Friday, March 30, 2012

Hollywood actor on campus Monday

Sorry for the late notice, but we will have a visitor from Hollywood who is a Wyoming native and UW graduate with a BFA in Theater and Dance.  I was able to confirm his visit today for CWC students.  He has appeared in many films, commercials as well as live performance.

K. Harrison Sweeny has been in Foster Lager commercials (very funny stuff), Starship Troopers and many other productions. 

He will be here at CWC Monday, April 2 and will talk to one of my film classes at 1:30 in SC118 (next to the KCWC radio studio).  Please feel free to join us as we talk about the business.

Monday, March 26, 2012

One week left to view the Art Majors Exhibit

Work by Mik Harvey, Cody Ankrom, Sarah Selley, Marissa Danylik, Krystal Johnson, Alexandra Bracken, Ashley Sanchez, Sarah Varichak, Brittany Rose, Travis Trout and Lanna Rios is on display during regular college business hours in the Robert A Peck Arts Center Gallery.

The exhibit includes work completed in graphic design, photography, sculpture, painting, assemblage, fiber art and more.

Did you know?

Central Wyoming College 2011 nursing graduates had the highest pass rates of all Wyoming nursing graduates taking the national licensing exam, NCLEX!  According to the Wyoming State Board of Nursing, CWC had a 95 percent pass rate compared to the state pass rate average of 84.24 percent and the national average of 87.90 percent

Friday, March 23, 2012

Planned Maintenance

myAdvisor will not be available on our CWC website Saturday, March 24 from 6-8pm

A little advice to help new students

When I was coming to United States, I was told that studying in US is fun. Now, after several semesters being here I agree however, I do not think midterms and finals are fun.   :) Last week before the Spring break it was very busy for me. Even during the spring break I wasn't completely enjoying my time off. I was working on "idea" for my English paper.

Classes get very difficult and busy if you take many credits. My suggestion, seize one academic routine and hang in there. In other words, if you are trying to graduate in two years, just take regularly sixteen credits and you are done. Don't make the same mistake as I did. I took 12 credits first couple semesters then 21-24 next two semester on top of working 20-30 hours a week - that's crazy!!!

Gratefully, teachers are flexible, can work with you on individual level. For example, I had a problem in my English class. I was blank for some time and didn't know what to write about. One appointment with my professor and everything is gone. Have an idea, know what my professor wants to hear from me etc.

One more unpredictable thing happened to me during the last month. I have been studying International Relations for almost two years, and here I am almost graduating and changed my major to Finance. Advice: Don't do that!!! Although, it's never late to learn something, but if you really know that you love what you are studying and it's something you do want to do then don't even look at statistics or what Bureau of Labor database says. I picked Finance because according to BLS, Finance is ranked one of the 5th growing positions in next 10 years and it's easier to find a job with a degree in finance rather than with bachelors in IR and probably I didn't want to see myself struggling to find a job after graduation, although I love IR.

 

I plan to transfer after graduation so I have been doing lots of research and visited a couple of schools. Doing research is good plus try to talk to as many people as possible. Mostly career advisors and people with experience in your field that always helps. Learn on other people's success or mistakes  :-)
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Kind regards,

 

Fazliddin. Basitov
Quality Leader

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Everyday does not need to be spent on studying

Hello everyone its Josh Graham. If you read my first blog you would know a little bit about what I do on campus, but today I will write about what I am involved in outside of school. I work at the Riverton Country Club golf course. I have pretty much made a small career out of it, since this will be my 6th summer working out there. I guess if medical school doesn’t work out, I can always fall back on the ol’ mower! Other than working I spend a lot of time golfing. It’s an exciting past time, and if it wasn’t for water hazards and out of bounds, I might be on the PGA, just saying.

If you don’t catch me on the links, I am usually out fishing, camping, or enjoying the outdoors. Now I could lie to you and say that’s all I do, but lets be realistic, sometimes I do sit at home and play my play station for hours on end. But I mean what college bum doesn’t do that? Well I’m going to let you go, you are probably bored reading about me, but if you do see me on campus, its hard to miss me with my sweet broncos hat on, you can ask me some more questions, and I would be glad to have a good chat with you!

Josh Graham
Quality Leader

CWC Showcase

The CWC Theatre Departments next project is putting together a showcase. The students in the directing class have all selected a 10-20 min project. The projects include one act plays, original one act plays, a musical and short skits. Our assignment is to direct the project we picked. We have already had auditions and selected our actors and are currently in the rehearsal process. All of the directors are acting in other directors projects. We also have some students that are not theatre majors participating in the One Acts this year!!

