Welcome

Spring 2015 Flex Days

Thank You Flex Committee

• Heather Craig, Chair• Lisa Gonzales• Anthony Villarreal• Rosa Arroyo• Kim Mansfield

Refreshments• Molly Jansen and the Hospitality Club• MPC Foundation• Join us for Lunch -- the Peninsula Cafe

• Sign up for 15-minute massages at noon

Massage

Flex Day Evaluation – survey up soon

Instructor Reflections-- participation vital-- consult with division chair for strategy-- ensure all courses have at least one reflection

CTE-- gaining prominence – regional collaboration key-- equivalency at Feb 5 Academic Senate Meeting -- is there an equivalent to the AA degree?

Please see All Users email for detailsNext Year?-- and then…

Leadership

Campus Climate

Barack Obama“Imagine if we broke out of these tired old patterns. Imagine if we did something different. Understand, a better politics isn’t one where Democrats abandon their agenda or Republicans simply embrace mine. A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears. A better politics is one where we debate without demonizing each other; where we talk issues and values, and principles and facts, rather than “gotcha” moments, or trivial gaffes, or fake controversies that have nothing to do with people’s daily lives.”

-State of the Union Address, January 20, 2015

Maya AngelouGive birth againTo the dream. Women, children, men,Take it into the palms of your hands. Mold it into the shape of your mostPrivate need. Sculpt it intoThe image of your most public self.Lift up your heartsEach new hour holds new chancesFor new beginnings. Do not be wedded foreverTo fear, yoked eternallyTo brutishness.

-“On the Pulse of Morning,” January 20, 1993

Communication

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