-Face and Online

The purpose of the session is to discuss how the online assessment is used as a teaching tool and not as an evaluation. The session will discuss how a face-to-face assessment was deployed in an online course using Blackboard. The session will also discuss how the data was retrieved and evaluated. Recommendations and future plans on how to increase online assessments and assessment strategy steps will be discussed.

A-229 Karen Jackson

Co-Presenter(s): Ray Abrego Alyssa Turner Cairns

Impacting Retention and Course Success Through Early Alerts

We know that it is critical for students to receive the support and resources they need early in the term in order to succeed and persist in their classes. Research shows that progress reports, meeting with a college advisor, and tutoring sessions are effective tools that improve the success rates of all students. Early Alert progress reports are an important component of CCC’s overall retention strategy, and it is critical that we identify students early in the semester who have shown signs they will need assistance to succeed. This session will discuss:

1. A hands-on overview of GradesFirst functionality2. How to submit progress reports for your students3. Providing information and context in your progress report4. Interventions that are initiated after a progress report is

submitted5. Overview of student services and resources at your college

Concurrent Session 112:45 – 1:45

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Concurrent Session 112:45 – 1:45

A-301 China Bouldin

Co-Presenter(s): Sharon San Miguel, Office of Information Technology, District Office

Travel and Expense Policy and Business Process at CCC

The Department of Finance has partnered with the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to automate the current Travel and Expense Policy. Using the PeopleSoft Travel and Expense module, Finance and OIT will deliver a technical solution integrated with data from HR, Payroll, and Accounts Payable. It will be a policy driven, fully automated process that will provide transparency, expedite payments, and reduce manual processes for CCC employees, management, and finance staff.

S-317 Kevin Hung Truong Effectively Integrating the SMART Board for Instruction

This session will focus on how to effectively use SMART Boards for instruction. We explore the various functions of the SMART Notebook software, how to integrate existing resources (i.e. PowerPoint, Video, websites, etc.), and how to find free resources for instruction. This session is designed for all uses of the SMART Board.

A-307 Michael Mutz Campus Solutions Overview – What’s Coming in February 2015

Campus Solutions (CS), Oracle’s latest PeopleSoft student system, will replace our existing student administration system when it is introduced in February 2015. Students’ online interactions with CCC will be simplified by a new Student Portal which will provide single sign-on access to the Campus Solutions student system, Blackboard, GradesFirst, and all of the other systems students use during their academic journey. Role-based portals will be provided for both Credit and Adult Education faculty and college advisors, as well as other student services staff. The tools, information, and functionality provided to each person will be specific to their unique needs.

Theater Maria Jaskot-Inclan

Co-Presenter(s): Ileo Lott Polly Hoover

Curriculum Development – Getting Started with the New PACC Process

Presenters will launch the new Proposed Academic Curriculum Change process (PACC), a three-step curriculum development process and two-step endorsement process; this replaces the former twelve-step curriculum review process known as Proposed Academic Change (PAC). In a computer lab session, presenters will provide participants with information and links to a curriculum manual, timelines, and an interactive master syllabus.

A-309 Philip Tallman Turnitin Overview: An Overview and Information About New Features

A review of Turnitin application functions and features, with questions and discussion.

Room Presenter Presentation Description

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Concurrent Session 2

Room Presenter Presentation Description

A-207 Peter Grudzien Use of Hands-On Resources/Technology to Enhance Student Learning in the Sciences and Humanities

This presentation will introduce faculty to two different types of teaching innovations: Vernier technology and the NW Harris Learning Collection Center at the Field Museum. Both of these innovations promote hands-on learning. Vernier technology can be used in many science courses while material from the Harris Learning Collection Center can be used by faculty teaching science or humanities courses. The first part of the presentation will introduce Vernier technology – handheld computers that come with a plethora of attachments. Using this technology, students can generate various quantitative data, which reinforces mathematical concepts (slopes, graphing, etc.). The second teaching innovation will introduce faculty to the Harris Learning Collection Center, another resource using hands-on learning. The Center allows faculty to borrow various materials from the museum and bring them to the classroom to enhance student learning.

S-312 Martha Madkins Selom Assignon

Creating a Rubric in Blackboard for a Quick Student Evaluation

A rubric is a scoring tool that identifies performance expectations for an assignment. Participants will learn how a well-desgined rubric can benefit students. Rubrics can help instructors communicate expectations to students, and help monitor and assess their progress. Rubrics can be created in Blackboard and tied to assignments, discussion boards, wikis, and certain test questions.

A-209 Freda Richmond

Co-Presenter(s): Michael Crenshaw George Kinlaw Abolhassan Taghavy Paul Butera

Why are there high school students in my classroom?

