The Student Sheet - Stratford University

The Student Sheet
Stratford University
GLEN ALLEN CAMPUS
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Student Accounts Corner—
2
Black History Celebration—
2
Important Dates for CPT/
OPT—3
Career Services Corner—3
NACELINK—4
Quarter 5 Honor Roll—5
SVA and Suggestion Box—6
Building Relationships—7
Admissions Corner—7
Holi—8
Referral Contest—8
Healthy Lifestyle Expo – 9
Governor's Mansion
Externship—9
NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE
Editor/Layout:
Lisa Dalrymple
Andrew Savage
Staff/Faculty/Student
Contributors:
Jessie Harlow
Shirelle Washington
Kevin Nanna
Sarah Dunford
February 2014
Welcome New Students!
Quarter 1 Enrollees
CULINARY ARTS
Timothy Fields
Phylicia Foreman
Cleveland Kelsey
John Knight
Alec Lichtenstein
Joshua Parrish
Guy Spottswood
Michael Tatum
BAKING & PASTRY
Vitina Caradonna
Alexandria Fisher
LeQuita Graham
HOSPITALITY
MANAGEMENT (BA)
John Nickens
CULINARY
MANAGEMENT (BA)
Denise Calloway
Tomorrow Page
MEDICAL ASSISTING
Chanel Darden
Cameran Matinog
Jessica Morton
Tracy Smith
Tonya Stewart
PHARMACY TECH
Magee Bays
LaTori Harris
BILLING & CODING
Amanda Cole
Ireen Morrison
Jodi Robinson
HEALTH
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT (BS)
Tiffany Burton
Marlyn Cottemond
Kiyoko Williams
Network Management
Security
Anthony Clark
IT (UNDERGRAD)
Max Barrett
Samuel Chabalewski
Darrell White
HEALTHCARE
ADMINISTRATION (BS)
Vijalben Patel
INFORMATION
Jennifer Reid
SYSTEMS (MS)
Sheikh Amed
HEALTHCARE
Priyadarshini Badajena
ADMINISTRATION
Anurag Gupta
(MS)
Anuradha Johari
Amer Bani Ahmad
Raghavendra Katta
Lisa Fenty
Sindu Kunil
Saideep Panguluri
BUSINESS
Suneetha Potluri
ADMINISTRATION
Trinath Puvvada
(UNDERGRAD)
Christopher Cipolla
SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING (MS)
MBA
Megha Bedade
Muhammad Waqas
Shruthi Gunda
Ashraf Elesiah
Raghavendra Kareddy
Billy Moore
Yamini Ravindra
Rida Salim
Monique Simmons
UNDECLARED
Vasundhara Konduru
Laurie Mavica
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Student Accounts Corner
Attention Students:
Stratford University has partnered with Education Computer Systems Inc. (ESCI) to provide you with a
faster process to receive any “reimbursement” that the University may owe you. ESCI can also provide
you with to receive your 2013 1098-T tax form. Be sure to sign up today!!
Please login to https://www.ecsi.net/myacct and enter the following information:
School Code: Ref-tl
Account: Your SSN or Student ID
Password: -password- (This was e-mailed to you directly from ESCI)
If you have any general questions or if you need help logging in please contact ECSI directly at 855-2503230.
Black History Celebration
The Richmond campus launched its 1st annual Black History Celebration 2014. The event
featured the Morning Glory Special Men’s Choir and an inspirational speech given by Dr.
Nickens. The Richmond Culture Group also performed an African dance with drum line. The
Dining room was decorated with beautiful African art work and the Reverend Carolyn Clark
sang a solo. Special thanks to Afrikongo LLC. for providing the artwork.
Poster images were provided by the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia for
the exhibition “Up From Slavery” located in front of the library. Special recognition to all of the
Student Ambassadors responsible for this special event: Ashley Bryce, John Nickens,
Sapna Tokas, Stephen Haynes and Brandon Merritt.
