American Honors Council: Northeast

Newsletter Volume: 1 Edition: 1 May 2015

Article: Health and Organization Many of us try to be organized. It’s no fun living in chaos, with messes here and lost items there. Especially frustrating are situa-

tions like not being able to find things when heading out the door, while trying to get to work on time, causing faster driving, and

setting that stressful pace for the morning…and wreaking havoc in other ways we may not realize.

Important reasons for organization

Research suggests three needs that must be met for our environmental comfort.

Physical – hygiene, accessibility and safety.

Functional – space that supports mobility and ease of performing necessary tasks.

Psychological – provides a sense of control and empowerment over our space.

Start small. Take fifteen minutes and start with one area – your shoes, a pantry or desk – and go from there. And it’s as simple as

keeping what you need and tossing or giving away what you don’t. Letting go is key.

Article credit: Cheryl Patterson—Healthy Living Magazine

This is the first edition of the Northeast American

Honors Council Newsletter. This newsletter is to let

everyone know what the council has done in the last

three months and what we will be potentially doing in

the next three months. We will use this venue to thank

people who have supported our journey and ask for

help when working in the community. Thank you for

your support. We are glad to have you along on our

journey as well. If you would like to see something in

the newsletter, drop us a note at CC 1600.

Sincerely,

Riley Stange, American Honors Council President

American Honors Council Greeting

Congratulations to our May 2015 Graduates! Drew Parker Ben McCully Francisco Ramirez Martinez

Michelle Bruggeman Xavier Sparks

We wish you all the best and hope for a fantastic future for you!

If interested apply at ivytech.edu/honors

Community News: Outreach done in spring semester for 2015:

Community Service locations were Community Harvest Food

Bank, Fort 4 Fitness Spring Cycle, and Little River Wetlands. We

appreciate all the hard work and dedication that the non profit

agencies do around town in our region and we are proud to be

of assistance to them.

Upcoming Community Service Events:

This summer, American Honors Council will be collecting early

reading books and children’s books for the Literacy Alliance.

Books will be collected throughout summer for the final

collection date of Friday, August 7, 2015

There will be a collection site at the Coliseum Campus Library, or

you may leave donated books with Krystyl Dumas at

Coliseum Campus 1600.

Upcoming Campus Events:

All of our events will be posted on our new bulletin

board outside of the American Honors/ASAP lounge

Coliseum Campus. Please join us on Ivy Life: Honors

Council Northeast!

Our summer special events will include a CPR class and

a self defense class. Dates will be posted on Ivy Life

and on our board.

June: CPR will be certified through Three Rivers Ambu-

lance Authority. The fee for this event will be $5.

July: The self defense class will be led by black belt Tae

Kwon Do instructor Forrest Cunningham of Cunning-

ham’s Fort Wayne Tae Kwon Do. The class will be

offered at no cost.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Riley Stange—Council President Nicholas Eliopoulos—Editor Krystyl Dumas—Staff Advisor

Kudos: We are grateful for all the hard work and dedication of the staff who made the commencement ceremony fantastic.

Special thanks to the following Ivy Tech staff members:

Aja Michael

Amy Johnston

Andrew Welch

Anna Hughes

Anne Michel

Ashley Haydock

Barry Schrock

Brenda Zemaitis

Candy Schladenhauffen

Cari Knuth

Christina O’Brien

Dane Hawley

Dawn Bon Ami

Deanna Lynn Surfus

Diana Randall

Jaclyn Garver

Kelli Brandenberger

Kim Myers

Kristin Sears

Lisa Smith

Mary Jo Toenges

Robin Bertsch

Sandra Fouty

Susan Divers

Tanya Young

Tim Becker

Tim Ross

Tim Tappan

Todd Nichols

Zeke Bryant