Registration open for April 26-29 classes
County College Week postponed to April 26-29
Due to technical difficulties, County College Week in Albuquerque has been postponed five weeks to April 26-29. The location and the schedule will remain the same. For instance, classes that were scheduled for Monday, March 22 will be at the same time on Monday, April 26 at the same place (the NMSU Albuquerque Center at 4501 Indian School Road in Albuquerque). Those who have already have registered on line or via email (including group buyers) will be contacted to determine their intentions regarding April classes. CPM 156:Improving writing skills has been added to the Wednesday afternoon schedule of classes.
NMSU/County College
4001 Office Court Drive
Ste. 308
Santa Fe, NM 87507
April class schedule
Monday, April 26
9 a.m.- Noon
CPM 111: Knowing your government
CPM 161: Making the most of the Web
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
CPM 132: Eliminating discrimination in the workplace
CPM 116: Detention operations and finance for policy-makers
HS 100: Introduction to the National Incident Management System
6 to 9 p.m.
CPM 113: Knowing the law
CPM 137: Discipline and termination
CPM 158: Managing your public image
Tuesday, April 27
9 a.m. to Noon
CPM 236: Successful supervision
CO 272: Community economic development: Resources, skills and tools
HS 102a: Public information awareness for homeland security
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
CPM 124: Federal grants and private foundations I
CPM 144: Risk management
HS 102b: Public information awareness for homeland security
6 to 9 p.m.
CPM 224: Federal grants and private foundations II
CPM 141: Public finance
CPM 121: Ethics and professionalism
Wednesday, April 28
9 a.m. to Noon
CPM 112: Answering the call to public service
CPM 154: Effective meetings by design
HS 101: Introduction to ICS
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
CPM 123: Managing organizational change
CPM 156: Improving writing skills
CPM 157: Creating a service-oriented culture
6 to 9 p.m.
CPM 131: General human resource law
CPM 222: Project management (Pre-requisite CPM 123)
Thursday, April 29
9 a.m. to Noon
CPM 122: Congratulations you are a leader
CPM 155: Improving presentation skills
CPM 241: Budgeting I (pre-req CPM 141)
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
CPM 125: Developing a professional workplace
CPM 142: Ethics and managing public funds
CPM 242: Budgeting II (pre-req CPM 241)
6 to 9 p.m.
CPM 138:Conflict resolution among employees
CPM 159: Parliamentary procedure
Location for April 26-29 classes set
March County College classes will be held April 26-29 at the NMSU Albuquerque Center at 4501 Indian School Road. This is the same location where Thursday, Jan. 21 classes were held. Click the link below to get a map to the Center.
What if I want a group account to pay for my classes?
Students who want to register, but want their county, department, office or affiliate to pay for the classes under a group account should register and choose to not buy class coupons. Meanwhile, the group account can be set up by contacting County College at countycollege@nmsu.edu. County College needs the name of the group, the names of students covered by the group, and the name, email, address and phone number of the group account contact, who will receive the invoice for the discounted purchase for the students. Unused coupons can be carried forward to the next training event.
New students should email County College
Students who are taking their first classes with County College and need to set up an account for registration should email countycollege@nmsu.edu. Staff will send you your account information via email so you can get started.
Featured below
- Homeland Security emphasis adopted
- 22 walk in graduation ceremony
- New Homeland Security classes offered on scholarship
- Group buys give students discounts
On Jan. 20 in Santa Fe, County College graduates join (at left) Dr. Jon Boren, Director of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, and County College Academic Director Dr. Diane Prindeville, MPA Director of the NMSU Government Department.
22 walk in graduation ceremony
Twenty-two County College students took part in graduation ceremonies at the closing luncheon of the NMAC Mid-winter Conference in Santa Fe on Jan. 20, including Judy Pressett of Eddy County, who was the first student to complete 28 required classes for a Certified Public Supervisor designation. She was joined by three others from her county receiving Certified Public Official pins -- Karen Robinson and June 2009 graduates Darlene Rosprim and Robin Van Natta.
Other CPO graduates in the ceremony were: Mark Willard of Chaves County; Beni Dampier (June 2009 graduate), Stephanie Hicks, Lance Pyle and Debbie Spriggs of Curry County; Freda Baca of Colfax County; Betty Berry of DeBaca County; Mario Jimenez (June 2009 graduate) and Lorrie Munoz of Dona Ana County; Melissa Goins and Dezirie Gomez of McKinley County; Larry DeYapp of Rio Arriba County; GloJean Todacheene of San Juan County; Valerie Espinoza and Richard Varela of Santa Fe County; Lillian Miller of Taos County; Tracy Sedillo of Torrance County; and Joyce Sowers of Union County. New CPO graduate not attending the ceremony was Diane Shoemaker of Lincoln County.
