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Events for 21st Century Scholars : 21st Century Scholars College Success Advocate Position Looking for a Student Leadership Opportunity? 21st Century Scholars are recruiting College Success Advocates. The requirements are as follows: 10-15 hours availability ( office hours of some sort are to be included) 3.0 GPA and in good standing Junior or Senior Classifica- tion Strong communication skills Desire to help, mentor, and lead by example Some experience in volun- teering and community service preferred but not required. If interested, please con- tact Dominique. 21st Century Scholars Important things to remember this month Tutoring and SI help is available now. We are now using the Tutor request Form on the Student Suc- cess website. (www.purdue,edu/ studentsuccess). Please contact your CSA or details. “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.” - Will Rogers February 11, 2013 Volume 4, Issue 2 Student Success at Pur- due Indiana Scholar Corp Program for Twenty- First Century Scholars ENAD 212, 400 Centen- nial Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 Main Office: (765) 494- 9328 Valentine’s Day Candy Grams February 14, 2013 Please stop by the office for a free Candy Gram from 21st Century Schol- ars. Mid–Semester Grade Checks Commence February 20, 2013– March 6, 2013 Grade checks will be requested for freshman and sophomore students only. Please print out the form for each class and have the professor/ TA fill it with comments and a signa- ture from the professor/TA. DO NOT EMAIL THE GRADE CHECK FORM TO ME OR THE PROFESSORS. This violates FERPA guidelines. Forms must be submitted in person to ENAD 212. no later than March 6th at 5p. No exceptions will be made. If you have an online class, please submit a copy of your grades from Blackboard along with either a signa- ture or email from the professor verify- ing this is a valid grade. If your class is graded on a curve, please indicate that as well. 21st Century Scholar Ambassador Call– Out February 21, 2013 at 5:30p A new program that recruits, trains, and matches 21 st Century Scholar college students with vol- unteer opportunities related to enrolling and sup- porting the next generation of 21 st Century Scholars. To serve as a 21 st Century Scholar Ambassador, a student must . . . -Be a 21st Century Scholar enrolled as a full time student at an Indiana college or university -Be in good academic standing -Agree to volunteer for at least two events throughout the academic year -Be able to interact with youth from diverse backgrounds -Possess excellent communication skills and enthusiasm Speed Friending February 21, 2013 at 6pm Students are rotated to meet each other over a series of short "dates" usually lasting from 3 to 5 minutes. At the end of each interval, the organiz- er rings a bell, to signal the participants to move on to the next date. At the end of the event par- ticipants submit to the organizers a list of who they would like to provide their contact infor- mation to. If there is a match, contact infor- mation is forwarded to both parties. Contact information cannot be traded during the initial meeting, in order to reduce pressure to accept or reject a suitor to his or her face.
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Events for 21st Century Scholars :
21st Century Scholars College Success Advocate Position
Looking for a Student
Leadership Opportunity?
21st Century Scholars are
recruiting College Success
Advocates.
The requirements are as
follows:
10-15 hours availability
( office hours of some sort
are to be included)
3.0 GPA and in good
standing
Junior or Senior Classifica-
tion
Strong communication
skills
Desire to help, mentor,
and lead by example
Some experience in volun-
teering and community
service preferred but not
required.
If interested, please con-
tact Dominique.
21st Century Scholars
Important things to
remember this
month
Tutoring and SI help
is available now. We
are now using the
Tutor request Form
on the Student Suc-
cess website.
(www.purdue,edu/
studentsuccess).
Please contact your
CSA or details.
“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it
back in your pocket.” - Will Rogers February 11, 2013 Volume 4, Issue 2
Student Success at Pur-
due
Indiana Scholar Corp
Program for Twenty-
First Century Scholars
ENAD 212, 400 Centen-
nial Mall Drive
West Lafayette, Indiana
47907
Main Office: (765) 494-
9328
Valentine’s Day Candy Grams February 14, 2013 Please stop by the office for a free Candy Gram from 21st Century Schol-ars. Mid–Semester Grade Checks Commence February 20, 2013– March 6, 2013 Grade checks will be requested for freshman and sophomore students only. Please print out the form for each class and have the professor/TA fill it with comments and a signa-ture from the professor/TA. DO NOT EMAIL THE GRADE CHECK FORM TO ME OR THE PROFESSORS. This violates FERPA guidelines. Forms must be submitted in person to ENAD 212. no later than March 6th at 5p. No exceptions will be made. If you have an online class, please submit a copy of your grades from Blackboard along with either a signa-ture or email from the professor verify-ing this is a valid grade. If your class is graded on a curve, please indicate that as well.
21st Century Scholar Ambassador Call– Out February 21, 2013 at 5:30p A new program that recruits, trains, and matches 21st Century Scholar college students with vol-unteer opportunities related to enrolling and sup-porting the next generation of 21st Century Scholars.
To serve as a 21st Century Scholar Ambassador,
a student must . . .
-Be a 21st Century Scholar enrolled as a full time student at an Indiana college or university
-Be in good academic standing
-Agree to volunteer for at least two events throughout the academic year
-Be able to interact with youth from diverse backgrounds
-Possess excellent communication skills and enthusiasm
Speed Friending
February 21, 2013 at 6pm
Students are rotated to meet each other over a series of short "dates" usually lasting from 3 to 5 minutes. At the end of each interval, the organiz-er rings a bell, to signal the participants to move on to the next date. At the end of the event par-ticipants submit to the organizers a list of who they would like to provide their contact infor-mation to. If there is a match, contact infor-mation is forwarded to both parties. Contact information cannot be traded during the initial meeting, in order to reduce pressure to accept or reject a suitor to his or her face.
College Success Advocates:
Leader: Ashley Ellis
Cortney Sweat
Sami Byrd
Allie Muhl
Brandy Selleck
Meet the people here
to help you:
Tutoring Details
Tutoring is now available. If
interested please submit a re-
quest online
(www.purdue.edu/
studentsuccess) under Aca-
demic Support; Tutoring; Tu-
tor Matching Service. Con-
tact your CSA for more de-
tails. Please do not wait to get
help!!
LAST CALL FOR INTRAMU-
RAL SPORTS!
DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY
2/25/13!
We will create teams based on
the number of participants. We
need a minimum of 10 people
per team to become a team!
If you still want to sign up,
please contact our REC SPORTS
College Success Advocate
(CSA) Lis Dick
([email protected]) with the
sport you are interested in.
