magnet issue 2 - Cuyahoga Community Collegegood on a resume. And, of course there are paid internships as well. A few places to look include: • internships.com • indeed.com •

TRiO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES wwwtri-ceduSSS

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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

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STEM is something that people are hearing about everywherenowadays However you may have a few questions as to whatexactly STEM is and if itrsquos something you could be interested in

I have currently been President of the STEM Club here at Tri-C Westfor some time now and here are some common questions that I amalways asked

bull What does STEM mean STEM stands for Science TechnologyEngineering and Mathematics Although it is true that you have tohave a strong foundation in both math and science to be a STEMmajor you should never feel discouraged because you arenrsquot a straight Astudent in these subjects If you have an interest in STEM you should explore it and see if itrsquos a goodfit for you

bull Is STEM interesting or just lots of math The STEM Club has members from all different parts ofSTEM and itrsquos always a new adventure We are all at different levels in our education and we all learnfrom each other Thatrsquos just part of the experience A great example of this is the project we areworking on this semester We decided on building a hydroponic garden to grow tea leaves None of ushad any idea on how to do this but we started researching the topic and designing what our gardenwould look like We had to scrap several of our original ideas because we kept finding problems in ourdrawings Part of STEM is solving problems through creation and innovation and we had to do thismany times as we ran into problems in designing and building our project I myself didnrsquot understandsome of the problems we had to overcome and my team had to explain it to me Even though I wasthe leader I had to know when to ask for help from those around me

bull Irsquom not good at math or science but am still interested in STEM What should I do WellSTEM isnrsquot just about numbers There are many branches of STEM that people overlook An exampleof this was when a student asked if there were any STEM programs where she could use her drawingabilities I told her she could become a CAD Computer-Aided Design designer and use her artistictalent in the world of engineering

Having a STEM major opens up endless possibilities in careers Choosing a major in STEM can bechallenging but it is important to remember that you often have to work hard for the best things in lifeWith all the different majors in STEM Irsquom sure you can find a STEM program that is the right fit for you

Breanna Cruzby

Is STEM The Right Choice For me

Western CampusCuyahoga Community College11000 Pleasant Valley RoadParma Ohio 44130216-987-5360 Office

Audra Jones EnglishIT TutorDorsey Faught ScienceMath TutorPetra Glaser ScienceMath TutorAllie Salmons Office AssistantChristopher Kerney Program AssistantAlex Fuentes IT ManagerDavid Karban Part-time Student AdvisorSarah Eakin Student AdvisorDr Melanie A Johnson DirectorSTUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The Student Life Office provides programs and activities that promote learning and development both outside and alongside classroom learning Opportunities include leadership trainings and certifications numerous student clubs and organizations and special events and activities on each campus

RESOURCES 9Tri-C Calendar

TRiO SSS Attends the Cleveland International Film Festival

FEATURED ACTIVITY7STUDENT SPOTLIGHT6GRADUATE HIGHLIGHTS4-5New TRiO Book ClubTUTORING NOW3

Stop Annoying Robocalls On Your iPhone or Android Phone

TIPS AND TRICKS3

TRiO is Helping Students Prepare for Their Futures Now

READ ALL ABOUT IT2DIRECTORrsquoS CORNER2

STAFF 1STUDENT ARTICLE 1

FEATURED PROGRAM 1Is STEM The Right Choice For ME

Student Life

FROM THE DESK OF 7CALENDARS AND EVENTS8

volume 4issue 2

Spring 2018

Information about Student Life offerings from across the college are located on Tri-Crsquos Websitehttpwwwtri-cedustudent-lifeindexhtml

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CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

It is never too early to begin thinking about where your major will lead you With this idea in mind Trio hosted a Career Exploration Workshop Series this spring semester to help students begin thinking about their future career goals In addition to promoting the workshops and events hosted by Tri-Crsquos Career Center TRiO also held their own workshops and invited two guest speakers to share their journeys from college to where they are now

Seana Rutherford Nurse Practitioner and Scott Eakin Global Manager of Process and Standardization at Rockwell Automation met with students staff and guests to tell their stories and share detailed information on the opportunities that are currently available for students looking to go into the Medical and Manufacturing fields respectively

The speakers also shared their best tips for students looking to begin buildingthe foundation toward their long-term careers These tips includedhellip

bull Networkingbull Job Shadowsbull Entry-Level Jobs and Early Certificates

Exampleshellip LPN Certificate for prospective Nursing students Rotational Job Programs for Engineering majors

bull Internships (See our note in Blue for more information on how to securean internship in your future career field)

