2013 Graduates Focus on their Future - San Juan College

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Let Kids Kollege make
this the Summer for You !
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ids Kollege has been a summer tradition at San
Juan College for 26 years – long enough to see
students pass through and go onto use their
“kollege knowledge” in real life.
This is especially true for Carl Brown, whose mother, Alyssa,
enrolled him in Kids Kollege when he was about 12 years
old. Carl attended a class for youth interested in the medical
field where the students were able to tour San Juan Regional
Medical Center and do other medical-oriented activities.
“Looking back, that one class helped set into motion the
course of his life,” Alyssa says today. “Kids Kollege can have a
profound impact and significant effect on our young people –
I’ve seen it firsthand.”
Carl also witnessed his younger sister’s accident and,
from then on, he knew he wanted to be a doctor so he could
help people. After graduating high school and from New
Mexico State University, Carl will graduate from UNM School of
Medicine in May.
Registration has begun for this year’s Kids Kollege, presented
by the Community Learning Center at San Juan College.
Parents can register their children for classes now through July 22.
Kids Kollege can help make this summer the Summer for
You! Explore new activities, expand your interests and experience
fun firsthand. Kids Kollege runs from June 3 to July 26 and will
include seven one-week sessions.
The sessions are as follows:
• Session 1 – June 3-7
• Session 2 – June 10-14
• Session 3 – June 17-21
• Session 4 – June 24-28
• Session 5 – July 8-12
• Session 6 – July 15-19
• Session 7 – July 22-26
Over 200 classes are offered this summer ranging from Lego
Robotics to Preschool Job Fair to Edible Experiments and many
more. Classes are open for youth ages 4-15 and also include
subjects like Math Magic or practical applications of chemistry
in Cosmetic Science.
New students must be registered by a parent in person at
the CLC located on the Farmington campus in the West Classroom
Complex, between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through
Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. Registration is
also available at San Juan College East and San Juan College
West. Students can continue to register for individual sessions
throughout the summer. Parents will be asked to provide their
child’s social security number. Returning students may register online.
Registration instructions and the Kids Kollege class schedule
are available at www.sanjuancollege.edu/kidskollege.
Morning and afternoon classes are offered. Check the
Kids Kollege class schedule online for more details. For further
information, call the Community Learning Center at 566-3214.
Daniels Fund Grant Helps SJC Mentor Kids at Boys and Girls Club
Thanks to a $15,000 Daniels Fund grant for the 2012-<strong>2013</strong>
year, San Juan College digital media and design students in
Luke Renner’s video and TV production classes are mentoring
35-40 Farmington Boys and Girls Club members. The classes
expose them to the media world and skills they need for a
career in that field, and they encourage them to pursue higher
education.
Grant goals are that 90 percent of participants will demonstrate
gains in technology skills, reading and writing.
The Daniels Fund was founded through the legacy of Bill
Daniels, who became a billionaire pioneering the cable television
industry.
“We’re working on the technology involved with capturing
news and giving Boys and Girls Club members exposure to going
out with the camera,” said Renner, SJC assistant professor of
Digital Media Arts and Design.
With the help of Debbie Higgs, who coordinates the
project with SJC and the Boys and Girls Club, they came up with
several news stories for club members to work on.
“We had a couch that lost its stuffing,” Renner said.
“We’re doing an investigative report of what happened to the
couch. We interviewed people at the club about who the best
pool players were. We’re doing a story about the club’s community
garden.”
Mike Neergaard, who will graduate from SJC this May, is
taking the TV Production class. He helped club members work
on a Umattr Kids music video, which promotes such things
as making good decisions, valuing others, and living free of
drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
“Maybe I’ve helped some kids learn to make better decisions,”
he said.
Mason Monk, a Piedra Vista High School senior, is taking
the same class as an early admit college student. He enjoyed
showing club members how to come up with news story ideas,
shoot and anchor the stories, and work with equipment.
“It helped me learn even more by teaching the kids,”
Monk said. “Being in the media is becoming a big job
industry. It helps kids gain knowledge and exposure to the
field early in life in case they decide later on to choose a
media career.”
By Margaret Cheasebro
SJC Dental Hygiene Students Put a
Bite into New Museum Exhibit
new exhibit will be at the E3 Children’s Museum this
A summer and it has a little bite to it.
The San Juan College Dental Hygiene Program teamed
with E3 to create the “Smart Smiles” exhibit that opened in
April at the Children’s Museum in Farmington. The SJC dental
hygiene students were involved in the design and implementation
of the exhibit with the support of the staff from E3
Children’s Museum, Northwest Dental District Society and
Tres Rios Dental Hygiene Society.
The dental hygiene students are required to complete a
community oral health project as part of their Dental Public
Health course. The project must benefit the community.
“This oral health exhibit provides the opportunity for
San Juan College students to take a theoretical concept and
put it into practice, allowing for hands-on experience in public
health,” said Tammy Sanderson, a dental hygiene instructor
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at San Juan College. “The collaboration between San Juan College
and the E3 Children’s Museum gives children and parents
in our community a chance to become familiar and comfortable
with the dental environment as well as receive education
on oral health. With foot traffic of more than 25,000 visitors
annually, the museum exhibit offers a fun, interactive and
educational experience for families.”
The display will include a faux dental office that will include
a dental chair, x-ray unit, lab coats and more in an effort
to make children more comfortable during their regular visits
to the dentist. Five different hands-on stations also will be
available for children to visit including a healthy eating station
to help promote quality oral health in all aspects of life.
The E3 Children’s Museum is located at 302 N. Orchard
Avenue in Farmington. For more information about the exhibit,
call 505-599-1425.
Dental Hygiene students show off educational tools
at the “Give Kids a Smile Day” at San Juan College.
SJC Dental Hygiene students have also designed a
new educational exhibit at E3 Children’s Museum.