Faculty and Staff Information

Faculty and Staff Information
While working at Tunxis Community College you may encounter students with various types of disabilities. Students with learning, health, sensory, physical, psychological, or temporary disabilities are eligible to receive services through Disability Support Services (DSS).Students who require disability-related academic adjustments should be working with DSS to receive appropriate academic adjustments. Some students may not be aware of our office and should be referred if they approach you for academic adjustments.
How do students receive academic adjustments from Disability Support Services?
In order for students to receive adjustments, they must provide documentation of their disability from a qualified health care professional to the DSS office. They then must meet with a Learning Disability Specialist to establish appropriate academic adjustments. Once the appropriate adjustments have been determined, the students should give instructors a Learning Profile letter that details the approved adjustments. This letter explains the types of adjustments deemed appropriate for that student.
What types of adjustments does DSS Provide?
Examples of academic adjustments that may be provided to students include but are not limited to extended time on exams, books in alternate format, large print or electronic format of in-class handouts, copies of notes, permission to audio record lectures, Sign language interpreters, and accessible furniture. Students are requested to begin the process of requesting academic adjustments well before the semester starts as some adjustments are more time consuming than others (e.g. requesting alternative format of texts).
Test Proctoring Guidelines
When a student has been approved for an academic adjustment such as allowances for extended testing time, a written “Learning Profile” is developed with the Learning Disabilities Specialist. This profile is then available to the student to present to each of his/her instructors. If you have a student that has been granted extended testing time, please read the Test Proctoring Guidelines to familiarize yourself with the process and responsibilities involved.
Students are responsible for communicating this information to their instructors/professors and for discussing academic adjustment arrangements. However, the Learning Disabilities Specialist can assist students through this process and communicate with faculty per student request and with written permission. Learning Profiles are available on a semester-basis and are updated each semester per student request.
Learning Strategies
Several staff members in the Academic Support Center provide one-on-one learning strategy sessions in areas such as notetaking, reducing test anxiety, math skills, memory skills, and reading and writing at the college level. Students may request an appointment with a learning strategy specialist by contacting the Academic Support Center.
Please feel free to contact the DSS office at 860.255.3570 extension 3578 or 3575 if you have any questions or concerns regarding academic adjustments for students with disabilities.

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Guide for Students with Disabilities
This handbook explains how students with disabilities can request academic adjustments and access support services at Tunxis Community College. It serves as a guide to help students understand the guidelines as well as the steps for obtaining reasonable academic adjustments and access to learning in a post-secondary setting.

Ablilty Times
A Blog for Students with Disabilties at Tunxis Community College

For more information, contact the Academic Support Center at 860.255.3570 or tx-asc@txcc.commnet.edu.

National Depression Screening Day

Tunxis will host free, anonymous screenings for depression and other mood disorders on Thursday, October 6 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm in the main administration building(100). Participants will take a private self-test and will have the opportunity to speak with screeners and a counselor. Referrals to treatment services and educational information will also be available. All are welcome to attend. For more information, call 860.255.3548 or email vcraven@txcc.commnet.edu.

Staff

Lucretia Holley
Registrar
860.255.3524
Genita Mangum
Associate Registrar
860.255.3526
Patricia Wangen
Secretary I
860.255.3531
Victoria DeMaria
Clerk Typist
860.255.3532

For more information, contact
the Records Office (Registrar) during regular business hours at 860.255.3533

National Depression Screening Day

Tunxis will host free, anonymous screenings for depression and other mood disorders on Thursday, October 7 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm in Founders Hall. Participants will take a private self-test and will have the opportunity to speak with screeners and a counselor. Referrals to treatment services and educational information will also be available. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend. For more information, call 860.255.3548 or email vcraven@txcc.commnet.edu.

Tunxis International Peace Day Celebration

Join the Tunxis community at the Courtyard on Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon to celebrate peace. Readings, poetry, songs, photos and drawings will be shared. Professor Marguerite Yawin will give a presentation of her Peace Corps service and all are invited to a soup lunch in Founders Hall following the presentations. To participate or for more information, please contact Carolyn Boulay at cboulay@txcc.commnet.edu or 860.255.3788.

$99 One-day Photo Workshops on Saturdays at Tunxis

CTPhoto Workshops will run one-day photo workshops to be held on May 22, June 12 and June 26.  Intensive, hands-on instruction are the hallmark of the CTPhoto Workshops experience. On either MAC or PC platforms(your choice), you’ll learn tricks, tips and trade secrets from nationally-recognized photographers. These one-day classes teach techniques in Photoshop for Beginners, Photoshop for Illustrators, and Photoshop for Graphic Designers and Art Directors. Courses in digital photography include How to Take Better Pictures and How to Use Your Digital Camera.

Course cost is only and meet for eight hours on Saturdays from either 9:00 am to 5:00 pm  or 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Course registration is open to all and registrants qualify for student discounts on Adobe® software products. For more information or to register, visit  tunxis.commnet.edu/ctphoto or call 860.255.3701.

Scrabble Night

Tunxis Phi Theta Kappa Club invites students, faculty, staff and scrabble lovers of all ages to a night of competitive fun-filled scrabble games. Price of admission is a can of non-perishable food to benefit local food pantries. Refreshments will be served and prizes will be awarded to the high scorers.

Phi Theta Kappa Induction

Tunxis Community College’s Alpha Iota Alpha Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) will induct its newest student members on April 9, 2010 at 5:00 pm with a reception to follow. Invited students and their families are eligible to attend.  With about 20 -30 students inducted each semester into PTK, this International Honor Society of the two-year school provides students the opportunities for college and community service, leadership and academic excellence.

National Problem Gambling Awareness Week

In observance of National Problem Gambling Awareness Week, March 6 – 12, the Tunxis Counseling/Advising Center will host free information and screening sessions on Thursday, March 10 from 12 -1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. in the Administration Building corridor.

University of Hartford Presents Ed.D Program Information Session

Karen Case, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Hartford, discusses the University’s doctoral program and how it relates to your career goals on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 12 pm to 2 pm in the President’s Conference Room at Tunxis.
For more details or to register, please contact Marlene Hall at 860-768-5116 or mhall@hartford.edu.