All eyes Eating on Florida disorders Primary, analyzed, Page 7 Page 15 Volume 15, Issue 2 www.ValenciaVoice.com Jan. 25, 2012 Visiting tribute honors fallen heroes Search for an effective path Students map a detailed route through college life By Michelle Saddic ter to help pick what classes I want to take,” [email protected] said Ruth Medrano, who works at the Atlas Lab, speaking about “My Education Plan.” Student Development at Valencia’s LifeMap has several purposes. It can Osceola campus hosted “Finding my way be used to help organize finances, map through LifeMap,” an event with several out the classes each student needs for goals, strategies, and resources to help fo- graduation, determine what career path to Jeremy Williams / Valencia Voice / Valencia Jeremy Williams cused scholars find success in college. choose, and help form a resume or portfo- Several members of the Student Govern- lio, among other functions. ment Association, Valencia Volunteers, Atlas There are six different sections; each Lab, and Valencia Peer Educators were all was represented with a different booth to there to help and explain all the benefits. focus on what they have to offer. The sec- “A lot of students don’t realize how tions are “Me In the Making,” “My Edu- useful LifeMap is,” said Aida Gonzalez, a cation Plan,” “My Portfolio,” “My Career Student Development adviser. Planner,” “My Job Prospects,” and “My During the event, students were en- Financial Planner.” couraged to sign up and stop by every LifeMap is easy to access from any A dark rose accompanies a Vietnam Service Medal in the seam of the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall in Lake Eola on booth, and once they visited every booth computer. Simply log on to Atlas and click Saturday. The traveling wall left Orlando on Sunday and will return to Central Florida again in April in Melbourne, Fla. they were able to receive food from Panda on the tab that says “LifeMap.” See ‘Visiting tribute honors fallen heroes‘ on page 3 Express as a reward. “I use it at the beginning of every semes- — See ‘Mapping out college’ on page 2 Top: L-R: Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel / MCT; Neda Hamdan / Valencia Voice www.ValenciaVoice.com NEWS Jan. 25, 2012 2 Mapping out college life now — Continued from page 1 student can build a plan for the classes they would like to take, all the way up to graduation. Any student can go through and access any of Those students who did notice LifeMap on At- the six sections. In each section, the student can las seemed to think that it was only good for pick- Nurses provide comfort and choose to fill out their information. ing classes. One Valencia student, Monique Rodri- In “My Portfolio,” students can upload pictures, guez, was lost before she had help from the “My care with compassion and grace. word documents, and more. This helps to display Career Planner” booth. “I felt like I had no idea work in the best way so that when students go to where to go with my career before visiting the ca- Herzing University – Orlando offers a 3-year another college or job they can show what they have reer desk,” she said. “It helped a lot to understand Bachelor of Science in nursing degree that can done towards that goal in an organized manner. what I needed to do to transfer.” help you reach even higher! How about: In “My Education Plan,” student’s expected “Now that I know how LifeMap works, I use it graduation date and what classes are needed to all the time,” said Melissa Lawrence, a volunteers. a Personalized attention graduate are displayed. If the student does not For students who are lost or are not completely know what programs Valencia has to offer, “My sure what they plan to do in the future, LifeMap a Hands-on learning Education Plan” can show all that is available based is one of the best tools to use. It is easy to use and a Instruction from seasoned on what the student wants to do. Based on that the every student at Valencia has access to it. professionals who know your name Pair of trustees join governing board “At most schools you dont get the Courtesy of Valencia College Courtesy of Valencia ’ Governor appoints new board members to replace one-on-one attention that you get spots left open by Raymer Maguire, Edward Moore at Herzing. It helps you get more clinical experience with patients.” Rick Scott named two new members to Valen- tion Task Force and chairman of the Red Cross of Larry Whetsell, nursing graduate cia College’s District Board of Trustees, Guillermo Osceola County. Hansen, who is the publisher and editor of the El From 1997 to 2000, he served on the board of