New Star

Jerrod Courtney, OTS Coordinator, Academic in Office of Technology Services.

Little Tikes Pirate Ship Playhouse – $45

Little Tikes Pirate ship play house for sale. Purchased in 2005 and kept indoors. Excellent used condition.

July Musical, “All Shook Up”

Put Some Sizzle in Your Summer with LSC-North Harris’ July Musical, “All Shook Up”

A summer musical that will have the audience jumping out of their blue suede shoes, Lone Star College-North Harris’ July production, “All Shook Up,” is set to run for two weekends with 8 p.m. performances July 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10 and 2 p.m. afternoon performances on July 5 and 12 in the college Performing Arts Theatre located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive, Houston. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for student, faculty and seniors.

“All Shook Up,” is based on a book by Joe DiPietro and built around the songs made famous by Elvis Presley. It is the story of a small town girl with big dreams and the motorcycle-riding stud she falls for.

“If you haven’t attended one of our summer musicals, you will be impressed at our production level,” says John Cash Carpenter, LSC-North Harris professor of drama and director of the production.

For more information, call 281.765.7963.

New Stars – June 2009

Cesar	Alviter-De Jesus	Assistant I, Upward Bound
Crystal	Arrington	Compass/eCompass Room Supervisor,Asessment Center
Alvaro	Canales	THEA Room Supervisor, Assessment Center
Patlindsay	Catalla	Specialist III, Recruitment
Jermaine	Cubillo	Tutor, HS – Learning Center
Ali	Dayoub	LSC-North Harris Adjunct Faculty, Computer Information Systems
Chasity	Delarosa	Tutor, HS – Learning Center
Edna	Diaz	Specialist I – Microcomputer, Faculty Staff Center
Michelle	Doan	Tutor, HS – Learning Center
Star	Hinson	Technician I, Theater Setup, Drama
Alyssa	Honnette	LSC-North Harrisc Adjunct Faculty, History
Latoya	Jackson	Tutor, HS – Learning Center
Dilushan	Jayasundara	LSC-North HarrisC Adjunct Instructor, Physics
Robyn	Kemp	Student Assistant Chem Lab, Math Engineering & Nat Scie
William	Matz	LSC-North Harris – Adjunct Faculty, Ds English
Judy	McKee	LSC-North Harris – Adjunct Faculty, Ds English
Sheldon	Moss	Program Coordinator, Student Recruitment
Comfort	Oni-Stephen	LSC-North Harris – Adj Fac, Vocational Nursing
Jaclyn	Orange	Specialist III, Graphic Design & Production
Mary	Penland	THEA Room Supervisor, Assessment Center
Heidi	Prather	THEA Room Supervisor, Assessment Center
Tamitha	Raines	LSC-North Harris Adj Fac, Vocational Nursing
Sylvia	Saumell-Baston	Coordinator I, Public Relations & Special Events
Kayli	Self	Assistant I, Upward Bound
Bridgett	Simpson	LSC-North Harris Adjunct Faculty, Accounting
Leslie	Thompson	Staff Assistant II
Ngoc	Tran	LSC-North Harris Adj Fac, Vocational Nursing
Thomas	Wolff	Police Officer, Public Safety
Benjamin	Wright	LSC-North Harris – Adjunct Faculty, History
Laila	Elba	Greenspoint Center, Adjunct Faculty, Government
Maria	Papapavlou	Greenspoint Center – Adjunct Faculty, Economics
Kimberly	Williamson	Gpc Adjunct Faculty, Accounting
Jordan	Bauer	Adjunct Faculty, History, Carver Center
Sandra	Coats	Carver Adjunct Facutly, Education

New Stars

Saumell-Baston, Sylvia; Coordinator I, Public Relations and Special Events; LIB-111; phone to be assigned; supervisor CC Sutphen; mentor Alice Quiroga; new to LSCS

Moss, Sheldon; Program Coordinator, Student Recruitment; WNSP-120; 281-618-1163; supervisor Leslie LaPres; mentor Bennie Lambert; PT to FT.

Orange, Jaclyn; Specialist III, Graphic Design and Production; LB-202; 281-618-5498; supervisor Apolinar Chuca; mentor Bruce O’Neal; new to LSCS.

Catalla, Patlindsay; Specialist III, Student Recruitment and Special Populations Outreach; WNSP-120; phone to be assigned; supervisor Leslie LaPres; mentor Trina Lowery; new to LSCS.

