Weekly E-News Archive - Spring 2009 | E-News index
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April 27, 2009

Dear TRiO Students:  

Week Five News:  

1. Mid-Term Progress Reports are available for you to pick up in the TRiO office or TLC and submit to your instructors to get feedback. Let us know how you are doing. If you are starting to struggle in any class in any way, please contact us as soon as possible. We can help you find solutions.  
2. Advance Advising for 2009-10 is happening now. Get in to see your Advisor or Counselor. Advance Registration for summer begins next week, at 7:00 a.m. on May 5th.

3. Please complete a TRiO Program Evaluation (bright yellow form). Let us know how we are doing--what works, and what could be improved. We really appreciate your feedback. When you turn it in, you get a treat!  

4. If you haven't yet let us know your plans for next year, please do it now! Turn in the form at the front desk for a chance to win lunch for two at the Renaissance Room. We are beginning to schedule Exit Interviews for those of you who won't be returning.  

5. Apply for graduation by April 30th to ensure you get your name in the graduation book and that you get your transcript officially evaluated by the end of spring term. Questions about graduation? Come in and talk to Kate.  

6. Going to the University of Oregon and had your application in by March 15th? Be sure to attend the May Orientation for Fall 2009 to get lots of good information and early registration privileges on Monday, May 18th, 12:30 - 5:00 in UO Ballroom. Go on-line to register on May 1st. Don't miss this!  

7. TRiO Study Groups: Two groups of Math 60 have formed this term. The following groups are active, but don't forget, each group needs to maintain a weekly attendance of three students as a requirement to continue. Don't forget to write the times down in your day timers.    Math 111 with Christopher: 10:00 to 10:50 Mondays in Room 222 (down the hall) .            Math 60 with Marsha (group A): 9:00 to 9:30 Mondays in Room 224 (down the hall).     Math 60 with Ian (group B): 12:00 to 12:50 Tuesdays in Room 212 (corner by women's restroom). Math 65 is now scheduled from 10:00-10:50 Wednesdays in Room 212.  

8. Tutor Evaluations: Please remember to evaluate the tutors you work with this term. Be sure to use the number system for rating the items listed in the box at the top. All feedback is helpful to us and you can evaluate us anonymously, but please evaluate as each tutor is required to have ten evaluations each term.  

9. Sign up now for the TRiO Achievement Celebration. It is a inspiring event that you will not want to miss. Mark your calendar--Friday, June 12, 11:30 - 1:30 in Bristow Square. It's a potluck, please bring a dish or food item to share. Bring yourself, and family or friends as well if you'd like to. Just don't miss out!   Take good care! See you in the TLC.   Warm Regards, Mary    

DATE: April 20, 2009

Dear TRiO Students

Isn't it a glorious day? This kind of weather is dangerous...it contributes to spring fever. Be sure to stay focused on your course work, and find a little time to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather.   News for the Week:   1. TRiO Achievement Celebration!! Sign up now and ask your friends and family to put it on their calendars. Friday, June 12, 11:30 - 1:30 in Bristow Square. Be there! Pick up a little flyer to stick on your fridge or notebook.   2. Advance Advising begins April 21 for the 2009-10 year. Everyone must do Advance Advising in order to register early. Please see your Advisor or Counselor to develop your next year's academic plan. Be sure to follow that plan. It's important that you continue Writing and Math classes until you are through the sequences. That will make taking Science, Social Science and Literature classes much easier. Please bring your 2009-10 planner in when you get it signed, and we will make a copy for your file. Advance Registration for summer begins May 5,and Advance Registration for Fall begins May 19.

3. It's Mid-Term Progress Report Time. Pick yours up in the TRiO Office or at the TLC check-in desk and turn them into your instructors in the next week or two. If you are having any difficulties in class, please come talk to Kate or Bree.   4. Graduating in Spring or Summer? Be sure to get your application in by April 30th. All the info is at http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/stuact/gradinfo.htm

5. Recruiting for 2009-10 Student Service Associates - The Counseling Department is looking for SSAs for the next academic year. It is a GREAT on-campus job assisting fellow students with career information, employment resources, scholarship research, class scheduling and ExpressLane functions. Apply on-line: 2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/ces and click on Lane Job Connection. Deadline is April 24th, 5:00 p.m.

