VOLUME 29, ISSUE 1 August 19, 2014 Campus News BC spotlight Centerspread Opinion Backpage Want More Observer? Read about BC’s Dedicated Freshmen: learn Senior year: Inside the minds theobservernews.blogspot.com has updates on Articles, new bookstore advisor helps how to survive Party like a of freshmen Entertainment, Sports and students succeed college rockstar or Much More. senioritis? Check Out: ON PAGE 4 ON PAGE 6 ON PAGE 10 ON PAGE 18 ON PAGE 20 theobservernews.blogspot.com Classes begin at new Miramar West Center Bella Riccitelli that the new campus will have Carlos Lopez, assistant of Managing Editor is state of the art, and will be South Campus President Dr. S. updated in a timely manner. Sean Madison, speaks fondly This includes not only the of the Miramar West Center. The newest addition to computers, but the labs and In fact, Lopez said, “If I was a Broward College’s (BC) chain smart-boards as well. On top of student majoring in business of educational centers will all of this, some of the classes, or supply management, be opening this fall for BC courses and degrees are fast- I would definitely attend students. paced and accelerated. this center. It is new and Located in Miramar, the Similar to all of the centers refreshing.” Miramar West Center will that BC has, student life and With all of the features that offer fast-track classes degree student resources such as the Miramar West Center programs that focus on: supply financial aid, admissions, offers, it is also U.S. LEED chain management/logistics; registration and advising certified. business; supervision and offices will also be on this Miramar West Center. Photo Credit: Ed Luna/Broward College The center had to go management. campus. through the Board of Trustees, Although the newest center The Miramar West Center West Center has been spread Considering all of the special purchase land, as well as many focuses on business and will also have a bookstore, amongst the BC community in features that the Miramar other factors that added on to management majors, general Subway and student clubs on a variety of ways. West Center will possess, it the lengthy process. However, education classes are offered, campus. Aside from word of mouth, is placed very strategically the keys to the doors were too. Donna Henderson, Dean of the information has been to work best for BC students. handed to BC officials on Aug. Based on recent studies, Partnership Centers, is very broadcasted over the radio, With a building that has 1. Miramar is one of the fastest- passionate about the new flyers, the BC website and 89,000 square-feet, it is The doors to the Miramar growing communities. center. Instagram. sharing its space with FIU. West Center will open to Aside from that, businesses “We will continue to increase Furthermore, counselors That way, when students the students when the fall in the city of Miramar will enrollment,” said Henderson. and advisors at BC are participate in the 2+2 semester begins on Aug. 25. partner with the Center to “Our intended goal is student advertising and advocating the program, which is when they work with graduates for career and academic success...There new center. complete two years at BC opportunities. are no cons about the Miramar Al Smith, Dean of Business and then transfer to a local The Miramar West Center West Center. Everything about Affairs on South Campus, feels university, they will be in the has some special features that it is great,” said Henderson like the Miramar West Center same building throughout other centers of BC do not. Advertising for the Miramar is going to be very “vibrant.” their educational experience. For example, the technology BC graduates earn higher then other grads Jonathan Fernandez ida, with more than 200,000 higher than graduates with are employed. For students who want to Copy Editor A.A. degrees being conferred A.A. degrees who are in the la- “They are employed because spend less than two years in between the academic years bor market.” they have the desire and moti- career preparation, there are 2006-07 through 2010-11. The Associate of Science vation to do well in their cho- CTE programs such as Post- Broward College (BC) grad- According to the report, the (A.S) degree program and oth- sen career area as well as the secondary Adult Vocational uates are amongst the highest median first-year earnings of er Career and Technical Ed- fact that they have received Certificates (PSAV). PSAV earners in the state, according BC graduates with A.A. De- ucation (CTE) programs are an excellent education while are noncollege-credit, ca- to a report released by the De- grees is $27,712, surpassing designed to prepare students at Broward College. The Col- reer-training programs