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Nov. 20, 2025

College Updates
- Help Us Amplify Student Voices
- Holiday Toy Drive
- D2L Course Purge Dec. 19
- Dec. 3 Pima Night at ZooLights Adds Food Drive
- ARC Seeks Donations for Winter Wonder Bags
- Apply Now for Spring 2026 LWAC Fellowships
- SATEC Fireside Chat with Entrepreneur Greg Moyer Dec. 10
- Cababi Art & Literary Magazine Accepting Submissions
- Pima Scholarship Opportunities for Spring 2026 Now Open
- Employer Engagement and Career Services Events
- New Archive for Committees and Working Groups
- 2025 Asset Inventory Deadline Nov. 26
- Share Your Suggestions with ODR
- Get Help with Your Community Engagement
Pima Arts News
Pima Athletics News
Employee Wellness
- Sign Up for Virtual Workshops and Challenges

College Updates

Help Us Amplify Student Voices
Pima’s marketing is evolving — we’re putting real students front and center to showcase their unique Pima journeys and let their voices shine. Know a student or alum who’d be a great fit? Encourage them to fill out this short form! They can share as much about themselves as they’d like and let us know which marketing projects interest them. With your help, we can feature more students and highlight the wide range of academic paths, interests and goals that make our Pima community so diverse. If you have questions, contact marketing@pima.edu.

Holiday Toy Drive
Pima’s Police Department is holding a Holiday Toy Drive through Dec. 15. Please drop off new, unwrapped toys for children ages newborn-17 at any College Police Office. Your gifts will benefit the El Rio Preschool and Children’s Services.

D2L Course Purge Dec. 19
Courses taught in Spring 2022 and earlier will be permanently deleted on Dec. 19 per the information assurance plan. This does not affect Sandbox, Development or Master courses. To keep content, copy materials into a newer course or dev shell, or export files to your computer. Need help? Request a dev shell or contact D2L Support at 520-206-2342. Please back up any needed content before the purge.

Dec. 3 Pima Night at ZooLights Adds Food Drive
Pima students, alumni and employees are invited to celebrate the season with family and friends at Pima Night at ZooLights, 6-8 p.m., Dec. 3.

The College encourages employees attending the event to support the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona by donating nonperishable food items at the event. Bring your canned and boxed goods to help fill a trailer and stock the food bank shelves for families in need this holiday season.

The most-needed items are canned vegetables, rice, pasta, beans, tomato products, tuna, chicken, soups and fruits, and peanut butter, packaged nuts and seeds, oatmeal, cereal and granola bars.

ZooLights ticketholders enjoy hot chocolate while strolling through the beautiful Reid Park Zoo grounds, illuminated by thousands of glittering lights as sounds of the season fill the air.

Tickets for family and friends age 6 years and older can be purchased here for $7 per person. Pima employees and children age 5 years and younger are free.

To request accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Employee Service Center, 520-206-4945 or esc@pima.edu. If you have questions, email collegeevents@pima.edu.

ARC Seeks Donations for Winter Wonder Bags
The ARC Resource Center and Food Pantry, which each month hands out 500 food bags to PCC students, is seeking donations to provide 200 Winter Wonder Bags to Pima students experiencing financial, housing and/or food insecurity.

The Winter Wonder Bags are to help students over Pima’s Winter Break, when ARC is closed. Each bag will include a $15 turkey/ham/veggie platter voucher, as well as mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, canned fruit, biscuit mix and canned vegetables. Additional items also will be available for students to “shop” for their holiday meal.

Here are the ways Pima employees can support this ARC campaign:

Donate food items at the ARC locations at Desert Vista or West campuses, or at the West Campus Faculty Resource Center by Dec. 1.
Make a one-time, tax-deductible donation to ARC via Pima Foundation’s website (Comment: “Winter Wonder Bag”) by Dec. 5.
Sign up for the employee payroll deduction program by Dec. 5.

For details, see the Nov. 5 Pima-All email or email pcc-arcpantry@pima.edu.

Apply Now for Spring 2026 LWAC Fellowships
Liberatory Writing Across the Curriculum (LWAC) is offering two Spring 2026 Fellowships – one in Equitable Assessment, the other in Social Justice. LWAC’s goal is the advancement of justice and empowerment through liberatory writing, language and research practices. Apply by Dec. 1.

