Assistant Professor Cheryl Gilot Named a 2019-2020 Nightingale Award Recipient

Three Rivers Community College is excited to share that Assistant Professor of Nursing Cheryl Gilot has been selected as a 2019-2020 Nightingale Award recipient in recognition for her work that has gone above and beyond the call of duty.

The prestigious Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing was developed by the Visiting Nurse Association to celebrate outstanding nurses and elevate the nursing profession. The goals of the program are to encourage retention, focus public attention, recognize the breadth and scope of nursing practice at the local level, and inspire future nurses. There are Nightingale Awards based in New Haven, New London and Hartford. Gilot is being recognized by the New London branch.

Of her accomplishment, Gilot says, “Receiving this Nightingale Award is an honor, one that I could not have accomplished without the support of the nursing profession. Becoming a nursing educator was a natural next step in my career. It is rewarding to watch nursing students progress from apprehensively completing assessments to becoming competent graduate nurses. Sharing the knowledge and experiences of my fellow nurses has also helped me better nurture and educate future nurses of tomorrow.”

Three Rivers President Mary Ellen Jukoski said, “I am pleased for Cheryl to receive a Nightingale Award and delighted to have her experience and expertise as a member of the nursing faculty to assist in preparing the next generation of students for careers in nursing.”

Edie Ouellet, Director of Nursing and Allied Health at Three Rivers, congratulated her stating, “As an educator at TRCC, Cheryl puts students and the integrity of nursing and healthcare education first. Cheryl leads and effectively collaborates with a team of nurse educators in a new concept-based curriculum.”

Cheryl Gilot has taught at Three Rivers Community College for three years and will be promoted to Associate Professor of Nursing on July 1. Her nursing career began at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital where she worked for 26 years, primarily in the Emergency Department, moving from a staff nurse to the Emergency Department Clinical Educator. While working on her Master’s in Nursing Education, she went to work as a LPN Clinical Instructor for the CT State Licensed Practical Nursing Program at Norwich Technical High School. She has also taught Medication Administration for Childcare Providers for 20 years throughout Eastern Connecticut and is a CPR and First Aid Instructor. She has maintained her Emergency Medical Technician certification and is a member of Mystic River Ambulance.

Nightingale Awards Ceremonies are usually celebrated with galas in New London, Hartford and New Haven in late April and May. Due to coronavirus, the New London event is currently postponed with the date to be determined in the future.

In the News | For some local colleges, COVID-19 is now part of the curriculum

New London, CT (The Day, April 11, 2020) — Whether teaching about microbiology or media, some professors at local colleges and universities have shifted their now-online curriculum this semester to include the coronavirus, but Steven Szczepanek was ahead of the curve we’re trying to flatten.

Professor Sarah Selke teaching Microbiology.

After all, he teaches a course called Emerging Infectious Diseases.

The University of Connecticut professor had been reading reports since the beginning of December, and with UConn classes starting in late January, he was ready to “seamlessly integrate the topic into the course” on day one. This is the fifth time he has taught the class, and information about SARS and MERS were already major topics.

For years, he would preach to his class in a lecture at the end of the semester “that it was only a matter of time before another outbreak with one of these viruses was going to cause a devastating global pandemic,” Szczepanek said in an email to The Day. “Welcome to 2020.”

From what he’s heard from students, the class helps them deal with difficult emotions that come with the pandemic. He thinks it gives them peace of mind to study how diseases emerge from an objective point of view.

Szczepanek also teaches a course on vaccines, and he’s one of multiple professors teaching a recently developed interdisciplinary, free, one-credit undergraduate course on COVID-19.

Peter Diplock, assistant vice provost for excellence in teaching and learning, said this past week that the course, The COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Health, Business and Society, has 4,000 students enrolled. He developed the course, which is running April 6 through May 1.

It brings together professors in public health, public policy, pharmacy, finance and more. Diplock said a similar course for faculty, staff and graduate students begins Monday.

“Learn from UConn experts the science behind COVID-19, how to recognize stress and adopt coping mechanisms, and gain insight into the business and financial implications of the pandemic,” the undergraduate course description reads.

