years, Child Develop~ent Center closes

Child Development Center (CDC) has to children from the EC family. With

this spring semester its staff, par-left discomposed.

That's the only word I can use to Jennifer Montgomery, child devel-

2013 the EC board of trustees voted to

accept the President's recommendation to authorize the closure of the CDC. This closure will take place effective June 30.

The CDC helped students attend school and gave chil­dren a safe environment, Montgomery said. It allowed students to continue with their education, knowing their children were taken care of in a safe environment. After the CDC closes, the building will be leased to a Head Start Program.

"I'm trying my best to help parents find a new place for their children," Montgomery said. "As of right now I do not kn·ow were the students are going."

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for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).

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The new EC summer session, now divided into three terms, has been de­signed to attract incoming students and allow current students to earn more credits quickly, administrators said.

"We expect to have a robust sum­mer," Francisco Arce, vice president of Academic Affairs, said. "Within the summer session there are three terms: the [first] six-week session, the second six-week session, and the eight-week session."

He believes that the reallocation of time away from the now-discontinued winter session allows students more flexibility in the summer.

"Summer is a longer period. Win­ter session was only five weeks long and there was a lot more pressure on students," Arce said. "You have sev­eral more schedule options in the sum­mertime: It can be the eight weeks if you need a little bit more time, or the first six weeks because you want to get it over with and then work, or if you want to work in the beginning of the summer then go to school, the last six weeks might be best. You just have a lot more choices packed into one ses­sion."

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creditation," according t~ the March 11 letter.

The first of these unmet requirement was regarding "Mission and Adminis­trative Capacity" issues.

"The ACEN site visit team observed limited documentation to support com­munities' of interest (hospital affiliates, advisory committees) contributions to decision-making processes for program development," according a second letter dated April17.

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lesser because of that." Since EC is not a four-year institution

or regarded as a prestigious school, the team is even more motivated to perfect their game.

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_ Administrators also see this change as a means for ambitious students -to­earn more credits quickly.

"Say you are a two year student or a three year student. With these summer sessions, we have three terms within the summer session so a student could conceptually pick up 10 units pretty easily if they are motivated," Arce said.

In addition, EC designed its summer session with the intention of allowing its spring semester students to transi­tion smoothly into summer course­work.

"You can see that it is a very short turn around from the end of the semes­ter to the start of the summer term, so we thought that it would benefit the group of students who are already en­rolled here," Arce said.

The sessions have the added benefit of encouraging high school students to plan out their educational paths.

"High school students who complete the matriculation process, which is ori­entation, assessment and educational planning, by March 31, are given pri­ority registration," Arce said. "These students will be in a good position to enroll in this second, six-week session. What we are trying to do is give recent graduates a little bit of an upper edge if they go through the matriculation."

Other administrators agreed that the new summer sessions cater to the needs of incoming students.

"Our placement of the second ses­sion is such that almost any high school senior who wants to get off to a good start and get a leg up can do so," Thom­as Lew, dean of Humanities, said.

A plethora of new courses have been added this summer in an attempt to meet varying student needs.

"We added almost 100 sections to the summer schedule," Arce said. "There are a variety of types of cours­es that we offer, and it will be a pretty comprehensive schedule."

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F" elderly female student walked into the Police station lobby and requested to have paramedics examine her. The student had been using a treadmill in her PE class when she lost her balance and fell to the ground, sustaining abrasions to her head, knees and arms. Paramedics were notified and when they arrived, they transported to the student to an area hospital for treatment.

Medical aid call for chest pains

April 28, 1:38 p.m.-Officers responded to the pool regarding a medical aid call. A female student participating in her swim class was experiencing chest pains. Paramedics were immediately notified and arrived on scene. The student was transported to an area hospital for treatment.

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ing personnel. "Diana Crossman retired a

year ago and it hasn't been the same," Bishop said. "We were lucky to get a part time coach to take over, and he is fabulous,

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The design of the summer ses­sions was also meant to help stu­dents complete the courses that they need to graduate on time.

"Most students who plan to transfer wind up one or two class­es short and the summer gives them the opportunity to take that class and focus on just that one course," Lew said, "My daugh­ter would not have been able to transfer after two years if classes were not available."

Thus far, students believe that the advertised changes will in­deed help them meet their goals.

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team is left with the task of re­cruiting new players to replace them.

"It's like any sports team where they have rebuilding years," Bishop said.

"I think that it's a great oppor­tunity to take more classes and it works to our advantage," Eliza­beth Menegazzo, 26, business management major, said. "I think a lot of people can really take ad­vantage of this."

Students who hope to graduate sooner also feel they can make good use of the new summer ses­sion schedule.

"It will allow me to take more classes rather than cramming my prerequisites," Brandon Neher, 30, radiologic technology, said, "I think the new summer ses­sions will help me get out of here sooner."

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