di- Osceola Star newspaper, and Fernando Perez, who rectors for the Osceola County Habitat for Humanity. serves as regional director of Biotronik Inc., a glob- Born and raised in Mexico, Hansen attended Croy- You’ve almost earned al manufacturer of cardiovascular medical devices. don Technical College and London Tourism College. your first diploma. Keep Guillermo Hansen has published the El Osceola Perez has been the regional director of Biotronik a good thing going! Star newspaper since 1992 and has been member of Inc. since 2010. Previously, he was the country man- the Osceola Tourist Development Council since 2000. ager for Medtronic Inc. from 2001 to 2010, an execu- Realize your career goals He has served on the board of directors for the tive with Xerox Corporation from 1997 to 2001 and Osceola Center for the Arts, Casa de Mexico and a sales associate with Advanced Meditech Interna- with HERZING UNIVERSITY the Osceola County Council on Aging. tional from 1996 to 1997. He is a member of the board of directors of the He has served on the board of directors for the Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of Commerce Health Care Center for the Homeless. Born and 888-NEW CAREER and founded the Minority Business Council and the raised in Puerto Rico, Perez received a bachelor’s Hispanic Business Council for the organization. degree from the UCF and a MBA from the Univer- (888-639-2273) Additionally, he has served as committee sity of Phoenix. Herzing.edu/valencia chair for the Osceola County Sheriff Gang Reduc- — Valencia News For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program, and other important information, please visit our website at info.herzing.edu. HU_00222D_0112 www.ValenciaVoice.com NEWS Jan. 25, 2012 3 Traveling monument comes to Orlando Scale model of Vietnam Memorial visits city to raise awareness for veterans By Fred Lambert by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. interspersed among the crowd of Central Voice / Valencia Jeremy Williams [email protected] “We need to find the local people who Floridians who had gathered for the 11 a.m. maybe went to high school with them and event, along with Vietnam veterans sport- The Vietnam Memorial Wall came to have some old pictures from the football ing patch-decorated vests and regalia. Orlando Jan. 16, as a scaled down replica team, or pictures from people who served An olive drab “Deuce-and-a-half” truck that has visited spots all over the United with them,” said Scruggs, who served in and Navy P.B.R. (Patrol Boat, River) were on States for the past 15 years. the 199th Light Infantry in Vietnam from display, courtesy of the Corporal Larry E. The Wall is one of six that travels across April 1969 to 1970. Smedley National Vietnam War Museum on the country to raise community awareness According to Scruggs, around 24 pic- Tanner Road, here in Orlando. Smedley was of those who served in all of America’s tures were collected from Orlando (out of a Marine in Vietnam who was posthumous- Above: Visitors left items at the wall including this note instructing ‘do not open’ for fallen soldiers. wars. This particular wall was escorted to 96 casualties from the city) and roughly ly awarded the Medal of Honor for leading Below: The traveling wall is half the size, 300 x 6 feet, of the original which is in Washington, D.C. Lake Eola by a convoy of local veteran mo- 28,000 nationwide. Donators can directly a squad against a larger enemy force. torcycle groups last Monday. upload photos of fallen service members “This was a part of the ‘Brown Water tution Gardens in Washington D.C., which eryone should have the opportunity to see,” Mayor Buddy Dyer and Jan C. Scruggs, to the website buildthecenter.org. Navy,’” said Navy veteran and Director of is v-shaped and tapers off at both ends, and said Vietnam veteran John Trask, who visits President of the Vietnam Veterans Memo- “There’s going to be an underground the Tanner Road museum, Thomas Kosio- is built into a cut in the ground, with a black the original memorial in D.C. every year. “If rial Fund, spoke in front of the miniature visitor’s center on the grounds of the Lin- rek, who was taking a shift watching the reflective surface and every name of the they can’t make it to D.C. to see the real wall memorial on Saturday at Lake Eola for a coln Memorial with photographs of the ca- P.B.R.. “We only pull these out maybe four over 58,000 fallen Americans from the Viet- itself, this here is just as good, believe me. Call for Photos ceremony, asking residents sualties from Vietnam and their birthday,” times a year.” nam conflict printed in white lettering.