Family Matters – 2/25/12

GRCC’s annual Family Matters event, designed to connect families in the community with the wide array of social services available to them, is happening once again in the Ford Fieldhouse on Saturday, February 25 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Student Food Pantry – Food Drive Team Challenge

It’s almost time for the GRCC Student Food Pantry to open and we are in need of additional food donations to ensure that our food pantry is stocked for students! We are looking for your help to stock the pantry with our Food Drive Team Challenge. The winners of this challenge will receive a FREE lunch at The Heritage ($10 per participant, must redeem lunch as a team)– runners up will receive other on-campus food vouchers. Please read below for the rules and more information:

• Teams must have 5 participants (faculty/staff only – no students).
• Must designate 1 team member as team captain.
• You must register no later than Friday, February 17. If your team registers after that date, there will be a $20 Meijer Gift Card “entry fee”.
• Collected food will be weighed and the team that donates the most food in weight will win.
• Teams may donate gift cards. Each dollar will equate to one pound.
• Teams are responsible for dropping their donations off in Student Life in containers that are clearly marked with the team name.
• There will be a tally posted online and will be updated with current team standings.

While this challenge is designed for a team of 5, we encourage teams to collect donations from anywhere- colleagues, neighbors, student workers, etc. All donations must be dropped off in Student Life no later than 12:00pm on Friday, March 2, 2012 in order to be counted in the Challenge.

To sign up click here.

Please remember – All food donations must be non-perishable and in its original packaging. A complete list of food items and personal necessities can be found by by visiting grcc.edu/foodpantry.

If you have further questions, please contact Ashlee Pipoly x4839 or apipoly@grcc.edu.  

GRCC in the News – 2/10/12

‘Annese Tour’ visits Ferris State alumni in Wyoming
11:17 PM, Feb 9, 2012 | WZZM

WYOMING, Mich. (WZZM) — He’s barely been on the job for a month, but new Ferris State head football coach Tony Annese has returned to a part of West Michigan where his coaching career began. The former Jenison, Muskegon and Grand Rapids Community College coach was in Wyoming Thursday night kicking off his “Tony Annese Tour.”  (More)

Should college students be forced to have health insurance? GVSU weighs in
Published: Thursday, February 09, 2012, 1:44 PM | Grand Rapids Press

ALLENDALE — Grand Valley State University said keeping its student body healthy is paramount to its mission, but requiring that its students carry health insurance — a policy recently instituted by Michigan State University — isn’t an approach the college is ready to take. [Caption: In this 2009 file photo, Barbara Ritter, 58, of Grand Rapids, came to the event with her son Steve Ritter, 26, a nursing student at GRCC who was not insured.]  (More)

Print Solutions Offers New Process for Quick Copy and Staff Printing – Training to be Provided

Print Solutions has an online order system that most ESP have been using to order paper and copier/printer supplies. There are also options to order quick copy for faculty and printing for staff however; Print Solutions would request you have training on how to use this process to assure you can quickly and accurately submit your request.

Print Solutions will be sending out information in GRCC Today on training schedules in the next couple of weeks. For those of you who have already tried to use the quick copy or printing areas, and have questions, please send a request for training to grccEprint@grcc.edu.

Understand Copyright Law – The Library Can Help

Under GRCC policy, all employees must comply with copyright law.

The most straightforward way to guarantee compliance is to obtain a copyright holder’s written permission. When duplication services are needed for classroom use, instructors should be prepared to clearly demonstrate permission for things like pages from Instructor Manuals and Test Banks, copies of media, and online sources. At the discretion of Media Services or Print Solutions, further proof of permission may be required.

Anyone who disregards copyright does so at their own risk, assuming all liability, including criminal penalty as defined in Title 17 of the U.S. Code. Normally, this is not a matter involving the GRCC Legal Office.

Fair Use

There is no simple test to determine fair use; only the courts can authoritatively determine fair use. Section 107 of the Copyright Act sets forth four considerations to help you judge fair use.

1. The purpose and character of use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
2. The nature of the copyrighted work
3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work

How the Library & Learning Commons (LLC) can help

Department liaison librarians can help you verify citations and help determine a copyright owner. They will show you how to create online linking solutions that are copyright compliant, and they can guide you through the process of obtaining your copyright clearance online.

Don’t Lose Your Data – Understand the Changes to the Shared Drive

During the Windows 7 upgrade process, we are doing our best to keep customers informed about what to expect. We realize that the message has not reached everyone. Please read the following information carefully, as the documents you produce and save are dependent upon your understanding of this.

Current Environment:

During the Windows 7 upgrade process, we have two S: drive environments on our network. One is called Active Directory, and the other one is the Novell or eDir environment. Upon completion of the total campus upgrade project, all data will reside on one S: drive (Active Directory.) Until then, these two S: drive environments are in two different locations. Users who have not been upgraded will have the Novell login, and they are running Windows XP. Users who have been upgraded to Windows 7 will have the Active Directory login.