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My name is Jim Hamilton and I am your adjunct faculty representative on the President's Advisory Committee (PAC) at GCC.  For the first time, adjunct faculty now have a voice at the executive level in order to address the concerns that are unique to those of us who only have a part-time affiliation with the college.  If you're like most adjuncts, you probably have another job (or two) and, more than likely, don't have a lot of extra time on your hands to help me with the input I need to properly do my job representing you.  However, busy or not, I really need to hear from you!  I need to find out what GCC can do to help you do your job better ... to either enhance the learning experience for your students or to enhance your ability to educate ... or both.  I need specifics as well as generalities that I can then use as a basis for presenting our combined needs to the PAC for consideration.  But I can't do this without hearing from all of you!  So please take a few moments and let me know your thoughts, ideas, and concerns.  You can call me at 623-845-3518 (if I'm not in, please leave a message) or you can write to me at:

That's right!  You can get $42.75 by simply attending one of the Spring 2003 Adjunct Faculty Orientations held in the Student Lounge!  Attending this 2-1/4 hour seminar will be one of the best things you can possibly do for yourself to make the coming semester one of your most enjoyable ever.  Why?  Because in the short span of a couple of hours, you will hear directly from representatives of all major departments on campus and be able to meet with many of your co-workers face-to-face for the first time.  It doesn't matter whether you teach one course or several, or whether you've been here for one semester or many, you will learn the answers to any questions you might have about GCC and your job ... all in one convenient location.

There are two initial orientations:

January 13, 2003 (Monday)  5:00pm - 7:15pm
January 17, 2003 (Friday)  3:00pm - 5:15pm

January 22, 2003 (Wednesday) 5:00pm - 7:15pm

* Okay, so it's not totally free ... but it will definitely be worth a couple of hours of your time!  You must register with the GCC Personnel Office prior to attending the orientation in order to receive this fabulous offer (just call 623-845-3451 and let them know which session you will be attending).

There's a brand new web-site that has been developed exclusively for the adjunct faculty at GCC.  In one convenient location, you will find a plethora of information that will provide answers to most (if not all) of your questions as well as many handy ideas and tips for making your professional life a whole lot easier.

You will find this veritable cornucopia of information at:

http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/adjunct/

Check it out and see what's now available for you on-line!  If you don't find what you're looking for, or have any comments or suggestions, please take a few moments to let us know by using the feedback link located in the lower right-hand corner of each web page.

From Regis Della-Calce:

All south-side visitor parking, south of O5 and south of EC, will be relocated to the lot directly west of the Enrollment Center.  There will be signs directing visitor traffic to this area and the entrance will be clearly marked.  Each visitor space will have a cement marker labeled VISITOR.  This lot will provide 29 visitor spaces and 20-minute parking in addition to the existing disabled parking spaces and city police space.

All parking between the O5 and LA buildings and the east/west loop road will be employee parking.  Each entry to these parking lanes will have Employee Parking signs posted, asphalt painting, and yellow striping.  The two ATM parking spaces will be turned into one disabled parking slot and should eliminate the tight turns and backing up that occurred from ATM use.  Efforts will be made to direct drop-off/pick-up traffic to the traffic circle where it will be less disruptive.

There will be no designated ATM parking at this time.  We will be looking for a new location for the ATM, working with the vendor to provide the best place for their business and our safety concerns.

The employee parking directly south of the Enrollment Center will be changed to two full rows.  This will eliminate the three rows that were half-employee/half-student parking and minimize the trolling and speeding through the employee areas that had been a result of this shared space.  The two new employee lanes will be clearly marked with signs* and asphalt painting.

* As a pilot project, these signs will state:

Employee Parking
  7:00am - 5:30pm

We will continue to monitor all parking areas to identify new ways to improve on the traffic flows and patterns that result from the existing design of the access and loop roads.  Our foremost concern is providing safe pedestrian flow and clearly marked access to visitor and employee areas.