Student parking lot closing

Beginning on Monday morning May 14th, the entire Student Center parking lot will be closed. The lot will be closed for parking until the summer of 2013 when the building is opened for college use.

The new East Student Center parking lot will be opened later this summer. Please utilize the Art Center parking lot during the summer. We will provide ADA parking on the traffic circle while the Health and Science Building is under construction.

Due to construction activity near the delivery dock to the mailroom and the food court, many deliveries will have to go through the north Student Center entrance. Do not park your personal vehicle in the loading/unloading zone or designated fire lane north adjacent to the gym.

Ground breaking ceremony

Central Wyoming College officially breaks ground on the Health and Science Center Thursday, May 10 at 3:30 p.m.

Fremont County voters approved a CWC bond proposal in November 2010, agreeing the institution was in need of increasing the capacity of its nationally recognized nursing program and to create additional science lab space. With that voter affirmation, the Wyoming legislature agreed to provide additional funds to enhance facility even more.

Speaking at the groundbreaking are appreciative science and nursing students and faculty as well as Riverton Memorial Hospital administrator Chris Smolik, who along with Lander Regional Medical Center staff urged the CWC board to move forward with the bond proposal. Dr. Roger Gose, the former CWC board chair who headed up the bond campaign and passionately spoke of the need of more nurses in the area, is also speaking.

The public is cordially invited to witness the beginning of the Health and Science Center’s construction. The building officially opens to students in the Fall of 2013.

Following the ceremony, refreshments will be served on the patio of the CWC Food Court.

Quick tips on transferring to a four year college

For those of you who are planning to transfer from a community college, either to a different community college or a university, here are a couple things I have learned through this process.

First, you need to realize and understand that not all of your class credits may transfer over to the new institution. Even though you may have an associate’s degree, some of the classes at the community college are not at a high enough level. It is a good idea to keep a copy of your course syllabi in case you have a problem with the course transferring.  It the school can see that the course you took is equivalent to theirs, you have a better chance for it to transfer if you have some sort of backup paperwork. 

Second, and the most important thing to remember is that transferring to a larger institution will require more responsibility. At larger institutions, advisors have at least 100 students and it is hard for them to keep track of everybody’s problems. Their time is limited so you will not receive the great one-on-one personalized service you are used to at the community college level.

So when you need help you need to make sure that you have done everything that you can on your own. Check deadlines and start early so you have time to get everything done by the due dates. The website is a good source of information. Don’t wait until the last minute to get things sent off.  Those are two quick tips that will help you get your transfer rolling as smooth as possible,