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Final Registration for Fall
Fall Tuition Due
Curriculum Classes Begin
in this issue
New Career Center and Open House
Technology Updates !. 3
Showcase of Stars P. 4
Meet Your 2012 SGA Officers '.6
TRIO Service Day P. 8
Career Planning and
Placement Center Open
House, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. F
Building
Watauga Welcome Back
Event, Pizza in the Lobby
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 2:30
p.m.: Watauga Campus
Fall 2012 - Welcome Back Edition
September
Labor Day Holiday, Institution
Closed
Watauga TRIO Deli, 12 p.m.:
Watauga Campus
Blood Drive, 8 a.m. to 1 :30
p.m.; Caldwell Campus
CCC&TI Golf Tournament,
12 p.m.; Cedar Rock Country
New to College? Check out these
helpful tips for new students.
By Shannon Brown, Director of
Counseling and Advisement Services
Want to be successful? Start the
process now of developing some
helpful habits:
1 . Ask lots of questions: Don't be afraid
to talk to people. The faculty and staff expect
you to have lots of questions about everything,
whether you’re new or not. We know that you
may have to ask the same question more than
once. That’s OK. Asking a question not only
gets you an answer, but also builds relation¬
ships with people on campus.
2. Get organized: Colleges are full of infor¬
mation, spilling over in fact. The bigger problem
now is finding the specific information you need,
when you need it, and knowing what to do with
the information once you get it. Make a habit of
keeping a notebook just for your “new student,”
questions. Think of it as a Freshman Journal.
Date and time your entries. Keep a calendar.
Buy some labels, dividers, and binders. Keep
items like your student ID number, your pass¬
words, and key phone numbers in a safe place
where you can get to them easily and repeated¬
ly. When you speak with someone here about
an issue, or get a question answered, be sure
to jot that person’s name down, and the time
you spoke with them, so you know who to ask
for later if you need more clarification.
3. Learn to navigate campus systems:
Campus systems include a network of support
services as well as a network of support tools.
In the tools category are things like the college
website, your WebAdvisor account, your Black-
Board account, and especially your Student E-
mail. Most, if not all, really important communi¬
cation to you from the college will come through
your Student E-mail. Things like when to get
advised, when to register, when to pay your bill,
may all be communicated through this portal.
Likewise, if you are attempting to communicate
with faculty or staff, your Student E-mail is the
safest bet. It won't be blocked by our spam
filters, and it provides you with a dated and
timed record of your communication for future
reference. (See page 3 for more information on
recent technology updates at CCC&TI.)
4. Learn who your resource people are:
Besides your instructors, the college offers tons
of other support. We have career counseling,
brief personal counseling, academic advis¬
ing, tutoring, a writing center, enrollment and
records services, testing, employment services,
and student activities just to name a few key
support areas. Each of these areas is staffed
by people with names and faces, families
and pets, just like you. When you think of the
people who work here as just folks from your
community, it’s much easier to approach them
when you have a question. The entire first floor
of F-building is dedicated to Student Services.
Think of this as the first place to go when you're
not even sure if you’re asking the right question.
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