campus news
May 2014
SADHA brightens Safe Place room
Cassandra Lindsay Staff Writer The last time I talked to Bridget Korpela, she and the rest of the dental hygiene program were working on raising money for two different projects: “Mission of Mercy” and a room conversion at SAFE Place Shelter. I recently talked to her again to get an update and see how things were going. The room they worked on at the shelter was a success. The United Educational Credit Union donated 500 dollars to Student American Dental Hygienists Association (SADHA) to help the cause, and with that money they were able to finish the floors, put beds together, and provide bedding. Korpela says that it took about 10 hours to complete everything, but they had a lot of fun doing it. SADHA also presented the shelter with a plaque to say that they would adopt the room and refurbish it periodically. Along with fixing up the room and making it a more comfortable place to stay, they also donated 14 toiletry bags which con-
tained multiple items. The other project the dental program was working on was raising money for “Mission of Mercy” and that was also a success. They had a fundraiser which raised enough money to pay for the students to stay in dorm rooms at Ferris State University. Student Life will be covering other expenses such as the van and gasoline to get them there. Everyone is signed up for various volunteer jobs. Hygiene students will be able to do some dental-related work such as sterilization, patient education, and support for the registered dental hygienists. Korpela says that they are all very excited to help so many people, and see this type of community service first hand.
In honor of Earth Day, the KCC Bookstore asked students to drop off their old shoes in the store throughout the month of April. Urging everyone to “clean out your closets for Earth Month,” the bookstore plans on donating the less worn out shoes to the homeless and sending the worse pairs to Nike’s “Reuse-a-Shoe” recycling campaign. Through Reuse-aShoe, footwear is broken up into pieces and resourcefully turned into other athletic accoutrements, such as astro turf and tracks. Bruins may remember a similar collection effort held in November called “Hoodies for the Homeless,” where over two hundred hoodies were donated. Due
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Friday
7:45 am - 5:00 pm The finished room
Reduce, reshoe, recycle T.J. Taylor Staff Writer
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to the success of that event, the store’s employees decided to hold the shoe collection, and this effort is turning out just as successfully, if not better. When asked how many pairs of shoes had been donated, manager Catherine James and assistant manager Charles Bard couldn’t pinpoint a number, but said they’ve been receiving a few pairs a day. They are excited at the collection coming around and claim to have had a great response, and from the looks of the pile stacking up near the front window, it’s not hard to agree with them. The sneaker and hoodie collections have not gone unnoticed by those outside the school. Their eco-friendly efforts have reached local news stations, which only builds the amount of donations even more. With the positive feedback and growing popularity of the drives, the bookstore staff looks forward to holding both events again in the future.
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11:00 am - 3:00 pm
A new spin on traditional teaching Amber Arizmendi Staff Writer “As a student I always struggled with a traditional class room environment. I prefer to have a classroom that relates to my student demographics and cultural education (how they like learn). My goal is high expectation…if it isn’t good it isn’t done.” Chuck Newman is an old school new age thinker. As a career counselor and teacher of Sociology at KCC, he gets to know what students need and want out of their school environment. He proscribes to the notion that students want more than just text books and exams in their 21st century college life. They want to learn together as a group and discover new ideas and concepts in a static environment. “We need to strongly consider our role in preparing students for the challenges of work and life in the 21st Century. Discussion should include educators, employers, parents and public.” Using this ideal as a base and combining it with class room and Google+ discus-
Chuck Newman
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sions, videos from YouTube.com and asking students to state their opinions and asking critical questions, Chuck lets the students learn and teach one another. Newman lets the students drive the discussion’s in class and online, saying “We have outstanding and committed professors and adjuncts at KCC. We all approach our class rooms with equal vigor.” As an ending word Chuck wished to talk directly to students, “We all learn differently. I would invite students to understand how they learn and do their best to try to find an environment to maximize their class room experience..."talk with other students, instructors, department chairs, advisors and counselors.”
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