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eceive assistance in goal setting and establish opportunities for co-operative learning, job shadowing orinternships, and seek employment . Additionally, the Career Center staff coordinate annual career andjob fairs that facilitate interaction with employers and universities.Advising and CounselingAdvising and counseling services are available to support students in the learning process throughacademic advising, personal counseling support, and general guidance. An early alert initiative is inplace to assist academically at-risk students. Telephone, e-mail, and walk-in advising services areavailable at each college location to provide information about programs and resources, academicplanning, scheduling and registering for classes, time management, appreciating diversity, conflictmanagement, personal responsibility, and transfer services.Disability ServicesThe Advising and Counseling Center has a specialized counselor for assisting students withdisabilities. Support and accommodations for students with disabilities are provided on anindividualized needs basis. Such assistance may include ensuring the student receives classroom andtesting accommodations based on their documented disability by written notification to faculty and theTesting Center. Students with documented disabilities seeking accommodations work with the disabilitiesspecialist on the Highlands campus in conjunction with a student services advisor if they are primarilyattending a satellite campus or center.Campus InvolvementStudent life includes student organizations and activities, Student Government Association (SGA)participation and leadership, athletics, and student publications. Faculty and staff serve, advise, andstrongly stupport student activites and organizations. The effectiveness of student activities inaffording opportunities for students' engagement and personal growth is demonstrated through thesuccess of student leaders over the past three years in the transition from simply an activities board to astudent government association. During the past three years, new student areas such as the PantherCove Park, Panther Activities Center, and the GamePad have been created by and for students toenhance and facilitate student engagement.SFCC supports academic excellence and recognizes exemplary performance of students throughacknowledgement on the President's and Vice President's honor lists, invitation to participate in Phi ThetaKappa (PTK) international honor society, and recognition at the annual awards ceremony andcommencement exercises.The college has an intramural program with a fitness center that is open to all students and staff. Theprogram aims to promote a sense of community, school spirit, and physical fitness through encouragingan active, involved lifestyle.Financial AidThe Financial Aid Office assists prospective and current students in securing the most suitable financialsupport to achieve their educational goals. Financial assistance and services available to eligiblestudents includes Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, federal andcollege-supported workstudy, Florida Bright Futures grant programs, as well as scholarship funds offeredthrough the SFCC Foundation. These assistance programs positively impact students in a number ofways: general financial support, student employment, persistence, time to completion, self sufficiency,and overall satisfaction with the college experience.Registrar and RecordsThe Office of the Registrar is the access point for all student records which are managed under FERPAregulations. South Florida Community This office Collegeis the hub of student entry (admissions) and exit (graduation) from the Page college. 39 / 202Staff members in the office provide students with access to their individual records, offer weekly cohortcomparisons in program enrollments to the administration, manage the interactive student records