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New Stars

Arzane	Delgado	ST	Student Assistant, Library
Claudia	Espinoza	FT	Program Coordinator, Educational Talent Search
Sivan	Flores	FT	Lead Specialist, Financial Aid
Miguel	Maldonado	ST	Student Assistant, Business Office
Yesenia	Moreno	ST	Student Assistant, Admissions
Rebecca	Richter	FT	Senior Analyst, College Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Stephanie	Russ	FT	Specialist IV, Business Services
Shawn	Smith	FT	Maintenance Tech II
Melleny	Ware	FT	Specialist II, Financial Aid
Sylvia	Zepeda	PT	CE Instructor – NHC

For Sale: Chrome bed extender for Ford F-150

Chrome Bed extender for a Ford F-150 2004 pick up.
$75
Call Don Stanley: 281.618.5523 or 832.326.2497

For Sale: Exercise bike, kayak

I’d like to sell a kayak and exercise bike:

• One-person (sit on top) kayak
  $100
• Upright exercise cycle with book rack
  $100

Call Linda 281.209.2362

Kudos to ….

Carol O’Connor!  Carol and her clinical teaching assistants have done an awesome  job teaching the nursing students cardiopulmonary function with pig hearts and lungs. They are all outstanding instructors who gave selflessly of their time to facilitate our student’s learning and made the lab a true “hands-on” experience.

Julie E. Kendall

Dr. DeLeon and The Techies!
Last weekend was the first time I’d ever gone to the Tech Fest barbecue, and I was impressed by several things. For one, it was far bigger than I had expected. Also, people greeted me from the time I stepped out of my car (many of whom I didn’t even know) to the time I was in line — very neighborly! Of course, the barbecue itself was terrific. More than anything, though, I must say I was impressed — really impressed — by the student musicians. What talent — our college’s talent. Bravo!

Bob Lynch

Mario Puentes
I would like to acknowledge someone: Mario Puentes in the custodial department. I have never met anyone with so much LSC-North Harris pride! He loves where he works! He has come to me requesting to see if we have any LSC-North Harris stickers for his car. I think he comes to every North Harris event that we host-after hours, on Saturdays…you name it and at all these events he is sporting his North Harris t-shirt. At the employee awards he showed his team spirit in cheering loudly and proudly to every employee’s name called from LSC-North Harris. He is truly the North Harris poster child! LOL

Alma Sanchez

PSSA Update

In case you weren’t at the PSSA General Forum, we had a slight change in the by-laws which affect the length of the term of each position. You can find the updated by-laws on our website.

Sergeant Claude Taylor spoke with us about the new procedures and phone numbers to call for security or police whether it is an emergency or not. Butch Juelg went over the problems with the new help desk procedures. He addressed the problems and frustrations that everyone seems to be experiencing. He assured us that brighter days are ahead and things will smooth out over time.
Four seats are up for election: President-elect, Secretary, Treasurer and Training and Activities Coordinator. Malinda Yanock will go on to be President starting September 1, 2009. Nomination ballots will out soon. I urge you to be part of the process. We already have Dr. Head’s ear; we need to have a voice.

Birthday greetings and cup cakes were doled for those PSSA folks that had birthdays in January, February, March and April.

Also, an announcement was made about the off-campus Spring event, which by now you should have seen an e-mail from Bruce O’Neal detailing our day.

I’m always at your disposal. Please feel free to call or e-mail me with any questions or concerns you might have. I’ll wrap it up with a quote from Scott Hamilton – “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.”

New Stars

Rodney Chaison, Police Sergeant; Police Department;
Location: CASE
281.765.7773; new position; supervisor Captain Claude Taylor; mentor to be assigned; PT to FT.

Maria Deras, Specialist III, Business Services; Business Office
Location: ACAD 103
281-618-5431; replaces Christine Rodriguez; supervisor Lisa Cordova; mentor Stacey Williams; PT to FT.

Cliff Franklin, Maintenance Technician II, Repair & Restoration
Location: Physical Plant 100
281.618.1140; replaces Jose Delgado; supervisor Rudy Quiroga; mentor Rudy Quiroga; new to LSCS.

Jason Garza, Groundsworker I; Facilities; IE-Grounds Shop; 281-618-7156; replaces Joe Robledo; supervisor Russell Banning; mentor Eleazar Sanchez; new to LSCS.

