Vatterot t Col lege

As the Regional Academic Dean for Division 1, I am responsible for overseeing all academic affairs in the division under the direction of the Chief Academic Offi-cer . This includes all as-pects of the student‘s aca-demic experience as well as student support services.

Vatterott is first and fore-most an educational institu-tion. On occasion, in an educational setting, it is ap-propriate to go back to the ‗basics‘ – or in this case, the ―abc‘s‖ – to refresh our-selves on important funda-mental concepts. Here are some Vatterott ABC‘s for your consideration:

A – Attitude determines Alti-tude (success): Success is a decision, not an accident – you will be as successful as you decide to be. Don‘t let anyone else determine your level of success for you. Your future employers will expect you to bring a good attitude to work along with the skills you learn at Vatterott – start now.

B – Begin Boldly: My grandpa used to say ―A task well started is half complete‖. Start in high gear - put the pedal to the metal - and don‘t look back. You will be done before you know it and on to career success.

C – Commit to Character: Be known as a person of integ-rity and honesty, someone that others can trust. In your future career your customers and clients will trust you with their life and property.

D – Decide to be Diligent: Dedication and diligence are your secret weapon. Remem-ber - the tortoise won the race, not by being the fastest, but by staying in the race until it was finished. Run the whole race if you want the prize.

E – Expect Excellence: Ex-pect excellence of your self, of your classmates, of your in-structors, of the Vatterott staff. Never settle for less than your best. You are not in competi-tion with others here at Vat-terott – you are in competition with yourself – how good can you get?

F – Finish with a Flourish: Finish what you start - you have to finish the race to get the prize. You are in a 50 or 60 week program, not 49 or 59 weeks. You can rest when it‘s over – don‘t stop until you get the checkered flag (diploma)!

This can be one of the most exciting and fulfilling times in your life - take ad-vantage of every minute. Let us know how we can make it even better.

Sincerely,

David D. Moore Regional Academic Dean, Div. 1

Volume 1 , Issue 5

TH E PU L SE OF NO RTHPA RK

August 2012

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Pulse of Northpark 1

Staff Spotlight 1

Caught Doing Good 2

Tips for the Trade 2

Trades Magazines 2

Prep Courses 2

School Supply … 2

Graduation 3

Perfect Attendance 4

Convoy of Hope 4

Questions for Interviews 4

Student Ambassadors 4

Something’s Happening 5

Student Poetry 6

Facebook 6

Bone Marrow Registry 7

Have a Good Day! 7

August in History 8

The “V” Calendar 8

NORTHPARK NEWS

S T A F F S P O T L I G H T : A N E K I A S M I T H

Interviewed by Chynna Holloway

Education Coordinator Anekia Smith,

known to the students who love her as

Nekki, has been a smiling employee of

Vatterott for 4 years. When asked about

her broad smile, she says it is because of

her son, that ―he keeps me smiling all day

everyday.‖

Nekki works in the Admissions depart-

ment and believes the most exciting part

of her job is assisting people with en-

rolling in school—she is helping them

change their lives.

Nekki loves the campus when it is

busy and hopes in the future to see it

even busier with a wide range of

classes and times, expanding student

areas and further assisting the students

achieve their successes.

Thank you, Nekki, for what you do!

5. Use BrandYourself.

Now more than ever, your

brand management and

online presence are extremely

important. Interviewers and

potential employers will be

scouring the internet to ensure

that you, the applicant, are a

qualified individual, with no

mishaps that would bring any-

thing negative to the com-

pany. Employers may view

negative as posting party pic-

tures to your Facebook ac-

count. Brand Yourself will do

the following:

*Set you up with the correct

accounts on social networking

sites to meet the right peo-

ple and increase your online

presence

*Take control of your online

reputation and your ―brand

name‖ as a whole

*Ensure that employers get

Google search results they are

looking for when they type in

―YOUR NAME‖ into Google

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T I P S F O R T H E T R A D E T I P # D O F 5 S E C R E T S T O S E C U R E A J O B A F T E R G R A D UA T I O N B Y S E T H K A U F M A N

Follow us on Facebook to stay informed with your campus events:

www. facebook.com/vatterott.college.northpark

Volume 1, Issue 5

ON AUGUST 27 …

For every referral you

turn in during Aug 20 –

27, your name is entered

into a raffle for a Vat-

terott Backpack filled

with School Supplies.

