Monday, November 29, 2010

Have you registered for Spring 2011?

Registration is open and popular classes are filling up quickly; for more information: http://www.cwc.edu/academics/browsecourses.aspx

Meet Michelle

There are the best of times and there are the worst of times. But where does stuffing your face with food fit in? Got to love Thanksgiving!! This one just happens to be extra special for my family and I. We have a place down in St. George, Utah, so we packed our things on Monday and left after my brother got out of school. Mind you that is 3:30 p.m., the drive to St. George is a good ten hour drive. We arrive at one in the morning, and spent a nice week down there. Got our fill of TV watching in, for we do not have one at our house in Wyoming, well cable that is.
Saturday rolls around and like always, your always sad to leave the good life. We pack our things and hit the road at 11:30 a.m. with the thought of being home around nine-ish. Boy were we wrong! Like always going home we stop by the cheese factory and pick up some fresh cheese and curds a.k.a squeaky cheese. We then quickly get back on the road. Although, if you knew my family you would know that we couldn’t make this drive without stopping by Cabela’s first. Even though it was a little out of our way we decide it was a great idea. Two and a half hours later we walked out of there. My dad then gets this grand idea that he thinks he has a short cut to get us to Provo Canyon. Couple of roads and an hour later, come to find out dad was wrong. We finally get back on the interstate and then take a wrong exit. Once again my dad thinks he can get us to where we need to be without being on the interstate again. We end up taking this road that follows the foot of the mountains and thank goodness for GPS, I was about to look it up and see that this road was taking us nowhere. So that took an hour and a half. Turning our ten hour drive into a fourteen hour drive, for we finally stopped and asked for directions adding on more time. Some people are able to make it through several states, oh no, not my family we can’t even make it out of Utah. All in all it makes for a good laugh. That was after we, yet again, got home at one in the morning. This Thanksgiving has for sure made a mark in my mind.

Michelle Kearl
Quality Leader

Scholarships available for Spring 2011

Students planning to enroll in spring classes at Central Wyoming College have until Dec. 10, 2010 to apply for general academic scholarships.
To qualify for the scholarships, funded by the CWC Foundation, students must have a minimum 2.0 grade point average, complete a scholarship application, and enroll for a minimum of six credits for the part-time award or enroll for 12 credits to earn a full-time scholarship.
The spring scholarship application can be downloaded.


Also available this spring is the First Class Stipend. It is a “one time” incentive available to any student who has not been enrolled at CWC in the 2010 fall semester or during the past 2009-10 academic year and is not a current high school graduate.  The award pays $50 per credit for up to five credits for one course. The First Class application  deadline is Jan. 10. The stipend cannot be combined with other institutional for federal aid and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tonight

Come enjoy some great music tonight at the Robert A. Peck Arts Center Theatre starting at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM    The CWC music department fall showcase concert features the Concert Band, Collegiate Chorale and Hand bell Choir.
If great music isn't your thing, then come on over to the Student Center and watch the CWC Men's basketball team play against Northeaster Junior College.  Game begins at 7:30 (tonight's women's game has been POSTPONED until a later date.)

