Spring Graduation - May 2011

 

Are you planning to complete your degree this Spring Semester (ending May 13th) at Iowa Lakes??

Even if you do not plan to attend the graduation ceremony, you must fill out the graduation application form to receive your degree or diploma.

SPRING  GRADUATION APPLICATIONS ARE  DUE BY

Thursday, February 10th.

Click on the following links to apply: http://www.iowalakes.edu/registrar/graduation_application.htm or

go to our website: www.iowalakes.edu, click on the “Online Services” heading in the gold bar, then select “Graduation Application”. 

Ø  There will be a short survey to fill out before you go to the actual application form.

Ø  If attending the graduation ceremony, be sure to fill in your height, weight, and cap size. 

Ø  Don’t know your cap size (do not use S, M, L)? 

Stop at any of our Business Offices to get measured or measure the number of inches around your head about 1 inch above your ears.

The Spring Graduation ceremony is Friday, May 13, 2011 at 7 p.m. on the Estherville Campus.

If you have any questions, please contact the Records Office:

Ø  Elaine Sidles at Emmetsburg  (712-852-5265 or 1-800-242-5108 ext. 5265) or

Ø  Sue Madison at Estherville (712-362-7922 or 1-800-242-5106 ext. 7922).

Time Management

Time Management

Do you take on more activities than you have time for?

 Do you feel like the deck is stacked against you? 

The first step in time management is to decide how much time it will take to:

• Go to school (class and lab time)
• Job time
• Family and/or social time
• Time for rest and sleep

After deciding how much time is pent on each of these area, you should have a better idea of where you 24 hours of the day goes.  If the total of these 4 activities exceeds more than 24 hours something has to give.  Social time and activities are usually the first area to cut.  Cut back where and when necessary. 

Scholarship Application for 2011-12

Warm Winter Greetings from the Iowa Lakes Foundations Office! 
   FREE MONEY AVAILABLE!!

If you plan to attend Iowa Lakes during 2011-2012 , apply for scholarships with the online Iowa Lakes Foundation scholarship application!    Online scholarship application will open January 1, 2011.  Online APPLICATION DEADLINE is April 1, 2011 at 11:59 p.m.!

NEW in 2011-12…upon entering the online scholarship application site, you see 3 applications. CHOOSE THE IOWA LAKES FOUNDATION APPLICATION!

·         Clyde and Grace Sanborn Junior Student Scholarship Application (NOT THIS ONE…it’s for high school juniors)

·         Iowa Lakes Foundation Scholarship Application (USE THIS ONE)

·         Student Not Attending Iowa Lakes Gene Leonard and Palo Alto Growers Scholarship Application (NOT THIS ONE…it’s for students NOT ATTENDING Iowa Lakes)

NEW in 2011-12…e-mails from the online scholarship application site say scholarships@iowalakes.edu.

Reminders

·         From the Iowa Lakes Website (www.iowalakes.edu), click on Quick Links…then Scholarships…then Online Scholarship Application.

·         Follow instructions….online FAQ sheet is helpful.

·         ONLY online application/recommendations accepted.  NO HARDCOPIES!

·         One complete online application (with two recommendations) considers you for over 130 Iowa Lakes scholarships!

·         Once submitted, continue to CHECK BACK OFTEN to be sure two recommenders complete the process for you!

Questions??  Contact meJ.

Beth Kraft

Institutional Advancement

Office Associate

Iowa Lakes Community College

19 S 7th St

Estherville IA  51334
712-362-0410

Tips for a Terrific Holiday

Six Sensational Tips for a Terrific Holiday Season

1. Get the whole family involved. Have your kids address the holiday cards. Have everyone coming to the event bring a treat or dish to share. Let the kids make the ornaments and bake the cookies. It is more fun when everyone pitches in.
   
   
2. Take time for yourself every day. Make sure that every single day you have something to look forward to. It doesn’t have to be something big and expensive. It can be a hot bath, a new magazine or a phone call to a friend. Most people get so busy in the holidays that they forget to enjoy themselves. If you work out or go for a walk everyday make time to do it, don’t quit just because it is the holidays. Many people get depressed during the holidays.
   
   
3. Simplify your gift giving. As my son says, "Tell me what you want so it is easy”  “I like gift cards." Use a gift cards so that your friends and family don’t waste any more time or money buying things you don’t really want or need.  Or pick out a great gift for all the men (mixed peanuts and a wrench) and another for all the women (Thank You notes and cashews). Give everyone the same gift this year.
   
   
4. Examine your family holiday traditions. Ask everyone in your family what are the three most important things that really make the holiday special. Then focus on those things. Have a tree decorating party, bake cookies, go caroling, go for a drive to look at lights, put tinsel on the tree, watch a movie together, string popcorn or another family tradition.  Do what makes the holiday special and forget the rest of the stuff.  One really memorable activity or event is what really makes a holiday. You don’t have to do it all.
   
5. Be an angel. Go out of your way this holiday season to do a good deed for someone else. Bring cookies to a friend, the neighbors or an elderly person at the local retirement home, drop a canned food item in the food pantry box or share your baked goods with a neighbor in need. Do some small thing to brighten someone’s day. 
   
   
6. Set up an automatic holiday savings account.   Too late for this year, but next year you can be prepared by setting up an automatic savings plan at your bank. The bank will debit your account and put a fixed dollar amount in your savings account every month. This way you will have a stash of cash for the holidays in 2011!