Good Luck!

M A G A Z I N E O F T H E M O N T H E L E C T R I C A L C O N T R A C T O R M A G A Z I N E

V AT T E R O T T B AC K PAC K & S C H O O L S U P P L Y R A F F L E !

tional Electrical Contractors Asso-

ciation (NECA), an organization

dedicated to enhancing the indus-

try through ….

continuing education, labor

relations, current information,

and promotional activities.

IT’s FREE!

www.freetradesmagazines.com

EC is published for the seg-

ment of the construction

market comprised of over

70,000 electrical contract-

ing firms, employing over

650,000 electrical workers

and producing an annual

volume of over $95 billion.

This magazine is a service

to the members of the Na-

Caught Doing

Something GOOD

―AARON LEE has a great attitude,

speaks to everyone, helps his

classmates if they need it, helps

me any and every time. Scott and

Ken both, say he is a terrific stu-

dent! I personally think he is

awesome!! We need more like

him!!!!‖~Katie Palmer-Williams

Brandon Newson—for carrying

boxes, the kits, holding open

doors, for being a gentleman

Victoria Nickel … always pushes

the chairs in at the end of class.

Tracie Glass—assisted in the

formation of Orientation binders

& she’s ―the best movingest of-

fice person there is.‖

Kayla Denzik—working between

two campuses and filling her role

in each. Take a deep breath!

Thank you to Student Services

from Career Services for your

assistance with Graduation!

Stephanie Townsend—offers

kindess and encouragement to

fellow students. It does not go

unnoticed.

Jessie Bailey for holding down

the fort during Bobby’s absence.

Rhett’s Entire Day Psychology

Class—Your Birth Order papers

were wonderful! Great job!

Deara McBee and Tamika Brison

for their pleasant willing assis-

tance to any department when

asked. If either of these ladies

had a bad day, no one would

ever know!

Katie Palmer-Williams for helping

Sattinie during Nancy’s ab-

sence—stuffing envelopes, mail-

ings, going over & above.

Aneka Smith & DeAngelo Moore,

Salon Ambassadors, for their

diligent service to the Salon’s

customers. Thank you! August 20—27

We are giving away new Vatterott Notebooks & Pens! To get yours, come by and share with us the name of a friend or family member that you think might be interested in furthering their

education. We‘ll be giving them out all week, while supplies last!

P R E P - C O U R S E W E D N E S D A Y S R E S E R V E Y O U R

S E A T T O D A Y ! C A L L 2 6 4 - 1 0 0 0

Classes offered at

12:00 p.m. and 5:00

p.m.

In the Upstairs LRC

NorthPark News Page 3

Graduation night was Friday, August 3rd. 119 Students walked the stage in front of their family, friends, faculty, and Vatterott‘s staff to receive their diplomas and degrees, their achievements deserved after work well done. Whooping and cheering erupted continually as graduates walked the stage, parading shoes and pride in celebration. A Vatterott North-Park graduation is an event to look forward to! It‘s always a party. To our graduates, we say again, Congratulations! And in the words of Pastor Hal Santos, ―Go!‖ This is your time to go on and dare to be who you want to be. Your path is your own making. We are so proud of you and thank you for the time we had to be a part of your journeys!

