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Stop in the library this week to see the large and diverse collection of books we’re selling.There’s something for everyone: anatomy, politics, geography, crime, economics, fiction, and much much more. Some CDs and VHS tapes are available as well.Nothing costs more than $1! **Christine Kocourek** Senior Library Services Assistant University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc

**On Thursday, March 31**, Wendy Seegers will be on campus facilitating an alcohol screening day with me. The tool is very brief (3 questions) and student feedback takes about 3 minutes. The screening assesses risk related to alcohol use and abuse. We will be screening students in the commons or just outside Student Services from 10:30 to 1:00.Please encourage students to stop by. If you are concerned that alcohol abuse is a factor for specific students, please be sure to send them our way. Or, if you feel a screening would be a good learning experience or is related to your course topic, please encourage your students to participate in the screening. Students whose screenings indicate significant risk will be referred to local resources/counseling services to address those concerns.  If you have any questions regarding the screening, please contact Wendy Seegers, the AODE Program Director for UW Colleges at wendy.seegers@uwc.edu.

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This Week’s Events at a Glance… ** **Monday, March 28** Touche’ submissions due to Paul Emmett **Tuesday, March 29** ACE Meeting, 12:10 PM, Commons“What’s Your Personality?” talk by Trudy Sirkis, 12:15 PM, F170 **Wednesday, March 30** Future Nurses Meeting, 12:10 PM, F175Deadline to sign up for Leadership WorkshopMike Sherman lecture about the Large Hadron Collider, 6:30 PM, F170 **Thursday, March 31** PTK Honor Society Induction, 12:10 PM, County Board RoomStudent Senate Meeting, 12:10-1 PM, F137Multi-Culti Club, 12:15 PM, F170Roller-skating at Rollaire, 9:30-11:30 PM <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Friday, April 1** <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">April Fool’s DayLeadership Workshop, 12-4 PM (11:30 AM lunch)




 * March UW-Manitowoc Upcoming Events*

German For Travelers- 6:00-7:20 – H102 - || 2- Photoshop Elements 101- 6:00-8:00 –H102
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 * ||  ||   1- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">What is This Corpse of Peace? 1st National Peace Corps Month 12:15-1:00 F170

Power Point Basics- 6:00-8:00 F139 || 3- || 4- || 5- The Winds of March- 5:30 – Capital Civic Centre || **, ** German For Travelers- 6:00-7:20 – H102 ||  9 ** - Foreign Film Series (The Girl on the Train) -6:30- Cafeteria Lounge ** ||  10 **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">- ** || 11 || 12 || German For Travelers- 6:00-7:20 – H102 || 16- Who are your Neighbors?- 6:30 Woodland Dunes || 17- || 18 || 19 || German For Travelers- 6:00-7:20 – H102 || 23- || 24- Writer’s workshop- dream songs and writer’s cramp with DR. Al White- Library 4:30 || 25 || 26 ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">6 || <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">7- || 8- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Stress Management --12:15-1:00 F170
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">13- || <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">14- Effective Business Writing Course begins (online continuing education course) || 15- Great Reads for Spring Break- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">-12:15-1:00 F170
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">20 || <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">21- || 22- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">SPRING BREAK
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">27 || <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">28- || 29- German For Travelers- 6:00-7:20 – H102 || 30- The Large Hadon Collider- 6:30- F170

Digital Scrapbooking- 6:00-8:00- H102 || 31- ||  ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Every Tuesday- Martial Arts Club at 1:30 in the gym Future teachers- 2/10 Spring break Chicago trip- deadline to register on the 10th goes through the 24-26th Bowling Thursday 3/3 medow lanes north 7-9 Bits and pieces auditions-- **March 1 from 4 to 6 PM and 7 to 9 PM, and March 2, from 7 to 9 PM** in the University Theatre. Copies of the full script are available for check-out from the UW-Manitowoc Administrative Services Office. March 1- summer class registration begins

ACE (Adult College Experience) and Future Nurses are sponsoring a blood drive on Wednesday, March 16 from 9:30-1:30. <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">** Status Update: College Transfer Complete! ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Paul Nessman, UW-Manitowoc News Staff According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), “In 2005 nearly 60% of college graduates in the United States who completed undergraduate degrees had attended two or more institutions prior to graduation. Roughly 2.5 million students transfer every year.” It is vitally important to know what to do and when to do it in order to save money and time.

** Preparing to transfer ** should definitely not be put off until the last minute. The traditional process of transfer is this: A student begins at a two-year college, completes an associate degree, transfers to a university, completes an additional two years, and graduates. This does not just magically happen by enrolling and attending classes. All students at a two-year college, like UW-Manitowoc, who are in their last semester before graduating with their associate’s degree, should already have a plan well established and implemented for their transfer to a four-year college at this time. Ideally, this plan is completed by January or February of the year that you plan to transfer. If you have not yet done anything to prepare, here is what you need to do:


 * First things first! ** Fill out the FAFSA information form. It’s easy. It’s online. This should be done in January or February of the year of transfer. [|http://www.fafsa.ed.gov]


 * Decide on a major! ** Although this is not a necessity, it is extremely helpful. It will help to narrow down the list of possible transfer colleges that you will attend. It will also help you to avoid taking and paying for any classes that are not necessary for meeting the requirements of your intended major.


