Meet the Peer Mentors ...... 2-4

Featured SSS Scholars ........... 4

SSS Funding Renewed ........... 5

Alumni at Grad School ........... 5

Fall 2015 Graduates ............... 5

First Year Experience ............. 6

Best Foot Forward ................. 7

Workshops ............................ 8

TRIO/SSS News ...................... 8

SSS Scholarship ...................... 9

SSS in Global Honors ............. 9

Spring 2015 Dean’s List ......... 9

Upward Bound at LHU ......... 10

Community Service ............. 11

Meet the Co-Editors ............ 12

Student Support Services

Department of Academic

Development & Counseling

117/118/126 Ulmer Hall

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, PA 17745

(570) 484–2409/3847/2324

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colleges/Business_Information/

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Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Volume IX ● Issue I Fall 2015

By Michael Eubanks

Inside this Issue:

SSS is Support for College Life and Learning

The TRIO Student Support Services Program, or SSS, is federally funded by the

Department of Education. The primary mission of the program is to provided additional

support and assistance to first-generation college students who meet financial and other

eligibility requirements. For more than 30 years, SSS has served the Lock Haven

University community.

The program offers academic support and counseling through participation in a First Year

Seminar course, which introduces incoming students to a broad spectrum of strategies for

academic success. In addition, members of the program have the opportunity to

participate in workshops throughout the academic year, focusing on subjects such as

financial literacy, career planning, and personal development. The program is now

expanding its focus beyond first year support to include such subjects as graduate school

preparedness.

The program also offers support through peer mentors, peer tutoring, and the writing

specialist. Social and cultural events, such as free movie nights at Lock Haven’s Roxy

Theater, are also offered by the program. Additionally, special events such as a trip to

New York City, or community service opportunities were also made available to SSS

scholars this fall.

The goal of the program is to support eligible students in their goals for academic and

career success. Ultimately, it is designed to improve overall grade point averages,

retention rates, and degree completion of the participants.

Students interested in learning more about, or applying for the program, can find more

information at the following link:

http://www.lhup.edu/colleges/Business_Information/academic_development/

student_support/TRIOSSSApplication.pdf

Above photos L to R: First Year Students & Peer Mentors at Family Game Night during the Best Foot Forward summer bridge program, SSS Scholars at a financial literacy workshop, and SSS Scholars at a finals week destress event.

Meet the Peer Mentors Page 2 Volume IX Issue I

Kayla Austin is a senior communication major who is studying professional

communication, advertising, and public relations. On campus she is involved as a

communication program peer mentor, a member of the communication honor society,

Lambda Pi Eta, an administrative assistant in McEntire Hall, a student member of the

judicial board, and a third-year peer mentor in the SSS program. She also has an internship

with the University Relations department on campus.

Kaitlyn Boyer is a junior and a Pre-PA major. As a peer mentor, Katie enjoys her role in

coaching and supporting other SSS Scholars as they adjust to the academic, social, and

personal challenges of college life. She also has the opportunity to assist in teaching the

SSS First Year Seminar, a course designed to help new students learn college survival

skills. Katie is also the Vice-President of the LHU Choir and a member of the Health

Science Club. This is her first year as one of our peer mentors.

Fatima Conteh is a senior who majors in psychology from Philadelphia, PA.

She is a member of Psi Chi, the international honor society for psychology, and the

American Association of University Women. This year she conducted her own

study in psychology. This is Fatima’s second year as a peer mentor.

Nicholas Bishop is a junior spor ts management major with an English

minor. This is his first year as an SSS Scholars peer mentor and he led

weekly fitness sessions called “Get Fit With Nick” this term. He serves as the

Sport Administration Society President and is LHU Men's Volleyball

Captain/President.

Alana Saulen is a junior at Lock Haven. She is a social work

major. Alana was formerly involved in track and field and rock

climbing club. Currently she works as an SSS peer mentor. This

summer she also got the pleasure of helping hold a TRIO summer

camp! That was her favorite part about working with SSS so far and

she is looking forward for my more fun in the semesters to come.

