The PEM blog

Welcome incoming class!

Welcome incoming Spring 2007 class! If you've stumbled onto this blog, please take a look around and become familiar with the QEP and PEM.  We'll be offering a short PEM quiz later this week and you'll be eligible to participate and win prizes. A good place to start learning what all of this is about is with the PEM FAQs.

Recap II

This all very educational, but where’s the fun stuff?
See employees engage in service to the college, here and here.
See students support the PEM.

Okay, so I’ve invested some time learning about the QEP and PEM. What do I get to show for this?
We’ve offered a PEM quiz, complete with prizes.
We’ve offered the Create-A-Cheer contest with prize to be awarded at beginning of next quarter.

Great; but I missed the opportunity to participate in either of those contests. Is that it?
We will be offering one more contest at the beginning of the quarter for all employees and students. There will be prizes. Check your e-mail, this blog, and notices posted around campus for further information.

Recap I

What’s this blog about and why I am supposed to visit and bookmark it?
Listen to this podcast.

QEP? PEM? Eh, what?
Read this FAQ post.

Okay, I read the FAQs, but I’m still confused.
Listen as Dr. Irwin explains the QEP and PEM.
Also, Dr. Weeks shares some valuable information regarding SACS and the QEP.

Great. By the way, do you know that the You Tube movies are really bad quality?
Yes, I’m aware of that fact, but they’re also fast loading and will play on demand. However, I share your dismay at the sacrifice in picture clarity, so I’ve provided the .mov files for you to download if you so choose.

Break week

Boards are over! Final exams are over! The PEM quiz is over! The Create-a-Cheer submission part of the contest is over! And we’re finally on break…sort of. ☺ This blog will be updated throughout break week, so check in when you can. More fun, contests, and prizes will be announced at the beginning of next quarter, so stay tuned.

As mentioned, the cheer contest submission portion has concluded. Refer to the contest rules for when/how the winner will be selected. We received some extremely creative cheers and can’t wait to see them performed live next quarter! Thanks to all who submitted cheers and thanks to the faculty members who supported this contest. We heard of a few faculty members who creatively added in some extra-credit incentives (!) for their students based on entering the cheer contest, so we thank you for your support!

Create-A-Cheer Contest - Last Day to Enter!

MARCH 23RD - LAST DAY TO ENTER! CONTEST ENDS AT MIDNIGHT!

CREATE-A-CHEER CONTEST
Create the winning PEM cheer and win an iPod nano!

Rules:
1. Create a cheer for our PEM Awareness Campaign.
2. The cheer must reference the PEM and contain an explanation of some aspect of the PEM. You may refer to the FAQs of the PEM for inspiration.
3. Be creative, but please refrain from vulgar and inappropriate language; let's keep it G-rated!
4. One entry per person, please.
5. Submit your cheer electronically to [email protected]. You must use your official Sherman college e-mail account to submit your cheer.
6. Cheer submissions will be accepted March 14 - March 23, 2007.
7. The cheers will be reviewed by the QEP development team and narrowed down to three contenders.
8. The winning cheer will be chosen by the student body during a special assembly on April 9th.
9. The contest is open to all students and employees with the exception of the cheer team members and the QEP development team members.

The PEM cheer team will use your cheer during the first few weeks of next (Spring) quarter to help promote the PEM.

*Prize information: the iPod nano to be awarded is a 2GB silver unit. Learn more about the iPod nano.

Cheer Contest Submissions

WOW! We’ve received some great and very creative cheer submissions; thank you and keep it up!

We’ve also received a few inquiries regarding the length of the cheer. Our answer: there’s no length requirement, so if you want to include several “verses” of your cheer, that’s fine! We recognize that may be necessary in order to explain and cover some of the PEM basics.

Reminder: contest ends this Friday, March 23rd. Open to all students, staff and faculty, with just a few exceptions. All the details, disclaimers and eligibility rules are outlined here.

Post Exam Munchies – YUM!

Today, March 20, 2007 CSG and PEM are sponsoring the Post Exam Munchies in the Sandella's Café for all students. The menu is french toast sticks, sausage patties, turkey sausage patties, fruit, coffee, juice,etc. It starts at 8:00 am and goes until the food runs out.

PEM Cheer Team suprises faculty

Our Cheer Team needs help! Create a new cheer for them and enter to win an iPod nano. Details here.

Download  cheer team .mov for better viewing clarity. You will need QuickTime (free download) to play the .mov file.

Movies

You Tube is great for short movies and ease of uploading to blogs, but wow, the clarity really suffers, no? I've gone back added the .mov files for all the movies on the blog right above or below the original You Tube movie. Note that if you don't have the ability to play .mov files, you'll want to download QuickTime (it's free) so you can view them.

Contests - play and win

Reminder: we have 2 contests running at the same time – join in and win stuff! Easy!

For students: PEM Quiz. Ends Friday, March 16th. Take it - win stuff. More here.

For students, faculty and staff: Create-A-Cheer contest. Ends next Friday, March 23rd. Grand prize: an iPod nano. More here.

So go. Read. Play. Create. Submit. Win stuff. :-)