Spring Fever

Success Center Staff,

It is easy to let yourself get distracted during this time of the year; the school year is coming to an end and the beautiful sunshine has started blessing us with it's presence more frequently.  I do encourage you to enjoy the warmth of the sunshine when the opportunity is there, however always keep in mind what your priorities are and make sure you are getting the most important things accomplished.  It is also a good idea to keep this in mind during your tutoring sessions as other students will be struggling with similar distractions.  Sometimes it is an extremely important skill to be to help students recognize these distractions and come up with ways to minimize the influence that they have on students avoiding their schoolwork.

• UCC is hosting their sixth annual dodgeball tournament on Saturday May 17th at 9 am in the UCC gym. Teams can have anywhere from 4 to 10 members.  Registration is $30 per team and the campus center will be accepting applications until May 15th.  Some of the success assistance have formed a team and I encourage the tutors to create either one team or create teams with other students.  It is fun to get involved with the school while getting connected with other students on campus.  More information is available in the campus center including the rules which everyone participating will be expected to know.

• The CSM program that is ran by our department has been rapidly growing.  We currently have 38 students enrolled in the program and enrollment for the Spring term will stay open until May 29th and then will open back up for Summer term on the first Monday of Summer term.  If you have any questions regarding the CSM program, please talk with either Blake Norton, Amanda Welch, or Tyler Ramos.  Our "Referral Form" is now available to use on the website on the Success Center's page.  We have also finally been approved for our CRLA tutor center certification as of the beginning of this month. This is super exciting and I will be following up with all of you about this shortly.

• We have hired two new tutors that will be starting next week.  Corrine Brown will be an additional accounting tutor as well as some other subjects as well.  Edgar Perez was hired to be an SI tutor for some of the Spanish courses.  Edgar will also be in the center for an hour each week holding a study group for the Spanish students on Thursdays from noon until 1.  We have also hired a new success assistant named Dustin.  Please welcome these new members to our staff as soon as you get a chance or see them around in the center.

• There have been some concerns around students having some expectations of our staff in the Success Center to work on their computers.  The Success Center does not provide computer repair services.  The services that we do not provide consist of but are not limited to: debugging, repairing/installing software, or installing programs.  The Success Center provides students with academic support and skills/tools to be successful moving forward through their futures.

If you guys have a chance you should watch this video from Nick Vujicic:                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4uG2kSdd-4 

"I think the biggest disability that we have as human beings is unbelief.  Everything starts with a vision, and a man without a vision dies."   -Nick Vujicic