Meet the Peer Mentors

Volume IX Issue I Page 3

LeAnne Sayles is a junior major ing in biology. She has dual concentrations is

marine biology and environmental science, while also pursuing minors in geology and

environmental studies. Within the SSS community, Leanne hosts family game night, and

family movie night. She is also the president of the biology club. This is her first year as

a peer mentor for SSS.

Courtney Evans is a sophomore from York, Pennsylvania. Cour tney

majors in social work. She was among the peer mentors who participated in

the summer bridge program for incoming freshmen. Courtney is a member

of Alpha Sigma Tau.

Kaylee Hill is cur rently a sophomore at LHU. She is major ing in Accounting/ Business

Management and pursuing a concentration in management. As a SSS peer mentor, Kaylee

worked with incoming freshmen as part of the Best Foot Forward Program. She is a member of

Alpha Kappa Psi, a business related fraternity. She also belongs to the Christian Student

Fellowship. Kaylee also co-hosted movie and game nights for the SSS community throughout

the semester.

Abby Boyer is a sophomore who majors in psychology and is also working on a

sociology minor. She uses the skills gained from her program to serve the SSS

community in her “Discussions with Abby” sessions. This is Abby’s first year as a

peer mentor.

Sara Danley is a sophomore social work major . In addition to serving

as a SSS peer mentor for the first time and being a part of the summer

bridge program, Sara participates in the LHUltimate Frisbee and intramural

volleyball.

Volume IX Issue I Page 4

Anshu Choudhary is a freshman from State College, PA. He star ted out as exploratory studies,

but plans to change to a Pre-PA major in the near future. He loves the sciences, including biology and

chemistry. As an active SSS member, he regularly uses many things the club has available such as the

tutoring and writing consultation, 5-day study plan, and registration help. Also he enjoyed trips to

NYC and Penn State to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Soul Rebels. Along with trips,

he helped with the community service at the Salvation Army. In addition to taking advantage of the

many things SSS has to offer, Anshu is also a part of the Asian Society, Biology Club, and Safe

Haven at LHU. With the help from all the clubs on campus, Anshu believes that his transition and

experience at college has become much easier.

Featured SSS Scholars By Alyson Harden

Emily Horn is a sophomore athletic training major serving as a peer mentor for the

first time. She helped out as a peer mentor for the Best Foot Forward summer bridge

program. Emily is a member of the Athletic Training club, assisted Dr. Gainer with SSS

clerical work, and attended both the New York and Soul Rebels trips. She plans on helping

out as an officer of the TRIO Club when it begins.

Gina Spinner is a sophomore in the Pre-Physician Assistant

program. In her first year of serving as an SSS peer mentor she assisted

with the BFF summer bridge program, updated the SSS bulletin board

in Ulmer, went on the NYC trip, helped out with workshops, and is

hoping to help start the new TRIO Club.

Featured SSS Scholars

Denise Maris was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Pennsylvania

in the late ‘90s. She has worked on campus, but recently became a student here. As a mother,

wife, and employee, Denise balances many things other than school work that many students

can’t imagine. Outside of school work she makes her top priority her family due to lack of

extra time. If she gets lucky and finds leisure time, she spends it volunteering throughout the

community. The key to Denise staying on schedule is her calendar, and without it she would

feel like she was being pulled in so many different directions. With a background of working

on campus, Denise has many people to help with her experience at LHU along with the SSS

program. These are some of the many reasons she can describe herself as a people person.

Many students look differently towards non-traditional students but Denise says, “We (non-

traditional students) have ‘real life’ experience, why not get to know us? We don’t bite.”

Meet the Peer Mentors (continued)

The grant for the TRIO SSS program was renewed for the next

five years, continuing funding from 2015 until 2020. In the fall

of 2014 Dr. Julie Story, the Director of Student Support

Services wrote the grant, including goals and outcomes the

program has achieved. The grant request was sent in February

2015 and then renewed in July 2015. For the next five years,

there is $284,753 available for 230 eligible LHU students to

support them from freshman year through graduation.

Eligible students are determined by certain criteria. These

qualifications include: being a first-generation college student,

having limited income, having a documented disability, or

having academic need. Since the program is federally funded,

eligibility is regulated by the government. In addition to

government regulations, Dr. Julie Story likes to focus on

students who have psychology, health science, and education

majors because they must maintain a higher GPA. In addition to

those majors, she picks students within exploratory studies to

help them find what path they may want to follow. By focusing

on these majors, Dr. Julie Story believes these students will

benefit most.

