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Annual Pet Adoption May 7 - 10 Noon - 1 p.m. CAS 4th Floor Give these pets a new home. All are spayed and neutered, current on vaccines and microchipped. $20 transfer of ownership fee per animal applies. Raiders Town Hall May 8 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Performance Lounge Let your voice be heard! Participate in a forum with members of the Student Government team to discuss issues happening on campus. Art and Flower Day May 10 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Student Life Lobby Students will have the opportunity to relax and make art for themselves or loved ones in their life. Volunteer: Applesauce Making May 11 2-7 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church Come volunteer with the Center for Food Preservation Arts to make applesauce for local food banks. Transportation will be provided from FS campus. Cope, Don’t Crash May 17 Noon - 3 p.m. Performance Lounge Listen to our speaker on mental health and stress relief techniques. Afterwards, participate in a yoga session. Last Day to Withdraw May 17 All Day Event Today is the last day to withdraw from classes. MoPOP Till You Drop May 19 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Off Campus- MoPOP Explore the Marvel Universe exhibition. Transportation provided. $5 admission. Must sign a waiver form from Puyallup Campus College Center C210. Petting Zoo May 23 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Outside Commons Meet some friendly llamas, goats, sheep, rabbits, and a mystery animal! Campus Closed May 28 All Day Event Campus will be closed today in honor of Memorial Day. Student Appreciation Days May 30 | 31 CAS 4th Floor: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. OLY 2nd Floor: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free student lunch and activities including pinball, skee-ball, caricature artist, massages, and more. May 7, 2018 / Vol. 51, Issue 8 Women of Justice Forum May 31 5-7:30 p.m. HEC Building Inspiration, challenges and triumphs from the nontraditional voices of the criminal justice system. Meet employers and learn about programs. Photos courtesy of Amber Smith and Pixabay “Finding Home” May 31 - June 2 6:30 p.m. Theatre Pierce College’s spring play that showcases the global refugee crisis. Written by 38 Pierce College students, faculty and staff. $5 general admission. piercepioneernews.com / 5
MOMS AT PIERCE: THE POWER OF LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE By HANNAH NGUYEN Staff Writer Campus BRENAE JOHNSON Johnson is a mom studying at Pierce College. She has been doing this for almost three years. Dealing with a 10-year-old son and going to school at the same time is not a relaxing job, she said. While achieving in classes which mostly involve STEM subjects, particularly math and physics, she still finds it difficult to cope with effective time management. Johnson said she makes sure that she spends a certain amount of quality time with her son and completing all of her coursework can be a hardship. Despite this challenge, Johnson still has an amazing motivation going back to school. Johnson equates her happiness with her learning. “I am not happy if I do not have an intellectual challenge. I love solving problems and challenging myself. It’s really hard to accomplish that when you are just at home,” she said. She said the winter quarter was tough Hannah Nguyen / Staff Photo “I AM NOT HAPPY IF I DO NOT HAVE AN INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE.” — BRENAE JOHNSON for her, since she was taking Calculus 3, Engineering Physics 1 and a yoga class. However, Johnson still succeeded in managing her coursework and taking care of her child, and was even able to find time to play with him before bedtime. Johnson still has a long way to go on this path, but this courageous mom is always trying her best to balance being a mom and a student at the same time. TIFFANY SIALEGA MCKOY McKoy is also a mom attending classes at Pierce. She has been working on a business major for two years, graduating this summer. While working on her major, she also raises her children. If anyone has had experiences with multitasking, McKoy has. Along with her four children, she recently remarried and has one more stepchild. “It’s difficult but I am able to overcome it with the help of family and Pierce has been really helpful for me to get me to where I am now,” McKoy said. Tiffany Sialega McKoy / Courtesy Photo Pierce student Tiffany Sialega McKoy with her family. For her, the most significant hardship she encountered as a college mom was relocating and transferring from another college in North Carolina. “It was hard to be away from my kids, and finding people to take care of all of them or a daycare was unaffordable, especially when we had just relocated,” she said. Starting college and work prevented her from always being there for her kids because she did not have enough time. McKoy said, “It was difficult to be away from the kids after I had always been there for them; there was one time my kids had a school function but I was unable to make it due to classes.” At the end of the day, she finally overcame those challenges, and Pierce College helped her by effectively communicating with her about her schedule and her academic progress. “It’s possible. Although it takes a lot of patience having to juggle school and kids and work, as long as you put effort in whatever you do, everything is possible,” McKoy said. May 7, 2018 / Vol. 51, Issue 8 piercepioneernews.com / 5
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