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Voyager Update
By Jeff Arthur
Project Voyager is making great progress. Let’s take a look at what has been accomplished so far, the changes we are making, and what remains to be done.
Accomplishments
The Coast District can be proud of its accomplishments in Project Voyager. Coast implemented more software in record time:
· Banner Finance
· Banner Human Resources
· Finance Self-Service
· Human Resources Self-Service
· People Admin applicant tracking
· Evisions IntelleCheck
· Evisions Form Fusion forms customizing tool
(Purchase Orders, transcripts, etc.)
· e~Print electronic report distribution
· Operational Data Store (ODS) data warehouse
· Oracle Discoverer ODS ad hoc reporting tool
· AppWorx job scheduler and process automator
· Clean Address – automated USPS address verification and correction
· Payroll modification – budget expenditure detail for Finance
Some Changes
The goal of Project Voyager is to implement the best system for our students. To that end, Coast selected the Banner software from SunGard Higher Education (HE). Banner baseline is an excellent Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) software in its own right, but Coast decided to take Banner baseline up to higher levels by adding a number of significant options:
1) Virtual Private Database (VPD)
2) California Banner (CALB)
3) Operational Data Store (ODS)
4) Luminis portal
5) Workflow
6) Other additional products - see Voyager software suite http://www.cccd.edu/voyager/softwareSuite.aspx
Coast and SunGard HE began development of the Virtual Private Database (VPD) in December 2005, which promised to enhance the functionality of the Student module beyond baseline, CALB, and the other products Coast plans to implement. However, after much discussion, it was agreed to stop further development of the VPD in order to meet a new Student module go-live date of September 17 for admissions and November 5, 2007 for online registration.
Looking Forward
Most Voyager initiatives will continue forward as is. The Student Team will redo some configuration in March, and the Voyager team will install and test about thirty upgrades through June 2007 - http://www.cccd.edu/voyager/docs/SunGardUpgradesQ12007.pdf. Student end-user training began in January and will continue as planned through May 2007. The Student Team is adding Mock Registration system readiness testing sessions with the campuses in June, July and August. The Luminis portal will go live in Summer 2007 for Finance and Human Resources. Then Luminis will go live for students with the Student modules.
If you have any questions, please visit the Project Voyager website for additional resources and updates at http://www.cccd.edu/voyager/default.aspx, and feel free to contact the Project Manager, Jeff Arthur at x84613 or jarthur@cccd.edu, or your Team Lead http://www.cccd.edu/voyager/projectTeam.aspx.
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New Avaya Voice Messaging
The District is in the process of implementing a new voice messaging system. At this point the new system is ready for users to call in and setup a new voice mailbox. Please listen carefully when calling in as some of the prompts have changed.
To set up your new mailbox, dial x25159 from on campus or 432-5159 from off campus. The default password is 13579 followed by the # sign.
There are two main differences with the new system. First, when calling in to setup your mailbox, either for the first time or anytime when calling from a phone that is not on the system, you will be asked to "enter the mail box number of the person you are calling or if you have a mail box on the system press #". At this point, if you are calling in to setup your mailbox or if you have already setup your mailbox and would just like to access it you would press the # sign. Now the system will prompt you to login.
Once you have setup your mailbox and you call in from your own extension you will be asked to enter your password followed by the # sign. If you would like to access a mailbox other than the extension that you are calling from you must enter * followed by #, for the system will prompt you to login.
The second noticeable difference is that when you are logging into your mailbox you no longer have to enter the # sign after entering your extension number. You will now enter your extension and your password followed by the # sign. If habit causes you to enter your extension followed by the # sign and then your password followed by the # sign, don't worry, it will still work.
To login after the update:
- Dial 25159 or 432-5159 and wait for Avaya Messaging to answer
- Press the # sign followed by your mail box number
- Enter your password (the default password that you will enter is 13579 followed by the # sign)
- Enter a new password and follow the prompts to record your name
- Once your name is recorded, the system will automatically start the activity menu of your mail box
- Press 3 to administer your personal greeting
- Press 1 to record a greeting, and enter the greeting number, (1-4) and follow the prompts to record and approve your greeting
The system will go live on March 26, giving users three weeks to call in and setup the mailbox. During this three week period, all voice messages will continue to be stored in Audix and you will retrieve them in the usual way. Beginning March 26, messages will be stored on the new system and the call in number to check messages and to setup a mailbox will change to x25051 (on campus) and 432-5051 (off campus). Any messages that you have in Audix should be cleared out by March 26th , as they will not move over to your new mail box.