Without this grant, the program wouldn’t be able to continue to

focus on its three major outcomes. These include maintaining a

2.0 GPA or higher, persisting one year to the next, and

graduating. This could be summed up as being in good

academic standing, staying in school, and graduating to prepare

for graduate and professional schooling.

By getting re-funded, it allowed the program to come up with

the Best Foot Forward (BFF) program, which was designed to

help incoming freshman make a smooth transition into the

college lifestyle. The grant also allowed the program to continue

weekly workshops. On top of these sessions, the program

supports enrollees with a writing consultant, academic advising,

peer mentors, tutoring and more. Along with hands on help,

there is also assistance with financial planning including

financial aid and grant-in-aid scholarships.

Since college can be extremely challenging at times, SSS

provides a variety of assistance to help members succeed. With

all of the support services available and the grant renewal, the

program is able to continue to help students persist and

graduate.

By Alyson Harden

SSS Funding Renewed 2015-2020

Page 5 Volume IX Issue I

In addition to other duties, Dr. Julie Story serves as a

secondary advisor, helping SSS Scholars with the challenges

of college life and learning.

Erin Dempsey ‘15 enrolled in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at

Neumann University, Aston, PA

Katrina Good ‘14 enrolled in the Master of Science in Counselor Education

program at Marywood University, Scranton, PA

Joseph Mattern ‘15 enrolled in the Master of Science in Sports Science

program at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, PA

Victoria Minor ‘15 enrolled in the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health

Counseling program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

Recent LHU SSS Grads at Graduate School

Taylor A. Bechtel

Samanta Done

Michael P. Field

Jennie M. Kobuck

Cierra M. Lees

Holden M. Morris

Virginia M. Moyer

Kevin W. Reilly-Rice

K’la R. Sigler

Steven L. Smaw

Congratulations

Prospective

Fall 2015 Graduates!

Page 6 Volume IX Issue I

First Year Experience By Michael Eubanks

The common reading is a program that is

a part of the First Year Experience,

designed to facilitate the transition of

first semester freshmen into the

university community. One important

focus of the program is to generate

conversation and connection among

students, and across the various academic

disciplines.

The reading is typically integrated into

first year seminars, or through courses

that cover related material. Coordinating

events are also promoted through the

residence halls. The selection is chosen

by the First Year Experience (FYE)

committee, with selections nominated by

each academic department.

This year’s selection was Garbology: Our

Dirty Love Affair With Trash by Pulitzer

prize winning author Edward Humes. Dr.

Richard Van Dyke is a professor in the

English Department, and a member of the

committee that selected Garbology as this

year’s common text. According to Dr.

Van Dyke, the text was chosen because it

is an accessible book that engages with

an important social problem. Garbology

is also a good fit, because it has cross

disciplinary relevance. The text has

connections with science, environmental

studies, humanities, and social sciences.

Some events related to the common

reading are planned for spring, including

a presentation of student work at the

annual Celebration of Scholarship. There

are also plans for an event at the

children’s festival in April.

Dr. Van Dyke also mentioned that the

FYE committee will be choosing the next

common reading at an earlier time, to

allow professors who wish to incorporate

the text more flexibility in planning their

curriculum.

Garbology: Our Dirty Love affair with

Trash, by Edward Humes explores the

problem of trash and explores various

solutions toward dealing with it. The

average American will produce 102 tons

of trash throughout a lifetime. Dealing

with this immense volume of waste has

become one of the mounting challenges

worldwide.

The book is organized into a series of

chapters, each containing an individual

anecdote about a particular trash related

problem and an approach to solving that

problem. In the early days of

urbanization, many metropolitan areas

would use piggeries and burn piles to

dispose of their waste. The pigs would

then be a source of income for the

municipality as they helped to dispose of

the cities' trash. Of course, raising a large

volume of animals creates waste issues of

its own, and few modern citizens want to

live near a burn dump. The increase in

the volume of non-degradable trash has

also led to a need for different solutions.

