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Pierce
College
Student Success
Newsletter
November
Student
Success
Program of the Month:
College Fair
11/2
Language Arts Lab
11/2
UCLA Admission Workshop
11/2
USC Admission Workshop
11/2
Art History: Writing an Essay (Pt I)
11/3
Psychology: Library Research Skills
11/3
ESL Conversation Group
11/7
Academic Anxiety
11/7
Applying to UC
11/8
Vocabulary Workshop
11/8
Language Arts Lab
11/8
Using Social Media for Job Search
11/9
Language Arts Lab
11/9
Applying to CSU
11/9
Art History: Writing an Essay (Pt II)
11/10
ESL Conversation Group
11/14
Test-Taking 1: Preparation
11/14
How to Apply for Child Develop-
11/14
ment Permit
Writing Your Personal Statement
November, 2011
11/15
for UC
Yikes: My Final Paper is Due
11/15
Vocabulary Workshop
11/15
Language Arts Lab
11/15
Slam Dunk Resumes
11/15
Yikes: My Final Paper is Due
11/16
Applying to UC
11/16
Money for College
11/16
2 Year Careers at Pierce
11/17
Art History: Writing a Visual Analysis
11/17
Psychology: APA Style
11/17
ESL Conversation Group
11/21
Test-Taking 2 & 3: Writing
11/21
Vocabulary Workshop
11/22
Language Arts Lab
11/22
Language Arts Lab
11/23
ESL Conversation Group
11/28
Vocabulary Workshop
11/29
Language Arts Lab
11/29
The Pierce faculty is proud to present the Classroom Success Series
to students interested or enrolled
in Art History, Physics, Philosophy,
or Psychology courses. Faculty
from these disciplines have worked
together with English and Counseling faculty to develop a series of
contextualized workshops to teach
essential skills for their respective
disciplines.
Through these workshops, students can learn the reading, writing, study, and learning skills they
need to be successful in their
courses. These contextualized
workshops have been specifically
designed to address the most important success skills for that subject, and the modules are taught
within the context of these disciplines. Content instructors and
guest speakers from academic and
student support centers across the
campus teach students topics such
as Time Management, Critical
Thinking, Making Sense of Course
Readings, Discipline-Specific Writing Skills, Effective Note-Taking,
Identifying and Applying Learning
Styles, and Using Campus Resources.
Philosophy offers students a semester long, one-unit class to
learn these skills. Art History,
Psychology, and Physics offer
open access workshops, where
students can attend weekly workshops or just attend the topics of
most interest to them. All students and majors are welcome to
attend any of the workshops and
courses.
If you would like to learn more,
go to www.piercecollege.edu >
Faculty & Staff > Student Success
> Programs and Services > Classroom Success Series.
Student of the Month:
Amanda Carvalho Machado is an
international student from Brazil.
At first, it was hard for Amanda to
leave her family and home and
move to the U.S. to pursue her
education. However, the support
and motivation she received from
Pierce College faculty and counselors helped her thrive as she pursued her passion for travel and
new cultures. Amanda received a
certificate in International Business
from Pierce and is currently pursing a degree in Recreational Tourist Management at CSUN. Her
dream is to travel and work around
the world in the hospitality sector.
Amanda learned about the Classroom Success Series while working
as a student worker in the International Students Office. Professor Jill
Cohen walked in with some flyers
advertising the program; Amanda
picked one up and decided to give
it a try. As an international student, Amanda felt the pressure of
needing to pass all her classes in
order to continue her education in
the U.S., so she decided to take
advantage of all the help available
to her.
Amanda says the program was a
great experience in which she
learned valuable skills for college
success. The workshops helped her
improve her note-taking skills,
prepare for exams, and prioritize
her tasks. Through this series,
Amanda visited the library, where
she learned from a librarian how to
conduct a search. Professor Cohen
also taught her how to format her
papers in APA style. These are skills
she still uses today in her CSUN
courses. Amanda says the time
management workshop was the
most useful because she learned
to her organize herself better and
make lists of all that she has to
accomplish.
Amanda’s advice to faculty is to
take the time to build different
approaches to different students
because each student comes with
unique experiences, needs, and
levels of motivation. Also, she
would like faculty to know that
students are not always aware of
the services available to them.
When faculty see that students
need help, they have an opportunity to connect them to a service
or tool that will help them improve.
Would you like to learn more? Visit us at:
http://faculty.piercecollege.edu/success