GRADUATION

Students recognized for Special

Achievement:

COSMO: Antoine Tannan

CT: Tiffany Reynolds

CP: Ladarcus Wilbourn

WELD: Tyler Broce

EM: Jeffery Gray

PLUMB: Shannon Williams

HVAC: Jermain Monk

MBC: Nicole Clemons

MA: Terrell Phillips

Be honest. Do you feel the part of the interview where "Do you have any questions for me?" is almost always a waste of time. Thought so. This is the part of the interview where you can SHINE ... Great candidates ask questions that evaluate the company and help YOU determine if you really want to work for them. Here are five questions great candidates ask: What do you expect me to ac-complish in the first 60 days? Great candidates want to hit the ground running. They don't want to spend weeks or months get-ting to know the organization. They want to make a difference-

-right away. What are the common attributes of your top performers? Great candidates also want to be great long-term employees. Every organization is different, and so are the key qualities of top per-formers in those organizations. Great candidates want to know, because 1) they want to know if they fit, and 2) if they do fit, they want to be a top performer. What are a few things that really drive results for the company? Employees are investments, and every employee should generate a positive return on his or her salary. (Otherwise why are they on the payroll?) Great candidates want to know what truly makes a

difference. They know helping the company succeed means they succeed as well. What do employees do in their spare time? Happy employees 1) like what they do and 2) like the people they work with. How do you plan to deal with...? Every business faces a major chal-lenge. A great candidate doesn't just want to know what the com-pany thinks they want to know what the company plans to do--and how they (the candidate) will fit into those plans. Don’t sell yourself short. Be pre-pared with questions that show you are prepared for that interview!

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5 QU E ST I ON S GR E AT JO B CA ND IDATE S A S K IN A N IN TERVI E W

Services, job fair, live entertain-

ment, neighborhood stabiliza-

tion, resume assistance, prayer

& counseling, refreshments,

school supply referrals, second

chance banking services, etc…

Our Salon Representatives:

Orlando Clayton

Jatira Coker

Moneshia Echols-Swanigan

Brittany Green

Randall Martin

Shameka Johnson

Candice Herbert

Amyracle Dale-Doyle

Jessica Marshall

Eleanor Davis

Douglas Jackson

Sydney Thompson

Deanna Sayles

Our students provided mani-

cure services throughout the

day. Thank you to our Cosmo

students for their active com-

munity involvement!

Arman, Christopher Williams, Whitney J

Dale, Casey Feldmann, David

Hunter, Evan Kersting, Nicholas N

Trice, Sherman Wall, David

Marcus, William L Plummer, Serena

Porter, Dyrice Lee, Aaron

Harris, Kimberly Moser, Raymond

Whitehead, Darren Morris, Charles Greer, Deneile Reichelt, Eric

Howard, Delonda Day, Antonio

Haynes, Terrance

Cannon, Robert Kelley, Keith

Shannon, Vance Gray, Jeffery

Spreen, Gregory

Batteast, Christopher Kendrick, Kerry Bradford, Kevin

Crowder, Brandon Dowell, Dujuan K Darough, Antonio

Johnson, Dee Moore, Stephen Kisart, Michael A

Ferrell, Chericak Green, Yolanda

Johnson, Shanae Montgomery, Donte Thomas, Amanda J

Townsend, Stephanie Blankenship, Chelsea

Graham, Karen

Volume 1 , Issue 5

P E R F E C T A T T E N DA N C E 4 - 2 3 - 1 2 T E R M

The St. Louis Day of Hope was

held on Saturday, July 28, 2012

in the Ville neighborhood in an

effort to provide social goodwill

and resources to the St. Louis

area! The anticipated reach was

more than 10,000 people

through the cooperation of more

than 600 volunteers offering

FREE services, such as …

amnesty and voter registration,

emergency assistance, family

portraits, games, social services,

grocieries , hair cuts, health

Student Ambassadors of Vatterott NorthPark include:

Frederick Hope, Cliffton Burns, Latifa Woods, Ajsa Blocker, Rosalind Chatman, Dorcas James, DeAnthony Reed, Tianna

Thomas, Cherise Roberts, Monique Varner, Jeffrey Gray, Nicola Washington, Brian Booker

These students applied for this position,

Receiving it based upon Cumulative GPA, Attendance,

Leadership Skills and Positive Attitudes. Throughout their

time in school, they are called upon to assist in Graduation,

Student Appreciation Days, Career Fairs, Orientations, and

the like, obtaining opportunities to practice/enforce

leadership qualities.

