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Page | 55Job Placement and Career GuidanceA list of currently available positions with community employers is maintained in the Department of Business andTechnology office (MMED 147). The list also is posted on the college website. Office personnel will assist with computersearches of on-line job banks and job search techniques. The Human Resources Office provides assistance to studentsseeking part-time positions on campus.Personal Counseling Services ProgramLamar State College-Port Arthur recognizes that stressful personal and family problems can have an adverse impacton the academic performance of college students. While no program realistically can eliminate all personal problems,efforts to provide timely assessment and effective counseling are steps that can be taken to address such concerns. In aneffort to provide support in this area, Student Services offers assistance to students in the form of personal counseling tohelp students confront and cope with today's problems.Counseling services referral can be arranged for students by contacting the Vice President for Student Services.Special Populations/Disabilities CoordinatorThe Special Populations/Disabilities Coordinator serves individuals who have one or more disabilities; individualsfrom economically disadvantaged families, including foster children; individuals preparing for non-traditional trainingand employment; single parents, including single pregnant women; displaced homemakers; and individuals whoencounter other barriers to educational achievement, including those with limited English proficiency and academicdisadvantage.The coordinator ensures that individuals who are members of a special population or have a documented disabilityreceive adequate services that are supplemental to basic student services offered by the College. Services includecurriculum modification; equipment and/or classroom modification; supportive personnel, such as tutors, note takers,and/or interpreters; instructional aids and devices; childcare; remedial instruction; career guidance; and other services toensure the student’s full participation in the educational programs.Student Government AssociationThe Student Government Association (SGA) is the official voice through which student opinion may be expressed asstudents participate in the overall policy and decision-making process of the college community. The governing structureconsists of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.The SGA President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer and five Representatives are elected by the student body.Each student organization officially recognized by the College is allowed to send one senator to Senate meetings.The organization co-sponsors a number of events on campus.Each student officer has a one-year term. Any student in good standing with a 2.5 or better grade point average runfor an SGA officer position. Students become involved with various standing and appointed committees. Students alsobecome involved with programs and activities sponsored by the SGA.The Judicial Arm of the SGA consists of the Supreme Court/Student Traffic Court. As a Supreme Court they mayrule on cases involving student conduct and other cases as may be assigned. As a Student Traffic Court, this body willhear appeals concerning parking and traffic citations.Student HandbookThe Student Conduct Code, as well as other important information pertaining to student life, is included in theStudent Handbook. It is the student’s responsibility to be knowledgeable of established college policies and proceduresthat are contained in the Student Handbook and to comply with them. Copies of the handbook are available uponrequest on the third floor of the Student Center. The handbook also is posted on the college website: (www.lamarpa.edu).Student OrganizationsStudents are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities programs because taking part in well-developedand organized activities will enhance their educational experience.The College intends that the out-of-class activities program lends itself to the total educational program of theinstitution. In keeping with this philosophy, members of the faculty, staff and administration serve as advisors andsponsors.The purposes and philosophies of student organizations are expected to enhance the purpose and philosophy of theCollege. Students interested in joining one of the existing groups or in forming a new student organization should seekprocedural information from the Director of Student Activities on second floor of the Student Center.