THE TRiO TIMES
A NEWSLTETTER BY
LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRiO STUDENTS
“EMPOWERING YOUR EDUCALTIONAL JOURNEY”
Summer 2016 Edition
Table of Contents
Director’s Corner
2
Student Success story 3
The Interview
4
TRiO Event
5
What’s New
6
Careers
7
Knowledge is power
8
TRiO Success Tips
9
Influential People
10
The Puzzle Game
11
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DIRECTOR’S CORNER
The 2015-2016 Academic year was a great year for the Lansing Community College TRiO Student Support Services Program. We served 200 first generation, income eligible students, some of
whom also have documented disabilities.
Students participated in TRiO program orientations, intensive individualized academic advising, personal counseling, Academic Success courses-such as First Year Experience and Techniques of
Study, open lab tutoring in 122 different courses, visits to University of Michigan, Michigan State Uni-
versity, Oakland University and Western Michigan University, cultural experiences such as-the AMA
Etiquette Dinner, the Michigan Historical Museum, Poetry and Spoken Word Open Mic, International
Film Festival, Anand Giridharadas: The True American Lecture, Underground Railroad Tour and numerous concerts and plays.
We are especially proud of the 45 Associate Degrees and 29 Certificates earned by TRiO students during 2015-2016! Our graduates are moving into the work force and on to four-year universities. We have students transferring to University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Western
Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Wayne State University, Davenport University,
Franklin University, University of
Michigan, Flint, Siena Heights University, Ferris State University,
Central Michigan University, University of Oregon, and many more!
CONGRATULATIONS TRiO
STUDENTS!
Mecha Crockett, Director of TRiO
Student Support Services
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STUDENT SUCCESS STORY
Lansing Community College (LCC) TRiO: Student Support
Services program is honored to spotlight Lydia M., a success
story. Lydia graduated in December 2014 from LCC with an
associate degree in applied science and she is also a proud
member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. She has been an
active member of TRiO since Fall 2012, and she is currently
working as a Student Staff for the TRiO program at LCC. In
the Fall of 2016, she is planning to transfer to the University of
Michigan, Flint to pursue her bachelors in health care admiration.
Lydia encountered many challenges during her time here at
LCC. She is a first generation student and the first person in her family to attend college. She shared,
“Enrolling at Lansing Community College was hard for me; because I had been out of school for about five
years. Secondly, I did not know anyone here, so it was challenging for me to adapt to the system.” The challenges she faced to adjusting to her life here at LCC while dealing with the hardship of taking care of her two
children as a young mother have instilled a great determination in her to succeed. Lydia also added that,
“being a first-generation student has motivated me to focus on my dream and future goal, while also trying to
be a good mother for my children.” She realized that college is possible and achievable for herself and for
others because she has overcome many barriers to get to where she is today. Lydia is a very active student and
likes to participate in voluntary services. She volunteers at Sparrow hospital every week. She has also volunteered at the Lansing City Rescue Mission to help the homeless.
Lydia believes that being part of TRiO has played a huge role to her success. For Lydia, the TRiO
program gave her a wonderful experience and great environment that helped her identify both learning aca-
demic and life skills. She stated that “TRiO professional staffs and the students help me build my confidence,
help me with academic assistance and emotional support. I also found the TRiO success tips, workshops and
cultural events very informative and helpful.” Lydia would like to extend her heart-felt appreciation to all the
TRiO staff members. She stated “TRiO is one of the best things that have ever happened to me and I found
TRiO to be my second home.” On behalf of the TRiO Student Support Services we would like to say, Congratulations Lydia!
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THE INTERVIEW
TRiO Professional Tutor, Dr. Saleela Hollingsworth is
originally from India. She majored in Chemistry and
earned her PhD at the University of the West Indies in
Jamaica. She originally came to the United States of
America for a two-year Post-Doctoral training, but she
and her husband ended up making Michigan their home.
Saleela worked at the Michigan State University for thirty
years. After her retirement from MSU, she began teaching Chemistry and tutoring multiple math, science and
other core courses at Lansing Community College.
Saleela’s philosophy of teaching and education is very student-centered. She believes that education is the
key to success in life. She bases this philosophy on her life experiences. Saleela said that “The TRiO Students
are what motivates me to do the things I do”. She believes the students in the TRiO program have a bright
future ahead of them and she is here to help them along their educational journey. Saleela believes that TRiO
at Lansing Community College is the best of the systems that work. She says, “TRiO has the best staff, academic support and most importantly, the open door tutoring services”.
Saleela thinks that the TRiO students are hardworking and she states that “those students who come regularly
for tutoring or academic advising are successful at LCC and are successful at the four year universities’’. She
continued, stating that “this year we had several students who have successfully transferred to the University
of Michigan, which is a very top institution in the nation”.