Landfills and ocean dumping have been

widely used, but these solutions are

approaching the level of unsustainability.

Some of these trash dilemmas have led

creative individuals to seek new solutions

however. Andy Keller was disturbed at

the number of plastic, single use bags

that he saw on a trip to the local landfill.

Upon learning that the average shopper

will go through 500 of these bags a year,

the creative entrepreneur developed his

own line of reusable bags made from

recycled materials. The reusable bags not

only reduce the number a bags wasted,

they also reduce the environmental

impact of producing those disposable

bags.

This summary of a single anecdote is

representative, but not exhaustive. The

book approaches the trash problem from

a variety of perspectives. Its style is both

informative and accessible. The issue of

trash disposal is one that effects all of us,

and it will only increase in relevance in

the future. The author recognizes that

there are no quick fix solutions to our

trash problem, but Garbology is a good

place to start for those who want to

become more informed.

Humes’ challenge to readers to cut down

on their personal 102 ton trash legacies:

1. Refuse unneeded junk

2. Go Used and Refurbished

3. Stop Buying Bottled Water

4. No More Plastic Grocery Bags

5. Focus on Cost of Ownership

By Alyson Harden

Volume IX Issue I Page 7

Best Foot Forward for Success

Members of the TRIO Student Support

Services (SSS) Scholars Program at LHU

had the opportunity to participate in our

very first six-day Best Foot Forward

(BFF) Summer Bridge Program. This

program takes place prior to move in day

and the beginning of classes. The purpose

of SSS is to help students attain higher

GPAs, stay in college, and graduate at

higher rates. The program implemented

BFF to allow students to make

connections and to help the transition

into the university community. It was

from August 15th until August 20th, and

each of the forty-four BFF freshman had

the opportunity to move in before the rest

of the students. This became a way for

them to transition into college with

guidance from not only the faculty, but

peer mentors. Peer mentors are

upperclassmen who are also participants

in the SSS program. Throughout the

event, six days before classes began, they

enjoyed activities like movies at the

Roxy, and learned beneficial strategies

for success.

“The TRIO program’s summer bridge

program was probably one of the best

things I did to commit to Lock Haven. It

showed me not only the campus, but how

diverse we are and how it really doesn’t

matter. What matters is how we can

overcome simple, and not so simple

obstacles. The TRIO program is great,”

freshman Michael Anderson said.

The program started off with a welcome

buffet dinner for the new SSS Scholars

and their families. Once their families

left, they participated in icebreakers,

workshops, and recreation activities. This

gave them the opportunity to meet each

other and become introduced to the

facilities.

“Best Foot Forward serves as a way for

the members to connect to Lock Haven

University, students, faculty, staff, and

resources while guiding them through the

transition into college,” Dr. Julie Story,

the Director of Student Support Services,

said.

Along with allowing the students to

connect and giving them a head start into

the college experience, these members of

SSS got to see what services the TRIO

program has to offer them until they

graduate. By being in the sessions and

being introduced to older members, they

got a taste of the many workshops that

would be available throughout the year

and some of the things the peer mentors

would run.

“I am glad my dad introduced me to the

TRIO SSS program and BFF program. It

was a good transition and it made it easy

for me to adjust to college by being

active in both of these programs,”

freshman Anshu Choudhary said.

Members of the BFF program have

continued to attend many of the

workshops throughout the semester. By

becoming active members in the TRIO

SSS program they have noticed the

benefits the program truly has.

Workshops on personal and academic

success, financial literacy, and cultural

events, along with opportunities to give

back through service, our SSS Scholars

are learning to lead and leading the way! Enjoying Bald Eagle State Park

Informational Sessions in Sloan Auditorium gave SSS Scholars a head start on other

incoming first year students

Volume IX Issue I Page 8

TRIO/SSS News

Workshops For Student Success

For the next five academic years, SSS

Workshops will take on a new look to

meet the needs of all our students, first

year through graduation. SSS provides

education to students in four categories:

academic support, financial aid and

literacy, personal development, and

social/cultural events. A menu of

workshop and event options exist each

semester. Attending events provides

students with valuable information,

insight, and experiences, and also

qualifies them as SSS Active Members.

