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Learn about Bucknell University’s Summer Program! Page 3. Montgazette.wordpress.com a student publication FREE Issue 73 Serving Montgomery County Community College and the Surrounding Community April 2018 Bucknell Community College Summer Program (BCCSP) Scholars from MCCC and Garrett College (left to right): Lily Romano, Jessica Morris, Bristy Islam, Liutauras Repsys, Sara Wilkerson, Adrian Grow and Mouaz Alhindi. Photo by Rylan Good Page 2 THE MONTGAZETTE April 2018 Producing the newspaper succeeded by Bridget Depew, who The Staff would not be possible without has served as MG’s social media Sara Wilkerson the help and talents of Joshua editor this year. Bridget joined Editor–in–Chief Woodroffe, our layout designer. the newspaper in Fall of 2016. Bridget Depew Josh, thank you for being so Her presence in the publication Social Media Editor accommodating and being has been tremendous. Bridget not Alonso Barrantes ruthlessly efficient in designing the only has been instrumental as our Natalie Capili Nadia Ellis layouts for the publication, even social media editor but has helped Sable Meorow Justin Patrick Oakes on the short notices that I have in editing and producing content April Contributors Sara Wilkerson given you. for the paper. Therol Dix The Montgazette Editor–in–Chief I’d be remiss not to mention Bridget, I’m excited to see Susan Masciantonio Advisors The Montgazette’s new advisors you take over MG, and despite “This is your time and it feels normal to you but this year, Therol Dix and Susan how unsure of the change you’ll Joshua Woodroffe Design & Layout really there is no normal. There’s only change, and Masciantonio. Therol and experience transitioning into my Susan stepped into their roles, shoes, believe me: All you gotta do resistance to it and then more change.” and despite the rocky start of is embrace the change. There may – Meryl Streep having to learn their roles at the come a time where you’ll resist beginning of this academic year, the change of transitioning into a Sometimes, it’s hard to accept me, for there are frankly too many have proven to be effective and new role for MG, as Meryl Streep change. More times than not, people to thank, however I’ll just communicative advisors who says, quoted above, but believe me change comes when we least give shout outs to those who have have helped me handle every new when I say that you’re more than expect it. The only way to accept been integral in the paper’s success challenge thrown into the mix of capable of being in charge, I know change, as I’ve come to realize this this year. producing every issue this year. I you are. Thank you for being an past semester, is to simply embrace I’d like to start by thanking sincerely want to thank the both invaluable and irreplaceable asset it, even if it scares the living heck Tyler Steffy and Diana McGuire in of you for being great advisors. to MG, Bridget; you’ll do great as out of you. the Student Life office for helping I’d like to thank the students my successor. Embracing change is not me learn the administrative side of and staff of MG. I’ve had the Lastly, I’d like to thank you, done without the help of others. managing MG. Without the both pleasure of reading and editing the readers of The Montgazette. As the Editor-in-Chief of The of them helping me, I’d simply be remarkable stories from the Without our readers, then it Montgazette (MG) this year, I lost as an Editor, and for that and writers and storytellers in the wouldn’t be possible to have the experienced changes that frankly more, thank you. MCCC community. It is through voices of the writers and storytellers were unforeseen, yet embracing I’d also like to thank Gail the efforts of the students that in the MCCC community be heard. these changes could not have been Ramsey, the former advisor this publication’s mission is alive Thank you for supporting MG this possible without the help of others. to MG, and Dave Aston, my and well. Thank you, students of year and beyond. I’d like to take a moment and predecessor, who despite not MCCC, for allowing MG to have Sincerely yours with extreme express my deepest thanks to those being officially on the staff your voices be heard. gratitude, who have helped me embrace the anymore for the newspaper have Of course, there’s no way changes that I’ve experienced as nevertheless helped me transition I could write this letter without Editor of MG. Unfortunately, I into and become more effective as mentioning and thanking my can’t write personal thank-you’s an Editor. Thank you for proving successor to MG. Alas, I will be here to everyone who has helped to be invaluable assets to MG. graduating this May and will