TRiO is Helping Students Prepare For Their Futures Now

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INTERNSHIP INFOAre you looking for something to do overthe summer Something that may be help-ful in your future job hunt as a graduate

Well then you should consider a summer internship What is an internship you ask Well to keep it simple it is an opportunity given by employers to students to gain ex-perience working in a particular field While some of these internships are unpaid they offer valuable experience that always looks good on a resume And of course there are paid internships as well

A few places to look includebull internshipscombull indeedcombull Our very own Career Center locatedin the WSS-101

In this edition of The Magnet students and staff share ways they are getting involved across the campus college and community and the benefits of getting involved The accomplishments of TRiO graduates and participants are celebrated and great suggestions are given for defining and reaching your own goals

Throughout life we update our goals as we become clear about our interests and strengths and continuously look to set new goals There is no ldquoone best wayrdquo that fits every situation but you will want to consider some tried and true practices used by those who regularly reach their goals Here are some you will want to do now

Number one is identifying your priorities then refining them into goals Next is committing to investing the time needed to achieve these goals Being organized and managing your time are very important Identify your resources and support systems and purposefully pursue new resources This is where greater involvement in college and community can be used to boost your resources Join a club participate in student activities volunteer

Be sure to check out the resources tips and tricks highlighted throughout this edition And as soon as you can make a plan to get involved

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not onfighting the old but on building the new - Socrates

by Dr Melanie A Johnson

Whatrsquos A BookClubIs a book club a bunch of little old ladies perusing stuffy old tomes or the suburban moms drinking sparkling wine and discussing the latest of the New York Times Bestsellers or is it a group of pretentious know-it-alls spouting off nonsense about Aristotle and Karl Marx Well a book club can be any and all of these but our interpretation is the TRiO Book Club

We are students tutors counselors and directors who exchange our views on the book in question We are learning new ideas reshaping our own and enjoying both a good read and a great conversation as we share interpretations and enjoy each otherrsquos company

3CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

New TRIO Book Club

Audra Jonesbynowtutoring

bull On iOS go to the Phone app then recent and tap the blue information icon to the right of the number you want to blockbull For Android the process isnrsquot much different Go to the recent section of the Phone app long press on the bothersome number and chooseblock On some Android phones yoursquoll also be given the option of reporting the number as spam

Option B Trust (or Pay) Your Carrier To Protect Youbull ATampT Call Protect (Free for all postpaid customers Unavailable on prepaid lines)bull Sprint Premium Caller ID ($299 month)bull T-Mobile Scam ID and Scam Block (Available for free for all postpaid customers)bull Verizon Wireless Caller Name ID ($299 per month)

Option C Protect Yourself With Third-Party AppsIrsquod recommend looking into each of these services to see which one you like best

bull Nomorobo (httpswwwnomorobocom) 14-day trial then $199 month or $1999 yearbull RoboKiller (httpsrobokillercom) 7-day trial then $299 month or $2499 yearbull Hiya (httpshiyacom) Free Hiya partners with Samsung ATampT and T-Mobile to provide their spam ID services and also has standaloneapps

bull TrueCaller (httpswwwtruecallercom) Free

Stop Annoying Robocalls On Your iPhone or Android PhoneMobile spam calls have been a nuisance for years but over the last few months itrsquos felt to me like therersquos been a surge of them Robocallers have upped their game by masking their spam with local genuine-looking phone numbers Itrsquos all too easy for these scammers to use the power of the internet and fire off countless calls with ease

So if yoursquore as sick as I am of pulling a vibrating phone out of your pocket only to see a random suspect number letrsquos go over the options for fighting back and restoring some sense of peace

Option A Block Individual Numbers One By One

amp trickstips Alex Fuentesby

TRiO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The TRiO Book Club is NOW in full effect We are looking to expand our minds through the power of literacy networking and exposureWe voted to read the following books Daughters of Fortune The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The UgliesWe had a great meeting of the minds on Monday 32618 at our first book club meeting Our first book is Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende We will be breaking the book into 3 parts

This is going to be an exciting journey for all involved Happy Reading

Tri-Crsquos Common Reading book for the 2018-2019 academic year is Carry On by Lisa Fenn We encourage all students and staff to pick up a copy and join in next yearrsquos college-wide discussions

Fennrsquos moving memoir tells the story of how life as an ESPN reporter brought her to meet two disabled wrestlers from East Cleveland When the sports coverage ended however Fenn realized that her life with these two young men had just begun Theirs is a story of hardship love hope and the power of human connection

highlightsgraduate

Congratulations and job well done to all our TRIO graduates for Spring and Summer 2018