At Three Rivers Community College, Sarah Selke considered making the rest of the semester a COVID-19 case study in her microbiology class, but she opted to stick with her normal curriculum and weave the coronavirus in as examples.

“I think there’s a balance that I want to strike,” she said, “because knowledge is power, and I hope that learning more about the biology of COVID-19 actually reassures my students, but at the same time, the pandemic is inescapable.”

One time she used the coronavirus as an example was in talking about how alcohol is used to control microorganisms, and how alcohol can break apart the outer layer on some viruses.

“It’s called an envelope, and if you destroy the envelope, a virus particle cannot infect,” Selke explained. She ordinarily might use a bacterial example, but now, she explained to her students that people are using hand sanitizer because its alcohol content would destroy the envelope of the coronavirus.

Selke also will tie in the coronavirus to the chapter she’s teaching on how viruses replicate, one she said is always very challenging for her students.

“I am thinking that the fact I will be tying it to COVID-19 will make them more invested in the hard work they have to do to understand a difficult concept,” Selke said.

At Connecticut College, the courses don’t even have to be on health or science to tie in the coronavirus: Two English professors are incorporating it in their curriculum.

Jeff Strabone teaches Media Rhetoric and Communication, a course designed to teach students “to recognize the interests that influence journalism and public speech,” he said.

Earlier in the semester, students analyzed parts of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and Rep. Adam Schiff’s closing speeches in Trump’s impeachment trial. Strabone had them read primary documents on the impeachment and then read articles from slanted sources, from Jacobin to Breitbart, to see how those organizations interpreted the same documents.

Before spring break, Strabone already had started incorporating examples of coronavirus misinformation.

With the class online since spring break, students have talked about the Defense Production Act and about the dynamic between Trump and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

He gave his students 55 accounts to follow on Twitter — including elected officials, news organizations and advocacy groups — for them to consider which ones they should unfollow for spreading misinformation.

“COVID-19 is an epidemic, but it’s also a media event, so we need to think critically about the media that accompanies the epidemic,” Strabone said, adding, “Misinformation can kill you.”

Julie Rivkin is incorporating COVID-19 into her course on narrative medicine, an interdisciplinary field centered on patients voicing their experiences, thus improving health care services.

Some of the readings have included “Floating Bridge” by Alice Munro, “The Aquarium” by Aleksandar Hemon and “The Interior Castle” by Jean Stafford. After the mid-term, Rivkin decided to change the name of her course to Living in a Pandemic in Real Time.

“Both our public and our personal narratives are undergoing radical and extraordinarily rapid changes day by day and hour by hour,” Rivkin said. So, she’s having students share personal reflections that are guided by previous readings.

One assignment was for students to write about how their sense of time has been altered by the pandemic, and another was to respond to poetry that New York Times readers had written in response to the article “The Doctor and ‘The Apocalypse,'” in which a Boston emergency room doctor wrote a poem about the coronavirus crisis.

“The students have been wonderfully responsive, and I think they make it clear this work is helping them,” Rivkin said. “It’s kind of a space for them to make sense of what they’re going through.”

— By Erica Moser, The Day staff writer

The original article can be found here: “For some local colleges, COVID-19 is now part of the curriculum”

Coronavirus – Faculty and Staff Information

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Important Forms and Information

Do you have Covid-19 or has a student told you that they do?

Whether you are faculty, staff, or a student you can use this online reporting tool that will both tell you what to do and inform TRCC Covid-19 Coordinator Steve Goetchius. You can also contact the TRCC Covid-19 Coordinator Steve Goetchius directly at 860-215-9002. He will take your information and take next steps.

