VOLUME 2019/532 November 1, 2019 CCM EVENTS Bright Star, the Musical Today - November 2 7:30 p.m., Saturday, matinee, 2 p.m. Dragonetti Auditorium Tickets: https://bookstore.ccm.edu/category/tic kets-events/theater-shows Plant & Maintenance Procedural Briefing Tuesday, November 5, 2 p.m., HH110 Plant & Maintenance Procedural Briefing Tuesday, November 5, 2 p.m., HH110 Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, November 19, 6:30 p.m., Board Room, Henderson Hall College Council Thursday, November 21, 12:30 p.m., SH100 CCM PRESENTS THE MUSICAL BRIGHT STAR The Department of Music, Performing Arts and Music Technology at CCM presents the fall musical, “Bright Star,” inspired by a true story of the “Iron Mountain Baby,” featuring the Tony-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Directed by Professor Marielaine Mammon, the show runs at the Dragonetti Auditorium today through Saturday, November 2, at 7:30 p.m., with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. General admission seating is $15, while tickets for CCM students, alumni, children under 12 and seniors 62 and over are $10. Read more HR CORNER RETIREMENT CONSULTATIONS WITH NEW JERSEY STATE APPROVED VENDORS Save for retirement – Receive free, no pressure, retirement counseling sessions. Make your appointment today. You do not need to be a member to meet with the representatives. AXA-Equitable representative Mark PLANT AND MAINTENANCE Sheridan will be on campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 19 in PROCEDURAL BRIEFING Henderson Hall room 107 and on CCM EMAIL SYSTEM Plant and Maintenance will be holding its Biannual December 17 in the alcove area outside MIGRATING TO CLOUD PLATFORM Procedural Briefing on Tuesday, November 5, at 2 p.m. in Cohen Cafeteria. The Information Systems department is starting the HH-110. The meeting will be hosted by John Carey, Trudy Call 908-230-2042 or email process of moving CCM’s Faculty/Staff email system to the Simmons, Joe Moore and Rob Dizinno. The briefing will [email protected]. Microsoft Office365 cloud. Most of this process will be cover procedures handled by Plant and Maintenance and MassMutual (formerly Hartford) transparent to you, the end user. The main benefits of Receiving and Distribution. This is a great opportunity for representative Kenneth Quarnaccio is staff and faculty to familiarize themselves with these doing this are improved spam and phishing filtering, available for individual appointments. increased system reliability and an improved Outlook Web departments. Staff and faculty members who process Call 848-248-4313 or email Access interface for off-campus access. Work Order requests are strongly encouraged to attend [email protected]. this meeting. The first step is to phase out the current spam filter. All MetLife/Brighthouse representative external email will start going to the cloud email server, David Sharpe will be on campus from which will then forward the filtered mail down to an on- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 7 and premise server where all CCM accounts currently reside. December 10 in Henderson Hall room Once the switch has been made, you will no longer see the 107. Call 973-575-3254 or email spam filter message that currently accompanies all [email protected]. messages coming from outside CCM. Prudential representative Alicia Smith Once the first step is completed, further testing of the cloud will be on campus from 10 a.m. to 3 system will commence with IS staff email accounts. When p.m. on November 18 in Henderson satisfied with the process, migration of accounts to the GET YOUR FLU SHOT Hall room 107. Call 732-428-2314 or email cloud server will begin. Employees will be notified prior to Flu shots will be available in Health Services, CH 266 on [email protected] to make their account being migrated. The plan is to schedule the Tuesday, November 5, from 9 to 11 a.m. The cost for the an individual appointment to discuss migrations overnight to minimize disruption. Project shot is $20. To register for the event, please contact ABP or DCRP investments. completion is expected in 2020. [email protected]. TIAA representative Tatiana Novozhilova will be on campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 22 and December 12 in Henderson Hall, Room 107. Call 800-732-8353 or visit www.TIAA.org/schedulenow to make COLLEGE COUNCIL VIDEO an appointment. A video recording of the October 24 College Council meeting is now available. VALIC representative MaryAnn VETERANS DAY PROGRAM Watch the video Bradford is available for individual CCM proudly honors, celebrates and remembers our appointments. Call 908-470-4114 or nation’s veterans with a tribute to their service at 12:30 All CCM faculty and staff members are encouraged to email [email protected] p.m. on Thursday, November 7, in the Dragonetti attend College Council meetings. The next meeting takes Auditorium. Please join us and invite any family members place on Thursday, November 21, at 10 a.m. in Sheffield VOYA representative John Murray will who have served in our military for this free and uplifting Hall, SH 100. be on campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. event featuring guest speakers from our military, invited for individual appointments on presenters and a musical tribute by our students. Light November 12 and December 4. To refreshments will be served at a reception following the make an appointment email [email protected] or call 609- program in the auditorium lobby. 