Public Safety Awareness

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1 August 21, 2017 Welcome back students and faculty! We made it through the first week of school and it was a very busy week with activities every day. It was great seeing students so excited to return to school or just starting. Public Safety Awareness Do not leave valuables unattended Campus Speed limit is 15 mph Turn your lights off when parking Report unsafe driving to security Watch your step during rain and snow weather Office: Rm 122 (Near E1) Security Cell: Ext 7930 Continued on page 2

2 Continued from page 1 Meet your ! What is a student senate you ask? Great question! A student senate is a group of students that acts as a voice for the student body at large. Our goal is to make campus life as nice as possible. Have a question? We will answer it for you and if we don t know the answer we will find out. Are you having problems with an instructor but don t know how to address it? Come talk with us and we can help you. Ideas on ways to improve our school? You should be on the senate! No, seriously you should be on the senate! Our goal is to have representation from every program on the senate. By being there you will give your program a voice. You will also bring any info that we discussed in our meeting back to your program. We volunteer our time on things that happen around our campus from open houses to graduations. We sit on committees that discuss everything from food services to the book store to the hiring of faculty here. We are also a part of MSCSA (Minnesota State College Student Association), a group of people that represent all two year and vocational schools in Minnesota. We lobby on your behalf to keep tuition as low as possible and keep funding for our school coming our way. On behalf of our I invite you to stop by our office and have a talk with any one of us. Our goal is to serve you and we can t do that without your input.. Tom Lien, President Vice President Robertta Warnpeh Secretary Melissa Zaitz Public Relations Coordinator Mary Allenson Director of Development Vacant Treasurer Christine Anderson Director of Internal Affairs Vacant Continued on page 3

3 Continued from page 2 Dates and Announcements Sept 4: Anoka Tech Closed Labor Day Sept. 5 Financial Aid applied to student accounts Sept. 8 First financial aid disbursement to student Foundation Dinner Sept honoring Foundation contributors and scholarship recipients Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 Sept p.m. 6 p.m. Auditorium A This year s dinner will be immediately preceded by Anoka Tech s 50-year Anniversary Celebration at 3 p.m. in the ATC cafeteria We sincerely hope you will join us! Spring grad apps due for spring priority registration Oct. 19 & 20 Education Minnesota MEA (ATC open-no CLASSES) Oct. 25 Open House Oct. 30 Blood Drive Auditorium A FAFSA must be received for MN State Grant consideration Oct. 2 RSVP Pete Gravett at , or pgravett@anokatech.edu by September 29. Faculty Advising Week (check with faculty for appointments) Priority Registration for Spring semester **If you have events or opportunities you d like to have advertised in the next newsletter, please contact Mary Allenson at mallenson1@my.anokatech.edu! ** Tuesday, Oct. 10, am to 5pm Please call RED-CROSS ( ) or visit redcrossblood.org and enter: anokatech to schedule an appointment. You can also sign up in the office (Rm 175) anytime. Continued on page 4

4 Co Contact Laura Olafson for details Continued on page 5

5 Senate Council Corner If you have ideas you d like to constructively work towards, Please feel free to participate! Senate meetings are the first and third Wednesday of every month, at 2pm. All Meeting Wednesday, Aug. 2pm Rm 251 The eboard has been busy this summer rewriting the By Laws for. We will vote on them during the first senate meeting. We have two open positions on the eboard: Director of Internal Affairs Director of Development Do you have a question or concern? Please feel free to stop by the office. Office hours are: Monday Thursday 10am to 2pm Fellow Members at Anoka Ramsey Community College Rm Hours subject to change!