Meet Christina

Hello Readers! I’m Christina Albertini and I am the Vice President of the Quality Leaders as well as the Student Representative for the Equine Club, a residential assistant for campus housing and I also work in the tutor lab in CWC’s Student Success Center. If you continue reading you will find out a little bit of each of the previous activities I mentioned!! Quality Leaders is a prestigious scholarship given to students that interview for the scholarship and show top notch qualities such as honor, honesty, creativity, abilities to lead as well as follow and many more traits! Grades are also important in order to be a quality leader as it shows a student’s ability to be going to school fulltime and help the school and community in projects. A project that many students recently took part in was promoting the new Health and Science Building that had to be passed by vote on November 2, 2010. Ways in promoting the new building such as hanging door signs, putting up road signs, performing skits and by waving signs and supporting CWC roadside on Election Day.
A recent activity that the Equine Club put on was a fun day with activities for anyone! There were many activities for horseback riders and for individuals that don’t own or have never ridden a horse before! Some games that were played are the magazine race, cowhorse barrels, stick horse barrels and the egg and spoon race! More normal fun day activities that were participated in are barrels, poles and showmanship. The turnout for the fun day was fantastic. All the prizes were awarded to the winners and lunch was provided. One of the great things about the Equine Club is that anyone, horse related or not, can join and have fun. This is the third semester for me being in the Equine Club and I have to say that the members are all fun and full of fire!! In fact this year we voted on our sweaters to be John Deere Green and the print to be John Deere Yellow instead of the regular CWC orange, black and white. The Equine Club is always welcome to having new members and to people who may only have an interest in horses! Feel free to come to the meetings on every other Monday at the Equine Center! The next meeting will be the first Monday back from Thanksgiving break.
To me, being a residential assistant (R.A.) on campus is a really neat job. By being a R.A. I get to meet almost all of the students that live on campus at least once in a semester. I love meeting people and making new friends so this job is really good for me to be able to do that. I recommend any students that plan on going to school here next fall should apply for the residential assistant job. It is also good for students that might not have the money to drive to school every day to have this job because it allows the R.A. to have free room and board. That’s right! I get to stay in housing for free! And get my meals paid for too!! However, being an R.A. does mean that there is late night working hours and all day shifts on the weekend as well so I suppose you could consider these working shifts as your food and housing. There are many different activities that go on in housing on campus! Early in the fall semester there is some beach volleyball that goes on and there are also karaoke contests that go on as well as pumpkin carving and barbeques! The housing on campus has normal dorms where individuals have roommates (Residence Hall), dorms where an individual has his/her own room but shares a bathroom with two other residents (Mote Hall), and then there are the apartments (East and West Apartments). The apartments have from one to four residents in each apartment and just this fall been supplied with new furniture!! There is no co-ed housing on campus unless it’s a married couple or family.
I was hired by CWC to tutor students in all math courses and Physics. Being a math tutor really helps me with my basic math skills and allows me to develop my math skills. The Student Success Center allows me to work on my homework, have free tutoring by tutors with experience in the class that I may need help in and it’s a great place to meet new people. The Student Success Center has free tutoring for all students taking classes from CWC and I think that even the silliest questions should be answered; all students should take advantage of the free tutoring. There is also an open computer lab attached to the tutor lab that is also free for all CWC students to use. The tutor lab even has free food on occasion and always has free coffee. There is a fridge for students to put their lunches while they are in class and even a microwave!! The staff in the Student Success Center is all incredibly nice and easy to talk to! If you are reading this and plan on a tour or are already a student at CWC, just stop in and say hello! You are bound to make new friends!!
Now that I have told you probably more than you wanted to know about CWC I would like to share with you more about myself. I am currently studying to get my degree in Mathematics here at CWC and will graduate at the end of the Spring 2011 semester with my Associates of Math degree and my degree for my general education. I am very excited to graduate this coming spring and am also very nervous to face the real world. Next fall I plan on continuing my education in order to get a degree in Electrical Technologies but am unsure of where I will go and how long it will take. I suppose this is will be my next blog subject!! So keep checking in for my next entry!!
Thanks, readers, for your interest!!
Christina Albertini
Quality Leader

Spring auditions next week

Auditions for Central Wyoming College’s spring musical South Pacific are scheduled for November 30 and December 1 in the Robert A. Peck Arts Center.
Director Mike Myers said there are 29 roles for men and 12 roles women and two for children. Rehearsals begin Monday, Jan. 10 and the show opens February 25.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Meet Kelsey

Hey! So far, this semester is going great. As a first year student, I am learning lots about professors and about everything the school has to offer. I can’t believe this semester is almost over. It went by in a blink of an eye. I can tell that it is starting to become the holiday season and not just because the weather is changing, but because finals are coming and professors are planning out the next four or five weeks exactly and assigning when the exams will be. It’s actually a little scary but it should go very well. I am extremely excited for this semester and even more excited to come back in the spring.

Kelsey Fustos
Quality Leader

Campus Closed 11/24-11/26

The CWC campus and outreach offices will be closed November 24-26 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Offices will reopen Monday, November 29, 2010 at 8 am.

Have a safe and wonderful holiday.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Great American Smokeout

Here's your opportunity to participate in the Great American Smokeout. Join other smokers and those who chew tobacco on Thursday, Nov. 18, as they abstain from smoking and/or chewing for the day. If you don't smoke, here's an opportunity to support one of your friends who would like to quit.