New Homeland Security classes offered on scholarship
Three new Homeland Security classes will be offered to County College students on scholarship during the County College Week in Albuquerque, the week of April 26. The classes help fulfill emphases requirements in Homeland Security for CPO, CPS, and CPM designations and electives for the Certified County Commissioner designation. A new checklist is available to Commissioners reflecting the additions of new HS classes. The classes are: HS 100: Introduction to the National Incident Management System; HS 101: Introduction to the Incident Command System; and HS 102: Public information awareness for homeland security (which must be taken as a 6-hour class, worth two classes). The classes will be offered Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of County College Week.
Homeland Security emphasis adopted
Students who have taken HS (homeland security) classes in County College may be closer to certification than they realize. County College students can now earn a CPO, CPS and CPM with an emphasis in Homeland Security. The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the NMSU Southwest Border Food Safety and Defense Center developed a list of 10 classes (worth 12 class sessions) that can be applied to the standing curricula to earn emphases while earning the core certifications. Five of the classes already have been offered in County College sessions.
To earn a CPO with the emphasis, the six electives must be chosen from the list. To earn a CPS, three additional classes from the list can be used to replace three designated CPS requirements. To earn an emphasis on the CPM the final three classes from the list are allowed for three electives and the capstone project must be directed toward a homeland security issue and involve supervision from a homeland security expert. To learn more, go to our "Certifications and Program Requirements" page on this Web site.
Group buys give students discounts
Now County College classes can be purchased in volume by: Counties, Departments, Offices, or Affiliates and assigned to individuals in the group.
This way, the group can take advantage of volume discounts by buying class coupons where one class coupon equals one class purchased!
5-9 class coupons $70@
10-14 class coupons $65@
15-19 class coupons $60@
20-24 class coupons $55@
25+ class coupons $50@
Higher volume discounts by arrangement
Group account holders can buy coupons and distribute them electronically to individual account holders. To set up a Group Account before March classes,contact: Terry Canup at tcanup@nmsu.edu or at 575-646-5424
Registration tips for the new system
The new registration system offers some great advantages, such as the ability to print out your own invoice and the ability to look at your own class history. We will continually work to make the system more user friendly, but here are some tips for brand new users to get through the rough spots of using the new system.
Update your browser
First, if you find that the registration window does not show properly on your computer screen or the system doesn't properly respond to you, you are probably using an old version of Internet Explorer or Firefox. You can download current versions from the welcome page of the registration site or ask your IT professional to do so.Check with your IT administrator to make sure updating your browser will not cause a problem
Look for your activation email
Current students should have received an email giving them a student number and instructions on activating their accounts. The email should have been received on Nov. 23 and it would have come from noreply@cc.nmsu.edu If you cannot find it, look in your junk mail box. If you are a current student and still cannot find it, you can use the enroll online feature on the welcome page for new students. If this does not work for you, then contact the help number or email posted on the site.
The system only allows one account per email address
If you used the same email address for more than one student in the past, only one of those students will have their data transferred to the new system (whichever one the computer chose). This may require asking County College to change email addresses on an account and necessitate creating new accounts and asking County College to transfer data to new accounts.
Send information to third parties
If you want a third party to activate an account for you, it is up to you to forward the email that was sent to you to that person. If you have activated your account, but expect a third party to register for you, you must send your student number and password to that third party. County College will not share that information with third parties. You must use the new system to register as it ties in to your record system.
Procedures after activating accounts
When you have an activated account, log-in at: http://nmpsi.nmsu.edu or the link above on this page.
After logging in, click Register on the left of the page.You will come to a Student Self-Service Registration page. Click the add class button to get to the class selection page.
Select classes. (Notice that when you select a class a remove button appears to give you the option of de-selecting that class) After selecting classes, click Save registration
You will see a page that will offer you the opportunity to buy the class coupons to cover the cost of your classes. If you want to buy them on your individual account or credit card or print out and individual invoice click yes. If you want a group account from your department, county or affiliate to buy the coupons, click no.
If you clicked yes, you go to a Purchasing and Invoicing page that shows how many coupons you must buy after registration. Click Continue
Click the number of class units (coupons) you need.
Print out your invoice or complete on-line credit card purchase.
If there are problems, your county may have a firewall preventing completion of transactions.
Class unit balance is a feature of the new system
Students who already have credit for classes because of scholarships or because they paid for classes they were unable to attend, will show a balance for the appropriate number of classes in the new County College registration system. This is called a class unit balance. The system will also allow buying units such as affiliates, counties or departments to buy class units in volume and assign class units to students. One class unit is the ability to purchase one three-hour class. We will have more information on this shortly.
Handbooks available on County College site
The 2008 county handbooks for commissioners, clerks and treasurers are available as PDF documents on this page. Go to the left navigation bar on the County College home page and click "County Government Handbooks."