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Cheer Contest Winners

During the April 9th Assembly, our cheer contest contestants performed their cheers, with a little help from the PEM Cheer Team. Winning the grand prize of an iPod nano was Dan Denette, with his "We Will, We Will PEM You" cheer. Second and third place winners were Jennifer Wilson and Drew Anderson, who each received gift certificates. Photos of the entire event are forthcoming!

Reminder: QEP Assembly on Monday, April 9, 2007.

Where: Room 39
When: 10:00am- Regular Class Schedule
Why: Vote for best cheer and award iPod nano
Other: Food, Fun, QEP and PEM Q & A
Credit for attendance: YES!

Check out the fun and eye-catching assembly posters.

Take the new PEM Quiz and win a prize!

TAKE THE PEM QUIZ and WIN A PRIZE!
This is a new quiz - new questions! If you missed your chance with last quarter's quiz - give this one a try!

PRIZES INCLUDE:

For students:
- Health Center Free Visit Coupon
- Free Beverage from Sandella's

For employees:
Chance to win a gift certificate to Copper River Restaurant (must score 100% to be entered into drawing for gift certificate)

Who: The PEM Quiz is open to all currently enrolled students and all Sherman College employees.

When: The Quiz will be available April 5 - 11, 2007.

Where: The Quiz will be available online in Edufolio. http://sherman.edufolio.com
When you log in to Edufolio, you will see a link, "PEM - Take the Quiz!" in your My Enrollment box. Please read the rules before you take the quiz!

What else: You can take the quiz just once, so you'll want to study.

Study what? Review the PEM FAQs: http://cit.blogs.com/pem/2007/03/introducing_the.html

Check your email for more information!

Special Assembly Mon., April 9th

WHAT: Special  QEP Assembly
WHEN: Monday, April 9, 2007, 10:00am
WHERE: Room 39
WHY: Vote for winning PEM cheer - who will win the iPod nano?
WHAT ELSE: The QEP and PEM will be discussed, Q&A will follow
CREDIT: Yes, you will receive student credit for attending this assembly
AND: Snacks will be available!

Please plan to attend this special assembly. The PEM Cheer Team will perform the top three cheer submissions and the student body will decide the winning cheer. The winner will receive an iPod nano.

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and Performance Enhancement Modules (PEM) will be discussed. A question and answer session with Dr. Thom Gelardi, Dr. Robert Irwin, Dr. Laura Weeks, Dr. Myron Brown, Dr. Joe Donofrio, Dr. Renee Prenitzer, and Joy Gayler will follow.

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.