In 2013-14, over 2,000 high school students enrolled in credit courses at CCC. How does concurrent enrollment affect the college classroom? Are high school students ready for the rigor of college? How can we support their success? What are the ICCB operating policies and procedures? What other colleges offer concurrent enrollment? This session will provide an overview of Dual Credit/ Dual Enrollment, review student success data and discuss the governing policies and procedures. A panel from Daley College will share their Dual Credit/ Dual Enrollment successes, challenges and opportunities.

A-217 Ileo Lott Aaron WissmanAllison Zures

Seeking Soft Skills: Resources for the Classroom

This preseventation will provide an overview of how soft skills development in CCC students is being addressed by Academic Affairs and Career Services. Further, the session will engage faculty in open dialog about best practices and instruction in the classroom. Attendees will also be introduced to a soft skills curriculum developed by Career Services. The curriculum is an optional resource available to faculty and staff.

A-218 Minxiu Wang

Co-Presenter(s): Azmia Javed

First 4 Weeks: The Secret to Student Success

There are multiple strategies that instructors can use or add to their classrooms in the first 4 weeks to build and encourage relationships, to raise expectations, and to promote active, engaged learning. Are you interested in exploring all 26 strategies to improve your student success?

2:00 – 3:00

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Concurrent Session 2

A-327 Charles Abrams

Co-Presenter(s): Kate BursteinJeffrey Aldrich

Insect Chemical Ecology: College, Middle School, and Expert Partnership

Insect chemical ecology research provides students with the opportunity to practice science that is both economically important and environmentally responsible. Our partnership between a professional entomologist, chemistry students at Truman College, and middle school students at Chicago Jewish Day School investigated the chemical signals that mediate behaviors of the

“spined soldier bug,” Podisus maculiventris. Our goals were to optimize the known attractant pheromone, and to search for a possible new pheromone of the young hatchling predators. Middle school students maintained the insect colony and visited the college chemistry laboratory to observe chemical analysis techniques. College students in Chem 217 performed gas chromatography of the insect scent gland secretions. We will share our results, exhibit our friendly insects and their pheromone, and model a classroom discussion about insect chemistry. We encourage teachers to think about entomology research as a great opportunity for interdisciplinary studies. The research was sponsored in part by a “Science Coaches” grant from the American Chemical Society.

A-331 Celeste McGill Being Productive in a Reactive Classroom/Online Environment

It is no secret that students in the classroom and online today are exhibiting emotional and behavioral difficulties regardless of their age and social-economic status. As a result, educators in various educational environments are experiencing low productivity and increased hostile and violent behavior. During the course of the semester, there may be conflict situations that occur in classrooms, which have the potential to alter learning environments, interrupt the learning process, or lead to violence. This session will highlight the challenges faculty face with students who present Emotional-Behavioral, and Emotional Intelligence deficiencies either in the physical classroom or online. Faculty will become familiar with strategies that can support students with these issues. In addition, the workshop will highlight conflict resolution strategies that can support the development of a safe and nurturing learning environment for both the instructor and student.

S-202 Pamela Cannamore Adjunct Professors are Faculty, Too!

Professional development, peer coaching, and mentoring are all very important for adjunct professors because there is no formal student teaching process in place for college instructors. Cashin (1990) suggests that we should emphasize several topics in support of adjunct faculty for quality teaching. Much of the adjunct faculty’s success in the classroom is dependent on OUR level of involvement and commitment to our adjunct faculty members. As you participate, you will become a part of the overall student success on your campus. In this session, the participants’ learning outcomes will be their self awareness and commitment to make sure their adjunct faculty members are receiving the support they need to be successful when servicing students.

Room Presenter Presentation Description

2:00 – 3:00

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S-213 Kristin Bivens HW Writing Placement Test Interrater Reliability Results Guide for CCC

Using widely available technology and statistics to support CCC’s drive for data-informed decisions, I will explain the design and report the results of an interrater reliability (IR) study at HW across six semesters for the writing placement test, including explaining my methodology. I will also demonstrate how I used three statistical indices to measure IR by making a replicable research design with the embedded indices’ calculations in an Excel spreadsheet template to easily triangulate the results. These three statistical indices include Cohen’s kappa, Krippendorff’s alpha, and percentage agreement. Using the interactive and electronic Instructional Interrater Reliability Research Design for Writing Placement Testing guide created for this session’s purpose, I will show participants how to use the guide and the Excel spreadsheet template to calculate IR on their CCC campus through a SnagIt video I created and posted on YouTube.