Thank you to our Student Ambassadors!

C O N VOY O F H O P E ( C O S M O I N C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C E )

NorthPark News

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S O M E T H I N G ’ S H A P P E N I N G A T N O R T H P A R K T H A T Y O U D O N ’ T W A N T T O M I S S . . .

Tatiom, Anthony Varner, Monique

Talton, Nanci

Watson, Juanita

Bearden, Jeff Harris, Floyd

Keys, Stephen

Burns, Cliffton Bush, Quinn Hunn, Calvin

Shotwell, Kevin Williams, Kenneth

Godfrey, Devyon Wilson, Jerome

Barrett, Anthony Boswell, Brian

Broyles, Rickey Buckner, Derrick A Cooper, Alphonso

Douglas, Christopher Harrell, Halbert

McCloud, Vincent Pitty-Diaz, Herastico

Shim, Demetrius Williams, Pedro

Blocker, Asja

Fuller, Daryl R Holloway, Chynna

Nickel, Victoria Woods, Latifa

Redmond, Geneva

Chambers, Kena

Edwards, William Hart, Travis

Jones, Frederick L Myers Jr, Aubrey Watson, Robert E

Wesley, Terrell

P E R F E C T A T T E N D A N C E

4 / 2 3 / 2 0 1 2 C O N T I N U E D . . .

Got to do better

These names--ain’t gonna get jobs or have careers

Music pumping in their minds—have a baby by you, be a millionaire

Kanye clowning, calling out gold diggers

Reality

Have a baby by you, end up on welfare, chasing you to be a father

Maury on television everyday

… not the father

Fathers would be fathers

Mothers would be mothers

No more Maury

Back to the way things should be.

No celebratin’ our downfall--babies having babies

Push our lil’ boys, our girls to find their hearts desire

Pants on the ground, pants on the ground

Where are the role models for our babies?

Waka – No

Kanye – No

Young man, pull your pants up, young women--be ladies,

Love yourself

Got to do better …

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L I K E U S W W W . FA C E B O O K . C O M /VA T T E R O T T . C O L L E G E . N O R T H PA R K … W H Y ?

WH AT BA BI ES GO N NA DO?

B Y C H A N T E L M C C L I N E

and things of social value and fun local events – also, if they “like” us, we have a monthly contest for a chance to win a gift card! AND we have just seen the tip of the iceberg regarding Facebook, it has so many tools to measure success

and to see the demograph-ics of our population. It is evolving, and probably will get even more sophisti-cated in the future. Most importantly, it helps in staying connected to campus from everywhere!

Students should “like” us, because they will obtain-valuable information on everything from campus events, to motivational quotes, to public service announcements, to photos, to new and potential op-portunities in employment

The NorthPark News

Team welcomes Latifa Woods, Chynna

Holloway, and Chantel McCline in August as student contributors! Thank you, Ladies for

taking part in our School’s News! You and your contributions are

appreciated!

If YOU would like to be a part of the Newsletter Team, email Dacia @

dacia.wilkinson@vatterott.edu

Or Kayla @

kayla.denzik@vatterott.edu

Volume 1 , Issue 5

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O . . .

Kutz for Kidz

Free Community Cuts and Style for Kids

When: Saturday, August 18, 2012

Where: 8580 Evans (Salon Cosmetique)

Time: 3:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m.

**Free Treats, Drinks**

& School Supplies (while they last)

CHOOSE

YOURSELF,

YOUR

CAREER,

YOUR

FUTURE!

Beth Cunningham

And

Demetrious Lewis

Who both recently

celebrated their

5 year Anniversaries

With Vatterott!

C O M M U N I C A T I O N A C T I V E V E R B S F O R R E S U M E S

addressed arbitrated arranged authored

corresponded developed directed drafted edited

enlisted formulated influenced interpreted

lectured mediated

moderated motivated negotiated persuaded promoted publicized reconciled recruited

spoke translated

wrote

N o r t h P a r k N e w s

On August 15, our MA stu-dents will receive special training for the drive, which will count toward CEU‘s for externships as well as add-ing to their already growing knowledge of their field of study.