234-3369. CCM GAMING STUDENTS HOST EXTRA LIFE FUNDRAISER CCM students are on a mission to help heal kids by playing ORDER YOUR THANKSGIVING PIES games for 25 hours straight. The free event will take place in the Student Center Davidson Rooms starting at noon on AND SUPPORT CCM STUDENTS Saturday, November 2, and ending at noon on Sunday, The CCM Alumni Board is holding its annual Thanksgiving November 3. There will be raffles, tournaments and many fundraiser to support the Alumni Scholarship fund. Once different games. Money raised from the event will go to again, the Alumni Board will be selling pies and cakes from Mountainside - Outpatient Center in Mountainside, NJ. two very distinct bakeries – Mara’s Bakery and Bakers More information Perfection. The pies will be delivered to campus the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, November 26. They can be picked up in the Student Community Center, Davidson Room 234A between noon and 4 p.m. Contact Barbara Capsouras at ext. 5059 or Roseann Maione at ext. 5777 for order forms or pick one up on the file cabinet outside the Alumni office in Henderson Hall, Room 211B. Payment must be submitted with the order. Cash or check is accepted. Checks should be made out to Barbara RETIREMENT PLANNING SEMINARS Capsouras, Roseann Maione, or to Cash. All sales are final The New Jersey Division of Pensions & Benefits (NJDPB) and orders need to be in by Friday, November 8. has scheduled in-person Retirement Planning Seminars More information and details on the pies and cakes can be for members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System found on Mara’s website at www.marascafe.com and (PERS), Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF), and Baker’s Perfection at www.bakersperfection.biz. Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (PFRS) through the remainder of 2019. Retirement Planning Seminars take a step-by-step approach to the retirement process and explain what happens after submitting an application. Sessions are approximately three hours in duration and include a Q&A period. All attendees must register online to assure adequate seating. If you wish to bring a guest, they must ERIC HATES GAMES also register. Enter the same employer information as the member but use your guest’s name and four-digit Social View this week’s episode of Eric Hates Games with CCM Game Development Professor Eric Guadara. This episode Security number. focuses on live streaming. Also, new dates for Employee Informational Webinars Watch the show have been posted to the Division of Pensions & Benefits website. The following topics are addressed through live online webinars hosted by GoToMeeting: • Retirement Planning for PERS and TPAF members • Retirement Planning for PFRS members • PERS and TPAF retirement estimates • PERS and TPAF pension options • Reviewing a sample Retirement Application for PERS or TPAF members • Reviewing a aample Retirement Application for PFRS members TUTORING CENTER • Understanding your pension benefits for PERS or The Math Tutoring Center has added more weekly group TPAF members tutoring sessions (no appointment needed) for stats and applied calculus. View more seminar information and register at: View the schedule www.nj.gov/treasury/pensions/member-training.shtml CREATIVE LEADERSHIP EMPLOYEE MARKETPLACE PROJECT NOTICES FOR CCMEMO The Creative Leadership Club will meet on Friday, Email material to both Amy Sciuto at November 15, from noon to 1 p.m. to make holiday- [email protected] and Kathleen Brunet themed lighted wine bottles to sell at the Employee at [email protected]. Marketplace on December 5. Email Edie Nelson by Submissions must be received by 3 CCM ALL ACCESS SHOW November 7 to take part in this project at p.m. Wednesday. The latest installment in the CCM All Access series features [email protected]. Everyone is welcome. Bring an empty John Marlin, vice president of Academic Affairs at CCM. wine bottle (regular size) with the label removed if Looking for past issues of the Watch the video possible. CCMemo? Find them here. 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