TRCC 2021 Coronavirus Pandemic Disclaimer

All-College Meeting

View the All-College Meeting from 10 am on August 25 here. Use the passcode: WJj2+B##

Office Supplies Form

In an effort to social distance, we ask that you use the attached Supply Order Form for any items that you would normally come down to the mailroom to pick up:

Save a copy of the Supply Order Form to your files
Complete order form and email to stockroom@trcc.commnet.edu
Items will be delivered to your mailbox within 1-2 business days
Any items not on form should be requested by requisition as done in the past
If you are working from home and need supplies from our closet, please note in the special instructions that you would like your order placed up front by the security desk
Please note that quantities are limited in the closet – if you need more than one box of items, we reserve the right to ask you to complete a requisition for the purchase

Mailing Services

The mailroom staff is at your service to assist with any mailing job you have. Email ordering of supplies will continue. Hours of Operation are 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Here are some points to remember when planning your next project:

The mailroom recently upgraded their machine that folds and stuffs your mailings into window/regular envelopes. We ask that you provide a minimum of 2-day notice on any large job that will utilize that service.
The folding machine can accommodate up to four sheets of paper into one envelope.
Prior to printing your letters, send a sample down to the mailroom staff to ensure the alignment matches with the window envelope when folded. If printing a large quantity, ask the copy center to print the items and they will deliver to mail room.
Our meter machine has numerous choices of indicia for you to utilize on your mailing. Look at this for your options.
If you are utilizing side-loading envelopes to send out items – please seal or tape them prior to sending them to the mailroom. Our mail meter machine does not have the ability to seal side-loads.
Try not to overstuff your envelopes – there could be an expensive increase. Talk with the staff about the most economical way to send information.
When bringing down envelopes that are pre-stuffed – please don’t overlap the flaps of the envelopes.
Do not use glossy paper when mailing postcards and smaller booklets – the ink from the meter machine will not stick.

Copy Center Form and Protocol

Copy Center Operations Hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am – 6:00pm and Friday 8:00 am – 2:00pm. To comply with social distancing guidelines, new procedures limit the number of people in this area at any one time. Please call x59029 or email your requests using this form to copycenter@trcc.commnet.edu.

Traveling Out-of-State

We recommend that if you are traveling out of Connecticut, including internationally, that you review the CDC Travel Advisories in place.

Coronavirus Reporting Form

First, read and follow the information on our main Coronavirus page.

Then, if you are diagnosed with COVID-19, you must notify the College as soon as possible by filling out this Coronavirus Quarantine Reporting form.

Three Rivers Campus is Open

The campus is still running at a limited capacity and there are specific protocol for coming to campus. Please read it thoroughly here.

The Health & Wellness Center current hours are Monday through Thursday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm and Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

The college is open to the public. The Main Entrance will continue to be the only entrance/exit for use by everyone. Hand Sanitizing Stations will be available throughout the building. All employees and students are expected to always wear face masks when they are on campus.

The Main and Clock Tower entrances to the building are open. The Main Entrance is the only entrance/exit for faculty and staff and public use. Middle College Staff and Students will continue to use this entrance/exit. Students will be encouraged to use the South Lobby Entrance at the Clock Tower. All other building doors will continue to be locked and not used as either entrances or exits.

Fall Building Hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:00am to 10:00pm and Fridays 7:00am – TBD based on class schedules. These hours are subject to change as needed.

Thank you for your adherence to these procedures.

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Technology Resources for Faculty & Staff

To help with the transition to working and teaching online, a detailed technology resource page has been created for all faculty and staff, Technology Resources for Faculty and Staff.

Important Information from IT

Questions for IT and Requests for Equipment and Technology

Please visit the TRCC Information Technology webpage for current information about technology support.

Support for online services (myCommNet, Blackboard, etc.) is available 24/7/365 via CSCU Support Center or 860-723-0221. Faculty and staff support for on-campus technology is available by opening an incident in the IT Services Portal.

If your issue prevents you from accessing the Services Portal or if you are a student experiencing on-campus issues, please call the TRCC IT Help Desk at 860-215-9049.

Requests for equipment and technology should be sent up through your supervisor/program coordinator and then the appropriate dean.

Phones

Call Forwarding

If you were unable to setup call forwarding from your office extension to a personal number before you left campus and would like to do so, please open a ticket with TR-ServiceDesk@trcc.commnet.edu. Include your office extension and the full 10 digit phone number you would like your office phone to be forwarded to. Unfortunately, there is no ability to set limited hours for call forwarding or to turn the feature on/off daily for you due to the extremely high volume of work IT is currently seeing.