6. Please complete the TRiO form that tells us your plans for next year. Are you going to be at Lane or somewhere else? We want to know!  The form (2 to a page) is attached if you just want to print it out and turn it in, or the form will be available in TLC and the office.  You will receive a treat and a chance to win the raffle for lunch for 2 in the Renaissance room if you return your form to us. Thanks!   7. Be Aware--If you drop all of your classes, there are serious financial and academic consequences.  If you are receiving financial aid, you will be put on FA Suspension and may have to repay a portion of the financial aid you received.  The amount  you must repay will appear as a bill on your Lane account.  You will not be able to register for classes until the bill is paid.  If the bill is not paid within 3 months, your account will be sent to collections.  The collections process can be lengthy and could delay your re-entry into Lane.  Always check with Enrollment Services before making decisions to drop of change grading options.

8. GRADUATE KEYNOTE SPEAKER CONTEST
At graduation, a student is chosen to give the keynote address. Contestants for the graduation student keynote speaker contest are sought.  The contest will be held on May 8, between 3-5 p.m. Students will present their speeches to a panel of judges. The winner will be awarded $100.00 and will be able to give his or her speech at the ceremony on June 13. For more information, http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/stuact/keynote.htm

9.  OSU-CASCADES ADMISSIONS ADVISOR AT LANE Interested in earning a Bachelor's degree?  The Admissions Advisor for OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend will be     here on Thursday, April 23rd from 10:00-1:00 in the Lane Cafeteria.  No need to make an appointment.
 
10. CAREER FAIR
Thursday, April 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Center for Meeting and Learning, building 19. This is a great opportunity for students, friends and family to network with employers from the Eugene/Springfield area. Get more information at http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/mpr/news/rel01110.htm.

11. Interested in being involved in ASLCC - Student Government at Lane? Get involved! Run for office. Election information is available at http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/aslcc/elections.html  

12. Study Groups: Two groups of Math 60 have formed this term. Lots of interest. Feel free to attend even if you haven't signed up for either group. Math 10, 20, 65, and 95 have students interested in forming a study group. If you are too, add your name and available times to the sign-up sheets.   Math 111 with Christopher: 10:00 to 10:50 Mondays in Room 222 (down the hall) .            Math 60 with Marsha (group A): 9:00 to 9:30 Mondays in Room 224 (down the hall).     Math 60 with Ian (group B): 12: to 12:50 Tuesdays in Room 212 (corner by women's restroom).  

13. Evaluations for tutors are due each term. Please do evaluations on any tutor with whom you have appointments or find yourself using several times this term. Green evaluation sheets are found on each table and next to the appointment book.  

14. Appointments in the TLC come up fast, and when tutors are busy with students, they may not recall they have an appointment or notice the time. It is your responsibility to alert your tutor. Feel free to interrupt the tutor a few moments early to remind him or her to start your appointment on time. Please don't be hesitant to do this. It gives the tutor a moment for closure with the current student before beginning your appointment. Your appointment is important, so don't let it slip by while you patiently wait.

Warm Regards,
Mary

DATE: April 13, 2009

Dear TRiO Students:

It's the beginning of the third week and it has been great to see so many of you working diligently in the TLC! Way to go!!

1. Advance Advising begins April 21 for the 2009-10 year. Everyone must do Advance Advising in order to register early. Please see your Advisor or Counselor to develop your next year's academic plan. Be sure to follow that plan. It's important that you continue Writing and Math classes until you are through the sequences. That will make taking Science, Social Science and Literature classes much easier. Please bring your 2009-10 planner in when you get it signed, and we will make a copy for your file. Advance Registration for summer begins May 5,and Advance Registration for Fall begins May 19.

2. Graduating in Spring or Summer? Be sure to get your application in by April 30th. All the info is at http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/stuact/gradinfo.htm

3. Recruiting for 2009-10 Student Service Associates - The Counseling Department is looking for SSAs for the next academic year. It is a GREAT on-campus job assisting fellow students with career information, employment resources, scholarship research, class scheduling and ExpressLane functions. Apply on-line: 2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/ces and click on Lane Job Connection. Deadline is April 24th, 5:00 p.m.