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TRiO EVENT
2016 Student Recognition
Celebration
Ever y year , the TRiO staff r ecognizes students who have successfully
demonstrated academic acumen, hard
work, and an unwavering ability to
overcome obstacles to achieve aca-
demic and personal goals. Fifteen
TRiO students were among the many LCC students who were recognized this year at the 49th annual LCC
Student Recognition Celebration on West Campus April 9, 2016. TRiO recognized William K., Juana H.,
Brittni P., Abeer E., Sherif A., Sarah A., Florence A., S. H., Jonathan S., Akhil H., Gam M., Breanna B., and
Adrian C. (not pictured: Tamara M. and Jahan G.).
What meant for some students to be awarded...
I was honored to be recognized for my hard work and
dedication to my academics.
But it was even more amazing
to share that experience with
my girls. I was able to show
them that even though I had
a lot going on I still excel and,
anything is possible.
Brittni P.
It was a sign that I am
working towards the right
direction. I want to give
thanks to God, my family,
friends, my teaches and
the TRiO Staff who made
this possible.
Juana H.
Getting recognized validated
the hard work I put in this
school year. It gave me a
sense of accomplishment and I
wouldn't have been able to do
it without my family, friends
and peers.
Akhil H.
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WHAT’S NEW?
TRiO LINC Initiative
On Friday, April 22, the TRiO Program hosted the LCC TRiO Student Internship LINC Initiative
Kick-off Luncheon. LINC stands for Learn, Interact, Network, Connect. Executive leadership from state
agencies, companies and organizations attended to learn more about the TRiO Program and LINC Initiative.
TRiO students spoke about how TRiO empowers their educational journey and the importance of opportunities to experience professional internships.
The LINC Initiative will enhance and supplement the academic efforts of LCC TRiO students by
providing a LINC to businesses, organizations and government agencies for possible student internships, job
shadowing and mentoring. The LINC initiative will provide TRiO students invaluable opportunities to experience real world application of their classroom learning, gain practical work experience, build their resumes
and begin to develop networks that will complement their future endeavors.
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CAREERS
ACCOUNTING
It's one of the best jobs in North America in terms of stress level (low), compensation (high) and career placement after graduation (fast). Vault Career Libraries describes accounting as "a system by which economic information is identified, recorded, summarized and reported for the use of decision makers."
Business degree for accounting majors are available in nearly every form, both on-campus and online:
certificates, associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees, master of accounting degrees and MBAs with accounting
specializations. Most jobs require at least a bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field. Job seekers who
earn certification or licensure, a master's degree, or specialized expertise will have an advantage in the job
market.
Here are some careers in accounting :
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Careers in public accounting focus on auditing and tax functions. New public accountants usually
work for several clients on their own or as part of a firm. Advancement to positions with more responsibility
takes one or two years, and a few more for senior positions. Those who excel may become supervisors, managers, or partners; open their own public accounting firms; transfer to executive positions in management accounting
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS
Management accountants often start as cost accountants, junior internal auditors, or trainees for other
accounting positions within a corporation. As they rise through the organization, they may advance to positions such as accounting manager, chief cost accountant, budget director, or manager of internal auditing.
Some become controllers, treasurers, financial vice presidents, chief financial officers, or corporation presidents.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS
Government accountants can work at any level of government to analyze and oversee the performance
and allocation of funds. At the federal level, opportunities exist in such diverse areas as the Department of
Defense, the IRS, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
INTERNAL AUDITORS
Internal auditors deal with conducting compliance audits, developing internal controls, and establishing accounting information systems. As they advance in their careers, they can become involved in operational audits and provide recommendations and plans for continued financial improvement within an organization.
ACCOUNTANTS SALARIES
In 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary of accountants and
auditors was $73,670. The middle half earned between $51,130 and $87,530. The top 10 percent of accountants and auditors earned more than $115,950, and the lowest 10 percent earned less than $40,850. The highest
mean annual wage for accountants and auditors is paid by the securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage industry, which pays a mean annual salary of $95,970
Adapted from :
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-education-guide/business/accounting-major.
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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
3.Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Selcuk, Turkey
Completed around 550 B.C. to honor the Greek goddess of hunting and nature, the Temple of Artemis
was built during the Achaemenid Dynasty of the Persian Empire. Arson destroyed the temple in 356 B.C. The
ancient author and philosopher Pliny described the temple as being 377 feet long and 180 feet wide (about 3
times the size of the Parthenon), with 127 Ionic columns measuring 60 feet high, and made solely of marble.
Used as both a marketplace and a place of worship, the temple housed numerous works of art and sculpture.
4.Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Olympia, Greece
This enormous statue honoring the god Zeus was built at the Temple of Zeus in Olympia around 450
B.C. Designed by the Greek sculptor Pheidias, the statue of a seated Zeus measured 40 feet tall and was
carved from ivory with gold-plated accents. The statue depicts him seated on a cedar throne inlaid with jewels, holding a statue of Nike (goddess of victory) in his right hand and a scepter with an eagle on top in his
left hand. Various theories exist to explain the statue's destruction. Some scholars believe that it was destroyed along with the temple in the fifth century. Others argue that the statue was brought to Constantinople,
where it was destroyed in a fire in A.D. 462.
Check “ THE TRiO TIMES” for the full description of the remaining three wonders of the world in our next
Editions.
