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Center offers leg up for students seeking help
Services range from restraining orders to registration at center.
Floyd Hampton Livingston
Issue date: 10/9/08 Section: News
An LBCC student, inspirational speaker and ex-felon uses the Women and Men's Resource Center at PCC to encourage others and to advance her academic career.
Student assistant Charleen Moore, 48, enrolled in school two years ago after doing six prison terms, now has a GPA of 3.76 and is a motivational speaker for the police and correction team mandatory orientation.
When discussing how she felt about going back to school, Moore said, "I came in very timid and not sure I can do it. Anybody can be empowered to do anything they want when they have the right leadership. People like director Anita Gibbins empowered me."
Formally known as the Continuing Education Center for Women, the center has now expanded its resources to better serve all students with locations at LBCC campuses,
Students may find the resource center in DD142 and DD144 at the PCC from Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The location for the center at the LAC is in the college center's E120 Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon.
The center provides a variety of programs and services for people entering back into society.
"The primary help we give students is to support them and help them stay enrolled in school and succeed in their classes," Gibbins said. "We don't do academic counseling. The counseling we provide helps them to know their options, find ways to be successful in college and help them develop decision-making skills and life skills."
The center receives requests for housing and financial assistance the most. Students looking for help with registration and anything computer-related will be able to find assistance at the center.
Some of the services offered include school coaching, which lets staff and students discuss what is needed and how they can get help. The center has employees to provide tutoring for students, help and resources in the community.
Crisis situations such as domestic violence and temporary restraining orders, are provided by the center with the help of msw interns from Cal States Long Beach and Dominquez Hills.
"We average approximately 500-600 students each month. For the Spring semester, we had 3,000 contacts in the center," Gibbins said. "Wow, no wonder we feel so busy."
Student assistant Charleen Moore, 48, enrolled in school two years ago after doing six prison terms, now has a GPA of 3.76 and is a motivational speaker for the police and correction team mandatory orientation.
When discussing how she felt about going back to school, Moore said, "I came in very timid and not sure I can do it. Anybody can be empowered to do anything they want when they have the right leadership. People like director Anita Gibbins empowered me."
Formally known as the Continuing Education Center for Women, the center has now expanded its resources to better serve all students with locations at LBCC campuses,
Students may find the resource center in DD142 and DD144 at the PCC from Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The location for the center at the LAC is in the college center's E120 Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon.
The center provides a variety of programs and services for people entering back into society.
"The primary help we give students is to support them and help them stay enrolled in school and succeed in their classes," Gibbins said. "We don't do academic counseling. The counseling we provide helps them to know their options, find ways to be successful in college and help them develop decision-making skills and life skills."
The center receives requests for housing and financial assistance the most. Students looking for help with registration and anything computer-related will be able to find assistance at the center.
Some of the services offered include school coaching, which lets staff and students discuss what is needed and how they can get help. The center has employees to provide tutoring for students, help and resources in the community.
Crisis situations such as domestic violence and temporary restraining orders, are provided by the center with the help of msw interns from Cal States Long Beach and Dominquez Hills.
"We average approximately 500-600 students each month. For the Spring semester, we had 3,000 contacts in the center," Gibbins said. "Wow, no wonder we feel so busy."
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raphiu
posted 11/17/08 @ 2:34 AM PST
hello sir,
it is my pleasure to write u this letter as regard my request for ur sorpport as regard my education which am seeking ur assistace to keep my dream come true through ur help. (Continued…)
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