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2 NEWS Fundamentals to successful college year CLACKAMAS PRINT Editorial STORY ANQ? PHOTO BY JARED PREBLE ■ S tu d e n ts e n g a g e th e firs t y e a r e xp e rie n c e course. THE CLACKAMAS PRINT W h e th e r c o m in g fr e s h ly grad uated fro m h ig h s c h o o l o r r e t u r n in g a fte r a lo n g b reak , th e in itia l sh o ck o f college and th e tre m en d o u s w orkload th a t fo llow s can be overw h elm in g. W ith o u t th e p ro p e r to o ls to c o m b a t p r o c r a s tin a tio n , th e slo p e th a t le a d s to fa ilin g grades can be q u ite slip p ery. D avid G r e e n , te a c h e r a n d a d v o c a te fo r F ir s t Y e a r E x p e r ie n ce , said le a r n in g th e r ig h t p rin cip les fo r a su ccessfu l college life sty le is critical to o n e ’ s acad em ic fu tu re. FY E is a t h r e e - p a r t c o u rse w ith a n instructor who educates students on how to properly handle college. E ach class focuses o n a d iffe re n t asp ect o f success and h e lp s to p rep are stu d e n ts fo r th e lo n g p a th to graduation. It has also proven to help th em stay o n track: T h is s o u n d s f u n d a m e n t a l to th e im p r o v in g o n e ’ s g rad es a n d w o rk e th ic b u t h a s i t h e lp e d stu d e n ts as m u c h as it ad vertises? A n d sho uld it b e m and ato ry? . understand college life m ore, th ey ’ re doing b e tte r in th e ir c la s s e s ,” S ta p le to n sa id . “ M o st o f th ose stud en ts have n o t ta k e n an FYE class and d id n ’ t know th at th ey should have or th a t it w as available. Y ou d o n ’ t She s tu d e n ts w h o ta k e FY E as o fte n c o m in g b a c k to us n ee d in g to get th a t assistan ce . S o , it ’ s really a fo u n d atio n al class and i t ’ s an im p o rtan t first s te p .” R oss F o ster, a stu d en t w h o h a s gon e through all three courses, said th at the class h a s b een essen tia l to g iv in g h im th e to ols needed to m a in ta in a stead y w ork eth ic . A vete ra n in h is 30s, h e fo u n d th a t FYE gave h im th e stru cture h e th riv ed o n w h ile in th e m ilitary. “ I do b e lie v e it s h o u ld b e m a n d a to r y and th e reason fo r th a t is a lo t o f stud en ts w h en th e y com e in fro m h ig h sch oo l d o n ’ t m a d e it w h a t it is today. . H e said FYE w as th e b rain ch ild o f C asey Sim s and Lisa N ielson a few years ago. They w anted to b rin g in a college success course in to th e sch o o l. “ I w a sn ’ t involved at th at tim e b u t I ’ m glad th e y d id ,” G re e n said . “ It’ s really e n lig h ten ed m e .” G r e e n h a s s e e n tr e m e n d o u s g r o w th w it h in th e c la s s a n d sh a r e d s t a tis t ic s p ro v id ed b y in s titu tio n a l r e s e a r c h , th a t fu rth e rs h is m e ssag e. From 2014 to 2015, w h ich w as th e first y e a r o f F Y E , th e rate o f su c c e ss fo r FY E students higher than non -FY E students was 6.9 percent. From 2015 to 2016, it ju m p ed to 11.8 p ercen t. From 2016 to 2017, it ju m p ed to an u n p receden ted 22.5 p ercent. “ W e ’ re proud o f i t ,’’ said G re en . “ W e try to m ake th at transition fro m w here th ey ’ re c o m in g fro m sm ooth er. T he m a in th in g o f u n d erstan d w h at to e x p e c t,” Foster said. “ H o n e stly , I ’ m in m y early 30s and after th e structure th a t I had in th e m ilita ry , I needed som e idea for how to conduct m yself in colleg e. I w as h a v in g trouble ke ep in g up th is course is , it m a k e s th e m prepared for th e rest o f th eir college career, and as I like to say in new student advising sessions, the rest o f th eir liv e s ? ’ C o lle g e an d h a s b e e n in v o lv e d w ith FY E fo r th e la s t th ree y ears. Sh e said sh e has