In this issue:

Cold and Flu Season 2

New Hires/Promotions 3

Rick Perkins/GOAL Student

Nominations

4

Campus Police Department

Established

5

Several Augusta Tech employees attended the GHSU Diversity Summit. The

summit invited interrelated community and business leaders and highlighted

activities and partnerships focused on diversity and inclusion.

The attendees heard from a variety of speakers with various presentations.

Topics from “A Woman’s Adventure In Academia” to the summit’s keynote

address from CNN Morning Show Anchor, Soledad O’Brien, who presented

“Diversity: On TV, Behind the Scenes and In Our Lives”.

D I V E R S I T Y S U M M I T

The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand

as in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Sr.

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Jim Price, Dean of Industrial

Technology, will take on the

role as President of Leadership

Augusta next year. Kudos to

Jim!

Andrew Jefferson, Continuing

Education Director, is currently

continuing his education as a

student in Leadership Augusta,

Class of 2013. Good luck to

Andrew as he learns the

“ropes”!

Barbara Banning, has been

named the 2012 Outstanding

Occupational Therapist of the

Year by the Georgia

Occupational Therapy

Association. Congrats!!!

Barbara Banning receives State award.

S t a f f a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s

Photo collage from the GHSU

Diversity Summit

This link will lead you to more highlights and

video:

http://www.georgiahealth.edu/diversity/

summit/2012/photos.html

October Birthdays

1 Tammy O’Brien

2 Johnnica Mitchell

Jacquelyn Parker

3 Daisy Holloway

4 Elaine Keller

6 Natasha Williams

7 Chris Gay

Gary Golovan

8 Patrick Seader

9 Jamie Leverett

12 Lagaile Jones

15 Amanda Mobley

Bonnie Owen

16 Betty Manning

Albert Steele

19 Michael Morris

23 Syzette Rynier

24 Ken Jones

Scott Smith

26 Kristie Gregory

Tamara Lowe

28 Narrie Garduno

31 Kurt Bradley

Karen Pruitt

Employee Patrick Finney braves the flu shot!

UHC offered an onsite flu vaccination

clinic for the upcoming cold and flu

season. Several employees and family

members opted in to take the flu shot. If

you could provide your insurance card,

the shot was free. Others could take the

shot and pay only $25.

E m p l o y e e s t a k e f l u s h o t s

COLD & FLU SEASON

It is evident that flu vaccinations are here because winter is the time for more colds and flu.

Have you ever wondered why the holidays bring more colds and flu than any other time of

the year? Colds and flu are viral infections and it’s no surprise that our bodies would be more

susceptible to these infections during times of high stress. In fact, a recent poll found that

about 75% of people in the U.S., France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Italy, South Korea

and the UK experience stress on a daily basis. With more intense stress during the holidays,

our immunity is more compromised.

Six Cold, Flu & Other Illness Prevention Tips

1. Get a good night’s sleep—your immune system needs to rest in order to repair.

2. Include fermented foods and drinks in your diet. Health begins in your digestive sys-

tem, and fermented foods can keep that system running smoothly with plenty of immune

boosting microflora.

3. Be joyful! At least once a day laugh, have fun, smile. These little pick-me-ups also

boost your immunity.

4. Avoid sugars and acid-forming foods.

5. Nourish your adrenals and your thyroid to keep your energy up.

6. Take vitamin C. Studies show that vitamin C can prevent colds. While you could take

vitamin C in supplement form, it is much more potent to get your vitamins from food.

Cultured vegetables made with cabbage are high in vitamin C. Since fermenting foods

increases their nutrients by hundreds of times, eating cultured vegetables is a great de-

fense against colds and flu.

Article taken from www.bodyecology.com

Employees line up for the flu shot.

