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New Web site coming soon  A sneak peak at Columbus State’s new home page.The revised Web site will feature more news of the college, as well as a space in the upper right-hand corner for important announcements such as CougarWeb outages. The design will eventually be copied throughout the rest of the college’s Web site. The design includes links that will be common among all pages and are intended to make the site easier to navigate. Representatives from IA and IT have been meeting with various departments for the last few months to prepare for the transition. As part of this project, IA brought in Tony Goins as Web content coordinator. Goins’ job is to gather content for the Web site and make sure information stays current. Departments may send updates for the Web site to him at dgoins1@cscc.edu. Goins comes to Columbus State after a career as a newspaper reporter, most recently at “Business First” of Columbus, where he managed the newspaper’s Web site. “No content should be lost in the transition,” Goins said. “Hopefully, we can add more content and make the Web site more useful to students and staffers.”
Law Enforcement program to offer credit toward degree to state troopers "We expect many cadets, as well as current officers, to take advantage of this opportunity to earn their associate degree," said Wagner. "The degree in Law Enforcement is designed to prepare in-service officers to assume managerial positions within their departments."
In a new program developed by Columbus State’s Scott Wagner, professor in Law Enforcement, and Major Peyton Watts, commander of the State Patrol Academy, the college will grant 41 credits toward the 108 hours required for the associate degree in Law Enforcement-Academy Track.
Credit can also be awarded to any police basic training officers who complete their training at the State Patrol Academy, regardless of the department sponsoring them. The credit is also available retroactively for any officer who has completed the basic training previously. Courses leading to the associate degree may be offered on-site at the State Patrol Academy on 17th Avenue if enrollment is high enough at the location, according to Wagner.
Former judge to speak at Paralegal Department’s Law Day  Yvette McGee BrownMcGee Brown was judge in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court, from 1993 through 2002. She was the first African-American and the second woman to be elected to the court. She currently serves as president of the Center of Child and Family Advocacy at Columbus Children’s Hospital. McGee Brown’s speech will be followed by a mock trial presented by the Paralegal Department's students and presided over by Pickaway County Juvenile Court Judge Jan Long. The trial will be attended by more than 200 Columbus area high school and middle school students. Both the speech and the mock trial are free and open to the campus community and the public. For more information about Law Day, contact Tom Shanahan, at ext. 2623, or visit the Law Day Web site.
Operation Feed campaign kicks off May 1 SAC’s goal for this year’s campaign is to raise enough food for 2,500 meals. To arrive at that amount, the campaign counts a one pound can of food as one meal and a $1 donation as two meals. To encourage donations, SAC will have themes for each week of the campaign. The themes are: To make a food donation, look for donation boxes in each building in various departments. SAC also will have tables at In-Service on May 5 and at Spring Fling on May 11 to collect donations. If you’d like to make a monetary donation, make your check payable to Operation Feed and give it to a SAC representative. To find your SAC representative, go to http://www.cscc.edu/sac/members.htm.
All employees are welcome to attend the next WOW in Review on Thursday, April 27, from 8:30 a.m.–noon. If you’re interested, contact Susan Nault, Human Resources specialist, at snault@cscc.edu.
Tri-C studies student flow model Columbus State is one of several colleges the group is visiting to benchmark exemplary student customer service models around the country in preparation of developing similar centers at Tri-C’s campuses. Walking the representatives through the Student Assistance Center process and student flow model were Columbus State employees Barbara Allen, Vance Anania, Ken Conner, Charles Dawson, Tom Erney, Annetta Keller, Marty Maliwesky, Michelle Parks, Regina Peal, Jan Rogers, Roger Street, Ben Williams, and Elizabeth Wyles-Smith.
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The Staff Advisory Council is once again hosting the Operation Feed campaign on campus from May 1–31. Your help is needed to bring in critically needed items for this year’s campaign including: baked beans, beef or chicken stew, canned tuna and other canned meats, canned vegetables, macaroni and cheese, oatmeal, pasta, peanut butter, and monetary donations to provide food year round.
Put on your bobby socks and join your colleagues “At the Hop”