april 2014

Director’s Spotlight “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction” —John F. Kennedy

Many of us have done the major lifetime goals we wish to accomplish such as college, marriage and family. But smaller goals—we seem to relegate those to the “someday I’ll do that” category. Below are steps you can take to reach those smaller goals sooner.

First, you have to have a desire to really achieve a small goal – maybe it’s camping out regularly in the summer or running five miles every other day. Second, you need to feel what it would be like to achieve your goal—you have to believe that you will attain your goal—learning to create recipes for healthy food and being healthier because of it, seeing a landscape in your mind and then seeing yourself painting it. Third, you need a plan—action items – a path that ends where you want to be—maybe it’s listing all the things necessary to fly fish as well as fly fishing lessons and locations. Fourth, you need a timeline that supports your plan of action—put it up on the refrigerator, put it in your phone with reminders. Keeping it in your awareness allows you to gauge your progress on a regular basis.

Don’t wait for “someday”—start today to achieve your dreams!

April 2014 Volume 8 Issue 8

FYI Apr. 1—Winter Qtr. Grades Posted

Apr. 7—Spring Qtr. Begins

Apr. 7—Founda on Scholarship

Applica on for Fall Qtr. Available

Apr. 11—Last day 100% refund

Apr. 14—Students with unpaid

tui on dropped from courses

May 6—Advising Day for Summer/

Fall

Jun. 20—Commencement Ceremony

Jun. 25—Last Day of Spring Qtr.

The Inside

Director’s Spotlight 1

LWIT Offers 2 New Bachelor

Degrees 1

TRiO Happenings 2

Student Discounts 2

World Au sm Awareness Day 3

Are You LinkedIn? 3

Thinking of Transferring to WWU? 4

Campus Events 4

Earth Day 5

Sea le Area Events 5

The Learning Lab—Spring Qtr. 6

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Find us on the Web www.lwtech.edu/trio

LWIT Offers 2 New Bachelor Degrees Two new Bachelors degrees will be offered at LWIT starting Fall 2014. The first degree is a Bachelor in Applied Science in Transportation and Logistics Management. Graduates may work as managers within companies that provide transportation or logistics services, warehousing, fleet maintenance, vehicle procurement or upgrades, transportation and logistics analyses,

or sales and account management of logistics services. The second degree is a Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Health. Graduates may work in areas such as epidemiology, biostatistics, public health research, public policy, and community health and education. Employment may be found in non-profit agencies, research institutions, government agencies, and private or public businesses. For more information about these programs, please click here.

BFET

If you are

an LWIT

student

receiving

federal food stamps and have

applied for FAFSA, you may

be eligible for benefits from

Basic Food Employment &

Training (BFET). These could

include a book s pend,

childcare, and advising. Please

visit Ka e Viola in W207 for

more informa on.

Counseling Services

LWIT offers students free,

short‐term counseling (3‐5

sessions). Community

resources, advocacy and

referrals are also available.

Please visit W207 to make an

appointment. If you are

experiencing an immediate

crisis, call the Crisis Clinic at

(206) 461‐3222.

TRiO Happenings

Need a Tutor for Spring Quarter?—Stop by TRiO (E214B) the first day of spring quarter to request a tutor. You may receive one hour of one-on-one tutoring per class per week. Busy Winter Quarter in The Lab—The Learning Lab worked with 247 LWIT students during winter quarter. A huge “Thank You” to each of our wonderful tutors and facilitators who assisted these students. Fun fact: The Learning Lab had 1,378 total student visits in 2011 and 1,206 in 2012. However, The Learning Lab had 1,425 visits just in winter quarter 2014! Open House Recap—LWIT welcomed over 600 visitors at its Open House on March 6! Great job to all those who volunteered and to the Open House Committee. Professional Development—Tien Do and Erin Smith attended the Tools 4 Success Conference on March 25. This conference focused on preparation for finding and maintaining employment for students with disabilities.

Student Discounts

As a student at LWIT, you can receive educational discounts up to 20% off at select stores. To view details about these student discounts, see below.

Amazon—Amazon will give you 6 months of Amazon Prime free. Once those 6 months are up, the cost of membership is dropped from the $79.00 per year to only $39.00 per year. On top of free 2 Day shipping, you’ll also receive access to their streaming service, and you can borrow select Kindle Books for free.

