Friday,April19, 1996 Vol. XLII, No. 23
Cabrini College Radnor,Pa. 19087
Expert Gardnerto speak Students'smilesfade too soon at CARe Center's20th anniversarycelebration by Tom McKee assistant news editor
photo by Dennis Fohner
Students danced the night away at the spring formal held at the Radnor Hotel on Friday, April 12. But smiles disappeared when the formal was ended early. Find out why on page nine.
CARe Center to celebrate 20 years of academicaid by TomMcKee assistant news editor
For thepast20 years,a selectgroup of studentshave walkedthe few hundred yards from their donns to the Rudy RooymanCenter,home of the CAReCenter,to makea difference.It is herethatstudentsareableto provide educationalsupportforotherstudents. On Monday,April 22, the CARe Center will celebrate its 20th anniversary. The daywill be highlighted by several speeches to be made by John Gardner, a nationally recognized expert in the field of the freshman-yearexperienceand the senioryear experience. A communitycelebrationwillfollow Gardner's speeches. The CAReCenterwasestablished in 1976by Dr.Arthur Young,director of the CAile Centerand associate professorof English and communications, as a means to offer support to students having academic difficulty. The CARe Center providesthree services to students, according to assistantdirector Barbara Rubin. "It providestutoringfor students by both peer and professional tutors," Rubin said. "It also teaches academic skills and provides sup-
portandenrichmentin thebasicskills, StudiesProgram,accordingto Biller. "Students in the programget a lot math and writing." Any student can go to the CARe more attention and support in their Centerfor tutoring,accordingto Dr. first year," Biller said. After their first year, students no Mary Ann Biller, vice-presidentfor longer remain in the program. enrollmentmanagement. "Most of the tutoring is done by The success rate of the program volunteerstudentsas a formof com- suggeststhat it has had an impacton munityservice,"Biller said. "Some the studentswithin it. Accordingto Biller,75 percentof do it through the work-study program. But the majority of it is done students in the program received a grade-pointaverageof 2.0 or above voluntarily." There are three professional tu- duringthe 1994to 1995 schoolyear. tots, accordingto Janet Shoemaker, Within that group, 11 percenthad a tutorial coordinator. Shoemakertu- GPA between3.0 and 3.4. Two pertors students in math and science. centboasteda GPA of 3.5 or higher. Rubin and Mary Ann Defalco, ·Accordingto Biller,24.5percentwere assistant director, tutor in writing. on academicprobation. There are also 25 peer tutors. Biller said that at one time the With the establishment of the success rate had climbed as high as CARe Center in 1976 came the start 80 to 90 percent. There are presently 91 first-year of theGeneralStudiesProgram.This program, according to Rubin, was students in the program, according to Rubin. also establishedby Young. ''It was Dr.Young'sideathatthere "We would like to see that numwere potentialstudents that had the ber taper down a bit," Biller said. Afterthefallsemesterofthe 1996 abilityto dowellatthecollegelevelbut didn'thavethenecessarycredentialsto to 1997 school year, 19 out of 220 gainacceptance,"Rubinsaid. first-yearstudentswereon academic Applyingstudentsarereviewedby probation.Billersaidonlyfive or six the AdmissionsReview Committee were part of the program. andborderlinestudentscangainaccep- Young was unavailablefor comtance and be placed in the General ment.
John Gardner is coming to Cabrini and he's bringing a rather lengthy resume along with him. Gardner, an author, educator, public speaker, consultant, change agent and university administrator, just to name a few, will be speaking at Cabrini College on Monday, April 22, as part of the CARe Center's 20th anniversary celebration. Gardner, a nationally recognized expert in the field of the freshman-year experience and the senior-year experience, will make three separate speeches dealing with various aspects of the college experience. The first speech, concerning the senior- year experience, will begin at 11 a.m. This speech will be followed by a speech
geared toward first-year students, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m. Gardner's final speech is entitled "Community Session: The College Student of the Late 1990s" and will begin at 3:30 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. Gardner is the director of the Freshman-Year Experience at the University of South Carolina. This program includes University 101, the nationally recognized and widely imitated freshman seminar program. Gardner has also served as a workshop leader in over 250 faculty development workshops and ~as spoken at more than 250 campuses in five different countries. Students who wish to attend any of Gardner's speeches should call the enrollment management office at 902-8302 to reserve a place.
Young used $25 to offer alternative to low grades by TomMcKee
Young's commitmentto the students. Theyearwas1976.TheUnited ''He's wonderful,"Shoemaker Stateswas preparingto celebrate said. ''He's very committedto the itsbicentennial.JirnmyCarterwas students.He's interestedintheneeds in the White House. At Cabrini oftheindividualstudents.He's very College, students were paying supportiveofanyinitiativethatweas $3,500for tuitionand room and facultymember-.take to reachany board, and academic programs studentinanyway. Hegivesus a lot were beingstartedfor $25. of independenceso that we can do It was 20 years ago that Dr. whatneedsto be done." DorothyBrown,formervice-presi- BarbaraRubin,assistantdirecdentfor academicaffairs,handed tor, said she is impressed with Dr. ArthurYoung,directorof the Young's innovativeµiethods for CAReCenterandprofessorofEn- solvingproblems. glish and communications,$25, "I think that the most wonderinstructinghim to establisha pro- ful thing about him is his creativgramto provideacademicsupport ity," Rubin said. for studentshavingdifficulty. "What I think is enviable in Young responded by estab- someonelhavetoreportto,"Rubin lishingthe Centerfor Academic said, "is that he gives his staff the Reinforcement, known as the opportunityto solveproblemsusCARe Center. ing formative evaluation, as opEven in 1976, $25 did not go posed to summaryevaluation." very far. Young usedthe money Rubin said formative evalua-. to buy a book on study skills. tionis an ongoingprocess. EvaluTwentyyear-.later,studentsare ating is done as the work is hapstillfindingtheirwayto theCARe pening.Summaryevaluatingcalls Centerwhenevertroublein math. for evaluationsonce the work is writingor any other~lassarises. finished. Janet Shoemaker,tutorialco- Youngwas unavailablefor comordinator, said she admires ment.
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Week at a Glance ... April 19 to April 25 News
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Find out Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities at Cabrini.
Sports
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Men's tennis team takes a trip to Hilton head. Find out how the team did. The men's lacrosse team loses a tough game. Find out what the season has ahead.
Friday .,.-,siblings Weekend begins .,.-,•ToyStory' in WCLH at 8 p.m.
Saturday .,.-,Outdoor barbecuefrom 11:30a.m.to 1:45 p.m. t/Moonbounceand otheractivitiesfrom 12p.m. to 4 p.m. I/Magician in the WClli at 7 p.m.
Sunday .,.-,Personacards in the cafe from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday t,IDrop/Add for fall begins
Tuesday .,;'ResumeWriting Workshop at 12:30p.m .
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Wednesday
Thursday .,.-,LacrosseLegal Party at 10 p.m. in the cafe. ...--interviewing Skills Workshop at 12:30.