November Birthdays

1 John Bryant

2 Carmen Matthews

1 Denise Walker

2 Makeiba Allen

Michelle Knox

Harold Rosser

5 Kay MacDonald

6 Deborah Pettus

10 Emmie Stokes

11 Preston Smith

12 Karissa Wright

16 Robert Baynes

Teresa Evans

Jackie Givens

18 Angela Huff

19 Kevin Baldwin

26 Warren Miller

28 Ken Simmons

Joe Tabson

Jessica Shine

29 Jeffery Heggs

Karen Hughes

30 Kittie Clark

Earn Cash - Win Prizes - Pollute Less!

By changing the way you get to work, you can be part of the solution to improving air quality in Georgia. Augusta Technical College has partnered with The Clean Air Campaign in an effort to reduce traffic and air pollution. Instead of driving alone, The Clean Air Campaign can help you find a better option, like carpooling, vanpooling or transit. For making the switch from driving alone, you can earn $3 a day, up to $100. In addition, you can win prizes and earn gas cards!

T H E C L E A N A I R C A M P A I G N

New Hires/Promotions

Jayson Akridge—Hired as Speech Instructor

Andrea Clanton—Hired as Accounts Payable Assistant

Kittie Clark—From Student Accounts Asst. to Student Records Asst.

Nicole Clark—Hired as Information Assistant

Armaund Gunter—Hired as Grounds Keeper

Joshua Heath—Hired as Financial Aid Assistant

Najhee Jackson—Hired as Test Administrator

Eugenia McAllister– Hired as Librarian

Roberta Reeves—Hired as Financial Aid Assistant

Warren Richard - Hired as Admissions Assistant

Michael Violette—Hired as Registrar

Sign up at

www.LogYourCommute.org

Video Links

Commuter Rewards: http://www.cleanaircampaign.org/About-Us/

Video-Library/For-Commuters/Introduction-to-Commuter-Rewards

www.CleanAirCampaign.org

Oct 1-31 Spooky to Be Hungry

Food Drive

Oct 26 Rick Perkins Award

Nominations due

Nov 13 Faculty/Staff Meeting

**GOAL Student &

Instructor of the Year

announced.

Oct 9 Open Enrollment begins

Nov 9 Open Enrollment ends

Dec 10 Fall Semester Ends

Dec 11-13 Exam Days

Dec 25 Christmas Day

Jan 8 Spring Semester Begins

Upcoming dates Achieving the Dream Kick Off

Signifying a strong commitment to student success and student completion, Augusta Technical College held

the kick off event for their Achieving the Dream initiative. It was wrapped around our annual “Franks for

Fall” but was converted into a “Field of Dreams” for the faculty, staff, and students. A tent was placed on the

quad and housed several informational tables. We want our students to achieve their college educational

dreams, and we have plenty of resources available. From tutoring to advising, all they have to do is ask for

help. ATD coaches visited our campus and facilitated several meetings.

The coaches will return on October 29 as we move forward in our efforts. For pictures of the two day event,

copy and paste this link in your browser:

http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?

sendevent=4d7a4d794e6a67334d4442384e7a51344e6a41334e44633d0d0a&sb=1

Some of the ATD committee members in the “Field of Dreams”

Rick Perkins Award Nominations Open!

We are currently seeking nominations for our Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Award. Information on criteria for nomination and nomination forms are available in the office of Dr. Melissa Frank-Alston in the 1300 Student Services building. Deadline to nominate is October 26 and nominations must be sent in electronically. Our outgoing Instructor of the Year is Dr. Kristie Searcy, department head for Radiological Technology. She can en-courage anyone to become a part of this program with stories of her adventure on the road to “Rick Perkins”. Congratulations Dr. Searcy for a job well done representing Augusta Tech!

GOAL Student of the Year Nominations Are In!

The deadline to nominate students for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership closed on October 12. The GOAL committee is preparing to announce the nominees and start the process to select our student of the year. Our outgoing GOAL student is Femia Schwab, a Pharmacy Technology student. Femia did an outstanding job of representing Augusta Tech and now is a proud mother again!. Femia was on the road to “GOAL” last April and soon after her travels, gave birth to her fourth child. Con-gratulations Femia!

