Palomar College February 2017
February 27 Deadline to submit EOPS/CARE Online Continuing Student Orientation
Deadline to submit CARE application
Deadline to submit pending Spring 17’ EOPS application documents
Deadline to attend Spring 17’ New EOPS Student Orientation
Deadline to submit EOPS/CARE Spring 17’ petition
Recommended deadline for 1st EOPS counseling contact Recommended date to start 2nd EOPS counseling contact
February 5 Deadline to submit January timesheet to ResCare EC
February 27 Deadline to submit Online Continuing Student Orientation
Deadline to submit CalWORKs Spring 17’ petition
Dates to Remember:
EOPS/CARE
CALWORKS
A river cuts through a rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.
-Jim Watkins
EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs Winners of the Women’s Soroptomist Scholarship & Award
Deadline to drop a class without a notation on your transcript is
-February 12-
Cynthia Monroe Marjorie Saylor
Yajaira Rodriguez
Financial Aid & FAFSA Workshop
Monday, February 13 at 5:00PM Governing Board Room (SSC-1) San Marcos campus No appointment necessary
Looking for answers to the following questions?
Don’t miss out on this workshop!
What is Financial Aid? What kind of aid is available?
What are the qualifications? What is a FAFSA? How do
I fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
How does Financial Aid work at Palomar College?
CARE/CalWORKs Student
Support Circle
Friday, February 10 10:30AM-12:00PM
Room: HS 208
-Open to all CARE and CalWORKs students- Food and a gas card provided for transportation
-CalWORKs students-
Do you need extra money this semester? Are you looking to build your resume with on-campus work
experience?
Palomar CalWORKs Work Study could help! To schedule a CalWORKs work study appointment,
call (760) 744-1150 x 2449
Are you a CalWORKs student waiting on your textbook payment? Or, an EOPS student whose book voucher didn’t cover all of your textbooks this semester? The following locations on-campus have some textbooks available for on-site use.
Teaching & Learning Center (Math, English, ESL & Counseling textbooks)
STEM Center (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math textbooks)
World Language Resource Center (Foreign Language textbooks)
Palomar College Library (Variety of textbooks)
Visit or call each respective location for textbook availability
Do you need Microsoft Word or Excel?
Palomar College students can download
Office 365 for FREE
To do so, visit: www.palomar.edu/pages/business
Don’t miss out on a motivational
message from acclaimed
author,
RICHARD L. TAYLOR
Thursday, February 23, 2017
__________
Time & Location TBA
Presented by TRIO/SSS
2017-18 Palomar College Scholarship Application Now available on your student e-services account! The Levin Firm- $1,000 scholarship. Essay: 500+ words. What safety features can be added to cars to cut down on injuries when a car crash occurs? For more information, visit: http://www.levininjuryfirm.com/scholarship/ Deadline: February 15, 2017 Carolina Pest Management- $1,000 scholarship. Essay: 1, 000-1,500 words. What do you believe to be the greatest current threat to the environment? How can this be mitigated and why is solving the problem important to you? For more information, visit: http://www.carolinapest.com/scholarship/ Deadline: February 28, 2017
Scholarships
DIRECTOR’S CORNER A promising future!
One Deer Motivational Message Calvin One Deer Gavin, Interim Director The second semester of your Palomar College academic year, is another opportunity to keep that promise to yourself to obtain your college degree and/or complete your Palomar College program! Your brighter future is practically "guaranteed" with college completion (and even brighter with pursuit of higher/terminal degrees!). So, keep that promise to yourself - to keep going, to keep growing, to believe and achieve! With 2017, a new year, there is a new you, new opportunities, and re/newed goals! Give yourself the new semester and a new year, another chance to continue to improve your personal, family, community, and student life! Set goals for yourself to improve and develop your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Keep your goals in clear sight, weekly, in increments, and achieve small steps, to reach your goals by the end of the semester or this year! And, as always, EOPS/CARE, CalWorks, and FYRST staff are here to help you, support you, direct and or refer you! Palomar College has so many resources to help you succeed; use your resources for greater success!