In the coming weeks we will be updating the District's web site with new information. Please note, if you are responsible for changing an auto attendant greeting, they will need to be re-recorded prior to March 26. Watch your mailbox for information regarding the auto attendant setup.
Please contact Ron Rose with any questions at x84634 or the DIS Help Desk at x84618.
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Coastline Art Gallery Celebrates Grand Opening With “Watermark” Show
| Lynn Morgan is just one of the many artists participating in the grand opening show at the Coastline Art Gallery. This piece is entitled, “Carnivale II.” |
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Coastline Community College, which has campuses in Garden Grove, Westminster and Costa Mesa, is celebrating the grand opening of the new Coastline Art Gallery with an exhibition of watercolor paintings from local and international artists. The exhibition, entitled "Watermark," will be held March 14 through April 14.
Featured artists include Masami Teraoka, George James, Lawrence Yun, Lynn Morgan, Leslie Gabrielse, Marleen Felius, Peter Dumas, and John van't Slot. These artists use traditional and experimental watercolor techniques while exploring a variety of subjects and styles including plein-air cityscapes, historic Chinese and Japanese imagery, contemporary themes of aids and bioengineering, photo-realistic and surrealistic still lifes, and expressionistic scenes of nature.
The Coastline Art Gallery, located at 10156 Adams Ave. in Huntington Beach, offers students an innovative approach to learning, for which Coastline Community College is known.
Coastline art student, George James of Costa Mesa, is participating in the grand opening exhibit and expressed, "The Coastline Art Gallery provides a valuable resource for students to meet local artists and view their work." George continued, "This also gives students a chance to look into their own future as an artist and understand the business of art."
The grand opening reception is Friday, March 16 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. A lecture by artist George James will be held Thursday, April 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., closed Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 for Spring Break. For more information, call (714) 963-8475. Back to top
Informatics Program Coming Fall 2007
Program offers students a direct-path to UCI
Coastline Community College has teamed up with the University of California at Irvine (UCI) to offer a direct-transfer Informatics program, beginning fall 2007. The Informatics program at UCI is still fairly new, and the University hopes to strengthen its program and expand its student population by partnering with Coastline.
Informatics is a program that was developed in response to the changing, rapidly-expanding field of Computer Services Technology. Those who once were asked to only program a computer, are now also being asked by employers to also train people on the programs they’ve developed. This “human interaction” is the basis of Informatics.
The field of Informatics is the study of user habits, and the incorporation of those habits into the development of new technology or software. Courses in the program focus on human-computer interaction, social and organizational impacts of technology, total project management, and software design. It is inter-disciplinary and covers computer science in context, with review of the design, application, use and impact of information technology.
Students who study Informatics go on to become web designers, e-marketing experts, computer engineers, video game designers, or other professionals in fields that call for both the understanding of computers and the understanding of people.
Coastline will offer classes in the Informatics program that are fully-transferable to UCI. By starting their journey in Informatics at Coastline, not only will students have an open-door to UCI, but they will also save hundreds in tuition and fees during their first two years in the program. For example, 60 units (the equivalent of two years) at Coastline Community College cost only $1200 in unit fees for California residents.
For information on the Informatics program to be offered at Coastline Community College, watch for your Coastline Fall Schedule of Classes published in June 2007 or call the College at (714) 241-6209.
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President Currie Recognized by Small Business Association
Award to be presented at May 17th luncheon
 The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Santa Ana District has awarded Coastline Community College President, Dr. Ding-Jo Currie, with the District Director’s Award for her diligent support of minority-small business owners. The SBA is an independent agency of the federal government created to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns.
“Our district office is proud to recognize Dr. Currie,” said SBA District Director, Adalberto Quijada. “She has distinguished herself not only at a district level but on a state and regional level as well.”
Dr. Currie’s advocacy for diversity began more than 20 years ago were she started off serving as the chairperson for the Asian Advisory Council for the Superintendent of the Long Beach Unified School District. She continued to serve the community by partnering with East LA SBDC to assist minority owned businesses and she was also part of the leadership group that established an “I’m Going to College” project which promoted college to Latino students.
Her advocacy work continues today as she is an active member of the Board of Directors for the National Institute for Leadership Development for women. Dr. Curie is also participates with the Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute, a national leadership development institute for women of color in higher education.