My project for the showcase is a drama called “The Fume of Sighs” by Brendan Kane. Brendan is a friend of mine from Colorado Springs and I am really excited to be directing his piece. My project calls for a cast of two. I was blessed with a wonderful cast. The part of Claire will be played by Quincie Cowell and the part of Robert will be played by Zedekiah Mills.

It is awesome and stressful to be completely in charge of your own show! I really like working with my actors and seeing what they bring to the character that I may not have thought of. I can’t wait until I have it all put together! A show starts to come alive when you add the set, costumes, makeup and props.

It is interesting to go to rehearsals with other directors because everyone has their own way of running a rehearsal. When directing I want to make good use of my time with my actors but I also don’t want to burn them out. I want rehearsals to be fun and productive.

This is a really fun project and I am excited to see how all the shows turn out. If you want to come and see the showcase it will be held in The Dance Studio April 19-21 at 7:30 and April 22 at 2:30.

Amanda Hessler
Quality Leader

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

March colloquium starts in 5 minutes!

A pair of Central Wyoming College students presents information from a more than three-year undergraduate research project on West Nile Virus in Fremont County in room 171 of Main Hall (formerly Classroom Wing 129) and the public is invited to attend.

Athletic Training

Hi my name is Danni Jo Hinman, I am currently studying athletic training and I love it! Let me tell you a little bit about the program; the athletic training instructor is Scott Pope, we spend most of our time in the training room learning hands on treatment for our athlete’s (men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and rodeo). We also spend some class time taking notes while Scott gives us a lecture. I absolutely love the feeling of helping other which is why I chose this major, and I am definitely enjoying all of my classes. We also have an athletic training club open for anyone, that meets every other Tuesday at 12.30 if you want to come check it out!

Danni Jo Hinman
Quality Leader

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

This week @Central

  • Tuesday, March 20

THE HEALING FIELDS:   Public Lecture with Mark Jenkins from National Geographic         

          3:30pm   CWC Wind River Room ITECC 116  

 

GSA Weekly Meeting 

4pm  MH169

 

Dodgeball @ 8pm 

                                CWC Gym

 

  • Wednesday, March 21

FREE Concert by musician Chris Proctor @ Lunch

                                                Food Court 11am-1pm

 

 Movie Night Featuring:   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

                                    8pm CWC Little Theatre

 

Student Senate Weekly Meeting

                        3:30pm  SC100

 

FREE Swim @ The Riverton Aquatic Center

                5:30pm-8:00pm             (Every Wednesday Night this Semester)

                                Must have valid CWC Student ID

 

  • Thursday, March 22      SPRING FLING BEGINS

CREATE YOUR OWN T-SHIRT, TOTE, MOUSE PAD OR MORE!

          FREE FOR STUDENTS!

10am to 4pm  CWC Food Court

 

Dialogue, Dessert & Debate

Natural history presentation followed by a debate on wolves

 2:30pm  CWC Little Theatre---FREE and Open to Everyone

 

Super Hero Spaghetti Wrestling

                Create a Super Hero Costume from 5pm-7pm

                Wrestle in Spaghetti filled Pool to Compete for Prizes 

                                CWC Food Court  7pm

                                Entry Cost:  1 canned food item for local food bank

                Sponsored by CWC Student Senate

 

  • Friday, March 23

                GSA Tea Time

                3:00pm  Fremont Room (SC103)

                  Join the GSA Club for a cup of tea and good company!  FREE

 

  • Saturday, March 24

           Student Center Open  10am-10pm

            Check out the Rock Climbing Wall, Pool, Wii, Ping Pong & More!!

            Fitness Center Open 10am-2pm

              Get your SWEAT on!

 

  • Sunday, March 25

SPRING FLING BBQ

                CWC Picnic Area near Housing @ 3pm for Students

                Food, Games and fun!

 

Student Center Open  10am-10pm

       Check out the Rock Climbing Wall, Pool, Wii, Ping Pong & More!!

            Fitness Center Open 10am-2pm

              Get your SWEAT on!

 

 

For more information contact the Activities Office.