be Sara Wilkerson Advertise About The Montgazette If you would like to advertise in The Montgazette, please email [email protected], or visit montgazette. The Montgazette is published monthly from October wordpress.com for pertinent information. to December and March through May by students of Montgomery County Community College. All clubs chartered through the Office of Student Printed by Journal Register in Exton, PA. Leadership and Involvement may advertise in The Montgazette free of charge. The Montgazette is printed on recycled paper. April 2018 THE MONTGAZETTE Page 3 Bucknell Community College Scholars: A Life-Changing Summer Sara Wilkerson The Montgazette Editor-in-Chief Everyone has that one defining camp… I needed to quickly rethink will learn things about others that will explained the impact of being in moment or period in their lives that my current studying techniques... make you want to be a better person, BBCSP: “I found myself and became always sticks in the back of their Adaptability and time management and others in turn will want to be much more confident with expressing minds as the greatest (or worst) time was key to my success in this program.” better for knowing you.” myself and being myself because of they’ve ever had in their life. For me, Likewise, Aldaine Alphonse, For most of my life, I have been it! Bucknell was the best experience my defining period was a life changing also from LCCC, spoke about her searching for a group of friends to call of my life!” summer program I was in last academic challenges saying, “… my own “fam.” Through the highs I couldn’t say it better myself. summer. Last summer, I was one of English is my third language, it took of the weekend excursions and the BCCSP is a life-changing program six Montgomery County Community me twice the time of a native speaker vulnerable lows of sitting in circles where students are given the chance College students who participated to organize my thoughts and put it on and getting to know each other deeply, to discover not only new challenges, in the Bucknell Community College [an academic] paper.” I am proud to say that I became part but also to discover themselves, Scholars Program, or BCCSP, where Socially speaking, the program is of a family with my fellow cohort in one unforgettable summer at a during an eventful summer I got to reliant on the students becoming close members. It is through BCCSP that prestigious university. know twenty-six individuals who to one another. As Barb Thiel from I’ve become a stronger scholar, more To find out more information have changed my life for the better. Community College of Philadelphia outgoing, and more reflective on about BCCSP and how to apply, BCCSP was formed in 2007 (CCP) put it, “The social aspects are experiences that I live through. contact the College’s liaison, Kristin as an initiative to integrate high- as intensive as the academics… You Alexa Eddy, another CCP student, Fulmer, via [email protected]. achieving community college students into a four-year institution through a six-week program of intense academic rigor and numerous social engagements. After the end of the program, if students decide to transfer to Bucknell University upon completing their Associate degree, they receive a full tuition scholarship to finish their undergraduate degree. The six weeks I was in the program changed my outlook on my academics, my social life and myself. I don’t normally have much trouble academically. However, I admittedly felt overwhelmed by the intensity and volume of work by taking two classes in a six-week period. I wasn’t the only one. Mickey Arce, a student from Lehigh Carbon Community College Bucknell University’s 2017 Community College Scholars (LCCC), spoke about the program’s Photo by Rylan Good academics. “This is academic boot Page 4 THE MONTGAZETTE April 2018 A Turbulent Roller Coaster: My First Semester Nadia Ellis The Montgazette Staff Many people view their college Psychology 101, Sociology 101, and Math work and setting aside time at home. As a ORIAL experience as challenging, rewarding, and 010. I did not realize what I was getting result, I was better prepared for exams. I made gratifying. From my perspective, college was myself into becoming a full-time student sure to start my projects early, so I could pour about transitioning back into school from a while working full time. Some expected this great detail and creativity into them. nine-year hiatus. After working at Walmart to be easy for me, but that was not the case. My hard work paid off, wrapping up my for ten years, it was time for change due to I struggled with keeping up with my first semester with a B+ in Math 010, a B in lack of advancement within the company.