A-221 Jonathan Helwink Free Speech and the College

The purpose of the presentation is to inform and reinforce the boundaries and protections afforded to students and professors on the college campus, inside and outside the classroom. The history and legal framework of free speech and colleges will be discussed, including some leading cases on the subject. Participants will be asked to think critically about the role of free speech in their classrooms and how they can work to foster a learning environment of free expression. Participants will also be encouraged to think of the role of social justice in the classroom and how they can work to nurture an environment that is welcoming, engaging, and respectful of all ideas and opinions.

S-316 Maria Lani Montreal-Bermudez

Using Technology to Enhance Skills of Students in ALPs

There has been a resurgence of interest in evaluating the success and challenges of teaching Accelerated Learning Programs (ALPs) in colleges nationwide. It would be great for both current and interested ALP instructors to discuss and share practices on the role that technology plays and has played to ensure student engagement, retention, and success. I would be most happy to facilitate as I have been teaching the co-requisite English 101/197 for the past two years.

S-247 Margie Martyn

Co-Presenter(s): Armen Sarrafian Marcia Turner

Where is CDL and why is there a change?

The Center of Distance Learning moved to and integrated with Harold Washington College on July 1, 2014. This change was made based on a recommendation from the Higher Learning Commission, our regional accreditor, and a task force comprised of faculty, staff, and administrators from across the District. The goal is to integrate online programs into the regular academic affairs operations because online courses and programs are one delivery mode for quality instruction (along with face-to-face and hybrid). CCC needs to ensure that courses and programs in all delivery modes result in strong learning outcomes and student success. We will share the plan for transition and solicit input from all stakeholders.

Concurrent Session 2

Room Presenter Presentation Description

2:00 – 3:00

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Concurrent Session 22:00 – 3:00

A-229 Travis Bickford

Co-Presenter(s): Tim Davis

Encouraging Veteran Success

Part 1–Benefits: Since September 2001, veteran educational benefits have been rapidly changing at rates difficult for both students and staff to keep pace with. In 2009, the government passed the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which resulted in a substantial increase of federal dollars invested into Veterans Affairs (VA) educational benefits. Consequently, an entirely new policy framework was developed intending to hold student-veterans and colleges accountable for maximizing this investment. Albeit most prevalent, the new Ch. 33 benefit is only one of many educational benefits that CCC veterans receive. This presentation aims to illuminate the intricate factors, which can influence eligibility and compliance surrounding this new policy, in addition to informing staff and faculty on what they can do to ensure these requirements are met.

Part 2–The Student-Veteran: Veterans are often generalized in respect to how their war-time experiences have impacted them, and thus stigmatized with negative assumptions. Part two of this presentation will disabuse preconceived notions surrounding student-veterans, while not diminishing combat-induced stress and how it can and has transformed certain individuals.

A-301 China Bouldin

Co-Presenter(s): Sharon San Miguel, Office of Information Technology, District Office

Travel and Expense Policy and Business Process at CCC

The Department of Finance has partnered with the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to automate the current Travel and Expense Policy. Using the PeopleSoft Travel and Expense module, Finance and OIT will deliver a technical solution integrated with data from HR, Payroll, and Accounts Payable. It will be a policy driven, fully automated process that will provide transparency, expedite payments, and reduce manual processes for CCC employees, management, and finance staff.

S-317 Maureen BolandElissa TobinDashaun Hits

Expanding the Classroom-Using Tech Tools to Blur Classroom Walls

This session is designed to teach participants to use technology in fun and engaging ways using the SMART Board in the classroom, and coordinating complimenting activities for outside the classroom.

A-307 Michael Mutz Campus Solutions Overview – What’s Coming in February 2015

Campus Solutions (CS), Oracle’s latest PeopleSoft student system, will replace our existing student administration system when it is introduced in February 2015. Students’ online interactions with CCC will be simplified by a new Student Portal that will provide single sign-on access to the Campus Solutions student system, Blackboard, GradesFirst, and all of the other systems students use during their academic journey. Role-based portals will be provided for both Credit and Adult Education faculty and college advisors, as well as other student services staff. The tools, information, and functionality provided to each person will be specific to their unique needs.

Room Presenter Presentation Description

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Theater Sergio Lemus Tableau for Social Scientist: Enhancing Classroom Instruction Through Macro

Social scientists have the ability to make very precise arguments about the kind of society we are living in and the kind of society we are producing. In this presentation, I make use of Tableau software in order to make macro structural arguments about race, war, and class inequality. Tableau software allows us to utilize visualization, big data analysis, and present the data that matters in a quick snapshot. Utilizing and learning the capabilities of this tool will help social science instructors to better understand social processes as they present micro, individual perspectives, and balance the arguments between structural forces and individual agencies.

