CCBC's Student Newsletter FEBRUARY 2016
Issue 6
TITAN TALK
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Titan top story CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SIX STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO EARNED A PLACE ON THE FALL 2015 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE (WPCC) All-Academic Team! Four women’s volleyball players and two men’s basketball players were regionally recognized for achieving honors or high honors in the classroom. To earn the honor award, student-athletes must achieve a 3.0 to 3.49 GPA. To earn the high honors award, student athletes must achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Pictured: Front row (left to right): Jan Kaminski, Dean of Student Services and Enrollment; Jessica Palak (high honors); Sabrina Peroni (honors); Shania Short (high honors); Emily Bilheimer (high honors); and Lauren Susan, Student-Athlete Academic Success Facilitator Back row (left to right): Tony Gates (high honors); John Ashaolu, Director of Athletics and Student Programs; and Ryan Skovranko (honors)
Policy on Nondiscrimination Community College of Beaver County does not discriminate in admission or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, veteran’s status, age, or national origin. Inquiries may be directed to CCBC’s Title IX Coordinator, VP Human Resources, One Campus Drive, Monaca PA, 15061, 724-480-3379 or Section 504 Coordinator, Dean of Student Services & Enrollment, One Campus Drive, Monaca PA, 15061, 724-480-3423.
campus Shoutouts PHOTO OF THE MONTH The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program named CCBC as one of the nation’s top 150 community colleges. CCBC is the only Pennsylvania community college included on the list.
ID SCHEDULE (ALSO ON MYCCBC) SPRING ’15-16 Monday, January 4th, 2016-Friday, January 8th, 2016 Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am-11am, 2:30pm-4pm Evening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday - 4:30pm-6pm Monday, April 18th, 2016 – Friday, April 22nd, 2016 Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am-11am, 2:30pm-4pm Evening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 4:30pm-6pm
SUMMER ’15-16 Monday, May 9TH, 2016- Friday, May 13TH, 2016 Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am-11am, 2:30pm-4pm Evening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 4:30pm-6pm Monday, June 20th, 2016 – Friday, June 24th, 2016 Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am-11am, 2:30pm-4pm Evening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 4:30pm-6pm
FALL ’16-‘17 Monday, August 15TH, 2016- Friday, August 19th, 2016 Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am-11am, 2:30pm-4pm Evening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 4:30pm-6pm Monday, August 22nd, 2016- Friday, August 26th, 2016 Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am-11am, 2:30pm-4pm Evening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 4:30pm-6pm Monday, November 28th, 2016- Friday, December 2nd, 2016 Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am-11am, 2:30pm-4pm Evening Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 4:30pm-6pm *all other hours should be scheduled by personal appointment with Fran, call at 724/ 480-3462
Calendar OF EVENTS SPRING 2016 INTRAMURAL SCHEDULE Fierce Funk Begins Jan. 19th Tuesdays Noon AEC SouLift Begins Jan. 20th Wed/Thurs 1:00 AEC Walk & Talk
Begins Jan. 25th
Mon/Thurs
Noon AEC
Soccer Begins Jan. 26th Tues/Wed 2:00 AEC Basketball Begins Feb 2nd Tues/Wed 2:00 AEC Floor Hockey Begins Feb 16th Tues/Wed 2:00 AEC Corn Hole Begins March 1st Tues/Wed 2:00 AEC
BOWLING AT SHEFFIELD LANES CCBC students, faculty, and staff with valid CCBC ID will get two free games of bowling per night. Family and Friends can play at a discounted rate. You will need to call ahead for lane availability at 724-375-5080. This does not include shoe rental. Sheffield Lanes is located at 818 Raccoon Street, Aliquippa, PA 15001
February 8, 2016 Wax to the Max-Granulated Candle Art, Titan Café, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. February 10, 2016 SGA meeting 12:30-1:30, SSC Conference Room February 10, 2016 Warm Up Wednesday, main campus, Titan Café, 8:30-10:00 a.m. February 17, 2016 SGA meeting 12:30-1:30, SSC Conference Room February 18, 2016 Pizza with the President, 12:30 p.m., Titan Café February 24, 2016 SGA meeting 12:30-1:30, SSC Conference Room February 27, 2016 Youngstown Phantom Hockey, 7:05 p.m. game at YSU Covelli Center, $15 (15 tickets available) Bus leaves AEC parking lot at 5:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. est. departure time from Covelli Center. Sign-ups end 02/19/16! February 29, 2016 Last day to apply for May graduation
career corner CAREER SERVICES CENTER Located in the Student Services Center Building – Upper Level Hours: Monday – Friday – 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Or call to schedule an appointment Erica Fox – 724-480-3413 Anne Farls – 724-480-3412
CHECK OUT OUR JOB POSTINGS BULLETIN BOARDS LOCATIONS: • Career Services • Across from CCBC Bookstore • Across from President’s Office • Learning Resources Center Lower Level
