Volume 2, Issue 10

October 2014

Appleton Announcements

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Each fall the Library and Learning Center sponsor a One College, One Book event in which the entire college has the opportunity to par-ticipate in a series of events, read-ings, and activities centered around one book.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is the book we will be reading this year. The book is a greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago, IL. Ac-cording to Cisneros’ website, Esperanza Cordero’s “neighborhood is one of harsh real-ities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn’t want to belong… [her] story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become.”

Rasmussen events to look forward to: Books and information related to The House on

Mango Street will be displayed around campus and on the campus Facebook page to help you prepare for reading the book.

The House on Mango Street, the book, will be

available from the library for free starting the first week in October. (Supplies are limited; first come, first served; one book per student.)

Check out additional infor-

mation on the One College, One Book guide: http://guides.rasmussen.edu/OCOB

An informal discussion about

the book will take place in November. Look for more information in November’s newsletter.

Biography of the Writer:

(From Cisnero’s website: http://www.sandracisneros.com/bio.php)

Sandra Cisneros is the author of several books including The House on Mango Street, Caramelo, Loose Woman, and Have You Seen Marie?. She is the founder of two organizations that serve writ-ers: the Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cis-neros del Moral Foundation. Cisneros has been honored with numerous awards including the MacArthur Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Texas Medal of the Arts. She has been writing for more than 45 years, publishing for more than 35, and earning her living by her pen for more than 18 years. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and published internationally.

One College, One Book

CAREER SERVICES CORNER

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Employer of the Week

The employers listed will have an on-campus display and will be available to dis-cuss employment opportunities within their company, provide feedback on your résu-mé, conduct mock interviews, as well as wonderful networking opportunities, so please come prepared.

More importantly, representatives from these employers will be actively seeking candidates and accepting résumés. Your efforts could potentially result in an inter-view and a new career!!!

Our weekly ‘Employer of the Week’ will be held each Wednesday from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm in order to develop a consistent ‘pattern’ to these employer opportunities for our students and graduates. The time has been created in hopes of providing an opportunity for job seekers who may need to attend during their lunch hour. This time schedule will generally be open net-working time, but if you would like to

Career Fair Winner!

Congratulations to Nancy Youngberg from Early Learning Children’s Center! She won the Kindle Fire in the drawing during the Fall 2014 Rasmussen Career Fair!

“Real Time” Career Services weekly job leads can be found with a simple

click at:

http://bit.ly/18z5jNT

Please stay connected with Career Ser-vices regarding any interviews or career updates as well -– any questions prior to a ‘big’ interview, feel free to reach

out to Career Services Advisor, Vicki Strean.

Vicki.strean@rasmussen.edu

schedule a 15 minute individual meeting with the employer, please contact Vicki Strean in Career Services, at 920-750-5906, or by email at vicki.strean@rasmussen.edu

Employer of the Week: October

October 8: Parallel Employment Group

October 15: Aurora Health Care

& Modern Woodman of Ameri-ca

October 22: ThedaCare

When: 11:30am-1:30pm

Where: Mac Lab (across from Learning Center)

What: A weekly opportunity for you to network with employer partners who are actively hiring!

Student Jessica Roehl meeting with Alta Resources

Stay Connected with your

Career Services Advisor

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

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Haunted Cram Jam

CASA of the Fox Cities: Donations Accepted

Tutor Appreciation Week is here! It’s cele-brated every year during the first week of October. This year it’s October 6-10, 2014 (Week One of Fall Quarter). This quarter’s tutors include: Margaret Baltus—School of Business; and Marc Kienast School of Design. Please stop by the Learning Center for a snack & to thank tutors for their efforts to help stu-dents & to become certi-fied. We look forward to seeing you!

Tutor Appreciation!

Court Appointed Special Advocates for children is an association that supports and promotes volunteer advocacy so that every abused or neglected child can be safe.

During the month of October, Rasmus-sen College will be collecting essential items that every child needs as they tran-sition from home to foster-care and back.

Please consider donating the following new items: Night lights Blankets Kids Books

Stuffed animal/cloth doll Toothbrushes

Pajamas (size 2T—Youth L) Wash cloths

Hand towels Kid’s shampoo

Bath soap Children’s Toothpaste

Halloween and midterms are creeping up, and it’s time to get on track. Join our Business, Design, Edu-cation, Health Sciences, Justice Studies and Technolo-gy faculty for Q&A, tips and tricks, and some holiday treats. Whatever your questions, we can help! Attend live at the Appleton Campus or in spirit at: https://connected.rasmussen.edu/aplcramjam. The on-campus and online Cram Jam will take place Wednesday, October 29 from 4-7 pm. See you

Trick-or-Treat on

Campus

On Friday, October 31, come to campus all dressed up in your Halloween costume and trick-or-treat with us! The fun starts at 10 am and goes

until 1pm for students, 2pm for staff.

