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.
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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 [email protected], 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 [email protected] or Dr. Julie Story at
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.
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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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