What Good Is a Liberal Arts Degree in the Job Market? By: Vanessa Richardson Liberal-arts degrees get a bum rap. After all, what in the world are you going to do with that philosophy or American history degree? And why spend $30,000 and upwards annually to learn about it? Well, actually, it’s because a liberal-arts degree is a versatile ticket to a wide range of jobs, and it’s sought out by many employers. Few jobs are out of the reach of a liberal-arts major, says Katharine Hansen, writer for the job-hunting website Quintessential Careers and author of A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way Into the Hidden Job Market. “Sometimes liberal-arts majors’ struggle a bit more than other majors when launching their careers, but the evidence shows that they tend to advance farther and be more sought out by CEOs for high-level jobs,” Hansen says. Liberal-arts majors looking to apply for graduate school are also looked well upon. Stanford University’s MBA program prefers not to take applicants with undergraduate degrees in business; instead, liberal-arts majors are among the preferred applicants. Max Mallory is graduating from Sarah Lawrence College this spring, and while he focused on theater and social sciences, he has decided to focus on a career in law by doing internships at a boutique law firm and the District Attorney’s office, and planning to go to law school in the fall. How will these two different majors help turn him into a lawyer? “Being a trial lawyer ties the dramatics of theater with the content base of law,” says Mallory. “And while I may not have specialized knowledge in one specific area, my
degree teaches me how to think, be critical and creative. I’ve learned excellent communication skills in writing, verbalizing, articulating, and arguing and defending a position. I’m able to think critically and abstractly in a way I don’t see with students who are in more specialized institutions.” Michelle Marion graduated two years ago from Georgetown University with a degree in French. Not the most secure degree when the economy is tanking. But Marion waited tables for a few months to pay the bills and look for an appropriate job. It turned out to be at an aerospace company. “My responsibilities, which actually had little to do with the fact that I spoke French, were vast and varied,” she says. “They had more to do with skills such as researching, organization and self-motivation that I learned through the multi-disciplinary four years I spent in college.” Mason was willing to start in a junior assistant position and wound up in a senior position -- with a big pay increase in six months. She says that she knows other French majors who got good jobs at consulting firms, financial companies and government agencies. “Their knowledge of French may have helped them get where they are, but I think their liberal-arts education played a bigger role as they climbed the career ladder.”
Internships and networking aside, how do you market yourself to employers as a liberal-arts grad? Hansen has these suggestions: •
Believe in your degree. You majored in French or philosophy because you had a passion for it, right? Use that passion to your advantage. The more you believe in the great choice of major you made, the better you will market yourself to employers. Your passion shows enthusiasm, a love of learning, commitment and dedication.
• Sharpen your focus. Yes, your degree qualifies you for a wide range of jobs. But employers want to know what you want to do in a job, so the more focused you are, the more hirable you are. Use your school’s career center to hone in on careers that align with your skills, values and interests, and to craft cover letters and resumes that target those careers. •
Market your skills. The very good news for liberal-arts majors is that communication skills are what employers desire most. You’ve learned how to communicate orally and in writing, whereas many business majors lack those strengths. If you’ve taken a foreign language, that’s also a plus, as language skills and multicultural sensitivity are highly marketable skills today. Use your communication skills to your advantage in cover letters, resumes and interviews.
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But give your skills a boost. Computer skills area must for most jobs, so take a class to beef up those skills. If you’re interested in a business career, you can learn a lot by reading publications like the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week, and watching the business cable network CNBC. Study job listing for the types of jobs you’re interested in and see what skills are required. If there’s one or two that keep popping up that you’re deficient in, figure out the best, quickest way to get up to speed.
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Craft a cover letter and portfolio that shows off your degree. A cover letter can tout your liberal-arts skills because it can use more narrative language than the resume to show an employer the connection between your skills and his needs. Because you’ve researched and written a fair number of papers and reports in your four years, use the best as writing samples in your portfolio of work. Remember that your total college experience helped you develop skills Involvement in extracurricular groups showed your leadership, teamwork skills and competitive drive. A compelling, well-written job application makes a big impression on employers.
• Determine whether you need more education. There are some fields, like social work or law, in which opportunities are extremely limited with a bachelor’s degree but better with a master’s. If your career path dictates grad school, take that path. But consider it only if’s truly right for your situation. If you’ve had enough of school and want to get out into the world, don’t give up in defeat and say, “Well, I guess I’ll go to grad school.” Keep a positive attitude about the value of your liberal-arts degree. And consider the story of John Urheim, who graduated from Cornell University with a degree in sociology and recently retired as CEO of a biotechnology firm in Colorado. How did a liberal-arts graduate end up running a high-tech company? Urheim’s response: “Who better than a liberal arts graduate?” He says that liberal arts prepared him to think clearly and understand the relationships between science, market forces and human behavior. “Liberal-arts majors are always prepared to learn and adjust to the unexpected.”