SC113    activities@cwc.edu         855-2260

 

You are invited to hear National Geographic journalist Mark Jenkins Today at 3:30

The Healing Fields: The Legless, the Sapper and the Search for Miss Landmine Cambodia

 

Mark Jenkins

 

Central Wyoming College, Intertribal Center,

Room 116, “Wind River Room”

3:30 PM, Tuesday, 20 March

 

Worldwide, there are tens of millions of landmines buried in over 70 countries---Angola to Afghanistan, Vietnam to Zimbabwe---one out of every three nations. Over 5000 people, mostly women and children, are maimed or killed by landmines every year. Unlike bullets, after a war ends, landmines are still alive, waiting to blow the legs off innocent farmers and shepherds. Pol Pot, the genocidal leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia during the 1970s called landmines his "perfect little soldiers." After 30 years of war, Cambodia is one of the most heavily mined countries on earth, but through progressive government programs and substantial foreign aid, it has become the world's leader in demining and victim rehabilitation. On assignment for National Geographic, author Mark Jenkins spent a month in Cambodia – crossing minefields, interviewing victims, and searching for Miss Landmine Cambodia---to create this photo-illustrated presentation about the horrific legacy of landmines.

 

Mark Jenkins is a critically acclaimed author, a field staff writer for National Geographic and a writer-in-residence at the University of Wyoming.  A global journalist, Jenkins covers the world writing about geopolitical issues, from landmines in Cambodia to HIV/AIDS in Botswana, ethnic cleansing in Burma to mountaineering in Pakistan.  He is the author of four books including A Man’s Life (Modern Times, 2007), The Hard Way (Simon and Schuster, 2002), To Timbuktu (Morrow, 1997), and Off The Map (Morrow, 1992).  Jenkins has published in over 50 national and international magazines and newspapers, including The Atlantic Monthly, Bicycling, Backpacker, Conde Naste Traveler, GQ, Outside, Playboy, Sierra, Sports Afield, the Utne Reader and The Washington Post. He has been interviewed by Anderson Cooper 360, Good Morning America, The Crier Report, CNN, PBS, BBC and NPR, as well as spoken on countless radio programs.  In 2009, Jenkins won the National Magazine Award for his story “Who Murdered the Mountain Gorillas” in National Geographic.

 

Mark’s visit is brought to you by CWC International Studies, University of Wyoming, and U.S. Department of Education, Title VI Grant.

Show Us Humanity Literary & Art Contest

Please consider entering the “Show Us Humanity” Literary and Art Contest, sponsored by the Central Wyoming College Diversity Committee. The literary and art is designed to encourage the community to strive and foster understanding and respect for humanity.  Humanity is: 1) the quality or state of being human, 2) the quality or state of being human or 3) the totality of human beings. 

 

The deadline for submission is Friday, March 23, 5:00p.m. 

 

The contest is open to all adults who submit original literary or artwork, which can include any media or photography.

 

The entries should be mailed or dropped off at the CWC Library. The entries will be showcased at CWC in April.

 

Cash prizes will be awarded in each category and a small honorarium will be given to the first 40 entries chosen for the showcase.

 

For more information and entry form, go to www.cwc.edu/diversity.

 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

DID YOU KNOW????

For the fourth time, Central Wyoming College is being recognized as one of the nation’s top-10 community colleges on the front lines of digi­tal technology. CWC is ranked second in the nation among colleges with less than 5,000 students by the Center for Digital Education, which conducted a survey documenting advances made by community colleges in utilizing information technology.

Mid-term time

Its mid-term time here at CWC and what a stressful time that can be! My Name is Benjamin Gale and I’m a second year student majoring in secondary and elementary education. I’m taking a pretty large load of courses this semester which makes it hard to focus but it needs to be done. If you are a first year student, I would recommend taking a fairly easy load to begin with, just to develop a good academic and social schedule. I also recommend taking on campus classes instead of online. I’m taking a science course online this semester and boy is it challenging! I have three books for the class and there is a lot of reading because you have to really almost teach yourself. I’m not saying you would not be able to take on the challenge, I just advise those who are hands on learners to take as many physical classes as possible. Other than that, college has been going fairly well.  Even though I have one more year here to finish up, I'm excited to be one semester closer to completion!

