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Don't miss this important opportunity to:

• Network with your co-workers
• Gain some new skills
• Enjoy a wonderful lunch

These and more will be offered at this year's SAC and Forum Professional Development Retreat. Join us on Wednesday December 5, from 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Severance Great Hall (new location this year). RSVP by Wednesday, November 21 or contact Karyn Jeffrey (kajeffre@acs.carleton.edu) or Robbie Groth (rgroth@acs.carleton.edu). See you there!

Academic Technologies (ITS) will be hosting the first Carleton Moodle Day in the CMC on Friday, December 7. We will begin the festivities with a digital poster session where Carleton faculty and staff will be showing off their successful Moodle sites for coursework and collaboration. The afternoon will continue with a light lunch, various how-to workshops, and friendly banter. Visit the ITS Events Calendar to sign up for any of the workshops as part of the ITS Winter Workshop Series.

• Moodle Showcase—Carleton faculty and staff show off their skills with Moodle as a collaborative tool
• Intro to Moodle—for the uninitiated, a quick intro to get you up to speed
• High Yield Moodle Investments—quick but effective tools in Moodle to jumpstart your project or course
• Assignments and Gradebook—get into the nitty gritty of learning to make assignments and how to configure the gradebook

Do you have a home computer that you've been wanting to get rid of but don't know how? Carleton is partnering with Material Processing Corporation (MPC), the College’s computing equipment recycler, to recycle personal/home computing equipment. MPC will have a large truck available to the Northfield community on Saturday, December 8 from 9 a.m to noon in Carleton's South Stadium parking lot off Highway 19. There will be no charge for disposal, including computers, monitors, printers, keyboards, mice, and other basic computing equipment. This disposal is for personal/home equipment and is not available to businesses. To learn more about MPC and their collection, visit their Web site.

Don't forget the annual Carleton craft and bake sale on Friday, November 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Carleton Custodians bring in the best of their baked goods and holiday candies, and all proceeds go to the Custodial Scholarship Fund, providing financial aid to deserving Carleton students. The custodians will also be collecting food items for the local Community Action Center Food Shelf. So come shop, partake of holiday goodies, and help out those less fortunate. If you have questions, contact Loretta Springer at x4186 or Patti Sabrowski at x4739.

Students, faculty, and staff who are looking for the smiling face of Robbie Groth will now find her at the Academic Support Center in Scoville Hall. Robbie assumed her new position as Program Assistant with the Academic Support Center, effective Monday, November 12. The Business Office is accepting applications for the position of Business Office Administrative Assistant and will continue to carry on her legacy of "outstanding service with a smile!" Please join us in congratulating Robbie on her new position and responsibilities.

Topics Include:

• How I Learned to Love Zimbra
• Zimbra Calendaring 101
• Purchasing a Smartphone or PDA
• Making Friends with your Computer, Parts 1 and 2
• Home Networking
• Purchasing a Home Computer
• Xerox MFP Training
• Gadgets and Gizmos and Games, Oh My!

Check out the ITS Events Calendar for more details.

In partnership with Northfield’s Community Action Center, Staff at Carleton (SAC) will be collecting scarves, mittens, gloves, hats, books, and stocking stuffers for children in the Northfield Community this holiday season. Please drop off your new (not used) items at the SAC table at the Craft Fair on Friday, November 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thank you for helping to make this Christmas a special one for those less fortunate.

We call your attention to two reading groups forming for winter term that promise to promote collegial exchange and, perhaps, even happiness. We welcome any and all to our events, and we hope that you will make time to join us. Books will be available soon. Please see the attached announcement and contact Jennifer Cox Johnson if you wish to join us. Look at the LTC Web site for winter term Perlman LTC events.