| Show New tradition begins at e Wit with h Welcome W e I come 89 8 9 i Mark Hewitt News Editor Salt Lake Community College College College Col Col- lege recently greeted incoming incoming incoming ing freshmen in an unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented dented way On August third and fourth hosted Welcome 89 an orientation program designed exclusively for high school students from all over the state The program was conceived conceived conceived con con- by Les Cook an admissions admissions ad ad- mis missions ions advisor According to him Welcome 89 was wa an expansion of the schools school's al already already already al- al ready existing registration workshop In addition to providing information about registration Welcome 89 provided an opportunity for new students to preview important important important im im- im- im campus programs and activities The entering freshmen could chose from a total of fifteen workshops These workshops emphasized programs which are arc of particular particular particular par par- value to a new stu stu- stu- stu dent After a preliminary welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come keynote speaker Danny Kramer a local radio personality spoke about his own college experience Our main objective in getting getting getting get get- ting a keynote speaker was to get someone who was funny to provide the freshmen with witha a little boost in the morning morning morning morn morn- ing said Cook Danny Kramer was an excellent choice He did a wonderful job A workshop hosted by Financial Aid counselor Cristi Easton explained the Financial Financial Financial Finan Finan- cial Aid process on campus Les lies Cook offered another workshop on money management and Larry Landward and Judd Morgan gave workshops on college survival skills Tracy Bel Belnap nap a career and academic counselor h hosted sted a workshop on acquiring good academic advice Without academic advice a student is apt to feel blind and power power- less she said as she demonstrated by binding and gagging volunteers from her audience A student who lacks academic advice is also likely to find confusion in the registration process Many students are arc inclined to overload overload over- over V load themselves with courses or fail to discover that there is tutorial help available if they need it We try to help new students know what questions questions ques ques- to ask and where to go goto to ask them Ann Eric Erickson on A Academic Vice-President Vice gave a workshop encouraging new students to make their educations educations educations intellectual adventures adventures adventures tures and the new peer pee support counselors pointed out in their workshop the emphasis emphasis emphasis em em- places on drug and alcohol awareness Admissions Admissions Admissions Ad Ad- missions advisor Vo Belnap hosted an additional workshop specifically arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ranged to meet the needs of disabled students f 0 After the workshops new students had lunch with President President President dent Carnahan fa faculty ully and staff Students were then released for other programs such as Larry Morgans Morgan's Understanding Understanding Un 0 Policies and Procedures Pro- Pro C and individual 0 counseling with department 0 heads and registration continued on page 2 1 h A Y N t I Local radio personality Danny l' l r Kramer was k keynote s speaker eaker for Welcome 89 Welcome 89 Continued from page 1 Parents were Invited to attend attend at at- tend also After the keynote speech they were separated from their students and provided with a workshop by Larry Landward and Judd Morgan on helping parents to understand their students better After a short break th they ey were trea treated ted to a workshop by Jane Townsend Director of Admissions designed to help them help their students succeed at col col- col- col lege After lunch on the quad with their students parents were released while students stayed on To attract students to Welcome Wel Wel- Welcome come 89 Cook and company mailed out invitations statewide Brochures were sent to all high school students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents 18 or 19 years old who had graduated in 1988 or 1989 and had never newer before attended college From the invitations we sent out we had students come from as asfar asfar asfar far away as Duchesne and Coalville We also saw a very favorable turnout from the Park City area Welcome 89 was an overwhelming overwhelming overwhelming over over- whelming success as Cook explains Our fundamental goal was to get students into the college to see the college and to see that we care about them We originally hoped to have one-hundred one students students stu stu- stu dents a day participate By Bythe Bythe Bythe the first day of Welcome 89 we had more than With the additional students that slipped through the cracks and came in with friends we think we had a total attendance attendance atten atten- dance of about We were all s surprised Students get uptight about little things said Cook The orientation sought to allay those fears Welcome 89 was designed to put the students at ease with their college from the Get Acqua Acquainted Ac Ac- qua activities to volleyball volleyball vol vol- vol on the quad Everybody had a lot of fun said Cook and we accomplished accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac a lot Giving a human side to what can often be an intimidating situation is a task that Les Cook and his colleagues at Admissions maintain is crucial crucial cru cru- cial for good student rela rela- We want to help new students feel more at home Cook adds and with a program program program pro pro- weve we've ve gram like this we think we succeeded This program is destined to continue Plans for future Welcome programs include expanding the program to accommodate accommodate ac ac- commod te entering transfer students nontraditional students students students stu stu- dents and disabled students |