Who: All faculty (full-time and adjunct) across disciplines
Where: Virtual
When: Equitable Assessment fellows meet Mondays; Social Justice fellows meet Fridays.
Commitment: 30 hours total (six meetings, readings and a final project)
Compensation: $990

SATEC Fireside Chat with Entrepreneur Greg Moyer Dec. 10
In a Fireside Chat hosted by the Southern Arizona Technology & Entrepreneurship Center (SATEC), entrepreneur Greg Moyer will share insights on innovation, creative problem-solving and proven frameworks for rising above the noise:

Event: SATEC Fireside Chats – A Direct Expert Entrepreneur Exchange featuring Greg Moyer
When: 3:30-5 p.m., Dec. 10
Where: M370, Downtown Campus
RSVP: satec.com/events

SATEC soon will announce speakers for the Jan. 8 and Feb. 11 sessions.

Cababi Art & Literary Magazine Accepting Submissions
Cababi Art & Literary Magazine is accepting art and literary submissions for the 2025-2026 issue through Jan. 15. Cababi is the official Pima publication that features art, literature and special projects by full-time and part-time faculty, staff and administrators. Cababi accepts submissions in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, all visual arts and live performances.

Pima Scholarship Opportunities for Spring 2026 Now Open
Encourage students to apply for Spring 2026 Pima Scholarships, which are currently available. To maximize their award potential, students should register for their Spring 2026 courses as soon as possible. All current opportunities are listed at pima.scholarshipuniverse.edu/public. If you have questions, email scholarships@pima.edu.

Employer Engagement and Career Services Events
The Employer Engagement and Career Services (EECS) team is available to support employees as they guide students in connecting their learning to future career success. Check out upcoming events that are open to the entire Pima community.

Virtual Office Hours
Drop in during EECS Virtual Office Hours to get help with résumés, job searches, interviewing techniques and more. Open to all students — no appointment needed.
Events and Workshops
Stay up to date with EECS events through its Google Calendar, where you’ll find campus tabling events, workshops and other opportunities to connect. Subscribe to the calendar or learn more.
AI Workshops
Check out our fall virtual workshops created in partnership with PCC Library and the Communications Division.
- AI-Enhanced Résumé Lab (recorded session available on the EECS Career Hub)
- Explore recordings, resources, and upcoming opportunities on the EECS Career Hub.
Customized Support
Faculty and staff who want tailored student support can connect with EECS.

New Archive for Committees and Working Groups
The new StAR Committee and Working Group Archive is available to all Pima employees. This resource brings meeting notes together in one place, helping everyone stay informed and connected to the work happening across the College. Later this year, information on each committee’s purpose and membership will be available in MyPima. If you have questions, contact Gayle Bell, gbell1@pima.edu.

2025 Asset Inventory Deadline Nov. 26
The 2025 Asset Inventory must be completed by Nov. 26 — inventory is not considered complete until submitted in Banner > Inventory Self-Service.

Share Your Suggestions with ODR
The Office of Dispute Resources (ODR) welcomes your ideas and feedback. If you have suggestions that are not formal complaints, email pcc-suggestions@pima.edu. ODR staff will review and share it with the appropriate department. Learn more on the ODR page in MyPima or call 520-206-4686.

Get Help with Your Community Engagement
The Community Engagement dashboard is accessible on MyPima. There you can:

Learn more about Pima’s collegewide community engagement and the resources available to you.
Report your community engagement for posting to the collegewide calendar.
Sign up for volunteer opportunities to share your subject-matter expertise.
Share your volunteer opportunities and outreach photos.

If you have questions, contact Joi Stirrup, jstirrup@pima.edu.

Pima Arts News

Here are ongoing and upcoming Pima Arts events:

Through Dec. 12: “The Skin We Live In: Paintings, Prints, Photography, Drawings” Exhibition, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, West Campus Center for the Arts, dandres@pima.edu
Through May 27: “Adam Gilliland – Osculation” Exhibition, Desert Vista Campus Art Gallery, dandres@pima.edu
Through Aug. 30: “Many Truths” student art exhibition, The Art Gallery@Downtown Campus, mcarreras@pima.edu
Through Oct. 31, 2026: “Michael Cajero – Dying Is an Integral Part of Life: Father” Exhibition, West Campus Health Science Art Gallery, dandres@pima.edu

Unless noted, Pima Arts programs and exhibitions are free to the public.

Stay up to date on Pima Arts events and get more details on individual events by checking the Pima Arts Calendar. If you have questions, contact 520-206-6986 or centerforthearts@pima.edu.

Pima Athletics News

For the latest schedules, updates and news for all Pima sports, visit pimaaztecs.com.

Employee Wellness

Sign Up for Virtual Workshops and Challenges

Visit the Employee Wellness Intranet page to access free resources and tools. Employees also are encouraged to visit the Employee Wellness website for additional resources, news and information on the Pima Healthy Rewards Program and wellness-related activities that qualify for Pima Wellness Activity points.

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