Honors College starts new mentoring program
Crimson White – April 10
Beginning in the fall semester of 2009, the Honors College will begin its new peer-to-peer mentoring program. This program will be different from other mentoring programs on campus in that it is limited to Honors College freshmen and will be operated exclusively by Honors College students and faculty. This mentoring program will also be geared toward specific opportunities open through the Honors College. Jacqueline Morgan, director of the UA Honors College, will be working with the program. “This will be a combination for students to learn how to expand their interests and passions and to have some unique experiences at the University,” Morgan said…
Corolla to continue production next year
Crimson White – April 10
The Corolla will continue production next year as a soft cover book, the Media Planning Board decided Wednesday night. The motion to cease production of the Corolla was put to the Board, and after a vote that ended in a tie, chairman Bill Keller voted to keep the Corolla as a University publication. “We saved the book by doing it this way,” said Paul Wright, director of the Office of Student Media. “That was the only way without additional funding from someone to save our publication. So I’m really happy that we saved the book and kept it as a print publication.” The board also approved a motion to produce next year’s edition of the Corolla as soft cover book, rather than a hard cover. This would make the financial burden of producing the Corolla considerably less, Wright said…
Summer budgeting a must
Crimson White – April 10
…“Right now, what [students] need to be doing is looking for a part-time job and also thinking about saving as opposed to spending,” said Caroline Fulmer, an assistant professor in consumer sciences. Students should start thinking about what they currently have and think about what they can cut back on, she said…Jan Brakefield an assistant professor in consumer sciences, also has advice for helping students save. “First thing I would recommend is learn from past mistakes,” she said. “Take a look from last summer and financial decisions you made that later you said ‘Why did I do that?’ ‘Why did I spend that much?’ Take a look back and begin your plans through the rear-view mirror.”
Brakefield said she came up with simple solutions that can help a college student who spends too much or has problems with saving money.
“Ghosts of the Pioneers” author visits UA
Crimson White – April 10
Twain Braden, author of the book “Ghosts of the Pioneers,” will give a lecture at the University on Monday. The lecture will be held in 205 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. Braden’s book covers the adventure he took along with his family as they retraced the route of the Oregon Trail…