We plan to announce our new Instructor and Student of the Year at the Faculty/Staff meeting on November 13, at 3:15pm. Stay tuned!

Recipe/gift idea

Pasta Soup Mix in a Jar

It’s soup season for most and now you can make it and share it. Here’s an idea to package up and give as a gift.

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups instant mashed potatoes 1 1/2 cups dried milk 2 tablespoons instant chicken bouillon 2 teaspoons dried minced onion 1 teaspoon dried parsley 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 1/8 teaspoon turmeric 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix well. Put ingredients in a 1-quart jar.

On gift tag write:

Place 1/2 cup mix in soup bowl; add 1 cup of boiling water; stir until smooth.

Foundation

corner

The Family First campaign

wrapped up for 2012-2013.

The total raised from faculty

and staff was $27,850 from

195 generous employees.

The Augusta Tech

Foundation Trustees and

Board Members added

another $3900. The total

raised was $31,750. The

celebration ended with a

luncheon catered by Taco

Bell. The donors won door

prizes as they “ran for the

border”. GO TEAM!

Constitution Day Celebrated

The Kyle Brannon Davis HVAC Technology Schol-arship Endowment was established with a gift of $12,000 to the Augusta Tech Foundation by Kyle’s parents.

The Foundation announced 10 new ADP Scholars for Year 4 of the STEM Schol-ars Program.

The Foundation provided over $5,000 in toolbox scholarship support to stu-dents for Fall Semester.

If you or if you know someone

who would like to give to the

Foundation and its efforts,

please contact Beverly Peltier in

the Foundation Office. Her

contact information is

706.771.4023 or email her at

bpeltier@augustatech.edu.

September 17 is recognized in the United States as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. The purpose of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is to commemorate the creation and signing of the supreme law of the land and to honor and celebrate the privileges and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship for both native-born and naturalized citizens. Federal law requires that all schools receiving federal funds hold an educational program for their students on September 17 of each year. Several Augusta Tech faculty, staff, and students gathered in the ITC Building to read the Preamble and to answer trivia questions.

Augusta Tech establishes Campus Police Department

Augusta Technical College has a Police Chief. In an effort to provide students, faculty, staff,

and visitors with the safest environment possible, Augusta Technical College now has its own

police officers to serve and protect everyone on campus.

Recently. the officers were sworn in by Judge Daniel J. Craig, Superior Court Judge for the

Augusta Judicial Circuit. During the ceremony, Judge Craig and College President, Terry

Elam, shared some inspiring words of encouragement with the officers and the attending staff

members.

Chief Anchor and Officer Joly try out sequeways that were on campus for the BLE conference..hmmmm.

Newly sworn in Officer Jerri Joly and Chief Mike Anchor.

1: Core, Data, and Communication/Kickoff Committees.

2: Basketball Hall of Fame.

3. Student Success

4. Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens and David Souter.

Photo Gallery

Chief Anchor experienced the “Texting and Driv-

ing Simulator sponsored by Student Activities

North Jenkins County

Volunteer Department

donates Fire Truck to

Fire Science

Faculty and staff participate in an Achieving

the Dream “Fishbone” session

Waynesboro Campus holds successful Voter

Registration Drive

As set forth in its student catalog, Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race,

color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, genet-

ic information, veteran status, or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or

mandated by law). The following person(s)) has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the

non-discrimination policies:

Randall Davis, Title IX Coordinator Augusta Campus, Building 100

706-771-4081 or rdavis@augustatech.edu Karissa Wright, Section 504 Coordinator

Augusta Campus, Building 1300 706-771-4067 or kwright@augustatech.edu

Augusta Technical College, 3200 Augusta Tech Drive, Augusta, GA 30906

1. Augusta Tech has three Achieving the Dream “main” committees. What are they?

2. Her name is Nancy Lieberman and in February 1996, she gained admis-sion to somewhere no woman has gone before, what is it?

3. What is Augusta Tech’s number one goal for Achieving the Dream? 4. Can you name the 3 members of the Supreme Court who’s last names begin with “S”?

Trivia