4. Please complete the TRiO form that tells us your plans for next year. Are you going to be at Lane or somewhere else? We want to know!  The form (2 to a page) is attached if you just want to print it out and turn it in, or the form will be available in TLC and the office.  You will receive a treat and a chance to win the raffle for lunch for 2 in the Renaissance room if you return your form to us. Thanks!

5. GRADUATE KEYNOTE SPEAKER CONTEST
At graduation, a student is chosen to give the keynote address. Contestants for the graduation student keynote speaker contest are sought.  The contest will be held on May 8, between 3-5 p.m. Students will present their speeches to a panel of judges. The winner will be awarded $100.00 and will be able to give his or her speech at the ceremony on June 13. For more information, http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/stuact/keynote.htm  

6.  OSU-CASCADES ADMISSIONS ADVISOR AT LANE Interested in earning a Bachelor's degree?  The Admissions Advisor for OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend will be     here on Thursday, April 23rd from 10:00-1:00 in the Lane Cafeteria.  No need to make an appointment.

7. CAREER FAIR
Thursday, April 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Center for Meeting and Learning, building 19. This is a great opportunity for students, friends and family to network with employers from the Eugene/Springfield area. Get more information at http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/mpr/news/rel01110.htm.

8. Interested in being involved in ASLCC - Student Government at Lane? Get involved! Run for office. Election information is available at http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/aslcc/elections.html  

9. Opening documents saved in Microsoft works (*.wps) is easy on MS 2007. If you have works on your home computer, you can open this documents here with an extra step. They won't open in <*.wps>, so you need to right click your mouse and choose "open with" from the drop-down screen, then select "Microsoft Office Word" for opening your document. The best choice, however, is always to save your documents in rich text format <*.rtf> which can be opened with any software program.   Have a great week!

Warm Regards,
Mary

DATE: April 6, 2009

Dear TRiO Students:

It finally feels like Spring! Hooray! Don't let the beautiful, warm weather give you a case of Spring fever that keeps you from doing your work.   News for the week:  

1. TRiO Workshop: Working with Math Word Problems  Wednesday, April 8, 3:00-4:00 in 19/231j (inside the Coop office). Sean's workshop, "Working with Math Word Problems,"  will provide you with the tools to understand word (story) problems in any level of math course. Sean will show you how to take word problems apart and find the meaning in the words and numbers so you can work the problems.  

2. Thanks for participating in the vote for next year's TRiO calendar/planner. There is a clear first choice and we will be ordering the calendars to provide to students who are graduating and transferring this spring and summer, and to all you students who will be returning to TRiO next year. You will get it when you do your Fall check-in appointment in August-September.  

3. TRiO will be opening enrollment to new students for 2009-10 in May. Please let your friends and class mates know about open enrollment. For you current TRiO students, we will sk you to complete a form beginning next week that tells us your plans for next year. If you are going to be at Lane you will continue to be a TRiO student and will just need to do a check-in appointment before fall term begins.  

4. TLC Schedule changes. Note new hours for Jake and Christopher start this week. The revised TLC schedule is posted in the TLC as always and included as an attachment in this newsletter. Lots of tutors this term, all day, especially for math. So take advantage of the quiet afternoons in the TLC to work with tutors.  

5. Study Groups are an excellent success strategy. Sign up now to form a study group. Several students have listed their available times; join them!. Study groups require a minimum of three TRiO students who can meet for 50 minutes (like a class) once a week. Sign up on the blue clipboard on the tall table and ask tutors for help if you have questions about how study groups form or work.   Math 60 Study Group: Verifying now.  

6. Hard time finding your card? Here's how to avoid that most of the time. When you pull out a group of cards to find yours, please be very careful to put them back behind the same alphabetical divider, with yellow cards in front, blue in the middle, and pink as the last cards in the letter grouping. Last week groups of cards got put back behind the wrong letter several times, and students and tutors had difficulty finding misfiled cards. If you can't find your card, let a tutor know right away. You need to  

7. Tutor appointments start this week. Don't wait to get a study group going, meet with tutors right away. You can start making appointments this week and continue using drop-in tutoring all day long. Check the new schedule to see when your favorite tutors are working.  

