The Marketing and Public Relations Department continues to listen to your feedback to enhance the way information is shared with faculty and staff. Now all Campus Happening events can be viewed in a calendar option to make it easier to see what is coming up. Click on Campus Happenings in the menu bar. Than hover
All CF employees are encouraged to stay up to date on the progress of CF’s new strategic plan by visiting CF’s Inside Strategic Planning Process page. Please take the time to engage in the process. Through this webpage, you can follow the links to track the progress of the plan, review the work of the strategic
The Career and Professional Employees Council (CPEC) functions as a representative council for the Career and Professional employees at CF whose purpose shall be to advise the President on matters of College improvement. Membership is automatic to any full-time or permanent part-time career and professional employees of any CF Campus. Goals include: 1. to improve communication
Due to the increasing risk of identity theft, it is very important to identify who should be working on information technology systems. Therefore, the CF Information Technology Department is making some security changes. One of the most visible is that all Information Technology Staff will be wearing their CF ID badge. We ask that all
Join CF to help raise money for the American Heart Association. There are a variety of ways CF employees can get involved, whether it’s through the Windows of Hearts, CF Cares T-shirt sales, Breakfast and/or the Heart Walk, there are different ways that all employees can make a difference. Windows of Hearts Join the CF
CF students, staff and faculty are being offered a special ticket price for the Luke Bryan Farm Tour event on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Whitehurst Cattle Company, 9817 Country Road 346 in Archer. Parking opens at 2 p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the show begins at 6 p.m. Discounted tickets are $25
Attention, CF faculty members. The Perkins Professional Development Institute is accepting online applications to reimburse Career and Technical Education teachers for the cost of industry certifications in the programs that they teach with no cost to the teacher or the school system for these reimbursements. Our goal is to have as many CTE teachers certified
The annual CF/College Park Elementary School Read-In is Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 7:45-8:45 a.m. at College Park Elementary School, located at 1330 S.W. 33rd Ave. in Ocala. The college is looking for 55 volunteers so that every classroom can be covered at the school. To participate, contact Kelly Besser at kelly.besser@cf.edu or ext. 1386. Add
CF will conduct a test of its RAVE Alert emergency notification system for all CF campus locations on Monday, Sept. 10, between 10:45 and 11 a.m., which is between second and third class periods. Students, faculty and staff are enrolled automatically and may receive messages via text, phone and email. To update your preferences, login
The Library’s online catalog/discovery tool has a new look and functionality. There are minor changes that will be discussed in library instruction and report on periodically. Action may be required by you if you have linked to articles, eBooks, streaming video, or databases in Canvas or other course material without using persistent links or permalinks.
Congratulations to KT Kim, science faculty, who is the latest to earn the 6,000-mile blanket from the SPIN program. KT is the 18th current or retired employee to earn a blanket. There have been 57 participants in the SPIN program that have earned 1,000-mile jackets and 146 who have earned the 100-mile T-shirts. The SPIN program
Patriot Family, The start of fall semester is an exciting time, not only for new and returning students, but for each of us as faculty and staff. As you know, college life introduces new environments, new experiences and new people, but also creates new challenges inside and outside the classroom. I want to reinforce our
Dear CF Family, I’m pleased to announce that the College of Central Florida will participate in the 2018 Marion County Heart Walk — held at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Baseline Trailhead — to support the American Heart Association. Please get involved by signing up for the walk and generating enthusiasm for
Thank you to all CF employees who donated school supplies to College Park Elementary School. CF’s Association of Florida Colleges Chapter was able to donate more than 700 school supply items, estimated to be valued between $1,500 and $2,000. The CF chapter has 282 members and has been doing the school supply drive annually as
A Shop Talk Cancer Awareness event will be held Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ewers Century Center. “Wellness for Cancer Prevention and Survival” will feature three guest panelists. Medical Director Ravi Sandrapaty, MD, radiation oncologist at 21st Century Oncology, Rama Balaraman, MD, medical oncologist/hematologist at Florida Cancer Affiliates/Ocala Oncology
Are your students researching social issues and current events? Do they require background information on their topic before searching databases for academic journal articles? If so, please check out the Oxford Research Encyclopedias database that we have trial access to through Oct. 15. Modules included in the trial include Linguistics, International Studies, Environmental Science, Climate
CF employees are invited to attend the Wear Your Wings domestic violence walk on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 8 a.m., at Ocala’s Citizen Circle, 151 S.E. Osceola Ave. to honor domestic violence victims. The walk honors former CF Associate Professor Debra Vazquez, who lost her life in 2004 as a result of domestic violence. Vazquez taught
Attention faculty and staff. Parking Lots 5 and 6 (in front of the Gym, and between the Gym and the Bryant Student Union) will be blocked off on Thursday, Aug. 30, for Careers and Colleges Expo Event. Handicap parking will still be available in those lots. Please share with your students so that they are prepared to make
We all play a role in retaining students at CF. Research shows the more students get involved, the more likely they are to graduate on time. Here is your opportunity to inform the students you come in contact with on college events. Insider, CF’s employee blog, now features a new menu tab titled Campus Happenings. This is
