Wednesday, December 5, 2018

WHY are you attending Wallace Community College?


By now, one realizes that Wallace Community College (WCC) involves work. One can easily yield to the temptation of just going to class and going home. Yet, if you engage with extra activities like joining a club, visiting your professors, getting to know staff members, researching projects in the Learning Resource Center, or even attending tutorial sessions regularly, you will grow tremendously. When you stay on campus longer, it will benefit your educational growth. In the past, WCC graduates balanced academics with jobs and family obligations. Therefore, you too will reach this milestone despite external challenges. Remember, anything worthwhile requires -- your time, your growth, your knowledge, your fortitude, your resilience and so does WCC. Afterwards, you will celebrate acquiring that tassel just like past graduates. Therefore, stay encouraged!
 
As you enter your semester break, I want you to ponder the WHY. Really, think about WHY you are here at an educational institution of higher learning. Do not ask the questions - what you will receive or how are you receiving it? Ask the question WHY are you here? Why do you feel that right now you need to advance your learning? Think from the inside out instead of the outside in. In other words, remove the focus from your surroundings, and allow your "gut" feelings to answer the rationale for advancing your education.

Remember, to gain inspiration one must start with the clarity of the WHY question! The WHY question produces balance in your life. The WHY question solidifies your goals and ensures completion of your goals. The WHY question creates stamina so you will remain at WCC when the facts may indicate otherwise. So, define your WHY, and Get that Tassel at Wallace Community College!

Monday, December 3, 2018

Word of the Week - Sciential

Our word of the week is sciential. Sciential means having efficient knowledge, and the term capable is its synonym. Sciential is an adjective that poets often utilize in their poems. Yet, our students of learning demonstrate sciential reasoning when studying for exams and reports. For example, "The hidden treasures of science, St. Bonaventure tells us, can be discovered … in a knowledge of either the principles or the conclusions of sciential demonstrations."
By John Francis Quinn, The Historical Constitution of St. Bonaventure's Philosophy, 1973  

Now get that Tassel at Wallace Community College.