Phone Calling

The System Office is currently working to enable a Cisco technology called Jabber with our current phone system. They do not yet have an estimated time of availability, so you will be notified when requests can be submitted. Once Jabber is in place, you will be able to call from a personal phone through your office phones to a destination number. This will maintain privacy when contacting students from personal phones. In the meantime, dialing #67 followed by the number will show “blocked” or “private phone” on the recipient’s phone. Again, please do not submit requests for Jabber access at this time. We will let you know when requests can be submitted..

Microsoft Office

Your TRCC NetID account entitles you to download the Microsoft Office O365 products on your personal devices. Find more information and detailed instructions here: http://supportcenter.ct.edu/service/Office365_ProPlus.asp.

Accessing Shared Departmental Mailboxes in Outlook

For those of you who are having issues accessing shared departmental mailboxes, you have several options.

You can sign into Outlook on the Web and use either the “Open the shared mailbox in a separate browser window” or “Add the shared mailbox so it displays under your primary mailbox” options described at the following link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/add-a-shared-mailbox-to-outlook-on-the-web-98b5a90d-4e38-415d-a030-f09a4cd28207
Alternatively, you can log into the Microsoft Office portal and install Office 365 Pro Plus using your NetID account. Follow these instructions: http://supportcenter.ct.edu/service/Office365/Office365_ProPlus.pdf Once the Outlook client is installed as part of the Office 365 suite, launch Outlook and sign in using your NetID@trcc.commnet.edu. Once the Outlook client finishes syncing you should see any shared mailboxes that you have access to in your folder list just like you would on campus. The full Outlook client can be used by any user at home who wants to use it, not just those with shared mailboxes.

Microsoft Teams

The TRCC IT department is working very hard to create departmental Teams and migrate any non-DCL3 departmental network shares into those Teams as fast as possible. In the meantime, IT suggests you start familiarizing yourself with Teams using the links below.

Downloading the Teams App

You can download the Teams app here: https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app

Resources for Using Teams

CSCU Training – The CSCU System Office has written some really excellent How-Tos and FAQs: http://supportcenter.ct.edu/service/Office365_Teams.asp Their documentation page is good and fairly succinct. Reading this is strongly recommended even if you watch the video training (below). It covers almost every question you probably have.

Microsoft Video Training – The CSCU training also links to Microsoft’s video training page for Teams. Each video is fairly short and teaches you how to use one part of Teams at a time: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/microsoft-teams-video-training-4f108e54-240b-4351-8084-b1089f0d21d7

Scheduling a team meeting

You can schedule a meeting using the Microsoft Teams app. Learn how here. If you have any issues, please open a ticket via TR-ServiceDesk@trcc.commnet.edu.

MyCommnet

If you experience issues with myCommNet, please open a BOR-ServiceDesk@ct.edu ticket and CC TR-ServiceDesk@trcc.commnet.edu.

Adobe Creative Suite Access

As a result of campus closure, student access to Adobe Creative Cloud in labs and classrooms is not available. Adobe has provided temporary at-home access for impacted students and faculty (both full-time and part-time), so that they can continue their work remotely. Please follow these instructions to access and download Creative Cloud Desktop Apps on your personal device.

For more information on how to download or install apps, see Download and Install Creative Cloud apps.

If you have any issues with this process, please open a ticket with the TR-ServiceDesk@trcc.commnet.edu.

For students to continue developing skills, Adobe offers free “Daily Creative Challenges.” These are guided projects where participants receive creative prompts and connect with pros, mentors, and other students for feedback and support. Click on the app name to learn more: Photoshop, XD, and Illustrator. Also, for inspiration and over-the-shoulder learning, watch pros share their creative process on Adobe Live daily at www.behance.net/adobelive.

For faculty seeking to engage students during campus closures, Adobe has curated resources to help them discover inspiring projects, best practices, and new ideas so they can continue to drive valuable learning in virtual environments. For more information on Adobe’s distance learning resources, please click here.

Payroll and Human Resources

Timesheets are now completed electronically, either via an excel sheet or via CORE-SECT website. You will be emailed each pay period week with instructions. The instructions are simple and submission and approval is handled entirely by email. If you have questions, you can contact Tony Mitta at amitta@trcc.commnet.edu.

Information Provided to Students

Please visit the Coronavirus – Information and Support for Students to learn what information has been provided and what expectations have been set for our students.

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