Destre London, Maintenance Technician I, HVAC
Location: Physical Plant 100
281.618.5798; replaces Eduardo Suria; supervisor Glenn Jackson; mentor Todd Marxsen; new to LSCS.

Anh Nguyen, Specialist III, Student Support; Admissions;
Location: ACAD 105
281.618.5418; replaces Donna Rowley; supervisor Marilyn Dement; mentor Gina Espitia; new to LSCS.

Rebecca Richter, Senior Professional Analyst, College Research and Institutional Effectiveness in the office of the Vice-President of Instruction; LB-114B; 281-618-5465; supervisor Cher Brock; mentor Vicki Stanfield; new to LSCS.

For Sale: Radial Arm Saw

10-inch Sears Radial Arm Saw with Laser-Trac, Craftsmen Professional–Purchased for $550, selling for $400 $350, hardly used. 
Contact Sarah at 281.618.5626.

High School Students and Campus Safety

The Mission of the Lone Star Police Department is to promote open communication and to achieve excellence in police protection by ensuring a safe and secure working and learning environment for everyone. In the last few years the police department has had complaints from faculty and staff regarding Nimitz High school students coming on campus after school. Thanks to Lane Johnson and her staff the number of these students visiting just to use Myspace and Facebook has been reduced. The Police Department is concern about the safety of everyone that visits the campus. If you believed that high school student are skipping classes, please let the police department know. There should not be any high school students on campus after school hours according to Nimitz’  policy guide “For Your  Child’s Safety” which is published below.

Remember: Safety is not silence.

For Your Child’s Safety (from Nimitz High School policy guide)
Students who stay after school must be with an adult sponsor, coach, or teacher from 3:00 to 5:15 p.m. The SAC/D-Hall room will be used for those students without an adult sponsor or teacher. Students found on the campus grounds without a pass will be placed in the D-Hall room. Students must have a stamp on their hand in order to ride the Extra Curricular bus. They will get the stamp from their sponsor/teacher/coach or the D-Hall teacher. Also, car riders need to be picked up promptly or are also subject to going to the D-Hall room.

Simplify your online life through Google Docs

By Bruce O’Neal

Why Google Documents?

Two Words: Convenience and Collaboration

Documents (Google Docs) are part of a suite of applications that reside inside of your Google Gmail account. If you have a Gmail account, you already have access to a rich suite of applications including Calendar, Photos, an RSS reader simply called Reader, and even blogging tools through Blogger. To get started you will need an email account through Gmail. Just point your browser to www.gmail.com to get started.

Google Gmail – Convenience
Gmail works like just about all other email clients out there (Hotmail and Yahoo) meaning you can access, send/receive email anywhere there is an Internet connection. One nice feature is that you’ll probably never run out of storage space for all your sent and received mail as Gmail gives you a generous 7 MB of storage capacity. Another nice feature is that you can send and receive huge files (up to 10 MB). If you need the ability to send and receive large files and not have to worry about your email box being full, or wondering which emails you can delete to free up space, you should investigate Gmail. Another nice feature is that Gmail allows POP access. Without going into too much boring tech-speak (sorry my tech buddies) this feature allows you to configure your email client (such as Outlook, Apple Mail, Eudora, or Thunderbird) to send and receive mail; this is a nice feature that saves you from having to use the web interface. Gmail even allows IMAP access if you are stickler about keeping mail synchronized between several different devices such as a laptop, iPhone, and desktop machine.

Google Documents – Collaboration
Google Docs has an impressive list of applications including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, and even forms which allows you to quickly create forms to capture information (it gets saved to an online spreadsheet). The beauty of Google Docs is not in their feature set, but in the ability you have to share information and collaborate with others.

Any document created in Google Docs can be shared with anyone with an email address. The person or persons you share it with can be given individual rights, so one person might have read-only rights and another could have full editing rights. If you are working on a team paper, presentation or spreadsheet, this feature is compelling. You no longer have to email different versions of the document back-and-forth to one another, only login-in and update one document as needed. Changes happen in real-time and changes are kept automatically as versions that you can revert to at any time. Because your documents are saved online, you can forget having to carry your jump drives for data retrieval as you access the files over an Internet connection.

Most importantly, Google Docs allows you to save or even upload documents from many different formats including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and even Adobe PDF.

Oh, two more quick things. Google Docs and Gmail are free–as in no cost to use. Also, Google Docs is in beta, but don’t let that scare you …  just about every Google product seems to remain in perpetual beta status.

