Meet Your Instructor

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Dona Aubrey

Teacher

daubrey@tacomacc.edu

253-460-3813

Building 13, Room 108

Tuesday/Thursday - 11:00 - 1:30

Zoom Office Hours Link

About Dona Aubrey

Hello and welcome to HIM 315. I’m Professor Dona Aubrey. You can call me Professor Aubrey, Professor, or Dona, depending on what you’re comfortable with. I’m excited to be teaching this course and to have you in my class! I started my college journey here at TCC many years ago and graduated from the HIT Program. I am happy to be back working and teaching here after spending 25 years in healthcare. I hope you will feel the same sense of pride for attending TCC that I do as an instructor here. It’s a great place to learn and I’m looking forward to learning with you. I’m here to help you succeed. If you feel worried about your learning and/or performance in this course, please talk to me. I am happy to listen and strategize solutions that will improve your learning and performance. I know how important the outcomes of your classes are and I am here to provide support and guidance so that you can be successful. Remember that in an online environment, I can't see the confusion or frustration on your face, so please don't ever hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about your class, the program, or anything else.

Communication Plan

I use the announcement feature in Canvas to communicate to the class as a whole. You can see the announcements by going to the course tab or on the announcements page in Canvas. You are responsible for any information found in the announcement section. You should check the announcements at least twice per week to be sure that you are up-to-date on everything. You can sign up for automatic notification of new announcements through the Canvas notification page.

You can also send me an email. I always respond to emails as soon as possible. If you don't hear back from me in a reasonable amount of time, (other than weekends or holidays), it's possible that it has fallen into the 'email black hole' and you should resend. I never just ignore emails. You can also call my office number, (see above), or stop by my office during my scheduled hours, (see above).

I try to be on campus during days when I have office hours, and during those times, you will be able to drop into my virtual office hours using the link above, or stop by my office and see me in person. Faculty Office Hours are set aside each week for students to have access to an instructor for questions, comments, or concerns, so please don't think that you are bothering me or interrupting my work. Those hours are for you!