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The First Year Experience Community Update- March 2015 - Vol. !ssue "

Cornerstone Faculty Feature

Christina #Tina$ %ttman- Professor of Biology & Cornerstone Experience

Teaching the linked Biology lecture, lab, and Cornerstone classes was a greatexperience. was really able to get to know !y students and help the! with study

skills speci"c to being successful in !y Biology lecture and lab. #ll of the

Cornerstone outco!es were custo!i$ed to help !y students succeed in Biology and

in their future career related coursework.

really en%oy getting to know !ore about !y students, their hopes, their fears, their

strengths and weaknesses, and to guide the! in ways that will facilitate their

acade!ic success and i!proe the 'uality of their life.

really wanted to help !y true "rst-year students gain the skills they need to

succeed in challenging college courses. (any of the! arrie under prepared forcollege and end up dropping their courses during their "rst year.

t gae !e a renewed perspectie on the !any challenges faced by !any of !y

students and !otiated !e to "nd new ways to help the! be successful. a! lucky

to hae such wonderful students, and co!e to work each day to help the! reach

their goals.

Critical Thin&in' in Careers (ecture )eries

The Critical Thinking in Careers )ecture *eries continues to be a tre!endous

success+

Below, are seeral of our featured speakers fro! the !onth of ebruary with

interacting with Cornerstone Experience students after their presentations.

Claude *eir+ Life Lessons From: A Motown Group: A Dutch Reformer; A British

Prime Minister and A Boy From Brooklyn

Michelle Fanslau+ ritical !hinkin" in Business

,on -ott+ #ow "reat could you $e% if you were not in your own way&

e look forward to our (arch speakers listed below.

(arch /th at 011p! 2r. (ary (yers, (arch /that 3011p! 4essica 2i!!ock,

(arch 5that 011p! 2r. 4oseph an6aalen,

(arch /7rdat 011p! 2r. Phillip iseley, (arch 7 stat 011p! ayne *!ith

Click here for a co!plete listing of our *pring Critical Thinking in Careers )ectures.

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Edison Festi/al % (i'hts arade

The 89ce of *tudent )ife inited students to ride the * :oat in the Edison

estial of )ights Parade. or!er Cornerstone students, Peer #rchitects, and *)*

faculty %oined the tea! to represent *.

)er/ice )aturday ith 3aitat For 3umanity

8n *aturday ebruary /5, /1;, * students and faculty olunteered 3< hours

with =abitat or =u!anity in Collier County. The * olunteers worked on "e

di>erent houses and co!pleted !any %obs including installing inyl siding and

so9ts, painting, and caulking, a9xing plywood on the roof, as well as building and

raising walls.

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from discrimination and harassment* All pro"rams% acti)ities% employment and facilities of Florida

'outh(estern 'tate olle"e are a)aila$le to all on a non+discriminatory $asis% without re"ard to race% se,%

a"e% color% reli"ion% national ori"in% ethnicity% disa$ility% se,ual orientation% marital status% "enetic information

or )eteran-s status* !he olle"e is an e.ual access/e.ual opportunity institution* 0uestions pertainin" to

educational e.uity% e.ual access or e.ual opportunity should $e addressed to !itle 12/3.uity 45cer% Florida

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