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Student
Support Services
Spotlight - February 2004
Happy
New Year to you!
I hope this message finds you and your family happy and healthy
as we begin our new year.
It seems like yesterday when fall semester started - it is hard
to believe half of the academic year has already past. As they
say, time flies when you are having fun.
Speaking of fun, your SSS staff enjoys creating new programs and
new ways to serve you better. We have an idea about our monthly
SSS Spotlight but want to be sure we are making the right decision,
in this case the most accessible decision, for you. Please let
us know what you think of the following:
Would you prefer we continue to provide you with your monthly
SSS Spotlight through your mailboxes OR would you be interested
in receiving this information via email?
Let us hear from you. We will do whatever fits your lifestyle.
Have a great semester. Please stop by our offices regularly. We
enjoy seeing all of you.
Cheryl
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belated wish for: |
5 - Jody Woodring
9 - Shane Jones
13 - Stephanie Hoxit
21 - Yadi Aguirre
27 - Amy Potts |
7 - Carolyn Potts
9 - Mike Messina
15 - Linda Griffin
22 - Vicki Edgar |
8 - Melissa Kooker
10 - Steven Augustine
19 - Kristen Bryson
25 - Jennifer Rice |
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3
- Maggie Palomino
5 - Rita Watkins
7 - Nikki Cunningham
10 - Ryan Watson
19 - Deborah Kouns
24 - Michael Ramey
27 - Sharon Dills |
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- Alisha Deaver
6 - Selena Holland
7 - Tommy Rice
13 - Reuben Kotila
23 - Jonathan Makinson
25 - Danielle Williams |
4
- Crystal Stiwinter
- Christina Burdick
9 - Steve Christopher
17 - Andrea Stewart
24 - Marion Mitchell
26 - Chelsea Cagle |
 
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Tutoring
is also available at the Macon Center.
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Sign
up for Spring Tutoring.
Be proactive in your learning and sign up early!
The process is easy and
it is FREE!
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Those Fun Loving Tutors |
Special
thanks to all of our devoted Tutors who worked with us this
fall:
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Grounded:
June Winger and Youy Pung
On
the Wall: Distinguished Tutor Coordinator, Marti Hunter,
Christine Hubinger, Mary Bradley, Denise Ferguson, Virginia
Cranfield, Verna Humphrey, Rosemarie Durham, Tara McDonald
Toni Holland and Shawn Pack
Bear
Hug Trio: Joann Jones, Patty Graham, and Will Smith
In
the Trees: Josh Boucher and the reserved, Peter Buck
Not
Pictured: Chris Thomasson, Bryanna Chambers, Michael
Lyons, and Gretchen McNabb
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Lifetime
Achievement Award
goes to Alva Duke in abstentia.
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If
you are interested in being a tutor this semester,
please see Marti in the SSS Office.
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Tutoring
Makes a Difference!
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Interested
in Sharing the Joy of Reading with Your Child(ren)?
Then
come join us for a creative and innovative program called Motheread/Fatheread,
designed to strengthen family
relationships, to foster a belief in the importance of stories
and storytelling, and to stimulate discussions on parenting with
your peers.
| Where? |
Bradford
Hall Conference Room
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| When? |
Eight
(8) one-hour sessions on Thursdays beginning February 19
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| Time? |
11:45
am - 12:00 noon: Lunch
12:00
- 1:00 pm: Motheread/Fatheread session
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| Why? |
To
learn more about yourself as a person and a parent, and to
share that discovery with your child(ren).
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| How? |
By
reviewing and experiencing ten children's books, which you
will have the opportunity to keep for both you and your child
to enjoy.
Sessions: February 19, 26, March 4, 11, 25, April 1, 8, 15
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| Note: |
Lunch
will be served at 11:45
Limited to the first ten participants. A FREE children's library
will be given to parent(s) who attend 7 of 8 sessions.
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Sign up with Marti or Peter by February 12.
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If
you are planning on attending college in 2004-2005, don't
forget to file your FAFSA (Free Application
for Federal Student Aid) a.k.a. Pell
Grant Funds, SEOG, NCSIG, Workstudy, etc. Forms are available
in the Financial Aid or SSS offices. |
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| Friday,
February 20: |
ACT
(Asheville Community Theatre) ~ "Walking Across Eqypt" |
| Friday,
March 26 - Saturday, March 27: |
We
will be traveling to Durham, NC for another exciting "manning
of the phones" during UNC-TV's Festival Fund Drive. |
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Check
your mailboxes
in the SSS office weekly
for detailed information
on these upcoming trips.
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Important
Cultural Enrichment Reminder for all new and
returning students:
Culutrual Enrichment trips are designed to broaden your cultural
and/or experiential learning. Our enrichment trips are FREE
to you and we want you to participate in as many as possible.
However, if you sign-up for a trip, you are expected to SHOW
UP! These trips are FREE to you, but they are quite
costly on your SSS Grant. If you sign-up and find out at a
later date that you can not attend, you MUST give us
at least 3 days notice so we can find a replacement for you.
Failure to notify us will result in you "sitting out"
the next 2 trips. If you have any questions, please give me
a call at ext. 245. |
March 1: WCU ~ 8:15-11:30 am or 12:45-4:00 pm
March 2: WCU ~ 8:15-11:30 am or 12:45-4:00 pm
March 4: UNCA ~ 8:30 am-1:30 pm
March 10: ASU ~ 8:30 am-7:00 pm
March 31-April 1: Cabarrus College of Allied Health (leave 4 pm
on Wednesday and return 6 pm Thursday)
If you would like to be volunteering someplace regularly (e.g.,
the Community Table or the Family Resource Center) please let
Peter know so he can arrange this.
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And - It's getting to be time for the annual
Bowl for Kids Sake (to support Big Brothers
Big Sisters). Pencil this in on your calendars. We
will probably do that the evening of Wednesday March 10th.
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But wait, there's more. . . Before the long bus ride to Raleigh.
. . Get outside, stretch yourself, relax, enjoy nature, help the
environment. Join a wonderful crew of folks and pick up trash
along the North River Road. Thursday March 25th, meet at
the SSS office at 11:50 AM. And when we're done we'll have
pizza for lunch.
Diaphanous: • \dye-AF-uh-nus\
• adj |
1. characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing
through 2. characterized by extreme delicacy of form: ethereal
3: insubstantial, vague
Example Sentence: "The very mist on the Essex marsh was like
a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland,
and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds." (Joseph
Conrad, Heart of Darkness)
www.merriam-webster.com
 
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| February |
| 12 |
Last
day to withdraw, 1st session |
| 20 |
Asheville
Community Theatre |
| March |
| 3 |
1st
session ends |
| 4 |
Classes
begin, 2nd session |
| 15-21 |
Spring
Break - no classes |
| 24 |
Last
day to withdraw, full session |
| 25 |
Volunteer
Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup |
| 26-27 |
UNC-TV
Festival Fund Drive |
Student
Support Services
The Student Support Services Office at
Southwestern Community College is
committed to the empowerment of program participants to
achieve success through:
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accessible
and effective programs |
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supportive
and caring staff |
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quality
advising and teaching |
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responsive
counseling |
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student
advocacy |
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We
strive to offer these services in the
spirit of positive and friendly community.
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Community College
447 College Drive
Sylva, NC 28779
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