Active members can go on special trips

and apply for SSS Scholarships: It pays

to get involved with SSS because we have

a total of $41,000 to assist students with

their tuition this academic year.

For academic support, presenters Dr.

Story and Dr. Gainer began with goal

setting and organization

strategies for success,

preparation for registration,

“E-Communication in the

Workplace,” and ended

with “5-Day Study Plan for

Finals.”

Financial educational

offerings this term came

from banking professional

Ms. Lori Connolly of our campus

PSECU. With topics like “Managing

Money in College” and “Avoiding

Identity Theft,” there was something for

students of all ages and years.

To develop and assist students in personal

development, SSS hosted a workshop on

time and energy management, weekly

“Discussions with Abby” led by

psychology major and peer mentor (PM)

Abby Boyer, “Get Fit with Nick”

featured an hour of physical activity with

PM Nick Bishop, and ended with a finals

week “Destress and Mess” event where

students stopped by to make crafts, listen

to music, and just chill for a bit.

Favorite cultural were our cultural

excursions to see New Orleans jazz

ensemble Soul Rebels at Penn State and

the day trip to New York City for the

Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Locally, all students had the options of

free Roxy Movie Theatre tickets every

other weekend and SSS Movie Nights on

campus with PMs LeAnne Sayles and

Kaylee Hill. A favor ite activity from

our summer program, Family Game

Night, returned mid-semester.

Watch your LHU email for monthly event

calendars during the semester, like us on

Facebook, and sign up for SSS Event

Remind 101 texts to make sure not to

miss programming just for you! Spring

topics include Financial Aid,

Scholarships, Planning for Graduate

School, and other exciting options.

By Dr. MG Gainer

SSS Scholars Attend the “Dream Big, Plan

SMART” Workshop

Need a Friendly Reminder to Attend

SSS Programming?

When listing events in your planner and seeing them

on our Facebook page isn’t enough, then also

subscribe to our Remind 101 text service by sending

the message @-join-us- to the number 81010 to get

text messages about upcoming program workshops

and deadlines. No app is needed to use this resource

but data rates may apply. This is a convenient way to

stay informed via your favorite devices.

In October, Mrs. Beth Miller joined LHU’s

TRIO Upward Bound and SSS programs as our

new staff assistant. Beth comes to us from a

background in social work and a

chiropractor’s office environment. As a

mother of two almost-college-age students,

she also hopes to learn about how to assist

their own transitions to higher education.

She is looking forward to meeting everybody

and being a part of our TRIO family. Stop by

Ulmer 118 and introduce yourselves!

AmeriCorps VISTA Lucio Perez presents about service

SSS Scholarship Opportunity

Chelsea L. Allen

Cody M. Anderson

Kayla N. Austin

Julie M. Battin

Nicholas R. Bishop

Clayton A. Blose

Shaleigh N. Confer

Carli M. Curtis

Erin E. Dempsey

Khadijah N. DeShields

Michael P. Field

Tabitha D. Fisher

Leanne E. Fries

Samantha L. Graeff

Tanner Grumbling

Carly R. Heider

Jennie M. Hess

Kaylee E. Hill

Emily A. Holmes

Jaimie L. Holsinger

Emily L. Horn

Zachary J. Hough

Amber N. Hryn

Christina E. Jones

Adam N. Kaylor

Jennie M. Kobuck

Hannah R. Krammes

Roseanna D. Lance

Cierra M. Lees

Emily C. Leitzel

Terren M. Lesher

Rebecca M. Mann

Roman A. Marijczuk

Madelyn E. Marshall

Joseph A. Mattern

Colleen M. McCabe

Erin L. McGrenaghan

Andrew J. McMahon

Miranda R. Miaris

Victoria L. Minor

Michelle G. Otte

Paige G. Packer

Amanda A. Pease

Candice M. Ramus

Emilie Rogers

Kelsey L. Schmader

Justin Schomaker

Todd M. Schorr, Jr.

Robert M. Smith

Jessica L. Stives

Jaden E. Taylor

Leo L. Valmonte, Jr.

Carlos A. Vera, Jr.