w ith m y grades, so I cam e in he re , and I ’ve b een d o in g a lo t b etter s in c e .” W h ile s tu d e n ts an d a d v o ca te s are th e G re e n is ju s t o n e o f m a n y o th e rs w h o sees th e p o te n tia l th a t th e course h a s to a ffe c t th e lives o f th ose w h o en ro ll in th e seen m u ch grow th in th e stu d e n ts a s w ell as th e class itse lf. b read an d b u tte r o f a n y goo d co u rse , i t ’ s th e h e ad te a c h e r th a t k e e p s e v e r y th in g class. W hile class sizes have grow n steadily over th e p a st th ree years, G re en still fin d s “ W h e n stu d e n ts co m e b a c k to us a fte r w e ll c o n s t r u c t e d a n d o v e r s e e s a ll o p e r a tio n s . G r e e n is th e b r a in s b e h in d F Y E , an d w h ile h e is n o t th e fo u n d e r o f th e course h e h a s ta k e n th e h e lm and h a s th a t th e FY E co u rse d e se rv e s e x p o su re , h e b e lie v e s m a k in g it m a n d a to r y cou ld ' Jo d i S ta p le to n is p a rt o f th e a d v is in g d e p a r tm e n t a t C la c k a m a s C o m m u n it y ta k in g an FYE class th e y are really ju s t in a d iffe re n t p lace th a n th e y w ere w h en w e first saw th em . They’re m ore prepared, they drastically im prove th e overall success rate o f stu d en ts a t C lack a m as. Letter from the editors Dear readers, “ The current peer.assistants (and the Work- peer assistants, or some departments who have study em ployee) fro m th e C all C enter have not had peer assistants (such as R n a n d a l Aid) Will get assigned som e, or b o th .” Last week, The Clackam as Print published a b rief th at w as w ritten b y m e regarding th e Clackam as C o m m u n ity C ollege C all Center coining to a close wherein I stated that “ W ith the end o f the call center com es an end to a m eans to cover students’ tuition.” been reassigned to other departm ents so that they will not lose their tuition waivers or their most o f the students working in the Call Center. Sincerely, This is false and the Print greatly regrets the unethical publication o f th is inform ation and As we do everyyear, we will evaluate where peer assistants are placed around cam pus, and it is likely that some departments will get additional A u tu m n B erend , E d ito r -in -C h ie f fo r The Clackam as Print lade o f in -d ep th journalism to find the truth. ON THE COVER: hourly pay,” Director of Student Leadership and Engagement John Ginsburg stated in an e-m ail. “ I run the peer assistant program, which staffed The P rint appreciates th e sw ift response from Ginsburg and Chris Sweet in inform ing the Print o f its mistake, and we apologize. Happy Valentine’s Day from The Clackamas Print. Cover design by Alexis Wagar and Victoria Tinker. Editors-in-Chief Autumn Berend Managing Editor Merari Calderon Ruiz chiefed@clackamas.edu Copy Editor Doug Fry Associate Copy Editor Victoria Durling copyed@clackamas.edu News & Opinion Editor lan Van Orden nevysed@dackamas.edu Arts & Culture Editor Luis Correa aced@clackamas.edu Sports Editor Jacob Thompson sportsed@clackamas.edu Photo Editor Sam Weston phbtoed@clackamas.edu D esign« Web Editor Alexis Wagar webeditor@clackamas.edu Multimedia Editor Summer Barraza photoed@clackamas.edu Ad Manager Liam Anderson admgr@ciackamas.edu Distribution Coordinator Ali Miller oped@clackamas.edu Contributors Kristie Date William Farris Jared Preble Jeanette Wright Jonathan Sanchez MichaelDaniel Jeffrey D’Auvergne Adviser Crystal Kang cfystal.kang@clackamas.edu The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and pro fessional manner. Content published in The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. The Clackamas Print is free, but please take only one copy. 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