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.