AT&T—As a student, you are eligible for a variety of discounts from AT&T, including monthly discounts.

T-Mobile—As a student, check out T-Mobile’s Student Deals, which include monthly discounts, no activation fees, no annual service contracts, and more!

Best Buy - Best Buy offers discounts on various items that they have in stock at any given time: you can sign up for their College Student Deals, which will allow Best Buy to send you email coupons for various items.

Sony Store – Go to the Sony Student Store to receive a 10% discount. However, if you’d rather not purchase your electronics online, you can go to any Sony Store along with your student ID to apply the discount.

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but the

lifelong a empt to acquire it” — Albert Einstein

Disability Support Services

Contact the

Disability

Support

Services

office as

early as possible if a

physical, sensory,

psychological, or learning

disability impacts your

ability to succeed in

classes. Please visit W207

or email

[email protected] for

more informa on.

WorkPlace 101 Workshop Series Three workshops will be offered in May. Topics will include resume, cover le ers, and interviews.

Career Choice Workshops 1st and 3rd Friday of every month at 10am

Please visit W207 for more informa on on career and job assistance.

Are you LinkedIn? LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with 250 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the globe. Their mission is to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. In short, people use LinkedIn to find jobs, see what their friends are doing professionally, to network, and become visibly active in their professional community. It is also FREE to join.

“LinkedIn is a powerful tool for someone looking to secure a job,” said Paul DeBernardi, a LinkedIn user.

LWIT’s Employment Resource Center provides a video on their website as to why you should be LinkedIn. Check it out here.

If you’re ready to be LinkedIn, sign up here.

World Au sm Awareness Day—April 2 World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), celebrated on April 2 annually, was adopted by the United Nations in 2007 to shine a bright light on autism as a growing global health crisis. WAAD activities help to increase and develop world knowledge of the autism epidemic and impart information regarding the importance of early diagnosis and early intervention. Additionally, WAAD celebrates the unique talents and skills of persons with autism and is a day when individuals with autism are warmly welcomed and embraced in community events around the globe. Light It Up Blue Each April 2, Autism Speaks celebrates Light It Up Blue along with the international autism community, in commemoration of WADD. In honor of this historic day, many iconic landmarks, hotels, sporting venues, concert halls, museums, bridges and retail stores are among the hundreds of thousands of homes and communities that take part. You too can take part by simply wearing blue on April 2.

Financial Aid Office

Remember

to apply for

financial aid

each year by

comple ng a

new FAFSA. Check your

award le er on the Student

Portal. If you are receiving

student loans, a new Loan

Request Form must be

completed.

For more informa on, visit

W209.

Opportunity Grant

Designed to help low‐

income students studying

for high demand career

fields such as Accoun ng,

Allied Health, I‐Best, and

Business Technology.

Services provided include

tui on and fees assistance

up to 45 credits, a book

s pend, and educa onal

advising and planning.


W207.

Thinking of Transferring to WWU?

Western Washington University, located in Bellingham, WA, offers transfer students a variety of majors to choose from including art, design, music, interdisciplinary studies, and education (early childhood, elementary and special education). If you are considering transferring to WWU for one of these majors, you may be interested in some tips that can strengthen your transfer application and make you a competitive transfer student.

Complete a Direct Transfer Agreement or Associate of Science Transfer degree

Show an upward grade trend Gain experiences related to major at WWU Complete English Composition and college-level math Develop a personal statement that helps WWU better understand your goals,

preparation, challenges, and strategies for success Demonstrate diversity/multicultural experience Present yourself positively (maturity, prepared to be successful) Next month we’ll discuss what could hinder an opportunity for admission to WWU.

Campus Events—April

1 Worker Retraining Orientation (8:30am, W213C)

2 3 4 Career Choice Workshop (10am)

Worker Retraining Orientation (noon, W213C)

7 Spring Quarter Begins

Welcome Back Booth

8 Worker Retraining Orientation (8:30am, W213C)

9

10 ASG Day (10am)

US Army Information Table (11am, East Mall)

FAFSA Workshop (3pm, W113)

11 Worker Retraining Orientation (noon, W213C)

14 15 Worker Retraining Orientation (8:30am, W213C)

16 17 FAFSA Workshop (3pm, W113)

18 Career Choice Workshop (10am)

Worker Retraining Orientation (noon, W213C)


23 24 FAFSA Workshop (3pm, W113)

25 Worker Retraining Orientation (noon, W213C)

Spring Plant Sale (Hort.)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


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Veterans Services

LWIT is proud to assist all

Veterans, reservists, ac ve

duty personnel and eligible

family members who receive

Veteran's Administra on

educa on benefits.

