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June 9, 2005
Time	Room	Workshop / Lecture / Presentation	Presenter
8am-noon	D-301	CPR - Must buy book for $10 to get certificate	L. Rivera
9am-noon	K-222	Grant Writing Workshop	C. Geisbauer
9am-10am		Computers for Beginners	J. Ratcliff
10-12noon	LRC Basement	Math Editor Software for  MS Word	T. Meftagh
10-11am	LRC-110	Journey to Molecular Level	B. Ruiz-Silva
Noon-1pm	PE Facilities	LUNCH and FITNESS TIME  (Self-Defense Instruction)	PE Dept.
1-3pm	LRC Basement	PowerPoint for Beginners	E. Ramos
1-4pm	K-222	Grant Writing Workshop Continued	C. Geisbauer
3-4pm	LRC-Basement	Mail Merge	J. Ratcliff

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Course Descriptions for Wednesday Workshops:

• Lunch: Cost is $6.00 per person per day.  Lunch will be done at the PE Dept. where you can swim, weight lift, ride an exercise bike or a treadmill.  You can also participate in a Swing dance lesson on Wednesday and Self-Defense on Thursday.  Menu includes Subway Sandwiches, fruit, fresh vegetables, drinks (soda, water, juice) and snacks. If you order lunch you need to pay for it even if you change your mind and let someone else eat it that day!  <grin>
• First Aid - This workshop will cover emergency action preparedness, responding to accidents and sudden illness.  Wear comfortable clothing and be prepared to work with a partner to do skills.
• Demonstration of Graphic Applications - Demonstration of Graphic Applications that Graphic Designers use for page layout, as well as a demonstration of creative tools like Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.  Come see how they are used and how you could incorporate them into your teaching.
• Capturing Digital Images and Video - This hands on workshop will focus on capturing digital images and video and how to insert this media into a variety of other programs, including MS Word and PowerPoint. Please bring your digital camera/camcorder and any Firewire or USB cables associated with the device. If you would like to take the extracted images/video with you, please bring a blank CD. 
• Creating Gradebookswith Excel - This hands-on workshop will show the basics of buildingan Excel spreadsheet that automatically calculates the course grade according to various instructor's grading policies.
• Introduction To Adobe Acrobat 7.0 For Instructors – This workshop introduces instructors to the vast capabilities of Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for grading, communication and archiving relevant class documents. Papers submitted via e-mail or as hardcopies are easily converted into PDF format for evaluation and then e-mailed or printed to return to the student. This allows instructors to maintain a database of work detailing a student’s progression throughout a semester. Benefits of utilizing the software for archiving are also discussed. The software allows for more efficient archiving than maintaining hardcopies for future reference. One major benefit is easy access to records in the event a student contests a grade.
• Creating Forms With MS Word - This presentation will allow hands on experience in using MS Word to creat forms with input fields.  These forms can be placed on the web for downloading.  Information can be typed in and the form can be returned via email.
• Egyptian Wonders - Come travel the wonders of Egypt from a tour of Cairo to the Nile River.  You will see the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and do some shopping at the Central Bazar in Cairo.
• Wine Tasting Discussion - The class will discuss the different French Wine Regions, Bottle shapes, and the American counterparts.  Participants will not be tasting tangible wine samples.
• Instructor Homepages and New Curriculum Portal - Create your own Instructor Homepage in this workshop and upload a course syllabus so it links to the online schedule of classes.  Bring a floppy with your course syllabi on it for the summer or fall semester.  Syllabi should be in MS Word or PDF or html format. The second half of this workshop will introduce the new curriculum portal database.  The files from the existing curriculum website will be moved to a new database.  Learn how to access these files.

Course Descriptions for Thursday Workshops:

• CPR - This workshop will teach proper response to choking for conscious and unconscious situations, breathing emergencies, and heart attacks.  Wear comfortable clothing to get onto the ground to work on CPR manikins and interact with others in the class.
• Grant Writing Workshop - This seminar addresses the basic components necessary for writing a successful grant proposal.  through lecture, small group discussion, and examples, this seminar gives participants the basic format and essential elements for writing successful proposals when seeking funding.  Participants are encouraged to bring a specific idea or project for which they would like to seek funding to use in class.
• Computers for Beginners - Computers for the Beginner- For those still intimidated by the computer, a simple Q & A with demonstrations on how to use the basic features of a computer. 
• Math Editor Software for MS Word - This workshop focus on learning about Math Type, a software that allows you to insert equations into your text for such course as Chemistry, Physics and Math.
• Journey to the Molecular Level - This talk, designed for a general audience, will present some of the tools that chemists use today to study process at the atomic and molecular levels.
• PowerPoint for Beginners - This hands-on-workshop will teach the basics of building a PowerPoint presentation. 
• Mail Merge - Mail Merge- Demonstration of how to access an excel program from the internet (diskette) and merge the information into a Word Document.