Each quarter the Library and Learning Center provides students with a series of online workshops, or webinars. You can register for the webi-nars you are interested in by going to http://guides.rasmussen.edu/llcwebinarseries. Webinars generally run 30 to 45 minutes - except for Minis, which run 10 to 20 minutes.

The webinars offered in October include:

Student Success Series: (https://connected.rasmussen.edu/llcb/)

October 7 6pm Start Strong

October 9 6pm Habits of Highly Successful College Students

October 14 Noon Utilizing Digital Content Effectively: Features and Study Strategies

Writing and Research Series: (https://connected.rasmussen.edu/llcc/)

October 21 6pm Research Paper Bootcamp

October 28 6pm Search Strategies for Databases

APA Series: (https://connected.rasmussen.edu/llca/)

October 13 6pm APA: Quick Start

Miss a webinar? Looking for the recordings? You can find them here:

http://guides.rasmussen.edu/content.php?pid=272694&sid=2423763

L IBRARY & LEARNING CENTER WEBINARS

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Be Smart, Attend a Webinar or Workshop!

JUST FOR FUN

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Get to Know Us!

Name: Sara Stambaugh

Title: Regional Library Man-

ager

Favorite food: Chocolate

dipped strawberries

Favorite author: Terry

Pratchett

Favorite Rasmussen Resource: Answers

(http://rasmussen.libanswers.com)

Spirit animal/patronus: Otter

Hobbies: Reading, walking

Fun Fact: I collect rubber ducks.

Name: Amanda Schopp

Title: Program Manager

Favorite food: Fresh cheese

curds (extra squeaky!)

Favorite author: Dan Brown

Favorite Rasmussen Re-

source: The librarian and

learning center coordinator (Sara and Cassandra)

Spirit animal/patronus: White Tiger

Hobbies: Camping, bowling, fashion

Fun Fact: I am tongue-tied. I can’t stick out my

tongue.

Happy Halloween from Rasmussen College!

FROM THE BLOGS

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1. Basic computer skills—You’re probably

not typing one finger at a time anymore,

but what’s considered “basic today is

much different than only a few years ago.

2. Advanced computer/tech skills—The

words “advanced” and “computer skills”

don’t have to be synonymous with

“impossible.” Like any other skills, ad-

vanced skills are acquired with the right

tools, education and will to learn.

3. Online safety—You probably wouldn’t

leave your car door unlocked on purpose,

so be purposeful in protecting your com-

puter and keeping your personal infor-

mation private.

4. Content evaluation—You’ve got to know

how to determine whether an article or

site is trustworthy, for your own sake and

for that of your friends, who to receive all

those forwarded emails.

5. Online job search—Anyone can search for

anything and come up with something.

But smart job searching takes a bit of

know-how and the right resources.

You’re not done quite yet

Now that you’ve taken a step forward, don’t

take two back. Stay on your toes, work smart,

and be a life-long learner of digital skills.

While you’re at it, don’t forget to self-evaluate

just to be sure you’re on the right track.

“Frequent evaluation is important because it

keeps us abreast of our ability to use digital

tools to express ourselves,” Doherty says.

Why not take a moment right now to see

where you stand? Go through our brief digital

literacy assessment and see how you rank to-

day. Then it’s up to you if you want to be a life

-long digital learner or you’re happy with be-

ing left behind.

5 Ways to Develop Your Digital

Literacy Skills There was a time when having a MySpace

account automatically put you in the computer-

literate category. That was when clouds only

existed in the sky and “electronic mail” was a

newfangled way to stay in touch.

But the digital dictionary is one that never

stays static for long. Even your great aunt Edna

is on Facebook now, and your kid nephew can

run a tablet better than you… and he’s only 3.

So, those “skills” are no longer very valuable

in a society that demands some level of digital

savvy.

We get it. With so many new devices, systems,

and programs, it’s incredibly hard to even

know where to start. If digital technology be-

gan as a snowflake, it’s now an avalanche, and

it’s really hard not to get confused in the flur-

ries. That’s why we’ve created this guide to re-

vamping your digital literacy and moving

yourself forward to digital fluency.

