July 14th, 2008
Fall Semester:

Fall classes for the 2008 semester are filling up, particularly the online sections. The same process from summer (please read below) applies to orientation for the online and the hybrid (Cabrillo) course. Students who do not attend orientation and who have not confirmed their spot in class will be dropped to make room for the students who are trying to add. Please note the mandatory orientation dates. Also, note that, for Cabrillo College, one course is an online course and the other course, which presents like a night course, is actually a "hybrid" and meets every-other week in the classroom, with the remainder of the work conducted in the virtual classroom. This format should meet the need of those students who are either new to the online format or not organized enough to meet pre-set due dates without some sort of face-to-face reminder/check-in. It should meet the need of students who prefer or require online classes but comment "that I should have taken this course in a classroom because I had so many questions I wanted answered."
Fall Orientation for Online/Hybrid Classes at Cabrillo is on Monday, September 8th at 6pm in room 435. Coursework will begin the week before the orientation so you must email me and log into class by September 2nd.
Orientation for West Valley is on Thursday, September 4th at 4 or 5:30 pm, in room PE5. You can begin coursework on Tuesday, September 2nd.

In regards to the textbook, please see the sidebar for requirements. If you order early enough, you can find it online for a reduced cost but, particularly in the online class, you will need to have the book by the beginning of class. Also, several students during the summer had difficulty with the Diet Analysis Plus CD, so I highly recommend purchasing the Internet Passcode.
If you have further questions, please do email me at the posted email addresses and I will respond from my personal gmail account.

Update: June 1st, 2008

Summer, 2008:
Summer classes will be starting the week of June 16th. All sections are currently full (at both West Valley and Cabrillo College). Students planning to participate in the class must attend the mandatory orientation at their respective colleges and should also email me prior to that time. I will have to drop students who have not communicated with me by the orientation in order to make room for students who are attempting to add. Students who are hoping to add the class (including those on the waitlist) must also attend the orientation. All adds must be processed by Wed, June 18th, given the short nature of this course (4 weeks).

Please see information about orientation and textbook, etc in the side bar. You will be able to email me within the virtual classroom as soon as that becomes available to you (June 16th, but possibly earlier). Otherwise, email me via my college email address. Once classes start, all email should be conducted via the virtual classroom.

Summer Orientation for Online Classes
Orientation for Cabrillo is on June 16th (Monday) at 6pm in room 435.
Orientation for West Valley is on June 17th (Tuesday) at 4 or 5:30 pm, in room PE5

If you are enrolled in the class but did not email me prior to the orientation and did not attend the orientation, you have most likely been dropped to allow a student present at orientation to add.


Eat well, stay fit,
Denise

Status Report

Students and Prospective Students,
My West Valley College classes are full. My Cabrillo classes are also currently full, but I am usually able to add some students, particularly into my lecture classes. If you are interested in adding a lecture section, please come to the first day of class. If you are interested in adding the online course at Cabrillo, please attend the mandatory orientation on Monday night (info in sidebar). I will drop all students who do not attend that orientation (unless other arrangements have been made) and will then add, from the wait list first, until all spots are full. If, at that time, there are any openings, I will add any remaining students that I can using a random process (ie: drawing names from a hat). If you are unable to add into an online course, I believe both campuses will be offering an online class over the summer.
Eat well, stay fit and keep learning.
Denise Calafato Russo, MS RD CDE

Spring 2008-Status Report as of early January

Happy New Year to all. Both colleges that I teach at (Cabrillo and West Valley) are currently enrolling students. Of the 5 sections of Introductory Nutrition that I teach, 3 are full and wait-listed and 2 have openings. I have many openings in Section #62023 at West Valley, which is an online course. West Valley classes begin January 28th. I have 2 openings in my F2F 8 am class at Cabrillo College. Cabrillo classes begin Febuary 11th. Please see side-bar for information re: mandatory orientations (at both schools), texts, etc. Online students will be able to log into our virtual classroom on the first day of school.
For those of you taking winter session off, enjoy the rest of your break!
Denise Calafato Russo, MS RD CDE

Update West Valley: 8/26/2007

A new section of classes was added for the 32 students on the waitlist. That class, however, does not yet have an Angel classroom created for it. Please keep checking into Angel for when your class opens and then email me there. I am hopeful it will be up and running by Monday afternoon. I should be able to add students into some of these online sections (at West Valley) so please send me an email with your student id and full name, if that is your intent.