Associate of Arts

GERALD BOCOOK

Associate of Arts

MIRIAH HALL

Associate of Arts

BRANDON BOETTCHER

AAS Criminal Justice

MICHAELHIGHTOWER

Associate of Arts

NATASHA DAVIS

Associate of Arts

EUGENIAKAFANTARIS

AAS Elec Engr-CompNetwork Hardware

DOMINIC DILIBERTO

Associate of Arts

DE JONNAE KIDD

Associate of Arts

MACKENZIEMACURA

Associate of Arts

JASMINE MASSEY

AAB VisComampDesign-Photography

ANA ORTIZ

Associate of Arts

KEITH RICHEY

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Associate of Arts

EDWARDRODRIGUEZ

Associate of Arts

JOSE VELIZ

AAB VCampD- Web ampInteractive Media

ALLIE SALMONS

MICHAEL WILSON

Associate of Arts

AGUSTIN TORRES

Associate of Science

JORDAN VALLANCE

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JOSIE COYNE Associate of ArtsKELLY DABERNIG Associate of ArtsCARLY KROGGEL Associate of ArtsVALERIE MATHIS Associate of ArtsSHACARRA MERRIWEATHER Associate of ScienceTIFFANY SALSGIVER Associate of Arts

ldquoAnd when your journey seems too hard and when you run into a chorus of cynics who tell you that yoursquore being foolish to keep believing or that you canrsquot do something or that you should just give up or you should just settlemdashyou might say to yourself a little phrase that Irsquove

found handy these last eight years Yes we canrdquo- President Barack Obama to Howard University in 2016

ldquoI think a lot of people dream And while they are busy dreaming the really happy people the really successful people the really interesting engaged powerful people are busy doinghellip Ditch the dream and be a doer not a dreamer Maybe you know exactly what it is you dream of being or maybe yoursquore paralyzed because you have no idea what your passion is The truth is it doesnrsquot matter You donrsquot have to know You just have to keep moving forward You just have to keep doing something seizing the next opportunity staying open to trying something new It doesnrsquot have to fit your vision of the perfect job or the perfect life Perfect is boring and dreams are not real Just dordquo -Shonda Rhimes

spotlightstudent

Gerald Bocook

Gerald will be graduatingfrom Tri-C in August 2018Because of his full-timestatus each semester sinceSummer 2017 Gerald isgraduating in record time15 months with HonorsHe will be attending CSU inthe fall of 2018 to major inEnglish

Jennifer Borchardt

Jennifer began school atTri-C in Fall of 2017 and inthe past year has made theDeanrsquos List completed allher Nursing Programpre-requisites amp has beenaccepted into the Westshorecampus Nursing Program for the start of the Fall 2018semester

Jasmine Massey

Jasmine will be graduatingfrom Tri-C in August 2018before transferring to finishher Bachelorrsquos at NotreDame College

This past year she made theDeanrsquos List and was one ofsix students to recieve theMartin Luther King JrHumanitarian Scholarship

Deanrsquos List Awards Ceremony

Congratulations to all our TRiO SSSstudents who made Deanrsquos List this year

On Tuesday March 27th several TRiOSSS students were recognized at theDeanrsquos List Award Ceremony for theirhigh academic achievements for the2017-2018 academic year

PicturedNoel ContrerasJacqueline KrehelJasmine MasseyArius Wright

Last year Trio SSS attended the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) This yearrsquos 42nd CIFF has once again exceeded all expectations Dr Melanie Ms Petra and six Trio students attended the event and saw An Act of Defiance

The movie is a historical dramatization of the events leading up to and including the 1963 trial which sentenced Nelson Mandela and 7 other anti-apartheid revolutionaries to life in prison The attendees were able to absorb the sacrifice of those men defended by Bram Fischer the lead lawyer who placed his and his familyrsquos existence on the line in South Africarsquos brutal regime His acts of courage resistance and honor along with Mandela standing up to the systemic injustice by pleading lsquoNot Guiltyrsquo laid the groundwork for the end of apartheid

Lunch at Susyrsquos Soups and Deli was also a repeat of delicious food and great conversation Soups sandwiches and wraps helped us settle our stomachs as we discussed the ignorance and prejudice of South Africa at a time when the USA was battling its own legacy of slavery and subsequent inequalities We were appalled by the incredible hatred and astounded by the heroism of the men of South Africa

