2008 Woodie Awards
Training in progress:
Jones assists, advises students for a day
Melissa Bennett
Issue date: 12/3/04 Section: Front Page
"I wanted to be able to advise and counsel students when they wanted to drop a class," Jones said. "However, that is not the job of the Assistance Center.
"I did, however, learn to make the appropriate referrals to Advising and Counseling."
After spending the day with the staff of the Assistance Center, Jones said, "I now have become an expert in dropping courses, retrieving degree plans, making student IDs and preparing transcripts to be sent to transfer universities. I learned about several procedures and student policies at the college of which I was unaware."
When asked if any changes need to be made in the policies or procedures at the center, Jones said, "Yes. They need to make sure that the president and other people who don't know what they're doing stay the heck out of the way.
"The work in the Assistance Center is too important for someone like me to mess up."
Jones said he enjoyed working in the center that day.
Early in the day, he asked for a raise, which he never received.
"Budgets are still too tight for that," he said. Jones said his overall experience was positive.
"I did such a good job in the AC Assistance Center," he said, "that they promoted me to president that same afternoon."
"I did, however, learn to make the appropriate referrals to Advising and Counseling."
After spending the day with the staff of the Assistance Center, Jones said, "I now have become an expert in dropping courses, retrieving degree plans, making student IDs and preparing transcripts to be sent to transfer universities. I learned about several procedures and student policies at the college of which I was unaware."
When asked if any changes need to be made in the policies or procedures at the center, Jones said, "Yes. They need to make sure that the president and other people who don't know what they're doing stay the heck out of the way.
"The work in the Assistance Center is too important for someone like me to mess up."
Jones said he enjoyed working in the center that day.
Early in the day, he asked for a raise, which he never received.
"Budgets are still too tight for that," he said. Jones said his overall experience was positive.
"I did such a good job in the AC Assistance Center," he said, "that they promoted me to president that same afternoon."