Wyoming's Assistance Site to Stop Smoking

Online Guide to Quitting Smoking

American Cancer Society

American Lung Association

National Cancer Institute

Tips on Living a Nicotine-Free Life

Quit Smoking by Readers Digest

Hematology by Cancer Network

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

This Week @ Central

Tuesday 11/16: 

·         TRIBAL FUSION DANCE LESSON
7pm – Dance Studio AC138
FREE & OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS

 

Wednesday 11/17:

·         CWC Theater Dept. Presents: 
You Can’t Take It With You
7:30pm in the RAP Arts Center Theatre

 

·         Central Movie Night
8pm CWC Little Theatre (located in the Student Center)Featuring—THE LAST AIRBENDER (2010)

 

Thursday 11/18: 

·         CWC Theater Dept. Presents: 
You Can’t Take It With You
7:30pm in the RAP Arts Center Theatre

 

Friday 11/19:

·         BAILEY TIRE TIP-OFF
CWC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
5:30pm (WOMEN) & 7:30pm (MEN)       

 

·         CWC Theater Dept. Presents: 
You Can’t Take It With You
7:30pm in the RAP Arts Center Theatre

 

Saturday, 11/20:

·         BAILEY TIRE TIP-OFF
CWC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
5:30pm (WOMEN) & 7:30pm (MEN)

 

·         CWC Theater Dept. Presents: 
You Can’t Take It With You
7:30pm in the RAP Arts Center Theatre

 

Sunday, 11/21:

·         CWC Theater Dept. Presents: 
You Can’t Take It With You
2:30pm in the RAP Arts Center Theatre

 

Contact the Student Life Coordinator (SC107) at 855-2260 or activities@cwc.edu for more information.

 

 

 

Monday, November 15, 2010

Looking for something to do tomorrow night?

Sign up in the Activities Office for a Tribal Fusion Dance Lesson tomorrow November 16 from 7-10pm in the Dance Studio AC138

Meet Joshua

Well I can officially say this is the first time that I have ever wrote a blog, but here we go. My name is Josh Graham and I am a freshman here at CWC. I have lived here in Riverton my whole life. I am a Quality Leader and involved in a variety of different clubs and activities here on campus. I am majoring in Pre-Health, but I tell myself that I am majoring in professional health because it sounds way more legit. The plan is to be a college bum for a while and try to get into medical school. I also work for Steve McCallister on campus conducting research on the effect of West Nile Virus in Fremont County. Our work on campus pretty much saves lives everyday but that’s no big deal or anything! Lol jk, but really.

College has been a big transition for me, and a good transition at that. Its so weird coming from high school where you pretty much know everybody’s name, and everybody knows yours, to coming up to the college where you get to meet new people everyday. Coming from playing football, basketball, and soccer to playing intramural volleyball, and yes you heard me right; volleyball. Never thought playing volleyball every Tuesday night would be so much fun!

But college has been great so far, and if you want to get to know me better don’t be a stranger, there is no doubt that you will find me somewhere on campus!

 

Joshua Graham
Quality Leader

Friday, November 12, 2010

Basketball begins

Come out and support your Rustlers!

The men’s basketball team opens their season at home on tomorrow night against Colorado Northwestern CC.  Tipoff is set for 7:30pm.

The women are on the road today at 5:30 and tomorrow at 2:00 in Rock Springs.

The Bailey Tire Tipoff is set for next Friday and Saturday.  Game times are 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, and 7:30.  The women play at 5:30 both days followed by the men at 7:30 both days.

You can download a complete schedule of upcoming games.

Meet Sharrayah

Hey everyone! It’s me again – sophomore Sharrayah Harris! This semester has been a blast. I cannot believe that it is almost over again. We just started advising week and I am thrilled to start signing up for the classes that I want to take next semester. It is going to get a little interesting when I start figuring out how to balance work, school, and being a Quality Leader! It will be tough but I know that I can do it. Although this semester has been pretty hectic, it has been a lot of fun being a graphic design and photography major. I love being an Art major, I do not have to do too many classes involving math or science; they are just not my forte. I feel so much more at home with my computer, digital camera and lenses than anywhere near a calculator and logarithms. Well it looks like I better get back to my homework.
Oh, one last thing - I was taking a break from editing some photos on my computer and I came across an article that just made me smile! GO WYOMING!!! --- http://247wallst.com/2010/10/04/the-best-and-worst-run-states-in-america-a-survey-of-all-fifty/#ixzz11bBHjHoJ
Have a great Thanksgiving!