 * Find your school! ** When you first consider transferring and are not sure where you want to go, check out this valuable website; [|http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com] This great site will help you research potential colleges and identify the ones with the majors and programs that meet your needs.


 * Talk with advisers! ** Meet with an adviser at your current school and at the school that you plan to transfer to before you register for your first-semester courses. Accept the help that is readily available to you so that you can focus your studies. Continue to meet with the advisers regularly. This will help you keep on track and make sure you’re doing all you need to do to transfer successfully. Simply stop by, email or call the student services office on your campus and set up an appointment. The transfer specialist at your school can hook you up with an adviser at your future school.


 * Transfer Info! ** On a recent campus tour of UW-Milwaukee, Katherine L. Steinbach, Assistant Director of Visit and Transfer Programs at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Department of Recruitment and Outreach said, “One of the most important tools for the transfer student is the Transfer Information System. I would encourage transfer students to check out this valuable site and explore all of the helpful information that it has to offer.” The site that she is referring to is: [|http://tis.uwsa.edu]


 * Guaranteed Transfer Program: ** If you plan to transfer within the UW System, from a two-year campus to a four-year campus, this program guarantees you will be admitted to the UW four-year campus of your choice. You need to sign up for this service, however, before earning 30 credits.


 * Take a campus tour! ** This will give you a feel for the place that you will be spending a good chunk of your life. The school that you have selected online may sound fabulous as you peruse their website. But that is how they want you to perceive it. There really is no substitute for actually making a physical visit to the campus that you are considering.


 * Where to live? ** Are you going to live on campus or off? One good way to determine this is to take a campus tour and to picture yourself in one of their housing situations. Dorm rooms on campus work great for some, but others may prefer to find an apartment that is close by. The housing personnel at the four-year schools can help you with whatever works best for you.


 * Don’t sign on the bottom line…just yet! ** Before you pay any tuition, talk to an admissions representative at the school you're interested in and find out how many of your credits will be accepted. Try to get all of your core requirement credits transferred and articulated so that you don't have to repeat any entry-level education courses. Credits earned toward a degree at one school might be meaningless elsewhere. Here at UW-Manitowoc, 60 credits are needed to graduate with an associate’s degree. You can transfer up to 72 credits into another UW campus.


 * Take control of your future! ** It is crucial that you take responsibility for your transfer! Follow procedures carefully. This means meeting all deadlines, attaching necessary transcripts, and filling out paperwork neatly to avoid errors or delays. Make sure that the university received all of your materials on time. Stay on top of the situation and follow through!

This is especially important when taking courses in an intended major. You should also find out which letter grade you will need to earn in specific classes and the overall GPA (Grade Point Average) requirement that you will need to transfer successfully. Your two-year college adviser can help you track down this information. Make sure you confirm this information with the two-year college, since it can change. There are usually details about transferring to a four- year school on its website or in its catalog. Read the available information carefully and then contact that college’s admission office.
 * General Transfer Information: ** Many two-year colleges have special transfer relationships with specific four-year colleges. These agreements show how the courses that you complete at the two- year college may apply toward your graduation requirements at the four-year college. The agreements may apply to individual courses or complete degrees. They help to take the guesswork out of course selection. Some colleges post these transfer relationship agreements on their websites. Confirm that the credits that you have now and will be earning will transfer to the four-year college that you plan to attend. Do this BEFORE registering for courses. Otherwise, you may need to repeat the course once you start attending the four-year school.

** Prepare a supplemental transfer package **. Although this step is optional, it offers a convenient summary of your academic history. Include items like copies of previous course syllabi, your college catalog with previous courses clearly marked, a letter of recommendation from a former professor or adviser, and a letter from an official accreditation agency confirming your previous school’s certification. Consider keeping a portfolio of any type of extra-curricular activities that you take part in.


 * Transferring online program credits ** . Accredited online program credits are no different from credits earned on campus. So long as the school and program are accredited by an authorized accrediting agency, your course credits should be transferable according to the same transfer and articulation agreements that would apply to campus credits. However, nationally accredited online courses may be particularly hard to transfer. If you think you may eventually want to earn a bachelor degree, consider applying to a regionally accredited school that offers both associate and bachelor online degrees.


 * Accreditation: ** Accredited schools will consider accepting transferred credits only from another accredited school. There are two primary types of higher education accreditation, regional accreditation and national accreditation. Regional accreditation is awarded to qualifying schools that offer an academic curriculum. National accreditation is awarded to qualifying schools that generally offer vocational or technical education leading directly to employment. Because they are different education tracks, their similar courses and programs are not automatically considered equivalent. Credits earned at a nationally accredited school may not transfer smoothly to a regionally accredited school. Again, check with your adviser!