Here Comes College . . .

So this is it--the last weekend before the curtain goes up on the next chapter of your life. 

Excited?  Nervous?  If so, no surprise.  It's not every day you start college, after all.  And even if you've been in school most of your life, this September will be different from all of the previous ones.

But remember that there are plenty of people at NCC who care about you and who are willing to help you succeed in your classes.   If you attended Orientation this week, you met some of them.  You'll meet others in the months ahead.

And as you get ready for Tuesday, here's some sound advice about college from Nassau faculty.  Their words are worth remembering.  File them away! 

"The ability to focus on the challenge at hand--paper, test, whatever it may be--will make you successful."
                                                                              Prof. Bob Rubin, Student Personnel Services Dept.

"Be organized.  Keep your notes all together.  Above all, enjoy your classes."
                                                                               Prof. Silvia Albanese, Foreign Languages Dept.

'"Make the commitment to learn.  Buy the textbook.  Come to our office hours.  Use the learning centers."
                                                                                Prof. John Despagna, Accounting/Business Dept. 

"Whatever you're doing, give it 110%--whether it's your job, your relationships, or school. .  . . And be in control of your impulses.  Fight those impulses that interfere with your success as a student."
                                                                                                       Dr. Bernie Katz, Psychology Dept.

"Come to class with curiosity.  Find something interesting in whatever that day's activity is."
                                                                                Prof. Chris Berg, Reading/Basic Education Dept.

"Surround yourself with people who support your dreams.  Take control of your education; you're doing this for you."
                                                                Prof. Genette Alvarez-Ortiz, Student Personnel Services Dept.

"Learn when it's time to study and when it's time to party. . . . Don't go to class and just go home.  Be active and be involved."
                                                                                             Prof. Trent Webb, Communications Dept.  
                    
"Read newspapers, go to films, have conversations, bring [that knowledge] back to class."
                                                                                                 Dr. Lisa Korman, Psychology Dept.


Congratulations on starting Nassau!  Here's to a great college experience . . .