Adapted from: http://www.travelchannel.com
Google pictures
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TRiO SUCCESS TIPS
CREATING S.M.A.R.T. GOALS
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
Specific - A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six "W" questions:
*Who:
*What:
*Where:
*When:
*Which:
*Why:
Who is involved?
What do I want to accomplish?
Identify a location.
Establish a time frame.
Identify requirements and constraints.
Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, "Get in shape." But a specific goal would say, "Join a health club and
workout 3 days a week."
Measurable - Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set.
When you measure your progress, you stay on track, reach your target dates, and experience the exhilaration
of achievement that spurs you on to continued effort required to reach your goal.
To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as......How much? How many? How will I know
when it is accomplished?
Attainable - When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can
make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You
begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.
You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows
you to carry out those steps. Goals that may have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer
and become attainable, not because your goals shrink, but because you grow and expand to match them.
When you list your goals you build your self-image. You see yourself as worthy of these goals, and develop
the traits and personality that allow you to possess them.
Realistic - To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to
work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal
should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress. A high goal is frequently easier to reach
than a low one because a low goal exerts low motivational force. Some of the hardest jobs you ever accomplished actually seem easy simply because they were a labor of love.
Your goal is probably realistic if you truly believe that it can be accomplished. Additional ways to know if
your goal is realistic is to determine if you have accomplished anything similar in the past or ask yourself
what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this goal.
Timely - A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there's no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs., when do you want to lose it by? "Someday" won't work. But if you anchor
it within a timeframe, "by May 1st", then you've set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on
the goal.
T can also stand for Tangible - A goal is tangible when you can experience it with one of the senses, that is,
taste, touch, smell, sight or hearing. When your goal is tangible you have a better chance of making it specific
and measurable and thus attainable.
Adapted from: http://www.topachievement.com/smart.html
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INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in
north London, but during the second world war, Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he
was eight, his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At the age of eleven, Stephen went to St. Albans School and then on to University College, Oxford; his father's old college. Stephen wanted to study Mathematics, although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not
available at University College, so he pursued Physics instead. After three years and not very much work, he
was awarded a first class honours degree in Natural Science.
Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology, there being no one working in that
area in Oxford at the time. His supervisor was Denis Sciama, although he had hoped to get Fred Hoyle who
was working in Cambridge. After gaining his Ph.D. he became first a Research Fellow and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973, Stephen came
to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics in 1979, and held the post of Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics from 1979 until 2009. The chair was founded in 1663 with money left in the will
of the Reverend Henry Lucas who had been the Member of Parliament for the University. It was first held by
Isaac Barrow and then in 1669 by Isaac Newton. Stephen is still an active part of Cambridge University
and retains an office at the Department for Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics. His title is now the Dennis
Stanton Avery and Sally Tsui Wong-Avery Director of Research at the Department of Applied Mathematics
and Theoretical Physics.
Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. With Roger Penrose he
showed that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the
Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results indicated that it was necessary to unify General Relativity
with Quantum Theory, the other great Scientific development of the first half of the 20th Century. One consequence of such a unification that he discovered was that black holes should not be completely black, but rather should emit radiation and eventually evaporate and disappear. Another conjecture is that the universe has
no edge or boundary in imaginary time. This would imply that the way the universe began was completely
determined by the laws of science.
His many publications include The Large Scale Structure of Spacetime with G F R Ellis, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey, with W Israel, and 300 Years of Gravity, with W Israel. Among the
popular books Stephen Hawking has published are his best seller A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and
Baby Universes and Other Essays, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design and My Brief History.
Professor Hawking has twelve honorary degrees. He was awarded the CBE in 1982, and was made a
Companion of Honour in 1989. He is the recipient of
many awards, medals and prizes, is a Fellow of The
Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Stephen was diagnosed with ALS, a form of
Motor Neurone Disease, shortly after his 21st birthday.
In spite of being wheelchair bound and dependent on a
computerised voice system for communication Stephen
Hawking continues to combine family life (he has
three children and three grandchildren), and his research into theoretical physics together with an extensive programme of travel and public lectures. He still
hopes to make it into space one day.
Adapted from : http://www.hawking.org.uk
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THE PUZZLE GAME
SPOTTING THE STATES
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AL
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AZ
CA
CO
CT
DC
DE
FL
GA
HI
IA
ID
IL
IN
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Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
KY
LA
MA
MD
ME
MI
MN
MO
MS
MT
NC
ND
NE
NH
NJ
NM
NV
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
NY
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VA
VT
WA
WI
WV
WY
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
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IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS
Semester begins
Saturday, May 21
End 100% refund tuition and fees, full semester only
Friday, May 27
Memorial Day College Closed
May 28-30
End 50% refund, Tuition and Student support fee only, full semester only
Friday, June 3
Financial Aid Refunds for Grants, Scholarships, and first half of loan begin
Friday, June 10
Last day to change residency
Friday, June 17
Freshman 1st time borrowers refunds begin
Thursday, June 21
Independence day holiday– college closed
July 2-4
Financial aid refunds for 2nd half of loans begin
Friday, July 8
Last day to submit associate degree/ certificate application
Friday, July 15
Semester ends
August 2
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