Handling change

“Technology may feel like it’s constantly

changing, but we shouldn’t be overwhelmed

by this,” says Brooks Doherty, general educa-

tion dean at Rasmussen College. Doherty

points out that confidence comes with practice

and fluency with accepting we have to be part

of the creation of digital content and not just

users. “The best way to evolve from a digitally

literate learner to a digitally fluent learner is to

push yourself to create projects and express

ideas through digital tools.”

Honing the skills

Just like learning a spoken language, one of the

best ways to become fluent is to immerse your-

self in it. Start by reading through our guide of

digital tutorials, tips, and tools for each skill

set.

Rasmussen publishes a variety of blogs on a regular basis. You can find them at http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/. There is a general blog area (aka Main), blogs for each of Rasmussen’s schools, and blogs for Career Services, College Life, and Learning. Have you read any lately? You’ll find great advice, inspirational stories, valuable information, and connections to other Rasmussen students.

Written by Megan Ruesink (September 4, 2014) - see the full article here

To see more tutorials,

tips, and tools go to: http://www.rasmussen.edu/

student-life/blogs/college-

life/ways-to-develop-digital-

literacy-skills/

PLANNING AHEAD

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Campus & Community Calendar for October 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

1 Fish Creek Set-tlement Shops Farmer’s Market 9:30am-1:30pm

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4 Yom Kippur

5 Art from the Barn, 10am-3pm Foote Family Farm, Omro (fine arts, crafts)

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Rasmussen Spirit Day! Start of Fall Quarter

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8 Fire Prevention Day

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10 Zoo Boo, 3-8pm NEW Zoo & Adventure Park ($10 at the Gate)

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Columbus Day 14 Legal Clinic, 6pm, Neenah Public Library (Free event)

15 16

Boss’s Day 17

18 Costume Crea-tions, 1pm Neenah Public Library (build costume accessories free)

19 20 Pint Sized Pi-cassos, 12pm Neenah Public Library (Register here)

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23 Exerminate! A Dr. Who Party 6:30-8:30pm Neenah Public Library (for Whovians of all ages)

24

United Nations Day

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26 Music @ the Library, 4pm Appleton Public Library (Glen Mueller, acoustic guitar)

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28 Awards Ceremony 5-6pm

29 Haunted Cram Jam, 5-7pm

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31 For more events see: Foxcitiesevents.com

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Regional Library Manager, Librarian & Newsletter Writer/Editor Sara Stambaugh Ext. 5921 Learning Center Coordinator Cassandra Feidt Ext. 5922 Student Advisor Maureen Weber Career Services Advisor Vicki Strean Director of Admissions Renae Schlies Admissions Manager Laura Blemberg Program Managers Amanda Schopp Clarissa McNamara Externship Coordinator Katie Olp

Front Desk 920-750-5900 Campus Director Julie Kons Administrative Assistants Katharyn Moore Khaofeng Lo Senior Director of Student Financial Services Matthew Wotruba Manager of Student Finance Jamie Funderburg Senior Student Finance Officer Melissa Wege Academic Dean Dan Fischer IT Support Specialist Chris Alexander Professional Education Manager Jane Calkins

LET US HELP YOU

Mission Statement:

Rasmussen College is dedicated to serving our communities by recognizing the diverse needs of individuals. We

encourage personal and professional development through respect, appreciation, and commitment to general

education as a foundation for life-long learning. As an institution of higher learning, the college is committed to

preparing students to be active, productive, and successful contributors to a global community.

3500 E. Destination Drive, Suite 100 * Appleton, WI 54915 * Phone: 920-750-5900 * Fax: 920-750-5901

Regional Community Development Manager Kim Boyce School of Technology Program Coordinator Mark Relf School of Design Pro-gram Coordinator Russ Merritt MA Program Coordinator Julie Rasmussen Full Time Faculty Lori Hecker Adjunct Faculty Jennifer Wentlandt Lynn Groesbeck Diane Bishop Mascot & Cheerleader Rassy the Moose

While Classes Are Running

Campus Building Hours:

Monday: 8:00am to 8:00pm

Tuesday: 8:00am to 8:00pm

Wednesday: 8:00am to 8:00pm

Thursday: 8:00am to 8:00pm

Friday: 8:00am to 4:00pm

Saturday: 9:00am to 1:00pm

Sunday: Closed

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