The Bone Marrow Registry DRIVE at

Vatterott will be

August 21st from

9:00 a.m. until Noon.

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Every day in this little old town

Reflections of shattered dreams fall around in mirrors

Seeking a beautiful face, instead therein, a reflection of a woman sitting in space

Her heart, a tumbling bridge fallen apart in the center of broken dreams,

Myself within her face, in all of their faces …

Broken reflections of sufferers cross my path

As they go by I am caught on a high of pain, loneliness,

Hungry and self-centered, broken into many pieces

A little girl with a list of dreams she can’t achieve

Clouds flow across the big blue sky full of tears

Reflecting scars and fears of people

Afraid to fulfill their dreams

Sitting in space

A Reflection

BO N E MARROW REG I STRY DR IV E

REF L EC TION B Y L A T I F A W O O D S

WHY?

―Thousands of patients with leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell and other life-threatening diseases need an unrelated marrow donor transplant. In fact, 70 per-cent of patients in need of a transplant do not have a matching donor in their fam-ily. They depend on the Be The Match Registry to find a match and to get a second chance at life. Many patients do find the life-saving match they need, but more support is needed to be able to help all patients. Even with a reg-istry of about 10 million, there are patients waiting and hoping, unable to find a

On August 1, 1944, - Anne Frank

penned the last entry

into her diary.

She wrote …

"I keep on trying

to find a way of

becoming what I

would like to be,

and what I could

be, if...there

weren't any other

people living in

the world."

Three days later,

Anne and her family

were arrested and

sent to Nazi

concentration camps.

Anne died at Bergen-

Belsen concentration

camp on March 15,

1945, at age 15.

You do not live in

Anne’s ―situation‖

…

You live in the

United States of

America.

Who would you

like to be?

What do you

want to do?

DO IT.

Go DO IT.

I T T A K E S J U S T A S M U C H E F F O R T T O H A V E A W O N D E R F U L D A Y A S I T D O E S T O H A V E A M I S E R A B L E O N E . W H Y N O T E N J O Y Y O U R S E L F ?

4. Stick a smile on your face. 5. Express a positive mood. 6. Do what's important first. 7. Avoid negative people. 8. Don't work long hours. 9. Wind down and relax. 10. End your day with 15 minutes of gratitude.

match.

There are simply not enough racially or ethni-cally diverse members on the Registry to meet the needs of patients.

Who can become a volunteer donor? Anyone between the ages of 18 and 60 (up until their 60th birthday) and in good gen-eral health can potentially become a volunteer mar-row donor. The potential donor must be willing to donate to any patient in need. It only takes about 15 minutes to join the reg-istry!

We are especially looking for donors between the ages of 18 and 44.‖

~~Be The Match Registry

These 10 tweaks to your everyday behavior will virtually guarantee you a day that's not just enjoy-able but allows you to get more done than you ever thought possible. 1. Start with 15 minutes of positive input. 2. Tie your work to your life's goals. 3. Use your commute wisely.

8580 Evans Drive

Berkeley, MO 63134

Vatterott Col lege NorthPark Campus

Nagasaki. About noon, the

bomb detonated killing an

estimated 70,000 persons and

destroying about half the city.

August 9, 1974 - Effective at

noon, Richard M. Nixon re-

signed the presidency as a

result of the Watergate scan-

dal. Facing possible impeach-

ment by Congress, he became

the only U.S. President ever to

resign. August 11, 1841 - Fre-

derick Douglass, an escaped

slave, spoke before an audi-

ence in the North for the first

time. He was immediately

asked to become a full-time

lecturer for the Massachusetts

Antislavery Society.

August 1, 1838 - Slavery

was abolished in Jamaica.