Ben Gale
Quality Leader

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

A birthday, a piñata, and good cooking

My name is Angelo Flores a criminal justice major here at Central Wyoming College. Just this last Sunday, March 4th, was my 20th birthday and this was a special birthday because I am no longer a teen. Even though I was no longer a teen my friends thought, the day before, I should have one more little kid birthday and set up a piñata up in the front yard. I honestly haven’t had a piñata in about 14 years. This was great time we were all hanging out and eating all the candy in the piñata just brought me back to the days when everything was so simple. As much as I do miss the days when there was no responsibility and life as so much easier I do enjoy all of the things are able to do as an adult.
Considering the rough childhood I had the fact that at 20 years old I am about to complete my second year of college with an associate in criminal justice is just an amazing accomplishment. With more big news I got on my birthday was the letter from the University of Wyoming saying that I have been accepted to attend there next fall. But the best thing I could have asked for on my birthday was my birthday dinner that my mom made. She had made my one of my favorites: chicken enchiladas! Her cooking is the best in the whole world so I enjoy every time she cooks for me. All in all it was a pretty amazing birthday I don’t need to get a lot of big expensive gifts it the little thing and hang having fun with family and friends that make it great.
Angelo Flores
Quality Leader

Monday, March 5, 2012

CWC Works With Their Students

My name is John Reddon and I am a freshman at Central Wyoming College. I am majoring in Pre-professional Molecular Biology. Because CWC does not actually have a Molecular Biology department, the staff has gone out of their way to cooperate with the University of Wyoming, where I will complete my degree, to ensure that I take the correct classes and stay on track with the students attending UW.
This is why I love CWC. I am taking the same classes as the UW students at a much lower price. Many people argue that community colleges do not offer as good of an education. I ensure you that CWC has great professors and because of the smaller class sizes they are able to develop a more personal relationship with their students, helping educate them by being more involved. More simply put, I am taking the same courses with good professors, less students (more one-on-one time), and at a much lower cost. What’s not to like?
John Reddon
Quality Leader

Friday, March 2, 2012

Water Use & Sustainability presentation enlightening

Last Thursday afternoon many students had the opportunity to participate in an active student discussion on water use and sustainability.
Students from the Environmental Science class created detailed presentations to educate fellow students and community members as well. Throughout the hour, many controversial topics were addressed along with the future of water quality and our responsibility to conserve. The event had excellent turn out and after the presentations; the floor was open for questions. Many of the audience members had questions and it was amazing to see such an interest in the issue of water quality. I am really happy I attended the discussion because much of what I learned that afternoon coincided with my class work.
This is a really cool opportunity that I hope will continue to take place on campus. Not only do these student led discussion groups help peers gain a different understanding of an issue but for me personally, information resonated better learning it from peers.
Annawynn Blankenship
Quality Leader

Thursday, March 1, 2012

National Geographic Field Writer on campus

Global journalist and National Geographic field writer Mark Jenkins gives a photo-illustrated presentation on Cambodia and its land mine plight on Tuesday, March 20 at Central Wyoming College.

Jenkins, a critically acclaimed author and a writer-in-residence at the University of Wyoming, speaks at 3:30 p.m. in the Wind River Room (116) of the CWC Intertribal Center. The forum is free and open to the public.

Read more information about the event on our website.

Relaxation well deserved

Being an English/Art Major I have many projects and papers that will consume much of my time in the next few weeks! Lucky for me, these projects are interesting and they keep me on my toes. In my Mythology and Folklore class, I am researching Polynesians and writing a paper about a hero. My group is finding it hard to meet out of class, because we all have so much going on! Our teacher, Wes Connally, understands this and gave us a heads up so we could find a solution to this problem.  Mythology and Folklore is a class that deserves a lot of hard work, but it also comes with appealing topics. We are reading from three books in Mythology. It is fascinating to read about the originations of certain Gods and Goddesses. As English major, I have really enjoyed this class. Sometimes it is difficult to find time to read all the assigned homework, but the reading always presents a new story that I cannot forget. On top of the readings, and the oral presentation, it is required of us to write a midterm paper about a hero. For my hero paper, I decided to use a book I read last summer, The Legend of Drizzt by R.A Salvatore. Now the challenge is to find the time to write the paper. :).
I have learned that my biggest problem in college is time, between school, homework, work, the boyfriend, and exercising I have very little hours in the day to devote to seeing family, relaxing, reading books I choose (not textbooks required in class), or riding my horses. Fortunately, I know in the end all my hard work will be worth it.  I will have over 40 credits that transfer to the University of Northern Colorado in the fall towards my Masters in English, Art, and Education.
I know I will definitely be ready for some relaxation when spring break comes!  I may visit Greeley with my boyfriend. It would be nice to go on a road trip and relax. I will also get to spend some time with my family. Even though they live close, it is difficult to see them with all the tasks that I must complete in the week. Hopefully, the week of spring break brings us good weather so I can frolf (similar to disk golf). One of my favorite things to do in the spring at CWC, plus UNC has a frolf course also, so I need to get working on my skills.
Nicole Cooper
Quality Leader