April 17, 2017 Welcome to Anoka Extra! The Anoka Technical College is proud to bring to you its first bi-monthly newsletter edition. We hope it serves as a focal point for community events and involvement and are excited to provide a positive and engaging platform for all to enjoy. Look here first to find upcoming activities, announcements and campus news, as well as receive up-todate information on actions and impacts. On behalf of the, I wish you a successful semester s end! We look forward to helping you ring in the Summer! Laura Olafson, Public Relations Coordinator The results are in... elections were held on April 5th. After a day of excellent voter turnout, ballots were tallied and we were left with our new executive board. Thanks to all that came out and voted, as well as to all those who ran for office! Additional thanks to all those who completed and turned in surveys. Your input is invaluable. Look for those survey ideas to be addressed in upcoming the Senate Council Corner (P. 5) segments! Continued on page 2
Continued from page 1 Meet your Fall 2017! 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 Nick Monghan Treasurer Christine Anderson Director of Internal Affairs Mark Mugambi Continued on page 3
Dates and Announcements Continued from page 2 April 18: First Summer & Fall orientation 4 6 pm. Last day to withdraw from a 16 week Spring course. April 19: All Meeting 2pm (room 125) Pet Therapy Day 11:30am April 20: Blood Drive Anoka Technical College Auditorium A 1355 W Hwy 10 Tuesday, April 25, 2017 9:00AM to 2:00PM Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org and enter: STEP to schedule an appointment Connect the Dots Scholarship Fundraiser 5:30pm 8:30pm April 21: Anoka Tech Scholarship Application Deadline April 24: Practical Nursing Informational Meeting and Pizza Party 12pm 2pm (room???) April 25: American Red Cross Blood Drive 9am 2pm Free Bread 10:30am April 27: Registration for Fall Employer of the Day MN National Guard 11am 1pm (outside Vet s Center) semester is now open! Resume Workshop 12pm 1pm OTA Orientation Mandatory 3pm 5:30pm Resume Workshop 3pm 4pm Please make sure to register; classes fill up fast! Thursday, April 20 5:30pm 8:30pm Bunker Hills Event Center, Bunker Prairie Road Northwest, Coon Rapids, MN Tickets are $75 public, $50 faculty and staff Continued on page 4
Continued from page 3 Clean Up and Pizza Party Wednesday, April 19, 11:00am 1:30pm Join us in celebrating Earth Day by participating in a campus wide clean up party! We ll start by meeting near the /Phi Theta Kappa offices at 11am. Garbage bags will be supplied and all participants will receive an Anoka Technical College re usable water bottle. Stick around afterwards for the free pizza, too! Sponsored by: Phi Theta Kappa & The **If you have events or opportunities you d like to have advertised in the next newsletter, please contact Laura Olafson at lolafson1@my.anokatech.edu! ** Anoka Technical College Practical Coming Soon Fall 2017 Nursing Club PN Students are invited to an informational meeting and PIZZA party April 24: 12:15pm 2:15pm (room 211) Continued on page 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. On April 5, 2017 the Senate discussed: An upcoming leadership conference School-themed promotional merchandise The newsletter Elections The Spring Clean-up and Pizza Party An idea for Bingo night Volunteers for Graduation and Open house Fellow Members at Anoka Ramsey Community College Members and motivational speaker Jerrid Sebesta