Concurrent Session 2

Dessert Social

2:00 – 3:00

3:00 – 3:30

Room Presenter Presentation Description

Coming this fall, the new City Colleges of Chicago shuttle service provides you with a free, convenient travel option, a connection to CTA lines, and an easy way to travel between CCC colleges and satellite facilities.

View the shuttle at Wright College on Monday, August 11th between noon and 4:00 pm at the south entrance at the student drop off area. Rides to the Montrose Blue Line station will be provided, departing at 3:00 pm, 3:30 pm, and 4:00 pm.

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Room Presenter Clinic Description

S-3059:30-3:30

Syed Abedi and other Blackboard Managers

[email protected]

Blackboard Clinic This is an opportunity to get one-on-one help on all things Blackboard. The clinic will be staffed by City Colleges Blackboard experts who can offer assistance with a variety of new and existing Blackboard features. This was the highest-rated session at last year’s FDW event. Come see why!

A-2089:30-3:30

Andrew Flesch

[email protected]

New SharePoint Information Session

This session provides an overview of SharePoint functionality and features for CCC employees. SharePoint is a collection of applications that address common needs in an office like collaborating, document management, project management, web forms, and workflows.

One of the more common applications in SharePoint is a team or project site that a team can use to manage and collaborate. A SharePoint Guru will walk through some features and functionality that a team can use in SharePoint like document management, calendaring, and task management.

A-2199:30-3:30

Darlene Attiah (WR)Billy Cunningham II (MX)Bozena Janiszewska (DA)Celeste McGill (KK)

GradesFirst Hands-on Workshop

This session provides a hands on learning opportunity for faculty to explore the attendance, Early Alert, communications, and reporting functions within GradesFirst. Faculty experts will share best practices for leveraging GradesFirst to help students succeed. An overview of GradesFirst will be presented each hour, beginning at 9:30am, followed by a Q&A session. Topics include:

• Viewing your class list and recording attendance• Communicating with students via email and text• Submitting progress reports, independent and during District

campaigns• Available reports, including tutoring appointments,

attendance, progress, and student information reports

A-3059:30-3:30

Daniel Enoch

[email protected]

New Library System Primo

This session will introduce faculty to Primo, the City Colleges of Chicago library’s new search tool. CCC libraries have a range of materials to assist students and faculty with research: printed books and journals, e-books, e-journals, multiple databases. Up to now, patrons have had to perform multiple searches to find different materials. Starting in Fall 2014, CCC patrons will have a new tool to discover both print and electronic materials. Primo will discover and deliver not only materials owned by CCC but also regional and global results, all via a single search box.

All-Day Clinics9:30 – 3:30

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Driving to the College• Wright College’s parking garage is located on the west side of the campus; ground level parking is also available at the

Montrose and Narragansett entrances; all parking is free of charge and does not require a campus identification card.

• An electric car charging station is available at the south end of the parking garage.

Taking Public Transporation• Wright College is accessible via both the Montrose and Narragansett bus routes.

• By CTA rail, take the Blue Line to the Montrose exit and the 78 Montrose bus west to Montrose and Narragansett.

Bicycle Racks• Bicycle racks are located at the Montrose and Narragansett entrances.

Staying Connected• Wireless, high-speed Internet access is available throughout the college and campus grounds.

• Computer stations are available on the 1st floor of the Learning Resource Center, the 1st floor Arts Building lobby, and the 1st floor cafeteria and dining areas in the Science Building.

• Charging stations are located in the vending areas located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Arts and Science buildings.

• Complimentary access to printing, photocopying, and campus to campus phone calls will be made available through the Office of the President in Room A-103 of the Arts Building.

What to do During Breaks• View student artwork displayed in the halls throughout the college.

• Explore the four campus buildings (Arts, Events, Learning Resource Center, and Science) designed by acclaimed architect Bertrand Goldberg; see the new skylight installed at the top of the pyramid in the Learning Resource Center Building; stop by the state of the art Math Center in Room S-305 in the Science Building; and visit the Wright campus grounds designated as a Tree Campus USA facility with its more than 750 trees.

• A variety of seating options are provided throughout the campus and, as mentioned above, charging stations for laptops, phones, and tablets are available by the vending areas located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Arts and Science buildings.

Looking for a Snack• Vending machines are located near the 1st floor cafeteria in the Science Building; the 2nd floors of both the Arts and

Science buildings, and the 1st floor of the Events Building.

Have an Incident/Emergency to Report• Visit the Security desk in the 1st Floor Campus Center or call (773) 481-8970 (extension 8970).

ATM• An ATM is located in the 1st floor entrance of the Science Building. The ATM is owned by US Bank and accepts

American Express, Cirrus, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa.

HOW MAY WE HELP YOU?

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