8. Please label your food in the fridge and remember that it needs to be consumed within two days at most. As the fridge gets cleaned out weekly, any left over food and containers will be tossed out. So, don't lose your lunch or your plasticware, but use the marker and/or the post-it notes to label each item.  

9. Recycle bins for plastic bottles and cans and even your recyclable dishes (rinsed clean) are located to the right of the ASLCC snack bar. Please don't put them in trash or paper recycle bins in the TLC. Also, please don't forget them on the table; take them when you leave.   Have a great week, and be sure you are coming in this week to use the TLC and other TRiO services.

Warm Regards,
Mary

DATE: March 30, 2009

Dear TRiO Students:

Happy Spring! We hope you had a great break and feel ready for the new term. It sure has been a Monday. It's been kind of quiet in the TLC, so come on in and get going on your assignments.   E-News for the week:  

1. TRANSCRIPT REVIEWS - Kate completed the transcript reviews during spring break, and sent out e-mail messages to those of you who may have some sort of issue on your transcript. Please contact us as soon as possible this week.  

2. TRiO WORKSHOPS and EVENTS - Please see the attached flyer for Spring TRiO Events. There are a number of things coming up right away.  

Keys to Success Workshops
Provides useful information about how to succeed in college.
Thursday, April 2nd, 1:00-2:30, 19/243
Friday, April 3rd, 8:30-10:00, 1/222*
Monday, April 6th, 2:30-4:00, 19/243*
*Mary Parthemer instructor
Register at 2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/stuser/ key to success.htm

LCC Play "Arcadia"

Thursday, April 2nd, 8:00 p.m.
Blue Door Theater, Performing Arts

Working with Math Word Problems Workshop with Sean

Wednesday, April 8th, 3:00-4:00
Bldg. #19, 231J
 TRiO Potluck Achievement Celebration
 -Come celebrate your successes!
 Friday, June 12th, 11:30-1:30
 Lane Bristow Square Plaza

3. TLC Schedule is displayed on the information table. Please note tutor's individual shifts so you can plan your study time in the TLC accordingly. No appointments during week one, but we will set up the appointment book by Tuesday and you can make appointments for the week two. Meanwhile, sign up for drop-in tutoring and don't forget to sign up for study groups for the term.  

4. Your new TLC cards are in the box. Everyone has one, but note: they will stick together until they have been handled a few times. All the more reason to come in often. Please take time to separate the cards when looking for yours and be sure to place them back in the section from which you pulled them. Yellow cards for students who entered in the fall are in the front of each section, blue cards for long time TRiO students are in the middle, and the very pink cards for students new in winter-term are the last in each section.  

Science course work. Students who regularly attend TRiO study groups are more successful in their coursework and on tests. Sign up now to form math and science study groups. It takes a minimum of three students to form a group. Put down all your available time each day; that is the only way we can find out if three of you can meet at any one time.

6. STUDENT INPUT NEEDED!  Lane is improving its communication with students. We are developing a new student web portal that will provide easier access to your Lane information, such as financial aid and scholarships, account balances, holds, and registration information, and provide timely messages and information that will help you succeed at Lane. To make it the best tool for you, we need your input about what you want to see on the student portal web pages. Please come to a student focus group on one of the following dates:
~Tuesday, April 14, 2:30 to 3:30 in the boardroom in building 3,
~Wednesday, April 15, noon to 1 in room 1/222 (bring your lunch)
~Wednesday, April 15, 2:30 to 3:30 in 2/209,
~Thursday, April 16, 2:30 to 3:30, in 2/209.
Without you, we cannot make the new student portal the best it can be.
For more information contact Carol McKiel at 463-3132 or mckielc@lanecc.edu

7. It's spring, but please don't be a flower in the TLC. Perfumes and various other fragrances and chemicals are known to cause health problems. The TLC has several sensitive students as well as tutors. Please avoid wearing fragrances in the TLC and keep the room a Fragrance Free Zone. Thanks!!!  

8. Cell phone jingles are a no-no in the TLC. Please remember to turn your cell phone off or put on vibrate before you enter the TLC. If you get a call, please have the caller hold and immediately leave the room to take your call.  

9. Student Planner options for next  year are on the information table. Please look them over carefully and vote for your preference on the sheet beside them.   Have a great first week and come in to say hi!

Warm Regards,
Mary