Blake W. Wadsworth

Julia A. Whistler

Branden S. Winner

Nicholas G. Zehring

Spring 2015 Dean’s List

Volume IX Issue I Page 9

The SSS Scholars Program will award a limited

number of scholarship grants to first- and second-

year students who are successful applicants.

Applications were emailed to students, are available

in the SSS offices at 117/118/126 Ulmer Hall, and

can be printed from the SSS Scholarship

Application link on our webpage at http://bit.ly/1lMCwgF. With the

application form, students with a 2.5 GPA and Pell Grant need to

submit a typed (12 point standard font), double-spaced, 1-2-page

essay answering the following prompt:

“You were offered numerous programs and services during the

summer bridge program and/or the Fall semester (success workshops

on academic, personal, career, and financial literacy development),

social and cultural events/trips, community service opportunities,

supplemental advising and/or First Year Seminar with Dr. Story, peer

mentoring, writing consultations with Dr. Gainer, discussion sessions,

movie nights, and peer tutoring for HIST102, ENGL100, ENGL110,

and ALEKS for Math. Write an essay that a.) describes the SSS

programs and services in which you participated this semester and b.)

answers the following question: How has your transition to college

and your success been aided by participating in the Student Support

Services Scholars Program?”

Students should e-mail the completed application form and essay to

Dr. Julie Story at jstory@lhup.edu, or deliver both documents to

118 Ulmer Hall by the deadline: 4:00 p.m., Monday, February 1st.

Chelsea Allen

Michael Anderson

Madeline Cingle

Tabitha Fisher

Alyson Harden

Zachary Hough

Ramsey Ikner

Marina Keiter

Roseanna Lance

Stephanie Lanigan

Roman Marijczuk

Heaven Martin

Michelle Otte

Amanda Pease

Matthew Protsko

Kelsey Schmader

Gabrielle Schock

Eric Smith

Samantha Wesnak

SSS Scholars in the

Global Honors Program

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other,”

-John F. Kennedy

Volume IX Issue I Page 10

Dr. Julie Story, TRIO SSS Director , and Mrs. Tulare

Park, TRIO Upward Bound Director , both of Lock Haven

University, attended the 2015 annual conference of the

Pennsylvania Association of TRIO (PA TRIO) Programs in

mid-October. As a 2015 PA TRIO scholarship recipient, I had

the opportunity to accompany them to the event in Lancaster,

PA, to accept my award and participate in the conference

sessions.

The theme of this conference, Know Y our Story, Shape Y our

Future, promoted the idea of understanding where the

program comes from and where it is headed. Being aware of

the history of TRIO and how it has evolved since its creation,

Story and Park prepared a presentation appropriately titled,

“Our Story is Their Story: Tapping into Narratives to Shape

Program and Student Goals.”

The material in this session introduced ways for program

personnel from universities across the state to use their own

stories to relate to students as they help them to develop goals,

overcome obstacles, and achieve success. With this

presentation, Story and Park’s goal was to give participants

the opportunity to tap into their own success narratives and

recognize how they worked through difficulties in their paths

to college success so that they may be able to help their

students. The three of us shared our personal stories from

college about how we overcame the challenges we faced as

low-income and first generation students. Participants were

then invited to share their own personal narratives with other

attendees of the presentation. Realizing that there were

similarities in the struggles I have faced in transitioning to

college compared to alumni PA TRIO employees across the

state really caught my attention. Listening to others’ narratives

made me especially appreciative for the blessing that is the

TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program.

After each of us shared our stories, Story and Park elaborated

on different techniques used to help TRIO students build

resilience that will support their persistence in higher

education. Growth Mindset, the idea that a person’s

intelligence and abilities can be developed through hard work,

was one of the topics discussed. Growth Mindset can develop

a student’s resilience in the face of obstacles. In addition,

some programming strategies, such as holding a student panel,

journaling exercises, mapping out a career genogram—a

career genogram allows the student to investigate the

educational levels and career paths of the different generations

in their family, and using motivational interviewing were

among the many educational techniques contributed by Story

and Park.

By Kayla Austin

Upward Bound at LHU

Dr. Julie Story, Mrs. Tulare Park , and Peer Mentor Kayla

Austin presented at PA TRIO Conference.

Miss being a part of the great things in Upward Bound?