help is on the way! CCBC TUTOR CENTER JANUARY 11 THROUGH MAY 2, 2016 SCHEDULE 724-480-3438 *Tutor hours subject to change due to tutor availability. Tutor Name
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
ACCOUNTING
BOB MESSINA ACCOUNTING bob.messina@ccbc.edu
12 – 4
12 – 6
MATH
NANCY LIVITSKI MATH nancy.livitski@ccbc.edu
1 – 2:45 4:30 – 6
1 – 2:45 4:30 – 6
2:30 – 6
1–5
ENGLISH
RUTH GRASSEL ENGLISH – ACT 101 ruth.grassel@ccbc.edu JON DODD WRITING jon.dodd@ccbc.edu
1–5
1–5
1–5
9–3
9–3
9–3
SCIENCES & PSYCHOLOGY
SAMANTHA LEITAO SCIENCES & PSYCHOLOGY samantha.leitao@ccbc.edu
9–1 1:30 – 6
LEARNING LAB
RENIA STALA LAB TUTOR – ACT 101 renia.owens@ccbc.edu JACKIE KUSNIR LAB TUTOR jaclyn.kusnir@ccbc.edu Lab, Room 206
11 – 5
9:30 – 12 12:30 – 4
11 – 5
11 – 5
9:30 – 12 12:30 – 4
9:30 – 12 12:30 – 4
8–5
8–5
8–5
8–5
10 – 2
10 – 2
3–6
3-6
MAKEUP TESTING
Library, Tutor Center
2015-2016 CCBC Men’s Basketball Schedule Day
Date
Thurs
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Alderson Broadus University ***Scrimmage Philippi, WV 7:00pm CCBC – Catonsville 10/24/2015 Catonsville, MD Jamboree***Scrimmage 10/30/2015 Army Prep School***Scrimmage CCBC 8:00pm 11/4/2015 Clarion University***Scrimmage Clarion, PA Tip-Off Tournament: 5:00 11/6/2015 Mercyhurst NE vs Columbus State CC; CCBC 7:00 Jamestown CC -Cattaraugus County vs CCBC Tip-Off Tournament: 12:00 11/7/2015 Losers-Game 1 CCBC 2:00 Winners-Game 2 11/10/2015 Allegheny College –MD CCBC 7:00pm 11/13/2015 Howard CC Howard 7:00pm 11/14/2015 Cecil College North East, MD 1:00pm 11/17/2015 Penn State Allegheny CCBC 7:00pm 11/21/2015 Columbus State CC Columbus, OH 5:00pm 11/23/2015 Notre Dame College JV CCBC 7:00pm CCBC Thanksgiving Classic: 5:00 11/27/2015 CCBC CCBC-Catonsville, Erie CC, Prince George’s CC 7:00 CCBC Thanksgiving Classic: 12:00 11/28/2015 CCBC CCBC-Catonsville, Erie CC, Prince George’s CC 2:00 12/1/2015 Notre Dame College JV South Euclid, OH 7:00pm 12/5/2015 Jamestown CC Jamestown, NY 4:00pm 12/15/2015 Mercyhurst – North East North East, PA 7:00pm 12/18/2015 Cecil College Holiday Tournament North East, MD 12/19/2015 Cecil College Holiday Tournament North East, MD 1/6/2016 Westmoreland County CC Youngwood, PA 6:00pm 1/9/2016 Pittsburgh-Titusville Titusville, PA 3:00pm 1/11/2016 CCAC-Allegheny CCBC 7:00pm 1/13/2016 CCAC-Boyce CCBC 7:00pm 1/16/2016 Pennsylvania Highlands CC Johnstown, PA 12:00pm 1/20/2016 Butler County CC CCBC 6:00pm 1/22/2016 Pittsburgh-Titusville CCBC 7:00pm 1/25/206 Allegheny College –MD Allegheny-MD 7:00pm 1/27/2016 CCAC-Allegheny Pittsburgh, PA 1/30/2016 Potomac State College Keyser, WV 2/1/2016 CCAC-Boyce Monroeville, PA 2/3/2016 Pennsylvania Highlands CC CCBC 7:00pm 2/6/2016 Westmoreland County CC CCBC 2:00pm 2/8/2016 Butler County CC Butler, PA 7:00pm 2/15/2016 Penn State – Beaver CCBC 7:00pm
Revised: 4/23/15; 5/29/15;6/2; 6/4; 7/27; 8/4; 8/18; 9/14; 9/29
Tuesdays, 5:00 to 5:30 p.m Open to CCBC Community & Beaver County Community CCBC Room 4011 - FOR BEGGINERS Be prepared to take off your shoes at the door, sit on the floor, if possible. If not chairs will be provided. Presented by Dr. Cynthia Marshall, Professor of English and Yoga. Interested CCBC Students, and Butler Buddhist Sangha, contact cynthia.marshall@ccbce.du for more information.
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