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4 Clackamas Print Featu Wednesday. Oct. 12, 2005 Student finds calling What classes do I nee CJ Ciaramella Feature Editor Katie Wilson One of the biggest chal lenges that new students here at Clackamas face is trying to figure out which classes they actually need to take. Luckily, first term students have a wealth of resources available to them that they might not be aware of. ’‘Ariane Armstutz, the lead academic advisor at the Counseling Center, said that one: of the mo'st com mon mistakes1 new students make is “taking classes that they don’t meet the require- - meht for or just don’t fit in. That can be overwhelming. ” This is where Armstutz and the Counseling Center come in. The Counseling Cqjnter helps students determine what classes they should take and develop an educational plan. When asked about other mistakes new students often make, Armstutz replied, “Not meeting with^an advisor is a big one.” Setting up a meeting with an academic advisor is - simple. Armstutz explained that that the advisors see stu dents on a drop-in basis. There is no need for an appointment. The Counseling Center makes a point of working with each student personal ly to develop a schedule that works. As Armstutz explained, there is no one plan that works, for everybody. “We say in our new student advis ing-session that we don’t have one list that works for every body,.she; said. ../‘We,. like to work individually.” ./■,, ...< To this end, the advisors tell students to ease their way into the college life. Armstutz The Clackamas Print “I grew up with music always there,” said Clackamas music student Kathryn Erland, “I can’t imagine life without music.” She has been singing ever since she can remember, but according to Erland it was never really a focal point until several years ago. Before attending the col lege she had been, for the most part, home-schooled. She started at Clackamas two years ago, when she was 16, with teaching in mind. What exactly-she wanted to teach, however, was still undecided. “I always knew I wanted to be a teacher,” she said, “just not what kind. I took some writing classes and decided I didn’t want to teach that. So I started thinking about other things I liked and I thought: music.” Erland began taking music classes right at the time the music department was begin Katie Wilson Clackamas Print ning the transition from Kathryn Erland, a second year music student, wants to the Randall hallways to the teach and bring the skills she’s learned to others. Niemeyer Center for the . Performing Arts last year. She is now a second-year she said. As-she enters her second music student, and a part This summer, hardly two year of study in the music pro of two Clackamas choirs, weeks after school got out, she gram, she has begun to think Mainstream and went to France. more about "where she would Choir, Chamber She made a like to go after Clackamas. work- and is rapid tour of And while not quite certain "7 always Paris and stayed about where she will go, she is ing towards her a week at a tiny sure about what she wants to Associate’s Degree knew I in music. medieval village do with what she has learned: wanted to “It’s a very tight- in the southwest be a vocal studio -instructor. knit group,” she of France. be a teach “I have an- idea ' where T said of the music “Going into could branch out,” Erland er, just department. “The [the trip] I won said. ‘‘Everyone has a good not what teachers seem to dered how ste voice inside of them. communicate well reotypical the kind.” with one another.” French would Erland stays be,” she said. “It very busy, in ended up being school and out. She about Kathryn Erland, 50/50, sings in her church Some Music Student people choir, takes a part were really XX. _ J/ in various church nice, and some plays, and sings in weren’t ... and a band with- several I still love [the of her friends. Frenchlanguage].” “It’s fun to get together and This term she is a tutor for have good Christian fellow the French language program ship in the content of mtfsic,” here at the college. MT HOOD MEADOWS SKI said that the best adviq give to new students regal how many classes or credi take is to “start smaller al successful at those. Then] it from there. For full- students we say no more 12 to 15.” . The New Student Adv Sessions Offered by Counseling Center are an] option for students wondl what classes they need to] The session consists of am ing that orients students] college and the- different! grams and degrees it offej The New Student Col Success course, HD-I which requires a meeting! an academic advisor, il a good resource for first] students.' ‘“the student success I we highly recommend,’1 Armstutz. “It makes sure] a couple weeks in, you a start looking long term.”] Besides offering advil what classes to fake hel Clackamas, the Counsl Center also, gives stul opportunities to look at I fer options for when] careers here are over. It bl in four-year colleges and j -versifies to set up tabla . the Community Centel the coming month, Lini Marylhurst, and PSU w| be tabling, among others] The Counseling Centel takes students to prospel colleges and universities! have transfer tours comil where, we take a van oil dents to tour the collegl meet with admissions,”] Armstutz. 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