Angel Server down 11/14/10

At Midnight, 12:01am, Sunday, November 14, IT will be performing routine maintenance on the Angel Server. During this time, the service will be temporarily unavailable until 1am.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Buffalo tipi on display

A buffalo hide tipi constructed as part of a St. Stephen’s Indian School project is on display in the lobby of Central Wyoming College’s new Intertribal Education and Community Center. 

The tipi, which is set up under the drum-inspired oculus in the center of the lobby, is on display through the month of November, which has been designated as Native American Month.  It can be viewed during regular college hours.  CWC Diversity Coordinator, Sergio A. Maldonado, Sr.,  can be contacted for tours by student groups at 855-2285.

Meet Seth

This is my first semester of college and it took me a couple of weeks to adjust to the schedule of college and some of the expectations for classes. I had stayed up on my homework, read most of the material and I was confident I had fully adjusted to this new lifestyle.
…….And then midterms came.
I know midterms are only a warm up to the eventual finals for each class, but I still wasn’t prepared for the week of hell, exams and papers for five days straight. I became a stressed out, studying wreck always focusing on the closest test. Every night I stayed in and crammed until it felt like my brain had swelled up with too much information.
How effective was this studying method?
The effectiveness of this learning style is still unknown to me. All my test grades are yet to be disclosed to, but it made me realize if you want to succeed in the classroom you have to put more effort into your studies then you did in high school. Now I feel like I know what to expect during this time of year and will try not to be a complete wreck when it comes to the testing.
Seth Hosking
Quality Leader

University of Wyoming Rep on campus

A representative from the University of Wyoming will be on campus on Thursday, November 11 from 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the table located outside the Student Success Center in Main Hall.  If you’re interested in transferring to UW or just want more information, please stop by and visit with the rep.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Wildlife biologist, Bruce L. Smith

BRUCE L. SMITH is a wildlife biologist and science writer. He spent over 30 years of his federal career managing wildlife populations on the Wind River Indian Reservation and the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming.  He is scheduled to speak on campus November 12 3-4pm in the CWC Intertribal Center room 116. 

For more information contact the CWC library at 307.855.2141

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Results from last night’s VB match

The Rustlers swept Sheridan College...will play the winner of LCCC and NWC tonight at 8pm...match is on internet...

GO RUSTLERS!

http://www.dawson.edu/athletics/webcast

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dcc-athletics

Don't miss Jason LeVasseur

Award-winning singer songwriter Jason LeVasseur entertains CWC audiences Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Fremont Room in the Student Center.

Jason has opened for the Dave Matthews Band, Ludacris, Maroon 5, John Mayer, The Roots, The Wallflowers, Ben Folds, Sugarland, and other national acts. At CWC, Jason will present a coffee house style concert.  He sings, plays the guitar and the harmonica.

He is very popular on college campuses and has won several Campus Activities Magazine “Small Venue Performer of the Year” awards.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Region 9 Volleyball webcast

The Region 9 Volleyball tournament will be webcast.  Dawson Community College provided the following two web addresses.  The first one goes thru the DCC website and the second goes directly to ustream. 

Our first match is tomorrow at 6pm versus Sheridan College.

GO RUSTLERS!

http://www.dawson.edu/athletics/webcast

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dcc-athletics

 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Vote!

ELECTION DAY

ROCK THE VOTE, CWC!

 

FREE SHUTTLES TO

THE POLL

 

Every Hour on the Hour from 8am-5pm

CWC Student Center Parking Lot

 

Contact the Activities Office for more information!

Activities@cwc.edu         855-2260              SC107

Fine Arts Day this Friday 11/5

fine arts poster fall 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

Swingin’ into November

Dinner Show
Friday, November 5 -  7pm to 9pm – CWC Food Court
**Deadline to purchase tickets is November 3rd**
CWC Music Students present instrumental and vocal jazz standards.
Ticket Prices:  Individual $15, Couple $25
Entrée: 6oz Sirloin Steak or Apple-Walnut Chutney Chicken Breast
Rice Pilaf and Seasonal Veggies
Salad and Dinner Rolls
Coffee and Fountain Drinks
Child Meal:  Chicken Strips and Mac & Cheese-$5
(please specify entrée choice with ticket purchase)
Tickets can be purchased at the CWC Box Office from 3pm – 6pm