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Important Dates for CPT/OPT
Q2-2014 DUE DATES
Last day to register without a late fee: March 8, 2014
Payment plan due date: April 17, 2014
CPT Application due: February 24, 2014
OPT Application: At 90 days before the end of your program
CAREER SERVICES CORNER
By Jessica Harlow, Career Services Manager
Becoming a Restaurant Owner 101
Employer Spotlight
Career Services has talked with numerous
students that came to school with long term
goals of opening their own restaurant. We
want to set you up with the knowledge and
education you need to pursue this
dream. Please don’t miss this information
session happening Wednesday, February
26th in the Dining Room. Melissa Krumbein,
owner of Kitchen Thyme, will be on campus
sharing resources and tons of useful
information. Open to family and friends as
well.
Duane Dinio, Kitchen
Director at Burger Bach
West Broad Village, was
on campus Wednesday,
February 19th from 5:30
– 6:30pm. He met with
students interested in working in the food
service industry and is currently hiring part
time staff. It’s a great opportunity to get a
part time job while in school.
Stay tuned for our
“Manage your Money”
series - next quarter.
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What is it?
NACELink, a web-based tool that will replace OptimalResume, is a one stop shop for students and graduates for
all things Career Services. Why the change? Here is a snapshot of what NACELink offers:
-A streamlined way to view hot job openings
and to research companies
-Learn more about various job paths through
Career Assessments
-Sign up for career fairs and workshops
-Access all the tips & resources offers in one place
(a resume/cover letter builder, and virtual mock interview)
Beginning in Quarter 2, NACELink will be
available to ALL Students!
Career Services will be visiting classes throughout the new quarter to assist all students with how to
navigate the new site. E-mail [email protected] with any questions.
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Kathleen Alkhadra– Swagata Banerjee—Subhashini
Chintakunta—Sailaja Darsi—Uma Dasari—Anusha
Degapudi– Isha Handa– Tandylyn Harris—Alexis Harris—
Tameika Harrison—Anuradha Johari—Sanjeev Joshi—
Sridivya Kadire—Sowmya Katamaneni—Anu Kaushik—
Carolyn Kenney—Sushma Kethineni—Sravanthi
Koppula—Corey Lewis—Vineela Machanagari—Supriya
Mandadi—Swathi Mandava—Padma Manthena—
Anushka Mhaskar—Nirlipta Mohapatra—Smita Nair—
Deepa Patil—JaNelle Payne– Srilaxmi Penmatsa—
Eric Preus—Aravind Radhakrishnan Nair—Balaji Rajamohan—Pallavi Ramisetty—Ravi Rathnam—Suchitha Ravi—
Anil Rayala—Vijay Kumar Renukuntla—Marcus Rogers—
Joseph Schiavone—Sirisha Somineni—Padmanabaiah
Srirama—Swathisudha Sunkam—Neelima Suryadevara—
Purushottam Thakara—Dhanji Thorat—Sapna Tokas—
Rashmita Tripathy—Pratyusha Valluri—Sowmya Reddy
Vemireddy—Shilpa Wadhwa
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Katelin Arrington—Danielle Bates—Petra Battle—
Ashley Bryce—Jamie Bynum—Beverly Dunivan—
Dominique Edgerton—Michelle Jackson—Cachat Jones—
Sarah Long—Samantha Mallory—Sreelatha Peduthala—
Michelle Rateau—Tasha Robinson—Angela Seay—
Michael Stevens—Margaret Yurick
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Kruikaben Thaker—Derek Thompson—L’Oreale Tiller William Worthington—Shantera Eliska Parker
CONGRATULATIONS ALL!
Note: These lists are based on Q4 grades,
not your overall cumulative GPA.
Questions? E-mail [email protected]
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Exciting News
A new club has surfaced at the Richmond campus. On behalf of Student Support, we
are proud to introduce the new
.