that partment of Economic Oppor- the $26,504 statewide median who are planning to seek im- lege works hard to establish vary in length and intensity tunity (DEO) and the collab- and landing in the top five of mediate employment follow- industry relationships by of- depending on the career. Me- orative effort of several state first-year earnings among 28 ing graduation. fering students internships dian first-year earnings of BC agencies and the research other colleges. BC graduates with A.S. de- while they are taking classes graduates/completers with group College Measures. “One area the authors of the grees ranked first place with and many of our programs PSAVs rank first with $53,366, “Broward College was rated article continually point out is median first-year earnings provide students with hands- compared to the statewide me- number one in first year earn- ‘the degrees and certificates of $49,970, surpassing the on experience helping them dian of 34,628. ings for students graduating students earn, and where they statewide median, $45,060. to gain the skills they need to The authors of the report with an A.S. degree and num- earn them, matter,’” said Law. Additionally, the three most do the job before they are even heed that “higher education ber one in the state for first This is true, considering that popular A.S. Degree programs employed,” said Law. has many benefits besides year earnings in PSAV pro- the median first-year earnings Paralegal/Legal Assistant, It is important to note that greater success in the labor grams. In addition, Broward of graduates with bachelor’s Emergency Medicine Technol- “students completing the A.S. market; nonetheless, students, College was ranked in the top degrees and A.A. degrees is ogy-Paramedic, and Nursing degree are more likely to be their families, taxpayers, and five for A.A. degree first year lower than graduates of many have median first-year earn- found employed in the state policymakers should know earnings,” said Renée Law, other degree and certificate ings of $35,572, $68,164 and than graduates with A.A. de- more about the economic re- District Director of Career & programs. $54,076 at BC, respectively. grees who are in the labor turns on their investment of Technical Education at Bro- According to the report, In other words, BC graduates market,” the report states. time and money in the pursuit ward College. “graduates with an associ- have the highest first-year Once again this is partially due of postsecondary degrees.” The Associate of Arts (A.A.) ate in science (A.S.) degree median pay in the Paramedic to the fact that it is assumed degree is designed as a path- have median earnings that field, and rank second in the that A.A. students’ intentions way to the Bachelor’s degree are more than $11,000 higher Nursing and Paralegal fields. are to obtain a bachelor’s, un- and is the second most com- than graduates with bachelor’s Furthermore, 84 percent of BC like A.S. students who seek mon degree granted by Flor- degrees and almost $20,000 Graduates with A.S. degrees employment after graduation. 2 Briefs August 19, 2014 Seahawk News: What’s happening at BC? BC presents Visual Arts and Design Academy BC ranks among top 20, graduating Hispanic students Broward College launched to the VA&DA are required Broward College ranked as Hispanic males. they need to become success- its new Visual Arts and Design to submit a portfolio of 15- one of the top 20 colleges in Broward College also ranked ful in and out of the class- Academy (VA&DA), located 20 recent visual works of art, the nation for conferring de- sixth in the nation for enroll- room.” on Central Campus. along with a written artist Slated to begin in August, statement, which will be grees on Hispanic students, ment of undergraduate His- Hispanic Outlook in Higher the VA&DA is the first of its reviewed and determined for according to a survey con- panic students with 12,754, Education’s Top 100 rankings kind in Broward County. final acceptance by BC senior ducted by Hispanic Outlook in representing 34 percent of are based on data gathered Although the program is art faculty jurors. Higher Education. overall enrollment of students from the National Center for open to all students pursuing This intense, highly selective an associate of arts degree and competitive program only The findings are based on at Broward College. Education Statistics. in visual arts, unlike the admits 30 students a year. the 2012-13 academic year, “Broward College is hon- For more information traditional enrollment process when the College awarded ored to be recognized for our on the rankings, visit for BC students, applicants 1,973 undergraduate degrees diverse student body and a hispanicoutlook.com.