Can’t get enough SSS?

Feel left out for not being in either?

The solution is coming with a new club. Beginning next semester

college students at LHU will have another way to connect, serve,

and succeed.

Contact Mrs. Tulare Park at tpark@lhup.edu or Dr. Julie Story at

jstory@lhup.edu

New TRIO Club Coming to LHU

Spring 2016!

Upward Bound students from the 2015 six-week summer program

visited Philadelphia, PA. Twenty-one students from UB clubs at

Bucktail, Central Mountain, Jersey Shore, and Williamsport Area

High Schools attended this year.

Upward Bound Summer Success

Volume IX Issue I Page 11

Community Service By Michael Eubanks

One of the goals of LHU’s Student Support Services program is

to provide students with opportunities for community

engagement. Members had the opportunity to participate in a

community service project on October 24th. Student volunteers

and SSS staff donated their time and effort at the Lock Haven

branch of The Salvation Army Thrift Store. The thrift store

resells donated items, and uses the proceeds to fund

humanitarian programs in the Lock Haven Area. The Salvation

Army engages in programs that provide for the poor, and also

assists with counseling and rehabilitation programs of various

kinds, including prison ministries. The non-profit organization

is heavily dependent on volunteers and donations.

Students and staff volunteered their time to help sort and

prepare donated items for display in the Thrift Store. In

addition to general cleaning of the location, volunteers

helped to sort newly donation clothing and merchandise in

order to prepare them for sale.

Freshman SSS scholar Anshu Choudhary attended the event at

the Salvation Army. Speaking of the efforts focus on

community engagement, Anshu noted that "The community

service activity broaden[ed] my horizons because it made me

meet new people from [other] cultures."

Anshu also recognized that service in the community can

develop compassion, promote understanding, and instill

gratitude in its participants. "The community service activity

showed me that I shouldn't have too much ego. Because I

never what's going to happen in life. I saw some people who

were wondering about their financial status. I should be

thankful that my parents provide so much me so that I don't

have to depend on loans."

Anshu Choudhary

Leikpele Dolo

Samantha Eisenhart

Natalia Fickel

Ellora Figured

Ruth Fultz

Anna Kaizar

Catherine Mohn

Natasha Ortiz

Chad Sands

Community Service Participants

Ellora Figured, Anna Kaizar, and Samantha Eisenhart sort

books out front in the Salvation Army Thrift Store.

Natasha Ortiz and Chad Sands and another volunteer, Luz

Burgos, sort through mountains of clothes in the back of the store

to prep them for sale.

Volume IX Issue I Page 12

Meet the Co-Editors Alyson Harden is a freshman with a Pre-Physician

Assistant major and a psychology minor. Her hometown is

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, which is about ten minutes

from Giants stadium and New York City. She is a Global

Honors student and is part of the track and field team on

campus. When she isn’t in class or on the track, she is

spending time at meetings for different clubs that interest her.

One of those clubs include SSS Scholars. Once school work

calms down, Alyson likes to enjoy time with her teammates.

Throughout the week, she looks forward to free time that

allows her to talk to her mom, grandparents and sister.

Although she misses her family, she is starting to love her

second home by gazing at the mountains and rivers here at

Lock Haven. Music and a good attitude gets her through her

busy days. After

graduation, Alyson

plans to work in the

Emergency Room as

Michael Eubanks is a junior , major ing in English with a

concentration in writing. He is from South Williamsport,

Pennsylvania. He serves on the staff of The Crucible, LHU’s

student produced literary and visual arts magazine. Michael also

contributes regularly to the student-produced newspaper, The

Eagle Eye. He is an active participant in the English Club, a

member of Sigma Tau Delta, an international honor society for

English, and a member of SSS Scholars. Michael enjoys writing

poetry and recently placed in a statewide writing contest.

The SSS Newsletter is produced through an Experiential Learning designed by Dr. Julie A. Story and facilitated by Dr. MG Gainer, Writing Specialist, Student Support Services, Departments of English and Academic Development & Counseling. Students studying English, writing, editing, communications, document design, and/or public relations gain Experiential Learning (EL) units and practical learning experiences outside of the classroom serving as editors and writers.

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