August 3, 1492 - Christo-

pher Columbus set sail

from Palos, Spain, with

three ships, Nina, Pinta

and Santa Maria. Seeking

a westerly route to the Far

East, he instead landed on

October 12th in the Baha-

mas, thinking it was an

outlying Japanese island.

Birthday - Barack Obama

the 44th U.S. President was

born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on

August 4, 1961.

August 6, 1945 - The first

Atomic Bomb was dropped

over the center of Hiroshima

at 8:15 a.m., by the American

B-29 bomber Enola Gay. The

bomb detonated about 1,800

ft. above ground, killing over

105,000 persons and destroy-

ing the city. Another esti-

mated 100,000 persons later

died as a result of radiation

effects. August 9, 1945 - The

second Atomic bombing of

Japan occurred as an Ameri-

can B-29 bomber headed for

the city of Kokura, but be-

cause of poor visibility then

chose a secondary target,

August 14, 1945 - V-J

Day, commemorating

President Truman's an-

nouncement that Japan

had surrendered to the

Allies. August 16, 1977

- Elvis Presley was pro-

nounced dead at the Memphis

Baptist Hospital at 3:30 p.m.,

at age 42. August 17, 1998-

Bill Clinton became the first

sitting President to give testi-

mony before a grand jury in

which he, the President, was

the focus of the investigation.

August 18, 1920 - The 19th

Amendment to the U.S. Con-

stitution was ratified, granting

women the right to vote.

August 21, 1959 - President

Dwight D. Eisenhower signed

a proclamation admitting Ha-

waii to the Union as the 50th

state. August 28, 1963 - The

March on Washington oc-

curred as over 250,000 persons

attended a Civil Rights rally in

Washington, D.C., at which

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,

Jr. made his now-famous I

Have a Dream speech.

August 29, 1991 - Following

the unsuccessful coup of Au-

gust 19-21, the Soviet Com-

munist Party was suspended.

August 31, 1997 - Britain's

Princess Diana died at age 36

from massive internal injuries

suffered in a high-speed car

crash.

AU G U ST I N H I STORY Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children

of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others

lay brown beneath the August sun. ~ Kent Nerburn

Phone: 314-264-1000

Campus Directors:

Robert Donnell and Jessie Bailey

http://www.historyplace.com/

specials/calendar/

Vatterott Calendar 8/14 … V-Star

8/15 … Vatterott Voice Concert @ NorthPark

8/21 … Bone Marrow Registry Drive, 9 to Noon

8/20-27 … Backpack Giveaway

8/28 … Welcome back, Maria Wuebbels!

8/29 … V-Star

8/31 … Katie Palmer-Williams’s Birthday!

9/3 … No School … LABOR DAY

9/6 … Orientation

9/10 … New Start

Note: If you have recipes, poems, a short story having anything to do with Fall or September… contact … dacia.wilkinson@vatterott.edu

Interested in being a part of the Newsletter team? Contact … kayla.denzik@vatterott.edu or dacia.wilkinson@vatterott.edu

L I K E U S W W W . F A C E B O O K . C O M /V A T T E R O T T . C O L L E G E . N O R T H P A R K

Admissions: Mon-Thu 8am to

8pm, Fri 8am to 6pm

Financial Services: Mon-Thu

8am to 8pm, Fri 8am to 6pm

Accounting: Mon & Tue 8am

to 6pm, Wed & Thu 8am to

8pm, Fri 8am to 5pm

LRC: Mon 8am to 6pm, Tue-

Thu 8am to 8pm, Fri 8am to

5pm

Student Services: Mon 8am–

8pm, Tue & Wed 8am to 8pm,

Thu 8am to 8pm, Fri 8am to

5pm

Career Services: Mon -Thu

8am to 8pm, Fri 8am to 6pm

Registrar: Mon & Fri 8am to

6pm, Tues, Wed & Thurs 8am

to 8pm

Saturday Hours: (9am to

5pm)March 31stApril 7th,

CAUGHT

DOING

SOMETHING GOOD!

If you see someone,

student or staff, doing

something good, tell

Tracie at the Front Desk!

We want to know!

Thank you!!!