Trio SSS Attends the Cleveland International Film Festival

activitiesfeatured Petra Glaserby

The life of a college student requires most to juggle completing course work time with our family and social interaction with friends According to numerous research studies your college journey may be more meaningful when you are connecting to other scholars through both social and community involvement

Cuyahoga Community College students are afforded numerous opportunities for engagement As a TRIO Student Support Services participant your extended support team has been both intentional and deliberate to create on and off campus activities for you Exploring other colleges along with community assets like our regionrsquos museums is both educational and fun

According to a recent survey by the Community College Review an online site that ldquoprovides free detailed profiles of community colleges across the USArdquo recently noted that participation in extracurricular events expands students networking fun and deepens learning Many college students also engage in volunteer activities for example gathering items for the campus food pantry taught them serving others impacted their personal and professional growth

In summary participating in activities outside of your class can help you prepare for graduation with unique and beneficial experiences

Engagement Helps You Complete Your Higher Education Degree

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segregation ordiscrimination ongrounds of race

ldquoI learned that courage was not the absenceof fear but the triumph over it The brave manis not he who does not feel afraid but he who

conquers that fearrdquo- Nelson Mandela

TRiO also provides FREE Tutoring Services to all TRiO participants in out Tutoring Lab T105

Spend an hour learning the quick and effective way to master key concepts vital to your college successTopics Covered Include Note Taking Financing College Writing Skills Managing Test Anxiety Applying to Scholarships And More MathScience Prep Organization Skills

TRiO Power HourACADEMIC RESOURCES amp SYSTEMS

Tri-C calendardate highlight

May 28 2018 Memorial Day- College Closed - No Classes ScheduledMay 29 2018 Summer Session Full Term (10 weeks) and Session J (First 5 Weeks) BeginJune 11 2018 Session L (8 Weeks) BeginsJune 12 2018 Last day to withdraw from Full Term (10 Weeks) and Session J (First 5 Weeks) with NO RECORDJune 22 2018 Last Day to Withdraw from Session J (first 5 weeks) Course with a ldquoWrdquo GradeJune 22 2018 Academic Progess Reporting for Full Term (10 Weeks) DueJune 25 2018 Last Day to Withdraw from Session L (8 Weeks) with NO RECORDJuly 1 2018 Session J (First 5 Weeks) EndsJuly 2 2018 Session K (Second 5 Weeks) BeginsJuly 3 2018 Session J Grades DueJuly 4 2018 Independence Day - College Closed - No Classes ScheduledJuly 16 2018 Last Day to Withdraw from Session K (Second 5 Weeks) with NO RECORDJuly 20 2018 Last Day to Withdraw from Full Term (10 Weeks) Course with a ldquoWrdquo GradeJuly 20 2018 Last Day to Withdraw from Session L (8 Weeks) Course with a ldquoWrdquo GradeJuly 27 2018 Last Day to Withdraw from Session K (Second 5 Weeks) and Session L (8 Weeks) End

August 5 2018 Summer Session Full Term Session K (Second 5 Weeks) and Session L (8 Weeks) EndAugust 7 2018 Final Grades Due Full Term Session K (Second 5 Weeks) and Session L (8 Weeks)August 27 2018 Registration for Fall Semester - Last DayAugust 27 2018 Fall Semester (16 Weeks) and Session A (First 8 Weeks) Begin

September 3 2018 Labor Day - College Closed - No Classes ScheduledSeptember 10 2018 Session O (14 Weeks) BeginsSeptember 10 2018 Last Day to Withdraw from Full Term (16 Weeks) and Session A (First 8 Weeks) with NO RECORD

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Learn how to better manage money with CashCourse - a real-life guide to taking charge of money and personal financesVisit wwwcashcourseorg for more information

TRiO uses social media emails and text messages to connect with studentsDONrsquoT MISS OUT STAY CONNECTED

Join our FB Group Sign Up for Text Message Reminders

Check your email every Friday forour Weekly Updates

Did you know that Tri-C has a new online College Catalog featuring 9 academic pathways and nearly 250 major program areas

Visit catalogtri-cedu

CLASSES amp PROGRAMS

Did you know that you can borrow laptops headphones and calculators (among other things) from our TRiO office We also have a small amount of school supplies available for those who need them Feel free to stop in and sign out what you need The TRiO office staff is more than happy to help you out

TRIO SSS now has a new Reference Table for students to use in the lab Be sure to take advantage of this new resource

TRiO SSSCampus ResourcesAre you prepared to maximize your experience Take advantage of the tools and resources designed to help you succeed Visit tri-cedustudent-resources

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TRiO Email Address ssstriowesttri-cedu

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