No classes on Conference Day, Feb. 19, plenty of activities for employees

By Joyce Boatright

Found Time is the theme for this year’s Conference Day, which is Thursday, Feb. 19.

A majority of departments are using the morning of Conference Day to “catch up” on the projects they have wanted to do “if only they had the time.” For example, the developmental studies department is going to use the time to develop another long-range plan to accommodate the underserved and underprepared; the nursing department is going to become familiar with a new state test that, beginning next fall, nursing students will be required to take and pass. Most departments have scheduled at least part of the morning to work together as a team.

For employees who may only meet as a department for an hour or two—or don’t meet as a department at all—there will be plenty of breakout sessions on topics such as “How to maximize your use of the mediated classroom,” “OTS: Coming Attractions,” “Unveiling the new LSCS web site,” “CPS Training,” “Feng Shui Office Makeover,” “Overcoming Procrastination,” “Using Microsoft Office,” “Working with Stress,” etc., and a number of physical activities in the late morning and afternoon, including yoga, bicycling, salsa, palates and The Big Games (faculty vs. staff in volleyball and basketball).

The student center game room will also be available for faculty and staff to get acquainted with the technologically driven games (especially ones that have captured our students’ interests but have escaped ours).

Conference Day is designed to bring together employees to fraternize and socialize, to grow professionally and personally, and to release stress and let off steam. Planners believe they have created a day that meets these objectives.

Tax Help for LSCS-North Harris Students

By Virginia K. Rigby
Government information librarian

The LSCS-North Harris tax help has been relocated to the Aldine-Greenspoint YMCA. Please let students and friends needing help filling out their tax forms know where help can be located.

Neighborhood Tax Centers at Aldine-Greenspoint YMCA located at:

10960 North Freeway
Houston TX 77037
832.484.9622

Please contact them regarding scheduling tax help.

New Stars

First	Last	Title	Type
Kathleen	Bartley	Student Assistant, Music	Part-Time
Alfio	Bertino	CE Instructor – NHC	Part-Time
Bettye	Clutts	Staff Assistant I, Facilities	Part-Time
Rodney	Coleman	Student Assistant, Enrollment	Part-Time
Jaclyn	Davis	Coordinator I, Languages & Com	Part-Time
Ashley	Deflanders	Adjunct Instructor, Upward Bou	Part-Time
Elysa	Deleon	Student Assistant, Admissions	Part-Time
Cheryl	Edwards	NHC Adjunct Faculty, Cosmetolo	Part-Time
Craig	Felderhoff	Nhc Adjunct Faculty, Accountin	Part-Time
Patricia	Gambina	Proctor, Assessment Center	Part-Time
Joseph	Garcia	Skills Instructor EMS, Emergen	Part-Time
Christina	Geldens	Division Coordinator	Full-Time
Jim	Gutierrez	CE Instructor – NHC	Part-Time
Norma	Guzman Duran	Program Coordinator, Recruitme	Full-Time
Rose	Ingram	Student Assistant, Languages &	Part-Time
Ashlee	Isabell	Tutor, HS Diploma No Cert/Leve	Part-Time
Tiffany	Lane	Coach(Intramural,Club, & Rec.	Part-Time
Agustin	Loza	Coach, Student Activities	Part-Time
Jingbo	Lu	Student Assistant Chem Lab, Ma	Part-Time
Cindy	Mendoza	Assistant I, Upward Bound	Part-Time
Timothy	Meredith	Trainer, Truck Driving Academy	Full-Time
Christopher	Morris	Skills Instructor EMS, Emergen	Part-Time
Eloise	Nisayas	Instructor, Upward Bound	Part-Time
Tamara	Shaw	Proctor, Assessment Center	Part-Time
John	Tieman	Skills Instructor EMS, Emergen	Part-Time
Christopher	Whalen	Technician II, Career Technolo	Part-Time
Gloria	Young	NHC Adjunct Faculty, Cosmetolo	Part-Time
Diana	Flores	Student Assistant, Financi	Part-Time
Enrique	Garcia	Administrator, Site ISD, Colle	Part-Time
Myunique	Jackson	Student Assistant, Financi	Part-Time
Ja’rell	Kindell	Student Assistant, Admissi	Part-Time
Ferdinand	Durano	CC Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy	Part-Time
Precious	Gibson	Student Assistant, Admissi	Part-Time