“(Dr. Currie) has been so supportive to small business in Southern California,” said Alice Lei, one of the co-founders of Asian Women Entrepreneurs (AWE). “She has gone above and beyond to help out and has exceeded our expectations.”
Lei expressed her great appreciation of Dr. Currie’s help ranging from her advice on business decisions to her generosity of opening up Coastline’s classrooms or lecture halls for AWE meetings. Lei personally filled out the paper work to get Dr. Currie nominated for this well deserved award.
Dr. Currie is still passionate about promoting diversity, serving as a bridge for cross cultural awareness and being an architect in fostering stronger unity for diversity, which has become here life-long commitment.
President Curie will receive her award at the 44th Annual Small Business Week Award Luncheon which will be held on May 17, 2007 at the Ontario Convention Center; a crowd of more than 850 is expected. If you would like to attend to show your support of Dr. Currie, you can make reservations for the event by contacting event coordinator Patty Holohan at (909) 793-2908 or PSHoloha@aol.com
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7th Annual GWC College Preview Day
By Mary Avalos
The March 7 th GWC College Preview Day was a great success! Bus loads of students from 23 high schools brought 1018 prospects. The campus-wide effort included GWC students, faculty, staff and administrators greeting the high school students with backpacks and T-shirts. Students were given a DVD presentation introducing the college, a campus tour and an opportunity to meet GWC students in a panel discussion. The atmosphere was very exciting with booths, games and giveaways sponsored by department programs, clubs and community partners. Festivities included a BBQ lunch, a DJ, and a raffle.
 
 
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OCC Awarded Dr. Laura's $2.3-Million Yacht
 Orange Coast College has taken possession of author and radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger's beautiful $2.3-million yacht.
The boat was donated by "Dr. Laura" to the college's School of Sailing and Seamanship.
Schlessinger purchased the 58-foot sailboat in 2004, and has been keeping it in Santa Barbara. She's a Santa Barbara resident. The boat arrived Feb. 26 at OCC's Sailing Center in Newport Beach.
Dr. Laura called the boat On the Air, but the college has changed the name to Bluefin.
"This is a wonderful boat and a wonderful addition to our program," says Brad Avery, director of OCC's School of Sailing and Seamanship. "She'll be used in our offshore sailing program, and will go out to the local islands. Students will begin taking classes on the boat this summer."
Bluefin is the third major donation to OCC's School of Sailing and Seamanship in less than two years. Roy E. Disney donated his record-breaking 86-foot yacht, Pyewacket, in the summer of 2005, and Southern California yachtsman, John B. Kilroy, gave his 80-foot maxi yacht, Kialoa III, to the college three months earlier.
Now 52 years old, and the largest public sailing program in the United States, OCC's School of Sailing and Seamanship provides nautical education to more than 4,000 student and adult sailors annually.
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Dedication of Beautiful New Fitness Complex Set For Thursday, March 15
 Orange Coast College will unveil its beautiful new state-of-the-art, 49,000-square-foot Fitness Complex on Thursday afternoon, March 15.
The dedication ceremony and reception are set to begin at 1 p.m. The ceremony will also include the dedication of OCC's newly renovated Wendell Pickens Baseball Field, located adjacent to the Fitness Complex. A barbecue lunch will be served. Reservations may be made by calling (714) 432-5707.
The ceremony will be followed by a baseball game, featuring OCC's Pirates hosting the Cypress College Chargers.
As part of the celebration, OCC art professor, Dr. Irini Vallera-Rickerson, will deliver a lecture on the history of Greek women athletes at 2:45 p.m. in the Fitness Complex gym. Rickerson is author of the book, "Athletries: The Untold History of Ancient Greek Women Athletes." Admission is free.
 Located just north of OCC's LeBard Stadium, off Monitor Way and Fairview Rd., the new Fitness Complex is a two-story structure. It includes a large multipurpose room that can be utilized as a gymnasium or large group instruction facility.
The building also includes two locker rooms to be used by OCC's football, baseball, soccer and softball teams. The complex has a training facility for sports medicine, an equipment room, men's and women's bathrooms and coaches offices.
The second floor features a 6,000-square-foot Strength Lab, a 2,600-square-foot Cardio Lab, housing 57 pieces of cardio equipment, an Exercise Science Testing Lab, and a fitness studio and classroom.
"Our Exercise Science Testing Lab is the finest community college lab of its type in the nation," says OCC athletic director, Barbara Bond. "The entire Fitness Complex adds a stunning new dimension to our Physical Education and Athletics Program. Orange Coast College's sports facilities are second to none."
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