Week 6 updates

Hopefully everyone is handling the pressures of midterms well (I'm not... sorry about all the sirens around noon yesterday). It's hard to believe the majority of the term is already downstream of us. It's tough, but will be so so worth it!

Some updates for this week:

Winter is approaching and the UCC bookstore is having a 50% sale on jackets. Good time to get a warm winter shell.

Please help us in welcoming several new tutors to the team. Isaac, Marcy, Sandra, and Kevin have been hired on as peer tutors. Also starting are many students who are volunterring from the Nursing program. Welcome, Courtney, Keeley, Tyler, Hensel, Eden, Beth, and Maria. We are happy for both our peer tutors and volunteering peer tutors, and all of them make a great addition to the team!

When checking out iPads and Laptops, make sure that an assistant acknowledges that you are doing so. Just like with tutoring, the front desk can get busy and it is important that all of our inventory gets accounted for.

The “Success Clan” has won six out of seven clan wars, and the first tutor has joined the clan! We look forward to accepting the other tutors as they join. Please help us spread the word to our students! The clan is for all UCC student employees and students who play Clash of Clans.

Tyler Ramos recently fulfilled the position of Coordinator of Success Center Initiatives. He will continue his work with CSM and is now accepting the responsibilities of the Supplemental Instruction program. Daniel and Tyler will work closely together for the success of the S.I. Program.

Blake Mecham and Tessa Smithey have been working with us for three weeks now, but each are newly hired assistants. Blake works with the CSM program as an assistant and Tessa works as an assistant for the Success Team.

Please help in welcoming Blake and Tessa to the team and congratulating Tyler for his new position!

And the following was sent all UCC students from Marjan Coester’s office, and bears repeating.

“Writing Instructors [are] available to help students with their essays, reports or any other writing assignments.  The writing instructors will be available in the Writing Lab located in the UCC Success Center (ESB 15).   Helen Laurence is available in the Success Center on Tuesdays and Thursday from 10:30 am to 11:30 am and Andrew Madaus is available in the Success Center on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. In addition to the writing instructors, we also have peer tutors available to assist with the writing concepts and paper formatting.  Please visit the center for a copy of the peer tutor writing schedule.  When utilizing the Writing Lab or student tutors we ask that students bring a copy of any drafts of their paper, any related assignments or handouts, class syllabus, and course textbook if available.  This resource is available to students free of charge!”

Carpe Diem, my friends. I miss you all and hope all is going well.

—N.

Week 3 already!

The weather is changing, days are getting shorter, but there is still plenty of activity to be had here on campus.

A few upcoming events:

Saturday, October 18: UCC’s annual Harvest Celebration. Wear your costume, bring your kids, and get ready for some family fun! There will be trick-or-treating and other fun games available 11am – 2pm

There will be a job fair in the student center on October 22^nd from 11am – 2pm. Local employers will be on hand to answer questions and, just maybe, accept resumes.

Also, the office of Student Life has sent the following statement, which is so important that I will repost it here in its entirety:

“Got Respect?  Have you ever felt disrespected or marginalized because of who you are?  Or have you found others treat you in special ways because of your individual status?  We want to hear your story.  Participated in one of eight focus groups being held this term to aid in a research project about respect and inclusion at Umpqua Community College.  The focus groups are: Age, Ability, Ethnicity, Women’s Voices, Poverty, Race, Religion and Sexual Orientation.  If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please send an email to got-respect@umpqua.edu”

Finally, a representative from Portland State University will be on hand Wednesday, October 15^th from 11 – 1 in the cafeteria. They will be answering questions regarding degree programs, transferring, and other important topics.

Keep up the wonderful work!

—N.

A heartfelt Thank You

Ladies and gentlemen!

This week is International Tutor Appreciation Week. For more info, see here.

I'm going to keep this short. I want to thank all of you for your outstanding work, dedication, and commitment to UCC and it's students. I've said it before, and I'll say it once again: I'm proud to have worked with such a great team, and I must say that after comparing UCC's Success Center to other tutorig services I have used this fall, you all should be extremely proud of what you have accomplished. It is, by far, tthe best tutoring lab I have seen.

Keep up the exemplary work. 

—N.