For more informa on visit

W213B.

Worker Retraining

Laid off workers, displaced

homemakers, military

veterans, and previously self‐

employed LWIT students

may be eligible for this

program. This program

provides tui on assistance,

career counseling and

priority registra on.

For more informa on visit

W207.

Worker Retraining

Orienta ons

Tuesdays at 8:30am &

Fridays at 12:00pm in W213C

WorkFirst

This program helps eligible

TANF recipients with their

educa onal goals through

training, support, referrals,

and possible tui on

assistance.


W207.

Sea le Area Events—April

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (Apr . 1-30) This festival is one of the destination events for the Pacific Northwest. Every spring hundreds of thousands of people come to enjoy the celebration of spring as millions of tulips burst into bloom. Festival visitors can also enjoy many events that happen in April in the Skagit Valley. World Rhythm Festival (Apr . 5-6) FREE. This festival in Seattle is the best weekend immersion in world music, drum and dance that you can imagine. This festival is packed with an amazing range of world music traditions, including African, Middle-Eastern, Latin, Indian, Brazilian, North American, and more. Puyallup Spring Fair (Apr . 10-13) Welcome spring with baby animal exhibits, delicious fair treats, tons of free entertainment including racing pigs, leaping DockDogs, free music, and learn new gardening tips and tricks at Northwest Living & Garden. Plus, see cars smashing at the Slamfest Demolition Derby and Monster Truck shows, and whirl and twirl on some of your favorite rides!

Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (Norwescon) (Apr . 17-20) Norwescon is one of the largest regional science fiction and fantasy conventions in the United States. While maintaining a primarily literary focus, Norwescon is large enough to provide a venue for many of the other aspects of science fiction and fantasy such as anime, costuming, art, gaming, and much more.

Seattle Pet Expo (Apr . 26) FREE. Over 100 exhibitors, discount vaccinations, microchipping, costume & talent contests, adoption, family entertainment and more.

Earth Day—April 22 April 22, 2014, is the 44th anniversary of Earth Day, a day to be aware and appreciate the natural environment Earth provides.

Below are some interesting facts in celebration of this day.

57 million—the estimated number of housing units in the US heated by gas

42,747—the estimated number of housing units in the US heated by solar energy

0.6—the percentage of the American workforce that bikes to work

2.8 - the percentage of the American workforce that walks to work

17—the decreased percentage of energy consumption in 2010 compared to 2002

$7.6 billion—the value of recycled paper cardboard from product shipments

Source: United States Census Bureau

TRiO Projects 11605 132nd AVE NE E214B Kirkland, WA 98034 Pat Hunter: 425.739.8361 Erin Smith: 425.739.8353 Tien Do: 425.739.8249 Jenn Rossignol 425.739.8351

The enclosed materials were compiled through grants from the U.S. Department of Education. However, the contents have not been reviewed by the Department and no endorsement should be inferred. The Lake Washington Institute of Technology Student Support Services TRiO Projects are100% federally funded annually at $420,840.

The mission of the TRiO Projects at Lake Washington Ins tute of Technology is to increase the reten on, gradua on and transfer rates of eligible students. This is accomplished by providing suppor ve services such as tutoring, academic counseling, educa onal planning, academic success workshops, learning labs, financial educa on and transfer assistance.

The purpose of TRiO Projects is to assist first‐genera on and/or low‐income students and students with disabili es in achieving their post‐secondary academic ambi ons. Students are encouraged to complete their associate degree or cer ficate programs and, whenever feasible, enter a bachelor’s level program at LWIT or transfer to a four‐year ins tu on. TRiO Projects are commi ed to making college a rewarding and successful experience for each student par cipant.

No ce of Non‐Discrimina on– Lake Washington Ins tute of Technology is an equal opportunity ins tu on.

TRiO Participants

FREE Printing & Copying* *Please note that due to limited funding, prin ng and copying

are at the discre on of TRiO staff and will usually not exceed 10

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