Student Veterans Association
We are officially a chapter of the nationally recognized organization known as Student Veterans of America (SVA). In effort to support all active duty, disabled, student
veterans who have served in the armed forces, we have a place for you! Please email
us at [email protected] to learn more.
Got an idea??
What kind of clubs would you like to see at the Glen Allen Campus?
Add your idea to the suggestion box near the library!
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Building Relationships
The CIS department and a local business networking group Professionals Referral Organization (PRO) have
collaborated. Chris Green, a Master of Software Engineering student, currently enrolled in SOF590, will be
working with the leaders of the PRO organization to help them rebuild their website. This is both an excellent
opportunity for Chris to show his stuff and for PRO to revive it’s website. Both Mike Short and Walter Cornett are
ecstatic to be working with Chris and Stratford.
Admissions Corner
Our campus teamed up with Kroger to help them sell
gourmet strawberries for Valentine’s Day to get our name out in the community.
On Wednesday, February 12th, we had four students join Brittany Joyner and
Adam Hawkins at the Kroger on Atlee Rd to decorate strawberries.
The students had a blast dipping the strawberries in the chocolate
fountain and sprinkling them with all sorts of toppings. They had
creative control over the whole project and assisted in selling over
$1000.00 worth of strawberries in just a few hours!! Thank you so
much to Sara Brannon, Chelsie Barrett, Darling Saunders,
and Michelle Rateau for braving the snow and doing a fabulous
job!
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March 17th
5:30-7:00pm
Holi, amongst the most distinct culturally-rooted
festivals of India, evokes the buoyant spirit of the
spring season. No other festival can stir up excitement
among people the way Holi in India can. Well known
for its high-octane celebrations, the Holi festival is
famously associated with colors and water balloons.
Falling in the month of March/April in the Hindu
calendar, the Holi festival celebrates the onset of
spring and renewal. Coming forth with the full flush
of life, the invigorating air of Holi festivities spreads
into the lives of people throughout the year.
Refer a friend and this could be YOURS!
Do you know someone
who is looking to change
their life for the better?
Invite them to our Open
House!
Tuesday, 2/25/2014
10am -1pm & 4pm-7pm
See any Admissions Officer and fill out the referral card. You will be given a raffle ticket
that could be the winning ticket of a kindle fire HD! Winners will be notified the day after
Open House.
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Healthy Lifestyle Expo
On February 1st Shelly Pauling and a few of our health science students, Tonisha Craig,
Sierra Hutchinson, Krishanna Freeman, Cachat Jones and Valescia Walker attended
the CBS Healthy Lifestyle expo to assist visitors with blood pressure and glucose checks.
Additionally Brittany Joyner, Jeanne Stern and Melissa Thomas were on hand to answer
questions about our programs while Adam Hawkins prepared samples of the super food salad
Tabouli. Thank you to all of the students that volunteered and made the event a success!
Virginia’s Governor's Mansion Externships
For the first time in Stratford’s history, Richmond campus culinary arts and baking and pastry students
are completing externships at the Governor’s Mansion. Externships provide valuable experience to students as
they eventually seek to gain employment in the field or open up businesses. Students Jimmy Candelaria, A.A.S.
Advanced Culinary Arts, and Holly Duff, A.A.S. Baking and Pastry Arts, began work before the inauguration.
When asked why Stratford...
Candelaria: “The flexibility of the program. I’m retired military: I did 23 years, and I currently work in
Washington, D.C. for the Department of Defense, so the flexibility of the night time classes, as well Stratford
accepting my post-9/11 [GI Bill]. Among the schools I looked at, Stratford had the best culinary degree program.”
Duff: “I actually started out at another college in culinary, and then I decided that it wasn’t the path I wanted to
take – that my passion was more in specialty cakes. [My school] didn’t offer that program there, and one of my
instructors recommended Stratford’s program, and knew Chef Petfield. After talking with her, I’m glad I made
the switch. I’ve really enjoyed the program here.”