LEALES Retention Counselors

I will be attending Rogue Community College (RCC) in September full time. To reach this goal, I will need to save at least $100 from each of my two week paychecks for 8 months to help with tuition and books. It is about $95 per credit at RCC and to be a Registered Nurse, you need at least 46 credits which is a little over $4,000. Being able to save $200 from my paycheck for 8 months covers about $1,600 of the tuition cost. I plan on applying for financial aid and using the money my parents already have saved up for me to pay for the rest of my schooling.

Housing costs around $4,680 for on-campus housing. Franklin students would have to pay an extra $3,330 for meals. Room assignments are usually made in the order of the housing applications were submitted. All new students will be placed in the Elsey, Hoover, or Cline Hall. For continuing students room selections take place every spring semester.

I served two years as a residential advisor responsible for overseeing both on-campus and off-campus apartments during the summer and academic year. My training and staff meetings focused on teaching, organization, and program-development. Working with staff and peers has enhanced my teamwork and critical-thinking abilities. Being responsible for my residents has also improved my communication, counseling, and crisis management skills. The listed hours include training during the year and four and a half weeks of full-time summer training.

B. Financial Aid (grants, student loans, and scholarships) have helped students to offset the increasing cost of attending college. Many college attendees often have to obtain part/full- time employment while attending college to help with their daily living cost and tuition. C. According to the Bureau of

Southern offers a program called A+ Leadership Scholarship. With the A+ Leadership Scholarship MSSU will pay $1,000 per academic year and $500 per semester for a max of at least 8 year. A+ can help pay for tuition, fees, books, and rooms (A Leadership). Before picking a college most students considered the cost that is needed. With MoSo the cost is $177.03 for in state tuition and

Approximately 60% of the middle school students receive free or reduced priced school meals united with an increased homeless population, requires additional support. The Liberty Packs program will be an additional key resource for each family. There

My FDDS colleagues and I would have to find sponsors and other American University faculty members who would be willing to come into the seminar everyday to help run this program. This seminar will help our future generations make just decisions and treat the people around them with respect. To measure the success rate of this event, students who attended the seminar can take a survey and discuss what they have learned during the seminar. The students who really enjoyed their stay can write an essay on why they would like to come back and volunteer the next year. Only twenty volunteer spots would be available for returning students.

The American Indian Center also provides retention lunches about every month, they do this in hopes of bringing “together new and familiar faces, and develop a sense of community among our native participants. We eat together, share stories and get to know our fellow colleagues” (AIC website). The American Indian Center also provides services to American Indian students such as: discussion and assistance in the admission process, personal concern, housing, academic concerns, and financial aid. They can also provide referrals to appropriate St. Cloud State University agencies, Native Leadership Retreat, services to Indian student organizations, social activities, Student Retention Gathering, American Indian Resource Center, computer lab and a quiet place to study.

In my senior year at UC Davis, I worked part-time at the Academy of 21st Century Learning. My responsibilities included tutoring K-12 children, designing and teaching academic camps, and building the Kairos program. During the school year, I worked at the Academy for about 15 hours each week, along with the off hours I put into designing camps and working on the Kairos curriculum. Through my time here, I worked to develop close relationships with my students, a competence which will help me to become a better physician. Additionally, because the Academy functioned as a team in designing and implementing a solid goal plan for each student, I am prepared to apply the skills I have learned to working in a medical

This is applied in most states and includes passing the BOC or another form of exam. A numerous amount of trainers work through a college or university and are most commonly found at educational sites. They usually work full time on evenings and weekends because that is usually when the sports team play or practice (“Athletic Trainers and Exercise Physiologists: Occupational Outlook Handbook:: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics”).

Community colleges are important because they provide an affordable alternative to postsecondary education. They offer open admission, flexible schedules, and convenient locations. Community colleges make up a large part of the higher education system, enrolling more than six million students and growing rapidly. They help students become prepared to enter the workforce or transition into a four-year school. But even with all the steps taken to make community colleges accessible to all, there are still thousands of students who cannot afford to attend.

College level music is an entire thing on its own compared to high school music. In high school, the ensemble is composed of more or less than one hundred students and you get more time to rehearse each day as a section in the group. In college the ensemble can be more than two hundred members, meaning everyone will have to practice their parts during rehearsal and outside of rehearsal each day. College music is also an entirely new page compared to high school when they add multiple pages of music to one song. The directors also expect you to be able to sight read any piece you have on the spot for them.